The years of reselling the haunted house

"Third Uncle, I choose the old Guantou. But this old Guantou is determined to keep his mouth shut to us. We just went there during the day, so what can we gain from going there at night?"

The third uncle chuckled: "That's not necessarily the case. I have a hunch that this old man must be different during the day and at night."

"He's not a ghost, what's the difference between night and day?" I muttered.

The third uncle said again: "He is not a ghost, but he is also a night owl. There are much more things to do at night than during the day."

"Night owl? You mean old Guantou is a night owl? Third uncle, how did you find out?"

The third uncle sneered: "I have seen it a long time ago. When we came here on the first day, I saw it in the car. The old man came out of the hut and kept yawning. When we saw him today, The bags under his eyes are black, which is obviously a sign of staying up too late. According to my calculations, this old manager hasn't slept much for at least a week. So, you go to investigate him, just hide in the dark and stare at him , Follow him when he came out, see where he went and what he did, these are his secrets, and of course our clues."

"Okay, this job is easy to do. Fatty and I will go." I nodded, secretly admiring my third uncle's observation skills.

The third uncle waved his hand: "Nephew, your life may not be as easy as you think, it may be very dangerous, do you want to trade with me?"

I hurriedly shook my head: "No change, no change, third uncle, you finally let me choose first, you don't regret it."

"Okay. If you want to go, you can go. I'll go to study the ghost opera. At that time, whether we find it or not, we must rush back here before dawn. As for what we found, let's exchange clues before deciding on the next step." s plan."

I nodded: "Third Uncle, you should be careful. When the ghost sings, maybe the ghosts in the entire mining area and even the surrounding villages will go to see it. That scene is really..."

When I said this, I couldn't help but shivered.The ghosts all over the mountains and plains still have lingering fears when I think of them.

Third Uncle smiled and said, "Don't worry, the ghost that can scare your Third Uncle hasn't appeared yet. Now let's meditate and adjust our breathing, and we will set off in two hours."

Third Uncle acted extremely confident, similar to his usual demeanor.He made the arrangements, and we generally would not refute them, so we immediately adjusted our luck.Fortunately, the fat man said that he slept last night.The third uncle and I have been tossing around the back mountain last night. The necessary breath adjustment will replenish our body's energy, so that we can try our best to maintain our mental concentration in the absence of sleep.

There is no other way. In our line of work, we have to work at night most of the time, and we cannot replenish enough energy by relying solely on sleep.

So at this time, it becomes especially important to be able to use breath adjustment to restore oneself.

Adjusting the breath can make the breath of the body walk around quickly, providing enough energy to all organs and meridians of the body.

When learning Qi training with Chu Liuyan, I showed better potential than Fatty and Liang Yue.After such a long time, we still have no intermittent practice, and we have made great progress compared to before.

I also have my own insights on how to adjust breath to achieve greater results.After two hours of breath adjustment, my state also recovered a lot.Feelings of sleepiness and fatigue are almost gone.

When the time came around nine o'clock in the evening, the third uncle came over and called Pang Dahai and me, saying that the time was almost up, and we split up to act.

We prepared our own equipment, and the third uncle also carried a big bag and was ready to go out.

Xu Ruoxi came out when she heard the movement, and repeatedly urged her.She also understood that as our investigation deepened, danger would follow.

But things have come to this point, and we can no longer turn back.

In the old house of the Xu family, we seem to have formed a temporary home. When we go out, someone in the family is looking forward to our safe return. This feeling will keep your heart warm.

We left the residence, Uncle San drove up the mountain, while Pang Dahai and I chose to walk to the weighing room of the old Guantou.

On the way, Pang Dahai asked me: "Boss, do you think this old Guan will really be different from the daytime at night? If he goes to bed early, we will have to watch outside his house all night?"

Chapter 1216

I shook my head and smiled wryly: "Who made us choose to investigate the old Guantou. Even if it is like you said, we really have to observe him outside for a night. This can at least prove that he is a man during the day and night. It looks like that. I will have an explanation when I go back. But I believe in Uncle San’s premonition and observation skills, maybe he can really find something.”

We were walking on the road in the mining area, the road was very empty, and the moonlight was pouring on it and it was white.The surrounding trees were rustled by the night wind, and their shadows fluttered.

Walking on such a road makes you feel quiet and chaotic, and you have been unable to gather your mind.When it is quiet, we can only hear the footsteps under our feet, the chaos, the rustling of leaves, and sometimes a few birds and frogs.From time to time, there will be a few howls of unknown animals in the distance.

After all, this place is in the mountains. If it weren't for the two of us walking here, we might feel a little fear.

Thinking of the third uncle going to visit the so-called ghost singing opera alone, let alone other things, this courage alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

We walked quickly on the road, and as we walked, I suddenly felt movement behind me.

I turned around suddenly, and found that there was a cold road behind me, and there were no ghosts.

The fat man was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked me, "Boss, what's wrong?"

I shook my head: "I seemed to feel movement behind me just now."

Pang Dahai looked behind him and said, "Boss, there's no one there. It's late at night, so don't scare yourself."

I waved my hand, I didn't want to argue with the fat man on this matter, but in fact I couldn't make it clear.If there is really something following us behind us, he won't let me find it easily.

At this time, I simply didn't care about him anymore, and walked faster to the old Guantou's house.

And after we continued on our way, that feeling suddenly disappeared.

Since it is a feeling, there are always times when the feeling is accurate and the feeling is out of order, and I don't want to compare the truth.After all, our task tonight is to observe the old man in charge of the three armies.

In the distance, we saw a faint light in the weighing room of the old Guantou.

The wave of light was stable, and the light was dim. It didn't look like a candle, but more like the light from a light bulb with insufficient power.

I checked the time, it was 25:25 in the evening.It took us [-] minutes to walk here from our residence.At this point in time, if the old Guantou really made any moves, it should not have started yet.

We didn't dare to get too close, so we found a slightly hidden place, squatted behind a stone, and took turns observing the door of the old manager's room.

As the two of us stopped and stayed here, the difficult moment came.

At night, the air here is relatively humid and stuffy, and there are a lot of mosquitoes in the grass.There are many mosquitoes that bite people's skin, which is painful and itchy.Even some mosquitoes don't bite people, but they will fly in front of your eyes and ears, making you upset.

We squatted behind the stone and stood there for more than an hour, but there was still no movement from the old Guantou.

Pang Dahai whispered in my ear: "Boss, this can't work. If the old man is flying some kind of plane inside the house, we won't be able to see it from the outside. How about we go out of his window and look inside? "

I nodded, what Pang Dahai said made sense.In addition, the place where we stayed may have spread the smell of human flesh and blood, and more mosquitoes gathered one after another, so we had to leave there.

The two of us stooped, and slowly approached the old Guantou's house.

We originally wanted to look in from the window, but before we got to the window, we heard the door knock.

This frightened us so much that if the door were opened at this time, we would be both completely exposed.

We quickly dodged to the side, squatted down at the fastest speed, and barely hid our bodies in the shadow of the nearby trees.

Even so, we would be spotted if anyone looked carefully.My heart also rose to my throat, and my heart was pounding.

After the door rang, it was pushed open from the inside.

The light in the room, as the door opened, also shone out.The door opened, but before anyone saw it, we first saw a shadow coming out of the door and being illuminated by the light, dragging a long line on the ground.

Fatty and I looked at each other, we were secretly afraid, if we were late, we would be discovered once the door opened.

Then I saw the old Guantou wandering out of the door with a load on his shoulders.

Fortunately, the old Guantou didn't look at us immediately. He put down his burden first, turned around and turned off the light, and locked the door.Picking up the burden again, he looked around.

Fatty and I quickly lowered our heads, trying to make our goals smaller.

And the old Guantou's action should not be because of what he discovered, but subconsciously.After scanning around, he didn't find us, so he walked towards the back of the house with his burden creaking.

I can't see what the specific load of the old Guantou is, but this kind of load is rarely seen in modern times.

A shoulder pole is carried on the shoulder, and there are two boxes on both sides.

I have entered the room of the old Guantou twice, but I have never seen such a burden in it.The old manager seemed to be juggling, but at night he came out with such an extra burden, and he went out in the middle of the night with this burden.

No wonder the third uncle judged that the old manager would definitely have something to do in the evening, but he didn't expect him to talk about it.We didn't come in vain, we really waited until the old manager came out of the house.

I gestured to the fat man, and followed the old Guantou from a distance.Of course we dare not get too close, lest he find us.At this time, in addition to completing the task of stalking, I was still full of curiosity.

I really want to know what the old manager is going to do with his load in the middle of the night.And what is in that burden.

The weighing room of the old Guantou, behind the room is an open field, which should have been a place to store goods, but now the goods have been emptied, and it looks empty.After passing this open land, there is a two-car wide mountain road in front of it, leading directly to the mountain.

The old Guantou walked into this mountain road carrying this burden, and the pole trembled and creaked on his shoulders.

We followed him and gradually entered the mountain.

After walking along the mountain road for a while, the old Guantou suddenly put the burden on the side of the road, and with a flashlight, he climbed up the nearby mountain.

Chapter 1217 Deserted Mountain Road

The mountain was not steep, and the slope was only slightly steeper. Old Guantou climbed the mountain relatively skillfully, and he disappeared into the bushes on the mountain within a few strokes.

I wanted to follow the old Guantou and see what he was up to.But because we were not very close, before I could react, the old pipe head had already plunged into the bushes.At this time, chasing after him is not only unlikely to track him down, but may also expose him.

I quickly made a decision in my mind, that is, to stand still and wait for the rabbit.

The moonlight poured down on the road, illuminating that burden.Since the old Guantou picked it out, he couldn't just throw it here, and he would come back sooner or later.

As long as we hold on to this burden, we can wait for the boss to take charge.

But when the old Guantou left, he didn't know where he went, and there was no movement for a while.Pang Dahai pointed to the burden on the side of the road, then looked at me again.

I understood what he meant. He was asking me if I wanted to go over and see what was in the load.

I was also very curious. The burden was placed on the side of the road less than 20 meters away from us.I looked at the mountain, and the old Guantou was still gone, and the bushes on the mountain were also very quiet, as if he would not come back for a while.

I nodded, I couldn't hold back my inner curiosity, and the fat man and I left the hidden place gently, and leaned towards the roadside burden.

The distance of more than ten meters will arrive soon.I let Fat Dahai follow me, and I went over and gently opened the box on one side of the burden.

The boxes on both sides are made of wood, which looks like old wood.Under the moonlight, it has a metallic luster, but it feels smooth but not cold.

I know that the luster and smoothness are all caused by someone rubbing it for a long time.This is a bit like the Wenwan that modern people like to play, and it will glow pleasingly after playing for a long time.

Therefore, such a change in this kind of box must have gone through decades or even hundreds of years of history.

There was a cover on the box. I gently lifted the cover and looked inside under the moonlight, and found that there were ordinary dishes, chopsticks and other utensils for eating.There are also some bottles and cans, and I don't know what is inside.

The old manager came out with a load in the middle of the night, and these things were in it?What the hell is this going to do?

I was puzzled, and was thinking of opening those bottles and cans to see clearly inside, but I heard Pang Dahai whispering: "Boss, hurry up, it seems that the old man is back..."

I was so scared that I let go, and the lid of the box snapped shut.

This sound was particularly abrupt in the quiet night, and it should have spread far away.The two of us hurriedly stooped, quickly got into the grass next to us, and climbed up the steep slope.

Fortunately, the weeds on the side of the road are as tall as half a person, so we should not be found hiding in it.

But when I scraped through the weeds, I found that the old Guantou was carrying a bag and running down in another direction with a flashlight on.

He quickly came to the burden, with a flashlight in his hand, and looked around, trying to find something.Obviously, he had heard the sound just now.

The flashlight is like a searchlight, sweeping on our side.

I was very nervous. Although we hid, as long as the old man was a little more careful, we would not be difficult to be found.Due to time constraints, we were not able to go too far.

As a result, at this moment, a hare suddenly sprang out from the nearby grass, and it stepped on a lot of gravel. The gravel fell from the mountain, and two of them hit the box, making a crackling sound. .

The old Guantou's flashlight shone on the hare, as if he was relieved.He threw the bag he brought down from the mountain into the box, picked up the load again, and continued walking along the mountain road.

Pang Haihai and I were also both relieved. If it wasn't for that hare, I'm afraid we would have been exposed.It seems that not everyone can do this stalking job well, and it also requires extremely high skills.

With this lesson learned, we didn't dare to follow the old man too closely, and the distance was more than 30 meters away.

Fortunately, the road is bare, so it is not difficult to stare at someone.

I gently told Pang Dahai what I saw in that box.The fat man muttered in a low voice: "Who is this old man cooking for in the middle of the night?"

"Nonsense." I scolded with a low laugh, but after thinking about it following the fat man's train of thought, those things really seem to be the work of a guy who cooks.Not only are there dishes, but those bottles and jars are not filled with condiments.

In short, this old man tickles our hearts, and our curiosity is aroused. In the current situation, even if we are discovered by this old man, we have to figure out his purpose.

The third uncle thought of the old man's actions at night, and he probably never thought that the old man's actions were so strange.

We walked on this road, and I observed the surrounding environment from time to time.It was found that the road seemed to be dug out from the middle of a mountain.The further you go, the steeper the mountains on both sides become, far from the gentle slope just now.

This road looks normal at first glance, but I'm sure that this road must have been abandoned for a long time.Because the road is not only very uneven, but also has a lot of weeds growing on the road.The mountains on both sides also slid a lot of stones, and those stones, large and small, were distributed on the road.

In addition, the road surface in many places may be due to the influence of natural conditions, the road surface has been cracked, forming many gaps of different sizes.When we crossed those gaps, we could see white bones inside, which should be formed after small animals fell into it and couldn't get out.

This kind of road is not only impossible to walk on, but it is also very laborious for people to walk on it. You have to avoid the stones on the road from time to time, and you have to worry about the rocks on both sides that may slip down at any time.

It can be seen that the old Guantou in front should often take this road. He carried a burden and walked on this road with light steps and ease.

On the contrary, Fatty and I were following behind, and we had to be extremely vigilant, otherwise we would not only lose him easily, but also trip over the stones on the road or fall into those chasms.

I thought that no matter where the old pipe head went, he would arrive soon after walking a short distance.But I didn't expect that we followed him on this deserted road for nearly an hour, and counting the distance, there were nearly seven or eight miles of mountain roads.The legs and feet of the fat man and I were a little bit unable to keep up, but the old pipe head in front was still walking very powerfully.

Chapter 1218

If things go on like this, even if the old manager inadvertently gets rid of us, the two of us probably won't be able to keep up with him.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long. Just when I was having a headache about how to keep up with the old Guantou, the old Guantou who was moving ahead suddenly stopped.

We also hurriedly stopped and watched him from afar.

At this time, the night was getting darker, and the moonlight was no longer enough to illuminate this land boundary.We are hidden in the darkness, and I believe that the old manager will not find us no matter how good his eyes are.