Big ghosts and little ghosts sit in a row

"That... Brother Bamboo Carpenter?" The boy followed closely behind the Bamboo Carpenter, fearing that he would get lost if he didn't follow closely.

"You can call me Lu Ban, that's my name." The bamboo craftsman continued to walk unhurriedly, completely caring whether the little boy behind him could keep up with him.

"Brother Lu Ban? Why don't you light the lamp?" It was already late and the mountain road could not be seen clearly. The bamboo craftsman clearly held a lantern in his hand, but he didn't light it. The boy felt very puzzled.

Lu Ban stopped in his tracks, but the little boy bumped into Lu Ban's waist before he had time to stop. Lu turned around and squatted down, took out a patterned red scarf and tied it on the little boy's head, and asked softly. Asked: "How old are you this year?"

"Huh? I'm nine years old."

"Nine years old... do you like to play?"

"Yeah! I like it! Do you want to take me to play?" the little boy asked expectantly.

"Yeah~ I'll take you to play with a little guy, get along well with him."

"Little guy? It can't be a child of three or four years old."

"What? Don't like it?"

"Three or four-year-old children are too difficult to take care of. Young Master Sun is only three years old. He always scratches and kicks me and bites me. Hmph, children are really difficult to take care of."

Lu half covered his mouth and laughed a few times: "You're a kid now, aren't you?"

"No way! I'm nine years old! I've grown up!"

Lu Ban held the boy's head and stood up: "You won't grow up until you grow up to be as tall as me."

"Hmph! I will grow taller!"

Lu Ban turned around, his eyes seemed to flicker: "Well, I will wait too." After speaking, he continued to walk forward.

Xiao Tong suddenly realized something, and grabbed Lu Ban's sleeve: "That... didn't you say that I can only live for one day?"

"Yeah, you only have one day to live in this life, but you died in vain, so before you leave, I'll call you back and let you die."

"That is to say, even if I am not poisoned to death, I will die tomorrow?"

"Hmm..." Lu Ban's fingers trembled slightly, and then he said with a smile, "It's a miracle that you stupid guy can survive till now."

"You say I'm stupid again!" Xiaotong yelled at Lu Banan angrily. For a moment, a picture seemed to flash in his mind. Xiaotong tried to recall the flashing picture just now, but he couldn't remember it.

"Tong, let's go."

"Ah?" The little boy came back to his senses, saw that Lu Ban had already walked a few meters away, and quickly chased after him.

"Boom! Boom!" The clear clapper was knocked twice, and the little boy noticed that they had arrived in a small town. It was already the second watch, and the sky was completely dark. Grabbing Lu Ban's sleeves and following, I don't know how Lu Ban recognized the way, but fortunately he still found a town, and after a closer look, this is the town where Xiaotong lived before his death.

"Huh? Brother Lu Ban, you brought me back? Thank you~" the little boy ran past Lu Ban happily, but was grabbed by the collar by Lu Ban.

"Ah! What are you doing? Brother Lu Ban!"

"Where are you going?" Lu Ban's tone was a little cold, and his eyes were not looking at the boy, but staring straight at the empty street in the town.

"Go back to the mansion. I live in the county government office. The county is just across this small town. I know the way. I can go back by myself. Talk to the yamen servant outside the door, and I can go in~"

"Idiot!" Lu Ban suddenly grabbed the boy's arm very hard.

"Ah?" The boy was frightened by Lu Ban, and pushed Lu Ban's hand painfully.

Lu Ban just grabbed Xiaotong and didn't speak for a long time, and Xiaotong didn't dare to talk to Lu Ban who didn't smile at all. He just looked at Lu Ban timidly, and the arm that was grabbed gradually became numb. His nose was a little acidic, and Lu Ban let go of his hand after seeing the little boy's tears welling up.

As soon as the arm was released, the boy's tears rolled down. He rubbed his arm and sobbed, not daring to make a sound, with a very pitiful expression.

Lu Ban frowned, squatted down, and stretched out his hand to wipe away the little boy's tears. Unexpectedly, the little boy took a step back because of fear. Lu Ban's hands paused, and then he hugged the little boy into his arms: "I'm sorry I hurt you."

Xiao Tong wanted to resist, but when he heard the gentle voice in his ears, he couldn't help crying, and beat Lu Ban's chest with both hands.

Lu Ban pressed the little boy's ear and said in a very soft voice: "You are already a dead person in the county government. If you go back now, not only will no one let you in, but they will also think that you are unknown and drive you out. It will kill you, I once had a very important person who was killed like this..."

The little boy stopped beating, and asked in a low voice: "Very important person? Is it Lu Ban's relatives? Is Lu Ban's brother afraid that I will be killed like Lu Ban's relatives, so he is so fierce?"

Lu Ban hugged the boy tightly: "Yes... I'm sorry, I won't be cruel to you anymore, as I said before, in this life, I want to make you happy..."

"Huh?" Xiaotong didn't understand what Lu Ban said.

"It's nothing." Lu Ban stood up and gently wiped away the little boy's tears, "I'll take you to play, a child has been waiting for you for a long time."

Lu Ban brought the little boy to a hut, the kid was crying all the time, and the adults' anxious voices kept ringing out, Lu Ban was about to knock on the door, but saw the little boy standing far away, and asked with concern: "Tong, What's wrong?"

The little boy grasped the corner of his clothes, lowered his head and said softly, "This house... used to be my house...but now..." The little boy clenched his fists, bit his lower lip, his voice trembling, "Now it's my house. Uncle's house..."

Lu Ban approached the boy and touched his head: "Don't be sad, in the next life, you will have a good home, I promise."

Xiao Tong looked up and saw that there was sadness in Lu Ban's eyes, and realized that he could no longer be like this, and he couldn't make others unhappy, so he forced a smile: "Brother Lu Ban, what are you bringing me here for? Didn't you mean Take me to play?"

Seeing the boy like this, Lu Ban felt even more distressed. He turned his face to look at the yellow paper pasted on the door, and sighed softly: "The child is inside, waiting for you, let's go in."

Lu Ban took Xiaotong's hand and knocked on the door of this house. A man's voice came from inside: "Really, cry, cry, cry, cry all day, I think you are bewitched!" The man opened the door. He opened the door with a very bad tone, "Who are you! What are you doing!"

This man is Xiao Tong's uncle, and Xiao Tong hid behind Lu Ban, not daring to look at that man.

Lu Ban patted Xiaotong's arm twice, and then said to Xiaotong's uncle, "I'm here to treat your baby's crying illness."

"What? You?" Xiao Tong's uncle looked disbelieving, looking up and down at Lu Ban, who looked neither like a doctor nor a Taoist priest, "Can you cure my son's crying?"

"Li Si! Who are you talking to!" The cry of the child approached the door, and a woman came out holding the child, "Who is this?"

Li Si glared at the woman in disgust: "You bitches come out with disheveled clothes, what are you doing! Go in!"

"What's so fierce!"

"Give your son to this guy! This guy said he can cure his son from crying."

"What? Just this man?" Li Si's wife looked at Lu Ban for a while, and suddenly saw the little boy who was hiding behind Lu Ban and poked his head out to peek. fell.

"You prodigal son, you want to kill our son!" Seeing the child crying louder, Li Si yelled at his wife.

Li Si's wife tremblingly pointed at the little boy halfway behind Lu: "Yes... it's the little boy...he..."

"What? Boy? You... What are you doing back here! I, I can tell you! Your mother has already given me this house!"

Xiaotong grabbed Lu Ban's clothes tighter.

Li Si's wife immediately patted Li Si, and then smiled apologetically: "Little boy... why did you think of coming to our house today? Could it be that the county master wants you to do something?"

Before the little boy could speak, Lu Ban laughed first: "If you two are really afraid that Tong will get rich and come back for revenge, you shouldn't have driven their mother and son to a dead end. I heard that Tong was adopted by the county lord, and the two seem to be doing well. It's very disturbing~"

Li Si and Mrs. Li looked at each other, terrified, but Xiao Tong looked at Lu Ban suspiciously, wondering why Lu Ban knew about him.

"But you two, don't worry, Tong and I don't want to embarrass you two." Said that Lu Ban grabbed Tong's hand, pulled him and pushed the Li couple away into the house, the two of them didn't dare to stop them, for fear The Lu Ban in front of him is not to be messed with.

It seemed that the house hadn't been cleaned for a long time. There was dust in many places, the dishes on the table were not cleaned up, the walls were covered with runes, and there were still a dozen unpasted yellow papers on the table.

Lu Ban just found a chair and sat down. The Li couple gave way to each other twice and treated Lu Ban like a guest. After all, the boy was still a child, so he couldn't stand up, so he began to look around. At home, many of the things he used to use are still there.It's a pity that the house is not as good as before, which disappointed the little boy. The Li couple looked at the two carefully, the child in their arms was still crying, his voice was already hoarse but he couldn't stop.

Mrs. Li handed over a cup of tea and asked with a dry smile, "Um...Young Master, who are you? Can you really cure my son?"

Lu Ban ignored Mrs. Li at all, scratched his ears, and stared at the little boy who was lying on the table looking at the yellow paper out of curiosity. Lu Ban gave a doting smile, took the tea, stood up and walked to the little boy, picked it up The yellow paper touched the boy's head: "Does Tong know the words on it?"

The little boy tilted his head: "I know the 'world', but I only know simple characters for the rest..."

"What is written on it is 'Emperor Emperor, Emperor Earth, there is a night cry man in my house, a gentleman passing by reads it once, and sleeps until the light of day.'"

The little boy looked at the yellow paper and blinked his eyes twice: "That is to say, as long as you read it once, this little brother won't cry anymore, right?"

Lu Ban sneered, glanced at the child who was dying of crying, then gently picked up the child and put him on his lap, stroking the child's hair: "I brought Tong to see that child, I didn't see him That child, this child will keep crying, crying until he dies."

"What?" The Li couple panicked and asked Lu Ban to save their child.

Lu Ban protected the little boy from being touched by these two people, and glanced at them coldly: "It's useless to ask for more, let that child come out."

"That child?" The Li couple glanced at each other, completely unaware of who Lu Ban was talking about, "Master, who is the child you are talking about?"

Lu Ban rested his chin on the boy's head, and stared straight at the two of them, making their hair stand on end: "It's the child who was killed by the two...."

Xiao Tong suddenly remembered something, and shouted at Li Si: "Uncle, where is Xiao Huadie? Where is she? Why didn't you see her?"

The Lis and his wife trembled, and they both showed expressions of fear. Li Si stammered: "Little... Xiao Huadie... ah... she... she... she is married."

"That's right! I'm married!" Mrs. Li agreed.

And at this moment, the child who had been crying in his arms suddenly hiccupped, stopped crying, and passed out.

The two panicked.

Lu Ban smiled, but in the eyes of these two people, it was very eerie and weird: "You two, you will be punished for lying."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of knocking on the clapper came from the street outside the door.

"Boom! Boom!"

Then the old man's voice yelled,

"Close the doors and windows - to prevent theft and prevent theft -"