Book House Strange Talk

Chapter 14 The Song of Everlasting Sorrow

Tai Yi held his breath, didn't dare to blink his eyes, and met the woman's eyes, that half rotten half seductive face glowed blue under the pale moonlight.

The two were deadlocked for a few minutes, until Tai Yi's eyes were so dry that he couldn't take it anymore, so he blinked his eyes uncontrollably. In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of him changed—the ceiling was in front of him, and he himself was lying flat. of.

Tai Yi looked at the ceiling in a daze, he... just woke up?

He can feel that Xing Yang's face is very close to him now. Xing Yang likes to sleep on his side, unlike him who wakes up whenever he falls asleep, and can maintain a position all night.

Remembering the dream just now, I was still a little scared and didn't dare to turn my head to see what was lying next to me. After a while of mental construction, I dared to take a quick glance with my eyes. It was Xing Yang who was right.

Tai Yi heaved a sigh of relief and propped himself up against the head of the bed. It was already dawn, and he guessed it would be almost five o'clock in the morning. He couldn't fall asleep for a while and didn't want to play with his phone, so he leaned here in a daze.

Is that a dream within a dream?

This is the first time he had such a dream, just like the movie Inception he had seen before, it was realistic and scary, the touch, the smell he felt in the dream just now, and the female ghost lying on the side of his head. The fear around me is so real.

Tai Yi couldn't help but imagine what would happen if he was immersed in a dream one day?In other words, who can assure him that he is now in the real world and not in a dream.

Xing Yang interrupted his random thoughts from five o'clock in the morning. He half-closed his eyes and saw Tai Yi leaning his head on the bed in a daze. He frowned and asked him vaguely, "Why don't you go to bed so early?"

Then he put his arms around Tai Yi's thigh, put his head against Tai Yi's leg and fell asleep again.

A set of movements was too natural, Tai Yi stroked Xing Yang's hair with a complicated expression, he always felt that from the beginning when he knew Xing Yang and everyone in the bookstore, they showed a sense of intimacy to him, now thinking back In the past, Uncle Xing always looked at him or passed him by intentionally or unintentionally at school. Aunt Ping, who was standing at the door of the study and talking to him, seemed to be ready to stand there and wait, and Xing Yang... ....

The intimacy that this person showed to him intentionally or unintentionally, was just like what it is now. Even though they had only known each other for two months, they were able to hug his legs to sleep, and the movements were so natural that it seemed that they should have done so in the first place.If it were Tai Yi himself, even if it was a friend like Liu Hua who he had known for five or six years, he would not think that he would sleep with his lap hugged.

Contrary to his irritable personality, Xing Yang's hair is extraordinarily soft, especially around the ears. Tai Yi played for a while and saw Xing Yang frowned slightly when he was disturbed by him before letting go.

He believed that none of these people had any malice towards him, but Xing Yang didn't take the initiative to say that he didn't have the interest to take the initiative to mention this matter, forget it, just wait until Xing Yang wants to talk about it.

The sun rose quickly in the morning, and the dark blue sky was slowly turning white. From time to time, the sound of birds could be heard outside, and Tai Yi's eyelids sank again, and he got under the quilt, letting Xing Yang hold his waist and enter. sleep.

This sleep is dreamless.

Tai Yi was woken up by the background music of Dou Di Zhu, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the back of Xing Yang's phone facing him, and the big eyes of the sad baby on the phone case seemed to be accusing Xing Yang.

"Why are you fighting the landlord with my mobile phone!" Tai Yi snatched the mobile phone but failed to get it back, "Why didn't you take your own mobile phone to download it, and how did you know my lock screen password?"

Xing Yang turned over and refused Tai Yi to prevent him from indulging in games, saying: "Six 1s, there is no guessing, I don't want this kind of useless software to appear in my mobile phone."

"......"Neuropathy.

Tai Yi found Xing Yang's cell phone from under the pillow, tried 123456 casually and unlocked it, seeing such a simple password, Tai Yi was suddenly at a loss for words.Xing Yang's mobile phone is completely blank, except for WeChat, Taobao and a few icons of necessary functions, and the photo album is full of messy photos, and there are many phantom images. I don't know what he wants to take. photo.

But there is a group in Xing Yang's photo album, which contains screenshots of men's clothing and various pictures of men's clothing and shoes.

"..." Really speechless.

Suddenly thought of the shocking row of white shirts in this person's closet. They all looked similar. Tai Yi thought that only one or two of these so-called basic clothes would be enough, but Xing Yang actually had 20 shirts. Many pieces, and this quantity is only for white shirts.After he showed an incomprehensible expression, it was rare for Xing Yang to patiently explain to him the difference in the material design of each brand.

Tai Yi went to station B on Xing Yang's mobile phone to watch anime, and the two of them switched mobile phones to play for almost two o'clock when they heard Aunt Ping calling them to eat, then got up from the bed to wash up, and Tai Yi realized that he had been on the ground until he got off the ground. Holding back a pee, I didn't feel that my bladder was going to explode until I stood up.

Tai's father sent a message saying that he would play at home at night, and Tai Yi decided to go home and stay in the afternoon. He can't help with Cha Juanshou's matter, as long as he waits for the command at home. Xing Yang and Zong Yin are in charge of the case After contacting the people, we will go there to act together in the afternoon. Even Aunt Ping has been arranged by Xing Yang. It is rare that the bookstore will be closed for a rest. Tai Yi took a photo of her and the wooden sign as a souvenir.

The three soldiers went one by one in three groups.

When Tai Yi got home, he went back to bed and lay down. After lying down for a while, Xiaohan came. She had nothing to do and chatted with Tai Yi about the case, then sat on the computer chair and stared at a bracelet in a daze.

Tai Yi looked at the bracelet curiously, the thin red string without any pattern or technique was wearing a round and small pearl, it was a very ordinary and unattractive bracelet style, but Tai Yi felt that this bracelet looked very familiar. Where had he seen it before, he had to go through this chain and take a closer look to remember - there was exactly the same one on the wrist of the woman with only half a beautiful face in his dream.

"Where did you come from?" Tai Yi asked.

Xiaohan didn't hide it either, and said, "I picked it up, I always think I've seen this bracelet somewhere before, but I just can't remember it."

Although Tai Yi has known Miss Xiaohan for six years, his understanding of her is only superficial, and he doesn't even know how Xiaohan died.

After all, Xiaohan doesn't know about it, she only knows what or who she is looking for, and she won't give up until she finds it, otherwise why is she so resistant to reincarnation.

But when Tai Yi asked what she was looking for, she was also very confused. Xiaohan forgot everything, even how many years she had been a ghost, but she felt that if one day she met the person she was looking for or Things must have perception.

So when she saw this familiar bracelet, she picked it up without hesitation.

Tai Yi told Xiao Han the dream he had last night, and asked her: "Do you have any impressions? The half-beautiful face and half-rotten face, I think if you have seen this person, you must be very impressed."

Xiaohan shook her head and bit the corner of her mouth: "I have no impression, but I think that as long as I find out the truth of this case, I can know what I am looking for. I am familiar with the smell on those corpses, and I am also very familiar with this bracelet." Familiarity, smell and bracelet...what is the connection...."

Seeing Xiaohan lost in thought again, Tai Yi didn't bother her anymore. Maybe it's because the blood sugar rises after a full meal, and he tends to get sleepy. It's less than an hour after lunch. He was sleepy again, and fell asleep before putting down his phone. caught.This time, I didn't dream of anything, but I felt that there was someone singing a song with a strange tone all the time, and the voice was not real, and the voice was also far and near.

On the other side, Xing Yang sat in the office and chatted with the person in charge about the case. Since the fourth deceased was discovered yesterday, they contacted the local police and jointly investigated many similar places in the city, but no new deceased was found.

"After we checked the four deceased, we found that they were all due to car accidents, cancer and other reasons, but their condition suddenly improved rapidly and even returned to the same level as ordinary people in a short period of time. Wait for death in a secluded place with few people.” The person in charge took out a thin booklet and handed it to Xing Yang. 5th, but the original date was blocked and changed to June 28th, and here, this is the second deceased."

Naturally, the book of life and death cannot be borrowed in full. This person also applied for the secondment of these four people alone. Looking at the few sheets of thin paper in this booklet, Xing Yang suddenly felt a little emotional. Human beings have gone underground in this life, but this one On paper, when you were born, when you died, and what you did that harmed your yin, virtue and yang life are all written in these few strokes. No matter what you have experienced, whether you have had a magnificent experience or have seen any great rivers, just write it down. These seven or eight lines of characters will be lost in this life.

The person in charge saw Xing Yang staring at a piece of paper as if in a daze, and asked aloud, "Master Xing?"

Xing Yang closed the booklet and returned it to him, and asked, "Where is the couple I told you about?"

"Here are the two of them. It's very strange that these two people are different from the previous four deceased." The person in charge looked at Shang Xing Yang and continued, "The first four deceased are only their own. Lifespans have changed, but this couple ... you see here, the husband lived ten years longer but the wife lost 30 years."

Xing Yang understood what this man meant, borrowing life is naturally a matter of a few more days for you, and a few days less for me. The situation of this couple is obviously that the wife gave her life to her husband, but why did they divide it by ten? The year is 30 years less, where did the 20 years of business trip go?

"Lin Jianping, Cheng Ai." Xing Yang silently read the names of the couple several times, and before leaving, he told the couple that he would personally watch the couple and ask them to go to another "ghost market" to find clues. The person in charge said——when he was in the abandoned building yesterday, he always felt that there was a faint fox smell on the corpse. Xing Yang couldn't guarantee 100% that he really smelled it, but now he is very sensitive to things related to foxes. A clue is always right.

As for the other ghost market he said is a ghost market in the true sense, his Yingyang Street ghost market was just a few food stalls around his bookstore at the beginning. Ghosts and elves, besides, Yingyang Street has him sitting in it. Although there are mixed fish and dragons, no fools dare to make trouble here. It is said that the ghost market is like a managed commercial street, but the real ghost market has everything.

Even when he goes, he can meet someone who is really not afraid of death and rushes up to try to take a share of him.

Seeing that it was 06:30, Xing Yang looked at the WeChat chat records and Tai Yi hadn't sent him a message for more than four hours, so he dialed a voice chat and waited for a minute before answering, listening to the voice Tai Yi Even though Yi hadn't woken up yet, Xing Yang felt bored after 1 hours a day. Tai Yi must have slept for 24 hours now: "Are you going to sleep tonight?"

Tai Yi yawned and turned over, saying, "I'm very sleepy today, what's the matter?"

"Take you to the ghost market at night?"

"Ghost market? Don't go."

As if expecting that Tai Yi would refuse, Xing Yang added: "It's not Yingyang Street, it's a real ghost market, open your eyes."

A real ghost city?

Tai Yi nodded, remembering that he couldn't see the person on the phone, and said, "Then you have to wait until my dad falls asleep."

The two of them hung up the phone after agreeing, and Tai Yi stretched out and got off the bed. When he woke up just now, he heard movement in the kitchen, and when he opened the door, he could smell the aroma of rice.

Hearing the commotion, Tai Fang poked his head from the kitchen: "Wake up, the dishes haven't been cooked yet, I want to call you after the dishes are ready."

Tai Yi put the rice on the chicken nest head, and chatted with his father for a while. It was many days ago that the two sat together to eat together. Either his father worked overtime, or he ate in the bookstore. .

Tai Fang picked up some food for him, and asked: "Can you go to the bookstore and trouble people to eat?"

"Fortunately, Aunt Ping said that if I don't eat it, it's not easy for her to cook a meal with few people. I also help wash the dishes."

"Okay, just don't trouble others too much. Is the money enough? Tell me if you don't have enough money."

Tai Yi nodded. After dinner, his father was on the sofa playing with the TV on his mobile phone while he was washing dishes in the kitchen. In fact, he just wanted to ask his father if he had a partner of the opposite sex who he thought was good. If he was willing to remarry, he would not If he objected, his mother wouldn't feel anything, but she stopped talking. This is his father's own choice and he should respect it.

It was past eleven o'clock when Xing Yang hadn't sent a message to contact him. Just when Tai Yi was about to send a message, he suddenly heard the sound of someone knocking on the window. This kind of sound of someone knocking on the window in the middle of the night was still very scary. Hairy, goosebumps running up, and when I was thinking about using something to open the curtains, I heard Xing Yang's voice.

"Can you open the window quickly? What kind of lock is on your twelfth floor?"

Hearing this, Tai Yi hurriedly opened the curtains, and saw Xing Yang standing impatiently outside the window. Fortunately, there was a small platform under the window in his bedroom where people could stand, but it was quite scary.

"You are insane, why don't you go through the main entrance? I can go down as well, how can someone turn over someone's window?"

Xing Yang turned in from the window and took a look around Tai Yi's bedroom, saw a large string of strange talismans on the head of the bed. Just about to show a mocking expression, he caught a glimpse of Tai Yi crossing his arms and looking at him like he was crazy, so he shut up He took out a scroll from behind, unfolded it into a meticulous painting, on which was a crooked willow tree, behind the willow tree could vaguely see some bungalows, Xing Yang dragged him before Tai Yi asked him where he took out the painting into the painting.

I didn't feel anything, but when I opened my eyes, I saw the willow tree in the painting just beside the two of them.Xing Yang took out a willow leaf and stuffed it into Tai Yi's mouth, letting him press it under his tongue to keep the smell of life out of his body. The two of them walked inside one after the other. The willow tree was very thick and tall. , Tai Yi followed Xing Yang for a long distance and then turned around and still saw this willow tree, as if telling pedestrians who came in by mistake where to leave.

If Yingyang Street is a brightly lit and bustling place, then this ghost market is the complete opposite.The mist rising from the soles of the feet enveloped the place, and the nostrils felt wet. I didn’t know whether it was mud or something under my feet. The soles of my shoes were soft and sticky. The shops along the street were closed. The bright lights inside can be seen through the oil-paper windows. Compared with the shops, there are more mobile stalls and sellers looking for customers on the street.

Tai Yi followed Xing Yang closely and didn't dare to go far. Seeing him like this, Xing Yang simply took his hand and led him forward.Most of the people here recognize Xing Yang, and although they don't know how to greet him, they don't get close to him, but they still meet a few boys who don't know Xing Yang, smelling the smell of life on Tai Yi's body, desperately stretching out their hands to think. Pull him away.

Xing Yang pulled Tai Yi to his side and took out small knives, one by one, and the two little ghosts lost their souls.

The little ghost's screams failed to attract the attention of the surroundings. Such scenes are too common in this ghost city. The little ghosts who are not wise are like wild dogs biting people on the street. They dare to provoke them everywhere. It didn't end well in the end.Xing Yang stood in front of a shop and knocked on the door five times, then pushed the door open and entered.

Different from the weird atmosphere outside, the store is very warm and bright, there is no one in the store, only a paper doll is behind the counter in a daze, not knowing to say hello to the customers when they see them.Hearing Tai Yi's relieved voice, Xing Yang squeezed his hand and asked him softly, "You're scared, sit here and rest for a while."

The two of them sat on the chairs, and saw the paper figurine take out the small teapot and teacup from the cabinet stiffly, holding the hot water pot tremblingly to make a pot of tea, with dull eyes and two funny big red cheeks on his face Red with this set of movements looks cute and weird. Tai Yi felt that the tea would have to be served by a paper figurine in the next second and hurriedly got up to take it. He didn't know if the paper figurine could understand him, so he kept saying thank you Then he saw the paper figurine nodded at him stiffly.

After sitting for more than ten minutes, I saw a short old man walking down the stairs quickly. Tai Yi, who was walking in small steps, was afraid that he would trip over him. He had seen many people after following Xing Yang for so long. Now, seeing the old man's appearance, I guessed in my heart that he might be a mouse spirit. This little bean has sharp eyes, a nose and a protruding mouth, and when put together, it looks like a big mouse.

"Oh, oh, Mr. Xing came here too fast, this one is also handsome and beautiful! I don't know what's the name of the little brother?" Only when the man approached Tai Yi did he really feel that he was really short, with his head only reaching his chest. Tai Yi was about to say what his name was when Xing Yang interrupted him.

"Don't talk about that useless, let me ask you, is there any birthday seller here recently?" Xing Yang pulled the mouse to the chair, and he stepped on the open space between the old man's legs and stared at him condescendingly , Tai Yi said sorry to the little old man, took out the rope and tied him to the chair.

Some folks borrow a life span of three to five days, and if they don't do anything harmful to the world, they will turn a blind eye to it underground, but the nature of life selling is different, which is the opposite of the following.

The little old man begged Xing Yang for mercy with a bitter face: "Master Xing, my good lord! How can this little old man know, this ghost city is so big, people come in and out every day, how can I keep an eye on the ground! This is Don’t you have to turn around to see if you have ten eyes?”

The paper figurine saw that the owner was tied up and was about to smash the half-person-high golden toad statue on the ground. Xing Yang threw a nail and fixed it on the cabinet so that it could not move. The golden toad fell to the ground with a "bang" sound. The little old man frowned distressedly.

"Don't fart, where can you get a bunch of disciples and grandchildren, there is nothing you don't know, don't say yes, okay, Tai Yi, go open the cabinet, and take whichever you like." Xing Yang turned his head to Tai Yi With a look, "Don't open the first one, it's worthless, open the third one, yes, just take that Yu Ruyi away, and take away those stone seal ornaments inside!"

The mouse spirit was tied up by the red string and couldn't move, and he didn't dare to move. He watched the things in the cabinet being taken away and shook his legs anxiously. Seeing Xing Yang's slightly playful eyes, he had to smile and beg for mercy. I feel very sorry for the treasure that was taken away by Tai Yi, but it seems that I have been prepared for it in the blink of an eye.

Xing Yang rubbed his chin, knelt down and asked him: "The baby is taken away and he won't say who is selling it? Don't tell me, Tai Yi, turn the vase in front of you half a circle clockwise."

Tai Yi put the things in his hand on the ground, and obediently turned the red vase in front of him, but after turning it lightly, he heard a "click" sound from the mechanism, and a small box popped out from the grid next to the vase. When it was opened, it was a somewhat black sterling silver safety lock placed in red flannelette, the style was very ordinary, and the sound of the small silver bell adorned underneath was clear and crisp.

"Xing Yang, is this it?"

Tai Yi held up the lock for Xing Yang to see. The little old man had already panicked when he heard Xing Yang touch the bottle just now. Seeing that Tai Yi was holding the safety lock and was going to give it to Xing Yang, he immediately ignored so much and struggled. stand up.

"Oh, how valuable is this broken lock? I have so many good jades and emeralds, and a pair of cups used by Concubine Yang Gui. You can take them all if you like them, Mr. Xing! Don't take these worthless things... "

Xing Yang waved the Pingan lock in front of his eyes, smiled and asked him with squinted eyes: "Say it or not, or I will melt it directly."

"Hey, I said, I said, I said, it's okay."

Tai Yi raised his hand to signal if he wanted to untie the rope, Xing Yang shook his head at him, things like mice can run faster than anyone else, so he can't let him loose now.Turning over the palm of your hand, there was a mass of blue-purple flames. Seeing that the safety lock was about to be caught in the flames, the old man shouted: "It's a fox selling birthdays here. Its whereabouts are uncertain every day, and I don't know what it is asking for. Oh, my lord Xing!" I swear I've seen this little fox before, once you said that there are so many people coming and going in this ghost city every day, how can I keep a close eye on it with just my two eyes!"

Xing Yang put away the flame in his heart, picked up the teacup with a wrinkled face and quickly took a sip for him: "Take a breath, this big bunch is not afraid of lack of oxygen. The head is big enough to be hypoxic, it will be even bigger."

Tai Yi took the safety lock he threw over, and looked at the old man's face turning purple when he heard Xing Yang's words, Xing Yang's words were really hurtful.He also saw that the safety lock was only important to the old man, not to Xing Yang. Anyway, he asked what he wanted to know, so Tai Yi honestly put the safety lock back into the box.

As soon as the rope was untied, the big mouse grinned and rubbed its arms and legs, and because Xing Yang dared not show too presumptuously, he bowed to him and asked, "Is there anything else to do, my lord?"

The safety lock is no longer necessary, but other good things must be avoided. If you don’t take advantage of the bastard, what the predecessors said makes sense.When Xing Yang didn't see the expression on the little old man's face, he put up all the things that Tai Yi picked up just now, and said while pretending: "In the past few days, people from the General Yin Office will come to investigate the case, I will go to find them first." Fox, you know what to tell them, don't you?"

"I know, I know, don't delay Mr. Xing's work."

"It's good to know." Xing Yang smiled at him and straightened his hat, leading Tai Yi away.

The two of them went back along the way they came from. The willow tree with crooked neck was like the gate of this ghost city. I don't know how long I've been in this place. He was in the bedroom, and when he looked up, it was dark and full of moonlight, and he suspected that there was no daylight in this place.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw a woman in his peripheral vision. He was too familiar with it. It was the woman who sold his suitcase.

"Xing Yang! I saw that woman who sells suitcases!"

Xing Yang pulled him and ran towards the direction he pointed: "Is that right?"

Tai Yi nodded affirmatively and said, "Absolutely not, I saw her face!"

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I stopped updating for the sixth level, studied hard, and vowed to bet that this year’s translation test is Chinese medicine, and I went to the examination room with confidence. Before going to the classroom, I bought a cup of Yihetang’s lemon coffee, sugar-free and iced. .

Holding the composition, I was thinking: Why should I take this sixth level exam?I just graduated and went home, isn't it delicious?

It's rare to take the chart test this year, and I haven't taken the test in ten years

The composition I am best at is chart composition, which is a set of clichés, but I can't understand the title! !

China's achievement of poverty alleviation.

I remember you, poverty is poverty,

I will remember this word this time,

Wrote a full article on urbanization,

My last paragraph is still beeping: any change has two sides, we have to look at the development of things dialectically

What are the two sides of comprehensive poverty alleviation?What two sides! ! ! ! !

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