Weird past in the countryside

Chapter 11

At this time, I was very sleepy, and I lay down on the kang with the wooden sticks in a mess, ready to sleep.

I don't know how long it took, but there was already a snoring sound from the side of the wooden stick.I couldn't fall asleep anyway.At this moment, I heard a strange sound, which seemed to come from the outhouse, rustling, rustling, like the sound of wind blowing leaves in the woods, or the sound of uniform footsteps of a team.I went to the outer room and turned on the flashlight, but I didn't find anything wrong.When I went back to the house, I subconsciously looked at the old-fashioned wall clock hanging on the wall, and suddenly felt my back go numb: it was actually going backwards!The pointer is turning counterclockwise at an ultra-fast frequency, round after round.

At this time, I unexpectedly discovered that there was a mist in the room, layer by layer, thicker and thicker, and quickly covered me.

In the mist, I saw me one year ago one after another, wandering with my girlfriend by the school lake, talking and laughing.I saw me four years ago, working hard to prepare for the exam.Seeing me 15 years ago, I suddenly pointed to the door of my house and said someone was coming in the surprised eyes of my family; I would point to the sky at night and say someone was floating in the sky; The old woman said hello.When I mentioned this to others, they all said I was crazy, and they couldn't see what I saw.Then, time continued to fly forward, until I saw a scene that was both real and illusory: I was in front of the gate of an underground palace, and the underground palace stood towering. Looking up, it was a bright purple starry sky.Under the starry sky, there is a big mountain, rolling up and down.I saw my back, silver armor, white robe and golden knife, and I kept singing: faint white jade plate, full of hatred and speechless.Guan Ning goes with the wind, and the Ming night is already disabled.The general wields a golden weapon to illuminate the mountains and rivers alone.The spare time is to serve the national ambition and leave it to future generations.

I suddenly have a strong sense of belonging, this place seems to be my home, my mind is willing to stay here, wandering...

The headache, the severe headache, made my brain explode, pulling me back to reality in an instant.Looking up, the hands of the wall clock are still beating clockwise.I rubbed my temples, wondering why this dream had come again.This is my dream, and every other year, I have the same dream.And this doesn't seem to be a dream, everything in the dream is so real, the real seems within reach.

I went outside and looked up at the sky. Although there was not much moonlight in the summer night sky, the night was clear and quiet.At this moment, I was surprised to find that the starry sky above my head turned purple and spread rapidly like a tide, very much like the scene in my dream.The continuous purple continues to the direction outside the village.

I seem to see the white-robed general leaning against the mountain, singing softly, with a touch of sadness, and a long and gentle voice.I walked out of the gate involuntarily, I was going to chase the dream and find my destination.

Walking on the quiet and desolate country road in the countryside, the scene in front of the empty street is unobstructed.The moonlight casts the shadows of the trees ahead, swaying with the wind.I stopped suddenly, and so on.What I saw was the shadow of a tree, so?Where is my shadow?
I look at my feet, they are bare and there is no shadow, my back is cold, looking around, there is no shadow, only me.I suddenly realized that the absence of a shadow can only prove that I am dead, that I am a ghost, and that is what ghosts feel like.

I was terrified, I no longer wanted to find my destination, I just wanted to get out of this street quickly, I wanted to go back and see if I was dead after all.I was running wildly down the street, disoriented, it was like I was in a fog.

Suddenly, my body stopped.At the same time, the hairs all over my body stood on end in an instant, because I saw a person, to be precise, a dead person, a dead woman.A few steps in front of me, a woman, about 45 years old, taller, dressed as a rural woman from a village.Her face was pale, with a faint blue light under the moonlight, a piece of hemp rope was hanging on her chest, her eyes were bulging out fiercely, a bloody tongue was hanging down to her knees, her figure was swaying with the wind, her feet didn't move Stepping on the ground is suspended in the air, with the toes hanging down.I looked at her, she stared at me, and smiled at me, I couldn't hear any sound, only saw a creepy, weird smile on her face.

Cold sweat had already flowed down my back, I touched my hand, there was no copper coin sword, and I secretly pinched the Yin Yin formula once, but it didn't work.I gave up resisting, and sprinted forward like a 500-meter sprint.I couldn't hear any sound behind me, only the strong wind whistling past my ears.I guess I ran 300 meters instead of [-] meters. I stopped, squatted on the ground and panted heavily, calmed down my emotions a little, stood up and prepared to find my way back.

But at this moment, I saw the hanged woman again, still floating there, the surrounding scene was the same as before, my body was shaking, I turned around and ran wildly again.But when I stopped, I saw the woman again without any accident. I concluded that she didn't move, and I just returned to the same place three times.I no longer have the strength and courage to run forward. Even if I have no knowledge of ghosts and gods, I know that when I encounter a "ghost hit the wall", even if I run again, it will be futile, and I will only die from exhaustion.

I don't know who set this up, what is the purpose?I was half lying on the ground, squinting at the woman, and she didn't intend to float over, so I felt a little relieved.I calmed down for a while, and thought that the ghost hitting the wall should only have been disturbed by the visual senses, which led to the illusion. Although I felt that I was walking in a straight line, in fact, I had been circling in a small circle.Can I try to close my eyes and get out of this puzzle?In such a night, with her company beside me, it takes a certain amount of courage to walk with my eyes closed, but it takes more courage to let me spend the long night with this woman.

Determined to give it a try, I moved in the opposite direction, to both sides of the street.I leaned on the wall, closed my eyes, and moved forward step by step.I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly my way was blocked, and I touched a person with cold touch. I was scared out of my wits, thinking that I don’t need to ask, I must have touched it back to the original place, this time I not only saw but also touched it. She, I didn't dare to open my eyes with an "ow", I turned around and ran away.

At this time, the person behind spoke: "Young man, where are you going?"

It didn't sound like that woman's voice, so I looked back suddenly, and saw an old man standing behind him, quite old, with a gray beard, leaning on crutches, and carrying a lantern, the inside was dim of light.His face was very kind.Immediately, my eyes lit up, I turned around and walked over, and bowed: "Hello, sir, I'm sorry, I'm lost, can you tell me where this is?"

The old man twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Young man, it's best to stay at home at night and don't come out to wander around."

I nodded: "Yes, yes, I listen to you, I will never come out again, you should show me the way home."

The old man asked, "Where do you live?"

I replied: "You are from Shanggou Village, I live in Shanggou Primary School."

The old man shook his head and said, "You are from Shanggou Village, we are not far away, but I am not from Shanggou Village, but from Xiagou Village."

"Xiagou Village?" I wondered to myself, "Why have I been here for so long, and I've never heard of Xiagou Village? Could it be that I ran all the way to another village?"

I didn't dare to be negligent: "Oh, so we are all neighbors, so please ask the uncle to show you the way."

The old man raised his crutch and pointed, and a path suddenly appeared where I was looking at a wall.The darkness stretches into the distance, with no end in sight.

The old man said: "Go along this road. It's not close to where you came from. You have to walk for about an hour before you can return to Shanggou Village. Come on, take this lantern up and light up the road."

I was full of gratitude, took the lantern, and looked at this unnamed road, still feeling uneasy.Seeing this, the old man didn't say much, turned around and disappeared into the night leaning on his crutches, and he moved quite quickly.

I looked around, very unfamiliar, thought for a while, and decided to take a risky walk, it was better than being trapped here.I walked towards the road pointed by the old man, and hurried all the way.There were no other accidents on the road. After walking for about an hour, I saw the entrance of Shanggou Village. When I entered the village and looked back, the road I came from disappeared before my eyes.

I hurried to the school, ran to the dormitory, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and shouted: "Stick, stick~ come and save me!"

I heard the stick calling me: "Yangzi Yangzi! What's wrong with you, why are you sweating so much?" I opened my eyes and found that I was lying on the bed, and the stick was sitting beside me shaking me desperately.

Phew~ I let out a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a dream, why does it feel so real.I smiled at the wooden stick: "I'm having a nightmare, just laugh at me."

Stick also laughed.

But he suddenly pointed to my hand and asked in surprise, "Yangzi, what are you holding?"

I looked at my hand, and I was stunned in shock.In my hand, I was holding a white paper lantern.This, this is so bizarre.I took the lantern over and found that it was damp with the sweat in my palm.My head still hurts, I really can't figure it out, so I simply don't think about it anymore.I suddenly remembered something and asked the stick: "What time is it?"

Wooden Stick looked at the wall clock: "Oh, quarter past nine in the morning."

I got up: "Is my master back?"

"I didn't see it. I just woke up and heard you yelling."

I turned over and got off the ground, wanting to go out to see if Master was back.As soon as the door was pushed open, the village chief Jin Fu came in.The village chief looked around and asked anxiously, "Where's Master Yuan?"

(End of this chapter)