C25 (1/2)
Don't let your thoughts run wild, I reminded myself repeatedly.
”There is righteousness in the world, but it is all bestowed upon people. The bottom part was a river, while the top part was a sun. In the human world, one could live freely. The Royal Road should be clear, containing and expelling the Ming Court. Or to strike at the thief Huat, the anti-vertical head ruptured. It was a place filled with a majestic Qi, a place that would last through the ages. ”When the sun shines and the moon shines, life and death will be safe and sound …” At this moment, the leopard cat started to sing ”Righteousness Song”. Her voice wasn't loud, but it was sonorous and powerful. Her voice was filled with determination and determination. This chant made my blood boil. I thought, the flower leopard cat really is yours, could it be that you saw through my heart again?
At the end of the path was the beginning of the trough, and then the path curved up to the top of the trough like a knife carving a groove into the south slope of the trough. The ditch to the right of the path was connected to the drain on the side of the horn ditch. We did not pause, but went straight down the gutter to the bottom of the gully, while on one side of the slope the jujube trees and ghostly needles swayed in the night wind like thousands of hands clawing and dancing. The last time I came here with the glass, I knew very well where Mrs. Zhao's bones were. We stopped in front of a clump of jujube trees. This place was the same place we came to last time. Nothing had changed. The stone slab was still there, but the white stuff on it had long since been blown away by the wind.
”Her bones are behind the jujube tree.” Laifu stepped forward and used his right hand to brush away the jujube trees. Laifu's right hand was deformed by the twisting of the two small arms. I thought it would be a waste for him to use his right hand like this, but it didn't seem to have much effect now.
The leopard took a cloth bag out of its pocket, the end of which was tied with a string. It was similar to the old money bag, but much larger. The leopard cat handed the bag to Laifu and said, ”Pick up the bones and be honest with yourself.” Then he paused and continued, ”Jiro, lean back. You can't do it.”
Laifu opened the bag and was about to grab the bones when a ball of fire suddenly came out of the small pile of bones. The fire was green, spherical, and bobbing up and down in the air like an eye watching us invaders. We immediately stopped moving, not daring to move.
”What's wrong? Why aren't you moving?” the leopard asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, the green ball of fire flew straight towards the leopard cat. Laifu was right next to the leopard cat, and he quickly used the bag in his hand to hit it. The ball of fire flew to the side before it even touched the cloth bag, just in time to avoid it. Glass and I looked at each other, at a loss for words.
Four or five of these balls of fire flew out from the pile of bones and circled around the four of us, moving up and down, left and right, making the scene very strange for a moment.
”There are five green balls of fire moving around us.” I whispered, because the leopard's eyes were blind and I could only describe it to him.
”When life cannot go according to the heavens, death will not take up any of the land. It would be better to return!” After listening to my description, the leopard cat actually said such a sentence, each word loud and clear. I know exactly who this is for, but is she here?
As soon as the leopard cat finished speaking, the five balls of fire flew towards him. Laifu was also stunned for a moment. So many of them flew over at the same time, he really didn't know which one to hit first. I saw the green flames circle the leopard cats to the left, then to the right, then to the brim of his hat, one by one they disappeared without a trace, just then there was a sudden meow from the grass on the slope, followed by a rustling sound that made me and the glass shudder.
”Damned lynx, it scared me!” ”I'm sorry,” I said, and saw that the paper man was close to my face again. I pushed the paper man aside with my hand.
”Bang!” Glass retreated a few steps and accidentally tripped and fell on the ground. Jiro, you really are wicked! ” Glass got up and threw the paper man aside, screaming and dusting.
”What!” ”You can blame me for this?”
”It's so dark. If you hate me then just scold me. Why did you try to trip me up? What if I fall down and you carry me?”
”Nutjob, I'm not that bored.”
”And you still …”
Just as Glass was about to retort, a burst of laughter came from above the ditches, as if many people were laughing at the same time while covering their mouths. However, they seemed to be afraid of others discovering their laughter, so their voices were very low. The laughter only lasted for a moment before it died down.
Glass's words were just about to reach his mouth when he swallowed it back down. He stared at me with a face that was about to turn green. He asked softly, ”Did you hear that?”
I nodded. It looked like the fall in the glass had been unusual, and he said that I'd tripped him, but in fact I hadn't moved at all, and that in connection with that laugh just now, if I had to give an explanation, the glass had been fooled by those things. Not just the glass, but me, on the path, stepping on my heels twice, maybe it wasn't really the glass. I raised my head to look at the loudspeaker ditch. It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything from ten meters away. It was really depressing. If one could look down from a certain height, the entire southern part of the mountain would be in darkness. Only the faint light at the bottom of the gulley would be able to see how terrifying this was.
I should get out of here as soon as possible. I pointed at the paper man on the floor behind the glass, indicating that he should pick it up. But the glass didn't know what I was talking about, it wanted to look back but didn't dare to, so it tremblingly asked, ”Two... Jiro, you … Don't be scared... ”You scared me!”
”Take the paper man, you're so unpromising!” I cursed.