The ghosts in the queue and the ghosts of road idiots all stopped what they were doing and quietly watched the shaking buildings. At the front of the procession, the bull-headed horse stood at the gate of the city, and also suspended the move of taking the ghost out of the city.

None of the ghosts made a sound.

Time seems to have been paused, and only the shaky city of Yudu is left to prove its passing.

After a while, all the shaking stopped.

Just as it started without warning, it stopped without warning.

"Is it expanding again?"

"I don't know what else will come out."

"Will there be a cell tower?"

The ghosts seemed to be "alive" again, and they were talking about the shaking just now.

They are accustomed to this kind of shaking.

Even the new ghost will not be frightened by this.

This feeling is like engraved in their souls, like a person seeing rain and snow, feeling the wind and sun. People are not surprised by the usual weather changes. The ghosts will not be surprised by the changes in the capital city.

Jiang Longchang and the other ghosts guessed blindly for a while, and the line was lined up with them.

Seeing the minotaur and horse faces up close is reminiscent of monsters from horror movies, but these minotaur and horse faces will not scare the ghosts.

Jiang Longchang was nodded by the bull's head, and obediently followed its pace.

The ghost who helped him navigate earlier was also in the same batch.

There were also seven ghosts along with them.

The head of the bull walks in front, and the face of the horse walks behind.

After leaving the city gate, Jiang Longchang felt a fog behind him.

He looked back at the city gate, and saw that the gate was wide open, and the white mist covered the city gate, making it impossible to see the scene inside the city.

After walking a little further, Jiang Longchang heard a strange moan.

He was startled.

The ghost who helped him reassured, "It's okay, it's just some runaway ghosts." They want to go into town. ”

Jiang Longchang looked around.

Some shadows emerged, lying or lying on their stomachs, across the loess road.

The path that the bull led them was straight, and there was no obstacle ahead. But as they walked by, there would be such ragged and broken ghosts on the road.

Jiang Longchang looked back at this time and saw that there were many such ghosts crawling on the city wall of Xudu. The ghosts piled up at the gate of the city are like a mountain of corpses, which makes people shudder.

"Aren't they going to the sun?" Jiang Longchang asked.

It's not that he doesn't know where these ghosts come from. He understands the rules of the capital city, and he has also introduced some to Wang Yiqiu, but hearing about it and witnessing it are two different things.

Jiang Longchang felt sorry when he thought of Wang Yiqiu's little girl.

Wang Yiqiu may not be in the yang world, but here.

That's too bad.

Jiang Longchang subconsciously looked for these ghosts.

"They definitely don't have a home in the sun. No home, no home, that's all. ”

"What about reincarnation?" Jiang Longchang asked casually while searching.

His idea was simple.

After death, there are three paths: drunkenness, yang, and reincarnation. Staying in the yang world is only a temporary measure, and the ghost always has to choose between the capital and reincarnation.

Jiang Longchang also thought about when he and his wife should be reincarnated. However, this kind of thinking can never go deeper, and every time you can't think of a specific plan. They lived well in the city, starting over, and they didn't even have a memory, and they didn't even know if the newborn baby was still a complete self, which was a bit more than worth the loss. They are reluctant to take risks.

"They don't want to be reincarnated. How many people are willing to be reincarnated? The ghost scoffed.

Jiang Longchang could only sigh.

Of course, reincarnation is not better than staying in the city, but it is better than this person who is not a ghost or a ghost, right?

If these ghosts can't think about it, there's nothing they can do.

As the team progressed, such ghosts gradually diminished. They are all heading in the direction of Xudu, and the farther away they are from Xudu, the less they will naturally be. The farther away from the capital of Xu, Jiang Longchang and they also saw more of the world.

The barren loess road sometimes shows fragments of asphalt roads, and there are more shadows and people on the roadside. In the distance, the shadows of several buildings can be seen.

These scenes are like a mirage.

Jiang Longchang felt strange and looked left and right, trying to distinguish those scenes.

It really made him recognize a mountain range in the distance.

He traveled to that mountain when he was young and remembered the famous pine trees.

But two more steps, the mountains and the pine trees are gone.

Jiang Longchang heard the noise of the crowd and the sound of cars.

Suddenly, they were at a crossroads.

The bull turned its head and pointed at one of the ghosts in the group.

The ghost was still a little distracted, and before he could react, he was pushed out of the team by Ma Mian.

The bull head turned his head back, opened his hooves, and continued walking.

It walked into traffic.

The car passed through it.

Jiang Longchang hurriedly followed the ghost in front of him, and when he glanced back, he saw that the ghost who was pushed out of the team was a little dazed, as if he was being pulled by something, and walked in one direction.

"He's going home." The ghost said, in a complicated tone.

Jiang Longchang didn't know why.

The place where they walked became the same mirage of the loess road just now.

The second time they entered the world, they stood in the screening room of a movie theater. It was pitch black all around, and scenes of car chases and serial explosions were playing out on the big screen.

Jiang Longchang was frightened by the loud explosion.

Another ghost was pushed out of the ranks.

Jiang Longchang felt that his eyes fell on him.

He turned his head to look over and saw a teenage boy holding a drink and staring at him with wide eyes.

He chuckled in his heart.

The bull head took another step.

Jiang Longchang could only hurry up with the team uneasily.

He faintly heard the voice of the little boy behind him.

"Mom, over there, over there!"

"Shhhh

Jiang Longchang, an old man, can't think of a way to describe "falling down the rabbit hole", and he hasn't seen a foreign story about riding a turtle to the Dragon Palace. He hadn't read many books, his literary literacy was not high enough, and the anecdotes he had heard were also stories in the style of "my grandmother's father caught a weasel, dug the weasel's den, found a lot of gold bracelets and gold chains, and made a fortune". He didn't experience anything strange before and after his death. The journey to Xudu was smooth, as if in the blink of an eye, he arrived in Xudu. This time it was an eye-opener for him.

He remembered a lot of stories he had heard in Xudu.

There are so many ghosts in the drunken capital, and there are always ghosts who like to brag and fart. He listened to it as a story.

He now thinks that many of the stories are probably true.

There are fewer and fewer ghosts in the ranks.

Jiang Longchang couldn't calculate the route, only knew that he was the last.

The ghost who helped him was the third-to-last, and said goodbye to him before leaving.

Jiang Longchang recognized the road under his feet.

He saw the street sign and recognized the thriving restaurant on the road.

Golden Dragon Hotel.

The hotel has been open for more than 50 years.

When he was younger, this restaurant was a well-known restaurant in the city, and people from all over the city wanted to come here to eat. Back then, it was a lot of money to be able to invite a guest here.

Jiang Longchang came here to eat, it was someone else's treat, and he waited for a long time. The prices on the menu made him smack. The food was indeed delicious, but when he thought about the price, he felt that it was not delicious enough. However, he doesn't need to worry about whether others have a treat, whether it is delicious or not, whether it is expensive or not.

After that, he never came.

There are more and more big restaurants in the city, and they are becoming more and more similar, so you don't need to gather at the Golden Dragon Hotel for dinner and treats.

Despite this, the Golden Dragon Hotel is doing well. I heard that it is now doing more business for tourists from other places, receiving orders from that kind of tour group; It is also said that the Golden Dragon Hotel now specializes in making tofu soup and rice, that is, to receive those tomb sweeping groups, and connect with other people's cemeteries and funeral shops, and every day a carload of tomb sweepers are sent in for dinner.

Jiang Longchang can't remember who was emotionally with him, maybe it was one day when he was in the community to cool off and listen to which old man in the community said. The Golden Dragon Hotel is no longer what it used to be, and its price has dropped.

This time, he saw the Golden Dragon Hotel again after many years, and his identity changed from a living person to a ghost, looking at the signboard with a sense of age, he couldn't help but sigh.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the bull-headed horse face had disappeared.

It was as if someone had implanted some information in his head.

Of course, Jiang Longchang, the old man, does not have the concept of "implanted information". He calmly accepted the extra content in his mind, knowing that when the winter solstice was over, he would need to come here and wait for Niu Tou Ma Mian to pick him up and take him back to the capital. He can also go back to the capital by himself without following the bull head and horse noodles.

Jiang Longchang turned around on the spot and identified the direction.

There was a car coming by.

Jiang Longchang subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but was passed by a battery car coming from the other direction.

He realized it later, and remembered that he was already a ghost, so he didn't have to worry about it.

He took out his phone, opened it and looked at the navigation.

Navigation shows walking routes.

Jiang Longchang just glanced at it, and his intuition had already reacted.

He walked in a southeasterly direction.

The direction of home.

Home is calling.

The more Jiang Longchang walked forward, the more he felt that he was in a wonderful state.

The scenery and sounds around me have become blurred.

Only one thought came to mind that was incomparably clear.

He seemed to hear his daughter's voice.

The daughter is cooking and doing housework, nagging him to pay attention to his body, asking him what to eat and what to use.

So kind.

Jiang Longchang felt even more in a trance.

He subconsciously wanted to answer.

"Just let your mom do it. Don't be busy. ”

The words came out, strange and familiar.

He hadn't said that to his daughter in a long time.

After his wife left, he couldn't say that to his daughter anymore.

When I arrived in Xudu, I was reunited with my wife, but my daughter was no longer around.

Jiang Longchang was sad for a while.

He couldn't help but quicken his pace, and ran forward almost without thinking, forgetting his age, as if he had returned to the prime of life.

When he stood at the door of the house, he stopped.

Through the door, he could hear movement inside the room.

He had a sense of homesickness.

When he was in the capital, all he thought about was reuniting with Uncle Li, the old brother, and almost never thought of his daughter.

When he died, his daughter's own small family was happy, and he didn't have to worry about it at all. On the contrary, he has become a burden to his daughter, and he needs her to worry about and take care of him.

He is not worried about his daughter's life.

He didn't think he would miss his daughter much.

Standing in front of the door, he knew he was wrong.

He suddenly remembered that when his daughter was very young, as soon as he entered the house, she would run over and welcome him home like a cheerful puppy.

For two years, the family had a dog.

The daughter likes the puppy and can't wait to eat and sleep with the puppy, and she was scolded by her wife several times because of this.

He came home from work at that time, and the little girl and the dog came running together......

Jiang Longchang subconsciously walked through the door.

There was no usher in a little girl and a puppy.

There was no one at home.

A quiet house, like a coffin.

He was the only dead man in the coffin.

Jiang Longchang saw his black-and-white posthumous photo.

He stared at his posthumous photo.

There was a pain in the heart.

Jiang Longchang couldn't wait to return to the capital immediately.

But his body seemed to have taken root here, and he didn't move.

He didn't know how long it took before he heard the door open.

Jiang Longchang turned his head sluggishly.

His daughter is back.

She didn't see him.

She wasn't the little kid he remembered.

She had wrinkles on her face and white hair at the roots.

This is his daughter. He was old and dead, and his daughter was no longer that little girl. In the last third of his life, she took care of him and gave him a pension.

It's also part of the memory.

is the newest and strangest part of memory.

Jiang Longchang's daughter changed her shoes and put the bag she was carrying by the door. She glanced at Jiang Longchang's posthumous photo and said, "Dad, the paper money has been bought for you." Your,, grandma, grandparents, grandparents...... Now I don't want to burn paper money, so I don't buy more. It's not the same now, it's different every year. When you left, the face value was not that big, and now it is 100 billion per piece. I saw that there were also cars and houses for sale. You burned down the house when you were buried, and you and your mother couldn't drive the car, so forget it, ah. I saw a kitchen in the store, and it was really well done, small pots, small kitchen knives...... There are so many flower heads. I'm not going to buy those, I'm going to burn you some more money, and you're going to buy whatever you want. ”

She walked to the sofa and sat down, leaning against the back of the sofa, revealing the bloated figure of a middle-aged woman.

Jiang Longchang stood on the side of the sofa, looked down at his daughter, and slowly showed a smile.