"Bang bang bang ...

I was awakened by the sound of chains scraping.

I opened my eyes and sat up from the ground with my hands propped up, and the coldness of my palms made me wonder for a moment, and I couldn't help but be shocked when I looked around.

Obviously, he was sleeping at Jia Ren's house before, why did he return to the mine?

I got up from the ground in a daze, and the sound of the chains in my ears was still dull from the depths of the cave, what was in there?

After a few seconds, my senses seemed to recover, and I felt that my hands and feet were a little heavy, and when I looked down, I saw that my wrists and ankles were tied with thumb-thick chains!

No, it's not the chains that are handcuffed, it's the chains that get into the flesh and the bones together!

I was scrambling to see what was going on with the chain, when the sound of the chain rubbing in the hole suddenly accelerated!

I turned my head to look inside, a familiar figure was standing four or five meters away from me, it was very dark in the mine, but my eyes seemed to be open, and I recognized it after only a few glances, it was Jia Ren's grandfather!

He also had four chains tied to his body, and I was about to ask him what was going on, when I suddenly saw the cold light of the firewood knife he was holding in his hand.

My heart suddenly tightened, and an ominous premonition rose, and the whole person unconsciously took a few steps back, originally Old Lady Jia was very serious when he didn't smile on weekdays, but at this time, his cold white face added a hint of fierceness!

His eyes swept over me a few times, and then the hand that was clenching the knife was raised! As soon as my scalp tightened, I ran out of the mine!

However, after only running two steps, I tripped over a huge traction, and it was the iron chain on my feet that locked me, and at this time, Mrs. Jia had already pounced on me, and I turned my head in a panic to look back, and the firewood knife that flashed with cold light was chopped down!

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The day before the incident.

At eleven o'clock at night, I had a cigarette in my mouth and my fingers were tapping mechanically on the keyboard.

I typed one line and deleted two lines, and the 8,000-word story that I wrote in less than half an hour and in the afternoon was deleted by me, and the blank document made my brain go blank.

Bai Mu is my name, and my current profession is a freelance writer, and at the age of twenty-eight this year, I still haven't achieved anything.

Three years ago, I made the decision to quit my job and concentrate on writing, and now I have paid the price, and the meager monthly manuscript fee can only support me to barely survive.

But I can't love this, I've been fascinated by those weird stories since I was a child, such as my grandfather's stories about 'Teacher Baida' and 'Catching Ghost Ducks at Night'.

In addition, the editor gave me a good idea, saying that there is a 'hell' essay contest now, and as long as I can get the winner, the generous prize money will be able to make up for the gap in my sister's surgery fee, so I am bound to win this essay competition.

I closed the computer and washed my face and was about to fall asleep, when the phone rang, I picked it up and saw that it was Jia Ren calling.

This guy is my little hair, and like me, he is also a person with little interest, and since he knew that I was writing novels, he often asked me to invite him to dinner under the guise of giving me inspiration, and over time he became a character who 'cheated on eating, drinking, cheating, and touching'.

I thought he was going to blackmail me for a late-night snack this time, but after the phone was connected, I heard a low sigh over there, "My grandfather, gone." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then gasped, "You mean, your grandfather... Passed away? ”

"Yes." Jia Ren's tone was even deeper, I couldn't believe it, obviously we met yesterday, and the old man's body looked tougher than the two of us drunks, how could I say that it was gone?

"How did he get there?" I asked.

The other end of the phone was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Do you remember that jade pendant?" ”

Jia Ren was talking about a black jade pendant, and it was he who took me to find that thing last night and met his grandfather.

I remember that the old man asked us very strangely if we had touched that jade pendant, and I also heard Jia Ren say that thing was very evil, but it could be so evil that it could directly take people's lives?

"What happened to the jade pendant?" I asked worriedly, and Jia Ren was silent for a long time and said, "My grandfather's death must be related to that jade pendant." ”

I chuckled in my heart, "Don't talk nonsense, how can a mere jade pendant directly kill a person."

And you want to say that the jade pendant is poisonous, I have touched it with you, why did we have nothing to do with the old man? ”

I unconsciously touched the band-aid in my palm, and the wound that covered it was also left when I touched the jade pendant.

"I, I don't know, but I'm sure it must have something to do with Yu Pei, believe it or not, I just want to tell you, you have to be careful, it's best to go to the hospital for a check-up."

Jia Ren's tone was a little panicked in addition to being sad, and I comforted, "Don't think about it, rest well, have a meal together tomorrow, and talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to say." ”

"Yes, Tel."

After hanging up the phone, I let out a long breath, and after lying on the bed, I began to think about what Jia Ren said about the jade pendant.

I've seen that thing, it's a blackened jade pendant, and there's nothing special about it except for the unusual color.

Could it be that there is something wrong with the mine?

The place where the jade pendant is hidden is in a remote abandoned mine in Longchi Town, this kind of place must have killed many people because of safety accidents, maybe the old man's death has something to do with the mine.

Even if this is not the case, according to the scientific explanation, it may be that the old man inhaled a large amount of harmful gases in the mine, and it is not impossible to die after returning home.

I didn't have a clue in my head, so I just covered my head and went to sleep, and the next day I got up and sorted out the previous manuscript, and I was busy until noon, when I was ready to go out to the appointment, when the editor's phone rang.

He told me that there was a shortcut for me to take, and as soon as I heard it, I immediately came to my senses, it turned out that he wanted me to interview a charlatan.

I was worried about the lack of realistic materials, and the editor's call undoubtedly solved my urgent need, and this time the manuscript was paid 3,000 yuan, which can be published as the first story to see Fanxiang.

Of course, I came down with a full mouth, and after asking about the situation, I learned that the person I was going to interview this time was a Jianghu warlock surnamed Lan, known as Lan Daoshi.

I have a vague understanding of the terms "charlatan" and "Taoist", and the editor said that he was too busy for me to check the information myself.

What is a Warlock?

"There is no fixed place of business, there are no formal channels, official recognition, etc., there is a little magic. Fortune telling. Look at the face. Practice. Yin and Yang and so on. In the past, it was referred to as a liar and the like. ”

That's the answer I found on the Internet, and I don't know if it's a liar or a strange thing that really knows how to do some kind of magic.