I light incense to worship the gods

Chapter 8 Night Watch
Seeing that she gave in, I gave it some thought and thought it was pretty reliable, so I agreed.

But I was still too young. Although I had imagined how quiet and terrifying the crematorium would be at night, when I was actually there, I still regretted agreeing to come and stay vigil.

Because Master Wang had taken a step in advance and asked me to rush there by myself in the evening, and the crematorium was far away from the city and very remote. By 8 o'clock in the evening, there were very few people coming there.

I went home for dinner and made an excuse to go out with my parents. When we took a taxi to go to the crematorium, I felt the driver was stunned for a moment. Through the rearview mirror, I saw his eyes examining me.

"My grandpa is working there, and my family asked me to deliver some food." I raised the lunch box in my hand. In fact, the food was reserved for the good brothers I was going to meet tonight.

The driver glanced at the lunch box and started the vehicle.

Along the way, they went from being silent to talking to each other.

"Little girl, let me tell you, those of us who drive taxis rarely stop when we see someone waving at us on the way to a place like this."

"Why?" I asked, pretending to be curious.

"Why, of course it's because it's easy to encounter that thing." The driver didn't dare to say it clearly, "We in this industry rarely talk about this thing at night, it's very evil. But you are a very courageous little girl. Grandpa is working there, why? Want you to send it there?"

I thought about it and didn't know how to answer for a while. Fortunately, the place was at this time.

"Master, I'm here." I changed the topic, paid the taxi fare and got out of the car.

The moment I got off the car, a gust of cold wind blew in, the surrounding trees rustled, and the few street lights flickered a few times in response to the situation, and then went out.

Because it was already dark, I couldn't see clearly what the gate looked like.

But I have an illusion, as if walking here is like entering the gate of the underworld.

Only the slightly higher incineration hall and corpse hall in the distance shone with a dim light.This made my hair stand on end.

It was a little strange at this moment. Although the hairs on my hair stood up, my forehead and face were very hot.

I took a deep breath, couldn't help but tighten my fingers on the lunch box in my hand, raised my feet, hesitated, and walked in.

The roadside was very close to the gate of the crematorium. The moment he stepped into the gate, the sound of the surrounding leaves disappeared, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

The reason why I say it's so quiet is because there is no sound of wind and no breath of living things. I can only hear my own footsteps, heartbeat and breathing.

I coughed lightly to ease my fear, but it was of no use.

At this time, I felt like there was someone standing behind me.

I stopped and was about to turn around when an old man walked out of the darkness not far ahead and yelled, "If you dare to look back here, I think you don't want to live anymore."

I was so shocked that I broke into a cold sweat. My head was frozen when I was about to turn around. I was stunned for a long time and turned my stiff neck.

Only then did I see the person in front of me. He was a very ordinary old man, about 1.7 meters tall, with some gray hair and dark eyes, with a hint of indescribable severity.

He was wearing an old Mao-colored tunic suit, a hat, and an unkempt beard.

He clasped his hands behind his back, bent his waist, and rubbed his toes on the ground with disdain.

"Are you the girl from the Wang family who asked you to come here?" His voice was hoarse but full of energy.

"Ah." I nodded, "Yes, you are Uncle Li?" "Yes." Uncle Li nodded, turned around and walked in, "In this place, even if you feel someone behind you, don't look back, otherwise, you may Can’t make it through tonight.”

I quickly followed, "Why, Uncle Li?"

"There are three fires on the human body, the top of the head and the shoulders. It is precisely because of these three fires that evil things and ghosts dare not approach. If you turn your head in fear, the natural breath will blow out the Yang Fire on your shoulders. , if the Yang Fire is weak, things will get sick. If all three are destroyed, people should go to see the King of Hell." Uncle Li was walking in front minding his own business, but he did not forget to explain to me. . "However, I think you, little girl, must be carrying something with you, right? Your three sun fires are surprisingly bright, and are inaccessible to ordinary evil objects, but just now..."

Speaking of this, Uncle Li sighed, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. Then Wang Lina is in the corpse hall. She is the only one there. All the corpses brought in during the day have been cremated."

"Uncle Li." Seeing that he was about to leave, I quickly stopped him, "I'm the only one tonight? Can you accompany me?"

"No." Uncle Li spat out two words and left.

I looked at the Corpse Hall with trepidation.

It's on the first floor and there are probably three or four cabins on this floor.

There is a small window about one meter wide in the house, but this window is not closed with glass, but with black curtains drawn directly.

Outside the window is the waiting area.

Inside is the corpse hall, and behind the corpse hall is the place where ashes are cremated.

The cremated ashes are given to the family members through this small window.

I walked into the corpse hall, and the cremator next to me had already turned off the fire.

Only Wang Lina was lying on the cart pulling the body.

Looking at her pale face and sunken eyes, I couldn't help but feel that people are actually very fragile.

After checking the time, I quickly took out the lighter, prepared burning pot, water and cotton, burned the charm Wang Daxian gave me, and then lived with the cotton and water.

Looking at the dark cotton, I tightened my nose, and then sealed my eyes, ears, and nose in order.

Then he opened the lunch box he brought and placed it at the entrance of the Corpse Hall.

Because Wang Daxian said that there will be a lot of things coming tonight, so giving him something to eat is a kind of courtesy.

After doing all this, I leaned against the wall above Wang Lina's head.

The wall was very cold, which instantly made me feel more energetic.

I stared and put my hands to my mouth.

Although it is no longer cold in May in the Northeast, it is extremely cold tonight.

For some reason, I always feel like there are dark shadows in front of me, and I feel like there are many people coming and going around me, but I can’t see them, but I can feel them. Moreover, I also feel like they are standing beside me. I was looking at a person, but I couldn't see clearly. I could only see a white mist beside me, which looked like a human figure. It was a very strange feeling.

As time passed, I kept staring at Wang Lina lying on the cart. At some point, her hand slipped from the white cloth covering it and was exposed, which shocked me.

When I was about to stand up and put my hand back on the white cloth, I suddenly discovered that Wang Lina had a bright red hairband in her hand.

(End of this chapter)