Chapter 113
It was a sticky, smelly and salty feeling. Either, there was a loach that had just drilled out of the mud, or there was a finger that had just been brushed, or there was a finger that was covered in blood and was about to rot and be cut off. Leyuan's hand trembled, and he quickly opened his palm. Sure enough, the thing that was originally in the palm of his hand flew away like a fish.
Leyuan quickly withdrew his hand and wiped his palm in the pile of debris. When he withdrew his palm, he saw a layer of bloody red mucus on the surface, in a semi-solidified state, like some kind of lazy jelly with too much pigment. Leyuan frowned, found a piece of paper from the side, and wiped off the object on the palm of his hand, almost wiping off a layer of skin on the surface.
He was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He turned around abruptly and saw that there was no one around him and there was no paper box on the table. Where did the tissue come from?
Leyuan's expression couldn't help but become ugly. He looked around and didn't find anyone suspicious. However, he saw the servant was still not far behind him near the door. He lowered his head, bent his waist, and made a little sob, as if he was crying. Leyuan walked over hesitantly, patted his shoulder with the hand he had just wiped clean, and asked softly: "What's wrong with you?"
The servant shuddered suddenly and raised his head, revealing a face full of holes, as if it had just been corroded by sulfuric acid. Leyuan was caught off guard and had never expected that the person so close to him would become so unrecognizable in such a short while. He was stunned, but the servant pounced on him without hesitation, like a beast that didn't recognize people.
Leyuan immediately realized that the man in front of him was no longer a human being. This was not the servant who went out with him. This was a fake who was replaced by someone else in the house! And it was a very aggressive fake!
Leyuan stepped back, and the fake item rushed over and hit the table next to him. Leyuan picked up a bench on the ground and smashed it. The first bench he smashed broke into two pieces with a crackling sound, as if it was corroded, but the fake item was not hurt at all and looked unharmed. He turned around and looked at Leyuan, and his face was even more terrifying.
Leyuan saw clearly that this time the fake's face was not only covered with pits and holes, but also covered with soft black, white and gray bugs, which were falling out with their claws and fangs bared, all over the ground. Leyuan almost jumped up, but he knew that now was not the time to jump up and run away. Since the servant disappeared in the house, if he got rid of this fake, he would definitely have a chance to find clues.
Perhaps not only the lost servant can be found here, but also the sick Aga who was taken away by someone unknown.
We can’t just leave the park like this.
He fumbled on the ground, trying to find the fallen candle, but he couldn't find it for a while, and the fake one came over. Leyuan picked up the stool next to him angrily and hit the fake one again. There was a bang, and the stool didn't break, but there was a hole in the fake's head. It seemed that the fake one was not indestructible. Leyuan was relieved, picked up the stool, and hit it with bangs.
After a few rounds of fighting, the fake retreated away from Leyuan. Leyuan breathed a sigh of relief and realized that his arm was a little sore. He had never hit anything with such effort before. Leyuan quickened his search for the candle, and this time he found it. The candle was in the darkness under the cabinet.
Leyuan stretched out his hand excitedly, wanting to touch the candle, but in the darkness, he touched a hand. The hand was loose and flabby, like an old man's hand. The skin was very old, so it was loose enough to be felt with just the touch, which made people tremble with fear and couldn't help but sigh. But this was not the time to sigh, Leyuan quickly withdrew his hand and looked down.
The fake one came over. He probably saw that Leyuan had lowered his head and thought that he would not be seen and he could seize the opportunity.
Leyuan didn't show him any mercy. He raised his head and hit the fake with a bench with a bang. The fake was dizzy and knelt on the ground to vent his anger. Leyuan kicked him away, and the fake hit a pile of strange-shaped toys not far away with a bang. The fake gasped, and Leyuan could even hear the hissing sound of him blowing air to himself.
It's really strange. It's just a fake. How can it still hurt if it looks like that? It's okay if it hurts, but it also blows air. How come it doesn't look like an abnormal thing, like someone who has changed his appearance and has been blinded by his cognition?
Leyuan frowned, trying not to think about this possibility, turned around and reached out again, trying to grab the candle under the cabinet in the dark, but this time he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked. He looked down and found that the candle was rolling around in a pale hand that emerged from the ground. It looked very funny. The hand seemed to think that playing with the candle was a fun thing.
Leyuan's face turned green. He frowned, thought for a while, and felt that he should find something to help him. It was impossible for him to get the candle out of it with just his hands. Because he knew himself well and could be said to be a self-aware person, his arms were not that long. If he met those miserable white hands again, he didn't know what to do!
This time the candle was just moved a little further away, but next time it might be that hand holding a knife that would come over. It would be really scary to encounter such a dangerous thing in the dark without any preparation.
Leyuan thought about it and felt that this was the way to do it. He turned around to look for a broom. He remembered that the broom was behind the bookcase. He fumbled on the wall and felt a hand. He turned around and saw a protruding eye installed on the wall like a button. It turned around and looked at Leyuan with a smile, as if it was saying hello. Leyuan felt at that time that the eye seemed to be embedded in the wall.
Leyuan took a step back, but wanted to sweep again, so he put his hand in again, and this time he was licked by something. He looked and saw a dog licking his finger with a long red tongue. The dog was not completely a dog, because the dog's head was sewn together, and the surface was made of three layers of skin: a child's skin, a woman's skin, and a man's skin, with different textures and colors.
Leyuan rubbed his hand on the dog's head. He was not going to give up and went to look for the broom again. The dog seemed to know what Leyuan wanted. It tilted its head back, rolled its tongue, grabbed the handle of the broom and handed it to Leyuan. Leyuan held the broom and looked at the dog's head with a complicated expression. The dog's head smiled in front of Leyuan and disappeared.
The dog's head disappeared into the darkness, and the tongue also disappeared. Leyuan looked at the eyes on the wall. The eyes were still there, but after smiling at Leyuan, they also disappeared. Leyuan took the broom in his hand, lowered his head, and stuffed the broom under the cabinet. It was dark, and as the broom went in, the darkness began to squirm, as if some living thing was frightened.
It felt like a pure black cat sleeping inside and having its sweet dream disturbed.
However, the paradise only saw a pale old man's hand underneath. Whose cat has a pale old man's hand? If there really is such a cat, this cat is similar to the dog, most likely abnormal. That's right, in such an abnormal world, wanting to find normal things is a mental disorder.
When the amusement park used a broom to get the candles out, the candles rolled out as if they were pushed by someone's hand. There was a feeling of being angry, as if someone was secretly saying in the heart, hum, I'll give it to you this time, but it won't be so easy to get my things next time, so don't think this is a simple matter, we still have fun.
Leyuan picked up the candle and looked at the place where the fake product had hit something, but he didn't see the fake product. He looked around but still didn't see it. So he guessed that maybe when the cats and dogs disappeared, the fake product also disappeared.
Leyuan wanted to light the candles, but the person who had just lit the candles was a servant. The servant might have something that could light the candles, but Leyuan didn't have such a thing, at least, not now. He also couldn't remember what he had to light the candles. He stood there, hesitated for a moment, and prepared to take the candle to the kitchen to find out what was going on.
If there is a fire in the kitchen, you can light the candles in the kitchen. It is always better to have light than no light.
Leyuan thought it through, and strode out, holding tightly in his hand the medium-length warm yellow candle. However, he did not notice that the candle had unconsciously turned into a color that was almost white while he was walking.
The candle was still a candle. Leyuan walked to the kitchen door and looked down. The candle had grown eyes, ears and a nose while moving. It only lacked a mouth. Leyuan hurried into the kitchen, hoping to find something to light the candle as soon as possible. In this way, if these things disappeared after the candle was lit, it would be acceptable.
If there are still features after the candle is lit, then Leyuan will have to find a way to remove the features of the candle and find other safe, normal and quiet candles to light in the kitchen to ensure that there is a stable flame around him.
樂園眨了眨眼睛,眼前實在是太黑了,蠟燭又沒點燃,走到哪裏,屋子裏都是黑漆漆的,伸手不見五指,他感覺自己的眼睛都快要瞎了,現在看什麽東西都是一種模模糊糊沒有輪廓的感覺,而且,本來那些東西都是很有顏色的,在黑暗之中,它們看起來都只有一種顏色。
那就是黑色。
某些稍微亮一點的地方,東西看起來會有點發白,但也并不能證明,亮一點的地方就能讓東西看起來擁有原本的顏色,五顏六色不是黑白色。
樂園很确定自己的眼睛本身并不是色盲狀态,他往前走了兩步,一時間沒有注意,砰的一聲,撞上了放在門口的一張小桌。
小桌子還沒有樂園的膝蓋高,但是四條腿搖搖晃晃的,被樂園一撞就有點站不穩了,本來站不穩就站不穩了,樂園還懶得扶一把,大不了就是地面的雜物多一點,他完全不在意的,偏偏這桌子上是布滿了東西的,這些東西或是不知道有沒有水的水壺,或是一大堆電線……
怎麽看,怎麽危險,要是就讓它們這麽掉在地上,爛成一團,樂園之後路過這裏,要是再不注意,免不得被絆倒或者幹脆就死在這裏算了。
他把桌子扶了一把,看着桌子已經穩當了,才慢慢收回手來,卻猛地察覺到背後無來源起了一陣風,他當時就往旁邊一讓,那陣風沒有撲到他的後背上,随着那陣風出現的假貨,也沒有撲到樂園的後背上,樂園讓後背面對着牆壁,目不轉睛地盯着地面爬起來的假貨看。
假貨不以為恥,反以為榮,爬起來就對樂園做了個鬼臉,嘻嘻嘻,嘻嘻嘻,喉嚨裏發出這些聲音,迅速在黑暗之中不見了。
就好像這次依然是樂園的眼睛出現了問題似的。
樂園眨了眨眼睛,将注意力放在其他的地方,看見了終于沒有避開危險而垮塌在地面上的桌子,突然覺得有點奇怪,他在外面沒有看見電線,這裏的電線是怎麽來的?
既然有電線,這裏做什麽不用電燈,而是依然在自己家裏保留着儲存蠟燭和點燃蠟燭的火焰的習慣呢?
有什麽問題?有什麽原因?
樂園皺了皺眉,想了想,想不出來,就不想了,也不想再去撿地上的東西和把打翻了的桌子扶起來,轉過頭就走,廚房非常狹窄,一個人走在這裏都覺得很擁擠,要是像剛才那樣,兩個人都在這裏,那簡直是沒有地方走了,無處容身不說,立錐之地都快沒有了。
樂園越是往廚房裏面走,越是嗅到了一股臭烘烘的氣味,他皺了皺眉,覺得應該是自己聞錯了,畢竟,眼睛都看不清楚了,鼻子受到一點影響,感覺錯誤模糊,也不是沒有可能。
可是,走到半路上,樂園突然被一個東西絆了一下,幸好,這裏很窄,他扶了一把牆壁,沒有就那麽當頭摔倒,低頭一看,發現是一具焦黑的屍體,屍體黑黢黢的,和周圍的顏色差不多,甚至可以說是完美融入了環境之中,別說是不仔細看,就算是仔細看也就那樣。
以樂園現在的眼睛,要不是他被絆了一下,他還真未必能注意到這裏有一個東西。
他蹲下身去,眯着眼睛打量,這樣會讓他看見的東西更清楚一點,但也就一點,那一點不頂什麽用處,樂園既不能看出屍體的樣貌,也不能看出屍體的衣服花紋形狀,也有可能是燒得太黑太糊了,根本就認不出,什麽東西是什麽東西。
樂園皺着眉頭,站起身來,有些頭暈,一時間看見數不清的顏色撲面而來,他被吓了一跳,不知道自己為什麽害怕,但覺得很可怕很惡心,往後退了一步,這次又被絆了一下,他低頭一看,是和剛才絆了一下自己的東西一模一樣的黑色的屍體。
要不是這兩個東西距離這麽近,樂園要是在其他地方看見了這樣的屍體,也許還會以為是同一具屍體,甚至是屍體自己在地上爬動被他踹到兩次。
但是現在這種情況,很明顯,屍體不止一具,但是死法都差不多,就算不是死法差不多,也至少是死後的處理方式差不多。
樂園忽然有些疑惑,屍體躺在這裏,屋子卻沒有一點被火燒的跡象,是為什麽?難道是因為第一案發現場不在這裏,處理屍體的後續辦法也不是在這裏?
樂園眯了眯眼睛,再擡起頭來往四周看的時候,猛地發現,周圍的牆壁都變成了焦黑色,是一種剛剛死了人的模樣,地面上還有鮮紅色的血跡,一片又一片焦黑的不知道是什麽東西的玩意兒,踩起來是清脆的,像某種燒焦了的玫瑰花瓣,但這裏哪裏那麽多的玫瑰花?
很顯然,新的有問題的地方出現了。
樂園踩着這些一片一片的東西走到幹淨一點的地方,皺了皺眉,覺得這裏不太好繼續探索,又覺得就這麽放棄了,實在是很遺憾,想了想,覺得不能就這麽走了,他就打算繼續在廚房尋找可以點燃蠟燭的火焰。
背後突然被人吹了一口氣,樂園汗毛倒豎,瞬間轉過頭去看,卻發現後面什麽都沒有,他就立刻轉過身去,看見後背的位置,牆面上,突然多長出來了一張臉,那張臉五官清晰,輪廓明顯,往外凸出,像是面團又像是面具,還像是底下藏着釘子。
樂園往後拉開了距離,那張臉對樂園笑了一下,很快就在牆壁裏面消失不見了。
樂園用拳頭碰了一下自己的臉頰,感覺自己的牙齒都快要掉下來了,不是牙齒松動,是聽見了尖銳的不舒服的勺子挂動瓷杯子內壁的聲音讓牙齒感到酸痛無法繼續使用的那種感覺,也有可能是某種聽不見但确實存在于這屋子裏的聲音,也許是尖銳指甲刮黑板,也許是小孩哭。
總之,感覺不是很好。
樂園被一股飄來的白色煙氣嗆到了,不由自主,咳嗽起來:“好難聞的氣味。”
他皺着眉頭,順着煙氣來的方向去看,看見一個隐隐約約的白色人影正站在廚房的鍋竈旁邊,低着頭,伸着手,手裏捏着一個長長的勺子似的東西,在鍋裏面攪拌均勻的樣子,他一點點移動自己的手臂位置,卻沒有改變高度,一點點攪拌鍋內東西,樂園卻沒看見鍋裏有東西。
這畫面很奇怪,樂園小心翼翼走了過去,地面上依舊是血液和那些黑色的一片一片的東西,走過去的時候,還是有聲音的,至少,這些聲音落在樂園的耳朵裏,是很清脆的那種,樂園皺了皺眉,但依舊走了過去,那個白色的人影似乎是一點都沒有察覺。
樂園湊過去問:“你是什麽人?”
沒有回答。
樂園又問:“你是什麽名字?”
沒有回答。
樂園接着問:“你是住在這裏嗎?”
沒有回答。
樂園問:“你在做什麽?”
沒有回答。
樂園幾乎要以為這個人是沒有危險的了,他繞着人走了兩步,探頭探腦往鍋裏去看,這個人好像突然回過神來似的生氣了,一下子擡起手來,手裏還拽着鍋鏟似的長條狀物體,對着樂園就捅了過來,好像是故意要把樂園推開,但是,他用那個東西的樣子實在很像是手裏握着刀。
樂園當時就跳開了,撓了撓手臂,讪讪笑道:“別動手動腳的,咱們沒仇沒怨,你何必這樣呢?着什麽急呀!別生氣,別生氣,你不讓我看,我走就是了。”
他說着,揮了揮手,轉過頭就要往外面走,那個人影卻對樂園招了招手,看起來意思是,讓他回去。
樂園愣了一下,猶豫着走回了人影的旁邊,小聲問:“你想做什麽?我可不是柴火!不能給你塞到竈臺裏去點火的。”
人影雖然沒有臉,只是一縷煙氣,樂園都能從他的臉上看出一點茫然和無可奈何,他低下頭去,找了一下,沒有找到,蹲下身去,在竈臺裏抽出來一根黑色的長條狀物體,看起來像是燒黑了的柴火棍子,又像是已經燒成了的黑炭,正在一個勁往地上掉渣滓。
樂園睜了睜眼睛問:“你這是要把東西送給我?”
人影點了點頭,将那塊黑炭塞給了樂園,樂園連忙接住,人影一下子就不見了。
樂園喃喃道:“簡直是仙人送禮來了!”
他說着,嘿嘿一笑,低下頭去,看自己懷裏的黑炭,輕輕摩挲了一下,黑炭一下子燃起火來,大概是那個人影怕樂園點不起來火,就給樂園順便點燃了,樂園高高興興拿出蠟燭,蠟燭已經連眉毛和牙齒都快要長完全了,樂園趕緊想辦法點燃了蠟燭。
蠟燭被火點燃之後,周圍一下子明亮了起來,樂園高興地舉起蠟燭往周圍看,一下子看見了數不清的屍體掉在旁邊,差點把他吓得手一抖,将蠟燭丢出去,但是,緊接着,樂園轉了轉眼珠子,發現那些屍體又不見了,就像是點燃了蠟燭就會出現的幻覺,把人吓唬一場。
雖然未必能确定那些屍體是幻覺,但是,既然那些屍體沒有第一時間對樂園發起攻擊就可以證明,它們暫時是沒有危險的存在,樂園想了想,舉着蠟燭走出了廚房,在外面轉了一圈,不知不覺走到了廚房附近的一個小院子裏,之所以說是小院子,因為這裏轉身都艱難。
但就是這種轉身都艱難的地方,居然還有一片空地,空地旁邊是堆放着牛馬驢騾子吃喝嚼用的幹草谷子之類東西的牆角,堆得很高,那些東西看起來都輕飄飄空蕩蕩的,一點都不重,樂園眨了眨眼睛,那些東西也沒有下一秒就倒下來,樂園感覺裏面還算安全。
他就小心翼翼湊了過去,反正找人也是找,找東西也是找,在這裏找是找,在外面找也是找,不如就在這裏轉一圈,若是能把人找到,當然最好,要是找不到了,也不算虧,走一圈都叫不虛此行的,遇上什麽都不需要特別害怕,因為這裏的東西只是可怕,還不算特別危險。
再加上現在樂園手裏有一支可以發光的蠟燭,他的膽量大大增加了。
勇氣這種東西,最容易此消彼長,樂園這裏的興致一來,感覺到處都安靜了不少,之前走在路上,總有什麽東西在後面跟着自己的感覺,但是現在就漸漸沒有那種感覺了,之前沒看見的地方,總是窸窸窣窣的,像是晚上睡覺聽見老鼠在耳邊奔跑,現在就沒有了。
樂園很滿意,他高興地湊到了幹草料堆旁邊。
因為擔心蠟燭的火焰不小心把這裏還沒燒掉的東西燒了,他很小心地用手護住了蠟燭,并将蠟燭的位置往身後挪了一點點,這樣,可以保證不小心的時候,蠟燭也不會第一時間燒到面前的東西,樂園點了點頭,放心了一些,湊得更加近了,去看,卻猛地看見一雙眼睛。
就像是之前他打算打開櫃子,卻突然在櫃子門的縫隙之中看見了一雙眼睛,現在他在幹草料堆裏面的縫隙之中看見了一雙眼睛,這兩雙眼睛長得并不相似,樂園眨了眨眼睛,裏面的眼睛就不見了,樂園感覺自己的眼皮子開始跳動了,他開始覺得這裏有一點點危險。
他打算往後走開,免得被這裏之後發生的事情影響到,但是,他意識到這一點的時候,慢了一點,所以,在他準備往後撤的時候,地面就已經燃起火來了,不知道是這屋子想讓他體會到臨死之前的痛苦還是想讓他理解之前住在這裏的人怎麽個死法,火焰很快燒到了他的面前。
他往後退,沒有地方了,轉過頭去一看,發現背後已經是草料堆了,而草料堆在被他看見的那一瞬間就燃起火來,倏忽間變成了一堆黑色的灰燼,踩一腳下去都能黑乎乎的那種。
樂園只能轉過頭去,看向迎面而來的火焰,火焰遇到了他手裏的蠟燭的光,頓了頓,熄滅了。
等樂園再看,蠟燭的光也快要熄滅了,樂園不能怠慢,趕快跑了出去,路上又見到了假貨,假貨在地上爬行,想要撲過來拉住樂園的腳,阻礙樂園出門的腳步,樂園一腳把他踢開,沖了出去,出了門,手裏的蠟燭就熄滅了,天上明亮的月亮泡泡似的破了。
樂園只覺得眼前的世界如同潭水似的蕩漾了波紋,再看的時候,周圍都變成熱鬧的模樣了。
有些人路過,看了他一眼,有些人則好奇地湊過來問:“你手裏拿着蠟燭是要做什麽?”
樂園看了一眼蠟燭,蠟燭現在還是普普通通的樣子,他就拿着蠟燭問:“我不能拿着蠟燭嗎?”
好奇的人搖了搖頭,覺得他是個怪人,漸漸往後退開,走遠了。
樂園回到了游人如織的街道上,左右看了看,突然被一人走過來拉住了胳膊,那個人把他帶到了陰暗的小巷子裏,樂園借着外面的光打量面前的人,發現這個人就是跟他一起出門的仆人,挑了挑眉問:“你還認得我?”
仆人愣了一下,笑道:“您這是在說什麽話?我怎麽可能不認得您呢?”
樂園問:“你之前去了哪裏?我怎麽沒有看見你?”
仆人說:“我跟你一起的。不是嗎?”
樂園被他的話弄糊塗了,眯了眯眼睛問:“怎麽回事?你仔細說說,從我們離開大門開始說。”
仆人說:“哦,我們離開大門之後,就走在路上,路上很安靜,半個人都沒有,你覺得奇怪,就要打開一扇門去,開了門發現沒有人,就進去查看,卻沒有在裏面看見人。
我撿了一根蠟燭,點燃了,您說想進去看看,就進去了,我等了好一會兒,您才出來呢。還有什麽事嗎?還是說,您在裏面看見了什麽了?若是看見不應該看見的東西,我們應該去報官呢。”
樂園笑了笑:“不至于。”
他看見的東西和仆人說出來的東西,雖然不能說完全兩回事,但感覺也不一樣,尤其是細節。
樂園狐疑地打量仆人,懷疑他也是個假貨,就問:“你還記得什麽?”
仆人問:“我應該記得什麽嗎?”
樂園說:“不是你應該不應該,記得不記得,我覺得有些事情有些蹊跷,如果可以在這裏想清楚了,或許我就知道應該去哪裏找人,如果可以盡快回去,那就再好不過了,你也希望我們盡快回去不被其他人發現吧?這不是我們共同的想法嗎?”
仆人将信将疑,點了點頭說:“好吧。您要問什麽?”
樂園問:“我從屋子裏出來,為什麽沒有看見你?你不是跟我一起進去的?怎麽我進去在裏面沒有看見你,走出來還是沒有看見你,你去了哪裏?”
仆人回答:“我就在外面等啊,您一走出來,我就趕過來了,我們分開一共也沒三十秒。”
樂園覺得他說話的計量單位有些不對,就接着問:“好啊,那我進去之後,你為什麽不跟我一起進去?”
仆人說:“您不是讓我不要跟着嗎?”
樂園心想,我根本沒說那種話!
他又問:“那好,我讓你不要跟着,你就真的沒有跟着我了?”
仆人點了點頭說:“是啊,您都讓我不要跟着了,我還跟着過去,那不是讨人嫌又沒眼力見嗎?我不做那樣的人。”
他說着,笑了起來:“您也別太小看我了,我可是在府裏也算混得風生水起的人,怎麽可能連話都聽不見?若真是那樣,我早就被人打死了,丢出去喂狗也罷。若我是那樣的廢物,您殺了我,我也沒什麽怨言的。”
樂園并不完全相信他的話,只是問:“那你出來之後,在哪裏等我?”
仆人往旁邊的茶水攤子一指,對樂園笑道:“不就是我家大人常常出門送銀兩接濟的打更大爺王大爺的茶水凳子嗎?大家都喜歡在那邊喝茶,價錢不貴,事情不多,人還好說話,知道的東西多,玩起來有意思,哪裏都能看見,随便招呼一聲就能湊近了,好得很呢。”
樂園說:“我也口渴了,你帶我過去,我也想問他兩句話。也許他見過我的仆人呢。”
仆人笑道:“好,我這就帶您過去。”
他知道樂園說的我的仆人不是指他,倒也心情平和,樂園就多看了他一眼。
仆人笑眯眯說:“我不是沒有自知之明的人,您的仆人,怎麽也輪不到我的,我只不過是出來陪着找人的,這點小事算什麽?沒有大事已經很不錯了。”
樂園點了點頭,走在路上,突然覺得不對,隐晦地瞥了一眼,身邊仆人一瘸一拐地往前走,卻既不需要別人扶着走,也不需要拐杖,走路熟練地就好像多少年之前就這樣了,但他明明是今天才斷了一條腿的,都沒來得及治療,怎麽可能走得這麽熟練?
熟練還算了,一點不喊痛,才奇怪,他當然可以不說自己很痛,不像是一個祥林嫂,但是,他的額頭算得上幹幹淨淨,沒有汗珠,表情也舒緩正常,一點痛苦的神色都沒有,走路也沒有想要避開傷的那條腿的樣子,像是接受現實了,傷也确實有,但也确實好了。
這就更不對了!
樂園想着這些,心裏皺了皺眉,表面卻笑道:“還有多久?你身上帶錢了吧?”
仆人似乎是沒有料到樂園會這麽和藹可親對自己說話,受寵若驚地連忙彎下腰去笑道:“哪裏的話?您出來,還要我的錢嗎?”
看起來,他的表情雖然恭恭敬敬,他的話卻沒有表情那麽恭敬,這就讓樂園感覺他心裏其實并不把自己當回事,雖然這個也正常,但是,之前的仆人沒這麽膽子大啊。
他就算是再怎麽看不慣樂園,表面上還是要裝一下的,就算不對着樂園哀求哭泣說自己沒有錢,至少,說話沒這麽直接。
樂園笑道:“我身上沒有那麽多錢,你也知道,我在家裏的時候,哥哥是沒給我那麽多的錢的。我當然沒有了,但你是出來的,你怎麽可能身上一點錢都沒有呢?我哥哥不給我發月錢,但是會給你這樣的人發吧?不好意思,我不是故意刺你,你知道我的意思吧?”
仆人笑着點了點頭,但是臉上已經有些不好看了,看出來他的不滿意,樂園更加肯定,面前的人不是自己進屋之前身邊跟着的那個仆人。
樂園問:“那你的意思是?”
仆人想了想,咬牙切齒似的說:“我當然是順着大人的意思啦!大人要我給錢,我就給錢嘛。大人想要我的錢,我就給錢嘛!我還能跟大人争搶什麽呢?阿拉啦,大人喜歡我的錢,實在是再好不過了!我就怕自己想給大人一點錢,大人都會嫌棄我,嫌棄我的錢下賤沒來由呢。”
他說着,似乎自己說服了自己,笑眯眯對樂園說:“大人能用我的錢,實在是我的榮幸,我怎麽敢說一個不字呢?大人若是想用,只管拿去用,我這裏雖然沒有多少錢,但一碗茶水的錢還是給得起的,我想,大人有權有勢,肯定不會貪圖我這點兒小錢。
畢竟,大人的富貴,可比我富貴多了。”
樂園點了點頭:“我哥哥的富貴确實比你多得多了。”
他笑道:“你這話說到心坎上去了。不錯,不錯,改天我讓哥哥給你的錢單獨一分,若你有朝一日比我哥哥還富貴了,我是肯定過意不去的,除非你心甘情願對我哥哥說,您是天底下,獨一無二的,富貴人家,我是永遠永遠過不去的。那我才高興呢。哥哥肯定也高興。”
仆人扯了扯嘴角,讪讪笑道:“哈,哈,哈,我想,您哥哥要是聽見了這些話,恐怕不會像您想象之中那麽高興呢。”
樂園說:“話雖然是如此說,但是,未來的事情,誰知道呢?我知道你的意思,我哥哥未必高興,但哥哥高興不高興,是哥哥的心情,哥哥能不能看見我的心意,是我的心思,我的想法能不能到哥哥的面前去,就靠你了。這件事若是成了,我多謝你。要是不成——”
他對仆人笑了笑:“那我要看你能不能去死呢。”
仆人不知道事情怎麽突然轉到這個話題了,愣了一下,然後才接茬,笑道:“您可真是會說笑啊。我這樣的小人物,可不敢和您比,更不敢和您的哥哥比,哪裏配在二位面前丢人現眼的?我可不能那樣,不然,我祖祖輩輩都要罵我丢臉的!”
樂園锲而不舍地追問:“啊,你的意思是,你跟在我身邊,你覺得丢臉,你跟在我哥哥身邊,你覺得我哥哥也會讓你丢臉?”
他的臉色已經隐約有些發藍了,看起來像是陰森森的屍體從墳墓裏面爬出來正好照到了不遠處的一團鬼火的顏色,仆人眨了眨眼睛,有點害怕了,往後退了半步,想要拉開距離,又不願意表現得太明顯叫樂園察覺出來,就笑得越發勉強了:“這個,沒有啊,當然沒有!”
樂園說:“你發誓。”
“我發誓!我發誓!”
仆人連忙對樂園安慰說。
樂園将信将疑:“那好,這次我勉強相信你,但你要是下次再這麽說話,我可就不會饒恕你了。”
仆人連忙點頭:“是是是,您說的對,我都聽你的。”
樂園說:“哼,本來如此。”
仆人接着點頭:“對對對。”
二人說話間就走到了茶水箱子邊上,一個打更的老人坐在旁邊,旁邊是個小板凳,板凳還沒有人膝蓋底下的半條腿高,但許多人都坐在這裏,個個看起來都是人高馬大的,非常強壯勇武,仆人有點瑟縮,但樂園不确定他這個反應是不是演出來的。
樂園覺得自己的眼睛有點痛,捂了一下,轉過頭去再看的時候,發現周圍的人都變了模樣,有些人變成了靈活的骷髅,有些人披着一層皮,內裏是一只豬,有些人則完全是裏外兩張臉,樂園眨了眨眼睛,隐約聽見有人在自己耳邊說話,他就凝神靜氣去聽。
聽見那些人在讨論他。
“這個人其實是個蠢貨吧?”
“那可未必,把你丢到那種鬼屋子裏面,你要是跑得出來,是你的造化,你要是跑不出來,是你腿軟,你要是死在裏面,那很正常,你要是居然在裏面都沒有死,那肯定是不怕鬼的,我們也不跟你說假話,你要是進去,我看你活不過兩分鐘。他在裏面待了至少十分鐘。”
“別的不說,他甚至在裏面逛街似的閑游,你們知道那是什麽意思嗎?他把那個屋子當成是商業街道來游玩了!哪裏有人在這種地方慢慢走路的?真不知道他怎麽想的,也不知道你們怎麽想的,你們是蠢貨嗎?他要是哪裏不好,早就在裏面死成一塊一塊的了。”
“話說回來,他還蠻好玩的,我們要不要多玩他一會兒,也許他馬上就精疲力盡地死掉了。多有意思啊!”
“對着一個東西,怎麽都會膩歪的,你要是對着一個人能玩不知道多久,我看你是有病了,你不反思一下?”
“反思的人森*晚*整*理才是真正有毛病好嗎?”
“他看起來挺漂亮的,還蠻聰明的,我可以喜歡他,然後把他做成我的标本嗎?”
“那要看他同意不同意,他要是死了,不同意也是同意,他要是贏了,同意大概也是不同意的。”
“你在這裏跟我說繞口令呢?!毛病。誰慣得你!”
樂園再次睜了睜眼睛,那些聲音就像是幻覺似的消失不見了。
打更老人問:“你們過來做什麽啊?”
樂園說:“哦。我走了一段路了,覺得有點累,想在這裏休息一下,喝點茶水,可以嗎?”
老人點了點頭說:“可以,怎麽不可以?我這裏的板凳就是給人坐的,你們要休息就休息好了,要喝茶當然也可以,你們要一碗還是兩碗?我這裏的茶都是常溫的,沒有滾燙的也沒有加冰的,一碗就是這樣的碗一個,你們還要不要?”
仆人看向樂園,希望他說不要。
樂園笑道:“當然要啦。我們都坐下了,怎麽能一點都不吃就走呢?那豈不是太辜負您的勞動了?”
仆人點了點頭說:“那好,就給我們一碗就夠了,我不口渴,但是我家大人口渴,就讓他喝一碗吧。錢我來出。”
老人笑道:“哈哈,好。你們等我一小會兒。”
他點了點頭,轉過身去,拿了一個碗,從桶裏面撈出來一小壺的水,嘩啦啦的,倒進碗裏面,轉手遞給了仆人,仆人小心翼翼将碗放在樂園的面前,樂園笑了笑,将碗往自己的方向挪了一下,擡頭對仆人說:“謝謝。”
仆人點了點頭,看起來因為出錢,不太高興。
樂園低下頭去,要喝茶水,還沒來得及喝進去呢,就突然又聽見了那些人的聲音,他們在耳邊叽叽喳喳起來:“哎呀哎呀!你們看,他要喝水了。”
“那水裏,我們可是加了多多的迷子!不怕他不昏倒。”
“哈哈哈!這局就應該我們贏,怎麽可能有一群人打一個還會輸呢?我早就說了,那些輸了的都應該被釘在游戲的恥辱柱上,說起來,現在多人對單人游戲局的,輸了的人,一共也沒有五個吧?”
“是啊,一共都沒有五個,好笑得很呢。咱們就快贏了,只看他怎麽喝下去,很快,這件事就成了。”
一群人緊跟着哈哈大笑起來。
樂園頓了頓,假裝自己喝了一點,但實際上,根本沒有喝,只把水放在桌上,看向仆人,對他招了招手說:“你過來,我想,這東西是你付錢的,我喝了實在是不太好,不如你喝了吧。”
仆人的臉色有那麽一瞬間是怪難看的,但是他的演技還算是不錯,眨了眨眼睛,就調整過來,情緒很正常地推脫說:“不了,您是主,我是仆,我怎麽能用您用過的東西呢?”
樂園挑了挑眉問:“哦,你的意思是你,嫌棄我?”
仆人不知道說什麽,讪讪否認說:“怎麽可能呢?沒有,我沒有那個意思的啊。”
樂園冷笑道:“既然如此,我現在命令你,把這碗水喝下去,別叫我罵你!你聽還是不聽?你以為你是主人了?”
仆人的臉色就真的漸漸難看起來,這次他不遮掩了,幾乎要跪下去,大概是想跪下來請求原諒和博取同情,但是考慮了一下,覺得沒有那個必要,喝下去也無所謂,他就直起身來,點了點頭說:“那好,我喝,這錢是我出的,這東西是主人賜給我的,我怎麽能不要呢?哈。”
他說着,喝了下去。
只聽得撲通一聲,他就躺在地上,昏迷不醒了,很快,周圍的人都圍了過來看熱鬧,發現他的嘴角漸漸溢出鮮血,一群人都面面相觑,大驚失色,喊道:“死了人了!殺了人了!”
樂園蹲下身去,把人揪起來檢查了一下,搖了搖頭說:“也許還沒有死,這不能确定,我要把人送到官府去,官府肯定有仵作,是怎麽死的,一開刀就清楚了。”
圍觀群衆說:“可是,人死了,連全屍都沒有,實在不太好吧!還是算了,吧?”
樂園搖了搖頭:“不不不,你們不知道,這碗水是他親自遞給我的,也就是說,這要是死了,本來死的人應該是我才對,我既然沒有死,必定要為他找出真正的兇手報仇的!你們不需要勸我了,我已經決定了,這件事就這麽辦吧!”
人群之中有人喊道:“你算什麽東西?你是什麽?你是他的親人還是朋友?你憑什麽替他決定這種事情?你以為你這算是仁義之舉嗎?我們不會誇獎你的!”
樂園回答:“要說話還請走出來說話!藏頭露尾的,算什麽東西?我是這屍體的主人,我有決定他生死的權力,自然有決定他的屍體是否給人開刀解刨的權力!我跟他一起出來,本來說話馬上就要回去的,誰知道他死在這裏,我怎麽不能替他決定?我就是要替他決定!
我可不是沽名釣譽之輩,難道還希望別人因為跟我一起出門的同伴死了而誇獎我嗎?你們要是想罵我,也是應該的,我不介意,但你們要是蹬鼻子上臉,可別怪我不留情面了!本來大家也沒情面,你們的街坊鄰居也不是我,是不是?若是這樣,那我就不客氣了。
誰要是再對我說一句不好的話,我就把人扭出來打一頓!”
一個人不信邪,跑出來,操着一口刀,對樂園說:“你只管來!你看能不能打我!”
樂園問:“你是不要臉還是不要命,我看你兩樣都有,你這種蠢貨沒有腦子,我怕髒了我的手。”
他說着,轉過頭去。
那人卻突然拿起刀就對着樂園劈頭蓋臉砍下來,哈哈大笑:“蠢貨?你是!我看,你只不過是會說兩句話,就在這裏誇誇其談,我才不相信你呢!你要是說一句就做一句,我還勉強相信你是一個好漢,出口一個唾沫一個釘!但是呢?你現在不是說一套做一套是什麽?
你不是說要不客氣?你的不客氣就是往後退?哈哈哈!各位,何必跟他好說歹說,他是不聽勸的人,只管在這裏把人殺了,算是我們給屍體報仇了!我們一群人去了官府,官府也不能把我們怎麽樣!哈哈哈!哈哈哈!怕什麽?你們究竟在怕什麽?來啊!打啊!殺啊!”
樂園本來只是往後退,避開他的刀,聽他三番四次口出狂言挑釁,又一味地捏着刀把砍過來,刀面是寒光凜冽,就笑道:“既然你是這樣要求,也實在是怪不得我了。”
他說着,一腳踢過去,正好中了拿刀人的手腕,大概是踢到了麻筋,那人啊了一聲,手裏的刀就要落地,樂園腳步一轉,伸出手去,就接住了那把刀,一擡眼,對着那人的脖子,砍了過去,只聽得哎呀一聲,那個人還在低頭揉自己的手腕,試圖恢複正常,就斷了頭。
他的頭從脖子上落下去的時候,還是一臉迷茫的表情,口中最後喊了一句:“好刀!”
樂園冷笑一聲,将刀丢在這人的屍體之中,刀尖向下,正紮入了屍體的胸膛,屍體裏面的鮮血就噴湧而出,猶如一股鮮活溫熱的血色噴泉,頓時流得滿地都是鮮紅色的血腥味。
刀把正立起來,在樂園旁邊,就像是一個大活人叉着腰穿着盔甲立在衆人眼前。
樂園問:“你們還有誰想找我的麻煩的?”
有人藏在人群之中喊道:“你殺了人,你犯了法!你有錯!你還好意思說?你還好意思問?你好不要臉!”
樂園笑道:“藏頭露尾的人不要臉,便也只能這麽對別人說話了。我知道你是個膽小鼠輩,暫且不與你計較,你只管等着我,若你有朝一日走錯了路,你就知道自己腳下的坑是怎麽把你埋進去的。
我若有錯,那也只有天理法度能判我,你算什麽東西?在這裏胡攪蠻纏!居然還敢狂吠?你的主子沒給你栓好繩子,你就跑出來想咬人了?你以為我不能把你的狗嘴打開,抓你的牙齒拔了丢出來?我只怕你到時候見不得血,還得閉上眼睛對我哭着求饒呢!
更何況,我還從來沒有聽說過,被人打了,不能還手的,就算是到了官府老爺的面前,我也敢說,我是無罪的!殺人有罪,被人殺可不算。若我不拿刀,也只有死路一條,這刀也不是我的,你們長了眼睛的都可以看見,誰要是胡說八道,那就別怪我,扛着死罪也要報仇!
或許你們覺得,碎嘴胡說可以不講道理,當然,你們要是不在我面前,我也懶得管你們,但你們今天既然在我面前,那就少跟我胡扯!”
樂園說到這裏,冷着臉,喊道:“我今日在這裏殺了人,自然應該去官府領罪,你們都是睜着眼睛的,可以跟我一起去,佐證也好,說話也好,究竟怎麽判,只看官府老爺的!你們去還是不去?”
有些人點了點頭:“我們跟你去!”
有些人則低着頭,老鼠似的夾着尾巴,偷偷摸摸,跑走了,一溜煙鑽進黑暗之中,不見了蹤影,也不回頭,一聲不吭。
樂園就和願意跟他去官府的人進了官府,官府老爺心裏還納悶呢,今天怎麽突然來了這麽多人,是小地方突然有什麽大案子了?
等聽人說完,老爺坐在高處,摸了摸胡子,笑道:“原來是這個事情,既然已經說清楚了,那就不算什麽了,大家都看見了,那人是要殺人卻被反殺,怎麽能算是被害人呢?他只能算是罪犯屍體和案件物品!話說到這裏,已經清楚了,已經清楚了!各位放心,事情肯定決斷。
你們都回家去吧。屍體我會讓人去收拾過來,案子我也會按照法理公道來判,事情到這裏就解決了,你們回家去吧。”
人群看了一場熱鬧,心滿意足地點了點頭,轉身說着話走開了。
樂園看向人群的背影,又看向了官府老爺問:“既然他們都走了,事情也斷了,我可以回家去了嗎?”
官府老爺點了點頭:“當然可以!”
他說着,舉起了手裏的驚堂木似的東西,只聽得十分重的一聲砰,桌子顫抖了一下,眼前的世界紛紛揚揚散了。
樂園眨了眨眼睛,眼前清晰了許多,他又回到了那個黑漆漆的屋子裏,手裏還有蠟燭,他就捏着蠟燭往門口走,只是走不過去,看了一眼,發現蠟燭沒有火了,就把火焰點燃了蠟燭,在燭光的照耀範圍之內,這次是看得更清楚了,門檻就在前面,樂園跨了出去。
走出去之後,仆人正在團團亂轉,額頭滿是汗水,看向門口,看見樂園走出來,愣了一下,随後又驚又喜,幾乎是撲過來,大喜過望喊道:“您總算是出來了!我還以為你出來不了了。怎麽樣?受傷沒有?”
樂園疑惑于他這種驚喜而狂熱的态度,過分熱情了,而且他出門之前并不是這樣,就把他推開,打量他的腿問:“你的腿好些了嗎?”
仆人笑道:“好了許多了。”
樂園更加疑惑了問:“怎麽突然就好了?”
仆人說:“我不知道,不過,在屋子裏的時候,腿就沒那麽痛了,或許是那屋子的作用吧。大人在裏面,也應該知道,那不是個普通的屋子啊。”
樂園點了點頭,将信将疑說:“雖然那不是個普通的屋子,但我也沒想到那屋子居然還有治療的作用啊。”
仆人想了想問:“那大人現在從裏面出來了,有沒有感覺有什麽不一樣的地方?”
樂園感覺了一下,沒有感覺到,搖了搖頭。
仆人打量他說:“大人比之前看起來更有精神了,也沒那麽着急了。”
樂園心想,啊,是,我在裏面的事情可挺多的,豐富了我的生活,導致我一時半會都着急不起來了。
他對仆人笑道:“這麽說,那個屋子确實有一點好處。”
仆人點點頭說:“是啊是啊。”
樂園問:“那你現在可以自己走了?”
The servant said with a tearful face: "Of course I can, but it still hurts a little. It's not very convenient to walk alone with only one leg. If you can, please help me!"
After he said this, Le Yuan had put aside most of the doubts in his heart, so he walked over to him, supported him and asked, "So you have been waiting for me outside for a long time?"
The servant shook his head and said, "It wasn't long. It felt like just a moment, I was outside, and then another moment, you appeared."
Leyuan asked even more puzzledly: "Then how did you come out again after you were in there? Did you come out by yourself or was you trapped by something?"
The servant thought for a moment and said, "I remember that when I lowered my head and bent my waist, I felt very sleepy, as if I had fallen asleep briefly and suddenly. I woke up with a start, opened my eyes, and tried to look, and found myself outside the house, but I felt as if I was thrown out by something. My lord, do you think that there is a spirit in the house? It doesn't like me."
Leyuan shook his head: "Not necessarily, don't think too much about it."
Being liked by that kind of house is not a good thing.
Leyuan smiled at the servant and said, "Maybe after you went in, you had nothing to do and walked out without noticing."