Huang Cripple's words really scared the Liu family and his wife a lot, but it was not too early to see it, and Huang Cripple didn't say anything more, so he asked Liu Ersheng to hurry up and prepare things, when Liu Ersheng asked Huang Cripple if he needed to prepare anything for the application of magic weapons, Huang Cripple just said-

"Half a catty of burning knives."

Liu Ersheng hurriedly went out to buy items, taking advantage of this effort, Huang Cripple also asked me to help, moved the two square tables to the living room under the beams that Liu Lu hanged and put them together, and after laying a white cloth sheet, he took me out and moved Liu Lu's body on the donkey cart in, carefully placed it on the table with the bedding roll, and placed an incense burner above the corpse's head.

When everything was ready, Huang Cripple called Lao Li Tou and us outside the door again, and first instructed me alone: "Shousheng cub, after the door is locked in the living room tonight, you hide outside and carefully observe the movements inside, remember my words, I won't let you in, no matter what movement goes inside, you don't want to enter ......"

I nodded hurriedly.

Then, Huang Cripple looked at Lao Li again and said, "Lao Li, for some reason today, my left eyelid jumped hard, and there are two things that I have to trouble you for insurance......

"Master Huang, what are you polite to me? You say! ”

"Okay, you come forward with your ears attached."

Lao Li Tou hurriedly put his ears together, and then listened to Huang Cripple muttering a few words in his ear, Lao Li Tou listened to his face sinking like water, and as soon as Huang Cripple finished speaking, Lao Li Tou hurriedly got on the donkey cart, and drove the donkey cart away after a whip.

Before leaving, Huang Cripple did not forget to unload Lao Litou's ginseng digging from the donkey cart.

Later, Huang Cripple and I went back to the hall to wait, and when it was almost ten o'clock in the night, Liu Ersheng came back and bought the brazier, burning paper, incense candles and other things used that night, as well as the half-catty burning knife that Huang Cripple wanted.

Seeing that everything was ready, Huang Cripple turned off all the lights in the living room, and asked Liu Lu's parents to take out their youngest son, who was having a fever, and the family of three knelt next to Liu Lu's body and began to silently burn paper to keep the spirit.

After everything was done, Huang Cripple did not forget to tell the Liu family and his wife: "You must remember, no matter what situation you encounter at night, you just have to burn incense and paper, and you are worthy of her, no matter what, don't be afraid of ......"

Liu Ersheng nodded again and again after hearing this, and choked up: "Don't worry, we understand, that is our biological daughter, can it still harm us?" ”

After hearing this, the yellow cripple took me out and locked the door of the living room with a lock from the outside.

After leaving me to guard at the door, Huang Cripple carried the back basket with one hand and the wine jar with the other hand, walked to the most central position of the courtyard alone, first took out the bucket hat and coat that the ginseng diggers were standing by the diggers from the back grate, and put it on his body, and then hid the small tools such as cutting ropes and shovel hooks on his body.

I didn't dare to quarrel with him, so I kept staring at the dark living room, and by the light of the fire, I saw the three members of the Liu family kneeling in front of Liu Lu's corpse, crying bitterly, even Liu Lu's brother who was only seven or eight years old kept wiping his tears, obviously the relationship between the sister and brother must have been good.

It was soon past eleven o'clock, and as soon as the hour came in, I began to feel a little sleepy, after all, I hadn't slept well in the mountains for the past two days.

But where did I dare to take a nap, I looked into the living room by the window, everything was normal inside, the three of them were still burning paper, and kept wiping their tears and chattering, so that Liu Lu could go to reincarnation with peace of mind, stop pestering her family, and stop being nostalgic for the world that no longer belongs to her.

At first everything was normal, the fire in the basin burned vigorously, and the surroundings were as calm as ever, but when it was close to twelve o'clock, the flames in the brazier were the first to appear, and the blazing flames began to tremble, and there was no wind in the room, but they began to swing from side to side, and the sparks began to fly out of the basin by themselves.

The room temperature in the living room suddenly plummeted, and a cold cold began to hit my face through the crack in the window, and the family of three who knelt inside to guard the spirit had already felt that it was clear that even summer had not passed, and the weakest youngest son of the Liu family began to kneel on the ground and shiver.

Of course, the husband and wife of the Liu family knew that it was strange, but they didn't dare to squeak, so they could only continue to burn paper with their heads down, but at this time, I inadvertently swept over the table where Liu Lu's body was parked by the light of the fire, and I couldn't help but be startled, and vaguely saw Liu Lu's feet in embroidered shoes wrapped in the quilt, moving slightly......

With the experience of the past in the mountains, I am not too afraid of this kind of thing again, but it is obvious that I am not the only one who has discovered Liu Lu's move.

I saw the youngest son of the Liu family hugging his father's arm beside him, and said tremblingly: "Dad, I'm afraid, my sister, my sister's foot just moved ......."

"Don't, don't talk nonsense......" said this, but Liu Ersheng was already so frightened that his face turned pale.

At this moment, a dog barking suddenly came from outside the wall, not the barking of a dog, but the barking of a group of dogs.

Listening to the sound was as if the dogs in every family in the village were crazy and wanted to eat people, and the bark became more and more terrible, and the sound became more and more manic, and it made people's hearts furious.

After a while, not only the dogs, but also the chickens and ducks in the village began to bark incessantly, and even the big roosters began to make strange crowing sounds.

I couldn't help it any longer, turned my head and asked the yellow lame man who was in the courtyard with his eyes closed: "Uncle, what's going on, why are chickens flying and dogs jumping?" ”

Huang Cripple didn't even open his eyes, and replied in a deep voice, "Liu Lu is back." ”

Hearing this, my heart trembled.

Not long after, the noise of chickens and dogs jumping outside gradually stopped, but at the same time, the living room became colder and colder, and the cold air rushed through the cracks in the window to the outside, like a large freezer with open doors.

At the same time, the flickering flames in the brazier began to gradually become smaller.

The second sister-in-law was obviously blind, but she seemed to be able to sense that the flame was about to go out, and hurriedly said to Liu Ersheng: "What are you still stunned about?" Grab the paper, the fire is going out! ”

Liu Ersheng hurriedly grabbed the spiritual money and threw it into the brazier, trying to ignite the flame that was about to be extinguished again, but it was useless after trying several times......

As the last flame went out, the living room was suddenly darkened, and only the faint outline could be seen by the moonlight through the cracks in the window.

Liu Ersheng was directly frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly took out the lighter and wanted to light it again, but with a click, the flame of the lighter had just lit up, and Liu Ersheng was even more at a loss......

In the black air, a looming figure was hanging under the beam, dangling around its neck like a swing......