Chapter 23: The Paranormal
"This, this, the expert doesn't seem to have given an explanation. Wu Zhongyuan said that he had to admit that Wang Xinran's perspective on the problem was indeed different, and other questions were explained by science, but the details of villagers often seeing a woman crying on the grave were ignored.
"They can't explain it," Wang Xinran smiled, this guy had never laughed properly, every time he laughed, almost with a look of disdain, and this time was no exception, "These people are actually the most hateful." ”
"What do you say?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
Wang Xinran replied, "On the surface, this kind of program kills two birds with one stone, not only satisfies the curiosity of the people, but also carries out materialist popular science education, pleasing the top and entertaining the people, in fact, this is all their wishful thinking, this kind of program is easy to self-defeating, once the explanation is unreasonable, it will be counterproductive, like this show just now, painting a tiger is not an anti-dog." ”
Wu Zhongyuan was a little surprised, not for the show he just watched, but because Wang Xinran has not said much, and there are few such long speeches.
Wang Xinran didn't stop there, but gave another example, " There are three or four years of Yingkou falling dragon incident, several domestic media have carried out investigation reports, and the final investigation results are not the bones of the dragon, but the skeleton of the minke whale, and the jaw bone of the minke whale is inserted into the eye socket of the skull, so that the skeleton of the minke whale looks more similar to the keel taken that year, and then it is concluded that it was not a dragon that fell in Yingkou that year, but a minke whale, in fact, careful people will find that the photo taken that year, the dragon's eye socket is empty, and the dragon's horns are on the dragon's head. ”
The example given by Wang Xinran is not unusual, almost everyone who studies archaeology has heard of it, and when Wang Xinran finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan asked, "Do you mean that the Yingkou dragon falling incident was indeed a thing?"
Wang Xinran didn't hide it, and nodded happily, "It's true, but it's not a real dragon, but a dragon." ”
"How do you know in such detail?" Wu Zhongyuan asked suspiciously.
"Because I've seen the bones of that dragon, if you want to see it, I can show you this time. Wang said happily.
Wu Zhongyuan originally wanted to ask Wang Xinran why he told him this, but when Wang Xinran said this, he didn't ask again, because Wang Xinran's motives were obvious, one was to arouse his curiosity, so that he would not change his hexagram, and obediently go to the headquarters with her after the winter vacation. The second is to reveal a little information to him in advance, so as not to be surprised when he sees something rare and strange after going to the headquarters.
At this time, it was group discussion time, looking around, and finding that no classmates were paying attention to them, Wu Zhongyuan asked in a low voice, "Have you ever seen a living dragon?"
Wang Xinran shook his head, "No, I have only seen two bones, in addition to the one I just mentioned, there is another one that was found on the bank of the Songhua River in four or four years. ”
Wu Zhongyuan thought for a while, and then asked in a low voice, "Your department specializes in dealing with these things?"
"Sort of, but we're divided into several departments, each with different responsibilities. Wang happily yawned, other girls yawned and covered their mouths, she didn't cover it, she played very presumptuously.
After Wang Xinran finished yawning, Wu Zhongyuan asked cautiously, "Hey, do you say there are ghosts in this world?"
"No," Wang shook his head happily, "ghosts are idealistic statements, we don't believe in this, but after people die, some residual energy will be stored in a special form for a period of time, which has been scientifically verified." ”
Wu Zhongyuan's curiosity rose, "Are there aliens in the world?"
"Not really. Wang happily shook his head again.
"Then do you believe that there are wormholes and space-time tunnels?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.
"I believe it, but this is just an inference of the general theory of relativity, and the current science and technology cannot artificially control time," Wang Xinran said casually, "In fact, all supernatural phenomena can be explained by science, but the current science and technology have not yet developed to the point where they can explain all supernatural phenomena." ”
After Wang Xinran finished speaking, he vaguely noticed something, "Why are you asking this?"
"Nothing, just ask. Wu Zhongyuan said casually, his true origin Wang Xinran would know sooner or later, but at the moment he didn't want Wang Xinran to know this too early.
Wang Xinran was not satisfied with Wu Zhongyuan's answer, but when the bell rang after class, she didn't ask, got up and went out to smoke.
Wu Zhongyuan also packed up his things and left the classroom, but instead of going to the dormitory, he went to the adjacent teaching building to find Cui Fang from the art department.
Cui Fang is Wan Shanhai's girlfriend, Wu Zhongyuan reported his name, and then asked for the details of the night of the incident.
Cui Fang didn't seem to want to mention the events of that night, but in the end he still said it in a hurry, and it was almost the same as what Wan Shanhai said, but there was a little bit of Wan Shanhai lying, that is, he didn't pee casually, when he peed, he knew that there was a grave in front of him.
After Cui Fang finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan asked, "Do you remember what that old lady looked like?"
After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Cui Fang's face changed greatly, "What are you going to do?"
"I know some people who might be able to help him. "Wu Zhongyuan lied.
may be out of concern for Wan Shanhai, or it may be guilty of throwing Wan Shanhai away in fright that night, although Cui Fang did not want to recall the details of that night, he still reluctantly drew the old lady's head.
Cui Fang is studying art, and she is very expressive in sketching, this old lady makes her draw very realistically, seventy or eighty years old, thin, and has a bun on her head.
After class, Wu Zhongyuan invited Wang Jize to go to the back mountain together, but Wang Jize was afraid and didn't dare to go.
After dinner, Wu Zhongyuan still went, but he didn't go alone, but with Wang Xinran, and he didn't invite Wang Xinran, it was Wang Xinran who didn't worry about him walking around alone and took the initiative to follow.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't tell Wang Xinran what he was doing in the back mountain, but Wang Xinran guessed that Wan Shanhai was a classmate of the two, and his story had already spread.
When they arrived at the back mountain, according to Cui Fang's description, the two found the grave, the grave was surrounded by a pine forest, and the woods were littered with paper towels and other sundries that made Wu Zhongyuan blush.
The grave is not big, there are traces of artificial cleaning around, indicating that the age of the tomb is not far away, and there is no tombstone in front of the tomb, according to funeral customs, the tombstone is usually erected after the two old people are buried together, and there is no tombstone to indicate that the old lady died first, and the old man is still alive.
"Do you want to know who the owner of the tomb is?" asked Wang Xinran.
"Do you have a way?" Wu Zhongyuan asked rhetorically.
"You can ask the headquarters to check. Wang Xinran took out his mobile phone and took pictures of the surrounding scenes, "There is only this one tomb here, which can be compared with previous satellite maps to determine the time of burial, and then check the specific time of death." ”
"I still have a portrait here. Wu Zhongyuan took out the portrait painted by Cui Fang.
Wang Xinran took the portrait and took a picture, "It's much easier to have a portrait. ”
"How long will it take?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
"Soon. Wang happily returned the portrait to Wu Zhongyuan.
Indeed, soon, as soon as the two of them went down to the foot of the mountain, the news came back, and Wang Xinran showed his mobile phone to Wu Zhongyuan, "It should be this person." ”
This is an identity document, with a photo and date of birth on it, and a time of death at the back, the photo is ninety percent similar to the portrait drawn by Cui Fang, the only difference is that the photo was taken with a smile, and the portrait painted by Cui Fang looks very gloomy.
The old lady was seventy-three when she died, and she had been dead for less than three years.
The reason why Wu Zhongyuan investigated this matter was to confirm whether there was a supernatural phenomenon, and now he came up with the answer, there are really ghosts in this world, no, there are no ghosts, to be exact, it is the residual energy that continues to exist in a special form after death.
Wang Xinran had little interest in Wu Zhongyuan's investigation, and the only significance of this matter for her was to show Wu Zhongyuan the amazing work efficiency of the headquarters, so it was inevitable to be proud.
Back in the dormitory, Wang Jize was not there again, remembering that Wan Shanhai was standing in front of his bed with a ghost on his back not long ago, Wu Zhongyuan couldn't help but be frightened, dragged out the suitcase from under the bed, and found the ghost drawing talisman left by the master from inside.
He had read this book and knew that it was full of charms and methods for exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts.
Generally speaking, only Taoist priests can draw talismans, but the talismans recorded in this book do not have strict requirements for the identity of the person who draws the talisman, as long as you master the essentials and drawing and writing methods, you can draw, and the dyes of the talismans are also divided into several kinds, according to the size of the power are ink, cinnabar and gold lacquer. In addition, human blood can also draw talismans, women's can't, hair yin, get men's blood, preferably child's blood, the power is greater than gold paint.
The content in the book is very complicated, and he can't finish reading it for a while, Wu Zhongyuan can only search for it in a targeted manner, and the situation of Wan Shanhai is similar to the ghost upper body mentioned in the book, so he uses these charms.
The charms in the book are not words, but strange shapes and crooked strokes.
To learn how to draw symbols, he first had to prepare a brush, yellow paper, and ink, but he didn't have anything on hand.
I was hesitating to go down and buy it, and my phone rang, and it was a landline number.
Answered, Lin Qingming's voice came from the other end of the phone, very eager, "Come and help me at the Emgrand Nightclub." ”
"Brother, where is the Emgrand nightclub?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
There was no answer on the other side, and the phone had hung up.
Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly dialed Lin Qingming's mobile phone, which was not in the service area.
Lin Qingming's voice was very anxious just now, it was obvious that something was wrong, Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the school.
At this time, it was more than eight o'clock in the evening, and there were many taxis outside, so I stopped one, "Master, do you know where the Emgrand nightclub is?"
"Yes. The other party replied.
Wu Zhongyuan opened the door and got into the car, "Hurry up, the sooner the better......"