Chapter 7 Chapter Seven Monster?Strange disease?

I confronted that shadow for a while, and finally I couldn't help shouting again: "Who?" No matter what this shadow is, it is better than the black shadow I saw just now, and it didn't disappear out of thin air, but because of this, in this place In the darkness before dawn, it was even more strange. "The old man was about to ask you, who are you? Why did you break into this temple innocently?" The other party actually spoke, and immediately, an orange light lit up. At this time, I could clearly see that the white shadow in the darkness was actually an old man in his seventies, with a hunched body and an oil lamp in his hand, but he didn't seem to light the oil lamp at first. I don't know if it was intended to scare people.

He was wearing a Taoist robe, and he seemed to be a monk, but the Taoist robe had been washed white - I was suspicious, this is a temple, not a Taoist temple, where did the Taoist come from? Seeing that the other party was a human and not a ghost, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly turned around and came out, and said with a smile to the old man: "Hi old man, I accidentally strayed into your temple because I went to the mountains to collect medicine, please forgive me!" He explained clearly the purpose of coming, and at the same time expressed his attitude, I have no malicious intentions.

"Because I accidentally fell into the mud, so I went to the backyard to find a well to get some water to wash--" I said with a sneer, after all, it was really rude of me to come here uninvited and break into someone's room. "It's okay!" The old Taoist nodded at me, and said again, "There is nothing valuable in the barren mountain, sir, just look at it casually, but it's different here!" "Oh?" I hurriedly walked out, took the burden clothes from the corridor, and asked curiously, "Why?" In fact, I also knew that it was different here. The purple gold incense burner had exquisite and simple patterns on it, unlike It is a modern thing, and I think it is an ancient idea. What's more, even if it is not an antique, the price of purple gold itself is a little more expensive than gold. Although the incense burner is not big enough, it is still a lot of money. It is enough Mouthwatering.

And those who can afford such high-quality sandalwood are even more inconvenient. They have no money—who burns this stuff? "What's different about this place?" I hurried out of the door and closed the door behind me, asking curiously. "This is the death of an old friend of mine. He was busy all day long and had no time to take care of him. He entrusted the old man to burn incense every day, so that his friend could receive incense in the underworld and not be bullied by evil spirits!" The old Taoist held the oil lamp , led me forward and explained to me at the same time.

I immediately felt relieved, no wonder there is a portrait of an ordinary woman enshrined in this monk temple, so it turned out to be such a thing. Thinking of this, I sighed lightly—my old friend also died many years ago, he was very particular about life, but after death, I didn't even burn a stick of incense for him. "Is the old man a monk?" I asked curiously. "That's right!" The old Taoist laughed awkwardly. "I saw that the old man was wearing Taoist robes, but why did he rest in this temple?" I asked in surprise. "The old man has no long-term possessions, and the mortal world has nowhere to hide. He passed by this monastery in the early years. Although the incense burnt out early, the house is still there, just for shelter, so he has been resting here." The old Taoist explained.

I nodded, thinking of the coffin behind the Buddha statue, it was really weird, and not only asked: "Why is behind the Buddha statue..." The old Taoist didn't wait for me to finish speaking, so he said, "You mean, the coffin behind the Buddha statue? That's the friend of an old friend..." Inside the coffin was actually the beautiful woman named "White Pearl". I was a little taken aback when I heard that. I thought that there was a portrait of her hanging in the wing room, and there were incense offerings. This "White Pearl" should have been buried for many years. I didn't expect , the coffin is still sealed in this deserted temple?

"When a person dies and ascends to heaven, he should only be buried in the earth for peace, but I don't know why the old friend doesn't let the old friend go to the earth for peace?" I couldn't hide my curiosity and asked. "It's just that I haven't found a place with good geomantic omen!" The old Taoist shook his head and sighed softly, "My friend is good at everything, but he's just a little too crazy, that's all, you are a passing doctor, so don't ask these questions again, Let's rest in this room for a day, and go in tomorrow!"

While the old Taoist was speaking, he took me to an empty room in front, put the oil lamp on the table, gave me a few more instructions, and then closed the door and went out. I am grateful to the old Taoist in my heart, although when he appeared, I really scared my boss, but after all, I have a ghost in my heart, and I don't care about other people's affairs. I walked the mountain road for a day, tossed and tossed in the ancient tomb at night, and was frightened several times. Now I am exhausted, use the backpack as a pillow, lie down on the bed, and fall asleep directly. Dimly, I seemed to see that eyebrow-browed woman in a white cheongsam, pushed open the door and came in, came to my bed, and said something to me, I wanted to open my eyes, but I couldn’t open them anyway .

Then, I seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and countless corpse crocodiles rushed up, biting my flesh. The long and wide mouth broke my neck with one bite... Inside my nose, I could clearly smell the smell of blood, and in a trance, there was a black figure, wearing a long black robe, swaying past, I wanted to see the man's face clearly, but I couldn't see clearly . I don't know how long it took before I woke up, and it happened that the wet area under my body was soaked with sweat... It wasn't until this time that I was completely awake, lying on the bed, echoing the dream, still covered in cold sweat, outside the window, it was already bright, and looking at the sun, it was probably already noon.

Come to think of it, I didn't sleep until almost dawn. I hurriedly got up, packed my things, and walked out. Sure enough, it was past eleven o'clock in the noon. The clothes I washed last night and dried outside were completely dry. It has just entered autumn, and the sun is enough. Vicious. I packed my clothes, put them in my backpack, and went to the well platform to draw water. This time, the ancient well was calm and calm, just like ordinary wells. Maybe everything yesterday was an illusion?Is it all Nankeyimeng? How could there be anything under this well?The iron chain in the well was still there, but I couldn't control my curiosity. I couldn't help but stretch out my hand and tugged on the iron chain. The iron chain was extremely heavy. I pulled it hard, but it still didn't move.

Forget it, instead of studying this thing, I fetched some water, washed my face, and then looked around for the old Taoist, trying to give him some money for Sichuan funding, but I couldn't find it. Finally, I packed up my things and took the money Pressed on the Buddhist altar, turned around and left, not far from the Honglian Temple, there is a small mountain village, I have to ask someone, what is this place? That small mountain village is only a few steps away from Honglian Temple. I bypassed Honglian Temple and soon arrived at the entrance of the village. At the entrance of the village, there was a stone tablet with two large characters written on it - Wucun! Come to think of it, most people in this village have the surname Wu? Wu Village is not big, there are about 20 households. I wanted to ask anyone at random and buy some food by the way, but I went to several households one after another, but no one agreed. I wondered in my heart, is this small village What happened to cause everyone in the village to go? Fortunately, when I went around a bamboo fence, I saw a white-haired old man, leaning on a stick, shaking his head and sighing, walking slightly trembling. I hurried forward, stopped the old man, and asked with a smile: "Old man, I want to ask you something—" "Ah..." The old man looked at me, pointed to his ear, and asked loudly, "What did you say, I can't hear..." I sighed, the old man is old, his ears are hard to use, so I can only get close to the old man's ear and say loudly: "Old man, what is this place, and how far is it from Luohe Town?" "Old man Wu's house has a monster..." The old man said vaguely, and answered irrelevant questions. After speaking, he leaned on his stick, ignored me, and walked forward. "Monster?" I was stunned, did I hear wrong?How can there be any evildoers in such a good village?I was thinking about it, and I was going to continue to ask someone to ask. Fortunately, after walking a few steps, I met a little girl in a red dress. After asking a few words, I realized that this small village was about to disappear. As for where Luohe Town is, the little girl is only five or six years old, so she has no idea. But what the old man said about the "monster" just now, the girl explained it clearly to me clearly - it turns out that there is an old man in this village who begged a woman from another village to be his wife. , is not easy. Old Man Wu’s woman had dystocia, and the rest of the child stretched her legs. This old man Wu was both a father and a mother, pulling up the child with feces and urine. Now he is fourteen years old and his name is Wu Shan. , but he was born delicate and delicate. Unexpectedly, a month ago, the child said that he had a stomachache. At first, old man Wu didn't pay much attention to it. He thought it was a bad stomach, so he went to the only Doctor Wang in the village and prepared some diarrhea medicine for the child to eat for a while. It really worked, since the child took the medicine, he has never had abdominal pain, but for some reason, in just a few days, the child's stomach is getting bigger day by day. At first, old man Wu thought that the child was developing properly at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Could it be that he had gained weight?I didn't pay attention to it, but in the past few days, the child's stomach has grown swollen, like a pregnant woman who is about to give birth. Recently, the child started to complain of stomach pain again. Old man Wu had no choice but to bring Wu Shan to Dr. Wang, but when Dr. Wang saw it, he panicked in fright and only called out, "Monster!" Now, the village head invited everyone to gather at Old Man Wu's house to discuss how to deal with this "monster". I heard it strangely, my stomach is bloated, but it may not be a monster, there are many illnesses, the most likely one is parasites - I was thinking about it, and asked the little girl about the location of old man Wu's house. The little girl's name is Xiaohua, and she is very enthusiastic. She doesn't care about playing and is busy taking me there.