9 p.m.

There can still be a rustling movement around the hut from time to time, and all kinds of birds and beasts in the woods can always bring you unexpected surprises.

Lying on the bed, Gu Chen could already distinguish the calls of no less than a dozen species of birds in the surrounding woods.

In the summer woods in the countryside, it seems to have become a kingdom of insects, where they unscrupulously "make fun", for fear that others will not know that this is their territory.

Since everyone lives in a bungalow on the outskirts of Guangming Town, there are no buildings around, so there is always a sense of seclusion between the jungles.

There is a small river around the bungalow, which flows to Guangming Town, and on both sides are large willow trees with roots deep in the soil on the riverbank.

In everyone's impression and cognition, among the five major ghost trees, there is a willow tree.

And this place always gives people a sense of yin and horror.

It is not felt during the day, but when night falls, the strange feeling becomes more pronounced.

Gu Chen and Officer Wang lived in a hut, while Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Zhou Xiaoling lived in the next room.

Due to taking into account Zhou Xiaoling's feelings, although everyone agreed to take Zhang Mu to live here during the day, they finally discussed with Principal Gao Ming and arranged a bed in a nursing home for him.

In this way, in the bungalow at night, from left to right, the rooms where everyone lives are:

On the far left, Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Zhou Xiaoling, next door are Gu Chen and Officer Wang, and to the right is the hunchbacked Uncle Liu, and on the last side is Uncle Qin.

In the room, Officer Wang couldn't sleep, everyone was on the floor and lit mosquito coils, but there was still some smell in the surrounding air.

The whole room was temporarily converted from the utility room, and it was certainly not comparable to Officer Wang's large single room in the police dormitory.

There was nothing to say about the good beds given to other members of the Volunteer Association, but Officer Wang recognized the bed as the main reason why it was the main reason why Officer Wang was prevented from sleeping.

Officer Wang also tried to belong to the sheep, and the result was that the more he counted, the more energetic he became, and he felt that the whole person was excited.

Sitting up, Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen, who was quiet beside him, and asked, "Gu Chen, have you slept?"

"Not yet. Gu Chen also turned around, looked at Officer Wang and asked, "What's wrong, Senior Brother Wang?"

"I can't sleep, I want to go out for a walk. Officer Wang walked around the room wearing floral pants.

Although it is summer, the town of Guangming is still very cool at night.

Gu Chen glanced out the window, especially listening to the strange sounds of animals coming from time to time in the forest, and couldn't help reminding: "Senior Brother Wang, the mountains here are high and the forests are dense, so it's best not to go out at night." ”

"And I heard Uncle Qin say that there are often wild beasts around, so you just stay in the house and sleep well until dawn, anything outside has nothing to do with us. ”

Officer Wang snorted twice and said, "Do you think there is anything else to look forward to in this wilderness?"

"Beasts? There are still beasts that dare to approach humans? Beasts are afraid of people, okay?"

"That's not what I said. Gu Chen also sat up, yawned and said, "When I was playing chess with Uncle Qin at night, he mentioned to me that he heard that there were wild boars in the forest, and he also broke the fence in the yard, this wild boar is very fierce." ”

"Don't say it. When Officer Wang heard Gu Chen's words, he couldn't help but feel a little scared, but he said truthfully: "Actually...... I just have a need to urinate and want to go out to the bathroom. ”

"You didn't say it earlier. Gu Chen glanced at him.

"Then you didn't ask. Officer Wang also said.

Gu Chen grinned and stood up directly: "Okay, I'll go out to pee with you." ”

When you open the door, you will be surrounded by a gust of wind and a mysterious feeling.

Although there are mosquito coils lit in the room, mosquitoes are flying outside the house, and you must know that the mosquitoes in the mountains are all vampires.

Therefore, after Gu Chen and Officer Wang found the thatched house, they also hurriedly returned to the room.

I don't know how long it took......

When the moonlight was covered by dark clouds, and there was already a dead silence around him, Gu Chen suddenly faintly heard that there seemed to be some sporadic footsteps moving outside the courtyard.

Due to the chirping of insects in the surroundings, many environmental disturbances are added to the surroundings.

Therefore, Gu Chen could only use his specialization-level observation power, and couldn't help but prick up his ears, ready to listen to the movement outside.

Soon, a triple knock of "tuk tuk tuk" woke up Officer Wang, who had already entered a semi-sleep state, again.

At this moment, the triple knock of "tuk tuk" outside the courtyard sounded again, and the sound was very loud, breaking the surrounding silence.

"Who will it be on this big night?" Officer Wang yawned and didn't want to move his body, so he asked Gu Chen to take a look: "Gu Chen, you go and take a look." ”

"Isn't it a wild boar in the arch? Doesn't it mean that a wild boar will visit? and the gate of the yard is locked to ward off wild beasts that come at night. ”

Of course, Gu Chen did not rule out this possibility......

However, just as Gu Chen was about to get up to check, the lights in the room next door suddenly turned on, followed by a "squeak" sound of the old wooden door, and Uncle Liu, who was hunchbacked next door, walked out of the room with a cough, as if to check the situation.

Gu Chen was curious, and also gently walked to the window to observe.

Uncle Liu walked to the door of the courtyard, looked around a few times, and after making sure that no one was there, he yawned and walked to the room again.

At this time, Gu Chen found that the light in the room next to Uncle Liu was also turned on, and soon Uncle Qin's inquiry came.

"Lao Liu, who is outside?"

"I don't know, it's probably an animal in the mountains, right? Uncle Liu yawned, and the whole person was also in poor spirits.

"A sweet dream was woken up like this, Lao Liu, you should go to sleep quickly. Uncle Qin's voice was a little tired, it seemed that he was really tired, and it was estimated that he was playing chess with himself today.

Gu Chen thought so.

Soon, the lights went out.

Tranquility returned to the surroundings of the old house, and Wu Di looked down at his watch, and it was already around 11 o'clock at this moment.

Although 11 o'clock at night seems to be just the beginning of the nightlife for the people in the city.

However, for some of the more remote villages, villagers generally fall asleep between 9 and 10 p.m. when they are not playing cards.

It's a little weird to come knocking on the door at 11 o'clock at night and there's no one to see.

"Someone can't be playing a prank, right?" Gu Chen thought to himself, his gaze swept over Officer Wang beside him.

Officer Wang estimated that he was tired, and before he could do it for a while, he had already fallen into a dream, and his mouth was still spitting bubbles.

"Could it be a beast?" Gu Chen wasn't sure, but the few knocks on the door just now did make people feel extremely weird.

Of course, for people like Uncle Liu and Uncle Qin, who are often harassed by wild beasts, they are no longer strange.

Gu Chen couldn't tell what was wrong, but he still felt the need not to sleep too hard.

Maybe someone sneaks into the room in the middle of the night and steals?

Don't you know there's a police car parked outside?

Gu Chen didn't want to think nonsense, just think of it as a beast passing through the courtyard and running to the arch, right?

After all, in such a yard, there are often some food residues, and when Gu Chen was having dinner with everyone, some small birds would often fly to peck at the scraps on the ground.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen squinted again to rest.

I don't know how long it took, but the courtyard ...... Suddenly, there were several knocks on the door again.

The sound was so loud that Gu Chen had to open his eyes again.

"Who? still don't let people sleep?" Uncle Liu's insulting voice came from the next room again.

Gu Chen opened his eyes and looked down at the time, it was already 11:05 p.m. at this moment, and only 5 minutes had passed since the last knock on the door.

And in the past 5 minutes, Gu Chen just took a nap.

The lights in the next room turned on again, and the hunchbacked Uncle Liu pushed open the wooden door with a "squeak" and walked towards the gate of the courtyard with a menacing attitude.

Gu Chen, on the other hand, came to the window with light movements to check the movement outside.

At this moment, Gu Chen clearly saw that the hunchbacked Uncle Liu picked up a urine spoon from the door, ready to teach a lesson about the things at the door.

"Excuse me, old man. A familiar young man's voice suddenly came from the door: "I'm Zhang Mu!"

"Zhang Mu, are you the Zhang Mu who came here during the day?" Uncle Liu seemed to recognize the person, this person was psoriasis, specializing in sticking to Zhou Xiaoling, Uncle Liu would not know.

Seeing Zhang Mu standing at the door, Uncle Liu slapped the urine spoon and asked him, "Are you looking for Zhou Xiaoling again?" That girl is estimated to have fallen asleep, you want to find him tomorrow." ”

"No, no. Hearing Uncle Liu's words, Zhang Mu hurriedly defended himself: "I'm not here to find Zhou Xiaoling, I'm here to find Uncle Qin." ”

"Old Qin?" Uncle Liu was stunned and continued to ask him, "What are you looking for Lao Qin?"

"That's it...... There are a few old men who live in my dormitory, and they want to play cards with Uncle Qin, but they are missing one of the three. ”

"Nonsense. Uncle Liu's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "No one has asked him to play cards for so long, so he will be free tonight?"

"I don't know. Zhang Mu scratched the back of his head, and said helplessly: "Those old men live in the same room with me, the two of them seem to have drunk too much, don't sleep, and have to pull me to play cards, but I won't." ”

Then they discussed, and said that they would either find Lao Qin, saying that they had not played cards with Lao Qin for many years, and today there happened to be a lot of guests in the nursing home, and it was very lively, and they were very happy or something, just like asking Uncle Qin to go over to play cards. ”

"Really?" the hunchbacked Uncle Liu was suspicious, and couldn't help but say: "Then it's okay to make a phone call, why do you want to go on this trip?"

"It's not dark and the road is slippery, for Uncle Qin's safety. Zhang Mu glanced at Zhou Xiaoling's room, and suddenly lowered his tone again: "Actually, I also want to see if Zhou Xiaoling is sleeping, so I agreed to come over and send Uncle Qin over to play cards." ”

"Hehe, what's there to play with this card, usually they all seem to owe them to them, oh, if you drink too much, you think of our old Qin? ”

The hunchbacked Uncle Liu's attitude was also very resolute, which made Zhang Mu embarrassed for a while.

Zhang Mu continued: "This ...... I'm here, do you want to call Uncle Qin?"

Uncle Liu turned his head and looked at Uncle Qin's room, and when he saw that there was no movement, he also replied to Ah Zhe with some complaints: "Old Qin is asleep, you can find someone else." ”

"Huh?"

"Ahh The hunchbacked Uncle Liu's tone was firm, and he refused to give in at all.

"That's... All right. Zhang Mu looked a little depressed, seeing that Uncle Liu was holding a urine spoon in his hand, as if he was going to beat someone, he didn't dare to continue to stay at the door, so he could only reluctantly help him: "That's ...... Then I'll go back and tell them to find someone else. ”

"Young man. Seeing Zhang Mu glancing at Zhou Xiaoling's room, the hunchbacked Uncle Liu also warned: "If you disturb my rest again, be careful that I buckle this urine spoon on your head." ”

"Know...... Got it. Zhang Mu took a few steps back and left with a flashlight.

And all of this was seen by Gu Chen, who was leaning against the window, thinking about the first time he knocked on the door just now, it should have been this guy, right?

Just those two knocks on the door just now, but it makes people feel weird, think about it now, you should be able to sleep beautifully, right?

Gu Chen felt that he didn't have to worry about the things around him anymore, he rested peacefully, and then went to see the repair of the old bridge tomorrow and see if he could leave Guangming Town tomorrow.

At this time, the hunchbacked Uncle Liu threw the urine spoon aside, and also yawned and came to Uncle Qin's door.

Seeing that there had been no movement in Uncle Qin's house, he also asked curiously: "Old Qin, have you slept?" The guy named Zhang Mu came to ask you just now, saying that a few people in the nursing home wanted to play cards with you, and I said that you slept, so I let him go first, but did you sleep or not?"

The air seemed to be quiet for a few seconds, and there seemed to be no movement in Uncle Qin's room, which made the hunchbacked Uncle Liu stunned for a moment.

"Lao Qin, it's only been a few minutes? You're sleeping like a dead pig? Are you pretending to be asleep? I remember you used to sleep but you were always snoring. ”

After a few seconds, there was still no movement in the room......

Outside, the atmosphere seemed to take shape.

The hunchbacked Uncle Liu didn't go back to the room, but kept standing at the door of Uncle Qin, as if he felt that this guy was a little abnormal.

And Gu Chen just leaned quietly against the window, listening to the movement outside the window.

"Old Qin, Old Qin?" Uncle Liu's voice seemed to rise by a few decibels, but there was still no movement in the room.

At this time, the hunchbacked Uncle Liu seemed to be in a hurry.

Gu Chen only heard the sound of Uncle Liu speeding up his pace and directly pushing the door in.

But a few seconds later, the hunchbacked Uncle Liu screamed as if he was going crazy, and the whole person ran out of Uncle Qin's room crazily.

"Die... Dead man! Dead man! Lao Qin is dead! Lao Qin is dead!"

"Is there a situation?" Gu Chen seemed to feel that the situation was not good.

So he hurriedly came to Officer Wang's side, woke Officer Wang up, and then put on his pants and rushed out of the room.

At this moment, the hunchbacked Uncle Liu seemed to be violently frightened, his whole face turned pale, and he fell to the ground and kept retreating.

His scream made the dogs several kilometers away bark.

At this time, including Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Zhou Xiaoling in the next room, they were also awakened by Uncle Liu's almost distorted terrifying screams.

Everyone's room was lit up.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, are you okay?" Gu Chen came to Uncle Liu's side and patted him on the shoulder to ease his frightened emotions.

At this time, Uncle Liu, who was sitting in the courtyard, his voice was frightened and trembling, his legs were weak, it seemed that his body did not listen to his own call at all, and a pair of pupils seemed to burst.

To be honest, Gu Chen had never seen an old man who could be scared like this, and he was even more determined to feel the seriousness of the situation.

"Come, come, come... Someone's coming! help! there are ghosts! there are ghosts!" Uncle Liu's voice continued to tremble.

He was afraid, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying, and his right hand trembled and pointed to Uncle Qin's room.

"What's wrong with Uncle Qin?" Gu Chen asked.

He ...... He's he, he's dead, it's horrible, he's dead......"

Due to excessive fright, Uncle Liu kept repeating the same sentence, and the bruises on his face also flare.

At this moment, Officer Wang, Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Zhou Xiaoling, who were dressed in clothes, also came to the courtyard.

Looking at Uncle Liu who fell to the ground, and then looking at Uncle Qin's room when the door was opened, but it was dark, everyone didn't know why, I didn't know what was going on here?

"Senior Brother Gu, what's wrong?" Lu Weiwei ruffled her hair and asked with a confused expression.

"He said Uncle Qin was dead, but I heard Uncle Qin talking to him 5 minutes ago. Gu Chen said.

Officer Wang frowned: "Go and see?"

"Wait!" Gu Chen stopped everyone and sniffed the air with the tip of his nose: "...... in the air It seems to be filled with a strong smell of blood. ”

"Blood...... The smell of blood?"

When everyone heard this, they quickly surrounded Zhou Xiaoling and Uncle Liu in the middle and put on a set of tactical defensive postures.

Everyone held tactical flashlights in their hands, looking at the empty space of Uncle Qin's room, it seemed that there was something terrible hidden in the darkness.

Since Uncle Qin and Uncle Liu had mentioned before that there were often wild beasts nearby, this increased Gu Chen's judgment of the threat.

Coupled with the movement outside the courtyard for the first time before, it was not clear to Gu Chen, this first movement, was it Zhang Mu or other beasts?

Thinking that the bungalow building is next to the creek, there is also a possibility that some animals come to drink.

All kinds of uncertain factors were intertwined in Gu Chen's mind, making Gu Chen extremely vigilant about this.

Gu Chen shook the mechanical stick he had brought casually, turned his head to everyone, and said, "You guys follow me to cover, I'll take a look." ”

"Wait, let's go get the gear. ”

At the suggestion of Officer Wang, everyone quickly ran back to their respective rooms, retrieved the individual police equipment, and ran to Gu Chen's side to form a search formation.

At this moment, Gu Chen was standing at the forefront with a mechanical baton, and Officer Wang, who was holding a tactical flashlight beside him, could activate the flash mode at any time at a dangerous moment, striving to instantly blind any dangerous object in a short period of time.

And Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha were armed with crack guns, ready to assist Gu Chen at any time.

Everyone put on a search formation and slowly approached Uncle Qin's room.

At this time, the thick smell of blood seemed to be approaching.

And this also shows that the danger ...... It seems to be nearby.

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