Chapter 123 The Gravekeeper's Abandoned Baby Part 1
(8 o'clock)
When innocent people are wronged, the resentment they generate is the heaviest. - Children are always innocent!
When I subconsciously realized that I was not out of sight yet, I quickly opened the fire extinguisher and sprayed it fiercely at the "virtual scene" in front of me. Suddenly the woman and the grave were "obliterated" in a white mist.
When the white mist dissipated, a dazzling light pierced my eyes. I was so exhausted that I fainted.
In my daze, I vaguely heard someone calling my name. I reluctantly opened my eyes and found Zhang Zhangguo calling me next to me. I looked around and saw that I should be lying on a single bed in the tomb guard room.
Seeing that I was awake, Zhang Zhangguo hurriedly handed me a cup of hot water, and then said very philosophically: "Last night was very exciting? There are many words."
"Last night? Exciting?" Regarding Zhang Liguo's illogical question, I could only be confused.
Zhang Liguo didn't say anything, he just sighed and said: "Xiao Jiang, you are very unqualified to be a tombkeeper for one night. You didn't even patrol the tomb!"
"What? What time is it now?" I asked in surprise:
"It's already early in the morning! I was worried about your work situation all night, so I came to the cemetery early this morning. I didn't expect you to sleep alone at the door of the tomb guarding room with a fire extinguisher, and your face was covered with blood.
It startled me. Later, after I helped you clean the blood on your face, I saw your cheeks were sunken and your face was dark, so I judged that you must have experienced a supernatural event last night." Zhang Liguo said:
Hearing what Zhang Liguo said, I didn't believe it. I climbed out of bed and looked outside the door of the guarded tomb. Indeed, the sun was rising and it was already a new day. So I related my experience last night and Zhang Liguo's doubts.
I told him everything in detail, and then asked Zhang Liguo, what was my experience yesterday?
Zhang Liguo was silent, and then said calmly: "Xiao Jiang, please don't pursue this matter! Also, you won't be guarding the tomb tonight. It seems that this job of guarding the tomb is really not suitable for you."
Zhang Liguo's cover-up made me curious, and I asked unwillingly: "I have seen the list of graves here, and there is no Unknown Tomb on it. Where did this grave come from?"
Why is it so weird?”
Zhang Liguo didn't say much, and said calmly: "You should also know that when visiting tombs, there will often be more or less tombs. You don't need to be so worried."
"But the key thing is that according to what I experienced last night, it seems that they all happened in a dream and have nothing to do with tomb patrol. And, two 'encounters' in one night, this is not a tomb patrol with more tombs and fewer tombs."
What can the tomb explain? There are many words." I asked:
Zhang Liguo obviously showed an unprecedented impatience with my questioning, "Why are you so busy? This matter has nothing to do with you. It seems that I made a mistake in asking you to do the job of guarding the tomb. Okay.
That’s it, if your health is still okay, please come back quickly and don’t come tonight!”
"Lao Zhang, how is your daughter's condition now?" I suddenly changed the subject. Upon hearing my words, Zhang Zhangguo said with some embarrassment: "It's not bad!"
"Lao Zhang, instead of talking about what happened yesterday, can we just talk about you?" I said sincerely:
Zhang Zhangguo nodded slowly, then took out a cigarette, handed one to me, lit one himself, and started smoking.
"Old Zhang, why are you the only gravekeeper in Hongshen Cemetery?" I asked:
"This is a rule. There is only one tombkeeper in each cemetery. According to the old rules, this tombkeeper must personally identify a suitable successor. After there is a successor, the new and old tombkeepers can hand over. But now I am willing to be the tombkeeper.
How many people can there be to guard the tomb? It seems that I can’t find a replacement. The tomb guard will be extinct after me." Zhang Liguo said melancholy:...,
"How old is this cemetery? Which generation of gravekeeper are you?" I asked in surprise:
"This Hongshen Cemetery was built in the 16th year of Guangxu, that is, 1890. As I told you, the first generation of tombkeepers was a tomb robber. When it comes to my generation, I should be the sixth generation!
Zhang Liguo said while smoking:
Zhang Liguoyi said that this was the 16th year of Guangxu, which reminded me that the unmarked tomb last night was built in the 18th year of Guangxu (1892), so I tried to ask: "I didn't expect that the tomb guarding had such a long history, so what happened in the beginning?"
When guarding the tomb, are there any records, forms, etc. of your current work?”
When I said this, Zhang Liguo seemed to have thought of something, and then said to me very vigilantly: "Xiao Jiang, are you trying to trick me?".
Seeing that Zhang Liguo had seen through my motives, I was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to do. I just smoked a cigarette in embarrassment.
Zhang Liguo raised his head and looked outside the door, then stood up and said to me: "It's getting late now. I have to guard the tomb tonight. Go home early! I can still rest for a while."
I saw that Zhang Liguo refused resolutely, so I could only leave reluctantly. Just as I walked out of the door of the tomb guarding room, Zhang Liguo stopped me, handed me something, and said to me: "You want to know some truth, right?"
For you, it has no meaning except to satisfy your curiosity. There are too many things in this world that can arouse people's curiosity. Do you want to know them all? This thing is given to you! It should be able to help you in the future.
Something."
I took it and saw that it was priceless cold pottery. Seeing that Zhang Liguo had given me such an important thing, I didn't dare to accept it, so I quickly pushed it away and said, "This thing is too valuable, I can't afford it!"
Zhang Liguo said calmly: "This is just a gadget. In the eyes of some people, it may be priceless, but in the eyes of most people, it is just a piece of black stuff. But for you
, it’s different, you are studying paranormal psychology, you should take this thing and study it carefully.”
"Then what will you do without it when guarding the tomb? At least you can't understand the ghost language anymore!" I asked worriedly:
"Haha, Xiao Jiang, you are worrying too much! After guarding tombs for so many years, do you still need to rely on this thing? My experience in guarding tombs is enough to cope with my current job. If this thing has another owner, maybe I can dig out more
There are so many unknown secrets and functions!" Zhang Liguo said frankly:
Seeing Zhang Liguo's persistence, I accepted the priceless cold pottery.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Liguo, I drove directly to my work unit without going home. When Mo Xiaolan saw me coming, she quickly pulled me and said, "How have you been guarding the tomb these two days?"
"It's okay!" I said vaguely:
"Then have you met Zhang Liguo?" Mo Xiaolan asked with concern:
"We met! We just said goodbye." I said:
"Is there anything strange about him?" Mo Xiaolan asked:
I shook my head numbly, and then asked: "What's wrong?"
"I just learned today that Zhang Liguo's daughter failed to get over the shadow of being sexually assaulted and committed suicide by jumping off a building last night!" Mo Xiaolan said:
"What? Zhang Liguo's daughter committed suicide by jumping off the building last night. So Zhang Liguo is still in the mood to come to the cemetery to see me early this morning?" The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became. When Mo Xiaolan heard what I said, she also felt that it was abnormal.
Suddenly, Mo Xiaolan and I looked at each other and said in unison: "Zhang Zhangguo went to the cemetery to commit suicide!" (To be continued. You are welcome to subscribe and reward on the mobile website (.). Your support is my greatest
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Chapter completed!