At one o'clock in the middle of the night, Chu Ye got up quietly, and as soon as he got out of the room, the light in the living room turned on, and he saw Grandma sitting on the sofa with a blanket, looking at him fixedly.

"Mom, why haven't you slept yet?" Chu Ye said embarrassedly.

"You're my son, what do you think about me, I don't know if you're a mother?" Grandma's face was haggard, as if she was several years old.

Chu Ye's nose was sour, "I'm sorry, Mom, but I have to go back." ”

At this time, Grandma didn't respond, but suddenly took out a black backpack and gave it to Chu Ye, saying, "These are all fresh pork and beef that I just bought this afternoon, but you have to tell me, do you have something to hide from me, except for your uncle's business, what is your purpose in going back to your hometown this time?" ”

Chu Ye had to say that Grandma's eyes were really vicious, took the heavy backpack, thought about it and said, "Ajie is back, even if Uncle doesn't have an accident, I will accompany Ajie back to his hometown." ”

Ajie said not to tell anyone about his return, but in front of Grandma, Chu Ye really didn't have the courage to lie anymore.

"Applejack? You mean Han Shaojie? Isn't he in prison? Grandma said in shock.

"It's a long story, and I won't be able to explain it to you for a while, and when it's done, I'll come back and tell you slowly."

Seeing Chu Ye answer like this, the grandmother didn't reply, "It is said that the daughter is not retained, and the son can't be kept when he is older." ”

sighed helplessly for a while and said, "Be careful along the way, call home immediately if there is anything, and if you find out the news of your uncle, you must tell us immediately." ”

"Got it."

Grandma didn't stop Chu Ye, couldn't help but make him happy, comforted him for a while and left, before leaving, Grandma suddenly stopped him and said, "By the way, you want to see Chu Chu's girl, bring her home once, I always feel that this girl is a bit like ......"

Chu Ye didn't finish hearing it and ran away from the house, without Chen Yujie, Grandma actually started to fight Chu Chu's idea again, Chu Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, thinking of what happened to Chu Chu in the hotel, Chu Ye felt that his heart was not good.

When they arrived in Southtown, Applejack was already waiting there, along with a black Mazda.

"What did you do in this car?" Chu Ye was speechless.

"It's not stealing." Applejack didn't explain, and got into the car with Chu Ye and drove towards Qiantang Village.

"What's in your bag? Why don't you go out on a trip and bring so many things? ”

"It's all raw meat, and you know I can't eat that cooked food right now."

It's also strange to say that in front of Applejack, Chu Ye can not shy away from his dietary change, and can easily say this as easily as he usually chats.

Applejack slapped her forehead, "Look at my brain, I forgot about it, I still remember to bring you meat when I got out of the car." ”

"This meat was actually prepared for me by my mother." Chu Ye felt a burst of warmth as he touched his backpack, and then said, "By the way, I have to tell you something else." ”

So he told Applejack about the disappearance of the uncle and the second aunt in series, and Ajie was silent for a long time after listening to it, and then slowly spoke, "I don't know much about your family's affairs, my hometown is from Shaxi, and I am far away from you, but I have heard of such a thing about Qiantang Village, saying that a very beautiful daughter-in-law is missing from a family, and then someone from our side saw a female ghost around Qiantang Village, anyway, it was a few decades ago." ”

"Female ghosts? Are you kidding me. Chu Ye was a little angry, "What does this have to do with my second aunt?" ”

"Didn't you listen to that girl named Chu Chu say that when your second uncle died, there was a red shadow around him? My mom said that the female ghost she saw at that time was a female ghost in red. ”

Chu Ye's scalp was numb, and the air in the car seemed to be a few degrees colder, and then he retorted: "You are too nonsense, it's far-fetched, Chu Chu has been a god since he was a child, what kind of red figure, the female ghost in red, is all nonsense." ”

"Then if you haven't seen your second uncle's corpse, and you haven't become what you are now, do you think zombies are also nonsense? And the big snake in Zhangjiakou, didn't you see it with your own eyes and tell you to believe it? ”

Chu Ye choked and couldn't speak for a while, and after a while, he still stiffened his mouth and said: "That's different, the red-clothed female ghost you said doesn't have a specific time, it's just a rumor in the countryside, how can it be forcibly pressed on my second aunt, and my second aunt is just missing, and her body has not been found, no one can conclude that she is dead." ”

Applejack didn't refute, just smiled, "I just told me the story I heard from my mom about your hometown, and made a guess, although I'm not as smart as you, but I came out of society early, and I have experienced more things than you, and many things seem to be irrelevant, but as long as you find a thread, you can connect them together, of course, it may really be irrelevant, don't be angry." ”

Chu Ye didn't speak again, but turned his head to look out of the dark window, he had to admit that Ajie had some truth in what he said, but he was always a little unconvinced, the female ghost, and the red shadow, how could it be the second aunt?

Before half past three, they had already arrived at a stone bridge in the lower reaches of the Broken Dragon River, and then they drove into Qiantang Village. Applejack pulls the car aside and says, "Let's go up the hill now." ”

Going up the mountain in the middle of the night is inconceivable for most people, but Chu Ye doesn't have to sleep, and Applejack is also full of energy, so there's no need to waste time waiting until dawn to go up the mountain.

"Is it safe for you to park your car here?" Chu Ye said worriedly.

"Don't worry about it, it doesn't matter if it's safe or not."

"You're a loser." Chu Ye made a bitter and hateful look.

Applejack shrugged and walked in the direction of Jigongling, Chu Ye looked at the silent village in the dark, his heart was mixed, who would have thought that so many things would happen when he returned to his hometown a few months ago? This small village is like a beast crawling in the night, always waiting to catch its prey.

Jigongling is in the west of Qiantang Village, there is only a road on the side of the Broken Dragon River to go inside, the car can't drive in, you have to go around the foot of Jigongling Mountain to enter the city before, when the government has opened a road with the outside world, the road at the foot of Jigongling Mountain is slowly deserted and no one goes.

Earlier, it was said that a Japanese team wanted to enter from Jigongling and then go around to Chongqing from the back of the village, but the mountain on the east side of Jigongling was too steep, so it was stunned and pressed this plan.

Jigongling is still nearly 20 miles away from Qiantang Village, the road is full of weeds, and it is almost dawn at the foot of the mountain, they rested for a while, Chu Ye ate raw meat in front of Ajie, and he didn't feel unnatural at all, why this happened, he couldn't say clearly.