Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 101: The Tablet in the Bridge
Shi Tongyan is a boarding student.

Every Monday morning I leave home at 6 o'clock and ride my bike for more than half an hour to get to school.

Departs from school at 6pm on Friday.

Since it was after school, I wasn't in a rush riding my bike and would get home at 7 o'clock.

Sometimes I would play with my classmates on Fridays and would not leave until 7 o'clock, and it would be 8 o'clock when I got home.

Shi Tongyan would pass through a bridge tunnel on his way to school or home.

The bridge tunnel is not long, only less than 20 meters, but there is no light inside.

It’s okay during the day, as you can still see the road clearly in the bridge tunnel.

Sometimes he played for too long and it got dark, so he had to rely on guessing, but after walking more often, there was nothing to worry about.

Later, his father bought him a flashlight that could be clipped to the front of the car, and after that he often came home late.

But recently, Shi Tongyan has been a little afraid of going to school and going home.

Because he encountered trouble!

……

Last Friday, Shi Tongyan and his friends went to the video game arcade and played for two hours. It was already 8 o'clock in the evening when they rushed back.

Although he had a flashlight, he was still a little panicked as he was traveling at night.

When passing the bridge tunnel, Shi Tongyan sped up as usual, wanting to pass through quickly.

But when he rode to the middle of the bridge tunnel, Shi Tongyan saw three sparks.

He knew what it was, incense, three sticks of incense!

There are not only three incense sticks, but also an incense burner for inserting incense and a tablet without a name. Among these three things, Shi Tongyan often sees the last two, but not all three incense sticks.

Shi Tongyan had asked his father what it was before, but his father didn't tell him.

Later he heard about it from other people.

There is a river under the bridge arch, and the name of the river is Yili River.

But in the past, it had another name.

It is called Songying River.

In the past, when villagers had children and could not raise them, they would take the children to the Songying River, throw them in, and let the water carry them away.

People at that time believed that if a child was sent away by water, he or she would have a good start in the afterlife.

Some people send their children away but still miss them in their hearts, so they worship their children on the bridge during festivals.

Later, this bad habit was stopped, and not many people knew the name of Songying River.

But even though the bridge has been rebuilt and reinforced, there will still be an anonymous tablet and an incense burner with ashes long overflowing from it.

Everyone knew that it was put there by parents of babies who had given birth to their babies, so no one thought of moving it away or throwing it away.

But that day was not a festival or a special day, but there was incense burning in the incense burner.

Shi Tongyan felt something was strange at the time, but as he was anxious to go home, he didn't think much about it and just rushed over.

The smell of incense hit him in the face, and Shi Tongxuan even thought it smelled a bit good at that time.

Involuntarily, he turned his head and glanced at the tablet.

Because we were already beyond the location of the tablet, we could only see a little bit of light due to the dim light.

Then, Shi Tongyan saw the shadow of a child who was not much taller than the tablet, squatting beside the tablet, seemingly staring at the tablet and the incense burner.

And just when Shi Tongyan turned his head to look, the shadow of the child also made a gesture of turning his head.

But by then the lights had completely gone out, and Shi Tongyan could no longer see anything except the sparks on the three incense sticks.

Shi Tongyan was a little confused at the time, thinking that he had seen it wrong, but it was late at night and he didn't have the courage to go back and look again.

Plus, nothing happened afterwards, so Shi Tongyan just thought that he had seen it wrong and was dazzled.

But when he passed the bridge tunnel again on his way to school on Monday, Shi Tongyan experienced a scene that made him panic.

It was still the same tablet, but without the three incense sticks on Monday morning.

But when passing by the tablet, Shi Tongxuan seemed to see... words on it?

It is clearly an unnamed and ownerless tablet used to commemorate drowned babies, but why are there words written on it?
Who wrote it?
When Shi Tongyan reached the closest distance to the tablet on his bike, he slowed down and looked at the tablet carefully.

Then, he saw his name!!!

Immediately, the front of his car turned sharply and he almost overturned.

If he hadn't reacted quickly, both he and the car would have fallen to the ground.

It was at that time that he saw someone's iron rake on the ground in front of him.

The nine palm-long iron rake spikes stood there quietly. If Shi Tongyan had fallen just now, no matter which part of his body fell on the iron rake, he would not have had a good ending.

When seeing this scene, Shi Tongyan broke out in cold sweats.

But he didn't dare to stop the car, and just rode forward with all his strength using his weak legs.

The bridge arch is 20 meters long, with the tablet in the middle.

At this time, Shi Tongxuan was still about eight meters away from the exit. Normally, it only took him one or two seconds to cross that distance, but at that time, Shi Tongxuan felt something was wrong.

Not only did his legs go limp, he could also feel something pulling at his car, and that thing even sat on his back seat.

Shi Tongyan didn't dare to stop or get out of the car. He just relied on his willpower, which he didn't know where it came from, and pushed the car out of the bridge hole little by little with his weak legs.

The moment they came out of the bridge tunnel, Shi Tongyan's car immediately slowed down.

After regaining his strength, Shi Tong drove out of the bridge tunnel at a high speed without even looking back.

After arriving at school, Shi Tongyan was out of shape the whole day.

His good brother asked him what was wrong, but he didn't say anything.

A girl he liked came to play with him, but he yelled at her and she left with red eyes.

It took two days for Shi Tongyan to recover.

Except that his good brother remained the same, the girl he had a crush on had been lost because of his previous scolding.

But Shi Tongyan did not apologize because he had something on his mind.

As Friday was getting closer and he would have to go home again, Shi Tongyan's heart began to lift.

The good brother asked him the question again, and he finally told the truth.

It would have been better if he hadn't said the result. Once he did, even his good brother was scared.

But a good brother is still a good brother after all, and he gave Shi Tongyan a lot of ideas.

For example, not taking that road, or going back on Saturday.

Shi Tongyan thought it made sense. Although the other routes were a bit far, they were better than going through that bridge tunnel.

So, on Friday, Shi Tongyan returned home by another route.

Safe and sound!

But before Shi Tongyan could be happy, he dreamed that night that he rode his bike through the bridge tunnel. In the dream, he experienced the first night again.

This time, he saw the full picture of the dark shadow next to the three incense sticks.

It wasn't a child, although he had the body of a child, he was just swollen all over.

When Shi Tongyan saw the appearance of the child, a word popped up in his mind.

Giant view.

A word he had heard from a suspense TV series.

He had never thought he would see the Giant View, nor could he imagine what the Giant View would look like.

But now, he dreamed about it.

Not only did he dream about it, but the giant looked at the child and smiled at him.

"Hey~hehe~"

After laughing, Shi Tongyan in the dream found that his bike had become heavier and it was very difficult to pedal.

This time, he couldn't hold on, and then, there was something extra on his shoulders.

Wet and slippery.

When Shi Tongyan turned his head, he saw the pale face.

"Hey~hehe~"

The baby's laughter appeared clearly in his ears and entered his mind.

After waking up that night, Shi Tongyan fell ill and had a fever for two days.

He took medicine and went to the clinic, but his condition did not improve. Just when Shi Tongyan's family was about to send him to a big hospital, Shi Tongyan miraculously recovered on Monday morning.

Shi Tongyan's family members breathed a sigh of relief, but Shi Tongyan did not.

He thought of something that scared him but he had to do.

Despite his family's opposition, he rode away on his bike, still to the same bridge tunnel.

It’s still the same tablet.

This time when passing through the tunnel, a small part of the roof of the tunnel collapsed, and a rock as big as a head fell in front of Shi Tongxuan's car.

Because he had been paying attention, Shi Tongyan avoided this fatal crisis and rode out of the bridge tunnel.

For the next few days, nothing happened to him.

But he knew that thing would still be waiting for him on Friday.

He must go through that bridge hole again and again. If he doesn't go, he will be entangled. If he goes, he will die in the hole one day.

He is cursed!

The fear in his heart made him yell again when he faced the female classmate who came to him to restore the relationship because she had ignored him for a long time.

After yelling, Shi Tongyan regretted it again.

But what if I regret it?

I’ve lost my life, so what does the goodness of my female classmates matter?

It is said that young people do not know the taste of sorrow, but Shi Tongyan feels that this statement is not true.

On Thursday night, he thought a lot and recalled various things in the past. He was afraid that the "marquee" would not appear when he died.

He also thought about what would happen in the future if he could survive.

Unfortunately, it seems there is no future.

Near the dawn, he wrote his suicide note in his dormitory.

I wrote about my apologies to my parents, my attachment to this world, and my apologies to that girl.

……

This is everything Shi Tongyan has experienced during this period of time.

And today is Friday.

Just when he was ready to die, on Friday morning, his good brother said he had found a solution.

After listening to it, I realized that it turned out that his good brother posted on a forum he had never heard of, and someone contacted his good brother privately.

The good brother told him about Shi Tongyan’s situation and gave him the location of the school and the bridge tunnel.

Shi Tongyan didn't take it seriously.

Sure enough, the so-called "Fourth Uncle" didn't come all day on Friday.

After school, Shi Tongyan hugged his good brother, said "Let's still be good brothers in the next life", and rode away on his bike.

But when he rode his bike to the bridge hole, before he went in, he saw a flash of light appear in the bridge hole, which disappeared in a flash.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with gray hair and a smile on his face, about forty years old, walked out.

The uncle had a scar on his eyebrow, which should have made him look fierce, but because of his smile, the fierceness was dispersed.

After he came out, the uncle smiled and gave him a bracelet, saying that it was a gift for him because he was in a good mood.

Shi Tongyan didn't understand why, but he accepted the uncle's kindness.

Then he headed towards the bridge tunnel.

This time, he stopped at the location of the tablet.

Just when he was about to face his fear, he was shocked to find that there was only an incense burner left, and the tablet... was gone!

Shi Tongyan didn't understand why, but he still waited in the bridge hole, waiting to accept his fate.

He waited until 11 o'clock in the evening, and his fate... came.

His father stopped in front of him on his bike, slapped him in the face, and pulled him out of the bridge tunnel in confusion and back home.

That night, Shi Tongyan thought he was dreaming.

but.

After sleeping till dawn, Shi Tongyan had no other problems except a little pain in his face.

It seems that the problem has been solved?
Suddenly, Shi Tongyan remembered the middle-aged man from yesterday.

When the uncle came out of the bridge tunnel, the cloth bag on his back seemed to be bulging, and its size was similar to that of the tablet.

Could it be... that he is the "Fourth Uncle"?
Shi Tongyan called his good brother and asked him to send him the URL of the forum.

On the same day, a new registered user named "Tong Yan" appeared in the "Night Talk Folklore Forum".

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