Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Bizarre Car Accident

Darkness, in front of me is a darkness that is so thick that it cannot be melted away... Ke Yun slowly opened his eyelids, a strong light suddenly shot into his pupils, and his eyes were suddenly stabbed by the sunlight outside.She had to cover her eyes with her palms and let her eyes adapt to the strong light outside before slowly opening them. Ke Yun found himself sitting in the driver's cab, with a high hanging hillside outside the window, the car's engine was still roaring, and a large cloud of smoke came out in front of the car.The car body collided with a big tree directly in front and has been deformed.The front of the car was fragmented, the front windshield had turned into a mesh, and some pieces of broken glass were scattered in the compartment.

She was in a car accident! A few well-meaning villagers on the side found the injured Ke Yun and were eager to pull her out of the cab.But Yuncai realized that his lower body could no longer move! Ke Yun lay quietly in the hospital with wounds on his face and several parts of his body, but fortunately, his life was not in danger.The delicate, white and tender cheeks had been deformed at this moment, she sighed in her heart, she didn't know how long it would take to recover. But this was not the main question she was thinking about. From the moment she opened her eyes, until the operation was completed, she was thinking about a question repeatedly: How did she get into a car accident?

This question has been bothering her. She lost her short-term memory. She couldn't even remember when the traffic police came to take notes. Looking at the electronic clock on the wall, the word Monday was impressively displayed, but Ke Yun's memory seemed to only stay on the day before yesterday, which was Saturday. She remembered that early in the morning, she set off from home and rushed to a mysterious place - Hei Ling Town! Her little red Xiali was stopped by a huge pine tree on a hillside about five kilometers away from Hei Ling Town. If there was no such pine tree, she and Xiali might have been lying in pieces. Rock bottom!

Ke Yun shuddered all over, what happened to this bizarre car accident? According to the witnesses of several villagers, when they saw the red Xiali car hanging on the edge of the cliff, it was a little past six o'clock this morning, that is to say, something happened to Ke Yun earlier this morning or last night. up! Black Spirit Town... Is it true that, as people say, all outsiders who enter the town will be cursed by ghosts and die unexpectedly? Ke Yun trembled all over.She received an order from Chen Xia, the director of the office last Friday, and rushed to that ghostly place early the next morning.

The newspaper that Ke Yun works for can only be regarded as a second-rate newspaper in this city. It usually publishes some gossip news about the entertainment industry or some car accidents that make people uncomfortable to read, as well as some gossip. Great, but at least enough to feed a large crowd.She has been planning how to change jobs to the largest official newspaper in the city after the contract ends.But the time is not yet ripe, she can only run around every day, collecting topics of concern to these ordinary citizens. But this time, it is to explore the Black Spirit Town that is said to be haunted by ghosts!

Ke Yun shivered, looked at the last call made or received on the phone, and found that the nearest number was his mother's phone number, which was recorded two days ago!Thinking of this, she had a splitting headache and wanted to call her mother, but when she saw her bruised body, she let go. Afterwards, she called the office of the newspaper, briefly explained her situation, and asked for a month's leave. Finally, she asked about Chen Xia, only to find out that she had taken an early leave! Chen Xia's cell phone was actually turned off, but Ke Yun almost crushed the phone in his hand.Chen Xia doesn't rest early or late, but why is she on vacation at this time? What do you mean?

The mobile phone quickly dialed a series of numbers, but she quickly gave up. She couldn't tell Sha Ruoxin about it. She was going to get married next week, so she couldn't disturb her at this time. Sha Ruoxin is a female police officer, who Ke Yun met when the police and the media jointly investigated a case. Both women have the same inquisitive temper. A good friend who talks about everything.Sha Ruoxin's status as a police officer allowed her to obtain a lot of work materials in private, and similarly, Sha Ruoxin also obtained some little-known information from Jiang Keyun.There is little gap between the two.

But now, this hot-tempered policewoman is about to get married, so she can't be allowed to worry about her own affairs at this time! Ke Yun gradually calmed herself down, and she opened the notebook in her bag.Fortunately, after the car accident, except for the voice recorder, there was nothing missing from her belongings. Opening the notebook, she saw that she wrote down the following text on June 15th, which is Friday: There is nothing in the back, and there is no content of the interview. Could it be that the interview has not been carried out? This is a very simple interview task. When Chen Xia gave her the address, she only explained a few words, saying that she received a strange phone call, saying that an old house in Hei Ling Town was haunted, so she made this task Handed it over to Ke Yun.

However, Ke Yun couldn't recall what happened after he went to Hei Ling Town?And why did my car have an accident five kilometers away from the town? Why didn't I have any memory of all this?The more Ke Yun thought about it, the more painful his head became, and it seemed that it was also related to the pain in his legs and body, which was excruciatingly painful. The light in the ward is dim. This is an old-style house. The windows are long windows with wooden structures. The wooden floor has long lost its original texture, and some places have been damaged, revealing the dark mezzanine.

Looking through the window, a modern high-rise building not far away is under intensive construction. It is the new medical building of the hospital. After three months, all the old buildings here will be razed to the ground. The sky darkened. On the one hand, the new building blocked the light, and on the other hand, it started to rain again. Suddenly, the ward became stuffy and humid, and the smell of disinfectant was even more uncomfortable. Ke Yun lifted the quilt, and the notebook rolled over on the white quilt, revealing a few pages of paper, but Ke Yun noticed a place. That was where the pages of the blank pages after the itinerary on June 16 were seamed, and a little bit of paper was exposed!Ke Yun was startled, and hurriedly turned to the back. Sure enough, a few lines of handwriting were faintly revealed on the blank page at the back!Apparently, the notes on the first few pages had been ripped out!

With a "boom", Ke Yun felt her head roaring, someone tore up her interview notes! But the confusion in Yun's mind was like a puff of thick smoke, covering her whole being at a loss. What happened yesterday? She hurriedly took the dirty backpack on the side, and looked for the digital camera in it. There should be some clues in it, but after searching for a long time, Ke Yun's head suddenly "boomed"—the camera was gone! The headache became more severe, and the heart-piercing pain forced her to press the beeper on the bedside. After the doctor finished examining her, Ke Yun held the young doctor tightly: "Doctor... why can't I remember what happened in the past two days?" The doctor looked to be in his thirties, wearing a pair of glasses, and he was a gentle man. He looked at Ke Yun gently, and seemed to have a good impression of this delicate beauty, and comforted him softly: "If your head still hurts badly , I suggest you do a head scan so I can make a more scientific explanation!" "Then let's do it now. I seem to have no memory of what happened yesterday and the day before yesterday. I don't even know how I drove the car up the cliff!" Ke Yun ignored the look in the doctor's eyes. Tenderness, what she is eager to know at this moment is whether this short-term amnesia can be recovered. "Some blood clots have accumulated in your brain, which has pressed some brain nerves, causing you to temporarily lose your memory..." He paused and pushed his glasses, "Although surgery has been performed to remove the blood clots, you still need to Time is slowly recovering... nothing serious will happen... rest well now!" He looked at Ke Yun in front of him again, it seemed that this woman was not as weak as she appeared on the surface, only her face was livid and her lips were closed. He held it tightly, his eyes didn't stay on him for a moment at all, and suddenly felt his embarrassment, so he went out with a dry smile. The nurse closed the door and went out. Ke Yun lay down again and looked at the surrounding walls in a daze. closed his eyes. I don't know how long I slept, it was getting dark, but Ke Yun's stomach started to growl, and the dinner provided by the hospital hadn't arrived yet.The bed next door has been vacant, and no one has moved in yet. The whole ward is like a tomb, lifeless and boring. grave! Ke Yun didn't know why he thought of this word, but a large tomb like a dense forest suddenly appeared in front of him!Thousands of white tombstones, shining strangely in the dark woods... "Ding ding..." The phone rang suddenly, interrupting the scene in front of her, and she suddenly returned to the dimly lit ward. "Hello..." Ke Yun picked up the phone, frowning slightly, "Oh...Mom...I'm...very good...Yesterday, oh...Yesterday, I went for an interview and didn't turn on the phone... Hmm...I'm fine...Are you going to Yunnan? Okay...Then let's spend two more days with Aunt Zhang and the others! Um...Got it! Goodbye!" I learned from the phone that my mother asked I traveled to Dali with my pre-retirement colleagues.In order not to worry her, Ke Yun had no choice but to make up a lie. She didn't want her mother to rush over after learning about her situation at the moment, which would make her worry for a long time. Thinking of his mother, Ke Yun's heart twitched.She originally wanted to bring her mother to live in her small apartment, but her mother refused. She was unwilling to leave the hometown where she had lived for more than fifty years.In fact, Ke Yun knew that when her mother said she was unwilling to leave her hometown, she was actually unwilling to leave her irresponsible husband, Ke Yun's father. Thinking of his father, Ke Yun felt ignorant for a while.Her so-called father, since she could remember, never cared about their mother and daughter, and was always immersed in that mahjong parlor, so that the whole family was almost ruined by him.Not only that, he always punched and kicked his mother and her, and the mother no longer knew how much he had beaten her.And her future brother was kicked off by his father when he was five months old in his mother's womb! Ke Yun grasped the quilt tightly with both hands, out of breath, and had no feelings for that father at all, which is why Ke Yun has been studying hard and got into this strange city.She hoped never to see that man again! "Dong dong..." There was a knock on the door, but Ke Yun came to his senses, maybe the dinner in the hospital had arrived. A staff member wearing a mask politely opened the door and brought in a lunch box. Ke Yun signed and opened the lunch box.Although the meals looked bland, she was hungry and quickly ate them up.She wondered how hungry she was, hadn't she eaten for days? At about eight o'clock, several colleagues came to visit her with some fruits and a flower basket. There was Xiao Li who was always the most fashionable, Sister Zhang who was warm to others, and Chen An who was simple and honest.Unfortunately, Ke Yun did not see the person she most wanted to see, and this person was a secret deep in her heart. Everyone exchanged a few words with Keyun. When Keyun asked about Chen Xia, Xiao Li replied, "She... is on vacation!" Ke Yun frowned. Chen An was the only male colleague who came to see her, and asked her curiously: "By the way, Ke Yun, did you go to Hei Ling Town?" Ke Yun nodded: "The director asked me to go..." The colleagues suddenly fell silent and looked at each other. Xiao Li suddenly said, "No wonder..." Ke Yun raised his head, a little surprised by her expression: "What's wrong?" Sister Zhang at the side said, "Keyun, have you heard of the rumor circulating in Hei Ling Town?" Xiao Li was very envious. Ke Yun nodded: "I know, that old house is haunted." Xiao Li stomped his feet: "You fool, Ke Yun, Chen Xia has no good intentions, she is asking you to die..." At this point, she was stopped by Sister Zhang's eyes: "Xiao Li, don't mess around! say!" Xiao Li pouted: "I'm telling the truth, all the reporters who went to Hei Ling Town to interview two days ago had accidents..." "What?" Ke Yun was startled. "Don't worry, it's just a coincidence..." Sister Zhang hurriedly comforted her. "Sister Zhang, don't say that. The reporters from those newspapers were all involved in a car accident. Could it be a coincidence? I don't believe it!" Chen An also said from the side. "You two ignorant children, doesn't this make Ke Yun feel more troubled?" Sister Zhang simply lowered her face. The four of them usually have the best friendship. Among the few people, she is also the role of the eldest sister. Speaking still counts. But Ke Yun grabbed her and asked in a panic, "Sister Zhang, what happened?" "Don't you know? Haven't you been there these two days?" Xiao Li looked at her in surprise. "I... I can't remember the past two days at all!" Ke Yun looked worried, "I don't even know how the car accident happened?" The three of them looked at each other with more solemn expressions. "Ke Yun, except for you, the interview cars of the other three major newspapers and two TV stations all fell off a cliff a few kilometers outside Hei Ling Town... That is to say, so far, from Friday to today , All the reporters who went to interview were gone, only you are still alive!" Sister Zhang's heavy eyes made Ke Yun feel panicked. "It's all a car accident... It's too much of a coincidence..." Chen An glanced at Ke Yun, "Could it be that you can't remember it at all?" Ke Yun shook his head and looked at the three of them blankly: "It's like a video tape, it's been washed clean..." "Is this the curse of the ghost..." Xiao Li finally couldn't help expressing his worries. There was an unknown panic in Ke Yun's heart. Someone had already called the newspaper about this matter. Hei Ling Town is a desolate town about 400 kilometers away from the city.This small town is adjacent to Laos, and about three-quarters of the mountains and forests are on the national border. It is an extremely remote port.Its fame comes not from frontier trade, but from that frightening legend. Legend has it that the inhabitants of this town are all descendants of ghosts.The town name "Hei Ling Town" also comes from the ancestors of the residents in the town. For thousands of years, the residents of Hei Ling Town have lived a simple and closed life, and the wars of changing dynasties did not seem to affect the normal life of this town. The town is known.It seems that it was not until the 1990s at the end of the 20th century that the town began to develop rapidly. As the economy opened up, some residents of the small town also began to see some business opportunities.Due to the peculiar name of the town, it has attracted countless tourists from home and abroad, but because of the inconvenient transportation, the business opportunities for tourism are also much less. Until last month, the mayor of the town, who is well versed in investment, finally worked tirelessly to open the road from the town to the county, and began the development and investment of various tourism projects.Tourists from various places flocked to Hei Ling Town one after another. Business opportunities started, but strange things happened frequently. Some tourists disappeared for no reason, and some coaches turned over directly into the valley outside the town. A terrifying haze shrouded the entire town.When the reporter went to report, car accidents happened again and again, and Ke Yun was the only surviving case. Therefore, there began to be a rumor in the town, including the surrounding counties and cities, that the newly built road leading to Hei Ling Town disturbed the tranquility of the ancestors in Hei Ling Town. When the ancestors got angry, they sent all kinds of ghosts and gods to come. Interfering with outsiders who forcibly entered the town, this move made Hei Ling Town a veritable ghost town! Ke Yun didn't speak quietly. She wasn't an atheist, but she wasn't a superstitious person either. As for such legends, they were a bit sensational.But what exactly happened to her in Hei Ling Town these two days? Seeing her troubled look, Sister Zhang winked at the two of them: "Keyun, it's getting late today, we'll see you again in two days, you should rest first!" Ke Yun nodded absently. After the three of them left the ward, Sister Zhang yelled at Xiao Li with her beautiful eyes: "You girl, I haven't seen her, she will be scared if you don't open any pot..." Xiao Li smiled: "Sister Zhang...don't worry about that, but she won't be afraid of Yun, her courage can be compared with that of a leopard. Otherwise, Chen Xia wouldn't have entrusted her with this interview ...It's just that the old woman is too bad, and when she saw something happened to Ke Yun, she hurriedly hid, which is too unkind!" "You can talk nonsense here, but when you come back to the club, you have to keep your mouth tight!" Sister Zhang said with a sneer. "The elevator is here..." Chen An said from the side. The elevator door opened, and two strangely dressed men came out of it.Both of them were wearing black clothes and the same black hat, both of which had their brims lowered, and the skin under the shadow of the brim appeared even darker. The three of them entered the elevator chattering. After the elevator door closed, Chen An frowned: "The two people just now, why are they so strange..." "Hey, you're still wearing a black hat?" Xiao Li laughed. "No, those two people's walking steps are exactly the same!" Chen An looked solemn, "It's like a person's movements!" Sister Zhang's face froze suddenly: "Oh my god..." Xiao Li was taken aback: "What's the matter, Miss Zhang?" Sister Zhang's face turned pale, and she looked at the two of them in a panic: "I heard...the people in Hei Ling Town are like this...one of them is me, and the other...is his ancestor, one ghost!" "No way..." Xiao Li trembled all over. "Then...Keyun..." Chen An started to panic, and hurriedly pressed the elevator buttons, "Let's go back and have a look..." But there was a chaotic flash of the elevator button, and then it suddenly went dark, and the elevator stopped and fell into darkness. Immediately afterwards, the elevator rushed towards the ground like an arrow off its string, and finally there was a loud "boom", a huge cloud of smoke and dust arose at the elevator entrance on the bottom floor, and the elevator door was completely hit by the suddenly falling elevator. Transform! When Keyun heard the news later, he couldn't believe his ears: Sister Zhang, Xiao Li and Chen An all suffered accidents because of the old and dilapidated elevator in the hospital! She almost passed out... Two minutes ago, she was alive and well, but now she has disappeared, it's unbelievable! Ke Yun couldn't control her emotions, but she couldn't do anything, her injured legs didn't even allow her to go to the scene to see them! She didn't know how she survived the night, and almost trembled in a kind of extreme fear. That night, the bodies of the three were lifted out of the deformed elevator by ambulance personnel.Several distraught family members rushed into the ward to settle accounts, but Ke Yun was almost thrown off the sixth floor. Fortunately, the security guards arrived in time to avoid another disaster. Seeing the grief-stricken faces of those family members, Ke Yun couldn't restrain his emotions, and really wanted to go with Sister Zhang and the others just like that. That night, Ke Yun was transferred to the ward by the medical staff.It was a ward in the corner of the corridor, and basically it would not be too much disturbed by outsiders. Ke Yun learned from the words of several nurses that the elevator in this hospital had to be repaired a long time ago, but due to the lack of management of the hospital, it has been delayed until now, thinking that it can last for a while, but unexpectedly Something happened tonight. Ke Yun listened blankly to the narration of several nurses, regretting endlessly in his heart, if he hadn't been injured, the three of them would not have come to visit him, and they would not have encountered such a disaster. She could barely cry, and the great fear weighed heavily on her heart like a boulder. When the corridor gradually quieted down, it was almost three o'clock in the middle of the night, but Ke Yun was tortured alternately by the pain on his body and the panic in his heart, and he couldn't fall asleep. The door to the ward area was closed, and two nurses were sitting in the duty room at the entrance, yawning constantly.In the corridor, the lights were also turned off, and it was much darker. Most of the wards had already turned off the lights, and only one or two wards were still lit with dim bedside lamps. It was the same in Ke Yun's room, she didn't dare to turn off the bedside lamp, an unspeakable fear still wrapped around her tightly like a weed, making her unable to breathe.Is the legend about Hei Ling Town true?Will those so-called ghosts really come to punish those outsiders who disturb their peaceful life? Thinking of this, Ke Yun shuddered all over.Although I can't remember what happened to me these two days, I guess I must have entered Hei Ling Town. Could it be that the accident of the three of Sister Zhang is also related to me?Ke Yun couldn't stop the random thoughts in his head, and his head ached even more.After the nurse left after rounds, she fell asleep drowsily... The two nurses on duty at the entrance of the ward also lowered their heads gradually. It was around four o'clock in the middle of the night, when people were most sleepy, and their mind or spirit also showed the most tired state.The lights in the corridor suddenly dimmed, but the shoulders of the two nurses had already leaned on the armchairs, their eyelids had already drooped, and they couldn't realize the situation in the corridor at all. A group of faint shadows suddenly appeared at the "emergency exit" of the corridor, and slowly came to the corridor.When this group of shadows passes through each ward, it will stay in front of the glass window of the ward door for a while, and then go on to the next ward... But Yun was awakened by the noise of people. She heard the scream of the nurse on duty last night, and then heard a mess of footsteps running towards a certain ward.Ke Yun suffered from plaster casts on his legs and was unable to move.She finally learned from the nurse who changed the medicine bottle for her needles that a female patient jumped from a window on the sixth floor last night, hit her head on a stone platform downstairs, and died on the spot! And that ward was precisely Room 608 where Ke Yun stayed last night!At that time, in order to prevent the family members of Sister Zhang and others from coming to make trouble, the nurses moved her to the last Room 615.Unexpectedly, the woman with breast cancer who moved in after ten o'clock jumped down in the middle of the night! Sha Ruoxin quietly looked at the large stack of materials in front of her, including a photo of a woman with a pale face, and there were three bold characters near the upper right corner: "Jiang Keyun"! She sighed deeply, why Jiang Keyun? However, why was Jiang Keyun the victim of the accident in Hei Ling Town?Before getting the news, Sha Ruoxin didn't get any news from her at all! A trace of anger appeared on Sha Ruoxin's face, and her originally beautiful face became tangled up! Looking at it further, she felt that Jiang Keyun's car accident was simply mentioned in this file, without any further explanation, and she saw the words "transferred from the traffic police brigade" somewhere in the lower right corner. what is this?Is this still a good friend? Picking up the phone almost angrily, she had already dialed the number, but before pressing the call button, she let go of her hand again! no!She needs to be calm! Sha Ruoxin closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and told herself to be calm!Ke Yun didn't notify herself of the car accident, it must be her own reasons! Opening his eyes again, beside the pile of documents on the desk, there was a document bag, and on the top of the document bag, the word "Song" was written in a big way. This information belongs to Song Chenghang!She can't leak the information at will without authorization! Looking at the time, Song Chenghang will end the meeting in about half an hour. At that time, the two of them will leave the police station together and return to their newly renovated new house. The wedding is expected to be held in a week. Since yesterday, Sha Ruoxin has already taken her wedding leave, and the leaders of the bureau specially gave her a one-month leave.If nothing else happens, she and Song Chenghang will go to a country in Southeast Asia after the wedding to spend a good honeymoon. Looking at the intimate wedding photo on the table, Sha Ruoxin began to feel a little melancholy in her heart. Although everything went according to her wish, Song Chenghang finally gave up the woman in his heart and chose her.But for some reason, Sha Ruoxin still felt a little uncertain in her heart.This uncertainty, in the final analysis, comes from Lin Ruyun who has been missing for a year!As for Lin Ruyun, from Sha Ruoxin's point of view, it will always be a small thorn between her and Song Cheng Hangxin. It won't hurt too much, but there will always be a little bit of discomfort. In the beginning, Song Chenghang's first love was Lin Rulan, a gentle woman like Lin Daiyu.When the two of them were in pairs in college, Sha Ruoxin was just a boyish school girl in Song Chenghang's eyes.Every time she saw Lin Rulan's gentle and pleasant appearance, Sha Ruoxin didn't even dare to think that her acne-covered face would impress Song Chenghang. Lin Ruyun is Lin Rulan's younger sister, but they are two sisters with very different personalities.She has been secretly in love with her future brother-in-law, and in order to achieve her goal, she uses her psychological expertise to hypnotize her sister. To be precise, after this woman planned to make her sister commit suicide, she vaguely wanted to take her sister's place in Song Chenghang's heart.Although Song Chenghang insisted repeatedly that he was not in love with Lin Ruyun, Sha Ruoxin always saw him insomnia one night, looking lonely in the curl of cigarettes.Every time at this time, Sha Ruoxin's heart twitched, but he still couldn't forget Lin Ruyun. And Lin Ruyun, who participated in a serial murder case under psychological hypnosis a year ago, disappeared in the air strangely in the end.However, Song Chenghang almost died because of this, and it was precisely because of the serial murder that Song Chenghang and Sha Ruoxin finally got together.But no matter what, that Lin Ruyun was always like a lingering shadow, hovering over the hearts of Song Chenghang and Sha Ruoxin. (The stories of Sha Ruoxin, Song Chenghang and Lin Ruyun have been brilliantly presented in "Legend of the Secret Land".) Familiar footsteps came from the corridor outside the office, and Sha Ruoxin hurriedly took the materials back into the information bag, and threw them back into the row of densely packed folders. The door was pushed open, and a steady voice came: "Shusha!" The tall figure stood quietly at the door, looking at her with a slightly apologetic smile. "Is it almost over?" Sha Ruoxin asked him happily, but to her disappointment, he shook his head: "I have to go to another place later..." Perhaps realizing Sha Ruoxin's disappointment, Song Chenghang changed his words again: "Why don't you go with me?" Sha Ruoxin nodded and looked at him with a smile: "Where are you going?" "You'll know when you go!" Sha Ruoxin showed a smile, Song Chenghang in front of her made her put aside the unhappiness just now, she quickly stood up, walked towards the door, and leaned her body against the shoulder that made her feel extremely safe. "Recently, the number of disappearances in the community seems to have increased a lot. There were five cases last month, and this month it has increased to eight cases. These are those who reported the case. If some people who went missing but no one paid attention to them are added, the number may be even greater. .” Song Chenghang turned the steering wheel and drove towards the gate. "So... what do they have in common?" Sha Ruoxin asked habitually. "No one is over 30 years old! There are three of them who are under 20 years old... their native places are all over the country." Song Chenghang handed her the file folder. "How many women are the victims?" Sha Ruoxin saw several pictures of women, all of which looked very handsome. "In the past month, a total of five men and three women have disappeared. You tell me the above..." Song Chenghang was used to having Sha Ruoxin as his assistant outside of working hours. Sha Ruoxin flipped through the documents and read softly: "...the youngest is 16 years old, studying in No. 8 Middle School in this city, and the time of reporting the crime was yesterday morning. The other one is a college student in this city, and it seems that he also had an incident with his parents. Dispute ran away from home and has not returned for three days, and the students in the same dormitory all said that he had not returned for several days. And..." According to Song Chenghang's experience, most of these missing young people were emotionally motivated. Some had disputes with their parents, and some had conflicts with their lovers. They couldn't think about it for a while and ran away from home. "You just turn to the last page!" Song Chenghang gestured, "That's the person we are going to investigate today. Read Xiao Li's record just now." "Male, Wang Yiqing, aged about 26 years old. According to his fiancée, he came to this city to look for a job three months ago, and called his fiancée two weeks ago to say that he found a good job. Work. As a result, when the fiancée came to the city and searched for the address he gave, she was told by the landlord there that no man had rented the house in the past six months... The fiancée immediately reported the case. He sent the fiancée In the letter, the address of the renter was used, but the renter repeatedly complained, saying that he had lived here for almost a year and had never rented with anyone..." Sha Ruoxin was a little surprised, and raised her head to look at Song Chenghang. "Continue!" Song Chenghang nodded. "...The renter is a young man who has just graduated, named Sun Xiaoming, and he rents a house in Fenghua Community. His work place is in the telecommunications business hall of Fenghua Community, and his colleagues and landlord have also proved that, It has been almost a year since Sun Xiaoming lived alone in Unit 3, Unit 501, Building 23, Fenghua Community... We went to check his residence, and there is indeed only one bedroom there, and there is no trace of others sharing with him." Sha Ruoxin read along Xiao Li's record, and at the end she saw an envelope and a note. Sha Ruoxin opened the envelope, but there was nothing. The sender's address on the envelope was: "501, Unit 3, Building 23, Fenghua Community". "What's going on here?" she asked puzzled. "Wang Yiqing's fiancée is named Wang Zhi. She is from the same village as Wang Yiqing's hometown. Both of them are from the countryside in Yi County... When Wang Zhi handed the letter to us, the mailing address on it was really Fenghua District 20. Three buildings, three units, 501." When she turned her puzzled eyes to Song Chenghang, he explained: "Wang Zhi said that Wang Yiqing didn't write any letters, but just sent her a few hundred yuan in an envelope every time..." "Where is Wang Zhi now?" Sha Ruoxin looked at the empty envelope, a trace of doubt welling up in her heart. "The address is next to it!" Song Chenghang gestured to the crooked note. "Longyun repair shop..." Sha Ruoxin whispered. When Song Chenghang's jeep arrived at the repair shop, the workers were eating. "Repair the car? Boss!" A greasy young boy ran over enthusiastically when he saw Song Chenghang and Sha Ruoxin get off the car. "No, I'll look for Wang Zhi. Does she live here now?" Song Chenghang smiled gently. The boy was very young, he looked less than twenty years old. When the two policemen said they wanted to find Wang Zhi, he was stunned and a little bit at a loss. "Does she live here? She left us this address..." Song Chenghang handed Wang Zhi the note. "Oh...that's it! She's here, but she's out..." The boy seemed relieved. "When will she be back?" "I don't know. My sister said that she will wait until her brother-in-law comes back!" The boy accidentally revealed his identity, and it turned out that he was Wang Zhi's younger brother. "Where did she go?" "Fenghua Community. Hmph! That bastard, one day I will meet him, he is good-looking..." the boy clenched his fists and said angrily. Song Chenghang's jeep drove directly to the downstairs of Unit 3, Building 23, Fenghua Community.When going upstairs, the two heard the sound of arguing from the 5th floor. A young girl with an ordinary appearance was standing at the door of Room 501 talking loudly, with a slightly excited expression. This was probably Wang Zhi.With a persistent look on her face, she stared fiercely at the young man in front of her. Another possibility is the current tenant, a young boy wearing glasses, blushing, holding the doorknob tightly with one hand, arguing with the girl. "I know he's here...you let me in!" the girl shouted. "If you do this again, I will call the police..." The young man retorted holding the phone. Song Chenghang didn't need to guess, he knew that the two were Wang Zhi and Sun Xiaoming.After explaining their purpose, both of them seemed a little surprised.When Song Chenghang proposed to enter the room to have a look, Sun Xiaoming looked a little nervous, while Wang Zhi showed a triumphant smile. Entering the house, I found that the whole residence only has one bedroom and one living room, and the layout is very simple. In the living room, there is a double sofa, a small coffee table, and a TV cabinet.The bedroom door is open, and there is a single bed, a desk and a simple wardrobe inside.除此之外，客厅延伸出去还有一个打通了的小阳台，挂着一些晾晒的衣物。客厅的另一侧是一个小小的厨房，旁边是一个卫生间。 整个居室，好像是无法容纳两个人居住，所以当宋城航和沙若欣环顾一周之后，孙小明的脸色明显地得意起来：“看吧……这里怎么能住得下两个人？”他得意地瞥一眼一旁一言不发的王芝，冷笑不已。 王芝的脸色黯淡下来，继而抽泣了起来：“难道……他真的……骗我？” 沙若欣看着眼前这个茫然无措的女孩，轻轻地走过去拍拍她的肩膀：“不要着急，可能……他有些什么难言之隐呢？” “之前……他在电话里说……等他……赚到了钱……就回来……和我结婚……可现在……呜呜……”王芝显然已经承受不了这样的压抑，索性放声大哭了起来。 沙若欣搂着她的肩膀，叹一口气，不好再说什么。 宋城航则一直在沉默。他一言不发地看看四周的环境，阳台上的一些杂物吸引了他的注意力。他又打量了一下孙小明，忽然开口道：“看到他的未婚妻这样，你还不说实话？” 这句话让所有人都愣住了。 孙小明神情紧张起来：“警……官，您说什么呢？” “说实话！”宋城航脸色一变，厉声喝道，“是有人让你故意隐瞒真相的吧！” 孙小明低下头去。 沙若欣开口了：“你知不知道，知情不报也是犯罪！” 孙小明脸上露出惊慌的神色：“什……什么？” “你知道知情不报，会被判几年吗？”沙若欣冷冷地看着他。 孙小明的额头上开始冒出细细的汗珠。 原来，王易青在半年前就已经住在这里了，不过他是睡在阳台的钢丝床上，也就是宋城航在阳台上发现的那张折叠钢丝床。王易青是主动找到孙小明的，孙也不知道王易青的真实身份。唯一让他留在这里的原因，其实很简单，王易青住了不到三个月，就一次性付给了他三千元钱！ 孙小明租住在这里，一年房租也不过六千元，这样的划算买卖，他怎么也不想错过，因此也就答应了和王易青合租。 令孙小明感到奇怪的是，王易青似乎从不愿意主动和他说什么，住在这里的三个月时间里，除了生活上的一些琐碎之事，王易青从来不主动和他说话。孙小明收了高额的租金，也不好再多过问什么，只是觉得王易青那份工作颇有点古怪。 他几乎不出去工作，成天待在家里，永远窝在他那张钢丝床上，翻看着各种各样不同的书籍。书籍内容也是五花八门，涉及生活的各个方面，文学、天文、地理…… 尽管他从来不出去工作，但是单从他一次性付给孙小明的房租就看得出，他似乎并不缺钱。 大约三个月前，王易青搬出了孙小明的蜗居，临走的时候特意交代不要向任何人透露他在这里住过的事实。为了王易青临走时给他的两千元钱的“封口费”，孙小明向所有人隐瞒了王易青曾住在这里的事实。 “你撒谎……”王芝大叫起来，“既然他不愿意告诉所有人他的行踪，为什么他写信给我的时候，要留这个地址？” “那不是他写的，那是他让我给你寄的钱。我也不想留地址的啊，可那天我有事，急着去加班，让女朋友帮填一下信封就给你寄过去，谁想到她把地址填得那么详细，真是的……”孙小明懊恼不已，就那么一丁点的疏忽给自己惹来了那么大的麻烦。 王芝呆住了，猛地摇头：“我不信！我不信！”眼泪扑簌扑簌地掉了下来，“他明明知道，我是要来找他的……” 沙若欣皱眉，轻轻地揽住王芝。 宋城航看着孙小明的眼神，这一次他的话似乎是真的了。 “我也感到很奇怪，他既然不缺钱，为什么不单独租住？为何住在你的阳台上？”这个案件或多或少已经和失踪案无关了，但让他奇怪的是王易青的古怪举止。 “我也问过他，他好像是说，不想太麻烦，他只住三个月，单独找房子，房东也不愿意租给他的。反正他是这样说的。具体情况我就不知道了。”孙小明抓抓脑袋。 “对了，他告诉你他的名字是王易青吗？”宋城航又想到了一个问题。 “他让我叫他阿易！全名不知道，是警察来找的时候我才知道的。” “他为什么要这样对我……”王芝哭得一塌糊涂，“电话里他还说……让我等他……他开始赚钱了……马上就让我过上城里人的日子……” “他后来还和你联系过没有？”沙若欣问道。这样的情形她似乎看得太多了，农村的男人在城里赚了钱，就抛弃了乡下的糟糠，他们的希望，不过是变成一个彻底的城里人。 “怎么会有联系。”孙小明一副自认倒霉的样子。 “他在你这里有没有留下什么东西？”宋城航又问。 “好像没有吧！他来的时候就只带了一个旅行袋，还有他那一大堆的书，走的时候也带走了……不过好像临走的时候给了我两本书，我拿给你们。”孙小明进屋拿了两本书出来。 一本是纪昀的，一本是大仲马的。两本书看上去都很陈旧了。 王芝几乎是扑了上去，将两本书抢了过来，捧在怀里大喊道：“怎么会？怎么会这样？” “王芝……”沙若欣有些诧异于她的反应。 “他……的这两本书，几乎算是他的宝贝，是他过世的父亲给他买的最后两本书！他是从来不会给别人的，我有时候翻一下，他都不高兴，怎么就……这么轻易地给人了？”王芝将这两本书紧紧地抱在怀里。 沙若欣有些同情这个痴情的女孩了，回头望向宋城航，而他则微蹙眉头，在思考着什么问题。 “这是什么？”王芝忽然轻轻地叫了一声。 沙若欣凑了过去，看到了扉页上的一个小小的图案。 “这不是他的书……”王芝的声音忽然低了下去。 “为什么这么说？”沙若欣注意到，那个小小的图案，通体用一种红色勾边，里面的线条则全都是黑色的，有点像是一种动物的头部，勾勒得虽然简单但却栩栩如生，这个类似于犬狼类的图案，面目表情狰狞，嘴角露出的两颗獠牙让人极不舒服。 翻开另一本，扉页的一角上，也有一个类似的图案。 “你……”王芝忽然抬起头来，眼神变得恶狠狠的，瞪着孙小明，“是不是你？” 孙小明被她的样子吓坏了，往后退去：“什……什么……是不是我？” “你杀了阿易！” “你……你胡说什么呢？”孙小明大惊。 “这两本书不是他的！”王芝有点歇斯底里了。 “这……这是他给我的啊……” “你骗我，这两本书根本不是他的，你故意拿了另外两本书来骗我！”王芝满脸通红，“你杀了他！” 沙若欣看着语无伦次的王芝，急忙拉住她。 王芝的表现着实吓倒了孙小明，他急得几乎要哭了：“冤枉啊我哪有那个胆子啊！警官，你可得明察啊！” 宋城航看看不知所措的孙小明，对王芝道：“王芝！你别为难他了，他不可能干这种事。” “是啊！给我十个胆子，我也不敢啊……”孙小明一听此话，如释重负。 “我记得这两本书的，上面没有这两个东西，天！这里还有……”王芝忽然浑身发抖，紧紧地咬住了嘴唇。 沙若欣接过那本书，发现除了那个红黑的狼头之外，旁边还有一行细细的文字：“赠送给心爱的易——心”。 “心？”沙若欣轻轻念道，同时望向一旁的宋城航。 王芝几乎站不稳了，摇摇欲坠。 “看吧……不是我……”孙小明虚惊一场，不满地嘀咕道。 “他是不是有了另外的女人？不要我了……”王芝泣不成声。 “这个'心'到底是谁？”沙若欣皱眉翻看着扉页上的这行娟秀的钢笔字，心里沉重不已。她早就猜到这个结局了，估计是王易青在城里找到了新欢，便将村里那个旧爱抛弃了。 孙小明忽然道：“对了，我想起来了，王易青好像在临行之前，手上也弄了这么一个东西。” “什么东西？”宋城航问道。 “喏……”孙小明用嘴示意扉页上的那个图案，“那个文身什么的？” “文身？”宋城航接过书本，细细地观察起来，那上面的图案用红色的线条包裹着黑色的狼头，看上去虽然简单，但是整体形状却极为狰狞。 他皱眉思忖着，没有说话，忽而被一旁的沙若欣拉拉袖子，回头一看，王芝在一旁哭得极为伤心。 “王芝，要不，你先回去，我们会帮你找到他的！”沙若欣话才出口，却被宋城航严厉地瞪了一眼。 沙若欣回瞪过去，故意道：“你放心，这位宋警官会帮你的！” 王芝悲痛欲绝地望向宋城航。 “现在不好说。不过，你先回去吧。我想，说不准，他什么时候就会回去找你的。”宋城航无奈道，他能说的，也只有这些话了，尽管这让王芝的痛苦减轻不了多少。 王芝摇摇头，眼泪扑簌扑簌地掉：“我已经没脸回去了，村里人会看不起我的。” 沙若欣和宋城航对望一眼，有些无奈。 “对了，我还想起一件事。”孙小明忽然开口，有些讪讪地说，“他在临走前好像说，要到什么外国去……” 宋城航神色凝重：“说下去……” 王易青是在孙小明傍晚下班回家的时候向他告别的，为了辞行，王易青还请他到附近的馆子里吃了一顿。 孙小明有些惊诧于王易青的突然离开：“怎么，阿易！你找到好工作了？” 王易青笑笑，将两本书递给他：“就算是吧！这个送给你，我看你也喜欢读书。” “那就多谢了！怎么，看你的样子，像是挖到金矿了。是不是要迎娶富婆了？”孙小明见王易青神色和悦，开起了玩笑。 “哈哈哈，富婆就那么好娶的？”王易青大笑道，“那些富婆，脾气古怪得很呢。” “哎，我们相识一场，有什么发财的项目，要介绍给老弟我哦？”孙小明索性厚着脸皮相求了。 王易青望着他，淡淡一笑：“如果我这次出去，成功了！我一定回来找你合作！” "where to?" “离开这个国家！”王易青的脸上忽然闪过一种淡淡的哀愁，“就是觉得有点遗憾。” “去外国捞金啊，这还遗憾？”孙小明不以为然，“换成是我，高兴还来不及呢。” “你不明白。”王易青的脸上难得呈现出了一种伤感，这与以往那个喜怒不形于色的他有点不一样。 两人吃完了那顿晚饭之后，王易青就走了，临走时请孙小明将一些钱寄给王芝，之后就再也没有联系过。 王芝听得泪流满面：“他去哪里了……怎么不告诉我一声？” “可能，他真的出去赚大钱了吧。”孙小明看看王芝，很明显，这个女孩是深爱着那个男人的，他有些可怜起她来了。 “王芝，你能具体说一下王易青是个什么样的人吗？”宋城航问了一句，出于直觉，他觉得王易青的确古怪。 “阿易……”王芝抬起头来，眼泪仍是不停地往下流。“他喜欢看书！以前在老家的时候，就喜欢看书，要不是他爸爸去得早，他早去上大学了。他为了几个弟妹，只有放弃高中的学业，出去打工。就在去年年底，他说这里有两个同学在房地产公司上班，收入很不错，所以也跟着来了……可是这还不到半年时间呢，他怎么就……”王芝说不下去了。 “同学？你和他们联系过吗？” “我问过了，这几天我都找过他们，他们是高中时的同学。他们俩都说，就在三个月前，阿易忽然从他们那家公司辞职，从此再也没有和他们有过任何联系……”王芝神情哀伤。 “阿易，他来这里多久了，我是指来到这个城市的时间！”宋城航拿出了笔记本。 “就在去年年底，大概有八个多月了。” “这八个月中，你见过他几次？” 王芝听到此话更是伤心了，摇摇头：“一次都没有！他连过年都没有回来过，说是公司要加班……” “你也没有来看过他？”沙若欣忍不住问道。 王芝摇摇头：“家里人不让，说是这样很丢脸。”她的声音低了下去，显然这一次她的前来，已经给她家里造成了不小的震动，难怪她不敢回家。 “你就没有察觉到他的任何异常？比如……他三个月前，与这三个月，有什么样的变化？”宋城航眉头深深地皱了起来。 “他也不是经常给我打电话的，他没有手机，只能用公用电话。公用电话亭说话不方便，他也不能多说什么。” “那你为什么这一次要来找他？”宋城航问。 王芝抬起头来，眼睛红红地望着宋城航：“他最后一次给我打电话的时候，是在半个月前，他说，要和我分手。我不相信，所以就来了……” “你为什么不相信？” “我觉得他也不是那种一来到城里，就喜新厌旧的男人，而且，他在说那话的时候，我觉得……他好像很为难……”王芝摇头，坚信她的阿易不是一个陈世美。 “傻丫头……”沙若欣递给她一张纸巾，“现在的男人呐，不好说的……” 宋城航没有说话，望着屋内的某个地方沉思着。 临走的时候，孙小明有些怯怯地将那两本书递给王芝：“这书……你还要吗？” 王芝看看，凄然一笑，没有回答，头也不回地走了。 沙若欣迟疑了一会儿，接过两本书：“我帮你给她。” 坐在越野车中，沙若欣还是稍稍露出了一丝忧郁。宋城航观察了她几次，终于开口了：“你怎么了？” 沙若欣不是一个能藏得住心事的人，她觉得憋下去只能让自己越来越郁闷，无奈地道：“你为什么不告诉我可云发生的事情？” “你看过我的资料了？”宋城航的口气平和，也没有责怪她的意思，“我以为她会给你打电话的！但是她没有！为什么？” “为什么？”沙若欣有些恼怒了，“我怎么知道为什么？” “你是她的好朋友，居然猜不到她的心思？”宋城航笑了起来，他觉得自己和沙若欣在一起之后，原本在自己身上的那种冷冰冰的性格变得温和了许多。从这一点来说，他还是很感谢她的。 “什么……心思？”沙若欣仍是不解。 “我估计她一定是不想让你在婚礼前操心，才不告诉你的！”宋城航安慰她，“我让小刘他们去了解了一下，她脑部里的淤血已经被清除掉了，大概下周就可以出院了。放心吧！依照她的做法，她会来当你的伴娘的！” 沙若欣心里好过了一些，但紧接而来的便是对可云身体状况的担心：“不行！我还是得去看看她！” “嗯！”宋城航点点头，方向盘一转，越野车朝着一个地下车库入口驶去。 第二天上午，沙若欣便带着一只热乎乎的保温桶来到了可云的病房。 “沙沙！”可云正躺在病床上发呆，看到沙若欣悄无声息地摸进来，惊呼一声，“你怎么来了？” 沙若欣故作生气状：“哼！这么大的事情，你居然不告诉我！” “还不是不想让你担心！你不是在操办你们的婚礼吗？”可云心里涌出一阵暖意。 “都差不多了！我们的婚礼简单得不得了！根本没啥可操心的！”沙若欣将保温桶打开，里面冒出一股热腾腾的香气，可云顿然觉得饥肠辘辘起来。 看着可云狼吞虎咽地喝着自己熬的鸡粥，沙若欣笑了起来：“几天没吃饭了？” “别说了……这医院里的'营养餐'真是让我倒足了胃口！”可云头也不抬地喝着碗里的鸡粥，“嗯！好吃！” 等保温桶里的鸡粥只剩下一点点的时候，可云才满足地放下了粥碗。 收拾好了一切之后，沙若欣静静地看着可云，没有说话。 “你怎么了？沙姐！”可云有些不自然地笑了起来，“你的眼神看得我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩了！” “为什么会去那里？”沙若欣不想兜圈子，她今天来的目的，除了看望可云之外，还想弄清楚的，是另外一个问题。 “哪里？”可云故作糊涂。 沙若欣的口气硬了起来：“别装了！黑灵镇！为什么去那里？” 可云的头又开始疼了起来：“是社里让我去采访……沙姐……你别说了……”她的脸上出现了痛苦的表情，然后将自己出差并且遭遇车祸，但失去记忆的事情说了出来。 沙若欣满脸惊惧：“你完全不记得了？” 可云无奈地点点头：“医生说淤血虽然清除了，但是我的记忆力还需要时间来恢复！” “真的只是去采访？”沙若欣还是有些疑惑，从昨天宋城航的那份资料来看，似乎可云在黑灵镇出事不仅仅是交通意外那么简单，否则为何会出现在刑侦大队长的桌上？ 但昨晚宋城航对沙若欣的提问一个字都没有回答，只是简单地说了一句：“沙沙！既然你是'无意'间看到的我的资料，那么现在就当什么事都没发生，好吗？至于可云，她不会有事的！” 宋城航显然是不愿意向她透露那份卷宗的内容，而从那卷宗来看，沙若欣只看到了姜可云以及其他几个人的个人档案，至于详情，卷宗里根本没有一个字的解释。而她也明白，凭自己现在的身份，她是没有任何权力获知刑侦大队的任何情况的。 想到这里，沙若欣叹了一口气，自从和宋城航确定关系之后，她便被调离了原来的岗位，现在被调去管户籍去了，再也不能和他一起共事了。 她也明白宋城航为何做这样的决定，他不希望未来的妻子和自己一样，处在一种随时都有危险的境地。 但是此刻，黑灵镇在沙若欣心里有着一种无法抗拒的吸引力。那无关于黑灵镇频繁发生的事故，而是来自幼年时期听说过的那个神秘传说。 传说中的黑灵镇，在一片无人知晓的地下城堡中，隐藏着一个巨大的秘密，而获得那个秘密的人，将会获得无上的智慧。但是，在黑灵镇，想要获得这种无上的智慧，便要付出巨大的代价，那个代价便是要将自己的灵魂出卖给那座城堡的主人。 沙若欣小时候就从自己的外婆口里得知了这个传说，大学毕业之后她也去过几次，都是和同学或者朋友一起去的黑灵镇，但是却从来没有在镇上某个地方找到那个地下城堡的入口。 大概只是一个传说吧！当时沙若欣觉得自己好幼稚，居然将老人哄小孩的故事当真，于是便再也不去想那个神秘地下城堡的故事了。外婆也已经作古好几年了，沙若欣几乎都已经忘记那个地方了，但是在前不久的某一天，她无意中进入了一个私人的网站。 “网站？”可云匪夷所思地看着沙若欣，她有些吃惊。 “那是一个地狱般的网站……”沙若欣的面色有些发白，身体微微颤抖起来，“网站上，都是那些关于地狱的东西……都是那些做了坏事的人的下场，还在一旁配上了各种地狱的解释，还有图片……” 可云静静地听着，这与同事们说起的那个传说又有些出入，虽然她心里仍是不太相信这些东西，但是却开始觉得身体不由而来的一阵发冷。 沙若欣一想起那个令人压抑的网站，心头不由而来一阵郁闷，她也让宋城航看过那个网站，但是却没有看到他的任何反应。他只是淡淡地点点头：“我知道了！”除此之外再也没有任何言辞了。 听完沙若欣的描述，两个人都陷入了短暂的沉默。沙若欣想起宋城航的冷淡反应而有些闷闷不乐，可云则是在想另外的一件事。 “你什么时候出院？”沙若欣忽然打破了沉闷，看得出来可云似乎也在为黑灵镇的事情心神不宁，她现在需要休息，自己真不该在病床前提到这些令人压抑的事情。 “哦……下周吧！”可云神思恍惚，她似乎看到了黑灵镇上那些四处游荡的幽灵！自己到底在黑灵镇上遇到了什么？ 一想到这里，她的头越发疼得厉害了。 沙若欣急忙将她扶着躺下：“我看你还是多休息几天吧！不要那么早出院！” “不行！我还得当你伴娘呢！不准换人哦！”可云仍是惦记着这事，紧张地拉住沙若欣的手。 “好了啦！”沙若欣笑了起来，“我不会换人的！” 从医院出来之后，沙若欣的心一直是沉甸甸的。不知为何，她觉得可云有事情瞒着自己，难道她真的失去了记忆？抑或黑灵镇真的存在那些诡异的传说？不由而来的一阵寒意涌上了她的心头。 沙若欣有些心烦意乱地慢慢朝医院附近的车站走去。在车站上等了一会儿，她的公车来了，当她的身影消失在公车上之后，一道黑色的身影也随之消失在车站的附近。