black mist

Warm reminder: In order to prevent everyone from pouring unnecessary love on Guo Xiaopang, it is specially stated that Guo Xiaopang is not the protagonist, but a tool to draw out the plot.

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The sound of dead branches being trampled off suddenly sounded on the silent mountain road. The sound was not loud, but it was like thunder on the ground, exploding in the boy's ears, causing him to almost jump three feet high.

He raised his head and looked around, only to see black rotten leaves spread wantonly all over the mountains and plains, covering the tangled roots on the ground and blocking their path.He looked at the mountain road with blurred boundaries and seemed to have no end in sight, and couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

The luxuriant branches and leaves on both sides cover the sky and block out the sun, casting a darkness downward.You have to walk along the path for a long time to get a glimpse of the sky through the gaps in the branches, but the sky is not clear.The sky is dim, the dark clouds are low pressure, and it looks like a mountain rain is about to come.

He couldn't help leaning his round body towards the tall and thin companion beside him: "Hao'er, it looks like it's going to rain today."

The companion named Liu Hao heard the words, looked up at the sky, and said indifferently: "It's okay, let's take the umbrella."

He hesitated and moved closer: "Are we... really going?"

"Guo Xiaopang!" Liu Hao glared at him resentfully, "You've asked this question eight hundred times, yes! That's right! We're going!"

"But my mother said that you can't go to the back mountain, that place is very evil." Guo Xiaopang shook the goosebumps on his arms, feeling a little nervous.The boundary of the back mountain is inaccessible, and if something happens, it will be called every day and the earth will not work.

Liu Hao couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Your mother also said that the final exam needs [-] points, have you passed it?"

Guo Xiaopang suddenly stopped talking embarrassingly, as if the back of his neck was strangled by fate.

"...Okay, how old are you, don't be cowardly!" Seeing that Guo Xiaopang was tense like a frightened bird, Liu Hao eased his tone, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Little Fatty, bro I'll be with you. Besides, Dapeng and the others are already waiting for us, your favorite class flower is here, and your big mouth is also there. If you retreat, by Monday, the whole school will know that you are a coward gone."

"..." Hearing Liu Hao's analysis, Guo Xiaopang suddenly felt less eager to go home. Which boy at this age doesn't care about face?Not to mention in front of a girl he has a crush on.

"Let's go, let's go, we're already late." Seeing Guo Xiaopang's expression softening, Liu Hao hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, urging him to move forward.

Guo Xiaopang gritted his teeth and followed.

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Chunxia Town is a calm and peaceful town with a small population and concentrated residences. The residents are familiar with each other. The neighbors and neighbors have a harmonious relationship. The places for children to play are not limited to their homes and neighborhoods. The town is full of joy in groups. Running was the norm in their childhood.

But even so, there are still two places in the town that are forbidden for children, one is the mirror lake with blue waves outside the town, and the other is the steep back mountain.

The elders always told the children tirelessly that they must not go to these two places, but no matter how many times they told them, they couldn't bear the fact that the children had a very adventurous heart.

The reason why Guo Xiaopang and the others went to Houshan this time was entirely because a few newborn boys in the class who were not afraid of tigers organized a summer night test of bravery in order to show their bravery - without telling their parents, they went to Houshan camped overnight in a ruined temple.

Everyone encouraged each other and signed up one after another.

Guo Xiaopang was a little hesitant at first, he was always timid and didn't like this kind of activities, but Liu Hao insisted on taking him as a companion, and his favorite class flower also signed up, he gritted his teeth and signed on the registration form made his own name.

——In front of the girl you like, you must not admit cowardice.

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After Guo and Liu reached a consensus, they walked towards the top of the mountain for nearly four to ten minutes, and then they saw their destination from a distance—a dilapidated and decayed temple.

They briskly walked towards the ruined temple. As the distance got closer, the whole picture of the ruined temple gradually appeared in front of them—it was a temple with Ming and Qing architectural styles. Years of rain and wind have already made mottled badly, green and black moss and vines scrambling to seize the site, so that the whole temple looks like it is wrapped in green plants.

With such a sky, there is a little ominous meaning.

Guo Xiaopang couldn't help shivering, and was about to turn his head to talk to Liu Hao, when he saw his classmate Dapeng striding towards them, joking with them as he walked: "You guys are too late, just wait you guys."

Seeing someone he was familiar with, Guo Xiaopang's fear dissipated slightly, he regained his composure, and stepped into the temple together with Liu Hao Dapeng.

The temple has been cleaned briefly by the people who came first, and it is much better than Guo Xiaopang imagined.When friends gather together, time always flies by very quickly.The sky was getting dark, they gathered firewood nearby in advance, and waited for the dark to light a bonfire in the ruined temple.

The blazing bonfire is the only light source in this dark mountain forest, and it also brings warmth to everyone sitting around the bonfire.

After nightfall, the rain that had rolled in the clouds for a long time finally fell in a patter. The night rain in the dense forest perfectly fit the summer night in front of us.

Dapeng rolled his eyes and suggested, "It's time for us to get to the point."

Everyone turned their attention to him, and he also enjoyed the feeling of being under the spotlight. He cleared his throat and said, "Since it's a test of courage, let's follow the old rules."

The so-called old rule is to tell ghost stories.

Everyone took turns telling ghost stories according to the order in which they sat around. If the stories they told were not scary, they would be punished.

Dapeng was the first to talk about it, and it was about a group of seniors and sisters who came to this ruined temple to hold a test of courage a few years ago.

Because they didn't want to be punished, the seniors and sisters tried their best, wishing that every sentence would scare people into a cold sweat, but unexpectedly, there was a boy among them, I wonder if he is not good at telling stories, and a ghost story made everyone drowsy , So he was punished to pick a flower on the mountain road hundreds of meters away.

It was dark at that time, and the bonfire was completely dark, and you couldn't see your fingers. Everyone had just been frightened by the ghost story, and they all felt that this punishment seemed simple, but it was actually the most terrifying.But willing to gamble and admit defeat, the boy still had the guts to go.

"Guess what happened next?" Dapeng deliberately kept it a secret.

"He didn't come back?" Ban Hua couldn't help but replied, Xiao Pang secretly glanced at Ban Hua.

"No, he came back safely with a flower in his hand," Dapeng paused, "but...the next day, everyone found his body at the foot of the mountain!" Dapeng shouted suddenly, and everyone Everyone was taken aback.

"The police said that he stumbled and fell and hit the back of his head on a tree trunk before he died accidentally. The time of his death was when he was out picking flowers." Dapeng glanced at the crowd in a mysterious manner, "This is strange, if the boy had died as early as last night Well, then the one who played games with them all night..."

"...What is it?"

Obviously, this last sentence successfully scared everyone, and Dapeng stopped it contentedly.

Next, it's Guo Xiaopang's turn to talk. Guo Xiaopang sits between Dapeng and Liu Hao. Both Liu Hao and Dapeng are very good at fighting. Turn to the right, in that case he would be the last one. Unexpectedly, Dapeng would not play cards according to common sense, and turn from right to left, he would become the second storyteller.

Guo Xiaopang thought for a long time with a small round face, and then said: "The mirror lake outside our Chunxia Town looks old and beautiful, but my grandma said that decades ago, it was a random graveyard. Those who died during the war The people were piled up by the lake, and they were not buried. When the wild dogs were hungry, they went there to find food. Later, an evil creature was raised in that messy graveyard. For a long time, no one in Chunxia Town Dare to go to the edge of Jinghu Lake. It was not until more than ten years ago that an expert passed by Chunxia Town and sealed the evil. This is how to avoid a disaster. It is said that the eye of the seal is on the back mountain. .”

He spoke tremblingly to the end, but everyone didn't feel scared at all after listening to it, and booed him one after another: "Guo Xiaopang, none of us know the history of Chunxia Town, it's not scary at all, we should be punished! We should be punished! "

Guo Xiaopang scratched his head and admitted that he is really not good at telling ghost stories.

Dapeng suggested maliciously to let him go outside the door to pick a flower and come back, but just after listening to the story Dapeng told, how dare Guo Xiaopang!Liu Hao knew that he was timid, so he helped him to change it, but Dapeng couldn't insist on it, so he changed his words and asked him to go into the main hall to get something back.

The main hall of the ruined temple was only ten meters away from the place where they lit the bonfire. Compared with picking a flower in the dark forest, picking something from a place where the bonfire could be seen was obviously acceptable to Guo Xiaopang.

Before getting up, Guo Xiaopang took a look at Liu Hao, Liu Hao nodded, motioning for him to accept, and Ban Hua also whispered to cheer up, Guo Xiaopang immediately cheered up, summoned up the courage and walked towards the main hall of the ruined temple.

As soon as one stepped into the main hall of the ruined temple, the light dimmed visibly to the naked eye. This dilapidated main hall, as if it could absorb light, devoured all the light greedily. The bonfire not far from the door could not illuminate the hall even half .

Guo Xiaopang took a deep breath, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, turned on the flashlight function, and looked around the main hall with the help of the weak light of the mobile phone.

There are a few dilapidated god statues in the center of the main hall. Guo Xiaopang is jealous of this and dare not move, but apart from these god statues, there is almost nothing in this dilapidated temple. He turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone and searched around. Shi Gandang found a section of tied red rope on the stone.

——This is the only thing he can bring out of the main hall.

But for some reason, Guo Xiaopang felt a little apprehensive when he saw that stone dared to be used—what kind of stone would be placed here with a root rope for no reason?How does this thing look wrong...

The sound of Dapeng urging came from outside the main hall. Guo Xiaopang silently recited a few words "Namo Amitabha Buddha" to strengthen himself, and then stretched out his hand to touch the red rope. The moment his trembling fingers touched the red rope, Guo Xiaopang suddenly He felt that there was something staring at him in the impenetrable darkness in front of him.

This realization made Guo Xiaopang's hair stand on end.

If Ban Hua was not outside, Guo Xiaopang would definitely turn around and run away, but Ban Hua was there, not only there, but also told him to come on...

Guo Xiaopang let out a scream, grabbed the red rope, turned his head and ran out without hesitation, the red rope had been on the rock for many years, it was already too fragile, and when it was pulled hard, it broke from the middle and was caught. Guo Xiaopang pulled it out.

The moment the red rope left the stone, Guo Xiaopang suddenly heard a sigh.

That sigh was full of joy, like a sultry wind blowing in the bottom of my heart.

Guo Xiaopang subconsciously glanced at the red rope in his hand, and had a vague premonition in his heart - as the red rope broke, something was released by him...

He was so frightened by this thought that he ran back to the campfire screaming, and looked at Liu Hao with a pale face: "...Hao'er, there is a ghost!"

Seeing that he had pulled the red rope, Dapeng didn't make it difficult for him anymore, and comforted him: "There is no ghost, don't scare yourself, you are timid and nervous."

"No, I really didn't scare myself, I really heard it." Guo Xiaopang shook his head hastily.

"What did you hear?"

"I heard someone sigh!" Guo Xiaopang said.

Dapeng didn't take it seriously: "You heard it wrong, we didn't hear it, you are so timid..."

Guo Xiaopang looked back at the main hall in shock, and indeed he didn't see anything chasing him, and in his heart, he didn't really want to hit a ghost. Seeing what Dapeng said firmly, he comforted himself that maybe it was a hallucination. This thing just passed away.

The test of courage that night went very smoothly. Although Guo Xiaopang had been worried after this battle, they did leave the ruined temple safely, and returned to their respective homes without exception.

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A few days later, a woman dragged her luggage and stepped into Chunxia Town.

She is no longer young, but she is still very beautiful. The years seem to have treated her particularly favorably. Not only did the passing time not engrave the weather on her body, but it precipitated a unique temperament and charm for her.She was wearing a long dress, fair skin, tall and tall, with a dignified temperament and a beautiful appearance, and she exuded a sense of luxury.

On this day, the sun was not strong, and the thin sunlight could not dispel the perennial mist around Chunxia Town, but it seemed that this was not the first time for a woman to come to Chunxia Town, so the rare white mist locked the city did not cause any trouble. She pays no attention.

She stopped near the town gate for a while, then dragged her luggage and walked straight in a certain direction, with a very clear goal.The white mist that blocked the entire town gathered behind her, churning silently, as if looking at this woman.

She was busy on the road all the time and was unaware of the abnormality of the fog behind her, and the weird white fog also carefully concealed her tracks.

This weird state of balance lasted for a while, until the woman dragged her luggage and stopped before dozens of steps—she couldn't get up with her luggage.

The white mist followed her for a long time, and finally when she stopped, the mass of mist seemed to be surging, stretching out slender tentacles towards her, just a second before the white tentacles touched her, A slender figure appeared behind her, blocking the tentacles of the white mist reaching towards her, and took her suitcase.

Seeing this, Bai Wu flinched back with a whoosh.

She turned around as if feeling something, looked at the young man behind her, and said in a daze for a while, "When Tongtong grows up, she will help mother share her worries."

Behind her, the boy who inherited her beauty showed a shy smile.

"Are you nervous?" She patted the boy's shoulder, brushing off the fallen flowers for him, "From today onwards, we will live with Uncle Wen and brother."

"...Will my brother like me?" The young man lowered his eyes, those black pupils shining like the night sky.

"Why don't you like you?" She pinched her son's cheek in surprise, her eyes became a crescent moon with a smile, "such a cute child, who wouldn't like it?"