the last priest

After all the lights were extinguished, there were only two lights in the whole village, the candles flickering on the bridge and the bamboo rafts floating in the river.At this time, Hetu was sitting quietly on the bamboo raft, with a few toys that children liked scattered around him, and Hetu was holding those toys in his hand and laughing from time to time.

There is a half moon in the sky, and the ripples in the river make it impossible for the reflected moonlight to gather or disperse.The men on the shore stooped quietly, or stared at the bamboo raft, or at Cha Wenbin.

Three figurines cut out of paper were suspended from thin threads. Cha Wenbin was holding these threads in his hands. He was standing on the bridge, while the paper figurines were hanging above the water.

The candles on the bamboo rafts stretched the shadows of the three paper figurines very long. Occasionally, a gust of river wind would make those shadows dance.If it were someone else's child, they would probably cry out of fright when they saw this scene, but Hetu was very calm, and he was the key tonight.

The three children, Hetu, also knew each other when they were in school. Although they had no contact with each other, they had quite an impression.The river is not deep at all, and under the moonlight, you can even see the pebbles at the bottom of the river.

In this scene, it is hard to imagine that a face will suddenly emerge from the bottom of the river and smile at you, right?

It's fine if it's just one face, but Hetu now faces three faces that are swollen after being soaked in water for a long time.These three faces have been completely distorted and deformed, because the edema and paleness caused by the excessive water absorption of the skin make people feel a little shuddering.

I don't know when, the dark clouds above the head have gradually covered the half of the waning moon, and the majesty of the river has quietly stopped.

The flames of the red candles were "fluttering" upwards, and it was not known which incense ash that was left on it after burning suddenly broke off and fell into the water. With a sound of "噗嗤", as the fire and water came into contact, a mass of black hair began to appear slowly.

He Tu glanced lightly, obviously he had seen it, his body trembled slightly, he was still a child after all.Soon he calmed down again and continued to play with the toy in his hand.

An unrecognizable face from the river map first appeared close to the surface of the water. This was the first child to fall into the water, followed by the second and third faces.

They may or may not know this brother with a toy in his hand. Not every ghost has memories of his life.But they are childlike, and still have that childlike innocence. Toys are the things they can't let go of after death.

Children in the mountains don’t have many opportunities to own toys. The dazzling toys in city shopping malls are luxury goods for them, and now there are all kinds of toys that have never been seen before in front of their eyes. It’s fun The nature was immediately aroused.

"Brother, can you play for us?" A faint voice sounded in Hetu's heart. This voice did not come from his ears, but a dialogue between a child and him in his heart.

He Tu just pretended not to hear, continued to play with the things in his hands and laughed happily from time to time.

Water is invisible, and it moves wherever it flows, and the same is true for people who fall into it and die. It is difficult for them to transform into the usual appearance of some dead souls.Therefore, most people who have accidents in the water will not see anything strange before falling into the water. Some people who fell into the water but were rescued recalled that they saw some incredible things in the water, such as human faces.

Water ghosts can only maintain their shape in water, and only in water can they harm people. Don't underestimate a pool of water. If you want to drown someone, even if it's only the size of a washbasin, it can still kill you.

As long as the water ghosts come ashore, it is almost impossible to escape the Taoist's palm, but because they are invisible, they have to be attached to something if they want to go ashore. The three villains in Cha Wenbin's hands are for them prepare.

The three faces under the water moved a little closer to each other, their mouths opened and closed, and they couldn't hear what they said, and they seemed to be discussing.

It didn't take long for Hetu to feel that the bamboo raft he was sitting on began to shake, and the shaking force came from the bottom of the water.Because the bamboo raft has been firmly fixed by thick ropes in advance.Hetu went to help the candlestick that was almost shaken down, and then lightly threw a raw egg into the water, and the river became quiet in an instant.

People who often run boats in rivers know that if the boat suddenly starts to shake when sailing in calm waters, it may be due to encountering dirty things. At this time, some tributes need to be thrown into the water.Most of the boats in the past were small boats with wooden structures, unlike the large-tonnage steel boats that can’t withstand tossing and can easily cause the boat to capsize, so many boat runners will prepare various sacrifices at the bow, ranging from small eggs to large half-cooked The pig's head, when encountering this situation, you only need to throw the sacrifice down, and most of them will stop immediately.

The temptation of toys to these children is obviously much greater than offerings such as eggs. After a while, Hetu began to feel that the bamboo raft was shaking again, but this time he was determined not to move, no matter how much he tossed, after a while After a while, the bamboo raft also stopped.

A very slight tremor came from a thread wrapped around Cha Wenbin's fingertips, and he knew that a fish was about to take the bait!

The little paper man in the middle moved slightly, and then a child appeared beside Hetu. He recognized that child. His name was Liu Zhi, and he was the youngest of the three children.

In the beginning, Liu Zhi just dragged his cheeks and looked at the Hetu. There were a lot of things piled up beside Hetu. Seeing that Hetu didn't seem to respond to him, he became bolder and secretly took a small paper horse with his small hand.The legs and tail of this paper horse are connected by a mechanism, as long as the tail is pulled, its legs will move continuously, showing a running shape.

The kid named Liu Zhi obviously thought this thing was fun, and the men nestled on the bridge could hear the "giggle" laughter that made people feel creepy.

Under the water, there were two eagerly watching faces. Seeing their companions having a good time, they couldn't hold back their hearts for a long time. Soon, Cha Wenbin noticed the vibrations coming from the other two wires respectively. .

The three children sat around on the bamboo raft, their bodies were dripping with water, from the tip of their hair to the blistered white soles of their feet, they were fighting for toys and playing with each other. If they hadn't died, this would have been belonged to their childhood.

Zha Wenbin's hand began to lift upwards slowly, as long as the three paper figurines were fully pulled up, the three children would never be able to return to the water, provided they were not aware of it.As long as there is no accident, the Qiankun bag that has opened on the bridge will be their final destination.

It's a coincidence, many things are preordained, almost everyone in the village knows what is going on here tonight, and everyone is told to go home and not to go out, but there is one person who missed it up.

The old man in the school cafeteria lost his job because of this incident. He was not from that village, and his son treated him unfilially, so he couldn't stay at home.Originally thought that finding a job as a janitor would allow him to live until his death, but unexpectedly, this accident happened.

When people are restless, they like to get drunk, and once they get drunk, they tend to forget their way home.

He has been working at this school for eight years, and he has long regarded it as his home.Poor quality white wine is easy to get drunk if you drink too much, so the uncle followed the impression in his mind and touched here in a daze.

That old man is good at singing Peking Opera, and he hums it in school on weekdays, but now he hums like a mosquito when he is drunk.

Holding the wine bottle in one hand and gesticulating in the air with the other, the staggering old man came towards the bridge unsteadily.Zha Wenbin's brows were already furrowed tightly. He was determined not to be disturbed at such a juncture, but now he couldn't shout. Once he shouted to disturb the children below, it would be very difficult to fish again next time.

However, there is still a distance of [-] centimeters, and three paper figurines can be obtained.

I don't know if it was the old man who felt that he was about to reach his destination, or if he was really suffocating, and suddenly let out a loud "ow", most of the people in the village were woken up by him, and all the dogs in the village People started screaming wildly, and people who didn't know it put on their clothes and prepared to go out, thinking that there was something wrong with the ceremony.

Those three children were under the care of this old man before they were alive. When they heard this old man's voice, they thought they were still in school, dropped the toys in their hands, and prepared to run.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zha Wenbin grabbed the thin thread with both hands and pulled it upwards, only to find that there were only two paper figurines left in his hand.Starting with the other bare thread in his hand, Zha Wenbin probed and saw one of the paper figurines falling into the water unsteadily. . . . . .