Chapter 8: The Smoke Rises
On the same day, the old man Liu brought a gift to celebrate his granddaughter's birthday, and the old lady of the Liu family would never go, but then somehow, remembering that Liu Nan was his granddaughter after all, and half of her son's blood was bleeding, and her heart softened.
So I went silently afterwards to see what this granddaughter who had never met was like.
Who knew that when she went, she inadvertently found that the old man of her family and the woman named Baimei were in the room, a lonely man and a widow, and they behaved intimately.
She rushed into the room at that time, tore Bai Mei up, and scolded her for being a vixen to seduce men everywhere. Old Man Liu was so angry that his face turned pale, he turned around and left, and he didn't go home for a whole day.
Later, the bad news came, saying that the old man of the Liu family went out to take a boat to relieve his boredom because he was depressed, but the boat sank and the old man drowned in the river.
The old lady of the Liu family was crazy and wanted to hack Bai Mei to death with a kitchen knife, scolding her for being a cheap woman, shameless, and a demon reincarnated, killing her children and her husband.
Five days later, a fire broke out in Bai Mei's room. When Liu Wenxuan rushed back with his daughter in his arms, he only brought out a charred corpse from the room.
At that time, the incident was not reported to the police, and it was directly treated as an accidental fire. The old lady of the Liu family jumped to her feet and scolded Baimei for being a debt collector and wanted to kill her whole family, but she didn't even let her enter the ancestral grave.
Liu Zi'an finished talking about things in one breath, and let out a long breath, his face was red and white. It's no wonder he refused to say it at first, it was really not glorious to say.
"That's why the dead old woman hated her own granddaughter?" After listening to Liu Zi'an's words, my impression of the old lady of the Liu family was even worse, she was simply an old monster.
"And it's not just because of that." Liu Zi'an opened his mouth, but he didn't continue, as if he had great concerns.
I said when it was, and what else I couldn't say.
Liu Zi'an looked at me, then at the third uncle, sighed, and said, "My grandmother has always been suspicious...... My cousin is my second aunt and ...... ...... with my grandfather."
I looked at the third uncle, is this old woman too good?
Liu Zi'an said hesitantly: "Maybe my second aunt passed away too early, my cousin has been eccentric since she was a child and has never been close to people. ”
And ...... And she seems to be a little different from ordinary girls. For example, I felt a little uncomfortable when I got close to her. I feel...... I'm a little scared of her......"
I'm a little weird. This Liu Nan is definitely good-looking, and she is a little girl who is only twelve years old, what reason would make an adult man in his twenties feel afraid?
"I can't say it, but I feel nervous inexplicably, and I just want to flee quickly." Liu Zi'an said intermittently.
After listening to this part of the past, my third uncle and I fell into deep thought. In this way, the origin of the woman named Baimei is a bit strange, and there are unclear family grievances in the middle, but this does not explain the current situation on Liu Nan's body.
The third uncle asked, "What's the matter with the stitches on the little girl?" ”
Unexpectedly, Liu Zi'an raised his head in amazement and said strangely: "What stitch?" "It doesn't look like he's fake, it seems like he's really not aware.
I'll tell you the truth.
"What? My cousin's body was sewn on? Liu Zi'an screamed in disbelief.
"Your cousin's head and limbs were sewn into another person's body, to be exact." I added.
"What are you kidding!" Liu Zi stood up and pointed at me angrily. He looked like he was going to rush over and hit me.
I reluctantly pointed to the coffin and said that your cousin's body was in the house, and I didn't believe that you could see it yourself.
Liu Zi'an's face turned from white to red, and then from red to blue, and the blue tendons on his forehead jumped violently, but he never dared to open the coffin. He sat down and muttered, "What you say is true?" ”
I didn't bother to answer him. But the third uncle nodded: "Really." ”
It seems that Liu Zian really doesn't know the inside story. The third uncle asked, "Who asked you to bring the coffin to my house?" ”
Liu Zi'an was stunned, and it took a long time before he shook his head and said that he didn't know, his father asked him to send it over, saying that it must be handed over to us.
The third uncle asked, "Have you heard of us before?" ”
Liu Zi'an shook his head and said that he had never heard of it before. The third uncle frowned and did not speak. I pondered in my heart, and suddenly thought of a person, and asked Liu Zi'an if he knew who the person who was invited by the old lady of the Liu family was.
Liu Zi'an said that he didn't know very well, but he only knew that this person seemed to be surnamed Zhong and had a relationship with his grandfather. After a while, Liu Zi'an seemed to remember something, saying that after his second aunt was burned to death, this Mr. Zhong also came to their house.
The third uncle glanced at me. Now we have some scores, and this matter may really have something to do with this surname Zhong. When the coffin was sent over, the ink fountain line was knotted with the seven-star twist buckle method, maybe this person was still an expert.
This old dog!! I felt cold with hatred. This person probably saw that there was something wrong with the girl of the Liu family, so he thought of a plan to bring her to our village and let our family pick up this hot potato.
The third uncle asked me to take out Lin Wenjing's photo. I said no, how can I have pictures of other girls? The third uncle glanced at me and said don't talk nonsense, hurry up and get it!
This old tyrant!
I had to run to the back room and pull out a picture from under my pillow and bring it to me. This is one time I snuck it from the school wall of honor. The Lin family girl is the best-looking little girl we have here, let me hide a photo of her to see what's wrong?
"Have you seen it?" The third uncle put the photo in front of Liu Zi'an's eyes.
Liu Zi'an took it over and looked at it carefully, shook his head and said that he was not impressed, and then looked at me and the third uncle, looking puzzled.
"This is my ...... The little girl in our village disappeared a few days ago! "I took the picture back, took it back and carefully hid it under my pillow. He came back and asked, "Does your cousin have a birthmark on her buttocks?" ”
Liu Zi'an blushed and said that he knew about this.
Liu Zi'an stayed at my house that night. The third uncle asked Liu Zi'an to go to my house to squeeze with me, but my boss was not happy, so he asked the third uncle and Liu Zi'an to go back to the house to sleep, and I was simply responsible for guarding the coffin in the hall.
It was all right all night. But Liu Zi'an looks clear and delicate, and he will snore when he sleeps, which makes the roots of my teeth itch.
Early the next morning, the third uncle took Liu Zi'an out again, saying that he was going to explore the bottom of the surname Zhong. Liu Zi'an rested for a night and was much better. This person is not useless, he still has a little affection for his cousin, and said that he would help us find out.
After the two of them left, I became alone again, guarding a coffin at home all day long. That night, I sat in a chair after dinner and read a novel. When I unintentionally looked up, I found three sticks of incense lit in front of the coffin, three white smoke rose, and a spiral was actually wound around the incense.
At this time, the doors and windows in the house were closed, and there was no air convection, and the three wisps of smoke actually drifted towards the door after seven or eight circles around the incense.
I was shocked. At this moment, there were several knocks on the door. My heart trembled, and I walked to the door and asked, "Who?" ”
No one answered.
I leaned against the door and opened it through the crack. It was dark outside, and I didn't see anyone.
I asked again, but no one answered, but I heard the knock on the door very well. I hesitated and opened the door.
I went out to take a look, but the insects outside were chirping, the sky was cloudy, and there was no figure around at all.
"It's weird!" I muttered and closed the door.
When I turned around, I took one look at the hall and let out a scream.
In the same chair I was sitting on, there was a man sitting at the end. With gray hair and a navy blue Tang costume, he was illuminated by the incandescent lamp in my room, and he was stunned to reflect a bit of ghostly energy.
"Who?" I was so nervous that my voice trembled. This old thing came into my door without a sound, is it a human or a ghost?
This man was holding the novel I had just read, flipping through the pages.
"Who do you like in the books?" The man asked without looking up
The novel he held in his hand was "The Romance of the Gods" written by Lu Xixing, a Taoist priest in the Ming Dynasty. I didn't know where this man came from, so I suppressed the fear in my heart and said, "Of course it's Daji. ”
The man looked up, as if surprised.
This look up made me see his appearance clearly. Wearing a pair of golden glasses, his face is elegant, with a bookish air, but his face is pale, and he looks a little gloomy at night.
"You like a fox?"
I don't know why, as soon as I saw this person, I couldn't help but feel numb on my scalp and cold sweat on my back. He took a slight breath and said calmly, "Because I look good!" ”
The man closed the book and said expressionlessly, "You don't know that this fox is a man-eating monster?" ”
I thought about it, laughed dryly, and said, "Isn't it nice to eat people?" ”
The man raised his gray eyebrows and suddenly laughed eerily. I was wondering what this thing was going to do, when he raised his hand and made a strange gesture at me.