Chapter 281: Mystic Sophistry
"Go to your village? You mean...... Say my brother is now in your village? β
"I'm guessing that too β to be precise, our village and all the people in it probably don't exist now...... One or two sentences are not clear......"
Song Xiaoxue lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head and glanced at me with a very resolute gaze, and her tone was also very determined: "As long as I can find my brother, it will be hell, and I dare to go!" β
"Okayβdo you know my phone?"
Xiaoxue nodded.
"You call me, I'll save your number!"
I saved Song Xiaoxue's phone number, and I was about to go out, but Xiaoxue pulled the placket of my clothes.
"What's wrong? I'll have to go back and get ready, and I'll leave the morning after tomorrow, and I'll contact you when the time comes!" β
Xiaoxue blushed and shook her head: "No...... I...... I'm scared! β
"Scared? What are you afraid of!! β
"Hmmm! You see that my house has been turned into a mess, it is estimated that my brother's key has already reached the hands of these people, what if they come back again! β
I thought about it, such a handsome girl, if I were a bad person, I would do it anyway.
"Then come with me! I have a spare bedroom in my house. β
"Your home? Who else is in your family? It won't be you, will you? Don't you dare ...... me."
"You think I look like a bad person, huh?"
"Bad guys and good guys, and don't write it on your face, in case you ...... You...... Am I not going to go into the wolf's den? β
"Hey! According to what you said, I live in the same bedroom with my girlfriend, and I also have a good friend, who is also a girl, so I should be relieved, right? β
"That's right! Thank you in advance! - But I don't have a lot of money! Don't know how much you're going to charge this time? β
"If you don't have money, let's not talk about it, let's make you a friend! Besides, I want to go back too, and I'll tell you the truth, until now, there is a knot in my heart about our village that I still haven't untied. β
When I returned home with Song Xiaoxue, Beibei and Wang Qianmo were watching TV in the living room.
I put things simply, and Wang Qianmo immediately stood up: "Back to my hometown? I'll go too! I want to burn some paper for my dad in front of the ancient well in the village! β
When she said that, I really couldn't say no.
Uncle Wang is also my father-in-law, so it is still very appropriate to burn some paper money.
Beibei wanted to follow, but since Professor Gu's disappearance, the archaeology department has become busier, and she really can't take a break.
After I asked the names of Song Xiaoxue's parents, I asked Beibei to help check their information the next day, and it was best to find out what the two were studying during the period before the car accident.
The night before I left, I called Director Zheng.
"Hey! Little evil! I haven't been in touch for a long time - I heard that you are now in Yantai and have become a supernumerary assistant police officer in my old classmate's school? β
"Accompany Momo to school in Yantai! I'm kind of a companion - I have to find something to do, right? We've got to eat! β
"You kid don't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf here with me, I still know you? If you want to make money, come to me! I'm paying double the salary! β
"Huh! Let's get down to business! Director Zheng, I really have to go back tomorrow, to be precise, to go back to the village where I grew up......"
"Yin Valley? Little evil! You probably don't know it β the valley has been surrounded by strange fog so far, and climate experts have been here without saying why. We've tried several times, but we can't get in! β
"What are you doing there?"
"In addition to the homicide, the dead also include a deputy director, this matter is not as simple as you think......"
The two chatted about the Yin Valley again.
Director Zheng told me that since we came back from the valley last time, the fog has not disappeared, and no one in the surrounding area dares to approach it, even if the livestock run in, they dare not follow in to look for it......
The more I listened, the more I wonderedβwasn't that demon already destroyed? Why is it still like this in the valley?
Early the next morning, we took a bus straight to Lijin County.
When Director Zheng heard me say that he should be able to determine the direction with a mahogany compass, he discussed with me after entering the ancient burial village, waited for us in the office, and then entered the valley together.
Seeing Director Zheng again, there was a feeling of meeting old friends, and after the two joked with each other, they set off in the police Yvette.
After the car drove on the mountain road for more than an hour, a thick fog appeared in front of me.
The dense fog is very strange, it is not thin to thick like the general fog, but it is the same as the knife that wants to cut, half of it is no fog at all, and the other half is dense fog, and the distinction is very clear.
After getting out of the car, each person was divided into five Dao talismans and a peachwood sword prepared in advance.
"Everyone follow me, in case of danger, you can throw the Dao Talisman, or use the peachwood sword to defend - in fact, I don't know what's inside, everyone should be careful!"
After walking into the dense fog, I followed the direction indicated on the mahogany compass and walked forward step by step, and after walking for less than an hour, the dense fog in front of me disappeared!
it! Maybe this road was too depressing, Director Zheng scolded casually after stepping out of the thick fog. Song Xiaoxue and Wang Qianmo also screamed, as if the big thing had been successful.
I glanced back at the fog behind me and suddenly realized: it turns out that this fog is ring-shaped! There wasn't a trace of fog inside, that is, in the valley.
Stepping into Kofun Village again, everything in the entire village seems to have changed in the same way as before, as if it has been forgotten by time.
I first accompanied Wang Qianmo to the ancient well to burn some paper money, and on the way, I also found the bodies of Director Tong and them.
I asked Director Zheng to stay in the village and wait, and I went to the ancient tomb in the west of the village with the two girls.
Everything was exactly the same as before, there were no signs of flooding around the burial mound, and it seems that the first time we left, everything about the flood was also an illusion......
We found Song Xiaoxue's brother's backpack on the edge of the Mi River, which proves that his brother did come here.
Coincidentally, at this time, Beibei called.
"Little evil! Why can't you get through on the phone! β
"It's hard to put into words! We were trapped in the fog just now - you found it? β
"Hmmm! These two people are very famous in our archaeological circles, they specialize in the study of ancient religion and culture, and in the half year before the accident, they were researching sophistry! β
"Sophistry? What's that? β
"This ...... I don't know this very well, it should be a kind of mysterious religion in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the people who are familiar with Guiguzi, Yao Shunyu, etc. are all sophistical Taoists! β
"Ahh
Hearing Beibei say this, I was speechless.
"Is there anyone else else with them?"
"Yes! But...... But they all died in accidents a year ago......"
These words made the back of my neck feel cold. Such a coincidence? It seems that Brother Song Xiaoxue is right, the car accident that led to the death of his parents was not an accident, but a deliberate plan!
Is his brother still alive? Where would the living be?