Tomb Keeper

Chapter 13 Returning to the Cemetery (2)
In the two days since I left the cemetery, new graves have been erected in the back mountain, but I definitely don't want to go deep there tonight.In the middle of the night, anyway, no one saw me, I just need to walk shallowly around the cemetery, and deal with Ye Zi's arrangement.Unless Ye Zi chases out to accompany me, it is also possible to go deep into the back mountain together.The reason why I had this idea was because I realized that Ye Zi wanted to drive me away on the one hand, but on the other hand, she had a good impression of me.Thinking about the first visit to the tomb, she didn't refuse when I held her hand; later when I was sick, she still read to me by the bedside.Thinking about it this way, she arranged for me to visit the tomb alone in the middle of the night, maybe because she wanted her to accompany me.When I made this kind of prediction, my heart felt warm, but at the same time I was very confused. I don't know which Ye Zi who has a good impression on me is a person or a ghost.

On the dark cemetery, my prediction quickly became a reality, because I heard footsteps faintly coming from the stone path among the cemeteries.Ye Zi likes to wear a pair of red crystal sandals. The soles of these shoes make this sound when they hit the cobblestone road.I was suddenly flustered and ashamed, because I was still wandering around the edge of the cemetery, which not only showed that I was lazy, but also that I had no courage and was a coward.In order to correct my image, I immediately walked to the depths of the cemetery.I want to stop at the intersection of the front mountain and the back mountain, so that I can turn around to meet the leaves that are catching up, and things will make sense.

I walked through the graves with a flashlight, but the light of the flashlight became weaker and weaker, and soon turned into a star of fireflies that could not illuminate anything, because the battery was exhausted.Ye Zi gave me such a flashlight, I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional.Fortunately, it is now at the turning point of entering the back mountain. Several iconic big trees stand darkly on both sides of the road, making people feel as if they are about to enter the gate of hell when they look up.

I stood up, turned around and looked at the way I came.It is said to be "look", but in fact it can't see anything.I can only listen with my ears. There is the sound of wind in the dark, the sound of leaves falling, and the sound of shoes walking along the way, but it is difficult to determine whether it is the sound of someone walking.After my eyes slowly adapted to the darkness, I suddenly saw Ye Zi sitting beside a grave not far from me with long hair.

I cried, Ye Zi, she ignored me.I said, are you here to supervise me?You see, I am always serious about my work.I know, you want me to get out of here, the ghost shoes that appeared on my bed, and the note that slipped in from under the door were all made by you.Why are you driving me away?I will not hurt you.Maybe you have good intentions to drive me away, and want me to leave the danger here, but wouldn't it be better for us to deal with the danger here together?I know that you are not willing to guard the tomb here. It must be that Yang Huzi used incense ash or some strange herbs to confuse you. Why can't we lift his control?

Ye Zi sat by the grave, silent all the time.I suddenly realized that the person who came with me at this moment might not be the leaf who arranged for me to work, but the girl who hanged herself in the attic many years ago.She looks the same as Ye Zi, which can only be explained as Ye Zi's previous life.If that's the case, it's all the more necessary for me to figure things out.I said, Ye Zi, can you hear me?I want to hear from you about your real experience.

The figure sitting by the grave remained silent.I walked over to her, I wanted to hold her hand to see if it was warm.At this time, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew, mixed with leaves and dust, I rubbed my eyes, and when I looked at the edge of the grave again, there was no figure, only a clump of dark bushes standing there.

Most people would interpret the above as an illusion, and I was willing to think so at the time.But no, something terrible happened immediately.Just as I raised my legs and walked back, an oncoming figure suddenly appeared in the darkness.This person's head was very large, his face was unclear, and his two eyeballs protruded like small hills, which were as big as eggs.I felt horrified, and my heart felt like it was about to burst.I instinctively backed up, backed up, backed up, and then yelled "Oh my god" and turned around and ran.I stumbled and ran for a while among the dark tombs, and saw a faint fire in front of a tomb, and the burnt incense paper money was in a mess, only the small flame of the ever-burning lamp was still dancing in the night wind.Seeing this new tomb, I knew I had reached the depths of the back mountain.I made up my mind, but before I could figure out how to go back, the ghost appeared not far away.And keep coming towards me.I had no choice but to turn around and run again, and chose to run to a lower place, so that I could run out of this graveyard completely.

I finally came down from the back mountain to a relatively gentle place. With the faint light of the sky, I found that I was walking through a corn field. The smell of corn leaves and corn cobs conveyed the smell of fireworks in the world to me, and I grew a tone.

I walked out of the cornfield and continued to walk forward. I had looked at this landform from the height of the cemetery before, and knew that it was possible to go back to my residence along the foot of the back and front mountains.I kept walking on the weedy paths and cornfields. After walking for a long time, I suddenly found that I was back in the original cornfield.Although the cornfields are all the same, the characteristic of this cornfield is that there is a farmhouse on the upper right of the field, and the cry of a baby can be heard.So, when I saw the house again and heard the baby cry again, I sat down on the floor in bewilderment and frustration.

I have two choices now, one is to sit in this field and wait for the dawn; the other is to ask this farmer for directions, as long as they give me directions, everything will be easy.Of course I chose the latter, even though it would be offensive to knock on the door to ask directions in the middle of the night, I couldn't care less.

I walked out of the cornfield to the house.After entering a fence, the baby's cries became louder, and a woman's voice was heard coaxing the baby.I slowly walked towards the door, and when I was about to raise my hand to knock on the door, a black figure suddenly sprang out from the corner of the room, threw me heavily to the ground, and a man sprayed his breath on my face.This guy is very strong, before I can struggle, my hands have been tied behind his back.The door also opened, and the man shouted into the room, sister, I have caught the thief.

I was escorted into the main room, and the strong light made me blind for a while.A young woman's voice shouted, "Quickly, what on earth are you doing wandering around outside your room all these nights?"It made me go back to my mother's house and call my brother to watch the night, just to catch you, a thief!
I hasten to declare that I am not a thief and have never been here.I lost my way tonight, so I came to this house to ask for directions.

As soon as I finished speaking, I was punched in the back. The man yelled, still wanting to quibble, and confess quickly, or you will be sent to the police station in the countryside after dawn.

At this moment, I could see clearly that the woman in front of me was the one I saw holding the baby in the car back to Xihe Town.She also seemed to recognize me, the passenger in the same car, and she said, you came here from another place?
I said that I am the gravekeeper on this grave hill.After visiting the tomb tonight, I came down from the back mountain and lost my way.

The young woman took a step back and said, Your name is Da Xu, isn't it?I know all the gravekeepers here.Hearing the woman say this, the man standing next to me took a step back, and I felt his fear.

At this time, the side door in the main room opened, and an old woman came out.She seemed to be holding a small object in her hand, but when I got closer, I saw that it was a sewing needle.She said in an old voice, Gravekeeper, well, let me see if you are a human or a ghost.After finishing speaking, she stabbed my arm hard with a sewing needle, and I screamed in pain. The young woman and her brother all came up together, and saw a string of bright red blood beads on my arm. Popping out of the needle.They all let out an "oh" in relief.

The young woman asked her brother to untie me, and then said sorry, the grave guards on the mountain are all ghosts, we have to experiment, that girl named Ye Zi stayed with me last year, I She was pregnant at the time, and when the child was born, she cried all day long.Some people say that this is the influence of the leaves on me, because after someone saw her fall on the hillside, the skin of her knee was broken, but there was no blood flowing out.

At this time, the old woman stopped the young woman's words, Shui Yan, don't tell him so much, let me tell you something.The old woman turned to me and said, after you go back, can you tell Ye Zi to let her take away the ghost spirit left here.As long as my grandson doesn't cry like this and grows up well, our whole family will be grateful to her.Let’s say we let her stay here last year out of good intentions.She shouldn't have done this to us.

I asked suspiciously, why did she come here to spend the night?

The woman named Shuiyan said, someone was buried that day, and many cars came, but one car broke down and was not repaired until dark, so a few people stayed with you, and Ye Zi ran to me, It was said that it was very noisy over there, and she needed to be quiet to sleep.

I said "oh", but I didn't think about it at all in my heart.

When I returned to my residence, it was not far from dawn, but the world was even darker at this moment.I pushed open the concealed courtyard door, and a rooster shut in the corner of the courtyard suddenly crowed loudly.This big red rooster was just bought by Zhou's mother. She said that the yard was too cloudy, and some caterpillars had grown around the base of the wall, which made people get goosebumps when they saw it.The only living creature in the yard is the black cat, but this cat is not an animal with yang energy. It squats on the stones used as tombstones in the yard, and often does not move for hours after squatting. Its predation has been formed by lurking and waiting since ancient times.Zhou's mother is a person who understands yin and yang. When she bought a big red rooster, the yang energy in the yard rose.

However, the rooster can't control the place as far as the graveyard.When I walked into the yard, I heard the rooster crowing followed by a comfortable snoring, which made me deeply wronged.You guys slept well, but I was almost eaten by ghosts on the graveyard.This kind of thing made me immediately open my throat and yell, something happened!problem occurs!Get up, everyone!

The lights upstairs and downstairs were all turned on, and all the people came to the yard. After listening to my experience on the graveyard, except for the dumb who didn't understand it for a while, the rest of the people were deeply shocked.Zhou's mother immediately brought out a pot of rice washing water that she had saved there at any time, and asked me to wash my hair and feet with this water.Although I have doubts about the water that can exorcise evil spirits, but at the moment I keep my wish and do it.While I was washing my feet, Ye Zi asked again, "You said that ghost's eyeballs protrude and are as big as two eggs?"I nodded affirmatively and said, I see it for real.Zhou's mother immediately said "oh", I remembered that when I was making dinner yesterday, I cracked open two eggs in a row and they were all broken, so I threw them by the stove. When I turned around, the black cat had jumped out Eat up both villains.I didn't understand what Zhou's mother meant at once. Poet Feng said, Zhou's mother, you mean that ghost was transformed by a black cat, didn't you?This is too mysterious.After speaking, Poet Feng laughed, and Ye Zi also laughed.My real experience made Zhou's mother analyze indiscriminately, and it seemed to be like a child's play.I glared at Mother Zhou angrily, but she murmured, you are young, what do you know?This black cat was never in this yard at night, where did you know?

(End of this chapter)