Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen Doom

Xie Nan met Hou San as promised, and seeing the young-looking Hu Ma behind him, Hou San felt suspicious. Seeing that Xie Nan's face was a little off, Hou San quickly preached that Hu Ma is a well-known Nuo teacher in ten miles and three villages, and he is very capable . After finding a restaurant for dinner, Hou San still didn't forget to brag about Hu Ma's supernatural powers. After drinking a few drinks, he took Xie Nan to his home. Hou San's house is a large mansion. The stone water tank in the middle of the courtyard and the two-storey rooms on the four sides show the former splendor of the place. When he came to the main hall, Hou San pulled a chair over for Xie Nan to sit firmly, and then raised his eyebrows at Hu Ma, indicating that Start fooling around.

The house was a bit dark, Xie Nan looked around the old house, even after a hundred years, the rafters and girders were still very strong, when he looked away, he suddenly found an old woman sitting in the back room, like a wax figure under the dim light. The wax figure met Xie Nan's eyes for a moment, then suddenly opened its eyes again, and made a gesture of laughing or crying with the wrinkles on its face. Xie Nan jumped up from the chair and asked if there was anyone in Hou Sanli's house. He was busy making an incense table, and he said lightly that his grandma was inside, and it was all right.

After arranging a few fruits and two pieces of meat on the case, and then humming and chirping scriptures that he didn't understand while drinking, Hou San leaned over and gestured to his ear: "The old lady is old, I can't hear you!" After listening to Hu Ma's chanting for a while, Xie Nan directly took out the Nuo mask, handed it to Hu Ma, and explained his purpose of coming. Hu Ma hurriedly took the Nuo noodles, and Hou San also came over. When they saw this antique, their eyes lit up instantly, and they put their heads together, thinking behind Xie Nan's back how to get this.

Xie Nan saw them discussing softly there, and caught a glimpse of the old woman still sitting there, as if she was very deaf. After a while of observation, I can basically confirm that this so-called Nuo teacher is not a real god. He can see this Nuo face but keep his face either too powerful or doesn't understand anything. If you want to make this idea, you are really wrong. Xie Nan planned to teach him a lesson, pretending to be reverent, saying that he wanted Master Hu to see what was wrong with this. Hou San was shrewd, hesitating a little, Hu Ma couldn't wait to put the mask on his face, then turned around triumphantly, facing Xie Nan.

Before he could say anything, Hu Ma's throat let out a hissing sound, and the dark eyes of Nuo's face began to bleed. It was not difficult for Hou San to guess what kind of evil thing this thing that he thought to be an antique should be. He was so frightened that he dropped the talisman paper in his hand and jumped away. Hu Ma's appearance made Xie Nan break out in a cold sweat. Professor Jiang said not to put on the Nuo mask lightly. Now from the perspective of this fake Nuo teacher, it is really hard to imagine what happened under the Nuo mask to make him make such a sound.

Xie Nan thought about going back, when he bumped into a person, he was startled, and before he could dodge, a hand as thin as a skeleton rested on his shoulder. He hurriedly moved his body, but the hand was like an iron clamp, making it impossible for Xie Nan to move, but Hou San crawled over and grabbed the hand of the person behind him, shouting: "Grandma, help!" The deaf-eared mother-in-law seemed to have changed into a different person at this moment, her figure was agile, she let go of Xie Nan and rushed to Hu Ma who was struggling in pain, picked up a bunch of incense, stabbed him in the back of the head, and quickly took off the mask.

The mother-in-law glanced at the Nuo face, but threw it to Xie Nan as if it had touched a charcoal fire. Hu Ma's eyes were bleeding, and the veins on his neck seemed to be entangled in a knot. After a toss, only half of his life was left, and he could only breathe in but not out, lying on the ground. Hou San looked at Xie Nan in fear, afraid that the Nuo mask in his hand would cause trouble again. The mother-in-law didn't pay attention to Xie Nan, a stranger, but hit Hou San fiercely with the crutch in her hand, cursing: "This time-reversing ghost, why did you recruit these terrible things in!"

Hou San got under the table to hide, and shouted at Xie Nan angrily, telling him to get out immediately. Xie Nan silently put the Nuo noodles into the bag, but he was not in a hurry to leave. He knew that the old woman in front of him might be able to help him, and was about to step forward to answer, but the old woman raised the crutch in her hand with unkind eyes. As soon as she opened her mouth, the mother-in-law asked first: "Young student, do you know what you are holding in your hand?" "Nuo mask." "It's good to know, you'd better get out of here immediately!"

If she knew the reason and secret of Nuo Mian, she might be able to tell it. Xie Nan thought about explaining her purpose, but the mother-in-law unceremoniously waved her cane to drive Xie Nan out. "Don't be ignorant, let's go!" Dodging the crutches and walking out the door, the mother-in-law asked Xie Nan again: "My son, what's your last name!" "Thank you!" After reporting to the house, the mother-in-law was thoughtful, but she didn't express anything in particular, so Xie Nan had no choice but to walk out of the door. Hou San hurriedly helped Hu Ma up, looking at his partner who seemed to be dying at a loss, who knew that Xiaoqian would cause this trouble again.

The door slammed shut, and the things inside were none of Xie Nan's business, and now he could only be alone, holding his bag, walking aimlessly in the slightly cold alleys of Pu City at night. Xie Nan really didn't know what to do next. When he called Professor Jiang, he was not very enthusiastic. He just replied that everything was still normal, but Su Kun still had no news at all. From the line of hope in front of Pu City to now, I was really depressed, so I had to wander back to the hotel, sleep all night, and wake up in the morning in twos and threes. Continuing to walk among these deep houses and courtyards, Xie Nan suddenly discovered that the whole town was undergoing changes since the last visit, as if it was quietly undergoing a renovation, or more properly, like a change that was about to take place.

Climbing up the high embankment, Xie Nan found a newly built antique building in the middle of the old town. It is majestic, with soaring eaves as if overlooking the town, very eye-catching. I found a few people to inquire, but everyone had a secretive attitude, shaking their heads and saying they didn't know, Xie Nan scratched his head, seeing that there seemed to be many gold panning boats on the dark Yuanjiang River, and the machines were roaring, turning the river The bottom sediment was pulled out and turned into the cabin. A yellow turbid current rolled down to the downstream. I haven't seen it for a few months. The construction in Pu City is a bit embarrassing. I jumped off the river embankment. Xie Nan continued to search in various alleys, hoping to find a genuine Nuo that could give me advice. division. However, a rumor has spread quietly in Pushi Town, saying that a young man came to Pushi with an evil thing. Almost disfigured, the young man with that thing continued to wander around the town, not sure what he was thinking about. It's hard to say who started the rumor, but the rumor that made the townspeople feel uneasy became more and more true as it was passed on, and it was almost as terrifying as a foreigner coming to Pu City to collect his soul. So Xie Nan was shut down one after another. When many women saw strange young people who were dressed in more fashionable clothes, they closed the door far away as long as they carried a bag, and waited for the person to walk away before slowly coming out to poke their spines. The whole town was darkened by this rumor, and Xie Nan always felt that someone was watching him and vigilant about all his actions, including the fat waiter in the guest house. This feeling was getting thicker and thicker. I really don’t know. When will it explode. The afternoon became hot and stuffy, and almost all the residents in the old town of Pushi Town were awakened by the shrill suona sound. The piercing sound passed through countless walls and reached the ears of Xie Nan who was searching in the alley. It was like crying, and then fragmented The sound of firecrackers told Tang Shengping that someone had died in this town. Suona and firecrackers were like white stickers, letting the whole Pushi town know that someone they knew day and night left them and went to a place where they ate paper money and cigarettes. Xie Nan looked at the neighbors in the neighborhood walking towards the place where the firecrackers were going off, and the aunts who were good at mourning seemed to be secretly brewing tears. Following the flow of people coming out of various gates, Xie Nan followed slowly, and walked slowly to the place where the funeral was reported. When he reached the Tongzi Lane by the river, the crying became clearer, and the deep alley revealed The wailing of the whole family came. The three aunts and six women in the town rushed into the house at a sudden, crying at any time, while the men hesitated for a while, wanting to see and understand before talking. Xie Nan passed through the crowd far away, stretched his head, and saw a dead body parked in the middle of the main room, covered with a white cloth, with a little blood on the head of the white cloth.
I learned from the twittering crowd that it turned out that the old man of this family passed away suddenly. After a good day, he suddenly vomited blood all over the place and passed away. The funeral started slowly and formally when everyone gathered together. Xie Nan stayed in the corner, watching everything silently, not out of curiosity or pity. While watching in a daze, a person suddenly ran from the alley, rushed into the mourning hall, shouted: "Grandma Yang died just now!" Then he walked to the suona hand and the mourning old man who had been humming and whispered , the suona hand showed embarrassment, this family naturally knew that this was to let the suona hand turn around to blow the Yang family's funeral, so it was naturally not good-looking. The messenger looked up, but couldn't continue to say anything, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.The crowd also buzzed and began to discuss, what an unlucky day. The messenger's sharp eyes saw Xie Nan who was sitting on the corner of the street. He pulled the other people over and pouted towards the other side. Obviously, the one sitting was the rumored young man with the evil spirit, and he cast a lot of uneasy eyes while talking. At this moment, Xie Nan still didn't know what to do, he was still watching the crowd gathered together, chattering about something, and finally it was like a drop of water dripping into the boiling oil, and finally the pot exploded, and a few guys came over aggressively fucking the guy. Seeing that the people came with bad intentions, Xie Nan hurriedly got up and ran away. They chased a few alleys and did not follow any more. But Xie Nan was running faster and faster on the stone road with high walls and blue bricks, as if there were still people behind. As if chasing him, the heavy and fast footsteps caused a lot of dogs to bark in the alley.
If he didn't find someone who could help him, Pu City would not be able to stay any longer, and the glimmer of hope he had found would be completely lost. I don't know how long I ran before Xie Nan was about to stop, panting like a dog with his hands on his knees, running all the way down, his brain was almost starved of oxygen. Looking up, I found Tang Shengping's old house, what a coincidence, the place where the bad luck started. The couplets on the house had turned white, and within a short period of time, a few weeds had grown on the corrugated boards. The gate was locked tightly, and it looked deserted. The next room was changed to a place for selling paper money and incense candles. There was no longer an old man waiting for him on that threshold. Xie Nan found a stone pier facing the gate of Tang Shengping's house, sat on it, and looked at the dust-covered wooden door foolishly. After a long time, Xie Nan walked to the small shop selling incense paper, wanting to buy some paper money or something, and burn some for the old man. The small shop was pitifully small, and a red strip was pasted on the dark wall, which read: "No taboo". Seeing Xie Nan coming, the old man didn't open his mouth. He watched Xie Nan carefully pick out paper money and incense candles. This situation seemed to be sizing him up. Burned the paper money at the gate, lit a cigarette, sat back on the stone pier, and smoked until the last bit of ash fell off. The third suona and firecrackers sounded, and Pushi Town started a plot that had never happened before. In just one afternoon, death came strangely. If Hu Ma was not injured, today would be a busy day. Xie Nan realized that the reason why the people in the town had such an attitude was because he came back here with the Nuo mask, and when something happened in the town, he would naturally be contacted, and even if it wasn't him, there was no way to escape. Since three people died during the gathering, this small shop became a backup choice. A few people rushed over from the other side of the street, Xie Nan quickly escaped and slipped back to the guest house. Before reaching the entrance of the guest house, I saw the waitress aunt running away in a panic. If it wasn't for a state-run business, Xie Nan would have been kicked out. As the evening approached, the aisle was not turned on, and it was pitch black. There were not many people in the town who wanted to stay in hotels, most of the rooms were empty, and Xie Nan was the only one in the whole building walking. The sound became one piece. Leaving the bag behind, Xie Nan spread out on the bed, looking at the ceiling, he was at a loss for what to do next, and the biggest problem was that if things went wrong again, he might be tied up and sent out of Pushi Town. said. Running sweating all over, Xie Nan put on a towel and went to the public bath with only cold water in the guest house. He began to take a shower with a brush under the bridle. His eyes were dazzled by the foam, but the water flow became abnormally small. The shampoo on the smooth floor tiles Impossible to rush for a while, a huge public shower room became an ice skating rink. Xie Nan, who was barefoot, wanted to wipe off the glaring foam with the last trickle, but he slid heavily on the ground, hitting his eyes with stars, and a lot of foam got into his eyes, which was so painful. The trickle was still ticking, Xie Nan took a handful, but the strong smell of blood made his nose bitter, and his brain buzzed like an electric shock. There was blood flowing out of the water pipe, and he wiped his eyes with his hands, a frightening crimson glowed in front of his eyes, the whole bathroom looked like hell, Xie Nan wanted to stand up in panic, but fell heavily on the ground.
Come, this word popped up in Xie Nan's mind inexplicably at this time, these things have never left him, and now they appear again. Lie down on the ground and slid to the edge, fumbled for a towel, wiped the foam off his face, and could barely see something through his eyes that were stung by the shampoo. After finally opening his eyes, he found that the bathroom was the same as before his eyes, with a clean floor and a cold faucet, and the blood that had been all over the floor just now disappeared without a trace. Xie Nan hurriedly dried himself, put on a bath towel, stepped on the clothes on the ground, and ran out of the slippery bathroom as if fleeing for his life. It's really disgusting, soap bubbles or blood are the same, I have never seen a bathroom completely covered with tiles. When he came out of the bathroom, Xie Nan didn't care about the foam on his head, but only complained about this unreasonable design. After entering the room, Xie Nan still had severe pain in his eyes. He fumbled to turn on the lights and the ceiling fan, but the ceiling fan made strange noises. The fan is also broken?What an unlucky day. Rubbing his eyes, Xie Nan's heart that had just been pressed into his chest was lifted up to his throat by the scene in front of him. The reason why the ceiling fan was rattling was that there was a person hanging from it. The man's neck was hung from the electric fan with a rope, and as the electric fan was turned a little bit with effort, he slowly began to swing his body, his legs were swinging in the air like wind chimes. The bag on the bed has been opened, the Nuo mask has been turned out, and he put it on his face. Under the bloody sunset outside the window, like a grinning ghost hiding behind a mask, he swayed and moved towards Xie Xie. Nan demonstrations. The fan finally started to rotate with the man, and as it rotated round and round, the blood leaking from the mask was sprinkled on the wall line by line, and bloody flowers bloomed. Xie Nan hurriedly stopped the fan, yelled downstairs for the waiter to come up, shouted a few words, but there was no movement below. Nuo Mian was thrown off the ground, turned around on the bed, and stopped gracefully, and that person, let's say a corpse, also stopped slowly, facing Xie Nan head-on. It's flax!Xie Nan recognized him, it is really confusing that he came here and died in such a tragic way. Xie Nan quickly ran over to put the Nuo noodles back into the bag, quickly left the room with foam on his head, and ran downstairs. According to the waiter's description and Xie Nan's excuse, the police released Xie Nan with a complex expression. There may be another more important reason, that is, the waiter's mother whispered in the police's ear, letting him know about Xie Nan. It was that wicked young man. Hu Ma is suicide, but a suicide that is too weird to understand! However, it is impossible to live in the guest house anyway, the waiter asked Xie Nan to leave three to five meters away, and the police also said that Xie Nan had better leave Pushi Town. Xie Nan nodded indiscriminately while walking towards the station. At a corner, after confirming that no one saw it, Xie Nan flashed into the alley, he wanted to go to Tang Shengping's old house.