I still remember what Cui Rongguang once told me, it was two years ago, his colleague got an ancient book by chance. And from that ancient book that I have never heard of, I found that near our village, there was a large mausoleum in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

And this clue about the large mausoleum is undoubtedly the source of all this when I met the archaeological team, and until now, the archaeological team has entangled me.

That is, after learning that clue, they argued for a long time, and also looked through a lot of information to confirm the clue, and finally determined that it was indeed the truth.

They organized an archaeological expedition, but unexpectedly they got lost in a forest near our village. The colleague Cui Rongguang said suddenly left the team in the evening and now disturbed everyone's peace, probably disappeared at that time.

I remember Cui Rongguang telling me at the time that after they finally withdrew from the forest, they also asked the military to cooperate in searching for the missing colleague, but even the military with training experience was also helpless about it, and they had to give up when they couldn't find anything.

For two years, the missing colleague was never found. As a colleague, of course, I hope he can survive. But from an outsider's point of view, I really think that the chances of his survival are infinitely close to zero.

And listening to Zeng Ruoke's meaning just now, maybe the disappearance of that colleague was not what I thought, perhaps, his disappearance was not just related to the strangeness of the Misty Forest? Is there still a human factor?

Actually, I think Zeng Ruoke is just guessing. It's just that he really has more contact than I do.

"I think, in your brain, it's not hard to guess." Zeng Ruoke said to me, "The missing colleague's name is Lu Qi, and he was the last deputy leader of the archaeological team. Technicians, the level is very high, and they are almost all-rounders. ”

"So, can I take this as a hint?" I asked.

"Hint?" Zeng Ruoke didn't understand what I meant, so he couldn't help but wonder.

I smiled and said to him, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to say, do you mean, first, he is an all-round talent, so whoever has an accident, he shouldn't have an accident." Whoever gets lost can be lost, but he can't get lost? Moreover, as you said, he was the vice captain of the original archaeological team, and he also said that Xu Bo actually did not have the ability to be the deputy captain, so adhering to the theory of who benefits and who is suspicious, the most suspicious person is about to come out, right? In addition......"

I hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and then continued: "Actually, if you think about it a little more carefully, you always emphasize to me that Xu Bo does not have the ability to be the vice captain, and the original vice captain is Lu Qi, then does it also mean that Lu Qi is actually very suitable to be the vice captain." So, as the vice-captain, he should never leave the team without permission, just wander out alone, and then lose a trace, no one knows why he left, or rather, where did he go? This does not meet the requirements of his position as a vice-captain, he is a qualified vice-captain, so it is basically impossible for this to happen to him. Something must have happened that day that no one knew about, so it led to what happened later. Am I right? ”

Zeng Ruoke looked at me, nodded approvingly, and said, "I knew it, you can guess it." I can vouch for the truth of my every word. Therefore, you should also think that this incident is by no means a simple accident! ”

"Indeed." I agree with this, but I am not a full-time solver, and I don't have such strong associative, reasoning, investigating, etc., and I can't interrogate anyone because of this. Therefore, Zeng Ruoke is far from enough to give me these clues, "Teacher Zeng, I admit that what you said is very reasonable, and I also believe that what you said is true." But that's not enough for me to judge the current situation! For example, I don't know why that ghost is pestering Captain Choi. Because according to what you said, I think the person he should be pestering is Xu Bo, not Captain Cui. ”

"Old Cui he ......" mentioned Cui Rongguang, Zeng Ruoke obviously hesitated. It seems that he doesn't want to say bad things about Cui Rongguang, but he probably can't agree with some of the things Cui Rongguang did.

He also knew more about Lu Qi, especially about Lu Qi and Cui Rongguang, but he was reluctant to say it.

"Forget it, don't be embarrassed." I said, "Actually, none of that matters. I smiled at him, and then continued, "Importantly, I want to confirm a few points. First, Xu Bo said that all the people in the archaeological team who came back this time had the same nightmare, right? And that includes you? ”

"Yes, that's right!" Zeng Ruoke nodded and admitted, "All of us had the same dream, but I don't know why Lao Cui has lasted so long and can't get better." ”

"Yes, that's right." I thought for a moment and continued, "So, the second question, has there been any turnover in your archaeological team in the past two years?" I think there must be! So, that's my question, is it only the veterans who participated in that archaeological operation, who got lost in the Misty Forest, and who suffered the disappearance of Luch, who had a nightmare, or did all the people who came back with this happen? ”

Zeng Ruoke thought about it for a long time this time, I didn't want to urge him, I just waited silently.

It took a while for him to give me a definite answer, "Yes, if you were to say that there was a change in the entire archaeological team, there must have been." It's just that this batch of people who came back are all backbones. Inside the backbone, the newcomer ...... I thought of one, only him, a technician, and his abilities were very good! However, he was the first to say that he had that nightmare, so I can be sure that he had the same dream! ”

"So in other words, it's not just the veterans who have experienced that incident who have dreamed of the coffin and Luqi, but even the new team members who have recently joined the team have also dreamed of it! That means that it was not the inducement that was planted at that time. The problem should be inside the coffin! ”

"That's the crux of the matter." Zeng Ruoke said to me, "We tried to open the coffin, but ...... You see! ”

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, and I realized that his left forearm was wrapped in gauze. There is a blood stain on the gauze, it looks like it should be not lightly injured!

"This was left when the coffin was opened?" I asked.

Zeng Ruoke nodded and said to me, "That's right! That coffin is really problematic! Originally, I shouldn't have opened the coffin, but the technician was on several occasions and couldn't even touch the coffin, so he was accidentally injured. They were all accidents, and the way and location of the injuries were different. I didn't believe in evil at the time, so I stepped forward with my tools and the result was ...... You see, the forearm was almost completely flipped open! ”

He said, sighed, and lowered his head. The moment he looked down, I saw that his eyes had dimmed a lot.

Yes, I can understand his feelings, as an expert who has always made it his mission to practice science, I am afraid that it is really difficult for him to understand these strange things.

What's more, this thing happened clearly in front of his eyes, and even happened to himself.

I have some sympathy for him, but is he more worthy of sympathy for being willing to devote himself to this, or is it more sympathetic for me who doesn't want to be involved at all but has been dragged in again and again?

"Okay, I got it." I said to Zeng Ruoke, "I will do my best to make the revealed results close to the truth." However, I also hope that Mr. Zeng can understand me. As a coffin bearer, I value the opinions of the deceased more. ”