The Haunted

According to the sent train ticket, it took nearly [-] hours to take the train to Gui Province, Ye Yingzhi decisively made Chi Yan forget those two tickets, and bought them a new ticket.

On the day of departure, it wasn't until after the plane landed that Chi Yan turned on his phone and received an extremely unfortunate news - the two masters he hired coincidentally received a series of bad omens before departure, so they decided to reject the business and pay compensation to He liquidated damages.

By now, it must be too late to invite anyone else.Even if he invites again, other experts may not be willing to follow after hearing about the performance of these two masters.Chi Yan bit his lower lip, feeling more and more uneasy in his heart.Just as an unknown force has been pushing and even forcing him and Ye Yingzhi to embark on this journey, it is obvious that there is also an invisible force preventing others from walking with them.

He looked at Ye Yingzhi hesitantly: "Yingzhi, why don't we go back?"

Ye Yingzhi hugged him and walked out of the airport: "It's already here, we have to play at least before going back, right?"

He pointed to the big bag on his back: "Besides, it doesn't matter if those two people don't come, we still have so many things. They are not people who know the basics. They may not protect us at critical times, maybe for self-protection." It will harm other people, so it’s fine if you don’t come.”

Chi Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that what Ye Yingzhi said was somewhat reasonable.

Chi Yan accompanied Ye Yingzhi to visit the scenic spots they had visited back then, and finally returned to the provincial capital.During this period, he was also moved by Ye Yingzhi, and decided to go to Hongtu Village to take a look - going to Hongtu Village does not mean entering the mountains. After all, there are still many villagers in Hongtu Village, so there shouldn't be any problems. Some clues can be found.As long as you don't go into the mountains, you should be fine.

Just like the old woman who was called a "crazy woman" by the villagers back then, Chi Yan felt that she knew some information that others didn't.And there might be more than one person like her in the village.That way they can dig up a lot of information even from just these people.

The first family in the village is doing ceremonies.

There is a simple mourning hall in the small house, with simple seasonal fruits on display. Occasionally, some villagers stop and stand at the door to take a look.

In Chi Yan's impression, this was the old lady's residence, because it happened to be the first house at the entrance of the village, and the house was more dilapidated than other villagers', so the impression was particularly deep.He stopped a middle-aged woman who looked more friendly and asked, "Ma'am, I would like to ask you, who is doing business here? I remember that there used to be a mother-in-law in this house. What is the mother-in-law doing now?" How is it?"

"It's her home." The woman nodded and said, "I just disappeared two days ago."

She saw that Chi Yan's appearance was clean and beautiful, which made her feel good, and she was idle and had no other important business. Seeing that Chi Yan was interested, she simply beckoned him to the side, and told him everything she knew about it.

It turned out that the old woman's husband died young and had no children, so she lived alone for many years, with only her husband's younger brother's family around her.But the brother and sister-in-law don't have much contact with her, and they don't care about her. After her death, the son of the brother's family, her nephew, simply took care of the funeral. People in the village said behind the scenes that the reason why the nephew was willing to do this was her. There are two pieces of land under his name and that dilapidated house.

Chi Yan was very sad when he heard that, and vaguely said that he had been to Hongtu Village when he was traveling, and the old lady had helped him, and he wanted to visit again when he came again, but he didn't expect that there was no one there.

People in the village may still have some memories of that incident back then, but at that time Chi Yan had just graduated from high school, he was still childish, and looked like a half-grown kid who had never left home in every way.But now that he has been working for many years, his appearance and temperament are very different from those at that time. Even if some people in the village feel vaguely familiar, they will not recognize him.

Because he had already reached the door of the house, Chi Yan asked Ye Yingzhi to wait for him outside, intending to go in alone to pay homage to the old woman.Their hometown is very particular about such rituals, and Ye Yingzhi and the old lady have no relationship or intersection. If there is no nephew who is in charge, it is inconvenient to rush to worship.

Unexpectedly, there were already two people standing in the mourning hall at this time.One is an old man in his sixties, wearing a cool, breathable and soft black Tang suit; the other looks like an old man's assistant, wearing a black suit, standing respectfully behind him.Both of them were well-dressed, and seemed out of place in this somewhat closed and backward village, but the old man didn't notice it, and just paid homage to the dead calmly, with deep sadness on his face.Chi Yan's arrival did not attract too much attention from them.

Chi Yan didn't know the identities of these two people and their relationship with the old woman, so he didn't disturb the other party, he just bowed before the spirit, silently thanking the old woman for telling him about the "ghost" back then. information.

After worshiping, he turned around and was about to leave when he saw a young man standing three steps behind him.The young man was wearing an old-fashioned black sweater, a pair of ordinary jeans, a dark blue peaked cap, and a schoolbag on his back. He looked like a student.

Seeing him turn around, the man took the initiative to talk to him: "Want to go into the mountains?" His voice was a little hoarse, as if he didn't speak often, and it didn't sound good.Chi Yan frowned slightly, he thought the voice was somewhat familiar.

In fact, this young man gave him a familiar feeling.

Chi Yan was the first to think of why he felt that voice was familiar.Because Liushun also spoke in such a rough and hoarse voice that seemed to be polished by sandpaper back then, Wang Sheng felt that his voice was not right at the time, and asked the other party if there was any problem. Liushun explained that his throat was injured when he was a child .

The memory of that year flashed back in an instant, and Chi Yan suddenly remembered where he had seen the young man—this outfit was clearly the same as Cheng Tao's back then.

Chi Yan froze there, the name was stuck in his throat, but he couldn't say it out, he just felt chills all over his body.He tried hard to see the young man's face clearly, but felt as if there was a layer of fog on the other's face, making him unable to see the other's appearance clearly, but subconsciously ignored this.

It was the same back then. After he was rescued, someone asked him what "Liu Shun" looked like. He tried hard to recall, but found that he didn't remember or paid attention to Liu Shun's appearance at all.

At this time, the young man dressed like Cheng Tao asked again: "Do you want to go into the mountains? The scenery in the mountains is very beautiful."

By coincidence, Chi Yan didn't wait for the other party to say anything else, and replied directly: "Yes."

The other party nodded: "Tomorrow morning, I will wait for you where you live."

The thing quickly disappeared from view.Chi Yan felt like his whole body was exhausted, and the cold sweat from his spine almost soaked the entire back of his shirt.

At this moment, the old man turned around to look at Chi Yan, and said, "You shouldn't have agreed to it just now. If I read correctly, that thing is not a human, but a ghost."

Chi Yan looked at the old man suddenly, pain and regret appeared on his face.He stroked his forehead and said, "I know, but I just couldn't refuse... I've been here before, and all my companions were killed, and only I survived. One of the companions was exactly the same. So at that time, I was like an evil spirit, and I couldn't help but agreed."

Judging from the two points that the old man can see through the identity of that thing at a glance, and seems to have a close relationship with that old woman, Chi Yan judges that the other party should also know something about this, and maybe he can help him solve his current predicament. So I also intend to take this opportunity to tell the other party about my problems.

What he said was confusing, but the old man showed full patience: "It's okay, young man, you can speak slowly. Or why don't you tell me first, what is your relationship with Xiuyun? You don't look like a person here, why did you come here? Worship her."

Chi Yan didn't know who "Xiu Yun" was, but he guessed it was the old lady's name.He didn't hide anything, and he didn't add any embellishments. He just told the old man truthfully what happened back then, the reason why he came back here, and the old lady's reminder to him.

The old man nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and took the initiative to tell Chi Yan his own story.When people get old, they often like to recall and talk about the life they have experienced to their younger generations, and this old man is obviously no exception.

It turned out that the father of this old lady named Xiuyun was a well-known Mr. Yin-Yang in his time.Therefore, he and Xiuyun also grew up together, as brothers and sisters.

Then there was a political catastrophe. The old man was only 17 years old at the time, and he ran away with his friends when something was wrong. Mr. Yin Yang, as a representative of feudal superstition, was of course severely criticized in the local area. suicide.Xiuyun was only [-] or [-] years old at the time, and she was stimulated by witnessing her parents committing suicide. Since then, she has had some mental problems.

At that time, the old man followed his friends to the current Special Administrative Region. He was very smart, and quickly became very popular in the local area with the skills he learned from Mr. Yin Yang. He not only made a fortune but was also very respected.But he has always been concerned about the master's family. After the situation improved, he began to ask people to inquire about the affairs of Mr. Yin Yang's family. He wanted to take the master's family to him, but only learned that the master and the mother had died, and the younger sister Xiuyun's spirit was stimulated. The sad news of missing.

In the past few decades, he has never given up on tracing Xiuyun's whereabouts. It was not until recently that he got the definite news that Xiuyun married into Hongtu Village, so he rushed over immediately, but he didn't have time to see his junior sister for the last time.

After Chi Yan listened, he urged the old man to express his condolences. Unexpectedly, the old man offered to say: "Thank you for coming to see Xiuyun for the last time. It is also fate for me to see you. How about this, young man, I will accompany you into the mountains tomorrow, just follow that The ghost finds the cave, and I can try to save your cousins ​​outside the cave, as a thank you for sending Xiuyun to you. Just remember one thing, no matter what the ghost says, don't go into the cave in."