C1 Both as Unknowns

Few would believe it.

I hadn't slept in a bed since I could remember. Instead, I slept in an ancient coffin, 57 cm in diameter at the front, 42 cm in width at the top, and 60 cm in height. It was the standard size of a coffin.

Every day before he went to sleep, Grandfather would light three joss sticks' worth of incense in the west corner of the coffin. This incense was called Heavy Wood Fragrance, and it smelled very comfortable, just enough to cover the weak rotten smell inside the coffin.

It was all right before the age of five, because I didn't know what a coffin was, and it was covered with a white quilt, wide enough to sleep, so I didn't think anything of it, it was just a place to sleep.

However, after the age of five, the coffin became somewhat narrow and couldn't even be turned over, so I couldn't help but ask my grandfather if I could sleep in a big bed like him.

Not only did my grandfather reject my request, he even beat me up. He even said that as long as I slept, I would be in the coffin.

His grandfather was a famous old superstition in the village. He would often go and take care of funerals and tombs for people, and he would even show them feng shui. Whether it was the Yin and Yang residence or the Yang residence, he would always look at them and talk about them.

Before I was five years old, I didn't have a single playmate, there was no one in the house other than my grandfather, and no one in the village even knew that I was there. I had been sensible since I was young, and my grandfather didn't allow me to go out, so I didn't cry or make a ruckus.

I don't know why this is so. After all, I was still young at that time. After getting beaten up by grandfather, I became even more afraid to mention sleeping in a big bed.

When I was six years old, I had to start studying. I had just come into contact with someone other than my grandfather, but my grandfather had never allowed me to bring other little friends home to play. When they came to find me, they absolutely could not let them into my room.

Six years old is the first period of rebellion after I have become sensible. The more Grandfather doesn't want me to bring people home to play, the more I have to do it. I took advantage of Grandfather's absence to bring a little companion into my room.

After entering my room, the first thing he saw was the coffin. He exclaimed, "Zhao Mo, why is there a coffin in your room? Where's your bed?"

I pointed to the coffin and said, "This is my bed."

After hearing that, Fatty immediately ran away and said, "You're a dead person. Only a dead person can sleep in a coffin."

After all, they knew who their grandfather was, but those children had caused a huge ruckus. Fatty's grandfather had opened the coffin shop in the town, and everyone said that it was an extremely unlucky thing, while I had also become an "ominous person."

From then on, I didn't have a friend. In school, my classmates kept away from me and called me "coffin ghost". Those adults also warned their children not to play with me.

After what happened, my grandfather hung me up and beat me up. I also vaguely understood why my grandfather didn't let me bring anyone to my room, but I still didn't understand why my grandfather wanted me to sleep in the coffin.

After knowing that the coffin was for the dead to sleep in, I started to resent sleeping inside it. Once, in the middle of the night, I secretly ran to my grandfather's room and was discovered by him. That time, my grandfather was hungry for three whole days, and in the end, I compromised and didn't dare to go against his wishes again.

Grandfather often left early and returned late, my personality also became more and more solitary, because I didn't have a friend by my side. Other people's families raised pigs and chickens, and our family raised nothing. Apart from the occasional mouse I see, they are my playmates. When I'm bored, I can only talk to them.

It was a hot night, and all the dogs in the village were barking. All the adults in the village came running out with torches, carrying poles and hoes in their hands, as if they were hunting thieves.

Children like to join in the fun, I am no exception, but Grandpa said, after the sun goes down, you can't go out, otherwise I'll be hungry for three more days, so I can only open the window to lean on the top of the window to look.

Before anyone from the village could come over, I saw a black shadow crawl over and slip into my room through the window. I could clearly see that it was a blue snake that was as thick as my arm.

Not long after the snake entered, dozens of villagers ran up to my house. I hurriedly closed the window because no one in the village liked me. If they saw me, they would inevitably be rolled their eyes.

Turning around to look inside the room, I saw that the blue snake had already disappeared. Other than this window in my room, there is no other exit.

I slowly walked to the coffin and saw that snake inside the coffin. The snake coiled into a whirlpool as it looked up at me, its eyes also blue like a sapphire, very beautiful. There were six wounds on its body, and blood was seeping out from them.

"Are you okay?" I climbed into the coffin and asked in concern.

Just as I finished asking, my grandpa and a few others opened the door to my room. My grandpa asked, "Mo Zi, did you see a blue snake?"

The moment the snake heard his grandfather's voice, it immediately burrowed into the bed, seemingly very afraid.

When I felt sorry for the snake, I felt sorry for it, and I didn't have any toys to play with. I was already tired of the rats, and now that there was such a beautiful snake accompanying me, I didn't want to talk about it. In my heart, these animals were much friendlier than I was.

I pretended to be asleep as I climbed up from the coffin. I rubbed my eyes and said, "Grandfather, I didn't see any snakes."

Grandfather nodded and closed the door. He said, "Let's go to other places to search. Mo Zi, you stay in the house and don't come out."

After my grandfather left, I heaved a sigh of relief. I lifted the blanket and told the snake, "It's alright. They left."

That snake seemed to have a mind of its own as it stuck out its head and nodded at me as though it was grateful.

"Hurry up and go to sleep. When your injuries recover, I'll secretly bring you out." I whispered, and covered him with the blanket again.

No one knew that I had this snake with me. According to the discussions of the adults, the snake had killed Erya's dog, killed Fatty's cow, and it was highly toxic. It was an ominous thing that had to be killed, and there were even people who said that after seven years, the snake would turn into a spirit, which would then cause everyone in the village to die.

Hearing the words' ominous, 'I was even more determined to protect the snake, because they called me ominous.

Three days later, the snake's wounds were completely healed. When I told it that I would send it away, it slipped into the bed, as if unwilling to leave, and I was used to its existence during these three days. Since it didn't want to leave, I was naturally very happy.

In order not to let Grandpa find out, when Grandpa wasn't around, I used a saw to make a small hole at the bottom of the coffin. The bottom of the coffin was still five centimeters away from the ground, and when I wasn't around, he could hide under the coffin, so even if Grandpa changed my bedding, he wouldn't find him. On the other hand, I would grab some frogs or rats for him to eat every day when I went home from school.

So I slept with a snake for six years, and every day when I came home from school to eat and finish my homework, I would immediately crawl into the coffin, and every time I climbed in, it would come out and wrap itself around me to play, and its body was very comfortable, and the summer was very cold and the winter was very warm, and every night I slept on its body, very comfortable.

I was twelve at the time, and I remember that it was the night before my birthday. As usual, my grandfather came in to ask for incense, but this time he had not only three incense sticks in his hand, but a large handful, and in addition to the incense, a large bag of paper money. I followed my grandfather, wondering why my grandfather had suddenly acted so strangely tonight.

After his grandpa came in, he didn't say a word. He lit the paper money and said, "Mo Zi, burn the paper here. The next 7 nights are very important.

"Grandfather, what do you mean?" I asked doubtfully.

His grandpa sighed and said, "You've grown up so much already, so I can tell you some things. Do you know why I've made you sleep in the coffin all this time?"

I burn paper money as I look at my grandfather, waiting for him to continue. When I was young, I asked him many times, but each time he would beat me up. This time, I don't dare to ask anymore.

His grandfather said, "Your eight character fate is extremely dark. This type of fate is one in a million."

"Grandfather, what is the Ji Yin Fate Plane?" I asked, blinking.

While lighting the incense, his grandfather said, "Life is divided into Yin and Yang. Yang gathers people, brings about evil spirits, while Ji Yin and Ji Yang's life are the extremes of life. The Ji Yang Fate Plane is the Emperor's, while Ji Yin's Fate Plane is."

After my grandfather said that, he stopped. I curiously looked at him and asked, "Grandfather, how is Ji Yin's fate?"

Grandfather sighed and said, "The Absolute Yin Life Lattice is the 'fate seized by the devil', and the number of twelve is the number displayed. Tonight, after twelve, you will be twelve, and seven is the number of souls to return to their souls. Your Absolute Yin Life Compass will slowly appear, reaching a peak in seven days, at that time, all the lone souls within a hundred miles will come to fight for your body."