escape the nightmare

"Are you sure this is really your hometown?" Lin Feng looked at Jiang Zhang suspiciously.

Lin Feng: "Darling, it's been an entire hour, but we still haven't reached our destination, dear."

Jiang Zhang: "..."

Because Jiangzhang talked to Lin Feng about the plan to go to the ancestral hall in a very confident tone at the beginning, and because Jiangzhang had shown superhuman memory and sense of direction time and time again in horror games, Lin Feng didn't say anything to Jiangzhang Knowing the location of the ancestral hall created any doubts.

But Lin Feng soon discovered that his idea was completely wrong.

If occasionally a few old people on the side of the road recognized Jiang Zhang and greeted Jiang Zhang enthusiastically, Lin Feng would even start to wonder if Jiang Zhang had ever lived in this town.

"It's been a long time since I came back. It feels like the whole town has changed." Jiang Zhang shrugged apologetically.

It's a pity that there is no map of the town attached to any travel guide, so even if Jiangzhang is unreliable, Lin Feng can only bite the bullet and continue to go around the town with him.

Although the town is not big, but because every house is next to each other, the whole town is relatively fragmented, and there are many alleys that do not seem to be arranged regularly between the houses.After wandering around the alley for a long time, Lin Feng felt that he really could not tell the difference between south, east and north.

But it's a blessing in disguise.

Although they took many detours, Lin Feng also took the opportunity to visit every road in the town.

Sure enough, as Lin Feng saw last night, there were two big red lanterns hanging on the doorsteps of every household. Looking from the intersection, the rows of lanterns looked a bit majestic.

Lin Feng was still curious about lanterns, so after responding to an old man's greeting in Jiangzhang, he continued to ask: "I see that every household in this small town hangs exactly the same lanterns, it seems..."

Probably because he thought that Lin Feng was a friend brought by Jiangzhang, and the old man was also very enthusiastic about Lin Feng.Before Lin Feng could finish speaking, he opened his mouth to explain to Lin Feng first.

Old man: "Well, it's a long story. In the past six months or so, many people in the town have become less healthy. In short, they have backaches or backaches every day. At first, it was just a few people like I was such a bad old man, and later even those young people became like this."

It was rare to meet someone who came to listen to gossip, and Lin Feng felt that the old man's tone was getting more and more excited.The old man clapped his hands and said: "You said that the town government saw this, so it went to the ancestral hall and asked for a lottery. The Bodhisattva said that it was something that was dirty, but as long as you hang some red and luminous ones at the door Things can calm those ghosts and filth. Hey, don’t say it, it’s really good, since hanging this lantern, not only the body is not uncomfortable, but even the brain feels more energetic.”

As a staunch communist successor, Lin Feng felt that the old man's words were probably unreliable.

However, the old man was willing to tell him these things because of his enthusiasm. Lin Feng was not bored enough to raise such an unnecessary argument.So he smiled and agreed with the old man, and asked about the way to the ancestral hall by the way.

"Go to the ancestral hall," Lin Feng saw that the old man suddenly smiled brighter after hearing his question, he looked Lin Feng up and down, and reached out to pat Lin Feng's shoulder, "Okay, okay, To give birth to a precious son early, ah no, a hundred years together, a hundred years together..."

Then Lin Feng saw the old man pointing them in the direction with a satisfied smile on his face, and turned around very coolly to leave.

Lin Feng: "..."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Zhang

——Why does he feel that this old man seems to know something.

Jiang Zhang shrugged innocently.

With the guidance of the old man and the guidance of a few kind-hearted people, the two finally arrived at the ancestral hall.

It was the first time for Lin Feng, who grew up surrounded by reinforced concrete, to see this kind of quaint ancestral hall. Although he had seen it many times in photos, Lin Feng still couldn't help feeling the grandeur of the building in front of him.According to Wang Jiang, the population of their town is not large.Therefore, it is hard for Lin Feng to imagine such a magnificent ancestral hall suddenly hidden in such a small town.

Lin Feng found that the ancestral hall in front of him was not quite the same as the one he saw in the photo he found at Jiangzhang's home.The pillars and roof beams of the ancestral hall have been repainted, and the characters next to the pillars seem to be engraved just now. The whole ancestral hall looks very brand new.

But when Lin Feng's eyes fell on those renovated beams and walls, he suddenly felt panicked for no reason.The beams and columns of the ancestral hall were all painted dark red. Under the sunlight, Lin Feng felt as if the paint hadn't dried yet. He even felt as if he had inadvertently seen a drop or two of dark red liquid running down the pillars. The sides slipped off.

Startled, Lin Feng frowned, and took a few steps forward.Lin Feng took a serious look at the two drops of "liquid" just now, but fortunately he found that they were just shadows cast by the leaves next to them.

Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Since today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, it is also a good day to worship ancestors, so there are quite a lot of people coming and going in the ancestral hall.Lin Feng saw many people walking towards the ancestral hall with baskets of incense and tributes in their hands.

According to the guides that Lin Feng has collected on the Internet these days, the main hall of the ancestral hall is the most worth visiting—that is, the so-called "Holy Land of Wishing" by netizens.

Everyone came here because of the magical effects of the main hall, so Lin Feng only needed to follow the direction of the crowd and quickly found the main hall.

To Lin Feng's surprise, the main hall of this ancestral hall was not built according to the traditional layout. In the center of the main hall, the ancestors' ranks were not enshrined. The huge Buddha statue in the center of the main hall.

The Buddha statue is probably made of materials similar to ivory stone. Even if the main hall is not well lit, Lin Feng can clearly see the posture and facial expression of the Buddha statue.

One hand of the Buddha statue is raised in front of the chest, making a gesture of blessing, while the other hand is slightly stretched forward, holding a plain white handkerchief between the index finger and thumb.The eyes of the Buddha statue were slightly opened, with a very kind smile on its face.

But I don't know why, the moment he saw the eyes of the Buddha statue, Lin Feng felt that the eyelids of the Buddha statue seemed to lift up a little bit, and he even felt that he had a feeling of meeting the eyes of the Buddha statue at that moment just now.

Lin Feng felt that the pores all over his body stood up under the gaze just now.

Lin Feng had no research on the theory of gods and Buddhas at all, so he naturally didn't know which Buddha it was.But Lin Feng was very sure that this should be the Bodhisattva statue that the old man mentioned before.

Because Lin Feng saw that the Buddha statue was surrounded by people who came to pray and make wishes.Everyone clasped their hands together, silently chanting the wishes in their hearts.

When Lin Feng walked into the ancestral hall, he realized that most of the people in the ancestral hall were praying for good health in the coming year and not to suffer from back pain like last year.

It seemed that the old man hadn't lied about the town's ill health.

However, Lin Feng still insisted that some infectious diseases that would only make people feel slightly uncomfortable were prevalent in the town at that time, and the time for everyone to recover happened to coincide with the time for hanging lanterns, which made the town The common people have this illusion.

"Making a wish?" Lin Feng suddenly heard Jiang Zhang's voice coming from beside his ear.

Jiang Zhang looked up at the big Buddha in front of him, then turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Lin Feng: "It's hard to find this place, don't you want to make a wish?"

"So you also know how difficult it is for us to find this place." Lin Feng jokingly rolled his eyes at Jiang Zhang, "Xu, how can we not allow it."

Lin Feng: "Make a wish, I hope I can find the way when I go back later."

Jiang Zhang: "..."

Lin Feng looked at Jiang Zhang's deflated expression, and couldn't help but chuckled softly. He found that it was a very fulfilling thing to choke a person with a vicious tongue until he couldn't speak.

But just kidding, Lin Feng wanted to come to this ancestral hall, so he naturally had a wish.

Regardless of whether it is effective or not, it is at least a kind of psychological comfort.Lin Feng imitated the appearance of the surrounding residents, and lowered his head and closed his eyes.

"So what wish did you make?" Before Lin Feng opened his eyes, he heard Jiang Zhang ask.

"I make a wish..." Lin Feng thought for a while, and suddenly swallowed the words back, "Guess?"

No matter how Jiang Zhang insinuated, Lin Feng was unwilling to tell Jiang Zhang the specific content of his wish.Lin Feng finally made Jiang Zhang give up on the reason that "the wish will not come true if you say it out".

"But I can give you a hint," Lin Feng smiled, "it's about us."

"About us?" Jiang Zhang looked a little surprised after hearing Lin Feng's words.

Lin Feng nodded. He saw that Jiang Zhang really started to touch his chin and fell into deep thought after getting the prompt.

However, just as Jiang Zhang's hand touched his chin, his thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.

"Hehe, isn't this our Jiangzhang Colonel Grass?"

Lin Feng and Jiang Zhang were both taken aback when they heard the voice.Lin Feng subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Jiang Zhang. He saw that Jiang Zhang's smiling face turned cold instantly.

The one who spoke was a man who really didn't know what adjectives to use to describe him.Because Lin Feng felt that the four words "greasy head and fat ears" were not enough to accurately express the greasy feeling emanating from the man's whole body.

Lin Feng frowned, and for a moment, Lin Feng suddenly remembered Jiang Zhang's disgust from the inside out when he mentioned things about his childhood.

If he had known such a person when he was a child, Lin Feng felt that he would definitely dislike him even more than Jiang Zhang.

Although Lin Feng could tell at a glance that the man was obviously not kind, but the degree of the man's kindness exceeded his expectations.

"Tsk tsk, friend." The man's eyes fell on Lin Feng, "I didn't expect that there are men willing to be friends with you."

Lin Feng didn't realize the meaning of the man's words for a while, but Lin Feng found that after the man finished speaking, Jiang Zhang took a small step away from him.

Jiang Zhang and Lin Feng distanced themselves.

"You..." Jiang Zhang was about to open his mouth to say something, but the man interrupted him again.

"Could it be that it's your boyfriend?" Lin Feng felt that the man looked at him with a very playful look.