Chapter 14: The Old Building

It took Lan Ling less than half an hour from registering at the hospital to getting the medicine. She ate a ten-dollar fast food directly at a restaurant near the hospital, took her bag, settled the bill, and left.

At noon, it was even hotter. Passing near the entrance of the hospital, I saw that there was a three-horse carriage, and when I got on the bus, I went straight to the station.

I fell asleep in the car and arrived in the city not long after. A familiar feeling made her feel a little relieved. Originally, it was so hot that the concrete floor was bubbling, but when I thought of the gloomy old building, I instantly felt a chill in my heart.

She didn't want to have long nights and dreams, so she simply went straight to the city center. I walked all the way to the location of the old building.

But as soon as she arrived in front of the old building, she was stunned, and said in her heart: This door is ...... Where the hell is it?

Now I can't even find the door, let alone go in. One person went around the old building stupidly. At noon, I don't know if it's my own psychological effect, or if it's really in the shade, there is always a feeling of entering an air-conditioned room, and my whole body is cold.

Looking at the dark window inside, I got goosebumps.

Walking to the corner of the wall where she had seen the mysterious figure appear, she looked up at the vines that covered the entire wall. Reaching out and touching the green creeper, it was so smooth and tender that she couldn't help but pinch it with her nails. It feels like it can be eaten.

Looking up at such a large patch of creepers, they grew very densely, and the rattans were all growing wildly at random. This kind of vine that likes to climb the wall the most is also common, and even if it appears here, it feels like the owner of this place did it deliberately.

She picked up a vine and tugged at it hard. She thought she would just tear off a few of them, but suddenly found that the entire vine that was climbing the wall was loose. Frightened, she took a step back and said in her heart: You won't let me tear down the entire wall of vines, right? So careless?!

Seeing that nothing had fallen, she reached out and pulled a thicker rattan, and when she pulled it, she found that these vines had been torn up, like a big green net.

She grabbed more vines, took a step back, and tugged hard. It was found that none of the vines seemed to be clinging to the wall at all, let alone growing along the wall.

"Their roots......" she leaned closer, peeling open the dense foliage and looking inside. I found that there was really a huge net inside, and the countless fine roots of those vines firmly fixed this large net. The ones above have already wrapped the whole wall.

She gritted her teeth and pulled hard, and found that the rhizomes underneath were not only thick, but also a little tough. What's even stranger is that the vines are covered with nets, which are not yet ordinary sunscreen nets. Rather, it is made like a thin copper wire, which is firmly fixed and cannot be torn off at all. I can't reach in, and I can't see clearly when I look inside.

She hurriedly touched the flashlight in her bag, and said in her heart: This daylight to pry into the corner of someone's wall is more exciting than being a thief!

I shone it with a flashlight for a long time, and it was dark and pressing, and I couldn't see it clearly, and I suddenly thought, "Is it possible to enter from here?" ”

She turned off her flashlight and reached out to pull some vines in front of her, as if she was picking vegetables in her own garden, without the slightest politeness. It doesn't matter if anyone sees it or not.

After a while, the leaves of the vines on the wall facing the direction of the street lamp were ripped off by her. Inside, a net was still like the copper wire I had seen before.

On such a hot day, after tinkering outside for a long time, sweating all over your body is not counted, and you have to be scared. I'm afraid that someone who is more terrible than a ghost will suddenly come out of it.

It's really scary to make such a loud noise outside. In case there is really someone inside, then he has already been discovered, and it is the same as provoking at the gate of others.

After pulling for a long time, she suddenly found that the iron net on the other side was a little loose, and she thought it was pulling the vine, thinking that the vine had fallen.

Immediately, the blocked vines were ripped up, and they were uprooted!

"......" She looked confused, and found that it was a corridor inside. When she looked at the roots of the vines, they were growing upside down, like curtains.

She also admired her IQ, and said in her heart: It's been fooling around for a long time, wasting time just now. Like a fool!

Shine a flashlight on the half-storey cement steps inside, which seem to go all the way up, and there are corners.

She didn't care so much, and thought to herself: Anyway, I found the door, and I only found out when I went in and looked at it.

She directly picked up the heavy vines and drilled in.

After entering, she found that this was equivalent to building a staircase outside the house, which reminded her of what she had seen in some rural areas before, and the staircase was built on the outside of the building. There are also some cement roofs on it, which are used to dry millet and the like.

She shone her flashlight inside, looking at the entire green wall-like net on her right. It's all oppressive dark green, and it's dizzy to watch. The barbed wire is entangled in the roots of countless creepers, with bright red shoots and roots, like countless larvae, and when viewed in the dim light, it makes people feel numb.

I thought: This is a secret passage? It doesn't look like it! If you want to hide it, just build an underground passage, why bother to make it like a blindfold?

Thinking that maybe it was an old-fashioned building, the staircase was originally built outside. It's just that the owner here doesn't want others to disturb him, so he made such a green barrier. Economical and insulating, but also fixing facades?

She walked up the steps and found a heavy wooden door.

I suddenly thought of the sound of the door opening that night, and now I feel that when I touch the door, it is impossible to break in!

From this wooden door, it is not an ordinary wood, in such a damp/wet place, not only is there no trace of swelling and deformation, but the surface is also very smooth/slippery.

At first glance, it was a good wood, and my heart said, "This can't be the wood used to make a coffin, right?" This is evident in the degree of firmness.

She thrust her shoulder against the door, but didn't move, it wasn't the usual door to open in. I didn't even have a lock, I thought it would be a push and pull, but it was slippery and not slippery, and it was not easy to make a move. I don't know if it's because it's old, or if it's what kind of paint it has been painted.

She bit the flashlight with her teeth, and she tossed for a long time without finding a doorway.

Put the flashlight down, think about it, and don't waste time on researching this door. She turned and felt towards the raised concrete wall on the left. Touching the traces of the surrounding frame, this whole piece of cut cement slab looks like there is an entrance inside, and it seems that there is something hidden. She crouched down, leaning against the wall and listening carefully as she tapped her hands.

After knocking a few times, I found that it was empty, and my heart said: There is a door!

Because this cement block doesn't look big, if it's a door inside, it's just enough to pass through a person. Her body was easy to get into.

She was half-squatting, exerting all her strength, and pushed hard sideways, but she didn't move. She pushed hard a few more times, but there was still no response.

The heart said: It's weird, is it my method is wrong?

She crouched down in the middle of the cement slab, moved her muscles, gritted her teeth and pushed hard.

The moment she heard a muffled sound, it was too late for her to retract. Suddenly, the cement slab in front of it collapsed. She stumbled into a secret door that was more than half a man high.

It was pitch black in front of him, and the whole person was thrown to his knees due to inertia.

In a trance, her knee hurt for a while, and she relieved herself. The heart said: What a blood mold! Sincerity can't get along with my knees.

She gritted her teeth, and her head touched something, so light that she could feel something sweep over her head. She turned around and shone a flashlight, and found a yellow talisman hanging in front of her eyes!

The blood-red words make people shudder to look at. She gasped slightly, swept the hole with a flashlight, and found that this cement slab was indeed a secret door, and she used too much force, which was originally opened with a push.

She shone her flashlight around, turned to look ahead, and found a long row of these yellow charms hanging in the direction of her head. She didn't know the words of such ghostly drawings, but she still saw that each of them was drawn by a person's hand.

It looks like a pattern, but it's not a big seal style. This long list of talismans hangs at the entrance, trying to scare random intruders? Or does this mean that people are opening up for business?

She didn't study any more ghost talismans or anything like that, and she wasn't interested in that. Using the flashlight to shine a little light in front of her, she was very nervous at the moment, and the surroundings were so quiet that she could hear her own heartbeat.

It's like a haunted house, and it's exciting to watch.

She found that it was empty, but dark, and there was nothing superfluous, but just in front of her, she smelled the smell of incense. In fact, this smell is normal wherever it is placed, such as a temple, a festival at home to worship the ancestors, or a store to worship the God of Wealth and the like. But the smell of this smell here made her feel a little scared in her heart.

This is also someone else's house, and it is a little rude to come in like this. She said in her heart: When you meet people, you will greet them first, and you must speak well.

The further you go, the closer you get to the place where the candlelight is. She must have worshiped some gods or something, and it is estimated that it is also the place where the old woman they said helped people watch flowers and tell fortunes.

When she reached the edge of the door, she noticed that the candlelight flickered suddenly, and this time she was frightened. She was vigilant and timid, and stood aside without daring to move.

I didn't hear any sound, but the smell of incense and candles inside was stronger.

This smell does not have the effect of calming the nerves, nor is it hypnotic, but the brain is very clear, and I feel that this is very different from the incense candles I usually smell.

The quieter it is, the more panicked it is, and the heart beats violently. Just as she was boldly stepping inside, a voice sounded at the moment of her stride: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Lan Ling's courage was about to be scared out. She almost didn't stand still, but she reacted okay, and immediately turned around and looked diagonally across the corner.

I saw an old screen not far from the opposite side, and an octagonal table in front of it, on which was placed an incense burner, and white candles were lit on both sides. There is also a mat on the ground at the front.

When he saw that there was no one, he did not know where the man was. It sent a chill down her back.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard a voice from inside: "Who are you looking for!" ”

It was a woman's voice, extremely old, not very hoarse, but not very audible.

Lan Ling moved his throat and wanted to speak, but found that his mind was blank, and he didn't know how to respond to her suddenly.

Suddenly she heard a faint sound, and although she was nervous now, she listened very carefully, and it seemed to be the sound of a string of copper coins. It was light, but here it seemed to be amplified, masking the faint sound of her footsteps.

After she thought about it, she wanted to tell the man that she was here to find someone and wanted to inquire about something.

Before I could think about it, I saw a dark shadow behind the screen!

It was an extremely rickety back, as if it was struggling to straighten up.

She was so frightened that she took two steps back, her hand clenching the flashlight to shine on it.

"I can see where you are, you don't have to take a photo." The person on the other side had been sitting inside and waiting for a long time. She got up and walked out gradually.

Lan Ling was stunned, looked at the rickety figure in horror, and gradually straightened up. She shone her flashlight to the side, and didn't look directly at the terrifying black shadow again.

There was a cold sweat on his back, thinking: If she has other actions later, I will pull my legs and run?

Thinking that she was about to turn her head to look at the road, but where was the road?! The way she came was gone, and it became a concrete wall!

She scolded secretly, and said in her heart: Not good! It's on the road!

At the moment when she was thinking wildly, an incomparably clear sound of copper coins stimulated her nerves.

It was indeed the sound of copper coins, and she heard it well. Again and again, with the sound of footsteps, getting closer and closer. The heart said: This is the first time that the fuck hates the sound of this money drop!

Suddenly, I heard an old voice ask, "Are you looking for your father?" ”