"Now... what should we do with him?" Jin Cancan held the bowl and carefully approached the unconscious man lying on the bench.
He is so good looking...
While watching, Jin Cancan did not forget to slurp the vermicelli.
"Wake up, your saliva is flowing out." Her brother Jin Yuanbao laughed at her.
Before Jin Cancan could get angry, Jin Fugui stopped her, looked at the unconscious man and frowned.
"Don't you think he looks familiar?"
"look familiar?"
Several people gathered around and looked at him carefully.
"It seems so. Brother Huo, do you think this man looks a bit like the wanted criminal?" Huang Li hesitated.
"Yes, it looks like him, but didn't the wanted criminal say he had a scar on his face?"
Hearing this, Jin Cancan moved closer: "I don't think so. Look at his face, it's clean, without any scars."
"If you come any closer, you'll kiss me on the face." Jin Yuanbao pulled the man away with a sour look on his face, "Dad, what should we do with this guy?"
"Here, Xiaogang, carry the man upstairs and prepare a room for him." Jin Fugui scooped up a meatball for himself, "Xiaofan, you come along and help."
Huo Gang was about to carry the man after receiving the order, but unexpectedly the eyelids of the man lying there moved, and then he slowly sat up, covering his forehead.
When Lu Yanli opened his eyes, he saw a group of strangers. The place where they were lying had also changed. He was shocked and his reason quickly returned. He quickly glanced at everyone present.
They all looked very friendly, and their hands probably didn't have blood on them.
"Excuse me, who are you?" He turned around and looked, "Where is this?"
Seeing the pale man sitting up, the others looked at each other, and Jin Fugui explained the general situation.
When he heard a group of people carrying him unconsciously to him, Lu Yanli's expression did not change. He still had a gentle smile on his face, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
It is impossible for him to have such low guard, so, maybe that group of people used some special means, or they gave him some kind of drug
This group of people...
"We were scared to death when we saw you unconscious at first. Fortunately, you're awake now. How are you? Do you feel unwell? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?" Jin Cancan chattered around him.
Lu Yanli was not stupid enough to expose his character in front of this group of people. Seeing that they were all eating happily, he thought there was no poison, so he smiled and said, "Is it okay?"
Jin Fugui patted his round belly and said, "Of course, of course! What's wrong with that?"
Huo Gang wisely picked up a bowl and washed it.
"By the way, what's this young man's name?"
Lu Yanli smiled and said, "My last name is Jiang Bai."
"Jiang Bai? Your name is really nice." Jin Cancan said first.
She was too embarrassed to mention the names her father had given them. But her brother was so angry that he gloated over their misfortune and revealed all their names.
Jin Cancan was so angry that his teeth itched and he was about to hit the other person, but Huo Gang stopped him: "If you delay any longer, the spicy hot pot will be cold."
To her delight, Jiang Bai did not laugh at her name.
A group of people sat together and had a happy dinner. The winter wind was howling outside the window.
"What kind of play will you perform then?" Lu Yanli asked.
Jin Cancan said first: "Sing the Emperor's Sacrifice and the Eight Sacrificial Songs."
"Eight Sacrifices Song?" Lu Yanli had never heard of it before.
"Yes, this song was passed down from somewhere a long time ago." Jin Cancan counted on his fingers, "One is for the heaven, two is for the earth, three is for all living things, four is for the wind, five is for the water, six is for the thunder and fire, seven is for the wood, and the last is for the ancestors."
Jin Yuanbao picked up a piece of hot bean curd with chopsticks, dipped it in the sauce, blew on it and ate it. While chewing, he said, "I can sing this Eight Sacrifices Song, too. It's too long. When I was a kid, I got beaten a lot for memorizing it."
Jin Fugui's brows had been furrowed since day one, and he said, "You little bastard, I'm asking you to carry this for your own good."
"Can you tell me about the Emperor's Ceremony?" Lu Yanli asked.
Jin Cancan: “Of course!” She even ate less and spoke seriously.
Emperor's Sacrifice is also a drama that has been passed down from who knows when. Its origin is unknown. Although the name sounds traditional, it sounds a bit mysterious.
It tells the story of a "God" and a "King".
This story is somewhat different from the story on the wall that Lu Yanli saw in the ancient tomb.
In pursuit of eternal life, the "king" insisted on chasing after the "God", which led to the destruction of his country and his family. Before he died, he finally saw the "God", but to his disappointment, the "God" was not a God at all, but just an object.
An item with special abilities.
The "King" went crazy in the end. He couldn't believe that the "God" he had been pursuing all his life was just an object. He thought that there were other objects in the world that also had special powers. After spending the rest of his life searching for it, he buried himself in a small mountain village.
It is said that there is a very magical place in that small mountain village that can connect yin and yang. It is the boundary between two worlds, where time can cycle and people who stay inside can gain eternal life.
"Come to think of it, I don't know who recorded this story." Jin Cancan poured herself a cup of tea, "I think this story is quite interesting."
"Indeed... very interesting."
Not only Lu Yanli was listening, but several other students were also listening with great interest, and when they heard the ending of the story, they seemed to be thinking about something. Only Lu Yanli felt a chill in his heart.
This story... is exactly the same as what he saw in that picture book.
And this story raises another possibility.
"God" is not a god, it is just an object.
Yes, who says that "God" must always be rational
"Don't talk so much, just keep eating, everyone, enjoy your meal!"
Lu Yanli smiled gently and drank the soup slowly.
If "God" is just an object... then what about him
Is he a real person, or is he just an object that thinks it is a person
After dinner, Lu Yanli took the initiative to call Jin Fugui.
Jin Fugui seems to know something.
Seeing that their father was called, Jin Cancan and Jin Yuanbao looked at each other secretly and went out tacitly.
"What are you doing so late at night?" Xie Lin, a girl who shared a dormitory with Jin Cancan, stopped them.
Jin Cancan: "Shh—let's go catch fireflies, do you want to come with us?"
"Fireflies? Where are they?" Xie Lin became interested.
Another girl named Zhang Sumei also came over: "I'll go too!"
Huang Li was cleaning up the dishes. Seeing Jin Cancan was about to go out, he rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Huo, you wash the dishes first today, and I'll do it tomorrow. Cancan and I will go out together."
Before Huo Gang could stop them, Huang Li ran out together.
"Mr. Jin, I'd like to ask about the Emperor's Sacrifice. You should know the origin of the Emperor's Sacrifice, right?" Lu Yanli asked calmly.
Since he had arrived near the Cultural Festival Square in advance, he might as well ask something first.
The evil spirit hiding in his eyes was both a threat and a protection for him. Now that the spirit had left, he had to be more careful.
Jin Fugui shook his head: "To be honest, this song has been passed down for a long time. If you want to ask me when it was passed down and where it came from, I don't know."
"But I've never heard of it before." With Lu Yanli's ability to collect intelligence, he should not be ignored.
"It's not that I didn't mention it to you, it's just that... The Emperor's Sacrifice and the Eight Sacrifices Song are sung together. These two songs are a bit weird, they are sung for the dead, and can't be sung lightly. If the living hear them, it will be bad. If you only listen to one of them, it will call the soul away, so most people have never heard of it."
"Since most people haven't heard of it..." Lu Yanli stared at the other person quietly, "Then, Mr. Jin, where did you hear it from? Where did you learn it from?"
"Heirloom from my ancestors." Jin Fugui looked anxious, but he still answered.
Inherited from ancestors
Lu Yanli didn't believe it, but there was nothing he could do since the other party didn't say anything.
He wanted to try hypnosis, but he had just woken up and there was still sedative residue in his body. Using hypnosis rashly might not work, so he had to give up.
"By the way, what is your relationship with those people? Why did they send you here?"
Lu Yanli lowered his head and sighed: "They think I look like the man on the wanted list, and they are afraid of accidentally hurting me, so they want to send me away."
Jin Fugui took a deep puff of his cigarette and said, "You know what, it really does look like him. I heard that this guy has been causing bombings here recently, so it's normal for everyone to be afraid."
"But..." Jin Fugui patted Lu Yanli on the shoulder, "The clear conscience is clear."
"Um."
"Hey, wait! Where are Cancan and Yuanbao?" After Jin Fugui finished smoking a cigarette, he suddenly realized that his two annoying children were missing.
Huo Gang was washing dishes when he heard his boss asking loudly. He poked his head out of the kitchen and said, "They said they were going to catch fireflies."
"What the hell! They're running around in the middle of the night!" Jin Fugui was furious, "Gangzi, wash up quickly and go find them!"
Huo Gang: "Boss, there's no need. It's only eight o'clock."
"What do you know? You can't run around here so late at night!" Jin Fugui was so anxious that his belly was shaking. He called Jin Cancan, but the result was not good. The service area was out. He called Jin Yuanbao again, but the service area was also out.
"Hurry up! Get a few people to go with you. We can't run away from here. Let's look for it together. It won't be a big problem if we come back early."
After that, he turned his gaze to Jiang Bai: "Young man, if it's not too much trouble... would you like to go together?"
Lu Yanli agreed.
He wanted to know how many secrets this troupe had.
In the end, Jin Fugui brought several people with him to look for his children.
He still remembered where Jin Cancan saw the "fireflies" during the day, and ran straight to the playground.
Both male students were a little timid, but the other boy who was pulled over was eager to try.
"I heard that the playground used to be an old tomb, and later it was demolished to build a school. I heard that some people in our school have seen ghosts before." The brave boy was named Li Mingxuan, his eyes were dull and his tone was eerie.
"Get out of here! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll castrate you." The two frightened boys wanted to kick him away.
Only then did Li Mingxuan start laughing.
Another male classmate who had been silent also spoke.
"It's true. I've encountered this before." He raised his head and looked into the distance. "That day... I was late for evening self-study and was about to go back to the dormitory when my mother suddenly called me and said that she had a severe stomachache at home and wanted me to accompany her to the hospital."
"I went there immediately. It was a cold winter evening, just like now. When I was walking through the forest next to the playground, my mother called me again. This time she said, I don't need to go."
“I asked why… she said… she said…” The person dragged on for a long time, and his voice gradually became lower and lower and could not be heard clearly.
"What?" the other person asked curiously.
"She said... because my dad is back..."
"I said... but my dad has been dead for many years... Then, when I answered the phone, I saw... a white shadow on the ground, using its hands and feet to crawl towards me..."
"Oh, stop talking. It's so scary!" The two timid boys became even more frightened.
The classmate who said the ghost story was scary just laughed triumphantly.
A group of people were walking through the trees at the edge of the playground and heading to the other end.
The weather was not very good today, with strong winds. The night was pitch black, and the moon and stars were hiding in the thick dark clouds, unwilling to come out. They could not see clearly, so they could only turn on the flashlight, and the bravest boy who told the ghost story walked in front.
Suddenly, the cell phone in his pocket rang.
"Who is it?" He picked up the phone without even looking.
"Xiaowei, can you come back? Mommy has a severe stomachache today... Can you come back and accompany Mommy to the hospital today?"
If Liu Zhiwei hadn't told him this ghost story just now, he would have gone back without hesitation, but now...
Why is it exactly the same as the story he told
"Xiaowei? Xiaowei?" The mother on the other end of the phone was confused.
Liu Zhiwei stood there trembling.
The others also heard the voice coming from his phone and looked at each other in confusion.
This...what's going on
"Xiaowei? That's strange, is the signal bad?" After saying that, the woman on the other end of the phone hung up.
Liu Zhiwei came to his senses only after hanging up the phone.
Really...did it really happen
He just said it casually, he was just joking!
Will his mother really keep calling me later? Also, will that female ghost he mentioned appear
"It's different. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Maybe something really happened to your mother at home. Do you want to go home and check it out?" Others comforted him.
Before Liu Zhiwei could accept it, his cell phone rang again.
Liu Zhiwei's expression changed drastically. He carefully glanced at the caller ID and his face became even uglier.
“It’s true, it’s really true… What should I do?” He looked to several adults for help.
Jin Fugui took his phone and threw it far away. His face became even darker: "Don't answer it, just don't agree to it."
"Really?" Liu Zhiwei murmured.
Is that all that’s needed
But... it didn't go as planned.
The phone that was thrown far away was not broken. It seemed to have fallen into the grass and was touched by something, pressing the call button.
Not only that, but the speakerphone was also turned on.
Now, everyone heard the sound coming from the other side.
It was a normal-sounding female voice.
"Xiaowei, you don't have to come. Your dad is back, I can ask him to accompany me... Just study hard in school." After saying that, the phone was hung up.
"No!" Liu Zhiwei couldn't believe it. He yelled at the phone that he had thrown far away, "Shut up! You damn thing! I don't have a father!" He wanted to say more but was stopped by two classmates who covered his mouth tightly.
Obviously, something supernatural happened.
There have always been rumors of ghosts in the school, but they didn't take it seriously. Now, it's their turn to encounter it.
What should I do? If a female ghost really appears...
Before they knew it, their steps had stopped.
"What if there really is... there really is a ghost?"
"It's all your fault for being so mean. Why don't you say something else? You're just talking nonsense!"
Liu Zhiwei never thought that he was just being rude for a moment. He was so anxious that he almost cried: "How should I know? If I knew, I would definitely not tell you."
"Okay, okay, now is not the time to blame him. Should we just... go back first?"
Lu Yanli didn't say anything. He stood quietly in the crowd, observing his surroundings keenly, ready to escape at any time.
Jin Fugui was also anxious: "No, my Cancan and Yuanbao haven't come back yet."
"Your daughter and son can go look for them by their own. We have to go back quickly now!" Liu Zhiwei was so scared that he turned around and was about to go back.
"Then give the flashlight back to us. We'll need it later!" Fan Min put his hands on his hips and argued with a few students, trying to grab it.
"Can't you lend it to us first? The road is so dark, how can we see clearly without a flashlight?"
Because of the dispute, someone accidentally dropped the flashlight on the ground, and it rolled twice.
At the end of the beam of light, a white shadow was seen.
The shadow twisted and slowly crawled towards them.
“Ahh!! There really is a ghost!!”
“Run!”
Fan Min was so scared that he picked up the flashlight and ran back. The white shadow's movements were a little stiff at first, but it kept twisting and stretched out its pale and soft arms to crawl forward. Its long hair made it difficult to see its face. In the end, it crawled faster and faster, almost catching up with them.
"What should I do? Help!!"
Jin Fugui was fat and old, so it was more difficult for him to run. Huo Gang and Fan Min had to drag him forward desperately. He was also very scared and gasped: "What should I do? How can I deal with this thing?"
"It's all your fault, Liu Zhiwei, you were the one who said nonsense!" A boy looked back, screamed, and continued to run forward desperately.
Lu Yanli ran and said, "Liu Zhiwei, since you said it, can you give me another solution?"
Liu Zhiwei was also anxious, anxious and afraid. He thought this idea was reliable. After thinking about it, he immediately said, "Just when the female ghost was chasing everyone, a lightning bolt fell from the sky and killed the female ghost."
The sky was still overcast, but there was no lightning.
The female ghost did not die and continued to crawl forward stubbornly.
Everyone could almost feel the damp and eerie chill coming from each other's bodies.
It was colder than the winter night breeze, and there was a strong, rotten smell that had been buried for who knows how long.
"What should I do? It's useless..." Liu Zhiwei was almost crying, "Please, anyone can help me, please capture this female ghost, and I will do anything for you."
It's useless.
All ghosts exist based on idealism. Nothing can destroy them except rules. Once created, ghosts will still exist even if the world is destroyed. No one can say when they will disappear.
Things like reincarnation and gods are all useless.
There is no God in the world.
The pale hand grabbed a boy's ankle.
He was the first boy who was afraid of listening to ghost stories. He was timid and screamed, trying to kick away the hands that were entangled with him, but he failed.
“Ahh—”
He fell to the ground.
At the moment of falling, the boy disappeared.
The white ghost chasing them disappeared without a trace. The few people who were still running turned around and slowly stopped.
They didn't dare to go to the place where the boy disappeared just now, but just stayed away and slowly backed away. No one spoke for a while.
"Now, what should we do?" Fan Min asked after a long time.
A question broke the silence. Liu Zhiwei burst into tears and slapped himself in the face while crying: "It's all my fault... It's all my fault! I shouldn't have said such nonsense! It's me..."
"Okay! It's not your fault!" His friend hugged him and they both burst into tears. "This school is haunted. It's not your fault."
"This school is really haunted..." Jin Fugui muttered to himself.
Lu Yanli didn't say anything, his eyes were still wandering in the distance.
There was a shadow where the boy fell.
That shadow is very familiar.
Jin Fugui sighed deeply, walked towards several male students, and then bent down.
"I'm sorry, it was my daughter and the brat who ran around and dragged you into this." He handed over the flashlight, "If you want to go back, go back first. We'll continue looking."
The boys looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and finally took the flashlight.
"I'm sorry, you should have found them sooner."
"We're going back first. Please be careful."
There were four boys who went out with me to look for her, but only three were left when we returned.
but…
Lu Yanli saw the shadows under their feet.
There were four shadows, walking back together.
Jin Fugui obviously saw it as well, so he let them leave early.
After all the students left, Fan Min quietly asked Jin Fugui: "Boss, are you still looking for someone?"
Jin Fugui said, "We must find them!" He held the flashlight tightly, his whole body trembling slightly, "We can't have no one to perform... We have to find them and bring them back to perform."
"Okay, let's be careful." Huo Gang pulled Lu Yanli, "Jiang Bai, let's go. Be careful."
Lu Yanli followed and walked forward: "Okay."
Gradually, spots of fluorescence appeared before my eyes.
The green glow is very familiar. It's not a firefly, but...
Lu Yanli had seen this thing in an ancient tomb.
"Stay away from this fluorescent light and don't touch it." Lu Yanli warned.
No one asked Lu Yanli why he knew the news. The three of them nodded to indicate that they knew it.
"Cancan? Cancan, where are you?" Jin Fugui called out at the top of his voice.
The other two called out in the same manner.
"Yuanbao, stop playing and come back quickly!"
"Oriole? Old Huang? Come out quickly!"
A little bit of green glowing light was flying around, trying to stick to people's exposed skin.
Lu Yanli took off his coat and waved away the thing. The other three also noticed something strange and followed suit.
"Cancan? Cancan?!"
There was a noise in the distance, and then a girl with green fluorescent light all over her body and face ran out: "Dad, I'm here."
She smiled, her hands were full of green light, and she wiped the sweat off her face: "Look! I caught a lot of fireflies!"
Huangli came out from another place, his face also had a green glow, and he smiled at everyone embarrassedly.
Jin Yuanbao was walking at the end. He was still playing games and had the least amount of stuff on him.