Chapter 36: Tombstone
I had an inexplicable fear and disgust for the woman in front of me who looked almost exactly the same as me. This feeling was similar to instinct, so although I was curious about her proposal, I couldn't help but take a step back and looked at her with a vigilant look.
The woman looked at me with a hint of disdain in her eyes and said, "Do you go? If you don't go, leave this village quickly, otherwise you will never run away again. Do you know what they will do in the future when they catch you?" She pressed her body forward, lowered her voice and looked at me with a smile, and said, "That's a very interesting thing." After that, she suddenly giggled alone, as if there was something on my face that made her feel extremely ridiculous.
I only have one thought in my mind, that the farther away from her, the better. Anyway, Jia Chong said that Fengmen Village will reappear every once in a while, like a ghost ship on the sea. Although I don’t know how much time it is, at most I can spend more time waiting in the mountains, and there is always a chance to come in and find the secrets. Facing this woman, I feel uncomfortable, and there is a fear that comes from instinct. It seems that there will be great risks when I am with her.
So I glanced at Jia Chong's body on the ground, then looked at the crowd in the distance who were screaming because of my escape, and quickly turned around and ran towards the entrance of the village. There was no footsteps of the woman chasing her, but I heard her giggling and said, "You are still so afraid of me!"
A little doubt arose in my heart. Could it be that this woman knew me before, or that she was my twin sister or sister? Although this plot is a bit bloody, it seems that only in this way can it be reasonable. What's more, the doctor who was almost exactly like Xiao Yang told me that when I saw him again, was it because of that lost memory that I couldn't remember who the woman was in front of me?
While thinking about these questions, I quickly ran to the entrance of the village. When I was about to reach the entrance of the village, I saw three people guarding there. Obviously they were worried that I would never find them again after leaving the entrance of the village. So no matter whether I was still in the village or not, I sent people to guard the exit. From the position where they stood, I absolutely had no chance to sneak out, let alone forcing. I was definitely not the opponent of the three of them. I had to retreat carefully. Since they were guarded by them, I would definitely not be able to get out of other places. If this continues, I will be caught by them sooner or later. More importantly, I can't find anything to eat in the village. I haven't eaten since last night. I have been running for such a long time and have consumed a lot of energy. It won't take long for me to hold on. At this moment, I found that I had no way to escape and had nowhere to go.
I started to flee aimlessly. Every path in the village might encounter those villagers. I don’t know what will happen after being caught by them, but from Director Zhang’s story and the strange smile on the woman’s face, I knew that it must be something I couldn’t accept, so although I knew that I might not be able to escape, I still tried hard to move extremely tired steps.
Just then, I heard a lazy voice saying, "How about it, let's go with me."
I turned my head suddenly and saw the woman who looked very much like me leaning against the corner of the wall and looking at me with a smile. I heard the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer not far away, gritted my teeth and said to the woman: "Okay."
The woman seemed to have known that I would definitely follow her, showing a look of knowing that she would have been like this, and said, "Come on, hurry up." After that, I turned around and left. Although I was extremely tired, I did not dare to slack off at all, and followed her with gritted teeth.
The route that the woman took was not special. She was heading to the back mountain of the village. There was a way into the mountain. I must have been guarding it. But the woman looked very confident. I had no choice but to follow her all the way. What's strange is that every time the woman seemed to be able to discover the place of the villagers in advance, and she could avoid the search of those people at critical moments. After walking in this way, she did not take me into the back mountain, but squatted down behind a tree.
I also squatted down together and found that there was a dirt tomb among the weeds in front of me. This dirt tomb was quite tall, but it should have been for many years that no one had repaired it. The edges were covered with weeds and shrubs, so I couldn't find it outside at once.
The woman squatted down and began to pull out the bricks on the soil grave. After a while, she saw that I was not moving and said, "What are you doing while standing there? Come and help."
I was startled and said, "What do you want to do? I won't do anything about to rob the tomb."
The woman glanced at me with her eyes squinted and said, "It makes me look like a good person. Come and help. There are no dead people here, but if you need something and don't want to be caught by them, you'd better hide in more quickly."
Judging from the woman's meaning, she had already entered this earthen grave, but I don't know what I need inside. I need a route to escape now. Is there a way out here? What's more, I don't think this woman will know what I think. Combined with what she said to me before, can it be said that the mirror that Jia Chong was obsessed with was actually in this earthen grave?
I was urging myself to the woman, and I was worried that I would be discovered by the villagers. So although I hated this behavior, I still went forward to help and quickly pulled down some bricks outside, revealing a black hole inside. I smelled a strange smell from the hole entrance, and I almost spit it out in one mouthful. I didn't know how this strange woman could bear it.
The woman took the lead in getting into the grave, and I hurriedly followed her, then turned around and wanted to fill the bricks and stones again. The woman said, "It's okay, whoever has a brain disease will get into the grave to see you, don't waste time, come in quickly."
I thought to myself: There was a woman with a brain disease in front of me, and a poor man who came in with her. But I didn’t dare to say this. Judging from the way women dealt with Jia Chong, I should have the words "ruthlessness" and the grave was dark. If she gave me a knife, I would be really unfair to death.
The woman lit a small candle, and I saw that the space in the grave was very small. There was a coffin at the woman's feet. Because the light was dim, it was not clear. I don't know how long the coffin had been buried here. The woman squatted on the coffin, held the candle in front of me, and looked at me with a smile. The light shone on her face, and there was an indescribable horror. A thought suddenly appeared in my mind: Could this woman be a female ghost, right? Could this grave be her burial place?
When I thought about this, I suddenly felt cold sweat all over my body. Although I had seen many so-called ghosts before, those ghosts were not as fierce as this female ghost in front of me. They would stab people with a knife at any time. If I was killed by her here, even the coffin would be ready.
I couldn't help but start to shrink back. The woman seemed to notice my abnormality, but she had no intention of stopping her. She looked at me and said, "I'll tell you a story, do you want to listen?"
I saw that she had no intention of stopping me, and I was close to the exit now, so I settled down and said, "What story?"
The woman put away her smile and said seriously: "There was a woman who died in the past, but she was unwilling to die like this, so she became a ghost after her death, tricked others into her grave, killed him in it, and let him be his own scapegoat, and then she could go out."
While the woman said, she slowly leaned over toward me, knocked the coffin under her feet with her other hand, and said gloomyly: "Now, please crawl into this coffin yourself."
I instinctively wanted to run out, but I stood up too fast, and my head hit the bricks and stones above my head. I immediately squatted down and hugged my head in pain. At this time, the woman had already crawled in front of me, and her face was almost pressed against my face. She stared at me tightly, and suddenly opened her mouth and spit out her tongue at me.
I screamed again and stood up quickly, but with a bang, my head hurt again. This time it hurt even harder, tears flowed down my head, and my head began to get dizzy. The only thing I remember was that the woman in front of me was a female ghost who harmed me, and I had to leave here.
At this moment, I heard the woman giggling, as if she was laughing very happily. I raised my head with difficulty and saw her smiling while looking at me. Seeing me looking up at her, I held back my smile and said, "I really didn't expect you to be so brave, and you scared you all at once." As I said that, I stuck out my tongue at me again, and then giggled one by one.
I held my head with anger on my face, thinking that no one is afraid of telling such a story in this ghost place? You think everyone is as crazy as you! But I dare not say this sentence. Who knows what she would do if she gets angry with this female devil. I hugged my head and said, "Don't laugh, otherwise I will become a female ghost if I laugh to death."
The woman glared at me and said, "Then I will really trick you in!"
I was too lazy to continue with her on this boring topic and said, "What do you want me to come here to do? I can't stand the taste of it. I'll prepare it early and go out early."
The woman did not make trouble this time and said, "I'll show you something."
I suddenly lost my anger and said, "Will you take it out to show me something? Do you have to come to such a place?!"
The woman also answered me angrily: "I have to take it."
Judging from her meaning, what she wanted to show me was a heavier or larger thing, which was not convenient to carry with me. No wonder I had to come in and take a look. I had seen the fragments of the bronze mirror on Shanshan's body, and I also saw the bronze mirror held by Erliang in his hand when I was in Fengmen Village. They were all easy to carry. Could it be that what this woman wanted to show me was not the mirror I had originally speculated about?
I became curious and said, "What?"
The woman seemed a little hesitant and said, "I'll tell you a story first..."
I was startled and immediately waved my hand and stopped, saying, "You still want to do this! Tell me the point directly, where is the thing?"
The woman gave me a blank look and said, "Okay, if you don't listen, you won't listen. Sooner or later, you will have to ask me. I'll ask you, do you know whose grave is this?"
Of course I can't answer this question, but there is no way. Just go out and look at the tombstone. The woman didn't agree with my answer and said, "Then you go out and take a look."
Looking at her disapproving expression, I guess I won’t get anything even if I go out, so I thought about it and said patiently: “Tell me quickly, I really can’t stand the smell here.”
The woman snorted, then stood reluctantly, half-squatted and moved the candle behind her, and said, "Come here for yourself."
Chapter completed!