Chapter 20: Calm and Quiet
On the fifteenth night, the moon suddenly hidden, and ghosts appeared in the sky inexplicably, and all these strange phenomena were all in the eye of Long Yang. He was wondering if these were connected to the unknown world, and in order to confirm the speculation in his heart, Long Yang quickened his pace.
I saw a figure like a running cheetah in the wilderness, walking through the jungle. In the darkness, there were countless things around him that were regressing, and Long Yang's ears were whirring. Long Yang used all his strength to show what he had learned, just to get to the destination as soon as possible.
This time it was not with Yu Fei and Tian Tian, Long Yang had no scruples, he rushed to the small village in one day and one night. And as he approached, he was shocked by what he saw.
Is this still the small village they passed through? It's just a few days, and it's been a sea change. The thatched mud house is still a thatched mud house, but it has been renovated; The original dozen or so families have added several more households, that is, several newly built houses have been added; There are villagers in the village constantly, and it is no longer sparsely populated; The whole village is no longer withering, but has a new look.
Long Yang couldn't understand the scene in front of him, he went around to the entrance of the village when he first came, rubbed his eyes, he confirmed that he was not dazzled, he was not going to the wrong village.
Long Yang walked into the village in amazement and came to the house where he had knocked on the door. A middle-aged woman was sifting and picking up food in the fence yard, and when she saw Long Yang approaching, she actually took the initiative to stand up and talk to Long Yang. "Young man, who are you looking for?"
Long Yang could hear that it was, it was the voice of the woman who was talking in the house a few days ago, and there was less tremor and fear in this voice, and the rest was exactly the same tone.
"Oh, I went to Fangcun Town to visit relatives, passing by here." Long Yang came to his senses from the shock and quickly made up a reason to prevaricate.
"That's right, just keep moving forward. However, your voice is so familiar, it seems like you've heard it somewhere. When the woman heard Long Yang's answer, she immediately lowered her head and pondered.
"What's the matter, this is the first time I've passed through here, you heard me wrong!" Long Yang said calmly.
"Maybe I misheard." The woman doesn't think about it anymore.
"Goodbye then, I'm on my way." Long Yang hurriedly waved his hand and continued to walk towards the village.
If you hadn't passed through this village before, if it was your first time entering the village, you would have felt that the village was calm and quiet, just like a normal small village. And Long Yang came once a few days ago, and it was not as much as the one in front of him, it had changed too much and was very weird. Occasionally, when I met one or two people, they all nodded amicably to Long Yang, which seemed very normal.
Is it normal? Abnormal! It's very abnormal! I didn't even see a single figure before, but now there are people moving around the village, and it's so normal!
Where to start and who to investigate, Long Yang couldn't decide for a while. After all, these unexpected situations caught Long Yang off guard, and he decided to stay quiet and leave the village.
After leaving the village, Long Yang remembered that several new graves had been added to the back of the village at that time, and he decided to go to the village to investigate in detail. When he turned around, he didn't see the grave, huh?! Long Yang's heart was even more unsettled.
Long Yang walked around to the cemetery from the side, and when he got closer, he discovered the reason. It turned out that the new graves had been leveled, leaving only traces of leveling the land.
The newly deceased, the newly built graves, were innocently flattened! Who can do this, and who will? Are all the people in this village crazy? They weren't crazy, everyone they met just now behaved very normally, what the hell is going on?
"Hey! Who are you! What are you doing here! A question suddenly appeared in Long Yang's ear, and a middle-aged man stood not far from Long Yang, looking at Long Yang vigilantly.
Long Yang was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice that anyone approached him. Normally, this is not the case, Long Yang is always alert, and the slightest movement can't escape his ears, even when he is distracted.
"Oh, I'm passing by, and I'm lost when I walk here." Long Yang hurriedly replied.
"You go that way, and you can get out." The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction outside the village.
"Thank you! Thank you! Long Yang hurriedly turned around and left. Long Yang deliberately tripped under his feet, leaned over and glanced behind him, the man was still standing in place, staring at him.
"Hey, hey! Carelessly, carelessly! Long Yang deliberately explained, walking as he spoke.
When Long Yang walked away, the middle-aged man turned his head and walked, he was carrying a hoe on his shoulder, and he walked very fast. But there was something peculiar about his walking, as if he was fluttering, and he leaned forward, his toes constantly lifting up the dirt in front of him.
Long Yang didn't see this, he had already attracted the attention of the villagers, and he wanted to stay away from here as much as possible to prevent the grass from startling the snakes. There is something strange about this village, and Long Yang has decided that he needs a breakthrough, but he has not found it now.
After going to other villages to take a look, Long Yang decided to find out the situation first and then do it. If other villages are like this one, then the problem arises. One is weird, two are weird, and then there's ghosts.
Long Yang came to the two villages he had passed before, and the new graves in the two villages were all leveled like the first village. Good spirits are not bad spirits, are there really ghosts?
Just as Longyang was deciding whether to go back to the first village to investigate, a middle-aged man dressed as a villager came up to him. He also carried a hoe on his shoulder, humming a small tune in his mouth, and gradually approached Long Yang.
"Where are you going, young man?" The villagers stopped humming and asked Long Yang.
"Go to Fangcun Town to visit relatives, passing by here." Long Yang still replied with the previous reason. The sudden appearance of a stranger like him, at such an age and in such a style, is only appropriate for such a reason.
"If you go relatives, you will leave quickly, it will get dark. It is not very easy for a person to walk at night, and besides, it is such a wild road. The middle-aged villager said intentionally or unintentionally.
"Thanks, I'll be on my way right away." After Long Yang finished speaking, he immediately got up and walked forward.
When Long Yang passed by the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man hummed a small tune again, clapped his body with one hand, and beat himself to the beat. "Bang Bang!" Every time, it's a three-down pause, and a three-down rhythm.
"You are?" Long Yang turned his head and slapped it three times with both hands, which was also a rhythm of three times. At the beginning, Zhang Dongfang told him that the contact information of all plainclothes is very simple, that is, to slap the body three times, no matter what kind of part. If you see someone using this code, you can confirm it further. The simpler, easier, and more convenient, and you don't have to worry much in case of emergency.
"You are?" The middle-aged man turned around in surprise and looked Long Yang up and down.
"I am!" Long Yang didn't say his identity, he cautiously gave an affirmative answer.
"Me too!" The middle-aged man gave Long Yang an equally positive answer, but his answer had already revealed his identity, this was also a plainclothes policeman, and he was investigating in makeup.
"Hello." Long Yang generously stretched out his hand.
"Hello!" The two hands are clasped tightly. I really didn't expect to meet my comrades in this place, and Long Yang was very happy.
"Why are you so young, you are a graduate from Fangcun Town?" The middle-aged man continued. His observation was very keen, his mind turned quickly, and he immediately guessed Long Yang's identity.
"That's right! I came out from the town police station to investigate the situation in the village. Long Yang replied.
"That's not right! The town and the villages below are all investigated by those of us who have been drawn, and there is no task from the police station, did you run out without permission? The scout looked at Long Yang suspiciously. Because this operation is very tightly organized, the task is very specific and secretive, and there will be no arbitrary changes in personnel. They are all capable soldiers and strong generals carefully selected from all over the country, and they have already been explained when they are assigned tasks, and there will be no special circumstances, and there will be no personnel changes. Besides, a novice like Long Yang, the leader will not let him come out and act alone.
"Oh, I'm plainclothes at the police station, and I'm free to investigate the situation in the jurisdiction." Long Yang had no choice but to continue to make it up.
"It turns out that this is the case, and the leader at that time also said that a special plainclothes should be set up at the police station. It turned out to be you, then you are Longyang. The scout said happily.
"You know my name?" When Long Yang heard the scout's words, he was very excited at first, but suddenly felt that something was wrong. He was just a new recruit, so why would the leader announce his name in action.
"Oh, it's the leader who specially explained it, but you are the object of our protection. Okay, the task is urgent, and I have to continue to investigate. It's very weird here, go back! After the scout finished speaking, he was about to leave.
"Comrade, wait a minute, have you detected something?" Long Yang knew that these villages were abnormal, and his intention was to alert the scout.
"It's strange that these villages have leveled all the new graves from before, don't you understand?" The investigators found the same thing, and he wasn't sure why.
"Not only that, don't you think there's something wrong in the village?" Long Yang told the situation of his investigation.
"Yes, it's not normal at all. It is logically normal, but it does not match the information we have received. These villages look like people have just died, how to say, now they are a normal and peaceful village, and the people are very quiet, and there is nothing suspicious. I'm wondering, what the hell are we going to look for? The scout put down his hoe and asked suspiciously.
"Didn't you report to your superiors?"
"I want to check again and report it after determining the cause. Otherwise, if the leader asks me the reason, I can't tell, so it's not embarrassing! ”
"In this way, you go back with me, how about we report to the leader?" Long Yang knew that the village was potentially dangerous, and he didn't want the scouts to put themselves in danger. If it is a normal job, Longyang is not worried, but it is not normal here, and the danger will not be a normal danger, and ordinary people can't cope with it at all.
"Do you know why?" The scout asked.
"I guess." There are some things that can be said and some things that cannot be said, which Long Yang knows in his heart. In addition, Long Yang can't be sure of the speculation in his heart, and he can't just say anything if he has no basis.
"Little brat! Go back, I'm going to continue my mission! The scout didn't take Long Yang's words to heart, picked up the hoe and turned to leave.
Long Yang knew in his heart that he couldn't stop the investigators' actions, they had their own tasks, and they wouldn't give up their jobs because of a guess.
Long Yang had to give up the current investigation, he had to return to the police station immediately, and tell Director Zhang Dongfang what he saw and guessed. Only in this way can the superior leaders inform the investigators below that there is danger in the village!