Chapter 2: The Old Man and the Devil's Claw

Mom? I stood up on my feet and saw Nobita standing beside me.

"Where's my mom?"

I asked Nobita.

Nobita seemed a little strange at this time, he lowered his head slightly, stood there stiffly, and said in a strange voice: "There." ”

As he spoke, he turned around.

I looked up and looked ahead.

Not far away, a tall mansion, the courtyard door is dyed with red paint, the red paint of blood red, the two stone pillars in front of the door are also red, this red, red demonic, red makes people feel frightened.

At the gate, an old man in a red Tang suit stood there, waving to us from afar.

For some reason, the moment I saw the old man, I seemed to see my grandfather, and suddenly forgot where my mother was, and then I involuntarily walked towards the door.

The old man in the red Tang suit saw us approaching and turned around and walked towards the gate.

He pushed the door open a crack and shouted at us with a smile, "Come, come......"

I don't know what happened to me, I just walked forward mechanically.

But I felt my mind clear, and as I reached the steps in front of the gate, I felt a cool breath emanating from my chest, and I stopped in my tracks.

How could such a big mansion suddenly appear in this wilderness?

I don't know how this thought crossed my mind.

I suddenly felt hairy all over my body, especially when I saw Nobita walking towards the gate step by step with his head down.

"Nobita."

I called out to him, but he ignored me and kept his head down.

I hurriedly reached out and pulled him, and the moment I grabbed his palm, I felt that his hand was cold and cold, and there was no trace of temperature. It's like a dead man's hand! It was so cold that I immediately withdrew my hand.

I know how cold the dead man's hands are, I remember two years ago, there was an uncle surnamed Zhang in the village who died, my grandfather went to help take care of the red and white affairs, I followed behind my grandfather, when I was young, I reached out and pulled Uncle Zhang who was lying on the wooden board, and I still remember the coolness to this day.

In Grandpa's words, that's not popular.

I can feel that Nobita is in that unpopular state at this time, no, no, he still seems to have a trace of popularity, I can't tell what it feels like, it's just abnormal anyway.

While I was thinking, the old man in red appeared in front of us again, he looked at the two of us with a smile, stretched out an old palm, and said to us, "Come, come with me, I'll take you to eat." ”

Eating? At this sentence, I felt that my tired and hungry body could no longer bear the torture of hunger and thirst, and I seemed to smell the aroma coming from the door, which was the aroma of food, meat, and vegetables, just like the food my mother usually cooked for me, and I was lost again.

I held out my palm to the old man in red.

The old man in red smiled ghostly at me and reached out to grab my palm.

The moment his palm touched my palm, he jerked back his hand and looked at me in surprise.

"What's wrong with you?"

I asked curiously.

"No, nothing."

The old man in red stammered, "Let's go, follow me." ”

This time, instead of trying to hold my hand again, he walked ahead on his own.

I followed him to the red gate, and as I lifted my leg and was about to cross the threshold, a loud shout stopped me.

"Stop!"

The vigorous and powerful shout shook my spirit, and I immediately stopped.

This voice is so familiar, it seems to be, grandpa's voice?

As my movements stopped and the sound sounded, the big red door in front of the door suddenly 'creaked' open, and the old man in red inside reappeared, looking at me with a hideous face, and reached out to grab me.

I was suddenly startled, this old man's face at this time was really terrible, his face was bloodless, his face seemed to be smeared with a thick layer of white powder, hideous and terrifying, I only felt that my mind was blank for a while, and I was at a loss.

"Beast, stop!"|

Grandpa's voice rang out again.

But that didn't stop the old man in red, who still stretched out his dry palm.

By this time, the palm had turned into a chicken's paw, shriveled, protruding knuckles, and the dried skin was covered with brown spots, which I later learned were corpse spots.

Seeing that palm about to grab my neckline, my chest lit up again.

The palm of the hand suddenly retracted again.

I sat down on the ground in fright, and at the same time, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded behind me.

I hurriedly looked back and saw my grandfather running briskly towards me.

The old man carried his dilapidated wooden medicine box, wore a strange Taoist robe, his face was slightly red, and he was panting.

If it weren't for the familiarity of his old man's face and voice, as well as the medicine box that I was so familiar with, I would have almost not recognized him.

"Grandpa!"

I yelled at my grandfather, and I don't know where I got the strength to run to my grandfather.

My grandfather ran to my side in a few steps, took me into his arms, kept rubbing my hair and said, "Ning Wazi, are you okay?" ”

I hid in my grandfather's arms and cried bitterly, and after crying a few times, I suddenly remembered that Nobita was still by my side, and hurriedly said to my grandfather: "Grandpa, Nobita, Nobita is still over there." ”

I turned my head, and I almost didn't faint.

The tall courtyard had disappeared, and in its place was a half-man-high blood-red stone tablet, behind which there were two tall and dilapidated stone pillars, just like the stone pillar in front of the red gate just now, but the red on it was mottled.

Behind the stone pillars is a huge burial mound.

I've never seen a grave so big, it's like a hill, and I even suspect it's an elephant buried.

Nobita was lying asleep in the open space in front of the stone monument.

My grandfather gently patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, with grandpa here, Nobita won't have an accident, stand here and don't move." ”

After my grandfather finished speaking, he patted me on the shoulder and walked towards the stele.

I could see that his eyes were very solemn, and those cloudy old eyes looked very energetic at this time, and even a little harsh.

I subconsciously looked left and right, and found that the surroundings were quiet, and under the moonlight, there were silhouettes like small hills everywhere.

Those hill bags are not grave bags, and what are they?

I was so frightened that my legs shook and I almost sat down on the ground again.

But when I think of my grandfather, what am I afraid of? He just stood there again, his eyes fixed on my grandfather's back, not daring to take his eyes off it.

My grandfather walked up to the stone tablet, he pulled Nobita up, reached out and touched his head, and said, "So cold? ”

Then, he carried Nobita to my side and placed him on the ground and opened his wooden medicine box.

It was the first time I had seen a lot of strange things in my grandfather's dilapidated wooden medicine box.