Chapter 25 Chapter Nine: False Rakshasa

Zhen Zhen asked a lot: "Do the seven of them often go back to school to play during the holidays?" Teacher Lu nodded first, and then shook his head: "No, the sisters in Liangcun don't know how to do it. The fifth sister and brother in Wangcun often come to play, especially their fourth child, who is very naughty and always pissed me off. But now He is gone, but I miss his mischievous appearance." Later, he told us that during the spring break, the five Wangcun siblings would come to school to play almost every day.Most of them used to be his students, and every time they saw him, they would borrow football from him to play.Originally they could play on the basketball court, but the fourth child was so naughty, the football had no eyes under his feet, and it would either kick into the flower garden or towards the teaching building.He was afraid that the fourth child would break the windows of the teaching building, so he let them play in the open space behind the school.They also specifically told them not to get close to the air-raid shelter and nearby fish ponds.

"The day they disappeared, they also borrowed football from me. I have repeatedly told them not to get close to the air-raid shelters and fish ponds, but they still..." Teacher Lu shook his head and sighed again. "Why can't we get close to the air-raid shelter?" As the saying goes, "Don't bully the mountains, don't bully the water". Playing near the fish ponds is easy to stumble and cause drowning. It is reasonable to repeatedly explain that students should not approach the fish ponds.But Mr. Lu said just now that he doesn't believe in the legend of the hidden mirror ghost, so why didn't the fifth sister and brother of Wangcun approach the air-raid shelter?

"This air-raid shelter was dug before liberation. It is said that it is mainly used to store shells. After liberation, no one has used it. No one knows how deep it is, and no one knows whether there are any dangerous items such as bombs left in it. Inside, so the school has never allowed students to play inside." After answering the questions, Teacher Lu told us something about the air-raid shelter—— About half a month before the Dragon Boat Festival last year, three sixth-grade students met to explore the air-raid shelter together.One of the students surnamed Liang missed the appointment because of fear, and the other two naughty ghosts actually ran into the cave.

Neither student came to school the next day.I was their class teacher at the time, and when I saw that they didn't come, I called their parents.The parents of the two said that they ran out to play yesterday and haven't returned yet, and they are looking for them with gongs and drums!Also let me help to ask the classmates in the class, do you know where they went? I quickly asked the students in the class, who knows where they are going?At this time, the student surnamed Liang told me timidly that they had met to explore in the air-raid shelter.After I asked what happened, I immediately called their parents and told the principal about it.

The principal was very nervous when he found out, fearing that the two students would have an accident, he immediately called the security team for help.The principal took me, three other teachers, four security guards, and the parents of the students to the outside of the air-raid shelter.But looking at the dark cave entrance, no one dared to go in, for fear of getting lost after entering.Later, the headmaster figured out a way, found a very long rope, and let two security guards tie it around his waist, and then went in to find someone. The rope should be about 300 meters long, but not long after the security guards entered, we found that the rope was not long enough.The other two security guards hurriedly called the guys who went in, trying to tell them to come out first, but the mobile phone had no signal in the air-raid shelter, and they couldn't get through no matter what.In desperation, they had to pull the rope back to remind them to come out.

Fortunately, these two team members are not stupid. As soon as we pulled the rope, they came out.Later, we found a lot of ropes and tied them together to form a long rope. The total length was at least 800 meters, if not a thousand meters. Then we went in again to find people. We originally thought that the rope is so long, it must be enough!But after a while, the rope was exhausted, so they had to be pulled out again.After they came out, they said that the deeper they went in the cave, the darker it would be, and there were so many forks in the cave that it was like a maze. If they hadn't tied a rope, they would definitely not be able to find their way out.

Later, we took all the ropes we could find and tied them together. I can't tell how long it is, but it must be at least two kilometers! This time the rope was finally long enough, but we waited outside the cave for a long time and didn't see them coming out.When I was discussing whether I should go in to find them along the rope, I saw them coming out with two children.But when the two children came out, something was wrong. The mother of one of the children, when she saw her child was rescued, cried and stepped forward to hug him.But when he saw his mother, he backed away in horror and yelled something like "don't kill me, don't eat me".The other child wasn't necessarily much better than him, and when he got a little troubled, he squatted down with his hands on his head and couldn't stop shaking.

After a few days of rest, the two of them got better, but they never told everyone what happened in the air-raid shelter.Whenever someone asked about it, they would panic and say, "I can't say it, I can't say it, if I say it, I will die." After this incident, the principal repeatedly emphasized that students should not be allowed to approach the air-raid shelter, so as to avoid the same accident happening again... After listening to Teacher Lu's narration, Zhen Zhen timidly asked: "Did these two students encounter the ghost hiding the mirror in the air-raid shelter?"

"It's hard to say." Teacher Lu shook his head, "Although many people think that they are bewitched by evil spirits, they still refuse to tell what happened in the cave. I personally think that there are no ghosts and gods in the world. Ghost, the ghosts of my wife and children have long sought revenge on those bastards (of the county government), but those bastards still don’t enjoy the same food and drink.” "Since some students went into the air-raid shelter before, why didn't the five Wangcun sisters go in and look for them when they disappeared?" I asked.

"When I knew they were missing, the first thing I thought of was the air-raid shelter." Teacher Lu shook his head and sighed, "Before they disappeared, they borrowed footballs from me to play in the open space behind the school, so I thought they might have kicked the footballs into the air-raid shelters. I went in after finding the football. I told their father Cai Quan about this and asked him to report the case to the Public Security Bureau, but he ran several times and the other party did not send anyone over.” "Why don't you ask the security team for help?" Zhen Zhen asked.

"I've looked for it." Teacher Lu said with a wry smile: "At that time, the Spring Festival just passed, and the security team didn't want to enter such an unlucky place, so they made a lot of excuses to evade it. It was because they refused to help that Cai Quan ran away. When I went to the County Public Security Bureau, I didn’t expect that no one would come to help.” "Even if no one comes to help, you may go in and look for it yourself! After all, it's your own child, Cai Quan can't let it go, right?" Zhen Zhen said angrily. "Cai Quan believed in the legend of the hidden mirror ghost so deeply that he didn't even dare to approach the entrance of the cave. How could he dare to go in?" Teacher Lu sighed softly again, "Actually, after I knew that the county police station would not accept the case, I called the principal. The headmaster was very nervous about this matter, and had a quarrel with the security team, insisting that they send people into the air-raid shelter to find someone. He said that the soldiers would be raised for a thousand days, and they would be used for a while. They received the salary from the village committee every month , but at such a critical moment, it is really outrageous to stand idly by. The captain of the security team said that they also had difficulties. He said that the County Public Security Bureau called him and told him that he could find someone anywhere, but he could not go to the air-raid shelter. He also said that if there is an accident because of this, he will be fully responsible." "It's disgusting. I don't accept it myself, and I don't let others enter the air-raid shelter to find someone. Are the people in the County Public Security Bureau all idiots?" While Zhenzhen was full of righteous indignation and scolded the county police bureau for its inaction, I was thinking about a question—why did the county police station prevent the security team from entering the air-raid shelter to find someone? First of all, no matter whether the public security team can find the five Wangcun siblings in the air-raid shelter, or even whether there will be an accident in the air-raid shelter, it seems that it will not bring losses to the County Public Security Bureau; There is no damage at all, and there should be no major problems when entering the cave again; third, if the security guards really find the fifth sister and brother of Wangcun in the cave, the matter will be resolved, and Cai Quan will not go to the County Public Security Bureau again and again. Report the crime and increase their workload. It can be inferred from this that the county police station has no reason to obstruct the security team, unless they already knew that the five children were imprisoned in the air-raid shelter and did not want everyone to find them.If this is the case, wouldn't the County Public Security Bureau become an accomplice? I suddenly remembered the cult that Uncle Qingsheng mentioned. Although it cannot be ruled out that cult members have sneaked into the County Public Security Bureau, this possibility does not seem to be high.Perhaps, there are some secrets in the air-raid shelter that the county public security bureau does not want the public to know. Although I wanted to go into the air-raid shelter immediately to find out, but it was already late at night, and Zhenzhen was injured again, so I had no choice but to give up.Therefore, after saying goodbye to Teacher Lu, Zhenzhen and I went home to rest. The next day, I got up early in the morning, and deceived Zhen Zhen to the forensic office to look for Liu Nian.Although the bodies of the eight children surnamed Cai have been cremated, my purpose of finding Liu Nian was not to look at the dead bodies, but to ask him to "examine" Zhen Zhen. Zhenzhen was attacked by the ghost of the hidden mirror last night, and her arm was stabbed by the opponent's sharp claws.Although Mr. Lu helped to treat the wound, he is not a doctor, so he can only do simple treatment, and cannot guarantee that there will be no problems.And God knows if the hidden mirror ghost's claws are poisonous, it's safer to find a "doctor" to test it. Although Fleeting Nian is a forensic doctor who specializes in dealing with corpses, he may not be able to treat colds and coughs, but he is quite professional in surgical injuries.After removing the bandage on Zhen Zhen's arm and carefully inspecting the horrible blood hole left by the ghost of the hidden mirror, he said with a serious face: "It may leave a scar." I said angrily, "Can't you say something constructive?" While carefully disinfecting Zhen Zhen, he said to her seriously: "A man who doesn't feel guilty for causing scars on you is unreliable." Zhen Zhen gave me a blank look, and said disdainfully, "I knew he was unreliable." "Okay, I admit that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and I am not a gentleman, and my reaction is not quick enough. When I saw that my companion was in danger, I didn't immediately step forward and block this for her." I threw up my hands as a sign of surrender. Liu Nian said sanctimoniously: "Well, very good, since you can admit your mistakes, then you should take the initiative to bear the consequences, at least you have to invite Zhen Zhen to have a meal to apologize." Zhen Zhen didn't speak, just glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally.When I was about to speak, Fleeting Nian said quietly again: "The listener has a share." "Oops!" Zhen Zhen yelled suddenly, not sure if the wound was hurt by the disinfectant, or for other reasons. After the play, Liu Nian began to talk to me seriously: "Zhenzhen's wound is not a major problem, the teacher who bandaged her did a good job, and the wound showed no signs of inflammation. As for the severe pain when she was injured, I think it should be due to It is caused by the non-lethal neurotoxin on her claws. After all, she has no symptoms of poisoning, and the wound has not turned black. If you are still worried, let me draw some blood for testing." Afterwards, he asked his assistant to give Zhen Zhen Blood test. While waiting for the test results, we discussed the experience of being attacked by the ghost of the hidden mirror last night. "Is it possible for ghosts to physically harm people?" I asked Liu Nian. "Generally speaking, no, but there are no absolutes in the world, and everything cannot be generalized..." After a moment of silence, he continued: "Perhaps, I should tell you a legend about the false Rakshasa."