Short story department

After calling Yao Jiuchen's name, the three old men fell silent.

Seeing that the three old men didn't respond, Liang Qiunian said to himself, "Has there been any similar cases in our village before?"

"What, what is similar?" The village chief asked inexplicably.

"Almost exactly the same."

Before the words fell, the tea mug in the old man's hand fell to the ground, making a harsh sound.The neighbor who was squatting in the corner and smoking a cigarette hung his head down, as if he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself; Uncle Chen took out a cigarette with trembling hands, lit it, took a puff and coughed until he choked.Liang Qiunian picked up the tea mug and put it on the table: "Grandpa Village Chief, when did you know Master Jiu is back?"

"I, I heard what Aunt San said."

"Oh." Liang Qiunian turned to ask Uncle Chen, "How did you know Uncle Gu died?"

Uncle Chen's eyebrows were already twisted into a pimple, and he hesitated for a long time before he got to the point, "I went out to have a look when I heard it was too noisy outside. Didn't I meet Jiu Ye and you on the way?"

Liang Qiunian looked at the neighbor's uncle in the corner again: "Master, you ran into Uncle Gu's yard, did you see his dog?"

"Dog, you're talking about a dick."

"Yes. Erdan." Is it really okay for a bitch to be named Erdan?

The neighbor uncle stuffed the cigarette butt under his feet and stamped it out, saying, "Look, it's tied up in the yard."

"Have you eaten?"

"No, ah, I ate."

"Master, did you eat it, or didn't you eat it?"

The old man was a little agitated by Liang Qiunian's questioning, he shrank towards the wall and said nothing.After these seemingly irrelevant topics, Liang Qiunian got up to leave.Make the three old people look at each other.The village chief reacted quickly, quickly opened the door, and asked the poor boy to go out.The two old men behind also regained their composure, probably thinking: This little ancestor is about to leave!The three old men stood at the door and smiled at Liang Qiunian like a sending-off team, laughing so hard that Liang Qiunian's skin crawled.He looked up at the sky outside the door, and when he kicked in and out of the door, he added another sentence: "Is there any grandfather in our village who is about 1.7 meters long, has short messy hair, is very bulky, and has bow legs?"

Clang!The village chief dropped the tea mug on the ground again.Liang Qiunian calmly turned around and went back to pick up the tea mug, and handed it to the village chief: "Grandpa village chief, don't use this water cup if you drop it a few times."

village head:"……"

After returning home, Liang Qiunian turned on the computer.During the time he was away, there were more than 100 comments on that post.One by one, most of them are unreliable.However, he received a letter from a stranger in his personal information.

The letter said: The small buildings, rooms, and tributes he described seemed to be related to the patron saint "Zai Uma Bao".

"Zai Umabao" belongs to the "Zan" series of gods, and is also the king of praise.Zai Uma Bao's most important endorsement god witch lives in the place Zai Uma Jue Ukang in the Samye Monastery.There, there is a preserved house, the outer wall is covered with red cloth, the top floor is the place where the wizard sacrifices, and there is a room that is only opened once a year, and there is only one window in the room.According to traditional beliefs, it is believed that the house is the place where Zai Umabao tried ghosts, or the place where Yama judged ghosts.According to legend, after the soul of the deceased is sentenced, he will leave there.However, there is only one way to leave, and that is to squeeze out of the window at night.However, it is not an easy task to squeeze out of the window.Therefore, there is a legend left by the local folks. If you observe carefully, you will find traces of nails scratching around the window.

Finally, the stranger also mentioned a personal experience: I went to Samye Monastery two years ago and saw that house.The room I stayed in was very close to there. I don't know if it was an illusion, but at night I seemed to hear a rattling sound coming from the house.The next day, I told my friend who was traveling with me about this matter, and my friend told me that there was a cutting board in that house, which was changed every year and the door was sealed.Wait until the next year to replace it, and the chopping boards are all marked by knives.Because after the god sentenced the ghost, his subordinates cut the ghost into pieces, so the chopping board was used to cut the ghost.It's a place where souls reincarnate, at least that's how I see it.

Liang Qiu thought, although he didn't know what kind of god "Zaiwumabao" was, but the letter also said that that room was also the place where the King of Hades judged ghosts.This is consistent with the portrait of Hades found in the room.

At the end of the private message, it was mentioned that that room is the place where the soul reincarnates.Does it mean that someone died and the murderer reincarnated him?Thinking of this, his deduction went into a dead end, so he simply took his clothes and went out for a walk.

There are only three days left until the New Year's Eve, and every household is preparing new year's goods. Looking around, there is a lot of joy and excitement.Liang Qiunian took a walk in the village, and walked to Old Gu's house.He pushed open the courtyard door and went in, and saw Er Dan lying in the kennel looking up at the sky.

"Bitch, let's chat?" Liang Qiunian went to the edge of the kennel and squatted down, tentatively getting close to him.Erdan yawned and continued to lie down.

Erdan is not afraid of life, Liang Qiunian took out the leftover piece of roasted sweet potato from his pocket and put it in Erdan's broken bowl, stroked its head and said, "Your old Gutou is gone, why don't you Are you sad? Yo, there are people delivering food for you, so try my roasted sweet potatoes too, it tastes good."

Erdan did eat it, but what he ate was not sweet potatoes, but the leftovers below.Liang Qiunian said dejectedly, "Why didn't you eat what I gave you? Hey, I said bastard, who gave you the dog food last night?"

Er Dan was very calm, ignoring Liang Qiunian talking to himself.Liang Qiunian felt that it was extremely boring, so he untied the rope tied to the stake and pulled Erdan out.

When the sun was completely down, Liang Qiunian walked back with Er Dan.He guessed that Yao Jiuchen had already returned by now, so he tugged on the rope that tied Erdan: "Let's go, our ninth master is not easy to serve, and he will scold you if he returns late."

Er Dan was not happy about being pulled by him, so he barked twice to express his protest.Liang Qiunian chuckled: "I know, I know. You don't want to go with me, do you? But what are you doing with a dog in the yard? I'm doing this for your own good. It's not bad to go with me. .Food and drink spicy food, feed you fat and fat, and get a dog meat pot or something. Hey, don’t earn money later, I’m just kidding, I’ll leave when you gain weight.”

Along the way, he whispered to Erdan, and after a while, he looked at the Yao family compound.Suddenly, Er Dan refused to leave, and barked towards the path.Liang Qiunian was still wondering what happened to their bastards?Looking up to the front, there is a person standing in the middle of the path.Because the sky had completely darkened, the man's face could not be seen clearly. He was roughly 1.7 meters tall, with short messy hair, bloated black clothes, and bowed legs.In the blink of an eye, the person disappeared again.

"Damn, just now, was that your acquaintance just now?"

Unexpectedly, Erdan suddenly turned around and ran away!Liang Qiunian didn't pay attention, he took off the rope in his hand, and watched Erdan's vigorous figure disappear into the dark road.These bastards, rabbit guts!What an embarrassment to the dog.But before he finished despising the jerk, another person appeared on the road out of thin air!And slowly approaching him, Liang Qiunian became nervous, rubbing his eyes to look carefully.As he watched, his eyes widened!

"Die Dan, wait for me." Liang Qiunian was covered in cold sweat from fright, and turned his head to chase Er Dan, "It's too disrespectful, you should remind me what it is. Ah——! Don't chase me, Don't chase me, Jiuchen, Jiuchen help!"

Liang Qiunian shouted for help at the top of his voice, startling the dogs in the whole village.In an instant, the barking of dogs disturbed the tranquility of the small village at night, barking like a war drum over the sky.Some villagers ran out to see what happened, and saw a figure galloping past like lightning.

Liang Qiunian ran desperately along the road under his feet, he admitted that he was timid.At this time, Yao Jiuchen was not around, and Erdan didn't know how to wait for him.Terrified, trembling, his feet were in a mess, and he fell to the ground with a thud.I ate a mouthful of mud!Before he got up, his collar was caught, Liang Qiunian held his head and begged for mercy: "Grandpa Piao, don't catch me, I'm innocent."

"Grandpa Floating?"

Huh?Liang Qiunian turned around and saw that it was Yao Jiuchen who was grabbing him, so he immediately jumped up and hugged him!

"Jiuchen, I met Ah Piao." He rested his head on Yao Jiuchen's shoulder and looked back.That cheater is still behind!It was about 400 meters away from them, and it didn't move.Liang Qiunian quickly turned Yao Jiuchen back and pointed, "Look, Grandpa Piao!"

Yao Jiuchen sighed impatiently, grabbed his collar and said, "Go home, stop talking nonsense."

"Really, don't you see?"

"Who is there!?" Yao Jiuchen became angry, "I saw you running around by yourself, making all the dogs in the village bark with you. Don't embarrass me, go home."

"I'm not talking nonsense." Liang Qiunian lowered his head, pinching his fingers to pretend to be cute, "I really met Ah Piao."

"Looking for a draw, right?"

"Then wait for me to find the bastard, and I will take care of it."

Yao Jiuchen wondered, "Who is the bastard?"

"Uncle Gu's dog is lonely."

It is estimated that if Liang Qiunian said a few more words, Yao Jiuchen would raise his hand and hit someone.He gave Liang Qiunian a hard look, and pulled him towards home.Liang Qiunian grabbed Yao Jiuchen's lapel: "Jiuchen, Erdan is really pitiful. When Uncle Gu was alive, he didn't eat well. Now that Uncle Gu is gone, he won't starve to death."

Yao Jiuchen endured it, pretending he didn't hear anything.

"Really, I didn't lie to you. Uncle Gu's dinner last night was noodles, and there were rice and fried potatoes in the bowl of two eggs. You see, Uncle Gu loves the two eggs so much, and the two eggs are so pitiful without Uncle Gu. Ah. Let's take care of it."

No nonsense this time, Yao Jiuchen kicked Liang Qiunian's ass!

After returning home, Yao Jiuchen threw Liang Qiunian to the third aunt, and gave the order: "Look at him, break his legs if you leave this door!"

"Hey, what's the matter?" Third Aunt supported Liang Qiunian, who was pretending to wipe tears, and asked Yao Jiuchen, "Master Jiu, are you two having a fight?"

Yao Jiuchen looked a little tired, and he was still carrying a big black bag in his hand.He didn't have much patience to explain to the third aunt. He only said that he had important things to do and no one could disturb him for two hours.Before leaving the main hall, he looked back at the aggrieved Liang Qiunian, and couldn't help slowing down his pace: "Stay at home, don't run around."

"Well, I'll listen to you. I'll go find Erdan after dawn."

Yao Jiuchen gave him a helpless look, and went back to his room with his bag.As soon as he left, Liang Qiunian walked up to the third aunt: "Third aunt, Jiuchen bullied me."

"He's just like that, don't be as knowledgeable as him." Third Aunt placed the bowls and chopsticks on the table, ready to eat, "Just like his father, he also has that cold look towards the person he likes."

He loved to hear what the third aunt said, so he swept away the previous depression and helped the third aunt with work.By the way, ask about the past of the Yao family.I don't know if the third aunt has discussed it with their ninth master and kept silent on this issue.Liang Qiunian didn't feel bad for the third aunt, so he mentioned Grandpa Piao casually.Unexpectedly, the third aunt shook her hand and the steamed bun fell off.

Heck, people in this village love dropping things.Liang Qiunian calmly brought another steamed bun to Third Aunt: "Third Aunt, I won't ask any more questions, you can eat slowly."

The third aunt smiled very reluctantly, saying that she wanted to go to the back kitchen to get some more things, and left the main hall as if fleeing.Liang Qiunian poked the white and tender steamed bun with his chopsticks boredly, and muttered: "It's so late, I don't know if Er Dan has eaten." Then, he picked up the steamed bun that was riddled with holes and slipped away. !

The village was still very gloomy in the middle of the night, so Liang Qiunian walked to the gate of Old Gu's courtyard alone, opened the door and called in a low voice, "Dad, I'm here to bring you food, bastard, are you there?" ?”

Erdan was not at home, Liang Qiunian squatted behind the kennel, eating steamed buns while waiting for Erdan.About half an hour later, I vaguely heard the sound of footsteps on the snow from outside, approaching the courtyard door little by little.Soon, the courtyard door was pushed open with a creak, and a man walked in with a basin in his hand.

The man walked to the front of the kennel, poured the contents of the basin into Erdan's broken bowl, and the fragrant food almost filled Erdan's broken bowl.The man didn't seem to care about Er Dan's presence, so he turned around and left.

"Grandpa Piao, do you still have food? I'm hungry too."

Hearing the sound, the man stopped in his tracks and said without looking back, "I have them at home."

"Then can I go home with you?" In the darkness, Liang Qiunian asked lazily.