Forbidden City

Chapter 15 Night Watch
Everyone first transported Wu Banxian's body to his home, and found a coffin on the pavilion of his home.This coffin is still new. Uncle Zhou said that last month Wu Banxian suddenly said that he wanted to make a coffin for himself. It seems that he was sure that he would die.

After putting Wu Banxian's body back into the coffin, someone asked if he should leave someone here to guard it.Originally in our rural areas, people had to guard the spirit after death, but these were done by younger generations. Wu Banxian has no children and no relatives in the village. Who will guard his spirit?I thought that Wu Banxian died because of me, so I should guard his spirit, but I wanted to guard the entrance of the cave, so I had no choice but to give up.

Uncle Zhou said: "This—you don't have to guard it. Let's close the door. I will invite the master to come tomorrow."

The so-called masters are those dojo mages, we call them monks here, the kind who recite scriptures and play suona.

After everyone came out, Uncle Zhou closed the door of Wu Banxian's house, because there was a corpse lying inside, no one would dare to enter, so the door was not locked.Uncle Zhou said to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard, have you not eaten yet? Go to my house to eat and drink some wine." The three uncles who came to help couldn't say anymore, and then they all went back to their own homes.I was about to go to the land, but Uncle Zhou stopped me and told me to go to his house for dinner. How could I have an appetite at this time?Saying that there is no need to eat, he glanced at Mu Yi and said to Uncle Zhou: "Uncle Zhou, please treat Miss Mu well." Uncle Zhou immediately said: "I know this, don't worry."

Mu Yi suddenly asked: "Have you ever seen someone surnamed Ling?"

Uncle Zhou and I glanced at each other. Uncle Zhou said that after he left in a huff, he never saw him again, so he must have left.Mu Yi said to me: "If you see that man surnamed Ling going down to the cave tonight, don't let him down." I wanted to ask why, but then I thought, Mu Yi must have a reason for telling me like this , I asked too many questions and she was afraid she would be unhappy, so she could only respond: "Okay, I won't let anyone come down."

After Mu Yi went to Uncle Zhou's house, I couldn't wait to go back to my house. Seeing Ling Ziyao still lying on the bed, I asked her if she was hungry and if I wanted to make some food for her, but she said no.I was shocked and said: "You haven't eaten all day, why aren't you hungry?" Ling Ziyao said: "I'm really not hungry, you stay at home tonight and tomorrow during the day, don't let anyone in, the baby is about to be born .”

"What? I'm about to be born?" I was stunned. Others are pregnant for ten months, but you have only been pregnant for a few days?I really want to ask, is the child in your belly really mine?But I swallowed the words again.Ling Ziyao seemed to see the doubts in my heart, and said very displeasedly: "I said she was going to be born, and she was going to be born. Don't ask me anything. Don't worry, this child is definitely yours. Also, you must guard against it." Close the door, and no one is allowed in."

"This..." I said in a very embarrassed way: "I guess I can't do it, I'm going to guard the entrance of the cave." After telling what happened today, Ling Ziyao's face changed instantly, after thinking about it So he said to me: "In this case, then go and guard the entrance of the cave, just don't tell anyone that I am in your house, and don't tell anyone that I am going to have a baby." I asked cautiously: "Then...you When you give birth, don't you want me to take you to the hospital?" Ling Ziyao said no, and I asked, how about I invite a midwife, but Ling Ziyao said no.I was just dumbfounded. What the hell is going on here?Is Ling Ziyao playing tricks on me?
However, considering that she told me to prepare the baby's clothes, it seems that she is serious.

I recalled the whole thing again, from our acquaintance to the one-night stand, to the discovery of the amber coffin, and Ling Ziyao coming out of the amber coffin... My heart sank suddenly, and I understood, Ling Ziyao is a ghost!

"What are you thinking?" Ling Ziyao asked suddenly.

I hurriedly said, "No...it's nothing. If it's okay, I...I'm going to guard the entrance of the cave."

Ling Ziyao didn't say anything else, and got into bed again, lying on the bed without moving.

So many things happened at once, my nerves were really messed up, the more I thought about it, the more something went wrong, and finally I simply didn't want to, picked up a mat and a flashlight and went out, and locked the door from the outside.

After walking about ten steps, I couldn't help but look back into the room, and suddenly found that the curtain moved, and then I saw a person standing behind the curtain, looking at me at this time, when she found me looking over At that time, the curtain was drawn immediately, and the person disappeared in a blink of an eye.

It was Ling Ziyao.She watched me leave from behind the curtain.What is she trying to do?

Uneasy and puzzled, I came to the land. I took a picture of the huge land with a flashlight, and found that the roots that had grown suddenly stopped growing at this time, and even several of them were slowly drying up, like It looked like he was going to die.It seems that this weird tree root grows fast and dies fast like a strange disease.

I came to the entrance of the cave, put down the mat, and sat down on the mat.The night is beautiful tonight, the moonlight is like water, and the whole village is shrouded in this soft light, making it look quiet and serene.But I know that since I want to build a house on this land, the village will never be quiet again, and I even feel a burst of gloom and panic.

In order to strengthen my courage, I picked up some dry firewood and lit a big fire beside the entrance of the cave.

With the warmth of the fire, I feel much safer.I was quite scared at first, but then I slowly got used to the environment and became tired, so I lay on my back on the mat and prepared to sleep.

Just laying down, a gloomy call suddenly came from my ear: "Yu Feng, Yu Feng..." I opened my eyes and saw a pale face.It's Wu Banxian!I was taken aback and jumped up from the mat in fright.

I opened my eyes and saw that the surrounding area was gray and it was still night.Only then did I realize that I had a nightmare just now.The bonfire next to it was almost extinguished, and there was only a trace of sparks left. I used a tree trunk to pick up the fire, and when the wind blew, those unextinguished sparks lit up again, like stars in the sky.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps from the front, and my heart immediately tensed up.someone is coming!I cheered up and stared at that side closely. Gradually, a familiar figure appeared in front of me. I hurriedly stood up, went up to take a closer look, and said in a daze, "Second Uncle?"

Yes, it's the second uncle.This guy actually reappeared, and it was at night, so he was really elusive.The second uncle also saw me, and said in a daze, "Feng Feng, why are you here?" I asked back, "Where did you go, second uncle? Where is the transparent coffin?" The second uncle said, "I hid it, yes You don’t sleep at home in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?” I told what happened during the day, and my second uncle heard that Wu Banxian had died, so he was dubious and said you were bluffing your second uncle and me?How could Wu Banxian die?If he could die, he wouldn't be called a half-immortal.I said it's true, if you don't believe me, go to his house and have a look, his body is still lying in his coffin.

The second uncle looked at me, probably seeing that I didn't seem to be talking, so he said: "I'll go and see, if you lie to me, I'll take your skin off." He turned and walked towards Wu Banxian's house quickly walk.I want to ask where he hid the amber coffin, and what is he doing here again?But he walked fast, like the wind, and disappeared in an instant, so he had to swallow these questions back to his stomach.

About five or six minutes later, my cell phone rang. I took it out and saw that it was called by my second uncle. He scolded: "You bastard, where did Wu Banxian die?" My heart sank, and I quickly asked: "He Didn’t he die? Did you see he’s still alive?” The second uncle said angrily, “What’s alive? I haven’t seen a single ghost.” I said it’s impossible, since his body was clearly placed in his family’s coffin. If you don’t believe me, just ask Uncle Zhou.The second uncle got angry and said: "Come on, you kid, even the second uncle dares to fool you, see if I don't come and pick your skin off!" He hung up the phone while talking.

I was stunned, Wu Banxian's body isn't in his house?Could it be that my second uncle is playing tricks on me?His corpse couldn't have escaped by itself, could it?But Second Uncle doesn't seem like the kind of person who likes to joke around.The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, and I was about to call Uncle Zhou, but when I looked at the time, it was one o'clock. At this time, Uncle Zhou's family had already gone to bed, and it was not good to disturb them. Besides, no one would come here again at such a late hour. right?I turned on the flashlight and ran towards Wu Banxian's house.I'd like to see if its body is really gone.

(End of this chapter)