Fairy Tea Temple Notes

Uncle Gui's house is a two-story brick building with rough decoration. It is a relatively poor family in the village.In the living room of his house, the coffee table is outdated, the tea set looks like it has been used for a long time, and the sea of ​​tea is gapped.

Uncle Gui made tea for reception, and Ke Shicheng asked Uncle Gui about the construction of the stage. Twenty years ago, Uncle Gui was in his forties, while Qingjie was just a child.

"Originally there was an old theater on the west side of the village, which was dilapidated and unusable. The village pooled money to build a new stage. Several people in the lead discussed it. They felt that the land in the east of the village was good, and it was close to the road. It will be lively only if it is built in a certain location.”

Twenty years ago, villagers were keen on watching theaters and movies, and there were relatively few recreational activities for villagers at that time.

"What kind of land is it?"

Ke Shicheng took a sip of the tea, but found that the tea was unpalatable, so he finished it in one gulp.

"It's a public land. The wasteland is useless. There are a lot of broken tiles and bowls in the land. It's not easy to grow crops, and there are long grasses."

Uncle Gui was quite impressed with the land where the stage was built.

Hearing that there were many tiles and bowl pieces, Ke Shicheng had already guessed in his heart that they might be architectural ruins.

"When I was young, I used to herd sheep there, and I even picked up a few ancient coins on the ground. I don't know what it was like there before."

Qingjie was like other rural children when he was a child. After school, he had to herd sheep or cut rabbit grass.

"I remember, when the foundation was being dug for the stage, my friends and I went over to watch it, looking for any ancient coins to pick up, and then heard the adults say that something was dug up, Uncle Gui, is it a human bone?"

Qingjie was only seven years old at the time, and when he heard the adults discussing and gathered in front of a pit, he also wanted to join in to watch the fun, but his father drove him home.

"Human bones, children's bones."

Uncle Gui originally wanted to talk about this, but Qing Jie preempted him.

"It's a habit in the past. When children die young, they don't go into coffins. They just dig a hole and bury them."

Uncle Gui was talking about the old society. When a child from a poor family died, he would not buy a coffin to bury him.

"What happened to the bones later?"

Ke Shicheng was interested in this matter.

"Put its bones in a pottery urn and put them in Linpu's cemetery. Later, when something happened in Jinfu, the villagers built a tomb for it, and asked the master to do it. But a few years ago, when Linpu built roads, the child's bones I don't know where it was buried."

This time when Li Hui came back, he saw the monster on the stage, and the villagers talked about the child's skeleton dug up that year.Not to mention, Uncle Gui also felt that it was related to this matter.

"Thank you, Uncle Gui. Please, Uncle Gui, take us to the theater and Linpu."

Ke Shicheng got up and asked about everything that should be asked.

"The stage is close, just across the alley, we can just walk there."

Uncle Gui and Qing Jie led Ke Shicheng and He Qing out, and when they walked out of the gate, He Qing found five or six villagers around the gate, looking at Ke Shicheng and him curiously.

Apparently, the news that Li Hui invited Master to hunt monsters has already spread among the villagers.

When the four of them came to the stage, He Qing found that the stage built 20 years ago looked very dilapidated now, not because it cut corners or someone destroyed it, but because it was often vacant and lacked management.

As time goes by, the enthusiasm of the villagers for watching operas has long since faded, not to mention that the old people who like to watch operas are also gradually passing away. They often invite the theater troupe, which is lively and lively, but there are not many people in the audience.

Back then this area was a wasteland, but now there is a stage with a basketball court in front of the stage and other houses around it.Unrecognizable, you can no longer see what the wasteland looked like 20 years ago.

Ke Shicheng looked around and said to Uncle Gui, go to Linpu.

Unknowingly, there were more than a dozen of the onlookers around him. Wherever Ke Shicheng went, they followed him.When they saw that Ke Shicheng didn't even take out the compass, but just walked around casually, some people said: "This master is so young, it really can't do it." Some people looked at He Qing and said, "The one next to him looks like a student, is he also a teacher?" Originally, everyone's attention was on Ke Shicheng, but after being said so, they all turned to He Qing.

He Qing was embarrassed and walked next to Ke Shicheng, who was blocked by Ke Shicheng's tall body.

In the east of Xitai Village, Linpu is in the west of the village. Uncle Gui said that it was a long way to walk to Linpu.

Ke Shicheng drove and took He Qing, Uncle Gui and Qing Jie there.

Qing Jie was sitting in the passenger seat to guide the way. He told Ke Shicheng that the roads in the west of the village were narrow, and some alleys could only accommodate him. He suggested that Ke Shicheng drive the car out of the village and go along the road.

According to Qingjie's instructions, he arrived in Linpu without any trouble.

The car was parked in the bushes next to the road, and the four of them got out of the car, stepped on knee-high weeds, and walked on a path.The former cemetery has been moved to the cemetery in the west of the village, but the forest is still there.

Since it has been used as a cemetery, and it has not been used for a short time, it is normal for ghosts and the like to exist in the forest.He Qing saw one sitting idly in the shadows, with its back facing everyone, like a brooding ghost, ignorant of its surroundings and trapped in its own world.Ke Shicheng also saw a few of them, sneakily hiding in the bushes, poking their heads.

The vast majority of ghosts are neither malicious nor interested in people, and do not interfere with each other.Only a very small number of ghosts will cause trouble to people, and among these very few ghosts, only about one tenth will be malicious to people.

Whether it's an evil spirit or not, Ke Shicheng can recognize it at a glance. These spooky guys in the forest are not evil spirits, and naturally they are not the "monster" he is looking for.

"The tomb has been moved to the cemetery. The cemetery is nearby. Would Mr. Ke want to go and have a look?"

Qing Jie pointed to the front, the local cemetery generally does not allow outsiders to enter casually, after Qing Jie finished speaking, he glanced at Uncle Gui.

"Need not."

Ke Shicheng replied calmly.

It was already known that the child's bones did not know where to go. Besides, the villagers did not know the child's origin, so the child's bones would not be stored in Li's cemetery.

"There, was there a big tomb?"

The place Ke Shicheng pointed out looked no different from the surrounding area, just trees and weeds.

"Yes, there is one, Master Ke is really amazing!"

Qingjie praised.

"There is a stone pillar over there, which looks like a component of a tomb."

He Qing saw the smile on the corner of Ke Shicheng's mouth, and thought that Shicheng was quite special, and he would point it out when others praised him.No wonder it is said: A trick in the rivers and lakes is worthless.The admiration in Qingjie's eyes was obviously discounted.

The four of them walked over, and sure enough, there was a large stone pillar lying on the ground. The stone pillar was broken into several sections, covered by weeds, so it was hard to identify.If the tomb is built with such costly stone pillars, the tomb must be a large tomb.

"Whose tomb is this?"

Ke Shicheng was interested in it.

"It's called the Linpu Tomb. I can't tell whose tomb it is. When I was a child, I came here to rake grass leaves. There is already such a tomb."

Uncle Gui didn't know either. When he was a child, he and his friends from the village went here to rake the dead grass and leaves for cooking at home, and he used to linger on the big tomb.

The tomb obviously has an age, and the tomb has also been bulldozed. Ke Shicheng didn't see anything suspicious on the site of the tomb, or the remaining thoughts of the burial person.

"Let's go back."

On Lin Pu's side, Ke Shicheng, who should be seen, has seen it.

On the way back, Uncle Gui's legs and feet were not very good, he couldn't walk due to numbness, He Qing helped him and escorted him out of the forest.

Back at Uncle Gui's house, Ke Shicheng said that he would go to the stage to have a look at night. During the day, there were so many people that he couldn't see anything.

Originally, Ke Shicheng wanted to take He Qing to the town for dinner, and rented a hotel by the way, but Uncle Gui insisted on staying for dinner, saying that it was Li Hui's intention.

Uncle Gui's family has a simple staff, one Uncle Gui, one Aunt Gui, one son lives in the town, and one daughter marries far away.

It costs a lot to set up a table full of food and wine.

At the dinner table, Uncle Gui talked about the past between his family and Li Hui's family.Li Hui had to call Guibo Tangbo, and it is said that the two relatives are far away.Li Jinfu's family was very poor when he was young, and he was taken care of by Uncle Gui's family, so after his business developed, he often helped Uncle Gui's family.

"Master Ke, if you have any request, just ask."

Uncle Gui respected Ke Shicheng for wine, he saw that Ke Shicheng was calm, unlike some masters who would talk nonsense and ask for money as soon as they came.

Ke Shicheng just nodded, he asked:

"I see there is a road in front of the stage, why did Li Hui take the path that night?"

During the day, he didn't just go to the stage for a walk, he noticed the situation around the stage.

"The road in front of the stage is blocked by the vehicles of the audience."

Qing Jie answered positively, he knew this matter best.

"I was worshiping the ancestors that day. In the evening, I invited a troupe to sing opera and set off fireworks. It was very lively. For many years, there were few people coming to the theater. Many people from the nearby villages came that night. The stadium was full of cars and it was difficult to walk around. The way is blocked."

That night, Qingjie was in charge of setting off the fireworks and had conflicts with people who parked indiscriminately.

"Ah Hui heard that there were many people watching the theater, so he followed me to the stage to watch the theater. After sitting for a while, he said he wanted to go back and left by himself."

Uncle Gui was obsessed with watching the theater at the time, so he didn't leave with Li Hui, and he didn't know that the road on the other side of the stadium was blocked.

"Brother Hui is also unlucky. He has come back to worship his ancestors before, but he never went to the stage. But that night, the main road was blocked, so he took a small road and bumped into him."

Qing Jie took Uncle Gui's words, he used to talk a lot, especially when he was drinking.

"The time is just right, let's go to the place where he hit the evil."

Ke Shicheng stood up, it was already dark outside, and he happened to go to the stage to have a look.

"Hey, there are so many food and wine, don't you want to eat more?"

Qingjie obviously hasn't had a drink yet.

"Yeah, go there when you're full, don't worry."

Uncle Gui and Qingjie warmly received him.

"I am very full."

He Qing, who had already put down his chopsticks and was listening to their chat, wanted to leave the dinner table a long time ago.

Uncle Gui was old and drowsy from drinking, so he stayed at home, and Qingjie took them to the stage.

There are street lights in the village, but many of them are not working and no one is maintaining them.The light on the left side of the stage happened to be broken.Qing Jie took a flashlight to shine on the lampstand, and said disgustedly: "This lamp has never been better. I just changed the bulb last time I saw a play, and now it's broken again."

He Qing felt a burst of humidity here, and his hair and face were wet. He asked Ke Shicheng in a low voice: "Shicheng, is it fog?" Ke Shicheng said, "No." At the same time, Ke Shicheng touched He Qing's finger He Qing felt that Ke Shicheng seemed to touch his finger, which must be an illusion.Because He Qing's voice was very low, Qing Jie didn't hear it, but heard Ke Shicheng's no, he looked at Daoist Ke in confusion.

"Ah Hui left from here that night and walked this way."

Qingjie was leading the way. He still remembered that the day after Li Hui met the monster, the villagers flocked to Li Hui to check it out.

This path extends from the left side of the stage to the back of the stage, and leads to the head of the village. It is a rugged dirt road, and the middle section is still an abandoned factory building, uninhabited.

"There is too much grass and the road is not easy to walk. We don't take this road on weekdays."

Qingjie shone the flashlight forward, and the dirt road was covered with weeds, making it look eerie, especially at night.

"Almost, this is the position."

Qingjie talked while walking, until he came to an old tree, he stopped.

At this time, the "fog" was already very thick and hazy.Qingjie also noticed it, and he said, "Why is it suddenly foggy. Here, it's under this tree, down there."

Qing Jie didn't really want to go there, he didn't see the monster himself, but he heard from Li Hui that it was quite a scary thing.

"I'm going down."

Ke Shicheng stepped on the knee-high weeds and walked down. He deliberately turned his head to look at He Qing. He Qing was telling him to be careful and wanted to get down from the grass, but his shoes were slippery and he moved slowly.In less than ten seconds, the "fog" engulfed He Qing's figure, causing He Qing to disappear into the night.Ke Shicheng moved the ring finger of his left hand, his ring finger was wrapped with a silk thread, and the other end of the thread was also tied to He Qing's left ring finger—Ke Shicheng quietly tied it just now.

At this time, Ke Shicheng already knew what was causing the trouble, but it was very cunning.When Ke Shicheng came over during the day, he couldn't catch any evil spirit nearby.This monster obviously has a hiding place nearby, and it hides quite well. Once it realizes the danger, it won't show up.A monster is different from a person, it may hide for several years, decades.

But as long as it shows up, it will be easy, Daoist Ke will teach it to do mischief.