The paper man couldn't laugh at all.
But this smile did not disappear, but appeared on my face:
"You really don't think that if I suffered a loss when my second uncle left, you can take advantage of my second uncle's departure to make me suffer again, right?"
"No way, right?"
However, the second uncle did not intend to say anything. He directly took out an old sword from the package he carried with him, closed his two fingers together to form sword fingers, attached it to his forehead, and chanted softly in his mouth.
At that moment, I actually felt a breeze blowing through my heart, and my whole body became much clearer.
The second uncle finished chanting and was about to bite his index finger.
In a flash of my peripheral vision, I saw my ugly paper man rolling down from the roof. Since the paper man had no weight, it bounced a few times when it floated to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. It looked pretty. It's ridiculous.
"Don't! Don't don't!"
The paper man screamed:
"If you have anything to say, let's talk! I'm willing to leave. I'm willing to leave, why not?!"
My second uncle and I looked at each other and had a new understanding of the female ghost possessing the paper man.
But the second uncle definitely couldn't let go of his killing move so easily, so after we looked at each other, we quickly reached an agreement.
I took two steps forward, took out the pen and paper I carried with me, and assumed a businesslike attitude:
"It's too late to leave now. Please tell me who your last name is, who you are, why you died, and why you did such evil things... and why you lied to me as a paper man, and the causes and consequences..." .”
"Let me listen. If you are honest, my second uncle and I..."
The second uncle blinked repeatedly, and my face was expressionless:
"...Consider again whether to let you live."
Somehow, I felt that the paper man's big eyes glared at me with aggrievedness, and after a long silence, he said:
"My name is Xie Jinhua, from Yanpu Township."
"I...should have died in childbirth..."
"I have never done anything harmful at all... This is really an injustice to me!"
"I just came out a few days ago. I didn't expect that after being buried for many years, a young man would dig up my grave, dig me out, and sleep with me..."
"It's okay! I can only struggle, but that man is very strong and a violent new ghost. How can I defeat him? I can only..."
Isn’t this the same Wu Dabao he was talking about a few days ago? !
It turned out that the bones that appeared in Wu Dabao's coffin were exactly that of this woman.
I looked thoughtfully at Xie Jinhua up and down, and he immediately continued honestly:
"Fortunately, you rescued me in just one night!"
"Then I followed you two and listened to what your neighbors were talking about you two...I learned your names and some things..."
I was a little in disbelief and said:
"Is it that simple? Then you said that we saved you, shouldn't you repay the favor? How can you repay the kindness with enmity and come to deceive me as a paper man?!"
Xie Jinhua hesitated a little, but under the intimidation of her second uncle, she could only grit her teeth and said:
"To be honest, no matter what time, there is no one with a conscience, not even ghosts. We have no intention of repaying our kindness."
"I was just thinking about my man. I walked around the village and happened to hear the family next door calling him by this name, so I wrote it down."
"However, I didn't deliberately listen to the corner. In fact, I just wanted to find out about my man..."
"Later, the further I got away from the mass grave, the more uncomfortable I felt. I remembered that I had heard from Lao Zhang at the grave next door that the paper man can become a ghost body after his eyes are dotted, and he can travel no matter how far he goes..."
"...So, I will..."
"So you thought of deceiving my paper man while my second uncle was gone?"
My second uncle and I looked at each other again, and my second uncle nodded. I put away the pen and paper in my hand:
"I know, you leave my paper man behind, and I'll ask my second uncle to give you a ride... back to the mass grave!"
"Don't! Don't go back to the mass grave!"
Xie Jinhua stepped back repeatedly, not caring about the handle on her second uncle's hand, and immediately wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy.
But the bamboo frame of the paper man was not bent at all, let alone kneeling. This time, he fell directly to the ground and could not get up for a long time.
Xie Jinhua's voice was filled with sadness:
"Please, don't send me back... I know that young man was dug out by you and cremated, and there was no trace of him again..."
"I have been lying in bed for so many years... I just want to see my man for the last time. Please, you are all kind-hearted people, help me see my man for the last time..."
"The two of us... made a vow that we would never marry each other. He is so stupid. He must have been waiting for me for many years. Even if he dies, I want to be buried with him!"
Xie Jinhua's voice was sad. If she hadn't been a paper man now, her face would have been filled with tears. It was enough to make the listener sad and the listener cry.
but--
"You just said that there are no conscientious people nowadays... You use such methods to deceive my paper man and try to create karma for me, so I can't believe you."
I smashed my mouth, turned around and said to my second uncle:
"Second Uncle, please send this person back. This matter is over. Hey, I have to be smart. If you go by the way you were messing around a few days ago, Second Uncle, I don't know when it will be over... 2 Uncle, second uncle?"
The second uncle suddenly came to his senses and put the sword back into his bag.
Seeing that he looked a little relaxed, my heart sank and I thought badly:
"Well, we don't really have to find someone for her, do we?"
"This Yanpu Township is a place I have never heard of. Moreover, it seems that she has been dead for a long time. It would be troublesome to investigate..."
I was somewhat resistant to this job, but my second uncle turned a deaf ear to my words and only said to Xie Jinhua:
"I know Yanpu. This is the predecessor of our current Wanyao Village. It must have been at least seventy years ago."
I was shocked. I didn’t expect that this female ghost had such a long history. Then I heard my second uncle say:
"...Since you have become a good friend, I am also willing to form a good relationship."
"But you have to sign a contract. After we find the person you are looking for for you, whether he is dead or alive, you have to work in my paper horse incense shop for...ten years."
I was shocked. The vague uneasiness I had felt since returning home turned into reality at this moment. I was about to speak, but was interrupted by my second uncle with a wave of his hand.
The second uncle didn’t even look at me. He just stared at Xie Jinhua in front of him and asked:
"And I have to listen to my eldest niece all the time..."
"...Are you willing?"
Xie Jinhua was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and carefully weighed the pros and cons. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said:
"I do!"
"As long as you help me find Brother Zhu, we can renew our relationship. No matter what you want me to do, I will do it!"
The second uncle nodded, went back to the back room to get paper and pen, and wrote a deed. Then he asked me to bite my finger and make a blood seal. As for Xie Jinhua, the second uncle recited a spell, took a touch of soul energy, and possessed it. On top of this deed.
This is considered a contract.
The second uncle breathed a sigh of relief, and then reorganized a boundary for my ugly paper man, asking her to stay in it and not come out.
The next day, relying on the name "Zhu Daqian" given by Xie Jinhua, the two of us went to several surrounding villages to find the patriarchs and read the genealogy. After a lot of effort, we found the news about Xie Jinhua's husband.
It happens to be in the neighboring village.
When my second uncle and I rushed to Zhu's house, before we even entered the house, we got some good news and two bad news from the neighbors.
The good news is that Zhu Daqian is not dead yet.
The bad news is that he will die soon.
The worse news is:
Zhu Daqian was not married to Xie Jinhua at all. His wife was someone else.
Moreover, after so many years, the family is full of children and grandchildren.
