Chapter 4 Chapter 3 Landing on the Island

The ferry was getting closer and closer to the Mingze Island pier, and Luo Fei noticed a few people wandering around the shore, as if they were waiting for something. "Is that person waiting for a boat to go to the county?" He asked Lao Hu. "Oh, those are Zhou Yonggui and his buddies." Lao Hu replied, "Most of the cargo on the ship was pulled for him." Zhou Yonggui is the owner of "Limin Supermarket" on Mingze Island.It is said to be a supermarket, but it is actually a somewhat crude self-selection store.Although the shop is small, it has been able to make some money from tourism development on the island in the past few years.Compared with tourists, the spending power of the residents on the island is of course much lower. Seeing that winter is coming, Zhou Yonggui’s goods are mostly cold-proof clothing and daily necessities. The rare luxury is the few boxes of liquor in the cabin. And some dried New Year's goods.

As soon as the boat docked, Zhou Yonggui jumped up with his buddies. While chatting with Lao Hu, he turned his eyes around Luo Fei and Meng Shaohui, as if he was quite surprised by their arrival.Luo Fei also took advantage of the situation to observe this middle-aged man, he saw that he was thin and small, with a bitter face, although he was trying to squeeze a smile, he still looked like he had just suffered a big wrong. Meng Shaohui was about to get off the boat when he suddenly found that Kaka had disappeared, so he hurriedly asked, "Hey, where is the cat I brought?" "It seems to have gone over there, I saw it just now." The little boatman pointed to the direction of the stern.

Sure enough, when Meng Shaohui called "Kaka, Kaka", a soft meow came from the stern of the boat. Meng Shaohui walked over following the sound, and saw a large canvas covering the stern of the ship, and there seemed to be something like a cabinet under it, and the meowing sound came from under the canvas. Meng Shaohui stretched out his hand to uncover the canvas, and seeing what appeared in front of him, he couldn't help exclaiming "ah". "What's the matter?" Luo Fei rushed forward and found a black coffin exposed under the canvas, he couldn't help being a little surprised.Kaka was originally curled up next to the coffin, but now she jumped onto the top of the coffin and meowed at her master.

"I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would find it unlucky." At this time, Lao Hu also came over and explained with shame, "This is a new coffin ordered by Monk Deping on the island. It hasn't contained a dead person yet, so it's okay. .” Sure enough, the coffin was black and shiny, and seemed to be still exuding the smell of fresh paint. It looked like it had just been completed. Luo Fei curled his fingers and tapped lightly on the coffin cover, wanting to test the material of the wood, but unexpectedly, the black cat suddenly jumped over and swung its sharp claws at him.Luo Fei was taken aback and quickly shrank back to avoid it.

"Kaka!" Meng Shaohui yelled sharply, leaning over at the same time, holding the cat in his arms.The cat stared at Luo Fei with a pair of black and white eyes, and let out a low growl of "woo woo" from its throat, as if it was demonstrating. "Be honest!" Meng Shaohui patted it on the head lightly, and smiled awkwardly at Luo Fei, "It's not usually like this, I don't know what happened today." "Cats are spiritual things, and this coffin also connects the two worlds of Yin and Yang..." Seeing that Luo Meng and the two of them disagreed, Lao Hu swallowed back half of what he had said.

Luo Fei stroked the beard stubble on his chin and asked Lao Hu, "Is burial still practiced on the island?" Lao Hu nodded: "Well, and before the burial, you usually have to invite Monk Deping to do a religious service. It has been a custom for generations, and it has not been changed." It is understandable that there are some old customs on this remote island.Luo Fei was about to help Lao Hu re-stretch the canvas, when he suddenly heard a man's voice from the pier: "Boss Zhou, have you restocked? It looks like the business is going well?" The voice was hoarse and dry, with a strange yin and yang tone, which frustrated the listener's eardrums, making people extremely uncomfortable.Luo Fei, Lao Hu and Meng Shaohui turned around at the same time. Lao Hu had already guessed who was coming, and he frowned tightly, looking disgusted.

The visitor didn't care whether everyone welcomed him or not, he stepped onto the bow of the boat with a single step, and saw that he was slightly hunched, his hair was disheveled, his face was red, his face was not big, but he looked a little sick.After boarding the boat, he went straight to the boxes of liquor piled up in the cabin, salivated and said, "Hey, Guangsi Tequ? This wine is pretty good, I used to drink it a lot!" Zhou Yonggui had a bitter face, and didn't bother to talk to him, he just waved his hands to greet the guy: "Move quickly, move quickly." The young man understood the boss's intentions, put down the box of soap he was carrying in his arms, and hurriedly picked up the liquor.Seeing that the begging was boring, the visitor swallowed resentfully, then moved to Zhou Yonggui's side, and said meanly: "Boss Zhou, why don't you give me a bottle of wine on credit and give me a taste at home?"

"It's okay to drink on credit." Zhou Yonggui replied to him neither soft nor hard, "But I said Xue Xiaohua, you have to settle the previous account first, right?" "If I had money to settle the bill, why would I ask you to drink on credit?" Seeing that he was being soft, Xue Xiaohua put on a grim look, "Which one of you didn't ask my father to see a doctor? How many do you remember? This world is so hot and cold, how can I really say it?" Zhou Yonggui seems to be an honest and kind person. Hearing what Xue Xiaohua said, he couldn't help sighing: "Oh, I just took care of your dead father... Forget it, I still have some loose liquor in there, come back Hit a little."

Xue Xiaohua greeted lazily: "Thank you then." Although bulk wine is not comparable to Guangsi Tequ, it is better than nothing.He looked around in the boat a little bored, and when he saw Luo Fei and the others, he immediately yelled in surprise: "I said, Laohu, no one died on the island these two days, what did you put in the coffin?" Heart?" "This was ordered by Monk Deping, you know what a shit!" Lao Hu was not polite to this alcoholic, "Besides, some people are more breathless than dead people, they might as well go into the coffin earlier."

Xue Xiaohua was already tired of being scolded by the people on the island, not only did he not care about Lao Hu's harsh words, but he walked over to this side with a smile on his face, squinting his eyes at Luo Fei and Meng Shaohui: "Yo, today I'm still playing Two guests? Rare." Meng Shaohui thought his description was dirty, so he turned his body sideways and walked out, but Xue Xiaohua deliberately moved forward, almost face to face with him.Meng Shaohui couldn't get angry, so he could only speed up his pace, but when he walked to the side of the boat, he saw the surging waves in front of him, but he stopped involuntarily.

Zhou Yonggui happened to follow behind him with his belongings, politely urging: "Take two steps, I'm in trouble." An unknown horror that had been hidden for many years was surging in Meng Shaohui's memory. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Yonggui blankly.Just at this moment, a gust of sea breeze blew away the drooping hair on his forehead, revealing the long scar. Zhou Yonggui seemed to be pricked suddenly by a needle, let out a low cry of "ah", and the box in his arms was also smashed heavily on the board of the boat. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Meng Shaohui was awakened by Zhou Yonggui's cry, and he bent down to help him pick up the scattered goods. However, Zhou Yonggui was still in an inexplicable state, he looked at Meng Shaohui in surprise: "You...you are here to play?" "No, I'm looking for my past." Afraid that the other party might not understand, Meng Shaohui asked, "Do you know a man named Meng Jianguo? He may have lived on this island before." "I don't know, I don't know!" Zhou Yonggui shook his hands in a panic, then hastily picked up the fallen box, rushed to the shore, and dodged aside from a distance. Meng Shaohui faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything. Just as he was confused, Luo Fei had already walked to his side, and lightly patted his shoulder: "I'll go ashore first, and then you take my hand and go over there." .” Meng Shaohui glanced at Luo Fei gratefully, and took his outstretched hand. Even so, he still had to close his eyes before he had the courage to step on the pedal and land on Mingze Island. Stepping on the hard ground of the pier, the two could finally look up and see the whole picture of Mingze Island. This is an oval-shaped island, which is longer from east to west, with a span of more than ten kilometers, and slightly shorter from north to south, with a span of about seven kilometers.A mountain range rises in the middle of the island, which is long and long, and divides the entire island into two long and narrow regions along the north-south direction.The terrain at the foot of the mountains on the east and west sides is relatively gentle, and most of the islanders live here scattered, living a life almost isolated from the outside world. The location of the pier is just southeast of the island.Looking from here, the continuous mountains with jagged rocks and lush vegetation give people a sense of mystery; the villages at the foot of the mountains are orderly, revealing a harmonious and peaceful atmosphere. Meng Shaohui looked at the village not far away, his mind was in a trance, and he felt vaguely familiar.Luo Fei's gaze was fixed on the mountain peak facing the east of the island. According to the introduction in the information, that area is where the "Ghost Watching Slope" is located. "Ghost Wangpo, a ghost in the dark night. What kind of stories and secrets will be hidden here?" Luo Fei thought to himself, he would never have expected that after escaping from the "Dead Wood Temple", he would start a new story. Thrilling horror journey.