C5 Three Bodies

The blood on the paper was a dark red, solid substance mixed with some black and red soil. It didn't look like blood.

Pappy folded the bloody piece of paper into a paper crane and placed it on the small mirror in the middle of the plate. Then he laid the plate flat for me to carry with both hands.

Then, his grandpa made a hand sign and drew a few lines at the paper crane. The paper crane actually moved on its own and only stopped after spinning a few rounds.

"How amazing, Grandfather. You're so much stronger than Little Fatty." This is simply like Ninth Uncle's spell on TV. Not only is Ninth Uncle Little Fatty's "dream master", he is also the idol of most of us, "Grandfather, how did you do it?"

In comparison to my shock, my grandfather's face was tense. He didn't answer me, but took a small cloth belt and stuck it on his waist. He told me to hold the plate horizontally and follow the direction of the Thousand Paper Crane's head.

Seeing that my grandpa didn't answer my question, and his face darkened even further, I felt a little guilty towards him. His pipe hitting my head hurt, so I tactfully didn't say anything more.

I did as my grandfather said and walked out of the house in the direction pointed out by the Thousand Paper Crane. My grandfather took a powerful flashlight and followed beside me. He told me not to ask any questions while following the path pointed out by the Thousand Paper Crane.

There isn't even a bit of moonlight outside in the middle of the night. To be honest, if I were to walk alone, I would definitely be scared, but having my grandfather by my side made my heart feel a lot more at ease. In my entire life, there doesn't seem to be anything that my grandfather can't solve, other than Ninth Uncle being the most amazing.

But I don't understand, why does Grandpa want me to carry the paper crane away?

Ever since I came out of my house, the paper crane kept shaking its head left and right. When I turned left, it turned right, and when I turned right, it turned left. No matter how I moved, it always kept pointing in one direction, like a compass.

My grandfather and I followed the direction pointed out by the paper crane and walked out of the village. My grandfather didn't say anything and stopped. I could only continue walking. My grandfather followed by the side without saying anything.

After walking for a while, we arrived at the foot of Mimi Peak.

I originally thought that the Thousand Paper Crane could only turn left and right, and I thought that this was the end of the road. After all, we couldn't pass through the mountain in front of us, but I didn't expect that the Thousand Paper Crane could actually lift its head and point it up towards the summit of Mimi Peak.

Pappy nodded his head and indicated for me to continue walking up the mountain.

I suddenly thought of that night half a year ago. Sister Xiujuan was holding my hand as we walked on this barren mountain road. Her shriveled face looked extremely sinister under the moonlight. She felt somewhat fearful.

However, I didn't dare to go against my grandfather, so I could only climb up the mountain. I muttered to myself, "It's already so late, why are you still going up the mountain?"

Grandfather and I silently walked on the mountain road. Although it was already late in the night, it wasn't very cold in September. I wanted to talk to Grandfather and ask him how he did those miraculous things, but Grandfather always had a calm expression on his skinny face, so I didn't dare to open my mouth.

Soon the two of us reached the summit of Maid's Peak. The broken temple stood on top of the hill, the dark night as thick as ink. Maid's temple was hidden within it, and only when Granddad's flashlight shone directly into it could we see the faded red paint of the gate or the half of the wall.

Suddenly, the compass in my hand starts to violently shake. The thousand paper crane continuously rotates on top of it, as though it was a small horse.

Grandfather's face revealed a hint of joy. He made a hand sign and said to the paper crane, "Rise!"

Soon after, the paper crane slowly flew up from the compass and slowly flew to the side before landing on a flat ground not too far away. Grandfather quickly followed it and arrived at the place where the paper crane had landed.

He picked up the paper crane and put it in his bosom. He pinched off a handful of soil and crushed it to examine it. Then, he put it on his nose and sniffed. He frowned. "There's blood in the mud. There are bones beneath it."

"It seems like Nutjob Liu has met with some mishaps!"

Hearing this, my hair stood on end. From what I heard, Grandfather must have already died and buried in this place.

A chill rose from the back of my head, and I felt as if the dark night around me was like a huge, man-eating beast, quietly opening its huge mouth and looking at me.

I've always had a lot of guts, even though I'm still small right now, but I've always had more guts than when I was younger, because I believe that the monsters and monsters on TV are all lies and the teacher has told Little Fatty many times, because Little Fatty would always catch me as a zombie and I would always listen from the side.

Especially that Santa Claus, I feel very fake, how can the sky drop a cotton like thing? Those children who swindled five or six years old couldn't swindle me.

However, it was a bit different tonight because his grandfather's paper crane could fly, and Sashimi Liu had just died.

Grandfather suddenly struck me in the face with his flashlight. "Huizu, are you afraid?"

"No …" "Not afraid."

"Aren't you afraid that you'll be hanging on my leg for what?"

"I... Cold... "Yes, I'm afraid of the cold."

Grandfather didn't care about me, he just let me hang on his thigh, took out a small yellow flag from his bag, and stuck it in the place where he just picked up the dirt.

"Soul flag, lock the corpse, do not disturb the hundreds of ghosts!"

His grandfather had said something to the small yellow flag, and the small flag had only swayed a little. If it was said that his grandfather had slanted when he placed the flag, he was now standing upright.

Then Pappy scooped me up from his lap, slung me over his shoulder, and carried me back.

Maybe it was because I was a little tired, so I fell asleep on my grandfather's back before I even got home.

I woke up early the next morning.

Our family yard was crowded with people. It looked as if most of the people in the village were here, but most of them seemed to be adults and there were no children to be seen.

Through the window, I could see that they were surrounding something in the middle of the courtyard, pointing at something, but since there were so many people surrounding it, I couldn't see what was in the middle.

Pappy wasn't squeezed into the crowd, sitting nearby, saying nothing, picking at a pipe with a small stick.

Suddenly, Second Fool ran in from outside.

"Boss Gao, please come over."

As soon as he finished speaking, Boss Gao walked in. His leather shoes were still shiny, and his hair was shining behind his back.

For some reason, ever since the last time Boss Gao went missing and was found, I always felt that he was a little scary.

The crowd was in an uproar. Some of the villagers surrounded Boss Gao and the others with eyes that were faintly hostile.

Boss Gao also felt something was wrong. He looked around and took out a towel to wipe his sweat. "Village Chief, why did you call for me?"

"Boss Gao, please explain what's going on!" Grandfather put away his pipe and stood up, pointing at the place that had been surrounded by the crowd.

After the fellow villagers stepped aside, there were three corpses inside!

Nutty Liu, Old Third Wang, and a young man in fashionable clothing!