C10

As soon as I fell into the reservoir, two hands pulled me deeper into it. I gripped the upturned corner of the concrete block.

Even in this situation, River Branch didn't even look at me.

These brats, seeking a substitute to find me, they are really courting death!

I took a few deep breaths and slowly peed. The piss spread in the water, and the hands that held my ankles relaxed.

Although it was a little impolite to use piss and yang energy to drive away the two water ghosts, there was no easier way to do so at the moment.

I climbed out of the water and walked over to the branch of the river. After squatting down and crying for a while, he started laughing like a lunatic.

This is too weird, I can only go back and ask grandpa.

I pushed the motorcycle home, walked into my grandfather's room and said, "Grandpa, I saw River Branch's soul by the reservoir, but I went to her house to ask her, she wasn't scared by the reservoir, what's going on?"

"Did she answer you when you called her soul?" Grandfather asked.

I shook my head. "No, it's as though I'm unconscious. I was pulled into the water by a water ghost beside her. She didn't even look at me. She was only crying and laughing at times."

I put my feet on the bed and showed my grandfather the two black handprints on my ankles.

After taking a glance, Grandpa said, "Humans have the soul of heaven and earth. Normally, when we talk about souls that have been scared off, we would be scared out of our wits. At home, if you raise the soul flag on the roof and shout the name of the person who lost his soul, the Earth Soul will hear the name and come back. "

"I know, but why did River Branch lose her soul? She didn't respond even if I called her by her name?"

"Because he's going to die. His Heavenly Soul is going to be taken away."

"What?" I shivered a little.

Grandpa nodded, "What you saw was not River Branch's soul, but her soul. The Heavenly Soul will leave the person's body seven days before the person dies and travel around places that she has played in before. However, the Heavenly Soul doesn't have any consciousness, so if you call for her, she will ignore you. "

"Since she doesn't have any consciousness, then why would she laugh when she cries?"

"That's because River Branch herself is crying and laughing. That's why her Heavenly Soul can feel it and laugh with her."

The branch of the river is going to die? The picture of me coming home from school every weekend in junior high school replayed in my mind. I remember one time when River Branch's bike broke down and I drove her home. As she passed a peach tree, she broke a peach blossom and asked me if I looked good.

When he saw her crying and laughing in the reservoir, it meant that River Branch was also laughing at home. What was she laughing at?

Grandfather saw that I was lost in thought and said, "Don't even think about it. Your lifespan is almost up, so there's nothing you can do about it. The river branches are pitiful too, they're still young. "

"Is there any way to save her?" I asked.

His grandfather shook his head, "It can't be saved, this is fate."

"There must be a way." I grabbed my grandfather's hand. "Grandpa, can you teach me? I don't want River Tree to die. "

The grandfather asked softly, "You like that girl?"

I nodded. "I've always liked her, and I think she likes me."

His grandfather wanted to say something, but he hesitated and finally said plainly, "In the future, you will like other girls. Let's just forget about the River Styx branch. She has reached the end of her lifespan."

Seeing my grandfather like this, I was even more sure that he had a way. "Just teach me. Grandfather, isn't saving a life good enough?!" And I like her! "

"It's not as simple as you think!"

"How complicated is it?"

"Would you be willing to trade your life for hers?"

Grandpa's words made me speechless.

But the river branch's smile in the mind can't go away, tonight to see her haggard appearance, I really pained.

"River, let's go to bed. It's getting late."

I took a shower and lay down in my room. My life for the life of the branch of the river, why do I have to do this or this?

After tossing and turning in the bed, I was unable to fall asleep. When it was 3 o'clock in the evening, I suddenly remembered that when I took the tools from under my grandfather's bed, I saw a book.

I quickly climbed out of bed and quietly went downstairs. When I opened my grandfather's door, my grandparents were asleep. Pappy snored, and I pulled the box out from under the bed, took the book, and went back to my room.

I flipped through the book, which contained notes from our family that recorded some of the special situations that had befallen the spirit giver. It was used as a reference for future generations, and each generation then added a special case that they felt they had experienced to rewrite it.

This book is really a treasure. Every special case is enough to make my hair stand on end, it was even more exciting than watching any horror movies.

Finally, I found a way to exchange my life in the events that Grandpa Xuan experienced.

Inside, it recorded how Grandpa Xuan sent a dead man on his way. That dead man's name was Lin Da. He was pestering a rich man and refused to go on the road. Grandpa Xuan asked him why he didn't want to go on the road.

It turned out that the person who was going to die was the rich, and the rich were reluctant to die, so they found an evil Taoist to help prolong their lives. The evil Taoist made the rich man lie down in the coffin, took his hair and urine, and burned it into ashes and dissolved it in his urine. Then he told the people of the town not to come out.

The rich man lay in his coffin as if he were dead, and he followed the ritual of the funeral as they walked through the town. A young man who didn't believe in evil and wanted to run out to see what was going on, but the evil Taoist suddenly threw his grey hair and urine on the young man's face. The next day, the young man died, and the rich man suddenly felt refreshed.

And that young man was Linda.

The notebook also recorded how Grandpa Xuan sent LinDa on her way, but I didn't really care about that, so I didn't read any of it.

If I burned my hair into ashes and soaked it in her urine, I would have her lie in a coffin and tell the villagers not to come out. Whoever ran out was the chosen scapegoat, and he or she was going to die on behalf of River Branch.

Since we're all from the same village, I naturally don't want to harm others, so I can only splash myself on the spot. However, this was too big of a commotion. It was hard to say if River Branch would cooperate or if her parents would agree to do so.

Annoyed, I rejected the idea and continued flipping through my notes. My luck was really good. I found a case of life extension from the experiences of my great-grandfather. However, after reading it, I thought about what I had done to the River Branch and blushed.

However, this was the only viable option so far.

I plan to go to the River Dazhi's house tomorrow and tell her parents about the situation.

Because he didn't fall asleep until four o'clock, he woke up very late the next day. It was already eleven o'clock. When I went downstairs, Grandmother saw me and said, "You and your grandson are both night owls. Your grandfather also went to bed late last night. I woke up at 3: 30 in the morning. He was still smoking and thinking. He still hasn't woken up. "

Grandfather was still smoking at half past three? But when I went into his room, he was already snoring soundly.

I understood that my grandfather was pretending to be asleep. He couldn't bear to tell me about this plan, but he didn't want me to feel sad. He wanted me to discover this method and let me make my own decision.

I ran to the village store to buy cigarettes, and when I went in, I could hear them talking about the river branches. It turned out that the person who had played mahjong in the River Branch Family last night had to leave after losing money at 2: 00 in the morning. A man from the next village would walk past the reservoir when he got home, and he would see the branch of the river wandering there, so he would run back to the branch of the river and tell her parents.

The older people told River Branch's parents that River Branch's soul had been lost and would not be able to live much longer.

This is good too, saving me the steps to explain. I ran over to the River Dazhi's house. Her parents were sitting in the living room. The atmosphere was very depressing. Their daughter was going to die, so how could I not be sad?

"Uncle, Auntie."

River Branch's mother looked at me and said with reddened eyes, "You're here to find Water Branch. She's upstairs. You should go and chat with her."

River branch's father said, "River water, you did not see a blurred vision, our water branch soul lost. We were going to call the soul tonight, but her grandfather said that the soul lost by the water branch couldn't be called back, and that he had seen the same thing happen when he was young. Do you have a way of saving the water? "

"Uncle, that's what I came for."

River Branch's parents immediately stood up and looked at me with a sharp gaze. "You have a way to save our Water Branch?" Are you for real? "

I nodded heavily.

"Then what should we do? How much do you want? "

"I don't want money. As for what to do, I need to ask for her opinion. This matter requires her consent."

"What's the point of agreeing? We'll follow you."

"No need, Uncle. I'll go talk to her myself."