Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Abandoning the house in a hurry

Xu Xin is by no means more courageous than me, but maybe he is more enthusiastic about this house than I am, so he stepped on the stairs first. After the wooden stairs carried the weight of the three of us, there was a terrible "squeak" and "squeak" sound, and many mice sprang out from the cracks in the wood. No accidents happened until we got to the second floor. The dilapidated condition on the second floor is not much worse than the hall. A Shang looked at it and just shook his head. He pointed to a closed door: "Master nephew, that's the master's study."

Xu Xin was very interested: "Uncle Tang keeps a lot of gold and silver in his study, but is it true?" A Shang said: "Yes, once my mother died, he asked me to go in, and counted thirty oceans for me, I saw it." Xu Xin walked towards the door of the study, and I said, "Xu Xin, you'd better take out the things your aunt asked for first!" Chu suddenly stood still, and then he called out, "Wesley, come and see!" His sudden cry made both A Shang and I startled, and I couldn't help complaining: "Xu Xin, what a fuss, people will scare you to death!"

"Look," Xu Xin still pointed at the door, "there is a line written on the door!" It wasn’t that Xu Xin pointed to the door and said that. I really couldn’t see the writing on the door, because the light was not very bright, and the door was reddish brown. The words were written in black pen, and there was dust on the door. When you get close, you will never see the writing on the door. As soon as I saw the writing on the door, I hurried forward and wiped off the dust on the door with my sleeve. The line of writing could be seen more clearly. It was a line of extremely scribbled cursive writing, but I recognized it immediately. When it came out, the line read: Never open this door, cut!cut!

Xu Xin and I looked at each other, and Xu Xin became impulsive. He was about to hold the handle of the door and push the door open. I quickly reached out and grabbed him: "Xu Xin, don't mess around!" Xu said: "What are you afraid of? So many years have passed, what will be in this room?" I said: "Before the matter is clarified, we will go in one step later, what are we afraid of, your aunt is waiting." Xu Xin looked at me for a while, and finally agreed with me. A Shang was obviously illiterate, he opened his eyes wide and asked, "What do those words say?"

I patted him on the shoulder: "Nothing, I'll tell you in detail later, where is Mrs. Xu's bedroom?" A Shang blinked his eyes: "It's on the third floor." I pulled Xu Xin back. At this moment, I felt that this dilapidated house was full of mystery, and the pinnacle of mystery was naturally the line on the door. We walked to the third floor together again, and when we came to a door, Xu Xin stretched out his hand and pushed the door open. The room was very dark, and the wooden blinds were all closed. Lian pulled it away, but as soon as he tried hard, there was a "crash", and the entire venetian blind fell down together.

Xu Xin threw the venetian blind on the ground, cursed twice, and the room brightened up. I saw that the bed was covered with quilts, but the quilts had become the best place for mice to breed. As soon as it became bright, many little mice fell out of the quilt before they could crawl. There were not many mosquito nets and quilts left. There were holes in the doors of the closets, and all the clothes inside were bitten to pieces. up. While patting the dust off his body, Xu Xin said, "I hope those two boxes haven't been bitten!" A Shang had already leaned over and opened the last drawer. When the drawer was opened, a large group of cockroaches rushed out. The unpleasant smell in the room was truly incomparable.

A Shang pinched his nose, opened the secret door again, reached in again, and brought out a box.It was a cast-iron box, much rusted, but not damaged. A Shang took a breath, then stretched out his hand to take out the other box, the two boxes were the same size, A Shang carried them and said, "Master nephew, we can go down now." I pushed Xu Xin, and Xu Xin came closer to me, I whispered: "Try to keep Ah Shang, I have something to ask him." Xu Xin nodded, we went downstairs together, Mrs. Xu seemed to have been waiting very anxiously, as soon as she saw us appearing at the door, she stepped up the stone steps, Ah Shang carried the two boxes and repaid the merits : "Ma'am, are these two? I found them as soon as I looked for them!"

"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Xu took the box and put it on the stone steps. She opened the handbag and took out a bunch of keys, and said to herself: "Fortunately, I always carry the keys of these two boxes with you." By your side!" She used one of the handles to open a box. She twisted the key for a long time before she opened the box. Under the sunlight, we could all see clearly that inside the box, layer by layer , full of extremely expensive jewellery, including diamonds, emeralds, and pearls. I stayed there for a while, Mrs. Xu quickly closed the lid of the box, as if afraid of being snatched away, she said: "We're going back, Ashin, everything else in the house belongs to you."

Xu Xin hurriedly said: "Thank you, aunt. Aunt, I want to ask Ah Shang to stay and help me." Mrs. Xu was probably in a hurry to go back, so she almost didn't think about Xu Xin's question, so she said, "Okay, Ah Shang, you stay here and help the nephew and young master." As she spoke, she turned around and walked towards the car. The driver walked a few steps faster and opened the door for her. She boarded the car and the car drove away. After the car drove away, I patted the stone steps: "Ah Shang, now you can tell us how it happened?" A Shang looked at Xu Xin, Xu said: "Just say, A Shang, I will not treat you badly."

The three of us sat down on the stone steps together.At that time, the sun was still shining brightly, and we sat facing the sun, but somehow, there was always a sense of eerie. After Ah Shang sat down, he stayed for a long time before saying: "It's been a long time, but I still remember it very clearly, that night—" I interjected, "It happened at night?" "Yes, it was after nine o'clock in the evening, and it was very cold. My wife and some relatives were drinking coffee and listening to the radio in the hall, and all our servants were in the kitchen. As soon as we finished our meal, the master screamed strangely. Upstairs rushed down."

Xu Xin and I looked at each other, and I said: "Does your master usually have such a situation?" "No, not at all. I often hear Mr. Ding say, what is the master... strict, strict or something." "Seriously." I reminded him. "Yes, be serious. Mr. Ding is an idler, and he happened to be away that day." A Shang said. I understand what A Shang means by "eating idle food". That Mr. Ding is probably a clean-up man, and there are often such people in rich families. Xu Xin then asked again: "What's his name?" A Shang frowned, and said: "At that time, our servants heard the strange screams of the master, and we rushed out together as if something serious had happened. When we came to the hall, the master was pulling his wife Go out, keep telling everyone to get out." At that time, not only Ah Shang frowned, but Xu Xin and I also frowned. I quickly asked, "What was the expression on his face at that time?" "It's horrifying. His face was ashen. The wife was pulled by him and fell straight out. The wife was calling: Are you crazy? But the master just stamped his feet and told everyone in the room to leave. The master is usually enough." Majestic, no one dared not listen to his words, although everyone felt that something was unexpected, they still rushed out of the garden together." Xu Xin was fascinated by this, and hurriedly asked, "What about the future?" "We all ran out in a hurry without bringing anything, but unexpectedly as soon as we left the garden, the master immediately locked the iron gate of the garden and pointed at the house: "Whoever dares to step into the house, even if I don't know, There will be no good results!'" When A Shang spoke up to this point, his body shook, and he said with a mournful face, "But now I've walked in!" I looked back at the room, and I couldn't help feeling a strange sense of terror in my heart. Xu Xin comforted Ah Shang: "It doesn't matter, when he said it, the house was his, but now, the house is mine!" A Shang is a simple-minded person. Obviously, what he is afraid of is not any weirdness in the house, but the master's words.And that sentence left such a deep impression on Ah Shang's heart, so we can also know how fierce and resolute the master's expression was when he said that sentence! I asked again: "And then?" "At that time, the wife quarreled with the master, saying that the master was insane and wanted to rush back to the house, but the master's words were even more terrifying. He said that anyone who dared to enter this house again would kill him! The wife burst into tears and said that it would be fine. The house, she also wanted to take out the things, but the master didn't allow it, we stayed in the hotel that night." A Shang continued: "Later, within a few days, the master sent someone to buy another house, and no one dared to come here again." I wondered: "That doesn't make sense. All of your servants live in this house. Doesn't he let you come and get things back?" "The master treats his servants well. He gave each of us a lot of money, enough to buy back our broken things. He also told us that no matter whoever told us to go to that house, no matter how good it was, Don’t go, you’ll be unlucky if you go!” "Miss didn't ask you to go?" "Yes, we were asked to go several times, but we didn't dare to go because of the master's words first. We also sneaked around the house a few times to look around, but after that, no one mentioned it again." I stood up and said, "At that time, why did he ask you to leave? Did you find out later?" "No, I never knew about it. My wife's close aunt said that even my wife didn't know about it. It can be seen that the master has never told anyone about it." Xu Xinxin started: "It's so strange, Wesley, what reason do you think it is?" I smiled wryly: "How do I know, I haven't even met your weird cousin before." Xu said: "I've only met him a few times." A new doubt arose in my heart: "Xu Xin, you haven't seen him many times, why did he leave this room to you, do you know?" Xu Dao: "Ever since I received the lawyer's notification letter, I have been hesitating in my heart. I don't know why. I didn't figure out the reason until now." "What is that for?" I asked hurriedly. Xu Dao said: "First of all, we have to assume that an unbelievable strange thing happened in this room." "Needless to say," I immediately agreed, "if it weren't for that strange incident, which was extremely strange, then no one would have given up their residence in such a hasty situation." "Then," Xu Xin said, "I think this is the reason. Once during Chinese New Year, I went to his house to pay New Year's greetings, chatting with some cousins, and we were talking about many strange things in the world. At that time, I tried my best to Overcoming all opinions, saying that all strange things can be explained by science, in fact, there are no so-called strange things in the world.” I was still young at the time, and the minds of young people are always simple. Moreover, for a person who has just received preliminary scientific training, he always feels that science is omnipotent, and everything beyond the existing scientific level is denied. It is called "superstition", and my situation at that time was exactly like that. So, I immediately said: "Yeah, what you said is right!" Xu said: "When we were arguing fiercely, my cousin came over to listen. He listened for a while before taking pictures of me. Over his shoulder, he said, "Your words are wrong. There are many unimaginable strange things in the world. They are absolutely beyond the ability of any scientist to explain them. You will know in the future!" He walked away after he finished speaking. I understood a bit: "That's right, so he left this house to you, and he wants you to experience that incredible strange thing he once encountered in this house!" "I think that's what he meant." Xu Xin nodded. When the two of us were talking, Ah Shang listened attentively. When he heard this, he suddenly became frightened: "Master nephew, I think you don't want this house. Think about it, if the master didn't meet What's so weird, how could it be like that?" Xu Xin patted his chest, and said youthfully: "He's afraid, but I'm not afraid, Ah Shang, you don't understand, we are modern educated people, we don't believe in ghosts!" A Shang nodded and said: "Yes, yes, but Master Nephew, I...but I'm very scared, I... want to go back." We stayed here with Ah Shang because we originally wanted to ask him about what happened that year. Now, he has told everything he knows, and he alone can't help much, so he wants to Let's go, we all said: "Okay, let's go!" A Shang hurried forward, as if he was afraid that if he took a step slower, he would be swallowed by ghosts. To be honest, both Xu Xin and I felt a little cold at the time, but in order to show our boldness, when Ah Shang left in a hurry, we all pointed at him and laughed. We didn't stop laughing until Ah Shang walked out of the garden, Xu Xin asked: "Look, what happened here?" I said, "I don't know, but if something strange happened, it must have happened in your cousin's study." Xu Xin usually likes to read detective novels very much. At this time, he lowered his voice and said in a very mysterious tone: "Look, is it possible that my cousin has done something ulterior, lest others find out, so he is playing tricks on it? , to drive people away?" My heart moved: "It's also possible, if he murdered someone in the study, then this should be the best way for him to cover up his crime, isn't it?" Xu Xin clenched his fists: "So, we must go to the study to find out." I immediately responded: "Yes!" We turned around together, walked into the hall again, and then went up the stairs to the door of the study. The atmosphere was already gloomy, and the words written at the door added a lot of threat to our psychology, so when we came to the door, we were all stunned for a while, looking at each other. Then, I said, "Let's hit the door together and go in." Xu Xin nodded, we took a step back, our shoulders bumped against the door, only once, and with a "crash", the whole door was knocked open, kicking up a cloud of dust. It was a very spacious study room, with bookcases all around, but it was very pitiful, all the books were rotted into scraps of paper. In the middle of the study, there is a large writing desk. Next to the writing desk, there is a large wooden cabinet and several comfortable chairs. At a glance, the situation in the study can be seen completely in the eyes, but there is no evidence of the crime we imagined, such as the corpse left in the study (after so many years, the corpse should have turned into bones but, unfortunately, not even bones).We walked into the study room and walked around the desk. The study room was like the other rooms. Although it was horribly dilapidated, there was nothing special about it. We saw an open black box on the desk, which had long since dried up, and a pipe, which had fallen by the desk. The most surprising thing was that there was not a single mouse in the study. Xu Xin walked to the wooden cabinet and opened the door of the wooden cabinet. He let out a cheer. In the wooden frame, stacks of silver coins were stacked neatly, probably worth thousands of dollars. many! At that time, it was the time when the value of the currency was falling rapidly and Yinyang was the most popular. Suddenly, with so many Yinyang, Xu Xin was overjoyed, and I was also happy for him. And the horror I felt was swept away! We cheered, jumped, and rushed out of the house, almost telling everyone about our joy. But we couldn't meet anyone, because the surroundings of the house were very lonely, so lonely that there was no one there. In the next month, Xu Xin and I can be said to be extremely busy.And, we also became the most famous people in the school.Because we paid a piece of silver for a day and hired classmates to clean the house, when the physical education teacher and the principal found no one in the camp, they became furious and tracked down the culprit, and found out that it was me and Xu Xin. And Xu Xin and I are well-known troublemakers in the school on weekdays. Naturally, the crime is aggravated, and a notice will be issued immediately to record a serious demerit. However, the enthusiasm of the students to participate in the cleanup work has not diminished at all. Boys in their teens are at the peak of energy, and they don’t know what it means to be tired. On the day with the largest number of people, there are as many as three hundred people working, and the silver ocean flows out like water. That house, It also gradually became decent. Half a month later, there was no grass left in the garden. Weeds and good grass were all shoveled clean. The inside and outside of the house were trimmed and whitewashed. The old furniture and the garbage that were removed were all piled up behind the house. On the open space, pour kerosene and set a fire. That fire burned red for a long time, and two or three hundred of us gathered around the fire, singing songs and dancing to celebrate that we had finished cleaning the house. Up and down, the light was shining brightly until midnight, when all the classmates dispersed one after another. Finally, only me and Xu Xin were left. We went back to the hall, which was empty, almost the whole house was empty, because all the furniture was broken, and there was not even a barely usable chair to be found. We were lying on the floor. At this moment, the mice had disappeared. In a place where more than two hundred boys under the age of twenty had gathered, where would there be room for mice to gain a foothold?