Zhang Momo and Lao Meng's request actually hit my heart, and I also felt that whether it was observing this patient or trying to communicate with him, it would be very inconvenient to have Lao Meng and the staff on duty standing next to him.

"This ......" Lao Meng lowered his head and thought about it, he definitely didn't want to offend Zhang Momo, he didn't want to do it at all: "Okay, the staff on duty is outside, if there is anything abnormal about the patient, you should leave immediately, don't stay." ”

"Thank you, Lao Meng." Zhang Momo expressed his gratitude, and at the same time said to Lao Meng: "I will talk to Lao Gao about your matter." ”

At this moment, Lao Meng was happy, although there were other people next to him, I could see that Lao Meng's mouth was almost grinning to the root of his ears.

Lao Meng left the ward with the attendant, and there were only three of us left. The patient sat on the hospital bed for so long, and his posture and even his eyes did not change.

I looked at him carefully, and I could say that this person was a copy of me, a copy without any differences or flaws. The only difference between the two of us is that his left ear was cut off.

"Do you still recognize this?" Zhang Momo took out the ID card and shook it in front of the patient's eyes: "Do you know?" ”

The patient does not speak, and his eyes are always fixed on the back window of the ward. It was raining outside, and the back window was dark, so I couldn't see anything clearly.

Zhang Momo asked a few words, but did not get an answer, she obviously lacked experience in communicating with this kind of person, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

I gently walked up to the patient, stooped down, and tilted my head to look over there. Lao Meng and the attendant were standing in front of the door of the ward next door, and they could be vaguely heard talking.

"Do you know me?" I took off my mask and stared straight at the patient: "Do you know?" ”

The patient still didn't speak, and the two of them kept so close that I could see that his eyes were dull and dull. In fact, his mental state seems to be good, and his body should be relatively healthy, but what he lacks is precisely the most important thinking and reason of people. Therefore, his eyes are very dull and do not have the slightest look.

"Can you tell me about it?" I put on my mask, stood up and asked Zhang Momo, "How did you find this person?" ”

"It's a coincidence."

Zhang Momo was indeed secretly investigating me, originally, she wanted to use her social connections to investigate, but I used to be very honest in Qikongqiao, and I was not well-known and difficult to investigate. In the end, Zhang Momoto was a friend of the public security system.

His friend's surname is Gao, and he knows Lao Meng. Zhang Momo said that when he checked a person named Lian Chengfeng, Lao Gao remembered that Lao Meng seemed to have mentioned this person some time ago. Following this line, Zhang Momo contacted Lao Meng, who sent the patient's information and photos to Zhang Momo.

When Lao Meng introduced the situation to Zhang Momo, he said that the patient was found near a dilapidated vegetable market in Yangshu Township, Pingxiang City, and someone drove him over in a tricycle. In addition to the sundries, the patient also had almost 10,000 yuan in cash. If it weren't for the cash to cover the hospitalization expenses, Lao Meng probably would have found a way to get him away.

"Last time, I wondered why there are people who look the same in the world?" Zhang Momo obviously remembered that 5: "You really don't know anything about this person?" ”

"Really." I sighed helplessly: "You have to believe me, the doubts in my heart are heavier than yours, and the psychological burden is heavier, if you are facing a person like you now, will you still maintain this groundless suspicion?" ”

Just as Zhang Momo and I were whispering, the patient suddenly laughed. His eyes were still dull, the expression on his face was very stiff, and his smile was very unnatural, and that smile always seemed to have an indescribable strange feeling.

I pondered in silence that there are some things that actually have answers. Before that 5 jumped down the ravine, he told me why he was called 5.

Because before 5, there was 4, and before 4 there was 3. I wondered at the time, according to what he meant, is there a total of five people who are exactly like me?

If you judge it this way, the patient in front of you is likely to be one of 1234.

"Is there any way you can find out the origin of this patient?"

"How do you find out? He doesn't have anything but an ID card, even if he checks it, checks it up, doesn't it all look up your information? Zhang Momo rubbed his temples: "I really don't know why there are so many headaches." ”

In the face of this patient, Zhang Momo and I had no way at all. He refused to speak, could not force him. What's more, even if a person with mental problems speaks, can I understand what is said? Can I believe it?

"Let's do this for now, this person stays here, and if he needs to, he can come back later." Zhang Momo waved his hand at me: "Let's go first, don't delay our business." ”

I knew that Zhang Momo was still thinking about our departure the day after tomorrow, and followed her out. But my steps were very heavy, and with each step, my heart fell a little invisibly.

"Hey ......"

When I took the third step, the patient, who had not opened his mouth, suddenly fed me. I quickly turned and walked up to him, staring at him without blinking.

The patient's eyes were still staring out of the window of the black hole, and the expression on his face was still the same stiff smile, but this time, his mouth was squirming slightly, obviously trying to speak.

"Anything to say? You can tell. I whispered to him, "If I can help you, I'll do my best to help you." ”

"What if...... If ......" the patient didn't even look at me, as if talking to himself, "What if one day...... You're in the middle of a desert...... Saw a team...... No matter which team ...... How strange...... How to Horror...... You're going to have to follow...... Follow them to their destination......"

"What do you mean?" I could hear the staccato words, but I couldn't quite understand what the patient meant.

At the same time, I felt a little strange in my heart, these staccato words, in fact, the thinking and wording were very clear, not like a mentally ill person can speak.

After the patient said this, he stopped talking, and at this time, it happened that Lao Meng stretched out his head and looked in from the window. I followed Zhang Momo and walked out.

As soon as we came out, the door to the ward slammed shut and the lights went out. I couldn't help but look through the window again, and in the black room, I could only see the outline of the patient, and he was still sitting on the bed in that position.

Lao Meng let us to his office again, and Zhang Momo asked him if there was any possibility of curing the patient's illness.

"What do you mean by that?" Lao Meng smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "It's not an outsider, what is there to hide from you, the level of treatment we have here is really not high, and the funds and technical strength are all problems." So...... Most of the patients here are intermittent, and they will be treated under supervision here, and when their condition is stable, they will be brought back by their families. It's hard to say about this patient. You are his friend, you need to be mentally prepared, mental illness can hardly be cured. ”

"Okay, Lao Meng, I'm going to go far away, and I can't come back in a short time, so he will stay with you temporarily, and if the relevant treatment costs are not enough, I will call the money at any time."

When we said goodbye and went out, the rain had almost stopped, and Lao Meng put us in the car before returning to his office. Zhang Momo drove out, stopped outside, turned to me and said, "If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I would have felt that I had a dream." ”

"Me too." I sighed, "I'd rather it was a dream." ”

We returned to Huayang according to the same way, this came and went, almost wasted a night's time, came back and began to make up for sleep, slept for four hours, we got up again and began to prepare, Lao Wang and Ning kitten came, all the messy things were put together, loaded into the car.

We were idle, and we began to talk about what we might encounter when we got there. The ruins of the ancient city of Chepan, according to research, are between the middle and lower reaches of the Huyang River, such a large area, it must be difficult to find. None of the four of us have been there, and now it's superfluous to rely on our imagination to guess unforeseen circumstances.

At seven o'clock in the evening, we rested, and set off early the next morning.

The road from Huayang to that side is basically the same as the route to Danmeng, the middle is very smooth, until it reaches a place called "Tiger Ear" in the southwest of Urumqi. As soon as he arrived here, Zhang Momo called the guide who had been contacted in advance.

The guide waited for us here for two days, and as soon as we got in touch, we rushed over. This was introduced by a friend of Zhang Momo, and it is reliable.

The guide's surname is Mao, called Mao Aiguo, thirty-one and twelve years old, his father is Han, his mother is Uyghur, he began to do this when he was about 20 years old, and he has led scientific expedition teams, and he has also brought self-driving travel travelers, and he has also brought three foreign expedition teams. Although he is not very old, he has a lot of experience.

"Just call me Xiaomao." Mao Aiguo is very enthusiastic and has a bright smile, but I always feel that there is a professional element in his smile. After all, he feeds on people like us, and when we come, it means that he has an additional income.

Tiger Ear is a very small place, but in such a remote area, no matter how small a place is, it is a transit station, whether it is continuing to walk west or returning from there, it must settle here.

Xiao Mao found us a hotel to stay in, located at the very edge of Tiger Ear. While leading the way, Xiao Mao introduced us to the local situation and carefully inquired about our destination.

"Few people will go to the old road of the Huyang River, and there is a section of the road where motor vehicles can't drive through, and camels are needed." Xiao Mao stopped and said, "Let's go in first, eat something, and take a rest." ”

"Go in? Where to enter? ”

"The hotel." Xiao Mao pointed to a crooked wooden fence behind him: "This is a well-connected hotel, and the price is very cheap." ”

"Is this an inn?" My eyes were straight, and if Xiao Mao hadn't introduced me, I would have thought it was a sheepfold used by the locals to raise sheep.