Chapter 5 Chapter 5: The Prelude to the Revenant Train

In the twelfth lunar month, the work of the polling bureau seems to have suddenly decreased. There were reports of various weird incidents sent in every day from all over the world, but now they are gone. The bureau seemed noisy.Since I entered the polling bureau, it has always been deserted and deserted, and I have never seen such a situation.Such days will not end until the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is a day for offering sacrifices to stoves. Fatty Sun and I just arrived at the Poll Bureau this morning, when we saw two buses parked at the door. Directors Gao Liang, Monk Xiao and Hao Wenming were standing at the door. Even Moyes from the third room, who rarely showed his face, appeared next to Director Gao.Except for Er Yang, there was no shadow of Ouyang Zuo Zuo and Wu Rendi. Before we understood what was going on, Hao Wenming chased us into the car.At this time, the car was already full of other investigators.I looked around and found a few old acquaintances who could talk to me. Xiong Wanyi and Ximen Lian sat at the back. When they saw Fatty Sun and me getting in the car, they waved to us repeatedly.

Before I could say hello, Xiong Wanyi who was sitting inside had already started shouting to me: "Spicy, Fatty Sun, there are seats here, come and sit!" Their front row.Before we could speak, Ximen Lian first asked, "Lazi, what happened today? Where is this early in the morning going to drag us?" Fatty Sun looked at him helplessly, and said, "I want to ask you this again, I didn't mean you, you bear, I thought you people in the second room would be better informed, if I had known, I would have asked our Hao Director." Xiong Wanyi glanced at the directors outside the car window, and then said to Fatty Sun in the front row: "If you ask your director, he must be able to tell you. Fatty Sun, I have tortured our Director Qiu for a long time." In the morning, he didn't even tell me a word. If you can find out, remember to tell me." Fatty Sun followed Xiong Wanyi's eyes just now, glanced at Monk Xiao who was standing beside Gao Liang outside, and turned to Xiong Wanyi. Haha: "Forget it, Director Qiu doesn't say anything, I don't know where I can go."

At this time, everyone had arrived, and the directors of each room counted their own people.Apart from Room 6, our Room 1 is the most obvious. Po Jun’s injury is just right, and he was not included in this operation. He and Wang Ziheng took a few investigators to look at the polling bureau, and there were thirty or forty people. Last night, I arrived at the place where we were going to prepare in advance, and the rest of the people were in the car.Finally, the car we were in started to move. Gao Liang and the others took a business van to lead the way, and our two buses followed closely behind.No one told us where the destination was. The car drove all the way out of the capital, and there was no sign of arriving at the destination.

Along the way, the car never stopped, except for the occasional refueling to let us get off the car. Even lunch was prepared in advance with hamburgers and mineral water.Looking at this route, the destination this time is probably within the territory of Hebei Province.After four o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun had moved to the west, our car finally stopped in front of a huge warehouse on the outskirts of an unknown city.There was a Land Rover parked there in front of the warehouse gate, and it seemed that someone had arrived one step earlier than us. After we got out of the car, we heard Qiu Bulao yelling at us: "Get out of the car, I will give you ten minutes for your convenience. The toilet is on the left. After ten minutes, we will gather in the warehouse! The purpose of this operation will be announced at that time. After Director Qiu finished speaking, a small half of the people went to the bathroom, and the rest started to go to the warehouse.When Xiong Wanyi and Ximen Lian went to the bathroom and there was no one around us, Fatty Sun said to me in a low voice: "Spicy, make an all-out move, is this the big move Master Xiao said this time?" I nodded slightly , said: "Looking at this posture, it is probably right, let's see what they say in a while."

When Fatty Sun and I entered the warehouse, we discovered that there was an old-fashioned steam train parked in this ridiculously large warehouse, with twenty or thirty carriages behind the locomotive.Seeing this train, those of us who just came in are a little confused. Isn't this train prepared for us?Even if all the people from our polling bureau go up, two carriages are enough, so there is no need to drag so many carriages, right? When we were feeling surprised, we saw an old man walking down slowly from the second car facing us. Fatty Sun and I have seen this old man. He came to the polling bureau empty-handed not long ago to find Gao Liang. Min Tianyuan, the current chairman of the Ethnic and Religious Committee, looks like the Land Rover parked in front of the warehouse is his car.President Min got off the train and nodded to Director Gao who was walking over.Neither of them spoke. After Min Tianyuan nodded, he walked up to Director Gao and handed over an envelope.Gao Liang didn't shy away from it. In front of us, he tore open the envelope, which contained several receipts and a strange-shaped key.After confirming the contents of the envelope, Director Gao repacked the envelope and put it in his pocket.

Seeing that Director Gao had no objections, Min Tianyuan smiled at Gao Liang, and then returned to the carriage that got off just now.During the whole process, neither of them said a word. It seems that the purpose of Min Tianyuan's visit to the polling bureau was achieved. Min Tianyuan returned to the carriage. After Gao Liang whispered a few words to the directors, Director Qiu came out and signaled us to get on the last carriage.When everyone arrived, Qiu Bulao stood in the middle of the carriage and said to us: "Now let me introduce the specifics of this operation..." Finally we got to the point, all of us turned our attention to Director Qiu, and heard Qiu Bulao continue: "Our mission this time is to escort 1,800 souls who died in vain to the underworld. This time we use On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, when the underworld is relatively lax, a gap between the yin and yang realms is forcibly opened at the gate of hell, and these souls are sent in. Because there is a natural yin-dispersing substance on the road leading to the gate of ghosts, the souls cannot move forward by themselves. , It just so happens that a railway line that is about to be scrapped just arrived at our destination this time, and the bureau contacted the relevant departments to use the train to transport, and your task is to take care of these souls, so that no accidents occur during the transportation."

Having said that, Qiu Bulao paused for a moment, glanced at the investigators sitting around him, and seeing that everyone had no problem, Director Qiu continued: "The number of souls transported this time is relatively large, and they all died in vain. You have a lot of hostility. During the escort process, you must be very careful. If an accident occurs, you must take your own safety as the main premise. If necessary, you can use force to disperse all restless souls. Due to the special nature of this operation There is no notice in advance, if there are people who have not brought all the equipment, they will go to Director Hao to get the temporary equipment later." I thought Qiu Bulao had finished talking, but Director Qiu seemed to suddenly think of something, "By the way, there are still There is one thing, you are not responsible for the first three carriages of the train, and everyone is forbidden to enter. Alright, now I will inform you of the corresponding carriages, Li Dadan, Zhang Mingda, Yun Feiyang, Xiao Mingchang, the four of you to the fourth carriage... ..."

Director Qiu talked about all the investigators present, and finally said my name: "Shen La, Sun Desheng, Xiong Wanyi, Ximen Lian, the four of you are in this carriage." After speaking, Qiu Bulao glanced at his watch, He said, "The souls will enter the carriages at six o'clock, and the train will depart on time at half past six. There is still one hour before the departure time. If there is no problem, you can go to your respective carriages and start preparing for this operation!" After Director Qiu finished speaking, the surrounding investigators got up one after another and walked out of the carriage.Some directly found their corresponding compartments; some went to Hao Wenming's side to get temporary equipment; some went to their director's side, muttering something in a low voice.After a while, only me, Fatty Sun, Xiong Wanyi and Ximen Lian were left in this carriage.After checking our equipment and confirming that it was correct, the four of us huddled together in front of a table and chatted for a while, then we heard a sharp whistle outside, and the four of us looked out the car window at the same time. I saw that the doors of more than a dozen rooms in the warehouse were opened.Countless foggy figures came out from inside.

These figures walked to the door of each carriage in a very orderly manner as if they had been arranged in advance.We didn't even close the doors of these cars, and saw these figures entering the car, these foggy figures suddenly materialized.The mist dissipated, and the figures inside were ashen-faced and full of yin, but just looking at the appearance, these souls were male and female, no different from ordinary people. But in the end it's still a dead ghost.As more and more souls got into the car, I began to feel the temperature in the car slowly drop.In the originally warm compartment, when the four of us were talking, white gas had already started to come out of our mouths.But these spirits seem to be more afraid of us. They got into the car and sat on the seats away from us.But as more and more souls came up, the souls who came later began to slowly approach us in desperation.

The four of us have discussed it just now. We are divided into two groups, guarding the two ends of the carriage, and watching the souls in the middle. If something happens, we can also take care of it.Seeing more and more souls coming up, the four of us stood up at the same time, and Fatty Sun and I walked towards the front door of the carriage.Seeing us walking past, the souls that were still gathered together dispersed to make way. There are 108 seats in our carriage, these souls plus the four of us are arranged according to the full capacity.Now in the seats for the four of us, none of the souls on the left and right dared to sit next to each other, but in the end there were a dozen or so souls standing in the middle of the carriage.Fatty Sun smiled heartlessly at me: "After all, it's almost Chinese New Year. It's really appropriate. This train can also have standing tickets."

Looking at the dead ghosts in this carriage, I didn't agree with Fatty Sun at all.I accidentally glanced out of the car window, and suddenly the scene outside the car window attracted me. I saw Monk Xiao walking slowly towards the front car with a misty ghost. There was a twitch in my head for no reason, as if there was a string in my head and my head was pulled by it.Although it is not very painful, the feeling of foreign body in the head is quite obvious.I looked at the back of this soul and felt familiar, I should have seen it somewhere.At this time, Fatty Sun also followed my gaze and saw Monk Xiao and the misty soul who had just passed by. He opened the car window and pointed his head at Monk Xiao and shouted: "Old Master Xiao! Which carriage are you in? I'll go later." Find……" Before he finished speaking, Monk Xiao suddenly turned his head and shouted at him: "Shut up! Close the window!" In my memory, I have never seen Monk Xiao like this, especially to Fatty Sun. Fatty Sun closed the car window with a resentful expression, and muttered to me: "What's wrong with Lao Xiao? Did he eat gunpowder? He has such a bad temper. Isn't it time to beg me to take him to the heaven and earth with a stern face a while ago?" " I looked at the back of the soul beside Monk Xiao, and said, "Great Sage, look at the soul beside Old Xiao, does it look familiar?" Fatty Sun tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "I still can't tell if it looks familiar, but why does this soul look abnormal? I didn't say that, the way it walks is like a sequela of a stroke." The walking posture of the soul beside Monk Xiao is very strange, and it looks a bit muddled.Every ten or so steps, it stands still. At this time, the monk Xiao beside him needs to make a gesture of moving forward to guide it, so that the soul continues to move forward slowly.I quietly opened the car window and watched their backs walking forward slowly. Looking at the backs of the souls, I felt more and more familiar. When a name was about to be blurted out, Monk Xiao suddenly turned and looked I.We looked at each other, his unusually cold eyes made me tremble in fright, and the name I was about to say became more chaotic in my mind.What's happening here?Is the person who looked at me just now still the shabby Monk Xiao I knew? After glancing at me, Monk Xiao and the souls beside him continued to walk forward, and stopped when they reached the first few carriages.At this time, Fatty Sun also poked his head out of the car window again.Monk Xiao made another gesture, and the soul turned around and followed Monk Xiao into the second carriage of the train. When I saw them entering the car, I closed the car window. Fatty Sun said, "Spicy, do you see who it is?" I don't remember anything about Fatty Sun's last name.I tried my best to organize my thoughts, but I still couldn't remember who that soul was.