Urban Oddities: The Seven-Day Cycle

The ancestral hall occupies a very large area and is full of incense. Several doctors in white coats waited in front of the ancestral hall. When Liang Daxian came, they went up to meet him, handed Liang Daxian a crutch, and helped him out of the wheelchair. I don't know if there is something wrong with Daxian's leg, and he walks unsteadily, as if he was drunk. The doctors supported him, and he went all the way into the main hall of the ancestral hall, and went to the backyard.

Yan Shi stopped a person casually and asked, "Liang Daxian lives here?"

"That's right, the backyard is for people to live in. Liang Daxian has to offer sacrifices to the gods and pray for blessings in the morning, so where else can he live if he doesn't live here?"

"Can I enter the ancestral hall now?"

"Yes, of course!" The man was very enthusiastic. Seeing that they were from other places, he specially introduced the ancestral hall to them, and told them that there is a place to ask for lottery in the ancestral hall, which is very useful. He suggested that they try it. .

As Liang Daxian left, the crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only scattered pilgrims in the ancestral hall, Yan Shi supported Luo Yunsong and stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall in a daze.

"Come on, let's go in and have a look too." Luo Yunsong said, wanting to go in, but was grabbed by Yan Shi.

Yan Shi lowered his voice and said: "The most important thing now is to find Zhou Yongfei, and we should not get involved in other matters."

In fact, Yan Shi knew in his heart that there must be something wrong with Liang Daxian. At that time in the crowd, he saw Yang Xiaoji and Tiantian secretly following Liang Daxian, but Ao Lie followed Liang Daxian with a face full of surprise as if he saw something new. Well, as soon as he left, Xu Hua had to follow of course. Now that the crowd dispersed, those guys didn't know where they went.

"Yan Shi, there is a problem in this small town, maybe Zhou Yongfei and Zhou Yongling are here to investigate this matter." Luo Yunsong tugged at Yan Shi, "Go in and have a look."

Yan Shi thought about it carefully, and felt that his analysis was also reasonable. What they lacked now was clues. Zhou Yongling had escaped, and the investigation had no clue. Now they can only be dead horses as living horse doctors. The incense was received at the reception, and there was a half-eaten fragrant meat bun on the table. The two of them smelled it and their stomachs growled with hunger. Then they remembered that they hadn't eaten breakfast.

The uncle at the reception pointed to the door: "There is breakfast in the alley outside, go buy it and eat."

The two thanked them and were about to leave when the uncle stopped them and said, "It's faster to go out through the side door on the west side, and you have to make a big detour through the main door."

"How do I go to the west door?" Luo Yunsong asked carefully.

The uncle gestured and said: "Hey, go over there, walk out of two alleys, turn left, and make another half turn and you will be there!"

Luo Yunsong confidently led Yan Shi to the west. After walking for a long time, Yan Shi couldn't help asking: "Did you turn left or right just now?"

Luo Yunsong: "..."

Yan Shi asked again, "Where does the sun come from?"

Luo Yunsong quickly replied, "To the east."

"Which way is east?"

"..."

"If you get lost, just admit it! You big road idiot!" Yan Shi pinched the big road idiot, and walked away sullenly.

Luo Yunsong looked around, he didn't know where he went, the yard was deserted and deserted, from the architectural point of view, it seemed that he had arrived at the accommodation area, every temple and ancestral hall always had a place for pilgrims to live, this one The ancestral hall occupies an exaggeratedly large area. The front yard is for people to worship and the back yard is for people to live in. After several generations of expansion, it has become quite large.

Luo Yunsong wanted to ask someone, but he walked a long way, but he didn't see anyone.

Yan Shi thought, as long as he walked around the yard, he would be able to go back to the gate sooner or later, but he led Luo Yunsong all the way into a dead end, and the two had to go back and walk back along the way they came. After a while, the scenery became more and more unfamiliar, Yan Shi had to admit that he was also lost.

"Hey, why is it so complicated to build such a good ancestral hall? Do you think those people are too idle?" Yan Shi sighed.

Luo Yunsong echoed: "That's right, don't put up a road sign, and our Yanda will get lost!"

"Which guy doesn't distinguish between left and right?"

Luo Yunsong touched his nose: "Well, he seems to be tall, rich and handsome."

Yan Shi was about to taunt a few words, but suddenly his expression froze, and he stopped. Seeing that his expression was not right, Luo Yunsong immediately became nervous: "What's wrong? What did you see?"

"Hush..." Yan Shi stood quietly for a while, grabbed Luo Yunsong, and asked anxiously, "Did you smell anything?"

Luo Yunsong sniffed carefully: "What?"

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer." Yan Shi sniffed, waited for a while, and finally another gust of wind blew, and the expressions of both of them changed drastically at the same time.

There is a scent in the wind.

Zhou Yongling's perfume!

"Damn, that woman is nearby!" Yan Shi raised his feet and chased in the direction of the wind. If Zhou Yongling lived here, things would be much easier. Just check the registration list of the accommodation to know where she is The town is only that big, and he doesn't believe that Zhou Yongling can escape to a place where they can't find it!

The fragrance seemed to be absent, intermittent, and mixed with the smell of disinfectant. Yan Shi was determined to find Zhou Yongling. When he chased to the fork, the draft was blowing from all directions. The smell of disinfectant and incense was mixed in the wind. The smell of perfume is no longer there.

"Luo Yunsong, let's look separately, but don't go too far, meet here..." Yan Shi turned his head.

There is no one behind.

At some point, Luo Yunsong went astray with him!

"Damn!" Yan Shi was extremely confused, Zhou Yongling didn't find it, but lost a big man instead, what a loss for his wife and an army!Then Yan Shi calmed down and took out his mobile phone to call Luo Yunsong. There was no sound on the phone. After a few seconds, he hung up automatically. Yan Shi dialed again, but he still hung up automatically. He took a closer look and found that the signal grid was empty. In other words, at the position where he was standing, there was no signal at all!

Yan Shi ran out of the corridor and went to an open space. The signal grid was still empty. He changed several positions, but there was still no signal. At that moment, a chill suddenly rose in his heart. If he went to It's okay to go to the deep mountains and old forests, but he is obviously in a small town, and he sent a message to share information with Lei Tingwanjun in the morning, but when he entered the ancestral hall, the signal couldn't cover it?

Yan Shi suddenly remembered the scene in the guest house. At that time, he entered the formation, but now, did he unknowingly enter another formation?

Looking at the empty corridor, Yan Shi felt his heart pounding. He didn't know where the crisis would come from. He decided to take a gamble. Yan Shi put his hands around his mouth and shouted loudly: "Luo Yunsong——Luo Yunsong—you where--?!"

Of course, he got no response.

Luo Yunsong was not there.

Here, he is alone.

Yan Shi fumbled in his pocket, looking for a lighter. When he was in the guest house, he just destroyed it by accident. There were so many trees in the ancestral hall, so he picked one and burned it first. Yan Shi fumbled and touched his own. Thigh, took out the pocket and looked, it turned out that the pocket was worn out, and the lighter and cigarettes slipped out along the trouser leg at some point.

Yan Shi couldn't laugh or cry, and regretted not wearing skinny jeans.

It was impossible to set fire, and I looked around carefully, thinking about how to destroy it. At this moment, there was a muffled knocking sound from upstairs.

Yan Shi stood at the top of the stairs and looked up. There was a gust of draft. He waited for a while, wondering if he heard it wrong. Suddenly, the muffled knocking sound rang out again.

bang... bang... bang...

……what?

Yan Shi wiped his face, and walked up the stairs cautiously.

bang... bang... bang...

"Who?" Yan Shi roared.

The knocking sound stopped, and after a while, it rang again. After a while, it stopped for a while, Yan Shi distinguished the direction, and chased all the way to the third floor. Just in time, the knocking sound rang again, and Yan Shi could hear it clearly this time. , the sound came from the room at the end, the door was ajar, and it was pitch black inside.

"Who's inside?" Yan Shi stood by the door and looked inside. The people inside must have heard his voice. Yan Shi wondered if someone had been kidnapped and trapped in the box?

The person inside didn't answer him, but kept knocking, the bang bang sound became more and more urgent, Yan Shi pushed the door open, and the skylight poured into the room. In the depth of the room, there was a long and large box.

The light was too dark for Yan Shi to see clearly. He groped to the wall and pressed the switch. The light flickered and turned on. When he saw the big box clearly, Yan Shi gasped and took a step back involuntarily.

A pair of dark coffins, placed in the depths of the room!

And that bang bang sound came from inside the coffin!

The thing was unbelievable, Yan Shi's first thought was to fake a corpse, but what if what is locked inside is not a corpse, but a living person?

"Who's inside?" Yan Shi approached slowly, and asked again, "Are you human?"

Bang bang!Bang bang!

The coffin was nailed with nails and engraved with inexplicable charms. Yan Shi went around to one end of the coffin and saw a black and white photo pasted on it, it was an old lady with white hair.

Yan Shi touched the lid of the coffin, and could feel the strength of the beating inside, which made the coffin rustle. It is impossible for the old lady to have such strength. Could it be that someone else was locked up?

Yan Shi immersed himself in the study of the nail, wondering how to open it, but he didn't know that there was a person standing silently behind him. By the time Yan Shi realized it, it was already too late. There was a sharp pain, and when his eyes went dark, he lost consciousness.

Luo Yunsong was still wandering in the yard at this time, he just heard Yan Shi's voice, and followed the voice to find him, why didn't he see anyone?

"Strict——!! Yan——!" Luo Yunsong also went all out, shouting loudly, and his voice echoed everywhere. If he was strict, he would definitely be able to hear it, but Luo Yunsong didn't receive any response, and his heart skipped a beat. Shen, did something unexpected happen to Yan Shi?

Footsteps sounded in the corridor, Luo Yunsong shouted Yan Shi's name, and hurried up to meet him, when the man walked out of the corner, Luo Yunsong stopped in his tracks.

"Hello, how can I help you?" The man in the white coat pushed his glasses, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Luo Yunsong asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"

The man took out a business card from his pocket, handed it to him respectfully, stretched out his hand and said, "My name is Yu Xi, I work in a pharmaceutical company."

Luo Yunsong glanced at the business card, reached out and shook his hand, and asked, "Have you seen my friend? The man is about my height."

In fact, Luo Yunsong didn't have any hope in his heart. How could there be such a coincidence in the world that he could ask Yan Shi's whereabouts if he met someone casually?Unexpectedly, Yu Xi smiled easily and said, "Yes."

"Ah... where is he?!"

"Your friend had an accident." Seeing Luo Yunsong's impatient look, Yu Xi smiled, "Don't worry, he fell and injured. Fortunately, we found out early. Come, I'll take you to see him."

Luo Yunsong didn't leave, stared at Yu Xi, and asked, "Are you sure it's him?"

Yu Xi said: "He is wearing Mickey's casual clothes, with Mickey's head on the clothes, and the pattern occupies half of the clothes. The pants are a set, and the bags on the left and right sides are also printed with Mickey's pattern."

Luo Yunsong finally breathed a sigh of relief, that's right, Yan Shi is dressed like this today, and he is probably the only one in the town dressed like this.

Yu Xi smiled and said, "This is the pilgrim's rest area. It's not open to the public. You two are the only ones who come in. I guess you came in through the small door? The lock of the small door is broken, and the management is arranging someone to fix it. "

Luo Yunsong was confused, how could he remember the small door, Yu Xi led him to turn left and right, and finally arrived at the reception area next to the door, Yan Shi's head was wrapped in a bandage, lying on the sofa, he was already awake When Luo Yunsong came in, Yan Shi happened to look at him.

The doctor handed Luo Yunsong a bottle of Huoluo Oil and told him that Yan Shi fell on the ground and hit the wall, hitting his head in a big bump, but the injury was not serious. He needed to rest for a few days and put on Huoluo Oil. It will be fine soon.

Luo Yunsong kept thanking him, and wanted to pay for it. The doctor waved his hand and said that there would be no charge. They came to the town to practice medicine voluntarily, and they would not charge any fees. Then, he took out a brochure to Luo Yunsong, Luo Yunsong understood it at a glance. It turned out that Yu Xi and the others had opened a new health care product company, and they came to the town to advertise on the basis of voluntary medical practice.

The doctor chatted with them for a while, someone called outside the door, saying that there was a patient coming to see the doctor, and the doctor ran out in a hurry, Yu Xi didn't say much, just told Yan Shi to take a good rest, and then followed the doctor and left.

Yan Shi looked at Yu Xi's disappearing figure, a little lost in thought, when suddenly a finger stretched out in front of him, Luo Yunsong asked, "How many fingers are here?"

Yan Shi said angrily, "One."

"What about this?"

"Two."

"Very well, then who am I?"

"Dalu crazy!"

Dalu Chi: "..."

Yan Shi narrowed his eyes for a while, and suddenly said: "Let's go."

"Where?"

"Go back." Yan Shi said softly, "Some things are inconvenient to say here."

Luo Yunsong supported Yan Shi back to the guest house, and the girl on duty at the front desk handed Yan Shi a bill with a smile.

"Sir, your girlfriend's rent for this month has not been settled, please help her to pay."

Yan Shi looked at the large string of zeros on the bill, and his brain began to ache again: "She...she... owed a month?!"

"Yes, Ms. Zhou Yongling has lived here for several months. After applying for a VIP card, the proprietress is very accommodating. She asked her to pay at the end of the month, and even gave her a [-]% discount."

"Then does her brother Zhou Yongfei live with her?"

"Mr. Zhou Yongfei lives next door to her, but Ms. Zhou Yongling has already checked out for him more than a month ago."

"Hmm." Yan Shi nodded. Seeing that they were about to go upstairs, the younger sister hurried to catch up and urged them to remember to pay.

Yan Shi was holding his breath, not to mention having an extra girlfriend for no reason, and even owed a whole lot of debts on behalf of his girlfriend, but there is no way, now that he is not her boyfriend, does anyone still believe it?Yan Shi swiped a card tremblingly, but after swiping it, it was not enough, and finally Luo Yunsong swiped one for him, and finally paid in full.

Luo Yunsong helped Yan Shi back to the room, made a cup of coffee, and brought it to him: "Drink Yan Da coffee."

Yan Shi took the coffee and hummed.

Luo Yunsong sat beside him, intentionally or unintentionally, said, "If you want a girlfriend, you might as well have a boyfriend."

Yan Shi said: "That's right, a boyfriend can still be your girlfriend when you're lonely."

Luo Yunsong choked, but mustered up the courage to ask: "Then do you want a boyfriend?"

Yan Shi finished his coffee, lay on the bed, turned over and ignored him.

Luo Yunsong grabbed the quilt and covered Yan Shi, observed his expression, and discussed: "What do you want, I will be your boyfriend?"

Yan Shi turned over and looked at Luo Yunsong.

Luo Yunsong put a cigarette in his mouth, lit it for him, and sat on the edge of the bed with one in his mouth, smoking.

Yan Shi got up and sat next to him. After a while, Luo Yunsong asked, "You fell and fainted?"

Yan Shi shook his head and pointed to his neck: "Look, are there any traces?"

Luo Yunsong opened his collar and took a closer look: "It's a little red."

"That's right, I remember, I was knocked unconscious." Yan Shi recounted what he saw, but the doctor told him that he fell and hit his head.

"I only thought of one possibility." Yan Shi said, "After I fainted, someone threw me again, creating the illusion of a knock-up. The doctor lied and lied to me along with them."

Yan Shi knew in his heart that he had seen something he shouldn't have seen, maybe it was some kind of secret, but he couldn't figure out what it was that was nailed into the coffin.

Could it be that it was really a scam?

Gululu...

The stomachs of the two of them rang, and they finally came back to their senses. They hadn't eaten anything since morning. When Luo Yunsong called to order takeaway, Yan Shi's cell phone rang.

As soon as Yang Xiaoji opened his mouth, he was anxious: "Yan Shi! Where are you?"

"At the guest house! What's wrong?!"

"Okay! We'll be right back!"

"Where are Xiaolie and Xu Hua? Are you with me too?"

"Here I am!"

"Okay!" Yan Shi finished chatting, hung up the phone, and said with a smile, "It seems that Xiaoji has made a new discovery."

Yang Xiaoji did make a new discovery. As soon as they came back, they immediately shared the information with Yan Shi and Luo Yunsong, and tracked Zhou Yongling's aura every day. Zhou Yongling was in the ancestral hall, and Tiantian was too conspicuous. Xiaoji and Tiantian were secretly observing outside, so as not to startle the snake, Yan Shi, that Khan, he was still shouting at Luo Yunsong in the dormitory area, wouldn't this expose all his whereabouts?

Luo Yunsong comforted: "It's okay, I called you before, anyway, the dormitory area is very big, I hope Zhou Yongling's place can't hear us."

Yang Xiaoji smiled and said: "If Zhou Yongling is willing to come out, things will be much easier. She is in the ancestral hall, so we can't do anything."

"Why?" Luo Yunsong asked curiously.

Yang Xiaoji pushed Ao Lie, motioned him to talk, Ao Lie recalled a moment, and said: "In the ancestral hall, there are several things that are not human."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Yunsong stood up suddenly: "Eight hands! A few heads!"

Ao Lie nodded, then shook his head: "No, some have four hands, some have eight hands, and I don't even bother to count the others."

While taking notes seriously, Xu Hua said: "The people here seem to respect them very much. Xiaolie and I mingled in the crowd and listened to their lectures. If we act casually, I'm afraid it will cause public outrage. Then we will Don't even think about staying in a small town."

Yan Shi wondered, "I'm also in the ancestral hall, why can't I see how many extra hands they have?"

Yang Xiaoji touched Tian Tian and sighed: "Those are soul bodies, of course ordinary people can't see them."

"Soul body?"

"En." Yang Xiaoji replied, his expression became very bewildered, obviously he also couldn't believe this matter.

Yan Shi buried his head in thinking, and suddenly, he jumped up, opened his mouth wide, but couldn't say a word, Yang Xiaoji saw his reaction, he knew he wanted to understand.

Luo Yunsong took a slow beat, and at this moment, his mind also turned around, and he said dumbfounded: "Could it be... are those... corpses... corpses..."

"That's right, it's a corpse." Xu Hua was still taking notes calmly, he wrote down a sentence neatly in the notebook, and said it at the same time, "Several souls are squeezed into the same body , bringing the corpse to life.”