I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

Ji Qinglin lowered his head to sort out his thoughts, raised his head and said, "Could it be that the banquet just ended when you went up the stone steps, and the old people had already started down the mountain, so you didn't see them in the village. When you came down the mountain again, they Already drove away?"

"Impossible!" Brother Zhong shook his head firmly and said, "The stone steps are the only way down the mountain from the villa. If they happened to be going down the mountain at that time, how could we not have met? Besides, it's fine if those old people are gone. Where did the rest of the people in the village go? Could it be that they all followed those old people? Let me tell you, sir, don’t lie to yourself. To tell you the truth, every family in our town thinks what happened last night is probably haunted. No, it’s not that you dare not even go out the door before it’s dark.”

Hearing this, Xie Wuyi asked, "Where is the boy who went down the mountain to buy wine last night?"

Brother Zhong showed doubts, and asked strangely: "What? Didn't the two officials see him? After he ran down with us last night, he went to report to the officials overnight!"

Ji Qinglin understood after hearing this, no wonder Brother Zhong didn't have too much suspicion about the identities of the two, it was because someone had indeed reported to the officials, and the two were just making a mistake.

But now it seems that the people from the government have not arrived yet, if they want to go to the village to find clues before the government, they have to hurry up.

Just as Ji Qinglin was about to speak, Xie Wuyi stood up and said, "Since the situation has been roughly confirmed, we can move up the mountain immediately."

Brother Zhong was shocked and said, "Both of you are going now?"

He turned his head and looked out of the window, seeing that night had fallen, he said worriedly: "It's getting late today, why don't you two stay overnight at my shop and go tomorrow morning?"

Xie Wuyi shook his head and said, "It's not too late to avoid long nights and dreams."

Brother Zhong was still a little worried, but he didn't try to dissuade him any more. He nodded, got up and limped to the counter, took out a lantern, lit it, and handed it to the two of them, "If that's the case, I can't help you much, God It's hard to walk in the dark, so you two should bring this light to illuminate it."

Ji Qinglin took the lantern, nodded and smiled, "Thank you."

Bidding farewell to the shopkeeper, the two walked towards the foot of the mountain. Ji Qinglin held the lamp, and as he walked, he thought about what Brother Zhong said just now, feeling a little strange.

Seeing his pensive look, Xie Wuyi asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Ji Qinglin tilted his head and said, "I'm thinking, in fact, it's not just a road that can be seen at a glance. In the eyes of ordinary people, stone steps may be the only way to go down the mountain, but such a big mountain, I really want to come down from the top. It’s not impossible to walk in the dense forest, is it?”

"Well," Xie Wuyi looked forward and nodded, then said, "There is another possibility."

"What's possible?" Ji Qinglin asked.

Xie Wuyi said: "When the owner and his party reached the mountainside, there was no one in the village."

Ji Qinglin frowned slightly, but didn't understand his meaning.

Xie Wuyi looked at him and said, "Those drivers may have problems."

Ji Qinglin thought for a while, and suddenly said: "You mean, those people in Zhuangzhong were probably already in the car at that time, and the driver saw someone going up the mountain, so he purposely pretended to be waiting impatiently and complained, waiting for Brother Zhong They went up the stone steps, and they drove off?"

Xie Wuyi nodded.

Ji Qinglin was shocked. In this way, what Brother Zhong said really made sense.

But at the same time, he was even more puzzled: "Then why did they leave without saying goodbye? And other people in the village? Did they really leave with those old people?"

Xie Wuyi said: "Then we will only find out after investigation."

The two of them didn't say any more, they walked all the way to the foot of the mountain, and walked up the mountain along the mountain road.

Halfway up the mountain, Ji Qinglin saw a few scooters parked there, which should have been pulled away by Brother Zhong and the others in a hurry down the mountain last night.

As Brother Zhong said, the car road has ended here, and the road leading to the mountain has become a long stone step. At the bottom of the stone step stands a tall archway like a mountain gate, engraved with "Luming Mountain Villa" "Four large characters.

Stepping on the stone steps, Ji Qinglin immediately felt the so-called "wind gusts" that Brother Zhong said. At this time, it was already late autumn, and after nightfall, the cool wind was biting, and the wind blew on the dead trees on both sides of the stone steps, making a cry There was a "woo-woo" sound, and the steps were full of fallen leaves under their feet, rustling in the wind, as if someone was whispering.

Ji Qinglin didn't believe in the theory of ghosts since he was a child. After knowing the real way of the reincarnation of the soul, he became more confident, but the current atmosphere really made his spine chill, and he suddenly thought of many things that happened in the past. The horrifying scenes that I have seen in Zhiyi's picture book come.

At the top of the stone steps, you can see a large courtyard surrounded by high walls. A pair of faded dark red door couplets are pasted on the half-closed wooden door, and the one on the right hangs down halfway, making rustling noises as it rubs against the door.

There was a Zhang-long red silk hanging on the lintel, and an extinguished red lantern was hung on one end, while the other lantern that was hanging opposite to each other had fallen to the ground at this moment, swaying alone in the autumn wind, like a falling lantern. head.

It was so dilapidated and desolate that it was hard to imagine that just last night it was still a banquet place full of people and wine.

Xie Wuyi stretched out his hand and pushed lightly, and the old wooden door creaked open.

When the two of them stepped over the threshold, they saw a huge courtyard in front of them, with bamboo forest paths, fish ponds, rocks, corridors and winding water.

Everything is silent in the courtyard, and under the moonlight, these still lifes cast different shadows, making them even more eerie.

Xie Wuyi didn't hurry forward, turned his head to look at Ji Qinglin and asked, "Are you afraid of the dark?"

"Huh?" Ji Qinglin was startled, then shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid."

Xie Wuyi said, "Aren't you afraid?"

Ji Qinglin nodded.

Xie Wuyi slowly lowered his eyes to look at his left hand, Ji Qinglin was stunned for a moment, and as he looked down, he realized that he was holding Xie Wuyi's sleeve tightly in his hand, almost pinching it into a hemp rope.

He hurriedly let go of his hands, and while wiping the sweat from his palms on his clothes, he laughed and said, "Well, it's dark and the road is slippery, I... I'm afraid of falling, I'm afraid of falling."

Xie Wuyi looked at him quietly for a moment, then retracted his eyes and looked forward, raised his chin and said, "Look at that."

Ji Qinglin followed his gaze, and suddenly saw a black figure swaying suddenly in the corner of the wall not far away. The figure was at least three-headed and six-armed, with disheveled hair and teeth and claws as if it was about to pounce.

"What!?" Ji Qinglin's hair stood up instantly, and he subconsciously hugged Xie Wuyi and buried his head behind him.

The lantern in his hand was thrown up and swayed by his movements, almost hitting the corner of Xie Wuyi's eye, Xie Wuyi tilted his head to avoid it, and then stood silent for a while, and when the lantern stopped shaking, he finally opened his mouth and said helplessly: "Shadow of trees."

"Ah?" Ji Qinglin didn't realize it for a moment, poked his head out from behind Xie Wuji cautiously, and glanced at the corner again, only to realize that it was just the reflection cast by a branch protruding into the wall, shaking in the wind After a few clicks, it looked like a human figure from a distance.

He let out a long sigh of relief, let go of his hands and patted his chest, raised his eyes and looked back at him with no change of understanding, quickly put down his hands and nodded, "Well, it's just a tree shadow, it's nothing to see."

Xie Wuyi stared at him for a moment, then smiled helplessly and said, "I didn't tell you to see the tree shadow."

"Huh?" Ji Qinglin looked in that direction twice, but didn't find anything unusual, and asked strangely, "Then what are you looking at?"

Xie Wuyi was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his left hand to Ji Qinglin.

Ji Qinglin was stunned for a moment, and looked intently, only to see that the sleeves that he had almost squeezed into a hemp rope just now were still crumpled and stuck together, like a piece of rag.

He glanced at Wuyi with a guilty conscience, and thought: It's not possible, is it?

Thinking about it, he curled his lips, raised his hand and pulled the sleeve, smoothed the folds on it, and carefully stroked the remaining slight wrinkles, pressing them flat one by one.

Seeing that the sleeve had finally returned to its original shape, Ji Qinglin patted it lightly, put down his hands and said, "It's done."

Xie Wuyi: "..."

Ji Qinglin looked at his indescribable expression, and saw that his left hand was still hanging there, blinked and said: "It's not that I don't want to take care of you, you can only recover to this point with bare hands, why don't you... just get rid of it first." What? When I go down the mountain, I'll find a torch and iron it for you?"

Xie Wuyi stared at him for a long time, finally sighed inaudibly with his downcast eyes, and said, "Hold on."

"Ah?" Ji Qinglin was surprised.

Xie Wuyi reminded: "You are afraid of falling."

Ji Qing's face turned hot, and then he realized that he had completely misunderstood what he meant just now. He smiled awkwardly, licked his lips, but still reached out and grabbed the sleeve, and said in an embarrassing way, "Thank you."

Xie Wuyi didn't say any more, and led him forward for a while, to the edge of a bush, and said, "This is what I showed you just now."

Ji Qinglin looked down, and saw that the withered grass in the grass was sticking upside down on the ground. At first glance, it was just a mess, but after careful identification, it was found that the direction of these grasses was basically the same.The marks looked like someone had dragged some heavy objects over here, and judging from the number of marks, there was more than one heavy object.

Ji Qinglin said: "Do you suspect that those people did not go down the mountain by themselves, but were dragged away?"

Xie Wuyi nodded, and the two continued to walk forward along those traces, and they arrived at the front hall of the villa within a short distance.

There were extinguished or burnt candles everywhere in the front hall, Ji Qinglin remembered that Brother Zhong said that the lights in their village had not been extinguished from last night to this time, presumably they had been burning all day and all night.

Passing around the screen in the front hall, there is an open space outside the back door. The open space is filled with tables and chairs. The dishes on the table are still there, and the cups and cups are complete. There are still red curtains hanging on the high places around it. It should be the place where the guests were entertained last night.

Xie Wuzhi walked to the table, looked at the cups and dishes on the table, picked up a wine glass with a lot of wine left and smelled it, picked up a few random dishes with chopsticks, and smelled it.

"How is it?" Ji Qinglin asked, "Is there a problem with the food and drink?"