"I'll go find out for you. You three, please come and sit in my room first!"
Bai Yonggui invited us again.
It was Old Man Kong’s idea to come to Gouzi Village. Whether to go to Bai Yonggui’s house or not, this idea should naturally be made by Old Man Kong! So after Bai Yonggui said this, Yi Ba and I looked at Old Man Kong at the same time.
“It’s okay to go and sit, we are all tired after traveling such a long way.” Old Man Kong said.
Bai Yonggui took us into a stone house. In this house, except for a few stools and a broken table, there was nothing else.
It is said that Bai Yongchang has transferred all his family property to Bai Yonggui. He shouldn't be so poor! And besides the four of us, there is no one else in this room.
"Do you live alone?" I asked Bai Yonggui.
"After my son got married, he and his wife moved out. Now I am the only one guarding this old house." Bai Yonggui took the cooking pot that was smoked black and went to boil a pot of water. , made a cup of tea for each of us.
"You guys have a cup of tea first. I will go to the village to inquire with you and see if anyone has seen the little girl."
Bai Yonggui went out and followed him from now on. Judging from personal contact, he seems to be an ordinary, hospitable old rural man.
"This Bai Yonggui doesn't look bad!" I said.
“A person who is bad to the core cannot be seen as bad from the surface.”
Yi Ba took the words and said: “Bai Yongchang’s city is already very deep. , Bai Yonggui is better than his The city is several times deeper. This Bai Yonggui can be said to have a pig face and a bright heart. "Is Bai Yonggui really going to get information from us?" I asked with some doubts. Old man Kong.
“He is just a drunkard and doesn’t care about drinking!” Old Man Kong sighed and said: “The last time I drank the tea he made was more than 20 years ago. He made tea The tea is not that delicious.”
"What do you mean, something will happen soon?" I asked.
"When dealing with Bai Yonggui, it is always right to be more careful." Old Man Kong said.
Time passed minute by minute, and it had been more than half an hour since Bai Yonggui went out, but he did not come back.
"Gouzi Village is such a big place. It takes more than half an hour to complete a circle! Then why hasn't Bai Yonggui come back?" I asked with some worry.
"He will not come back before dawn." Old Man Kong said.
"Are we just going to wait here?" I asked.
"If we can sit until dawn, Wu Xiaolu can come back safely; if we can't wait until dawn, this trip will be in vain." Old Man Kong said.
"Why?" I was a little confused.
"There is no reason. This is the rule here in Gouzi Village. Since we have come here to do business, we should follow the local customs and follow their rules." Old Man Kong said.
The rules in Gouzi Village are really weird! However, given that Gouzi Village is originally a weird village, these rules must be a little weird!
The stones of this stone house are not very tight, and the teeth are sparse and cracked. It's late at night now, and the cold wind blows in from the cracks in the rocks, making it a bit chilly. But these are minor problems that can be overcome.
There was a sound outside the door, like footsteps, which sounded a little subtle. It feels a bit sneaky to me.
"Someone is coming." I said.
Yi Ba took out a talisman from his blue cloth pocket and held it between his index and middle fingers. Then he moved his lips slightly and muttered silently.
After chanting for a while, the talisman held between Yi Ba's fingers slowly turned black.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"If the person coming is a human, the talisman will not change color. If the talisman turns black, it proves that the person coming is not a living person." Yi Badao said.
"Every wrongdoer has his own owner, and if there is no reason, the person outside will not come to us at this time." Old Man Kong said.
"Come in! If you have anything to say, it's better to say it in person!" Yi Ba shouted to the door.
Nothing came in, but there was a "dong" sound outside the door, as if something fell to the ground. I quickly walked to the door and found a hemp rope on the ground.
There is a knot on the hemp rope. Judging from the shape, it looks like it is used for hanging.
“Is it Zheng Xiaoyu?” Yi Ba’s brows suddenly wrinkled.
In Gouzi Village, the only person related to the two of us who hanged himself was Zheng Xiaoyu.
"Although Zheng Xiaoyu was not killed by you two, her unexpected death has something to do with you more or less." Old Man Kong sighed and said, "We should face it. You have to face it. What's going on? You can do it yourself!"
"Did Bai Yonggui arrange it for her to come to us now?" I asked Old Man Kong.
"Zheng Xiaoyu's death was caused by you. Once you step into the land of Gouzi Village, she will naturally come to you. As for Bai Yonggui, even if he has the ability, he cannot arrange everything."
Old man Kong took the words and said: "Since it has been planted, you have to pick the fruits yourself. Now maybe I can only It's a misunderstanding, but if you ignore it, it will lead to bitter consequences in the future, and the price will be much greater than now!"
"Zheng Xiaoyu is dead and has not left. Do you have anything to say to me? Let's talk? Instinct tells me that she didn't come to ask for her life. After all, her life was not caused by us." I said to Yi Ba.
“Yeah!” Yi Ba nodded and said, “Zheng Xiaoyu just threw a hemp rope at the door and left. Judging from her reaction, it really didn’t look like she wanted to take our lives. .”
“Since that hemp rope is hers. What I left behind is naturally for you two. I think you should put that thing away first!" Old Man Kong pointed to the hemp rope and said, "As long as you take this thing back, it will be convenient for Zheng Xiaoyu. ”
Gouzi Village is indeed not a place for talking. This hemp rope was obviously used by Zheng Xiaoyu when he hanged himself, and her breath was naturally on it.
Ghosts are quite familiar with their own scent. Once we bring this hemp rope back, Zheng Xiaoyu can easily find us.
Yi Ba picked up the hemp rope, took out some paper money or something from his green cloth pocket, and wrapped it up.
"I'd better take this thing back to An Qingguan! Brother Chuyi, if you take it back, you will only get into trouble. Besides, you are not good at dealing with ghosts. If you don't handle it well, If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome." Yi Ba said as he put the hemp rope into his green cloth pocket.
Zheng Xiaoyu left, and time was still passing by minute by minute.
During the following period, nothing more happened.
At nearly four o'clock, footsteps were heard outside the door again. This time, it was Bai Yonggui.
Before, Old Man Kong said that Bai Yonggui would not come back until dawn. Now there are still more than two hours before dawn, and Bai Yonggui is actually back.
“Is there any news?” Old Man Kong asked Bai Yonggui after being stunned for a moment.
"I asked several times and searched all over Gouzi Village, but I didn't see the little girl you mentioned." Bai Yonggui had an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Then I won't bother you." Old Man Kong said.
“But I heard that earlier, someone heard crying in the east end of the village.”
When we walked out of the stone house, Bai Yonggui added this One sentence.
"Did the east end of the village say something?"
After we walked away, I saw that Old Man Kong looked worried, so I asked him this question.
"All the people who died in Gouzi Village were buried at the east end of the village. That place is just a cemetery. Even during the day, no living person can enter." Old Man Kong said.
"Where did the crying come from? Does this mean that Wu Xiaolu was in that cemetery?" I looked at Old Man Kong's face and said, "Since we have already found out There is news about her. Do you want to go and check it out? See? It’s necessary to even take a look from a distance to make sure!” “You have to go there yourself, I haven’t lived enough yet!” Old Man Kong was saying this. When I saw him, there was actually some fear in his eyes.