The team quickly entered the village, walking forward with blows and blows, and there were people in the front who scattered colorful confetti.
Confetti fluttered all over, and there was a small piece stuck to Shen Jize's mouth. He couldn't reach out to take it off, and he couldn't even move the corner of his mouth to let the confetti fall by itself.
Lights were on in every house along the way, but no one came out, and no one looked out through the windows. Shen Jize didn't even know if there was anyone in those houses.
The team stopped in front of a brightly lit courtyard. Red silk was hung on the gate of this courtyard, and red lanterns were carried. It seemed that some kind of happy event was being held. The drummer played for a while and then stopped, and the surroundings instantly returned to silence.
But it was too quiet, the whole village didn't even bark, it was as quiet as a tomb.
"Get off the sedan chair—" a hoarse and rigid voice sounded, and the black wooden sedan chair was placed on the ground.
The car door opened, and a woman in a red skirt with a red hijab was helped out, stepped on the red carpet at the gate of the courtyard and walked in, followed by the groom officer who kept grinning from beginning to end.
"Hurry up, don't stand still." The middle-aged woman who had been following Shen Jize urged again.
Shen Jize carried the wooden box and entered the yard with the little girl. The moment he stepped into the yard, he was taken aback by the scene in front of him.
Several square tables were placed in the courtyard, and people were sitting around each table, densely packed and filling the courtyard without any movement.
Shen Jize followed slowly, unable to turn his head to look at them. From the corner of my eye, I saw that they were all sitting there blankly, with food and wine on the table, but no one spoke or moved their chopsticks.
Passing through the courtyard and entering the house, there are two expressionless old people sitting in front of the hall, thin and haggard like two pieces of old bark, without a trace of vitality, motionless like clay sculptures.
The bride and groom stood still in the middle of the room, Shen Jize walked to the left side of the house automatically, the girl beside him walked to the right side, facing him from a distance, and the others stood on both sides of the room.
As if sensing his gaze, the girl slowly opened her blood-red mouth. Shen Jize was so frightened that before she could smile, he hurriedly rolled his eyes away.
"Bow to heaven and earth—" the shrill master of ceremonies shouted.
The bride and groom bow down to the open space.
"Second obeisance to the high hall—"
The two turned around slowly and knelt down to the two old men sitting in front of the hall.
Shen Jize saw that the bride's kneeling movements were not very natural, as if her joints were rusted, and she felt stiff and stuck.
After kneeling down and leaning over this time, the groom had already stood up, but she was still lying on the ground, and the scarlet hijab was also hanging on the ground.
The room was silent, the two old men and the groom maintained their original movements, only the middle-aged woman standing beside Shen Jize stepped up and held the bride's arm to help her up.
Click.
Shen Jize heard a crisp sound, which came from the bride.
Kakaka.
Connect three crisp beeps.
Then, he saw the bride's head drooping suddenly, and the red hijab fell to the ground, revealing her long hair and half of her neck that had been broken.
The head hung precariously on his chest, connected only by a layer of flesh.
! ! !
Shen Jize's body felt cold and his blood flowed backwards. He wanted to run away screaming, but his legs kept moving and he wanted to turn his neck away, but his neck seemed to be welded to his shoulders and he couldn't move a little.
Whoever wakes me up, mom, dad, uncle, come wake me up, let me get up and do my homework, go to the toilet and do whatever I want.
Rich Lord, Lu Rong, wake me up, I'm stuck...
Help…
The middle-aged woman supporting the bride wasn't surprised at all, she just supported her head with her hand, and the master of ceremonies standing aside went out, grabbed a pinch of cooked rice from the rice bowl on the table, and walked in again.
The middle-aged woman pushed the bride's head up and closed her neck. The master of ceremonies spread the pinch of rice on the broken opening and smoothed it out with her fingers.
Kakaka.
The bride turned her head, and there was no gap in her neck. The middle-aged woman picked up the red hijab again and put it on her head.
Shen Jize watched this scene helplessly. Although he was screaming and roaring in his heart, he couldn't control any expression on his face. It seemed that his face was a little paler, sweat was a little more, and his teeth were chattering.
"Husband and wife worship—" the master of ceremonies returned to his place to continue the unfinished procedure.
cluck cluck...
"Li Cheng—"
cluck cluck...
After the heaven and earth worship was over, the bride and groom entered the side room, and the middle-aged woman suddenly said, "Give the deed to the in-laws."
Shen Jize didn't understand what a body deed was, but he understood the word in-laws.
Before he had time to think about it, he saw the girl on the opposite side walking towards the old woman sitting in front of the hall, and he walked towards the old man uncontrollably.
The old man's eyes were sunken in the dry flesh, illuminated by the light above his head, like two bottomless black holes.
Shen Jize stopped in front of him, holding the wooden box in his hand and handing it over.
The old man has not seen any movements since he entered the room, nor has he expressed any expressions, and his chest has not risen and fallen.
Just when he suspected that it was actually just a sculpture, the old man suddenly stretched out his hand, and his knuckles were as cold as chicken feet on the back of his hand.
Shen Jize's hairs exploded, and he wanted to push that hand away. Fortunately, the old man only took it for a moment, then took the wooden box and hugged it in his arms.
"In-laws, son, come with us, and they will be with you from now on."
After handing over the wooden box in silence, the master of ceremonies who had been silent for a while spoke again.
Shen Jize saw the old man open the wooden box, and tremblingly took out a piece of yellow paper inside, because the distance was not very close, he couldn't read the words on it clearly.
The old man looked at the yellow paper for a while and then looked at him again, and said dryly: "Okay."
Shen Jize suddenly felt something was wrong.
The old man's expression, and the emcee's words that they will be with you from now on, made him feel that something was wrong, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.
Holding the yellow paper, the old man tremblingly stretched it towards the candle that was lit on the table, obviously wanting to burn it.
Shen Jize's heart was beating fast, and he subconsciously wanted to stop this movement, but he couldn't raise his hand anyway, so he could only watch helplessly.
The yellow paper was getting closer and closer to the candlelight, and the old man grinned his toothless mouth.
The master of ceremonies and the middle-aged woman also stared intently, their faces still expressionless, but their eyes revealed a chilling excitement.
boom!
The closed courtyard door was suddenly knocked open at this moment, making a loud bang.
The door leaf was smashed into pieces of wood and splashed in all directions, and a small white figure rushed in like flying.
Lu Rong noticed something strange when he first entered the village. If the smell of Uncle Bai outside the village was getting less and less, then the village couldn't feel it at all. There was an unpleasant smell and a faint stench.
This was different from previous dreams, which made him vigilant.
He carefully searched the village to see if there were any light clusters, but was surprised to find that there were still people in the village, but they were all gathered in a courtyard.
In these years, apart from seeing Shen Jize last night, this was the first time he saw so many people in his dream. With his clothes bag around his neck, he walked around under the wall of that house, wondering if he should find a place to become a human first.
But he soon noticed that something was wrong. When he looked in through the gap in the wall, those people were sitting in the moonlight as if they were stupid, and they didn't move or say a word to the food in front of them.
Their faces were blue and black, and there were signs of decay. In some places, terrible holes were formed, exposing bones, and they didn't look like living people at all.
And those meals were already cold, and a thick layer of white oil had condensed on the soup bowl.
Lu Rong gave up the idea of transforming into a human being, and pawed at the earthen wall with his front hooves, looking inside without blinking his round eyes through the gap. The hair on his body exploded, and the pair of tensely erect ears on his head trembled non-stop.
A mouse ran across the yard. It didn't realize that the people sitting there were all living creatures. Following the aroma of the food, it climbed up one person's trouser legs, climbed to his chest, and then pounced on the table. Eat up.
No one chased away the mice, they all sat quietly with empty eyes, Lu Rong became more and more frightened, and just wanted to leave quickly.
At this moment, the sound of a suona gong suddenly came from a distance, and gradually approached, stopping at the gate of the courtyard.
Lu Rong was about to leave when he saw a familiar face through the gap and stopped in surprise.
He didn't understand why Shen Jize was among these people, and he was wearing a red coat and a black mandarin jacket. Like everyone else, his face was painted with two blobs of red.
Lu Rong thought his appearance was funny, but the current situation made him unable to laugh. Shen Jize was obviously scared too, his eyes were filled with horror.
Lu Rong rolled his eyes and continued to stare at Shen Jize while thinking.
Those people and Shen Jize all entered the house. He couldn't see it by the fence, so he quietly touched the gate of the courtyard, with his buttocks sticking up high, his front hoofs on his knees, and he looked in through the crack of the door below.
The courtyard door was facing the house, and the door was wide open, allowing him to see everything inside clearly.
When he saw that the bride's head was about to fall, Lu Rong put his ears flat on the top of his head, and the little tail on his buttocks stood up upwards, stiff as a stick.
My grandpa... this is horrible too.
He turned around quickly, walked out with his hooves raised high and lightly, wanting to leave the village as soon as possible, the farther the better.
But after walking more than ten meters away, remembering Shen Jize's trembling appearance, he stopped hesitantly.
There must be something wrong with the people there, they are all monsters, and Shen Jize was arrested.
This is my dream, right? It must be a dream, right? It doesn't matter if it is cooked and eaten in a dream, right? When he woke up, Shen Jize was still lying on the bed.
But what if it wasn't a dream... What if he was eaten
The strange smell in the air was getting stronger and stronger, and it was so thick that it couldn't be dispersed, with a pungent stench and smell of mutton.
—This must be the smell of monsters.
The people inside are so scary, they are all monsters, if you go in by yourself, you will be caught and boiled together.
But that's my brother... I just said today that he is a brother, so I want to cover him.
Lu Rong was so entangled that he turned around in circles, wanting to use his hoof to dig the soil in annoyance. As soon as I lifted my foot, I remembered that I couldn't make a sound, so I put it down carefully.
But I am also a monster, what am I afraid of? Lu Rong's ears moved, as if enlightened, the whole body of the deer froze.
Didn't Shen Jize keep talking about the deer demon deer demon
Moreover, Sun Wukong would rush into the monster's lair every time to save his master and senior brother. Since he and Sun Wukong were in the same group, he had to save his brother.
The opening song of Journey to the West echoed in my mind, and a surge of passion surged from my heart. Lu Rong's whole body was filled with strength in an instant, and he felt that no amount of monsters would be taken seriously.
He trotted back to the courtyard gate and stopped, took off the burden on his neck and placed it by the gate, stepped back, looked at the distance and continued to retreat until he was a few meters away.
Then he lowered his head, pointed the two small silver horns at the wooden door, slightly bent his front hoof and exerted force with his rear hoof, and rushed straight out like a cannonball.
boom!
Under his strong impact, the wooden door was as fragile as paper, and sawdust flew to pieces. And he took advantage of this momentum, lowered his head and rushed forward in a straight line.
Lu Rong's four hooves drew afterimages, Shen Jize only felt a white shadow flash past, and the old man on the opposite side flew up from the grand teacher's chair, hit the tall porch pillar, and fell to the ground with a loud crash.
The old man held the yellow paper one second and wanted to ignite it, but the next second he jumped into the air and hit the pillar before landing on the ground in the flying dust, and suddenly he was silent.
The yellow paper he was holding dangled from the air, fell into Shen Jize's arms, and disappeared instantly.
Shen Jize stared at the old man dumbfounded, seeing that his whole body was slowly shrunken and shriveled. His already thin body was spread out into a humanoid paper, and his body was still covered with a loose black gown.
After Lu Rong bumped into the old man, he quickly turned around with a wagging tail, and bumped into the old woman next to him. Shaking his head again, the little silver horn raised his head.
The old woman couldn't dodge in time, she watched helplessly as she was hit by a strong force, kicked up, and flew into the air, without even a scream.
This time she was still in the air, and her clothes fell off one by one, dark green satin gown, hairpin, cloth shoes...followed by a piece of human-shaped thin paper.
Lu Rong was stunned for a moment, and with a snap of his hooves, he thought that I really was Lu Wukong.