After Marrying the Lord of the Underworld

Ye Feng was really furious this time, and stood up abruptly: "Impossible! What evidence do you have?!"

Amei raised his head and looked at him: "It's been many years, and I don't have any real evidence. I overheard their conversation, and I couldn't just record it. Besides, I don't know how to exorcise ghosts. How can I figure out what happened?"

"Then aren't you spitting blood?!" Ye Feng clenched his fists tightly, but seeing Amei's pale cheeks and firm expression, he felt his anger seemed to hit the cotton, and he became more and more irritable.

But Amei said again: "Ashes, I only know ashes."

Ye Feng was stunned.

Lu Yingjiu also remembered the ashes that were placed in the little crocodile toy.

Amei said: "Your grandpa once said 'Only the ashes are useful, you can pray to her', I don't know the rest. Then, they summoned the spider mother, and the people in the village began to transform into spiders. "

She closed her eyes: "My mother worked as a cleaner in a nursing home. She didn't know how to exorcise ghosts. She just did simple hygiene every day. She was even not allowed to enter some patients' rooms. But you have a so-called activity, It's called 'Baishan'."

"Almost all the people who go to worship the mountain are ghost exorcists. My mother doesn't know how to make some broken talisman paper. But to worship the mountain, you have to bring tribute, such as a lot of paper money, paper ingots, or various apples and meat. Sometimes they will carry two or three suckling pigs and roast geese... In short, they have everything for worship."

"The few exorcists who went there were heavy enough just to carry the talisman paper, not to mention the mountain road. So, they occasionally ask other people to help transport things and give some extra money. My mother has been there for two years. Second-rate."

Ye Feng slowly loosened his clenched fist.

Although anger and horror were still intertwined in his heart, what Amei said was the same as what he learned from Ye's elders.

Plus the ashes thing...

Could it be that Amei really didn't lie?

Chaotic thoughts crowded in his mind like a mess.

The sound of the rain became quieter, tick-tock hitting the top of the pavilion, and then slowly flowing down the carved body of Li Snake.

The others didn't know what happened, they stared and stared at each other, but they didn't dare to ask.

Lu Yingjiu asked: "So, your mother participated in mountain worship?"

"Yes." Amei nodded, "She also died because of the worship of the mountain. The worship of the mountain was an accident. It was in 95 or 93. I don't remember. The first time was in 00."

She coughed twice again, and her face turned paler: "Both times, the mudslides were caused by the heavy rain. The first time they were just trapped on the mountain, and they returned safely to the courtyard soon. The second time Not so lucky, several lives were lost, and my mother died because of it."

Ye Feng's face was also pale, and he sat down slowly.

Lu Yingjiu asked him in a low voice: "When did your second grandma die?"

"00..." Ye Feng murmured, "It happened to be 00, but they told me that she died of illness."

Amei said: "They didn't say that my mother died because of the nursing home."

She smiled sarcastically: "You don't know the situation at that time. In fact, many people in the village have a lot of opinions on the nursing home and think it is unlucky. Who would want their own mountain to be full of ghosts? In this situation Next, if something breaks out in the hospital and all the employees die, how can the nursing home continue to operate?"

"So after the mudslide, the people in the courtyard found me and asked me to claim that my mother slipped up the mountain by herself."

"You agree?" Lu Yingjiu asked.

"I agree." Amei said frankly, "because they gave me a lot of money, and with that money, I can go out to study. My mother's dream is to send me out of this small mountain village. I've never seen that much money."

"The hateful thing is that half a month before I left, this village was completely turned into spiders. People who turned into spiders can't leave this mountain range for the rest of their lives, and I'm also trapped here. This time I will be with you Let's go, it's my last gamble."

"So," she almost gritted her teeth, "I'm so unwilling. Obviously, obviously later, I can go out of this village and never come back! It's really fucking unfair!"

There was another gust of wind outside the pavilion, bending the sea of ​​trees.

The rain and sweat were mixed together on the woman's face, full of anger.

After an unknown amount of time, Amei took a deep breath.

Then she slowly relaxes the lower facial muscles.

"At this point," she added, "at this point, when I talk about this matter, I don't want to criticize anything. After all, I am the one who agrees, and I am the one who takes the money. I have no position to speak again. I just I want to point out that your so-called 'Second Grandma' may not have died that easily."

"If the Spider Mother fulfills her wish, she will definitely make the wisher pay the price. The strange disappearances and deaths in the nursing home must be like this."

"You said that your second grandfather came here again and again to find out the truth. I'm afraid it's not out of any sense of responsibility, but guilt."

For a moment no one spoke.

Ye Feng sat slumped, unaware that half of his body was wet when the rain came in.

long silence.

In the end, it was Lu Yingjiu who spoke first: "The rain is lightening, let's hurry up."

He patted Ye Feng on the shoulder and signaled him to cheer up: "I'll think about it when I get to the place. These are all things in the past."

This topic made the already bad atmosphere even more serious.

Everyone hurried on their way in silence, heading to the hill where the next pavilion was located.

There were no spiders along the way, the typhoon made it hard to open your eyes, and the rain slapped your face indiscriminately, without a half-second gap.

Even on the way to the third pavilion, a large thick branch fell from the sky and hit the two of them on top of their heads.Fortunately, Lu Yingjiu's reaction was quick, and he commanded Mao Tuanzi to fly out, and snatched away the branch in one gulp, without any danger.

Fortunately, after a long time, seeing that there were no pursuers behind them, and having a good rest in the pavilion, everyone calmed down, and finally they did not fall so badly on the mountain road.

According to the mountain worship route drawn by Ye Feng, they don't need to go all the way.

There are 35 hilltops in Wanming Mountain, that is, 35 pavilions, and the distance between them is not too far.

According to the route, the 21st pavilion is very close to the main road at the foot of the mountain, and the middle distance is only 30 minutes.They only need to reach the 21st pavilion and survive the dangerous halfway to go to the populated place.

Going all the way, when I finally approached the 10th pavilion, the time pointed to 8 o'clock in the evening.

Lu Yingjiu looked back, everyone looked tired, and their speed had obviously slowed down a lot - even though he had been sticking talisman stickers for them and giving him the hot tea and snacks that Jing Xian had given him on the way. Separated.

Seeing another man's hands trembling slightly.

Lu Yingjiu remembered that he was the one who brandished a fruit knife at the foot of the mountain.

Along the way, Jing Xian looked at this person with an extremely unhappy look, as if if Lu Yingjiu wasn't around, this person would be finished.

Lu Yingjiu sighed softly, and poured him another cup of hot water: "Drink some, we're almost there."

The man was taken aback for a moment, took it, and said in a low voice, "...Thank you."

After this round, Lu Yingjiu also ran out of hot water, and the thermos was empty.

He felt a little guilty.

It's not because he regretted sharing the hot water, but because he felt that Jingxian brought it for him alone, and now he didn't have time to drink a few sips, and his mind was all on the surrounding environment and the stickers.

He was afraid that Jing Xian would not be very happy, just when he wanted to say something to Jing Xian, Jing Xian hugged him mysteriously.

Then quietly stuffed him with a new thermos.

Lu Yingjiu opened it and saw that it was filled with hot wolfberry tea again.

Jing Xian smiled at him: "Drink quickly."

Lu Yingjiu:?

His eyes fell on Jing Xian's mysterious backpack again, and he couldn't help asking: "How big is your bag..."

"It's not that big." Jing Xian still put his arms around him, and said with a muffled laugh, "Drink quickly, this is for you alone. Don't give it away any more."

When Lu Yingjiu heard the words, he couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth.

He looked down, and there were a few flamboyant characters engraved on the thermos cup: 【LYJ Exclusive】

The handwriting is beautiful and the strokes are strong, which is completely Jingxian's style; this strange and cute behavior is also completely Jingxian's style.

but……

Lu Yingjiu asked again: "Why is my name abbreviated in pinyin?"

"I'm afraid that others will see it." Jing Xian took it for granted, "How can I let others know my wife's name casually."

"What." Lu Yingjiu smiled, "What kind of strange idea do you have, just like a primary school student."

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it," Jing Xian urged him, "Hurry up and drink."

Lu Yingjiu held the thermos cup and took a sip.

The fragrance exploded in the mouth, and the warmth warmed the tip of the tongue, falling down like a ball of fire, soaking every drop of blood.He drank a few sips, and suddenly he felt much warmer, and his whole body was comfortable.

"Is it good?" Jing Xian asked him.

"En." Lu Yingjiu nodded.

Jing Xian stuffed him another pack of snacks: "Is this delicious?"

Lu Yingjiu laughed, thinking that this was like coaxing a child, but she still replied, "It's delicious."

Jing Xian's eyes lit up immediately, and after a few seconds, he said, "Then look, it's been a few days, have you started to like me a little bit?"

A drunkard does not mean wine, and a respecter does not mean tea.

In a sense, the meaning of respecting leisure also lies in the wine... the one in his arms now.

Lu Yingjiu bent his eyes and smiled at him: "Guess."

Jing Xian said: "That must be something I like."

"Well," Lu Yingjiu was still smiling, "I won't tell you if I guess right."

Seeing him laughing like this, Jing Xian felt like a deer in his heart again, jumping up and down, wishing he could make another [-] cups of wolfberry tea on the spot and serve it.

It's a pity that the environment is really bad, Lu Yingjiu put aside Jingxian's hand, quickened his pace, and continued to go to the front to explore the way.

After another half an hour, everyone finally arrived at the 10th pavilion.

According to Ye Feng, the tenth pavilion is built in a very good place, and it is specially for mountain worshipers to rest.Now it is really like this when we arrive at the place, the pavilion is on the top of the mountain, a little bit below is a mountain lake, and there are five old wooden houses.

One of the wooden houses was broken down, half of the roof was gone, and the furniture in the house was exposed to the wind, sun and rain all year round, so it was not suitable for people to live in.There is also a room with layers of intricate patterns drawn on the walls, which are the talisman papers of the Ye family, and it is unknown what is hidden inside.

The remaining three rooms are still in good condition.

Those anchors brought a series of things to visit the nursing home, including fast food, snacks, small cans, flashlights, and sleeping bags.

Although many things were left behind when I hurriedly escaped from the hotel, the rest can be used, which is a blessing in misfortune.

They were divided into two groups. One group cleaned the house and plugged the leaks, and the other group cleaned up the edible and usable things.

The rain was already light, just a little drizzle.

I don't know if it's a good sign.

Lu Yingjiu saw that the anchors were all right, and Jing Xian didn't know what he was up to, so he went to look for Ye Feng again.

Ye Feng was squatting in front of the wooden house with talisman paper to study, muttering something.

Lu Yingjiu stood beside him and asked, "Can you untie it?"

"It can be solved, it's very simple." Ye Feng replied, "I am familiar with these talisman papers, and they are old, no one maintains them, they have faded a lot, and the effect is far from as powerful as before."

He checked it carefully again, threw out a few talisman papers, and pasted them on the door of the wooden house.

A few seconds later, with a "squeak—" the door of the wooden house opened by itself.

The stale smell hits the face, very pungent.Ye Feng covered his nose with his sleeve and walked in quickly.

Lu Yingjiu thought to himself, although Ye Feng seemed to be fine on the surface, his every move was still impatient.

Presumably because of Ye Deyong and Zhang Nianyun, he was still upset.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Feng entered, he began to search around.

There is a small bed in this room, and there are several cabinets, and books are placed on the bookshelves.

The books were basically all ruined by the moisture, and they would fall apart when touched.Ye Feng glanced quickly, and said: "These should be the books that the second master has read. This should be his private small house."

He stroked the head of the bed with his hand, and picked up a photo on the bedside table.

In the photo are Ye Deyong and Zhang Nianyun.

They stood side by side on the roof of the nursing home, behind them was a continuous sea of ​​trees, and a huge sun was rising from the green sea, and the burst of light was smudged into a beautiful orange-red sea of ​​clouds.

Zhang Nianyun was wearing a simple skirt, smiling beautifully, with a special charm.Ye Deyong's expression towards the camera was still neutral, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Ye Feng gently wiped off the ashes on the faces of the two, and said, "You know, everyone thought that my second master would never get married in this lifetime."

He sighed: "He has a weird temper, and he likes exorcising ghosts wholeheartedly. He doesn't even look at the peerless beauty. He has been single until he was over 50 years old. Suddenly, one day, he met the second grandma. That's called One hit it off and almost stunned everyone."

Ye Feng continued: "I don't know exactly how they met and what happened. But the relationship between them is really very good. They are obviously two elderly people, and they are still with the young couple. After my second grandmother passed away, he was really depressed for a long, long time."

Lu Yingjiu was silent for a while, and asked, "So do you think he is someone who would sacrifice his principles for love?"

"...I don't know." Ye Feng smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I really don't know. Before today, I firmly believed in him, but now I don't know."

"After all," he rubbed the photo again with his fingertips, "I have never had any vigorous love, I don't know what love at first sight is, I don't know what life is like, and of course I don't know what I can do for my lover. Maybe, I And I never really understood the second master."

After an unknown amount of time, they could smell the faint aroma of food coming from the next door.

It smells like instant noodles and sausage.

It seems that those anchors have finally made progress.

Ye Feng sighed deeply: "However, assuming that he really made a wish to the spider mother by sacrificing the sanitarium, in exchange for the second mistress, why is my second mistress still like this today?"

Zhang Nianyun guesses which mountain is still climbing.

Maybe they kept walking, and they could run into her as they walked.

"You also know," Lu Yingjiu said, "the risk of making a wish to ghosts and gods is very high. Nine times out of ten, the final result is completely different from what you imagined. Perhaps the spider mother did bring Zhang Nianyun back, but it was just a crazy, Zhang Nianyun, who looks like a man and a ghost."

"...Yes, what you said is correct." Ye Feng couldn't help sighing, "It's so easy to cross between life and death."

He touched his pocket again.

I felt the outline of the key.

This time he fled, he brought all the belongings of the second master, including the small note, the bronze key, and the little crocodile doll.

The number on the note had been used in the nursing home, and the ashes of the doll, they also had guesses.

It's just that the key doesn't know what it's useful for - Ye Feng took a photo and showed it to his family, but no one knows what lock it can open.

Originally, Ye Feng was in this room and wanted to find out if there was a corresponding lock.

But after all, it was just speculation, he didn't see anything that could be opened.

Just as Ye Feng was about to go out, he suddenly heard Lu Yingjiu say, "Is there something under this bed?"

Ye Feng was taken aback for a moment, and then worked together with Lu Yingjiu to move the bed away.

Amidst a flurry of dust, the bed was moved aside.Sure enough, there was a small pull ring at the very end of the bed, which you couldn't see unless you looked carefully.

Lu Yingjiu got started and opened the door with some effort.

What appeared in front of me was a wooden staircase.

I took the light of the flashlight and shone down, and it was another small room, with a bed, a bookcase, a desk, and even a small wardrobe.

The two looked at each other, and Ye Feng was the first to go down the stairs with the flashlight on.

The stairs creaked uncomfortably underfoot, but nonetheless held the weight of the two men.

Go to the bottom and look, judging from the color of the sheets, the headbands on the desk, the skirts in the closet and the various jewelry and earrings in the drawers, it is obviously a place where women live.

Lu Yingjiu said: "Your second master and second grandma still sleep in separate rooms?"

Ye Feng was also surprised: "I don't know what's going on. But my second grandfather is indeed snoring loudly... I can't sleep when I'm around him, or I don't think anyone can sleep well."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

There is no way to refute this reason.

There is nothing special about this small room.

It was originally a place to rest temporarily, without too many personal items.

Except for the clothes in the closet, there seemed to be something buried.

When Lu Yingjiu reached out to stroke his clothes, he felt a foreign body sensation.

He reached out to touch it, and his fingertips touched some kind of metal object, which was not small in size.He talked to Ye Feng, took out all the clothes, and piled them on the bed temporarily.

When the clothes were all cleared out, this time, the things underneath were finally exposed.

That's a huge... rectangular iron box?

The iron box was locked with a huge lock, which was so big that it didn't fit the size of the whole box.

Lu Yingjiu stretched out his hand and tapped on the box with his finger bones, and there was a relatively empty "dong dong" sound.

"What is this?" Ye Feng was confused.

Lu Yingjiu said: "It can't be your second grandma's private money."

"Impossible, impossible." Ye Feng categorically vetoed, "There is no need for her to make private money. My second master's money is all hers, and I have to ask her for living expenses every month."

Lu Yingjiu looked at the huge lock again.

He suddenly remembered something: "Ye Feng, take out the key and have a look. The one in your grandfather's belongings."

Ye Feng was also shocked when he heard the words, and when he realized it, he hurriedly took out the key.

The key was a little longer than his palm, and it was heavy.

He tried to put the key in the lock—

Really plugged in.

Lu Yingjiu and Ye Feng looked at each other.

Originally, they guessed that the key should correspond to a very large door, but they didn't expect it to be such an ugly small box.

Ye Feng held the key tightly and swallowed.

His heart was beating fast, and his palms were almost sweating slightly.

This should belong to Zhang Nianyun, he thought, could it be related to the spider mother?Will you tell them what the truth is?

He turns the key.

I don't know if this lock is very old, but the touch in his hand is very heavy, and it takes a lot of effort to turn it, and the back of his hand is full of blue veins.

"Crack-"

Finally, after a certain moment, the lock was opened.

Ye Feng took off the lock with his hands, and put his hands beside him.And Lu Yingjiu reached out and touched the lock, and frowned——

There was a very strong talisman paper fluctuation on the lock.

Without this key, no one will be able to open it.Even if it is placed in the ghost exorcism family, it is also the highest level and most complicated talisman paper.

What is it that deserves such protection?

Zhang Nianyun is also a member of the family of exorcising ghosts. Could it be that this is some secret of the Zhang family?

Ye Feng opened the iron box.

On the top was another blank sheet of paper. When he picked it up, there was only one line of numbers: 【1995.3.24】

"What is this?" He scratched his head, his mind was blank no matter how he thought about it, "This is not the date of their marriage. Could it be that they secretly gave birth to a child? This is the date of birth of the child?"

"...No," Lu Yingjiu said, "it should not be their child. I know the date."

Ye Feng was stunned: "Ah? You know?"

"En." Lu Yingjiu nodded.

The light from the flashlight cast a beautiful line on his cheeks, and his eyelashes cast shadows like small fans.There was not much expression on his face, and when he breathed lightly, the light and dust in the air were dancing.

"It's my birthday," he said.

Ye Feng was completely dumbfounded.

Lu Yingjiu stretched out his hand and dug out the things under the iron box.

There were a lot of papers at the bottom, which were stapled together. He reached out and picked up a stack, and a dozen photos suddenly slipped out of it.

The photos dangled and spilled all over the ground.

Ye Feng took a closer look.

They were all photos of Lu Yingjiu!

Because of the age, the photos on the photos have faded badly, and they were all taken of Lu Yingjiu when he was a child.He goes to school with a schoolbag on his back, he builds sandcastles on the beach, he squats down and touches the heads of stray cats on the side of the road, he hopscotches alone in front of his house...

All are everyday photos.

It looks like it was shot secretly.

It was almost as if...someone had watched him!

Why is Lu Yingjiu in the photo?

Could it be that Zhang Nianyun or Ye Deyong had watched him?

For a moment, the house fell into dead silence.

Facing the iron box, the two were both surprised and uncertain.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yingjiu let out a soft breath.

He picked up a few photos and turned them over.

Most of the photos have a blank back with nothing on them.

But on the back of one of them, [1/59] is written in black pen