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Chapter 57 The Will-o'-the-wisp

It was almost sunset in the village. It was indeed very backward. The dirt road that had just rained was also bumpy, and every household had a warm light.

The house is still an old earthen house, and there will be a few barking sounds from time to time, giving you a different kind of comfort.

Heixiao held the child in one hand and talked to the locals, saying that he was coming to find relatives. He couldn't find a place to stay, so he gave money to a family and lived here temporarily.

The owner of the house was an elderly old man. After taking the money, he took all the good things from the house.

Qi Lechuan's feet were not covered with mud, and the entire Hei Ye's shoes were covered with mud. He thought that he had collected the boss's money after all, and it was appropriate to hold her. At this moment, he could only sit under an old tung tree to brush his shoes.

Qi Lechuan leaned over and said, "Hei Ye, can you find out what happened five years ago?"

Heixiao paused in his hand and gave a bad idea in a calm tone, "So what if you find out? If you want to know the little guy's life experience, why not just ask it."

Her little face frowned. Since the last time she asked to find its life experience, it seemed like it was in seclusion and had never appeared again.

"It's best to be asked about it, but you also know its virtues. You don't know where to learn it, and you can't be arrogant." She complained openly.

Master Hei chuckled, that little ghost is indeed an arrogant ghost that is never seen in a century.

The arrogant ghost in the blood jade rolled his eyes. He really didn't want to move too much. He just let her do it. He seemed to feel that Qi Lechuan was interested in it, but it was still very proud.

Zhang Qiling sat next to him and looked at the farmland in the distance. It was a good time to grow corn, but there was a piece of land in the middle, deserted there, and there were several graves like earth-busted graves, which were very abrupt.

Qi Lechuan also looked over. It happened that the sunset was setting, but he didn't see anything wrong.

She looked at him. The fourth grandfather was quite conscientious. Zhang Qiling's injuries were almost healed. They were all skin trauma. The cold and hard outline was much softer in the sunset.

"Mutual Zhang, you can watch tonight." Hei Ye said as he walked into the house.

Zhang Qiling also got up and went back. Although he didn't say a word, the meaning of it was that he didn't keep it.

Neither of them guarded him, but this was the first time Qi Lechuan actively proposed a vigil.

With such a well-behaved employer, he fell asleep with satisfaction.

That night, Zhang Qiling sat silently in front of the window with her, holding a fan in her hand, and fanning her from time to time.

Looking out through the window, it happened to be the open space. The old man lived in a side area, just next to the farmland. He was so cunning in the dark that he just looked at him.

Suddenly, the green phosphorescence lit up in the open space. Zhang Qiling looked at it lightly, reached out to pat the child who was about to fall asleep on the table, and said, "Ghost Fire."

Qi Lechuan rubbed his eyes in a daze and looked at it. A green light lit up between the graves. She hummed, her eyes lighted slightly, and she said gloomyly, "It's quite beautiful."

Suddenly, there was a "bang..." in the yard.

The old man who got up at night sat on the ground in frightened and shouted, "Ghost..., Ghost is here to seek his life."

When Qi Lechuan and Zhang Qiling came out, the old man got up from the ground and ran into the house.

Mr. Hei was also awakened by this shout.

Four people sat at the table in the middle of the night, and the old man was still a little scared.

The old man's surname is Zhu. In the village, he is also a popular gossip among the old wives in the village. When he was young, he earned a few small money outside and married a wife. Later, his wife died of a corpse when she gave birth to a child.

After he built the house he lived in, he was too lazy to go out and work hard again. He just guarded his home and a vegetable field, never got married again, and lived in this person for most of his life.

"Old man Zhu, your family lives next to this crop. Isn't it common to see ghost fires? What are you afraid of?" Hei Xiazi spoke very easily, after all, he was doing this job.

Old Man Zhu took a sip of water and his expression still did not recover.

Qi Lechuan said seriously, "This is a natural phenomenon, because human bones contain phosphorus elements. When the corpse decays, it will produce phosphine. The phosphine ignition point is low and it can spontaneously ignite in the hot summer, which is just a new grave."

After she said that, she looked at Hei Ye proudly, "Am I right?"

Hei Xiazi smiled and praised, "It seems that you have added a new book to your bookshelf and you have learned it well."

Old Man Zhu couldn't understand anything, but only understood the last sentence. A new grave was added here. He sighed, "You don't know that there are no crops growing in this empty land in our village, and no crops are harvested. The soil buns you see are empty, nothing is there, not a grave, it's a grave. Our village chief said that we are not allowed to build graves here."

It was the first time Qi Lechuan heard about this strange place. She asked curiously, "What if it happens if it is buried here?"

Old Man Zhu took another sip of water and was shocked.

"That's when I was young, I heard from the old man in the village saying that burying this will cause the corpse to be swallowed by ghosts. Who is so immoral to bury his own family members here? It's simply too immoral."

Now that Old Man Zhu is no longer afraid, he becomes angry again.

The few people know this, but I'm afraid there is something unspeakable secret here.

Early the next morning, Old Man Zhu went to the village chief’s house to complain early, saying that someone had buried the body in the open space without authorization.

When the village chief heard this, he also sent someone to follow Old Man Zhu to check.

In the evening, he only saw the ghost fire and could not find the location of the grave at this time. The one who came with him to check out was Secretary Lin from the village.

Secretary Lin frowned and asked him, "Are you sure you are here? Where is there a grave here? Did you read it wrong at night?"

Old Man Zhu retorted with his neck.

"I'm not blind yet. There must be a grave here. If you don't believe it, you can find someone to dig it!"

Secretary Lin came from the county town and was a little bit educated. He didn't believe what he said, thinking that he had done something wrong and met a ghost and knocked on the door.

Old Man Zhu was sulking. When Qi Lechuan got up, he saw the old man sitting at the door of his house looking at the open space, and cursing about being immoral.

She rubbed her eyes and walked over, looking obedient, "Grandpa Zhu, why are you back?"

Old Man Zhu spread his hands, "They don't believe me and don't let me dig that piece of land. I don't know which illegitimate thing is. This is destroying corpses."

He looked at the child as he was young and added, "You are still young, go and play. Don't listen to such things, otherwise you will wet the bed at night."

When Qi Lechuan heard about wetting the bed, the third uncle's calculating face flashed in front of her eyes. She shook her head and made sure again, "I am already a big child, I won't wet the bed."

Old man Zhu smiled and asked her to go out to play.

The village is not small, and there are no people in the morning. She just stood at the intersection and looked at it for a few times before going back.
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