I was blankly walking forward when a cold hand grabbed my shoulder. I shivered with fear and came to my senses.
It's A Chang. He shook his head at me. I realized then that I had gone a long way. Meanwhile, Mr. Zhao was running forward, dragging Dou Jiang back into the fog.
I felt a lingering fear in my heart. No wonder my soul couldn't leave this place. That strange feeling had taken root in my consciousness, allowing me to walk forward until I reached the Road to River Styx.
Mr. Zhao had already brought Dou Jiang back. Dou Jiang also had a face full of lingering fear, as he tied the hemp rope around his waist and tied a knot. I thought it was a good idea and tied myself up with rope.
Then we continued to move back.
He was almost at the end of the rainy market, and now he had to walk back to the human world.
When we were halfway through, a hawker suddenly walked over and said to Dou Jiang while grinning: "Oh, antrum boss, where are you going?"
My heart skipped a beat. "Did he discover it?"
The Mr. Zhao behind us obviously increased our speed, but the four of us are walking in reverse, and we are walking in a row using a hemp rope, so even if we walk in reverse, how fast can we go? So the peddler caught up to us easily.
He sized Dou Jiang up from head to toe, and laughed slyly: "Looking at your direction, are you heading towards the Road to River Styx? Sigh, if you leave, how lonely are our neighbors? Why don't you stay for a few more days? We have some fun here. Otherwise, if you keep a straight face all day long, you won't even know what it's like to laugh. "
When I heard this, I heaved a sigh of relief. It seems that the peddler did not discover that our destination was human. Seems like Dou Jiang is quite popular here, everyone cannot bear to part with him.
Dou Jiang had his back facing me, so I couldn't see his expression, but his expression didn't look good, because the muscles on his face were bulging slightly due to him clenching his teeth tightly.
The peddler rolled his eyes and said to Dou Jiang: "What teeth are you biting? What? Angry? Why can't you joke with such a grown man? "
Dou Jiang still did not speak.
The peddler crossed his arms and said, "Tsk, tsk, did you play cool today? Ignore me? Wasn't there a lot of talk? With just a few words, you're already getting impatient. How did your temper get better today? "
He took out a stack of paper money, pointed at the man on top, and said, "Look at this. My daughter burned this for me. Look at this, my son-in-law burned it for me. Look at this, my niece burned it to me... Every one of them is real. When I see the money, I can imagine how much they miss me when they burn paper. "
A goatee beside him said to the hawker: "Don't be a slut, Dou Jiang doesn't like to hear this."
The peddler laughed at him and immediately said, "Why don't you like it?"
The goatee said, "Haven't you heard about the matter of antrum boss buying a mirror?"
The peddler said: "I heard, antrum boss is looking for ancient head to buy a mirror. As a result, on the second day, ancient head started cursing and said that he did not know how to use his money to buy a mirror. "
The hawker grinned at the goatee and said: "I say, with so many of us here, it's not like the antrum boss is a big deal. How could they think of using fake money to buy things?"
The goatee said, "Who knows. Maybe the antrum boss's tomb is filled with fake money that can be printed at any time. "
Their voices were loud enough for all the hawkers in half the street to hear. These gloomy hawkers all revealed smiles.
I suddenly felt that ridiculing Dou Jiang seemed to be their only joy.
The antrum boss had his back to me and I noticed that his neck and ears were red. He must be blushing.
He is my companion now, and I am in the same trenches as him, regardless of how much I used to despise him. I am very angry at the eccentric behavior of these hawkers, but I also know that this is not the time to help Dou Jiang. Our top priority is to get out of this damned place.
The hawker grinned at the goatee and said: "I don't know if antrum boss has a printer, but I know where he got his fake money from."
The goatee pretended to be puzzled. "How did you get here?"
The peddler said, "I've heard people say that relatives in the mortal world will burn money for you. If they were dishonest and had different intentions, then they would be taking a walk and showing it to outsiders. "Then what you received was fake money."
Goatee immediately answered, "No, I heard that antrum boss still has a wife who lives. Why would paper money burn with different intentions? "
The peddler laughed and said, "A couple loves each other, who knows? Anyway, the antrum boss was already dead. Alas, widows have a lot of trouble in front of the door, the chamber is very lonely. It's not easy to pick a burden, why don't the two of them accompany each other … Maybe our Mrs. Dou married again. With a new love, you forget about old love. When he burned the paper again, he wouldn't have the same thoughts as before. Oh, antrum boss, don't hate her.
The goatee waved his hand, "I don't think so. Since our Madame Dou is already married to someone else, she can still think of the antrum boss. I think burning two pieces of paper for her from time to time is more romantic than gold."
These two people fought back and forth, and their words were filled with ridicule and ridicule towards Dou Jiang. The surrounding hawkers listened to the story with relish, letting out a few strange laughs from time to time. Dou Jiang clenched his fists.
Mr. Zhao is even faster now, he obviously doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, but we went through some trouble previously, and he is still quite a distance away from living people.
The goatee suddenly sighed and said, "Madam Dou, I do admire you, but when it comes to antrum boss's children, I want to criticize them a little. They are the close relatives of the antrum boss, and are related by blood.
The peddler cleared his throat and said, "Man, this is your fault. How do you know that the children of the antrum boss are related by blood to him? "
The goatee said, "The children of the antrum boss, how are they not blood related?"
The peddler grinned and said, "It doesn't matter. That was up to Mrs. Dou. We do not know, and antrum boss does not dare to guarantee it. "
The crowd burst into laughter.
Dou Jiang suddenly stopped, as if he wanted to rush forward and fight. Mr. Zhao pulled on the rope behind us, causing Dou Jiang to stomp his feet hard.
The peddler said: "Aiyo, antrum boss is angry, are you going to hit me just now?"
The goatee said, "Then you have to be careful. You can't beat antrum boss. "
The peddler asked, "What do you mean?"
The goatee said: "I see that the antrum boss will have to rely on a green king in his next life, the shell is already on his back. He hit you and you hurt like hell. "If you hit him, he'll have a shield to protect him, so you shouldn't be afraid."
The peddler waved his hand and said: "Not necessarily. antrum boss is very good-natured. If you want to hit him, you have to hit his wife first. "Why did you hit me?"
It's fine if he said it, but he even patted Dou Jiang's face, "antrum boss, is it? If you don't say anything, then it's a tacit agreement. "
Dou Jiang suddenly reached out and untied the rope.
I looked at him in astonishment. He slowly turned around, kneeled down with a thump, and respectfully kowtowed to us.
Then he took a few steps back and distanced himself from us before he said, "I don't have much ability, so I'm easy to talk to and not tough at all. When he was alive, he was just a commoner in the city. He would smile when he saw anyone, but he was still chased around by the Town Security. After death, you will also be joked around by others. You will lose your status more and more. "
"Since outsiders have come, I would like to put on an act to prevent myself from being bullied by others. However, he couldn't pretend for too long. He had committed an old mistake. Wiping his nose and wiping away his tears, he nodded and said good words. It was rather shameful. The three of you, I'm not leaving. "Thank you for helping me, for your great kindness, and for repaying it in the next life."
The hawker laughed at his side: "What are you doing, antrum boss?"
Dou Jiang bent down to pick up a broken tile from the ground, and smashed it onto the peddler's head. The sharp and fragmented horn immediately opened up a hole on the peddler's forehead.
He grabbed the peddler's collar with one hand and smashed the tile with all his might with the other, still shouting, "Your mother has remarried. Your mother doesn't even know what your surname is. I'm not going to live today, I'm going to risk my life. "
The peddler cried out with all his might, but Dou Jiang's eyes were completely red, as if he was going to swallow the peddler whole. The tiles had been smashed, so he smashed the peddler's wound with his fist.
Goatee was pale in fright, but quickly regained his senses and scolded: "Dou Jiang, you know a few newcomers, are you that awesome?"
A group of hawkers rushed over like a swarm of bees.
My head started to heat up and I reached out to grab the rope at my waist, but I was tied up so tightly that I couldn't untie it in a short period of time.
I turned around and looked at Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao had a face full of conflict, he stomped his feet hard and released his grip, then said to A Chang: "Help."
Carrying that hemp rope, I rushed to Dou Jiang's side and kicked away the goatee.
I picked up a stone from the side and was about to start a massacre when I realized that I was retreating.
I turned around and saw the Mr. Zhao pulling me. A Chang pulled Dou Jiang, while we ran towards the human realm.
This time we didn't have to turn around. When we spoke, we couldn't hide the ghosts.
The hawkers were stunned for a few seconds, but no one knew who shouted first, "They can get out. Those two have bodies. "
It's over. Hundreds of ghosts are chasing after us like a swarm of bees. They're like dark clouds in the sky. This scene scared me.
Mr. Zhao suddenly shouted, "Hold on tight! "Time to go."
Following which, a strong gust of wind blew in the surroundings. The wind made me fly up like a flag. If it wasn't for Mr. Zhao desperately grabbing onto me, I wouldn't even know where I would have flown up to.
The physically strong Mr. Zhao and A Chang seemed to have rooted themselves to the ground, and they walked forward while facing the wind one step at a time. Dou Jiang and I were grabbed by them, swaying back and forth like a rag in the wind, unable to even speak.
As for the lone souls behind him, they were howling like ghosts in the wind. From time to time a hand reached out to grab us and hold us. But in the next second, they were blown away by the wind.
Relieved, I thought: No wonder no ghost ever comes back. Which ghost could pass through such a violent wind?
Suddenly, a hand reached toward me with great effort. When I saw it, my heart skipped a beat because I knew the owner of this hand.