Chapter 5 Chapter 3 Mysterious Girl

It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period in history, Jin Jinggongji, the monarch of Jin State, died in a very strange way. This old man is a generation of monarchs who truly hold the power of life and death. He is getting old and somewhat senile.A fortune teller in the state of Jin probably got bored with life, and said to the monarch: "You are old, you won't live until the time to eat the new wheat this year." Mr. Ji was of course very unhappy when he heard that, when the new wheat came down that year At the same time, I recruited a fortune teller, held his job bowl and said: "Look, you said that I will not live to eat new wheat, so I will eat it for you! However, you have to die for me first, who told you to be inaccurate?" !” After saying that, he asked someone to push out the fortune-teller and chop it up.

Old man Ji picked up the rice bowl and was about to eat when he suddenly felt sick to his stomach, so he said to the left and right: "No, I have to go to the latrine first." After saying that, he put down the bowl and went out. The servants on the left and right waited on the left and the right, the food was cold, and the king hadn't come back yet, what's going on?They searched separately in private, but couldn't find it anywhere in the palace. Finally, they found Mr. Ji in the latrine. Later, someone praised that Mr. Ji Lao was the first emperor to be martyred in the toilet.

The "Zuo Zhuan", which has always been known for its concise and powerful writing style, only used one sentence to describe this event: "Eating, rising, going to the toilet, sinking and dying." Of course, there are reasons for applying the above allusion, and it is very There is a reason. By the way, Zhao Yunhan and I ran out to watch the fun, but we didn’t expect to be swept away by the crowd as soon as we got out of the restaurant, but that’s not important. The location not far from the center. Out of curiosity, I asked the people nearby, and then I suddenly realized that it was a dead person!But that man died an idiot enough, and he is definitely similar to Jin Jinggong.

Listening to the idlers next to me, it made me want to laugh. It is said that the man who died was surnamed Liu, and he and his father opened a rather large bear farm, and in recent years they have become the richest man in Yangmahe.But this boy Liu doesn't like gold, silver or beautiful women, he just likes to fight with bears. It is said that he built a large arena in his own bear farm, and often pulled out the brown bears, grizzly bears, black bears, sun bears, white bears, etc. kept in it one after another to humiliate them. All in all, brother Liu did nothing all day long, just thinking about how to fight bears, and even hired a teacher for this.From time to time, go into the arena to find a bear and beat it up, hero!

However, there are times when a hero misses. Finally, today, Brother Liu met a fierce bear that had just arrived at the bear farm. After hitting him, he was scratched to death by the bear... I can't laugh or cry, this guy is asking for it at all, and he doesn't need sympathy at all. But, are modern people really so boring?Although it is rare to see a corpse, and it was killed by a bear, but, do you need to surround so many people?Or is it not that simple? After thinking about it, he squeezed in desperately, and finally got close to the periphery of the circle, watching hard from the gap.

I saw two corpses covered with linen on the ground in the center, and the one on the left was very large and was an adult.The one on the right is much smaller, probably just a child about five or six years old.Although it was covered with a cloth, the surrounding soil was dripping wet, and the corpse was still dripping water through the gaps in the cloth. I frowned. Could it be that this child was drowned? As mentioned before, there is a custom in Yangma Village that people who die outside cannot be carried into the house, so as not to be infected with evil spirits.So it is not difficult to explain why the corpses are placed in the open air on the threshing floor.But, why are there so many people watching it?

Suddenly I felt someone pulling my sleeve, I turned my head to look, but because the crowd was too crowded, I couldn't see that person clearly.I just vaguely noticed that it should be a petite girl. The slender hand on my sleeve was small and blindingly white.The hands are constantly exerting force, as if they want me to follow her.So I followed the intention of the owner of the hand and left the downtown area in the direction she led. As the crowd thinned, I finally saw her clearly. It was a girl of only one hundred and fifty centimeters, wearing a white dress, with long black hair that was very thin and smooth, constantly fluttering in the wind, which made people feel an urge to grab her.

She turned her head and smiled sweetly at me. Her facial features were very delicate, but she couldn't tell her age.It seems that she is only fourteen or five years old, but it is reasonable to insist that she is over twenty years old. In short, she is a stunning beauty that will make people feel sorry for her. The most commendable thing is her pure face, which makes me, who is used to the philistine and realistic faces of urban beauties, feel warmer. The girl's footsteps showed no signs of stopping, and her little hands desperately grabbed my sleeves, as if letting go would cause me to be lost forever.I don't know how long I walked with her, and finally stopped in a deserted woods.

Turning around gently, the girl's big pure eyes like a spring stared at me hard without blinking, from my toes to the ends of my hair, and finally fixed her eyes on my face, and then, again She smiled, with a very pure smile, a small mouth slightly opened, white teeth looming, a straight nose, and skin that was so fair that it was fragile. Everything was so beautiful that I was stunned and couldn't help but want to tremble. I don't know how long it took before I gradually calmed down and asked softly, "This, um, little sister, what's the matter with you calling me here?" The girl didn't speak, just smiled, looking at me and smiling happily.

"So, what's your name?" I asked again. Still no answer, still only laughing. This time it was my turn to smile, and smiled wryly: "Little sister, where is your family? Do you live in this village?" The silky soft blue hair.The girl closed her eyes, put her hands together, clapped her hands happily, and softly uttered a clear tone to me: "Lian Lian." The voice was crisp and clear, like sweet music.After finishing these three syllables, he looked at me again, as if waiting for my response.I scratched my head puzzled by the anticipation on her face. The girl didn't give up, she clapped her hands again, and said with great anticipation, "Lian Lian." Then she waited for my response again.

I rubbed my nose in distress and doubt, my face full of embarrassment.The fiery hope ignited in the girl's eyes collapsed in an instant, bursts of mist of pain rose from her bright eyes, her eye sockets began to moisten, and she began to cry as if she had suffered a great grievance. For some reason, I was so ashamed that I wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.It was as if he should know how to respond to her, but he really didn't know. The girl pulled my sleeve to wipe away the tears, sobbing softly, but very sad. Alas, I have a headache. I just arrived in this village that I should be familiar with, but I ran into a lot of trouble before I started investigating anything.Could it be that I am silent at night, destined to have a lot of female troubles in this life? With a depressed mood, I began to use all my patience to coax the crying girl, but no matter what I said or made funny faces to tease her, she was unmoved and just cried silently.Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, and decided to take her back to the place where I lived first. So I went to pull the girl's hand to wipe her tears. Her hand was small, soft, and the tender skin was very elastic.It feels very comfortable to hold in the hand, but as far as early spring is concerned, the touch feels a little cold. The girl pouted her cute little mouth slightly, finally stopped crying, looked up at me, and smiled happily again for some reason, on her sweet smile, there were still crystal teardrops hanging between the long eyelashes. Hey, what a weird little girl, but that pear blossom with rain is indeed beautiful. Just like that, I dragged her to the hotel, and while I was walking, I was thinking about her background. Her dress is very ordinary. Although the white dress has not been popular in recent decades, it has never been lacking. In short, it is suitable for all age groups.And she has shawl hair that is neither long nor short. Although she is very beautiful, she obviously lacks trimming.Most of the hairstyles of modern young people are broken hair, which is the same in Yangma Village. At least according to my observations, young girls under the age of 30, regardless of length, almost all have short hair, which is the most obvious connection with urban culture.But this girl has a childish hairstyle, which has been quite rare in recent years. Moreover, judging by her expression, she seems to know me, at least she can feel that the slender hand in my palm is trembling slightly with excitement, as long as my hand is slightly loosened, she will subconsciously grab it hard Hold my index finger tightly, as if afraid that I will suddenly disappear. Shaking my head puzzled, I looked at her again.This kind of beauty with a unique temperament, according to my memory, it is impossible to forget once I have seen her, but I have never seen her in my memory. Could it be that she was a companion who played with me before the age of five and a half? impossible!It's been thirteen years, she's grown up, and she's basically the same person as before, so why does she recognize herself?Or did she simply admit the wrong person? Moreover, although this beautiful woman has an aura in her appearance, which makes people think she is very smart at first glance, but from her silent behavior, it is not difficult to see that her intelligence should have stayed at the level of her childhood for some reason. At that time, he suffered from what is commonly known as a developmental disorder of brain function, and his intelligence could not grow with his body. It seems that his troubles are getting bigger and bigger. In a sigh, I returned to the place where I lived.Zhao Yunhan saw me from a distance, smiled and waved at me. "Any big discoveries?" The first words she greeted revealed her impatience at the moment. I smiled wryly and shook my head: "How can I find anything, but I picked up a lost big beauty." Zhao Yunhan stared at me with great interest, and looked around: "Oh, hehe, why am I so miserable? I have never been so lucky to pick up a handsome guy or something. Where is the beauty? Where did you hide her?" I saw her asking knowingly, and pointed to the right angrily, "You are so big, are you blind?" She I curled my lips: "Look for yourself, is there anyone there?" "Isn't this a human..." My head turned to the right, and the original righteous tone suddenly disappeared.On the side, the smooth and full touch in the palm of the right hand still remained on the skin, but Yi Ren disappeared without a trace. hell!I patted my forehead hard, my face was dull, and it took me a while to confirm: "Well, when you waved to me from a distance just now, did you see the girl on my right?" I only saw you as a living treasure, you came back alone, there was no one else at all." Zhao Yunhan's face suddenly flashed a look of surprise, "Wait, are you serious about what you said?"" Nonsense, you think I’m so boring and can play around with people!” I was a little overwhelmed, I waved my arms and ran back to my room. Lying hard on the bed, staring blankly at the dirty and simple ceiling in a daze, could it be that he really encountered a ghost? There is a question, even if I meet a ghost, why does that ghost know me?Still look very trusting?What's more, who knows whether there are ghosts in this world or not. Thinking about it, my brain started to blur and I felt sleepy, so I closed my eyes, and it seemed that during that time, I had a weird dream. That dream was so hazy and unclear that when I woke up, I couldn't remember many details. I just vaguely felt that the scene of that dream was a very long river bed, surrounded by large and small pebbles. There was a girl standing in front of me, desperately trying to convey some kind of information to me, but I couldn't see the girl's appearance clearly, nor could I hear her voice, only her mouth was constantly opening and closing. I remained unmoved, but she became anxious and stretched out her snow-white slender hand to grab my shoulder.A feeling of suffocation suddenly filled all my senses, I struggled hard, and glanced over my shoulder in panic.Suddenly a chill came up, there was no girl's hand there, it was clearly a white skeleton arm, pinching my shoulder. The withered skeleton's limbs were eerie, almost sinking into my flesh. At this moment, I woke up with great difficulty, sat up suddenly from the bed, panted heavily, and felt as if I had already died once.His body was heavy and tired, and his head was in severe pain, as if something was about to move in his brain. "A Ye, are you in?" Zhao Yunhan's anxious voice and loud knocking came from outside the door. I shook my head, responded weakly, and opened the door unsteadily. When she saw me, she was almost speechless with astonishment. "I haven't seen you for a few minutes, how did you become like this?" She frowned slightly, and looked me up and down: "Could it be that you were crushed by a ghost?" "It's nothing, it was just a nightmare " I took a deep breath and waved to her, I didn't even think about what happened just now.Is it because the newcomer is a little bit uncomfortable, which caused such a big reaction in the body? "Why is the nightmare so serious?" Zhao Yunhan was a little worried. Seeing that I didn't want to mention it again, she wisely didn't ask any more questions, but said: "By the way, there is a child in the village swimming in the Yangma River today. Did you know that when I was drowned?" "I just saw the body on the threshing floor, next to a middle-aged fool who was bitten to death by a bear." My mental state finally recovered a little. "Let's not mention that idiot. I investigated some things about that drowned child." Zhao Yunhan took out a small notebook and handed it to me. I looked carefully.The boy was Zhao Wei, who turned seven years old last month and disappeared three days ago.The body was accidentally salvaged by a fisherman in the same village at 8:15 this morning.After the police judged that the death was accidental, the body was returned to his parents. "Why investigate this?" I asked suspiciously. Zhao Yunhan immediately looked at me with a face full of surprise, "A Ye, are you still awake? You don't know my intentions!" I was taken aback, and suddenly took out the information she gave me a few days ago and reviewed it. Fan. Many children who drowned in the Yangma River in the past thirteen years suddenly came back to life on the third day after they were confirmed dead.And this child disappeared three days ago, assuming that he had already died at that time, then tonight happened to be the first three times he died. "Do you want to lie in ambush at the threshing ground and see for yourself whether there will be fake work on Zhao Wei?" I asked in a low voice. "Yes, this is the persistence of folklorists!" Zhao Yunhan looked excited. I smiled wryly: "The most taboo thing in this village is that the corpses are watched at night. They think that this will affect the dead people from swimming across the Santu River to reincarnate, so the corpses will only be placed on the threshing ground, even the night watchmen If there is no arrangement, until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, outsiders who went to the threshing ground where the corpses were placed at night and disturbed the peace of the dead would be arrested and burned to death by the villagers. I am afraid that most of the scholars who wandered in this village were through some people. It is through some unscrupulous methods that they got the corpses, and record those who are in a fake state! The people in Yangma Village may not know until now that their young sons and daughters were stolen and studied until their death." All in! But, don't you want to go and have a look?" Her voice was full of bewitching. I lowered my voice: "If you are discovered, things will be serious. Although you won't be burned to death, you will definitely be driven out." "Why are you so mother-in-law? This is not like you. Where are you going?" Don't go?" "Go, how could such an interesting event be without me!" I laughed out loud, but there was a trace of uneasiness faintly revealed in the smile on my face. For some reason, I always feel that something bad will happen tonight, but it makes me even more curious.