Burning fire

The itinerary was tight, the five of them spent a day and a half on the road, and slept on the plane that night.

When they got off the bus, it was okay that the three were not "humans", but Lin Juan, a shady man, and Zhou Qizun, an ordinary man, had already had backaches and backaches.

"It's too painful." Lin Juan rubbed his neck, and fell asleep on the plane last night, and the pain was severe.

"It's finally here." Zhou Qizun also said with a long sigh.

Zhang Jueming followed Zhou Qizun out of the car, and asked with concern, "Is there anything uncomfortable?"

"It's nothing, but I've been sitting for a long time, and my back is numb." Zhou Qizun said.

Zhang Jueming dragged the person up and down to look around three times, he was sure that Zhou Qizun was fine, so he was relieved.

"What's wrong with this small town..." Zhou Qizun looked around, "It feels a bit strange."

"Indeed." Guo Qingxuan also found out.

Stepping on Lei Dongyang's homeland with both feet, holding Lei Dongyang's ashes in her arms, her heart is crumbling in the cavity, as if there are fragments, and every time the heart beats, it collapses and peels off.

"Dongyang mentioned his hometown before, saying that although the place is small and remote, it is very lively, and he also said that he would bring me back to visit if he had the chance." Guo Qingxuan frowned.

"Don't talk about the excitement." Lin Juan took off the hood on his head, "Why is there no one here?"

Not only is it not lively, this town is even more depressed than the countryside in Zhou Qizun's hometown.Whether it is a city or a town, the station is a place with a large flow of people and a relatively noisy place, but when five people came out of this station, they could not see the travelers at the station entrance. A station was quiet and silent, with only the slight whirring of warm wind in their ears.

"Sister Xuan, I'm a little scared." It was clearly broad daylight, but Guo Xiaotong felt goosebumps all over her body, and she moved behind Guo Qingxuan obediently.

"Before we came here, we guessed that something would happen here, but we didn't expect that something was wrong in the whole town." Guo Qingxuan grabbed Guo Xiaotong's hand, and Guo Xiaotong gained a little courage.

"Let's go first." Zhou Qizun said, "Maybe you can see people when you get to the main road."

"Yes." Zhang Jueming nodded, "Let's go, everyone be careful."

While speaking, he moved closer to Zhou Qizun's side, and Zhou Qizun saw it through but didn't tell him - Zhang Jueming's virtue of protecting the calf from a puppy came again.

They walked all the way to the main road, Zhou Qizun looked at it with his mobile phone in his hand, and Liu Jian sent Lei Dongyang's home address to his mobile phone.The address was a little far from the station. He wanted to stop two taxis on the road, which would be more convenient. Unfortunately, they walked two miles away, and they didn't see half of the taxi.

As we got closer to the main road, there were a few pedestrians here and there, but they all bowed their heads and walked quickly, as if there was a plague behind them.

A middle-aged man with an unshaven beard passed by, Zhou Qizun grabbed the rough man and asked, "Hi, I want to ask..."

"Get lost!" The man slammed Zhou Qizun's hand away, like a hedgehog with a thorn in his face, and yelled at Zhou Qizun, "They're all dead, get out!"

After yelling, he ran away in a panic.

Zhou Qizun: "..."

Guo Xiaotong looked dumbfounded: "Is this person a lunatic?"

Zhou Qizun shook his head, his face became serious: "Something must have happened in this town."

He raised his hand and pointed forward: "There is a vegetable market in front, but you see, there is no one there, and there are no stalls in broad daylight."

"Don't talk about Big Brother Zhou, the more you talk about it, the more my heart becomes pissed." Lin Juan rubbed his arms.

Zhou Qizun glanced around and saw a canteen across the street. The door of the canteen was open, and an aunt with permed effervescent curly hair was stretching her head out.

Aunt and Zhou Qizun met eyes, and Zhou Qizun quickly reached out to greet Aunt across the street.Before he could call out "auntie", the aunt shrank her head back, then quickly closed the door and locked the inside.

Zhou Qizun: "..."

Zhou Qizun looked down at the address on the phone again: "Anyway, let's move on."

"Yeah." Zhang Jueming said quickly, "I'm walking in front, Zhou Qizun, Lin Juan, and Guo Xiaotong are in the middle, and Guo Qingxuan is in the back. Be sure to pay attention to safety."

"Okay." Guo Qingxuan nodded.

According to the order Zhang Jueming said, five people lined up and walked forward on the narrow path.

The sun was shining overhead, and it was already lunch time. After walking for a long time, they were already hungry.

"Let's find a place to eat something." Zhang Jueming turned his face and said to the people behind him.

"But the restaurant we passed... was not open." Lin Juan swallowed.

Zhou Qizun grinned: "Yes, I passed by a noodle restaurant and two fast food restaurants just now, none of which were open."

Zhang Jueming was thinking about what to do, when there was a loud shout from the corner ahead: "Then tell me! What do you say!"

"How do I know! You yell at me!" Someone yelled again.

These two voices were men's voices, one was louder than the other, and the yelling was especially irritating.

Zhang Jueming and Zhou Qizun exchanged glances, and they immediately ran forward.

"Hey, wait! My lord, Brother Zhou!" Lin Juan quickly followed, "Why didn't you just run away without saying a word!"

"Need to say? You idiot! There is no tacit understanding at all." Guo Xiaotong ran faster than Lin Juan, and Guo Qingxuan followed closely.

After running around the corner, when he turned a corner, he saw a wide and flat road ahead.

There was a coffin in the middle of the avenue.This is a funeral procession, a row of more than a dozen people, all dressed in white, started with two thin girls holding two big wreaths facing each other.

The ones who yelled just now were two strong and strong men, one was bald and the other was hairy. Now the bald man was grabbing hairy collar and spraying, and they were about to fight: "That can't be done!" Keep stopping here? It’s been an hour and I still can’t get out of the coffin!”

"How do I know! I've lifted it five times, but I can't lift it up. Do you think I'm happy to stop here?" Mao Cun was not to be outdone, and sprayed his saliva back.

The two brothers were anxious and pale, resisting each other's saliva and refusing to give in to each other, but the people around lowered their heads, and no one went up to help.

Seeing this, Zhou Qizun immediately wanted to go over. As soon as he took a step, his wrist was grabbed by Zhang Jueming.

"It's okay." Zhou Qizun turned his head and said to Zhang Jueming, he broke away from Zhang Jueming's hand, and patted the back of Zhang Jueming's hand with his backhand, "You go with me."

Zhang Jueming hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"You guys wait here." Zhang Jueming said to Lin Juan who had just followed up behind him, he and Guo Qingxuan exchanged glances, and then followed Zhou Qizun.

"Brother, what's the matter? What's the matter?" Zhou Qizun shouted before reaching the bald and Maocun who were arguing.

Zhang Jueming was taken aback for a moment, and realized that Zhou Qizun was using a local accent, he was speaking a local dialect, and the tone was exactly the same as the two burly men howling just now.

"Oh, big brother?" Zhou Qizun stopped in front of the two of them.

The bald head and Mao Cun gave Zhou Qizun a gouged look, the bald head let go of Mao Cun's collar, and the two of them puffed their clothes, glaring at Zhou Qizun and Zhang Jueming together.

According to this posture, the two are going to temporarily truce and agree to the outside world.

The bald man rubbed the back of his bald head, opened his sausage-like plump lips, and asked Zhou Qizun unkindly: "Who are you all? What are you doing?"

"Where do you guys come from? No. 17 today, no one in our town dares to go out today except our brothers." Mao Cun followed up.

NO.17?What kind of special day is this that scares the locals away?

Zhou Qizun was full of doubts. He put on a harmless and surprised expression on his face, and said in dialect: "Brother, don't be surprised. I am a local. I just left my hometown with my younger brother to work. I haven't come back for a long time."

Zhou Qizun grabbed Zhang Jueming, then turned around and pointed to Guo Qingxuan and the others behind him: "I came back this time because..."

"The woman in the back is my younger brother and sister. The bag in her arms contains my younger brother's ashes." Zhou Qizun showed a sad face, "My younger brother had an accident...I am taking him home .”

"Then what about that ugly monster in a trench coat and that little girl?" The bald man asked again, and pointed to Zhang Jueming, "Who is this person?"

"My brother and I are friends, and my siblings' natal family." Zhou Qizun said honestly, "My mother is the only one left in my family, let them help..."

While he was talking, he couldn't make a sound, his hands hanging by his sides trembled slightly in grief.

Zhang Jueming was beside Zhou Qizun, he could feel that this was not just an act - Zhou Qizun was not just acting, he was really sad.

Even though he knows that life and death are fateful, even though he has seen too many life and death, even though he tried his best to remain calm.But Lei Dongyang's death made him so sad.Thinking of Lei Dongyang's lonely and pitiful mother, Zhou Qizun actually felt so heartbroken.

Zhang Jueming paused, and couldn't help but grab Zhou Qizun's hand.Zhou Qizun didn't look back at Zhang Jueming, but he also shook Zhang Jueming's hand and let it go quickly.

Zhang Jueming lowered his head and stared at his palm - Zhou Qizun's hand was so hot when Zhou Qizun took it up just now.Touching the hot and rough palm is like hot tears evaporating on the gravel.

"It's pitiful." It was Cun Tou who took off his guard first, and he sighed, "Listen to your accent, you are indeed a local."

Cun Tou elbowed the bald head: "Lao Six."

"You can just call me the sixth child, he is the fourth child." The bald man also sighed.

The two brothers looked a few years older than Zhou Qizun, Zhou Qizun immediately called out: "Sixth Brother, Fourth Brother."

Zhou Qizun took out another pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and skillfully lit one for each of them.

Zhang Jueming put it aside and watched, seeing that this man was so smooth and slippery like a free loach, and then changed his worried face, and asked sincerely: "Brother, I remember when I was at home, our town was very lively, Why is there no one on the road now? You can’t even get a taxi.”

Zhou Qizun: "And the NO.17 you mentioned just now, what day is this? Why don't everyone go out?"

"Oh, didn't your mother mention it to you?" The bald man looked at Zhou Qizun.

"My mother..." Zhou Qizun smiled stiffly, "The old man is afraid that we will be dragged down, afraid that we will be worrying outside, and report good news instead of bad news. Whenever we ask her, she will say that everything is fine."

"Poor parents in the world." Mao Cun sighed, "Then your mother has suffered by herself for the past six months."

"How to say?" Zhou Qizun asked anxiously.

"Let me tell you, this thing is really evil, not only on NO.17, but also on the seventh, NO.17, and 27th of every month." Mao Cun's expression was ugly, two clusters of thick eyebrows were curled together, "But whenever there are seven days, people die in the town."

"At least one person died that day. Since about half a year ago, more than 20 people have died! It is said that there are evil spirits coming to catch the soul!"