There is a bridge not far from the second-hand house where I live. This bridge has a history of many years, and as the first cable-stayed bridge in this province, it is still very proud.Since the river adjacent to the city is not very wide, the bridge connecting the urban area and the suburbs is naturally not long. If you drive across the main bridge by car, it only takes more than ten minutes. I remember seeing it when I was a child. It is very dilapidated, with almost cracked planks and old and yellowing piers. Therefore, just a few years ago, the government decided to carry out a major repair of the bridge, first to protect the safety of the bridge, and second, it is also a new atmosphere.

There is nothing unusual about this incident. There are bridges everywhere, and bridges need to be refurbished, but I was surprised to find that there has been a problem with this bridge recently. Although it will not cause a big disaster, no one is willing to step on it. Cross the river on a bridge that is rumored to collapse at any time. Although it is a rumor, but as the saying goes, three people make a tiger, and no one is stupid enough to use himself to prove it.Moreover, rumors of unclean things often appeared on the bridge, and all of these naturally attracted a lot of fly reporters like me like rotten eggs, but the news was tightly blocked, and what we got was only an official courtesy statement. There was no progress, and the editor-in-chief highly praised my work ability, but in fact implied that I must get first-hand information. I couldn't help but sigh, to be a reporter nowadays not only requires excellent professional quality and good news sense, but also has a good sense of smell. James has the same excellent espionage skills as the gang.

Naturally, I don't have much skills, but when something happened, I naturally thought of Ji Yan. "Haunted bridge?" Ji Yan looked at me suspiciously.I nodded vigorously, and handed him the few materials by the way, while Ji Yan sat down and looked through. "Oh, it turned out that it was a few workers who died when the bridge was being built a few years ago, and now it is said that they have returned?" His reading ability is very fast, and he can read eight or nine pages in one go. "I do know people in this area, but I don't know if he will tell me. By the way, you are looking for me because you want to get some information inside?" Ji Yan suddenly turned her head and looked at me with a strange smile. It's okay to guess the main thing, I nodded and admitted.

Before he could speak, the phone rang, Ji Yan got up to answer it, chatted for a while, put down the phone, and there was joy in her eyes. "Let's go, don't worry, he's already inviting me, but don't say you're a reporter when you go, this guy is a ghost, he won't open his mouth even if he knows your identity." After finishing speaking, I went Go out with him in the afternoon and go to the place agreed by this man named Lao Yu. In fact, the place where we met was in a pavilion not far from the bridge. This pavilion was built by a squire in the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately, there were not many wars in this area, so it was preserved. Sleeve shirt, wearing trousers and leather shoes, a slightly fat man was sitting inside shaking a fan.Before we went in, Ji Yan called out to Lao Yu from a distance. The man looked at it and stood up, but he didn't leave the gazebo. He just stood inside and stretched out his hand for us to shake.

Walking in, this middle-aged man with a round face, big ears, a generous stomach and a slightly protruding stomach is Lao Yu.On the fan is written the five characters of serving the people, in regular script, and the characters are very correct. Everyone greeted each other face-to-face, and the conversation naturally got to the point. Lao Yu was indeed wary of me. Although Ji Yan repeatedly explained that I was his assistant, he was still a little scrupulous and hesitated in speaking, but he never said much. I still know that Lao Yu is one of the persons in charge of the bridge renovation project a few years ago, and he is responsible for the on-site construction. It is very hard work in the sun and rain, so after the construction is completed, he will enjoy a few years of happiness. , Hiding in the air-conditioned room to work, naturally put on weight.

"Isn't it a rare big flood last year? It almost flooded the bridge deck. All armed police from the People's Liberation Army came up and blocked the gap desperately. The water in this river also swelled a lot. Since I can remember, the river has never swelled to the bridge deck. I have been here, but I was really terrified at the scene that day, and felt that we would be swallowed by the water at any time. Fortunately, there was no danger, but after the flood receded, strange and inexplicable things began to appear on the bridge.” Today's weather is a bit muggy, and it seems that it hasn't rained for a long time. I looked at the sky, and the clouds are so heavy that it seems that I can reach out and pick them up at any time.

It's going to be a heavy rainstorm, I shook my collar with my hands, but all the hot wind came in, I couldn't understand why Lao Yu came to such a place to talk, looking around, there were hardly any people, everywhere It is an eye-catching white ground that is scorched by the sun, and when you step on it, the heat will penetrate through the soles of your shoes to the soles of your feet. Lao Yu kept shaking the fan, but like a faucet that was not turned off tightly, beads of sweat kept falling down and fell into eight petals on the ground. "Oh? I just heard about it a little bit. What's going on?" Ji Yan asked curiously.

"You know, there are sidewalks on both sides of this bridge, the effective width is 26 meters, two-way four-lane, and the design speed is 60 kilometers per hour. I live on Yanjiang Road beside the bridge. I like to stroll on the bridge before nightfall for nothing. , Second, I also want to see the bridges I participated in building, people, I miss the past very much when I get old. In the second week after the flood just receded, I walked slowly while holding on to the marble handrails beside the bridge. At that time, it was already past the rush hour for work, and there were far fewer passing cars. The surface is much quieter, and so is the river under the bridge. The main bridge of this bridge is about tens of meters away, but the river surface is very beautiful from the top down.

But when I walked over that day, I suddenly felt that the bridge shook slightly, quite slightly, but I am a person with a very sensitive sense. I stood in place and waited for a while, and I did feel this way. Then, I heard the sound of clicking and clicking, as if a pile of pebbles and sand were mixed in a mixer, which made me very puzzled. The bridge was completed under my supervision. Although I am not an outstanding person , but at any rate, what I have done can make people feel at ease. Besides, if there is any mistake in this thing, it will lose their heads and involve many people. But the sound became louder and louder, which made me feel a little panicked. Soon I contacted the maintenance personnel of the bridge, but after the inspection, they said that the bridge body was very strong and there was no abnormality at all, so I was relieved, but it didn’t take long. Some drivers said that they often saw a few people walking on the bridge with their backs bowed and their hands holding hands. In addition, it was always after dark, although many beautiful street lights were placed on the bridge due to the lighting project. But this has put a lot of pressure on the drivers. As many people have emphasized that they have encountered such a strange thing, they would rather detour than cross the bridge, or only dare to pass during the day. You must know that the income of the bridge comes from tolls. The station's income has been greatly reduced in the past few days, and it is not a good thing for many vehicles to cross the bridge at the same time. If this continues, many people will lose their jobs.

So I hope you can help me with my friendship with your father. This is not a glorious thing that can be put on the table. This is one of the reasons why I am looking for you. Of course, I hope you can keep it a secret. "Old Yu stopped shaking his fan, his expression was serious, and his brows, which were only half-cut, were drawn between his brows. Ji Yan nodded after listening, and suddenly looked at me again. Of course I knew what he meant, so I had no choice but to nod embarrassingly. Next, of course, Lao Yu told us about the entire structure of the bridge and the history of the bridge.I often look out at night, and the whole bridge is like a golden dragon, very beautiful, spanning the river.

"Did anything special happen during the construction a few years ago?" Ji Yan asked questions one by one, while watching from the side of the bridge.I noticed that Lao Yu's complexion was suddenly very bad, like an eggplant beaten by frost, with a nervous expression. "Nothing happened, just some small problems. This bridge has had similar problems every time it is repaired, and it has been solved long ago." Old Yu sweated more on his head, and he kept shaking his fan , the speed was so fast that the five characters were unclear. "Bridge sacrifices have always been prepared for bridge repairs on big rivers, have you done it?" Ji Yan asked again, but I was wondering, what is a bridge sacrifice? "Of course I know this. Although we party members naturally disdain this set of etiquette, the construction workers are very particular. They say that when they open mountains and build bridges when they meet rivers, they must prepare sacrifices for the mountain god Hebo, otherwise the construction will be difficult. There are a lot of troubles, even if the roads and bridges are built, it will be very troublesome in the future, so we just turn a blind eye and let them go, as long as we don’t make it too public, otherwise the higher-ups will blame us for engaging in superstitious feudal activities .” Lao Yu explained, seeing that I couldn’t get in, I had to ask Ji Yan later. "They prepared a lot of sacrificial offerings, and they burned incense and prayed at the bridgehead, saying that they didn't have to break ground on the river to make a living, and they said that the god of the bridge, the river, is not strange." Lao Yu continued. "Old Yu, basically we know, you go back first, my friend and I are here to take a look." Seeing the hot weather, Ji Yan was afraid that Lao Yu would not be able to bear it, so Lao Yu politely evaded a few words, wiped his sweat and went back . Ji Yan and I sat in the shade at the end of the bridge. There is a grassy field here, which is very comfortable to sit on. There are also some stone benches and tables made of marble.We decided to wait for the sun to go down and go to the bridge after dusk to have a look. Since there is nothing to do, it is natural to ask about the sacrifice bridge. "Oh? Don't you know? In fact, offering sacrifices to bridges and offering sacrifices to rivers are interlinked. The custom of offering sacrifices to bridges originated in China. The ancient Chinese attached great importance to bridge construction. They praised a person for doing good deeds and often said to him: repairing bridges and repairing roads... The completion of the bridge will inevitably lead to a grand bridge tour ceremony, which is quite spectacular. The first people to go upstairs are the local famous people, such as officials, squires, old people, etc. Important bridges have an annual "sacrifice to the bridge" It is very solemn. In the past, people had to prepare incense and gold paper, burn incense and burn gold at the bridgehead to worship the bridge god, to thank and pray for the bridge god to bless the passage. In some places, only incense is burned, and the gold paper is tied with silk thread and placed On the head of the bridge, it is commonly known as "pressing gold", which means to replace the bridge with a new luster. It also protects the bridge from being destroyed and protects the villagers. The worship of the river was earlier. In the past, rivers, mountains and rivers were all objects of worship, and the ancient emperors always sacrificed to the river first, and then to the sea, which means that the sea is formed by the convergence of rivers, and the river is the source of water in the world.Moreover, jade wares were often offered to He Bo as sacrifices.It is regarded as the meaning of respecting the precious, and the jade is psychic. The ancients believed that it could be sent to the hands of the gods. In fact, it was also because in the 28th year of the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor went hunting to Dongting Lake. And stop.Therefore, later generations believed that once disasters occurred in rivers, lakes and seas, throwing precious jade articles could appease the angry water gods. However, the most famous person in Jihe River is of course Zhuge Liang.According to legend, Zhuge Liang passed Lushui after he pacified Menghuo. It was the autumn of September when the river suddenly became cloudy and a strong wind blew up. Zhuge Liang asked the locals, and they all said that there was a god in this river, and seven or forty-nine heads of living people must be sacrificed. In order to calm down, Zhuge Liang refused to kill people, so he slaughtered cattle and horses, used the river surface as a medicine, molded human heads, replaced them with beef and mutton, and called them "steamed buns".That night, an incense table was set up beside the Lushui River, offerings were laid, and forty-nine lamps were set up to summon souls, and steamed buns and other objects were placed on the bank of the river. stop.The so-called steamed buns are the origin of the current buns.But after that, I also developed a habit. Whenever I want to break ground on the river or repair the old bridge, I must first sacrifice and worship the god of the bridge before starting work, otherwise it will be very disadvantageous. "Ji Yan paused when she said this. She looked at the bridge. "Big disadvantage?" I asked. "Yes, people will die, and many people will die." Ji Yan said with a gloomy expression, then closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head. "Just take a rest. It's still early in the morning, and there's still more than an hour before it gets dark. Wait until the weather is cooler before going up the bridge. Besides, didn't Lao Yu say that the bridge will have problems after nightfall." He said , Lie down on the grass and fell asleep.I was calling him, but Ji Yan didn't speak anymore, so I had no choice but to lie down on the stone table and sleep for a while. I had a dream, a very strange dream, because I dreamed that I was standing on the bridge, and there were people everywhere, but there was no sound at all, and then the bridge collapsed from the middle, and there were broken pieces and corpses everywhere. It was a very scary dream. When I woke up with a start, thin cold sweat flowed down my neck, one after another. "Are you awake?" Ji Yan stood next to me, I looked around, the light dimmed a lot, it seemed that the sun was about to set. "Let's go, it's almost done." Ji Yan waved at me to signal to follow.I watched the sky suddenly gather black clouds, as thick as black iron, weighing on the bridge, and suddenly felt that it was not a wise choice for me and Ji Yan to step on the bridge. There were a lot fewer people on the bridge. It seemed that it was going to rain, and everyone was busy going back. When they walked up, they felt that the air here was very oppressive, as if they were in an isolated room, and every breath of air was very difficult. Your lungs are like a high-power exhaust fan. After a day of baking, the bridge deck is almost teppanyaki. Fortunately, the soles of the shoes are not too thin, and the handrails are very beautiful. There are round light bulbs every few meters, and the cables in the middle of the bridge are falling high. "I heard from Lao Yu that this bridge is designed as a reinforced concrete prestressed cable-stayed bridge with two single towers and two cable planes, fan-shaped dense cable system. The main pier under the bridge is the largest in diameter in China. The entire bridge cost more than 600 million yuan, especially at night. When all the bridge lights are turned on, it is very beautiful." Ji Yan said slowly, while paying attention to the things around her. "I heard that someone died during the construction of the bridge." I muttered in a low voice while stroking the carved lamp holder on the front guard beam. I suddenly had a strange feeling, I couldn't tell what was wrong, it was just a little uncoordinated, I looked at the lamp holder, and there seemed to be a faint fingerprint.I just wanted to talk to Ji Yan, but found that he had already walked in front of me.It seems he didn't hear what I said. The river under the bridge was flowing so happily that I could almost hear its singing. Looking up, the black cloud was getting closer and closer to us, almost touching the stay cables of the bridge. "It seems to be raining." Before I finished speaking, the tip of my nose felt cold. It really came down, and it came very quickly.Ji Yan hurriedly dragged me to the bottom of the stay cable in the middle of the bridge. There is a bridge above it, so the rain cannot fall here. "Actually, I know about that. It is said that it was at this time when the bridge was being built. In the scorching summer, several workers climbed onto the stay cables. They had already tied the steel wires, but for some reason, all of a sudden, they all fell into place. It broke. Several people fell down together." Ji Yan said slowly with the accompaniment of the sound of rain.I looked up and saw that it was at least fifty or sixty meters away from the bridge deck. "One fell on the steel cable, because the fall from above was very fast, the whole person was cut into several pieces, and the other few were not much better, and fell directly on the bridge, maybe where we are standing now, They are like the rain, or like some paints, which are still on the canvas with a splash, and they bloom in all directions. It is said that the scene is quite crippled, and the people who collected the corpses couldn't help crying." Ji Yan also looked up, and I seemed to be able to I felt the dull feeling of a person falling directly from such a height onto the concrete floor, mixed with the crisp sound of ribs snapping and the sound of internal organs cracking open. The sky turned gray, the rain didn't stop, and the wind picked up. The wind on the bridge was much stronger than what we usually get. The whistling river wind made Ji Yan and I unable to stand up and even talk to each other. The voices are very distinguishable. Ji Yan gestured to me to go back, and now the whole bridge was almost empty, as if it was a dead bridge, I looked at the end of the bridge, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything, as if it was connected to another space.Finally, the two of us walked to the gazebo at the head of the bridge against the wind, and when we got there, we could take a good rest. My glasses were wet from the rain, and I couldn't see clearly, so I took them off and followed Ji Yan's back.However, I clearly heard a snapping sound, as if something had fallen. Another sound, and it was right at my feet, I subconsciously looked down. It was a person, he stretched his hands and feet exaggeratedly lying on the bridge, and then again, another person fell in front of me, I raised my head, the top of my head was black, but soon a human-shaped thing fell In front of me. Not so much one, but several sections, neatly cut from the middle. I thought of the worker whose body was cut open by the wire rope. I couldn't go any further, the falling corpses almost blocked my way, as long as I took a step forward, a corpse would fall from the top of my head and land in front of me. The back of Ji Yan in front has gradually disappeared in the wind and rain, and I am the only one left on this bridge.The wind is not so strong, I can stand up a little bit, but I can't move away at all. I took a deep breath, knowing that it was useless to be afraid, so I had to squat down and look at the corpse. I wanted to lift the head of the corpse with my hands, but they seemed to be glued to the ground, or they had become bridges. a part of. There was the sound of rain splashing in front of me, and I vaguely saw something slowly climbing up from the handrail on the side of the bridge, lying on the ground like a lizard, and crawling towards me quickly. I suddenly remembered why I felt uncomfortable when I touched the lamp holder at first, and I knew why. After being exposed to the sun for a day, it should be hot to the hand, but the armrests of other lamp holders are indeed like this, but that lamp holder, the lamp holder with fingerprints on it, is cold. The guy was only a few meters away from me.Every time I climbed, my palms slapped heavily on the bridge.I stood up slowly, but I couldn't lift my feet to leave, and I couldn't even open my mouth to shout. It was getting closer and closer, and suddenly stopped in front of me.All I could see was the back of a black head, and a humanoid body, but no one would move that way. The wind has died down and the rain seems to have stopped. The guy slowly raised his head. It was a human face. I couldn't say I was familiar with it, but I definitely knew it. old metaphor. His cheeks swelled and then shrunk, his pale eyes almost protruded from the sockets, his whole body was wet, and he just looked at me blankly. At this moment, he was like a fish thrown ashore. "Ouyang? Are you there?" Ji Yanruoyou's voice came from the front, and Lao Yu—let's call him that, turned his head deftly. Not left or right, but turned his lower neck, his head turned 180 degrees, I almost heard the sound of the cervical spine breaking, very crisp, and then his limbs also turned away, the whole body turned over like a turtle, quickly Jumped into the river from the side, and those corpses and severed limbs, like mud thrown into the water, melted and sank into the bridge deck. "Are you okay?" I finally saw Ji Yan's familiar face, squatted down, and stood up after my feet got used to it a little. "Go to Lao Yu quickly." I was finally able to speak, Ji Yan didn't say anything, just nodded. On the way, I told him what I saw. Ji Yan didn't show much expression, but frowned slightly. "If what you saw was Lao Yu, I'm afraid you won't be able to find him now." Ji Yan said, I thought about it, and it was indeed the case. But to our surprise, Lao Yu was actually fine, and he also took the initiative to call to ask if we were drenched in the rain. It seemed that we had no choice but to visit him one more time.But this time it was at his house. Lao Yu's home is very simple, there are only him and his wife in the family, and his daughter went abroad to study in university the year before last. He knew Ji Yan's father well when he was young, and when Ji Yan's parents both went out to explore, they asked Lao Yu to be Ji Yan The one who instructs homework, so Lao Yu can be regarded as Ji Yan's first teacher. He was very concerned and asked if we were sick.He breathed a sigh of relief when he knew he was fine. "Summer colds are also very serious. Be careful. It's better to change your wet clothes and drink hot ginger soup. I'll ask my wife to cook it." After finishing speaking, Ji Yan walked into the kitchen, looking at his back, as if Thoughtful, Ji Yan got up when Lao Yu came out. "Yu Bo, I really want to know what happened when the bridge was built and how those workers died. In addition, I am also worried about you now. It is best for you not to go out these few days, especially not to go to that bridge. .” After hearing this, Lao Yu was a little silent. He looked at his wife who was still in the kitchen, waved to us, and entered his study. The study was quaint and full of famous calligraphy and paintings. From the model workers I got when I was a child to the awards I got in middle age. "That incident was a nightmare for me." Lao Yu closed the door, and limply laid his body on the clean and tidy bed. His forehead began to sweat again, so he shook the fan again.But the room was not hot, not to mention it was raining just now. "A few years ago, I was notified that I was responsible for repairing the old bridge. Of course, I attached great importance to this matter, so I immediately selected the best construction team and leadership team. Before the bridge repair, we also held a river sacrifice as usual. The bridge festival, but the construction was still not smooth, because the team rumored that the bridge could not be repaired. It is said that every time the bridge was repaired in the past, several people would die for no reason. As the leader, I am of course very dissatisfied with this, so I asked them to complete the construction progress even more severely. I am very impatient. If I wait until the flood season is over before repairing, it will take a lot of time, so I increased the construction time.Although I wanted to complete this matter, there was also my selfish thought that I was afraid of being blamed by the superiors. It was nothing like this, but my daughter is going abroad at this juncture. According to my family's foundation, I can't afford such a large sum of money, but this is related to the future of my daughter's life. I can't breathe under the pressure of business and family affairs Come. At this time, a material supplier approached me, hoping that he would supply the goods for the second half of the project, especially the products for construction safety measures. I was a little depressed, but the generous rebate offered could just make up for the vacancy of my daughter going abroad. I went to see it in person. Looking at those cables and materials, the building materials for the bridge repair are no problem, but other parts such as the lamp holder escalator and the approach bridge of the auxiliary bridge are slightly unsatisfactory, but there will never be any accidents, but the relevant high-altitude safety protection equipment for building cable The steel cables and safety nets are not strong enough, but as long as there is no high-level wind, there will be no great risk. I chose again and made a wrong decision. I thought it would be over before the peak of the flood season. The wind on the river that day was acceptable and not very strong. A safety net was laid under the construction. There is a working rope and a safety rope. The working rope is made of nylon with a diameter of 20mm. The safety rope is made of high-strength wire with a diameter of 18mm-20mm. It is used to cooperate with the working rope to improve the safety factor. These ropes are all It has been tested. Although it is far from the standard required by the country, as long as there is no major accident, it will not break suddenly, and the river surface is not allowed to operate when the wind exceeds level 4, but I did not expect the river wind to suddenly become stronger. It became so big that people couldn't stand up. I was flustered for a while, and when I was about to order to stop the work, something happened. First, the ropes of the three people who were pulling the rope broke suddenly. They did not fall onto the safety net, but they were blown over. One of them was cut into several sections by the slender steel wire rope, and the others fell to the bridge. , and then more people had no time to slide down through the slide button, but were swept down by the wind one after another, some fell on the stone side bridge handrail, and some fell into the river, the high waves rolled, and there was no sound. When it is sent out, it disappears.We were all stupid at the time, and by the time we realized that we had saved the rest of the workers, three of them had already died on the spot. Another four fell into the river. Although the entire river surface was salvaged afterwards, the bodies were never found. No matter how hard they searched, only some clothes and broken ropes were found downstream, but the four bodies could not be found. So, a total of seven people died that time.There are rumors that ordinary tribute offerings to the bridge are useless, and the construction of the bridge still requires the lives of living people. In the days that followed, I spent almost every day in panic and self-blame and guilt. To my surprise, this incident did not come to light. Everyone blamed the disaster on the sudden increase in wind speed, and bridge repairs have always killed people. After paying a sum of money to the deceased, the matter was settled, and the progress of the bridge repair continued, but I know that if the material of the safety rope is stronger, they may not necessarily die, and they may even come down safely. It was a little bit worse, but it became a yin and yang. "Old Yu finally finished speaking. He lowered his head and closed the fan in his hand. The three of us were indifferent, and it was his wife who came in with ginger soup that broke the situation. When we finished drinking the ginger soup and were about to leave, the rain outside had just stopped for a while, then suddenly became bigger and turned into a storm, and the wind outside was also so strong that many glass and bamboo sheds were rolled up .The bicycle arrived, and Lao Yu suddenly received a call. The voice on the phone was very anxious, but Lao Yu's expression was even more anxious. The fan was tightly wrapped in the palm of his hand, almost breaking.After putting down the phone, we realized that there was a problem with the bridge. "It's not good. The notice of the bridge safety inspection said that I don't know why there is a crack under the side of the bridge. Although it is not big, it is a hidden danger. I have to go there right now. You should stay at my house and wait for me to come back." Said. After finishing, he patted us on the shoulder and went out to look for a raincoat, but Ji Yan suddenly grabbed him. "Uncle Yu, you must not go out at this time, let alone go on the bridge!" His voice was loud and excited, his pale face turned red. Lao Yu took Ji Yan's hand away, was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "I've already made a mistake once, and if I make another mistake this time, I won't be able to justify it. If something happens to the bridge, I really can only apologize with death." After finishing speaking, she insisted on going out, but Ji Yan could not stop her, as long as she asked us to go out together, Lao Yu thought about it and agreed. In the sound of Lao Yu's wife's advice, the three of us walked into the rainstorm. The visibility outside has been reduced to the lowest. Although I hold the TX-3615 strong light flashlight for construction, it can only illuminate four or five meters away. The whole world seems to be collapsing, and my ears are filled with the sound of booming , like a galloping horse. After finally coming to the bridge, many people were already standing. They all respectfully called Mr. Yu when they saw Lao Yu. After he asked some questions, he decided to take people up the bridge to check the cracks in the bridge. "It's not good. It seems that the steel cable that fell off the cable is a little loose. We have blocked the entire bridge. We should wait for the wind to calm down before we go, Yu Gong." A middle-aged man with black-rimmed eyes persuaded Dao, and the others echoed, but Lao Yu flatly refused. "I am in charge of repairing this bridge. If something goes wrong, of course I have to go up it myself. Don't say anything. Anyone who is willing to come with me can follow me." Then he put on his hat and walked onto the bridge.These people hesitated for a moment, but two young men followed, and Ji Yan and I followed behind. The wind on the bridge was much stronger than that on the ground, and it was quite open without any shelter. We all tied safety ropes around our waists and slowly moved towards the cracks against the wind.Every step is very difficult. Suddenly, in the middle of the journey, I heard a snapping sound, which was quite clear, followed by the whistling sound of wind blown up by a stick or a skipping rope. I saw that Lao Yu's head seemed to be hooked by something long and thin, and then his whole body flew away. up. I watched in amazement, and Lao Yu was blown into the air like a paper kite, with a broken steel rope hanging around his neck and a safety rope tied around his waist.Ji Yan rushed over to grab the safety rope, but the wind was too fast, the rope brushed in Ji Yan's hand, leaving a bloodstain, and he couldn't catch it. The four of us watched Lao Yu being swept into the river by the wind up. It happened so suddenly that I almost had no time to react. Then, I suddenly felt a shaking under my feet, and my safety rope broke. Ji Yan and the other two grabbed the broken part tightly, and I hung upside down under the bridge like a bungee jumper. The storm gradually subsided, and the wind was much weaker. "Are you okay? I'll quickly pull you up." Ji Yan shouted from above.While I was rejoicing that I was safe, I lowered my head and found myself right in the crack. "Wait, wait a minute and pull me up!" I seemed to have discovered something and called out to Ji Yan. Because I saw something where the crack was. I don’t know if they are animals or what, the four humanoid figures are naked, their limbs are firmly embedded in the lower part of the bridge, and they are gnawing at the bottom of the bridge with their big mouths open. Dark red blood overflowed from the mouth, black and red, mixed with a few broken teeth.They crazily destroyed the bottom of the bridge like locusts eating food. One of them turned his head abruptly, looked at me who was dumped beside him, smiled with his mouth open, and then continued his work obliviously, the sound of clicking and clicking kept coming to his ears. Moreover, I also saw Lao Yu's corpse. His head and limbs were all broken off, and he was tilted at different angles. Like a fish thrown on the shore and unable to breathe.And his favorite paper fan, which he never leaves his hand, was also soaked in water, and it was propped open beside him, and the handwriting on the fan was already blurred. I was finally pulled up and told them what I saw. These people were terrified, and finally found a few brave people to tie ropes and go down to check, but the four monsters had stopped moving, like fossils , Everyone spent a lot of effort to get it off, because the fingers and toes had been deeply inserted in it, so they had to be sawed off to get it off. These four corpses belonged to the four workers who were not found that year. Lao Yu's body was also salvaged, buried properly, and said to have died in the line of duty.The crack in the bridge was quickly repaired, and no more anomalous events occurred. Ji Yan looked gloomy. He said that he didn't know how to face Lao Yu's wife whom he was very familiar with, but Lao Yu's wife sadly told Ji Yan not to tell his daughter who was far away abroad. As he often reminds, he often teases with a distressed face, and don't disturb his daughter who is studying abroad if anything happens to him, lest she worry. "Her daughter will be proud of this father. As for Lao Yu's mistakes, just like that fan, let's bury him in the coffin together, and keep it as a secret that no one knows, and keep it forever." Ji Yan looked at me and said.I nodded in agreement. It's over, but I'm not done yet. As for the report, I tore up the copy I had already written and threw it in the trash. As for the editor-in-chief, I had to tell him that I got nothing. Anyway, I'm not the first I got scolded once.