1.

Peach Blossom Spring, mass grave.

The former symbolizes heaven on earth, while the latter undoubtedly symbolizes hell on earth.

This sudden information was like five thunderbolts, which made Lin Xiao's scalp tingle. He held the wooden plaque engraved with the words "Ding Yan", stood in place in a daze, opened his mouth, and held back a sentence for a long time: "In other words, these people who live in this place are actually ghosts of the past?!"

Ye Wuxin nodded: "Or 'resentful spirit' would be more appropriate." Only when the resentment is depressed to a certain extent will it break free from the seven-day limit and linger in this world. ”

Lin Xiao suddenly remembered what Ye Wuxin had just said, and hurriedly asked, "You...... You just said that Ding Yan is here now, what do you mean?"

Ye Wuxin didn't say a word and pointed upward.

Lin Xiao followed the direction of her finger, slowly raised his head, and looked at the branches and leaves of the big locust tree.

The evening breeze swept through the canopy, the branches and leaves swayed, and the light sound of the wind chimes continued to ring. Although his eyes had adapted to the darkness after staying in this environment for a long time, Lin Xiao still couldn't find any clues from the black branches and leaves.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask a question, suddenly the branches and leaves shook again in the wind, and with the sound of wind chimes, a miserable white thing was revealed in the darkness.

Lin Xiao's eyes widened vigorously, and he looked at such a miserable thing with all his eyes, and suddenly stood in place.

It was a bloodless human face!

Lin Xiao picked up his true qi, and hit it upwards with one palm, and where the palm force reached, the branches and leaves were shaken apart, and for a while, the sound of wind chimes was loud, revealing the human bodies of men, women, and children hanging high between the branches and leaves!

A thin bright red thread was tied around their necks, and they hung firmly from the tree, swaying with the branches and leaves in the night breeze. Each thin thread is tied with a small bell, so when the wind blows, the branches and leaves pull the thin thread, and the bell rings, which is how the sound of wind chimes comes from.

He ...... They?!" Lin Xiao exclaimed.

Ye Wuxin took the wooden plaque engraved with the word "Ding Yan" in Lin Xiao's hand and said: "During the day, these hanging human bodies will leave this locust tree and go to the village to do their own things. When night falls, they come to the tree en masse, untie their signs, and hang themselves on the tree instead. ”

Lin Xiao was shocked: "What kind of place is this? Since it is just a mass grave, why is there a scene of peach blossom spring?"

"Do you know?" Ye Wuxin said, "In fact, Tao Yuanming's so-called paradise at the beginning was, in a sense, the world of the dead. ”

Lin Xiaohu said suspiciously: "This ...... Is it another statement unique to the four-story building?"

"Yes, indeed. Unexpectedly, Ye Wuxin affirmed, "As far as I know, all your romantic writers in the Triple Building throughout the ages have longed for this so-called paradise. But in reality, this paradise does not refer to a specific place but to a phenomenon, or rather, it is a special illusion. And this illusion is attached to the mass grave and other places of resentment. ”

Lin Xiao let himself follow Ye Wuxin's train of thought to digest these large doses of information, and said: "So, the fisherman in the article saw the paradise, in fact, he came to the world of the dead. ”

"Do you remember the peach grove that sits the stream?"

"Of course I do. ”

"You thought it was strange at the time, and you asked me why there were so many peach blossoms in September. In fact, in the cultivation realm, there is a kind of peach tree that blooms all year round. ”

Lin Xiao couldn't help but be stunned: "What is it?"

Ye Wuxin looked at him and replied, "Peach." ”

"Peach?"

"This kind of peach tree is a species left in other regions by the people in the underworld back then, that is, the people of the first building now. Its effect is equivalent to that of the flower of the underworld. ”

Lin Xiao was taken aback: "You mean, this dark peach is actually the junction of yin and yang?!"

"The ancients of the Mitori Building had never really seen the Yellow Spring, and they didn't know if there were peach trees planted near the Yellow Spring, but they had already realized in some way that the 'peach' was indeed related to the belief in ghosts and gods. Ye Wuxin said that since she came to the Sanchong Building, she has worked as a librarian in various ways, reading a wide range of books, and the accumulated knowledge is fully displayed at this time.

Zheng Xuan's "Three Rites" has words such as peach, feared by ghosts, peach, evil by ghosts, etc., which shows that peach blossoms can be followed as a symbol of yin and yang. Ye Wuxin continued.

"So when you talk about that peach forest, you came to the world of the dead?"

"To be exact, after the peach, the place I came to was actually a mass grave. Ye Wuxin said, "The reason why there is a scene of paradise is because there are so many people who died tragically on the mass graves, that their remaining expectations of the world will interfere with the consciousness of those who come here, creating some kind of illusion in their minds." ”

Lin Xiao suddenly realized: "Then all the things I have seen since I came in yesterday and now are all illusions created in my mind by those resentful spirits that have accumulated here. ”

Unexpectedly, Ye Wuxin shook his head: "Actually, no, your situation is quite special." The reason why you can see these things is because you drank those things that I gave you earlier. ”

As soon as he thought of those inexplicable black unknown liquids, Lin Xiao was subconsciously stunned, and when he heard Ye Wuxin mention it, he felt a kind of uneasiness from the heart: "Those black things, what are they?"

Ye Wuxin said in a flat tone: "That's dead people's blood." ”

Lin Xiao was instantly petrified: "What?!"

Ye Wuxin silently added again: "I was also worried that the taste was too fishy and you wouldn't be able to drink it, so I added a lot of honey to it to blend, so you drank it sweet." ”

Lin Xiao couldn't hold back any longer, he finally understood why Bai Yi had such a strange reaction after identifying those liquids, and combined with her doctor's identity, it showed that Ye Wuxin's words were true. For a moment, he only felt like a river in his stomach, and hurriedly ran to the side and vomited.

Lin Xiao held on to the big locust tree and vomited for a long time, even the sour water was almost sour, and he still felt that he had that sweet and greasy taste from his throat to his stomach.

Ye Wuxin came to him with a half-smile on his face and handed him a bottle of mineral water: "It's okay." ”

"Nonsense, it's not you who drank that!" Lin Xiao felt that he wanted to die, glared at Ye Wuxin fiercely, and secretly slandered himself: He is worthy of being a famous big man in the Quadruple Building-he is really the most poisonous woman's heart!" "Why do you want me to drink that disgusting thing?!"

"It's okay to vomit, a little more. Ye Wuxin couldn't hide the smile on his face, and said: "You just ate something made by a dead man yesterday, although it wasn't changed with a spider cockroach toad, but after all, the dead man's meal is too heavy with yin qi, and if you spit it out now, the yin and yang qi in your body will be balanced." ”

"So...... The stuff I drank...... Is it or not...... What's that?" Lin Xiao still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"Absolutely. Ye Wuxin shattered his last illusion without hesitation, "Of course, I don't want to harm you by giving you that kind of thing, but so that you can see these things." ”

Lin Xiao clutched his stomach, he vomited too much just now, making him speak a little weak now: "What do you mean? If I hadn't drunk the blood of those dead people, what I see now would be the true appearance of the mass grave instead of the Peach Blossom Spring?"

Ye Wuxin nodded: "Yes." Don't you see? The people here can see you, but they can't see me, because you drank the blood of the dead, and the breath on your body is similar to theirs, so they recognize you as one kind. ”

"Do you have to drink the blood of the dead to see it?"

"In fact, this kind of illusion on the mass grave only has an effect on ordinary people, you and I are both cultivators, and there is true qi in our bodies to protect our bodies, and we are not disturbed by evil phantoms. Ye Wuxin explained, "But with my cultivation, it is enough to see through the illusion hidden behind the mass grave, but you can't." I can only see these sights by using this method to increase the yin energy in your body, so that your breath is close to that of a dead person. ”

2.

Lin Xiao rinsed his mouth with mineral water a few more times, and only then did he feel that the sour and rancid taste in his mouth after vomiting had subsided a lot. He leaned against the locust tree and said, "So all the people in this peach blossom garden are dead, and the reason why they exist is because they are resentful and always linger here. ”

"That's right. Ye Wuxin nodded, "And out of this obsession with life, the deceased refuses to admit the fact that he is dead, and is still doing what he used to do during the day; ”

"Doing the same thing as when you were alive?"

"It's that they've been repeating the same day all the time. ”

Lin Xiao exclaimed, "What?!"

"I've been here for two days before I brought you here, and when I find them coming down from the trees every other day, the memories will ...... Uh, what did you people from the Triple Building say?" Ye Wuxin suddenly stopped.

Lin Xiao tried to guess what she meant: "Reset?"

Ye Wuxin nodded: "Yes, it's a reset." If you hadn't been woken up by me just now, but had slept until you woke up naturally, then you would have found that tomorrow, they would have set you up again for a reception because they had forgotten you. ”

"I see. ”

Lin Xiao nodded suddenly in realization, but then he was puzzled again: "But I don't understand, what happened in this mass grave has anything to do with what happened to us recently?"

Ye Wuxin said in a deep voice: "It has a lot to do with it. In the last two days of observation, I have discovered that all the people who have been called by your chief instructor to your school to box—they are also in this place. ”

Lin Xiao was shocked: "They are all in this place, that is to say, they ...... All dead?!"

"When I found out about this, I secretly investigated these people's previous training plans. Ye Wuxin said, "It turned out that these people passed by this place a week ago, when the team went out for training. ”

"They're ordinary people, so they're affected by the illusion here. Lin Xiao analyzed, "Could it be that they are trapped and died here?"

"They're trapped here, but that's not the cause of death. Ye Wuxin said, "I found a few relatively fresh corpses on this mass grave, and judging from the degree of decomposition, the time of death should not be more than a week." Although I don't know how to perform autopsies like my cousins, judging by the wounds on their bodies, they should be fatal. ”

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Did the cultivator do it?"

"It's uncertain whether the cultivator did it, but it should be eight or nine. Ye Wuxin said, "And I found that except for the number one who attacked us a few days ago, everyone else is here." ”

Lin Xiao frowned and said, "No. 1 escaped?"

"I escaped, but you know the result. Apparently he had been hiding for a while after he had fled, but two or three days earlier, the murderer had found him and killed him. ”

"Is that murderer the Corpse Whisperer?"

"It's supposed to be a stand-in puppet under the Corpse Whisperer's seat. ”

"You asked Dr. Bai to investigate the medical records and blood of No. 1 and his party before, just to find out if someone would create a stand-in through this channel?"

Ye Wuxin nodded: "The murderer is even more cunning than I imagined, he has created a peach paradise illusion, you can easily obtain their blood and hair through the contact between the villagers and them, and you can create a stand-in at any time." ”

Lin Xiao suddenly noticed: "Create an illusion?"

"Yes, it's bigger than we thought. Ye Wuxin said, "I already noticed it on the day I found this place, just based on the fire in Louyang Village that year, even if the whole village died, the degree of resentment would not be able to form such a complete Taoyuan illusion here." ”

Lin Xiao suddenly realized: "So the population here has a dislocation of the times, and a small number of late Qing people, Republic of China people and modern people are actually ......"

"It's the other bodies that were moved from somewhere else behind the scenes. Ye Wuxin affirmed.

Lin Xiao paced, combing through the clues in his mind little by little: "Then according to the existing clues, it is enough to deduce the actions of the Corpse Whisperer, as well as what happened to them here before." ”

Ye Wuxin looked at him: "Then you can tell me about it." ”

Lin Xiao looked back at Ye Wuxin, with an indifferent smile on her face, as if all these things that had happened recently seemed to her to be the size of sesame mung beans. This emotion invisibly affected Lin Xiao and supported him to maintain a calm and normal state of mind in this strange environment.

Lin Xiao took a few breaths, combed through a few clues in his mind, and then began his analysis:

"The mastermind behind the scenes, let's take him as the corpse whisperer for the time being, he made the old site of Louyang Village resentful by moving the corpse, and artificially formed a unique illusion of paradise on the mass grave, in order to collect the materials of the stand-in, and then come to attack us. ”

"And about a week ago, a team from the military academy training base went out to train through this place, and under the influence of the resentment on the mass grave, they saw the Peach Blossom Spring, and were pulled into it by the people inside. In this way, the Corpse Whisperer was able to collect materials from the members of the team. ”

"Next, in order to avoid leaking the news, the Corpse Whisperer plans to get rid of this team. And this team probably also discovered the strange phenomenon that is repeated here every day, but they are all ordinary people, seriously affected by resentment, plus they also ate the food prepared by the dead, and their bodies are depressed, and they can't find a way out, and finally they are trapped here. ”

"The Corpse Whisperer created a double and used it to kill their very body, and the team was killed. But one of them escaped from this mass grave by mistake during the escape, which is the number one that later attacked us. ”

After escaping, Number One hid for several days before being found and killed by a stand-in. The mastermind behind the scenes used puppetry to take control of One's body and let him come and attack us, so what happened later. ”

Lin Xiao paused after saying this: "But there is one thing I don't understand, even if the Corpse Whisperer uses the stand-in of this team to make an article with us, how can he be sure that this team will be selected by the chief instructor to bring it to our school?"

Ye Wuxin didn't seem to think there was anything strange about this matter: "They have a trust." ”

Lin Xiao didn't react at once: "What?"

"Do you know how I got here?"

Lin Xiao shook his head blankly.

Ye Wuxin said: "I thought that this matter was too coincidental before, the stand-in was selected by your chief instructor to appear in the school, and there has been no movement yet, and the main body has appeared in our sight." I think about it carefully, this matter was caused by those girls from the Department of Economics and Management provoking your chief instructor, so as soon as the National Day holiday is over, I will ......"

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows: "You followed them?"

"That's right. Ye Wuxin nodded, "I have investigated their files, and the files show that these people are from several different provinces in the country, but they traveled together after the holiday, came here together, and disappeared after entering the mass grave. That's how I discovered the existence of this place and deduced the ins and outs of the matter. ”

3.

Lin Xiao smacked his tongue secretly, sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, but if it was him, he couldn't figure out what was going on after thinking about it for the past few days.

However, the matter has been analyzed until now, and he always feels that there is something that has been overlooked. This overlooked spot is like a thorn in the skin, you can feel its presence, but you can't pull it out.

Lin Xiao bit his nails and called out hesitantly: "Teacher Xiao Ye?" Ye Wuxin looked at him, with a slight doubt in his eyes.

"Do you feel ...... Something, it doesn't seem quite right. ”

Ye Wuxin said strangely: "What place?"

"I don't know, I just think it's weird. ”

Lin Xiao faintly grasped a hint: "I just think...... There is somewhere...... It's paradoxical, it's like I could have taken a few buses to get straight to school, but I have to walk around and make a big circle......"

Ye Wuxin was confused by him: "Huh?"

No, that doesn't seem like a good description. Lin Xiao grabbed his hair frantically, "Uh~ I think I should say this, I was going to plan to do something, but because a certain step was suddenly inserted in the middle, I messed up what I originally planned to do." ”

Ye Wuxin silently listened to him incoherently gesturing examples, and then said, "Do you want to say that a certain behavior of the murderer is illogical in the whole thing?"

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up, and his expression seemed to hug Ye Wuxin and kiss him twice: "Beautiful!

A flush flashed on Ye Wuxin's face, almost fleeting: "So what is it that makes you feel like this?"

"No. 1's corpse!" Lin Xiao snapped his fingers, he had already figured out this section under Ye Wuxin's inspiration, "The mastermind behind the scenes has gone to great lengths to find a few trusts to bring these stand-ins into the campus, it is absolutely impossible to just let them come here to fight; ”

"But...... They didn't. Ye Wuxin frowned and said.

"Yes, no. Lin Xiao looked a little excited, he kept walking back and forth, his hands trembling slightly. "The reason why we didn't do it was because we were alert, and if they did it, we would catch them all. Think about what is it that alarms us...... Or, what is it that reminds us of the Corpse Whisperer and the Stand-In?"

Ye Wuxin's eyes lit up: "No. 1." ”

Lin Xiao nodded and continued: "Yes, it's No. 1." One's corpse has been tricked into attacking you, so we're on the lookout. But, that's it, it's abnormal!"

"The murderer could have thrown this body into that mass grave, just like he did with the rest of his teammates in Number One, why would he use his body as a puppet to attack us?

A frosty look appeared on Ye Wuxin's face: "What do you mean is that there are actually third-party participants in this bureau?"

"That's right, and this man is vaguely on our side. Lin Xiao said, "The puppet attack was not the original intention of the mastermind behind the scenes, because doing so would make his stand-in plan come to naught." The reason why this happened was that there was a third person who was secretly at the mercy of him. ”

Ye Wuxin straightened the hair on her sideburns, which was a habitual action when she thought about things. "It seems that the situation is starting to get complicated. Now the Corpse Whisperer must have discovered the existence of this third person, so he didn't act rashly. ”

Lin Xiao nodded: "The current situation is still favorable for us for the time being, at least no one will act easily now, but we have plenty of time to make a plan for what may happen next." ”

Ye Wuxin agreed: "Yes, it's time to plan it well." ”

"Then there's one more thing. Lin Xiao said.

Ye Wuxin couldn't help but be stunned: "What's the matter?"

Lin Xiao suddenly squatted down with a sad face, and hugged Ye Wuxin's legs: "Take me out of here!"

Ye Wuxin's head was suddenly full of black lines, she looked down at Lin Xiao who was holding her legs, touched his head, and suddenly laughed, the crisp and soft sweet smile was like a warm breeze blowing in the spring, and Lin Xiao was stunned for a while.

"Let's go, I'll take you home!"

【To be continued】