Chapter 6 Chapter 4 Night Exploration

night, night.In this countryside where the sky has not been corrupted by civilization, the night is not too dark.The starry sky is very clear, reflected on the ground, silver and white, as if a layer of salt has been sprinkled all around. Zhao Yunhan and I prepared the itinerary for tonight early in the morning.At half past nine, seeing that one or two of the people in the hotel had returned to their rooms, they notified each other with their mobile phones and climbed out from the window on the first floor. Cautiously walked through the yard, stealthily entered the cornfield not far away.Zhao Yunhan was wearing a set of black underwear, and her face was full of treacherous excitement, which made me want to laugh, although my appearance was not much better than hers.

The threshing ground in Yangma Village is not big, only a little over 200 square meters.In autumn, it is used to dry grain and corn in turn, but because of the popularity of machines in recent years, this place is rarely used.But now it is used more as a venue for cultural performances or film screenings. There is a small brick building on the right side of the threshing ground, which is called the corpse pavilion, and it is a place for placing corpses. There is a custom in Yangma Village that the dead are not allowed to enter, so I don't know when a small house was built here.It has long been unclear how many corpses have been released in that house for thousands of years.

Time has not carved many traces on that house, and it can be seen that people in the village often renovate it.Since this place is so important, I don't know why it has to be repaired to look shabby. Going out from the cornfield, you will arrive at the threshing ground.Under the starlight, the whole threshing ground was glowing with a pale light, which made people shudder. After looking around for a while, Zhao Yunhan and I looked at each other, showing a strange smile. The door of the corpse pavilion was gently closed. Although it was not obvious, it could still be seen that it was not locked.It can also be considered that the lock that was originally locked was removed by someone.It seems that the two of us are not the only ones staring at the corpse. At least, someone has already stepped in before us.

The two of us tiptoed forward, slowly circled the threshing floor half a circle in the cornfield, moved to the back of the corpse pavilion, and looked inside through the ventilation holes, but surprisingly, there was no movement inside.There was no one, and there was no trace of observation equipment being set up, only the corpse lay there quietly. But for some reason, in this death-like calm, I have a vague feeling of incongruity, as if something is wrong.Zhao Yunhan obviously didn't see what was going on, she made a few gestures to me, asking me to follow the plan.I thought about it with my head sideways, nodded, stepped onto the threshing ground, and came to the door of the Corpse Pavilion.

Sure enough, there was no lock here, but the lock bed was a little twisted, as if it had been pulled hard by some tool. I pointed to the door at Zhao Yunhan, who was on guard all around. She looked at it for a moment, and immediately understood what I was suspicious of, and whispered: "It should not be those people in the research institute. They all have tools to unlock the lock, so they won't be so barbaric." .Moreover, if the lock is broken, it will leave traces of intrusion. The first to be suspected must be us outsiders." As I thought, since it is not the group of people who study the corpse with their own purposes, then Who would break the lock and break in?Could this be a trap set by locals who were aware of it?

wrong!This idea was quickly overturned by himself.If it is really a trap, the locals can completely ambush around, waiting for those who are interested in the corpse to throw themselves into the trap. The person who broke the lock should also have some kind of purpose, and he is not afraid to startle the snake, because he knows that even if someone finds out, he will only suspect outsiders.Could it be that this person is a local? If he was really a local, then why did he run to the place where the corpse was parked, despite the pressure of breaking thousands of years of traditional customs?

Zhao Yunhan pulled open the door forcefully, the seemingly light door made a heavy sound and made a deep mark on the dirt, she gently pulled me who was in a daze.I had no choice but to shake off the doubts in my head and walked in. This corpse pavilion is only about forty square meters in size, rectangular in shape, and the door opens from the far right.From right to left, there are two rows of wooden beds nailed side by side, a total of sixteen. I touched the half-person-high bed boards with my hands. The wood is very hard, and it should not be cheap wood. I am afraid that these bed boards have as long a history as this corpse pavilion.

In the last position was the corpse of a child.It should be the dead Zhao Wei.Feeling that Zhao Yunhan swallowed a mouthful of the secretions in her mouth, she nervously walked towards the corpse. "Are you scared? What, never seen a dead body before?" I chuckled. "I'm so proud of seeing it. She's a delicate lady, and it's a natural human reaction to be afraid of corpses." In such a strange place, her voice was trembling. I laughed even more happily: "Then you have to be mentally prepared. As soon as I see a dead body, I will instinctively trigger a weird hobby." "Hobby? What hobby?" She was alert.

Before she could react further, I had already lifted the sackcloth covering the corpse. Zhao Yunhan's pupils dilated suddenly, and she wanted to scream subconsciously, but reason immediately stopped this unwise behavior.She got into my arms desperately, like a sika deer that was greatly frightened. "Dead man, almost frightened me to death." After a while, she made a sound in shock.But he still dared not open his eyes, and buried his head even deeper in my arms. My face was full of a bright smile of a successful prank, and my eyes slowly scanned the corpse without stopping.

This is a very healthy boy with slightly brown skin and a rather handsome face.The body that was supposed to be full of vitality has already lost its vitality at this moment, like the dead silence in the middle of the night, dead very thoroughly. Putting on my gloves, I tapped the corpse habitually with my right hand, and I frowned: "Yunhan, this corpse is a bit weird." I glanced in my direction, but I didn't wait for my eyes to fully contact, and I was so scared that I buried my head back in my arms. I was a little helpless, and squeezed more forcefully on the abdomen of the corpse, "Look." Zhao Yunhan glanced cautiously, "It's nothing." "Look carefully at the ears, nose and mouth of the corpse." .” I reminded.

She finally got serious, looked at me, and looked at me with a strange expression, "It's a bit strange." "That's right." I nodded, "Generally, people who drowned, unless they can be picked up within four hours after death, the body They will all swell and stink due to soaking. "Due to swelling, the hair and epidermis fall off, and the eyes and tongue protrude or even fall off. In the running water of the Yangma River, the corpse is more likely to be bitten by aquatic organisms and become mutilated. And most of the drowned people have blood from seven holes. This happens. Thick foam will form in the nose and mouth, which is not easy to burst, but this corpse is too complete and normal." "Well, I've heard of it too." Zhao Yunhan seemed to have forgotten her fear and stared at the corpse Said: "If the death is due to drowning, there will be water in the lungs. The purpose of squeezing its chest just now is to prove this point, right?" Although there is sand and sand in the nose and ears, there is nothing deep in the throat. There is no sign of water accumulation in the lungs, and it is probably thrown into the river by someone after death." "You mean murder? But why didn't the police find out?" Zhao Yunhan was a little surprised. There was a hint of sarcasm in my tone: "The policemen in this small place are also some poor characters. Most of them offended their superiors and were finally transferred here. They are waiting for old age and death without a chance for promotion. These people count their days. It's strange to be motivated. Moreover, children often drown by the Yangma River. I am afraid that the police will come and take a casual look at the corpses, and even the forensic doctor will not bother to send them out to close the case and send the corpses back." Zhao Yunhan was speechless. Looking left and right: "By the way, why is there only one corpse in this place? Where is the middle-aged man who was killed by a bear today?" Suddenly, I was looking at the corpse as if I was struck by lightning, and my whole body shook violently one time. By the way, I finally understood why I felt a sense of incongruity when I looked inside from the ventilation hole just now.It turned out that what was wrong came from the number of corpses. In the afternoon, I clearly heard the owner of the hotel say that the two corpses were put in the corpse pavilion of the threshing ground.Zhao Yunhan's investigation also confirmed this, but now, why is there only one corpse left?Where is the other one? My brain was thinking quickly, and I seemed to have thought of something, and immediately ran to the door of the corpse pavilion and carefully looked at the door bolt.Looking at it, the more I looked, the more frightened I became, and I shivered involuntarily. "A Ye, why did your face turn pale?" Zhao Yunhan was very puzzled by my unpredictable actions. I didn't answer, just searched the floor of the room with my eyes. Not long after, something I expected appeared in my sight. I picked it up, and the expression on my face changed into something weird.In short, I'm afraid I won't be able to laugh anymore. "What did you find?" She looked into my hand curiously. I looked at her and asked, "Did you notice anything unusual when you opened the door just now?" "It's nothing, but the door feels heavy." She recalled. "I don't think the door is heavy, but something broke it." I pointed to the latch, "Look, there are traces of violent pulling here. Something must have exerted a great force on the door. It was too big. The bolts of the door lock were broken." "Who has such strength?" Zhao Yunhan said in surprise. "Not only that." I spread my palms, revealing what I picked up just now, which is a broken copper lock, "This is the door lock of the Corpse Pavilion, and its neck is rotten , but the lock flew into the room, do you know what that means?" She didn't seem to feel nervous at all, she turned her head and thought for a while, "I'm afraid someone kicked the door hard outside, trying to break in." "This It is a possibility. But have you ever thought about it, this door is opened to the inside, if someone from the outside wants to break in, the door lock will be broken, but the door is also broken for no reason." I paused , slowly said word by word: "In this case, it is more likely... that something inside knocked the door open with unimaginable force, so that the door bolt was broken, and the axle wheel of the door was also broken. ""Impossible!" Zhao Yunhan changed color slightly, "Then there is no reason for the door lock to stay in the corpse pavilion." "In theory." I snorted: "The broken state of the door bolt also shows that, It was destroyed by the power coming from inside. This copper lock was probably thrown in by someone who appeared behind for some purpose." Zhao Yunhan couldn't argue, she glanced around, the dark night , the silent night, the dead body lingering not far away, and the thing that ran out of the corpse pavilion... All of this is enough to cause fear.Her face became unnatural, and her body leaned closer to me. "Hey, tell me, if the door really opened from the inside, what escaped? Could it be a person?" I shook my head, "Not sure. The wood of this door is very hard, and the door bearing is also It has a very thick iron core. It is hard to imagine how much strength is needed to knock the door open in the opposite direction. However, no matter how strong a person is, I am afraid they cannot do it. And judging by the degree of damage to the door bolt, it should be instant It's broken. I'm afraid, that thing opened the door with just one use." "What could it be?" Zhao Yunhan shuddered, "There should have been two corpses in the corpse pavilion, but one of them is now It's gone, could it be... corpse change?" "Nervous, how is it possible!" I said angrily, "Although there are too few clues, I can't explain the situation in front of me for the time being, but such nonsense as corpse change is absolutely true. Impossible." Yes, all people and creatures in this world are the same, they will die once they die, and they will become the fertilizer needed by other creatures to carry out another reincarnation of the ecological circle.The same is true for human beings, how can there be a soul after death!Taking ten thousand steps back, even if there is, it is not enough to make the corpse move. The reason why a corpse is a corpse is because the brain is dead, and all body functions are lost. If it can really move, and can produce greater strength than before, then it can definitely be classified as science fiction, not reality world can happen. Zhao Yunhan pulled me nervously, and said: "This place is getting weirder and weirder. Ah Ye, we have investigated everything that needs to be investigated. Should we go?" weird voice?" I glanced at her. "I'm afraid this time it's out of the question." She curled her lips, "You have also read the information. According to the survey, only children between the ages of three and thirteen who drowned in the Yangma River will be drowned. There is a phenomenon of false work. Although this Zhao Wei was fished from the Yangma River, he was obviously thrown into the river after his death, which is not a condition for false work." "That's it." I was a little disappointed , I was full of excitement at first, thinking that I could see another phenomenon that science can't explain, but it's a pity. Look again, although I can't figure out what the thing that ran out and why the middle-aged man's body disappeared, but the harvest is still there, at least one murder case has been discovered, and I will call the city early tomorrow morning Report the case, maybe you can take this opportunity to investigate the girl in white that you met today through the police. No matter what, I don't believe that she is a ghost. The smooth, soft and slightly cold feeling of holding her little hand is still deeply reflected in the depths of my brain until now. After having a terrible dream in the afternoon, it seems that there are some cracks in the dusty memory.Although it is inexplicable, there is always a feeling that we should know each other, and we are very familiar. Whenever I recall the girl's pure eyes, I will feel a faint warmth. Perhaps, I once really knew her. Just as she was about to walk out the door, she suddenly felt Zhao Yunhan beside her tremble violently.She looked for my hand and held it tightly.The originally slender and warm hands had long since become icy cold, and they could not stop shaking them. "What's wrong?" I turned my head and asked suspiciously. Her face was pale, and her eyes were fixed on the direction where the corpses were placed. I followed her gaze and found nothing unusual.The corpse was already lying where it should be, quietly, without any movement. "Voice." Zhao Yunhan's voice was trembling with nervousness, and the voice he uttered was somewhat incomplete. I listened attentively, trembling all over.In the lonely midnight, there was a meaningless thin voice that echoed softly in the corpse hall. If you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't be able to find it at all.The source of the voice was the corpse named Zhao Wei. Zhao Yunhan held my arm desperately, I shook her off with all my strength, walked quickly to the corpse, and tore off the sackcloth from it.Suddenly, I was stunned. Zhao Wei's tightly closed eyes were now wide open, staring viciously at the ceiling, and the corpse's mouth was slowly opening and closing, uttering inaudible syllables one after another.That syllable is repeated continuously with two segments as a point.Its dilated pupils began to move left and right, as if searching for something. Suddenly, blood red eyes stared at me.The bloodshot eyes widened immediately, and the corpse abruptly stopped making any sound, just staring at me in horror, and kept staring at me. Suddenly, the left hand suddenly lifted up and grabbed me tightly. Unable to move my upper body, I kicked the corpse in panic.Zhao Wei's small body flew up, screaming piercingly, the claw-like hand finally let go, and the whole body fell to the corner of the wall. The two people who were still in shock ran out of the corpse pavilion and sneaked back to the hotel.Zhao Yunhan was too scared to sleep alone, so she insisted on staying in my room.In the end, I could let her go. My mind is very confused. Even if I was lying on the bed, I couldn't believe what I just saw with my own eyes. I always felt that after I came to this village, the uneasiness lingering in my heart became more and more intense, and I always felt that something bad would happen. matter. That moving corpse, and that weird voice... Although the voice seems meaningless, it has a certain sense of rhythm, and it should be repeating a certain character.And this character, I have vaguely guessed it. Because, the moment I kicked the corpse away, the corpse clearly uttered two syllables that I could understand clearly from its throat in mid-air. Well, it was actually calling a name. my name……