reincarnation train

The blacksmith shop next to the restaurant is a low building with a dilapidated appearance. Compared with the newly built restaurant, it really looks out of place. When Wu Xiajiu waited for someone to come down, the owner of the blacksmith shop was bowing his head and beating something.

This is a middle-aged man, with a mess of dry hair casually tied behind his head, wearing blacksmith clothes covered with rust and dust, his exposed arms are strong and powerful, and he is beating the red-hot iron one after another.

This person obviously noticed that Wu Xiajiu was waiting for someone to come, but he didn't care at all, and continued to work without even raising his head. He didn't raise his head until Fang Zi curiously wanted to touch the iron sword hanging on the wall. Started to drink and stopped, "Don't touch!"

Fang Zi was taken aback, retracted his hand and apologized, and the blacksmith's face was completely exposed in front of everyone. Before that, he only saw the profile, but this time he discovered that the other side of the blacksmith's face was covered with iron red spots. The branding seemed to be scalded by a poker. The branding started from the forehead to the chin, occupying half of the entire face. It looked a little scary.

Seeing that Fang Zi was not moving around, this man patrolled Wu Xiajiu and the others with his eyes, and Wu Xiajiu touched his chin. How should I put it, the eyes of this blacksmith are very different from the eyes of other villagers he saw. It's the same, it feels very weird, but it's not the kind of malicious look.

"Uncle Big Tie, is what I want ready?" At this moment, a man from the village walked into the blacksmith's shop and asked.

Fang Datie nodded silently, and took out something for him. When the man left, he greeted Wu Xiajiu and others in a friendly manner. There were still a few people left in the store, and the atmosphere was a bit silent. Professor Zhou put his hands behind his back and came to In front of Fang Datie, watching him beating iron blocks, he asked, "Hey, master, what do you know?"

Fang Datie kept moving, glanced at Professor Zhou and said, "See what you want." His voice was hoarse.

"Yo, do you know it?" Professor Zhou said cheerfully, and began to chat with Fang Datie without saying a word. Regardless of Fang Datie's appearance, he would still answer Professor Zhou's words, and finally , Professor Zhou asked about the situation of Master Zhuang's home, and Fang Datie stopped what he was doing.

"Do you know why Master Zhuang invited us to attend Master Zhuang's funeral?"

Fang Datie's eyes moved, and he lowered his head, "Because you are full of yang."

"Sufficient yang energy? What's the reason for this? Could it be that Master Zhuang became a ghost after his death?" Fang Zi asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Fang Datie glanced at him and shook his head, "No."

"why?"

"Master Zhuang's body is gone." Fang Datie only said this sentence, and no matter how many people asked him, he kept silent and just struck iron silently.

Seeing that they were really speechless, they reluctantly left and went upstairs.

"What do you mean Master Zhuang's body is missing, and you say it's not a ghost? If it's not a ghost, is it a mummy again?" Wu Xiajiu pressed his fingers on the table and thought, "And since the body is gone, Master Zhuang still wants to hold a funeral for Master Zhuang , then at that time, only an empty coffin can be held?"

"Master Zhuang's funeral will be held in ten days, but we can't wait until then to investigate the situation, so we still have to go to the Zhuang's house tomorrow." Lu Nan said.

Everyone talked for a while, seeing that it was getting late, they went back to their rooms.

The bed in this room is placed in the middle, with the head of the bed against the wall, and the remaining three sides are surrounded by white curtains, which looks very delicate. The side of Wu Xiajiu is facing the window, facing the moonlight coming through the window , Wu Xiajiu gradually fell asleep.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes in a daze, the room was still dark, and in front of him was Shi Shangzuo's handsome face, with his eyes closed and sleeping soundly, his eyelashes curled up, and he was very close to Wu Xiajiu.

Looking down, I realized that I didn't know when I turned from the state facing the bed, and an arm was wrapped around my waist, and the heat gradually spread from the waist to my face, Wu Xiajiu said softly Breathing, slowly turn your body, from facing Shishang left to facing away.

After finally turning around, Wu Xiajiu almost broke out in a sweat. At this time, the moonlight outside the window was just right, and there was still a distance between the bed and the window. It also seems to be shining slightly.

Wu Xiajiu looked at the patterns on the ground in a daze. Just as sleepiness reappeared, a shadow suddenly covered the moonlight, and a silhouette appeared on the carpet.

His eyelids moved slightly, and he peeked out of the window without a trace. When he saw it, cold sweat came out all over his body. He didn't know what came out of the window. It seemed to be a person, but he lowered his head and slowly Sliding down from the window sill...  

Silently, the moonlight was gradually blocked, his hair drooped until his whole head slid off the window sill, Wu Xia took a long time to see his appearance clearly, his face was pale and dead, but he opened his eyes and looked into the room , His eyes were black and blue, as if he had been poisoned, his eyes rolled around, and gradually fixed his gaze on the bed of the two of them.

Wu Xiajiu was startled, and when he was about to close his eyes, the hand wrapped around his waist suddenly came up to cover his mouth and nose, and a soft voice came from his ear, "Shh."

The people outside kept staring at the two people's beds. Wu Xiajiu was covered by Shi Shangzuo's mouth and nose, and had difficulty breathing. Everyone wondered if he wanted to suffocate himself, until the people outside gradually retracted their heads, and waited. After a while, Shi Shangzuo withdrew his hand.

Wu Xia started panting with a long cry, Shi Shangzuo hugged him and rubbed his chest, "Jiu Jiu, are you all right?"

"You... why are you covering it so tightly?" He was still a little out of breath at the moment, and frowned, "Are you afraid that something from outside will come in?"

Shi Shangzuo raised his eyebrows and said nothing, he hugged him and patted him, "Are you scared?"

Quietly huddled in Shi Shangzuo's arms, with his strong heartbeat next to his ears, after a while, Wu Xiajiu closed his eyes and replied, "It's okay."

"Then go on sleeping, I'll be by your side, for a long time." Shi Shang leaned against him with his left head, turned his face and kissed Wu Xiajiu's ear, watched the person in his arms tremble, and buried himself in it again. .

It was fine in the second half of the night, and when he woke up the next day, Wu Xiajiu yawned and washed up before going downstairs to eat.

"You didn't sleep well? Little Jiujiu." Fang Zi asked suspiciously.

"Yeah." Wu Xiajiu nodded with half-closed eyes, brought a steamed stuffed bun, and Lu Nan handed the two of them a bowl of porridge.

"Why didn't you sleep well? Could it be that last night..." Fang Zi's eyes wandered between Wu Xiajiu and Shi Shangzuo.

Shi Shangzuo smiled and said nothing, Wu Xiajiu looked at Fang Zi, knocked an egg on the table, "I saw something last night." He said what happened last night.

"Hey, I don't dare to sleep at night, it seems that the doors and windows have to be closed tonight." Xiao Yao rubbed his arms and said.

After dinner, a few of them went out to visit the dealer, and inquired about the cause of Master Zhuang's death along the way.

"Master Zhuang, he was bitten to death by a wild beast. He went hunting alone on the mountain that day, but he encountered a wild beast. When he ran down the mountain, he was bleeding all over his body, and he left within a few days."

The place the villagers pointed to was a mountain forest close to the village. The villagers would sometimes go up the mountain to get some wild food to eat, but they had never encountered a wild beast. Master Zhuang was unlucky and encountered it the first time he went up the mountain.

"He went up the mountain alone, didn't he bring anyone else?"

"He went alone. Who knows what he was thinking that day. The dealer didn't bring any servants with him, and this happened. Master Zhuang has been decorating the auditorium for Master Zhuang these days."

"But isn't Master Zhuang's body missing?" Wu Xiajiu asked.

Unexpectedly, the villager was surprised and said, "It's gone? How could Master Zhuang's body disappear? Young Master Zhuang loves to protect his father. He will not be buried when he dies. He has been guarded all the time. It is impossible to disappear." .”

The people who said this looked at each other and became puzzled. It was obvious that the corpse of Master Zhuang that Fang Datie had said was gone, and now the villager was saying the same thing again.

Professor Zhou asked the way, and after the villagers had left, several people continued to walk towards the Zhuangjia. The Zhuangjia’s house was easy to find, because it was a rich person in the village, and the house was also big. I saw it at a glance.

The farmer was decorating the mourning hall, and some villagers would work in the farmer's house. Several people explained their purpose of coming, saying that they wanted to pay homage to Master Zhuang, so they let people in.

"Master, someone has brought it." The servant said to a thin man in the mourning hall. The man turned around, his face was a little pale, and he looked like he hadn't rested for several days. He nodded at several people. head.

Wu Xiajiu looked at him with a familiar look.

"My father is here." Young Master Zhuang spoke softly, supporting the coffin with a sad expression on his face.

Several people looked at each other, and stepped forward without any trace. There was indeed a corpse inside. Wu Xiajiu opened his eyes wide, no wonder he thought Master Zhuang looked familiar. Isn't the corpse inside the same person who hung upside down outside the window at night? !

The bluish-white complexion and the dark under-eyes were indeed what I saw outside the window last night.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Wu Xia had been staring at the coffin for a long time, Young Master Zhuang came over and asked.

At this time, facing Young Master Zhuang's pale face and slightly suspicious eyes, Wu Xiajiu also felt that he was a little weird, and shook his head and said, "I think your father's clothes are not arranged properly, it is in a mess. Wu Xiajiu pointed, and the corner of Master Zhuang's clothes in the coffin was indeed lifted.

Young Master Zhuang's face changed for a few moments, and he said with a smile, "This guest is really careful..."

Wu Xia didn't speak for a long time, watching him turn around and walk to the coffin, he stretched out his hand and slowly tidied up his father's clothes.

"What happened just now?" Zhu Lanmeng asked as soon as he came out.

Wu Xiajiu nodded and said, "What Shang Zuo and I saw last night was Master Zhuang..."

As for the corner of the clothes that was lifted up, it seemed that it was accidentally done when he lay down again.

"Then... is the clue to the ticket on Master Zhuang?" Tang Yunsi asked with a frown.

At this time, they had already walked around the restaurant. When they passed by the blacksmith shop, Wu Xiajiu took a look at the Fang Datie inside, thought for a while, and walked over to tell the story of their going to the dealer just now.

"That's right, didn't you say that Master Zhuang's body is gone, but he is in the coffin." Fang Zi said.

Fang Datie's face was a little stunned, and the movement of his hands stopped, muttering to himself, "I'm back... I'm back again, I'm going to die."