doll city

Chapter 23 Lion Dance (2)

"Are you here to stay... or play?"

The old lady in a brown Tang suit asked before they were too scared to do anything.

Everyone was stunned, no one thought that there was a person living in the hunting ground.There was even a moment when they thought they had returned to the real world, and lowered their heads to turn on their phones to find the network signal.

Seeing that they were silent, the old lady asked again: "Do you want to stay?"

The old lady's accent was a bit heavy, and her voice was dry and hoarse. They couldn't hear clearly, so Xiao Yi asked in a low voice, "What is she talking about?"

In order to practice the performance, Yan Ge, who knows some local dialects, explained: "This old lady may be from the south. She asked us if we want to live here."

"No need, the hunting ground ends at 12 o'clock." Cao Zhi stayed far away, "Stay stupid, this old lady is not an npc or something, is she?"

"If you don't intend to attack, leave her alone, let's go."

This is a courtyard house with three entrances, and the others quickly scattered around to find clues.

Yan Ge didn't leave, and carefully observed the old lady. Her hair was gray, her eyelids were so drooping that she seemed to be sleepwalking, and she was wearing a Tang suit that was so loose that it leaked air. In the weather of eleven or twelve degrees, she looked very uncomfortable. keep warm.

"Grandma, we want to stay here." Yan Ge adjusted his accent, leaned over and slowed down his tone, "How long have you lived here (how long have you lived here)?"

"Seventy years." The old lady turned around and walked in slowly. "There are vacant houses here (there are many vacant houses here), come with me."

The lion dance hall has been quiet since entering, at most there is only the slight sound of the ceramic lions swaying outside the door.Yan Ge, Li Haobai and Xiao Yi followed behind the old lady, walked around the screen wall carved with longevity peaches and pine trees, and entered the inner courtyard.

The inner courtyard is not small in size and has a very traditional structure. There are two wing rooms on the east and west sides. The door of the main hall is wide open, and "Tian Shui Tang" is hung on it. It is worth noting that in the center of the inner courtyard, there are two rows of plum blossoms of different heights. pile.

For some reason, these two rows of plum blossom piles give people a bad feeling.

The people did not enter those houses rashly, but only surveyed the yard, and found no trace of any live puppets or their activities.Cao Zhi walked around those plum blossom posts, looked up at the plaque in the main hall, and doubted——

"We are going to the 'Lion Awakening Hall', but it says 'Tian Shui Hall' here, don't go wrong?"

At this time, folklorist Dai Chengze shook his head and said, "There is no mistake. 'Tian Shui Tang' is not contradictory to the 'Lion Wake Hall' at the entrance. It indicates the name of the hall."

"What's the hall number?"

Dai Chengze found a sense of existence, and said unreservedly: "This is related to the clan tradition in the history of our country. A clan with a hall name may be powerful in the local area or its birthplace, and it can be regarded as a member of the family's honor. This kind of external manifestation, the corresponding surname can be queried through the church number, 'Tian Shui' is relatively common, which may refer to the owner of this family named Zhao."

Xiao Yi said: "Tianshui, it sounds like it's from Gansu, but that old lady speaks southern dialect."

Dai Chengze said: "The Zhao family is a surname of hundreds of families. It has a history of thousands of years from ancient times to the present. It is normal to move to the south."

While talking, the old lady opened the door of the west wing room and said to them: "There are two people living in one room, which one of you lives in (Which one of you lives in this room)?"

Everyone glanced at each other, because it was over at 12 o'clock, and the people in Jungle No. 1 didn't care much, but Yan Ge asked, "Grandma, how many vacant rooms do we have here?"

The old lady twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "There are two houses in the backyard, a total of three houses. Don't walk around in the yard at night, you have made your choice, come to my house to get the lamp."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to be a little tired, her figure was a little hunched, and she took small steps back to the east wing where she lived, and closed the door.After a while, a light came on in the window of the east wing.

Everyone was speechless for a while, and they didn't know what the old lady was doing here.After another half an hour, I found nothing in the yard, so I boldly walked into the main hall.

The main hall below the "Tian Shui Hall" is very dark, exuding a smell of dust, mold, paste, and even pickled vegetables.A few old pine chairs were placed symmetrically opposite the main hall, and some of the damaged places were fixed with cotton thread and disposable chopsticks from nowhere. It seemed that the owner of the house was not in a good financial situation.

Facing the door, there is a picture of a lion dance on the wall between the two chairs. In the picture, two lions, one yellow and one black, are full of energy, standing proudly on the pile of plum blossoms. There are crowds of people watching. All with enthusiastic smiles.

"This painting is quite old." Dai Chengze moved closer to the painting and lit it with a lighter. "It was probably in the period of the Republic of China. It was not rare. The corners were too oily, and the collection value was not high."

The lighter in his hand didn't seem very sensitive. It didn't take long for him to identify it and it went out, so he simply gave up and continued to check.Instead, he became a little interested in the structure of the main hall. He touched the chairs and knocked on the table, and noticed that there was a compartment on both sides of the hanging paintings. He walked over and opened the curtain curiously, and it was dark inside.

"I have searched all over the front and back yards, but there is no living doll, so it seems that it is in the house." Cao Zhi lit a cigarette, a little irritable, "If there is no more in the house, then there may be nothing to gain tonight, enough boring."

For those who are not full of the first movement, no living puppet means no gain.

At this moment, Dai Chengze suddenly yelled in the cubicle: "Ah!!!!"

In an instant, two people in the main hall disappeared. The next moment, they teleported to the door curtain, tore off the door curtain, and shone the flashlight inside.

There was a smell of incense sticks, and where the flashlight saw, a statue of Guan Gong, as tall as a man, stood in front of the incense table, with his eyes closed, his hand smoothing his beard, and holding a luminous Qinglong Yanyue knife.

"This..." Although the statue of Guan Gong is big, it is not a living doll, so Uncle Yuan slapped Dai Chengze on the ground angrily, "What are you screaming?!"

With the bonus of Senjia, even if it was not intentional, the strength is extremely great. Dai Chengze, an adult, was directly slapped to the ground, his ears rang for a while, his throat was filled with fish, he pointed behind Uncle Yuan, and tremblingly said: "... Yes, there."

"What..." Uncle Yuan took a step back, and suddenly felt something hit the back of his head. When he turned around, the flashlight saw a huge and strange head, which was sticking to his face.

"I rely on!"

He instantly used "The ghost of the ancestors floats here" to distance himself, and then everyone saw clearly the true face of that strange head.

It was a lion head made of multicolored velvet cloth and gold-flowered silver paper. The cloth representing the lion’s body attached to the lion’s head was hung on the beam. Because it was suspended in the air, the eyes on the lion’s head opened naturally. , looked very strange in the dark compartment.

But it is also the same as Guan Gong's statue, it doesn't move at all.After a while, Cao Zhi went up to touch the lion and asked in surprise, "It's dead too?"

Afterwards everyone observed it, Uncle Yuan turned the lion over and took a look, and said, "This velvet lion is newly made, only one eye is painted on."

Everyone suddenly realized that it might be because the eyes were not fully drawn that the lion failed to become a real living puppet.

At this time, the remaining male team member of Jungle No. 1 also came back, and said: "There are only two empty houses in the back, a utility room for firewood, and a hut and kitchen. I have gone up to the roof. What kind of work?" Neither."

"What's going on in this hunting ground?" Except for Dai Chengze, everyone else was a little stunned.

Out of prudent considerations, the people from Jungle No. 1 tied up the two lions with strong nylon ropes. They didn't dare to destroy these things casually, for fear that something bad would happen if they did it.

Then 8 people waited in the main hall. At first, everyone felt that there was a problem, and they were afraid of any danger brewing, but they waited until after eleven o'clock, and when the hunting ground was over in [-] minutes, the lion dance hall Still nothing.

Most people finally believe they have a bug.

"That's about it." The relaxed Cao Zhi leaned in the arms of the woman he brought, Nana, "It's boring."

Yan Ge himself walked around the yard a few times, and even went to the door to listen to the movement outside. There were always a few heavy steps wandering outside the door. I'm afraid there is no need to think about going out from tonight to tomorrow.

Just, is it really that simple?

At this time, Li Haobai seemed to have finally run out of battery for the Walkman he brought, put away the earphones and said, "I suggest that we follow the old lady's advice and live in groups of two in separate rooms."

The hunting ground was over in ten minutes, and everything was calm. He suddenly wanted to do something, and no one was very willing.

Cao Zhi exercised his muscles and bones, probably because he had waited too long, and the idea of ​​wanting to sleep was very strong from the middle. Hearing this, he said lazily: "It's not necessary, it's almost over. You want to take a risk and try something, ordinary people But it’s a pity.”

"Then let me put it another way. Who wants to live with me tonight?" After Li Haobai asked, he turned his head and stared at Yan Ge.

Everyone: "..."

Apparently he was just asking a symbolic question, of course the four members of Jungle No. 1 must be together, and Dai Chengze is a newcomer, at the stage he is most afraid of, so of course it is impossible to agree.

Xiao Yi hesitated for a moment, but she didn't dare to be the first to try to trigger something, so she smiled apologetically.

"...All right." Yan Ge was still wearing his desire dancing shoes. Even though everyone didn't have any urgent thoughts at this time, it still clearly made Cao Zhi and others sleepy. It was obviously not suitable for staying with the crowd. .

As for the influence on Li's good or bad... According to him, he is too strong and there is no need to worry about his life, the influence will affect.

The two of them walked to the east wing where the old lady was. At this time, the lights inside were still on, and the porter was concealed.

Li Haobai put his palm on the door, turned his body slightly and said to Yan Ge: "This hunting ground is not easy. If we really want to deal with it, we must guarantee it is a hand-made doll."

Yan Ge also had an ominous premonition: "I am mentally prepared."

Li Haobai: "I haven't."

Li Haobai: "I mean, can you open this door? I never dare to watch Chinese ghost movies alone. I'm a little scared."

Yan Ge listened to his macho man's speech, stared deeply at him for two seconds, rolled up his sleeves and walked to the door of the east wing that exuded a cold atmosphere, pushed aside Li Haobai, and went straight up to push the door.

"The Walkman still has some power. If you're afraid, I can play the BGM for you... Wow." Li Haobai interrupted the flirty conversation.

The dark night shone through the door, and the old lady was not elsewhere. She was lying on a table covered with a white cloth. Behind her, four lamps were quietly burning behind a row of offerings.

"..."

After suffocating for a few seconds, Yan Ge didn't panic, but the desire dance shoes seemed to capture the fear he had in an instant, trying to amplify this fear.Just as Yan Ge was about to spend his energy to adjust his energy, his ears suddenly warmed up, and Li Haobai stuffed the earphones into his ears from the back door.

Yan Ge turned his head and met his slightly curved eyes after putting on the brown lenses, and then the ju festive New Year classics swept away all his gray emotions like a lawnmower.

"Good luck, good luck!

Good luck brings joy and love!

Good luck everyone good luck!

Prosper with good luck!Four!ocean! ! "

After the song was over, Li Haobai asked very caringly: "Are you still afraid?"

Co-authoring the New Year's Divine Comedy that you have listened to all the way since you entered the door?

"...It's nothing, you can enjoy it yourself."

The festive repertoire engraved in the DNA instantly destroyed the terrifying atmosphere. Yan Ge politely pushed him away, stepped over the threshold and walked to the old lady. After observing for a while, he boldly reached out and touched the old lady's ear. pulse.

His skin was cold when he touched it, and he didn't know whether he was a dead person from the beginning or passed away after entering the house.

Yan Ge tended to the first guess, after all he couldn't explain what the white cloth table for the deceased was for.

There are many miscellaneous items in the entire east wing room, which seem to be prepared for tailoring lion dance supplies. There are also some pills scattered on the bedside cabinet. It seems that the old lady has been suffering from illness for a long time in her last days.

"Let's go." Li Haobai took one of the four lamps, "Do as she said, take the lamp, and go into the house in groups of two to spend the night."

"I always feel that something is wrong, I'll tell them, let Xiao Yi live in the same room with us."

Li Haobai opened his mouth and did not object. Yan Ge quickly went to Tianshui Hall and told them the strange story of the old lady's death. But at this time, there were still 12 minutes before 5 o'clock, and everyone didn't care much. .

Xiao Yi chose to trust Yan Ge, and followed Yan Ge to the East Wing.

"I've never experienced such a hunting ground. If there is a problem, I think it will be on the lion dancing lion or the bronze statue of Guan Erye." She was a few steps behind Yan Ge, and waited until Yan Ge entered the west wing When he opened the door, suddenly the door in front of him creaked shut.

Immediately there was a crashing sound inside, but everything quickly disappeared, as if an extremely powerful force locked the two of them in the house.

It's here, it's finally here.

A great fear swept over, the only thing Xiao Yi could be sure of was that the banging on the door inside was very rhythmic, maybe there was no danger other than being locked, she shouted for help while trying to knock on the crack of the door to save someone, In a hurry, a piece of scrawled white paper was handed out from under the door.

The white paper seemed to be alive, and it unfolded feebly by itself, on which was scrawled in red letters——

"Go, get, light! Get in the house!!!"

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The author has something to say:

Prosper with good luck!Four!ocean! !

Believe me, this Sand Sculpture Gong is really for music (seriously)