Chapter 196: Empty Bowl of Three Pillars of Incense
Xie Chen looked at the alley that appeared in front of him, a little overwhelmed.
When I was obviously in the mourning hall, I was just about to fall down and squint for a while, why did I sleep directly in this place now?
Xie Chen twisted his face with his fingers in disbelief, and the pain transmitted to his brain, telling himself that the scene in front of him was not an illusion.
After all, in the mourning hall, I am used to "painting the ground as a prison".
Now that I am in this loess alley, I don't dare to move forward.
Xie Chen looked to the side and saw that under a mud house next to him, the fine ink stains formed one number after another.
The form of writing is a bit different, and not all of it is written.
These stains are also present on the exterior wall of the next house.
Xie Chen hurriedly got closer, and through the light source that came from nowhere, he barely understood the content above.
1] The moon is a round, white glowing object, and only appears in the sky.
2. When the moon becomes unfamiliar to you, close your eyes, imagine what the moon was like for ten seconds, then open your eyes and repeat the process until the moon in the sky changes back to one.
3] When a second happens, turn left at the next intersection as soon as the moon turns back.
The black stagnant water does not reflect anything. If you see black standing water, turn right at the next intersection. Don't try to look down at standing water.
In total, you will only make nine turns to reach the house. No extra turns.
You can't eat the rice in the roadside bowl, so if you see an empty bowl, add rice.
Nothing around you is following, and you should never look back. Don't even look at paper figures that are moving in the opposite direction from you.
If you encounter something that cannot be solved, immediately find the well, eat the rice on the side of the road, and you will see the paper figure with blue bamboo strips in the same direction as you, and follow him.
If something comes wearing a white leather cloak, don't follow, don't look at it. Immediately turn left, then right, and repeat the steps you started. Stay away from anything with white leather cloaks, especially if they have red liquid on them and rushing towards you.
The well is non-existent, if you see it, back and away until the well disappears, repeating if necessary.
"Paper man?"
"Rice?"
The paper man himself didn't see it, but in the case of rice, there was a bowl at the door of the alley room in front of him.
The cooked rice is stacked like a hill, and three pillars of incense are inserted on top of it.
The fragrant ash fell on the rice, and looking at the surface that had dried, the bowl of rice was probably left outside for a long time.
Xie Chen hurriedly looked up at the moon in the sky, fortunately, the moon was big and round, although the moonlight was not obvious, and it could not even be described as bright.
But at least the shape isn't wrong.
That's when I breathed a sigh of relief.
So what house should I go to now?
Although from these rules written with ink and brush on the outer wall of the house, it can be seen that the final destination should be a certain house.
But these houses can also be called houses, and I don't know which one they are.
There is no end in front of the loess alley, not to mention those corners, but the road that goes straight is not visible at a glance.
And there are many contradictions in these rules.
Rules 6 and 8 are clear examples.
Since he said that he couldn't eat the rice on the side of the road, but he also said that if he encountered something that could not be solved, he had to eat the rice on the side of the road and follow the paper man?
Of these two rules, only one is clearly true.
But which rule should you follow?
I don't have the opportunity to try and make mistakes.
While thinking, he also walked forward slowly, while staring at the moon above his head to make sure that the moon did not change unexpectedly.
Passing by the doors of four or five houses, each with a bowl stacked on top of each other.
The only difference is that some have three pillars of incense, while others only have one or two sticks.
I don't see any difference between these rice dishes, and the other thing is that I encounter an empty bowl.
The rules require you to put rice in these empty bowls.
But I don't even have half a grain of rice on my body, so is it possible to put my life on it?
It's not that I haven't thought about it, the rice here refers to other things, but the whole tamped loess alley, even to hold a handful of loess is very difficult, how can there be anything to refer to the so-called "rice"?
Fortunately, up to now, I haven't encountered an empty bowl.
Xie Chen walked very slowly, and there was the first corner not far ahead, but until now, he hadn't noticed too many strange changes in the moon overhead.
As he walked forward, a small cloud overhead obscured the moon, which was emitting moonlight.
I also stopped with interest, and did not rush forward at this time.
If the moon suddenly changes at this time, should you stand still and wait for the moon to recover before turning left?
Or do you just go straight ahead?
Xie Chen stood around the corner, looking up and waiting for the small half of the dark cloud to leave the moon's surroundings.
Fortunately, the moon has not changed, and it is still round and shining.
Xie Chen breathed a sigh of relief and followed closely to look at the road in front of him.
Since the rules say, you only need to turn left at the intersection if the moon changes and resumes.
Now that the moon has not undergone any strange changes, does it mean that you don't need to turn left?
Xie Chen roughly speculated that since there was nothing explicitly stated in the rules, he didn't dare to try too much now.
I had no choice but to go straight ahead.
But as I walked further, I also came to the corner.
Out of curiosity, my eyes looked to the left, even though my feet were straight.
The entrance of the alley was darker than here, and only the road of a house in front of it could be seen.
A little further down, it is already pitch black, unless you go down this alley, you can't see through what is at the end.
But at this time, he couldn't take a step, and his feet stopped stiffly in place.
The house that can be seen clearly has two empty bowls at the door, and even in front of the doorknob, there are two pillars of incense that are burning.
The two pillars of incense burn at different speeds, with the left one burning faster than the one on the right.
The third incense stick fell to the ground, and the incense stick was close to the mouth of the bowl, and there was no trace of this pillar of incense being ignited, as if it had been directly pulled out and thrown on the side of the bowl.
Xie Chen's eyelids trembled a little, and he looked at the family at the fork in the alley in front of him, a little overwhelmed.
Let's not talk about what these three pillars of incense are all about?
Just having to add rice to an empty bowl is already making it difficult for you.
I don't have any rice on me.