Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 8

The so-called "ghost hitting the wall" means that a person is blinded by dirty things, keeps spinning in circles, and loses his direction. If he does not get out in time, he may go to the underworld.The first time this word appeared in my mind was when I heard it from my grandfather when I was a child.

When my grandfather was young, it was the time when the Great Northern Wilderness was being developed. At that time, a lot of land in the Northeast was still undeveloped.

Grandpa was sent by the company to "Beigou" to develop Dongfanghong. There were only a few families in "Beigou", and the rest was a large meadow.Weeds as tall as a person are densely packed. In order to go home early, grandpa gets up early and returns late every day.

It was a day in mid-October, it got dark early, and my grandfather's Dongfanghong was damaged in the field.He asked the little apprentice who followed the car to go to the village to get tools, but after waiting for a long time, the little apprentice didn't come back, so he went back to get it by himself, cursing.As a result, when he went back, the people in the village said they hadn't seen the little apprentice coming back. Grandpa thought that this kid was really unreliable, he didn't know where to go to play, and he didn't care about him. After repairing Dongfanghong, he drove back to the village.

But the next day, the little apprentice didn't come back either.

Grandpa was anxious this time. He ran back to the company and said that his apprentice was missing and could not be found.Grandpa took the company's militia team and searched the meadow for a day, only to find that the little apprentice was lying in front of a small blister, dead, and his mouth was broken.

The company put the blame on Grandpa, held a criticism meeting, and expelled Grandpa from the team. This young apprentice was an orphan, and no one held him accountable.Grandpa took his luggage and grandma with him, borrowed some money from relatives, and added some money himself, rented a small fish pond, and made a living by fishing.

Grandpa heard people in the village say that the little apprentice was afraid that he might have encountered a "ghost hitting the wall" and lost his way, so he kept walking, and either died of exhaustion or thirst.Thinking of this, I immediately stopped walking, thinking about how to escape this endless loop, but after a long time, I couldn't think of a clue.

I took out my phone and looked at my watch. The lights were about to turn off, and I was still trapped here.My nose was a little sore, thinking of Sun Jing's smiling face, and then thinking of my father at home.Alas, my son is not filial, I will repay you for your kindness in the next life.Thinking about it, she even cried.

"Why are you crying? You're not dead yet!" Such a sentence suddenly appeared in this terrifyingly quiet corridor, which really scared me.

"Who? Who's there?"

"Shh!"

Looking in the direction of the voice, this, isn't this "tomboy"?

"If not, why are you leaving this? You were the one who came in just now?" I wanted to say something again, but she just nodded, told me to be quiet, and beckoned for me to follow.

The "tomboy" is wearing a white short-sleeved, loose wide-leg pants, and his steps are light.The dream I had that night reappeared in my mind. She was wearing a Taoist uniform and slaying demons and demons.

At the corner of a staircase, she whispered to me that it was Jiang Chun who entered the hospital yesterday, and I opened my mouth wide in surprise.

"When I went to the hospital to see Jiang Chun, I was sure that the stalker must have done something when he jumped off the building, otherwise this situation would not have happened." She whispered, and I suddenly thought of the stalker The yellow paper in his hand, so he spoke out.

"That must be right, it must be a curse." She said, stretched out a copper coin sword from her waist, and took out a yellow talisman from her pocket. Although she couldn't understand what was painted on it, Thinking of the dream I had before, my heart is even more doubtful.

She motioned for me to stay where I was and slowly walked upstairs.

I was afraid that a little girl like her would be in danger, so after thinking about it, I gritted my teeth and followed her secretly.

"Nvxia? Taoist Priest? Where are you?"

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to stay down there?" She glared at me and silenced me again.But after walking around with her for a while, I didn't see a single ghost, and my nervous nerves were relieved.

"Woman, you haven't seen him yet?"

"Nonsense, how the hell can I see it?" After finishing speaking, I was left alone in the same place, and walked forward in small steps.

"You can't see how you caught him?" I chased after him and asked.

"If you don't tell me, I'll forget it. Just rub this talisman on your eyes, stick some saliva on your forehead, and then read the jijiruling, and you will be able to see it." After speaking, she handed me a talisman, and she moved The skilled ones have already pasted the talisman on his head.

Wipe it first, then lick it. Before I finish licking, she flicked her hand back and said she saw it, and told me to keep quiet.Although this swing was handsome, it happened to hit my hand, and I took advantage of the momentum to swallow the spell.I haven't swallowed it all, half of it is on the top and half is on the bottom. I feel sick all the time.

"Don't make a sound!" After saying that, she ran away. The yellow paper was dry and rough, and it was really uncomfortable to stick to her throat.I had no choice but to endure it and chased after me. Before I had taken two steps, I felt like something pushed me behind me. I missed my footing and threw myself towards the window that had not yet been closed.

It almost fell off, and I turned my head in shock, and found that there was a black lacquered object looming in front of me. I squinted my eyes and looked carefully, and the "tomboy" rushed out from the left, and the black mist disappeared.

"Brother, where are you? Are you dead?" I wanted to explain, but the yellow talisman was still stuck in my throat, and I couldn't tell if I was suffering.I quickly picked the yellow talisman with my hand, intending to tell her what I saw just now.As soon as she raised her head, she saw Hei Mist hiding behind her, so she quickly pointed to behind her, and she reacted quickly.He took two steps forward, turned around, and slashed behind with the copper coin sword in his right hand.

The reaction of the black mist was also very fast, and he didn't know where he went all of a sudden.

"Nothing? Why are you scaring me?" Seeing her serious expression, I knew she wasn't lying, but I did see another cloud of black mist?
"Cough, cough, I saw a cloud of black mist behind you, he was the one who pushed me here just now." I explained.

"Impossible, if it's a ghost or something, it looks similar to me. Well, it's probably like the one shown on TV." What she said made me confused, if this black mist is not a ghost , what the hell is that?

I looked at the half of the yellow talisman I had picked out in my hand, thinking about the black mist in my heart.She seemed to have discovered something, and walked to the room on the right.I told her to be careful, but when I looked up, I found a figure following her.Suddenly the figure turned his head and smiled at me.

"Be careful!" Before he finished speaking, the black shadow disappeared.I saw the "tomboy" turned his head and smiled at me.This smile is very different from the previous smile looking back.

Just a smile is acceptable, but now she can't see the whites of her eyes, like two holes, in that case, the hairs on my body stood up.Could it be the upper body of a ghost? I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said:

"Elder sister, no, elder brother! We have no grievances and no enmity. You see, if it's like this, can you let us go today? I'll burn some more paper for you later. You're dead too, right? Let's hurry up." Go reincarnate." I don't know why I was talking nonsense at the time, I just hope he can let us go for the sake of money.

But he was indifferent and continued to smile. He didn't know if it was an illusion or something. His smile grew bigger and bigger, and it was about to burst.

"Brother, stop laughing. Am I that funny?" I was still trying to delay time, but my memory showed that ghosts only appear at dark. As soon as the sky breaks and the rooster crows, he will come and go. .Before I could finish speaking, she jumped up and strangled my neck. I don’t know why she strangled me so hard that I couldn’t breathe.

I squeezed his hand hard and suddenly touched the peace charm that Sun Jing had given me before. I pulled it hard and threw it in her face.

She froze for a moment, then continued to pinch me.In my heart, I scolded the old Taoists in those Taoist temples all over, using these useless things to deceive people.Thinking about it, I can feel my eyes are bloodshot, just when my consciousness is blurred.There was a sound of footsteps in my ears, and a flame flew over and hit the "tomboy". In the dimness, I saw Uncle Ying standing in front of me. He picked up the copper money sword on the ground, and made gestures like dancing. I fainted as soon as my eyes darkened.

When I woke up, I didn't know where I was at all. I touched my neck, but it was still there.I looked around and found some simple wooden tables and chairs.There is not much decoration in the room, and there are a few potted flowers on the window sill, and they are all dead.

"Are you awake?" At this moment, a person came in. Isn't this the Uncle Ying I met on the train?

"As long as it's okay, why are you two running there in the middle of the night? Lingling is just fooling around by herself. You don't know anything, so aren't you being a disservice?" I hesitated, but what I said was indeed correct. I almost lost my life in it.

"Are you awake?" Judging from the voice, it should be "tomboy", and she also walked in.

"Brother, I said I can do it myself, who asked you to interfere?" It turns out that they are brother and sister, but they don't look like brothers and sisters.

"My name is Zhang Feng, and her name is Zhang Ling. She is my younger sister." Zhang Feng turned to Zhang Ling and said, "Are you so embarrassed to say that? If I don't go, both of you will fall into it!" There was a knock on the head.When I heard Zhang's surname, and then thought of their abilities, the first thing I thought of was Zhang Muzhen.

"You, do you know Zhang Muzhen?" After I finished speaking, I realized that my voice was a little hoarse.Zhang Ling handed over a glass of water and said:

"How do you know my grandfather?"

"Isn't Mr. Zhang childless?" I said what I thought.

Zhang Feng smiled and said that they were picked up by Zhang Muzhen on the train going home in the south, and they have been wandering and stealing for a living since they were young, and later Zhang Muzhen caught them on the train and took them home. And let them call him grandpa.

Zhang Muzhen said that Zhang Feng was a wooden man, and that the horoscope was also suitable for learning Taoism, so he taught him a little.Zhang Feng's comprehension is relatively high, and he actually comprehended many things by himself, but Zhang Muzhen taught him not to meddle in other people's business, and Zhang Feng always remembered it.This time, Zhang Feng didn't want to care about it. Seeing his attitude, the younger sister stole his sword, grabbed a talisman and ran out.

"I don't want to study. If Xiaoling studies well, I will accompany her in Harbin and take care of her while doing some small business." Zhang Feng continued, Zhang Ling looked at him with blank eyes.

"Oh, that's it. Then we can be considered somewhat related. Zhang Muchen is my eldest uncle's father, and he has a pretty good relationship with our Zhong family."

"I remembered, are you that 'boy'?" Zhang Ling laughed after speaking, I really didn't expect that she was there that day.

"Okay, the hero doesn't mention the sloppy thing, where am I?" I looked embarrassed and wanted to change the subject.

"Did you let the centipede bite the little Dingding? Haha!" I looked contemptuous, and Zhang Feng also laughed, "This is my paper shop, and I have no other skills. I usually buy some paper money paper People or something, to make ends meet, Brother Zhong is hungry too, let's go out to eat, let's chat while eating."

Zhang Ling walked in front of me laughing and joking, and my old face was completely humiliated.

We were in a mala tang restaurant, and each of us got a bowl. Last night, we tossed and tossed so long that I was really hungry.Zhang Feng said while eating, what happened last night is not over yet, that kid is very cunning, he has to go again tonight, he must be cleaned up, otherwise I don't know how many girls will suffer.

I don’t know if everyone has the same question as me. Those people who were killed by ghosts and demons in the movies, why didn’t they turn into ghosts and not take revenge?In fact, the reason is very simple, because you can't beat it.Only people who are more vicious than this "bad ghost" can be cured. That is what the folks say, the timid are afraid of the bold, and the bold are afraid of death.

Ever since Zhang Ling recognized me, the smile on her face never stopped. I finished eating the spicy hotpot in embarrassment and ignored her.Then he asked Zhang Feng if he could follow him to have a look in the evening, but was severely rejected.

He also said that if I hadn't maintained my boyish body and had strong yang energy, I would have been strangled to death by Zhang Ling long ago.I am making fun of myself, so I will stop talking.After dinner, I took a taxi to bid farewell to the siblings and went back to school.

The teacher is still the same Mediterranean, and I still draw his portrait in the book.The girl with glasses next to me still said that what I drew was a paper figurine, and from time to time she would make gestures on my masterpiece with her hands. I was so annoyed that I simply lay down on the table and slept.

My neck still hurts when I move it, and I can't fall asleep when I think of the blockbuster movie that will be played in the library at night.No, I must go to see it at night, how can I die if I don’t do it, right?
After a hasty dinner, I put on a black sportswear. Although sports have nothing to do with me, this is the only nightwear I own.

Zhao Bo also said that I was promising and wanted to play ball. I said that I would go for a night run, and the three people looked at me strangely.When I was getting my clothes, I found the jade pendant I found in the black ditch in the box. I thought it might be able to ward off evil spirits, so I put it in my pocket.

I squatted quietly under the street lamp, waiting for Zhang Feng to appear.

A few girls pulled their skirts tight when they passed by me, and there was a look of contempt in their eyes.However, my attention has always been in front of the library door.

Around 09:30, there were not many students left on the road, a taxi stopped in front of the library, and it was Zhang Feng who got off.He walked briskly into the library, and just as I was about to follow, I found a man emerging from the woods on the other side of the library.

That's right, it's Zhang Ling.I should have guessed a long time ago that she definitely wanted to see it too. Thinking of being nearly strangled to death by her last night, I planned to go up and persuade her to go back for our safety.Before I got close to her, she ran into the library.Thinking about it, with my legs and feet, I really need to exercise, otherwise I won’t be able to keep up with the heat if I don’t eat shit.

Walking into the stairs, I could vaguely hear footsteps above, so I quickened my pace and walked up, accidentally bumping into something.

"Didn't my brother not let you come?"

"Your brother didn't ask you to come either!" I rubbed my head and said, "You almost strangled me yesterday, you are a girl, you are too sinister, you are easy to get caught, you should go back!"

"You're the one with the darkest spirit, and your whole family is the darkest! You son of a bitch, you should hurry back!" She kicked my calf as she spoke.

"Didn't I tell you two not to come? I'm so worried!" I reckoned that the two of us were discovered when we spoke a little loudly. Zhang Feng finished speaking in a tight voice, and quickly took out two Zhang Huangfu gave it to us.

"This is the Vajra Amulet. Each of you has one piece. If either of you is going to be possessed later, just read 'quickly like a law', understand?"

"Transformers, um, the amulet, the name is a bit weird" Zhang Ling muttered there alone, I thought to myself, with my ear and memory, it was really hard for me to survive yesterday.

"It's King Kong, King Kong, King Kong, Protector, Body, Talisman!" I told her one by one in her ear.

"I know, I know, you don't have to say it!" She held the talisman in her hand very confidently, and slowly walked forward with Zhang Feng, and soon arrived at the third floor.Zhang Feng walked into the hall, and took out a pocket watch-like thing from his arms, it should be the legendary compass.

Zhang Ling was on the side, looking at Zhang Feng nervously, and unconsciously grabbed my hand with one hand.I was a little flattered in my heart. Although Zhang Ling shaved a caliper, she was really pretty. It seemed to be the first time that she was grabbed by other girls like this.

The joy in my heart was all shown on my face.Zhang Ling turned her head and saw me smirking there, she quickly let go of her hand, a touch of pink was imprinted on her cheek.

I quickly put away my wretched smile and looked at Zhang Feng nervously.

Zhang Feng looked around in the hall, and finally fixed his eyes on a pile of garbage in the northwest.He gently put away the compass and muttered something, but he couldn't make out what he said.Holding the compass in his left hand, he took out a yellow talisman in his right hand, pointed his sword at the twisting talisman, and drew it in the air.The yellow talisman actually burned out of thin air, and he threw the talisman out like a fireball.

I saw something squatting where the fireball hit. When I saw the fire coming, I quickly stepped aside at a very fast speed, turned around and flew towards Zhang Feng.

"Be careful!" I couldn't help shouting. Zhang Feng immediately pulled out his sword and stood in front of him. When the ghost saw the copper coin sword, he immediately turned around and flew towards us.

I quickly pushed Zhang Ling away, and the black shadow ran towards me.It was only when I got closer that I could see clearly that this was a man, with vague blood stains on his face, and a very obscene and ferocious face smiling grinningly at me.

But when he touched me, his smile disappeared, and he was more frightened and wanted to escape, but it was as if he was sucked into my body, and his body slowly merged with me, although he didn't Make a sound, but I can feel him shouting: No!

Zhang Feng also hurried over, his expression was also blank.After a while, the ghost disappeared.There were only the three of us stuck in place, and the air was filled with the sound of our panting.

"What, what's the situation?" I looked at Zhang Feng, but he didn't answer me, and quickly touched me.

"Brother? You can't be? Hey, it turns out you like this tune!"

"Don't be silly, I'm looking for it." Halfway through his speech, he found the jade pendant brought out of the black ditch in my pocket.Put it in your hand and look at it carefully.

"This seems to be the pattern of a dragon. It should be an ancient object, but I don't know what it is. Where did you get it?" Zhang Feng said, and handed it to me.

"Oh, it's a family heirloom." I put the jade pendant back in my pocket and made up a random reason.

"The ghost just now was sucked in by this jade pendant. I don't think it's a good thing. It may be something similar to absorbing souls. You'd better wear it as little as possible." After speaking, she pushed Zhang Ling downstairs Go.

"Anyway, this thing is a great help to us, but I can't figure it out, how can you see ghosts if you don't open your eyes?"

"Can't Zhang Ling see it?" I asked Zhang Ling back, and she shook her head and said no.It turned out that the amulet she took yesterday was not an eye-opening amulet at all, but a simple amulet, which is actually useless.

"I don't know then. I've seen it a few times before, but even I'm not sure if it's a ghost." I told him as completely as possible about what happened at home before.

"I didn't expect you to have such an experience. It's really impressive. I'm sure what you met in the hospital must be a ghost."

We have already walked outside, Zhang Feng continued, "It is possible that after your car accident, the car accident indirectly opened your yin and yang eyes, so it doesn't make sense, the two girls you saw before the car accident It should be the same, forget it, having yin and yang eyes is not a good thing, it is more like a curse! Haha, I will go back first, Xiaoling should go back to school immediately!"

After saying that, Zhang Ling nodded and turned to look at me, as if she was hesitant to speak.

"What's wrong?" I asked her, but she didn't say anything, just smiled, just like the smile she had before getting in the car that time, very gentle, but this time there seemed to be a little reluctance in her smile.

Back in the dormitory, thinking about why she was smiling, it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't called Sun Jing for two days, and thinking of the way she pinched her fingers, I hurriedly dialed the number.

As soon as the call was connected, she complained, with a bit of cuteness in her tone, thinking that I had been in trouble recently.They kept chatting until the lights went out, and then she hung up reluctantly.She also said that there was no need to go see her this weekend. She wanted to go home. She said there was something going on at home, but she didn’t tell me when I asked her.

A week passed, and I only found out about Jiang Chun's return through Zhang Ling.

Zhang Ling and I went to visit her before. She was generally fine, but she was a little haggard. We exchanged a few pleasantries and left.Since what happened before, Zhang Ling has basically come to me every now and then to go to her brother's place, saying she wants to talk to me about scriptures and Taoism. In fact, it's almost the Ghost Festival and her brother's place is too busy.

I also admire Zhang Feng's paper figurine making skills. It took me two days to paste up the paper figurines, and he finished them in a while.

Zhang Ling was folding ingots, and kept telling me that my paper figurine was so disgusting that no one would buy it.I was so angry that I squashed all the ingots she had bulged up.Of course, after doing this series of actions, my arms were bruised and purple again after being pinched by her.Looking at my scarred arm, I suddenly thought of Sun Jing, and quickly took out my phone to ask her how she was doing now.As a result, the phone got through, but no one answered.

"How about calling your little cutie?" Zhang Ling asked from the side.

"Well, I didn't answer, I probably didn't bring my mobile phone!" Zhang Ling laughed after hearing what I said, and I didn't know what she was laughing at.

Zhang Feng came over and said, "Let's not talk about the secret. We are civilized." The three of them laughed stupidly.

After eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Feng was going to leave work, Zhang Luo, let's pack up and go out for dinner. Just as we were about to leave, an old man came in.As soon as he came in, he asked if there were any paper figurines for sale.

I took a look at him. He was probably around sixty years old, with a sad look on his face.Zhang Feng introduced them to him, saying that they were all newly made and there would be discounts for buying more.The old man looked around, pointed at the "disgusting" paper man I had pierced, and said: That's it.

I glanced at Zhang Ling happily, and she stuck out her tongue at me to express her dissatisfaction.

"You want one? This."

"Yes, just one." Seeing the old man's eyebrows curled up, Zhang Feng seemed to feel that something was wrong, so he asked him what he was doing, because usually when someone in the family died, a pair of virgins and boys would be burned. of.After repeated questioning, the old man told the truth.

The old man is 67 this year, and his wife passed away a year ago. The relationship between the old couple is very good.The old lady was ill when she left, and she didn't even say her last words. The old man suffered from heart disease since then, and couldn't eat or drink.

The family members are also anxious, if they keep on doing this, they will be doomed.In order to cheer up the old man, the eldest son decided to find a gentleman to see if there was any way to make the old man better.

The gentleman invited was surnamed Ma. I heard that he was well-known throughout the Northeast, and he was also a "disciple of the horse". Of course, the fee was quite high.The husband said that he could take the old man to spend the night together and see the old lady for the last time.

I don't know what method Mr. Ma used. That night the old man dreamed of the old lady who had passed away and asked him for a doll. If he didn't give it, he would come up to find his children.The old man thought for a while, am I full and full?There is no way out, so I have to see if I can buy a paper man and burn it.

After listening to the old man's words, Zhang Feng felt that this matter was not that simple, but he didn't ask any more questions and took the paper man and handed it to the old man.

"Old man, please take it back and try it first. If it doesn't work, come back to me!" The old man paid the money, thanked him, and turned around and went out.

When eating at the restaurant, Zhang Feng told me that there was something wrong with this matter and asked me to bring the jade pendant over tomorrow.I asked him why, he just said lightly, years of experience.

While sitting in the taxi, Sun Jing called. As soon as I received the call, I asked about my health and had a bad meal, but the other end of the phone didn't say a word. When I listened carefully, she seemed to be crying. .

"Let's break up." After a long time, she finally said a word, and I was stunned at the time, why did such a sentence come out suddenly?After questioning for a long time, she kept sobbing and told me not to ask, in short, she wanted to break up.Before I could continue talking, I hung up the phone.

I hailed the taxi and ran off.I called Sun Hao, and soon the three old guys from the dormitory came. I don’t remember how much I drank that night, I just remember vomiting several times.

"Bro, don't drink, you drink like this, you're useless if you don't drink!" Sun Hao persuaded me.

"Don't worry about me, why don't you drink? Are you disrespecting my brother?" I was very confused at the time, so I had to pick up the words on the wine table and say.They see me like this, so they don't persuade me.

"Come on, I'll drink with you!" I looked up and saw Zhang Ling sitting in front of me, pouring a glass of beer down her stomach. "You drink, where do you raise dolphins?" After finishing speaking, he filled a glass and downed it.

Just like this, I drank a cup of hers, Sun Hao and the others saw this posture and quickly withdrew.

I didn't know what time I drank that night. When I woke up, my head was about to explode, and I was so thirsty.I got up and took a look, it should be in the hotel.I got up and wanted to find water to drink, so I picked up a bottle of mineral water and looked at the label on the cap.What water is 15 yuan a bottle?Putting down the water and thinking about it, how about going to the bathroom to drink tap water, and shakily pushed open the door of the bathroom.There was a scream from inside, and I hastened to close the door again.

"Zhang Ling, where are you chatting inside?"

"You dare to watch my mother take a bath, and I won't castrate you when I come out!"

That's what she said, and when she came out, she just stared at me fiercely.

"Grandma, I really didn't know you were in there, I wanted to go in and drink water", I tried my best to explain, but she didn't say anything, just took out a bottle of water from her bag and threw it over.I quickly drank it, and it was gone within a few sips.

"Why are you here? What happened last night, I'm a bit out of shape." I squeezed my scalp and thought about it carefully, only to realize that I was only wearing a pair of underwear, and quickly pulled off the quilt to cover it.

"You still said, you insisted on drinking yesterday, that Sun Hao, call me with your phone and ask me to come and see you, and I will drink with you."

"and then?"

"After you finish drinking, you insist on going home to your little baby. I have no choice but to call a car to bring you here." I looked around for my pants, and Zhang Ling threw them over to me. I was so scared that my face turned red.

"Well, then what?"

"Then you started to take off as soon as you entered the room, jumping while taking off is like a mental illness, you go to the bathroom, I will get dressed." I didn't dare to continue asking, and ran into the bathroom.

When entering the bathroom, a sentence came from behind: You are still a child, hahaha!
(End of this chapter)