C82 (1/2)

The person was dressed in a neat and neat black tunic. It was only then that I remembered that he had turned up at my house the day before and the day of my wedding. He claimed that he came uninvited, and because of his name, Er Nengdan, he was willing to take our photos for free.

There was a camera around his neck.

In the mid-1980s, people who could afford cameras were not simple. This made me afraid to look down on him. Furthermore, Er Nengdan was no longer around, and no one could support him, so he was a little nervous inside. I, who wanted to throw a tantrum, couldn't voice it out. I asked politely, ”You …. ”You are?”

”I'm here to give you the photos!” His face was deathly pale, and behind him was a patch of darkness, which made him look a little scary.

”Why are you giving me pictures in the middle of the night!?” Can't I send you off in the morning? ” I suppressed my displeasure, feeling that the man before me was a little nervous.

”No!” I'll send you off now! ” Although his tone was neither light nor heavy, it gave off a firm and decisive feeling. The intent to achieve his goal was irresistible.

”Well, since you are here, please come in and sit! It's cold outside! ” I opened the door wider and moved out of the way.

The man didn't even bother to be polite with me. He strode into the house.

We sat down at a small square table. The little table was new and covered with red cloth. It's the dowry my wife Xia Lu brought from her parents' home. The stool we were sitting on was new, too, and it was covered with a red cotton cloth that matched the table.

”It's a pity that Jin Yunshan died! He should have been a great figure that only appears once every hundred years! ” said the man with the parted hair.

”That's right!” My Second Brother is such a pity! But there was no helping it, he was already dead! Everything that has to do with him will vanish into thin air! ” I said with a sigh.

”Heh, you can be considered a university student!” The man looked at me.

I couldn't help but be stunned. ”Who the hell are you? How do you know I'm a college student?”

The man with the split hair in the middle didn't answer. Instead, he took out a thick stack of photos from his pocket and threw them on the table. ”Look for yourself!” he said.

I picked up the photo and looked at it. The more he read, the more shocked he became. Because the first photo was of me sitting on a winged man, my hair blown in a mess, high up in the air, a shining sun in the distance.

The second photo showed me, wet and frightened, wading along the bank of a river, and far behind me, on the river, a red lion's head with a horn growing on its head and red flames shooting out of its nostrils. Bubbles were visible in the water around the red lion's head, and they were clearly boiling.

The third photo was of a sea of stars. In the full moon hanging in the night sky, there was a giant dragon wildly dancing, opening its bloody maw and devouring a 'black dog'. The dragon's scales were silvery white and its head was a fiery red. Obviously, the lion's head I saw in the river was his. The ”black dog” seemed very weak in front of the dragon. A huge python that was just as thick as the mouth of a bowl was facing a small black mouse.

The fourth photo was: Dusk in the evening, in the darkness of East Room. The roof of the East Room shone with the light of the heavens. In front of a Urn Jar, I held a kitchen knife in one hand and a child's head in the other. With a ferocious expression, the bloody scene made me look like a devil.

The fifth photo was that of a sky filled with stars and the full moon hanging in the sky, in San Geda's courtyard. There was a loose quilt next to him. I put one hand over the muzzle of a naked child, my fingers under his chin, the other clutching the top of his skull, twisting the child's head. The child's bulging eyes showed fear and disbelief.

The sixth photo was: It was also decorated by stars. Under the full moon hanging in the night sky, it was located in the courtyard of San Geda's house. There was a loose quilt next to him. I was thrusting an iron rod into the buttocks of a child with his head on the ground and a wicked smile on his face.

The seventh photo was: Stars dotted the sky. The full moon hung in the night sky, but the full moon was very far to the west. The specific location was in the northwest corner of Jin Yunshan's courtyard, next to the latrine. I had already dug a large pit in the ground and placed Xiao Jun's corpse inside it. Beside it was a large, rolled up piece of linoleum.

The eighth photo was of day, but there was still mist. It was obviously early in the morning. In the courtyard of Jin Yunshan's house, I was holding onto a sharp dagger as I walked forward, my face fierce.

The ninth photo was that of Er Nengdan lying on a bed with eyes bleeding in the East Room that leaked out from the roof, while I was standing in front of the bed with my back bent, one hand lifting up the blanket that was covering Er Nengdan's body, while the other hand stabbed a sharp dagger into Er Nengdan's waist.

Seeing this, I no longer had the courage to continue watching. His whole body was shivering, and he couldn't even hold the photos in his hands anymore. His hands were shaking so badly that a bunch of photos fell to the ground. Looking at this quiet man with his hair parted in the middle, my heart was filled with great fear.

”You … Who exactly is it? ” My voice was shaking so badly I could barely speak.

”Jin Yunshan is someone great! He didn't even make a sound when you stabbed him! I didn't ask you why you wanted to kill him. ”He died just like that!” said the man with the comb.

”Yes!” Yes! I'm sorry! But what can I do! ” I nearly broke down and burst into tears.

”Look at this photo again!” The man with the parted hair bent down and picked up a picture from the floor and handed it to me.

I took the photo and looked at it. In this room, I was sitting under the yellow incandescent lamp, looking down at the front, my hands in a pose of holding it. It was as if he was reading an invisible book!

”Hey, what's going on? Could there be something wrong with the picture? ” I couldn't help but feel curious.

”Why did you say there was a problem with it?” The man with the split hair in the middle asked.

”Because I was reading a book. However, this photo does not show the book! ” ”No,” I said.

The man with the parted hair in the middle said, ”Yes! It doesn't show the book you were talking about! But this picture must be okay! ”

”Then why doesn't it show the book?” I asked.

”I don't know what's going on either! I might as well tell you, when I took this picture of you, my eyes couldn't see the book in your hands! ” said the man with the parted hair.

I couldn't help but be surprised. Looking at him, she didn't think he looked like he was lying.

The man with the parted hair continued, ”I suspect that you are holding a heavenly book!”