The old drunkard's words also silenced Uncle Ghost.
After waiting for a while, he said calmly: "Let him choose."
I was stunned for a moment, and the next moment I felt Uncle Ghost's gaze.
And the old drunkard never took his eyes off me from beginning to end.
I felt a little guilty, but after thinking about it I said, "The coffin is very important to me."
The old drunkard sneered.
"More important than death?"
I nodded, not knowing where the courage came from, and looked directly at the old drunkard.
The old drunkard suddenly laughed.
But his smile soon faded, and after snorting coldly, he turned around and left.
I looked at his back, but for a moment I had mixed feelings and was a little confused.
What was the reason why he had such a deep fear of the coffin?
I just mentioned it and he thought it would kill someone?
When I was thinking about it, Uncle Ghost's voice came and interrupted my thoughts.
"Let's go."
"It's time to go back."
When I came to my senses, Uncle Ghost was already beating the gong and walking forward.
I was full of questions, but seeing that Uncle Gui had no intention of telling me anything, I had to hide my doubts for the time being and continue to follow Uncle Gui.
Fortunately, this time, Uncle Ghost did not take me to continue walking around the village, but took me to one of the rooms with candles burning.
I have noticed this room before, it is next to the ancestral hall in Fenling Village.
The furnishings inside are almost the same as those in the old drunkard's house.
The only difference is that the black and white coffin has been changed from one to two, one large and one small.
The lid of the large coffin was open, and when you looked inside, there was a quilt and pillow inside, while the lid of the small coffin was tightly closed, and there was a brazier next to it with some paper ashes inside.
Before I could say anything, Uncle Gui pointed at the big black and white coffin and said, "You can sleep in it tonight."
I was stunned for a moment, and the corners of my mouth twitched slightly.
"Sleeping coffin?"
Uncle Ghost said calmly: "The house is simple."
"If you mind, just sleep on the floor."
"I'd better sleep on the floor." I said subconsciously, not noticing the faint smile on Uncle Gui's lips when he said this.
After hearing what I said, Uncle Ghost didn't talk nonsense with me anymore. He directly took out the bedding from the coffin and threw it to me, and then he lay down neatly in the coffin.
I wanted to ask more about the coffin, but Uncle Ghost's snoring could be heard from the coffin.
I was a little speechless and touched my belly.
The old drunkard who came before only ate some peanuts and took a sip of wine before being chased out. Now he was still hungry.
I thought I could find something to eat at Uncle Gui's place.
However, I never expected that Uncle Gui had no intention of doing so.
I had no choice but to hold the quilt and find a suitable place to lie down.
The ground was a little cold, so I could only wrap the quilt around my whole body, and then huddle up to try not to feel so hungry and cold.
However, as soon as I lay down, I felt a wave of sleepiness sweeping over me, and my eyelids became inexplicably heavy. I just struggled a little and felt like I couldn't open my eyes.
Faintly, I heard the voice of Uncle Ghost lying in the coffin.
He said: "Go to sleep."
"Go to sleep if you want."
His voice seemed to contain some kind of special power, making me feel inexplicably at ease, so much so that at this moment I forgot that I was still hungry, that I was cold, and that I even forgot that I was still in Fengling Village.
This is a place I am unfamiliar with.
According to what the old drunkards and the others said, it seemed like they could die at any time.
And in fact.
I was indeed careless.
When I woke up, Uncle Gui's house was already full of people. Although I was still in the quilt, I didn't know when a hemp rope had been wrapped around my body. It would be an exaggeration to say that it was tied up in five ways.
Uncle Ghost, on the other hand, looked ugly and was surrounded by a group of people.
I looked over and saw that except for the old drunkard, there was no one I knew. But except for three people, including the old drunkard, the others were all blind.
They are the only people left in Fenling Village.
I was just tied up by them.
My heart sank slightly, and I didn’t understand what was happening, so I quickly shouted: “Uncle Ghost, why did you tie me up?”
Hearing my voice, the more than 20 blind old people looked towards me in unison.
Although they are all blind, their white eyeballs made me shudder at this moment.
I can clearly feel the hatred in them.
It's the hatred towards me.
This makes me feel even more baffled.
Uncle Ghost said with an ugly face: "The old blind man is dead."
I froze for a moment.
"Isn't this all..."
Before I finished speaking, I saw the old drunkard staring at me. Although his eyes didn't look like he wanted to eat me like the more than 20 blind old people, they were still full of disappointment.
Only then did I realize that Uncle Ghost was probably talking about the old man who was blind in one eye that I first met.
"How can it be?"
I can't believe it.
The old drunkard just walked towards me, his voice was a little cold.
"Boy."
"What did you do last night?"
I'm a little confused.
After thinking for a moment, he said: "I was with Uncle Ghost last night."
"I fell asleep after coming here."
"Uncle Ghost can testify to this."
The old drunkard glanced at Uncle Ghost, who looked ugly.
"you sure?"
Hearing this, I was even more confused.
"Do you think I killed the person?"
"Who else would kill him besides you?" At this time, a blind old man in linen clothes shouted: "Who else would kill him besides you?"
"I have already said that those who come looking for the coffin will definitely kill us."
"Even if he didn't kill the person, he definitely has nothing to do with it."
"I……"
I looked at Uncle Ghost.
Only then did I notice that Uncle Gui’s eyes were red with an ugly face.
I just wanted Uncle Ghost to testify for me.
The old drunkard snorted again: "You did rest here last night, and the ghost boy also testified."
"But this thing..."
The old drunkard took out a piece of red paper and threw it on the ground.
"Chenghuang Tie?"
I froze for a moment.
The old drunkard said coldly: "Only the village guardians are qualified to hold this City God Post."
"This was found next to the old blind man's body."
"Who else could it be besides you?"
"Isn't Uncle Gui also a village guard? Doesn't he have one?" I looked at Uncle Gui.
Uncle Ghost then sighed slightly.
"I do have a Chenghuang sticker."
"But the City God stickers held by every village guard are different."
Uncle Ghost said, taking out a stack of paper from his body.