Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen Ruins

I have heard a lot about ghosts in the middle of the night since I was a child, but I have never seen it with my own eyes.In front of a dead person, I heard that the young man died of illness three years ago. If there were not many people around me, I would have run three miles away in fright.Zhao Shuai and I didn't dare to tell the truth in public, we were silent in tacit understanding, and quietly followed the development of the situation. Father Li can't fight back when he hits or scolds, but Li Xiuzhu is getting more and more fierce. I'm really worried that this old man won't be able to bear it, so I want to go forward and persuade Li Xiuzhu to take a rest, at least drink some tea before continuing to scold, so that I can scold even more. And strength.Unexpectedly, before I could speak, Father Li suddenly fell to the ground, then twitched violently and foamed at the mouth.The old elder exclaimed, Father Li's epilepsy has occurred again, quickly block his mouth with something, don't let him bite off his tongue!

At that time, in order to better manage minority areas, the government set up minority autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, and autonomous counties, and some remote cottages were even managed by local people with more authority and integrity.The elder of Manlong Village should be the manager. The elder’s name is Hu Jie, but he is not a local, but a tea master who came all the way from Anhui in the 1950s. In October 1955, China Tea Company appointed Anhui Company to dispatch 100 black tea technicians to support Yunnan. As a result, more than 80 people came, and 5 of these 80 people went to Menghai.Hu Jie came to Menghai Tea Factory and worked for more than 30 years. Until he retired from Menghai Tea Factory ten years ago, he did not leave Menghai, but stayed in Manlongzhai, his wife's hometown.Not only Hu Jie and others, after the founding of New China, many tea masters supported Yunnan, and most of them chose to stay here forever.

The old man Hu Jie presided over the affairs slowly. He asked the woman to take the child home first, and several other strong men helped to carry Li's mother out of the latrine.Old man Hu Jie suggested that Zhao Shuai and I should leave Li’s house for the time being. Now that we have met Lao Wang face to face, we might as well live in Lao Wang’s house. It happens that Lao Wang is a widower and he is the only one at home.Lao Wang is not a local, and we hit it off quite well, so he took our luggage to his house very actively. The wooden houses in Manlong Village are all built in the shape of a "well", and the structure of each household is the same. Although it is a bit monotonous, each house is built according to the mountain, so it is elegant.Lao Wang is very easy-going, let us treat this as our own home, as long as we don't shit in the house, we can do anything.I really wanted to ask about the Li family, but felt that this was very abrupt, so I kept holding back.On the other hand, Zhao Shuai, he was outspoken, and before putting down his luggage, he asked Father Li if he was really the murderer, and if there was something shady about his family?

Lao Wang may not be very clear, he said that the Li family has always been like this, from morning to night, night to morning, 365 days without a day off, everyone is not surprised.It is said that the son of the Li family died because of his father's neglect, which made his condition worsen.Li's mother was also often beaten by Li's father, but the people in the mountains have more conservative ideas. No matter how hard they beat, Li's mother never thought of leaving this man until she was killed tonight. "Sister Li is suffering too. If I had known about her family's situation, I wouldn't have made things difficult for her." Zhao Shuai said angrily.

Lao Wang also said sympathetically, "I never thought of it. Father Li hit his woman again this morning. No one tried to persuade him because they were used to it. Who would have thought..." I didn't say anything, I was just sad for no reason. If it was me, who sold my body for so many years, and came back to see the great changes in my family, I'm afraid I would have been killed by a head.However, the purpose of our coming here is to find the golden box. Since Old Wang has stayed in Manlong Village for so many years, he should know the story of the Fohai Demon House.Sure enough, Zhao Shuai was the first to ask the question, Lao Wang nodded and said yes, the demon house is just one mile to the east of the village, so it is easy to find.

Zhao Shuai was careless and brought up the matter of the gold box. I was afraid that he would reveal the purpose of our trip and cause unnecessary trouble, so I immediately interrupted him.Lao Wang was concerned about the affairs of the Li family, he let us sleep in the house, and then walked out of the wooden house.There are three rooms in the wooden house, Zhao Shuai and I finally don't have to share the same bed, so I immediately thanked God, finally I won't be groped by Zhao Shuai in my dream again. We went into the room respectively and were about to lie down when Pharaoh came back.For some reason, Zhao Shuai was kicked out by Lao Wang, leaving us confused.Lao Wang embarrassedly said that the room Zhao Shuai slept in was originally his son's, and later his son died, and nothing in the room had been touched.This is the point, no matter how stupid people are, they will understand, so I said it's okay, Zhao Shuai can share a bed with me, the weather in the mountains is cold, so we can hug each other to keep warm.

After Old Wang left, Zhao Shuai hummed and said, "Old Wang is a liar. His clothes were thrown away on the bed just now, and he said nothing was touched. It seems that he is also a miser. That clothes It was what he was wearing today, we saw it on the road, when the car overturned!" "You young master, don't be picky. It would be nice if they are willing to move a place for us to live in. Try sleeping outside!" I kicked Zhao Shuai and said, "Sleep calmly, don't be too old. Touch someone else!" We spent the night in the middle of the noise, Zhao Shuai slept soundly, touched me a few times in the middle, and was beaten back severely by me.In fact, I wanted to see Li Xiuzhu very much, but I felt that now was not the time, so I was in a dilemma and hesitated until dawn.When dawn broke in the east, Zhao Shuai woke up, and he couldn't wait to ask me to go to see Buddha Sea Demon's House together, maybe there would be good luck.Without Zhao Shuai's urging, I wanted to go overnight last night, so the two of us ran out of the village without brushing our teeth.

The demon house is indeed easy to distinguish, despite the vicissitudes of life and the old trees, you can still see the demon house from a distance.To our surprise, the demon house was not completely demolished, but only half of it was demolished.The demon house is dominated by red, so it is very conspicuous among the green trees and old forests. It is impossible to ignore it unless you are blind.It is bad news for us that it is easy to find the demon house, because it is easy to find, so the chances of the golden box staying in place are even smaller. We have all heard the horror legends about the demon house, so we didn't dare to come empty-handed, and Zhao Shuai even stuck five or six daggers in his body.Approaching the ruins of the Yaozhai, we found that the Yaozhai seemed to have been burned, and there were black ash in many places.The area of ​​the house is very large, at least more than 100 square meters, not including the front and back gardens.As soon as we walked in, many strange birds were startled and flew away.The ruins were full of weeds, and many cement and stone bricks were so large that we couldn't move them at all.Zhao Shuai said angrily, how did the mountain people demolish the house seven years ago? It didn't look like they used hammers and axes, but explosives.

Regarding this issue, Zhao Shuai did not make any nonsense. The gravel of the ruins was covered with a layer of waxy smooth substance, which was a phenomenon of glazed glass. Unless there was a violent explosion, it would be difficult for the fire to burn to this extent.I'm afraid they didn't have tools seven years ago, but they used earthen explosives from the mountains to blow up. Maybe they didn't operate properly, which broke Old Li's leg.As for why this demon house was demolished seven years ago, we haven't asked yet, because asking too many questions at once would make people suspicious.

Apart from being old-fashioned and a little weird, the ruins are nothing special.Not to mention monsters, I didn't even see a single beast. You must know that there were still ferocious beasts in remote mountainous areas in the 1990s.But I don't feel disappointed, because this is the place where my grandfather once stayed. When I think of these things, I feel very complicated in my heart, as if there is a flood in my heart, but I can't vent it. We walked around the demon house, but didn't see a golden box, not even a single yellow thing.Just when Zhao Shuai was complaining that our trip might be in vain, I discovered a strangeness hidden in the ruins.According to people in the village, except for the demolition seven years ago, few people have come to this side.This can be seen from the dense vegetation around it. The vegetation on the other sides of the village is much sparser than this side, but the vegetation on the east side is still in its original state.However, I found that the rubble of the ruins had been moved by someone, and some boulders had been moved, leaving traces of the original crushing, and yellow grass grew curvedly under the boulders.

If there is only one place, it’s fine, but many cement and stone bricks have been moved, which means that some people may have come here to find things not long ago, and they probably have the same purpose as us——all for the treasure in the golden box of.I've always kept the matter of treasure hunting a secret, and the people in the village don't seem to be interested in it. Will any outsider know about it?Could it be that besides grandfather, there were other people who also knew this secret? As soon as Zhao Shuai heard what I said, he immediately became anxious: "Fuck me, if I had been the first to get there a few years earlier, I would have swallowed this breath. If it was only a few days earlier than us, it would be a shame!" "Let's go back and ask Lao Wang later, this place is so remote, if outsiders appear in the village, they will definitely pay attention." I tried to stay optimistic. "What's the use of asking them, even if you know what other people look like, but the thing was taken away first, it is someone else's, so why don't we go and grab it back?" Zhao Shuai said, beating his chest. I also lost my mind. If someone really got ahead of me, I had no choice but to admit that I was unlucky.As a self-proclaimed high-minded person, I absolutely don't want to be in the company of that group of Red Seal bandits from all over the world. Even if I starve to death, I can't steal other people's things.Zhao Shuai also thought so, but we still didn't give up, and we all hoped that someone else was blind in one eye and didn't find the golden box.Although there are many traces of flipping in the ruins, they are not too many. It seems that the last person who came here has not conducted a large-scale search. In this case, one is that the person found the golden box easily and has already carried the treasure home; Shout, fuck you, someone is hiding in the backyard of the demon mansion! Sure enough, I saw a figure between the cement and the wild trees, which also proved our guess—three, that person has not left yet, and he is still looking for the whereabouts of the golden box. He is now in the demon house!