Chapter 37: The Legend of the Spirit God of Mashan
"That can't be the so-called spirit god, but eldest sister, I really admire you a little" Ji Ran teased me: "It turns out that liking to act alone has been your habit since childhood, aren't you afraid when you're so young?" ”
"Children are curious, but I still remember those unusual eyes, but I am still not sure if it is the so-called spirit, but I clearly remember that the eyes suddenly looked at me, I was so frightened that I closed my eyes, I wanted to run but my legs were weak, and I was just about to scream, someone covered my mouth and appeared behind me."
"How do you say that there is a kind of ghost story horror movie routine, I have already made up the picture in my head, and that thing appears behind you?" Ji Ran pretended to have a terrifying expression.
"It's your grandfather." Should I say that Zhou Xuran is like a god, or is it a shameful spoiler, the atmosphere I created before is gone, and there is no fun at all.
"It was indeed my grandfather who appeared behind me at some point, and he covered my mouth and whispered, "Don't be afraid of anything you see, because it's all an illusion." I mustered up the courage to look back at the darkness inside, and there was nothing, just like an illusion.
I was carried home by my grandfather, my grandfather didn't mention the events of that day, I didn't dare to ask even if I had doubts, I was very close to my grandfather, and he was very gentle, but when I was angry, I was still very afraid, and I could see that what I did that day made him angry. ”
"Your grandfather's ability is so powerful, the thing you saw, your grandfather didn't take him on the spot?"
"When I was a child, I vaguely remember that my grandfather said that the thing was a spiritual thing, and by chance I got spirituality from the mountain, and I didn't hurt anyone, and I also accumulated some good deeds, as if my grandmother had a strange eye disease in the years when my grandfather left, Aunt Zhuang went to Mashan for her to ask for medicine, and my grandmother's eye disease was really cured, in short, I am not sure about these things."
"You mean this disappearance has something to do with Mashan's spirits?" Zhou Xuran looked at me.
"I don't think so, I heard about it for many years when the spirit god beat me, so many people who knelt down have never had an accident on that mountain, this horse mountain is much bigger than you think, there are several mountains, the one with the spirit is a small hill, people from nearby villages often go there, I don't think it's there.
The anonymous letter mentions that after crossing that mountain, there is another mountain, where there is the highest summit of Ma Mountain, many steep peaks and cliffs, undeveloped and inaccessible.
Unlike the hill where the legend has a spirit god, there are rumors in the village that the top of Nama Mountain is a forbidden place and cannot be visited, although this taboo rumor is obviously not as famous as the spirit god, but the people of our village know that the mountain is very dangerous there, and few locals go there. ”
"These backpackers and adventurous people don't have so many scruples, and their desire to conquer makes them not care about the steep cliffs. The terrain is precipitous, landslides are inevitable, there will definitely be casualties, why do you think this disappearance is unusual. Zhou Xuran asked rhetorically.
"Mainly, I have collected recent news, three people have disappeared in just one week, and the content and detailed description of the anonymous letter seem to be related to this disappearance, especially the extremely detailed description of one of the incidents."
I took out this letter and handed it to Zhou Xuran. "You can take a look at it first, I read the content of the letter, just like what was written at the beginning of the letter, the reason for anonymity is that I don't want to disclose my information for fear of causing trouble, but seeing this missing person fall to his death, I have some struggles in my heart, and some stories are different from the cost of obtaining information, I think the credibility is very high."
Zhou Xuran and Ji Ran read the letter carefully.
"The contents of this anonymous letter do feel quite real to you, and if it is really as described in the letter, then we can basically conclude that the latest missing person is actually dead, because the author of this anonymous letter witnessed the missing person suddenly become extremely excited and run towards the cliff and jump off the cliff.
The letter is a little bizarre about this matter, but it is not like it is apocryphal, but it seems that there are still a few doubts that we need to pay attention to, that is, the relationship between the person who wrote the anonymous letter and the missing person, and why he saw that the missing person became abnormal and ran to the cliff and did not stop it, and what happened to the forbidden place on the top of Mount Ma mentioned in the letter. ”
"Ji Ran's analysis is reasonable, if the content of this letter is true, then there is definitely something wrong with Mashan, whether the two who disappeared before will be in the same situation, we are not sure." Zhou Xuran took the letter, "Put the letter here first, the first thing we have to do now is to find out the person who wrote this letter, and it is best to find him to understand everything in person." ”
"Anonymous letter, how can you find out who wrote the letter? I guess it's going to be difficult. "I'm a little worried.
"Yinglin, what you said is to doubt Mr. Zhou's ability to do things, in this era of developed information, anonymity sometimes does protect your own information, but it is not absolutely safe, and it is not difficult to find a person."
"Ji Ran, let's go back first, it's not too early, I will arrange someone for this letter tonight, and the results will come out soon." Yinglin, you pack your necessities tonight, wait for my news, no matter what the situation, I think we have to go to Mashan's side once. ”
Send these two people away, I simply packed a little something, not much, Mashan is not too far from here, consider going to the top of Mashan, in case I want to sleep on the mountain at night, I still prepared some things for camping, and all kinds of things have happened recently is that I haven't visited my grandmother for some days, I have prepared some things to bring to my grandmother by the way, things are a little much, but there are two young laborers, they won't help me, bring more preparedness.
I got up early in the morning, I don't want to be late this morning, if I really want to go to Mashan today, I have to ask for leave, think about the editor-in-chief Cao, I was late for a while yesterday and had an extremely bad attitude towards me, and my scalp was numb.
I came to the company early, and I happened to meet Editor-in-Chief Cao, who didn't look at me very much, and I still greeted me politely.
When I came to the office, I didn't expect Li Mi to come too, he glanced at me, and told me with an expression that I didn't expect me to come so early this time, and I didn't know each other very well yesterday, so I quietly lay on my desk and continued to read yesterday's news.
After a while, Brother Liu also came, and when he saw me, he smiled: "Xiao Yang, you are very serious about your work, you have started working so early, and your attitude is worthy of recognition." "I was praised for a shy smile and continued to tidy up and maintain the attitude I should have as a newcomer.
In fact, my heart is a little anxious, I have always wanted to know the progress of this anonymous letter, but Zhou Xuran has not given me any news, I calmed down, for today's plan there is only one word is to wait.
During this period, Zhou Xuran didn't wait, but waited for the arrival of Editor-in-Chief Cao. Editor-in-chief Cao came in and glanced at us, he was very polite to Brother Liu, and didn't talk much to me as young people, I saw him glance at my desktop, and looked back at me before leaving: "It's not enough to tidy up in the office, your job is to go out and collect more content, these are at most clues, deep things need to be excavated on the spot, every step is very important, rich in content, novel materials, your section can change the status quo, otherwise it will be laid off sooner or later." ”
I knew he was saying to me, "I've chosen a theme, and I'm going to go out and gather details today." ”
Editor-in-Chief Cao paused, frowning and looking at me: "Which aspect." ”“
Ancient building of the Republic of China. When I finished speaking, I saw that Editor-in-Chief Cao was directly stunned, he looked at me for a while without speaking, and turned to leave.
After Editor-in-Chief Cao left, Brother Liu looked at me: "If you want to go out to prepare materials, I have a table here, you can just fill in the exit record, and I will handle the procedures for you, but where is the ancient building of the Republic of China, are you sure?" ”
"Hmm." I was resolute, and Brother Liu didn't say anything more,
Li Mi muttered, "Xiao Xu just went there and said that he saw something, and he was scared, you told Editor-in-Chief Cao about this, don't go, don't get the things back, it's hard to explain, aren't you hollowing out yourself." "Li Mi's words are ugly but true, they don't understand my situation and don't trust me, it's certain, the matter of the ancient building of the Republic of China has been solved, whatever you want, I make up a little bit, it can be used as material, anyway, no one will check the authenticity, I have a bottom in my heart, otherwise I won't say it easily.
Under the guise of the ancient building of the Republic of China to deal with the affairs of Mashan, no matter what the result of Mashan's side is, I can make a difference when I come back. I was a little distracted, the phone rang suddenly, Zhou Xuran's phone was very brief, and Ji Ran came back to pick me up in ten minutes.
I wrote an application to go out with Brother Liu, and Linlin looked at me with some sympathy: "You really think about it, it is said there" The latter words Linlin did not say, I smiled: "If you don't try it, you won't know exactly what is going on." I didn't say anything more, I took my things and left the company directly, Ji Ran was already waiting for me downstairs.
"What about Zhou Xuran? Why didn't I come with you. "I saw that there was only Ji Ran in the car.
"Zhou Xuran went over first, we found the person who wrote this anonymous letter, but this person was a little repulsive and not very cooperative, Zhou Xuran stayed there to negotiate, let me pick you up, let's understand the situation together, and then set off for Mashan immediately."
Ji Ran and I came to the mysterious person's house, Zhou Xuran obviously took some trouble but it was done, and the person opened the door for me and Ji Ran very politely. This mysterious person is not what I imagined, he is gentle and elegant, he gives me the feeling that he should be engaged in art, and his home is quite artistic.
"Actually, I don't really welcome you to come, I'll tell you the truth, the reason why I chose to submit articles to the magazine in an anonymous way is that there are some aspects of things that I don't want to make public, and I don't want to disturb my ordinary life, but I didn't expect you to find my home, no matter what method you use, it violates my privacy." When I heard that, I understood.