After Liu Shangang had hidden the car, we followed the direction of the river and headed upstream, which was much longer than I expected, and after nearly ten hours of walking on the beach, we finally arrived at our destination, an old Qiang village in disrepair.

The whole cottage was built on a hillside several hundred meters high, and the traces of landslides can still be seen today, the left half of the village is obviously much more dilapidated than the right half, where you can still see the bare ridge and collapsed buildings, at the top of the mountain, there is a gray-yellow tower, I think, that should be the tulou mentioned by Wang Dafu.

Liang Houzai came to me, looked at the top of the mountain, and then said to me: "It seems that Wang Dafu should have been to this place, otherwise, how would he know about a tulou here." ”

I nodded: "His clone lives in seclusion in this place, Wang Dafu has no reason not to come and see it." Let's go, let's go and see what kind of fame the fake king Dafu has made in this village. ”

In my expectation, as soon as we entered the village, we should be disturbed by some small and small disturbances, maybe a strange-looking "ghost" would suddenly rush out of the roadside, or we would hear some strange movements while walking on the road.

But we didn't happen until we were halfway up the mountain, and the whole village was so quiet that we could only hear our own footsteps and the sound of running water from time to time under the stone path.

The avenues in the stockade are paved with complete bluestone slabs, while the paths that run through the houses are paved with very dense cobblestones. The houses on both sides of the road are all made of irregularly shaped stones mixed with mud, and there is an old brick house at the entrance to the village.

I stopped, looked at the houses around me, and then at the gray-yellow tower on the top of the hill, and now closer to the tower, and I could see a cone-shaped stone standing at the top, and from a distance, it looked like a long gray horn.

At this time, Liu Shangang muttered beside him: "There are obviously signs of living people, but why is it so quiet?" ”

I raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are there signs of occupancy?" ”

Liu Shangang raised his hand and pointed to my upper right: "Look, there is a thin layer of smoke over there, which should come from the chimney of the house." ”

I looked in the direction of his finger and did see a thin layer of smoke floating from the top of a house, but the smoke was too faint to be seen without looking closely.

"Let's go, go over and have a look." As I spoke, I walked towards the smoky house.

The door to the house was open, and I tried knocking on the door and asked, "Anyone?" ”

No one responded to me.

I craned my neck and looked over the room, and saw a glimmer of fire through the window, and the place was indeed inhabited.

Liang Houzai threw me an inquiring look, and I immediately understood what he meant, and said to Liu Shangang, "Thin monkey, go in and have a look." ”

Liu Shangang leaned over, rushed to the door at a fast speed, tried to push the door panel, and with a long "squeak" sound, the door slowly opened.

"There are no anomalies." Liu Shangang stretched out his head to look into the room, then turned his head and made a "no problem" gesture to me.

I followed Liu Shangang into the house, and immediately smelled the smell of rotting old wood, which was not too heavy, and it was still within the tolerable range.

On a table facing the doorway stood an old oil lamp, from which the light of the fire came from. Next to the oil lamp is an enamel cup, the rim of which is steaming hot, and the fragrance of tea wafts out.

At this time, Liang Houzai, who was standing next to me, spoke: "That photo is very old. ”

I glanced at him and saw that he was looking at a photograph hanging on the wall, it was an old photograph taken in the sixties, the photo showed a group of young people in old military uniforms, both men and women, I could tell that the person standing on the far left was Wang Dafu in his youth, and there were a few white handwriting printed on his side: "1962, group photo of the 72nd detachment".

Everyone in the photo showed a spring-like smile, except for Wang Dafu, he also grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth, but the expression on his face was very weird, as if this smile was forced by him.

Liang Houzai said to me: "Right now, this house should be where the fake Wang Dafu lives, right?" ”

I nodded, and looked at the door again, when I came in just now, I noticed that there was an old shoe cabinet made of old wood at the door of the house, and now when I looked closely, I found that there were three different models of shoes in the shoe cabinet, one of which was a cloth shoe with a heavier color, which should be worn by a woman.

Liang Houzai is right, this should be the residence of the fake Wang Dafu, he and his stupid son, as well as the daughter-in-law who can't speak, probably live together.

Liu Shangang said to me: "The tea has just been brewed, and it seems that Wang Dafu has just left, and he is in a hurry when he leaves. ”

Luo Fei: "Could it be that Wang Dafu left in a hurry when he learned that we had entered the village?" ”

"Not necessarily, maybe something else happened." As I spoke, I walked into a room in the back, where there was a kitchen, and there was a back door against the wall, and there was an earthen stove near the door, and a few pieces of bacon hung on the high beams.

I leaned over to the earthen stove and took a look, and the iron pot on the stove was obviously in regular use, very clean, and there was no rust on the bottom of the pot.

It seems that the fake Wang Dafu should have been living here, and I was still wondering if he would have come back and left just now, but now this assumption has been overturned.

Liu Shangang went to the back door to take a look, turned around and said to me: "Wang Dafu walked through the back door, and there are still fresh footprints in the backyard." ”

I was just about to speak, when Liu Shangang suddenly made a silent gesture to me, and then I saw him put his side face against the back door, as if listening carefully.

After a while, Liu Shangang gave me a wary look and pointed to the door.

He meant that there was movement outside the door.

I approached Liu Shangang and raised my chin towards the door: "Let's go, go out and have a look." ”

Liu Shangang gently pushed open the door, trying to make as much noise as possible, and I followed him and quickly entered the backyard.

The floor of the courtyard was paved with old stone slabs, and the ground was very damp, and a layer of water beads was attached to the stone slabs, and every time you stepped on them, you could leave a wet white mark.

No wonder there will be a landslide in this place, the moisture on the mountain is too heavy, the soil is wet and sticky, and the stockade is built on the mountainside, and after a long time, the mountain can not bear the weight of the whole village, and there will inevitably be a landslide.

However, looking at the buildings in this village, many of them should have a history of more than 100 years, that is, people settled here a long time ago, didn't there have been landslides in the past, and why did the people here move out more than ten years ago?

In other words, the mountain only mutated more than a decade ago.

I was thinking about this when I heard a "coo" sound not far ahead. The movement sounded like the sound of freshly boiled water.

Liu Shangang quickened his pace, rushed to the door of the backyard in a few steps, he stretched out his head to look at it, and said, "Why is the water black?" ”

I also ran to the gate of the courtyard to take a look, and I saw that a stone slab outside the door had been lifted, and black water was constantly overflowing from it.

I tried to sense the Qi field in the water, and not only was there no evil aura in it, but there was also a faint hint of neutral aura.

This is strange, it is said that the water that comes out of the ground will have a little bit of yin energy, how can these black waters in front of you not even have a little yin energy?

I looked up at the tulou on the top of the hill again, and from my current position, I could see that the sharp stones on the top of the building reflected a soft halo in the moonlight.

The local weather has been gloomy, and when I first entered the village, I couldn't see the moon at all, but at this time, the moonlight penetrated the clouds and fell straight on the stone, as if in this mountain forest, only in the cottage in front of me, can we see the glory of the moon.

Although I don't know much about feng shui, I also know that this cottage is very likely to have been specially arranged, and the horn stone on the top of the tulou should not be ordinary.

Luo Fei patted me on the shoulder: "There really seems to be a ghost around here." ”

I looked at Luo Fei very confused: "There are ghosts?" But I didn't feel the yin energy. ”

Luo Fei said: "The inheritance of our branch is all related to ghosts, and we have a lot of contact with those things, although I can't feel the yin qi now, but I can sense their breath." ”

As she spoke, she raised her head and pointed to a small alley not far away, "Ghost thing...... It should be in that alley. ”

I nodded, opened the pouch, and tried to take out the green steel sword, but Luo Fei shook his head at me and motioned for me not to show the green steel sword.

I didn't know why Rofe did this, but I complied, closed the pouch again, carried it behind me, waved to everyone, and walked down the alley that Rofe had pointed out.

After entering the alley, there are no stone slabs on the ground, and it is difficult to walk because of the moisture on the mountain, and the soil on the ground is slippery.

Strangely, the dirt was slippery but not muddy, and I tried to take a few steps without the heaviness of the sticky mud.

The alley runs east-west, and we entered from the east entrance, and when we reached the west exit, there was a splash of white not far ahead.

Luo Fei was right, it was indeed a ghost, although I couldn't sense the Qi field from it, but looking at its fluttering figure, I also knew that it was a harmless spirit.

Xian'er was about to step forward, but Luo Fei blocked her and signaled her not to move.

Then we watched as the geist wandered back and forth in front of us, seemingly watching us. After a while, a voice from its side that could not tell whether it was a man or a woman came: "Follow me." ”

Then it floated due west, and Luo Fei immediately followed without hesitation.

When it comes to dealing with ghosts, Luo Fei is an expert, and I beckoned to the person behind me and followed.

Liu Shangang couldn't see or hear the ghosts, so he followed me and asked behind me, "What's ahead?" ”

I replied with a short word: "Ghost." ”

I heard Liu Shangang himself muttering: "The rumors of haunting are true." ”

Looking at the current situation, the haunted thing of the cottage is definitely not caused by the fake Wang Dafu, but where did they go, why did they leave in a hurry when we first came here, since there are ghosts here, how did the fake Wang Dafu and the villagers he took away give birth here?

I have a lot of questions in my heart, but before I see the fake Wang Dafu, I'm afraid no one can help me answer them, and even Liang Houzai, who has always been extremely smart, is now silent.