After a long while, the old man finished smoking a cigarette, and he finally said: "The two guys have been in our village for more than two months, and there were more than a dozen households in our village that hadn't moved out. Those two guys went out early and returned late every day. , I don’t know what they are doing, especially the one with three wheels. Every night at 12 o’clock, he will go to the village entrance under the poplar and talk non-stop."
The old man’s three-wheel drive must refer to the ghost seven. When the ghost seven speaks to the poplar in the middle of the night, he is naturally doing sorcery to attract ghosts and spirits. It seems that the funeral team last night and Zhang Ling encountered ghosts hit the wall Caused by the seven ghost magic arts.
The old man continued: "One night, I was chatting with a few good guys on the street, and the guy who was riding three rounds came back. We called him and asked him where he was from and what his job was. He said he was a three-wheeler. Daowan, who works as a delivery company, gave us some fruits very politely. Everyone asked him what he did when he went to the bottom of the tree every night. Guess what he said?"
Big Eye and I said in unison: "Can't guess, what did he say?"
"He said he was calling us souls!"
I was stunned. Although Gui Qi is a wicked person, he is not stupid. He said this to the old man Suimu, and he was in the other side's land.
"Then what's next?"
"Next, naturally we can't spare him. We threw all the fruits he gave and scolded him. If it wasn't for the inconvenience of our brother's legs and feet, he would have to be beaten. He knew that he was wrong. I slipped away. But the next day, my old guys were gone."
"You said no, did you mean you passed away?"
"Either passed away, or gone, missing. No one can live or see a dead body. There were six of us at that time, but I was the only one who didn't disappear."
"You mean that your friend's disappearance has something to do with him?"
The old man nodded and said, "Of course it's related. Didn't you ask me what they are? The two of them are human-eating ghosts, and they also raise a lot of ghost chickens. They will feed the ghost chickens that can't eat human flesh. I know You are a little wise, but you are not the opponent of the two of them at all. So I advise you not to provoke them.
I frowned and asked, "Since you know they are cannibals, why are they still living in the village? Are you not afraid
"
"Of course I am afraid, but I am even more afraid of loneliness."
"Afraid of being alone?"
The old man touched the old dog’s head with his hand and said, "Yes. To a person of my age, being alone is more terrifying than death. I have no children, and now I have only him and my company, and he refuses to leave. Yang Shou Village, naturally I can't leave either."
Looking at the old dog with big eyes and deep meaning, he said, "This dog can't bear you either."
The old man smiled happily and said, "Yes, we are each other's relatives and we have been together for 21 years."
I said, "Master, do the two cannibals you said live together?"
The old man immediately put away his smile and said, "Why, are you still looking for them?"
Big eyes smiled and said, "Master, you don't have to worry about us, we have a way to deal with them."
The old man sighed and said, "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer. Since you are not afraid of death, then go. They live together, and the three-wheeled evil spirit is at home now."
Big eyes immediately said: "Master, thank you." While he was speaking, he took out a handful of coins and respectfully said: "Master, you take these money."
The old man raised his eyes and looked at his big eyes, and asked puzzledly: "What do you mean?"
"Buy you cigarettes. To be honest, I missed my grandfather as soon as I saw you. I didn't have time to honor my grandfather while he was alive. Give you some money, I feel comfortable."
The old man squinted his eyes and said, "I didn't expect you to look bad, but you are quite filial." He took the Ming coins in Big Eye's hand, and said, "You two, don't behave, just run away if you feel wrong. Don't really lose your life."
Big eyes smiled awkwardly, and said, "Thank you for the reminder, father."
Big Eye and I bid farewell to the old man and turned and left, but after two steps, the old man stopped us again and said, "Wait."
"Father, do you still have something to do?" asked Big Eyes.
"Yes, I forgot to tell you. If you can't find him, look for him in the chicken coop." After speaking, the old man got up and barked the old dog under his feet, and accompanied him into the run-down hut next to him.
When the old man took the big eyed coins, I had already determined that the old man was a dead person, so he regarded Guiqi and the half-blind man as a man-eating evil spirit.
But he also said that we couldn’t find Ghost Seven, so what was the meaning of just looking in the chicken coop
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Although the chicken coop in the yard is not small, it can hold a person, but how can a living person be in the chicken coop? If Ghost Seven is in the chicken coop, how can the cannibalized chicken live
Could it be that Guiqi is also dead? The half-blind man has been with the ghost of Guiqi!
"Big eyes, what does the old man's last sentence mean?" I asked.
Big Eye turned and walked towards the residence of Gui Qi and the half-blind man, and said, "I don't know either."
I hurriedly followed him and said, "Is that old man a ghost?"
"He smokes but doesn't spit out, and he took my phantom coin again. Naturally, he is a ghost."
"But why the ghost seven can recruit his companions, but can't recruit him?"
"Because his soul was attached to the old dog after he died. The old dog didn't know that he was dead, so he stayed at home and refused to leave. That's why the old man said that the dog refused to leave Yangshou Village and he could not leave. go."
Turning my head to look at the towering poplar tree at the entrance of the village, the leaves rolled, reflecting waves of light in the sun, I asked: "Are the souls of the seven tricks of ghosts on that tree?"
"Yes. Looking at the growth of the poplar tree, it is estimated that all the lonely and wild ghosts within a radius of ten miles have gathered here."
With big eyes, it reminded me that the leaves made a "clap" sound last night, and we must be full of lone ghosts and ghosts at that time.
Soon, we came to Guiqi's residence again.
The yard door was hidden, and there was no sound in the yard. He reached out and pushed the door open. A dozen hens lay in the yard. The iron pot filled with meat was also in the yard, but the meat had been eaten dry, even on the ground. No trace of blood can be seen.
As we walked into the yard, a dozen hens immediately stood up and looked at us viciously like an intruder.
We didn't dare to continue walking into the yard, but stood at the door and said loudly, "Ghost Seven, come out! Don't hide from us like a tortoise with a shrunken head!"
No one in the room responded.
Big Eye said again: "Aren't you going to take revenge, here we come! You are the fucking cow dung, and you won't turn it into sweet pastry if you steam it in the pot. Naughty!"
No one responded in the room!
I looked at the chicken coop and said, "Maybe Guiqi is not in the room."
Big eyes licked his lower lip, gritted his teeth and said: "Today is to demolish his house, and I will find him by digging three feet!"
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