Nobody spoke, my mother knelt down in front of baldachine, whispering to herself, I began walking back and forth in the hall again, there was no sound of the Japanese ghost army, it made me feel very uneasy.
Aunt Li came to phoenix,they were whispering something. Phoenix was always very cool, except when getting together with Xue'er that could make him a bit nicer, otherwise, his face wouldn't change for anyone or anywhere. It made me not dare to eavesdrop what they were talking about. I could only move as close as possible to them while walking back and forth.
However, I couldn't hear anything. Well, I didn't have the potential to eavesdrop. But soon Aunt Li called me over and told me they were going to open the door.
I was a little startled, after all, it looked safe now, otherwise if we opened the door, I would scared of the Japanese ghost army despite of the weird fog.In spite of this, I couldn't object she to do so, instead, I looked at Aunt Li with questioning eyes, hoping she could explain to me.
Just before Aunt Li spoke, phoenix who seldom speaks said unexpectedly:"The Japanese ghost army and ancestors of this village outside have obviously reached a strange balance. Maybe we should go out so that we can get rid of these Japanese ghosts with the help of ancestors."
I understood phoenix's hatred of Japanese, it was not only him, but also the whole ghost house were very hateful to Japanese ghosts, but this was not a good reason to open the door. I was not sure whether they had reach an equilibrium on both side, and to tell the truth,I didn't really care. In my point of view, how to ensure the safety of my family was the most important thing, but phoenix was obviously ignored this.
Aunt Li seems to have found the problem. She added: "Xue'er has an ancient stone protecting her, moreover I can protect you.phoenix will go out alone, if he is able to eliminate these Japanese ghosts, then it is the best result. Otherwise,we won't have any danger with the help of ancient villagers.What's more,we can't just staying here without doing anything all the time,that's no a good idea."
I silently nodded, she was right, we would loss if just defending. There was a saying that people would being a thief rather than defending a thief. What's more, maybe this was a chance to eliminate Japanese ghosts.To avenge my father, brother and sister-in-law.
When I though of them, my eyes were tiny and a little merciless.
Aunt Li made us all stand behind her, and then phoenix walked forward and opened the door directly. I thought we would see a lot of fog or Japanese army when we opened the door. But when phoenix opened the door, there was nothing outside, even the incessant noise stopped.
The whole village was so silent that you couldn't hear a bark of dog or even a sound of insect, but phoenix did not care about it, he went straight out. Just at the moment of phoenix stepped out the door, I had no idea from where came a fog instantaneously, coming from everywhere and surrounding phoenix.What I could only see was a red profile which was going away slowly.
Aunt Li took a step forth but quickly back again, only watching phoenix disappear but was still alert. It was strange that the fog outside was so thick but only a tiny bit of it could entered the house, and then dissipated soon , which reassured me a lot.
After phoenix went out, there was no sound from outside. Only whispers of my mother left. As I got closer I heard her voice on and off. She was begging protection from ancestors and my dead father, hoping Xue'er would be lucky enough to go through her trouble. I suddenly turn to the fog, wondering whether my father and brother were among those ancestors who protecting us?
As long as I had this though, it grew up crazily in my mind, my whole body couldn't help but started to tremble. Aunt Li looked at me strangely and comforted me. I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down, at that time, I shouldn't ask nor speak out, I shouldn't give my mom a hope that I was not sure whether exist or not.
Just as I was trying to calm down, the fog outside had changed, and it was rolling violently, and there were traces visible to the naked eye. I knew, that was phoenix fighting. But there was still not any sound which made me unable to assess situation at that time.
I could only look at the fog outside, and at that moment, I had an impulse to rush out, yes, to go out. I held the armrest of a chair, veins of my hand had already turned blue, my face filled with blood and turned red, it was hot .
Aunt Li held my hands, and when I turned to her, she gave me a sign that I should not move. Her hand was not as cold as a ghost's hand, not warm, but not cold, there was a strange power in it made me gradually calm down.
Finally he came back. There was some damage on his red clothe, but as he approached, the clothes were recovering quickly. When phoenix came to us, the red dress was restored.
"Well?" I was anxious to open my mouth, at the same time, Never knew when it started, my voice had become hoarse.
A strange smile showed on his cool face, it was just like a man who never laughed and twisting his cheek. I didn't understand what he was laughing at, his face make me didn't understand what he want to express,phoenix also seemed to know this, in the eyes with a bit embarrassed, he pointed to the door.
Outside the door, the fog was slowly dissipating with a visible speed. I could see what inside the yard vaguely. I couldn't help but get excited and said, "we, we won, won?"
He nodded, and then sat on a chair aside and looked a bit tired. Mom knelt down quickly and kowtowed to the ancestors. Aunt Li smiled and said to me:"You should also thank your ancestors, without them, phoenix couldn't have done all this work."
I nodded my head and completely agreed, and then knelt down in front of the tablet written the magic words, and kowtowed respectfully. But what I did not expect was that, at the third time I knocked down my head, a creaky sound came out of the tablet.
Then, in my astonished eyes, I saw there were countless tiny cracks appeared, and the crack slowly enlarged, finally the wooden tablet split in pieces.
"Impossible."phoenix suddenly stood up, and for the first time, his cool face looked panic. I was completely stunned, just looking at pieces of tablet. Then I looked back to the outside, the entire courtyard was exposed and the fog was still dissipating.
I didn't know whether it's my illusion or not, I could see a blur shadow in the fog. I didn't know whether it was a person, but the shadow had a pair of light blue eyes, and he was smiling at me.
It's a strange smile, although I couldn't even see his face, but I know that was a smile!