piecing together the soul

Chapter 46 Chapter 31
Brother Xiu paused, and said: "At that time, my mother was still young, so I gave [-]% of my small savings to my mother. You all know what happened afterwards. Don't always ask me, what about your business?"

"What's the matter with us?" I laughed, "We're only 20 years old, you count over 100, right?"

Brother Xiu said, "So what? 20 years is not too short, and people like Xiao Han must have had a wonderful life."

"That's right," I caught the opportunity to ask Master Xu, "Master Xu, I don't even know where you were born, you old Beijing hutong stringer, in which district hospital were you born?"

I ask this because I remember Master Xu just said that he could often see dirty things when he was a child.And Brother Xiu also said that yin and yang eyes and being able to hear ghosts are two different things. Perhaps Master Xu's special ears have something to do with the environment in which he grew up when he was a child.

Although the tone was relaxed, I was determined to inquire, so I took a deep breath.

But what I didn't expect was that Master Xu didn't keep silent this time, but said with a smile: "I was born in a place with good geomantic omen, not in Beijing."

When I saw there was a door, I said "Oh" and continued to say: "So your place of origin is not Beijing, so where were you born? When did you come to Beijing?"

"I really don't know what that place is." Master Xu still smiled, "I knew that during the special period, people with my family's background were regarded as ghosts and monsters, and they hid in the deep mountains and old forests to avoid disaster. The family from my mother’s side also went there. The two families helped each other and lived in seclusion. My parents were still children when I went there. After the reform and opening up, a few elder brothers who were older than my parents went outside first. I went back to Beijing. The special period left a shadow on my parents. They didn’t plan to come out again. But after I had me, my uncle and uncle also said that the outside world is not what it used to be, and my parents did it for I just returned to Beijing."

"How old were you when you returned to Beijing?" Brother Xiu asked.

"I don't really remember, it looks like two or three years old, three or four years old." Master Xu added, "My parents said that you can't say these things even with a gun to your head. Master Guo, what happened today? The words come out of my mouth and into your ears, or you will forget them all, or you will rot in your stomach."

"Understood." I suddenly regretted asking this, who doesn't like to mention the past, it seems that such a background should not be mentioned.Thinking of this, I was a little moved. Master Xu was willing to tell me that it was a great trust.The so-called "scholar dies for his confidant", he should repay loyal friends with loyalty.

"Qingluan, it's your turn." Brother Xiu said suddenly, "Let me tell you."

"What can I explain?" I asked back, "Tell me, what's wrong with me that you don't know?"

Master Xu asked: "Master Guo, haven't you encountered any strange things since you were a child? Why can't I believe that you have always been normal, and you suddenly saw Xiuying one day, and you weren't afraid at all?"

Master Xu's question reminded me of something that happened when I was a child. I suddenly felt a chill in my back and my whole body was stiff.

Brother Xiu also seemed to realize that I was wrong, and said, "Qingluan, are you okay? What did you think of that made you have such a frightened expression?"

"It happened when I was in elementary school." I think it's better to say it out, "It's usually not too hot in our place in summer, but one summer it was very hot, so hot that people couldn't stay in the house. At that time, air conditioning was not popular yet. , we all enjoy the shade outside in a shady and windy place. Then there is a tree, and it is surprisingly cool under the tree, as if just standing there can feel the cool breeze, so everyone scrambles to enjoy the shade there.”

"One day it was a weekend, it was about eleven o'clock, and my parents took me home and passed the tree. I saw an old man who usually used to enjoy the shade there, with his upper body naked and his lower body wearing the blue shorts he often wears , standing under the tree and staring at the three of us. I felt something was wrong at the time, but it was too late and too sleepy so I didn’t say anything. The next day when I came home from school, I heard that the old man He passed away suddenly at night, without any signs beforehand. I argued with others, saying it was impossible, I saw him last night, but no one believed it. I even asked my parents to testify, and my parents also said they didn’t see it, saying that I must It's a hallucination from being too sleepy."

"I didn't figure it out at the time, but then I gradually felt that I saw a ghost. There must be something wrong with that tree, otherwise it wouldn't be so cool, and where did the wind come from? The uncle may be greedy for coolness in the middle of the night. , I was seduced by a ghost there alone. So I never went there to enjoy the cool, even when there were many people during the day. I also dreamed of the old man standing under the tree for many consecutive days... ..."

Although after Master Xu's guidance, I now clearly know how to stay away from this danger, but when I recalled the creepy feeling at that time, I suddenly felt a dark wind blowing behind me.

Seeing me like this, Master Xu hastily stretched out his hand to hold my wrist, and the bruised wrist that was pressed by him just now felt a sudden pain, pulling me away from the memory of that feeling of fear.

The heartbeat returned to normal, and seeing Master Xu frowned: "What happened later? Did anyone else die because of this?"

(End of this chapter)