When I woke up in the morning, it was already half past eight, although I didn't keep vigil, but it was a ghost and a nightmare, and I was entangled in the affairs of the Taoist priest and Yang Mengqing all night, so I didn't sleep well, I didn't have much energy when I got up, and my head hurt a little.

Lin Qiaoer found ginger and some other wild vegetables in the vegetable garden that was already full of weeds, so she pulled them out, and the pots and pans in the kitchen were almost rusted, but we found an antimony pot. Antimony, a metal, basically does not oxidize and rust at room temperature, so this pot is well preserved except for the thick dust on the surface.

After we washed the basin, we stewed a pot of dried meat and ginger and wild vegetable soup in the basin, the Taoist priest thought that the salt tasted bad, and rummaged through the cabinet from a large wooden cabinet in the kitchen to drum out a package of 98 years of White Elephant brand salt, the packaging is intact, but the salt inside has become a lump, like a stone.

Salt is different from other seasonings, as long as it is not melted, you can eat it, but after a long time, the iodine in it will gradually volatilize, and eating too much is not good for the human body. But we'll eat this meal now, it doesn't matter if you put a little bit, the Taoist priest sighed and said that the quality of the things produced in those years is good, and you can still eat it for twenty years, unlike the current parallel goods, even the packaging bags are rotten when you put them one by one, and some of them are smashed off the salt cubes and thrown into the basin.

I tasted it, and it tasted good, and I couldn't help but sigh, I really didn't expect to be able to eat delicious hot food in such a place, and while thanking the Buddha, I fought to eat three bowls. After eating, Xu is the effect of ginger, I broke out in a cold sweat, my head didn't hurt anymore, and my body was much more comfortable.

The Taoist priest ate the most, and after eating, he lay directly on the bed with a satisfied face. I've been waiting for him to come to me to explain the situation last night, but I'm still disappointed after all, and Yang Mengqing didn't mean to say anything, and the good mood of tasting the delicious food immediately became vague again.

After resting, we searched for Yang Mengqing's parents in the village according to the previous plan. In order to save time, the five of them were divided into two teams, one team of Taoist priest and Xiao Nalin Qiao'er, and one team of me and Yang Mengqing. This is the Taoist priest's share, because of last night's incident, I am a little resistant to such a combination, the Taoist priest doesn't know what to hide, let Lin Qiaoer with him I really feel a little worried. But I can't think of any reason to object, because only he has the ability to take care of two girls at the same time, I am with Yang Mengqing, and I can't tell who will take care of whom when we are in danger, so it can only be like this, subconsciously, I still think that Taoist priests will not harm us.

In fact, the village is not very large, but the wild weeds and trees completely block the view, and it is not easy to search the whole village. We discussed it, Yang Mengqing and I went east to look for it, they looked for it west, and when they found clues, they whistled and made peace. As soon as the matter was settled, we got to work.

To the east of the village, that is, in the direction of the canyon going back, we can walk in this direction and we can get out of the elm ditch and return to the town. Due to the proximity to the town and the flat terrain, there were many houses on this side, but the thatched grass with Qi people high blocked the road, and it was quite difficult for us to search, and after more than an hour, we only advanced less than fifty meters to the east, and only looked around the outside of the house.

The east of the village is the road into the village after all, and it is said that if someone really breaks in, there will definitely be traces, at least this dense weed will definitely be pressed out of a road, but we have been looking for so long, and we have not seen the slightest trace.

There was no clue, Yang Mengqing was depressed, and a little sad, at this time, I suddenly had the idea of asking her about last night, and just when I opened my mouth and was about to speak, a whistle suddenly sounded on the west side of the village.

Yang Mengqing's eyes lit up, I was also a little surprised, I didn't expect the Taoist priest to have a clue so soon, and the two of them hurriedly rushed to the place where the whistle sounded.

The west of the village was trampled by several Taoist priests, there was already a road, there was no trouble with thatch, we walked very briskly, and soon found them along the constant whistle.

"What did you find?" Yang Mengqing asked anxiously as soon as he saw someone, and the three Taoist priests were standing on the dirt mountain on the side of the canyon, looking at a dilapidated building in front of them.

I was a little stunned, I always felt that this two-story building was a little familiar, but then I realized where it was. School, this is the Fengyang Caiguan Primary School in the photo! Although this is not the location where the photo was taken, the shape of the building is exactly the same as in the photo, and there is no doubt that it is a school.

"Sister Qiao'er, I found it, this is the school in the photo!"

I shouted happily to Lin Qiao'er, wanting her to be happy too, but I didn't expect that as soon as I shouted, the faces of the three of them all changed, and they all made silent gestures towards me, and their expressions were full of fear.

Just when I was puzzled, a mixed and extremely sharp sound suddenly came from the red brick fence more than two meters high, similar to the hoarse scream that people make in despair, but the decibels of the sound were too high to be made by humans, and this sound was not just one, but dozens of mixed together, almost cracking my eardrums.

The most terrifying thing is that these voices still have a tone, as if they are laughing, as if a machete is slashing my brain incessantly, and in less than a few seconds, the real pain from the spirit and soul has tormented me to tears. Thankfully, it stopped, which saved me from falling into the shame of incontinence.

When I recovered, I realized that it wasn't just me, but the others all had snot and tears on their faces, and they looked more embarrassed than any of the hardships we've been through in the past two days.

The Taoist priest wiped his nose and scolded in a low voice: "Who made you so loud in the dog day, and almost killed you!" With that, he walked up to me and slapped his hand on my shoulder, which had just wiped his nose, and I felt sick when I tried to hide.

"What the hell was going on just now? What's that weird noise? I asked them in a low voice, and at the same time I used my snot to squeeze the Taoist priest's hand on my shoulder, and rubbed my snot on his hand, and then took his hand away.

The Taoist priest was also disgusted by me, and hurriedly shook his hand, and hummed in an extremely unhappy tone: "We have already suffered once when we first found out about this, and your turtle son has just made us worse again, so I won't inform you if I knew about it." ”

"You don't talk nonsense, what the hell is going on?" Seeing that the Taoist priest was still busy settling accounts at this time, I was a little impatient, and my voice was unconsciously higher, and the Taoist priest was so frightened that he hurriedly covered my mouth: "Eh, my ancestor, you be quiet!" ”

I was also startled, but luckily the strange sound didn't go out again. The Taoist priest was afraid that I would shout again, so he hurriedly said: "We found traces of being trampled on the edge of the village, the road is still very clear, the grass that was trampled down has not yet grown, it should have been stepped on recently, we followed the trail until we reached here, and found this, Qiao'er girl recognized this as you are looking for the school, and for a while I couldn't help but speak louder, and this strange sound came from inside the wall, almost playing us to death." ”

The Taoist priest's face was ugly, so I asked him if he knew what the sound was, and he looked at the school, and his expression immediately became solemn.

"Dao Ye can't see it, but that voice is similar to a ghost laugh, but it's too powerful, there must be something weird in this school, and there must be a powerful evil thing!"

"Evil things? Ghosts? Lin Qiao'er interjected nervously and asked.

The Taoist priest took a breath and asked, "I don't know if you have ever heard a saying that is widely circulated among the elders, which is called 'It is better to listen to ghosts crying than to hear ghosts laughing'." ”

I have heard this say, when I was a child, I spent a long time in my hometown mountain village, and at that time, people liked to gather under the big willow tree at the head of the village after dinner to chatter and brag, and there were often some old people telling stories. That's what I heard at that time, which means that if you're unlucky enough to hit a ghost, if you hear a ghost crying, then congratulations, you've met a good ghost, and they're crying just to tell about their misfortunes, and they don't usually hurt you. But if you hear a ghost laughing, if you don't have any means of self-defense, then you have to pay attention, because this is the kind of evil ghost you have encountered, and smiling at you is ready to kill you. That's why the older generation will say that they would rather listen to ghosts crying than hear ghosts laughing.

Thinking of this, I was shocked, so I asked him, "What do you mean, the voice just now...... Is it a ghost crying? ”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed, and they all remembered what happened last night.

The Taoist priest nodded, his expression was solemn, and there was some fear, and said: "Dare to laugh in broad daylight, the things in here are beyond my imagination, if they are targeted, I'm afraid we don't even want to get out of this place, it's better to find someone quickly, and then leave here immediately!"

In this regard, the Taoist priest is professional, and what makes him feel fearful, we ordinary people are even more helpless, although there are some regrets, but the secret or the small life, I can still distinguish which is more important.

We stayed away from the school and continued to look for the traces left on the ground, but we never expected that the traces that had been stepped on turned into the main entrance of the school, which was the place on the group photo, after a big circle.