Chapter 5 005 Funeral Mountain Village (5)
Tang Jingxue pointed to the house on the river bank and said to Xu Daijing: "There is a house over there. Let's stay here today."
Unsurprisingly, the end of the river is the location of the River Temple. This is the closest place to the River Temple. If she settles here, she can know about any movement at any time.
Xu Taijing was a little hesitant and said: "But sister, it says no forwarding here, is there a ghost? How about we go back..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the stone statue in the center of the river seemed to turn its head towards them slightly, just in time to meet his gaze.
The blurry eyes within their sight emitted a brilliant blue light, and melodious singing floated intermittently from the stone statue along the river.
He grabbed Tang Jingxue's clothes tightly, as if he was afraid of the stone statue, but also seemed to be trying to stop her.
Tang Jingxue clearly saw the stone statue turning its head and heard the weird music. She was determined to be here, but she still wanted to calm Xu Taijing's mood.
She held Xu Taijing's hand and said in a relaxed tone: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. There must be no problem. It's almost twelve o'clock, and we can't go back."
She could go back, but if she didn't want to, she couldn't.
The soft and warm touch made him blush. He stopped saying anything about going back and said obediently: "Sister, I believe you, let's go there."
The houses in Jingcun all look the same. They look like they were copied and pasted. If you are not careful, you may get lost.
The special thing about this house is that there is a scarecrow in a red dress placed at the door. The streamers on its body automatically float in the direction of the two people without wind.
Tang Jingxue blocked Xu Taijing behind her and knocked hard on the door four times. She was afraid that he would be scared, so she tore off the ribbon, crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into her bag.
After about three minutes, the door creaked open, and a pair of blue eyes appeared in front of them.
There were no lights in the room, and when the light from the mobile phone shone through, nothing could be seen except these eyes, as if the eyes were floating in the room.
He stared at Tang Jingxue who knocked on the door, waiting for her to explain her purpose.
"Hello, can I stay overnight?"
"Can't."
The voice of the eyes is indistinguishable from male to female, hoarse and unpleasant, but these two short words give people the feeling of violently scratching nails on a blackboard, which is physiologically uncomfortable.
Tang Jingxue put one hand in the crack of the door to stop her from closing the door, and said: "Oh, grandma, just let us in! We are tourists here. My brother is very timid and is almost ten years old." It’s two o’clock, we won’t cause trouble when we go in!”
She wanted to close the door with her eyes, but found that she was so strong that the door wouldn't budge even if she tried her best.
The pendulum clock in the room has already swayed eleven times. If it continues like this, it will be too late.
In desperation, Yan Yan had to open the door and let them in. She warned them in a bad tone: "Come in, but you can't talk."
Tang Jingxue nodded vigorously at her, promising that she would not speak, and then quickly pulled Xu Taijing into the house, fearing that she would regret it and shut them out.
As soon as they entered, the light source they carried automatically went out, and then a strange smell penetrated their noses, like rotting meat mixed with sandalwood.
The pair of blue eyes accurately positioned their direction in the darkness, and the knife in her arms flashed a silver light.
This light is not strong, but it is particularly dazzling in the dark room.
Xu Daijing hugged Tang Jingxue's arm and used his body language to silently tell her that he was afraid.
She patted his arm comfortingly and whispered in his ear: "Don't be afraid."
This house is actually a unique place, more like an incense hall than a resting place.
The smell they smelled came from the incense burner in the center of the room. Six incense burners were placed on the incense table, and the disgusting smell was emitted at the same time. The incense burner is engraved with strange words and patterns, and the largest one in the middle is in the shape of a skull.
The room is surrounded by red streamers, with many bone crafts hanging on them, and there are two golden bells next to each one.
The windows of the house were open, and a gust of wind blew in. The bone crafts and bells in the house jingled and jingled, in harmony with the sound of the wind chimes outside the window.
The moonlight brought dim light through the window. The woman in the wedding dress under the window seemed to have lost her breath. She was sitting on the ground with her head tilted, her skin was pale, and she was holding a red hijab embroidered with gold thread in her hand.
Her eyes also appeared in the moonlight. She was a dwarf with a funny carp mask on her face. The human bone staff in her hand is about to reach the roof, and each gem has a human eye on it.
The dwarf obviously had a special status in the village. The pattern on her moon-white robe was so exquisite that it was visible to the naked eye. The pendant around her waist was also inlaid with gems, and even the knife in her hand was also inlaid.
Tang Jingxue was very worried. This seemed to be the high priest. It seemed that to complete the task, he had to replace her.
After all, you can't have two high priests at the same time.
I'm sorry, grandma. Anyway, if you lose this one, you still have the next one, but if Xu Taijing loses the next one, you may not have the next one!
The high priest's eyes moved uncontrollably in four directions. She faced the two people standing in front of the incense table and slowly raised the knife in her hand.
Tang Jingxue was a little confused. The position they were standing in was several meters away from the high priest. Was she going to throw a throwing knife? If you miss the throw, won't you be afraid of players counterattacking?
The three of them faced off in silence for a long time. The high priest did not step forward or throw a throwing knife.
Suddenly, she seemed to have figured it out and said: "Grandma, do you believe in light?"
The high priest's originally calm expression turned into panic after hearing her speak. Her purple lips kept trembling as she wanted to say something but couldn't.
The ensemble stopped at some point, and the pendulum clock's pendulum swung again and began to play a complete collection of all the music the player heard when entering the village.
The sound of a woman humming sounded in the room, lingering in everyone's ears. The three of them clearly saw the woman under the window slowly stand up.
While the high priest was in a daze, Tang Jingxue pulled an unknown object from above and waved it towards her head. This thing was long enough. Tang Jingxue noticed it as soon as she entered the house and kept standing here. It comes in handy now, you can hit her even if you don't step forward.
The high priest fell to the ground with a plop, and the bone staff in his hand fell backwards and knocked over the incense burner. The fragrance disappeared into the room the moment the incense burner fell to the ground.
The pendulum swung twelve times, and twelve o'clock arrived. (End of chapter)