Was it a coincidence? Obviously not! In his grandfather's words, this was definitely Li Hu's plan! He didn't know what Li Hu had been doing outside all these years, but he chose this day to dig a grave and use the incense on the female corpse's chin mainly to collect corpse oil! Grandpa didn't tell him what the corpse oil was for, but judging from his solemn tone, it was definitely very scary. When Grandpa arranged all this, he deliberately buried the baby's body on another mountain more than ten miles away from our village. He didn't want to deliberately separate the mother and daughter. He just wanted to send the baby's body to Lame Li's wife after the seventh day.
Buried. Who knew that Li Hu would secretly dig out the baby's body and bury it with the female corpse on the seventh day? Perhaps Li Hu just wanted to get some corpse oil smoothly, or perhaps he didn't expect to cause such a big mess. Who would have thought that a damned black cat would appear in the end! Grandfather said that if it weren't for the black cat, the female ghost would probably not harm anyone after Lame Li's family died. However, because of the black cat, the entire village was implicated. Grandpa said a lot, but it was a little too unbelievable. If it was in the past, I definitely wouldn't believe it. However, after experiencing this exciting scene tonight, I couldn't help but believe it. After Grandpa packed up his things, he brought me out of the house in a hurry. He pointed at my door and said,"Before I left, I used black dog blood mixed with incense ash to smear some on your door and window. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to stop that female ghost! Alright, stop looking and leave quickly!”She followed her grandfather and left the house in a hurry. It was already late at night. The village was very quiet and dead silent. This situation was very abnormal. Many people in the village had dogs at home. It was normal for dogs to bark occasionally in the middle of the night. It was obvious that there was something wrong with the dead silence. My heart was beating very fast as I followed my grandfather closely. I looked around in fear, afraid that the female ghost would come out from some dark corner. A few minutes later, we quickly walked out of the village. Grandpa stopped in his tracks and looked back. His expression became very ugly. I followed his gaze and looked back. I realized that the entire village was covered in a faint fog. The fog became thicker and thicker, gradually enveloping the entire village. Everything in the village became blurry. A cold wind blew over, causing me to involuntarily shiver. "Stop looking, let's go!" Grandpa pulled me and quickened his pace to leave. Our village is not willing to leave the town, so we can reach it in about half an hour's walk. The burial clothes shop opened by his grandfather was on the southwest street of the town. The entire shop was not big, only about 20 square meters. There were some paper figurines and paper horses in the shop, as well as some semi-finished products. It was a mess. After arriving here, I was still in a state of shock. I sat on the stool and couldn't help but tremble. Grandpa squatted at the entrance of the shroud shop and smoked a pipe, pot after pot. The smell of the old pipe was very pungent. After a long time, his grandfather suddenly sighed. He took out a small bag from his bag and hung it on his body. Grandpa looked at me solemnly and said,"Tianci, stay here and don't go anywhere. No matter who calls you, don't answer and don't invite anyone in. After daybreak, if I return, it will be fine. If I don't come back by dawn, take out the yellow lantern in the corner and hang it on the door frame at night. Remember, you can go out during the day, but you must not go out at night. No matter who calls you, you must not leave this shop!”"Grandpa, what…what are you going to do?”My voice trembled. Grandpa's eyes were complicated. He sighed and a bitter look appeared on his face."We can't just watch the entire village die! I'll give it a try and see if my old bones can resolve this matter. After all, I have a certain degree of responsibility for this matter. Even if I don't look for her, she will come looking for me!”After saying that, his grandfather turned around and left. His figure quickly disappeared into the night. After grandpa left, I waited anxiously. It felt like every second felt like a year. Time slowly passed. When the sky gradually brightened, there were already people coming and going on the streets outside. Grandfather had not returned yet. My heart had completely turned cold. I sat on the threshold of the burial shop in a daze, lost in my soul. Grandpa…sadness came from the bottom of my heart. I lowered my head and couldn't stop my tears. I cried like a fool. Since I was young, I had relied on my grandfather for survival. If my grandfather is really gone, then I won't have any relatives in this world. Grandpa's life and death were unknown, but I could only sit here. The sorrow and despair in my heart almost drove me crazy. " Little brother…" At this moment, an old voice sounded in my ears. I raised my head and saw a somewhat unkempt old man standing in front of me. He was holding a broken teacup with a few coins in it. The sloppy old man smiled at me and weighed the broken tea pot in his hand. The few coins in the tea pot made a clear sound. Beggars! Damn it, running to the entrance of the shroud shop to beg for food, what was this old fellow thinking? The most important thing was that I was currently feeling sad. After what he did, a little anger inexplicably rose in my heart. I had the urge to beat him up. "Get lost!" I resisted the urge to beat him up. I clenched my fists and roared at him with red eyes. The sloppy old man didn't mind. He grinned at me, revealing a row of large yellow teeth. His voice was a little hoarse as he said,"Little brother, don't be so angry on such a hot day. "Just take it as doing a good deed. My business isn't good today, and I haven't gathered enough money for my meal. You see…" I really wanted to punch his old face, but looking at his old appearance, I was really worried that I would kill him with a punch. I reached into my pocket and took out a few coins. I threw them at him and shouted,"Get lost, don't bother me!" The sloppy old man chuckled again. He bent down to pick up a few coins from the ground and placed them in his broken tea pot. He looked at me and grinned."Little brother, thank you!" After saying that, the sloppy old man left with shaky steps.
After he did this, the despair and sadness in my heart lessened a little, and my stomach made a protest sound. Although I didn't have much of an appetite, I still went to the food stall not far from the burial clothes shop to eat something. In the afternoon, I fell asleep by the glass counter in the burial shop. I didn't sleep last night and was really exhausted. When I woke up, the sun had already set. The street in front of the shroud shop was considered a relatively remote street in the town. There were fewer pedestrians. Looking at the hazy night outside, I suddenly remembered Grandpa's instructions before he left. I hurriedly ran to the corner of the shop and rummaged through a pile of bamboo strips, semi-finished paper people, paper horses, and other messy things. After searching for a while, he finally found the yellow lantern that his grandfather had mentioned. This lantern was a little strange. It was very small, only the size of a human head. The outer layer was not paper or cloth. It was a little smooth, like some kind of thin leather. There was a small white candle in the middle of the lantern. It was as long as a finger. Before his grandfather left, he had only instructed them to hang the lantern on the door frame at night, but he did not tell them if they should light the candles inside the lantern. I didn't think too much about it. Since there are candles in this lantern, it must be lit! I took out a lighter and lit the small candle inside the yellow lantern. Just as I was about to hang it on the door frame, my entire body suddenly trembled. I widened my eyes and looked at the candle inside the lantern. My heart almost stopped. After the candle in the yellow lantern was lit, it emitted a faint burnt smell, like the smell of rotten leather after it was lit, which was a little pungent. This was not the main point. The main point was that the flame of this candle was not the normal orange color, but a faint green. This kind of fire did not give people the slightest feeling of warmth. Instead, it gave off a sinister feeling. The wax dripping from the candle looked more like some kind of liquid, light yellow. I couldn't help but think of the corpse oil that Li Hu collected when he used the incense to roast the chin of the female corpse! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. The corners of my eyes twitched as I looked at the small candle inside the yellow lantern. This thing…could it be made from corpse oil?
I didn't stay in a daze for too long. I forcefully suppressed the palpitations in my heart and hung this yellow lantern the size of a human head on the door frame. The faint green flame was sometimes bright and sometimes dark. In such a dark night, it appeared very awe-inspiring. Because the yellow lantern was hanging on the door frame, I couldn't close the door of the shop. I could only sit by the door and watch the outside nervously. Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was already late at night. Inside the lantern, the dark green candle flame was still flickering. It had been a few hours, but the small candle had not burned out. It was a miracle. I don't know why grandpa wants me to hang this yellow lantern, but since he said so, I can only do so. There were no pedestrians on the street in front of the burial shop. The street lamps had been damaged for a long time and no one had come to repair them. It was dark. I was restless in the shroud shop when a familiar voice came from outside. " Tianci, Tianci…" This was…Grandpa's voice! I quickly got up and walked to the door, looking out at the street. Under the dark night sky, I saw a figure standing more than ten meters away from the right side of the shroud shop. It was a little blurry and I couldn't see his face clearly. However, I've been with grandpa for so many years. Although that figure is blurry, I can tell at a glance that it's grandpa. Grandpa is fine? I was ecstatic. I had been worried for the whole day and cried until my eyes were swollen. I thought grandpa had already met with an accident! "Grandpa!" I shouted excitedly at the figure. Suddenly, the yellow lantern hanging on the door frame of the burial shop swayed without any wind. The dark green candlelight seemed to have been stimulated by something and suddenly became much brighter. One of my feet had already stepped out of the door and stopped. It wasn't just because of the yellow lantern's abnormality. At this moment, I also remembered what my grandfather had instructed me to do before he left. At night, you are not allowed to leave this shop. If it was in the past, I would have run out long ago. However, after what happened last night, the fear in my heart did not dissipate for a long time. It naturally formed a subconscious vigilance. I looked at the figure in the night sky with a complicated expression. I slowly retracted my foot that had stepped out of the door. " If it's really Grandpa who's back, he'll naturally come in to meet me. If it's not Grandpa…"”Grandpa didn't walk over but spoke to me gently. Such gentle words didn't make me feel at ease at all. Instead, it made me feel as if I had fallen into an ice cellar. I only felt a chill rush to the back of my head. He didn't walk over but stood in the dark. At this time, even a fool with an IQ of five knew that something was wrong. My body trembled slightly. I gritted my teeth and stared at the figure. I didn't reply," Tianci…" He kept calling my name as if he was singing a lullaby. My mind gradually became a little absent-minded. She was a little dizzy and her feet were a little uncontrollable as she wanted to step out of the door again. " Emperor of Heaven, Emperor of Earth, Emperor of Heaven, Shangqing, Heaven, Earth, and Water, I'll take a walk in the human world, and the little ghosts will scatter and hide…" A hoarse voice drifted over at this moment, like a duck's neck being strangled. It was very unpleasant to hear. I jolted awake and looked in the direction of the sound. I saw a figure appear on the left side of the shroud shop. After I got close, I saw his face clearly. It was the sloppy old man who came to beg during the day. At this moment, the sloppy old man looked drunk. He was holding a bottle of Niulanshan Erguotou in his hand. He walked unsteadily as if he could fall at any time. When the sloppy old man appeared, the figure in the darkness on the right side of the shroud shop fell silent. The sloppy old man staggered to the door of the burial clothes shop. He raised his head and looked at me. He chuckled and said drunkenly,"Little brother, why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night?”I was feeling nervous. I looked at that sloppy old man and then at the blurry figure standing in the darkness. For a moment, I didn't know what to say. The sloppy old man burped and shifted his gaze to the yellow lantern hanging on the door frame of the burial shop. An inexplicable smile appeared on his face as he laughed and said,"Human skin lantern, corpse oil fire, interesting, interesting!”After saying that, he walked towards me drunkenly and chuckled."I can finally find a place to stay!”
I didn't know if this sloppy old man was drunk or if he was out of his mind. I subconsciously wanted to stop him and not let him enter this burial shop. However, even though this sloppy old man seemed to be quite drunk, he was actually quite agile. He ducked and directly entered the burial clothes shop from beside me. When the sloppy old man dashed into the burial shop, the yellow lantern hanging on the door frame no longer fluttered, and the dark green candle flame inside instantly dimmed. I was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly looked at the dark area on the street outside. Grandfather's figure disappeared as if he had never appeared. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought that I was dreaming! I'm not sure if it's Grandpa or not. Anyway, my heart is beating quite fast now, and I have a strong feeling of palpitation. If it wasn't for that sloppy old man's hoarse voice that woke me up, I might have already walked out of the burial shop. If I really walked out of the burial shop, then the consequences…I don't dare to think too much about it! After confirming that there was no one else outside the shroud shop, I finally let out a sigh of relief and turned to look at the sloppy old man. The sloppy old man had already run to the corner of the shroud shop and laid down on the pile of bamboo strips and half-finished paper men and horses. He treated the place as a floor bed and looked very comfortable. My intuition tells me that this sloppy old man is not simple, definitely not simple. The figure that looked like his grandfather seemed to be quite afraid of him. Otherwise, the figure would not have disappeared as soon as he arrived. Moreover, this sloppy old man was able to tell the origin of this yellow lantern. Although I don't know if this yellow lantern is a human skin lantern, I know that the candle inside is most likely refined. Could it be that this sloppy old man was an otherworldly expert? I walked to his side. He had already thrown the Niulanshan Erguotou bottle to the side and was sleeping soundly. "Hey, wake up!" I carefully nudged the sloppy old man. Although I really wanted to treat him as an otherworldly expert, this old man's appearance really made it difficult for people to associate him with the word 'otherworldly expert'. He was dirty and his clothes were tattered. Even the beggars I had seen before were cleaner than him. After pushing him a few times, he finally opened his eyes and looked at me. He said impatiently,"Scram to the side, don't disturb this daddy's sleep!”His attitude was very bad. It was the complete opposite of his previous attitude of calling him " little brother ". It was as if he had changed into a different person in an instant. His attitude made me so angry. F * ck, did he really think of this as his own home? "Get up!" I shouted at him. He blinked his eyes and sat up impatiently."Kid, do you know the rules?”Rules? What rules? Perhaps he saw the confusion on my face, the sloppy old man pointed at the yellow lantern hanging on the door frame and said,"Were you the one who hung the lantern?”"Yes!" I nodded subconsciously. "The ghost outside just now was also looking for you, right?”The sloppy old man's words caused my heart to tremble. My eyes widened, and I was so shocked that I couldn't say anything.
Ghost…Grandfather's figure…My face was pale as I looked at the sloppy old man with fear in my eyes. I said in a trembling voice," The one outside just now was really a ghost…" The sloppy old man snorted and said impatiently,""If I didn't enter this burial shop, you would be finished. Human skin lantern, corpse oil fire, I came here because I saw this. According to the rules, this burial shop will be my territory in the future. Alright, I'm sleepy. Go do what you should do. Don't disturb my sleep anymore!”After saying that, the sloppy old man no longer paid any attention to the dumbfounded me and fell asleep again.
The sloppy old man was fast asleep. My heart was unable to calm down for a long time. I didn't know what the rules he was talking about were, but the figure outside the shroud shop seemed to be really afraid of this sloppy old man. If it wasn't for him, something might have really happened to me tonight. Now that he thought about it, his grandfather felt a little strange. I've lived with grandpa for so many years, but I never knew that he had some secrets. For example, when Grandpa saw through me with a single glance, and when he chased away the female ghost that night…These things have already exceeded the scope of my understanding. The sloppy old man was already sound asleep. I didn't disturb him anymore. Instead, I looked at the yellow lantern hanging on the door frame, and the corners of my eyes twitched. Human skin lantern, corpse oil fire…No wonder that small candle was still burning after such a long time! Where did Grandpa get this thing? The reason he asked me to hang the lantern was to lure this sloppy old man over? He couldn't understand. He had too many doubts in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became. In the end, I took a deep breath and shook my head, throwing all these thoughts to the back of my mind. I walked to the glass counter in the shop and lay on the counter in a daze. After a long time, my gaze landed on my backpack. My eyes lit up as I hurriedly opened my backpack and took out a black box. It was the black box that my grandfather treasured.
When I was young, I was curious about what was in Grandpa's black box. I wanted to open it and take a look, but before I could open it, Grandpa found out. That was the first time my grandfather was angry at me since I could remember. Since then, I have never had any thoughts about the black box. At this moment, after taking out the black box, I couldn't hold back my curiosity anymore. I pressed the button on the black box and opened it. In the black box, there was a book lying quietly. On the top of the book, there were two words: The Daoist Canon! What was it? I was stunned for a moment. I didn't expect that the item in the black box that Grandpa treated as a treasure was actually a book. This book wasn't very thick. It was soft and elastic to the touch. It wasn't made of ordinary paper. This feeling was more like…I glanced at the yellow lantern on the door frame. The corners of my eyes twitched violently. Instinctively, I threw the book to the ground. Human skin, this book was made of human skin! Just as my heart was beating wildly in shock, the book I had thrown to the ground was picked up by someone. That person was the sloppy old man. I didn't know when the sloppy old man, who was sleeping soundly, had arrived beside me. After picking up the book made of human skin, his expression became strange. He flipped through the contents of the book, and the strange expression on his face became even more intense. I already knew that the sloppy old man wasn't an ordinary person. After seeing his strange appearance, I didn't dare to make a sound to disturb him. The shop fell silent. Only the slight movement of him flipping through the books could be heard.
However, that old fellow had already started snoring, so I dispelled this thought in my heart. Whatever, no matter what this book is, it's my grandfather's precious treasure. I have to keep it safe. Thinking of this, my heart began to feel uncomfortable again. Grandpa's life and death were unknown, but I could only stay here and do nothing. A deep sense of powerlessness filled my heart. Just as the sorrowful emotions rose in my heart, I suddenly thought of something. My eyes lit up as I looked at the sloppy old man sleeping soundly in the corner. I'm really too stupid. I'm too stupid to blame myself here. A ready-made expert is here. I can beg him! Although I didn't know how capable the sloppy old man was, after what happened last night, I had quite a bit of confidence in the sloppy old man. I can beg him to take me back to the village to see if I can find Grandpa. As soon as this thought rose up, it was as if weeds had grown in his heart, and hundreds of claws were scratching his heart. If it weren't for the fact that it was late at night and that I was afraid of waking up the sloppy old man and making him unhappy, I would have gone over to wake him up long ago. Now, he could only wait anxiously for daybreak and for the sloppy old man to wake up. Time passed bit by bit. It was definitely a kind of torture for me. It was not easy for me to wait until the sun rose. I hurriedly put away the yellow lantern hanging on the door frame and ran out of the burial shop. I went to the breakfast stall not far away to buy some soy milk and fried dough sticks. When I returned to the burial shop, I carefully woke up the sloppy old man. The old man was still sleepy. When he saw the soybean milk and youtiao in my hand, he immediately became energetic. After a long time, he closed the book and muttered with a desolate expression,"Daoist Canon…Damn it, I actually encountered it!”Then, he looked at me with a complicated gaze and said in a strange tone,"Brat, your luck is really good. If it was according to my temper in the past, you might have…Forget it, I'm old, there's nothing to fight for!”After saying that, he looked at the book in his hand. There was some hesitation and reluctance in his eyes. He directly threw the book into my arms and said,"Hide well and don't let others see you. Not everyone in this world is as kind as me!”After the sloppy old man finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the corner of the wall. He lay down and fell asleep again. After the sloppy old man's torment, I became curious about this so-called Daoist Canon. Although I felt disgusted and frightened by the material of this book, I wasn't stupid. Seeing the sloppy old man's appearance, I knew that this book was definitely a rare treasure. I carefully flipped open the Daoist Canon. When I saw the first page, I was stunned. What the hell was that?
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