The years when I was not the protagonist

Gu Chuan entered the temple, where the gods were enshrined. The clay sculpture had already collapsed, leaving only stumps and broken arms.

Firewood was burning in a corner of the temple, and a man with his head bowed and his hair loose was facing Gu Chuan, eating something with his head bowed.

Gu Chuan also ignored it, and went to a cleaner corner to close his eyes and rest.

After a while, the sky became darker and darker.

Tap ~ tap ~ tap ~

There were footsteps suddenly approaching the temple gate, and a shadow suddenly came to the temple gate.

"Bang bang bang~"

There was a knock on the door, followed by a voice.

"Brother inside, I'm a peddler. I wonder if it's convenient for me to stay here for a night."

There was no sound in the temple, only the crackling of the fire burning.

The man looking down at the fire probably saw that Gu Chuan didn't respond, he replied with a hoarse voice.

"Come in, I have just arrived, you don't have to be polite, although this temple is broken, it is not a problem to keep out the wind and rain."

Outside the door, a shopkeeper carrying a load came in lightly.

The shopkeeper was obviously taken aback when he saw two people sitting in the temple, one on the left and one on the right.

However, as he walked around, he had long cultivated an amiable appearance.

"Thank you two brothers for taking care of me." The salesman nodded and bowed, and also found a corner to sit down.

No one paid any attention to the salesman, and the temple became quiet again.

At this time, the man with the bowed head at the firewood exuded wisps of fragrance.

It looked like a freshly roasted chicken, dripping with oil.

The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva, took a few steps forward and said, "Brother, can you give me some of what you eat? I can exchange it for you."

The man lowered his head and tore it for a while, then took out half a roast chicken and threw it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper immediately thanked Dade.

The shopkeeper who was about to eat roast chicken came to the side, and after seeing Gu Chuan who was still sitting in the corner, he took a few steps to this side.

"Brother, if you don't mind, let's eat together."

Gu Chuan looked at the salesman in front of him, and then at the bowed man beside the bonfire, obviously a little surprised.

But in the end he still said, "You guys can eat this chicken, but I can't."

The shopkeeper was a little puzzled, "Could it be that you are afraid that this chicken is poisonous? Brother, you are too worried. I believe that friend is a good person. Let me eat one first and show you."

The shopkeeper is also an open-minded person. He tore off a chicken leg and ate it with relish.

The atmosphere in the temple became a little weird. The light from the bonfire turned out to be warm, and the god statue on the altar seemed to have opened its eyes and looked down with a ferocious smile.

The shopkeeper suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Chuan, "Look, isn't this poisonous at all? This roast chicken is delicious."

What the shopkeeper didn't realize was that his face fell off at some point, mixed with the chicken and eaten into his mouth.

The mouthful of blood mixed with the golden chicken was chewing, it looked very disgusting.

The shopkeeper's face became dull, but he still looked at Gu Chuan in a friendly manner.

Gu Chuan moved a step slightly, pointed lightly with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you see that that person has no shadow?"

The salesman followed Gu Chuan's gaze and looked in the direction of the bonfire.

"This, this, he, he, he..." The shopkeeper was suddenly speechless in shock, stammering and looking in the direction of the campfire.

Seeing the terrified look of the shopkeeper, Gu Chuan spoke again, "Let me tell you one more thing, you have no shadow either."

The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, and looked at his feet illuminated by the firelight.

Boom~
Suddenly there was a roar in his mind, and he remembered that he seemed to have died in this temple that day, and there were ghosts in this temple.

The shopkeeper showed his original form, his face was bloody and bloody, and he shouted to Gu Chuan: "Brother, run, there are ghosts in this temple."

Gu Chuan was a little surprised, the peddler even reminded him to run away after being like this, obviously he was also a kind person before his death.

The bonfire in the corner suddenly burned violently, and the man sitting on the ground with his head bowed suddenly stood up and said in a hoarse voice, "He's gone, what should we eat?"

At this time, there was a sudden burst of clicking sound, and the incomplete statue on the altar came to life, and a pair of red eyes stared at Gu Chuan.

Looking in from the incomplete position of the statue, there was a corpse inside, which undoubtedly looked like the shopkeeper.

"Run, run, run."

The shopkeeper panicked helplessly, but still told Gu Chuan to leave quickly.

"You can leave if you want. I have a red paper and a white paper. Which one do you choose?"

The man who bowed his head finally showed his true face. The skin on his face was festered, and there were many maggots crawling up and down on it.

While he was speaking, some maggots fell to the ground, and some fell into his mouth, which was chewed by him and burst into mouthfuls.

"You don't want to choose. The red paper will die in seven days, and the white paper will die in three days. Go away and I will help you hold him back." The shopkeeper wanted to push Gu Chuan out, but when the god on the altar sucked his nose, he disappeared.

"Would you choose red paper or white paper?" The man handed the paper in front of Gu Chuan again, looking at him sinisterly.

Without hesitation, Gu Chuan took the red paper and the white paper from the man's hand, "Children make choices, I want them all."

The man was taken aback for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Gu Chuan to make such a choice.

Then the man reacted immediately, and said with a sinister smile: "Choose all, then die now."

The idol on the altar also showed a ferocious expression of excitement.

The two pieces of paper in Gu Chuan's hands suddenly seemed to be summoned, and they turned into two clouds of black air and enveloped Gu Chuan.

A pulling force appeared, and Gu Chuan felt as if he could not move, but with a slight concentration, that feeling broke.

The man was still smiling sinisterly, the broken statue opened its mouth wide and bit Gu Chuan.

Suddenly, a wave of blood flowed out, and Gu Chuan turned red all over, as if he had just crawled out of a pool of blood, even weirder than the statue.

A huge blood-colored palm suddenly appeared, grabbing the mouth-opening idol.

A fierce force, Ka Ka Ka Ka ~
Pieces of stone fragments and corpses were about to fall down.

Before the statue could struggle, it was pinched to pieces by Gu Chuan.

"Okay, now it's your turn. Do you choose white paper? Or red paper?"

Gu Chuan handed the two pieces of paper to the man full of maggots. At this time, the man's face was already pale with fright, and the maggots on his face kept falling on the ground, and then he kept crawling.

"I, I choose red paper." The man's voice trembled a little.

"Red paper, I'll punch you to death." Gu Chuan said expressionlessly.

"Then, I'll choose the blank paper." The man quickly took the blank paper in his hands, and looked at Gu Chuan with hope.

However, what greeted him was a huge palm, which slapped him into scum.

"Choose blank paper, and I'll slap you to death."

Gu Chuan clapped his hands and gathered up the corpse of the salesman on the ground.

"For the sake of being a man and a ghost, let me help you go to the grave."

After burying the shopkeeper, Gu Chuan destroyed the temple with a fire, so as not to let it do any harm in the future.