Wu Sheng went home for a holiday today and had a hard time. The car broke down halfway and he was almost hit when he got out of the car. After struggling for a long time, he did not return to the village until the afternoon.
After returning to the village, the eye-catching yellow paper was floating in the air. Every time it was about to land, it was suddenly blown up by a gust of wind, causing sparks to fly in the paper-burning brazier below.
Wu Sheng recalled what his father told him on the phone two days ago that Wang Sanniang's daughter had died. Wu Sheng hasn't seen that girl since she grew up.
I heard that she had been in the city and died a few days after returning home. It was said that her death was very bizarre... The girl was very evil before she died.
When she was discovered the next day, the scene was horrifying! A complete pair of human skin was piled next to her, but she was covered in red clothes by someone unknown...
After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Sheng didn't see his father when he returned home, so he remembered the stage that had been set up in the village before, and when he had nothing to do, he prepared to join in the fun.
After arriving, Wu Sheng just sat down and found that the place was very depressing, and he always felt a sinister wind coming in from his back.
He was about to ask something, but was stopped.
"Shut up, little kid! Today's show is a 'Paper Man Show'. You must not speak later! Otherwise..." Uncle Chen on the side saw that Wu Sheng wanted to speak and quickly covered his mouth. His face was nervous and he was covered in cold sweat with fear, and even his voice trembled when he spoke.
Wu Sheng had never seen Uncle Chen so nervous before. His brows were furrowed into a river shape and his fists were clenched as if he was on guard against something...
Before Uncle Chen finished speaking, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded on the stage, and then the actors appeared one after another.
The strange thing is that they are different from normal performances. After they got on the stage, they first burned incense, then everyone bowed in all directions, and sprinkled a lot of yellow paper under the stage.
"Dang!" The moment the gong rang again, the whole village seemed to be quiet.
"The play has begun, come from all directions to listen! One side is human, three sides are ghosts, and four sides are gods!" After the leader finished his drink, the actors began to perform.
At this time, Uncle Chen also started to watch the show, but his behavior was very strange. His eyes looked towards the cemetery to the west from time to time.
Wu Sheng looked at the stage and found that their costumes seemed a little different from those seen on TV.
The clothes they wore were like paper, with many wrinkles on them. Their movements seemed a little awkward, as if their clothes weren't following them.
But people follow the clothes. It's like there's something stuffed in the clothes, and it's very unnatural.
The actors' faces are always twitching, and a lot of the white powder on their faces has been squeezed out, and their eyes turn left and right very stiffly.
Whenever they sang, Wu Sheng always felt that their mouth shapes were strange, as if they couldn't keep up with the notes.
Gradually, Wu Sheng felt a chill running down his spine. He was about to ask Uncle Chen next to him if there was anything special about the play, but suddenly he remembered what he had told him before and swallowed it back. But when he took a closer look again.
Only to find that the old man disappeared!
"Where is the second uncle?" Wu Sheng whispered subconsciously.
At this time, the performance suddenly stopped on the stage! The actors all looked at Wu Sheng!
The expressions on their faces were frozen! The appearance at this time was engraved on their faces, looking at Wu Sheng stiffly.
There were words in his eyes that were warning Wu Sheng about his behavior!
Immediately afterwards, the expressions of the actors turned into nervousness, and then turned into panic again! They seemed to be afraid of something.
Wu Sheng was suddenly startled and became nervous. The hairs on his hair stood up at the sight of them, and he quickly covered his mouth with both hands.
After a while they resumed their performance.
Slowly, Wu Sheng felt colder and colder. It was as biting as if there were a pile of ice cubes surrounding him, and there was an inexplicable cold wind coming from all around.
He looked at the sun in the west and saw that it had completely set. Wu Sheng, who hesitated for a while, made up his mind to go back first.
Wu Sheng stood up and walked out. For some reason, Wu Sheng glanced at the stage again.
This time, Wu Sheng was immediately scared to the ground!
Where are the actors now? ! All are paper figures! They all stared at Wu Sheng!
The villagers sitting under the stage remained motionless, looking at him with dull expressions.
After Wu Sheng collapsed on the ground, he took a closer look and found that everything was back to normal.
He looked around again in panic. It was still as lively as before, as if everything was just his imagination.
Wu Sheng rubbed his eyes carefully and looked again: "Am I stupid? Have I hallucinated?"
Then Wu Sheng stood up staggeringly. When he was about to walk out of the place, he saw a woman in red standing under a tree on the opposite side of the road.
With a smile on her face and fair skin, she stared at Wu Sheng quietly.
But because Wu Sheng was away from home all year round, he did not recognize the woman. Thinking that she was from the same village, Wu Sheng smiled back at her out of politeness, and then ran home quickly.
On the way home, Wu Sheng was greeted by a large group of people, including his father.
"Dad, what are you doing? I haven't seen you since I got home, and I can't get through on the phone." Wu Sheng gasped for breath.
The witch father nodded and told him to be quiet: "I went to the funeral with your third wife, let's talk about it when we get home."
Among them, Wang Sanniang's crying voice attracted Wu Sheng. She held a portrait in her arms.
Wu Sheng's eyebrows suddenly knitted together, and he murmured: "I seem to have seen this girl somewhere..."
Wu Xinggu was closest to Wu Sheng. After hearing his words, he coughed and pulled him back home.
After the two returned home, the sky gradually turned dark.
"What nonsense did you just say?" Wu Xinggu scolded Wu Sheng: "That's your sister Wang's posthumous photo. How come you haven't seen her before?"
"Dad, this..." Suddenly Wu Sheng felt that something was wrong.
Then his head buzzed!
Memories of the previous scenes emerged in his mind. When all the pictures were intertwined, Wu Sheng finally remembered! !
His body took a step back uncontrollably, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"What's wrong with you kid?!"
"Dad...I...I." Wu Sheng choked his throat and said tremblingly: "I just...seemed to have seen my sister Wang."
A roar of thunder! The dark clouds in the sky began to roll. A bolt of lightning struck down, and the reflected light shone on Wu Xinggu's face!
His face was full of shock and panic. After a while, Wu Xing opened his mouth with a dead expression: "What...what did you say!? Don't talk nonsense, kid..."
Wu Xinggu suppressed his panic and grabbed the trembling Wu Sheng: "Tell me quickly! What has happened since you came back to now?!"
After that, Wu Sheng told everything from the time he came back to the present, word for word.
"Sister Wang, she died unjustly! She was unwilling to die! Your Sanniang Wang specially hired a special troupe to appease her grievances!"
Wu Xinggu gasped, obviously frightened: "There are three taboos in this paper mantra!"
"The first one is that after the paper puppet show starts, no matter whether the people in the audience are humans or ghosts, they are not allowed to speak!!"
"Second, after the performance of the paper puppet show begins, no one, whether human or ghost, can leave the performance! Otherwise...otherwise...oh!" Wu Xinggu sighed and slapped his thigh hard.
"The third thing is that no one or ghost can laugh until the paper puppet show is completed!"
"You kid..." Wu Xinggu pointed at Wu Sheng's hand and couldn't stop shaking.
"You have violated all three taboos of paper puppetry!!"
Wu Xinggu fell to the ground and said in fear: "My child! She is...she wants you to be buried with her!"
