53. Night talk
followed the old man into the morgue, only to see a dim oil lamp lit on the table, the light flickering, and the light was uncertain. The clay kang at the back supported a tent and served as a temporary spiritual bed. There is a person covered with arrowroot cloth under the tent, and it must be the old man's daughter-in-law.
When the four of them entered the door, they felt gloomy, and saw the old man lighting three green incense sticks on the oil lamp, and while inserting them into the incense ash burner, he muttered: "Daughter-in-law, these four guests want to borrow a place to rest for the night...... My father-in-law has given you incense, so don't frighten the four guests. ”
When Ning Caichen and Zhu Erdan heard this, they felt even more creepy and had goosebumps.
And behold, their dwelling place was a large shop in a small room.
Liu Yibo's heart is as big as a fight, and he is so drunk that he snores when he falls on the bunk.
"The four of you can rest here, and if you have something, you will be called an old man."
After the old man finished speaking, he closed the door and withdrew.
Through the thin paper wall, there is the corpse of the old man's daughter-in-law outside, how can he sleep!
Ning Caichen put the bookcase on the ground and shrank in the corner with Zhu Erdan. Looking at Fang Ping again, he was leaning against the wall and closing his eyes to recuperate.
At this time, the night was dark, Ning Caichen was running all the way, so sleepy that he was about to fall asleep with his head tilted, when he suddenly heard a "crunch" sound, which frightened him all over his body, and he was completely sleepy.
Looking sideways, the two of them, who were also sleepless, looked at each other and looked at Zhu Erdan.
"Brother Zhu, you can't sleep either......" Ning Caichen lowered his head and whispered.
Zhu Erdan nodded, and said helplessly: "If we knew this, we might as well sleep in the lobby." ”
"It's all to blame for this crazy ...... self-determination," he said, and gently kicked Liu Yibo again, but this guy slept like a dead pig and didn't react at all.
"The night is dewed...... Weird and scary. Ning Caichen glanced at the spiritual bed outside.
"Don't be afraid, there are four people here......" Zhu Erdan let out an exclamation of "ah" before he finished speaking.
Fang Ping was practicing in a false sleep, thinking that something was wrong, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Liu Yibo's hand holding Zhu Erdan's ankle.
Zhu Erdan quickly pulled out his foot, smacked Liu Yibo twice, and listened to Ning Caichen again: "Since everyone can't sleep, it's better to talk, and it will be dawn later." ”
Zhu Erdan nodded tacitly, Fang Ping didn't care.
At first, the two were still chatting about some subsets of scripture and history, but I don't know who crooked Lou first, and slowly the topic became life experience.
There is only a dim oil lamp lit on the desk, and the atmosphere is very well set off.
Ning Caichen said that he had been collecting accounts for several years. It is said that it is to collect debts, but in fact, it is to avoid creditors. He was originally the account office of a treasure house, but after the owner ran away, the creditors all found him.
In order to avoid trouble, he can only sleep in the open for his home. People are traveling in reverse, and life is naturally not easy, but they have also experienced all kinds of warmth and coldness in the world.
Fang Ping listened to him for a while, but he didn't hear what he wanted to hear, so he asked, "You have been out for so long, haven't you encountered anything strange?" ”
"Strange things?" Ning Caichen frowned, pondered for a moment, and said with an "oh", "Just a few days ago, I entered a black shop...... That glamorous proprietress turned into such a big spider spirit in an instant! ”
As he spoke, he gestured with his hands.
Fang Ping was speechless, it seems that the current Ning Caichen is really a little white.
Zhu Erdan was dumbfounded when he heard it: "It's really a fake ......"
"It's like a fake!" Ning Caichen pointed at Fang Ping and said, "That spider spirit is the ...... of Fang Gongzi discovered. ”
Ning Caichen remembered Fang Ping's previous instructions and hurriedly changed his words.
Zhu Erdan nodded: "This world is not peaceful, and it is also brave and lucky for the two of them to go on the road together." In addition to bandits and bandits, you may also encounter mountain spirits and ghosts......"
"Brother Zhu has also encountered ghosts and gods?" Fang Ping asked tentatively.
Zhu Erdan smiled and said frankly: "I won't hide it from you." Once, I was sheltering from the rain in a ruined temple in the suburbs, and I fell asleep in a daze, and I dreamed that a bearded grandmaster asked me to carry him out...... I thought it wasn't a big deal, but I was still dreaming, so I agreed.
But when I woke up, I found that I had arrived at home, and there were more idols in my house...... I fixed my eyes and saw that it was the bearded grandmaster in my dream!
Later, I had a dream in which the bearded grandmaster invited me to a drink, and I talked to him about the Eight Strands of Time and Strategy, and I benefited a lot. After getting drunk, I fell asleep again, and in my dream I only felt a little pain in my stomach......
When I opened my eyes, I saw the bearded man sitting in front of the bed, and he had already cut open my stomach and was pulling out my intestines, one by one...... I thought he was going to kill me, but he said he was trying to change my heart. When he was done, he got up and left. ”
Zhu Erdan said, as if he was afraid that everyone would not believe him, so he untied his clothes and exposed his abdomen.
"Really, really scarred!"
Ning Caichen pointed to the faint long red line on his stomach and exclaimed.
Zhu Erdan also said that since then, he has made great progress in his writings and thoughts, and he can never forget the articles he has read; he first passed the examination for Xiucai, and then won the first place in the scientific examination last fall, and he will enter Beijing to participate in the autumn festival this year.
"He changed my heart for me, but I don't even know his name, it's a pity......," Zhu Erdan sighed.
Fang Ping didn't expect Zhu Erdan to take out such a secret thing casually and say it, he really changed his mind and didn't change his mind!
But the identity of the bearded grandmaster, he probably guessed who it was.
"Brother Zhu, if that bearded grandmaster knew that you were so honest, I don't know whether to cry or laugh."
"Uh......" said Jurdan scratching his head, "it's no secret either. He didn't say he could talk about it, he didn't say he couldn't talk about it......"
Well, you've got a god covering, whatever you want.
"Brother Zhu, I told you a long time ago, it's useless to change your heart and not your brain." Liu Yibo didn't know when he woke up, and said sarcastically.
Jurdan selectively ignored him. Liu Yibo pestered him all the way, following him like a shadow, sneering all the way. He was angry at first, but gradually got used to it.
Fang Ping was also curious, what the hell was Liu Yibo's plan, he was so cheap that he was dying everywhere.
Hearing him say that he was reincarnated in the underworld before, Fang Ping faintly felt that this guy was not so simple, but he was just a mortal body.
As if sensing Fang Ping's doubts, Liu Yibo raised his head and smiled at Fang Ping, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth.
"I don't think Brother Fang is ordinary, it's better to tell some interesting things to hear."
"I don't have much to say, I'm just an ordinary reader."
Fang Ping said, then closed his eyes and said nothing.
"It's okay not to talk." Liu Yibo stretched, looked out, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a hint of curvature, "Do you want to take a look at this female corpse?" ”
"Look at this woman's corpse...... What's more! Ning Caichen was a little apprehensive.
"No way!" Jurdan vetoed him in one fell swoop.
Liu Yibo looked at Fang Ping and said with a smile: "Brother Fang, I think you should be interested." Why don't you and me go up and investigate. ”
Fang Ping glanced at him, knowing that this thing was going to die again, and it seemed that he would not give up until he played himself to death.
He did, however, be interested in the cause of the woman's death.
Mandrill harms people...... Shan Xiao, Fang Ping couldn't help but think of the red-haired fire monkey before, its spiritual essence was still pinned on the Yin Yang Jade Pendant at this moment.
Seeing that Fang Ping did not veto, Liu Yibo immediately got up and walked outside.
"Brother Fang, isn't this etiquette......" Ning Caichen pulled Fang Ping's sleeve.
Fang Ping frowned, always feeling that he was quite bearable.
"Xiao Ning, let's take a look clearly, if it's okay, you can rest in peace."
Ning Caichen nodded weakly and silently followed behind Fang Ping.
"Hey, why are you all going......" Zhu Erdan was very helpless, although he was also very curious, he didn't want to violate the etiquette.
The three of them gathered around the spiritual bed, and Liu Yibo was the most courageous, and reached out to lift the Ge cloth on the spiritual bed.
Ning Caichen immediately covered his eyes with his hands, and peeked through his fingers.
I saw that the face of the female corpse was pale gold, with raw silk tied on her forehead, and her appearance was relatively upright, but there were two hideous blood holes in her neck, which proved that she was indeed bitten to death by something.
Liu Yibo stretched out his hand to uncover the collar of her shroud, but was stopped by Fang Ping.
Fang Ping covered Ge Bu back, there was no yin qi on this female corpse, but it was known that the soul had already left the body, and it was impossible to turn into a ghost to do evil.
If you look at it any further, it's really rude.