The strip of cloth tied to his back did not loosen. And the torch fixed in the strip of cloth fell for no reason.

There is no doubt that there is definitely an external force involved.

However, within the line of sight, let alone people, even half a shadow was not seen.

Jiang Yue frowned and proposed, "Luo Chu, why don't you go ahead?"

"No, I'm still the Queen. Luo Chu really didn't believe in evil, so he picked up the torch, put it on his back again, and tightened the strip of cloth again, making sure that there would be no risk of it falling.

This time, Luo Chu chose to go backwards.

It's not easy to walk down the stairs backwards, but the speed of the three of them is very slow, and they don't worry about accidentally falling while walking backwards.

Jiang Yue still walked in front, holding the torch high, trying to expand the coverage of the lighting.

Descending to the next floor, I heard the sound of running barefoot before, as if it had never been there. The corridors on this floor are dark, and there is no end in sight, as if leading to an eerie hell.

Since they decided to go downstairs, the three of them didn't explore whether there was anything hidden at both ends of the corridor, and they didn't care about the sound of barefoot running before.

Jiang Yue was about to continue walking down the floor when he suddenly heard a cough coming from the end of the corridor. At first, the trio thought it was a mistake in their ears.

Then several coughs rang out in succession, and they were very clear.

This cough originated from the unknown darkness, and it seemed extremely strange, and every cough seemed to hit them hard in the heart, making their hearts tremble.

Luo Chu couldn't help but touch his waist, but Mr. Ke said: "Don't be nosy, let's go downstairs, let's go downstairs first, okay?"

Not to mention two coughs now, even if the sky falls, Mr. Ke doesn't want to join in the fun, his only thought is to escape from this ghost place quickly.

What's more, this cough appeared in the dark, and it was obviously evil.

It's too late to dodge, so why bother asking for trouble?

Jiang Yue pondered for a moment, but still suppressed his curiosity, raised his feet and continued to descend the steps.

At that moment, a sigh came from the darkness.

Then, a voice said faintly: "What a good living person, why do you want to go to the dead end?"

The voice sounded like it was old, a little old. It's similar to the cough just now.

Jiang Yue paused and stopped again.

Mr. Ke urged: "Hurry up, go quickly." This must be a ghost trick on us, deliberately making us uneasy. It's afraid we're leaving!"

In Mr. Ke's opinion, what good thing can there be when they go to this kind of ghost place? No matter who made this voice, they must not have a good heart, or they want to mess with their minds.

This kind of thing must be heard in reverse.

The other party said that it was a dead end, but it may be a way to live.

Jiang Yue ignored Mr. Ke's urging and turned his head to stare at the source of the sound for a moment.

"Let's go, let's see. ”

His decision immediately made Mr. Ke anxious: "Don't go, don't go! This must be the evil ghost luring us to death!"

Jiang Yue frowned and said, "Listen to yours or listen to me?"

Mr. Ke really wanted to listen to me, but he really didn't have any say in the three-person team, and he couldn't afford to offend anyone here.

At the moment, he could only shut up, and followed Jiang Yue to turn around and walk towards the depths of the corridor on this floor.

There is always a limit to the direction that the torch can reach.

The three of them slowly approached the source of the sound, this corridor was not long, but at this time, it seemed that there was no end to it.

At this moment, a chair appeared in Jiang Yue's field of vision.

The chair was very wide, and its back was against Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue faintly felt that in front of the chair, there seemed to be a figure sitting. The figure was obviously very short, sitting on a chair, completely blocked by the back of the chair, and only a little hair could be faintly seen, and it looked like the hair had turned white, it should be a little old man.

Jiang Yue's pace slowed down and stopped about five meters away from the chair.

Alas!

There was another long sigh, and the figure in the chair slowly stood up. Sure enough, it was a rickety little old man, who looked less than six meters tall, and it seemed that his body had shrunk very much because of his old age.

"Old-timers?"

The short, gaunt figure turned its back to them and said nothing. Silently staggering, in the darkness, his back seemed even more eerie, swaying, ethereal, as if he would disappear into the darkness at any moment.

Mr. Ke complained: "What the hell?"

Jiang Yue glared back at him and motioned for him to shut up.

The rickety old man walked a dozen steps before finally stopping.

Where he parked, it was the doorway of an apartment.

The old man's movements were very slow, but the movement of pushing the door was very skillful, as if he had done this action at least thousands of times, and he was familiar with the road.

The door was pushed open, and the old man slowly stepped into the apartment.

Jiang Yue said in a low voice: "Go over and take a look." ”

Mr. Ke hesitated: "Do you have to go, aren't you afraid of being a trap?"

Jiang Yue said coldly: "If you want to set up a trap, why can't you arrange it? What is the difference between here and other places?"

"Let's go. Luo was very vigilant, and still walked backwards. The back stole once, and he was now extremely vigilant and on guard everywhere.

As they spoke, the three of them had already reached the door of the apartment.

Jiang Yue swept the torch into the apartment, and found that it was just an ordinary apartment, but the decoration was relatively old-fashioned, relatively simple, and slightly shabby compared with the apartments upstairs. And many of the daily necessities in the house look very old.

Jiang Yue slowly approached, and what caught his eye was an old cloth sofa in the living room, and there were obvious holes in several places.

An old-fashioned coffee table is also mottled and pimpled, and it looks like it has at least twenty or thirty years of age.

There were some newspapers on the coffee table and a cheap thermos cup.

In addition, there is also a portable Walkman for listening to songs, and the elderly generally like to get such a one in their hands.

Jiang Yue looked at the date of the newspaper, and the most recent one showed that the date was twelve days ago.

The thermos cup was filled with water, but the water in it had already cooled.

Jiang Yue held the torch high and took a picture of the surroundings, but the old man who came in earlier didn't seem to be in the house.

All three of them were secretly frightened, and followed from the living room to the kitchen, then from the kitchen to the bathroom, and then to the bedroom.

I searched every corner, but there was no trace.

It was as if the old man had completely evaporated from this world when he had just entered the door of this apartment.

Mr. Ke's upper and lower teeth gurgled: "I'll just say it's haunted......"

The windows are closed, and the possibility of jumping out of the window can be ruled out.

Jiang Yue sniffed and frowned, "This house should have been unoccupied for a while!" There was a slight musty smell in the room. ”

"Xiao Jiang, if no one lives in this house, then what is that old man just now?"

"Alas......" Jiang Yue sighed, in fact, everyone has the answer in their hearts, but no one wants to break this answer in person.

Most likely, the old man I saw just now is no longer alive.

Moreover, the day of the old man's death should be within half a month. It can be inferred from the date of the newspaper that the old man's death will definitely not be more than half a month.

Although it was less than half a month, the apartment began to be invaded by spiders because of the lack of popularity, and there were more spider webs in the corners, and a faint dust was parked on them.

Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary in this apartment.

There are neither imaginary clues nor the traps imagined by Mr. Ke.

The strange old man, as if he had appeared in an inconsequential nightmare, did not stir up the slightest wave.

"Let's go, I think it's just pretending to be a ghost, why waste time?" Mr. Ke urged.

Jiang Yue didn't move, rummaging in the apartment.

Various details show that this is indeed the residence of a widowed elderly. However, the old man should like literature and art very much, in addition to a lot of books in the apartment, there are also many national musical instruments, such as the flute and erhu.

In addition, there are also the four treasures of the traditional study, and there are many calligraphy and painting works of the elderly. Although they are all spontaneous creations, they are also quite skillful.

It can be seen that the old man should be an old man who has a great interest in life, but has returned to the basics.

It's a pity that most of such a lovely old man is no longer alive.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yue's heart was somewhat gloomy.

Sort out the old man's belongings one by one and put them back in their place.

Suddenly, Jiang Yue saw a group photo on the drawer floor of the TV cabinet.

The group photo reads, a group photo of the first owners of Yinyuan Apartment.

In this group photo, the visual inspection is at least 100 people, although it is a large group photo, everyone in the photo still looks very small, but the outline can barely be distinguished.

Although Jiang Yue hadn't seen the front of the old man before, judging from the back and temperament alone, Jiang Yue easily found out the position of the old man in the group photo.

The elderly are seated in the first row where there are seats, and they are in the middle of the seat. Although it is not a C position, it is a relatively core position.

It can be seen that this old man should be a relatively well-known figure among the owners of the entire apartment building, and it is estimated that the original social status will not be low.

"Luo, do you know this old gentleman?"

Jiang Yue pointed to the location of the old man in the photo.

Luo Chu glanced at it and carefully identified it for a moment: "It's him, the old principal Mei, the old principal of Star City No. 1 Middle School." Star City's education industry is a veteran of the elite level. ”

Old Principal Mei?

Jiang Yue seems to have heard this name as well. Before his father left home, he was an official in the education department, and it seems that he has mentioned Principal Mei a lot.

Star City No. 1 Middle School has always been the best middle school in Star City. It was not until this decade that Yangfan Middle School slowly caught up, and even had a tendency to catch up.

But Mr. Mei should have retired twenty years ago.

Who would have thought that the old principal Mei would spend his old age in this humble apartment all over the world?

"I heard that Mr. Mei's children are all abroad, and it is rare to come back once or twice a year. It is said that the thing that Mr. Mei regrets most in his life is to send his children abroad. Of course, this is only heard. Except for his close people, no one knows whether it is true or not. ”

Luo Chu actually knows a lot about Principal Mei.

He suddenly condensed: "Xiao Jiang, what we saw just now is Old Principal Mei?"

"Mostly, yes. Jiang Yue sighed.

Luo's heart tightened, and he also knew that most of the old principal Mei he saw just now was not a person, but a wisp of ghost that had not dissipated.

It's just that he has no quarrel with the world, and at this age, who will he provoke?

Jiang Yue suddenly said: "Luo, Mr. Ke, come and see, are there any other familiar people in this photo?"

Luo was stunned, what do other familiar people have to do with the current matter?

But he reacted quickly, and immediately thought of something.

Pick up the group photo and look it up carefully.

In his line of work, his eyesight is very vicious. Soon, he found a woman in the second row, who was fourth from the left.

This woman is faintly the deceased who was killed and dismembered in the apartment upstairs?

"Is that her?" muttered Luo Chu, pointing to the woman in the photo.

"Wen Yuqian. Jiang Yue nodded.

Luo Chu stared at this group photo with an ugly face, and said in a complicated tone: "People who don't know how to take this group photo have already ......."

The possibility that Luo said is the worst possibility.

When Jiang Yue felt that this possibility was extremely high.

The whole apartment building, maybe there really is no living mouth anymore. Even if they do, they have either moved out or have a property elsewhere and do not live in the place permanently.

Those who live here for a long time may be really lucky.

"I'll just say, this whole apartment building is a ghost, and you still don't believe it. This is a ghost building, full of ghosts! There is not a single living person! No, there is a half-dead old Dong!"

When it comes to Lao Dong, the three of them are also confused.

Before, Lao Dong was tied to the corridor by Mr. Ke, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

If this was a ghost building, where did he go? In this ghost building, he was probably going to die.

But you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death.

Even if it is death, where will it die?

The most important thing is, if the residents of this entire building are really not alive, who did it?

Each apartment is a single apartment, and there must be two or three hundred households. Even if the occupancy rate is half, that's a lot of people.

Judging from this group photo, there are indeed quite a few people. There are still people who are interested in not participating in this party.

So, how could so many people be killed so cleanly? Didn't a single fish slip through the net? Didn't anyone find something abnormal?

If it's man-made, then it's definitely not something that one person can do.

If it's a ghost, then what kind of ghost has the means?

According to Jiang Yue's reasoning before, Wen Yuqian should be the first victim, she was killed and dismembered, harbored resentment, and became a ghost. As a result, the whole building is troubled and angry with other residents.

But now it seems that this reasoning is not necessarily the only answer.

Of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Judging from the photos, Wen Yuqian looks sweet, soft and weak, and she doesn't look like that kind of strong woman, it is difficult to combine her in the photo with the powerful ghost who comes and goes without a trace.

Of course, the bigger question in Jiang Yue's mind was not Wen Yuqian.

It's Principal Mei.

The three of them were about to go downstairs, and Principal Mei appeared in the form of a ghost, what did he want to show them?

It's impossible, Old Principal Mei appeared in the corridor for no reason, and led them to this room for no reason, with no intention at all.

There must be something they didn't dig up.

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