Mountain Village Horror_Chapter 69: The Paper Man Goes to the Grave
"Retrieved?" Cheng Ke narrowed his eyes: "How to find it?" ”
"There's always a way." After a whirling dizziness, I stumbled forward, Cheng Ke blocked in front of me, and I fell into that cold arms again: "Your past, I will help you find it, and you can always find the reason why grandpa wants to cut off the yin and yang ghost control technique with you." ”
"This contract ......" Cheng Ke was slightly moved: "You don't want to untie it?" ”
"Not really." My heart skipped a beat, and my face was a little feverish, but I had to deliberately harden my mouth: "I just, I don't want to continue to be kept in the dark." ”
"Lu Qiao?" Li Minglang couldn't hear my reply, and his voice sounded a little anxious: "Are you awake?" I brought you soup. ”
Then came the second grandfather's rough voice: "She's here!" You open the door and go in, you're so embarrassed, it's a family sooner or later, you know me, right? Just call me Second Grandpa. In the future, Lu Qiao, I will take care of you. ”
Li Minglang's voice seemed to be slightly stunned, but immediately it was a happy voice: "I will do my best!" ”
"What does that mean?" Cheng Ke's face turned a little cold: "Did your grandfather mess up the mandarin duck spectrum?" ”
"Let's go." I looked up at Cheng Ke and pulled out a smile: "Isn't it, it's a bit like elopement." ”
The smile that appeared at the corner of Cheng Ke's thin mouth was actually a rare warmth: "Yes, elopement." ”
When I escaped from the hospital, I remembered the stage play "Romeo and Juliet" rehearsed in the club when I was a student, when I played a maid, looking at the two protagonists across the low wall, shouting out lingering love words, and thinking with some doubts, can there really be such a thing in the world that would rather give up everything for each other.
However, now I suddenly feel that maybe there really is.
Escaped from the hospital from the balcony and entered a small café, Cheng Ke asked for ginger syrup for me, and frowned: "You say, where did you start looking for it?" ”
I took a breath, took out the photo found in the hole of the locust tree from my arms, and pushed it in front of Cheng Ke: "I heard that ghosts can't take pictures easily, so at this time, you are still alive, right?" ”
Cheng Ke looked at the photo, his peach blossom eyes, which had been deep, flashed a trace of imperceptible confusion: "This woman's face ......"
"I think it's calamus!" I stared at the picture and said, "Perhaps, there was a necessity to hide your relationship. ”
Cheng Ke shook his head and said a little apologetically: "I don't remember it now, but I only remember that the moment I saw Calamus reopen her eyes, I seemed to be alive again, and my heart seemed to be beating again." ”
My heart ached slightly, but I smiled instead: "That's why she's so important to you!" ”
Will his heart beat like he came back to life for me?
I don't know, and I don't want to know.
"This place ......" Cheng Ke noticed that this was a photo taken outside, two people sitting side by side, behind them was a picturesque beauty, and in the distance there was a hazy mountain, which presented a heart-like shape, which looked very special.
At this time, the little sister came over to serve ginger black tea, saw the photo at a glance, and said with a smile: "Oh, this handsome guy has also been to Lover's Mountain?" ”
"Lover's Hill?" I came to my senses and hurriedly asked, "Sister, do you know here?" ”
"Yes," the little girl had a round face, smiled, and her eyes were crooked like crescent moons: "This should be a famous spot in Xichuan!" I've seen it on TV, and I've heard that the aborigines living in Xichuan had that custom hundreds of years ago, that lovers who have decided to live for life tie a lover's knot on the tree in Lover's Mountain, and those two people will last forever.
Now this custom has only recently spread outside, and people who travel to Xichuan are willing to go there to hang a lover's knot, when did you go? This is a beautiful woman, right? It's a pity that the photo is a bit mutilated, but in that kind of place, it looks good to take this kind of retro photo in old clothes. ”
It turns out that so long ago, did Nishikawa have that kind of custom?
That Cheng Ke should also hang the so-called lover's knot with Calamus, right?
Inexplicably, I felt that the ginger syrup was a little bitter, but I still made a particularly happy appearance: "Perhaps, like Luo Bai and the Du family, you are also from Xichuan." ”
Cheng Ke wrinkled his brows: "But when I speak, I don't have Xichuan's tone." ”
"Where's that for sure?" I continued, "After leaving Xichuan, it is normal for me to get used to speaking the official language of the time. ”
Cheng Ke was not moved at all, just frowned a little.
I didn't look like he was happy, so I continued: "You bring up your spirits, how good it is, so smooth, I found a clue from this photo, but I didn't expect it to be Xichuan, the boundary of the Du family." ”
"The Du family doesn't matter, it's just this memory, do you really want me to get it back?" Cheng Ke looked at me, his voice a little deep: "If it is not so important to you, in my world in the future, slowly, there will only be memories about you." ”
I was stunned, but then said, "I know, you...... I hope you remember, right? It's a pity that the cat ancient god doesn't want to say it, so since you want to get it back, I'll accompany you, what's wrong? ”
"I hope," Cheng Ke's cold hand shook my hand: "No matter what unpleasant things you encounter when looking for memories, you don't regret ......." ”
"It's hard to chase a horse, and I never knew what regret was." I stared at Cheng Ke, and there was still half a sentence, but I didn't say it, as long as you don't change, as long as you don't change......
But...... Who knows, what his heart was originally contained?
Perhaps, it's a gamble.
Lowering my head, as if casually trying to find something to distract myself, I took the photo in my hand and rummaged through it, and when I saw it, behind the photo, there was such a line written in traditional Chinese: "Huiren, preserve." ”
"Huiren?" I frowned, what does that mean?
I took out my mobile phone and searched for it.,Xichuan,Huiren,What came out were some irrelevant content.,Finally,I saw such a paragraph in the page of a private blog's travel guide:
"This self-driving trip to Xichuan, left the deepest impression, not the world-famous scenery of Xichuan, but a small hotel called 'Huiren', antique, into the same as crossing, inside are the decorations of the Republic of China, I feel like a certain Qing Dynasty declined elder brother, the country and the family, the love of the landscape, tsk...... The boss said that this hotel has been kept as it was, probably because he was afraid that someone would not be able to find it, is it full of legends and thoughts? Romantic not? ”
A picture is also attached, which is vague and unclear, but can be distinguished, and it is indeed an ancient building with ancient furnishings.
Someone left a message at the bottom, complaining that the blogger was a soft dog of Xichuan Travel Agency, and he followed the blogger's words and went to find the hotel, but he didn't find it at all, and even the locals didn't know that there was such a Huiren hotel in the local area.
The blogger replied: "It's obviously at the foot of Lover's Mountain, it's super easy to find, okay?" But by chance, I got lost and found it, and I followed a stream down the mountain to the end.
Several netizens commented that the blogger may have really crossed over and arrived at a hotel that he could only meet.
But the blogger never replied since.
"It seems to be quite critical here," I raised my head and looked at Cheng Ke, "Let's go and have a look, shall we?" ”
Cheng Ke's eyelashes fluttered under the golden sunlight, as if he had made a full decision, before he nodded.
I bought a ticket to Xichuan, on the way my phone rang several times, it was nothing more than the second grandfather and Li Minglang, I sent a text message to report safety, after turning it to silent, it was much more reassuring, this is the off-season for traveling to Xichuan, the car was deserted, but it was also quiet, I slept for a long time, when I woke up, my body was slightly chilled, raised my eyelids, and found that I was lying in Cheng Ke's arms, and came out with an extra blanket.
He was afraid that I would get cold when I touched him......
Under the light of the streamer outside the car window, Cheng Ke's face is even more contours like a knife and axe, with sharp edges and corners, full of heroism, and full of good-looking.
Like, there shouldn't be a good look in this world.
I just looked at him in a daze, a little dazed, and Cheng Ke was still holding the photo tightly, thinking hard about something.
But as soon as he saw that I was awake, he touched my head again and put the picture away.
So I didn't ask anything.
Probably there will be a corner in anyone's heart that is not easy to touch, not to mention, even the slow loss of memory can make him feel an important person.
Calamus, who is she?
When the car arrived at the station, my whole spirit was almost recovered, and I laughed at myself, maybe I didn't come to my aunt for a long time, but I could save some blood.
This will already be the time of the sunset, the remnant sun is like blood, reflecting the beautiful Xichuan River is blood-red, and it is a different kind of thrilling beauty against the backdrop of the distant mountains like Dai.
"This is our famous spot in Xichuan, the cuckoo cries blood!" A short tour guide who spoke Mandarin in the local dialect of Xichuan saw Cheng Ke and me get out of the car, and hurriedly came over: "Two people from outside, then they must stay in our original inn in Xichuan!" Our Qingxia Inn ......"
"We want to go to the Huiren Inn." I looked at the tour guide and said, "Do you know me?" ”
As everyone knows, as soon as he heard the word "Huiren", the tour guide's face that was full of smiles changed suddenly, as if he was frightened, he opened his mouth, and a pair of slightly cloudy eyes turned around, and then said: "Ah...... Huiren? I don't know...... Haven't heard of ......."
This is a clear lie!
And the tour guide was originally ready to pull us to stay, but as soon as he heard us ask this, he hurriedly shrank back into the crowd, and the people who were traveling with him bit their ears and whispered, and pointed at me and Cheng Ke, his colleagues heard this, their faces also changed a little, peeking at us, looking weird, obviously with a little fear!
It's obvious that there is a ghost in my heart! I wanted to ask again, but Cheng Ke dragged my hand: "Forget it, if you can't ask, let's find it ourselves." ”
"But, just relying on a name that you can't tell, where can you find it?" I was a little depressed and said, "Just leaning on a lover's mountain? But there are so many places where you can see Lover's Mountain......"
"From this point of view in the photo, I was on the west side of Lover's Mountain at the time, and according to the height of Lover's Mountain, calculate the size of this ratio, it should be about fifteen miles around the west side of Lover's Mountain." Cheng Ke said lightly: "Just look for it, the error won't be too big." ”
I was a little stunned when I heard it, I always knew that Cheng Ke was smart, but as soon as these words came out, I felt that he seemed to be omnipotent.
"See what?" Under the setting sun, the contours of Cheng Ke's face became even deeper, and the shadows of his eyelashes fell heavily on his eye sockets: "Follow me, that's it." ”
I nodded ignorantly, and sure enough, as long as I followed him, it would be fine.
I seem to have gone back to when I was a child, followed my dad out to socialize, my dad drank too much, and it was very late when he came home, and he was afraid that my mother would scold him, so he secretly took me to a graveyard circle to take a shortcut, planning to go home early, who knows, the path in the graveyard is complicated, and I can't find a way out, and I am confused.
I was so scared that I wanted to cry, but my dad held me with one hand, shook the juice bottle he was carrying in his hand with the other, and said with a little alcohol: "What are you afraid of?" With your dad here, don't be afraid of anything! See this bottle? Which wild ghost dares to come out and scare you, Lao Tzu exploded his head. ”
At that time, my father's image in my eyes was really like the mighty Tota Li Heavenly King, the kind that sparkled with a fairy aura all over his body.
Maybe it's really a dragon and a tiger, the evil spirit is too big, I haven't been able to meet strange things, how I got out of the grave circle later, I can't remember, but at that time my dad's appearance was deeply imprinted in my heart, I just think, just follow my dad, just do it.
Cheng Ke actually brought me the same feeling as my dad at that time.
With him, I can not be afraid of anything, because with him, I can go anywhere.
Holding his hand, it seems that he is willing to go wherever he goes.
According to the distance calculated by Cheng Ke, we found a bamboo raft, the landscape is picturesque, the kind of breeze blows over, I only feel clean, especially refreshing, my hair is blowing up, Cheng Ke helped me pull it together, and suddenly he said in a low voice: "It's so good." ”
"Huh?" I turned to look at him, "What?" ”
"It's a nice look." There was a touch of warmth in Cheng Ke's eyes, reflecting the enchanting sunset, which was crystal bright.
I suddenly felt that I was really greedy, and at this moment, I could actually hope for a long time......
"Where are you two going?" The old man holding the bamboo raft is obviously also a native of Xichuan: "It's a little late to play in the mountains and rivers at this time." ”
With the experience just now, I knew that the Huiren Hotel, I was afraid that it was a taboo for the people of Xichuan nearby, and I was afraid that when I mentioned it, I would frighten the old man and push us into the water, so I said obediently: "The air in Xichuan is good, we want to see the stars." ”
"It's good to look at the stars," replied the old man, "the Milky Way is bright, and it must be clearer than the big city!" However, the place you are going to is a bit out of the way, so you better be careful. ”
I nodded and asked casually, "There's no one in that place we're going to, right?" ”
"Yes," the old man said with a babbled god, "not only is there no one, but there is also ...... Alas...... I'm afraid I'll scare you and disturb your interest, so I won't talk about it, right? ”
"We're very interested," Cheng Ke said, "If you dare to come here, of course you're looking for excitement, uncle, you must have stayed with a lot of people who came to explore, right?" ”
"Hey, hey......" The old man cracked his toothless mouth and laughed, "But isn't it! This generation of young people has too much food and clothing, but they love to find a stimulus, which is really, a thing that is a thought of a year......
I won't tell you, it's not far from the place where you're going, nothing else, but there is a large mass grave, all of which were refugees and soldiers who were buried indiscriminately during the previous wars, because the terrain was treacherous and remote, and it didn't hinder anyone, so no one cared about it, you have to be careful, you look at the stars to see the stars, don't meet the ghost fire, hahaha......"
Cheng Ke's peach blossom eyes looked at the endless mountains with dark eyes, only to see that the mountains were slowly not clear to see, and the night was shrouded, cyan and turned into a dark color.
The water rippled slightly, and I turned my head to look at the clear water, and saw a white shadow of unknown origin on my side, as if there was a cloud of mist!
This scare is not trivial, even if I am used to seeing it for a while, this is too sudden!
It was at this time that the bamboo raft landed on the shore, I didn't stand firm, and almost fell on the shore, Cheng Ke caught me quickly, took me to the shore, nodded and thanked the old man, paid for the boat, and when I went farther, I faintly heard the old man talking to someone very warmly: "What's polite, but just drop by......"
Way? I couldn't help but look back, and the old man was already holding the bamboo raft, humming a song, and turned around and went back.
The small bamboo raft swimming in the water should be a very beautiful picture, but somehow, I just feel a little awkward,
I just found out, the strange thing is, why is the bamboo raft itself, but there is no reflection on the water?
"Don't look at that." Cheng Ke pulled me over and said, "The stars are out." ”
When I looked up, I saw that the magnificent canopy had been pulled down, and the newborn stars were hanging in the sky, which did not look so far away, shining with a cold light.
It's like between heaven and earth, there are only two of us left.
There are more and more stars in the sky, and at the same time, because there are Xichuan water and reeds, many fireflies also fly out from the depths, and the stars in the sky and the reflection in the water reflect each other.
But unconsciously, I only felt that this scene, I had seen it in a dream, so familiar, as if it had never changed, I thought about it for a while, ah, I had a dream!
The illusion in that dream is strikingly similar to everything in front of you!
Is the person around you in the dream also Cheng Ke? I don't remember that......
Cheng Ke, who raised his head and looked at the stars, shouldn't have remembered......
Following the shining starlight, I really saw a stream flowing out of the mountain, and the stream was shining with waves, as if it had sprinkled countless scattered starlight.
I reacted immediately, this, is this the creek that the person on the Internet encountered when he got lost?
There was more green in front of me, as if it was raining, beautiful and picturesque, but some of the greens were not quite right...... It's a ghost fire!
The ghost fire is also mixed with these starlight flashes!
I looked at the source of the ghost fire, and saw that the large ghost fire was floating from a dark place, and when I looked closely, that place seemed to be the mass grave that the old man who was holding the boat just now said!
At the same time, a curling song rang out: "The moon is bright, the wind is quiet, the leaves cover the window lattice, and the crickets are called Zheng Zheng."
It's like the sound of the strings
The sound of the piano is soft and beautiful
The cradle swings gently
Mother's baby Close your eyes
Sleep that one in a dream......"
Mass graves at night, someone singing a lullaby?
Goosebumps suddenly floated all over me!
Following the singing voice, sure enough, a woman with a scarf wrapped around her head, carrying a child on her back, was circling left and right in the mass grave, as if walking in the shape of an S!
"Cheng Ke......" I looked at Cheng Ke.
"Don't be afraid," Cheng Ke clenched my hand, but showed interest: "Let's take a look." ”
The woman's delicate body walked slowly through the graveyard, as if she were looking for something, and after a while, as if she had seen a place, she took out three sticks of white ash and some offerings from her bosom, placed them on the ground, and bowed down with her hands folded.
It was very strange to come out to the grave at night, and with the child, this feeling was even more weird, and when I got closer, I saw the child's eyebrows and eyes clearly, and I was surprised.
She is not carrying a child, but a paper man!
The paper man was wearing a paper hat, carrying a paper schoolbag, wearing a school uniform-like clothes, with shoddy eyebrows and eyes on his face, and two balls of plateau red on his cheeks!
What's the point?
The woman was completely unaware of our arrival, and calmly took out a match and lit the white wax, and the white ash slowly spit out smoke, the woman looked at the flames, a pair of eyes behind the veil, and smiled weirdly!
I couldn't help but lean towards Cheng Ke's side, but when I looked at the woman again, it was clear that there was indeed a shadow, and her feet were very firmly parked on the ground, that is, she was not a ghost?
The woman sang a lullaby, as if the paper man behind her was really her child, and carefully patted the paper man's head, as if she was afraid of the paper man's fear!
All I can say is ...... The world is so big, there are no surprises, if this is some kind of folklore, it's too weird, right?
Cheng Ke saw it clearly, took my hand tightly, and said in a deep voice: "It has nothing to do with us, let's go." ”
"Oh, good ......" I quickly agreed, and couldn't help but glance back at the woman
I looked at the paper figure behind the woman, and I felt a little uncomfortable, I inadvertently swept my eyes, and found that the paper man suddenly seemed to blink!
My eyes widened, and I suspected that I had seen it wrong, but the eyes of the paper man were clearly painted, and no matter how it was, it was impossible to blink!
Unless, it lives......
This thought made me shudder, I hurriedly followed Cheng Ke and walked forward, at this time, I saw that the deep mountain really showed a little light!
I saw that at the end of the stream, there was really an antique building, the building looked the same as the one in the period drama, the cornices, the green tiles, the neat courtyard walls, especially the two big lanterns hanging at the gate, the flames flickered, it was indeed an old-fashioned lantern with candles, and there was really a feeling of passing through!
The vermilion lacquer door is wide open, and there is a big plaque hanging above the door, which reads, sure enough, the four big characters of "Huiren Hotel"!
Really here! Found it, found it very smoothly!
Cheng Ke stared at the hotel and took out the photo, under the cold starlight, I found that the angle we are standing at now is exactly the same as the angle I saw when I took the photo!
"Let's go inside." Cheng Ke put the photo away and said in a deep voice: "I hope it's worth the trip." ”
He still wants to remember his old days, I always know.
The courtyard was deep, and the threshold was very high, and I was not short, but it took a lot of effort to cross over it.
Unexpectedly, I went in, and suddenly a dark voice sounded from the side door: "Welcome." ”
My nerves were already a lot bigger, and this time it was just a shudder: "You...... Hello ......"
In the deep shadows behind the door, a person slowly moved out.
That person is also the same as other people in Xichuan, not tall, wearing a horse coat robe, stepping on black-soled cloth shoes, and even wearing a melon skin hat, which is completely the dress of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China!
But when he saw that his fat face like a white steamed bun was flat, he showed a stiff expression like a clay sculpture and wood carving: "Where does the guest officer live?" ”
Drink, this greeting is also completely the grammar of that era, I nodded hurriedly, and said, "A...... A standard room. ”
"Gotta ...... Le ...... "The shopkeeper or shopkeeper gave a long voice, carried a long-handled lantern, and walked ahead of us.
Through the flickering light of the lantern, I saw a variety of light purple hydrangeas planted on the left and right of the path, the heavy flowers almost hanging to the ground, and the light fragrance of plants and trees filled the air.
Inside the inn, as the blogger on the Internet said, it is indeed antique, and there is still an oil lamp and a teapot!
Even the bed is the kind of mahogany bed with a ceiling in costume dramas!
"Rest in peace, two." The fat steamed bun said lifelessly: "The hot water is in the tea room in the last room in the corridor, and the two of them are self-deed." ”
As he spoke, he took the wooden door carved with rhombic flowers and went out by himself.
A breath that seems to have passed through a hundred years permeated from the inside of the house, and what the blogger said was not wrong at all, entering here, it seemed that it was two eras with the outside world, and I also had the illusion of crossing over.
Cheng Ke looked around, and I asked, "How is it, does it feel familiar?" ”
Cheng Ke thought about it and shook his head: "Let's sleep first, it's not too late to check tomorrow." ”
I nodded, and at this time, I don't know where, there was a coquettish ......pant of "mmmmmmmmmm......mm What kind of bed, on the exercise?
It's not surprising that there is such a sound in the hotel, but it is a little too loud, right?
Cheng Ke obviously heard it too, and raised his eyebrows: "Interested?" ”
"Nope!" My face turned red as soon as I swooped, and my hands shook wildly: "Don't get me wrong! I'm not interested.,Maybe,It's just that somebody is playing AV a little louder.,I'll go and see.,Who is so immoral......"
Saying that, when I arrived at the door, I opened the door, but I was stunned, only to see that on the deep hydrangea path, the woman who was carrying the paper child just now also walked in!