Chapter Fifty-Three: Twilight Deepens and Silences in the West
"If a person dies as an immortal, doesn't he want to be buried in the ground?"
"There's a war going on in my house, who has time to bury people? And if the corpse is left for a long time, it will stink, have insects, and there will be pestilence, so burning it is the best way. After the burning, we will burn some paper money for the dead and it will be over. ”
"Don't do anything?"
"What is the ritual?"
"It is to ask the monk to recite the scriptures and surpass the soul. ”
"No, we don't have monks there. ”
"The dead man's soul won't come back to you?" Xie Jiang asked.
"We only have dreams there, and if the ancestors have what they want, they will come to us at night and tell us about the dreams, and then we will burn them during the Qingming or sacrifice. ”
"What about those terrible ghosts? What about the unjust souls who have not been reincarnated in the world?" Lu He asked.
This time Zeng San was asked, but he didn't answer for a while, Xie Jiang and Lu He both looked at him.
"I don't know, I haven't met it, we all died in battle, and there are no souls. ”
"Hehe, there are three unjust souls in Xizhuang. ”
"Don't talk nonsense," Xie Jiang said.
"I don't know, there are three coffins in the backyard of Xizhuang, and they have been parked there, have you heard?" Lu He calmed down, looked at them and shook his head, and then continued: "No one can remember how long these three coffins have been parked, it seems that they were already there when Xizhuang was built." I heard that there are unjust spirits living inside. ”
"How do you know?"
"Of course I know, I listened to the elders of the gang. ”
"What happened to the three coffins?
"Isn't there a descendant to deal with the people in the coffin?" Xie Jiang also asked.
"It's said that the three coffins have been there all along, and there must be no descendants to deal with them. And I heard that as soon as the backyard of Xizhuang was over, I heard the voice of Xi Suosuo, and it was said that the body came out. ”
"That's also a corpse, not a soul as you said!"
"You don't know, I don't know if the people who had a grudge against them did it, or if there was a problem with the handling, the bodies in these three coffins are all face down, you know, if a person dies and buried, that person's soul will not ascend to heaven. Therefore, the three souls of the unjust souls have been lodged in this corpse for a long time, and they have become the corpses of the unjust souls. ”
"Don't say it, is it true?" Xie Jiang interrupted him, sounding scared.
"What will it look like after the soul is possessed?" Zeng San was very interested.
"Become a zombie, an undead zombie who sleeps during the day and comes out to eat people at night. Lu He deliberately lowered his voice.
Xie Jiang shuddered when he heard this, and for a long time, the three of them didn't make a sound and walked silently.
"Uh-huh", Zeng San broke the silence first, "How far is it?"
It is not far from Linjianglou to Xizhuang, and it is only a mile of road, half of which passes through the town, and the other half is a deserted outskirts. Xie Jiang: On the way out, they will meet some people walking around, and some houses are lit up so that they can see the road. But the more you go to the back, the darker it gets, and there is no house, so no one will like to be neighbors with Xizhuang.
This road passes through Xizhuang and then goes up the hill from Linjiang Tower, and you can also go to the front gate of Daolin Temple, so the road has always been relatively wide. On both sides of the road were lush trees and weeds, and you could hear a lot of insects, but the only trouble was that there was no voice. Xie Jiang's hands were sweating, and he hurried forward with his legs between his legs, and he had already forgotten why he wanted to go to Xizhuang. When they heard Zeng San's question, both of them were immediately relieved.
"Because it's almost there, Lu He, what do you say?"
"I don't know, my father-in-law said that you can walk to Xizhuang along this road. ”
"Will it be over?"
"Probably not, there are houses we can see. ”
There was some faint starlight in the sky, and you could make out the houses on both sides of the road, and the houses without lights looked like they were black.
"Wait a minute, do you know how to go?" Zeng San said.
"It's so dark, will you go the wrong way?" Xie Jiang also asked.
"Haha, are you scared?" Lu He smiled proudly, "Why don't we go back?"
"Whoever is afraid, the ghost is afraid, I'm afraid that you don't know how to go. ”
"If you're not afraid, just move forward. ”
"Just go. Xie Jiang said that this face will definitely be held up.
After walking for a while, Xie Jiang couldn't help but ask again: "How far do you have to go?"
"Are you in a hurry? Look back, we're only a little way from town. Big brother, it's not like that for timidity. ”
"Yes, we're just a little way out of town, why don't we go back!" Zeng San said.
"Yes, let's go back, it'll be too late for the next time. ”
"Look at you two little darers. ”
"Cut, what a little guts, have you been to Xizhuang during the day? ”
"Hehe, of course I haven't been there, but with my deep experience in the rivers and lakes, what is Xizhuang, of course it's nothing to me!"
"Blow again, if you don't brag, you'll die. ”
"Why are you going to Xizhuang so late? Why don't you go during the day?" Zeng San certainly didn't know why they went.
But no one answered him.
"Look ahead, there is Xizhuang, and there is a lamp in front of Xizhuang at night. Lu He pointed to a little light in front of him.
"You heard from the senior of the beggar gang. ”
"You don't understand this, right, in fact, you don't need to be told that you should know La. Xizhuang is a place where the ancestors are placed, and there must be descendants who will keep vigil here, of course, light the lamp. ”
"If you're reasonable, let's go and get back quickly, I'll have to ask Mr. a question tomorrow morning!." ”
Sure enough, there was a grass house yard far ahead, and there was a door plaque in front of it with the word Xizhuang written on it, and a lard lantern was hung in front.
"When we get there, shall we go in?" Zeng San asked.
Xie Jiang looked at Lu He, looking at the sneer on this guy's face, he was angry, but he couldn't speak.
"Don't you go in? Aren't we here to see the corpse? Don't you want to see the acupuncture points on the corpse. ”
"Go, of course go, you say, have you already been here?" Xie Jiang said angrily, at this time, he was still thinking about seeing the corpse, and this Lu He was the pot that didn't open it.
In fact, Lu He has never been here, but he has asked the people in the gang, which is why he is so bold. He just wanted to see Xie Jiang out of trouble. However, Xie Jiang's mouth was so hard, which also made him nervous.
"Don't be so loud, wait until everyone inside hears it. Zeng San reminded the two of them.
They were actually half a mile away from Xizhuang, and it was quiet overnight, and although they tried to speak quietly, they could hear their voices very clearly. As a result, as soon as Zeng San said this, the two of them didn't dare to speak, and when they walked further, they heard the sound of the lard lantern burning, which was particularly gloomy in this environment.
"Let's hide and see, shall we?" Zeng San suggested.
"Good. Xie Jiang spoke immediately.
"Shall we see the zombies come out later?"
"Don't speak," both of them shouted at him.