Chapter 2 Fossils

The room was deathly silent, the atmosphere was so frozen that one could not breathe, except for the sound of a noticeably quickened heartbeat and a stifled gasp, sometimes slow, sometimes rapid, as if ...... A dying man is finally gone. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

I stared at Lao Zhang and asked the same question that I had asked three times: "Lao Zhang, are you still hiding your shot?" What are the secrets of this village? Cuicui died mysteriously in front of everyone's eyes before she had time to worship Zhang Song, and even your own son Zhang Song said that he was not saved, why? ”

"Ulahan is real! It turns out that it really exists! Not saved, not saved...... All to die! They're all going to die! By the way, a few of you are from outside the village, hurry up and leave, otherwise you will suffer too! Lao Zhang's eyes were a little moist, and a pair of cloudy old eyes were covered with a layer of mist under the light of the oil lamp, and through his eyes, I seemed to see his heart twitch tightly. His wife was also holding him and sobbing lowly, and from time to time he raised the pine bark as if to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. The two old men in front of me seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and I couldn't help but feel a touch in my heart. But because of this, I have strengthened my belief in seeking the answer to this series of unbelievable things. I didn't take my eyes off, just stared at Lao Zhang, didn't speak, and made my position clear with actions. Lao Liu held his pipe and smoked without saying a word, not knowing where to think of something. The ghost hand sat in the corner of the wall with his hands folded on his chest and closed his eyes to recuperate, without any expression on his face as usual, and there was no joy, anger or sorrow.

The room fell silent again, and after a long while, Lao Zhang finally moved.

"Alas—" he sighed, then sat up up slowly, stretched out his hand and shivered to light a cigarette, and took a deep breath, letting the smoke slowly swim through his internal organs, and then exhale it for a long time, as if only in this way could he calm the fear hidden in his heart a little!

"It was at the beginning of ****, and the deep mountains and giant valleys here still couldn't stop the washing of the 'four olds' after all, and even we who lived in the hinterland of Yunnan couldn't avoid it. At that time, breaking the four olds and anti-feudal superstition became a common practice, and every household had to clean up all the things that were related to the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods such as the Buddha statues offered at home, the door gods and other things that were related to the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, otherwise they would be criticized for saying who was a capitalist roader. At that time, it was unacceptable to put on the big hat of the capitalist roaders, so every household, whether they wanted to or not, did it, smashed the Buddha statue, and tore the door god. At the beginning, there were still people who were beating drums in their hearts, and even had to quietly make a gesture to God every day when they went to bed and got up early. Later, nothing happened, and everyone's hearts were relieved. But until that day, the village chief was led by the Red Guards to the temple outside the village, and something happened that day! ”

When Lao Zhang said this, he paused, and a look of struggle flashed in his eyes, and immediately, he seemed to have made up his mind, took a deep breath, and then continued:

"That day, I don't know which one had a fever, but I thought of the temple on the west side of the village. I don't know what dynasty built that temple, but I left it in existence and abandoned. I also asked the old people at the time, but none of the older generation knew when it was built, and the age of the temple is a mystery. But the older generation told me that the temple was dedicated to Ulayan, and that the temple was very evil, and it was said that sometimes in the middle of the night there was a strange noise coming from inside, which was very infiltrating. There are also many old people who live near the temple when they get up at night and see many figures floating around the temple, and occasionally see a group of soldiers wearing ancient armor rushing into the temple murderously, and disappear in a blink of an eye...... Entrance to Hell! And 'Ulahan' means the demon in the swamp, the guardian of hell! The old people also moved away from the temple, and later, some people called us Guiwangpo. ”

Lao Liu's face was a little pale, and his hands trembled even more. Seeing him like this, I was really worried that he would suddenly lose control of his emotions. But it turned out that my worries were unnecessary, and Lao Liu gritted his teeth and squeezed out the small half of the cigarette in his hand.

"The village chief took a dozen young and strong men to demolish the Wulayan temple at the west entrance of the village, and it was a coincidence that as soon as they arrived at the Wulayan temple, the originally good weather changed suddenly, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, dark clouds covered the sun, flying sand and stones, and a few thunderbolts sounded in the sky, and it rained heavily in an instant! At that time, when the village chief and the dozen or so people saw this situation, their hearts were half cold. But helplessly, the young Red Guards who came with them are not afraid of tigers, and they don't know the severity of things, and those little fart children say that all cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are paper tigers, this is a test for us by the party and the country, and the eyes of the broad masses of the people are bright, and they are looking at us, we must work hard and overcome all difficulties! All of a sudden, the demolition of the temple of Ulayan was elevated to the attitude of treating the class enemy, and the village and others had no choice but to demolish the temple. But a strange thing happened, more than a dozen people all came into the Ulayan Temple, but none of them came out! It wasn't until the evening that their families found out that they had not returned. Everyone was in a hurry, and the villagers gathered together, lit torches, and went straight to the temple of Ulla.

The mountain temple is not very far from Qingshui Village, and it is only ten minutes away, but this time it changed at night. The villagers who were born and raised here know where there is a ditch and a hurdle even if they close their eyes on weekdays. But that night, the villagers made a whole night detour on the way to the Ulayan Temple! When a rooster's crowing evokes a touch of fish belly in the east, the villagers arrived at the gate of the Ulayan Temple.

When they came to the temple of Nauraha, they saw that the temple was still dilapidated, the surface was covered with green vines, and the temperature around them plummeted, and the cold air was blowing in their faces. The temple gate was closed, and only the vines cut down at the temple gate indicated that the village and others had come. After the rain, many footprints of different sizes could be vaguely seen on the muddy ground, but there was no surprise, all of them only went in and did not come out!

At this time, how to look at the Wulayan Temple felt eerie and terrifying, everyone was stunned at the gate of the temple for a long time, and no one dared to take the lead in entering. Just when two bold men were about to go up and open the temple door, a gust of wind blew, and the temple door was opened with a creak, and a rotten breath spread. Immediately afterwards, the village chief walked out with a dozen or so people with stiff steps, their faces blue and their eyes empty, as if they didn't see the villagers. Then, the temple door creaked and closed automatically, and the piercing voice was like a grudge grinning! ”

The scene when Zhang Song's welcoming party entered the village immediately came to mind, and it was extremely similar to the village and others who came out of the Wulayan Temple back then! Could it be that Zhang Song and they have also been to the Ulayan Temple?

"And then?" I couldn't help but ask.

Lao Liu rubbed his temples with his calloused hands and said, "Later, they ...... All of them have been turned into stone statues! ”

Even though I had expected this outcome, I still couldn't believe it. Living people were turned into stone statues overnight, and there was such a strange thing in this world. Lao Liu, Ghost Hand, and I are actually underground workers, and to put it bluntly, we are tomb robbers. In the ancient tomb, I have never seen anything strange, but this living person turned into a stone statue is really unheard of and unseen. It's incredible! While I was stirring up the turbulent waves in my heart, I couldn't understand it. Indeed, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly remembered a very important thing.

"Let's go! Go to Zhang Song's house! ”

I made a decision immediately, and after leaving such a sentence, I turned around and rushed out of the door, Lao Liu and the ghost hand also followed closely, obviously we all thought of it together! Grandpa Deng once said that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, and if you want to understand what is going on with living people turning into stone statues, you can only guard Zhang Song!

What happened tonight was so strange and abrupt that we were caught off guard. But I always feel that this matter is not as simple as it seems. It seems that in the depths of the dark night, which is so dark that it can leach out ink, there are a pair of poisonous snake-like eyes, watching our every move faintly, which makes me shudder and feel weird!

Just when I was thinking about this, the three of us had already come to Zhang Song's house, and for fear of delaying time, we slammed the door open.

Inside the house, Zhang Song was facing away from us, and he slowly turned his head when he heard the movement. Seeing that Zhang Song didn't have an accident, I couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, if Zhang Song encountered an accident, the clue would be broken. I was rejoicing, but suddenly I realized that something was wrong. Why is Zhang Song's movement of turning his head so ...... Stiff! His movements were the same as those of a rusty machine, and with each twist of his head, his neck clicked, as if something very hard but brittle was breaking with his movements. The sound that came out of the midnight in the middle of the mountain in the body of a big living person was so strange that it made people's teeth sour.

Just like that, Zhang Song's head turned to us slowly, but his body did not move. Slowly, his head and body are in a strange posture of one hundred and eighty degrees, and we finally get a good look at his face. At this time, his face was pale, his muscles were stiff, and he was a dead man's face! What's even more bizarre is that the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing the teeth that had become charcoal black for some reason, and pulled out an oozing smile! Then, his whole body made a strange gurgling sound, and at this moment, the inside of his body seemed to be melted into paste, and it was tumbling and tumbling, like a person fighting with the mud. Don't...... The inside of his body has turned into thick water?

Without waiting for me to think about it, the gurgling sound in Zhang Song's body had stopped, and then his skin quickly turned blue-gray at a speed visible to the naked eye! He was transformed from a living person into a stone statue right under our noses!