Soul Gathering Village does not seem prosperous, bypassing the fertile fields, the ancient and isolated villages are sitting here. There is a huge tree at the entrance of the village. The leaves have been completely dropped, and it has obviously lost its vitality. There is a bad omen.
At this time, it was close to dinner time, and every household in the village raised the smoke of the cooking, together with the dark clouds overhead, creating a depressing atmosphere for the whole village.
The village chief Wu Shan led the reincarnators through the path and came to a large house in the middle. He opened the wooden door. His wife had already placed tableware and chopsticks in the house. The side dishes are also considered to be rich in this village: "These are the meals made by my mother-in-law. It's been a busy day, and I hope all journalists and gentlemen don't dislike it."
Shi Ye quickly replied, "I don't dislike it, my sister-in-law's craftsmanship looks pretty good."
They sat down around the round table. Wu Shan propped up a huge tent above the round table, enough to cover the entire house. He sat down with a smile: "It's cloudy today, I'm afraid it will rain suddenly."
Before Shi Ye spoke, a woman with ponytails among the reincarnators—Xiao Li remembered that she was the one who was analyzing the task outside, named Tao Fei, and she suddenly said, "Village Chief, why don't we go in to eat? Wouldn't it be troublesome if it rained halfway through the meal?"
Wu Shan paused when he heard the words, he quickly glanced at the wooden house behind him, and then grinned again: "My house is small and dirty, I'm afraid of soiling the food, it's better to be outside, it's spacious. Don't be afraid to go down. Rain, look, don't I have a tent here?"
What's the reason for this? It's obviously an excuse, I'm afraid there's something wrong in that room...
Tao Fei was about to speak again, but Shi Ye kicked her at this moment—the quest prompt had already said to respect the customs of the village and not offend the village chief in the first place. Tao Fei looked back at Shi Ye, wrinkled. He frowned, but remained silent.
Shi Ye symbolically took a chopstick and put the dish into the bowl. The drunkard's intention was not to eat it with wine: "It tastes really good."
"Hahaha, if it's delicious, you can eat more."
"Of course," Shi Ye changed his words, "By the way, Village Chief Wu, we also want to do an exclusive interview with you this time. Has anything special happened recently?"
Wu Shan's smile froze at the corners of his lips, and he took a deep look at Shi Ye: "Something special?"
Seeing his expression, Shi Ye immediately realized that he was too eager, lest he would be remembered by the village chief, and quickly remedied: "Because we are journalists, the audience likes to look for a little bit of news, such as 'Shock! Why are hundreds of sows? Crying in the middle of the night 'Ah, or 'The figure that disappeared mysteriously in the middle of the night, actually went out to have an affair', we can introduce it from this title, and then introduce you to Soul Gathering Village."
Zhu Yiting laughed without giving Shi Ye face at all, and was slapped in the back by the hook-nosed man.
Xiao Li stuffed a piece of roast chicken into his mouth, blocking all sounds.
The reincarnations of the news headlines sounded funny, but Wu Shan didn't think so. Obviously, something strange happened in the village recently, but he didn't plan to tell the reporters, he just said with an ugly face, "Mr. reporter really Humor, how could such a thing happen in our village? After eating, I will take everyone out for a walk and show you the scenery here, you must have never seen it in the city."
Since Wu Shan had said so, Shi Ye could only nod his head in agreement, and at the same time secretly remembered the place of the village chief's house, there might be clues hidden in it.
After everyone had a simple dinner, they followed the village chief out of the courtyard gate and walked along a path, with various households along the way.
This gathering soul village is not sparsely populated. There are vigorous grasses growing along the road. Almost every household is eating. Some uncles are squatting at the door, and they will reach out to say hello when they see the village chief.
It looks quite ordinary.
Every reincarnator was secretly recording the scenery along the way. After another right turn, Wu Shan stopped in front of a yard, walked in and opened the door.
The yard was clean, not even a single leaf, apparently someone had cleaned it up on purpose.
The village chief led them to open the door, and there was a large shop with neat quilts on it: "Mr. reporter, you are staying here for a few days, it's very close to me, just let me know if you have anything. "
Wu Shan said and pointed to the next door: "The girl's house is in the yard next door, and it's very close."
Although the reincarnators are not used to the treatment of this Datongpu, they can only accept it. Obviously, this village is not enough to provide a single room for more than a dozen people - Shi Yechong Wu Shan said a few words of thanks, and then Wu Shan came out. out the door.
Tao Fei was sitting on the bed. She looked at Shi Ye's back and asked quietly, "What do you think?"
"I think it's weird," Zhu Yiting sat in front of the only small table in the room and raised his legs, "Although they all look normal, there is a strange feeling, which is the impression the whole village gave me. …”
The hook-nosed man routinely chokes him: "This is a haunted copy, of course it will feel weird, why are you talking nonsense?"
Zhu Yiting rolled his eyes angrily: "Yongchun, that's enough, I'll beat you up if you say one more word."
Shi Ye walked to the window, opened it, and looked up at the sky outside: "I also have this feeling, it's not as obvious as the village head's house, I can feel something strange, but I can't say where it is, we Did you miss something?"
Xiao Li, who had been sitting in the corner, scrubbed the edge of the bed near his knees and broke the silence softly: "The threshold."
"—Yes! Threshold!" Zhu Yiting looked at him immediately, and then looked at the door after trying to understand these two words.
Generally, houses in rural areas and even urban areas will have a threshold installed, the higher the better.
Because in ancient times, it was believed that ghosts, including zombies, could not bend their knees, so the higher the threshold, the more evil things could be prevented from entering the house.
And this Soul Gathering Village, including the village head's family, they are all walking on the ground, this village has no threshold at all! Is this a special custom of this village, or is it to facilitate the entry and exit of certain things
"The Village of Gathering Souls..." Tao Fei muttered to himself, "They gather ghosts? But what do they invite reporters to do in this case?"
The sky was completely dark. Zhu Yiting took out a lighter from his pocket and lit the oil lamp on the table. He couldn't help but complain, "It's really inconvenient to use an oil lamp in this day and age."
Shi Ye looked at the dilapidated oil lamp. The candle on it was very small, shining brightly on the face. At first glance, it looked like a ghost. He couldn't help but look away, walked to the bed and took off his coat. , looks like he wants to rest.
Xiao Li stood up at this moment and walked towards the door.
Zhu Yiting suddenly stopped him: "Wait, buddy, where are you going? I'll come with you too."
Xiao Li opened the door, and the cold wind from the outside blew in instantly. Zhu Yiting was facing the door, his whole body was chilled by the blow, and then he heard the other side calmly say: "When I came over, I saw someone wearing mourning clothes going To the west, I'll go take a look."
Zhu Yiting: "..."
He didn't expect that he would get such a serious answer - he originally thought that this guy was going out to pee, and he felt a little pee, but he didn't dare to go alone, and he didn't want to call his two bad friends, they would definitely be laughed at, So I stopped the other party and wanted to go out to the toilet with him for convenience...
What's the matter with this guy, how can he say such words that he is going to die with such a calm attitude that he wants to be convenient!
Zhu Yiting was stunned on the spot, but Tao Fei immediately stood up from the bed: "You saw someone wearing mourning clothes? Where?"
"When you came over, that fork in the road."
"You... why didn't you say it before?!"
Xiao Li glanced at her, left a sentence without emotion, turned around and walked out: "You didn't ask me either."
He walked too fast, and the rest of the people looked at each other with a feeling of question marks all over their heads.
After two seconds, Zhu Yiting jumped up from the stool like an ant on a hot pot: "Wait for me, I'll go with you too, what do you call me buddy, I think you look a lot like me? A good friend!"
Xiao Li was caught by his excessive enthusiasm, and it took some effort to avoid him and answer his own name.
Yongchun rolled his eyes from behind, and followed with the third of them.
When they came to this, Tao Fei and Shi Ye couldn't sit still - especially Shi Ye, he had already wanted to go to bed to rest, but was disturbed by these people, and he couldn't go to bed. A few people said: "Let's not go, they may have committed a dead end if they go, and I don't know how many will come back."
Some of the other people nodded and said yes, but Tao Fei lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then he gritted his teeth and ran out to catch up with the people in front of him.
The moonlight outside was completely covered by dark clouds, and only a few houses in the entire Soul Gathering Village were lit up, floating like a ghost in the darkness.
Zhu Yiting felt that his legs were a little weak, and he was about to urinate - but he looked at the profile of his new friend, and in order not to lose his composure, he choked back the urge.
There was a loud running sound behind him, and the three of them followed one after another, and the sound of breathing was a little panting.
"I said... Sherlock, do you really remember the way? If not, let's go back?" Zhu Yiting followed Xiao Li, walking on the quiet path, he remembered the speculation about the "threshold" just now, Now I feel that there are ghosts in this village at any time.
Yongchun poked his back mockingly: "Are you afraid?"
Zhu Yiting: "Hehe, I think you are afraid, I just think we should save our physical strength and fight for a better tomorrow—"
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw two white lanterns hanging from the door of a house in the west ahead, and there was a faint cry from the wide open door.
"Are we... going in?" Although Tao Fei followed, he was still apprehensive when he saw the scene of mourning and mourning that night in front of him.
Xiao Li's eyes flashed: "I've come here, isn't it boring to just leave like this?"
As he spoke, he walked in without any intention of covering up, and walked into the mourning hall like this.
Unexpectedly, when Xiao Li entered, he didn't see anyone.
Those cries also seemed to sense the arrival of strangers and stopped abruptly.
On the left side of the mourning hall stands a coffin, with white paper money and a wreath hanging on the beam above its head, a table in the middle, a black-and-white photo and a tablet on the white cloth, which reads: eldest brother Zhang Tao in four characters .
The person in the black-and-white photo is a middle-aged man with ordinary facial features. It is the man who got the black box in the opening CG.
So he died - because of that box? So where is that box now
Xiao Li turned his head to look around, and finally locked his eyes on the coffin. The young man walked over gently, his fingers stuck on the edge of the coffin, and he pulled it hard, and found that the coffin board was not closed, so he pushed it outward, freeing one hand to look into the coffin—
When Zhu Yiting and others gathered up the courage to follow, they saw such a scene.
He watched Xiao Li restore the coffin again. With that thoughtful look, he almost screamed. He stammered, "You... you..."
- Are you the devil? ! Everyone is dead, and if you still don't let him go, what if they use the corpse to kill you
"There is a problem." Xiao Li suddenly said.
Tao Fei looked at him with complicated eyes, and followed his words and asked, "What's the problem?"
"There is no body in this coffin," Xiao Li said thoughtfully, his eyes turned to the black and white photo again, "There is no black box either."
Zhu Yiting took a few steps in the opposite direction of the coffin. He didn't want to look there, and was a little afraid that if something escaped from the coffin - he grasped his gaze, stared at Xiao Li's face and said, "Okay. , then let's go first, I don't want to stay here."
He looked at it and thought, Sherlock looks good with thin skin and tender meat, why is he so sturdy in his heart? Wait, Sherlock... have I heard this name somewhere? !
Xiao Li just wanted to speak, but his eyes suddenly narrowed, and Zhu Yiting looked in the direction of his gaze—
I saw that the black and white photo suddenly changed.
Originally, the middle-aged man was smiling and looking at the crowd, but at this moment, a line of blood and tears was shed from his eyes in the photo, and the whole photo was changing rapidly.
"Escape!" Tao Fei immediately shouted loudly. As an experienced veteran, she has experienced many ghost incidents. At this time, she will not be frightened to the ground, and she will respond immediately.
The crowd immediately scattered and fled, the time was too short to escape, and some people could only hide at the door.
Xiao Li didn't move. He looked at the man in the photo who was bleeding from the seven orifices.
Then there was a faint sound of cat meowing from the outside world, and hurried footsteps came out of the mourning hall. The moment the figure appeared, the abnormality disappeared, and the photo returned to its original state.
It was a man in sackcloth and sackcloth, his features were somewhat similar to the person in the photo, apparently his younger brother.
He looked at the strangers in the mourning hall with some dissatisfaction: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Xiao Li made up nonsense without changing his face: "We are reporters. When we came, we saw the mourning hall and came to worship."
There was a hint of suspicion on the man's face, then he stretched out his hand and said to the black-haired boy in front of him, "Okay, bring something."
This time Xiao Li paused, repeated it, and asked in confusion, "... something?"
"Are you really here to worship?" The man retracted his hand, frowned deeply, and rubbed his index finger and thumb together impatiently.
Their brothers obviously didn't have deep feelings for each other. There was no sadness on the man's face at all, just a routine seriousness.
This time, the second young master of the Xiao family understood the other party's gesture like a god. He took out his pocket and found pieces of chocolate, dolls, mobile phones, tissues, etc., but there were no banknotes.
In the end, he could only take out his mobile phone: "Can Alipay transfer money?"
Man: "..."
As soon as Xiao Li said these words, he remembered that there was no signal here, so he looked to the side and said to Zhu Yiting, who was hiding behind the doorpost, "Borrow some money?"
Zhu Yiting, whose position was exposed, watched the other party come towards him numbly, and then took out three grandfather Mao cards from his pocket and gave them to him.
Xiao Li took the money and saw Zhu Yiting's depressed face (?), thinking that he was depressed because of the loss of money, so he comfortably patted Zhu Yiting on the shoulder: "Go back and give me a number, and I will transfer it back to you."
Zhu Yiting looked at Xiao Li with a complicated expression, but did not answer.