Chapter 7 Chapter 5 Soul Summoning Tower

Some people say that there are several kinds of people who are easily haunted by ghosts. For example: people with black hemorrhoids on the left index finger, people who wash their face at 2:47 in the morning, people with naturally dull and yellow hair, people with insomnia for no reason, people born at 1:44 in the morning, people with blue forehead for no reason People, people who can see the window directly from the bathroom mirror in the early morning, people who break the bowl on the 14th of July... What kind of person am I?Either way, I've been a little unlucky lately.Inexplicably, I ran here out of curiosity to find out about the legend of the golden doll and the fake life incident. I didn't expect to encounter a fake corpse when I was exploring the corpse pavilion at night. Alas, I have a headache, and now my brain is in a daze. I don't know if that encounter was a dream.

In the early hours of the morning, I woke up feeling parched. I took a water bottle and poured a glass of water to drink. When I went back to bed, I couldn’t fall asleep anyway. I looked at my phone, it was two forty-one.I live in a double room, the bed next door, Zhao Yunhan is curled up in the quilt and sleeping soundly, this guy, no matter how much he persuades him, he is too scared to go back to his room. Didn't she look like a bad fart in the "Traces" incident before?Moreover, this investigation was initiated by her.I don't know if this soft and normal girl's appearance is just pretending, if so, she is too scary!

I blinked and watched her carefully.Although I have been in contact with her for so long, it seems that only this time I have the chance to see her clearly.Suddenly, I realized that this beauty is really not an ordinary beauty. Slightly curly slender eyelashes, lovely pink lips, a straight nose that twitches slightly from time to time, and long black hair as thick as a waterfall, sprinkled on the pillow. I squeezed a mischievous smile from the corner of my mouth, tiptoed off the bed, walked over, tore off one of her hairs, and then tickled her nose and mouth with silky strands.Zhao Yunhan showed a distressed look, frowning slightly, waving her right hand in the air, trying to push away the things that harassed her.

After playing for a while, I felt that my behavior was naive and boring enough.I stood up and went to the bathroom.I can't fall asleep anyway, so I better wash my face to wake up, turn on the laptop and play games for a while. Turning on the light in the bathroom, I splashed water on my face indiscriminately.The water wets my vision. Looking at the outside world through the gap of my closed eyelids, I always feel that the space is slightly distorted. I dry my face on my sleeve and look in the mirror.But with just one glance, he was stunned. In the mirror, I was so haggard that I was not a human being.His messy hair was dull, his face was pale with blood, and his forehead was even turning blue.What happened to me?Even if he didn't sleep well, his demeanor and image wouldn't be so bad, right?

I stared blankly at the mirror in a daze.Suddenly, at the position of the window reflected in the mirror, I found an irregular reflection.Like, a human face. He turned around abruptly, but saw nothing. Slowly turning his gaze back to the mirror, the face reappeared.Moreover, it seems to be clearer than before. This is the second floor, how could there be someone outside the window? I closed my eyes hard, rubbed my temples, and opened them again.Not only did the irregular face not disappear, it really became clear again. I could even see the details of that face.It was a man, about thirty years old.His eyes were wide open, and the small pupils were surrounded by bright red blood.

His face was tightly pressed against the glass, his face was pale, and his eyes were staring at me, just like the expression of the corpse in the corpse pavilion staring at me, exactly the same! breathe!Take a deep breath!Although I don't believe in ghosts and gods very much, it doesn't affect my current fear in the slightest.It was a chill that came from the bone marrow, which was innate and could not be controlled by one's own will. I wanted to turn around and run away, but my reason didn't allow me to do that. I looked at those terrifying eyes, and after an unknown amount of time, that face suddenly disappeared as if it had come suddenly.The strength in my whole body seemed to be taken away by something, and my body fell limply to the ground.

When I woke up in the morning, I found myself lying on the bed very leisurely.On the table next to it are steaming soy milk and fried dough sticks.Looking around, Zhao Yunhan in the next bed was gone, and the quilt was neatly folded, as if no one had ever slept in it. I stretched, put my hands on my forehead and thought hard. The morning sun shone in from the window, bringing with it the unique cool air of spring.This is the beginning of a very normal day. Could it be that everything last night was really just a dream? Turning over to get up, I suddenly found a note under the bowl containing the fried dough sticks.I picked it up, and saw that it was written in elegant handwriting: For a fool who was sleeping on the bathroom floor: I bought you soy milk and fried dough sticks, remember to eat before you are allowed to go out.If you don't have a good breakfast, you will get stomach problems.

: You should lose weight││It took so much effort to drag you back to bed! I laughed, this Zhao Yunhan is quite a nice person!I feel a little warm in my heart. How many years, because my parents are really busy, I eat alone at home.Often after getting up, everything is prepared by the servants and placed on the table.Although I don't lack anything, I always feel that something is missing. Maybe, like ordinary people, I am afraid of being alone. Now, although I am eating breakfast alone, I don't feel as cold as usual.This kind of emotional color is very complicated, but it is also very familiar. It seems that a long time ago, I also had the same emotion.

The soy milk is very fresh, as if ground from freshly ripened soybeans.It is really rare to be able to drink such orthodox soy milk in spring.According to the instructions in the note, it took me a long time to eat slowly, and finally I still licked my lips unsatisfied. Although it was just two simple things, it made me feel very satisfied, and my whole body was full of rare vitality. When I walked out the door, I heard a loud noise just outside the hotel.The people in Yangma Village were in a hurry, running towards the east without stopping.Occasionally, when someone saw me, there was impatience and slight hostility in their expressions.

I frowned, vaguely guessing something. Walking back to the lobby of the hotel, I found the boss and asked, "Boss, is Yangma Village going to the market today?" The so-called rush is a unique custom in rural areas.Market, which means market, every two or three days, people in the countryside will gather in a fixed place to sell their products. Generally, the things sold are very miscellaneous, but the price is much cheaper than the market in the city.As a result, many hawkers in the city often run to the market to earn the difference in the price of the goods. The boss shook his head: "Tomorrow is the day to go to the market. Today is because something happened in Yangma Village." Shining sparks.

There is no way, when Zhao Yunhan and I came, we used our student ID cards to register, and even lied that we were members of the student union who came to explore the way in preparation for the graduation trip. However, the boss had no doubts about such a lame and completely impossible reason, and he took good care of both of us.Perhaps China is such a nation. It is always tolerant towards children and students. The boss's face showed an unspeakable taste, he looked around nervously, and said in a low voice: "Let me tell you something happened early this morning. There will be a meeting of elders in the village in the afternoon. All the outsiders in the house should be kicked out. By the way, remind your female classmate not to go out and walk around in the past few days, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings." I understood it as soon as I heard it.It is estimated that in the morning, someone discovered that the door of the corpse pavilion was broken, and one of the corpses was missing. The people in Yangma Village have probably heard about people from outside studying the dead bodies of villagers in the past ten years, but they just suffer from lack of evidence.What happened today caused the anger that had been pent up in their throats for a long time to expand rapidly, and it was about to explode. It seems that in the last one or two days, we really need to be more careful.Although we are wearing the shell of a student, who knows if we will take all outsiders in this slightly closed place with unique customs? I thought about it and piled up a fake smile on my face, "Thank you boss for your concern. Will the boss also go to the meeting of elders?" "All the men in the village have to go, including me. It will be closed later." I’m leaving now. You’d better not go out today.” I nodded obediently, took advantage of the moment he turned around, stuffed a small thing into his pocket, and then returned to the second floor with a smile on my face. room, climbed along the window to the yard, and walked out through the back door of the hotel. I didn't know where Zhao Yunhan went early in the morning, and I didn't care, I just walked straight in the direction of Yangma River. The legend of the golden baby has always been connected with Yangmahe, and although I am not very clear about the emergence of the fake living state, I have also understood a few points through direct and indirect investigations in recent days. Must be the one who drowned. Children under the age of thirteen. The range is only around Yangma Village, and within ten kilometers of the surrounding area, this strange situation has never occurred again. In other words, the reason for everything should come from this section of Yangma River.Could it be that the water quality or certain environments have changed in the past thirteen years, leading to the occurrence of false living conditions? But there are still many things that I don't understand.Last night, was the voice from that corpse really his own name?It must be an illusion!It has been more than ten years since I left this place, and the owner of the corpse is only seven years old, so I have no chance of getting acquainted with him. With my mind full of doubts, I turned over the embankment and came to the river bed.Since it was early spring, there was not much water in the Yangma River, and the 300-meter-wide channel exposed a long riverside.As far as the eye can see from the riverside, there are densely packed cobblestones in all kinds of strange shapes, extending to the end beyond sight. I walked slowly along the riverbed, hoping for some shit luck and finding some useful clues.After walking not far, I saw Zhao Yunhan squatting on the ground, staring blankly at the things in front of me. My childlike innocence grew, and I walked quietly behind her, wanting to surprise her, but I didn't expect that just half a meter away from her, she said, "A Ye, next time you want to scare her , remember to find a weather without the sun." I looked at my feet, only to find that my shadow had been dragged to her feet. Cursing myself for being an idiot, I snorted, "No mood. As a girl, you should cooperate correctly when a handsome guy wants to joke with you. This is the basic common sense of being a lady!" "I'm sorry. You quit Go back and do it again, this time I will definitely pretend to be a lady!" She turned her head and looked at me with a narrow smile on her lips. I pursed my lips listlessly: "No need, you are a lady and you don't do my business. What were you looking at just now?" "This thing. A Ye, do you know what it is?" Zhao Yunhan pointed to the thing in front of her. A pile of stones test me. I took a look.This is a pile of very flat pebbles, with round fronts.The bottom is thick and the top is getting smaller and smaller, showing a tower shape.This pile of stones was stacked seven stories high. "This is the Soul Summoning Tower." I also squatted down and said slowly: "It is said that the souls of children are very fragile, especially drowned children. Their souls are easily taken away by water ghosts. So Yang Mahe The aborigines in the area, after a child under the age of 13 was drowned in the river, usually went to the river bed to build this kind of soul-calling tower, hoping to find the child's soul." "As expected of a god The man with the stick title actually knows such a rare custom." Zhao Yun pretended to be surprised and clapped her hands vigorously. I glared at her, "Your words don't have any commendatory meaning at all, forget it, I don't bother to argue with you. Why do you think Huhun Tower is so preoccupied?" "Of course there is a reason." She called me Played a charade, "I want to ask you a question. If a person takes a hundred-dollar bill and goes to the store to buy something for twenty-five dollars, but its cost price is only twenty dollars. "Because the owner had no change, he took the hundred-dollar bill to the peddler next door and exchanged it for one-hundred-dollar change, and got back the man's seventy-five dollars. The man took twenty-five dollars and seventy dollars. The five-yuan change was gone. After a while, the peddler next door came to the shopkeeper and said that the hundred-yuan bills that the shopkeeper had brought for change just now were counterfeit. Then, in the whole process, how much money did the owner lose in total?" Depressed, isn't this logical questioning method that forces the other party to think in his own way, isn't it his patent?When was it copied by her? I frowned and thought for a while, "Ninety-five yuan. What? What do you want to tell me with this question?" "It's nothing." Probably because I got the answer right, Zhao Yun was a little disappointed, "Your logical thinking is What do you think about this problem?" "It's very simple. Many people think that the key is the counterfeit one hundred yuan note. In fact, the main problem lies in the real one hundred yuan note returned to the hawker at the end, but many people ignore it. As I replied, I tried to figure out her intentions: "The boss exchanged the counterfeit one-hundred-yuan bill for a one-hundred-yuan real bill, and gave the man seventy-five dollars of the real bill. But he himself There is still twenty-five yuan left, although I finally returned the hawker's one hundred yuan note. However, the last one hundred yuan can be offset by the one hundred yuan change you got back. You don't want to tell me , the soul-calling tower in front of you is a counterfeit one hundred yuan bill, right?" "You guessed it right." Zhao Yunhan was a little unconvinced, she looked at me and said, "This is the corpse that caught you last night. The Soul Summoning Tower." "What!" My face suddenly turned pale, and for some reason, an inexplicable fear emerged from the bottom of my heart.It seemed that the cold little hand was still tightly hanging on his wrist with amazing strength. I couldn't help touching my left wrist, I tried to stay calm, and said in a cold voice, "Why are you looking for this?" "Don't you think it's strange?" Zhao Yun frowned, "You and I are very clear, Zhao Wei was not drowned to death, he should have been thrown into the Yangma River after his death." "Yes, the suspect who killed him was probably the one who told the villagers that Zhao Wei fell into the Yangma River People." I wondered, "But what does this matter to us? We should call the police for cases like murder." "I don't care about such things! I mean, why did Commissioner Zhao send out The same voice as that of a drowned toddler? This is the first time such an exception has occurred in the past thirteen years." I said disdainfully: "The so-called exception is just that it has not been discovered. Are you sure that in the past thirteen years, horse raising Three days after all the children in the village died, someone checked to see if there was a fake life status? Perhaps this kind of fake life didn’t just happen to drowned children.” Zhao Yunhan shook her head vigorously, “I’m sure! In the past thirteen years, experts have conducted investigations not only in Yangma Village, but also within 30 kilometers nearby, as long as someone died, so in recent years it has been concluded that the state of false work only appears in people under the age of thirteen. There is no doubt about the drowned toddler in Mahe. But Zhao Wei's body is really puzzling." "Don't you know how to draw talismans? You forced me to drink talismans before. Water, why don't you draw a few pictures to see if you can invite Zhao Wei's soul out?" I bewitched. Although I am still worried about the fact that she forced me to drink talisman water, I have seen her use talisman water to melt a fish bone stuck in a child's throat. Although I don't know the reason, it is really amazing . She didn't speak, but looked at the Soul Summoning Tower gently with her beautiful big eyes, and looked at it very carefully. Seeing her serious look, I couldn't help opening my mouth, "You don't really have a way to use ghost symbols to call out souls, do you?" Zhao Yunhan half-opened her eyes, and slowly looked back at me with a bright smile, "Why? Maybe there is such a thing as calling the soul, those talismans are just drawn casually by others. He is very interested in folklore, ghost painting talismans are also a kind of folklore, you will not interfere with other people's private hobbies, right?!" I looked at that Zhang's face, which was concealed with a fake smile that could no longer be fake, was suddenly a little speechless.This guy doesn't really have a way to summon a soul, does he? Although I don't really believe it, the man's sixth sense always tells me very strongly that she is definitely hiding something ulterior, and that thing is definitely something I just reminded me of. Shaking his head, he secretly made up his mind to follow her closer from now on.I suddenly thought of today's breakfast, hesitated a little, and finally stammered: "By the way, that, this morning, thank you." Zhao Yunhan looked at me in surprise: "Thank me for what?" "Breakfast." "What breakfast? I went out before I ate it? Did you eat it?" She blinked suspiciously. My face suddenly became very strange, "Didn't you prepare the soy milk and fried dough sticks for me this morning? You also left a note..." When I mentioned the note, I suddenly remembered, the words on the note The handwriting was not Zhao Yunhan's!I have never seen that handwriting.But because I was too happy at the time, I didn't care about thinking so much. So, who prepared breakfast for me?Does anyone in this village remember me and recognize me?Judging by the handwriting, that person should be a girl, but why didn't she come over to meet me in a dignified way? Alas, for some reason, for me, the weird atmosphere and fog surrounding this village are getting thicker...