When the magic flower blooms

He Tiansi's ghost story also happened in such a humid and hot summer.However, that was a long, long time ago.

Move a candle in front of you, trying to create an atmosphere of terror.He Tiansi looked at Ming Ruoxing with a smirk on his face, and deliberately lowered his voice.

"You asked me before why this place is called Goldfish Village. In fact, last year, I asked the old people in the village exactly the same question. Guess how they answered?"

"It is said that the village used to breed goldfish."

Ming Ruoxing disliked his good and bad memory, "Obviously you told me yourself."

"I said it, but it's not all legends. There used to be a big family surnamed Zhou in the village, and its house is now the activity center for the elderly where Xiaomei works. If you have time, you can take a closer look, then The gate and the edge of the well in the yard are not carved with flowers or birds, but lifelike goldfish. The Zhou family has lived in the village for hundreds of years, and the old house has been caught in fire four or five times. The wooden components have been burned long ago, and these stone objects may have been left over from the time when the site was selected to build the house. No one can tell what happened until now."

Speaking of this, there was another turbulent wind outside the window, which made the window panes knock.The two stopped to observe the movement at the same time, and sat down again after confirming that there was no problem in the room.

"Let's say that this family surnamed Zhou specialized in the seafood business back then. Unlike those small vendors who squatted by the pier every day waiting to buy goods, their family kept dozens of boats and hired Bailai fishermen to go out to sea every day. In this way, the money comes quickly, and in the Zhou family's generation, they are already one of the richest households in the village... But this week, the Zhou family has an unspeakable secret. Guess what it is?"

"It's probably impossible to give birth to a boy."

Ming Ruoxing propped his head on one hand in boredom while looking at his phone.

"Isn't this the case in patriarchal families? But the rarer the Y chromosome to 'carry on', the less likely it is to be born."

"Hmph, it just so happens that you guessed it right, hey, be more serious and save some electricity!"

When Ming Ruoxing finished sending the message in his hand, He Tiansi immediately snatched his mobile phone and put it on the table with his own.

"There is a rumor that although Zhou's family is rich, they are not benevolent enough. The fishing boats under Mr. Zhou's hands all use the kind of densely packed nets when they go out to sea. When the net goes down, not only big fish, but even fish as big as a pinky finger. All the fish fry were caught. Some people said that perhaps because of being punished by God for perverse actions, the Zhou family members became thinner and thinner. In the generation below Master Zhou, there is only such a precious single seedling as Young Master Zhou."

"Then Mr. Zhou will hit a ghost, right? And he's a goldfish ghost. Or he's a mermaid."

With nothing to do, Ming Ruoxing could only support his head and played a reasoning game, "Would the Zhou family be extinct in that generation?"

"wrong!"

He Tiansi shook his head triumphantly: "Young Master Zhou, when he was 21 years old, he married a young lady from the right family in the county..."

As soon as I said this, I only saw the outside of the glass window facing the atrium, and suddenly a black shadow fell from a high place, and fell heavily to the ground with a slap.

The two of them froze at the same time, quickly picked up the flashlight and ran over to look.

I saw the rainwater hanging upside down from the roof like a few white waterfalls, and there was a broken wooden board under the waterfall.I don't know whether He Tiansi is not reinforced tightly, or the wind is really so strong.

The two stood by the window and observed for a while, making sure that the wind had passed and nothing would fall from the roof, and then they sat back at the table again.

"It's okay, then I'll continue talking."

Although a little hesitant, He Tiansi still couldn't bear his mouth addiction.

"... This young lady became pregnant with Mr. Zhou's flesh and blood in the first year after she married into the Zhou family. The family invited a fortune teller to come and see, and they said that the baby must be a boy. Now the family is very happy. Treat this young lady like a treasure, don't let her go to the ground, don't let the wind blow, and give her any panacea, seafood and delicacies.

In the sixth month, a fishing boat of the Zhou family went out to sea to fish, and caught a big golden fish at the mouth of the bay near the Sea God Temple.According to the local saying, it is not allowed to catch fish at the gate of the Sea God Temple, even if caught, it should be put back into the sea immediately.But the Zhou family's boat didn't care about these rules, they still threw the fish into the cabin filled with sea water, and waited to send it to the pier early the next morning.But that night, the youngest boatman on board had a dream..."

Just now when he said this, He Tiansi's cell phone rang twice suddenly, he quickly picked it up to check the message, and now it was Ming Ruoxing's turn to urge him dissatisfied.

"What dream? A goldfish entrusts a dream?"

"It's a golden fish, not a goldfish! In short, the fish was entrusted to the little boatman in a dream, saying that he was the ancestor of the Zhou family. The time limit is about to expire, and I hope he can release himself. But when the little boatman woke up, the boat had already docked on the pier.

When Master Zhou saw the fish, he thought it was a great treasure, so he hurriedly took it and asked someone to stew it into fish soup for his daughter-in-law.Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law was fine at first, but after taking a sip of fish soup, she suddenly screamed in fright, and then fainted after failing to catch her breath.

The servant invited the doctor, but the doctor was helpless.Immediately afterwards, he asked the fortune teller who had passed the test for a male fetus to ask questions, and only then did he know that the problem was the fish soup.So the incense candle offerings were prepared overnight and sent to the Sea God Temple to worship.It was strange to say that when they came back from worshiping the sea god, the young lady also woke up, and nothing unusual happened after that. "

"Is the story over?"

At some point, Ming Ruoxing had lazily nestled on the sofa, with Boss Bai laying on his chest, and the two cats, big and small, yawned big at the same time.

"Not yet, the next thing is the most interesting part! A few months later, Mrs. Zhou's young wife gave birth safely, and it turned out to be a boy. In the following year, the Zhou family was immersed in an atmosphere of joy, and it seemed that no one was there anymore. Remember that big golden fish... Until that summer, it was also a windy and rainy night, and something incredible happened."

Speaking of this, he intentionally remained silent for a moment, allowing the violent storm outside the house to slowly blend with the artistic conception of the story.

"Early that morning, Young Master Zhou followed the master to the pier to do some urgent business. It happened that the young master's nanny also went to the town on a temporary basis. That night, the young master kept crying, and the maids couldn't coax him. Take her son to rest together. She sleeps on that kind of ancient canopy bed. This kind of bed is ingeniously designed. A small drawer can be pulled out under the outer edge of the bed as a crib. The young lady put her son on the small bed, and Lie aside.

"Because it's summer, it's stuffy and hot. The heavy rain brought by the typhoon didn't do much to cool down the temperature. Instead, the wooden bed boards were damp and gave off an unpleasant old smell. There was no curtain on the canopy bed, only a mosquito net was hung Seen from the inside, the outside is hazy.

"After coaxing the child for a while, the young lady fell into a drowsy sleep. She didn't know how long it took, but she heard a gushing sound of water coming from the rain outside the house. It should be the old well in the yard— — It is said that the bottom of the well is connected to the sea, and when there is a typhoon, the sea water will pour in.

"However, accompanied by the sound of water gushing, there was also a creaking sound of walking, which came slowly, slowly from the distant corridor. It stopped at the door of the young lady's room. Immediately afterwards, there was another creaking 'With a sound, the door was pushed open.

"Young Madam thought it was her husband who rushed back overnight, so she didn't pay much attention. She suddenly felt very, very sleepy, so sleepy that she didn't have the energy to get up and say hello, so she just continued to pretend to be asleep. She only heard the sound of footsteps entering the room , without lighting the candles, just walked towards the canopy bed... Immediately afterwards, she smelled a foul smell in the air.

"It's a stench that can only be smelled at the seaside, like the smell of starfish washed ashore by the sea after being exposed to the sun. It just so happened that Mr. Zhou went to the beach during the day. Although the young lady was a little disgusted, she didn't say anything. Standing up, she turned her face to the outside of the bed. But at the same time she turned over, a flash of lightning flashed across the courtyard, instantly revealing the black shadow standing outside the thin mosquito net..."

Having said that, He Tiansi breathed lightly, letting the flickering candlelight create flickering ghost images on his face.

"The ghost is tall and thin, with a scary head, obviously...not a human being."

Ming Ruoxing didn't give any comments on his emotional performance, but only replied lightly: "And then?"

"The young lady was startled and wanted to scream. But when she opened her mouth, she couldn't make a sound... Immediately afterwards, there was only a black gap in the middle of the white mosquito net. Several thin and long The long, chopstick-like fingers just stretched in. The young lady was so frightened that she couldn't move, she just watched those strange hands stretched into the mosquito net like a dead body, rubbed them in mid-air, and then held them She got up her sleeping child beside the bed.

"Seeing that her son was about to be taken away by the monster, the young lady rushed forward recklessly, grabbed the thin quilt that wrapped her son tightly and did not let go, and tore off the mosquito net in a panic. So, she saw That one is like a monster that came out of hell."

He Tiansi did not describe the monster's appearance in detail. He only said that it was a horrible ghost with a foul smell, long fingers and huge white dead fish eyes.The young lady was frightened by the monster and screamed.When the maids heard the sound and rushed over, they saw that the ground in the house was flooded with golden mountains, and the walls, tables, and canopy beds were all wet as if they had just been fished out of the water.The drenched young lady fainted on the bed, and the baby boy next to her was nowhere to be seen.

Early the next morning, Zhou's father and son returned to the village and heard about the horror that had happened at home, and immediately mobilized the population to search the village.But there was no trace of the baby boy.

After saying this, He Tiansi stopped and began to drink water with a gurgle.

"Finished?"

Ming Ruoxing asked Boss Bai, who was furious.

He Tiansi shook his head: "Actually, there is still a tail left, but I felt quite uncomfortable when I heard it. So are you sure you still want to hear it?"

"Listen." I'm afraid I'll have to think about it tonight if I don't finish listening.

"It's what you said you wanted to listen to."

He Tiansi emphasized it again, and only then did he tell the ending of the story.

"Seven days later, news suddenly came from the Sea God Temple, saying that there was a weird, wet man who claimed to be from the Zhou family last night, and came to the temple late at night to offer offerings. Miao Zhu saw with his own eyes that the things he brought were ordinary But who would have thought that at dawn the next day, the ground in front of the altar was covered with blood. Look at the altar, where there are no cakes and fruits, there are children's torso, limbs, internal organs and heads!"

"Ouch!!"

Boss Bai let out a scream, stepped on Ming Ruoxing's chest and fled to the ground, sat down and began to lick his fur.And Ming Ruoxing quietly hid his left hand to cover up the white cat hair that he accidentally pulled off between his fingers.

"It's disgusting!"

"Who says it's not?" He Tiansi smiled wryly, but at the same time he did not forget to comfort him, "Fortunately, it's just a legend, don't take it seriously."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a bigger and tighter gust of wind coming from outside, which caused a devastating cry in the courtyard.It seemed that another tree fell down, followed by the collapse of the wall, and broken bricks were flying in the air, like countless fists angrily hitting the fragile wall.

Overwhelmed, the whole old house finally made a sound of despair.

From the floor to the ceiling to the walls, there was a creaking.

This voice was like the rainy night when the monster appeared in the story.