Chapter 29 5. Whisper

A series of fears made Zhu Neng suffer from anxiety.Emptiness, neurasthenia, insomnia, fear of the dark, inexplicable palpitations, anxiety, sadness, doubts about everything. Xu Lan told him that watching more comedies can make the brain produce elements of happiness.She bought a lot of CDs, from mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea, Hollywood... After reading it, Zhu Neng was still not happy. He bought some Valium and took two tablets every night.At night, although the two tablets of Valium forced him to fall asleep, he always had some messy dreams.In the dream, there will always be a red raincoat and a furry face hidden behind the raincoat.

In the past two days, he heard the voice of an old woman again in his dream.She seemed to be reciting some ballad, or a spell...Zhu Neng couldn't understand, but he could tell that it was Grandma Yuan's voice. Not only did she live in Zhu Neng's house, but she also appeared in his dreams.She doesn't cook, doesn't take care of the children, hides in the room all day, doesn't turn on the lights at night, and is sneaky. Late at night, after everyone else fell asleep, she began to recite some songs or spells that no one could understand... Zhu Neng became more and more afraid of her.

He didn't know what kind of secret was hidden in her heart, and he didn't know what this secret had to do with him. He could only wait and wait for the day when the truth came out. Or, influence her with actions and eliminate the resentment in her heart. That night, after eating An Ding, Zhu Neng lay on the bed with his eyes closed, unable to fall asleep. Xu Lan and her daughter were beside him, sleeping soundly. Before going to bed, Zhu Neng read the weather forecast and said that it would rain tonight, so he lay motionless on the bed, waiting for the rain.After waiting for a long time, there was still no sound outside, and there was no sign of rain at all.

As the night deepened, he became more and more awake. Suddenly, the bedroom door opened with a "squeak", and someone walked in slowly. Zhu Neng opened his eyes, vaguely seeing that the person who came in was Lao Yuan's grandmother. He didn't know what she was going to do. Closing his eyes, Zhu Neng didn't dare to move. Finally, she came to the bed, bent down, put her mouth next to Zhu Neng's ear, and began to recite some songs or spells that he didn't understand. Her voice was very small and the speed of speech was very slow. A layer of goose bumps appeared on Zhu Neng's body.

He understood that the voice he heard two days ago was not a dream, but real.If it wasn't for the lack of Valium tonight, he might not know the secret yet. She has been nagging. Zhu Neng wanted to open his eyes, or sit up, and ask her why she did this, but he didn't dare.Her voice seemed to be filled with a terrifying force of violence and resentment, which made him feel cold from the heart to the soles of his feet, and all the muscles and nerves in his body were paralyzed and stiff. He hoped that Xu Lan would wake up, but she didn't move at all. About half an hour later, Grandma Yuan straightened up and walked away slowly.Then, the door slammed shut again.At this time, Zhu Neng's breathing almost stopped.

He was up all night. In the morning, when Xu Lan woke up, she saw Zhu Neng staring straight at the ceiling with her eyes wide open. She was startled: "What are you doing?" Zhu Neng glanced at her, didn't speak, and sat up to get dressed. "You woke up really early today." Xu Lan said. "I haven't slept." Xu Lan's expression changed, and she paused for a while before saying, "Did you not take Valium last night?" Zhu Neng looked at her and said slowly, "I've finished eating, I forgot to buy it yesterday." "Go and buy some more."

After being silent for a while, Zhu Neng said, "Last night... did you hear any strange noises?" Xu Lan was startled, and then said, "No, I didn't hear anything, what's wrong? What did you hear?" "No, I didn't hear anything either." After breakfast, Zhu Neng didn't go to Huaguo Mountain, but sat on the sofa in a daze.Xu Lan took the breakfast and went into Grandma Yuan's room. Every meal was delivered by her. This time, she stayed in Grandma Yuan's room for more than ten minutes. When she came out, her eyes were a little erratic. Looking at Zhu Neng, she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a while, she didn't say anything.

A questioning light flashed across Zhu Neng's eyes. Xu Lan said: "There is no food at home, you can go out and buy some." Zhu Neng nodded. When he walked to the door, he saw a yellowed newspaper on the ground. He was taken aback for a moment, and he bent down to pick it up. It turned out to be a "Declaration" dated April 3, 1943. There was a piece of news in the newspaper circled in red pen: "The Secret Story of the Japanese Army Looting Tang Monk's Remains"—— When the Japanese Takamori troops built the Inagaki Shrine outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing, they found that the remains of Master Xuanzang and the copper box of Buddha statues were buried in the former site of Baoen Temple. (AD 1386) Two funeral records.In the stone box found at the excavation site, there are many Buddha statues, Buddhist utensils and jewelry. On both sides of the stone box, there are inscriptions on the origin of the Tang monk's parietal bone migration, which are exactly the same as those recorded in the literature...

In 1943, Zhu Neng's father had not yet been born. Why circle this message in red?Prompt him to focus on reading? Zhu Neng was very surprised, where did this newspaper come from?Did someone put it here on purpose, or did someone forget it?After thinking about it, he put the newspaper where it was and walked away. When he came back from shopping, the newspaper was gone. The next day, when Zhu Neng went out, he saw another yellowed newspaper at the door. He picked it up and found it was a copy of "National Daily" dated April 23, 1943. A news circled in red was "The Excavation Report of the Sanzang Pagoda Ruins", the author is Zhu Yiming, a former professor of National Central University...

Zhu Neng's head suddenly grew bigger. After recovering for a long time, he couldn't wait to look down—— At the beginning of November 1942, the troops of Ryusuke Takamori of the Japanese army stationed outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing began to construct an "Inagaki Shrine" behind the ruins of the Sanzang Hall of Dahoen Temple.While digging the foundation, they dug out a mysterious stone box.There are words engraved on the stone letter, which record the process of Xuanzang's parietal bone being moved to Ning for burial. In order to verify the authenticity, the Japanese army captured five professors of archeology from the former National Central University and locked them here to conduct textual research on the stone letter.In order to prevent leakage of information, the Japanese army prohibited the professors from contacting the outside world, and killed many migrant workers who were doing excavation work.

Patriots began to investigate the matter one after another. A reporter who can understand Japanese sneaked into the construction site, took photos, and first disclosed the matter, causing an uproar across the country. Forced by public opinion, the Japanese army finally admitted the fact that Master Xuanzang's parietal bone was unearthed.At this time, the spiritual bone of Master Xuanzang had been sent to Tianjin by the Japanese army, and was ready to be transported away through Shanhaiguan.Under the pressure of public opinion, the Japanese were forced to hand over some of the unearthed Xuanzang parietal bone relics and cultural relics to the Wang puppet government by the Japanese army's Takamori troops. Zhu Neng never thought that his grandfather used to be a university professor, let alone participated in the excavation of Xuanzang's parietal bone relic. No wonder there were rumors that his grandfather had Xuanzang's parietal bone relic in his hand... Thinking of this, he gasped—could the series of strange things he encountered recently have something to do with Xuanzang's parietal bone relic? He told Xu Lan about it. After listening, Xu Lan said with a look of panic: "Hurry up and return the things to them!" Zhu Neng smiled wryly: "I have never seen any parietal bone relics at all, so what should I give them back?" Xu Lan looked at the newspaper and asked very carefully, "Grandpa... didn't give you the relic?" "You also know that grandpa is not in good spirits, and he speaks nonsense. He never mentioned Xuanzang's parietal bone relic." Zhu Neng paused, "Besides, the newspapers only said that grandpa participated in the excavation of the relic, but it didn't It didn't say that grandpa got the relic..." "What if grandpa secretly hides a piece while the Japanese are not paying attention?" Zhu Neng was speechless, and after a while, he said slowly: "Even if grandpa got a piece of Xuanzang's parietal bone relic, what does it have to do with Sun Kong, Lao Yuan, and Bai Jingjing? And Grandma Yuan, why are they pestering me?" ?” Xu Lan didn't speak for a long time. She lowered her head and read the newspaper. After a long time, she suddenly said: "The newspaper said that the Japanese arrested five professors from the former National Central University to conduct research on the relics. Will Sun Kong, Lao Yuan, Bai Jingjing, and Grandma Yuan have any relationship with the other four professors?" relation?" This sentence made Zhu Neng tremble like an electric current. "The five of them got a piece of Xuanzang's parietal bone relic together, but grandpa took it for himself..." Zhu Neng tried to calm himself down. He walked to the window, turned his back to Xu Lan, and said in a low voice, "But I never heard Grandpa talk about it." Xu Lan walked over, hugged him from behind, and asked tentatively, "Didn't you find anything unusual about Grandpa for so many years?" Zhu Neng sighed: "Grandpa has always been abnormal." "Did he say anything strange to you?" "Every word grandpa said is very strange." After pondering for a while, Zhu Neng said, "I remembered, several years ago, he said something sober." "What did grandpa say?" Xu Lan asked. "We were not yet married at that time. One day, my grandfather suddenly told me to decorate his room and change the ceiling when I got married. Later, I forgot about it." Xu Lan stopped talking, not knowing what she was thinking. Zhu Neng was also silent, as if he realized something, he turned his head and looked at Grandma Yuan's room.The door was closed tightly, and he was almost sure that she must be sticking behind the door to eavesdrop on their conversation. The daughter ran out and took Xu Lan out to play. Soon, only Zhu Neng and Grandma Yuan were left in the family, and the family became dull. Zhu Neng was vaguely aware of the entanglement of hatred between his grandfather and Lao Yuan, and he was even more afraid-if he didn't return Xuanzang's parietal bone relic to them, he didn't know what the consequences would be. He became more cautious. On this day, the temperature dropped and the heating started. Zhu Neng called the real estate of the community where he lived, and wanted to ask how to pay the heating bill.Although he is not at home now, he still has to pay the heating bill, otherwise the whole building will not be heated, and he does not want to burden the neighbors. The phone was connected, and a woman said, "Hi, hello, the Property Office of Xingfu Community." Zhu Neng said: "I am the owner of 201, Unit 1, Building 3, and I would like to ask how to pay the heating bill." The other party was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then said after a pause, "Didn't you already hand it in just now?" "Have you handed it over?" Zhu Neng was also stunned. "Yes, your heating bill has been paid in full." "Who will pay?" "The owner himself came to hand it over, may I ask who you are?" Zhu Neng said dumbly: "I am the owner." The other party hung up the phone. On this day, there was no cloud in the sky, and the sky was so blue that it seemed unreal. Zhu Neng felt that everything around him was unreal. Who is impersonating him?