Reading The Remnants

Chapter 24: Where to find bosom friends (3)

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"Ayin!" Li Shiyi's bewildered voice came from the side.

The beast burped in a low voice, the stench like water came back from her stomach, A Yin licked her lips nervously, her lower jaw protruded, and the cold sweat dazzled her makeup in fine detail, and the hairs all over her body seemed to sense. stood up, as if weakly resisting the approach of the beast.

The tip of the cold and wet nose of the corrupt beast pressed against her forehead, and it felt as sticky as a snake. A Yin closed his eyes, but suddenly felt his hair soften. The shadow that enveloped her was slowly withdrawn, and the oppressive feeling was the same as the fishy smell in the mouth of the corrupt beast. The smell disappears together.

Da Da Da's claws scratched the ground again, Ayin panted and opened her eyes, seeing the crooked beast jumping and jumping in front of Li Shiyi.

Li Shiyi and Song Shijiu were leaning against each other, their muscles and veins seemed to be broken, and she had no strength. She watched the beast approaching her step by step, her mouth was dry as if it was burning, and her eyelids were straight. Jump.

Song Nineteen on the side let out a helpless whimper, Li Shiyi turned his head to look at her, suddenly turned his back to the beast, and immediately raised his hand to cover her eyes.

Li Shiyi gasped in a low voice, and confessed to Song Shijiu in a low voice quickly and clearly: "You were born just a short time ago, you never told a lie, and if you think about it, it won't eat you, if you can escape, think about it. Peiping, look for Mrs. Tu and say sorry to her."

Song Nineteen's eyelashes kept trembling in her palm, as if catching a frightened butterfly, but Li Shiyi calmed down strangely and said to her, "Me too, I can't handle you."

She didn't know why she suddenly said this, but she seemed to pick and choose and didn't know what to say to Song Nineteen. She promised to take her out of the tomb. She had to leave her alone in less than a month. She was born beautiful, but she had no ability. Although she was smart, her mind was pure, and she didn't have many acquaintances. In this world, she didn't know if she could survive or not.

Song Nineteen's eyelashes stopped shaking, the tip of her nose was slightly red, she obediently closed her eyes in Li Shiyi's palm, and asked her earnestly, "If I tell a lot of lies right away, will I die with you? "

Li Shiyi never expected that she said such a thing, and her heart trembled unbelievably, as if someone had punched her hard on the top of her heart.

All the efforts she made were to survive, but to Song Nineteen, life or death seemed to make no difference.

She covered Song Nineteen's hand and let go. Song Nineteen stared at her with black and white eyes. This time, she didn't cry or quarrel. She just had a red nose, soft and persistent.

The breath of the beast sprayed behind her ears, and in front of her was Song Nineteen's mouth opening and closing in silent recitation. She was racking her brains thinking about all the lies she could tell. On the side was Tu Lao Yao's helpless wailing, and A Yin was exhausted. Exhausted sobbing.

Li Shiyi turned his head over the fur of the beast and glanced at A Yin. The crooked beast opened its bloody mouth on the top of its head, and all the past events spewing blood foamed up, which caught Li Shiyi by surprise.

My name is Li Shiyi.

The rain is slightly cool, and it was a dream eleven years ago. I am this eleven.

My father ran away before I landed. My mother gave birth to me in the cemetery alone. For some reason, I could hear the ghost's footsteps. When I was four or five years old, my family was so poor that I couldn’t raise the pot. My mother couldn’t afford to support me and my brothers and sisters. She worshipped me to my master to learn art. She told me that since I could hear ghost footsteps, it was considered a miracle. , Listen to it before going to the tomb. If there is a ghost, it will not go down. In any case, life is the most important thing.

It is said that it is learning art, but it is actually a gift. I have been separated from her since I was four or five years old, and I haven't seen her since then, so I don't actually know whether I should hold hands at the age of ten.

My mother never told me.

Master loves to drink, so he doesn't remember very much, and naturally he doesn't remember my age. Over time, I even forgot about myself.

My master and I went from northern Jiangsu to Anhui, and then from Anhui to Shandong. In Jinan's tomb of General Qian, we met Master and apprentice Ayin.

Compared with me and Master, they are really decent. It was the first time I saw a little girl who was fighting to go down to the grave with a red flower-like headband tied with a bow on her head.

Ayin's master dressed her very well, and wherever she went, she was carved with pink and jade, while my master smeared my face with coal ash and told me that skin appearance was not important, as long as she survived.

Like my mother, Master always said that fate is important, appearance is not important, age is not important, and whether you are in the same place or not is not important.

Ayin's master contracted tuberculosis and died before the winter. The tuberculosis infected people. My master and I set her on fire. Ayin didn't drop a single bean, but only knelt down and kowtowed three times.

In the future, I eat and live with A Yin, and I feel the same way as my sister. Master treats her as well as me, but her strength is weaker than mine. Sometimes I secretly help her with the work of carrying water and chopping wood. Master found out. , did not punish me, just smiled and took a sip of wine, pointed at me and said, "You have helped her now, but you will harm her in the future. If you don't believe it, you will wait and see."

I thought later that what Master said always made sense. If Ayin and I had been diligent at the beginning, we would have been better.

A few years later, the master also left. I don't know whether it was because of drinking too much that I hurt my body, or that too much under the tomb damaged the gods.

Master went very peacefully, she said, it's right not to cry, I've never seen it wrong in my life, you are a great fortune.

Ayin and I buried my master at the foot of Jiuru Mountain, then packed up and went to Peiping. The first time we returned to Sijiucheng, we saw sugar gourd, pea yellows, and donkeys rolling around. rise.

At that time, I and Ayin were both on white water, and she didn't dislike it. She even told me with a smile that when I became rich in the future, I would lay eggs on my face, and I would sleep as many as I wanted.

Poverty makes people's imaginations cringe, and those who dare to covet are but a few eggs.

After another two years, a few good goods came out, and I gradually became richer. I also had some spare money in my hand. I have tasted the fresh ones at the beginning. I also rented a small courtyard in the south of the city, and I took care of the work. , She does laundry and cooking, and her days are practical.

After that, it was the day when she was eighteen years old. She went as usual, came back with money as usual, closed the door and said she was exhausted and would not do it again.

She always thought I didn't know, but, I can find so many flaws, how can I not find the difference from A Yin, who is in the same place every day

I saw her unbearable groaning at night, she was so sleepy in winter that she couldn't keep her eyes open, I heard her words becoming more and more savage day by day, and I heard her tossing and turning, wearing clothes and flipping books. sound.

I flipped page by page and looked at the pages she had seen that had been repeatedly twisted and stained with sweat, and there were records of snakes.

I understand what has changed in her.

I searched all over the ancient books, asked experts, and went to Wuling Mountain to investigate. An old man on the mountainside of Wuling Mountain told me that the snake is a mythical beast of the snake tribe under the seat of Nuwa, and it is easy to understand. However, "Shan Hai Jing" There is a word in it that there is a dragon-body spirit beast under Nuwa's seat, called Bai Jin. According to legend, Bai Jin and the snake follow Nuwa to mend the sky, and they are divided into the left and right guardians of the goddess Nuwa. Bai Jin is on the left and is respected by the snake.

If one finds a fetish that contains the spirit of Bai Yan, it is 80% able to drive out the spirit of the snake and strip away the human body.

I thanked the old way and went back to Peiping, but Ayin moved to a hutong. I went to find her to talk to, and she talked to me about the sky, the land, and the ideal. There was no wind, no moon, and no mercy.

I didn't say anything, I went home by myself, and then took on a few jobs that I had previously rejected.

I asked around to see if there were any places where ghosts and beasts were haunted, and where there were strange things, I would go there.

The tomb that the youngest Tu can't move, I'm going down. Mr. Wu's charming work, I took it. Thousands of miles away from Achun, asking about his past life, the shopkeepers of Xi’an Antiquities Market asked one by one. What Atang said was never gold and silver jewelry, but…

What if

What if.

My name is Li Shiyi. I like to say "I don't know", I often pretend "I don't know". I spent a few years telling a flawless lie called if nothing happened.