Chapter I, Section 3
I didn't have time to think about whether I could escape, and I didn't have time to think about what it was. The only decision the mind could make was to get as far away from the shadow as possible.
But when I tried to react, I realized that my whole body seemed to be pressed by something invisible, my chest was tight but I couldn't move, and I couldn't even tilt my head with all my strength.
Then I realized that I couldn't even make a sound, only a muffled 'uh-huh' sound. A story told by old people 'ghost presses' flashed through my mind.
'Oh my god, didn't the storyteller ever say that ghosts can still be seen when ghosts press the bed?'
As I struggled to break free, the big black shadow slowly approached me, and the closer it got closer made my fear even stronger, and by the time it was only a few steps away from me, I was almost shaking like chaff.
At first I struggled to turn my head to see what it looked like, but now I'm starting to regret my two-B idea. But I couldn't move, I couldn't shout, and the fear in my heart accumulated but I couldn't vent it, which was even more uncomfortable than facing death directly.
It slowly walked in, and I gradually saw its appearance, and at that moment my fear reached its peak, because what I saw was actually a bull's head, and two big eyes like brass bells stared at me, and as it breathed, it spewed foul moisture from its nostrils, and it was so smoked that it almost vomited. But I tried my best to suppress the feeling of vomiting, otherwise my whole face would be drowning in vomit, and the smell would make me want to hang myself.
At the moment, I kept cursing the plot of those cheating movies, 'Isn't TM people fainting when they're scared?' Why don't I faint yet? Mom, I'm never coming to the big city again, it's so scary in the city.' οΌ
Before my fear could accumulate to the point where I could make me unconscious, I heard the bull head actually say, "Are you awake? Don't be afraid, I was sent by the underworld to deal with you, and I won't hurt you." "When I heard this monster say this, I almost didn't cry, tears rolled in my eyes aggrievedly, and I made a 'whimper' sound to show that I was still being pressed by the 'ghost'.
Seeing that I was not struggling, the bull head used a hand full of black hair to scratch my neck, and I immediately felt a cool throat, knowing that I could speak, but I tried to move my hands and feet, I still felt restrained, so I choked up and said: "The archangel is so beautiful that he knows to knock on the door and come in, you, you, why don't you know how to say hello first? I was almost scared to death by you." β
Niu Tou was obviously a little embarrassed when he heard me say this, twisted his head, and said angrily: "I am also kind to be afraid of disturbing you, I am not embarrassed to call you when I see you sleeping so soundly, but I fell asleep when I stood there and waited, I am sorry to scare you, you forgive me!"
As soon as I heard this bull head say this, the little fear that still existed in my heart suddenly disappeared by half, not that I was bold, but the voice of this bull head, I really wanted to make people want to be scared and couldn't be afraid, buzzing not to say, the tone was still that kind of naΓ―ve feeling, if I didn't see its appearance, I just listened to the voice and thought it was a mascot.
"Alright, let me go. Hearing me ask him to let go of his still bound hands and feet, the old cow slashed at me with his black hand, and the feeling of restraint disappeared.
I got up and turned on the light, and then I saw the appearance of the old cow, its feet were two thick hooves, and the funny thing was that it was still wearing a pair of shorts on its legs, or that kind of bright beach shorts, with a wide black short-sleeved T-shirt on its upper body, two jet-black arms and palms, and basically the same as a human, but it was covered with black hair, and it looked very unappetizing.
His head is in the style of a standard bull's head, with horns, pointed ears, and a ring on his nose.
Although the fear in my heart has disappeared a lot, but the appearance of such a thing in front of me, no one will quickly adapt to it, so I still try to keep an arm's length from him, and asked cautiously: "You, you won't be the soul envoy Niu Tou, Brother Niu, right?"
"Exactly, I am the underworld, and I am in charge of leading the souls of the dead into the underworld. The other messengers call me Brother Niu, and I think you will do the same. β
"Brother Niu, I have been looking up for a long time, I always thought that you were just a legend, but I didn't expect to be really lucky to see you today. Dare to ask Brother Niu what is the matter with me?" After I motioned for him to sit down, I quickly expressed my admiration first, and it was better to be careful before asking his intentions. I don't think he was obsessed with my sleeping position and stood by my bed in the middle of the night.
When Lao Niu heard my question, he was also stunned, and his two big eyes blinked twice cutely, and said to me: "I'm here to deliver a letter to you, haven't you read the manual?"
As soon as he reminded me, I remembered that the manual said that this kind of cross-border information transmission was delivered by a special angel or a shadow, because when the message was delivered, it was also necessary to explain to the messenger to prevent irreversible situations from occurring due to the messenger's misunderstanding.
But I suddenly realized one thing, although I read the manual, I was not sure that I wanted to accept the job, so I quickly defended myself: "You came to send me a letter? But I didn't put my fingerprint on it, I haven't agreed to accept it? Are you mistaken?"
"Haven't you drunk that holy water?" asked the old cow rhetorically.
"Holy water? It's holy water in that glass bottle, and it doesn't smell at all. I drank it, what does that have to do with pressing my mudra?" I said, gesturing to the flask.
When the old cow heard this, he suddenly thought of something, and said, "If you drink it, it's over." Listen to me tell you the message first, and wait for the God to send you to explain the rest. β
Seeing Lao Niu's performance, I realized that there must be some key information missing in our communication, which is why the bull's head is not the horse's mouth, oh no, it's the human mouth. And these key messages must have been caused by the angel not telling me.
So I took the courage and questioned the embarrassed old cow in front of me. "Don't, don't worry, wait a minute, is there something wrong here, did the angel beauty who came this morning have something to say to me clearly? She told me plainly that I had to press my handprint on the last page of the manual to officially agree to take over the job, but I haven't pressed it yet. We'd better get this out first. β
Lao Niu was restless when I asked, writhing on the stool, and his mouth was suffocating: "Eh, what can happen, you already know so much, what do you care about so much else, accept your fate." β
As soon as I heard this, I chuckled in my heart, it seems that there is really something wrong here, and it doesn't seem to be a good thing, can I be so easy to fool? I quickly threatened: "If you don't say it, then pull it down, I don't want to hear any information!" As soon as I said this, I also regretted it a little in my heart, in case this goods Fa Biao killed me and brought me back to the underworld by the way, who will I find to reason, when the time comes, it is estimated that the police will not even be able to solve the case, at most it will be characterized as a violent illness and death, and the only one who will suffer losses at that time is the landlord who has not confiscated the electricity bill.
Looking at his tendons and flesh all over his body, I guess a slap can kill me twice. But as soon as the words came out, it was too late to regret it, thinking that these gods were mentioned in the manual, and the ghosts could not act recklessly in the mortal world, so I was a little relieved.
The old cow said a little aggrieved: "It's not my business, what does it have to do with me, I thought you all had a good deal." β
After a pause, he continued: "It's not a big deal, it's that the messenger in this district was cleared a while ago because he violated the regulations by trying to reveal the information of the underworld to mortals, and the angel who was in charge of supervising his actions found you to replace the messenger because he was worried about joint and several liability, and she changed the personnel file on it, and the matter was over." In fact, as long as you drink the holy water, you can already be regarded as a messenger recognized by Heaven, and it stands to reason that she wants to train you in business, but because your file is improved, the Heaven's information decentralization shows that you have been in office. You have no choice now, you can only start working according to the manual, and even if you refuse to perform your duties now, you will only be eliminated, and there is no such thing as resignation in this line. β
"What? This stinky bitch lied to me, and that's not what she told me. I protested, I have complaints, it's too dark, isn't it?"
Lao Niu saw my dancing protest, and was also very helpless, so he could only comfort me: "It's all the same, those gods in heaven do things like this, but then again, this is not necessarily a bad thing, as far as I have heard in the past few hundred years, your work is still promising, and there are not a few of you messengers who are prosperous." To say something that shouldn't be said, although the god has deceived you, but even if she owes you, she will do activities for you in the future, and you will take advantage of any benefits for you. Of course, in the future, my brother and I will take special care of you. He blinked at me very meaningfully, but I felt sick to it.
But the benefits he talked about were still very appealing to me, after all, this is the main reason for my hesitation.
I slowed down a bit, leaned over to him and asked softly, "What are the benefits, can you tell me in advance? β
Seeing that my attitude had changed, Lao Niu also began to pick up the shelf, and replied to me in a tone of voice: "This can't be said, if you say it, you will violate the regulations, and I will not feel good after the punishment." But my brother treats you as a younger brother and is willing to take some risks. In order to support your messenger work, Heaven has some divine power that can be lent to you at the right time, but there will be very strict supervision in the use of it, and you can't use it for your own benefit, but if any angel has a better relationship with you, and lends you a little more for a day and a half after the supervision is over, it can also do a lot of things!"
I'm not stupid, and I can already guess what he means by just these two sentences. Like those interviewers who hint at me, I want to convey that although the visible salary is not much, there are still a lot of benefits that can be obtained in private. I don't believe much in the words of these interviewers, not because I doubt the authenticity of what they say, but because I doubt that I have the ability to really get those so-called benefits. Just like the benefits promised by insurance companies when they recruit, do you have an annual salary of hundreds of thousands? Of course there is, but it's hard to say whether you can get it. According to my personality, I still don't have much interest in this kind of unintentional commitment, but I thought about it again, this job doesn't have to get up early to punch in, you don't have to look at the boss's face, and there is nothing to pay in the early stage, so you can try it and lose nothing.
Thinking about this, I secretly made up my mind, whether it was good or bad.
"Brother Niu, that stinky girl lied to me in the morning, but my first impression of you gods and ghosts is not very good, even the angels are deceiving people, who else do you think I can trust? You'll have to help my little brother with anything in the future!"
Lao Niu also smiled when he heard this, and his face was relaxed. But his smile really fulfilled the saying, 'A smile is like crying'.
"Don't worry, Brother Wei, Brother Niu will definitely cover you in the future. Come, I'll tell you the information quickly, and I'll tell you more about your experience in this industry while I have time, so you can have a reference" I suddenly thought of a question, and quickly stopped Lao Niu's words and said to him: "Wait a minute, Brother Niu, I still have a question to ask." Why did that stinky girl come to me? Alas, am I different from ordinary people? Is there something special about me?"
At that time, I thought that I must have something outstanding about myself to be favored by angels, otherwise how could the people on the street find themselves?
After listening to this, Lao Niu replied: "It's nothing special, it's just that you and your ex have the same name, and they are about the same age, if you replace them, it's easy to operate, and the god was checked tightly at that time, so I directly changed your information first, and then came to you to discuss." I thought you were going to say it. β
After listening to this, I felt dizzy for a while, "Rub, is there any reason for this? I have been ravaged and trampled on in the world, even if I am trampled on, after all, we are all the same kind, but now I am actually being played by angels who have always shown light and justice, and my fate is also tragic enough." οΌ
"Forget it, Brother Niu, let's talk about that information. β
The old cow pulled a black cloth bag at his feet, and began to pull out some things from it, there was a very quaint-looking sheepskin scroll, and a white box like a flip phone, very thin and could be opened from the middle, inside were two small mirrors. At first, I thought it was the kind of makeup mirror used by girls, but I realized that the mirror was not made of glass, and it was a bit like quartz.
Lao Niu spread out the parchment scroll, and inside was a painting, painting a little boy who looked like a five or six year old, a bit like a ID photo, but the painting was lifelike and very realistic, but the picture seemed to be covered with a thin layer of white mist, which made it look a little ethereal.
The old cow didn't speak, but drew it with his hand, and the painting actually moved, and there was a sound.