A cold and hard metal touch came into my hand, and it also took the shape of an ingot. I moved around and touched some common items such as beads, jade bracelets, etc.
My heart felt cold. Yes, it was basically confirmed that I was locked inside the coffin. Although I don’t know what happened, but now I am lying in the dark with a lot of cold burial objects.
Inside the coffin.
The only good thing is probably that there is no corpse in this coffin. Compared to being enclosed in a narrow space with a dead person, at least now I can think calmly.
This situation reminded me of my father and Liu Banxian, who were lying in coffins under the strange ancient well but kept coming and going in and out of the village. Could it be that I was actually dead from that day on, wandering around the world catching people?
Ghost, I worship Liu Yishou as my teacher, and those who meet Wanlin Taozi and Fatty are just my ghosts.
And my real body has actually been lying in one of the six coffins for a long time. Only when I fall into a dream at night can I realize the truth.
No, it's impossible. Even if I don't realize it myself, can't Liu Yishou still see it? Besides, as a half-human and non-ghost, how can I drive Taoism and Buddhism, or eliminate evil spirits and save ghosts?
I cleared my mind of all the random thoughts caused by fear, and seriously thought about all kinds of useful details.
By the way, the reason why I woke up from my deep sleep was because I heard a knocking sound. If I had been in the coffin at that time, the sound could only have been caused by someone outside knocking on the coffin.
I quickly wanted to cry out for help. No matter who the people outside were or what their purpose was, at the end they just wanted to harm me. If I was lucky enough to attract the attention of other people around me, such a loud coffin would definitely
Be the center of attention.
"Help...???" I realized then that I couldn't make a single sound from my throat, and I couldn't even make the most basic roar. It was as if my vocal cords had been hollowed out.
, it’s even more exaggerated than that. Even without the vocal cords, I can still make a certain sound, but any efforts I make are like a mud cow drowning in the sea. I can’t even make a sound, and it is swallowed up by the deathly silence around me.
I quickly hit the coffin board so hard that my hands hurt, but an even weirder fact appeared in front of me. Even the knocking sound seemed to be swallowed up by invisible darkness, and I could only feel the pain of the knocking.
Feeling, but not a single echo could be heard.
Could it be that there is something wrong with my hearing? Just when I started to doubt my ears, the voice coming from outside the coffin denied this absurd idea.
"The time has come and it's time to bury Xiaofan. Let's help Lao Yang and bury Xiaofan in Cangyanggou. The feng shui there is the best and it can preserve the prosperity and wealth of the whole village."
Familiar voice, familiar place name, isn't this exactly Liu Banxian's slightly hoarse, somewhat mystical voice?
And that Cangyang ditch is a deserted ditch under the woods in the mountain behind the village. Because it is double blocked by rocks and tree shades, it is difficult for sunlight to shine in. Therefore, except for the fish in the water, there are almost no fish there.
What vitality.
Does this small ditch have good feng shui? Is this a scam? Even if I only know some basic introductory knowledge, I still know that it can be called a poor place. Generally, those who want to be buried there cannot afford it.
In the cemetery, there are lonely ghosts who can't even set up tombstones.
Compared with this, why did Liu Banxian let everyone bury me? This is more terrifying. Could it be that he is evil and wants to harm me?
Thinking of how Liu Banxian sometimes framed me and sometimes seemed to be giving advice and exorcising evil spirits for me, it became increasingly difficult for me to figure out what his real purpose was.
"Well, my family is unfortunate, so just listen to Liu Banxian, all fellow villagers, please help me, this old man, to send Xiaofan on his last journey together. He has been calling you uncles and uncles since he was a child. No matter how many mistakes he makes, it is not something he did intentionally.
At least let him die in peace."
An old and familiar voice sounded outside the coffin, and the words were mixed with deep sorrow. When I heard this voice, my whole body was shaken. This was not the voice of the father I missed day and night.
Listening to what he meant, he actually called on the villagers to carry me to Cangyang ditch and bury me like Liu Banxian. What was going on?!
My mind can't keep up with the development of things. Didn't Liu Banxian and his father not believe each other? Wasn't my father considered by the people in the village to be a harmful ghost? Why are they going to bury me openly now?
Just when I was wondering, I felt a light sensation from below my body, and then my whole body shook violently. Several ingots hit my toes, which made me grin with pain.
The coffin was lifted! I quickly realized the situation I was in. The villagers around me probably responded to the call and came to lift my coffin and headed towards Cangyanggou.
And outside the coffin at the heel, a woman's cry came from the sound. The sound was strange and familiar. It seemed that I had not heard it for many years, but deep in my memory, there was still a hint of memory imprint of it.
"Xiaofan, my son, you have to go all the way!"
I couldn't believe my ears. At that moment, I fell into a trance, just because this kind call came from the mouth of my mother who had passed away many years ago.
Compared to my father, my mother's voice was obviously much younger and sharper, exactly the same as my impression, because she died when I was very young, when she was less than forty.
Yin and Yang are reversed? Time and space are messed up? Or am I already crazy?
Could it be that this is a memory from my childhood? But my father’s aged voice is clearly the result of smoking too many cigarettes over the years. When I was young, I remember his voice as very clear and resonant. People in the village often say that I have inherited my voice.
He is as clear as his father and sings folk songs very beautifully.
Unfortunately, it didn't leave me much time to think. I felt my body sink, the whole coffin was shaken, and it was lowered to the ground.
Cangyang ditch has arrived! In my impression, it only takes five minutes to get to the small ditch from the west of the village. Even if I had to move the coffin and me there today, it wouldn't take much time.
"Thank you for your hard work. Now let's send Xiaofan on his way."
Liu Banxian's words frightened me to the core. Did he mean to let everyone bury me alive by going on the road? If this old trickster who pretends to be a ghost could do anything outrageous.