dream of you

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi and others met Lei Qing at the gate of Cangsheng City. It seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time.

"Seniors, are you going to the Post City?" Lei Qing stepped forward and said.

Li Zhi was a little uncertain whether Lei Qing was going to stop them, and nodded slightly hesitantly.

"Senior, please take Lei Qing with you." Lei Qing said, looking in the direction of the northern part of the city, which is the direction of the post city, "I want to meet my brother, and ask him, what should I do next?"

Seeing Lei Qing raised the little wooden man in his hand to him, Li Zhi felt that what he was talking about was not only the next step of the wooden man, but also the next step of Lei Qing.

Looking at the others, it seemed that they didn't have any opinion on Lei Qing's going or not, so Li Zhi asked, "It's fine to take you, but Master Langfeng..."

"Master, please help me hide it." Lei Qing stretched out his right index finger to his lips, blinked his right eye, and said playfully.

Three days later, Yicheng.

When everyone arrived at the post city, it was just when the sun had just set.

Looking in from the gate of the city, in a small town, only one inn lit the ghost lamp, the yellow light flickered weakly, occasionally there were one or two voices coming from the house with the closed door, as soon as you stepped into the gate, Li Zhi felt a little dazed.

"In the post city, few people go out at night. I haven't been to Mo Censheng's house before. Let's ask someone tomorrow." Lei Qing suggested.

In short, he looked at everyone, nodded, and walked towards the inn.

When I entered the inn, I didn't see anyone, not even the waiter.

Li Zhi couldn't help being a little strange, but then he thought about it, since the post city is in such a remote place, few people come here, even if this is the only inn, it is normal for no one to take care of it.

And at night, no one went out, not even anyone drinking. The shop owner and Xiaoer probably didn't expect business to come suddenly, so they all went to sleep.

Lei Qing on the side had already yelled: "Is anyone there? We're going to stay at the hotel!..."

As expected of the Lei family, such a voice almost resounded through the entire town.

However, no one came out to respond for a long time. Just when the few people were at a loss, a faint voice came from behind: "Stay in the hotel?"

Everyone was startled by the sudden sound, turned around and saw that the owner of the sound was a little boy, he was standing in a dark room, only half of his face was exposed through the crack of the door, one eye was straight Googo looked at everyone.

"Yes, we want to stay in the hotel. I wonder if there are any vacancies?" Li Zhi asked boldly after being looked at a little nervously.

"The five rooms near the stairs on the second floor are all empty." After speaking, the little boy turned his face away and closed the door.

Ye Li frowned and said, "He doesn't even plan to ask for money?"

"Perhaps his parents are away, and he is afraid of being abducted by us alone." Li Zhi forcefully joked dryly.

Lei Qing continued: "There is only such an inn in the entire post city. My brother and I lived here before. I remember that the owner of the inn is a couple. The one just now seems to be their only child."

Walking into the room, a dusty smell came over his face, Li Zhi held a candle in his hand, and looked at the room with the help of the extremely weak light source.

Everywhere in the room was covered with dust, and the windows were nailed from the inside, unable to be opened to let the air circulate. The dull feeling made Li Zhi a little uncomfortable.

Shaking off the quilt on the bed, Li Zhi was sure that no one had lived in this shop for at least half a year due to the damp feel and peculiar smell.

Suppressing the discomfort, Li Zhi lay down on the bed. As soon as she closed her eyes, Li Zhi heard a "dong dong dong" sound from above her head, as if someone was running around upstairs.

Immediately afterwards, there was another sound of "papapapa", is this, knocking on the door?

Listen, it also seems to be coming from upstairs. Could it be that someone lives upstairs?

Li Zhi was quite irritated by the noise, lifted the quilt, and left the room holding a candle.The others seemed to be tired, and didn't intend to pay attention to this not particularly big movement.

The stairs to the third floor are not connected to the second floor, but at the end of the corridor on the other side.

Li Zhi glanced over, and there was only one candle burning at the end, which only illuminated the last few steps of the stairs.

The sound of "咚咚咚" and "啪啪啪" still didn't stop.

However, Li Zhi discovered that the sound of "dong dong dong" came from above his head, but the sound of "popping" came from the stairs leading to the third floor.

Li Zhi couldn't stand the booming and popping sound, if she didn't stop, she would definitely not be able to sleep tonight.

Li Zhi walked towards the stairs, the wooden floor under her feet made a "cracking" sound due to years of disrepair, which was particularly harsh in this silent moment.

At the top of the stairs, Li Zhi raised the candle in his hand to shine upwards, vaguely, Li Zhi saw that there seemed to be a closed wooden door at the top of the stairs, and the sound of "popping" came from this door of.

It was like someone was banging on the door with the palm of their hand.

Confused in his heart, Li Zhi's meowing nature was aroused, and he went up the stairs to find out.

The sound of "Papa Papa" was getting closer, and Li Zhi couldn't help becoming nervous.

Finally, I reached the highest level of stairs, surrounded by walls on three sides, and the entrance of the stairs was blocked by a wooden door.

The wooden door was bolted from the outside, but not locked.

Just when Li Zhi stretched out his hand to open the door, a voice sounded against Li Zhi's back: "It's late at night, please go back to bed, guest officer."

Li Zhi jumped up in fright, turned around, and found that it was the little boy with half of his face exposed.

He was standing behind Li Zhi at this time, looking at Li Zhi with a pair of lifeless eyes, his eyeballs were motionless, his face was still pale even under the pale yellow candlelight.

"I... I was so disturbed by the sound that I couldn't sleep... Come out... Come out and have a look." Li Zhi stammered.

"Mother is ill, it's nothing serious, please go back to bed, guest officer." The little boy just stared at Li Zhi and said coldly.

Hearing the little boy's explanation, Li Zhizong was still confused, but he couldn't force himself to go upstairs, so he complied, turned sideways, and walked down the stairs beside the little boy.

Although he didn't look back, Li Zhi could feel the little boy's cold eyes following him all the time. It wasn't until Li Zhi entered the room and closed the door that the feeling of fear disappeared.

After a while, Li Zhi vaguely heard the sound of conversation, and after careful identification, it seemed to be the voice of a little boy talking to someone, and then the sounds of "dongdongdongdong" and "papapa" disappeared one after another.

In the silence, Li Zhi fell asleep peacefully.

On the second day, Li Zhi walked out of the room and found that Jian Yanzhi and others were already sitting around on the first floor, so she also went downstairs and sat down.

"Feili, why do you look sour and didn't sleep well?" Ye Li asked worriedly.

Li Zhi yawned loudly and said, "Yes, last night someone on the third floor was running around and knocking on the door. It made me noisy most of the night, and I didn't go to sleep until very late."

Just after saying this, Li Zhi noticed that several people turned their heads to look at him, Jian Yan frowned, Ye Li and Lin Nan had strange expressions, which made Li Zhi feel uneasy.

"What... what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like this?" Li Zhi asked.

"Last night, I didn't hear any sound." Ye Li said.

"I didn't hear it either." Lin Nan and Lei Qing also said.

The words of the two magnified the panic in Li Zhi's heart. She looked at Jian Yanzhi in a daze, and Jian Yanzhi shook her head slightly at him, and Li Zhi's hair stood on end in an instant.

A group of grass mud horses are galloping past...

Simply ask: "Have you checked?"

Li Zhidao: "Yes, I went upstairs, but was blocked by a door. I was about to open the door, but the boy from last night appeared without a sound. He said that his mother made the sound, and that his mother had a disease. I was sick, and then let me go back to my room without any explanation."

"What kind of disease will make such a movement, and still refuse to be discovered?" Lei Qing paused, and said speculatively, "Could it be that you have lost your mind?"

If this is the reason, it can explain the boy's behavior, but why only Li Zhi heard the movement, but everyone still has no idea, Li Zhi can only think that he is the last sleeper to be affected.

It was already dawn, and they planned to find out where Mo Censheng's home was.

But walking all the way, let alone people, there was not even a sound, every house was closed tightly, and it was already high in the sun, but no one went out to walk around.

Li Zhi and the others looked at Lei Qing one after another. He was the only one among them who had been to the post city, but judging from his expression, he was also very surprised by the situation in front of him.

Lei Qing said in a deep voice: "I also stayed in Yicheng for a few days, and I never encountered a situation where there was no one in broad daylight. Even if it happened a year ago, the current situation is very abnormal."

Li Zhi remembered that when he entered the city last night, he did hear voices coming from a few families, which meant that this was definitely not an empty city.

But why, would no one go out in broad daylight?

Moreover, Li Zhi found that, except for the conversation and footsteps of the few of them, the whole town was as empty as a dead city.

"Knock on the door." Jian Yanzhi spoke slowly.

"En." Li Zhi responded and walked to the door of a house, raised her hand and knocked twice, but there was no response, Li Zhi knocked on the door vigorously, and shouted, "Is anyone there?"

Still no one responded, Li Zhi remembered that the lights were on in this house last night, so it's impossible for no one to be at home.

Turning around, Li Zhi said: "Could it be that something happened early in the morning, and a whole city was mobilized?"

Apart from this explanation, there is really no other reason to explain the abnormality at this time, but this explanation is really pale. If something happens, it makes sense that the adult is not there, and the old, weak, sick and disabled are not there, so how can it make sense?

Right now, in this post city, apart from them, it seems that only the inn is occupied, and they returned to the inn.

Back at the inn, the door of the room where the little boy was was still closed, so Lei Qing had no choice but to step forward and gently knock on the door.

After a while, the door opened a crack, and the little boy looked at the crowd with only half of his face and one eye showing, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"We want to find out, do you know where Mo Censheng lives?" Lei Qing squatted down and asked.

When they heard the word "Mo Censheng", Li Zhi and the others keenly noticed that the little boy's eye trembled.

"It's the one at the westernmost part of the post city." The boy closed the door again after he finished speaking, but instead of closing it gently as before, there was a small "bang" sound.

Li Zhi intuitively felt that this child must have some relationship with Mo Censheng.