Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Can't Sleep
It was already late at night when we returned to Yu Guangcai's house. After putting down their luggage, they sat down in the main room, and none of them seemed to be sleepy.
"The matter of the Wu family, now that I think about it, it's really strange, it seems like a dream." Li Wei said, holding a water glass.
Grandpa nodded and said: "It's really unbelievable. Do you think there is such a strange book in this world? This martial artist got that strange book from his father and learned so many strange spells from it. He wants to return it to his mother." A happiness, whether this is what his mother wants is still a question."
Li Wei smiled and said: "I think only she knows this question. I was thinking, when I first walked in front of the west wing room, I looked closely at it, and his mother was obviously standing there. It was in front of the window, but later Wu Sen said that she was lying on the bed when Wu Lin entered."
"Could it be that his mother didn't die at all?" Zeng Yingui said.
Several people were silent for a while, and Li Wei sighed and said: "It's really hard to say, but there is no reasonable explanation for these things."
As he spoke, Grandpa noticed that Yu Guangcai had not spoken.After he came back, he put down his luggage and walked towards the yard outside the door.When grandpa stretched his head to look out the door, he realized that he came in with a letter.
Yu Guangcai watched very engrossed, and the expression on his face gradually became a little ugly.
"What's the matter, master? Nothing will happen, right?" Grandpa asked in a low voice.
Yu Guangcai didn't respond, but quickly finished reading the letter in his hand. At the end, he sighed: "Something happened again, it's no small matter." After speaking, he threw the letter on the round table.
Grandpa was quick and snatched the letter.Grandpa attended a private school in his early years. Although he couldn't read all the words in the books, he could barely read them.
"Master, it may have been half a month after you received this letter. The three of us parted from you that day. We were going to follow Luo Qi to her relative's (relative, typo) house, but there was a heavy rain on the way..." Grandpa read a few words and came back to his senses, "Is this written by Lin Zi?"
Zeng Yingui asked: "Are you so sure it wasn't written by Zhang Qi?"
"Zhang Qi, he can't even write his full name, he only knows two characters—Zhang and Qi."
The two smiled, and Li Wei urged, "Look, what did you write?"
Grandpa withdrew his eyes and continued to read the words on the letter: "It rained heavily on our way, and we were trapped in the mountains in the middle of the night. We lost our way in the mountains and found a broken house to shelter from the rain after searching for a long time. We walked into the When I was in a dilapidated house, I met two people in it. One looked like a scholar and wore glasses, and looked very thin. The other was much stronger than him, and was probably a policeman. The clothes he wore It can be seen from the gun attached to his waist. Seeing us entering the dilapidated room, the policeman immediately stood up from the ground, quickly pulled out the gun from his waist, and pointed it steadily at us. At that time, I advised Luo Qi and Zhang Qi not to go in. We found another place to shelter from the rain, but after we went out and turned around a few times, we found that the mountain was very deep. I wondered, how the hell did we get there? , actually walked from the edge of a big city into the deep mountains. Of course, it’s useless to complain any more. I finally listened to Zhang Qi’s opinion and followed the two into the dilapidated house. Luo Qi explained to the policeman for a long time , we just borrowed a piece of shelter from the rain on the other side of the shabby house and sat down. The rain was getting heavier and heavier that night, and it seemed that there was no intention of stopping. We took out some The dry food prepared in advance, I ate hastily. The two people on the opposite side hadn’t spoken until we started eating the dry food. They finally couldn’t help but open their mouths. The person wearing glasses said: “Charles, why haven’t they come back yet?” , It’s raining so much outside.” The policeman was a little displeased when he heard this, and said, “I thought it would be easy to send them out of the city, these bastard foreigners. I like to watch Qiqi, now it’s better, if I look at Qiqi and see this place where the birds don’t shit, can I go back?” The man wearing glasses sighed and comforted him: “Okay, okay, isn’t it? Spending the night in the mountains, you old man won’t be so squeamish, will you?” “Squeamish? You don’t think it’s a good thing, you just know what to say to that foreigner. Let me tell you, it’s best not to Say bad things about me in front of him, or I will kill you with a single shot!' The policeman gritted his teeth and looked very fierce. Zhang Qi was amused by what they said, and he grinned and said, "No Well, you can also meet foreigners in this place. I have never seen what foreigners look like when I grow up. I heard that their hair is similar to that of our rhubarb.' Saying this, Zhang Qi burst out laughing. He The laughter attracted the vicious policeman on the opposite side. He came over and asked, "Your rhubarb is a dog, right?" Zhang Qi looked at him and nodded. Unexpectedly, the policeman burst out laughing, Zhang Qi The words seemed to speak to his heart. The policeman said: "Your thinking is a little special, why didn't I realize it? Haha!'"
"Look, this Zhang Qi can talk to people wherever he goes." Zeng Yingui said with a smile.
"Hehe, in this respect, you are not much worse than him." Li Wei teased him.
Zeng Yingui rolled his eyes at him angrily, then turned his head and urged his grandfather: "What happened next?"
Grandpa continued to read the words in the letter: "What the police said made the three of us laugh, so Zhang Qi told him. It turned out that these two people accompanied a foreigner named Charles out of the city to pick him up. His wife, but after receiving his wife, his wife was very excited and insisted that Charles accompany her around. Originally, he went to the mountain to see the scenery, but after looking at it, he entered the mountain and found the broken The two people were not in the mood to accompany the couple to wander around, so they agreed to wait for them in this shabby house. Not long after we parted from the two couples, it began to rain heavily, and they hadn’t come back until we came in. After listening to how they entered the mountain, Zhang Qi also started to talk to the two of them. He told the story of our experience in a very tragic way, and he insisted on making the two of them laugh endlessly. From the conversation between the two, it is not difficult to make a judgment. One of them is a police officer in the police station, who is responsible for protecting Charles, and the other is Charles' translator, who follows him every day. The police have always called him a foreigner's dog. Just as the two were arguing, a foreigner rushed into the door and met him. The three of us were taken aback for a moment, and then spoke to the interpreter and the policeman very anxiously. The policeman was confused, but the interpreter nodded repeatedly. But judging from his anxious appearance, something must have happened After he finished speaking, the policeman asked in a low voice: "What did the foreign dog say?" The translator also frowned and said: "Charles said that he accompanied his wife to the mountains to see the scenery just now, but it was raining heavily. , The two ran around in a panic, and ran into a cemetery inexplicably. When he realized that he ran the wrong way, he wanted to drag his wife to run out, but his wife refused to leave, insisting on saying it was his own. There are forks everywhere in front of him, and there are some cliffs. You can't walk around. If you make a mistake, you will be smashed to pieces. Charles was puzzled and asked her what happened very anxiously, but his wife just stood there without moving. His eyes were empty, he paused for a long time, and he actually said a sentence in Chinese to him. As for what he said, he couldn't understand.' After hearing this, several people stood up from the ground. I heard that there was something wrong with this. Something was not quite right, knowing that this foreigner had committed a crime, I thought it was not our business, but Zhang Qi quickly pointed at me and said to the translator: "This must have caused dirty things, we happen to be here. There is a master ghost hunter!' Zhang Qi’s words reminded the two of them. The policeman and the interpreter led me towards the grave without saying a word. I just tightly held the gun at my waist, I was really afraid that he would pull it out at any time."
"After reading it, go to rest early, take a nap, and then we will set off." Yu Guangcai said coldly behind him. The three of them nodded, and Li Wei said, "Come on, don't read it now, just read it quickly, and tell us after you finish reading it, I didn't expect this forest to be so nonsense." Grandpa nodded, then buried himself in his eyes. Li Wei and Zeng Yingui watched the expression on Grandpa's face change rapidly, and they were also made sleepless.After about ten minutes, Grandpa put down the letter paper in his hand, frowned and sighed, and said, "It seems that this matter is really not simple." "Tell us, what's going on?" Zeng Yingui held his grandfather's arm with both hands, like a beggar on the street, eager for alms from his grandfather. Grandpa yawned and said, "Looks like I won't be able to sleep tonight." After finishing speaking, Grandpa told the two about the strange things that Lin Zi, Zhang Qi and Luo Qi encountered in the suburbs of Chongqing that day. That night, after the foreigner named Charles entered the house, the police and the interpreter heard that Lin Zi was a master ghost hunter and escorted him out of the dilapidated house.It wasn't until that moment that Zhang Qi realized that although the policeman was superficially bragging with him and showed great contempt for the foreigner, when the foreigner encountered any problems, he would still stand by the foreigner's side. Under the leadership of the foreigners, several people walked towards the cemetery.It rained very hard that day, and it hit the faces of several people with a lot of pain.But at this time, the few people didn't care about the feeling on their faces at all. If they didn't know the truth of this matter, they would all be in trouble. From a distance, Lin Zi saw the foreigner's wife.Through the dense raindrops and the extremely weak light in the deep mountain, he saw a woman in a white dress spinning around on the hill a dozen meters away from us.Approaching slowly, he felt that the scene was very scary. The foreign girl kept stroking her hair with her fingers. The hair was the same as Charles's, and it was golden yellow. Her white skin just reflected the white skirt. In the dark mountain night, it is particularly conspicuous. "Hey, is that that?" the policeman asked and hid behind the translator. "Who else would it be?" The translator's lips trembled when he said this. The timid look of the two angered Charles. He turned his head and yelled at the two, probably reprimanding them.Neither of them said a word, they kept nodding along with the rhythm of his speech.After Charles finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the cemetery. Behind him, the policeman asked the interpreter, "What kind of bird language is this?" The interpreter said: "He is calling us both worthless and unworthy to work for their navy, and he also said that he will report this matter to Captain Balck after he returns." "What? You son of a bitch, if that's the case, our game will be over!" The policeman cursed behind him. At this time, several people had followed Charles to the edge of the cemetery unknowingly. Through the raindrops, Lin Zi could clearly see the appearance of that foreign girl.Her figure is bumpy, her long hair flows like waves around her waist, and her golden hair wraps her whole body, making her look very luxurious.Although the rain around him was loud, Lin Zi could still hear the woman whispering something. Charles turned his head and spoke a lot of foreign language to Lin Zi, but Lin Zi couldn't understand a single word.Lin Zi glanced at the translator: "What is he talking about?" The translator stood behind Charles, didn't hear his words clearly, and came forward to ask, but unexpectedly, Charles, who was already anxious to death, was enraged by him, and slapped the translator hard on the face , and then repeated his own words. After hearing this, the interpreter turned to Lin Zi and said, "Charles said, let you hurry up and rescue his wife, otherwise you will not be able to get out of Chongqing alive!" Hearing this, Lin Zi was very annoyed, and he couldn't figure out why it was the turn of this foreigner to point fingers at the land of the Chinese.But thinking of Zhang Qi and Luo Qi behind him, he still walked up to the foreign girl without saying anything. Lin Zi lowered his head and stared at the foreign girl for a long time, seeing her dazed eyes, Lin Zi grabbed her hand and walked out of the cemetery.Unexpectedly, the foreign girl shook Lin Zi's hand violently, and she said, "Be careful, there is a cliff ahead!" After hearing this, Lin Zi was confused. There was clearly a small slope and scattered graves in front of him. Where did the cliff come from?However, after thinking about it, Lin Zi's brain exploded. He turned to Charles and asked, "Your wife can speak Chinese?" Charles didn't quite understand, showing a puzzled look on his face.Seeing this, the translator hurried forward to translate it again. After hearing this, Charles shook his head and explained the situation to the translator. "This is the first time his wife has come to China, and she has never learned Chinese before." said the interpreter. "Then..." Lin Zi panicked. Is it a ghost hitting a wall?Lin Zi quickly made this assumption in his heart.He walked over again, and tried to drag the foreign girl out again, but the foreign girl shook off his hand again and said, "Are you trying to kill my old lady? You don't even know who my old lady is, Zhang Who dares to provoke me in the village?" "Zhangjiacun?" The interpreter listened and became thoughtful. "What's the matter, do you know this family village?" Zhang Qi asked. The translator nodded and said, "Some time ago, an archaeological team came here. There were a few foreigners in it, and I was the translator. They came here to inspect Zhangjia Village." "so what?" "How? The strange thing is that in the Song Dynasty, a strange thing happened in this place. The entire village of Zhangjia Village disappeared overnight, and the houses were all empty. After that, few people came to this place. However, due to the beautiful scenery in the past two years, a small number of tourists have come to the mountain. The last time the archaeological team came up, they dug out a lot of bones from the ground, and they may have been buried here. I have been up two times times, but every time I come here, I go to the foot of the mountain by car, so once I deviate from the road, I can't find the north." The translator's words made several people's eyes widen. Charles was very anxious and winked at Lin Zi, telling him to solve it quickly. Lin Zi carefully looked at the surrounding terrain, and found that right in front of the grave mound, there was a grave bag obliquely. The position of the grave was originally intended to be aligned with the mountain in front, forming a shape of a golden elephant sitting in the town, but unexpectedly It was buried a little crookedly, and buried in an evil position. It seems that this grave mound is at work. Lin Zi touched the cloth bag on his body, took out two wooden chopsticks from inside, and handed them to Zhang Qi outside the grave: "Go quickly, put these two wooden chopsticks crosswise on the grave in front, straighten it, the more straight it is The better!" Zhang Qi took the two wooden chopsticks, which were heavy and made of gloomy wood.According to Lin Zi's instructions, he stepped forward to set up the two chopsticks, and then he heard the foreign girl yelling, as if she was in great pain. Lin Zi stepped forward again, grabbed Yang Niu'er's hand, and pulled it out hard.The foreign girl struggled out of Lin Zi's hands, and squatted on the ground with her head in her arms.Seeing this, Charles wanted to come forward to save her, but Lin Zi stretched out his hand and blocked him from the outside.Lin Zi continued to pull her, seeing that she was still unwilling to leave, he took two steps forward, pouted his mouth, and spat hard on the foreign girl's face.Finally, the foreign girl slumped down on the ground. Sitting on the cemetery, Yang Niu slowly raised her head, looked at the woods, then at Charles, and burst into tears. Charles hurried forward to hug her and comforted her for a long time.After his wife regained consciousness, Charles turned his head and said a long series of words to several people.The translator came forward to explain: "Lieutenant Charles said that he invited you to the naval camp as guests, and he will treat a few of you well." Lin Zi didn't even think about it, so he directly rejected him: "I'm sorry, we are rushing to our relatives' house, and we will find a way out at dawn." The translator smiled and said, "You'd better agree to this foreigner's invitation, otherwise everyone will have a hard time." Seeing this, the policeman also stepped up and said, "Go, you saved this foreigner's wife, and he will entertain you well. This way, we can do business easily." As he spoke, the policeman touched his gun again. In desperation, Lin Zi had no choice but to agree. After Grandpa finished speaking, the sky had already brightened.Several people fell asleep hastily, and they were woken up by Yu Guangcai in less than an hour. "Let's go, it's time to go." Yu Guangcai said. "Why? Aren't they enshrined by foreigners in their naval camp?" Grandpa asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes. "Did you read the letter yesterday?" Grandpa nodded: "I saw it." While changing his shoes, Yu Guangcai said, "Then you must have not finished watching." After hearing this, Grandpa hurried forward and took the letter paper over again. After flipping through it twice, he found that there were still a lot of words on the back of the last piece of paper.He shook his head and finished the page as fast as he could. At this moment, his brows were deeply frowned. "Hurry up, it's a matter of life and death!" Grandpa began to quickly pack his clothes as he said.
Zeng Yingui and Li Wei were dragged out of bed by their grandfather without knowing it at all. Seeing that they were in such a hurry, they asked the reason puzzledly while quickly packing up the package. After waiting for several people to go out on the road, Zeng Yingui finally came to his senses. He asked, "Junzhi, aren't Linzi and the others all right? Why do we have to go there? We brought all the guys with us." "A strange thing happened. If we don't go, Lin Zi and the others' lives will be in danger." Grandpa said solemnly. Li Wei asked back: "Life is in danger? Is there still time to write letters in case of life-threatening?" "Yes, so much nonsense!" Zeng Yingui began to add fuel and vinegar. "It's like this. I read the letter sent by Lin Zi yesterday. I saw a paragraph missing. On the back of the last letter paper, there is still a page full of words, and the content on it is the real key." Grandpa said. "Oh? What did you say?" Li Wei asked. "Didn't the letter I read to you say that they couldn't refuse the foreigner's invitation and went to the foreigner's naval barracks? After going to the naval barracks, a strange thing happened." Grandpa pretended to be mysterious. Zeng Yingui became a little impatient: "You're never finished, tell me quickly, I'm dying of anxiety." Grandpa took a look at him, then got into the topic directly, and began to tell them what was on the last page. After dawn the next day, Lin Zi, Zhang Qi, and Luo Qi followed the interpreter around the mountain for a while before finding the way out.When they came to the navy barracks, all three of them opened their mouths wide open, very surprised.That row of buildings is obviously different from ours in China, with a round roof and a few large pillars supporting the white brick building, which looks very delicate. At the door of the big house, there were two soldiers standing straight.They followed a few people into the mansion, and Charles took his wife to visit the captain named Balk.Unexpectedly, not long after the two entered the door, they went out and called Lin Zi into Balke's office.The office is very big, similar to the courtyard of Yu Guangcai's house.In the entire office, there were only Charles and Captain Balck.As soon as Lin Zi entered the door, Captain Balck began to chat with Lin Zi. He must have been in China for some time, and Lin Zi could barely understand the crappy Chinese. Captain Balck greeted Lin Zi for a while, and said, "I personally thank you very much for saving Lieutenant Charles' wife on the mountain. He told me about your experience last night. I admire you very much." For some reason, Lin Zi felt uncomfortable when he saw the two foreigners in front of him.He said coldly: "It's not a big problem for ghosts to hit the wall. Anyone who knows a little about traditional Chinese culture should know how to crack it. It's not surprising." "Not surprising? I really appreciate your words. Although you are just an ordinary person in China, you have the courage of a soldier. You are arrogant and straightforward enough." Captain Balk smiled. "Sorry, I hate people who beat around the bush." Lin Zi said. Captain Balck stood up from the bright leather chair and said, "Well, let's get straight to the point. I want to ask Mr. Lin to stay in our navy barracks and do something for us." When Lin Zi heard this, he was both surprised and ridiculous: "I'm sorry, although I, Lin Zi, don't have any lofty ambitions in my life, I only have one principle, and I only do things for the Chinese." "This statement is wrong. This statement is wrong. If you help us, you are helping you Chinese yourself. We can turn China into an industrial country and a powerful country. You Chinese hate our original coalition forces, but you should Think about it carefully, what allows us to enter China smoothly, and even go deep into the hinterland of China, apart from our strong ships and guns, what is more important is the corruption of your rulers!" Although Captain Balker's words are correct, But when such words were spoken from an invader, it was somewhat resentful. After hearing this, Lin Zi didn't argue with him anymore, but just looked at him silently. Captain Balk sat back again, and he said: "In this case, I can only say this, it doesn't matter if you don't want to do things for us, but now I am facing a big problem, this problem may kill me, I know you It will definitely help me out." Lin Zi still looked at him coldly, without speaking. Balk snorted and became angry: "Hmph, if you still refuse to agree, then I'm sorry, you and your friends don't even think about getting out of this naval barracks." What he said made Lin Zi worry unavoidably, after thinking for a long time, he asked, "What exactly do you want me to do?" Balck winked and told Charles to leave the office first.After Charles left, Balk walked up to Lin Zi, stretched out his hand and untied his belt, and then took off his military uniform.When he showed his naked body in front of Lin Zi, Lin Zi was frightened and his face turned livid. Lin Zi has traveled here and there with the mourning band for so many years, and he is also the most learned among Yu Guangcai's apprentices, but he has never seen such a terrifying scene.The body of Captain Balck, the leader of the army, was covered with green hair from the chest down.That kind of hair was like fluffy grass, covering his whole body, even spreading towards his arms and thighs. "Hey, what's going on here?" Lin Zi was frightened by his appearance and stuttered. Balke put on the clothes, buttoned them up, and said, "I've asked many doctors. Neither our western medicine nor your Chinese medicine can understand." "Could it be that you are stained with something?" Lin Zi asked. Balk nodded and said, "I think so too. I have sent people to look for quite a few mages, and they all said that they have never seen this thing before, and they don't know what's going on." "Then what do you want me to do?" Lin Zi asked. "What else can I do? Help me cure it!" Balk sat back on the chair, he took a deep breath, his tone seemed to be pleading, "I am really in pain every day, if I don't cure it, I know I don't have much time to live." "You have to tell me first, how did you get this thing on your body." Lin Zi asked. When Balk heard this question, he hesitated to speak, and finally said: "That means you have nothing to do? Well, all three of you don't leave. When I die, you will be buried with me." That night, Lin Zi and others were detained in the navy barracks. Although they had food and drink, it felt like they were in prison.Lin Zi thought carefully about the green hair on Captain Balck's body, but couldn't come to a conclusion.As time passed day by day, Balk seemed to have made up his mind that if he couldn't cure his illness, he wouldn't let the three of them go.Moreover, Lin Zi also heard with his own ears that Balk ordered his subordinates that if something happened to him one day, he would drag the three of them to be buried with him.Seeing that Balk's condition is getting worse and worse, if he can't be cured, the three of them will die.In desperation, Lin Zi wrote this distress letter to Yu Guangcai. He carefully recalled the cause and effect, for fear of missing any details. After hearing this, Li Wei and Zeng Yingui were both stunned. Li Wei said, "How can such a thing happen?" Zeng Yingui couldn't understand even more, so he asked Yu Guangcai: "Master, have you ever encountered such a situation after traveling all these years?" Yu Guangcai shook his head and said: "This is very strange. In my opinion, this foreigner must have done something strange and caused dirty things, but I haven't heard of any dirty things that make people grow hairy." "Okay, let's go, try to get there as quickly as possible, if the captain of the Basque dies before we arrive, it will be really troublesome." Grandpa said. Yu Guangcai agreed with his grandfather's opinion and quickened his pace of walking.
The naval barracks for foreigners is located in the south of the main city. The entire row of streets has been completely westernized, and the building structure has no Chinese flavor at all. When you arrive here, you will have the illusion of being born in a foreign country.After this illusion, you will have a kind of anxiety, which is what everyone will have when they go to a completely strange place. After inquiring all the way, Yu Guangcai finally found the French navy barracks with a few people.From a long distance away, I saw Zhang Qi standing on the white western-style building, waving at several people. At this time, the sky had already darkened, and at dusk, the setting sun shone from the other side of the street, dyeing the whole street golden. Yu Guangcai explained his identity to the sentries, and followed one of them into the naval barracks.Inside the ancient European-style exterior wall, there is also a gate with a very ancient Chinese flavor, with a few large characters written on it-Grand French Navy Barracks.There are emerald green ivy wrapped around the gate, which looks very stylish in the afterglow of the setting sun. Zhang Qi and Lin Zi came out before they had fully entered the gate. Judging from their expressions, they were already waiting for Yu Guangcai impatiently. "Master, you are finally here!" Lin Zi said. Yu Guangcai forced a smile, followed Lin Zi and walked inside, asking, "How is the situation now?" "It's much more complicated than what I described in my letter before. We don't have many days left. If we don't find a way to cure the navy captain as soon as possible, then maybe we will all accompany him into the coffin." Lin Zi took a deep breath , "That's why I hesitated for a long time before writing that letter. I was afraid that I would recruit you and hurt everyone." Li Wei stretched out his hand to stop his words: "Junior brother, what you said is wrong, we all came out of the same school, no matter what, we can be regarded as brothers, brothers are in trouble, how can we sit idly by?" With that said, several people walked to the door of the room on the second floor.Lin Zi stretched out her hand and opened the door, only to see Luo Qi staying inside, seeing Yu Guangcai and the others, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, she hurried forward to greet her. "Stop being courteous! This is all your fault. If you hadn't insisted on visiting some relatives, everyone wouldn't have been imprisoned in some kind of navy barracks for no reason!" Zeng Yingui said nothing when he saw Luo Qi. It's a good day. Luo Qi, who would usually become enthusiastic when she quarreled with Zeng Yingui, lowered her head in embarrassment when he said this this time.She hesitated twice, but did not speak. "Okay, don't blame her, how could she expect such a thing to happen?" Grandpa stepped forward to help Luo Qi. Yu Guangcai sat down at the table in that room and said, "Lin Zi, tell us what happened after that letter was sent out?" "Yeah." Lin Zi also sat down, "That day, I asked the interpreter to take this letter out and then went back to the room. It was also in the afternoon, and we waited for the servants here to bring food, so we stayed In the room. At that time, I felt very strange, thinking what happened today, why didn’t this Captain Balk come to see me? Just waited until it was completely dark, and we were bored sitting, so we sent Luo Qi back I went to rest in the room, but on my way back, I found something weird in the wooden floor corridor on the second floor." "What's weird?" Li Wei asked. Lin Zi glanced at him and said, "I smelled a strange smell, which is very smelly. Based on my experience, I can judge that it is the smell of corpses. Smelling that smell, I can even imagine a The appearance of the rotten flesh. At that time, I felt a little scared. You said that such a large naval barracks might contain some innocent people. Somewhere in this barracks. As I followed the smell slowly towards the other side of the corridor, I was sure that the smell came from the room at the end of the corridor, and that room , it is the room of Captain Balck!" "What? He's dead?" Zeng Yingui was a little surprised. "I thought so too at first. I thought to myself, no wonder this foreign devil didn't come to find me alone this day. Is he dead? But if he died, wouldn't it mean that the rest of us wouldn't live long? I started to have conflicts in my heart. But Thinking about it, I felt wrong again, think about it, I only saw him the day before that, even if he walked away from the moment I left his room yesterday, it wouldn't be such a day Is there such a serious corpse smell? With this question in mind, I walked towards the room at the end of the corridor step by step. That night, the entire navy barracks was very quiet. When I walked to the door of the room, there was The door suddenly opened with a creak, and Charles came out, he waved his hand before his nose, and then he noticed me, and hurriedly closed the door." "It couldn't be that he killed the captain and seized the power himself?" Zeng Yingui speculated. Lin Zi shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. The moment he opened the door, I smelled a more intense smell of corpses. Charles asked me sharply, but I didn't understand what it meant, so I just Pointing to Balk's room. Charles said in broken Chinese: "It's none of your business, go black." He was telling me to go back. I thought about it, then turned and went back to the room. I didn't fall asleep that whole night ..." "Huh? Why didn't I know about this?" Zhang Qi asked. Luo Qi stepped forward and said, "If I let you know, I won't let you go around and ask me half dead. Your curiosity is very likely to kill people." Lin Zi nodded and smiled slightly: "Besides, you were already asleep when I came back, so I didn't say much. Until the next day, when I couldn't figure it out, I went to Balk to make sure he was still alive. He is still alive, and I also want to see his condition. But when I walked into Balke's room, I found that he was the same as before, still alive and well, but the green hair on his body had spread to the back of his hand .”
After listening to Lin Zi's words, Grandpa's heart hung in his throat. He stepped forward and asked, "So strange? Could it be that the corpse stench you smelled came from him?" "This question crawled like a worm in my heart. Finally, I couldn't help telling Balck the whole story of last night. After he heard it, he also frowned. After thinking for a while, he told me I found out the cause of this matter." Lin Zi took a sip of tea and continued, "It turns out that Balck went to bed very early that night because he had to attend an event early the next morning. That night, he was lying on the bed, just about to fall asleep When he was young, he had a dream. In the dream was a vast ocean. He stood on the deck and floated, but he felt that something was wrong. He smelled a bad smell, which was very strange. Thick, even the salty sea breeze didn't blow it away. Balk got anxious and ordered people to look around. As a result, everyone searched all the places on the ship but couldn't find the source of the corpse smell. Guess what? , Where is the source of the corpse smell?" Everyone shook their heads, staring at Lin Zi intently, expecting the truth from his mouth. "The source of the corpse smell is under the bow, that is, the bottom of the boat. There is a corpse whose head is hooked by that iron hook!" Lin Zi's words shocked everyone. After a long time, Grandpa asked, "But this is just a dream of Balk. What happens after he wakes up? Doesn't the smell of corpses in his dream extend to reality?" ?” "Hehe, you were right. When he woke up, he did smell a strong stench of corpses in the room. He searched and searched for a long time, and finally found the corpse in the room. The source of the smell is on him!" Lin Zi said coldly. "On him? Isn't he... a living person? How could there be a corpse smell?" Li Wei's eyes widened. “这就是问题的关键，不光这样，从那天之后，一到了晚上，巴尔克身上就会散发出那阵恶臭，好像什么动物的尸体被蛆虫啃咬，在草丛深处散发出来的一样。之前不相信，一天晚上，我就去了巴尔克的卧房，真的闻到了那股奇臭无比的尸臭味，而那味道的的确确就是从巴尔克的身上散发出来的。”林子长叹了一口气，说，“这阵臭味奇怪的是只在夜晚散发出来，巴尔克和我们不一样，如果我闻不惯，我可以躲远一点儿，而那尸臭就是从他身体里散发出来的，除非他死了，或者没有了嗅觉，不然他怎么也躲不了。这样，他开始失眠，然后想尽一切办法，比如把自己泡在浴缸里，比如在自己身上涂满香料。可这种治标不治本的做法，根本起不了什么作用。巴尔克就开始天天盼着天亮，他的生活变得昼夜颠倒，晚上办公，白天睡觉，每天都不会客。” 听了林子的话，喻广财低下头去，沉思了起来。 “妈的，这事儿还真是有点儿怪啊，活人身上散发尸臭，还都是在晚上！” “还有他身上长出来的绿毛。” “对了，之前林子你来的信里提到，你问起那巴尔克身上的绿毛是怎么来的时候，他有些欲言又止，也就是说，这中间肯定是有原因的，说不定这就是治病的关键。”曾银贵的严密逻辑在这时候起了作用。 “这其中肯定是有什么隐情。”林子也很赞同。 正在这时，楼底下发出一阵人声，几人推门到长廊上一看，只见有几人抬着两口棺材走进了那水师兵营中。 “哦，本来洋人的驻军早在多年前就撤出了中国，在重庆，这批法国人算是例外。在以前重庆开埠的时候，第一批进来的就是法国和美国的传教士，到了中国之后，他们大部分修建教堂传教，剩下的做一些生意，在重庆已经扎了根。这法国水师兵营，现在在这边就是负责管理他们的日常活动，不再像以前那样欺压我们，所以也得到认可。昨天有几个法国兵乘坐大船沿着长江回国，没想到在长江下游出事了，这两口棺材就是为他们准备的。”林子解释道。 几人说罢，那个翻译从楼下上来。估计也是听到了几人的谈话，他幽幽叹了一句：“现在西洋人倒是没有什么可怕的了，真正对我们有威胁的可是日本人，东洋鬼子们现在就在北方虎视眈眈了。” “这些可恶的贼娃子，要是被我看见，我一定会见一个杀一个的！”林子愤然说道。 翻译笑了笑，给几人分配好了房间。李伟和曾银贵一间，爷爷和喻广财一间，都在二楼。 回了房间之后，爷爷和喻广财都难以入眠。 “师傅，依你看，这事儿是怎么回事儿？”爷爷问道。 喻广财说：“这肯定是招了什么污秽，记得很久以前，我听过南洋那边的一件怪事，倒是跟这事儿有点儿相像，不过这都是道听途说，我也不能就此下结论。” “哦？说来听听。” 清朝中期，有一帮贩卖丝绸的商人坐船下南洋，在海上遇到风浪，大船被迫停在了一个孤岛边。在这个孤岛上这些人遇到了一个老人，这个老人满脸皱纹，蓄着长发，大家都分不清这老人是男是女。老人住在岛上最大的几棵大树中间，房上盖着严密的枝干。几人进了老人的房间，房间里挂着很多骨头，吓住了几人。这帮人中有个女人，心地善良，看着老人的生活非常窘迫，她将大船上的食物分了一些给老人。刚开始的时候大家都没有说什么，可时间一天天过去，根本就没有一艘船经过这座孤岛。而几人带来的食物也一点点减少，他们开始反对给那个老人东西吃，并且开始偷偷地把食物藏在远处的山林里，或者藏在石缝中。直到一天，带来的食物终于吃完了。女人饥饿难忍，她的丈夫将她带到了自己偷藏食物的小山洞中，从里面取出装食物的包裹，可两人打开那个包裹之后，被吓住了，食物全部变成了土灰。两人百思不得其解，只好返回老人的草棚之中。谁知刚一进去，就看见几人都在抢夺老人存下来的水果。女人想要阻止，可在这种情况下，女人怎么能争得过几个五大三粗的男人。老人的食物被抢光了，还被从那草棚之中赶了出来。女人非常心疼，就跟着老人来到了海边。老人什么也没有说，把自己身上最后一个果子给了女人。女人不忍心要，就分了一半给了老人。那晚，女人在海边睡着了，等她醒来之后，发现老人不见了。她重新回到那个草棚之中，看见几个男人还在睡觉，可奇怪的是，女人竟然在他们的脸上发现了斑痕，女人学过医，认出了那种斑痕。 “那是什么斑？” “尸斑。”喻广财冷冷地回答。 爷爷张大了嘴巴，又问：“那后来怎么样？” “后来，这几个男人都死在了岛上，连皮肉都没有留下，只有一堆骨头。而那女人在吃过那半个果子之后，竟然一直都没有饿过。三天之后，来了一艘大船，女人获救了。” “一个长绿毛，一个长尸斑，难道都是遭的同一种污秽？”爷爷问道。 喻广财想了想，说：“不如我们去找那个上尉瞧瞧？” Grandpa nodded. 两人刚一推门出来，就看到二楼另一端走廊的尽头，也就是巴尔克的房门口，此刻站了不少的人。两人赶紧上前去，听到那翻译说：“上尉不见了！” 翻译带着人几乎把整个水师兵营翻了个底儿朝天，都没有发现巴尔克上尉的踪迹。最后，几人围在了今天才抬回来的两口棺材边。翻译看了看喻广财，喻广财朝他点点头，这才命人将其中一口棺材板掀开，里面是空的。 他想都没想，又叫人去掀第二口棺材。见到那幅景象，大家的脸都白了，巴尔克上尉正一动不动地躺在棺材里，他双手交叠在腹部，脸上有淡淡的笑容。喻广财俯下身去，听了听，直起身子来说：“放心，他还活着，只是睡着了。”
那天晚上，爷爷的脑子里一直萦绕着那个身材高大浑身都长着绿毛的巴尔克。他那身上的毛软软的，像是发霉了一般。而且最关键的是，根据林子的说法，在此之前，他每晚身上都会散发出尸臭，导致他无法入眠。而他为什么会跑进那口棺材里呢？跑进棺材里怎么那尸臭味就没有了呢？ 爷爷的脑子里乱成一团麻，一直撑到天色麻麻亮，他才睡了过去。 睡了差不多一个时辰，爷爷从睡梦中睁开眼睛，听到耳边传来有人喘粗气的声音，和着喊叫声，显得非常兴奋。 喻广财不知道什么时候已经醒了过来，他背着双手站在床边，目不转睛地看着窗外。 “师傅，你这么早就醒了？是谁在外面啊？”爷爷问道。 喻广财侧过脸来，笑了笑说：“你过来看看。” 爷爷翻身下床，走到喻广财的边上，顺着喻广财手指的方向看过去，只见水师上尉巴尔克此刻正在楼下的院子里，不停地练着拳脚，看样子非常精神。 “看来他昨天晚上睡得很好啊。”爷爷笑着说。 喻广财点了点头，说：“这事儿越来越怪了，活生生的人身上发出尸臭，还全身长满了绿毛，不入棺材无法入眠，这简直就是一个活着的尸怪啊。” 爷爷听了，说：“看来今天，我们真的有必要再去问问那个巴尔克，他到底是什么情况。” “这个是必须的。”喻广财说着，扭头道，“这样，我们先整理好，等会吃过了早饭就去找他，我总觉得这不是什么好兆头。” 说完，两人很快地整理好衣物，正要出门，李伟和曾银贵就敲门进来了。 “不像是好事儿啊。”一进门，李伟就这样感叹了一句。 喻广财笑着反问：“你也看出来了？” “进了棺材睡了好觉，第二天就精力充沛，这本来就很反常嘛。”曾银贵说着，一脸的自信。 “这还是去看看巴尔克的情况才能知道，走吧。” 听了喻广财的话，几人都出了房门。 在兵营的底楼，有一个宽阔的大厅，在大厅的右侧就是进早餐的地方。那里摆放着许多铁锅，与中国的本土的铁锅不同，他们的锅盖是用推的，每一口锅里都装着不同的食物，有米粥、牛奶和豆浆，在那几口大锅的最后面，还摆放着两个盘子，里面盛满了油条、面包、馒头和包子。 “自助餐，各位喜欢吃什么就拿什么。”身后传来翻译的声音，几人回头过去，只见他端着一个餐盘吃得正尽兴。 几人按照他的说法，取了自己喜欢吃的东西，然后在他身边坐下来。 “今儿个你们是有福了，巴尔克上尉心情特别好。”翻译的嘴里还含着食物，说话有些含糊。 “翻译大哥说得没错，我来这儿这么多天了，今天是最丰盛的。” 张七的声音从身后面传来，大家都没有注意到他是什么时候钻进人堆里的，纷纷侧眼望着他，只见他的餐盘里放满了食物，油条三根、包子两个、面包两个，还有一大杯牛奶。 “你们看着我干吗？赶紧吃啊。”张七有些不解。 “我还真没发现，你的饭量比猪还大。”爷爷调侃了他一句。 张七斜着嘴说：“嘁，一看你就是穷惯了，我拿了这么多，又没有说非要吃完，一样吃一口，都尝尝呗。” 他的话音刚落，翻译就接了过去说：“小子，你完了，你知不知道洋人虽然不缺这点儿钱，可他们是最讨厌铺张浪费的，你要是今天早上没有吃完，那中午就没饭吃。” "what?" 翻译的话把大家都逗笑了，只有张七看着面前堆积如山的食物，一脸的尴尬。 吃过了早饭，在翻译的带领下，几人来到了上尉巴尔克的办公室。此时，他正在埋头工作，看样子非常兴奋。 “哦！你们来了，我昨天听说你们来了兵营，对不起，没有去迎接你们。” 对于巴尔克的客套，几人倒是没有特别惊讶，一个人在心情好的时候，对任何人都是热情备至的。 喻广财马上挤出一个笑脸来，躬身说道：“巴尔克上尉，很不好意思，我的三个徒弟在这里麻烦了你这么久，抱歉抱歉。” “你客气了，我们这里也有很多招待不周的地方，不过等我病好了，我带你们去城里好好玩玩。”巴尔克上尉说到最后两个字的时候，嘴角浮现出一个略带邪气的笑容。 “我们言归正传吧，今天我看上尉的气色不错啊。”喻广财说。 巴尔克听了，大笑了两声：“我很久没有听到别人夸我这句话了。” “那巴尔克上尉还记不记得你是怎么睡进棺材里的呢？” 喻广财的问题让巴尔克十分惊讶，他瞪大了眼睛说：“你们，都知道我在棺材里过了一夜？” “呵呵，是的，看来你的确睡得很香。” 巴尔克坐在那把皮椅上，想了想，说：“昨天，天色刚黑，我回到房间里，把自己裹得死死的，我讨厌那股气味，更讨厌被别人闻到。可就在我做好了一切准备的时候，我听到了楼下的一阵骚乱。我推开门一看，竟然是两口棺材。我知道前两天有两个士兵回国，船触礁死在长江边的事情，也没有去多问。可也不知道是怎么回事儿，当看到那两口棺材的时候，我竟然莫名其妙地心动了，我很想马上冲下楼去，钻进那两口棺材里。不过你们也应该体会得到，那将会有多丢脸。等到他们将那两口棺材放进了地窖里，退出兵营之后，我终于忍不住下了楼。查尔斯本来说要过来给我送文件，好让我晚上批阅的，可我真的等不及了，也就下了楼，拿了地窖的钥匙，钻进了棺材里。” “想进棺材？”李伟急忙问道，不过话音一落，他就感觉到这样说有些不妥，顺势避开了巴尔克的目光。 “能不能麻烦你把衣服脱一下，我想看看你身上的……伤势。”说到最后两字的时候，喻广财故意顿了顿。 “那我先出去吧。”罗琪听到，转身走出了办公室。 巴尔克看了看几人，然后解开了衣服上的纽扣。他身上的那些毛渐渐显露在几人的面前，可当他把衣裤脱到脚底的时候，大家都被吓住了。 “你不是说他身上的毛是绿色的吗？”喻广财厉声问道。 林子也很是纳闷：“对呀，之前他给我看的时候明明是绿色的，怎么会这样？” 巴尔克听了，连忙低头下去，只见他脚部的毛都变成了红色，那红色就好像海水一般，从他的脚底渐渐席卷上来，似乎要蔓延到他的脖子上才肯罢休。 “哦，上帝啊，怎么会变成这样？它们不是绿色的吗？”巴尔克也非常不解，“早上我穿衣服的时候它们都还是绿色的！” 喻广财沉思了两秒，他扭头问道：“你们还记不记得丧尸的变化过程？” “绿毛，红毛和五彩的毛，一般绿毛是初级的，以此类推，如果变成五彩的，那是最难对付的。”李伟回答完，一脸惊讶地看着喻广财，“你不会是说上尉身上这……和丧尸是一样的吧？”
听了这个疑问，喻广财既没有点头肯定也没有摇头否定，他抿起嘴巴，许久才反问了一句：“你有听说过活生生的丧尸吗？” 李伟摇了摇头，这话茬子倒是被曾银贵接了过去：“莫非，莫非上尉已经死了？” “你可真有意思，我要是死了，怎么能够跟你对话呢？”巴尔克说道。 曾银贵听了，只好住了嘴。 “我倒是有个办法可以试验一下。”喻广财盘手说道。 “什么办法？”巴尔克追问。 喻广财在布袋里翻了一阵，从里面取出了两根银针来，说：“如果上尉同意的话，那我们可以先试试。” 巴尔克有些茫然地看着喻广财，一边脱身上的衣服，一边问道：“如果我真的和你们说的丧尸一样，那怎么办？” “呵呵，那可就麻烦了，通常我只能对付绿毛的丧尸。” 说着，喻广财将银针在一个泥土色的瓶子里沾了一沾，然后弯腰对准了巴尔克的脚踝。他说：“来了啊，上尉忍住。” 未等巴尔克反应过来，他将银针稳稳地扎了上去。只听见巴尔克惊叫了一声，然后连忙低头去看。在那两根银针在他的脚踝处扎稳之后，那阵刺痛感便消失了，这时，只见喻广财从布袋里又掏出了一把小刀，朝着巴尔克的脚底伸了过去。 他急忙问：“你要干什么？！” “上尉请忍耐一下。”说着，喻广财侧着小刀，利索地割了上去。 就在那小刀的刀尖刺进巴尔克的皮肉的时候，从他的脚底溅出一股暗红色的血液来。那股血液从他的脚底喷出，将那个原本奶白色的桌腿染成了暗红色。 “怎么是黑的？”张七惊叹不已。 喻广财从地上收身起来，把小刀在准备好的布条上擦了擦，然后放回了那布袋之中。 “妈的，这个是什么？！”巴尔克上尉对自己身体里喷出的血液很是诧异，大骂了一声之后，他扭转头来问喻广财，“怎么变成了黑色的？” 喻广财看了他一眼，冷冷地说：“不是黑色的，是暗红色的，你的身体已经开始变质了。” “变质？你是说我的身体，已经开始腐烂了？”巴尔克难以置信地叫道。 “对的，如果不赶紧治疗，你必死无疑。”喻广财说。 巴尔克有些怒了，一把拽住他的衣领：“那你还不赶紧救我，我要是死了，你们全部都得陪葬！” 喻广财轻轻地拨开他的手，说：“你冷静一下，目前根据你的这些身体现状，我实在是没有办法，不过……” “不过什么？快说！” “不过，如果你愿意把你如何染上这些污秽，在什么地方染上这些污秽都告诉我，可能我们能就其本源，想出解决的对策。” 巴尔克一听到喻广财的这话，就立马噤声，坐在皮椅上思考了一阵。他抬起头来说：“你们先回房间吧，让我想想。” 听了巴尔克的话，喻广财转过身来招呼几个徒弟退出了他的办公室，在回头去关门的时候，他还补充了一句：“对了上尉，我提醒你一句，你身上的病最好快些治疗，根据我的判断，如果再拖下去，应该过不了一个星期，还有，你最好不要再去睡棺材了。” 说完，喻广财就退出了巴尔克的办公室。 来到喻广财和爷爷的房间，林子转身把门关上。他回转头来，问喻广财：“师傅，你这么做会不会加速恶化他身上的病情？” 曾银贵问：“师傅又没把他怎么着，不过就是给他查看了一下病情嘛。” 李伟笑着走上前来，说：“你错了，刚才你看到的巴尔克身体里喷出来的暗红色的血不是他自身就有的，而是师傅拿出来的那两根针造成的。那两根针扎在心脏以下的任何部位，只要过一小会儿，你随便割开一个部位，那血都会喷溅而出，而且都会变成暗色的，时间越久就越暗，暗红色、黑色，到最后甚至会凝固。” “那不就死了？”曾银贵问。 李伟点点头。 “那这么做有什么用？又不能治他的病。”曾银贵翻了一个白眼。 “这个你就不懂了，刚才我们从巴尔克办公室出来的时候，你就没有留意巴尔克的表情？”李伟反问道。 林子说：“我估计他是撑不了多久了。” “我也是没有办法，不这样破釜沉舟我们是不可能找到他染病的根源，如果不那样，我们根本就找不到治疗他的方法。”喻广财叹了一口气说，“你们别想了，坐下来先等等吧，如果他来了，原原本本地告诉了我们事情的始末，应该可以找到破解的办法。” 喻广财的话音一落下，大家都没有吱声。过了差不多十分钟，翻译来敲门，说巴尔克上尉有请。 几人对望了一眼，纷纷迫不及待地出了门朝着巴尔克的办公室走去。
走进办公室门的时候，巴尔克瞥了几人一眼，就扭转头去。喻广财笑了笑，说：“看来上尉已经考虑清楚了。” 巴尔克点点头，说：“只要喻先生可以救我。” “至少现在是有点儿希望了，你说说吧。”喻广财伸了伸手，做了个有请的手势。 巴尔克看了看喻广财的身后，说：“你能不能让你的几位高徒先出去一下，这个事情我不想让太多人知道。” 喻广财听了，扭头看了看身后站着的几人。在李伟的招呼之下，几人都慢慢退了出去，只有那个好事的张七，还向喻广财伸手，双手死死地拽住喻广财的椅子，不肯离去。爷爷看了看他，一阵猛拽，将他生生拖了出去。 等几人退出了房门，张七没好气地甩开爷爷的手：“你小子能不能什么时候别跟我唱反调啊？” 爷爷笑了笑：“我也只能跟你唱反调，你瞧瞧你这身子骨，生下来就是被我欺负的，哈哈。” “你那么开心干吗？”张七问。 “你不开心吗？马上就要知道那个洋人到底做了什么缺德事了？”爷爷说。 张七瘪了瘪嘴，有点儿怨恨地说：“要是你让我留在里面，我可以第一时间跟你们透露消息呀，真是个蠢蛋！” “你问问大伙同不同意？”爷爷朝他动了动眉毛。 张七看向几人，曾银贵第一个上前来：“就属你嘴大，你要是留下了，我也要留下！” “看见了吧？”爷爷得意地笑着。 “不是，你为什么呀？师傅不还在里面吗？你怎么不留下？”张七不解。 “你……这是一个档次的吗？”曾银贵露出一副不屑的表情。 爷爷见状，上前来安慰道：“行了行了，老张，要不你跟我们说说那天晚上你们在那个破屋里发生的事情吧。” 一听这话，张七就忘了要进门听巴尔克内幕的事情，手舞足蹈地说唱起来：“话说当日，我与林子、罗琪二人上了那不知道什么名的山，原本以为顺着那条羊肠小道一直走，就能翻过山走进城中心去，可不料走着走着，我们就在山上迷了路。当时，天上下起了大雨，天也渐渐黑了下来。我们三人走啊走……” “喂喂，你怎么把那个细节给漏掉了？”罗琪插了一句。 “什么细节？什么细节都不重要，马上就要到精彩处了。”张七说。 “就是你一边走，一边埋怨人家林子带错路的细节！”罗琪歪着嘴挑着眉毛说。 林子听了，笑出声来，说：“呵呵，你也没好到哪儿去，还不是一样被他指着后颈窝指责。” 听到此处，张七不好意思地挠着脑袋，说：“我当时不是急了嘛。” “你就别狡辩了，继续往下说！”曾银贵说。 “话说……”张七想了想，继续说，“话说我们三人走着走着，就走到了一间破屋子前，那破屋的确是很破，可能就只有一半的屋顶能够遮雨，而且那屋顶上的瓦很有可能会随时掉落下来……” 从张七开始讲述以来，只要没人去打断他，他连气儿都舍不得歇一口，比早些年老家镇上说书的先生可要强多了。 在场的几人要么经历过这件事情，要么都从林子写来的长篇大论中了解了整件事情的经过，等张七再次说起的时候，自然是没了热情。几人都像是泄了气的皮球，有气无力地靠在一旁走廊上的栏杆边。 也不知道那张七到底讲了多久，爷爷感觉脚站得都有些软了，他在一旁的楼梯口坐了下来。只听见张七还在添油加醋地说：“只见这时，我脑子灵光一闪，就可以肯定那查尔斯夫人是遇到了什么污秽之物，搞不好还是鬼打墙，我正准备说出口，却被这林子抢了先，林子二话没说，冲进那坟地里……” “等一下，等一下，你又开始瞎扯了啊。”罗琪实在有些看不惯他的这个习惯，在打断他之后又问了一句，“这中间不是还有一个细节吗，你怎么把自己这么出彩的戏份都掐掉了呢？” 曾银贵只见罗琪的表情有些不怀好意，心里早猜到这其中肯定有张七的什么糗事，于是赶紧催问：“什么，什么，快说来听听？” 张七见状连忙就来了气，他嘟着嘴：“你到底是听还是不听啊？” 曾银贵笑了笑：“要听，不过要听原版的，你说不说，你不说我就让罗琪说了啊。” 此时，罗琪已经开始清着嗓子，准备一吐为快了。
"After reading it, go to rest early, take a nap, and then we will set off." Yu Guangcai said coldly behind him. The three of them nodded, and Li Wei said, "Come on, don't read it now, just read it quickly, and tell us after you finish reading it, I didn't expect this forest to be so nonsense." Grandpa nodded, then buried himself in his eyes. Li Wei and Zeng Yingui watched the expression on Grandpa's face change rapidly, and they were also made sleepless.After about ten minutes, Grandpa put down the letter paper in his hand, frowned and sighed, and said, "It seems that this matter is really not simple." "Tell us, what's going on?" Zeng Yingui held his grandfather's arm with both hands, like a beggar on the street, eager for alms from his grandfather. Grandpa yawned and said, "Looks like I won't be able to sleep tonight." After finishing speaking, Grandpa told the two about the strange things that Lin Zi, Zhang Qi and Luo Qi encountered in the suburbs of Chongqing that day. That night, after the foreigner named Charles entered the house, the police and the interpreter heard that Lin Zi was a master ghost hunter and escorted him out of the dilapidated house.It wasn't until that moment that Zhang Qi realized that although the policeman was superficially bragging with him and showed great contempt for the foreigner, when the foreigner encountered any problems, he would still stand by the foreigner's side. Under the leadership of the foreigners, several people walked towards the cemetery.It rained very hard that day, and it hit the faces of several people with a lot of pain.But at this time, the few people didn't care about the feeling on their faces at all. If they didn't know the truth of this matter, they would all be in trouble. From a distance, Lin Zi saw the foreigner's wife.Through the dense raindrops and the extremely weak light in the deep mountain, he saw a woman in a white dress spinning around on the hill a dozen meters away from us.Approaching slowly, he felt that the scene was very scary. The foreign girl kept stroking her hair with her fingers. The hair was the same as Charles's, and it was golden yellow. Her white skin just reflected the white skirt. In the dark mountain night, it is particularly conspicuous. "Hey, is that that?" the policeman asked and hid behind the translator. "Who else would it be?" The translator's lips trembled when he said this. The timid look of the two angered Charles. He turned his head and yelled at the two, probably reprimanding them.Neither of them said a word, they kept nodding along with the rhythm of his speech.After Charles finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the cemetery. Behind him, the policeman asked the interpreter, "What kind of bird language is this?" The interpreter said: "He is calling us both worthless and unworthy to work for their navy, and he also said that he will report this matter to Captain Balck after he returns." "What? You son of a bitch, if that's the case, our game will be over!" The policeman cursed behind him. At this time, several people had followed Charles to the edge of the cemetery unknowingly. Through the raindrops, Lin Zi could clearly see the appearance of that foreign girl.Her figure is bumpy, her long hair flows like waves around her waist, and her golden hair wraps her whole body, making her look very luxurious.Although the rain around him was loud, Lin Zi could still hear the woman whispering something. Charles turned his head and spoke a lot of foreign language to Lin Zi, but Lin Zi couldn't understand a single word.Lin Zi glanced at the translator: "What is he talking about?" The translator stood behind Charles, didn't hear his words clearly, and came forward to ask, but unexpectedly, Charles, who was already anxious to death, was enraged by him, and slapped the translator hard on the face , and then repeated his own words. After hearing this, the interpreter turned to Lin Zi and said, "Charles said, let you hurry up and rescue his wife, otherwise you will not be able to get out of Chongqing alive!" Hearing this, Lin Zi was very annoyed, and he couldn't figure out why it was the turn of this foreigner to point fingers at the land of the Chinese.But thinking of Zhang Qi and Luo Qi behind him, he still walked up to the foreign girl without saying anything. Lin Zi lowered his head and stared at the foreign girl for a long time, seeing her dazed eyes, Lin Zi grabbed her hand and walked out of the cemetery.Unexpectedly, the foreign girl shook Lin Zi's hand violently, and she said, "Be careful, there is a cliff ahead!" After hearing this, Lin Zi was confused. There was clearly a small slope and scattered graves in front of him. Where did the cliff come from?However, after thinking about it, Lin Zi's brain exploded. He turned to Charles and asked, "Your wife can speak Chinese?" Charles didn't quite understand, showing a puzzled look on his face.Seeing this, the translator hurried forward to translate it again. After hearing this, Charles shook his head and explained the situation to the translator. "This is the first time his wife has come to China, and she has never learned Chinese before." said the interpreter. "Then..." Lin Zi panicked. Is it a ghost hitting a wall?Lin Zi quickly made this assumption in his heart.He walked over again, and tried to drag the foreign girl out again, but the foreign girl shook off his hand again and said, "Are you trying to kill my old lady? You don't even know who my old lady is, Zhang Who dares to provoke me in the village?" "Zhangjiacun?" The interpreter listened and became thoughtful. "What's the matter, do you know this family village?" Zhang Qi asked. The translator nodded and said, "Some time ago, an archaeological team came here. There were a few foreigners in it, and I was the translator. They came here to inspect Zhangjia Village." "so what?" "How? The strange thing is that in the Song Dynasty, a strange thing happened in this place. The entire village of Zhangjia Village disappeared overnight, and the houses were all empty. After that, few people came to this place. However, due to the beautiful scenery in the past two years, a small number of tourists have come to the mountain. The last time the archaeological team came up, they dug out a lot of bones from the ground, and they may have been buried here. I have been up two times times, but every time I come here, I go to the foot of the mountain by car, so once I deviate from the road, I can't find the north." The translator's words made several people's eyes widen. Charles was very anxious and winked at Lin Zi, telling him to solve it quickly. Lin Zi carefully looked at the surrounding terrain, and found that right in front of the grave mound, there was a grave bag obliquely. The position of the grave was originally intended to be aligned with the mountain in front, forming a shape of a golden elephant sitting in the town, but unexpectedly It was buried a little crookedly, and buried in an evil position. It seems that this grave mound is at work. Lin Zi touched the cloth bag on his body, took out two wooden chopsticks from inside, and handed them to Zhang Qi outside the grave: "Go quickly, put these two wooden chopsticks crosswise on the grave in front, straighten it, the more straight it is The better!" Zhang Qi took the two wooden chopsticks, which were heavy and made of gloomy wood.According to Lin Zi's instructions, he stepped forward to set up the two chopsticks, and then he heard the foreign girl yelling, as if she was in great pain. Lin Zi stepped forward again, grabbed Yang Niu'er's hand, and pulled it out hard.The foreign girl struggled out of Lin Zi's hands, and squatted on the ground with her head in her arms.Seeing this, Charles wanted to come forward to save her, but Lin Zi stretched out his hand and blocked him from the outside.Lin Zi continued to pull her, seeing that she was still unwilling to leave, he took two steps forward, pouted his mouth, and spat hard on the foreign girl's face.Finally, the foreign girl slumped down on the ground. Sitting on the cemetery, Yang Niu slowly raised her head, looked at the woods, then at Charles, and burst into tears. Charles hurried forward to hug her and comforted her for a long time.After his wife regained consciousness, Charles turned his head and said a long series of words to several people.The translator came forward to explain: "Lieutenant Charles said that he invited you to the naval camp as guests, and he will treat a few of you well." Lin Zi didn't even think about it, so he directly rejected him: "I'm sorry, we are rushing to our relatives' house, and we will find a way out at dawn." The translator smiled and said, "You'd better agree to this foreigner's invitation, otherwise everyone will have a hard time." Seeing this, the policeman also stepped up and said, "Go, you saved this foreigner's wife, and he will entertain you well. This way, we can do business easily." As he spoke, the policeman touched his gun again. In desperation, Lin Zi had no choice but to agree. After Grandpa finished speaking, the sky had already brightened.Several people fell asleep hastily, and they were woken up by Yu Guangcai in less than an hour. "Let's go, it's time to go." Yu Guangcai said. "Why? Aren't they enshrined by foreigners in their naval camp?" Grandpa asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes. "Did you read the letter yesterday?" Grandpa nodded: "I saw it." While changing his shoes, Yu Guangcai said, "Then you must have not finished watching." After hearing this, Grandpa hurried forward and took the letter paper over again. After flipping through it twice, he found that there were still a lot of words on the back of the last piece of paper.He shook his head and finished the page as fast as he could. At this moment, his brows were deeply frowned. "Hurry up, it's a matter of life and death!" Grandpa began to quickly pack his clothes as he said.
Zeng Yingui and Li Wei were dragged out of bed by their grandfather without knowing it at all. Seeing that they were in such a hurry, they asked the reason puzzledly while quickly packing up the package. After waiting for several people to go out on the road, Zeng Yingui finally came to his senses. He asked, "Junzhi, aren't Linzi and the others all right? Why do we have to go there? We brought all the guys with us." "A strange thing happened. If we don't go, Lin Zi and the others' lives will be in danger." Grandpa said solemnly. Li Wei asked back: "Life is in danger? Is there still time to write letters in case of life-threatening?" "Yes, so much nonsense!" Zeng Yingui began to add fuel and vinegar. "It's like this. I read the letter sent by Lin Zi yesterday. I saw a paragraph missing. On the back of the last letter paper, there is still a page full of words, and the content on it is the real key." Grandpa said. "Oh? What did you say?" Li Wei asked. "Didn't the letter I read to you say that they couldn't refuse the foreigner's invitation and went to the foreigner's naval barracks? After going to the naval barracks, a strange thing happened." Grandpa pretended to be mysterious. Zeng Yingui became a little impatient: "You're never finished, tell me quickly, I'm dying of anxiety." Grandpa took a look at him, then got into the topic directly, and began to tell them what was on the last page. After dawn the next day, Lin Zi, Zhang Qi, and Luo Qi followed the interpreter around the mountain for a while before finding the way out.When they came to the navy barracks, all three of them opened their mouths wide open, very surprised.That row of buildings is obviously different from ours in China, with a round roof and a few large pillars supporting the white brick building, which looks very delicate. At the door of the big house, there were two soldiers standing straight.They followed a few people into the mansion, and Charles took his wife to visit the captain named Balk.Unexpectedly, not long after the two entered the door, they went out and called Lin Zi into Balke's office.The office is very big, similar to the courtyard of Yu Guangcai's house.In the entire office, there were only Charles and Captain Balck.As soon as Lin Zi entered the door, Captain Balck began to chat with Lin Zi. He must have been in China for some time, and Lin Zi could barely understand the crappy Chinese. Captain Balck greeted Lin Zi for a while, and said, "I personally thank you very much for saving Lieutenant Charles' wife on the mountain. He told me about your experience last night. I admire you very much." For some reason, Lin Zi felt uncomfortable when he saw the two foreigners in front of him.He said coldly: "It's not a big problem for ghosts to hit the wall. Anyone who knows a little about traditional Chinese culture should know how to crack it. It's not surprising." "Not surprising? I really appreciate your words. Although you are just an ordinary person in China, you have the courage of a soldier. You are arrogant and straightforward enough." Captain Balk smiled. "Sorry, I hate people who beat around the bush." Lin Zi said. Captain Balck stood up from the bright leather chair and said, "Well, let's get straight to the point. I want to ask Mr. Lin to stay in our navy barracks and do something for us." When Lin Zi heard this, he was both surprised and ridiculous: "I'm sorry, although I, Lin Zi, don't have any lofty ambitions in my life, I only have one principle, and I only do things for the Chinese." "This statement is wrong. This statement is wrong. If you help us, you are helping you Chinese yourself. We can turn China into an industrial country and a powerful country. You Chinese hate our original coalition forces, but you should Think about it carefully, what allows us to enter China smoothly, and even go deep into the hinterland of China, apart from our strong ships and guns, what is more important is the corruption of your rulers!" Although Captain Balker's words are correct, But when such words were spoken from an invader, it was somewhat resentful. After hearing this, Lin Zi didn't argue with him anymore, but just looked at him silently. Captain Balk sat back again, and he said: "In this case, I can only say this, it doesn't matter if you don't want to do things for us, but now I am facing a big problem, this problem may kill me, I know you It will definitely help me out." Lin Zi still looked at him coldly, without speaking. Balk snorted and became angry: "Hmph, if you still refuse to agree, then I'm sorry, you and your friends don't even think about getting out of this naval barracks." What he said made Lin Zi worry unavoidably, after thinking for a long time, he asked, "What exactly do you want me to do?" Balck winked and told Charles to leave the office first.After Charles left, Balk walked up to Lin Zi, stretched out his hand and untied his belt, and then took off his military uniform.When he showed his naked body in front of Lin Zi, Lin Zi was frightened and his face turned livid. Lin Zi has traveled here and there with the mourning band for so many years, and he is also the most learned among Yu Guangcai's apprentices, but he has never seen such a terrifying scene.The body of Captain Balck, the leader of the army, was covered with green hair from the chest down.That kind of hair was like fluffy grass, covering his whole body, even spreading towards his arms and thighs. "Hey, what's going on here?" Lin Zi was frightened by his appearance and stuttered. Balke put on the clothes, buttoned them up, and said, "I've asked many doctors. Neither our western medicine nor your Chinese medicine can understand." "Could it be that you are stained with something?" Lin Zi asked. Balk nodded and said, "I think so too. I have sent people to look for quite a few mages, and they all said that they have never seen this thing before, and they don't know what's going on." "Then what do you want me to do?" Lin Zi asked. "What else can I do? Help me cure it!" Balk sat back on the chair, he took a deep breath, his tone seemed to be pleading, "I am really in pain every day, if I don't cure it, I know I don't have much time to live." "You have to tell me first, how did you get this thing on your body." Lin Zi asked. When Balk heard this question, he hesitated to speak, and finally said: "That means you have nothing to do? Well, all three of you don't leave. When I die, you will be buried with me." That night, Lin Zi and others were detained in the navy barracks. Although they had food and drink, it felt like they were in prison.Lin Zi thought carefully about the green hair on Captain Balck's body, but couldn't come to a conclusion.As time passed day by day, Balk seemed to have made up his mind that if he couldn't cure his illness, he wouldn't let the three of them go.Moreover, Lin Zi also heard with his own ears that Balk ordered his subordinates that if something happened to him one day, he would drag the three of them to be buried with him.Seeing that Balk's condition is getting worse and worse, if he can't be cured, the three of them will die.In desperation, Lin Zi wrote this distress letter to Yu Guangcai. He carefully recalled the cause and effect, for fear of missing any details. After hearing this, Li Wei and Zeng Yingui were both stunned. Li Wei said, "How can such a thing happen?" Zeng Yingui couldn't understand even more, so he asked Yu Guangcai: "Master, have you ever encountered such a situation after traveling all these years?" Yu Guangcai shook his head and said: "This is very strange. In my opinion, this foreigner must have done something strange and caused dirty things, but I haven't heard of any dirty things that make people grow hairy." "Okay, let's go, try to get there as quickly as possible, if the captain of the Basque dies before we arrive, it will be really troublesome." Grandpa said. Yu Guangcai agreed with his grandfather's opinion and quickened his pace of walking.
The naval barracks for foreigners is located in the south of the main city. The entire row of streets has been completely westernized, and the building structure has no Chinese flavor at all. When you arrive here, you will have the illusion of being born in a foreign country.After this illusion, you will have a kind of anxiety, which is what everyone will have when they go to a completely strange place. After inquiring all the way, Yu Guangcai finally found the French navy barracks with a few people.From a long distance away, I saw Zhang Qi standing on the white western-style building, waving at several people. At this time, the sky had already darkened, and at dusk, the setting sun shone from the other side of the street, dyeing the whole street golden. Yu Guangcai explained his identity to the sentries, and followed one of them into the naval barracks.Inside the ancient European-style exterior wall, there is also a gate with a very ancient Chinese flavor, with a few large characters written on it-Grand French Navy Barracks.There are emerald green ivy wrapped around the gate, which looks very stylish in the afterglow of the setting sun. Zhang Qi and Lin Zi came out before they had fully entered the gate. Judging from their expressions, they were already waiting for Yu Guangcai impatiently. "Master, you are finally here!" Lin Zi said. Yu Guangcai forced a smile, followed Lin Zi and walked inside, asking, "How is the situation now?" "It's much more complicated than what I described in my letter before. We don't have many days left. If we don't find a way to cure the navy captain as soon as possible, then maybe we will all accompany him into the coffin." Lin Zi took a deep breath , "That's why I hesitated for a long time before writing that letter. I was afraid that I would recruit you and hurt everyone." Li Wei stretched out his hand to stop his words: "Junior brother, what you said is wrong, we all came out of the same school, no matter what, we can be regarded as brothers, brothers are in trouble, how can we sit idly by?" With that said, several people walked to the door of the room on the second floor.Lin Zi stretched out her hand and opened the door, only to see Luo Qi staying inside, seeing Yu Guangcai and the others, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, she hurried forward to greet her. "Stop being courteous! This is all your fault. If you hadn't insisted on visiting some relatives, everyone wouldn't have been imprisoned in some kind of navy barracks for no reason!" Zeng Yingui said nothing when he saw Luo Qi. It's a good day. Luo Qi, who would usually become enthusiastic when she quarreled with Zeng Yingui, lowered her head in embarrassment when he said this this time.She hesitated twice, but did not speak. "Okay, don't blame her, how could she expect such a thing to happen?" Grandpa stepped forward to help Luo Qi. Yu Guangcai sat down at the table in that room and said, "Lin Zi, tell us what happened after that letter was sent out?" "Yeah." Lin Zi also sat down, "That day, I asked the interpreter to take this letter out and then went back to the room. It was also in the afternoon, and we waited for the servants here to bring food, so we stayed In the room. At that time, I felt very strange, thinking what happened today, why didn’t this Captain Balk come to see me? Just waited until it was completely dark, and we were bored sitting, so we sent Luo Qi back I went to rest in the room, but on my way back, I found something weird in the wooden floor corridor on the second floor." "What's weird?" Li Wei asked. Lin Zi glanced at him and said, "I smelled a strange smell, which is very smelly. Based on my experience, I can judge that it is the smell of corpses. Smelling that smell, I can even imagine a The appearance of the rotten flesh. At that time, I felt a little scared. You said that such a large naval barracks might contain some innocent people. Somewhere in this barracks. As I followed the smell slowly towards the other side of the corridor, I was sure that the smell came from the room at the end of the corridor, and that room , it is the room of Captain Balck!" "What? He's dead?" Zeng Yingui was a little surprised. "I thought so too at first. I thought to myself, no wonder this foreign devil didn't come to find me alone this day. Is he dead? But if he died, wouldn't it mean that the rest of us wouldn't live long? I started to have conflicts in my heart. But Thinking about it, I felt wrong again, think about it, I only saw him the day before that, even if he walked away from the moment I left his room yesterday, it wouldn't be such a day Is there such a serious corpse smell? With this question in mind, I walked towards the room at the end of the corridor step by step. That night, the entire navy barracks was very quiet. When I walked to the door of the room, there was The door suddenly opened with a creak, and Charles came out, he waved his hand before his nose, and then he noticed me, and hurriedly closed the door." "It couldn't be that he killed the captain and seized the power himself?" Zeng Yingui speculated. Lin Zi shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. The moment he opened the door, I smelled a more intense smell of corpses. Charles asked me sharply, but I didn't understand what it meant, so I just Pointing to Balk's room. Charles said in broken Chinese: "It's none of your business, go black." He was telling me to go back. I thought about it, then turned and went back to the room. I didn't fall asleep that whole night ..." "Huh? Why didn't I know about this?" Zhang Qi asked. Luo Qi stepped forward and said, "If I let you know, I won't let you go around and ask me half dead. Your curiosity is very likely to kill people." Lin Zi nodded and smiled slightly: "Besides, you were already asleep when I came back, so I didn't say much. Until the next day, when I couldn't figure it out, I went to Balk to make sure he was still alive. He is still alive, and I also want to see his condition. But when I walked into Balke's room, I found that he was the same as before, still alive and well, but the green hair on his body had spread to the back of his hand .”
After listening to Lin Zi's words, Grandpa's heart hung in his throat. He stepped forward and asked, "So strange? Could it be that the corpse stench you smelled came from him?" "This question crawled like a worm in my heart. Finally, I couldn't help telling Balck the whole story of last night. After he heard it, he also frowned. After thinking for a while, he told me I found out the cause of this matter." Lin Zi took a sip of tea and continued, "It turns out that Balck went to bed very early that night because he had to attend an event early the next morning. That night, he was lying on the bed, just about to fall asleep When he was young, he had a dream. In the dream was a vast ocean. He stood on the deck and floated, but he felt that something was wrong. He smelled a bad smell, which was very strange. Thick, even the salty sea breeze didn't blow it away. Balk got anxious and ordered people to look around. As a result, everyone searched all the places on the ship but couldn't find the source of the corpse smell. Guess what? , Where is the source of the corpse smell?" Everyone shook their heads, staring at Lin Zi intently, expecting the truth from his mouth. "The source of the corpse smell is under the bow, that is, the bottom of the boat. There is a corpse whose head is hooked by that iron hook!" Lin Zi's words shocked everyone. After a long time, Grandpa asked, "But this is just a dream of Balk. What happens after he wakes up? Doesn't the smell of corpses in his dream extend to reality?" ?” "Hehe, you were right. When he woke up, he did smell a strong stench of corpses in the room. He searched and searched for a long time, and finally found the corpse in the room. The source of the smell is on him!" Lin Zi said coldly. "On him? Isn't he... a living person? How could there be a corpse smell?" Li Wei's eyes widened. “这就是问题的关键，不光这样，从那天之后，一到了晚上，巴尔克身上就会散发出那阵恶臭，好像什么动物的尸体被蛆虫啃咬，在草丛深处散发出来的一样。之前不相信，一天晚上，我就去了巴尔克的卧房，真的闻到了那股奇臭无比的尸臭味，而那味道的的确确就是从巴尔克的身上散发出来的。”林子长叹了一口气，说，“这阵臭味奇怪的是只在夜晚散发出来，巴尔克和我们不一样，如果我闻不惯，我可以躲远一点儿，而那尸臭就是从他身体里散发出来的，除非他死了，或者没有了嗅觉，不然他怎么也躲不了。这样，他开始失眠，然后想尽一切办法，比如把自己泡在浴缸里，比如在自己身上涂满香料。可这种治标不治本的做法，根本起不了什么作用。巴尔克就开始天天盼着天亮，他的生活变得昼夜颠倒，晚上办公，白天睡觉，每天都不会客。” 听了林子的话，喻广财低下头去，沉思了起来。 “妈的，这事儿还真是有点儿怪啊，活人身上散发尸臭，还都是在晚上！” “还有他身上长出来的绿毛。” “对了，之前林子你来的信里提到，你问起那巴尔克身上的绿毛是怎么来的时候，他有些欲言又止，也就是说，这中间肯定是有原因的，说不定这就是治病的关键。”曾银贵的严密逻辑在这时候起了作用。 “这其中肯定是有什么隐情。”林子也很赞同。 正在这时，楼底下发出一阵人声，几人推门到长廊上一看，只见有几人抬着两口棺材走进了那水师兵营中。 “哦，本来洋人的驻军早在多年前就撤出了中国，在重庆，这批法国人算是例外。在以前重庆开埠的时候，第一批进来的就是法国和美国的传教士，到了中国之后，他们大部分修建教堂传教，剩下的做一些生意，在重庆已经扎了根。这法国水师兵营，现在在这边就是负责管理他们的日常活动，不再像以前那样欺压我们，所以也得到认可。昨天有几个法国兵乘坐大船沿着长江回国，没想到在长江下游出事了，这两口棺材就是为他们准备的。”林子解释道。 几人说罢，那个翻译从楼下上来。估计也是听到了几人的谈话，他幽幽叹了一句：“现在西洋人倒是没有什么可怕的了，真正对我们有威胁的可是日本人，东洋鬼子们现在就在北方虎视眈眈了。” “这些可恶的贼娃子，要是被我看见，我一定会见一个杀一个的！”林子愤然说道。 翻译笑了笑，给几人分配好了房间。李伟和曾银贵一间，爷爷和喻广财一间，都在二楼。 回了房间之后，爷爷和喻广财都难以入眠。 “师傅，依你看，这事儿是怎么回事儿？”爷爷问道。 喻广财说：“这肯定是招了什么污秽，记得很久以前，我听过南洋那边的一件怪事，倒是跟这事儿有点儿相像，不过这都是道听途说，我也不能就此下结论。” “哦？说来听听。” 清朝中期，有一帮贩卖丝绸的商人坐船下南洋，在海上遇到风浪，大船被迫停在了一个孤岛边。在这个孤岛上这些人遇到了一个老人，这个老人满脸皱纹，蓄着长发，大家都分不清这老人是男是女。老人住在岛上最大的几棵大树中间，房上盖着严密的枝干。几人进了老人的房间，房间里挂着很多骨头，吓住了几人。这帮人中有个女人，心地善良，看着老人的生活非常窘迫，她将大船上的食物分了一些给老人。刚开始的时候大家都没有说什么，可时间一天天过去，根本就没有一艘船经过这座孤岛。而几人带来的食物也一点点减少，他们开始反对给那个老人东西吃，并且开始偷偷地把食物藏在远处的山林里，或者藏在石缝中。直到一天，带来的食物终于吃完了。女人饥饿难忍，她的丈夫将她带到了自己偷藏食物的小山洞中，从里面取出装食物的包裹，可两人打开那个包裹之后，被吓住了，食物全部变成了土灰。两人百思不得其解，只好返回老人的草棚之中。谁知刚一进去，就看见几人都在抢夺老人存下来的水果。女人想要阻止，可在这种情况下，女人怎么能争得过几个五大三粗的男人。老人的食物被抢光了，还被从那草棚之中赶了出来。女人非常心疼，就跟着老人来到了海边。老人什么也没有说，把自己身上最后一个果子给了女人。女人不忍心要，就分了一半给了老人。那晚，女人在海边睡着了，等她醒来之后，发现老人不见了。她重新回到那个草棚之中，看见几个男人还在睡觉，可奇怪的是，女人竟然在他们的脸上发现了斑痕，女人学过医，认出了那种斑痕。 “那是什么斑？” “尸斑。”喻广财冷冷地回答。 爷爷张大了嘴巴，又问：“那后来怎么样？” “后来，这几个男人都死在了岛上，连皮肉都没有留下，只有一堆骨头。而那女人在吃过那半个果子之后，竟然一直都没有饿过。三天之后，来了一艘大船，女人获救了。” “一个长绿毛，一个长尸斑，难道都是遭的同一种污秽？”爷爷问道。 喻广财想了想，说：“不如我们去找那个上尉瞧瞧？” Grandpa nodded. 两人刚一推门出来，就看到二楼另一端走廊的尽头，也就是巴尔克的房门口，此刻站了不少的人。两人赶紧上前去，听到那翻译说：“上尉不见了！” 翻译带着人几乎把整个水师兵营翻了个底儿朝天，都没有发现巴尔克上尉的踪迹。最后，几人围在了今天才抬回来的两口棺材边。翻译看了看喻广财，喻广财朝他点点头，这才命人将其中一口棺材板掀开，里面是空的。 他想都没想，又叫人去掀第二口棺材。见到那幅景象，大家的脸都白了，巴尔克上尉正一动不动地躺在棺材里，他双手交叠在腹部，脸上有淡淡的笑容。喻广财俯下身去，听了听，直起身子来说：“放心，他还活着，只是睡着了。”
那天晚上，爷爷的脑子里一直萦绕着那个身材高大浑身都长着绿毛的巴尔克。他那身上的毛软软的，像是发霉了一般。而且最关键的是，根据林子的说法，在此之前，他每晚身上都会散发出尸臭，导致他无法入眠。而他为什么会跑进那口棺材里呢？跑进棺材里怎么那尸臭味就没有了呢？ 爷爷的脑子里乱成一团麻，一直撑到天色麻麻亮，他才睡了过去。 睡了差不多一个时辰，爷爷从睡梦中睁开眼睛，听到耳边传来有人喘粗气的声音，和着喊叫声，显得非常兴奋。 喻广财不知道什么时候已经醒了过来，他背着双手站在床边，目不转睛地看着窗外。 “师傅，你这么早就醒了？是谁在外面啊？”爷爷问道。 喻广财侧过脸来，笑了笑说：“你过来看看。” 爷爷翻身下床，走到喻广财的边上，顺着喻广财手指的方向看过去，只见水师上尉巴尔克此刻正在楼下的院子里，不停地练着拳脚，看样子非常精神。 “看来他昨天晚上睡得很好啊。”爷爷笑着说。 喻广财点了点头，说：“这事儿越来越怪了，活生生的人身上发出尸臭，还全身长满了绿毛，不入棺材无法入眠，这简直就是一个活着的尸怪啊。” 爷爷听了，说：“看来今天，我们真的有必要再去问问那个巴尔克，他到底是什么情况。” “这个是必须的。”喻广财说着，扭头道，“这样，我们先整理好，等会吃过了早饭就去找他，我总觉得这不是什么好兆头。” 说完，两人很快地整理好衣物，正要出门，李伟和曾银贵就敲门进来了。 “不像是好事儿啊。”一进门，李伟就这样感叹了一句。 喻广财笑着反问：“你也看出来了？” “进了棺材睡了好觉，第二天就精力充沛，这本来就很反常嘛。”曾银贵说着，一脸的自信。 “这还是去看看巴尔克的情况才能知道，走吧。” 听了喻广财的话，几人都出了房门。 在兵营的底楼，有一个宽阔的大厅，在大厅的右侧就是进早餐的地方。那里摆放着许多铁锅，与中国的本土的铁锅不同，他们的锅盖是用推的，每一口锅里都装着不同的食物，有米粥、牛奶和豆浆，在那几口大锅的最后面，还摆放着两个盘子，里面盛满了油条、面包、馒头和包子。 “自助餐，各位喜欢吃什么就拿什么。”身后传来翻译的声音，几人回头过去，只见他端着一个餐盘吃得正尽兴。 几人按照他的说法，取了自己喜欢吃的东西，然后在他身边坐下来。 “今儿个你们是有福了，巴尔克上尉心情特别好。”翻译的嘴里还含着食物，说话有些含糊。 “翻译大哥说得没错，我来这儿这么多天了，今天是最丰盛的。” 张七的声音从身后面传来，大家都没有注意到他是什么时候钻进人堆里的，纷纷侧眼望着他，只见他的餐盘里放满了食物，油条三根、包子两个、面包两个，还有一大杯牛奶。 “你们看着我干吗？赶紧吃啊。”张七有些不解。 “我还真没发现，你的饭量比猪还大。”爷爷调侃了他一句。 张七斜着嘴说：“嘁，一看你就是穷惯了，我拿了这么多，又没有说非要吃完，一样吃一口，都尝尝呗。” 他的话音刚落，翻译就接了过去说：“小子，你完了，你知不知道洋人虽然不缺这点儿钱，可他们是最讨厌铺张浪费的，你要是今天早上没有吃完，那中午就没饭吃。” "what?" 翻译的话把大家都逗笑了，只有张七看着面前堆积如山的食物，一脸的尴尬。 吃过了早饭，在翻译的带领下，几人来到了上尉巴尔克的办公室。此时，他正在埋头工作，看样子非常兴奋。 “哦！你们来了，我昨天听说你们来了兵营，对不起，没有去迎接你们。” 对于巴尔克的客套，几人倒是没有特别惊讶，一个人在心情好的时候，对任何人都是热情备至的。 喻广财马上挤出一个笑脸来，躬身说道：“巴尔克上尉，很不好意思，我的三个徒弟在这里麻烦了你这么久，抱歉抱歉。” “你客气了，我们这里也有很多招待不周的地方，不过等我病好了，我带你们去城里好好玩玩。”巴尔克上尉说到最后两个字的时候，嘴角浮现出一个略带邪气的笑容。 “我们言归正传吧，今天我看上尉的气色不错啊。”喻广财说。 巴尔克听了，大笑了两声：“我很久没有听到别人夸我这句话了。” “那巴尔克上尉还记不记得你是怎么睡进棺材里的呢？” 喻广财的问题让巴尔克十分惊讶，他瞪大了眼睛说：“你们，都知道我在棺材里过了一夜？” “呵呵，是的，看来你的确睡得很香。” 巴尔克坐在那把皮椅上，想了想，说：“昨天，天色刚黑，我回到房间里，把自己裹得死死的，我讨厌那股气味，更讨厌被别人闻到。可就在我做好了一切准备的时候，我听到了楼下的一阵骚乱。我推开门一看，竟然是两口棺材。我知道前两天有两个士兵回国，船触礁死在长江边的事情，也没有去多问。可也不知道是怎么回事儿，当看到那两口棺材的时候，我竟然莫名其妙地心动了，我很想马上冲下楼去，钻进那两口棺材里。不过你们也应该体会得到，那将会有多丢脸。等到他们将那两口棺材放进了地窖里，退出兵营之后，我终于忍不住下了楼。查尔斯本来说要过来给我送文件，好让我晚上批阅的，可我真的等不及了，也就下了楼，拿了地窖的钥匙，钻进了棺材里。” “想进棺材？”李伟急忙问道，不过话音一落，他就感觉到这样说有些不妥，顺势避开了巴尔克的目光。 “能不能麻烦你把衣服脱一下，我想看看你身上的……伤势。”说到最后两字的时候，喻广财故意顿了顿。 “那我先出去吧。”罗琪听到，转身走出了办公室。 巴尔克看了看几人，然后解开了衣服上的纽扣。他身上的那些毛渐渐显露在几人的面前，可当他把衣裤脱到脚底的时候，大家都被吓住了。 “你不是说他身上的毛是绿色的吗？”喻广财厉声问道。 林子也很是纳闷：“对呀，之前他给我看的时候明明是绿色的，怎么会这样？” 巴尔克听了，连忙低头下去，只见他脚部的毛都变成了红色，那红色就好像海水一般，从他的脚底渐渐席卷上来，似乎要蔓延到他的脖子上才肯罢休。 “哦，上帝啊，怎么会变成这样？它们不是绿色的吗？”巴尔克也非常不解，“早上我穿衣服的时候它们都还是绿色的！” 喻广财沉思了两秒，他扭头问道：“你们还记不记得丧尸的变化过程？” “绿毛，红毛和五彩的毛，一般绿毛是初级的，以此类推，如果变成五彩的，那是最难对付的。”李伟回答完，一脸惊讶地看着喻广财，“你不会是说上尉身上这……和丧尸是一样的吧？”
听了这个疑问，喻广财既没有点头肯定也没有摇头否定，他抿起嘴巴，许久才反问了一句：“你有听说过活生生的丧尸吗？” 李伟摇了摇头，这话茬子倒是被曾银贵接了过去：“莫非，莫非上尉已经死了？” “你可真有意思，我要是死了，怎么能够跟你对话呢？”巴尔克说道。 曾银贵听了，只好住了嘴。 “我倒是有个办法可以试验一下。”喻广财盘手说道。 “什么办法？”巴尔克追问。 喻广财在布袋里翻了一阵，从里面取出了两根银针来，说：“如果上尉同意的话，那我们可以先试试。” 巴尔克有些茫然地看着喻广财，一边脱身上的衣服，一边问道：“如果我真的和你们说的丧尸一样，那怎么办？” “呵呵，那可就麻烦了，通常我只能对付绿毛的丧尸。” 说着，喻广财将银针在一个泥土色的瓶子里沾了一沾，然后弯腰对准了巴尔克的脚踝。他说：“来了啊，上尉忍住。” 未等巴尔克反应过来，他将银针稳稳地扎了上去。只听见巴尔克惊叫了一声，然后连忙低头去看。在那两根银针在他的脚踝处扎稳之后，那阵刺痛感便消失了，这时，只见喻广财从布袋里又掏出了一把小刀，朝着巴尔克的脚底伸了过去。 他急忙问：“你要干什么？！” “上尉请忍耐一下。”说着，喻广财侧着小刀，利索地割了上去。 就在那小刀的刀尖刺进巴尔克的皮肉的时候，从他的脚底溅出一股暗红色的血液来。那股血液从他的脚底喷出，将那个原本奶白色的桌腿染成了暗红色。 “怎么是黑的？”张七惊叹不已。 喻广财从地上收身起来，把小刀在准备好的布条上擦了擦，然后放回了那布袋之中。 “妈的，这个是什么？！”巴尔克上尉对自己身体里喷出的血液很是诧异，大骂了一声之后，他扭转头来问喻广财，“怎么变成了黑色的？” 喻广财看了他一眼，冷冷地说：“不是黑色的，是暗红色的，你的身体已经开始变质了。” “变质？你是说我的身体，已经开始腐烂了？”巴尔克难以置信地叫道。 “对的，如果不赶紧治疗，你必死无疑。”喻广财说。 巴尔克有些怒了，一把拽住他的衣领：“那你还不赶紧救我，我要是死了，你们全部都得陪葬！” 喻广财轻轻地拨开他的手，说：“你冷静一下，目前根据你的这些身体现状，我实在是没有办法，不过……” “不过什么？快说！” “不过，如果你愿意把你如何染上这些污秽，在什么地方染上这些污秽都告诉我，可能我们能就其本源，想出解决的对策。” 巴尔克一听到喻广财的这话，就立马噤声，坐在皮椅上思考了一阵。他抬起头来说：“你们先回房间吧，让我想想。” 听了巴尔克的话，喻广财转过身来招呼几个徒弟退出了他的办公室，在回头去关门的时候，他还补充了一句：“对了上尉，我提醒你一句，你身上的病最好快些治疗，根据我的判断，如果再拖下去，应该过不了一个星期，还有，你最好不要再去睡棺材了。” 说完，喻广财就退出了巴尔克的办公室。 来到喻广财和爷爷的房间，林子转身把门关上。他回转头来，问喻广财：“师傅，你这么做会不会加速恶化他身上的病情？” 曾银贵问：“师傅又没把他怎么着，不过就是给他查看了一下病情嘛。” 李伟笑着走上前来，说：“你错了，刚才你看到的巴尔克身体里喷出来的暗红色的血不是他自身就有的，而是师傅拿出来的那两根针造成的。那两根针扎在心脏以下的任何部位，只要过一小会儿，你随便割开一个部位，那血都会喷溅而出，而且都会变成暗色的，时间越久就越暗，暗红色、黑色，到最后甚至会凝固。” “那不就死了？”曾银贵问。 李伟点点头。 “那这么做有什么用？又不能治他的病。”曾银贵翻了一个白眼。 “这个你就不懂了，刚才我们从巴尔克办公室出来的时候，你就没有留意巴尔克的表情？”李伟反问道。 林子说：“我估计他是撑不了多久了。” “我也是没有办法，不这样破釜沉舟我们是不可能找到他染病的根源，如果不那样，我们根本就找不到治疗他的方法。”喻广财叹了一口气说，“你们别想了，坐下来先等等吧，如果他来了，原原本本地告诉了我们事情的始末，应该可以找到破解的办法。” 喻广财的话音一落下，大家都没有吱声。过了差不多十分钟，翻译来敲门，说巴尔克上尉有请。 几人对望了一眼，纷纷迫不及待地出了门朝着巴尔克的办公室走去。
走进办公室门的时候，巴尔克瞥了几人一眼，就扭转头去。喻广财笑了笑，说：“看来上尉已经考虑清楚了。” 巴尔克点点头，说：“只要喻先生可以救我。” “至少现在是有点儿希望了，你说说吧。”喻广财伸了伸手，做了个有请的手势。 巴尔克看了看喻广财的身后，说：“你能不能让你的几位高徒先出去一下，这个事情我不想让太多人知道。” 喻广财听了，扭头看了看身后站着的几人。在李伟的招呼之下，几人都慢慢退了出去，只有那个好事的张七，还向喻广财伸手，双手死死地拽住喻广财的椅子，不肯离去。爷爷看了看他，一阵猛拽，将他生生拖了出去。 等几人退出了房门，张七没好气地甩开爷爷的手：“你小子能不能什么时候别跟我唱反调啊？” 爷爷笑了笑：“我也只能跟你唱反调，你瞧瞧你这身子骨，生下来就是被我欺负的，哈哈。” “你那么开心干吗？”张七问。 “你不开心吗？马上就要知道那个洋人到底做了什么缺德事了？”爷爷说。 张七瘪了瘪嘴，有点儿怨恨地说：“要是你让我留在里面，我可以第一时间跟你们透露消息呀，真是个蠢蛋！” “你问问大伙同不同意？”爷爷朝他动了动眉毛。 张七看向几人，曾银贵第一个上前来：“就属你嘴大，你要是留下了，我也要留下！” “看见了吧？”爷爷得意地笑着。 “不是，你为什么呀？师傅不还在里面吗？你怎么不留下？”张七不解。 “你……这是一个档次的吗？”曾银贵露出一副不屑的表情。 爷爷见状，上前来安慰道：“行了行了，老张，要不你跟我们说说那天晚上你们在那个破屋里发生的事情吧。” 一听这话，张七就忘了要进门听巴尔克内幕的事情，手舞足蹈地说唱起来：“话说当日，我与林子、罗琪二人上了那不知道什么名的山，原本以为顺着那条羊肠小道一直走，就能翻过山走进城中心去，可不料走着走着，我们就在山上迷了路。当时，天上下起了大雨，天也渐渐黑了下来。我们三人走啊走……” “喂喂，你怎么把那个细节给漏掉了？”罗琪插了一句。 “什么细节？什么细节都不重要，马上就要到精彩处了。”张七说。 “就是你一边走，一边埋怨人家林子带错路的细节！”罗琪歪着嘴挑着眉毛说。 林子听了，笑出声来，说：“呵呵，你也没好到哪儿去，还不是一样被他指着后颈窝指责。” 听到此处，张七不好意思地挠着脑袋，说：“我当时不是急了嘛。” “你就别狡辩了，继续往下说！”曾银贵说。 “话说……”张七想了想，继续说，“话说我们三人走着走着，就走到了一间破屋子前，那破屋的确是很破，可能就只有一半的屋顶能够遮雨，而且那屋顶上的瓦很有可能会随时掉落下来……” 从张七开始讲述以来，只要没人去打断他，他连气儿都舍不得歇一口，比早些年老家镇上说书的先生可要强多了。 在场的几人要么经历过这件事情，要么都从林子写来的长篇大论中了解了整件事情的经过，等张七再次说起的时候，自然是没了热情。几人都像是泄了气的皮球，有气无力地靠在一旁走廊上的栏杆边。 也不知道那张七到底讲了多久，爷爷感觉脚站得都有些软了，他在一旁的楼梯口坐了下来。只听见张七还在添油加醋地说：“只见这时，我脑子灵光一闪，就可以肯定那查尔斯夫人是遇到了什么污秽之物，搞不好还是鬼打墙，我正准备说出口，却被这林子抢了先，林子二话没说，冲进那坟地里……” “等一下，等一下，你又开始瞎扯了啊。”罗琪实在有些看不惯他的这个习惯，在打断他之后又问了一句，“这中间不是还有一个细节吗，你怎么把自己这么出彩的戏份都掐掉了呢？” 曾银贵只见罗琪的表情有些不怀好意，心里早猜到这其中肯定有张七的什么糗事，于是赶紧催问：“什么，什么，快说来听听？” 张七见状连忙就来了气，他嘟着嘴：“你到底是听还是不听啊？” 曾银贵笑了笑：“要听，不过要听原版的，你说不说，你不说我就让罗琪说了啊。” 此时，罗琪已经开始清着嗓子，准备一吐为快了。