Chapter 8 Chapter Eight: The Plague of the Curse

Early in the morning, I was awakened by a loud noise. I hurriedly pushed Yang Chang who was next to me to wake up: "Hey, hey, listen to what that sound is outside!" "It's so noisy! What's the matter?" Yang Chang's eyes were sleepy. I turned over and got out of bed, ran to the window, opened the curtains suddenly, and was stunned by the sight in front of me. Residents of Qingshui Town were crowded at the entrance of the bathhouse, waving their arms as if they were shouting for something. There was a sudden knock on the door of the room. Both Yang Chang and I were taken aback: "Who?"

"It's me!" The little uncle shouted, "Open the door!" After entering the room, the little uncle rushed to the window and closed the curtains, sweating profusely and asked us urgently, "What did you two do yesterday? What did you put on someone's door?" I froze for a moment: "The gossip talisman, it's used to avoid evil, what's wrong?" The little uncle stomped his feet: "I don't know what happened, but all the people who have been affixed with the spell are suffering from sudden illness. Someone saw that the amulet was pasted by the two of you, and now the residents of the town have come to the door."

"How is that possible!" Yang Chang yelled, "Those spells were consecrated by Mr. Meng himself. They are used to save people, not to harm them!" I hurriedly explained: "Little uncle, there must be a mistake. Yesterday Meng Gong told us that many residents in the town were injured by the yin energy of the undead and fell ill. So their illnesses were not caused by spells, but by them. I was already sick." The little uncle shook his head violently: "No, no, the disease did spread from last night. Before that, many people in the town fell ill, but the symptoms were only weakness, pale face, and dizziness. But since last night, everyone His symptoms changed, he had a high fever, a red rash appeared on his body, and it started to boil immediately after being scratched a few times, his face was livid, he had vomiting and diarrhea, and it was difficult to breathe."

"Ah! This...isn't this..." I suddenly realized, "When grandma used to curse children, did those children suffer from the disease before they died?" The little uncle nodded, with a mournful face: "This disease is obviously a disease caused by the curse of raising ghosts!" "Are all those who are sick are people who have been affixed with spells?" I asked. "Yes." The little uncle said nervously. God!How could this be?Why does Meng Gong's spell make people suffer from the disease of raising ghosts? Grandpa stumbled in and rushed in: "Chen Xue, Mr. Meng's phone number!"

Yang Chang and I looked at each other and ran quickly to the living room. I picked up the phone and yelled, "Meng Gong, explain it to me clearly! What's going on?" Menggong's voice also sounded a little panicked: "Chen Xue, I just heard that a plague broke out in the town, you must believe me, the plague has nothing to do with the spell, it really has nothing to do with the spell!" "Only people who have been cursed have this disease, how do you explain it?" "Someone wants to frame you, it must be like this." I froze for a moment, and shouted angrily: "What nonsense, Yang Chang and I have no enemies in Qingshui Town, who will frame us?"

"Chen Xue, calm down, think about it carefully, this person knows how to raise ghosts, but also deliberately wants to drive a wedge between us, this must be because we have threatened him, who could this person be? " I was stunned, and my stunned brain gradually calmed down.That's right, this incident seems to be too suspicious. Mr. Meng has no reason to harm the people of Qingshui Town, and there is no reason to let Yang Chang and I fall into the embarrassing situation of being besieged by the residents of Qingshui Town.Yesterday, Mr. Meng and Mrs. Lan were busy making talismans. They wanted to save the residents of Qingshui Town. Moreover, Yang Chang and I also pasted the talisman on the door of our room. We didn’t do much.

So who did it? "Auntie! It's Auntie!" I shouted. No mistake, the eldest aunt can raise ghosts, she and the eldest uncle are hiding somewhere in Qingshui Town, and they don't know what they are doing. I hate it so much, the current situation is caused by my aunt. Both daughters died unexpectedly, but she is still so stubborn!Use such a despicable method again! The little uncle ran over sweating profusely again: "Chen Xue, it's not good, the residents threatened that if they don't open the door and hand you over within a quarter of an hour, they will hit the door!"

"I see." At this moment, I have completely calmed down, Auntie!You are too much!You want to fight me, don't you?it is good!it is good!I will definitely help you, "Menggong, you don't have to worry about me, I can handle the residents of Qingshui Town. You continue to help me find the whereabouts of my aunt, and use all means to find her, you know?" "Don't worry, even if the whole Qingshui Town is turned over, I will find her!" Meng Gong was also angry, and said angrily. I hung up the phone, picked it up quickly, and called the criminal police team directly, hoping that Officer Zhang would arrive in time.

Officer Zhang really did not disappoint me. In just five minutes, he led a group of well-trained subordinates to the entrance of the bathing place, and carried out the work of persuading the rioting crowd. Half an hour later, the shouting crowd finally dispersed from the entrance of the bathing place. Our family of four breathed a sigh of relief. In the living room, I had a sullen face, Yang Chang was lying on the table dejectedly, my grandfather was sitting in a tight shirt, my uncle was busy wiping his sweat, and Police Officer Zhang looked at us with a half-smile. After a while, Police Officer Zhang was the first to break the silence: "Hehe, I wonder if it's because of my crow's mouth? I just said yesterday that Qingshui Town would be declared a plague epidemic, and residents were prohibited from leaving Qingshui Town. As a result, the plague really broke out today. "

"Officer Zhang, I don't think there's anything funny about this. Now Yang Chang and I have been regarded as the culprits." I glared at him. Yang Chang hurriedly defended: "Officer Zhang, you believe us, the spell really won't cause the plague, it's the 'raising ghosts' that caused the plague, we put that spell on ourselves, but we didn't get any strange diseases, That's the best proof." Officer Zhang smiled slightly: "It's not that I don't believe you, but you also have to be considerate of the psychology of the residents of Qingshui Town. After all, it's too coincidental that all the strange things happened after you came to Qingshui Town."

I felt a little awkward: "Officer Zhang, what do you mean by that?" "Chen Xue, maybe my words are not pleasant, but they are telling the truth. I am a policeman, so I have to worry about all aspects when thinking about things. You have to understand." "That is to say, Officer Zhang, like those residents of Qingshui Town, you suspect that Yang Chang and I caused the plague?" "I'm just keeping my guesses about the various possibilities." Officer Zhang said honestly. "That's suspicion. Since you have doubts, why did you come to help us out?" I was angry. Officer Zhang looked at me, hesitating to speak, and the brief silence made the atmosphere even more dull. In fact, I knew in my heart that I couldn't blame Officer Zhang. After all, he was not from the bathing place, and it was hard for him to accept ghost talk.Today's scene easily reminded him of whether Yang Chang and I were members of a cult creating disaster and chaos in Qingshui Town. The word trust is a very fragile thing.Taking myself as an example, didn't I also doubt Meng Gong at the moment just now?What right do I have to accuse Officer Zhang of being suspicious? "Sorry." "Sorry." Officer Zhang and I apologized to each other in unison. We were stunned for a while, and Officer Zhang smiled wryly: "Maybe there is something wrong with my attitude. The ancients said that you don't need to be suspicious, but you don't need to be suspicious. At the beginning, we proposed to cooperate to solve Qingshui. It was me who suppressed the abnormal incident, and I really shouldn't doubt you." Officer Zhang stood up and helped his solemn big cap: "It's best for you not to go out these few days, I'm afraid that the sick residents will harm you. The most urgent task now is to find your aunt, I will do my best Those who are going for it, take the first step." Officer Zhang turned and left, and we sent him to the entrance of the bathing place. Do we really have to follow the development of the situation and be swayed by fate?Doing nothing like this is like waiting to die.No, do something—what else can we do in this bath? "Ah!" My heart skipped a beat, "Yang Chang, does Suni's room have Internet access? The day we first came, didn't you both search the Internet for the information about Cane Evocation?" "Yes! But I don't know if I can still access it now, all the telephone lines in Qingshui Town are paralyzed..." "Go and try, let's go and try!" I pulled Yang Chang up and rushed towards Suni's room. I only came into Suni's room when she was sick from drinking the bath water. So many things have happened recently, and the room hasn't been cleaned for many days, and the smell is very bad. We sat down at the computer desk and turned on the computer. We were very nervous and prayed silently in our hearts. "How is it? How is it?" Yang Chang hurriedly urged me by his side. Double-click "Broadband Dial-up", the user name and password are stored in advance, just click, click, click—— "Wow! Go up, go up, go up!" "Great, great! Chen Xue, you are so great, so smart, so great! You are the best, the best, the best!" Immediately, Yang Chang and I hugged each other excitedly, jumping up and down the room, as if all the problems had been solved and we were about to usher in a new life. When we finally calmed down, Yang Chang said: "Should we tell Police Officer Zhang about this new discovery? Maybe he can report the situation in Qingshui Town to the superior through the Internet, and then the superior will send a highly respected monk and Taoist , priests, and worldly experts come here to clean up the demons and ghosts in one go!" "I've known you for so long, you're the smartest this time." I was in an extremely good mood, so I couldn't help but compliment him. Yang Chang got my encouragement, and rushed out of the room like crazy to make a phone call. Now I sit in front of the computer alone, what can I do? Double-click the browser, I first typed bbs.dospy.com in the address bar, and pressed Enter—it was so slow, I waited with excitement, waited, waited... But what I waited for was - the page could not be displayed. How could it be?The network is clearly logged in!try again! Or not!No way?Could it be that it was just an empty rejoicing just now, and in fact, you can't surf the Internet at all? My heart suddenly became cold, but I was still not reconciled. It is better to go to other websites to look at it. It is also possible that Google cannot connect occasionally.What website should I go to?I don't usually surf the Internet very much, and I didn't have any ideas for a while, so I clicked on the favorites. "The Door of Death"! what is this?I kept pulling down the favorite pages, all of them were "gates of death", and it seemed that I couldn't pull them down to the end.Why did Suni set so many "gates of death" in her favorites?And there are no other links to sites other than "Death's Door".Does she like this website so much? Then she must be on it often. What kind of website is this? I hesitated to move the mouse to the link of "Death's Gate". I didn't know why, but I was in a panic, and my fingers didn't dare to press the left button.It would be great if Yang Chang was here. If he was there, I would dare to press it.I couldn't help looking back towards the door, why did it take him so long to make a phone call? When I turned around - Hey! The webpage is no longer a blank blank, but has become pitch black. In the depths of the screen, four blood-red characters are rolling and getting bigger and bigger, and finally fixed in front of my eyes—"Death" door"! its not right!I didn't press it just now, why did the webpage pop up automatically? There was a loud bang behind me, and I was so frightened that I dropped the mouse and looked back, the door of the room closed by itself.But there was no wind... It was suddenly dark in front of my eyes, like a power outage-but it was daytime! I found something was wrong, and was about to scream Yang Chang's name when suddenly my eyes lit up.I fell down on the ground, everything in the room was as usual, the computer was off, but the door of the room was open, and it seemed that the whole room was cleaner than before. Is it my illusion? I got up in a hurry, not daring to touch the computer again.Let's go to Yang Chang first, I ran to the corridor. It's so quiet all around, there is no sound at all, it feels very strange. I tried to call Yang Chang's name, and walked quickly to the living room, but there was no one in front of me.The phone was placed squarely on the table, didn't Yang Chang come here to make a call?Where did you go? When I came back to the corridor, I knew something was wrong, so I searched room by room.No, neither.I walked down the stairs to the first floor, which felt even more empty. "Grandpa! Little uncle!" I yelled loudly. After calling for a long time, there was still no answer. Are they all in the bathroom?You should have heard my cry too!I bite the bullet and entered the inner corridor of the bathing place, not daring to look around casually, for fear that there will be something other than myself in the mirror.I mustered up my courage and rushed into the men's bath, but there was no one!Then quickly rushed into the women's bath, there was no one!I ran out like an escape!Something is wrong!There is no one in the whole bath!What happened?Could it be that the residents of Qingshui Town turned back and arrested Grandpa, Uncle and Yang Chang?But I didn't hear any movement!Besides, why didn't they come to catch me? In desperation, I had to open the gate and come out onto the street. A gust of cold wind blew by, and the deserted streets made me shiver. An ominous premonition filled my heart.I ran desperately, ran, and smashed doors at every house.To my dismay, Qingshui Town became a deserted town.For the first time, I felt that Qingshui Town was so big and empty like a bottomless abyss. What the hell happened?Why am I the only one left?I thought of the "Gate of Death". Did the residents of the whole town disappear at once, or did I really enter the door of death and come to another dimension? Just when he was wondering, a white shadow suddenly flashed at the corner of the street not far ahead!That's a figure!As if I saw a life-saving straw, I hurried to catch up, but when I turned a corner, the white shadow disappeared at another corner, as if playing hide-and-seek with me.I couldn't control that much, so I kept chasing, shouting: "Hey, the person in front wait, wait for me!" But that person walked faster and faster. Suddenly, I turned a corner, and it suddenly became clear to me that this is Qingshui River! I actually chased him so far, to the East District. I was shocked. There is actually a small bridge on the Qingshui River, which was obviously not there when I passed by yesterday!Taking a closer look, many people were queuing to cross the bridge, all wearing white clothes, with their heads down, and their steps were stiff and slow. What a weird atmosphere!However, it's good to have someone, I can go over and ask them where the people in Qingshui Town have gone, and ask them if they have seen Yang Chang. Just as I was about to lift my footsteps, a little girl's delicate laughter came from behind me: "Hehe, hehehe..." Where have I heard this voice before? I turned around quickly, and I immediately took two steps back. is her!The little girl who hugged my leg in the dream is squatting not far in front of her at this moment, her long hair hanging down, covering her entire face. "Hehehehe..." She smiled nervously, and slowly bent down, with her head lowered, her hair scattered on the ground, and she crawled towards me bit by bit. "Wait... wait a minute, who are you?" I asked in panic as I stepped back. "I'm you." Her voice was so strange, like the voice of a ghost doll in a horror movie. I was petrified and asked aloud, "How could you be me? You are me, who am I?" "We are all Chen Xue!" "Nonsense! I'm Chen Xue! You're not!" Out of nowhere, I shouted at her. The little girl suddenly stopped crawling and remained motionless, but her motionless appearance was even more terrifying, like a beast ready to go, ready to pounce on me at any time.Suddenly, her body began to tremble, and one of her hands was lifted up and stretched forward—the pale and swollen little hand was dripping water continuously.Looking at the place where she crawled, it seemed that she had just crawled over a huge snail, with white sticky liquid extending out. I felt nauseous. "Why, why are you the only one alive? Why am I the one who died? We are all Chen Xue, why do you live and die? No, I am so miserable, do I still have to suffer so much for you? It's your turn, it's your turn You are in pain. Give me your neck, we will exchange, and I will become you, and you will become me!" She said incoherently, her tone gradually became vicious and vicious. She started crawling towards me again, much faster than before. I must escape! I turned around quickly, but slammed into the back of a person, and that figure was—"Mom!" I exclaimed. Looking back, the little girl stopped moving again and fell to the ground. "Chen Xue, what are you doing here?" Mom's voice was so stiff that no emotion could be heard. "I... I don't know, Mom, why are you here?" I asked in amazement, wanting to go around to see her face, but she seemed to see through my thoughts, her body rotated with me, Always turn your back to me, "Mom, let me see you." "I can't meet you, I'm dead." Mom's voice was cold. "Mom, what happened in Qingshui Town? I'm scared, can you tell me what to do?" Only in front of my mother, I don't have to hide my vulnerability. "It's too late, everyone will die." "No! I don't want to die! Mom, now I have someone I like very much. I don't want to die, let alone him. Help me!" I grabbed her arm and begged, but it felt like pulling a piece of rotten wood. . "The demon has woken up, and there is no way to recover." "Evil? What the hell is an evil?" I shouted anxiously. "It—is you." "I?" "The demon is you." Mom said, the demon is me, what does that mean?I am at a loss. The innocent and strange voice of the little girl came from behind: "The evil is you, the evil is me, I am Chen Xue, you are Chen Xue, I am you, you are me, we are the evil, and the evil is us..." The innocent voice of the little girl singing nursery rhymes is like a curse to me. I shook my head in a panic, but my mother stretched out her hand to the little girl: "It's all my fault. I thought death was terrible, but in fact, it's happiness to die peacefully. Don't suffer any more, let everything end. Chen Xue , come to mother." She didn't call me, but the little girl. The little girl didn't move. "What's the matter, Chen Xue, haven't you listened to your mother?" "I don't want to be killed again." The little girl said quietly. "Chen Xue, you have never lived, how did you get killed?" "Liar, I lived, I lived happily, I was killed." "Mom didn't lie to you, be obedient and come to mom." The little girl seemed to be bound by some kind of restraint, and her body trembled even more when her mother called, but she seemed to be struggling: "Don't! Don't! I want to live! I want to live! Grab Chen Xue, and I can live! Why? Only I die, don't! Don't!" Suddenly, the little girl disappeared. "Chen Xue!" Mom yelled sadly, and slowly lowered her hands. "She's gone?" I asked nervously.I am afraid of that girl, very afraid. "Chen Xue." This time my mother was talking to me, "It's too late, I can't control another Chen Xue. If you are caught by her, you will never be reborn in the hell of pain." Mom pointed to the bridge beside the Qingshui River: "Chen Xue, trust Mom, go over there and line up to cross the bridge. Now this is your only chance. As long as you get to the other side of the bridge, everything will be over." "Really?" It's that simple—a hopeful gleam in my eyes. "Go quickly, go quickly, cross the bridge, the pain will be over, go quickly." Mom said, her body gradually became transparent until it disappeared. I wiped my tears and ran towards the bridge quickly, and saw many people in white queuing up. There were only eight people in front of me, and they walked so slowly, I was afraid of having long nights and dreams, so I was very anxious. Suddenly, I saw the hands of the person next to me in line, with red rashes oozing pus.This scene is so familiar.The man's head turned to me once and for all, but his body didn't move at all.Finally, the head turned 180 degrees. I resisted the urge to scream.I recognize him, this person was in the house yesterday when I pasted the gossip talisman in Qingshui Town.I will not mistake him, he was the cursed plague sufferer. The man smiled faintly at me, as if greeting me, and turned his head forward again. The bridge ahead was getting closer and closer, and the anxiety in my heart became more and more intense. Finally, I couldn't help but tugged on the man's clothes and asked him, "Excuse me, what bridge is that in front? What's on the other side of the bridge?" The man didn't turn his head back, his voice seemed to come from another world: "That's the Nai River Bridge, the other side of the bridge is naturally the world of the dead." "What? Naihe Bridge!" This must be a joke! "After crossing the bridge, we won't be in pain anymore. I really want to go over quickly." A groan came from behind. I looked back, and I didn't know when there were five or six people in line behind me, and their faces also had red rashes with pus. How is this going?Suddenly I realized that what the man in front said was true.My mother said that everything is over and there is no more pain—when a person dies, of course it is over and there is no more pain.No!I don't want to die!Mom, how could you treat me like this, how could you lie to me to die!I still have Yang Chang, how could I leave him alone in the world.I don't want to cross the bridge of the dead or go to the place of the dead. I turned around and wanted to leave, but someone was already standing in the middle of the bridge, and the people behind me were pushing me anxiously. "Don't!" I screamed and wanted to run back, but the bridge was very narrow, and there were people standing behind me, and I was pushed forward again. The people behind shouted ferociously: "Go over quickly! I am in such pain, go over quickly!" I gritted my teeth and rushed to the railing of the bridge, turned over and jumped down, falling into the water. The water of the Qingshui River only reached my knees, and I breathed a sigh of relief and walked back.But as soon as I took a step, a hand in the water suddenly stretched out and grabbed my hand, and a voice came from the water, repeating non-stop: "Cross the bridge! Cross the bridge! Cross the bridge!" "Don't! I don't want to cross the bridge!" But the person was already being pulled by the hand, and I couldn't help walking to the shore on the other side of the bridge. When I was about to despair, my hand was suddenly grabbed by something again.When I turned around, the little girl in the white bathrobe was holding me firmly with both hands, her forward-falling hair was messily brushing against my skin, and she was desperately pulling me in the opposite direction. Is she saving me?I can't believe it. "Bridge, bridge, cross the bridge, cross the bridge..." This is the voice that pulls me to the shore of death. "She is me, she is me, she is mine, she is mine..." The little girl dragged me in the opposite direction without giving an inch. The strength of the two sides is not giving in to each other, and my body is about to be torn apart.what should I do?what should I do? "Let me go! You all let me go!" I screamed. Suddenly a familiar and warm voice descended from the sky: "Chen Xue! Stop! It's dangerous! Come back!" It's Yang Chang! Suddenly there was a loud noise in my head, I was dizzy, and the scene in front of me quickly rotated and changed. The moment I regained consciousness from the dizziness, I found that I was standing on the edge of the towering rooftop of the bathing place, and one foot had been stretched out. Suddenly a person rushed out from behind, grabbed my waist and pulled me back.It's Yang Chang!I plunged into Yang Chang's arms. "Idiot! What are you doing? Are you trying to commit suicide? You are crazy!" Yang Chang yelled at me nervously. I grabbed his clothes and cried bitterly. "What's wrong? Don't cry, what happened?" Yang Chang wiped away my tears in a panic. "I thought I'd never see you again! I entered the gate of death, my mother wanted me to die, I saw another me, the little girl said she was me, I almost crossed the bridge of Naihe, almost died It fell. Mom tricked me into crossing the bridge! Mom wanted me to die! Why? Why?" I cried incoherently. Yang Chang stroked my face, coaxing and persuading me non-stop. It took me a while to recover from the fright, and with lingering fear, I looked back at the rooftop—the place where I almost jumped off without knowing it.I suddenly discovered that it was exactly where my mother committed suicide fifteen years ago. Yang Chang hugged me back to the room, let me take a nap, and he silently stayed by my side. Later, recalling what happened that day, Yang Chang said that he ran out to call police officer Zhang, who said strangely that they had already tried the network, but they couldn't log in at all.Yang Chang immediately felt something was wrong, and when he rushed back to Suni's room, I was already gone.He looked for me everywhere, and after searching for a long time, he found that I was standing on the rooftop. After rushing up, the scene where I seemed to want to "suicide" happened. Yang Chang rubbed my hair and said, "I know you didn't want to commit suicide, so I'm relieved. If you really give up on yourself, I won't forgive you." After dinner, our family of four watched TV in the living room. It was reported in the news that nearly 30 people died in one day in Qingshui Town due to a sudden plague. I opened the "Qingshui Daily" that I asked my uncle to buy back, and found a few familiar faces in the published photos of the deceased's grooming. They were all people standing in front of me and behind me on the "Naihe Bridge".