第一百层楼
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虽说这件荒诞的故事已远离我有半个多世纪了,可是至今我仍难以将其忘却。
因为它着实让我出了一身了冷汗,并且深悟“人为了生存,总得玩几次命”的。
如今,我将其叙写出来,以求与诸位共飨。
刚刚从灾难中逃生的我业已被大饥荒折磨得人非人,鬼非鬼。
为了讨生活,我四处漂泊,经历了一些让人难以想象的奇特的事情。
那天,天空的幽暗正如颓丧的我的心境——原本一座繁华的城市,现在却处处突兀着废墟;熙熙攘攘的人群,早已是陈年旧事。
困顿的我彷徨地移到一座大楼前面。
忽然间,我感觉到有人在跟我打招呼。
我抬眼望去,觑到两个扫大街的正向我有规律的招手。
他们的另一只手执着扫帚,形体很是端正,除了面色泛白,双眼血红,实与常人无异。
“朋友,愿意跟我们赌一把吗?”他们中的一个嬉笑道。
“赌什么?”我充满好奇地问道。
另一个转身指指身后的那座大楼:“这是一座一百层的高楼——若是你有能力爬到最高层,我俩认输,我们会给你一百元钱;当然,如果你没胆量,那趁早走开!”“谁没胆量?”年轻时,我总是那么气盛。
我抬头望了望那座百层高楼,其远处被云层截断,现出云雾缭绕的神秘境界,使我难以透彻地探其究竟。
高是高些,可是毕竟有一百元钱的诱惑啊!于是乎,我答应了他们——权当锻炼呗!但是,在我与他们擦身而过的那一时刻,我无意中瞥见他们的嘴角掠过阴惨惨的诡秘的笑容。
当时的我仅考虑了那张百元大钞,丝毫未把他们的表情当回事,我还自作聪明地认为也许这两位大哥就那德行。
唉,一时的贪恋、误判,险些丢了性命。
这座大楼空荡荡的,有可能是落成不久,但灰旧的墙壁、凌乱的物品暗示着有人居住过,但是居民哪去了?是瘟疫、饥荒,还是其他原因(我啊,就这点不好,没事儿也好瞎想)?愈往高层,光线愈显得昏暗,还好我视力不错,至少看得清台阶。
可不时传来的风声、窗户相撞声,以及若有若无的哭声常常扰乱我的心智。
不过,听的时间一长,习惯了的我索性不去理会它了,只顾自己的路。
大约这幢楼发生过大火——身体孱弱的我抚着墙壁艰难地向上移动,瞬间,我的双手异样地乌黑。
当我攀登到约莫有一半的时候,我猛然听到楼上有“嗒嗒嗒”的脚步声,伴随着脚步声的是“咚咚咚”的好象是很坚硬的物体痛触地面,而或撞击墙壁的声音。
年轻人,胆子大。
我为了寻觅声音的来源,紧走了几步。
“声音好象就在这层……咦?怎么消失了呢?不会是心理作用的,我的听觉一直很好的啊!”我内心犯起了嘀咕,并向楼道的左右两边认真地观察一番——楼道两边黑黢黢的,什么都看不到。
由是,失望却让我想起:我该继续爬楼了。
我快速地转过头来,“啊!”不知何时在我的面前冒出的一个驼背老头,这莫名的惊骇迫使我由衷地惊声尖叫。
但见那老头拄着个赫色的竹拐棍——八成“咚咚咚”声音源于此,还有他那漠然的眼睛向我直射冷冷的寒光,让我不禁打了个寒颤。
“小伙子,你犯了什么魔怔,竟然到这里来?”老头沙哑的声音像来自遥远的另外世界,可是他跟我的距离是这样的近。
我将事情和盘托出。
老头摇头道:“你这个年轻人太冲动了!——你不知道吗?一个多月前,就在这里,这幢大楼起了大火,结果烧死了几百口人……这里遍布孤魂野鬼——是吃人的鬼!”老头歇斯底里地严厉地提高了音量,这声音更像来自遥远的另外世界,可是他跟我的距离的确是这样的近。
我汗毛陡立,脑门倏地被击了一棒般地发疼。
老头微闭双目:“算了!我把这拐棍送给你了——他会帮你忙的!你记住,年轻人要学会稳重!”我接过拐棍,耳边响起了“嗒嗒嗒”的声音,寻声音望去,却早没了影子。
这时,我倍感恐惧的可怕。
然而,我一转念:平日不做亏心事,夜半敲门心不惊;人怕鬼三分,鬼怕人七分——何况还有一百元钱呢?在我接近顶层的时候,若有若无的哭声不再隐约,而且越来越强,似乎近在耳边。
“嘤嘤嘤……嘤嘤嘤……”在一扇窗户的旁边,有个老太太一边哭,一边朝窗外播撒纸钱。
窗户外的强风一灌,那纸钱飘飘散散的落了进来,犹如灾难后的横了一地。
“老头子呀!你好狠心呀……快回来呀!……嘤嘤嘤……嘤嘤嘤……”我见老太太哭得这样伤心,料想失去老伴的她实在缺少别人的慰藉。
“大娘,人死不能复生,你节哀顺变吧!”“你胡说!”老太太严肃得五官大挪移的表情属实让我吃了一惊——变换的速度好快呀!倏忽,老太太盯住我手中的拐棍端详一番,随之,猛地把那拐棍抢夺过去。
我还未明白是怎么一回事,那拐棍早已握在老太太的手里了。
“快说!你怎么得到这拐杖的?怎么得到的?快说!”老太太恰如困兽一样瞪圆双眼,直逼向我。
我抚平扑扑跳动的心,语无伦次的将事情表述了出来。
当老太太得知事实的真相后,她将拐棍贴于胸前,又哭了起来。
不久,她揩干泪水,神情茫然的说道:“小伙子,这拐棍是我老伴的——唉,那场大火逼得他从这儿跳了下去……别人说他死掉了,可我不信,仍然苦苦守侯着他——他终于回来了,老头子,快回来啊!……嘤嘤嘤……嘤嘤嘤……”趁着她哭泣的间隙,我意识到刚刚的我绝对有可能是遇到鬼了——我真想溜,但打颤的双腿好似跟我的头脑分离了。
“小伙子,我老伴既然把这拐杖送给了你,那么自然会有他的原因——接着,小伙子!哎,你还是小心些吧!这楼里有许多不干净的东西啊!”老太太将拐棍掷在我的手中,转身回屋了,“嘤嘤嘤”的哭声时强时弱地从内传来。
还爬不爬了?看看近在咫尺的拐棍,天!这赫色的竹拐棍怎么瞬间布满了青绿色的苔藓,有的部位还有斑斑血迹。
“呀!”我将拐棍一扔,退却了……但是,细瞧近在眼前的顶楼,想想那张钞票——老人家不至于害我吧!顾不得那么多了,不被鬼吃掉,也得饿死。
不过,饿死是肯定的,至于鬼怪——不一定会有的吧?老子今生今世还没见过鬼呢!咳,反正都是死,闯它一闯,兴许会有活路!“妈的!拼了!”也不知哪里涌出的勇气和力气,我拾起拐棍,几步登上第一百层楼。
功夫不负苦心人!啊!我成功了!第一百层楼——这里更加黑暗,可以毫不夸张的说——这里黑糊糊的像滚沸的沥青。
大约是心理作用,我觉得这里死气沉沉的异样的压抑,似乎还存在一股刺鼻的人肉烧焦味……我不想再逗留了,于是,我转身想下楼。
就在我转身的一刹那间,我意识到身后存有东西。
我当即回头,虚幻中,我隐约见着一张飘飘忽忽、青面獠牙,正张着血盆大口的人——皮——。
我怪叫一声,紧闭双目,下意识地将那拐棍一横。
好像什么也没扫到——我睁眼观瞧,那人皮没了踪迹。
“出口在哪?出口哪去了?怎么出口没有了?”我四处寻找着出口,忘了自己是从哪个方向爬上来的。
哟!在那!有个小绿点正处在离我不远的前方。
我以为那就是eXiT,兴奋地向其奔去。
慢着!不对!小绿点正一跳一跳地向我奔来……“啪!”我手中的拐棍自动地向那绿点击去,并与绿点一并消失了。
四周略略亮了些,生命之门已然显现在我的前面,吓破胆的我连滚带爬地逃出了这一百层楼。
处于地面上的我深深地吁了口气。
猛然间,我见到地面上只剩有两把扫帚。
“他妈的!上当了!”咦?这是什么?一把扫帚的下面正压着一张纸。
我拾起那张纸,迎着破云而出的太阳细察一番。
噢!我的手抖动了一下,那张纸打着旋儿落地了。
那果真是一张百元大钞。
不过,是张冥币。
Introduce:Though this absurd story already was far from me,have half many century, but up to now I still forget my hard.
Because it let me give a single person indeed cold sweat, and be realized greatly " factitious live, must plays a lot a few times " connotation.
of nowadays, I draw up its appraise come, in an attempt to and you provide dinner for in all.
My what just flee for his life from inside disaster course of study already was tormented the person is impersonally by big be hard pressed for money, ghost is not ghost.
To demand the life, I lead a wandering life everywhere, experienced a few peculiar businesses that make a person adv unimaginably.
That day, my of dejected of dim no less than mood -- originally a bustling town, now however everywhere abrupt remains; Bustling crowd, it is age already old job.
Ground of my of tired out hesitation moves before a building.
Suddenly, I feel someone is letting sb know with me.
I carry the eye looks, gaze sweeps the having the law to me wave of the ave to two.
Broom of their another hand persistence, body is decorous very, float besides complexion white, double eye blood red, fact and ordinary person as good as.
"Friend, be willing to bet with us? " the path of a be laughing and playing in them.
"What to bet? " I am full of curious ground to ask.
Another face about points to that building that points to back: "This is a 100 high-rise -- if you are capable to climb top layer, I two admit defeat, we can give you 100 yuan of money; Of course, if you do not have courage, that goes away before it is too late! " " who doesn't have courage? " young when, I always am so angry fill.
I look up at of keep a lookout that 100 layer high-rise, its far is cut off by cloud layer, reveal the mysterious state that cloud and mist winds around, make I hard lucid explore its after all.
Tall it is some taller, can be the temptation that has 100 yuan of money after all! Then, I promised them -- authority should take exercise! But, that one hour that the body is brushed in I and them and spends, I catch a glimpse of their corners of the mouth passes by shade inadvertently miserable the smile of miserable secretive.
I at that time considered that Zhang Baiyuan only big paper money, a bit should not answer their expression thing, I return ground of think oneself clever to think perhaps these two eldest brother with respect to that mitzvah.
Alas, temporarily cling to, miscarriage of justice, nearly lost life.
This building is empty, it is completion likely before long, but the article with old wall, messy ash is being alluded inhabited over- , but which went to the dweller? It is plague, famine, other still reason (I ah, with respect to this bit bad, does it may not be a bad idea of have nothing to do think foolishly) ? Go to more high level, the light appears dim more, not bad my eyesight is pretty good, see the steps leading up to a house that get Qing Dynasty at least.
Sound of barge against of the rumor that often can transmit, window, and if have,be like the cry that not have to often disturb my intelligence.
Nevertheless, audition time grows, I do not go to accustomed simply pay attention to it, consider oneself way only.
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