Chapter 7 Chapter Six

Behind me, stands a life-sized stone statue of a woman, it is staring at me, no wonder there was a chill from behind just now.The sneer only lasted for a moment, and when I turned my head away, the sound disappeared. I don't know if it was from the stone statue.I stretched out my hand to brush away the old banyan vines blocking the stone statue, and frowned after taking a look, because the stone statue has three hands and looks like a water god with a broken arm. The stone statue is roughly carved and made of ordinary materials. After years of wind and rain erosion, cracks are all over the body.The muddy water on the ground continuously splashed onto the stone statue, layer after layer, wrapping its lower body around. As soon as I rubbed it, many mud clods fell off.Originally, I just couldn't understand the cracked mud, so I stretched out my hand to rub it casually, but after the mud was peeled off, there was a line of inscriptions on the side of the stone statue - Li Xiaoai.

"It's Li Xiaoai again? Could this be the water god with a broken arm? Could it be that the plaster statue is a copy of this... three-armed strange woman?" Gradually, I felt the chill pouring out from every corner, and it was getting dark, so I didn't stay any longer, turned around and ran out of the nunnery.As soon as he left, the sense of oppression was gone, and he walked lightly.I looked back, planning to come over with Yue Mingfei to study when I have time, and find out the origin of the three-handed monster in the nunnery.But how did the three-handed monster turn into a broken-armed water god?If it was done like this, there should be three hands. Could it be that the three hands were too ugly when copying, so they simply cut off the hands?

While thinking, I crossed several ravines, slowly saw the buildings of the Teachers College in the distance, and felt the breath of human society.Just as I was about to walk out of the forest at the foot of the mountain, a figure swayed in front of me, and ran away in a blink of an eye.I gave up hope at first, thinking that I would not be able to catch up with the incense burner, and as soon as I realized that there was still a chance, I rushed to chase that person.It's a pity that there is a small alley outside the mountain forest, the old street leading to the back door of the teacher's college. At this moment, the street is full of college students, and that person has already mixed into the crowd.

I was so angry that I gritted my teeth, and I had no choice but to go back to the ferry, thinking sullenly who secretly went to burn incense for Master Tang.During the days of May Day, I didn't make any progress, and kept standing still.Tang Ziyue never contacted me either. Sometimes I wanted to call her, but hung up after dialing the number, not wanting to push her too hard.Yue Mingfei lived next to me, and occasionally talked about Second Master Tang when we met, but most of the time he went to find women to relieve his boredom. Day after day, I counted the calendar and waited and waited with my mobile phone. Finally, on the first night after the long vacation, Tang Ziyue called me.

"Hello? Huang Dingyi? I'm Tang Ziyue, is it convenient for you now?" After I heard the voice, I replied incoherently: "It's very convenient! I have time!" "I'm sorry, it took seven days." Tang Ziyue explained on the phone, "It was only a three-day holiday, but you also know that as soon as May came, floods broke out everywhere in Guangxi, and many roads were broken. Classes are officially starting, and I just rushed back." "Don't be polite to me." I paused and asked, "It's so late, don't you take a rest?"

"I went back to school yesterday and rested enough. Could you come to the school if it's convenient? I found a man who can open the journal for us. We found that thing together, I think. It’s best to open the diary while you are there too,” Tang Ziyue discussed. I looked at my watch, it was 8 o'clock in the evening, not too late, so I quickly agreed to come down.After waiting for so many days, just for this moment, I have to go no matter how late.When I went out, I wanted to call Yue Mingfei, but he went to find a woman during the day, and he was so tired that he still hasn't woken up yet.After thinking about it, I quietly left Duchang alone with an umbrella. It is raining heavily now. It has been raining for many days, and the water level of the Yi River rises rapidly. If it exceeds the warning line, the ferry will be busy.

At night, I walked through the camphor forest alone, listening to the crackling rain, and the thunder and lightning flashed across the dark sky from time to time, not to mention how scary it was.It may be that I have been too sensitive recently. I always feel that someone is following me. When I turn around and look, there is no one.All of a sudden, it was as if the camphor forest had turned into a spirit, and each tree looked like a person trying to catch me. I took a deep breath and ran out with big strides, splashing mud and staining the bottom of my trousers. Tang Ziyue was waiting for me at the back door of the teacher's college. When she saw someone, she told me that a teacher in the chemistry department had a way to open the diary.The teacher's surname is Xiu, and he is from Northeast China. Tang Ziyue calls him Axiu.I wanted to laugh when I heard that name, Ashura, I am still Asura.However, Tang Ziyue felt that the matter of the diary had not been clarified yet, and she had not asked for my opinion, so she did not tell the truth to Teacher Axiu, and only lied that it was a diary written by an old man.

Now, Ah Xiu is waiting for us in the laboratory building of the Department of Chemistry. Tang Ziyue took the diary and told me that if she opened it tonight, she would find an excuse to distract Ah Xiu so as not to drag him into the water.God knows, what is in the log, maybe there is a big secret.I have no objection to this. In short, it is best not to spread this matter first, so as not to hurt innocent people. You must know that Yu Yuyu, Chen Shiwan, and Tang Erye who are related to this matter are all dead. "It would be great if we could find direct evidence. Qin Wang must believe us." I hoped.

"I'm not optimistic about this matter. At most, I only recorded the past events, which are not directly related to those cases." Tang Ziyue said to me, "However, the diary will definitely guide us to a clear path, and will not let us leave empty-handed. return." While we were talking, Tang Ziyue and I walked into the school side by side. Although the two of us held their own umbrellas, I thought it was very romantic. If I had to ask Axiu for help, this rainy night would have been perfect.It is a pity that the weather is not good, in addition to the downpour, there are also thunder and lightning, the street lights are flickering non-stop, it seems to be going out, filled with the atmosphere of a ghost movie.Then, some students walked past us quickly, gloating and discussing that it would be fine if the flood came, and they could continue to have their holidays.

After walking for a while, we passed the old library of the school, where the lights were on and the normal opening had resumed.Speaking of which, when I was studying, I seldom went to the old library, but it was the most Republican-style building in the school. It is said that Zhejiang University later funded its construction.It is precisely because of this relationship that when the school built a new library, it did not tear down the old library and kept it open. The old library was surrounded by a forest. After seeing it, I remembered what Mao Mao Mao said in the abandoned building, and then I told Tang Ziyue about it.After hearing those words, Tang Ziyue kept sighing, saying that those students were really naughty, because of those things, their class teacher was severely punished, and even she almost suffered.Fortunately, the student's parents did not come to the school to make trouble, otherwise they, the teachers, would be punished more severely to appease the anger of the family members of the deceased.

During the conversation, we have already walked to the laboratory building of the Department of Chemistry. Students seldom come here at night, and the most ghost stories belong to the laboratory building.I looked up and saw that only one laboratory on the third floor was lit, the others were off, and the street lights were not bright enough. I really don't know why Tang Ziyue chose to solve the log at night. "This matter can only be done at night. I'm afraid other colleagues will see it. There are too many people in the daytime." Tang Ziyue seemed to have read my mind, and suddenly explained when she went upstairs. "You are still thoughtful." I smiled. Half a minute later, we walked into the laboratory, and a simple and honest man with glasses stood inside. He laughed when he saw Tang Ziyue, and he didn't notice my existence at all.No need for introduction, I immediately recognized this man with glasses as the Axiu mentioned by Tang Ziyue. No way, the female teacher likes this kind of gentleman.Soon, I realized that my mentality was not right, so I threw away those boring thoughts, and wanted to see what Axiu could do to open the diary that had formed a mess page by page. Axiu didn't talk much. After closing the door, he led people to a laboratory table and asked us to hand him the diary.Tang Ziyue seemed to trust Ah Xiu very much, and immediately handed over the diary without saying a word.I saw that Axiu was wearing white plastic gloves, putting the log into a glass jar with a decent appearance, and then told us to wait and see.When he noticed that my eyes were full of doubts, Axiu explained that the main ingredient in the glass jar was vinegar and some chemicals, which were all necessary to open the diary. "That's all right?" I don't believe it. "Of course. There used to be old people who buried their money in the ground. When they were dug out, it was stuck together. The bank couldn't do anything about it. I helped those old people separate the money one by one by this method. Sit down and watch." .” Ah Xiu had a well-thought-out plan, obviously it wasn’t the first time he did this kind of thing. Tang Ziyue looked at her watch and asked, "How long will it take?" "This diary is too thick, at least an hour." Axiu explained. "Then what if the handwriting on the page is soaked off? Just flipping through it won't work!" I asked worriedly. "So someone has to watch, and when the pages are loose, they should immediately fish out the journal and spread it out on those experimental tables." After finishing speaking, Axiu pointed to a few empty tables next to him, and he had already tidied them up. up. "You brought all the hair dryers? Thank you so much. It's raining so much and you were asked to come here." Tang Ziyue said and put me aside. The diary can't be opened now, at least one hour has to wait, I really can't sit still, so I want to take the opportunity to go to the old library, maybe there are some clues that Mao Mao Mao hasn't noticed.But Ashiu told me that the school has now banned outsiders from entering and leaving the old library, because some students reported that the treasured materials were stolen some time ago.Although the school did not pursue it, a notice was posted today to keep outsiders out of the library. Axiu looked at his watch and said, "Well, if you really want to go to that library, I'll take you there and help you talk about it. You have studied here before, and I am a teacher here. The staff will not embarrass you." "Then..." Tang Ziyue wondered, "What should I do here?" "I'm watching the time. I sent brother Huang to the library and I'll be back soon. If you see a lot of mud in the log, take it out wearing plastic gloves and spread it on the table. Let me do the rest. Do it." Axiu explained carefully. "Okay. I'll trouble you then." Tang Ziyue wanted to say something, but a text message came from her mobile phone, and she asked me and Axiu to go to the old library first. However, I didn't realize at that time that soon, in addition to the diary "opening" the big secret, another neglected clue would also lead to amazing answers-it was the most extraordinary night! At night, Axiu and I walked out of the laboratory building under an umbrella. The sound of our footsteps echoed in the stairwell, and we had the illusion of being followed.Except for the student dormitories, almost every building in the school is surrounded by big trees. Sometimes when the river wind blows, the rustling of leaves is like the sound of ocean waves.Tang Ziyue stayed in the laboratory alone, not afraid at all, and told us to hurry up, otherwise the library would be closed at 10 o'clock. The old library was not big, only two floors, and the surrounding trees were taller than it.In the wind and rain, when I looked up, my face was wet, and the umbrella did not have the effect of covering the rain at all.During the period from May to August in Guangxi, heavy rains often come, and this level of rain is nothing.But I saw the thunder and lightning kept flashing across the night sky, and the street lights kept flashing. I was very worried that there would be a power outage. This situation had been going on for a long time. About three minutes later, Axiu sent me to the old library, but our trousers were soaked, and we even kept dripping water.The lights in the library are all in cool colors, and there are not many people. Except for the sound of rain, it is as quiet as a cemetery, or in other words, this is the cemetery of books. It is almost 9 o'clock in the evening, except for the administrator , there are only a few sporadic people shuttling through the bookshelves, like wild ghosts floating around. The administrator is a middle-aged woman, I recognize her, everyone calls her Aunt Ma.As soon as we walked in, Aunt Ma looked surprised when she heard someone coming.Immediately afterwards, Axiu helped me clear up the relationship, and Aunt Ma let me go without saying a word, without embarrassing us.However, Axiu didn't go in with me, he left with an excuse to go back and stare at the diary, it turned out that the reason he was so attentive was to be alone with Tang Ziyue. "This stupid teacher has a lot of thoughts." I smiled and walked in. The first floor is full of photocopied anthologies, most of which were written by locals praising the party during the "Cultural Revolution".I went straight to the second floor, wanting to look at the local materials and county annals, but after searching, the bookshelves on the second floor were still full of flattery.I thought to myself, no matter how capable Mr. Tang is, it is impossible for him to steal all the materials of the county annals. Why is there no one? Just in time, a student was about to go downstairs, so I stopped him and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, classmate. Do you know where the county annals or previous county archives are kept? We need to use those materials to write urban development reports .” The male student rolled his eyes and pointed to it: "Did you not go to the freshman orientation meeting in your freshman year? The teacher said at that time that there is a small attic above here, and the county chronicles are there. Whoever didn't Go to lectures, and you won’t find it in four years of study.” I was blushing, and was hit by the student's words, so I hurriedly said, "How do I go up?" "Go inside, there is a door there, and there are stairs behind the door. But the stairs can only go up from the second floor, not the first floor. Hurry up and copy the information, it's already 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock As soon as we arrive, Aunt Ma will close the door." The student hurried downstairs after speaking. I tilted my head and looked inside. There was really a door that was ajar. I wondered if anyone was on it.I heard the wind and rain outside, thunder and lightning, and I hesitated, and my heart became frightened for no reason.Time waits for no one, I have to go up and take a turn, and then hurry back to the laboratory building, otherwise I will miss the moment to pick up the log.Thinking of this, I plucked up my courage, stopped hesitating, and walked over immediately. There are no street lights in the stairwell, and I can only vaguely see a cold white light shining down from above. Every step I take, I worry that I will slip.Turning a corner, people came to the attic.It is said to be an attic, but it is actually quite big, but there are more than 30 bookshelves stuffed there, which makes people feel very depressed.According to the classification on the bookshelf, I walked into the innermost place step by step. I just wanted to take out a book and take a look at it, when there were light footsteps in the attic. "Who? Is anyone there?" I yelled, although I knew that the attic was a public place and every student was free to come in and out, but at this point, who would still come here in the rain. After a while, I didn't hear anyone answering, so I walked back a few steps, thinking of the door to see if anyone came up.Unexpectedly, the wind was so strong that it blew open a window that was not closed tightly, and there was a loud "bang", which almost made me faint.His grandma's, the place where I am most afraid of death and silence, suddenly makes a big commotion.I turned around and walked over to close the window. The rain from outside came in and splashed into my eyes. Tears flowed down my eyes for a while, and my vision was hazy. "It's really unlucky." I rubbed my eyes and walked back to the bookshelf, ignoring the sound of footsteps, it might just be the sound of the window shaking. When I found the bookshelf where the county chronicles were piled up, there were some development histories of various government units and plant growth data on it.The county annals originally consisted of three volumes, each of which was recorded in great detail, unlike the abbreviated version on the market, which can only be seen in very old archives. The county annals of the 1930s and 1960s are all in one volume, which is as thick as two bricks.The other two are county chronicles from the 1970s and 1980s, but the one from the 1980s has disappeared, and more than ten pages from the one from the 1930s to the 1960s have been torn out and turned into a "disabled" book. I didn't hold out much hope, I just took a casual look, and since it's really what Mao Mao Mao said, there's nothing wrong with it.Just as I was about to walk away, the light flickered again, as if it was going to go out.I looked up instinctively. I wanted to look at the light, but I saw a sharp corner on the top of the bookshelf, as if there was a book hidden on it. "Strange? Then why is there something on it?" I was curious, grabbed the sharp corner with a light jump, and dragged the thing down. "Cough! Cough!" It was a kraft paper bag with a thick layer of dust on it, which made me feel ashamed.When I scanned the kraft paper bag, I was stunned. There was no word on it, but I felt it in my hand, and it was obvious that there was something inside.I didn't care what happened, and when I opened it, I was stunned for an instant. There are several photos in the bag, the picture is very bloody, it should be that the doctors are performing an operation.I didn't dare to look any further, instead I pulled out a few sheets of paper inside and quickly browsed through them.It turned out that it was a medical examination report and a diagnosis and treatment record of an operation.According to the records of the medical examination report, many years ago, there was a three-armed girl named Wang Xiaohua in a village near the Yijiang River. She was born with three hands, and the third hand grew on her back. When she grew up, Wang Xiaohua's spine began to bend so badly that she could only lie on her side when resting. The pain in her neck and back was often unbearable and she couldn't sleep.According to the recorded data, the arm that grew out of Wang Xiaohua's back had bones in the middle, sentience, a finger at the top, and nails.However, when the doctor examined Wang Xiaohua later, he found a benign tumor in the cervical and thoracic spinal cord, about 7 cm long and 3 cm wide. This growing tumor caused meningocele and exposed nerve roots, which brought Day by day pain. According to the hospital's analysis, Wang Xiaohua was born with a congenital defect called spina bifida, a tumor growing in the spinal cord, causing scoliosis, and an extra "arm" in the cervicothorax, which is a rare developmental deformity.Later, the hospital formulated a surgical plan to help Wang Xiaohua remove her "third arm".But that kind of operation is extremely complicated, because the spinal cord is inside the spinal column, and several nerves and arteries run through it. It is necessary to remove the huge tumor, and to reset the bulging meningeal nerve roots, and to protect the nerves and arteries as much as possible. Without injury, the entire operation can be described as arduous and lengthy. This kind of professional medical examination report, I couldn't keep up with it after reading it twice, and I couldn't read it at all.If there was such a person as Wang Xiaohua in the town, and the operation was successful, why no one publicized it?Don't they love to take credit?Unless...the operation failed and Wang Xiaohua died because of it?What's even more strange is, why is this medical test report in the university library?Looking at the cover of the kraft paper bag, it should have been lying on the top of the bookshelf for many years. I don't know who hid it here. "Is this related to Mr. Tang?" I took the report card and looked left and right, but I couldn't figure out the connection between them.There is no face of Wang Xiaohua in the photo, I can't see clearly, I can't be sure whether she is the same as the Broken Arm Water God, or the three-armed female statue in the nunnery. "The confidential document that Mr. Tang wants to expose can't be this?" I was confused, and then I raised my head to see if there was anything on the top of the bookshelf. Unexpectedly, there was a huge thunder outside, the electric light flickered several times, and then it hung up completely, and the attic was plunged into darkness in an instant.I cursed in my heart, damn it, the power facilities have been hacked in this terrible weather, right?However, I thought about it again, it was a godsend opportunity, why not take advantage of this dark environment and take out the medical examination report, anyway, this thing does not belong to the library. Just as I was about to go downstairs quietly, there were footsteps in the attic again, which scared me to look back and turn on the light on my phone.This time, I was 100% sure that I heard footsteps and definitely not the rattling of windows.Before I could react, someone stretched out a hand from behind, snatched the report from me, and kicked me to the ground.Although it's not broad daylight now, it's too bold to rob in the library!I also immediately understood that it was not a ghost playing tricks on people, but someone really following me.That report card must be very important. Although I can't figure it out for the time being, it can't be taken away anyway. "Stop!" I yelled as I struggled to get up despite the pain. That person ran away in a hurry, and I followed closely behind. The light flickered and my eyes were lost.Before I reached the stairwell, I heard a woman yell, and then there was a bang, and the stairs shook.I wondered, was it a woman who robbed me?That's great, let her grab things in the library, this time I won't fall to your death! "Who! Who hit me?" When I heard the sound, my eyes widened, and I hurried downstairs. It turned out that the person who fell was Aunt Ma, the administrator.The person who followed up just now is definitely not the administrator, and she doesn't have the medical examination report in her hand now, so the snatcher must have knocked Aunt Ma down who was about to go upstairs. "Are you alright?" I asked nervously, lifting him up. "Who ran down just now? Really! My kindness is not rewarded. I want to come up and ask if there is anyone else. Who knows... Ouch, my waist!" Aunt Ma kept yelling. "There's no one up there, let me help you downstairs first, it's too dark in here, and there's no emergency lights installed." I said softly. "This building is so old, what kind of emergency lights are installed, it's fine if it hasn't been demolished." Aunt Ma walked with a limp, touching her waist. "Didn't you see who knocked you down just now?" I asked unwillingly. "It's so dark, how can I see it? Because the lights flickered too much, I was afraid that there would be a power outage, and I wanted to call the students down, but when I walked up to the second floor, my skeleton was knocked apart." Aunt Ma said He yelled again and again. When I got to the bottom of the building, Aunt Ma had to confirm whether the students had left completely. After a long time of tossing, I helped her close the door.Then, Aunt Ma and I went to get the umbrella on the ground, and were about to leave this dark place, but we couldn't find my umbrella.Aunt Ma saw me looking around, so she said that there are two umbrellas here, one is hers, and if the other one is not mine, someone must have taken it by mistake. "The person who snatched the things must have taken my umbrella by mistake in a hurry and left his own mulberry behind." It’s raining so hard now, and I can’t do without an umbrella. I don’t expect to use umbrellas to identify others. I just want to go back to the laboratory building quickly, for fear that Tang Ziyue and Axiu will encounter problems after the power outage.But as soon as I picked up the umbrella, I was taken aback, then moved the phone closer and moved the light closer-I recognized the umbrella and knew who it belonged to!