Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Ghost Nails

Broken half key? I blinked, staring at the half key on the table, I couldn't help frowning.The key was sandwiched between two blank sheets of letter paper, and when it fell out, it flicked several times.I took the envelope from Yue Mingfei and opened it to see that there was nothing inside.The half of the key belonged to the first half. I don't know what secret it hides. It was sent to Erye Tang by mail. Does it have anything to do with his death? Yue Mingfei thought the key had been dropped in the second half, so he turned on the light and searched all over the floor.I could see clearly that the key that fell out was only the first half, so I looked at the postmark on the envelope.Even if there is no specific address of the place of sending, there is a postmark, which cannot be faked.I originally thought that the postmark could provide some clues, and it would not be as tempting as a half key, but when I took a closer look, his grandma's, with the words "Guangxi Yishan" clearly printed on the postmark, came from this place. From the town post office.

Yishan Town is the seat of the municipal government, and its population is far smaller than that of Beijing, but it also has a population of more than 100,000. It is too impractical to search for them one by one.Unless Qin Wang opens the door and lets us use the public security system to search Li Xiaoai's name, even if we find hundreds of people with the same name and surname, it is better than hundreds of thousands of people.When I thought that the clue was interrupted again, I let out a long sigh, then looked at Yue Mingfei who was squatting on the ground, and told him not to look for it, there was only half a key in the envelope.

Yue Mingfei turned around, sweating from the heat, took off his coat and even his shirt.Seeing this, I couldn't help getting hotter, and opened the door to let the night wind blow in.At this time, Jin Lele was poking his head out of the office, looking towards the Wafang dormitory, as if he was watching.Yue Mingfei stole the key just now, I don't know if Jin Lele noticed it, I felt guilty and closed the door again, not daring to look at her. "Huang Dingyi, keep this half of the key, don't lose it, maybe one day we can get it together and open a vault." Yue Mingfei said to me.

"The treasury? In such a poor place, there is no such thing. I think it is an ordinary key." I said so, but I didn't think so in my heart. If it was an ordinary key, Li Xiaoai would not send it to Tang. Second master.The postmark was at the end of last month, exactly one month later, Second Master Tang died, and he died so strangely, this coincidence is unconvincing. "We haven't eaten yet, why don't we go to the food stall at the back door of the school first? I'm sorry for you today, I'll treat you." Yue Mingfei interrupted my thoughts, he was still thinking about losing the memory card.

I'm not a narrow-minded person, so I said, "Forget it, you don't have to feel guilty like this all the time, I'm not used to it anymore. Meal money is still the same, and it's shared equally." "Then... these letters and greeting cards, you should hide them, there may be other clues, we just haven't found them yet." Yue Mingfei said while handing them over. I put away my things, I wanted to put them under the straw mat, but on second thought, no, the dormitory and office in the ferry are not safe.Not to mention the people who are behind the scenes, even Yue Mingfei can steal the key from Jin Lele, and if I put it in my room, it means asking others to steal it again.Furthermore, Yue Mingfei's secrets of stealing things and stealing corpses will leak out, so it can be seen that the perpetrators are pervasive, and these evidences are best hidden outside the ferry.

When I expressed my thoughts, Yue Mingfei clapped his hands and asked me where to hide the evidence.Although these pieces of evidence are not direct evidence, if there is a lot of evidence, indirect evidence can also make the prisoner bow his head and confess his guilt.I can't count on Qin Wang now, I can only play detective games with Yue Mingfei and Tang Ziyue, I hope it won't be like in the novel, and many people will die one after another. The only place in the ferry that no one frequented was the small abandoned building, overgrown with weeds, every brick and every wall was eaten away by moss, like a green deformed tomb.Summer is here, and the five poisons are out. We also sprinkle sulfur in summer to prevent snakes, centipedes, toads and other things from getting into the room.The abandoned small building is a den of drugs. I went up once and dared not set foot again for a long time.However, I once picked up Mr. Tang's oxygen cylinder there, but I didn't catch the person hiding there.After thinking about it, Yue Mingfei and I decided to hide our things in the cracks in the bricks of the abandoned building, but Jin Lele hadn't slept yet, so we had to wait until late at night before diving in.

At this time, the moon climbed to the top of the east mountain, and the Qingjiang River turned into a silver belt. Yue Mingfei and I were so hungry that our stomachs were croaking, and we walked towards the food stall at the back door of the teacher's college one after the other.During the period, I took the letter, greeting card and key with me, for fear of losing them.When I was eating, I was always watching those things, and Yue Mingfei told me to stop watching when he was too drunk, and then he talked a lot of nonsense while drunk.I didn't want the boss to serve wine at first, but Yue Mingfei said, Second Master Tang died, he was actually very sad, let him drink enough today.

Why am I not sad, when a person comes to a strange place, the first person who is kind to you is always unforgettable, no matter whether that person is male or female, old or young.I couldn't control it for a while, and then drank a bottle of Baigan, which made my throat smoke, and my whole body was covered with sticky hot sweat.I drank until around 8 o'clock in the evening. I saw that it was getting late, and I would have to crawl back if I drank any more, so I quickly paid the bill and helped the dead Yue Mingfei out of the food stall. The back door of the teacher's college is an old street. Thanks to the local university, the residents of the street earn a little money by cooking a la carte.This place is not like a bustling street, there are no people at night, students who eat supper all go to the dessert shop at the front door, and few people come to the back door, the reason is that the back door is close to a cliff of the Yi River, sometimes there will be a dark wind, called People are frightened.This old street is about 100 meters long. At night, the dim street lights are turned on. When people walk on the road, the shadows are long and long, and there will be an illusion of being followed.

I was just about to enter the old street from the food stall, when I saw a person coming out of the camphor forest. I looked closely and found that person was Hu Jiaheng.Usually, it is normal for people to come in and out of the ferry, but Hu Jiaheng strode across the street and walked straight to the teacher's courtyard.I froze for a moment, and thought to myself, Captain Hu is a little lame, why is he walking so fast, is there something urgent?Of course, I would not have thought that Captain Hu would pretend to be lame on weekdays, and there is no need for that in reality. So, Hu Jiaheng must be in a hurry?What urgent matter made him walk into the teacher's academy at night?

All of a sudden, I suspected that Hu Jiaheng, like Yue Mingfei, had a dirty secret. Now that we have been punished, are the other people in the crossing place safe?When I got excited, I wanted to follow, and then I patted Yue Mingfei's face hard, telling him to wake up quickly.Finally, I woke up the drunk Yue Mingfei, and immediately dragged him into the boulevard of the teacher's college.At first, I could keep up with Hu Jiaheng, and suspected that I guessed wrong, maybe he just walked through the teacher's college and went to the dessert shop in front to buy supper.However, Hu Jiaheng did not walk on the school road leading to the front door, but turned into a peach blossom forest in the teacher's college.

There were no street lights in that peach blossom forest, and it was pitch black. It was the sacred place of love in the teacher's college.Every night, there are countless mandarin ducks in the peach blossom forest. If a bachelor breaks in, he will definitely get angry with jealousy.Yue Mingfei and I are two men, if we walked in like this, no one else would think we were sick, besides, Yue Mingfei is staggering now, at night it looks like I am hugging him.At the same time, Hu Jiaheng also disappeared into the peach blossom forest, where there were so many people, it was difficult to tell who was who, and it was not easy to use a flashlight to find someone. "Strange, why does Captain Hu come to this kind of place?" I murmured, "I was studying at the teacher's college before, but I never came here." "Forget it, let's go back, we still need to hide the evidence." Yue Mingfei leaned on my shoulder and said drunkenly. "Okay." I walked back dejectedly, but looked back several times unwillingly, always thinking that something must have happened to Hu Jiaheng in such a hurry. I dragged Yue Mingfei away for a long time, I was sweating profusely, and I was exhausted until I returned to Duchang. Fortunately, when Yue Mingfei was blown by the fishy river wind, he woke up. When he saw that Jin Lele was not in the office, then Lights out in an office building, and he immediately remarked to me cheerfully that now would be a good time to hide evidence.I nodded, and while everyone was doing their own thing in the room with the door closed, I tiptoed and sneaked into the abandoned building behind with Yue Mingfei. There is a lot of humidity there, because it is against a mountain and the woods are high, so it is difficult for the sun to reach the back of the yard.Yue Mingfei hadn't changed his clothes yet, but he took off his black suit jacket. As soon as his white shirt brushed against the bushes and haystacks, it was immediately dyed in colorful colors.I didn't feel any better, my face was scratched by blades of grass, and I felt a sharp pain.The lower part of the small building is full of broken bricks, and the haystacks are crumbling here and there. Greeting cards, letters and keys are hidden here, and they may be corroded. Sometimes it rains heavily, and water will accumulate on the first floor.To be on the safe side, we quietly reached the second floor, but we didn't use flashlights, for fear of being discovered by others. When I got there, I really couldn't see the way, so I turned on the screen of my mobile phone to barely illuminate it.Unexpectedly, as soon as I went up, I saw a terrifying scene, and my whole body froze immediately.On the second floor with insufficient fluorescent light, the plaster walls are covered with mildew, and there are traces of being scratched by nails everywhere, from top to bottom, everywhere.Those scratches were fresh, and the peeling lime interior walls had a clean white, unlike what had been left before. It's not over yet, the ground is covered with nails, yellow and thick, left by someone who doesn't know.Yue Mingfei and I looked around in amazement, thinking who is this person, where did so many nails come from, could it be that a ghost jumped out to scare people?If we hadn't thought of coming to the abandoned building, I'm afraid we wouldn't have found such a thing inside.I felt a little creepy, so I couldn't help but turned on the camera mode of the phone and kept the flash on. Yue Mingfei was more courageous, he squatted down immediately, pinched a small piece of dirty nail, and asked me: "Is this considered evidence? Can the police test DNA? It seems that many movies are played like that? Some detective novels also Write it like this." I let out an "ah" and replied, "Don't look at those things anymore. What does this have to do with Mr. Tang's case? Besides, nails don't have DNA at all, so there's no way to test them." "How do you know?" Yue Mingfei, smelling like alcohol, turned to me and asked me back. I know this because a neighbor of my family suspected that his wife was cheating. He secretly cut off his son's nails and sent them to a genetic medicine center in other places for DNA comparison.But later on, the man found out that the clipped nails do not contain DNA fragments, and paternity testing cannot be done. Even in the US police department, there is no such technology. It keeps growing, so the presence of nails is difficult to use as evidence.Some detective novels and movies make a big fuss about this, which is actually a big mistake. Yue Mingfei is not a big guy, he is so sensitive, but he has read a lot of crime-solving novels.He heard me explain in such detail, so he asked suspiciously: "I remember it was said in the book that if you want to break the law, you must know the law. You can't be the one who gave me the note? No wonder there is no trace left at the scene. Excuse me, you know more than the police." "Are you drunk? I'll explain it to you kindly, why do you blame me instead?" I got drunk and raised my voice. While we were arguing, there was a sudden bang in the room, as if someone had kicked a fallen brick on the floor.The voice of Yue Mingfei and I stopped abruptly, we looked towards the corner together, at this moment we saw a person running across and hid in a room.There were no locks for the rooms, which couldn't hold us back.Unless that person is a ghost and can disappear out of thin air, it is impossible to escape.This time, I was afraid of missing a good opportunity, so I chased very closely. Yue Mingfei followed behind, couldn't see the way clearly, and fell down. A few seconds later, I blocked the door of that room, pushed the door open forcefully, and raised the phone to let the flash of the camera mode shine in.After being in a trance for a while, Yue Mingfei and I squeezed together at the door, panting, and saw clearly the people hiding in the room. The person hiding in the room was startled by us, like a frightened cat whose escape route was blocked by two vicious dogs.I couldn't wait to fix that person with the light, and after seeing his appearance clearly, I was very surprised and asked: "Maomao, why are you? What are you doing here?" "Damn it, are you playing tricks behind your back these few days? I don't want to live anymore!" Yue Mingfei was still drunk, angry and wanted to be violent. Mao Mao Mao was about the same age as us, and when he was yelled at like this, instead of being afraid, he stared back viciously.I was afraid that other people would hear it, so I hurriedly told Yue Mingfei not to get excited, and it would not be too late to act after asking clearly.Mao Mao Mao is dirty, as if it came out of a hole, not much better than us.Hearing what I said, Mao Mao Mao relaxed his vigilance. He knew that I was a friend rather than an enemy, so he would not make things difficult for him. "Speak, tell the truth! What are you doing here? Tang Ziyue and I saw someone climbing up from the river that night. Is that person you? Yu Yuyu was pushed down by you?" "How could I do those things!" Mao Maomao anxiously denied at first, and then justified, "I climbed in from the back wall because... because of the school history." "School history? You motherfucker! If you want to deceive me, make up a decent lie!" Yue Mingfei didn't believe it. Mao Mao Mao knew that the explanation at the beginning was too absurd, so he immediately told us that a few days before Chen Shiwan's death, he had secretly visited the Yishan Ferry.The school history is the school history of Yishan Normal University. Because Mao Maomao is the head of the literature club, the leaders of the school asked him to collect information and compile the school history into a book to prepare for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Normal University. Speaking of which, apart from the locals, not many people know about Yishan Normal University, but it once had a relationship with Zhejiang University. In 1937, when the "8.13 Songhu Anti-Japanese War" broke out, Zhu Kezhen, the president of Zhejiang University, led the teachers and students to leave Hangzhou. The first moved to Jiande in western Zhejiang, the second to Taihe, Jiangxi, the third to Yishan, Guangxi, and the fourth to Zunyi and Meitan, Guizhou. In 1938, Zhejiang University moved to Mount Yi, Guangxi. Later, in February 1939, Mount Yi was bombed by Japanese aircraft. At the end of 1939, the Japanese army landed from Qinzhou Bay in Guangxi and went north to attack Nanning. Zhejiang University had to move to Guizhou again.Although Zhejiang University has moved away, it has given birth to the school-running power of Yishan. It can be said that Zhejiang University is the ancestor of Yishan Teachers College. I remember that the former site of Zhejiang University’s Biaoying school is just outside the old east gate of the town, and there is still a stone tablet there, marking that period of history.According to historical records, one day in February 1939, Japanese planes bombed the standard camp, dropping 118 bombs.Teachers and students from Zhejiang fled from the river when a bomb fell suddenly. Xu Shouyuan, a 38-level agricultural chemical student, described it this way: "The gravel and shrapnel fly together, and the river is full of mud and sand!" After that, some teachers and students were killed by the river, He just hid in the river and drowned.A small number of teachers and students encountered the pontoon bridge troops and took refuge in the old ferry under the cover of them. Some even sneaked into the mountains, so they survived. Thinking of this period of history, I asked, "What does this have to do with you sneaking to the ferry? Do you need to come here to edit the history of the school?" Mao Maomao explained: "Of course it doesn't matter! But those materials can only be found in the library of the Normal University. I went to the library to look through the precious photocopied materials in order to compile the history of the school, but found that some pages were torn out. Yes! The library now has two buildings, one of which is an old building. The materials and files in it cannot be taken out, and you must register when you go in for inspection! I found that a few pages were torn off, and I checked with the administrator later. Through the entry and exit records..." "There are so many materials in it, how do you know who read which?" I interrupted, "The records are only the list of people who entered and exited?" "I don't know, there are no cameras in the library, but I took pictures of the list on my mobile phone. Some time ago, I searched for all those students, and they all denied tearing up materials related to school history. Only one person , He is not from the school, he is from outside, he is the most suspected." Mao Mao Mao took out his mobile phone as soon as he finished speaking, called out the photo, and handed it to me. I don't understand what's so good about stealing those materials, isn't it just a few pieces of waste paper, the old man who collects rags doesn't bother to ask for it.But when I took it over and took a look, a familiar name jumped into my eyes, and my attention was quickly attracted.I moved the phone to Yue Mingfei for a look, and the two of them looked at each other, feeling very surprised.The photo on the mobile phone is part of the library's entry and exit list. A person from Duchang went to the library on Qingming Festival, and that person is Tang Erye. "This..." I was speechless, wanting to refute, but couldn't say anything.Why did Master Tang go to the old library of the teacher's college?Except for some photocopied materials, there are some old versions of novels, anthologies, and archives. Few teachers and students go there anymore.What is the secret of the school history materials that Mao Mao Mao needs?Could this be the confidential document that Tang Erye claimed to expose?Now that it's all photocopied, what kind of secret is this?It's so contradictory! "Second Master Tang's death really wasn't simple." Yue Mingfei thought about it. "That material is the county annals compiled by the former government personnel. There are three books in the library, namely the county annals from the 1930s to the 1960s, the county annals from the 1970s, and the county annals from the 1980s. The county annals from the 1970s were stolen, and I wanted to check the school history, but who knows... only the county annals from the 1970s are still there." I waved my hand and interrupted again: "You mean the county chronicles from the 1980s have been lost, and how many pages of the county chronicles from the 60s have been torn up? These materials should also be in the government archives, so there's no reason to steal them?" "You don't know that. Those county annals are not published versions, they were written word by word by people in those years, and then photocopied and kept in the school. The original manuscript was lost during the government's big relocation in the late 1980s , the photocopied version of the school is the only copy. At that time, no one knew what a backup was, and no one thought about making a backup. The versions that are circulating now are all rewritten in the 1990s!" Mao Mao Mao said to us . After hearing those words, I couldn't help but feel ashamed. Fortunately, I used to be a student of the Teachers College, so I didn't know that there were such precious historical materials in the school.But this does not prove that Mr. Tang stole the materials, at most it can only prove that he went to the library in early April.And I really can't figure out how precious the county annals compiled by the predecessors are, and how it is possible to write secrets on them. Yue Mingfei saw that I was in a daze, so he patted me, and said, "Don't be fooled by this kid! What school history, Zhejiang University, county annals! Can this explain why you appear here? Look, there are so many people on the ground. Too many fingernails, at least a few hundred, and the wall is full of scratches, this kid must be playing tricks! Let me punch him twice to see how dishonest he is!" Mao Maomao saw that I couldn't stop Yue Mingfei, so he replied nervously: "Chen Shiwan has been here! Yu Yuyu has been here too! Their deaths must be related to this place! I have reported this to the police and the school, but The school wanted to block the news, but the police didn't believe it, so I sneaked into the ferry alone..." "What did you say? Both Chen Shiwan and Yu Yuyu came to the transition site? Have you ever been to this small building? How do you know?" I asked suspiciously. "The three of us are good friends. Chen Shiwan and Yu Yuyu are ... male and female friends. When they had an accident, I didn't know they had been here. Didn't Teacher Tang Ziyue organize students to visit Chen Shiwan's mother today?" I took the opportunity to sort out the things left by Chen Shiwan, including the mobile phone, and then I..." Mao Maomao hesitated for a while, then continued, "Then I felt that something was wrong with his death, so I peeked at the contents of his mobile phone, It turned out that he and Yu Yuyu had sent a text message a few days ago, saying that he was going to meet someone at the abandoned building in the Yishan Ferry at night. If the situation was good, he would be able to know which section of the river the Japanese Thunder fighter jets were washed into. You can also find a way to get some money from the city government to treat his mother. You know, the town is going to develop tourism now. If someone picks up the wreckage of the plane, the school will definitely reward him, and the government will also... " "You are so naive! Can you guys get that kind of thing? Even if you can get it, will the school and the government really reward you? The leaders will definitely take the credit, and it's not the turn of others!" I said sighed. "His mother is dying of illness. His family has borrowed so much money. There is no other way. It's all my fault. At that time, when I compiled the school history, I mentioned the matter of the plane to him. In fact, it's not Teacher Tang Ziyue's fault. She went to that class Before the class, we already had ideas." Mao Mao Mao admitted frankly. "Then Chen Shiwan and Yu Yuyu sent text messages, did they mention who he came to meet at the ferry?" I asked. "I don't know, he didn't mention it in the text message, and the call records are all calls to other students, and there is no other number." Mao Maomao confessed. "That's weird. We haven't seen any outsiders come to transition this month." Yue Mingfei said while recalling. "They all said that they must have done it behind everyone's back when they met in this small building at night. Could it be that that person is really Second Master Tang? But they are all dead, who should I ask now?" I said dejectedly. "I came back from Chen Shiwan's house today. After thinking about it, I sneaked into the ferry. I didn't know that I ran into you when I first came in." Mao Mao Mao explained clearly and let out a long sigh of relief. "So you didn't do those scratches and nails?" I wondered, and at the same time I thought, if it wasn't for Mao Mao Mao, who could predict the foresight and create a terrifying scene to scare us?Is this necessary?How did the nails collect so many?Now that everyone involved in the matter is dead, we haven't even touched the core of the mystery, and we don't have criminal investigation technology, how can we solve the mystery? That night, we exchanged a lot of information, and only then did we realize that we were in the same situation.But I was afraid that Mao Mao Mao would follow in Yu Yuyu's footsteps or be threatened by others, so I advised him to compile the school history and let the police investigate the case.At the same time, I made a wink, and Yue Mingfei nodded in agreement, telling Mao Mao Mao that we will find a way to let the police continue to investigate the case, and the police are old acquaintances in the ferry.Mao Mao Mao believed it, thanked us happily, and was sent away by us.But Yue Mingfei and I have even more headaches, because the police have already stated that they will not investigate further, and we know no more than Mao Mao Mao. Afterwards, I hid the greeting card and half of the keys left by Second Master Tang, turned around and sneaked back to the dormitory with Yue Mingfei, each falling asleep.But I couldn't sleep well, Erye Tang's urn was in the room, and in a trance, I dreamed that he was staring at me while I was sleeping, a dark force was pressing on my chest, and I was almost out of breath.In the morning, I was awakened by a nightmare. Everyone went out to celebrate May Day, and there was no one. Mrs. Han also forgot to leave me breakfast.Tang Ziyue hasn't called me until now, and she didn't contact me last night. Maybe she couldn't open the salvaged journal. I was hungry and wanted to go to the cafeteria to see if there were buns, but the cafeteria was locked.I had no choice but to go to the office, trying to get a spare key from Jin Lele.The office was locked, but the window was open. Yue Mingfei reached inside yesterday and hooked out the spare key of Second Master Tang's room.I followed the same pattern and grabbed a large bunch of keys, but accidentally dropped a document. "Oops! The document fell on the floor. If Jin Lele finds out, he must be clamoring to catch a thief." In order to cover up the "crime", I had to find out the spare key of the office, open the door, go in, pick up the file, and hang it on a nail on the wall again.That document was not important, it was just the salvageman's attendance record, a monthly schedule for the ferry service.I just hung it up and was about to escape, when I stopped in doubt and said to myself: "What's going on? The attendance schedule on April 28 has been altered? Who should be on duty that day? Jin Lele Why? Do you want to change the attendance person to Tang Erye?" I found it strange, took down the attendance record, rubbed the part that was altered, and wanted to see who was originally assigned.Jin Lele didn't paint too much ink, I looked at it for a while, and quickly recognized the altered names, and said to myself: "So that's what happened!" Jin Lele didn't change much, and the characters in the middle are still very clear. I knew it was a "Dong" character at a glance, and I was the only person whose name contained "Dong" in the ferry.So, on April 28, I should be the one who went into the water to salvage. How could it be changed to Tang Erye?If Second Master Tang didn't switch with me, then I would be the one who died. I was shocked by the passing of the god of death. I was a little glad that I survived, but I felt sorry for Mr. Tang.I have been in the ferry for more than half a year, and I have never salvaged a corpse. It stands to reason that half a year is the longest training period. It is reasonable for me to go into battle on April 28. Jin Lele's arrangement is no problem.No wonder, Jin Lele also arranged for Hu Jiaheng and Yue Mingfei to go with me that day, they were originally there to cheer and guide me. I hung up the notebook, closed the door, walked to the cafeteria resentfully, took a steamed bun and gnawed it in a daze.I don't know how long it took, Jin Lele and Mrs. Han came back from shopping for vegetables. When they saw me alone in the yard, their eyes were full of sympathy.Sister-in-law Han also asked me, why don't I go home on May Day, isn't it boring to be alone at the ferry?My parents went on a trip to other provinces, and there was no one at home, so it was meaningless to go back.Just in time, I wanted to ask Jin Lele something, and when Mrs. Han took the dishes to wash, I stopped Jin Lele: "I have something to ask you." "What's the matter? Everyone is on holiday now. If you want to ask for leave, don't ask me." Jin Lele replied casually. "I want to ask you, is it my turn to salvage on the 28th of last month? Why did you change it to Mr. Tang?" Here, doesn't this prove that I sneaked in and peeked?But things have reached this point today, and I have no scruples anymore. Jin Lele gave me a suspicious look first, and then replied, "That's what Erye Tang insisted on me to change! You want to blame me? If I don't agree, can you still stand here and question me?" "Question? I didn't mean that!" I realized that my tone was wrong, and quickly explained, "I just find it strange, why did Second Master Tang suddenly change your arrangement?" "It's not that I feel sorry for you juniors. Forget it, it's over, it's useless to think too much. I'll help Mrs. Han wash the vegetables. You can go out for a walk when you have time. Don't get bored in the ferry, it's easy to get bored Bo" Jin Lele finished speaking, turned around and walked away. I walked back to the dormitory alone, thinking that Mr. Tang insisted on changing the attendance arrangement that day, was he really afraid that something would happen to me, or was there another reason?Could it be that Er Master Tang knew something would happen before he got into the water?Is someone really so stupid, knowing that something will happen, and dare to go into the water to salvage the body?I sat in the dormitory and pondered for a while, facing the statues and urns on the table, I felt that the hot temperature suddenly dropped a lot. At this time, a phone call came, and I stood up and went outside to answer it.Just listen, the other side of the phone said: "Hello? Huang Dingyi? I'm Tang Ziyue! Sorry, I'm not at school these few days on May 1st, and I have to go home. I have hidden that diary, don't worry, wait for the holiday Come back, I'll think of a way, don't you worry?" I was a little disappointed, but I didn't admit it: "Don't worry, even if you are busy with your work, I want to go home!" "Okay, then see you in a few days, and contact me again if you have anything to do." Tang Ziyue hung up the phone immediately, I closed the door of the dormitory after thinking about it, and walked out of the ferry in silence.Originally, I planned to go to the old library of Yishan Teachers College. It is not only open to students, but also to outsiders. The premise is to bring your ID card or student ID card for registration.No one usually goes to that library, and it is a holiday on May 1st. The school only arranges for the new library to remain open.My plan to go to the old library to find clues was forced to be postponed, and Tang Ziyue had to go home to see her parents. Without a clue, I walked all the way down the Yijiang River, and slowly turned into the peaceful Yishan Reservoir. When the weather is hot, frogs sing and rise in the mountains and rivers, and water birds hover in the clear sky. It is peaceful, but the Yishan Reservoir always exudes a strange atmosphere, which makes people feel that there are monsters living under the water that cannibalize people.I came back here again, not wanting to swim in the water, but to pay tribute to Erye Tang, this is where his accident happened, maybe his soul is wandering here.Without Mr. Tang, this would be my burial place. When I come back here, I feel a sense of confusion as if a criminal sneaked back to the scene of the crime. "Huh?" I approached the reservoir, thinking about something, when I saw three sticks of high incense burning on the grass by the water, and the unique fragrance of Buddhist temples permeated the surroundings, adding a bit of weirdness. "Who is burning incense here? Could it be that the students from the teacher's college came to pay homage to Chen Shiwan?" I thought suspiciously, but I thought it was impossible. The students were so scared to death, how dare they come to such a desolate place. After thinking about it, I squatted down and saw that a pile of paper money had been burned under the three sticks of incense, covered with a thick layer of ash.I stretched out my hand to pick it up. It was an unintentional act. I didn't expect that there is such a thing as "the sky net is restored, and it is sparse but not leaked".Among the ashes, there are two unburned remnants of the photo. Although they are very small, only the size of a thumb, there is a human head in the remnant corner of the two photos.I don't know if it's because the photo was burned or it was an old photo. The picture is very yellow. I can barely recognize the young version of Tang Erye in one of the residual corners.The other one was blurry, because the person's face was distorted due to the high temperature baking, and I couldn't tell who he was for a while. "So, someone came here to pay homage to Master Tang just now, and it has nothing to do with the students of the teacher's college? Who could that person be?" I picked up the remaining corner of the photo, stood up and looked around, but I couldn't see anyone.At first, I suspected that it was Hu Jiaheng. He is one of the few living veterans. Except for him, no one has such old photos.But Jin Lele said that Hu Jiaheng went to the street to buy chess with Jia Xiazi today, and he hasn't come back yet, so he definitely doesn't have time to come here to burn incense.Besides, Tang Erye had a fight with Hu Jiahang before his death, and they held a deep grudge against each other, Jin Lele was more likely than Hu Jiahang to come to burn incense. There was no one near the reservoir, and my imagination was useless, so I wanted to leave with the stump, and was about to go back the same way, when a figure flitted between the grass and trees in the distance, which caught my attention.That person is a local fisherman named Zhang Dahu. The last time he found floating corpses in the reservoir, he was also in Chang Zhang Dahu. In addition to fishing with nets, he also used an electric fishing machine. No one cares about him in the small town, and many fish died there. Under the long electric pole. When I strode after him, Zhang Dahu was in full swing, and there were many small fish floating on the surface of a small river.Seeing me coming, Zhang Dahu glanced at it, and continued to catch those stunned river fish.I was afraid that Zhang Dahu would not recognize me, so I said that we had met before when the floating corpse was found last time.At the same time, I couldn't help remembering that the floating corpse was Hong Ke, the first ferry leader, who had died twenty years ago.According to Hu Jiaheng, a flood occurred in Guangxi in 1988, and a bridge on the Yi River was washed away. At that time, there were many pedestrians on the bridge. Hong Ke disappeared when he went into the water to save people.When Hong Ke's body reappeared twenty years later, Hu Jiaheng reacted strongly, as if he had seen a ghost, but then Hong Ke's body disappeared again, and someone rushed to remove the body before we could bury it. When Zhang Dahu heard what I said, his face changed slightly, he turned his face away and said, "I'm busy!" "I just want to ask you, did you see anyone burning incense at the reservoir just now?" I asked patiently. "You mean the man who burned the incense? I saw it, but I didn't see the face! When I passed the reservoir, I saw a man walking the old way, and only saw his back. What's wrong? What are you asking for? Is burning incense a crime? ?” Zhang Dahu asked. When I got excited, I asked, "Did you see the back? Is that person a man or a woman? How old is that?" Zhang Dahu doesn’t like to speak Mandarin. After listening to me say a lot, he said annoyedly: “You young boy, don’t bother me with Dianyu. Soon! What are you talking about!" People just left?Still catch up? I thanked me, and immediately turned around and ran back, rushing into the "old way".That road was left in the 1960s. In the past, many educated youths from big cities built reservoirs here. They lived and ate in nearby villages, and many villages were in the mountains.Later, in order to apply for a county-level city, the government moved the population of some remote mountain villages into the town, and those villages were completely abandoned, and no one left the old way. The old road can lead to the camphor forest. If I chase it fast, I may be able to catch up.But I didn't hold out much hope. Since the person who burned the incense followed the old path, he deliberately avoided it and didn't want to be discovered.I'm not sure if the person who burned the incense had anything to do with Tang Erye's death, but now all clues have been cut off, so I have to chase after any clues.Now I am even more guilty, because I should have found out that the person who died was me, not Erye Tang. The old road had long been submerged by weeds. Fortunately, I was able to find the traces left by that person and chase them all the way along the fallen weeds.The old road is far away from the river and close to the mountain. The mountain is called Bailong Mountain in the local area. There is a White Dragon Cave in it. It is said that there are white dragon bones and immortals in it. 1939年时，浙大的学生曾为了躲避日军轰炸，也进过白龙山。我听爸妈提过，他们以前亦曾在白龙山里的村子住过，那段日子很艰苦，他们常常对我唠叨。 追着追着，我到了山脚下，整个人就被苍老的古树群包围了，透不过气来，也看不到尽头。一瞬间，我很想折回，却见前面有一幢青藤满挂的建筑，像是佛门之地。走近一看，原来那是一座尼姑庵，现在没人住在庵里了，尼姑们在“文革”时都被赶出去了。曾经尼姑庵香火鼎盛，附近的村民都来这里求福，保佑农田不被洪水淹没，或者求平安与健康。有两株榕树分别种在尼姑庵旁，树根生树，长出了一片林子，好似《倩女幽魂》中的兰若寺。 我走过去时，前人系在树藤上的红丝带随风起舞，但红丝带都褪色了，甚至被撕烂了。我随便瞧了几眼，那些红丝带都是些祝福语，以及祈福人的姓名。这景象让我有一种穿越时空的感觉，似乎回到了过去，尼姑庵内外人来人往，甚至感觉有人正从我身旁擦过。不知不觉，我放慢了脚步，当伸长脖子，看过前面的路没有人，于是就好奇地转了方向，朝尼姑庵的大门迈去。 那里的木门歪在一旁，门上有个佛字，可被人用刀划烂了，还打了一个大叉。我踏上斑驳的石梯，心想这尼姑庵始建于哪个年代，以前没听人提过，只知道很早就有了。穿过了大门，我就看见尼姑庵里佛像横倒，被人打得七零八散，这应该是红卫兵闹的。在念大学时，我们的英文老师讲过，以前尼姑庵曾让红军躲进来，避开敌人的追捕，哪知道砸尼姑庵的人就是当年她们救过的人。 一入尼姑庵，我仿佛听到一声声尼姑的哭泣，神佛都在流泪，像是着了魔一样。猛地，我清醒过来，打了自己的脑袋，连忙要退出去。现在已是下午，太阳正朝西边坠落，我若不早点离开，恐怕会被尼姑的冤魂困祝哪知道，我还没转身，佛像碎倒的青砖地上就映照出两个淡淡的人影，一个是我的，另一个是……这怎么可能？ ! 我深吸一口气，意识到那影子不是人类的，惊恐地转过身，两眼就直了，同时一声冷笑传进耳中。