Weird past in the countryside

Chapter 18 Master and Disciple Pretend to Be Ghosts and Walk the Night

I heard two soft knocks from the window, and knew it must be Master.

I got off the kang lightly, opened the door and walked outside.It turned out that Master was standing in front of the window. Seeing me coming out, he pointed to the room.I understood and said softly: "The stick is asleep."

Master hummed and handed me a lantern.I said I had a flashlight.Master shook his head and said, "The flashlight cannot be used, the light is strong and has yang energy."

I had no choice but to take the lantern, and found that the candle light inside was very small, smoky, and might be extinguished at any time, so I smiled wryly, "Master, you are too picky, can we change to a bigger candle?"

Master replied: "Don't worry, I still have one here."

I leaned over and took a look: "Master, can we stop making trouble? Yours is not as bright as mine."

Master reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and set off."

On a moonlit night in early autumn, Master and I left the school one after the other.Master stopped in his tracks, turned around and asked me, "Which way to go?"

I said angrily: "You don't know the way to love, how can I know where to go? The village head said that day that Xiagou Village and Shanggou Village are separated by a big mountain. There used to be a cave in the middle, but it was blocked for some reason. up."

Master thought for a while and said, "Then let's go west. Mount Zhuma to the west is the tallest and largest in the vicinity." He said and walked west with great strides.

I followed behind, muttering: "If I had known you didn't know the way, let's ask the village chief. You are all lucky."

Master ignored me and walked faster and faster, and I trotted behind.

Not long after, we left Shanggou Village and walked west along the road outside the village.There were no houses to be seen on the road, except for the moonlight, and our two lanterns that shone like fireflies were the only ones that could shine.

Gradually, the road under the feet disappeared, and the ground was covered with wild grass as high as half a person. The grass swayed with the night wind, presenting a desolate scene. It seemed that few people passed by here.

Master stopped suddenly while he was walking. I hurriedly braked and almost rear-ended Master.I complained, "Master, what are you doing? You're so startled, it's frightening to death."

The master pointed to the dark mountain in front of him: "There is Zhuma Mountain in front of us. The mountain the village chief said should be this one. We have to turn over."

I asked anxiously: "There is no way here. I heard from the village chief that the mountain is quite high and far away. How can I turn it over?"

Master smiled at me mysteriously, took out two talisman papers from his pocket, and handed me one: "Put it in a lantern and burn it."

I didn't know what Master's intention was, so I did as I said.Strange to say, as the talisman paper was burned out, the candles in the lantern suddenly became brighter, and I suddenly felt that the surrounding light also brightened up, and finally it turned into daylight.I looked around happily, and felt that it was incredible, but when I looked up into the sky, it was still the moon.

Master explained: "The two of us are ghosts now, and everything we see is from the perspective of ghosts. Night is the world of ghosts."

I said, "Are we going to break into the ghost's interior?"

Master went on to say: "It can be said that you have to always remember that we are ghosts, so we don't talk much, or even don't talk. Do you hear me?...I'm talking to you, do you hear me?"

I was a little out of breath: "Didn't you stop talking?"

The master said angrily, "God knows why I took you in, you've been arguing with me all day long." As he said that, he entered the mountain with a lantern, and I quickly followed.

After entering the mountain, the road is very difficult to walk. From time to time, I pass by houses. The houses are all dilapidated, and people can be seen coming in and out in front of them.I really wanted to go over and ask for directions, but Master didn't have that kind of intention, so I just kept walking forward.I suddenly realized that since we are ghosts now, what we saw should also be ghosts. Those houses must be lonely graves on the mountain.

We turned over one ridge after another, and finally saw a village at the foot of the mountain.Master and I quickened our pace, wanting to see what happened.As a result, when I reached the foot of the mountain, I suddenly felt that the surroundings were getting darker.I hurriedly looked at Master, only to see Master holding up a lantern and muttering: "Why did this talisman expire so quickly?"

Immediately afterwards, the candlelight of the two lanterns turned into fireflies again, and the surroundings immediately returned to darkness.Looking at what kind of village is in front of me, it is clearly a mass grave, with densely covered graves and continuous ups and downs.I suddenly felt cold and windy all over my body.

I couldn't help despising this old man a thousand times in my heart, it seems that the skills learned in this book are really unreliable.

I hurriedly said to Master: "Master, why don't we go back and come back tomorrow when you draw a reliable talisman paper."

The master shook his head, and said decisively: "It's all here, let's go."

As he spoke, he walked straight into the mass grave.I followed behind, relying on the little sparks of the lantern, and moved forward with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Suddenly, Master yelled at me: "There is someone over there, wait for me where you are, don't move!"

Before I could react, Master chased after him with a few steps, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.But I clearly saw a few black shadows jumping out from the far end and chasing Master down.

I held the lantern and stayed where I was stupidly.He stomped his feet angrily, and kept cursing in his heart: "This damn old man is just playing with me. He brought me here and ran away by himself. It's too damn unreliable."

I just sat down on the ground and got lucky.Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind: "Young man, can you sit in another place? You are sitting in my house."

I didn't have any mental preparations at all. This sentence scared me so much that I jumped forward with a "Oh my god" and fell to the ground.I looked back anxiously, and found that what I was sitting on just now happened to be a graveyard, and there was a ghost standing beside it, with clear facial features and a look of disdain.Seeing me leave, the ghost gave me a blank look, and staggered into the grave.

I got up and squatted on the ground, wiped the sweat from my forehead, my heart was pounding.He casually picked up the lantern from the ground, fortunately, even though it fell, the candle was still on.I couldn't stop thinking in my heart, hoping that Master would come back soon so that I could leave here soon.

While I was waiting anxiously, I suddenly heard a little sound, vaguely absent.I quickly held my breath and listened carefully.That's right, there was a sound, "d-d-d-d-d", a rhythmic beep sound, like the sound of water, I looked up at the sky, the sky was full of moon and stars, and it was not raining .

I continued to listen while identifying the source of the sound, the ticking sound coming from the depths of the mass grave.I couldn't help feeling tense, could it be Master?

I stood up, held the lantern, and moved towards the direction of the sound step by step.

As I stepped deeper, the ticking sound became more and more obvious. I followed the sound and continued to search. Suddenly, under the moonlight, I saw something, and I almost didn't shout out.In front of a relatively large tomb, there was a red coffin, not the red of mahogany, nor the red of red paint, but red like blood.The coffin was suspended in the air by two wooden stools, and the whole body was blood red, as if it was filled with fresh blood.

I have to say that due to my frequent dealings with ghosts recently, my courage has increased a lot. When I saw such a strange scene, I ran away without turning around.Moreover, there was a strong desire to open the coffin and see what was inside.

Although I was terrified by my own thought, I finally walked towards the blood coffin.I'm afraid, I'm afraid it has something to do with Master, I'm afraid that when the coffin lid is lifted, Master will lie inside.

The distance is not far, I walked a few steps and came to the front of the blood coffin, the ticking sound became more clear, it can be concluded that the sound came from inside.

I stretched out my trembling hands and put them on the coffin lid.I thought to myself: "If the coffin lid is nailed, I will go back if I can't push it." But as I exerted a little force with my hands, the coffin lid actually moved.As soon as I exerted strength, the coffin lid slid aside.

Relying on my courage, I turned half-turned and looked in, ready to turn around and run away.Although there was some moonlight at this time, the light inside seemed insufficient. I reached out and held the lantern in the coffin, and then I could see the situation inside clearly.

Unexpectedly, there was no corpse inside, but a delicately carved figurine lying on a whole piece of red cloth.I brought the lantern closer, and saw that the figurine was about a foot long. It was carved lifelike, and its facial features were clearly discernible. The clothes turned out to be in ancient styles, as if it was a soldier of some dynasty.It looks like the material is jade, but it has turned red from the calf down, as if it has been soaked in blood.I believe that the ticking sound I heard came from here, because I saw blood dripping from the soles of the figurines' feet. The blood dripped on the red cloth, but it didn't stain the red cloth, but seemed to be covered by something. As soon as it is absorbed, it disappears immediately.

I couldn't help being curious, and wanted to reach out and grab the figurine, but the figurine was so heavy that I didn't even grab it with one hand.So I put the lantern in the coffin, and stretched out my hands to wrap the figurines in my arms.

However, at the same time as I carried the figurines out of the blood coffin, I was surprised to find that the blood from the calves of the figurines was flowing out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the original ticking sound became the sound of gurgling water.The blood was about to drain away soon, and the blood that flowed down had already landed on my legs, and through my pants, I could feel the icy cold, as if I had stretched my legs into a hole in the ice.I was at a loss holding the figurine, but suddenly found that the eyes of the figurine were staring at me, no matter how I moved the figurine, those eyes were always looking at me.I was so frightened that I hurriedly threw the figurine face down aside, reached for the lantern, and prepared to run away.

Just when I was about to reach the lantern, I was surprised to find that a part of the red cloth inside the coffin was shaking slightly.It was as if there was a person lying underneath, and the red cloth was blown by the breath.

My heart was extremely nervous, and I suddenly realized that there were not only human figurines in the coffin, there must be another layer under the red cloth.

Since I did not encounter any danger in my continuous movements, this gave me great courage.Relying on my courage, I reached out to uncover the red cloth again.

When a corner of the red cloth was uncovered, I moved the lantern closer, saw everything in front of me clearly, and was stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)