On the summer solstice, the scorching sun shines on the earth, and in the westernmost part of the town far away from the big city, an abandoned stone courtyard that has been in disrepair for a long time also looks a little alive under the afternoon sun.

A very old-looking leper dog was lying lazily on the corner of the courtyard wall, having just gnawed on a bare bone that he had picked up somewhere, and his eyelids drooped to enjoy a burst of sunshine.

Suddenly, the leper dog stood on end, rolled to the side, picked up his tail and made a sound, and quickly drilled into the courtyard along the dog hole in the corner.

A stone the size of a baby's fist flew from a distance, hit the place where the leper dog was lying a moment ago, and bounced on the ground, splashing a puff of dust, and it seemed that the force was not small.

The sound of wheezing came from the direction where the stone was flying, and a boy of seven or eight years old, dressed in tattered clothes and emaciated, scurried over with his head in his arms, and the boy chased after seven or eight children of about the same age, some of whom bent down to pick up stones on the side of the road, followed by a burst of chickens and dogs.

The stones were flying, the boy was like a martial arts master, rushing forward in the smashed stones, cleverly avoiding these stones, but he was only hit by a stone in the arm, obviously this situation was not the first experience, he ran to the corner, did not hesitate to bow his head and rushed into the courtyard along the dog hole.

The children chasing after the boy followed closely and also chased to the dog hole, the leading child was dressed in pure satin, in this ordinary town, it seems that he is a wealthy person, he lifted his sleeves, and was about to bow his head to drill through the dog hole, and when he continued to chase, a slightly shorter teenager behind him pulled his sleeve and said urgently: "Brother Long, you can't go in, you forget, this yard is also haunted in broad daylight." ”

The leading child is the third young master of the Long family in the east of the town, named Long Xuan, who has just turned nine years old this year, his big eyes rolled, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead for no reason, he shrunk his neck, and carefully brushed his sleeves, nodded, and then stood up straight, and shouted at the courtyard with his hands on his hips: "Damn Lingyun! Bastard Disaster Star! If you have the guts, come out, what kind of skill is it to hide in this haunted courtyard, next time you dare to go out on the street and let me break your legs! Remember! Break your legs!"

"That's it, Lingyun Little Disaster Star, if there is a kind, it will come out, and it is not a hero to drill the dog hole. Everyone followed the leader with a burst of ridicule, and all kinds of disdainful and mocking language poured into the courtyard.

"Little Lingyun, Calamity, since he was a child, he didn't have a father and mother, others sent children and fairy birds, but he was hidden in a dog basket; someone was kind enough to adopt, but the whole family ......lost their lives" Someone actually made up a dozen limericks and yelled at the stone courtyard.

But after a while, there was no response from the courtyard, and the leading child shook his head, knowing that it was useless to scold, and he really didn't dare to go into the courtyard to catch people, and he didn't want to spend any more, so he had to wave his hand and leave with everyone behind him swaggering.

The yard is not big, about seven or eight zhang square. In the yard, overgrown with weeds, through the dog hole in the fence, the first thing that catches the eye is that there are weeds more than three feet high in the small courtyard, and in the center of the courtyard, there is a house made of almost all stone. There was an old-looking tree in front of the stone house with most of the roof collapsed, and Ling Yun sat under the tree against a large moss-covered stone, rubbing his arm that had just been hit by the stone with his hand from time to time, and muttering some cursed words in his mouth.

Occasionally, the force was wrong, and there was a burst of pain on Ling Yun's face, and at the same time, a string of even more beautiful curses came out of his mouth again.

The old leper dog sat beside Ling Yun, whining from time to time, as if he was cursing, and from time to time he squinted at Ling Yun, and the corners of his mouth cracked back, revealing a rather human expression.

Ling Yun kneaded for a while, heard that there was no movement outside the courtyard, stood up, took out a steamed bun that had been eaten a third of it.

was about to take a big bite, looked at the leper dog next to him, thought about it, and finally broke a small half and kept it in his hand, and threw the remaining half to the leper dog, and said in a low voice: "Old black, I'm planting it today, no, I just made a steamed bun on the steamed bun stall, and before I had time to finish eating, I was blocked by Long Xuan and others, but fortunately I was clever and fast, or I would become a cripple." ”

After speaking, regardless of whether the leper dog understood it or not, Ling Yun swallowed the small half of the steamed bun in one bite, walked towards the house, and pushed it to the door, and with a bang, the only remaining half of the door panel in the house also died.

Ling Yun was stunned for a while, raised his hand and patted his head, and walked into the house. The leper dog behind him made a series of yin sounds, as if someone was laughing, picked up the steamed bun at his feet, and trotted into the house.

In the main hall of the house, there is a half-damaged painting, the ink on the painting has long been stained, it should be soaked in rainwater, and it is impossible to see what the painting is.

On the left side of the main hall, there was a door, Ling Yun walked in, and came to the innermost corner, that is, the place where the small half of the roof was still hidden, but it was very clean, covered with a layer of hay, and the sunlight shone in through the half of the empty roof, just shining here.

Ling Yun went over and lay down, and after a while, he turned around and asked, "Old Hei, old black, why did you say that the people in the town were afraid of this courtyard, and they all said that there were ghosts, why haven't we seen it?"

The leper dog was on the ground next to him, licking the steamed bun in front of him from time to time, as if he was reminiscing, and when he heard Ling Yun's question, he shook his ears, and he didn't respond, so he didn't hear it at all.

Ling Yun didn't expect Lai Pi Dog to answer anyway, he just looked for someone to talk to, he put his hand on it, stood up his upper body, and said: "Old Hei, why don't we also learn from those gods in the town and recruit ghosts here?" I heard that it is very spiritual." ”

The leper dog reacted this time, swallowed the steamed bun in one gulp, and then rolled directly on the ground, aimed his butt at Ling Yun, leaned his head on the ground, and slept happily.

Ling Yun saw the leper dog like this, took a sip, stood up, and wanted to really go out of the courtyard to find something to attract ghosts and come to the stone courtyard to experiment, but when he thought of the words of those elderly people in the town, his heart was weak for a while, and he had to endure his curiosity.

Thinking back to the thoughts, I found that the leper dog had already fallen asleep, thinking that he had eaten a small half of the steamed bun in the morning, and his stomach was still growling, but the food in the afternoon had not yet landed, so he sighed depressedly and decided to rest for a while and then go out to find food.