The three of us searched again, this time on all fours. The process was easier than we had expected, and we soon saw a slab of stone.
To verify that it was a mirror, I dripped a drop of blood on the stone slab. A quarter of an hour later, another drop of blood appeared on the other side.
So the three of us went through.
Previously, when we were looking for a mirror, we had passed through it countless times. However, we didn't know that we had already reached the first floor, so we didn't dare to go to the exit.
In the old way, we found the edge of the mirror by dripping blood. Five minutes later, I saw that the Road to River Styx had come to an end. There was a moon gate.
I happily walked over and raised my foot to step out, but Mr. Zhao stopped me.
"Be careful," he said to me.
He dug around his body and took out a piece of white paper. After taking out a piece of white paper, he tore it into two pieces and threw it out.
After a moment, Mr. Zhao began to pull a thin thread. It was only then that I realised that the paper man was still tied to a thin rope.
The paper man was pulled back, and Mr. Zhao asked: What's the situation outside?
I saw that the paper man's rough eyebrows and eyes were actually stretched out, revealing a horrifying smile.
I shuddered and asked the Mr. Zhao, "What does that mean?"
Mr. Zhao said, "The paper man is smiling, which means there are no dangers outside. Let's go out."
"Is that really what he meant?" I muttered to myself.
The three of us stepped through the Moon Gate. The moment I stepped out of the door, I cautiously looked around me. There was indeed no danger outside.
I even saw my own body, still standing perfectly fine in front of the Moon Gate. I checked and found that no one was doing anything to my body. Thus, I happily entered it.
I asked the Mr. Zhao, "Where did your physical body go?"
Mr. Zhao said, "It's hidden."
I then asked Xia Xin, "Where is your body?"
Xia Xin was at a loss.
Mr. Zhao said, "Follow me, I know where it is."
The three of us left. Only the body of the Zhai Mai was left standing alone at the entrance. We passed through the flowers in the backyard and came to the door.
The Zhai Fu that was originally sitting in the living room had disappeared. The place became empty, the night quiet and quiet. It seemed like Zhai Fu had already escaped.
Mr. Zhao brought us to the second floor and opened a small door in the corner. This place seemed to be a utility room. Inside were a cloth and dustpan.
Mr. Zhao took off a piece of white cloth and said, "Isn't the body right here? "I hid it."
I saw two bodies and a ghost lying inside. The body belonged to the Mr. Zhao and Xia Xin respectively, and the ghost belonged to the Zhai Mai.
Zhai Mai looked at us in panic. Her mental strength is far inferior to the calm Zhai Fu.
Mr. Zhao and Xia Xin returned to their own bodies, and then the three of us surrounded Zhai Mai in the center.
Mr. Zhao took down the rag that was blocking Zhai Mai and asked indifferently, "What happened? Tell us about it. "
Zhai Mai was still pretending to be stupid as she trembled and said, "What do you mean, what's going on? I don't know what you're talking about."
Mr. Zhao took out his watch and looked at it: "There's still an hour until daybreak. I can't get the answer I want within an hour, so I'm sending your body to the crematorium. "
Zhai Mai was immediately afraid. She asked hesitantly and carefully, "Do you want to know what Fusheng is all about?"
Mr. Zhao said: "Di Fusheng, your husband, and you. And the mural on the wall, I want to know. You only have an hour. Whether you want to go back and be a living person or a ghost, it's all up to you. "
Zhai Mai was shocked by Mr. Zhao's ruthlessness. She began to shiver, and after a while began to cry again, "My man has a construction team, but it's actually just a construction class for four or five people. He is the class's chairman, he is connected everywhere, the remaining four will work, and the money they earn will be shared equally with others. "
Mr. Zhao tsk-tsked, and said to me: "Eldest Nephew, did you see that? This is the ugly face of the capitalists, who do nothing but share their wages with the working people through their mouths. "
Zhai Mai really wanted to explain everything that had happened within the span of an hour and get her flesh back, but she didn't dare interrupt Mr. Zhao.
After a while, the Mr. Zhao finally stopped talking. She immediately continued, "Our family's days are not bad. Those who have money on hand, and are not exposed to the sun or wind, have one bad thing about them, we don't have a son. "
"For that, the hospital has been there, too. They had also kowtowed in the temple. Maybe it was the doctor who prescribed the medicine, maybe it was the Bodhisattva who showed up, and then I really got pregnant. "
"When it was broken for eight or nine months, I had nightmares all day, and dreamed that the baby was gone and I woke up in the morning with my pillow wet from crying. At that time, when my man was building a house and digging up the foundation, he dug up an antique. So he sneakily brought it back. "
"I saw that the antique was very kind. It was a porcelain doll and I put it on the table. And that night, I dreamed about the doll. He jumped down from the table, called my mother, and threw my baby in my stomach. "
"After I woke up, the more I saw this porcelain doll, the more sinister it seemed. I wanted to throw it away, but my man disagreed and said this thing was either Tang's or Song's and was very valuable. I said that since it's worth a lot of money, then hurry up and sell it.
"My man was afraid that I would scare him, so he went to an antique collector that afternoon. However, after that person took a look at the door, he turned around and left. "
"I saw that there was something wrong with him, so I chased after him and stopped him. I asked the antique collector, "What exactly does he mean by that? Why is he leaving without even discussing the price when he just entered the door?"
"The antique collector said that this porcelain doll is not an antique at all. It's specially used for summoning the spirits of children who have died, it's so evil that if this thing is brought home, you won't be able to have peace for a few more lifetimes. "
"When I heard this, I was so scared that I almost died. I kept yelling at my man to throw this thing away. The antique collector also said, "I can't throw it away. Children hold a grudge." If you throw him out, he'll come back at night and kill you all. "
"I asked the antique collector to show me a way out. The antiquarian didn't want to tell me, but I gave him a lot of money and he told me anyway. The antique collector said that since the doll was a soul-summoning one, his corpse should still be there. The dead parents carved the birth date on the pedestal and buried it under someone else's house. A china doll absorbs a child's yang energy and longevity. When they had collected enough, the parents would bring the doll back and return it to the child's corpse. It's like a piggy bank. "
"He asked me to burn an incense stick in the middle of the night and then to cover the doll's eyes with a red cloth. Quietly, he picked up the doll and looked at the words "Birthday" and "Home Address" on its base. "After finding the body, I sneaked over to their house and stole the body. I set it on fire."
"The corpse has been burnt, it's impossible to return the soul to the body. He tied a red string around the porcelain doll's neck. He buried himself in the ancestral grave while it was dark. As long as our family is prosperous, there will always be people who die looking at porcelain dolls.
"But after my man and I discussed it, we thought, our family is fine now, but in the future, what if we don't have enough people? The porcelain doll ran out, what if they want to take revenge on us? So we thought of a way to bury the china doll in the grave of someone else's ancestor. "
When Zhai Mai said till here, we all looked at her in disdain. This was too wicked.
The Zhai Mai felt embarrassed and explained herself, "Then didn't the person who made this porcelain doll also bury it in someone else's house?"
I said to the Zhai Mai, "Continue."
The Zhai Mai sighed and said softly, "That night, I chased my man out. Since the antique collector told me that I couldn't have a man around when I covered the porcelain doll's eyes, I just sat on the sofa and waited. I was so scared that night, I always felt like something was looking at me. "
"I didn't dare go to bed, so I just sat on the couch. Then I fell asleep. I don't know how long I slept when I heard someone tugging at my sleeve, pulling and saying, It's time, it's time.
"When I looked down, I saw a child looking at me anxiously. I jumped and woke up. I looked at my watch. It was exactly twelve o'clock. The person who woke me up at that time, must be someone from a wealthy family. "
"When the time comes, no matter how scared I am, I have to go. So I forced myself to go upstairs. First, we stick a stick of incense on that porcelain doll, and then we use a red cloth to cover his eyes. "
"I held the doll up and looked at the base. Sure enough, there were the words' Birthday 'and' Home 'engraved on it. The address was Ma Changgui's home. He's also from the town, and my man built a house for him before.
I asked in surprise, "Ma Changgui?"
Zhai Mai acknowledged him and asked curiously: "You know him?"
I smiled but didn't say anything. And I was wondering: What's going on? Ma Changgui can even make such a porcelain doll? It shouldn't be. When I first saw him, I felt that he looked like a rather honest person.
The Zhai Mai continued, "I remembered the address and then put the doll down. Then she told my man. My man said that Ma Changgui this brat, who seemed to be an honest and sincere person, would actually do something bad to him. He hurried out and said he was going to steal the child's body and burn it. "
"He went out all night and didn't come back. I anxiously waited for daybreak. When the sun rose, my man returned. However, his expression was extremely strange. I felt that I didn't even recognize him anymore. "