The alley was dark and dark, except for the two street lamps in front of the paper factory that stubbornly emitted a faint light, illuminating the strange figures outside the door.
These strange figures are wandering in the alleys. They look like dead souls wandering aimlessly, but in fact they are a ghost that only comes out of supernatural places.
However, Li Leping obviously didn't care about these ghosts passing by him.
He was holding a lantern. Within the range of the firelight, he was relatively safe.
The only thing to worry about is Shen Tian, who is also in the fire.
After all, if he stayed in the fire for a little longer, he might be in danger of being attacked by the lantern, and Shen Tian would probably be burned to charcoal by the faint blue fire in the lantern.
However, under the influence of the Forgotten Ghost, the lantern's killing pattern has also been temporarily suppressed.
The will-o'-the-wisp lantern, which has forgotten the rules of killing, is just a pure lighting tool in Li Leping's hands and does not pose any danger.
Only when it escapes Li Leping's control and the influence of the Forgotten Ghost disappears, will the lantern reveal its sinister side again.
"Red high heels?"
After hearing the plot of Shen Tian's story, Li Leping couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, as if he had guessed what Shen Tian had experienced.
"right."
The experience that year seemed extremely unforgettable to Shen Tian. Now he can recall most of the details again and nodded vigorously: "Captain Li, have you heard of *marriage?"
"*marriage?"
Li Leping couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard these two words.
Because no one likes to talk about this kind of thing.
This itself is an inconvenient topic to discuss.
This weird etiquette was quite popular until the Republic of China. Some wealthy and powerful families would organize this marriage for the deceased, and strengthen their mutual interest relationship through this special method of marriage.
Of course, there is another theory, that is, people in the old days were generally superstitious about "Feng Shui". They would naturally believe that the presence of a solitary grave in a family tomb would affect the prosperity of future generations of the family. In order to appease the resentment of the deceased, such a festival would be held.
A weird wedding where red and white events are mixed.
"So what you're saying is, you got matched up?"
Li Leping's eyes were originally dull, but when he looked at Shen Tian, there was a trace of surprise in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, the person in charge of Dahar City had such a legendary experience.
"Bah, bah, bah."
When Shen Tian heard this, he quickly spit several times.
This kind of thing is not a happy match.
No matter how beautiful the woman is, it won’t work.
"Actually, it's almost as good as that."
However, the next moment, Shen Tian touched the back of his head in embarrassment, and then continued to talk about the incident that made him extremely embarrassed.
"I was only five or six years old at that time. How could I know about these evil things? Although I heard my family talk about some unfavorable superstitious stories when I was a child, who would have thought that I would really encounter such evil things. Moreover, the folk customs told at that time
Although the story is weird and has a bit of everything, it is impossible for adults to talk about things like *marriage in front of children."
"So when I saw such a strange scene at the entrance of the village, I didn't think much about it. Instead, I focused on the two hundred yuan pressed under my shoe."
ox.
Hearing this, Li Leping gave Shen Tian a thumbs up.
Shen Tian was very bold when it came to things that no one else had time to hide from.
Anyone with some knowledge knows that these two hundred yuan cannot be taken carelessly.
If you are not a relative or a friend, how can there be any good thing in the world like giving money away for free?
Unless the other person really wants you to be his family.
When he saw Li Leping, who was usually as cold as a dead man, he couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up at this moment. Shen Tian suddenly looked embarrassed and wanted to find a hole in the ground quickly.
It's a pity that if you dig a hole in this place and get in, people might be gone.
"Captain Li, you have to know that I was in the 1990s. Two hundred yuan was considered a lot of money at that time. Now, it would be worth at least a few thousand dollars."
However, Shen Tian's self-defense was not recognized by Li Leping.
Li Leping still looked at him with a pair of cold eyes, as if he was looking at an idiot.
"So, you accepted the two hundred dollars?"
Seeing that Shen Tian was losing confidence the more he talked, Li Leping, who still wanted to hear the follow-up development, also changed the topic back at this time, instead of continuing to ask about Shen Tian's greed for money.
After all, even if someone picks up two hundred dollars in modern times, they may not necessarily return it to the owner.
"It can't be said that I accepted it."
However, Li Leping, who originally wanted to bring the topic back, never expected that Shen Tian's next topic would still revolve around the two hundred yuan: "The child was ignorant, so he kicked his shoe aside and picked it up.
With two hundred yuan, he went home happily. He just thought it was a lucky break and it was pie in the sky."
The child here of course refers to Shen Tian when he was a child.
"You should have been beaten silly by your parents after you went back, right?"
Li Leping's tone was not a question, but an affirmation.
"Actually, when I first came home, my parents were quite happy when they saw me holding two hundred yuan in my hand. As I said, people in the past were so poor that they were so poor. Plus two hundred yuan
For our peasant family, it is a considerable amount of income, so when my parents saw the money I picked up, the first thing they thought of was to collect it. When anyone asked, they all replied that they had never seen it before.
have no idea."
Saying that, Shen Tian shrugged awkwardly, "But when I told the origin of the money, my father got angry on the spot. He picked up the water stick and started to beat me. The beating was so painful. Before,
My mother would still stop me a little bit when I was there, but even that time, she didn’t dare to stop me anymore.”
"That's true. After all, you are too 'filial'."
Li Leping expressed his understanding.
There are so-called naughty children in every era and every country.
Breaking other people’s windows with rocks, scribbling on other people’s cars, deleting your game saves, breaking your figurines, scratching your screen, crying loudly in public places, and even
There were also those who threw firecrackers into the manhole covers and blew up all the manhole covers in this street...
There are unscrupulous and annoying brats everywhere.
But I'm afraid this is the only one in the world who sends "betrothal gifts" to his family like Shen Tian.
"What happened next? How did your family handle it?" Li Leping asked.
"Later, my parents called all the relatives in the village and searched for a long time before they found out who placed the candles at the entrance of our village.
As soon as he mentioned this, Shen Tian himself felt a little numb on his scalp and his hands and feet became cold.
After all, he was almost able to wear a red flower on his chest and marry a ghost wife.
"Grandma, this kind of feudal dross, the more I think about it, the more unlucky it becomes. I have been making trouble for a long time. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to seek psychological comfort for the living. I don't know what happened to this kind of oppression imposed on the dead out of self.
How troublesome it is, it is simply a sinful formalism."
Shen Tian became more and more angry as he spoke. He clapped his hands and continued to criticize: "I have no control over other places. If I see a place practicing this kind of superstitious custom in Daha City, I will directly use the rights of the person in charge to remove both men and women.
All the family members were sent to the bureau to stay there for a few days, so that they could accept social transformation and learn some progressive ideas."
Li Leping didn't care about Shen Tian's personal thoughts.
He only asked: "So after going around for a long time, do you think this stack of wedding invitations is used to arrange a wedding?"
"Isn't that true? You got this wedding invitation from the hand of a ghost. This is much more exciting than when I took the two hundred yuan from under the sole of my shoe."
Shen Tian was very sure.
"Actually, what you said makes sense."
Li Leping, who did not express any objection, picked up a wedding invitation book at this time.
"this……"
It was at this moment that Shen Tian's eyelids suddenly twitched, and then his brows furrowed and his lips tightened, as if he had seen something that frightened him.
Li Leping picked up an invitation book. The front of the invitation, that is, the side with black characters on a red background, was facing him.
However, the back of the invitation was facing Shen Tian.
It was precisely because of seeing the back of the invitation that Shen Tian looked so shocked.
Because in his sight, the invitation he saw was not red with black characters at all, but red characters with white background.
It has a pure white background, but the word "囍tie" is written in red blood letters in the middle.
It's the same invitation, but the front and back are completely different.
The front is similar to the invitations that ordinary people have seen, and there is nothing strange about it.
Just the red text on the white background on the back of the invitation is enough to make anyone who sees this invitation feel stunned, even want to stay away, and dare not accept it at all.
Red and white, two colors with conflicting meanings, appear on the front and back of this invitation at the same moment.
"According to culture, red represents happiness and good luck, so most wedding invitations are red as the main color. As for the color of the writing inside, you can use gold, which means wealth. The red background and gold characters are also a tradition."
"However, invitations these days do not necessarily have to be in red. Other colors can also be used. In this era, even white invitations can be used normally. After all, white now does not only refer to funerals as it did in the past.
Instead, it has transformed into a holy and pure meaning that can be accepted by others.”
“But no matter what, red and white cannot appear on the same side in any invitation. It is impossible for any normal person to make such an invitation, let alone there are so many such invitations at the moment.
Already."
As he spoke, Shen Tian recovered from his surprise.
But after he regained his composure, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said as if to comfort Li Leping: "Captain Li, you are really lucky."
Big bad luck.
But Li Leping had a calm and composed attitude towards this matter, and his face was expressionless, making it impossible for Shen Tian to guess what he was thinking.
"Whatever, I've been unlucky a lot anyway."
He just commented like this and didn't seem to care what the wedding invitations themselves actually represented.
"Captain Li, aren't you afraid?"
Li Leping's calmness immediately made Shen Tian ask tentatively.
"There's no point in being afraid. If there's any curse on these invitations, or if they bring me any danger, or if they have any other special purpose, that's all for the future. It's not my turn to worry about it now.
, there’s no need for you to worry about it.”
"The most important thing now is to get out of here. You don't want to stay in this haunted place any longer, right?"
At some point, Li Leping rewrapped the oil paper and turned around, planning to leave the paper factory.
This ghost alley is not safe. Except for the evil ghosts wandering in the alley, the road in the alley will change every hour.
Although the old man at the tattoo parlor didn't say it clearly, it is not difficult to guess that if you still stay in the alley when the road changes, you are likely to encounter some unexpected dangers, and may even follow the road.
They were twisted, changed, and died instantly.
After all, people are not twists and sponges, and they cannot withstand such distortions.
"Hey, Captain Li, wait for me."
As soon as he saw Li Leping turn around, Shen Tian followed him quickly and smartly.
But this time Li Leping didn't pull him to the front.
After all, it is very likely that the ghost alley will become further out of control as the ghost hospital loses control.
The posters floating out from the Hell Cinema have fully demonstrated that the alley that has been walked before is no longer as safe as before.
The alleys where evil ghosts used to roam are now probably wandering around with something even more sinister.
Something to see through will-o'-the-wisp lanterns.
Because of this, this time is no longer suitable for Shen Tian to open his mind in front and use his lucky red paper to clear the way.
The experience outside the amusement park and the gambling house are enough to prove that the piece of red paper stuck to Shen Tian's chest is not reliable, and may even bring bad luck in some cases, leading to a sudden change in the originally uncertain situation.
Deterioration, from the uncertain swing directly to the worst direction.
In this case, it would be better for him as the captain to open the way in front, so that he can respond immediately when encountering danger, so that both of them will not be attacked in confusion.
Soon, the two of them walked together again along the alley, and soon disappeared outside the door of the paper factory.
And not long after they left.
The originally quiet and dim paper factory suddenly turned on the lights at this moment, and through the windows you could see strange shadows standing indoors.
"Click, click."
"Da da da."
The paper mill seemed to be working again at this time, with the sound of machinery operating and the sound of feet stepping on the floor.
Another supernatural place in a ghost alley resumed operations at this time.
However, it is obviously not a good thing for these supernatural places that were originally shut down due to the death of their managers to start operating again at this time.