Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Village of Stillness
Although the insect venom has always faced the trouble of losing myself, I have to say that it has really given me a lot of benefits. The injury to the lower leg was very serious, but after walking through the woods, the pain has improved unconsciously.
Without Yao Qianwen's support, she can already act very quickly.
"Why did you ...... for me just now" Yao Qianwen spoke suddenly, and at this moment, we could already see the end of the woods in front of us, where there were intermittent houses and paths, as if we had reached the village she was talking about.
"What did you say?" I didn't stop.
"It's fine. Anyway, thank you for saving me. ”
"Long conscience? Thank me? It's rare. But it doesn't seem like the first time I've saved you. ”
"That's why I say thank you, you're a good person......"
"It's not that good, if you don't know where Du Youlan lives, I might have escaped."
Save her, indeed for Du Youlan.
If she really didn't know, it would be another story.
"But you're a good person, what I said before won't change, I'll be here soon, and after that, I'm really leaving! What happens to you in the future, it doesn't matter to me. ”
In the process of walking through that wood, this is the first time Yao Qianwen has said this to me, and I can't remember it clearly.
But in short, it is not the first time.
"I know. But the village looks a little strange. I stopped, took a short break, and looked at the village in front of me from the last distance in front of me.
That village, I always felt strange.
But where it is, and why it's strange, I can't say for a while.
I just feel like something is missing.
As I entered the village and walked between the houses, I suddenly realized what I cared about.
It's popular.
The village is so quiet.
At this time, it is about dinner time, but when you walk in this village, you can't smell the slightest smell of rice.
It was quiet, and all that could be heard seemed to be the footsteps of the three of us.
Occasionally, a gust of wind blows, rustling, as if everything around is weathered sand sculptures, which will be cleared by this gust of wind at any time, and no trace can be found.
"There's no one in this village?" I asked.
Yao Qianwen didn't answer me, and walked very slowly, always looking around vigilantly.
"I'll talk to you."
It wasn't until I spoke again that she suddenly reacted, her breathing was a little rapid, and when she turned her head to look at me, her eyes were a little dazed, "Huh? Yes...... There are people, how can there be no one, when I left before, there were still people. ”
"But now, it's like it's dead."
I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
Lan Lan's little hand tugged at my sleeve, and suddenly muttered in a low voice: "Brother, I'm a little afraid of ......"
"Damn, are you afraid? Wouldn't I be scared to death! Yao Qianwen rubbed her shoulders and frowned even more, "But it's really a little strange, why is there no movement at all suddenly, it's not usually like this." ”
"It's usually a lively place?"
During the questioning, I happened to pass by a courtyard, where there were indeed traces of human life, and next to a well near the courtyard gate, there was half a bucket of water, and the water was still very clear. Apparently just used it not too long ago.
"It's not exciting, but it's not like you haven't seen anyone for so long, right? Ay? ”
Yao Qianwen also stopped.
Staring at the location of the courtyard gate, it seems that he has found something.
I followed her gaze, the building here is a little strange, maybe related to the climate, humidity, the distance between the house and the ground is very different, generally the house will be built on a platform about half a person high from the ground, between the platform and the ground, there are wooden stakes to support, and there is space on the lower floor.
And under the house in front of him, in the empty layer between the platform and the ground, there was a person lying on his stomach, and he was half of his body into it, as if he was looking at something, as if he was looking for something.
"Do you know that man?" I asked.
Yao Qianwen looked around and determined the location of the residents, "I really know ...... here."
Speaking of this, Yao Qianwen prepared to walk into the courtyard.
"What are you going to do?" I pulled her back.
"Say hello, I want to ask, where have all the people in this village gone?"
"Didn't you notice that the man had been lying on his stomach for a long time?"
"Looking for something, right?"
"Look at it for a while and you'll understand." I didn't let go of my hand, Yao Qianwen didn't continue to walk, time passed minute by minute, and her footsteps gradually retracted in my direction.
When she turned her face, she looked frightened: "Lie down...... It's been ten minutes, he, he's not dead, is he? ”
"I don't know, but it's better not to go there."
I dragged Yao Qianwen and asked her to continue to lead the way for me. Along the way, I began to observe my surroundings more carefully, and I gradually realized that it was not that no one in the village existed, but that the people I saw were all quietly maintaining a movement, motionless, like dummies.
Yao Qianwen took me to Du Youlan's house, which was almost indistinguishable from the rest of the village, perhaps with a larger yard and more houses in the backyard.
It's quiet here, too.
The three of us walked into the courtyard, close to the location of the house, and my keen sense of smell gradually became stimulated by a strange smell.
The smell is actually very faint, but it is in the air, and it cannot be ignored.
What does it smell like?
I thought back and was sure there must be a rancid smell in it, 100% sure. But the smell was very complex, not just rancid, there were more, more complex smells in it.
And the smell seems to be in the backyard.
I was about to go in, but Lan Lan grabbed my sleeve, although it was to enter her own former residence, but now it seemed that she was more nervous than me. I don't know if I can rely on the scene here to stimulate her to recover some of her memories, so as to unravel the insect poison in my body.
"Brother, I don't like it here, when are we leaving?"
From her innocent words, I heard that the chances were slim.
"Don't be afraid, Lan Lan, let's go find something, and leave when we find it."
"Then can I wait outside with my aunt first, I don't really want to go to the back ......"
I suddenly realized that she was more concerned about the back of the yard, and she didn't want to go, so could there be something hidden there? And in her subconscious, there happens to be this clip?
So, I squatted down and looked at Lan Lan's little eyes with some fear, "Brother has a question for you now, if Lan Lan answers correctly, we don't need to go to the backyard, how about it?" ”
"It's not good, Lan Lan definitely can't answer......" She was very smart, and looked at me with some resistance in her eyes.
She could feel the possible persecution from me.
"Well, the question is very simple, Lan Lan is a very smart child, she must be able to answer correctly. There is a poison in the elder brother's body, which can make the elder brother's body difficult to be mortally damaged, but it can also manipulate the uncle, so that the elder brother will occasionally forget who he is. This feeling of forgetting, as time goes on, becomes more and more difficult to control...... Is there a way for Lan Lan to help her brother solve this problem? ”
She shook her head blankly: "I really don't know, brother, how can Lan Lan have so many ......"
"Hey, if she really has amnesia, then what should a child at this age like something, toys, games...... You dry let her reminisce, let her find a way to detoxify you, and people are not motivated. Yao Qianwen put a hand on my shoulder: "You have to find this little girl's interest first, in short, this matter is not urgent, relax." ”
"I'm relaxed." I brushed Yao Qianwen's hand away, stood up, turned around and looked at her suspiciously: "It's you, why are you still here?" ”
"What do you mean, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? I just took you here, and you want to chase me away? ”
That's interesting.
Shall I drive her away?
If I'm not mistaken, it seems to be her who has been yelling to leave, right?
What's the matter, I'm also amnesiac?
I looked at her in wonder, and after looking at it for a long time, Yao Qianwen glanced at me dissatisfiedly and pointed to the outside of the hospital: "Of course, it's because it's dangerous outside, it's strange here, and I don't dare to go alone." Anyway, she's stupid now, and she can't seem to recover her memory for a while, so I'll live with you for a few minutes. ”
"What's in the backyard?" I'll cut straight back to the point, since she's not leaving for the time being.
"How do I know, I'm just a little girl...... However, there are probably Gu worms and other things, and there are a lot of bottles and cans. Oh yes, there's also a secret room that might be of interest to you. But that secret room needs to be opened by Du Youlan herself, and I can't usually enter it. ”
"Check it out."
So, the three of us went into the backyard.
There are several houses here, all of which are Du Youlan warehouses, and there are indeed a lot of bottles and cans, I haven't opened them all, but I can hear the sound through the bottles, and they are basically living creatures. I don't know if it's my psychological effect, most of the jars, just getting close, don't even need to be opened, can give people an inexplicable feeling of cold.
The entrance to the secret room that Yao Qianwen said was under an iron plate in the center of the third room.
Removing the iron plate, you can see a circular sliding door, where the handle is, but there is no way to open it anyway.
After wasting strength for a long time, I turned my gaze to Yao Qianwen: "Do you know how Du Youlan opened this?" ”
Yao Qianwen pointed to the center of the round door, where there was a silhouette that roughly resembled a hand, "I don't understand, is this thing a palm print recognition, or some kind of witchcraft...... Anyway, she put her hand on it and she could open the door. Why don't you let her try? But now she's shrunk into a loli body, and her hands have become smaller, so don't blame me for not being easy to use. ”
I put my hand on it, and it didn't seem like anything special.
"Lan Lan, give it a try and put your hand on this big hand." I spoke softly.
But Lan Lan was a little nervous and asked me, "Does it hurt?" ”
"No, it won't."
"Oh......" she put her hand on the door suspiciously, and the moment I touched it, I immediately heard the sound of gears turning, and the next moment, the round door loosened.
I was worried that there was only a split second, so at the moment of loosening, I immediately grabbed the doorknob and lifted it up hard!
The round door was pulled up by me, and the smell of dusty earth, mixed with the strange smell I could smell before, poured out madly from between the cracks and into my nose.