Chapter 7 Chapter 4 The fourth floor?sixth floor?

During the Jin Dynasty, Li Mi, a native of Wuling, had good moral character and literary talent, and was quite famous at that time.Sima Yan, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, valued his character and talent, so he wanted to call him an official, but was rejected several times. It turned out that Li Mi lost his father when he was very young, and his mother was forced to remarry when he was four years old. He lived with his grandmother Liu since he was a child.Li Mi grew up under the care of his grandmother, who also provided him with education. Therefore, Li Mi had a very deep relationship with his grandmother, and he couldn't bear to leave his elderly grandmother to become an official instead of serving.

Finally, Li Mi wrote a letter to Sima Yan to express his attitude.The letter said: "I had no father when I was six months old. My mother was forced by my uncle to remarry when I was four years old. My grandmother Liu looked at me pitifully and raised me. I have no brothers in my family, and my grandmother has no one else to take care of me. She. My grandmother has gone through all kinds of hardships to bring me up. Now that she is old, I am the only one who can serve her through her dying years. But I am not going to be an official, and I have violated your will. It is really embarrassing for me to advance and retreat. !"

So there has been an idiom in history since then. Lin Zhiyan is very embarrassed now, it is the most embarrassing time since I met her. She had a gunshot wound on her left shoulder. Fortunately, the bullet only grazed the skin, and did not hurt the flesh. The most frightening thing was that Lin Zhiyan had soft tissue bruises all over her body. One can imagine how fierce the battle was. , How much pain I endured to return to the hotel, I can't help but be in awe. Although this woman has a lot of bad roots in her character, her backbone is still very hard.I gave her a simple bandage, then changed her into a new set of clothes, and threw the bloody clothes into the trash bag.Not daring to stay here any longer, I called Zhang San and asked him to arrange a hotel that was quite secluded.

In short, this guy is also following us closely, and he can't get rid of it. Just give him a more convenient reason to follow us. Besides, I have nothing against him. Zhang San came soon after. Seeing Lin Zhiyan's injury, although he didn't hum, he could clearly see a light of appreciation from his eyes. He didn't waste any extra words, picked up the old woman and went down from the elevator, and walked out through the hotel gate openly. Facing the weird eyes from the whole hall, he didn't even blush, shrugged his shoulders, and laughed twice: "My wife, hey, you know."

Then he threw Lin Zhiyan into the car and drove away with me. This guy is so cheeky! After driving through the city for more than half an hour, I don't know how many circles, he stopped the car, and then took out a key for me, "No. 2 on the sixth floor, a house with three bedrooms and one living room, all the furniture is Complete." "Thank you." I took the key and said thank you, but there was no expression of gratitude on my face, and I took it for granted. Zhang San scratched his head depressingly, "I won't go up with you, I have to hurry up, this fierce woman is probably about to wake up. By the way, you can use this car as you like."

As he said that, he ran away in a flash, as fast as if there was something chasing his life behind his butt. Not long after he ran away, when I was having a headache, how could I get the woman in front of me up to the sixth floor, Lin Zhiyan groaned and woke up.As soon as she woke up, her hands made an attacking posture, she looked at me with sharp eyes, her palms were like poisonous snakes spitting out letters, and she hit me like a cone of hands. "Stop!" I yelled hastily.For this dead woman, it is troublesome to faint, and it is even more troublesome to wake up. If I had known just now, I would have found a brick anywhere and knocked on her head a few more times, making her unconscious for ten days or eight days.

The hand stopped abruptly not far from my throat, and she opened her eyes wide, as if she saw me clearly, said "oh", and said slowly: "oh, so it's you Ah, I slept so full that my eyes are blurry! Ha ha, good morning." "Good morning you, don't think that if you pretend to be okay, it's over. You almost killed me just now!" I glared at her angrily. She laughed twice: "No, you are still alive and well. Why are men so stingy, be careful not to find a wife." Damn, what kind of world is this, she almost killed me, but she acted like a wounded little woman, disgusting to death.But speaking of it, she was indeed injured, and not lightly.Oh, forget it.

"Can you walk? We have to go up to the sixth floor." I opened the car door and asked her. "It's probably not a big problem." She gritted her teeth, grabbed my arm and stood up slowly, but it was not ideal. After standing for a while, all the weight of her body leaned towards me. Sighing again, I knelt down helplessly and said, "Forget it, I'll carry you on my back." "Can you do it?" Her tone was obviously distrustful. I said angrily: "Although I have lost a little weight, I am still a man. Although you have gained a little weight, I can still bear the weight."

"I'm so fat!" Lin Zhiyan ruthlessly laid on my back, and said in a still angry way: "Don't tell me I won't remind you, even if you can't carry it halfway, I won't be able to hold on. crush you!" "Yes! Yes! Yes!" I perfunctorily walked towards the stairs with her on my back. This building is very old, probably more than twenty years old. It is located in the east section of the Second Ring Road in Lingshan City, close to Lingshan, and it is very hidden.I'm not a local, so I don't even know there is such a place. The building has only six floors in total, which can be regarded as a dangerous building on the verge of demolition.The staircase is a rare army green. I don’t know which idiot designed it. After looking at the army green for a long time, it will give people a visually tired feeling. I didn’t climb a few stairs, so I had to stop and have a good rest. It will take a while to continue.

"Tch, brat, you really need to exercise hard. My body is as light as a swallow, and it is so difficult for you to carry it on your back. Tsk tsk, shame on you!" Lin Zhiyan looked like she was standing and talking without pain in her back, and she whispered sarcastic remarks in my ear, so angry that I wished I could throw her down. Forbearance, I am also a man anyway, what is there to care about with an injured person.Depressedly holding back my anger, I climbed up step by step with a weight of more than 50 kilograms on my back.It took more than ten minutes and finally climbed to the fourth floor.

Just when I was about to go up the stairs with all my might and gritted my teeth, a crisp little girl's voice suddenly came from a few stairs not far away: "Big Brother, what are you doing? Why do you feel so tired? " I looked up at her, wiped off my sweat, forced a smile and said, "Because big brother is really tired. The dead woman on big brother's back is too heavy." Lin Zhiyan glared at me fiercely, and secretly tugged on my back vigorously.This woman, in front of outsiders, especially in front of children, will show a strong maternal nature that cannot be flattered, it is terrible! The little girl was only about five years old, and she was very cute. She was wearing a white suspender skirt with emerald flowers. She opened her mouth to reveal her white and neat teeth, as well as a pair of small canine teeth. The little girl tilted her head and looked at us, and asked suspiciously: "Big Brother, you only have Big Sister on your back. How can there be any dead woman? By the way, what is a dead woman?" This sentence made me cough again and again, and it took me a long time to recover.Lin Zhiyan smiled triumphantly: "Don't listen to his nonsense, this kid is mentally abnormal. Little sister, what's your name?" This dead woman, smiling like a strange mother-in-law who seduces children, is almost holding a lollipop in her hand. "My name is Tiantian," the little girl said happily, pointing to the door on the right side of the fourth floor, "Tiantian lives there. Mom and Dad are not here, Tiantian is obediently waiting for them to come back." "Tiantian, go back early. The weather is very cold now, so I'm worried about catching a cold." Lin Zhiyan gave full play to her motherhood, and the smile on her face almost made my eyes drop. I have never seen her smile so warmly. "Well, Tiantian knows. Are big brothers and big sisters going up?" "Yes, big brother and big sister still have some things to do." I smiled. "Oh! Tiantian knows, Tiantian knows! Dad and Mom often say that when they want Tiantian to go back to the room to sleep alone at night, and then there will be some strange sounds in their room..." There was another cough, and the weight of this sentence almost crushed me.Lin Zhiyan burst out laughing, she couldn't stop laughing for a long time, even if she laughed so much that the wound was involved, she didn't care, it took her a long time to hold back her laugh, and gave me an ambiguous look, "Why, why don't we go back and create a little sweetness? That sweet voice." It's your fault!I'm as thick-skinned as I can't hold back.I pretended I didn't hear it at all, and said to Tiantian, "Tiantian, go home early, we're going up." "Yeah!" Tiandian nodded, suddenly thought of something, jumped down a few steps, and grabbed the corner of my clothes, "I want to accompany big brother up, big brother can't carry big sister, can Tiantian help big brother?" Back. Tian Tian is a strong man." She bent her wrists cutely, making a strong man look.We both looked at each other and laughed again: This girl is really cute. But looking at this child, for some reason, there is always a feeling that something is wrong deep in my heart, as if something has been overlooked by me.Shaking his head to shake off his doubts, the most urgent task now is to transport Lin Zhiyan up first, and think about the rest later. Step by step, we started our upward journey step by step. The difference is that the two people just now became three.This old building has two twelve-block staircases on each floor, and there are still two floors left, with a total of forty-eight staircases. I counted the stairs and climbed up slowly. After climbing for about three minutes, I felt that I had finally climbed to the sixth floor.When I raised my head suddenly, I was stunned, and a chill crawled from the bottom of my feet to my back involuntarily. What should have been the top floor, there are still continuous stairs extending upwards.Lin Zhiyan patted my sluggish face in doubt, and asked strangely, "What's wrong?" "Hey, dead woman, there are only six floors in this building, right?" I asked blankly. "Yes." She nodded. "How come I have already climbed to the sixth floor, and I can still see the stairs?" "You made a mistake." She lowered her head and asked Tiantian nonchalantly, "Tiantian, what floor is this?" "Fourth floor." Sweet and crisp answer. Fourth floor?Isn't the fourth floor the one where you met Tiantian?Why did I climb for so long and still stay on the fourth floor?I wiped my eyes vigorously, and looked at the row number. Sure enough, in the center of the two rooms, there was an inconspicuous "four" written in a dark red color like blood. Lin Zhiyan, who started to feel something was wrong, was also stunned. I didn't continue to go up, stopped, let Lin Zhiyan sit on the steps, and then carefully looked around.My feeling tells me that I have at least climbed to the sixth floor, but why am I still stuck on the fourth floor? From the outside, the building really only has six floors. Somewhat uncertain, I asked Tiantian, "Tiantian, how many floors does this building have?" "Sixth floor." She answered crisply, then ran to the door on the right side of the fourth floor, patted on the door and said happily: "This is Tiantian's home, Tiantian will not admit mistakes." "Well, big sister believes in you, Tiantian is the smartest." Lin Zhiyan leaned against the wall and kept looking around, suddenly her body trembled, she pointed to the door on the left and said to me: "Stinky boy, look at that door There seems to be something stuck on it!" I looked carefully along her fingers, and sure enough I saw something.I saw a square piece of red paper pasted in the middle of the door on the left side of the fourth floor. On the red paper were written four lines of correct characters, as if a series of mantras: "My child cries at night, please read it if you don't cry." Xie Jun Wanfu I was stunned again, my brain was numb. Lin Zhiyan looked at the string of words, scratched her head and asked, "What are these things that seem to curse people?" "Not a big deal." I regained my composure and explained slowly: "That is an old custom in the Bashu area. It is a 'prayer' posted by some people to cure children crying at night. People', that is, scared by ghosts. Parents post prayers at crossroads for the purpose of gathering popularity. The more you read, the more popular people will be. Yin people will not dare to come, and children will naturally stop crying. But it is a bit strange That’s it.” I paused and continued: “Usually this kind of thing is written on yellow paper with formulas such as ‘My child cries at night, please read it; if my child does not cry, thank you for your blessings. At intersections with many pedestrians. Or write the word "Tian" on a red cloth and seal it on the baby's navel, and recite when sealing it: "Children, children, cry at night, it is when the old gentleman dismounted, and the road met Yin Xi, the real way, book a field The word seals the navel.' When a baby sleeps upside down day and night, hang its underwear upside down in the room. I have never seen anyone sticking it on the door of my house." "Maybe this family doesn't understand the rules." Lin Zhiyan moved her aching body. "No, it's impossible not to understand the rules. There are traces of robbing boys in front of this family's door." My voice sank, and I hadn't noticed it just now. A wooden doll about one foot long, complete with eyes, ears, mouth, nose, legs, hands, and parts of a certain boy. Because it is placed in the shadow, it is really easy to ignore if you don't pay attention.The whole body of the doll was painted red, and its appearance was not as innocent and cute as a child's, which only made people feel a little weird. Lin Zhiyan also saw the puppet and frowned.Tian Tian was frightened by the puppet and went straight into her arms: "That brother is so ugly and scary." This puppet is really uncomfortable, and its face was even brutally nailed with nails, and its appearance became more and more ferocious. "What is robbing a boy?" Lin Zhiyan looked at me. "Same as that formula, it is an old custom of Bashu." I touched the puppet with my hand, a feeling so cold that it penetrated into the bone marrow, and suddenly rushed into my body from my fingertips, I quickly withdrew my hand, "Grab the boy. Among the Hakka people in most areas of Bashu, It is held once a year, and the date is set on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which is the third day after the Chenghuang's departure. "For the rich and noble families who have not given birth for a long time, the local town and the state assembly will make a roster, and hire a group of strong 'hot hands' for each family in advance, so that they can snatch back the few twelve boys. At home. This kind of boy is carved out of hard wood, about a foot long, complete with eyes, ears, mouth, nose, feet and hands, as well as a boy's little bird. "Because in ancient times, boys were favored over girls, all boys were boys. "It is said that before the day of robbing children, the heads of the ancient state councils funded a stage on the high platform of the temple, and selected a woman with a plump body and a big butt from among all the residents, and made it into a concubine. On that day, it can be said that There is a sea of ​​people above, vying to see the boy's home. "After the performance, the gongs and drums were used to beat the gongs and drums, and the concubine went out to the stage. Everyone in the audience cheered in unison, and every family was eager to try. The twelve boys were wrapped in red silk, and they were carried to the empress on a large tray by a special person. . "Holding it in her hand, the empress smiled and said to the audience: 'Snatch the boy and give birth to a precious son; the mother will enjoy the blessings for a lifetime.' "Then throw it far and hard. "Suddenly there was an uproar in the audience, all the hotspots were scrambling to be the first, swarming and scrambling, idlers stood on the hill pointing and laughing. "The first boy has not been found yet, the second, and the third came again. "The situation is becoming more and more complicated, and the competition is becoming more intense. There are runners, chasers, and those who lose sight of the other. As a boy, several groups of hot runners are often chased several miles away, refusing to give up. "The boy's destination is determined by untiing the red silk around his waist. Those who snatch it will be arrogant; those who fail will be depressed and boring. "It takes two to three hours. Once the boy is in hand, he has to fly to hire a colorful sedan chair and several drummers, put them in the boy's sedan chair, and a group of people wear red and colorful, blowing and beating, and send them to the employer's house. "The employer is looking forward to it. When he sees a sedan chair coming slowly, he hastily ordered to set off firecrackers to welcome him. A sumptuous feast is prepared at home to entertain those who have meritorious service such as hotspots, drummers, and bearers. Neighbors heard the news and came to congratulate them. The owner of the house was delighted. The noble son, scattered red envelopes, sprinkled wedding money, and the boy offered incense on the table every day, just like the ancestor's tablet. "In the middle of the night, the housewife burns incense at night, which is called "zishi incense". Please get off the boy, put on clothes and a bellyband, and sleep with the housewife. "Wake up in the middle of the night, wake up the boy as usual, and say: 'Hey, my mother beats you to pee.' And blow 'boo boo' with your mouth, hoping that it will be pregnant, and the fake will come true. This kind of imitation is like The theory of "feeling pregnant" has been used by the rulers of the past dynasties. It is not surprising that the queen dreamed of having sex with a dragon, and then gave birth to a prince, and so on. After a year, if a woman becomes pregnant, the child can be taken as her own Otherwise, they will still be sent back to be robbed." Lin Zhiyan took a closer look at the puppet again, and shook her head vigorously, "This thing is so terrifying, even if I have infertility, I wouldn't snatch it. I snatch it home and put it in my room. It's scary even when I see it." I shrugged my shoulders, "I'm sorry, I think you made a mistake. The real boy's appearance is carved very cutely, but this family has some problems." I went to the door of the family and looked around , then turned her head and asked Tiantian: "Tiantian, who is your neighbor?" "I don't know, Tiantian rarely sees them coming out." Tiantian shook her head. "Strange, this family is really funny. It is obvious that the robbing of children is held in March of the lunar calendar, but now it is only the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, and the year has not yet passed. Besides, there have been no such customs for more than ten years. Their children Where did you snatch it from again? You even tossed an obedient, beautiful puppet into such a scary look.” I glanced at the red paper on the door again, “Also, it’s actually possible to put the It’s a bit inexplicable that the crying spell at the intersection is pasted on the gate.” I was a little curious about what kind of strong man lived inside, strong enough to ruin the ancient feudal customs in such a perfect way.Walking quietly to the door, I moved my eyes to the cat's eye and looked inside. Suddenly, I was so frightened that my whole body became cold and stiff, and I almost fell to the ground. Opposite the cat's eye, there is an eye staring out.That eye was bloodshot, ferocious and terrifying, like a bottomless pit, looking at us without blinking...