Chapter 78
I felt very upset and cleaned the house while crying.
I hadn't been home for ten years, and everything was the same as it was when I left. I opened the cupboard, and it smelled musty, and the bedding inside was no longer usable.
While I was cleaning up, Mao Jianming and Zhang Song appeared in the yard. They didn't say anything, but just helped me clean up the house silently.
I quickly wiped away my tears.
To my surprise, the old village chief also returned with a box of mineral water. Seeing Zhang Songmao and Jianming were there, he said that the tap water at home had not been used for a long time and it was time to replace it, so we should drink mineral water.
I thanked him. The old village chief is now completely different from before, like a completely different person.
The three of us worked hard all day and finally made the house look a bit like it was before. Mao Jianming went home and brought me a quilt, saying it was newly made by Aunt Chen and had never been used.
I don't know how to thank them enough, they both took such great care of me.
I said that I would definitely visit you after I finished cleaning up the house in the next two days.
At night, I lay at home and couldn't fall asleep until midnight, with my mind full of childhood scenes.
Suddenly, a cool breeze blew into the room and I smelled a familiar smell.
It's ghost energy.
There has only been one ghost that has entered my house, and that is Wang Hao's mother.
But Wang Hao's mother had already been executed, so this evil spirit could not have come from her.
I immediately stood up, concentrated my attention, and followed the thread of the ghost energy, and found that its source was still on Chunhe Bridge.
I was shocked. Master Zhang and I had teamed up to deal with Wang Hao's mother and the female ghost from Liujiaao on Chunhe Bridge. How could there still be a ghostly aura there? Could it be that someone had jumped from the bridge again in the past ten years?
It seems I have to ask the old village chief tomorrow.
As soon as it was light, I got up and continued to clean the house. Zhang Song and Mao Jianming also came early. They brought breakfast. The three of us ate at the stone table and then continued to clean.
After another morning of work, I finally finished cleaning the house. After they finished their work for me, I went back home. I went to ask the old village chief if anything had happened in the village during the ten years I was away.
When the village chief heard me ask about this, he was surprised and said, "No strange things have happened in recent years. What's wrong?"
I was very surprised and thought to myself that this was not right. I would never mistake that smell from last night.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. With a heavy heart, I walked to the Chunhe Bridge unknowingly.
The entire bridge looked no different. Just when I was wondering if I was really hallucinating last night, a black line appeared on the bridge. It was as inconspicuous as a hair, but I caught it.
This bridge is definitely haunted.
At night, people in the countryside go to bed early, and almost everyone is asleep by 11 o'clock.
I quietly left the house and returned to the Chunhe Bridge. In the darkness, the ghostly auras were even more pronounced.
I carefully felt the ghostly aura, and it was indeed the familiar aura from that year.
I didn't hesitate any longer and immediately drew a talisman to reveal myself. It doesn't matter if you're a new ghost or an old one, I'll force you out and take a look.
Black fire emerged from my fingertips, and an imperial decree was written on it. The center of the talisman read "Nanchang Liandu Si Shezhao" and the foot of the talisman was painted with the Five Thunder Command.
After drawing the talisman, he struck the bridge with his palm.
The bridge suddenly became eerie.
A headless ghost wearing construction worker's clothes appeared on the bridge. Seeing it like this, I remembered the time when I was drunk and riding a motorcycle home in the middle of the night. On the way, I met a headless ghost jumping in front of his car. The two ghosts were so similar.
The ghost only appeared for a few seconds. Although it had no head, it gave me the feeling that it was looking at me.
When it disappeared, the ghostly aura on the bridge also disappeared.
This revealing talisman can force ghosts to reveal their true form. I have never seen this ghost before.
It seems I will have to ask about this matter tomorrow.
The next day, I asked the old village chief about this incident. He hunched over, reminiscing for a long time, and then said, "It seems like this really happened. Back then, before you came to our village, we were building a bridge, and while repairing the piers, a worker was killed. It's said his head was crushed and flowed down the Chun River."
But the bridge was surrounded at that time, and people from our village couldn’t get in. There was a rumor that someone had died, but no one could tell whether it was true or not.”
It seems that the ghost I saw last night was headless. The old village chief's description is consistent with its appearance.
I didn't expect that I would run into such a thing again just after going back home.
After saying goodbye to the old village chief, I walked to Xigou with a heavy heart. It had been two or three days since I returned, and after cleaning up the house, I wanted to visit Aunt Chen.
When she saw me, she looked very happy and asked me why I hadn't come home for such a long time. She asked me about my well-being, and I felt very warm inside.
After visiting Aunt Chen, I said I wanted to go visit my grandfather Gan's house. Mao Jianming happened to have something to do in Xiagou, so we went together.
Xiagou hasn't changed much in the past ten years, except that the water in the reservoir doesn't seem as big as before. Several children in their teens are swimming in the reservoir.
We parted at the fork in the road, and I went straight to my grandfather's house.
When my uncle saw me, he didn't recognize me. I told him I was his younger sister, and he looked at me in disbelief.
He held my hand tightly and wouldn't let go, dragging me into the house.
I looked at his old face, which was full of wrinkles. His hair was almost gone and his ears were getting worse. I had to shout in his ear for him to hear me.
After chatting with him for a while, I was about to go home, but my uncle invited me to stay at his house for dinner before leaving.
Speaking of eating, I noticed that he was the only one at my godfather's house. I asked him where my godfather and others were. He talked for a long time but I didn't understand.
After leaving Grandpa Gan's house, I went to Zhang Song's house and stayed for a while. I was not as familiar with Zhang Song's family as Aunt Chen, so I just sat there for a while and then left.
I called Mao Jianming and asked him when he would leave. He said he would be leaving later that day and asked me to go home first.
I was walking on the small path, and when I passed Niujiawan, I thought of Xie Baoyi. When I walked to Maishui Bridge, I thought of calling back Mao Jianming's soul. It seemed that every place here had a memory.
As I was reminiscing, two cars suddenly collided on the opposite road. A car was knocked off the road by a large truck.
You know, the terrain here is very different from the terrain next to it, and the car caught fire the moment it was hit.
I quickly called the police and ran towards the car below the road.
It was summer now, and the car rolled into the water, putting out the fire, but the people inside never came out.
The family living in Niujiawan also ran out and helped me rescue people.
We ran to the car and saw the person inside with blood all over his face. I and the people from Niujiawan worked together to rescue the person from the car. He was now breathing weakly and was unconscious.
A wisp of ghostly energy penetrated his forehead.
My hands caught fire and I dispersed the evil spirit. I waited until the ambulance arrived before leaving with the people from Niujiawan.
The ghostly aura just now was from Chunhe Bridge.
I didn't expect it could go so far. It seems that things are not that simple!
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