The Laity of the Legend of Double Dragons in the Tang Dynasty

Tomb-sweeping day is the rainy season, but it is rare that there is no rain this year.As the sky was getting darker, the people who went to the grave returned one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people on the narrow path under the shadows, gradually exuding a penetrating atmosphere.

When the people on the road cleared away, two eleven or twelve-year-old boys in ragged clothes turned out from behind the big tree. They were two beggars at a glance. The older boy said, "That's all right." Come on, let's go." The boy's voice was crisp, and the excitement and fear in his voice changed his tone.

This made the trembling little boy beside him even more fearful: "Young Master Zhong, let's come back tomorrow morning, this place is very evil, and today is Ching Ming..."

"It's only Qingming, and when tomorrow comes, there won't be a single bone left for us...Let's go, don't be afraid, I have everything, two brothers in one life, no matter what, I won't let you have trouble."

Both of these two were orphans left over from the war, they happened to meet together, they were congenial, and they depended on each other for life, making a living by begging and petty theft, and they loved each other more than brothers.Kou Zhong, the older one, is just 12 years old this year, and Xu Ziling, the younger one, is less than 11 years old.The two were young and weak, and they were also bullied by beggars. They often managed to get a few bites of food and a few copper coins, and they were snatched away as soon as they got it. Fortunately, they were smart and quick-witted, and finally survived the bump .

Today is Ching Ming Festival, a festival for the dead, but also a carnival for beggars.The customs of Qingming Festival are not the same in different places, but in the local area, those who have a better family will paste a lampshade with white paper on the head of the grave, light a lamp in the middle, put enough tung oil, and if you go to the grave the next morning It was still burning when I looked at it, so I thought it was the dead who had come to enjoy it, but it went well for a year.For beggars, what is more important is that they will put some wine and food in front of the grave to offer, and come back the next day to retrieve the copper lamps and utensils.So on the morning of the second day of Qingming, all the beggars in the city will swarm here. Those with better luck and strength will have food for three to five days, but those like Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling only get a few steamed buns , Many were snatched away as soon as they were in hand.Seeing the people next to them eating big fish and meat, while they were eating steamed buns, the two of them hated each other, and vowed that they would be the first ones to come next year, and they would definitely drink some steamed buns.

But when things came to an end, there was unanimous fear, no matter how outstanding their talents were, no matter what kind of outstanding characters they would grow into in the future, they were still just two teenagers at the moment.

It was completely dark, and the dots and shadows of the lamps on the graves seemed to be really guiding the return of the dead.The two held their breath and stopped talking, but walked faster and faster.

When they finally arrived at the cemetery, the two looked at each other, rushed to the nearest tombstone, opened the sacks that had been prepared earlier, and poured them in whole without thinking about picking them.

After sweeping four or five houses in a row, the two of them entered the middle of the cemetery, surrounded by lamps covered with white paper, a gust of cold wind blew in, the lamps were flickering, and the surroundings were flickering, like countless black shadows shaking.

"Enough, enough... let's go back." Xu Ziling swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said dryly.

Kou Zhong was also terrified at the moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "It's the last family, look at that lamp, it's the brightest one, it must be the richest family, take it back."

"to make."

Approaching tremblingly, Kou Zhong suddenly heard a sound beside him, and when he turned his head to look, Xu Ziling had disappeared. Shocked and frightened, he kept shouting: "Xiaoling, Xiaoling, where are you, don't scare me... hurry up!" come out……"

He was so anxious that he was on the verge of crying when he heard a cry from his feet: "Young Master Zhong."

Kou Zhong lowered his head and saw Xu Ziling standing stiffly at the bottom of a big pit, he was overjoyed: "Ha, so there is a big pit here, luckily it was Young Master Zhong, if it was someone else, I would be scared to death! What are you doing standing there stupidly, come out quickly." He stretched out his hand to pull.

Seeing Xu Ziling's strange expression, following his hand gestures to look at, a cold sweat suddenly broke out, I saw a small white hand protruding from the soil at Xu Ziling's feet...

The two men looked at each other with stiff necks, without saying a word, one desperately climbed up, and the other desperately pulled up. In the confusion, Xu Ziling's foot stepped on something, and it was soft, but Bai Shengsheng's hand suddenly bent, like It was to grab Xu Ziling's feet.

The two screamed strangely at the same time, and exerted their strength at the same time, Xu Ziling rushed forward in one breath, and the two of them ran wildly without saying a word.

I don't know how long it took, the two of them fell to the ground at the same time, they didn't have the strength to get up anymore, they simply lay down on the ground, gasping for breath, when the panting was over, the two of them looked at each other, and laughed, the louder the laughter The older they get, the more they feel that today's experience is extremely exciting and interesting.

They ran wildly for a while, exhausted, and now they were laughing loudly, and they were even more powerless.Xu Ziling wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and threw half a chicken over, while Kou Zhong was holding the other half and chewing, and said vaguely: "Master Zhong will reward you."

Xu Ziling imitated Xiao Er and said in a long voice: "Thank you, Young Master Zhong."

The two chuckled and ate the hard-won roast chicken, feeling satisfied.

"You said that thing just now, what the hell is it?" After filling his stomach, recalling what happened just now, he felt a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to prove something, Kou Zhong brought it up on purpose.

"ghost?"

"Aren't ghosts incorporeal? It's not like... a zombie, is it?"

"Zombies are hard," Xu Ziling shook his head, "I stepped on it just now, and it's soft, like..." His voice froze and he couldn't continue.

What kind of tacit understanding did Kou Zhong have with him, he understood him almost immediately, his face turned pale immediately, Qiqi Ai Ai said: "It shouldn't be, maybe someone's child just died..."

They didn't talk any more, they were fidgeting for a while, Xu Ziling stood up suddenly, and said: "I heard that big families are very secretive, even children's families are often buried alive."

"Go and have a look." Kou Zhong jumped up.

Entering the cemetery again, I don’t know because I came here once, but my mentality has changed. The two of them don’t feel so scared anymore, and the scented food around them can’t attract them anymore. They can only rush to find the big pit just now.Because there was the biggest and brightest light in Kou Zhong's mouth as a sign, it didn't take them much effort to find the big pit, and the little white hand at the bottom of the pit was still hanging weakly.

The two looked at each other, jumped down at the same time, and started digging. It was indeed a child, who was only seven or eight years old, and his body was only covered with a thin layer of soil.

"It's really soft, Xiaoling."

"Not only is it soft, but it's also warm, and it may be saved."

Kou Zhong dug his head out two or three times, probed it, and said happily: "Xiao Ling, he is still alive, still alive, still alive!"