Mantra

Chapter 36

After Wang Hou returned to the car, I immediately asked Wang Hou, what did he see?
Wang Hou let out a long breath first, and told me that what he overwhelmed was a brazier, which seemed to burn ghost coins. He didn't understand the specific situation, and it must be too dangerous at high speed, so he just took a look.

"Oh!" I nodded and said, "It's probably burnt. This kind of thing is often seen on death days, but it's really terrible to burn on high speed."

Wang Hou nodded.He understands what I mean.

The so-called "shaoyin" is a Hebei dialect, which means burning paper money on the roadside to sacrifice to the dead.

We often encounter this kind of thing, and it is nothing unusual. Occasionally, vehicles and pedestrians will accidentally step on the sacrificial flame. Those who believe in this will accompany it, and those who don’t believe it will feel bad luck at most, and it doesn’t matter.

After all, it's not hitting someone, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

After I finished speaking, little Ah Si climbed on my shoulder, also gesturing to "comfort" Wang and shouted: "Brother Wang, don't worry! The child you saw may be just a puff of smoke in the brazier. Or is it Are you tired of driving and hallucinating? If you are tired, I will help you drive for a meeting..."

Ah Si's words stunned me at the time.

Isn't Ah Si a little too enthusiastic?And does he show off his IQ without a bottom line?Damn it's not even as high as the steering wheel, how do you drive?There must be a degree of closeness, right? !

In my agitation, I pushed away the nonsense Ah Si from my shoulders, and gave Wang Hou a very serious order:

"Old Wang! Listen to me, check the condition of the car first, find the nearest service station or exit for inspection. After waiting, I have to tell you about this broken car, the most important thing..."

When I continued to give orders, Hongye hurriedly interrupted my words.

Very unexpectedly, Xian Hongye suddenly pronounced: "But..."

She only said two words, and there was no more words.

In the cold, all of us looked at her embarrassed expression.

I saw her hesitate to speak, so I couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Hong Ye looked at me, and then at Wang Hou who was sitting in the front of the car. Although his face was cloudy, he didn't say anything after all.

In a moment of resentment, I was busy ordering the business, and didn't ask any more questions, so I continued to tell the king: "Drive in a while, concentrate on it, and safety first!"

Wang Hou may not know, but in fact I am really worried about his broken car, but he still nodded, agreeing with my idea, after the four of us divided up the work for a while, they began to check the inside and outside of the car in detail, and prepared to leave up.

But just as we finished the inspection and were about to drive, Hongye suddenly pulled my cuff and pointed out the window.

Xian Hongye's expression was very serious, and there was a kind of tension between her brows. It was obvious that she seemed to have seen something extraordinary.

Following Hongye's instructions, I suddenly discovered that a thin, black and short woman was peeping at us secretly among the construction waste on the lower right side of the expressway.

There is still some distance between me and her, so I can't see the facial features of that person clearly, but the sun is very strong at noon, and I can vaguely feel that it is a very haggard face, probably due to poor rest or malnutrition Caused.

Maybe it was because of my nervousness, but I also felt a faint black air surrounding the man's face. After all, the man generally looked sluggish, like a mouse hiding in the dark.

While I was looking at her, the woman seemed to see me in the car window.

Afterwards, the woman trembled like a lightning bolt, ran back in a hurry, and quickly disappeared from my sight.

"Do you feel that there is something wrong with that person?" I questioned.

Hongye told me and Wang Hou softly: "I feel that this woman put down the brazier. Otherwise, why did she run away again? Unless..."

What Hongye said made Wang Hou and I widen our eyes.

But just when Hongye wanted to continue asking questions, I hit him and said, "Hongye! Let's talk after getting off the high speed first. And a brazier burning ghost coins is not dangerous, unless it's not ghost coins, it's a collision..."

Halfway through the talk, I suddenly stopped talking.

Because I also feel that this thing seems a little strange, and I thought of the reason for the strangeness.

But I feel like I can't say it.

Because I know better that this topic can no longer be discussed any longer. We must be on the highway now, and the longer we stay, the more dangerous it will be. If a car with no eyes comes later, all four of us will be reimbursed.

For everyone's safety, letting Wang Hou drive away as soon as possible is the best policy.

Seeing my attitude, Hongye also understood and fell silent. Wang Hou didn't understand, but turned around, and immediately started the motor to start the car again.

However, when the car started up again, the atmosphere in the van suddenly changed.

For some reason, after the car started up again, we all fell into an eerie silence that had never been seen before.Even though the car kept shaking on the high speed and the wind leaked everywhere, none of us complained, let alone the brisk atmosphere that filled the car before.

Regardless of me, Ah Si or Xian Hongye, everyone firmly grasped the seats and seat belts, held their breath, and only looked at the straight road and the white line in the rearview mirror, nothing more.

The air, close to suffocation, is like the calm before the storm.

In this sudden silence, I quickly realized that I couldn't go on like this, or I would have to suffocate to death, and my spirit became more and more inexplicably tense in this atmosphere. prone to overreactions.

In short, I can't stand this oppressive feeling.

In apprehension, I moved my mouth in an attempt to break the disharmonious silence.

So, I tentatively called Wang Hou's name.

But he ignored me, the second time I called him, he still ignored me.

How could this be?Surprised, I suddenly poked Wang Hou on the shoulder, and called him for the third time!

I shouted hurriedly: "Wang Hou! Did you fall asleep while driving? Don't scare me..."

This sound, also because of the haste, raised my decibel by more than half a degree, and even caused everyone to panic.

Not only did Wang Hou respond to me with a growl, but even Ah Si, who had been silent for a long time, complained to me.

"No two! Quiet me!" Wang Hou shouted at me without turning his head: "It's unlucky enough for me to drive into a 'shit pot' just now! You're still startled, scared kill me?"

"I'm going? Why are you so angry!" I was stunned at the time and said, "Then you have to answer me too? I thought you were in trouble!"

Wang Hou responded to me and said, "Didn't you say it all? Concentrate, safety first! Concentrate and I'll give you back."

Wang Hou's words made me quite speechless.

At this time, even that bastard Little Ah Si was complaining about me: "That's right! Second brother Wang is right! You should study traffic law hard, the driver can't talk when driving..."

I'm completely convinced, since when did Wang Hou get an extra voice...

In this way, in the joint legal education of Wang Hou and Ah Si.I had to shut up again, and looked at the scenery outside the window and the rearview mirror resentfully.

In fact, after getting Wang Hou's response, my feelings are better.At least it shows that this kid did not have a "situation", and he also vented a little of the depression accumulated in my heart.

But what I didn't expect was that even though there was an episode like mine, we fell into that strange silence again immediately.

My stone hit the pool, but it didn't even make a decent splash.

At this moment, I suddenly felt caught in a dilemma.

I want to talk, I want to break this silent and eerie atmosphere.

But I dare not talk too much.

I'm afraid of the bad repercussions if I say something I shouldn't say.Especially afraid that Wang Hou, the driver, would be distracted by my words and cause a tragedy.

This feeling is really like swallowing in the throat.

In desperation, I can only endure this weird atmosphere, and at the same time pray in my heart, pray to the ancestor saint, the Jade Emperor God, and the revolutionary ancestors such as Marx, En, Les, and Mao to bless us together!Hope this car lasts until the next service station...

But in the process of praying in my heart, Hongye, who had been silent for a long time beside me, suddenly hooked my little finger with her hand.

The unique delicate touch of that woman's skin made me tremble all over.The gods and revolutionary mentors in my mind couldn't even pronounce their full names.

I turned around as if I had been ordered, and looked at Xian Hongye, who frowned and held her breath, with a worried expression on her face.

She seemed to have something on her mind.

Seeing Hongye's strange expression, I naturally asked her in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Hongye didn't answer me immediately, but looked at a certain direction in front of the car for a while, then put her head close to my ear and said, "Brother Tian...I feel that Wang Hou is not normal."

Hongye's words were light and vacillating, and my heart was a little hairy when I heard it...

Maybe the atmosphere was a little too quiet, but I actually felt that everyone was not normal.

So, I asked Hongye very sensitively, "Why do you say that?"

Hongye didn't say much, but quietly pointed to the rearview mirror in the middle of the car and said, "Look!"

I looked in the direction indicated by the red leaf, and my eyes were on the image reflected in the front and rear view mirrors of the car.

In the rearview mirror, I can only see Wang Hou's eyes.

But those eyes made me mutter, even surprised.

At this time, Wang Hou's eyes were full of inexplicable excitement and exhaustion.These two somewhat contradictory feelings are mixed together, and there is still a fierce light that I don't understand at all.

Those eyes, I suddenly felt very, very strange, even in a trance... It seemed that they were not the Wang Hou I knew at all.

"It's not right..." I whispered.

Seeing that I saw some clues, Hongye lost no time in "reminding" me and said:
"Brother Tian...I suspect that Wang Hou might have...'Breaked Yin Banquet'. And the brazier he saw on the highway just now, although he said it was burning Ming coins, but I guess...the fire in it should be' Butter red pine nuts, right?"

Xian Hongye's words, listened to my cleverness!
I couldn't help but widen my eyes, and looked at this woman I thought I knew very well.I'm guessing her identity, family affairs, background, everything.

I know that the person who can say the words "crash the Yin Banquet" and "burn the red pine nuts" is by no means a disciple of an ordinary wealthy family or an official. …

(End of this chapter)