The next day, I went to work and met Zheng Qing. As soon as he saw me, he disappeared into the office. I stared at him for a long time. It seemed that Master Yunzheng really figured it out. This annoying guy finally didn't dare to approach me anymore.
Liu Xiaojing came out of the dressing room and looked at the refining room from a distance. I saw her inside. She actually lit a cigarette and sat there smoking.
That day, when I came out from get off work, I heard two people saying that Bai Jie had changed, completely changed, like a stranger, with a strange temper...
Of course, that was Liu Xiaojing, not Bai Jie.
I went home and my father was waiting for me for dinner, and I told him about the conflict in my heart.
"This is normal. Liu Xiaojing doesn't dare to mess with you now, but you won't put Bai Jie's soul back into her body. This is the condition and the bottom line. If you break Liu Xiaojing's bottom line, the consequences will be very serious. She will do everything she can to destroy you and Bai Jie. You are saving Bai Jie. Even if Bai Jie's soul returns to her body in three years, she will forget about you. Liu Xiaojing did this when she got Bai Jie's soul out."
I was sweating. I didn't expect Liu Xiaojing to do this. What on earth did this woman want to do? I killed her in my previous life. We should have been enemies, but she became my lover. This karma was a debt I owed. She came to collect the debt, but she shouldn't have come in this life.
If that's the case, I have nothing to worry about.
I went shopping in the mall with Yunbai in the evening. At that time, marriage was nothing more than cars, sewing machines, mobile phones and the like. The master told me to prepare the house and I didn't have to worry about anything else. I knew that the master had ways and knew a lot of people.
The house began to be cleaned up. The furniture was old furniture that my father found. It was made of mahogany and cost a lot of money. My father said that since so many things had been sold, we had to get a good set of furniture. This furniture was made of mahogany and was old.
Yunbai runs into the new house like a child every day, jumping around and playing with this and that. I am also very happy. Although I think of Bai Jie from time to time, which makes me sad, it is ultimately something that cannot be solved.
Yunbai made me see the shadow of Hao Fei and the feeling of being together when we were children. This may be something so important that it made me decide to marry Yunbai.
Liu Xiaojing suddenly disappeared, and Zheng Qing also suddenly disappeared. The whole crematorium was shaken. The two disappeared together, and no one knew where they went. Their disappearance made me worried. Liu Xiaojing would not be willing to give up like this, and Zheng Qing was the same. Until the snow in winter, the two never appeared again, and my heart slowly let go. However, there was one thing, I couldn't see Bai Jie anymore, and it was my body, not my soul, that hurt from time to time.
Yunbai and I got married. When it was snowing, Yunbai got pregnant. It was a good thing and the whole family was happy, especially my father. I also advised my father to find a companion for his old age, but he disagreed and did not allow the matter to be mentioned again, saying that he would wait until his grandson was born and then take him out to play.
Perhaps this is the happiest thing that has happened to my father since my mother passed away. He is happier than we are.
I have been working in the refining room with Zhao Tie, working one day and resting one day. I seem to be familiar with and accustomed to this kind of work. It was very peaceful during this period. Who knew that it would not be peaceful for long? Just before the New Year, on January 1st, I remember it very clearly. I went to the crematorium early that day. It snowed at night and the snow in the yard had not been cleared in time. There were footprints on the snow, just a row of footprints. At first I didn’t care. I thought it was the gatekeeper who came out. I went to the office, changed my clothes, came out, and took another look at the footprints. I was stunned.
The footprints were actually two rows, one straight and one reversed. If it was a person, there was no way they could have walked out. I stood there in a daze, looking at the footprints. They led to the row of old houses, which was the old morgue. It had not been used for a long time. The footprints led to the door. I walked slowly towards it. When I got to the door, I saw the door lock was hanging there. It was open, and I started sweating. I couldn't move anymore at this moment. I had to go back and wait for someone to come.
The director came, and many people didn't pay attention to the footprints. When the deceased's family came, the footprints were messed up, and no one even knew about it. I wanted to tell the director, but then I thought about it and didn't tell him. When I entered the refining room, Zhao Tie had already started working.
"Master, my mother asked you to come over this afternoon. It's been so long. My mother said thank you."
"Need not."
"My mother has already bought the groceries and prepared them."
In that case, I had no choice but to go.
"By the way, call Master Yun as well."
I went to Master Yun's house to find him after get off work. Zhao Tie went home first, so I went in. Master Yun was in a daze in the room. He has been like this since Yun Bai got married, after all, he had raised a daughter for more than 20 years.
"Master, Zhao Tie invites us to dinner."
The master put on his clothes and we came out together. I told him about the footprints. He stopped and looked at me blankly.
“It’s happened again.”
When the master used the word "again", I knew it had appeared before. The master asked me for the details after a long time. I told him, and he suddenly said it.
"If you go to Zhao Tie's house, I won't go. I'll go to the crematorium."
The master turned and left. I looked at him blankly. It would be bad not to go to Zhao Tie's house. They had already prepared everything. It would be impolite. I wanted to follow the master.
I went to Zhao Tie's house for dinner and drinks. His parents were very welcoming. Although something like that had happened, it was over now.
I went home around nine o'clock in the evening. Yunbai said that her father had come, but didn't say what he was talking about. He just sat for a while and then left.
I thought Master Yun Zheng must want to tell me something, but I was worried that something might happen to Yun Bai while he was alone at home, so I didn’t go over.
The next day, I went to work, Zhao Tie worked, and I went to Master Yunzheng's house.
"Master, was there something wrong yesterday?"
"Yes, are you sure the footprints are one right side up and one wrong side down?"
"Make sure. In front of the old morgue, the lock is open."
"It was locked when I looked."
"Master, what's going on?"
"Before you came, it happened once. Ghosts were screaming every night in the crematorium. It was scary for seven days in a row. After seven days, a person died. This person was a refiner. I'm worried that something will happen again this time."
"How come the footprints are one upside down and one right side up?"
"We always mention Impermanence. Impermanence does exist. They come and go, and they move on one foot. They decide life and death in an instant. So, Impermanence has come. It is normal for Impermanence to come to this place. We cannot see it when there is no snow. We can only see it when there is snow. If someone dies in some places, then Impermanence must come. However, Black and White Impermanence usually do not leave any traces. If they do, it means that this person really has to be taken away to tell the people here something. We don't know what it is. Black Impermanence walks forward and White Impermanence walks backward."
I was sweating when I heard this. I didn't expect this to happen. Did the Black and White Impermanence come to the crematorium to capture the refiner? Maybe, maybe not, maybe it was someone else.
Liu Xiaojing and Zheng Qing haven't come back yet, and there's no news. We just have to wait and see.
That night, there were ghost screams. The gatekeeper told the manager that it was too scary and he wanted to go home and rest. The manager did not agree and gave him more money.
The gatekeeper was hired, but even with more money it didn't help, so he went home directly. The gatekeeping job was divided into shifts, and the first shift was assigned to Master Yunzheng. I accompanied him for drinks at night, and his screams were really enough to make your hair stand on end. The master acted as if he didn't hear anything, and after drinking, he fell asleep. But I couldn't stand it.
I always look up the window. In the second half of the night, the ghost screams stopped. I looked outside the window and saw two figures walking back and forth. Oh my God, it must be the Black and White Impermanence. It is said that anyone who sees the Black and White Impermanence is dead.
I was shaking all over, so I woke up my master and told him what had happened.
The master looked out of the window and saw that the Black and White Impermanence were gone. The master glanced at me.
"real."
When it was daybreak, we went to the yard but saw no footprints as the snow in the yard had been swept away.
The door of the old morgue was unlocked, it was still the same morgue. The master saw it, looked at me and said.
"I'll go in, you wait for me outside the door. If I don't come out in ten minutes, you go to find this person at this address."
The master gave me a note, took down the padlock, put it aside, opened the door and went in. I was a little panicked, looking at the watch the master gave me. Ten minutes, just ten minutes, these ten minutes were too long.
I waited for twelve minutes and called the master, but there was no response. I rode the master's bicycle to Vegetable Garden No. 6. I don't know how many times I fell. Then I pounded the big iron gate hard. The door opened and an old man with a long white beard appeared.
"My master is in trouble."
"who?"
"Master Yunzheng."
The old man's name was Du Ran, the note said.
"Take your time."
I couldn't slow down, so I finished my words in a hurry and looked at Du Ran.
"Don't rush in."
There was no rush to light the fire in the house, so I followed him in. There was a stove in the house, so it was very warm.
"Don't worry, there's no point in worrying. We have to find a way to deal with this. Yun Zheng is fine, don't worry!"
I can't let it go.
Du Ran asked me to tell him the story in detail again. After I finished, he looked at me and said.
"The Black and White Impermanence have come and have not left. In seven days, I don't know who they will arrest next."
Du Ran didn't even mention anything about his master.
"What about my master?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? He is my apprentice."
I was stunned. The master had never mentioned it before. Du Ran was his master.
"I'm not in this crematorium. He just arrived at the crematorium and learned how to burn people from me. I came back from abroad and burned people abroad."
I looked at him. He actually said these things to me. He could have said these things later.
"Wait a minute, Wuchang will leave at noon. After he leaves, I will go to the crematorium with you."
No one is not afraid of impermanence, and it seems that Du Ran is no exception.
I was getting impatient waiting, but he was quite relaxed, drinking tea and humming a foreign tune. I couldn't understand it, but it should be a Japanese song.
At noon, we went to the crematorium. It was very quiet today, with few dead bodies. It was always like this. Besides, everyone knew about the ghost crying, so no one wanted to stay here any longer.
Du Ran and I entered the crematorium and came to the old morgue. He opened the door and said.
"Let's go in together."
My legs went weak and I went in. There was a coffin in the room. I knew it had always been there, but I didn't know whose it belonged to. I didn't know where the coffin came from. It was probably left over from the early cremation period. It was painted black and looked a bit scary.
Du Ran walked to the coffin, patted it and said.
"It's an old coffin, a very nice one, but it's a pity that it's no longer useful and it would be a pity to leave it here. The material of this coffin is top-quality nanmu. I wonder whose family is so rich. If it were made into a set of furniture, it would be worth a lot of money."
This old man always talks nonsense and never gets to the point. He pushed hard and the coffin lid fell to the ground with a "bang". I was totally unprepared and screamed "Oh my god!" The old man actually looked at me and laughed out loud. I didn't expect that he had such great strength.
"You are too timid to be a refiner. Not suitable for this job."
The old man looked inside. He didn't turn on the light. He took out a match, struck it and looked inside. The light shone on his face, flickering on and off. My heart was pounding. If he had a heart attack, I would have passed away instantly.
The old man looked at it for a long time and said.
"Coffins have their own paths, ghosts have their own streets, and people have their own paths. It seems that your master has walked the coffin path."
I slowly approached and found only one set of clothes in the coffin. It belonged to my master and I recognized it.
"Don't be surprised. Not only do people go to any world naked, they also go there naked, just like when people are born, they come in naked."
"Think of a way to get my master back."
"Don't worry, maybe your master is out doing something."
I'm already getting fed up with this old man. (To be continued)