The voice sounded in her mind again and began to circle around.
There is no doubt that the so-called "she" must be the source of all the supernatural phenomena in this Lusheng town.
Uncle Qi's voice continued to come from inside the door.
"During this time period, some strange things happened."
"Oh? Third uncle, can you tell us?"
"At first, I was actually very unhappy. I came to do business with the Bai family. How could there be any reason to put the buyer under house arrest? But now I have no other choice but to stay in the room. They also sent three boxes on time.
meals, and the dishes are all amazingly good, including meat dishes every meal!”
"Oh my god...Uncle San, there are meat dishes in every meal? Only those of us who are celebrating the Chinese New Year can have a meal of braised pork!"
"Yes, and the food is very delicious. I believe it even if it is said to be made by the royal chef! So, I tolerated it. But..."
"only?"
"When I was eating, I usually turned my back to the doll. However, from time to time I would have the illusion that the doll... was always looking at me from behind."
"Uncle Third, please stop joking, right?"
"I'm not sure either. After that, I switched to eating in front of the doll. But at that time, it felt strange. As I was eating, I would look at the doll from time to time, and then I felt, that
The doll seemed to be really staring at me."
"Is this the strange thing you said, Third Uncle?"
"No, the really strange thing is..."
"What is it? Third uncle, tell me?"
At this time, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room began to increase, and many people were looking forward to the next story.
After five or six seconds, Uncle Qi's voice finally came again.
"Although I only slept there for one night... I didn't sleep well that night. From time to time, footsteps could be heard outside the door, as if there were many people walking by. I felt very strange. People like the Bai family
, didn’t even sleep? I slept until midnight, and I really couldn’t sleep, so I sat up, walked to the door, opened the door and looked outside. They only prohibited me from leaving the room, but they didn’t say I couldn’t open the door and look outside. But it was strange.
What’s strange is that there’s no one on the promenade outside.”
"No one...no one?"
"Yes. I felt scared at the time, but what was even more frightening was that when I closed the door and returned to the room, I suddenly discovered... that the doll actually flipped its direction and was staring straight at me!"
Inside the door, the sound of countless people gasping for air suddenly came.
"What on earth is this doll?"
"I don't know, but it's definitely not a mortal thing. At that time, I was so frightened that I immediately jumped on the bed and covered myself with the quilt. I always felt like the doll was warning me."
"In the past, when I read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", what kind of wooden cow and flowing horse could Zhuge Liang make? Maybe this puppet is a similar mechanism?"
"Later, when I woke up in the morning, the first thing I looked at was the doll, and I found that the position of the doll was back to the original position."
"back to normal?"
"Yes. Then, at noon that day, after dinner, a very young and handsome man came and said that he could take me to see 'her'. This young man was the only one I saw in the Bai family.
A man without braids."
"So there are still people who don't have braids?"
"Perhaps because of this reason, I still feel quite friendly towards him. And this young man also treats me in a friendly manner, which is very different from the stiff expressions of others. So, I asked him a few more questions. However,
He answered me that he was just a guest of the Bai family, not a member of the Bai family, and he couldn't tell me much. The man spoke very elegantly, not only did he not have braids, but he also dressed more like those young people attending the new school."
"Later, did you meet Mrs. Bai?"
"No... I was later taken to a very magnificent room, but there was still a screen between me and Mrs. Bai, so I couldn't see clearly what Mrs. Bai looked like. I could only vaguely see an outline, and I felt that she should
He was wearing black clothes."
"So mysterious?"
"It's the Republic of China now, even women in purdah don't have to be so shy about meeting guests."
"I don't know. At that time, there were only me, Mrs. Bai, and the young man who claimed to be the guest in the room. Then, the young man took out a doll and sat next to me."
"What's next?"
"I have mentioned the appeal of the residents of Lusheng Town, which is to avoid being involved in the wars of those warlords. After all, if our ancestors fled here, they would have no place to make a living. These two thousand taels of silver are what everyone gritted their teeth on.
I made it up. I thought that Mrs. Bai would talk to me next. Unexpectedly, what I heard next was a very strange voice, and it came from the young man. I turned around and took a look
, and actually discovered that the source of the sound was that doll!"
"I've heard of this, isn't it a ventriloquist?"
"I don't know, but the young man said that the doll's words were 'she', that is, Mrs. Bai's words."
"That's strange. Could it be that Mrs. Bai can't speak?"
"I don't know either. Next, the doll told me that the Bai family can make a doll that can solve our problems. The price quoted was the same as the price passed through Mr. Liu before, two thousand taels of silver. At the same time,
I still need that thing. Then tell me that it will be delivered in two days."
"Is it that simple?"
"But, Mrs. Bai... no, that doll told me that after the doll is made, there are three most important precautions that must be followed."
"Oh? Tell me."
"This is what I want to explain to you. You all must remember it. Mrs. Bai...that's what the doll said. The doll we raised money to buy must be enshrined. Anyone over ten years old must be enshrined."
Children and adults under the age of seventy need to kowtow day and night, and kowtow ten times each time. No matter how far away you are from this doll, or how many years have passed since you bought this doll, you must abide by this agreement."
"This... can be considered as worshiping the Bodhisattva. What next?"
"Only people from our town can touch this doll. Other people cannot touch this doll with even a finger. This is the second point. And then the third point..."
"Third uncle, please tell me quickly, don't get carried away."
"After the death of any resident in the town, the body, whether buried or cremated, must remain in the town. If someone violates this agreement, he will be responsible for the consequences of anything that happens."
"This...why does each one feel weirder than the other? When you are alive, you have to kowtow morning and night, and when you die, you have to be buried here..."
"Third uncle, I feel like not everyone can do it, right? There are foreign wives in our town. When they die, can't they be buried in the ancestral graves in their hometown?"
"And we don't have a cemetery here. Should we bury the ashes directly in the ground after cremation?"
"Is this such a violation of the rules?"
"Mrs. Bai said that she would only say these things once. If you don't obey these three rules, the Bai family will not be responsible for anything that happens. In short, this doll must be enshrined in my house first, and then everyone must remember to kowtow to it day and night. No.
You can come in person, as long as you kowtow once in the morning and evening. It’s not very difficult to kowtow ten times.”
"Third uncle, you put it simply, my father has rheumatism, should he be asked to kneel down? Everyone has to do this? What will happen if he doesn't do it?"
"This...maybe it won't work."
"I think it's better to forget it. My father is in this situation, kowtowing day and night, how can he bear it? How about I make up for his share."
People inside the door talked a lot, but in the end they couldn't come up with a unified opinion.
Then, the voice gradually became silent.
After a long time...
Suddenly, the door in front of me opened automatically!
Inside the door...
No one is there.
Dai Xiyan thought of the horrific scenes she had seen before.
Dedicated to "her"...this "she" is probably Mrs. Bai.
A doll made by Mrs. Bai?
She walked slowly indoors.
There is an offering table in the room and an incense burner in front of the offering table.
Could it be that... that doll was once enshrined here?