Strange Tales of the Ghosts

The plasterer looked around the cave and didn't see half a human figure, but he saw the shadow on the stone wall. Suddenly, the shadow in front of him shrank smaller and smaller, retracted into the stone wall, and overlapped with the figure in the painting. When the figure in the painting When he started to dance gracefully, the plasterer seemed to be in a beautiful dream, and the person in front of him became more and more clear. The red dance skirt and golden rocking ornaments all looked like Lay's every move and twist.

"Ley..." The plasterer's eyes were dull, with a smile on his lips, and he touched the stone wall with his hand.

At this time, the dancing fairy suddenly stopped and looked at the plasterer in horror.

"No!" A cry of surprise brought the plasterer back to reality from his dream. Without the dreamlike and fairy-like feeling just now, the people on the painting wall would still move, but they were getting further and further away from the plasterer.

The plasterer shouted like a man possessed: "Ley, don't go!"

Hearing the call of the plasterer, the man in the painting stopped moving, and after a while he replied: "It's okay if I don't leave, but you don't get close to me either."

"Okay, okay, as long as you say it, I agree." The plasterer heard clearly that the voice came from the painting wall, so he was convinced that the person in the painting was Lay.

"Ley, I found the king's staff you wanted at the bottom of Crescent Moon Fountain, so..."

"I know..." The man in the painting lowered his head and sighed: "You are a good person."

"Since you know that I have no ill intentions towards you, why don't you let me get close to you?" The plasterer's heart was as turbulent as the waves of the sea, and he couldn't control his admiration for Lai.

The man in the painting shook his head and replied: "It is precisely because I know you as a human being that I cannot bear to lure you into the wall."

"Why?"

"Because..." The man in the painting slowly said the reason why the scholar named Zhao Jingming died. Like the plasterer, he also saw Lai. Lai appeared in person and met Zhao Jingming in the cave, but he Unexpectedly, Lai was humiliated because of his own death, and his hatred for men penetrated deep into his bones. He couldn't control his anger for a while, and sucked all Zhao Jingming's soul away. "At that time, I didn't know that I would kill people. I didn't mean it, it was just..."

"I understand." The plasterer learned the reason why Rai died in the letter from his master, and he also understood why Rai's soul would murder men. He did not blame Rai at all. On the contrary, he did not blame Rai at all. One thing is very curious. "By the way, Rai, when I found this staff in Crescent Moon Spring, it was in the hands of a dwarf. I didn't know it was..."

"To be honest, I am a princess from a small country. The corpse you see is the mage Modo from our country. Because my father is critically ill, the people in the court are unstable, and they are afraid that traitors will cause trouble, so the mage took the magician with him overnight. The staff escaped to prevent the traitor from getting the king's staff and escaping. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Dunhuang, the mage encountered an ambush. Forced to do anything, the mage threw himself into the lake."

"But, it's strange..."

"Listen to me first. The mage didn't die immediately after he threw himself into the lake. The first thing he thought about was how to protect the king's staff, so he dug desperately into the soil of Crescent Moon Spring. In this way, even if he died, the traitor would be hard to find. The staff, because this is not within our country, they dare not make a big show of it. On the night after the death of the mage, I was expelled from the palace by a traitor. One night in the countryside, the mage Modo used up his last soul to support me. He gave me a dream, and he told me where the staff was, and asked me to come to Dunhuang to retrieve the staff, return to my country, and avenge my father and relatives. After listening to the Master’s words, I set foot on Dunhuang alone. Unexpectedly, during the journey, I met two orphans from the same race, Modor and Aviya, so I took them with me. As for what happened next, I think you all know."

"What about your tribe now?" the plasterer asked with concern.

The man in the painting sighed: "He is suffering from dire straits."

"Then now that you have the king's scepter, can you go back..."

"Don't be stupid. I am already a dead man. Recovering the king's staff is only my wish, and I will never be able to return to my country."

Hearing that Ley was in such a sad mood, the plasterer felt very sad. He handed the staff to the shadow and said affectionately: "I found the staff for you. No matter where you are, I will follow you." .”

"You are so stupid..." The paintings on the stone wall were soaked with water stains, flowing down like human tears.

The plasterer plastered a face and smiled: "Even if I am stupid, I am lucky. Although I am an orphan, I was lucky enough to meet my master. He gave me food, taught me skills, and made me happy." I grew up, and although I have no money and no girl from any family would like me, I can be with the person I like every day, and that’s enough.”

"What's your name?" the person in the painting asked softly.

"I don't have a name. The master calls me Xiaoyu. He said that the fish in the desert will die of thirst sooner or later unless I can make it rain heavily in the desert."

"Haha." The person in the painting laughed softly. After a while, seeing the sky getting brighter, he urged: "You should go back first. It will be dawn soon. You are a good person, and you will keep the staff." .”

"This..." The plasterer had never thought of keeping such a precious thing, and he was a little unsure. "I'll give it to you, I'm afraid I'll lose it."

"I believe you, you won't." After the person in the painting finished speaking, the shadow gradually faded away...

"Well, I promise you, as long as I live, this thing will not be lost." Rai's trust in the plasterer made the plasterer very happy. The plasterer swallowed, took off his clothes and wrapped the staff, and left quickly. The cave...Lei did not expect that the plasterer's departure would be forever, because he had a reason to never come back forever...

Day after day of waiting, Rai's soul has become weaker and weaker. She has not absorbed Yang Qi for a long time.

, the time to stay in this world is getting shorter and shorter. She thought the plasterer had lost his way, so she would occasionally dance in the cave. She wanted to use her voice to attract the plasterer to return, but when she looked around, she could only see disappointment except for the yellow sand in her eyes.

"Ley, he's not coming." A little boy jumped out of the painting wall and walked to Ley's side.

Rai shook his head and replied: "He will definitely come. He is different from those people. He will not lie to me."

"That's also possible. He has encountered some trouble." Another little girl jumped out of the painting wall.

When Rai heard that the plasterer would be in trouble, he felt a little nervous. He turned to the little girl and asked: "Avia, how can we help him?"

"We can't help, Rai. In three days, we will disappear forever." After the little boy finished speaking, his expression was very sad, a sadness more desolate than fear of death...