20th (1) 7 days back soul

  It's hard for someone to not have wild thoughts in this situation, I only slept half the night, and even in my dreams I was worried about what might happen next door. After all, you had Xiaoyi guard a woman possessed by a ghost for a whole night, and under those conditions they couldn't help but squeeze onto one bed together.

  My mind was a mix of porn and horror movies, and under this conflicting fusion, I woke up with a start in the second half of the night.

  I woke up and couldn't sleep anymore. I listened to the sounds in the room while taking out my laptop, thinking that the answer might be on my computer.

  There are records of Qinghe Town's history in the county annals, which also record the history of Gu Miao Village. Since I know that Gu Miao Village was once called Hong Yi Village, this is at least a clue for me.

  I found those pictures and looked through them page by page. Gu Miao Village in Qinghe Town is not a big place, but after flipping through five or six pages, I still couldn't find any clues.

  I'm a bit tired, after all I didn't sleep well last night. I put down my laptop and stretched my waist, the rain outside had stopped. I walked to the window and looked out.

  I thought there would be something scary, but this rainy night seems to have purified the world. Outside, there is nothing, and the only streetlight sways with a yellow glow, flashing on and off, bringing me a hint of warmth in the dark night.

  I suddenly felt that my life was like this dark night, I didn't know what was shrouding me, I thought it was all black, but this ray of light was hope.

  What is it?

  The will to live? Or die with a clear conscience?

  Actually I really didn't know, but suddenly I had the courage and also the energy, so I went back to bed and continued to look through the county annals.

  It wasn't until the sky had lightened that I saw the first record of Hongyi Village, another plague, with an unknown date, and then ten years later, Hongyi Village was renamed to Gumiao Village.

  This message came suddenly, with no records of Hongyi Village before or after, as if the village had appeared out of nowhere, and then a major plague broke out.

  After that, there was another record of the ancient temple village. Five years later, Hongyi Niangniang appeared and sent a large sum of money to a peasant household, leaving behind the divine decree: "Tianxi Liu Ci 500 gold, officials cannot take it, people cannot seize it". Liu Ci made a golden body for Hongyi Niangniang, and the temple of Hongyi Niangniang became prosperous from then on.

  This statement seems to be incorrect, in my memory, the legend of Gusi Village has always been a flesh-and-blood Bodhisattva. I don't know much about flesh-and-blood Bodhisattvas, but isn't flesh just **? What does it mean to cast a golden body?

  And that oracle, from a modern perspective, is clearly written by Liu Ci himself. No matter where it came from, he must be afraid of being robbed by others.

  Isn't it most suitable for a feudal superstitious society to pretend to be gods and ghosts?

  Perhaps due to the vicissitudes, I feel a bit distracted, which is a good thing for me. As a writer, my best writing time is in the early morning hours when my attention is scattered. Then, I can put aside my subjective consciousness and place myself in another world, and then I can outline many things.

  Although these messages are short, I feel that there is something unusual in them. I try to put myself in the past history, and in this brief words, what can I see? Or, I am the one who got the heavy gold, Liu Ci, what should I do?

  What kind of person is Liu Ci?

  He must be a cultured person and not an illiterate peasant, because this kind of thing is best done secretly by oneself, as the more people involved, the more shares to divide. Moreover, this person has great audacity, in the past, many people were feudalistic and superstitious, and those who were timid dared not to forge oracles.

  However, the county annals recognized his identity as a peasant, a cultured and bold person, who would not have been a peasant in the past, so he must have been hiding in this poor and remote area.

  I almost drew Liu Ci, at this moment he is myself, I stand inside the Red Robe Temple, looking at the carving of the Red Robe Goddess.

  I turned around and saw a desolate scene. The Red Robe Temple at that moment was not much better than the dilapidated small temple I had seen before. Ten years ago, it had just experienced a major plague, so this was still a small mountain village with not many farmhouses.

  No, I should have come after the plague, this mountain village is too closed off, surrounded by mountains everywhere, if a plague really breaks out, not a single household can leave.

  That is to say, the Red Clothes Village of that year has completely disappeared, and what remains is only the ancient temple village named by people who came later.

  This also makes sense if we go to a completely strange place and want to give it a name, we will definitely find iconic buildings.

  The most obvious, and perhaps the only remaining one in Hongyi Village is this ancient temple.

  So I - Liu Ci, am also one of them.

  But as a latecomer like me, why am I so lucky to have found such a large sum of gold?

  No, or why did Red Clothes Village have such a large sum of gold?

  Liu Ci, a cultured person, came here pretending to be a peasant, isn't that intentional?

  He knew there was a large sum of gold here, and then he found this large sum of gold.

  So he...

  Suddenly hearing the knock on the door, I was startled and had been deeply immersed in the past. It seemed that I had dug up a lot of things, but these things were also my imagination, and this thing might be ten million eight thousand miles away from the truth.

  I responded with a sound and walked over to open the door, seeing officers Han and Liu standing at the entrance, both looking exhausted, clearly worn out from last night.

  I let two people in, but Officer Han waved his hand, looked around, thought for a moment, and then came back in, closing the door.

  Officer Liu stayed outside, and this action made me a bit stunned. It seemed like there was something very important to say.

  I felt a bit guilty, it's inevitable that people would feel guilty when facing the police. I asked cautiously, "What's wrong?"

  The Korean police officer said, "You see, I'll tell you something."

  I nodded and said, "Go on."

  The Korean police officer said, "Can you help me take care of these students here?"

  I was stunned and said, what's wrong?

  The Korean police officer rubbed his nose, then sat down, looked up at the ceiling and said, "Do you believe in ghosts?"

  I shook my head and said, I don't know either, it's not very certain. They say there are ghosts, but nobody has seen them.

  Korean police officer said, "In these few days you've seen so much, what do you think it will be?"

  I said, what do you mean?

  A Korean police officer said, "Ten years ago, I came to this mountain village for the first time on a mission. Someone reported to the bureau that a bride had hacked someone to death." To be honest, it sounded like a fake report - would a bride really hack someone? We arrived and didn't know what the situation was in the village at the time. There weren't enough people, and when we entered the village, there was blood everywhere. Someone said she had already hacked five or six people to death. At that time, we split up to surround her, and as a result, I ran into that woman head-on.

  The Korean police officer took a drag on his cigarette, then fell into thought for a moment before saying, "I was really scared at the time. She was wearing a red skirt and looked just like a female ghost, with her facial features all twisted together. You know? It's... it's..."

  The Korean police officer made a grasping motion with his hand in the air, then twisted it, as if trying to describe an indescribable ferocity. He let out a sigh and said, "I was really scared, I swear. At that time, I was just over 20 years old and had just graduated from police school. Honestly, I didn't even know what fear was back then, let alone be afraid of a woman. But... I was really scared, really, really, really."

  I nodded in agreement, showing my support. Officer Han said that at the time, she was holding a watermelon knife and rushed towards me. I clearly saw blood dripping from the knife. In an instant, I drew my gun, not knowing what to shout. To this day, I still remember how I felt - I had my gun pointed at her. Then, I fired.

  The Korean police officer said the last sentence, and he calmed down instead. His tone was very calm. He said, "I knew I was in trouble as soon as I fired the shot. I rushed over to her, and at that time, she wasn't dead yet. Her eyes were bloodshot, and she said one sentence to me."

  The Korean police officer's voice was trembling, and my heart tightened, I said, what did I say.

  The Korean police officer said she said that after ten years, she would find me in the old village to take revenge.

  I let out a cry, and Officer Han said, "For years I've been dreaming of a woman in a red dress coming to claim my life. It's been exactly ten years now, the deadline for our appointment, an appointment with death. And this time, I somehow ended up here, and suddenly felt that I would really die here."

  As soon as I heard about the woman in a red skirt, I thought of the one-eyed woman in red clothes from my dream. I asked, "Does the woman in your dream only have one eye?"

  The Korean police officer was taken aback and said, "What does it mean?"

  I said, it's just one eye, all over the body is water, hair covers half of the face.

  The Korean officer shook his head and said no, her body was covered with dark purple flowers, a pair of blood-red eyes stared at me, saying she wanted revenge.

  It turns out that the woman in our dreams is different after all. To be honest, I breathed a sigh of relief; if they were really the same, it would be a real headache.

  What do you mean?

  The Korean officer said, "I saw that Fengyue wearing that skirt yesterday, and suddenly I felt like I was seeing that woman. I'm really scared. I haven't lived enough, nor do I want to die inexplicably here. I thought about it all night, and discussed it with Dongzi, we want to go back once."

  I said, go back?

  Korean officer said, "Yes, we two plan to go back to town today. Anyway, your identities have been checked clearly, and if there's really a problem, none of you can escape. Going back isn't a big deal. Tomorrow, some other people will come over. I'm really scared and don't want to stay here anymore. Dongzi also thinks the same way, he usually has a small temper, and last night he was also scared by what I said. We two are going back today, so can you take care of things here? Our people will arrive tomorrow."

  I nodded and said, of course, I should go back too. These things are unclear and can't be explained as being so evil, hiding for a while is also okay.

  The Korean police officer nodded and said, "Yes, at the beginning, it was said that after ten years, I would come to avenge you. Isn't this exactly ten years? The more I think about it, the more afraid I become. Actually, I shouldn't have come, but... Brother, you've worked hard."

  I hastily nodded and said, "Okay, okay, anyway it's all rain outside, nothing will happen. Look at the sky, it's still going to rain."

  The Korean police officer looked outside and nodded, saying "Yes, it's going to rain soon. Let's go first. If there's anything, you help hold it down for now, and I guarantee someone will come over tomorrow."