C243 Paperhorse

After the boss shouted out his words, he was afraid that Xiao Miao and I would not be able to hear it. He instructed the surrounding villagers to spread the news and post it everywhere in the village.

Afterwards, he hurriedly left with the villagers, including the souls at the bottom of the well.

In the beginning, I was a little contemptuous of this little brat. After getting slapped in public, he was actually able to lay his head in front of me and work so hard. How shameless is this? Then I realized that he was trying to share a piece of meat.

The yard quieted down, and Xiao Miao and I jumped down from the gate god's body.

Xiao Miao said to me: "Now that you are free, we can plan on how to deal with the boss."

I said, "Do you have a heart? Three quarters of an hour later, my friend is going to be killed, yet you say that I have nothing left to worry about? "

Xiao Miao said, "A quarter of an hour is not enough to save anyone. "Just treat her like a cat or dog. If she's dead, then so be it."

I realised that Xiao Miao had learnt it really quickly. In such a short period of time, she returned what I just said to me.

I sighed and said, "No, I must save Little Tang Wei. If I see my friend killed without being saved, then I won't be able to sleep in peace for the rest of my life. "

Xiao Miao sighed, and said: "Actually, the boss treats me rather well. I only restricted my personal freedom. Normally, there would be meat to eat and water to drink, but it didn't do anything to me. Otherwise... So I won't be involved in the matter of saving others? "

I thought: You're not going to be involved in saving people? Do you want to leak information?

Thinking up to here, I reached my hand into my pocket and grabbed the dagger. If Xiao Miao's words weren't right, I would give him a blow first to prevent myself from exposing my secret.

As if sensing my emotions, Xiao Miao chuckled at me and said: "I was just joking."

I sneered but didn't say anything.

Xiao Miao cleared her throat and put on a serious look, then said to me: "Actually, it's not like the boss didn't have a weakness. His biggest weakness is the idol in the Buddhist hall. "

I curiously asked, "What happened to the statue?"

Xiao Miao said: "I once followed the boss into a buddhist hall, so I know his secret. You look like he's a pretty prestigious boss in the mutton restaurant, right? Actually, he wasn't. He was the puppet of the Buddha statue. "Whatever the Buddha statue says, what he listens to."

I waved my hand. "Wait a moment, is the Buddha statue alive?"

Xiao Miao thought for a while and said, "It can't be counted as alive. Normally, it is just a rock, neither eating nor drinking, but when the boss kowtows down to him three times and mutters some words, the Buddha statue can speak. "

I stopped Xiao Miao and said, "Are you sure that the Buddha statue is usually a rock and it didn't fall into a deep sleep?"

Xiao Miao said, "I am very sure. When the boss just caught me, I once sneaked into the temple when he wasn't paying attention and broke off one of the deity's fingers. "At that time, the Buddha statue had no reaction at all. Think about it, if it fell asleep, wouldn't it be too dead asleep?"

I asked curiously, "What happened next?" "The Buddha statue didn't get even with you after it came back to life?"

Xiao Miao said: "Strange, it's here. After the Buddha statue came back to life, it said lightly, why is there a missing piece of my finger, it didn't scream out in pain or get angry, as though it didn't care about my body."

I slowly nodded, then asked Xiao Miao: "What do the two of them usually say? Did you hear that? "

Xiao Miao said, "The relationship between the two of them is very strange. The boss called the Buddha statue 'master' as if he was a servant of a god. But the Buddha statue has a lot of things to ask of you, boss. "

"Once, for example, I heard the idol ask the boss: What should I do? The boss said, You use violence to dig up the next floor. If you can't find the next level, then go find the lower level. "

"The Buddha said: The lower level is too small. I wouldn't be able to see it even if I found it. The boss said, "You can threaten the next level and have him help you find the lower level." If he can't find it, let him threaten the next level. "The time limit is set at one year. If you can't find him, you will kill him. He will definitely do his best to accomplish this."

Xiao Miao scratched his head: "Do you think this is strange? "What nonsense are they talking about? What is the next level? What is the lower level?"

I faintly said, "I seem to understand what's going on."

It was Xiao Miao's turn to be curious: "What happened?"

I pointed to the world around us and said, "This is actually a dream. A dream of a golden Buddha statue."

Xiao Miao looked at me in shock. I patiently explained it in brief terms. She then described the layers of Temple of Atonement that I saw outside.

I said to Xiao Miao, "Boss, you are trapped inside the Golden Man's dream and can't go out. He was the first person to come here. Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe the Golden Man had revealed it on purpose, so he guessed his situation. The boss is the only one of you who knows where you are. "

"As for the Buddha statues in the buddhist hall, they are actually the projections of the Golden Man in his dreams. The one who is talking to the boss is not the deity statue at all, but the owner of this dream, the extremely powerful Golden Man outside. "

Xiao Miao looked at me suspiciously, as if she didn't quite believe me. After a long while, he asked hesitantly, "But …" Why does the Golden Man want to ask the boss for guidance? "

I said, "That's simple. Do you still remember those Buddha statues carved by the Master Xue? If I'm not wrong, all the Buddha statues have been taken to this damned place. Buddha statues were once buried in tombs, and each one was infused with a soul. "

"Those souls have their memories erased, so they don't understand the human world at all. They are very simple. Such a simple Buddha statue would not be able to handle that chaotic world, so he trapped the boss here and asked the boss for advice. "

"Who is the boss? He's the leader of the villains here, he's full of evil tricks. It's definitely enough to teach Golden Man." In fact, his idea was pretty good. Starting from the Golden Man, with layer after layer of threats, he might really be able to find that thing within a year. Of course … If that thing is in the lower levels of Golden Man and not the upper level. "

Xiao Miao was silent for a moment, then asked me: "Tell me, are the things they are looking for the same as the things Master Xue wants me to protect?"

I replied, "It should be of the same type."

Then I got a little confused. "It's weird. The reason the Master Xue placed the Buddha statue here was probably because he wanted to use the Buddha statue to guard such a treasure. But why did these Golden Man Buddha statues start to search for the whereabouts of those treasures? "

Xiao Miao said, "I feel that it's because of the sins of mortals. The dead were all trying to atone for their sins here, leaving their sins in the temple. After a long time, the Golden Man's thoughts changed. They became selfish and curious and ignored the lives of others. "

I nodded. "Your guess should be correct. However, even if you know what the Buddha statue is, you still didn't tell me how to deal with the boss. "

Xiao Miao said, "Isn't that simple? Since the boss is so afraid of the Buddha, let's just pretend to be the Buddha. When we say one thing, the boss would not dare to say two, let alone taking back the Little Tang Wei, even if we ask him the way out, would he dare to not answer? "

I looked at Xiao Miao, puzzled. "Are you serious? You aren't messing with me? "

Xiao Miao became a little anxious: "What do you mean? "Why don't you believe me?"

I sighed and thought, "This guy is really naive. How are we supposed to pretend to be Golden Man? We are not monkeys, so we can transform into seventy-two. Besides, even if our poor acting has fooled the boss, when the time comes, we'll ask the boss about the way out … It would be strange if the boss didn't see through us. A projection in a dream, is it necessary to ask how we're going to get out? "

Xiao Miao saw that I was silent and asked: "How is it? Is this plan feasible? "

I thought about it and said, "That makes sense, but I need to improve it a bit more."

Xiao Miao's thoughts were full of loopholes, but within three-quarters of an hour, I can't think of any better way.

I could only use my own cleverness to sew up the plan so that it would be more reliable.

I asked Xiao Miao, "Are there any paper clips here?"

Xiao Miao curiously asked me: "Your friend isn't dead yet, and you're thinking about burning paper?"

I scratched my head and replied, "I plan to bribe the boss. Maybe he will release Little Tang Wei after receiving the money."

This obvious joke had actually tricked Xiao Miao.

He said to me, "There really is a paper clip. Come with me."

We both leaned against the wall and found that the village was empty, the streets empty. The reason was simple, everyone had gathered around mutton restaurant to wait for the meat to be split.

Who knew if the boss would split the meat according to the household register or count the heads on the spot? There was no harm in rushing over.

Xiao Miao and I swaggered along the street, not seeing a single person on our way. Two or three minutes later, I saw a small shop. On the top of the store hung a sign with black and white words written on it. It said: Flower Coil Paper Money Coffin.

Xiao Miao said: "It's right here, everything is inside."

I said, "Just now, I was just asking casually, why is there really paper here? This entire village is filled with dead people. Who are you selling his paper tying to? "

Xiao Miao said: "It is said that the boss of the paper sash shop was in this business when he was still alive. Because his surname is Ma, he is nicknamed the paper horse. The paper horse business was very big, but he was very dishonest. He even tricked the dead. When people came to buy paper money, he intentionally gave them less. When people come to buy wreaths, they also use defective products. "

"In any case, after he died, he knew that what he had done was too wicked, so he repented in front of the monument. After his confession, his sin came to this place. This place is like a village, so everyone likes to go back to their old jobs, so they can mistake it for them being alive and enjoying themselves. "

"When the paper horse was alive, there was at least a trace of good intentions. Now, there was only evil left and that became even more intense. So, no one entered the paper horse's shop. If they went in, they would trap you to death. So most of the time, there's only the paper horse sitting in the shop in a daze. "

Xiao Miao asked me puzzledly: "You really went to buy paper money? Why doesn't it feel like it? "