After the two of them left, my grandmother and I were left in the empty house, and I felt very tired after a long day of trekking, so I went to see my grandmother again, and when I saw that she had not woken up, I was ready to go back to my room to sleep.

The room that Sister Bailing arranged for me is still the same, the room that I have exclusive.

After pushing the door in, a long-lost smell of sunken wood came to my nose, which was emitted by the old wooden furniture in the room, mixed with the soapy fragrance from the bedding on the bed, which was very familiar and nostalgic.

I turned on the incandescent light in the room, and the dim light suddenly illuminated the room, and all the arrangements remained the same, still the same as I remembered. I took a deep breath and looked at the half-human-high shrine behind the door, and for a moment, my eyes seemed to be sucked, and my eyes were fixed on the statue in the shrine, and at the same time, my whole head seemed to be about to explode, and there were countless fragments of memories in my mind that seemed to me strange like a movie.

My eyes widened, and I slowly remembered something I had forgotten.

When I was about 12 years old, my family returned to our hometown for the Chinese New Year, having moved away from our hometown for almost two years.

As mentioned before, my hometown is located in a remote place in Yunnan, surrounded by high mountains and lush green trees. Ten years ago, there were no roads, and access was only done by hiking over a small trail over a treacherous peak (now a winding road) or by ziplining through the fast-flowing river. If you accidentally stumble off a cliff or fall into a river valley, you are basically sentenced to death.

That year, my father took us home for the holidays, and due to the heavy rain during that time, the river rose very high, and it was too dangerous to walk the zipline, so we took the remote mountain road that only allowed one person to cross horizontally.

I don't know much about the process, because it was the middle of the night when I entered the mountain, and I was carried by my father and my uncle who came to pick me up, and when I woke up, I had already entered the village. After listening to my mother, that time I walked very thrillingly, because it had just rained, the mountain rock was slippery, and I almost fell off the cliff several times, but fortunately, those uncles took care of it, so I returned to the village without danger.

At that time, I was very naughty, and I was in the same group with the children led by the two tigers before, and after leaving for so long, everyone was very happy to meet again. I was like a wild horse that had escaped from the leash, fishing with them during the day and sneaking into the mountains to hunt at night.

Once, we ran into the "Yeling", which is an area that is listed as a forbidden place in the local area, and it is said that most of the people who have entered it have not been able to get out, and even if they do, they will not live for a few months at most, and then they will die inexplicably. Several nearby villages are strictly forbidden to enter, and adults are always admonishing.

But the more this is the case, the easier it is to arouse people's curiosity, at that time I was the cat that was 'killed' by curiosity, and it was precisely because of that curiosity that I was saddled with the curse of 'not seeing the moon when I am a child, and seeing the moon will hit the evil'.

Not far from the village, it was a low valley, and from a distance, it was completely shaded by lush trees, and there was nothing unusual to see.

That night, when a group of little children who are usually not afraid of heaven and earth stood on the open wasteland in front of Yeling, they all felt a chill in their backs. The moonlight was bright, and a thin layer of mist drifted over the forest sea, covering the mysterious rumors of Yeling for many years, which made us all timid at that time.

"I said, let's quit! This place is too eerie. ”

The person who spoke was none other than Erhu, who was also the initiator of this adventure. At that time, because of his strong body, although he was not very old, he was a first-class master in fighting, so he also became the boss of a group of naughty bags.

"That's right, I'm in favor of it! This place is so wicked, I always feel like there's a cold air swishing into my body! The third master in the naughty bag, Xiao Laizi, also raised his hand in approval, and his face was ugly and a little scary.

With the two of them first, other children who were a little less courageous raised their hands in favor, but there were also a few children who were dissatisfied with the two tigers took the opportunity to laugh, "Ouch, the two tigers are afraid, the two tigers are afraid!" ”

Hearing such a mockery, Erhu's bull temper suddenly came up, he glared at those people angrily, and roared loudly: "Whoever said I'm afraid, don't go, look at how your Erhu's grandfather broke into that broken forest, hum!" ”

After speaking, the second tiger picked up a torch angrily, took a wooden stick in the other hand, and prepared to go to the forest.

"Don't go!" Seeing that Erhu was about to go in, Xiao Laizi was anxious and hurriedly stopped him.

"Go, go, go, don't get in my way!" Erhu angrily pushed Laizi away, at this time, Xiao Laizi was really anxious, hugged Erhu with a pale face, and said tremblingly: "Brother Erhu, no, you can't go in, there, there, there, there..."

"What's there? Isn't it just a broken forest, what can there be? At most, a few beasts, Lao Tzu will clean them up for him in a few clicks. ”

Erhu roared impatiently, what he was most afraid of was that there were children of the same age who disobeyed him, if he fell into the reputation of a coward, how could he continue to be the boss in the future?

Xiao Laizi still didn't let go, but his eyes were staring at the forest not far away, and his whole body was trembling.

Erhu felt that something was wrong with Xiao Laizi, and at this moment, a cold wind whistled by, as if piercing into the bone marrow, making Erhu's whole body numb, and the two stood in a daze for a while, until someone pushed them, and they came back to their senses.

Xiao Laizi let go of the second tiger, and the second tiger looked at the deep forest blankly, and said, "Laizi, are you, what did you see?" ”

"Well, a lot of people, no, they seem, not people, are floating!"

Hearing this, Erhu's face also turned extremely pale, and his body took a few steps back and sat down on the ground.

I am not very old among the many children, even two years younger than the second tiger, but because of the image of the dog-headed military advisor left in the hearts of the children in the past few years, even after two years of absence, they still respect me as the 'second master'.

Seeing Erhu and Xiao Laizi in such a situation, I felt a little strange, and I hurriedly stepped forward to help him and asked him what was going on? Did you see something?

Erhu was stunned, grabbed me suddenly, and said with a look of fear: "Xiaoyi, that, there, there's a ghost in there!" ”

When I first heard this, I was stunned at first, but then I felt a little funny, although I was only twelve years old, I didn't believe in ghosts and gods since I was a child, and the school teacher also said that there are no ghosts in this world. However, considering his face, I just nodded and did not speak.

At this time, the children who had mocked Erhu before covered their stomachs and laughed backwards, "Haha, ghost, where is the ghost?" ”

"Erhu, are you scared stupid, go home to find your mother if you're scared, hehe!"

"Coward, it's useless, shame!"

……

Erhu was blushing at these words, and he couldn't speak.

"He didn't lie, I can testify!" Xiao Laizi, who had an ugly face, said at this time, "Everyone should know that the first few times there were accidents in the village, I saw some things, and Granny Miao also said that I have ghost eyes and can see things that you can't see, I really saw them just now." ”

"Cut, we don't believe it, you have the best relationship with Erhu, of course you helped him!"

"I'm not lying, I—" Little Laizi stretched out his hand to defend himself, but the other children kept laughing and laughing, leaving him speechless.

"Ahem! Everyone, be quiet! ”

I followed the example of the village elders and held a hand behind my back to silence everyone. Because the image I left to everyone before was that very resourceful and intelligent, so they stopped talking.

I coughed twice again, and said that since you don't believe in ghosts, why don't you go in and prove it, if you go there and it's okay, then it means that Erhu is lying, then he is a coward.

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the children who were coaxing changed, and they looked into the depths of the forest, showing frightened expressions, and then stopped talking.

Seeing this, I laughed secretly in my heart, few of these children have ever read a book, and they are very in awe of the ghosts and gods, although they say that they are not afraid, but they are afraid to death in their hearts.

I pretended to cough dryly, and said in an adult tone: "Since we all came out, wouldn't we all become cowards if we left like this, Brother Erhu and Brother Xiao Laizi both said that there are ghosts in the forest, why don't we go in and have a look?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Erhuzi and Xiao Laizi suddenly changed, Xiao Laizi directly grabbed my hand, and said anxiously: "No, I really saw it, there are a lot of people in there, they, they are all looking at us." ”

Hearing this, Erhu's face turned even paler, and the children in the group also looked nervously at the misty forest in front of them.

Looking at their appearance, I snickered in my heart, secretly saying that these children who have not gone to school are ignorant, and naturally they don't know what the teacher said in class, and there are no ghosts in this world.

I cleared my throat and wanted to pat Xiao Laizi on the shoulder, but he was too tall, so I could only stand on tiptoe, and symbolically patted him on the shoulder with great difficulty, and said with a calm face: "Brother Laizi, Brother Erhu, you wait, I'll go inside to explore the truth, if there is really a ghost, I will run out."

As soon as these words came out, the children present all looked at me in disbelief, and Erhu and Xiao Laizi shook their heads like rattles, and they didn't agree with me to go in.

"Brother Lai Zi, don't worry! When I was a child, fortune-telling books said that I was born with a destiny, and these ghosts have no way to take me. ”

Erhu and the others didn't agree with me to go in, but after some nonsense, they were a little suspicious.

"What you said, is it true?"

I nodded busily, and after another bit of nonsense, they finally relented, but only on the outskirts of the woods, not deeper, and if something happened, I had to call for help.