Chapter 115 Chapter 25: The Ghost Plays the Piano

We have always thought that the inference is correct, but now it is overturned by the words of the old curator Zha, we are all unexpected.Aunt Yu is not here now, if she is, she can confront her to find out who is lying, or maybe none of them are lying, but I made a mistake somewhere? "You really don't know Aunt Yu, she was just a child twenty years ago." Xinhong didn't quite believe it, he asked again. "No, we lived in a village outside at that time, but we didn't bring any people from the village in." Mr. Zha shook his head vigorously, seeing that he didn't look like he was deceiving us.

I frowned slightly, recalling the conversation with Aunt Yu at that time, it was at that time that we felt that she was the sixth person.At that time, the cave spider broke away, and the conversation started like this: (You can refer to Chapter 16 "Sudden Recovery") "Everyone can move around, shall we take old curator Cha down?" I suggested. "So you really know him!" Aunt Yu said in surprise, pointing to the old curator Cha on the ground. "You...know old curator Zha?" Xinhong also asked in surprise. "Uncle Cha came to our village 20 years ago, he hasn't changed at all, and they also entered this cave..." Aunt Yu said softly.

As soon as I heard it, I became energetic, so I asked: "Then you also came in with them?" "That's right." Aunt Yu smiled wryly. From this moment on, I believe that Aunt Yu went into the cave with Director Zha twenty years ago.However, now that I think about it, I feel a little awkward. Why did Aunt Yu say "well?"If you came in, you came in, if you didn't come in, you didn't come in, why do you have to answer with "I guess"?The ambiguous answer was the same as Xinhong's answer to the birthmark question.It's all so blurry, no wonder I get it wrong.It’s just that Xinhong must not fool me, don’t mistake my sister, but I myself remember that I have a birthmark, so there should be no mistake.

Next, Aunt Yu mentioned that today is the fourteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. She was terrified, and then led to a subsequent conversation: "You don't understand, when they came in twenty years ago, that day also happened to be the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Fourteen, but then..." Aunt Yu became more and more nervous as she spoke, and finally didn't know what to say. At that time, I was puzzled when I heard what Aunt Yu said. She said, "When they came in twenty years ago, it happened to be the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month." How could she say "they" instead of "us"?Didn't Aunt Yu say that she also entered this cave in twenty years?Maybe she was worried about her daughter.That's why it's incoherent.However, after listening to Aunt Yu's words, I always felt that she meant that she didn't go in with old curator Zha and the others, but she was the sixth person, so she should have gone in, otherwise how could she be so familiar with the terrain here.

So far, the old curator has denied it.That's when I became more suspicious of Aunt Yu's words. She probably didn't come in with the old curator Cha.But why you are so familiar with this place, you have to wait until you find Aunt Yu and ask in person. "However, when you mentioned this girl surnamed Yu, I remembered one thing." The old curator Zha said suddenly. I originally wanted to ask, and there were only five people coming in, who was the sixth person, but the sudden words of the old curator made me hold back my words. "We lived in the village at that time, because it was right next to it, so it was more convenient to live in the village. At that time, the owner of the yard we lived in was named Yu, and there seemed to be a little girl!" Cha Laoguan When Chang said this, he coughed, thinking that he was very weak.

"Then, did that little girl come in later?" Xinhong asked. "I don't remember. It seems that the little girl disappeared the day we left the village and entered the cave." The old curator tilted his head and recalled bitterly, as if he couldn't remember clearly. "Missing! Then... what happened next?" I was a little surprised, why is Aunt Yu twenty years ago so similar to Xiaoyan today?Could it be... have we seen a ghost? "I don't know. We ran out again after we were dispersed, but we didn't wait for Xiao Lu to come out. In desperation, everyone went out of the mountain and lost a friend for no reason. Everyone was not in the mood. Responsibility, later, we all made excuses and left here. Perhaps, everyone thought that Xiao Lu had... After all, those animals like tigers are more ferocious than tigers." The old curator Zha said and burst into tears .

"Wait a minute, Mr. Cha, you keep saying that there are six people coming in, then..." Chen Jing asked carefully: "You, Jinwei's...my parents, and Xinhong's parents, there is one more who is it?" "I forgot to mention her, almost forgot about her," the old curator Zha said a little sadly, he moved his lips several times but replied, "Maybe she is no longer in this world, so I don't want to mention it." her." "Her, who is she? Uncle Cha, if you have anything to say, just say it, we are not outsiders, so we can keep it a secret!" Chen Jing saw that the old curator did not say anything, and felt that he was worried that we would not keep our mouth shut.

"It's not impossible to say, it's just that she was just a little girl at the time, and she is a few years younger than the Aunt Yu you mentioned. She should have nothing to do with this matter." The old curator Zha said while waving his hands, like a scholar. appearance, but he has forgotten the environment we are in. Little girl, another little girl?Who will she be?I thought over and over in my heart, could it be Chen Jing?This is impossible, Chen Jing was separated from me when she was born, there is no possibility that she will ever come back.Is that Aunt Yu?This is even more impossible, the old curator Zha denied it, not to mention that Aunt Yu had disappeared before the old curator Zha entered the cave, maybe she was also brought into the cave by strange things like Xiaoyan?The "she" that the old curator said.Did you escape from the cave twenty years ago?

"Then did she escape later, and where is she now?" Chen Jing asked.She is really a bit like me. Just as I thought of this, she asked me what I said, and she became my spokesperson. "Later, she was taken away by Jinwei...that is, your mother. As for now, I don't know where she is, maybe she is not in this world anymore." Bell... bell... The sound of the piano floated melodiously in the cave again. Now that we are close to the source of the sound, I can feel that the sound of the piano is coming from that pillar!Who is playing this lost and complicated Voice of the True Qin? Is there anyone in the world who is so proficient in the Voice of the True Qin?Is it a beautiful woman who is isolated from the world, or is it a monster playing?If you want to know, you can only find out the source of the piano sound.Aunt Yu has already gone up.Could it be that the sound of the zither came from above, but it is really impossible below, the bottom is full of water, full of fish and dragons.

"Let's go into the pillar and take a look. They're all coming in anyway." The old curator said, I just remembered that the old curator climbed up from the bottom just now, he must have been trying just now Climb up. "Do you think the sound of the piano has something to do with my mother?" Xinhong asked hesitantly. "No, those tiger-like things rushed out at that time. Thanks to the sudden appearance of the piano sound, the group of tiger-like things gradually calmed down." Old curator Zha replied. It's a fear cat, what they encountered at that time must be a fear cat!The sound of the harp can indeed calm a person, perhaps even a ferocious animal.Could this piano sound manipulate the minds of creatures?After so many years, can a person who plays the piano live so long?The environment here is so harsh, and the sun is out of sight.

"Do you know why all the stalactites here were interrupted, and then such a long pillar was built?" Director Zha asked, pointing to the distant pillar. The old curator Zha’s question turned us off. I just found it strange, but I never paid attention to the meaning of using stalactites to make pillars.The old curator Zha saw that the surrounding area was still quiet, and felt that there was no danger for the time being.So give us a brief explanation of why.It turns out that in ancient times, some ethnic groups used to beat stalactites to stimulate all kinds of wonderful music.For example, in the Qiliang Cave in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, there are two stalactites that can knock out the sound of gongs and drums respectively. The various upside-down stalactites in the "Concert Hall in the Cave" of the underground "Gem Palace" at the foot of Huanglong Mountain can be knocked out. It can emit various sounds from time to time, and can play wonderful music; above the entrance of the underground river of the Dragon Palace in Anshun, Guizhou, there are nine upside-down stalactites, and the lower end of each stone is like a dragon's head, so it is called "dragons welcome guests". Knocking on these stalactites will also make wonderful music.Director Zha Lao said that some ancient ethnic groups often held gatherings and sacrifices in caves, and played music at the same time, because they took a fancy to the stalactites in caves.In ancient times, stalactites were believed to be able to expand and sublimate the soul of musical instruments, and to purify people's restless minds. In fact, stalactites can indeed improve and expand the sound quality. This is the summary of the experience of ancient people.Now, with so many stalactites in front of our eyes, it is no wonder that the sound of the piano is so elegant and broad. It turns out that there are stalactites at work.I suddenly remembered that the sound of the waterfall here and the roar of the red beast are very light, and it turned out to be the cause of the stalactites.It seems that the people who built it here are very wise. If I were to build it, I would not have thought of this.Since the people who built here wanted to emphasize this piano sound so much, it seems that this piano sound is the key to the cave! "Let's go down before the water comes up." Chen Jing said. "Strange, you are not confused, how do I remember that you said last time that you have to wait for the water to come down before going down?" I asked wonderingly. "Hey, that's because I want to go down to pick flowers. I can only get them when the water submerges the pillars. Manjusawa only blooms in July, and the manjusawa here only blooms in the water. How can I go down to get the water, and besides, what if it falls and falls?" Chen Jing's defense was a bit unreasonable, and she wanted to refute it, but remembering that she has become my sister, there was no dispute. "Well, it's better to go down first. I also took advantage of the groundwater to come in and swam directly to the top. I didn't expect to be washed up on the wall by the groundwater and almost smashed my head." The old curator tried his best to smile, but he This made me even more worried that he would be overwhelmed. "How about, old curator Cha, you go out first, and leave this place to us." I suggested, after all, he is our elder, and it's hard to explain what happened. "Don't talk nonsense, this matter has been in my heart for twenty years, and there must be a solution this time, otherwise I will die with regret!" The old curator actually bit his lip after speaking, I looked at my heart. He was shocked, so he didn't dare to stop him, we just took care of him along the way. Everyone was worried that if the underground flood came again, it would be worse than the last time. If they were accidentally pushed by the water onto the rocks, their lives would be over.We struggled to climb down one by one from the mouth of the waterfall, and then waded slowly towards the pillars.Chen Jing and I have been up here for a long time, but the water here has not been cleaned up, and the water is still up to the waist. I want to swim but can't swim, so I can only move forward slowly in the water.After finally getting under the pillar, I turned on the searchlight, trying to scare the ghosts inside, for fear that harmful things would lurk inside.After confirming that there was nothing inside and that it was impossible for the ichthyosaurs to come up and hurt us, they climbed up the pillars one after another. There is a large hole in the pillar, which the builders left on purpose, but now that there is not much water, the hole is too far away.The red beast can jump up, so we have to climb slowly. God knows how high this pillar is. No wonder such a strict curator, Mr. Cha, wants to take a shortcut.We climbed to the hole and filed in one by one.It is not difficult to climb up the pillars, because they are all piled up with stalactites, and there are many uneven places to climb.The only problem is that this pillar is too long, and our physical strength is almost at its limit. If we go into shock before reaching the top, we can only fall down and be smashed to pieces. The sound of the piano is getting closer and closer to us, and I can feel that the sound of the piano is nearby.Finally, we passed through a layer of caves, and it turned out that there were so many layers of caves above!I remember that the big tiankeng is very deep. If you calculate it carefully, there should be many layers of caves.I was still thinking about things, suddenly many lights lit up in my insight, twinkling like eyeballs.I hurriedly raised the searchlight vigorously and pointed it at the cave on this floor. I didn't expect that there were all cats and cats in groups, and the air was so dirty that I almost fainted from the smell.Fortunately, wild beasts are naturally afraid of light. They were hit by the strong light of the searchlight and fled in amazement. We also took the opportunity to pass through this layer of caves.At first, I thought the pillar was about to reach the top, because the topped cave could already be seen above, but unexpectedly, when we went up to the topmost cave, we found that there was nothing there! When they were surprised, it was Director Zha and Chen Jing who discovered a hole in the corner of the cave, a very large hole.It was pitch black there, I turned on the searchlight, and everyone took a deep breath.Unexpectedly, the pillar started from here again. In this hole, there is another pillar, which leads to the ground. Could it be that Aunt Yu climbed down?That should be true, otherwise we would have seen her here too. Everyone has already walked so many steps, and we don't care about taking a few more steps, so we went all out and climbed down from the hole again.The sound of the piano is still floating, I pray in my heart, don't lead to other places, I actually have no strength, I can't climb at all, but now I am too embarrassed to say it.There is a little halo under the pillar, but it is far away, and it feels unreal.I felt that my body was going to be exhausted, so I stopped on the pillar to rest for a while. Taking advantage of the gap, I stared down and looked through. There seemed to be a guzheng in the halo below. The sound of the zither might have floated up from there, but , I trembled all over, because I watched for a long time, but I didn't find a guzheng next to it, not even a creature!How did the sound of the piano come out? Could it be a ghost playing the piano, a ghost playing the piano thousands of years ago? !