Chapter 42: The Story of the Year
You Xuan said: "Yes, for me, Chen Liang is indeed nothing, my plan has always been to use him to get the treasure from Huang Qing, but if it weren't for me, I'm afraid he would have been dead a long time ago, let alone die with his wife and children, you don't know anything, don't comment more"
Gu Yue pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "What happened back then?" ”
"What happened?" Youxuan asked puzzled.
Gu Yue said impatiently: "Don't go around the bend with me, I'm in a very bad mood right now." You know what I'm talking about."
You Xuan suddenly sighed, "I know, what you want to ask is, when Huang Qing and Chen Liang went up the mountain together, what happened to them on the mountain, right?" ”
"That's right, I think something unusual must have happened at that time, otherwise, these things wouldn't have happened at all, in fact, I'm curious, what happened at that time, Huang Qing would have become like this? As far as I know, Huang Qing and Chen Liang are just ordinary farmers in a small mountain village, what is it that makes them so terrible? ”
Youxuan said: "What is it?" Of course it's greed, you don't know, greed makes a stupid person smart, it also makes a cowardly person brave, a greedy person, what else can't they do? ”
Gu Yue said impatiently: "Hurry up, what's going on?" ”
Youxuan didn't speak, just took out a notebook from his body casually, looked at the cover, it seemed to be a year, and there were even carbonized and blackened impressions, Huang Juan stared straight at the notebook, and said in disbelief: "It's another notebook, this is?" ”
Huang Ying snatched it up, looked at it, and said, "This is Chen Liang's?" ”
Youxuan said: "Yes, I can't understand your human thinking, I want Chen Liang to tell you about it himself, maybe it's closer to the actual situation."
Huang Ying didn't speak, just put the diary on the stone slab of the dim cave, motioned for Huang Jun and a few people to come closer, I walked forward with Gu Yue, but saw that it was a thread-bound ancient paper, which was filled with dense block letters with a brush, although the handwriting in some places has been blurred because of the age, but it can still be seen clearly.
None of them spoke, but began to read without saying a word, although the classical Chinese is indeed a bit difficult for Huang Jun and Huang Juan, but there is no doubt that the general meaning can still be understood, but it is precisely because they can understand that the more they look at it, the more frightened they become, if it weren't for this diary Huang Jun may never have thought that such a thing happened back then. The translation of this text into the modern vernacular reads:
That day, when Huang Qing and I came to the mountain with the legendary evil spirit, and chopped wood as usual, we encountered the most memorable thing in this life, if I had known that such a thing would happen that day, I would not have gone anyway, but since it has happened, it seems that it is not meaningful to talk about it again. It was a bad day.
There are many legends about this mountain, but usually no one comes, but we don't believe it, not that we don't believe it, but we don't dare to believe it. If I can't go here to chop wood, I really can't imagine how the food and clothing of the family will be maintained. Just as we were about to go home at noon, at this time, for some reason, it suddenly got dark. Yes, it was suddenly dark, as if there was a huge dark cloud that instantly enveloped the whole mountain, and at that moment, we saw a strange scene: not far from the bottom of the mountain, we could still see the sun shining brightly, but the only light we could see was this, because we couldn't see the light around us at all, like, just like all the light was suddenly attracted by a black hole.
We started to get scared and hugged each other, but doing so only made us more scared, and it didn't help. We are not prepared for what is coming, is the legend really true? Is the evil spirit really about to manifest? My mind went blank.
Just when I hesitated, Huang Qing suddenly jumped up, crazy and ran into the depths of the mountain, I don't know why he did this, at that time my first thought was to escape from here as soon as possible, but since the mountain is dark, there are many ghosts in front of me, I am terrified to stay in place alone, the ghost makes the gods, I can't help but run in with Huang Qing.
I think we must have been crazy at the time, yes, now that I think about it, we were really crazy, it seems that there is a will in the dark that guides us forward, we don't know where we are going, we don't know what we are going to do, but we are just afraid, fear, endless lingering fear that pushes us to keep running, but this will finally leads us to a mysterious place.
I don't know how I stopped, maybe I saw Huang Qing stop, maybe I was tired of running, in short, finally I stopped, I saw Huang Qing with her mouth open, looking at the front blankly, in front of her, there was a light floating, yes, it was a lamp. I have never seen such a strange lamp, a lamp that floats on its own, the kind of horse lantern is not in our village, but it is very beautiful, the craftsmanship is very good, it emits a pale light, it is a little weird in the dark, I faintly feel that this lamp is a little abnormal, I don't know why, I instinctively feel scared of its appearance, I see a large group of black shadows around the lamp, a large group of people struggling in it, as if there is life, there are feelings. I'm sure that this lantern didn't make a sound at all, and those black shadows were definitely not human, but I just felt like a group of people screaming and screaming inside, it seemed to be very painful, very uncomfortable, they wanted to rush out of the lantern, they wanted to be free, in that faint lamp, I felt that I could never be happy again in my life, despair, desolation, and grief, all kinds of complicated feelings filled my brain, finally, I couldn't stand it anymore, I began to retreat, I wanted to escape, escape, Far away from this ghost place, far away from this dark place, even if it costs me a lot, I am willing. ”
Seeing this, Gu Yue nodded, "I guessed that it was really good, there is really something wrong with this lantern, but according to the description above, it seems that this thing is too domineering."
Huang Jun nodded, "Senior Gu Yue, did you say that those black shadows floating around the horse lantern are those evil spirits?" Could it be that there really were evil spirits in that place back then? ”
Gu Yue said: "That's right, from this above, it should be, and when I first saw this record of evil spirits, I once went into the mountains to explore, although many years have passed, but I still found a trace of beads, I am sure that the yin qi there was definitely very strong back then, and it was more domineering than here, it is really unimaginable, there will be such a place in the world"
Youxuan looked at Huang Jun and the others with disdain, but did not speak, Huang Ying made a gesture and motioned for them to continue watching. "Just when I was about to leave, a pair of hands held me tightly, those pale hands were not bloody, I looked back, the owner of those hands was Huang Qing, I don't know what he wanted to do, but I could see from his eyes, at this moment he was very excited, very excited, I had never seen him so excited, and those hands were very strong, at that moment, I almost thought she was possessed by a ghost, 'What do you want to do' Huang Qing asked.
'Let's go, this thing is too dangerous, I'm afraid it's not a good thing'
Huang Qing shook his head, and suddenly smiled mysteriously, "Maybe this is a good thing."
'Oh? What do you mean? ’
'Have you heard the legends in our village lately?' 'Huang Qingdao.
'Yes, so what? Do you really believe it? Huang Junqi said.
Why don't you believe it, aren't the facts in front of you? To tell you the truth, I didn't believe it just now, but now I do, I believe it completely."
I was even more strange, 'If that legend is true, then we should leave, and none of the evil spirits have escaped,' Huang Jun said in fear.
Huang Qing frowned, "Look at that lantern, what does it look like?" ’
'Nothing like that?' Huang Jun said stunned.
"Dibao, Dibao, that's Dibao, do you know how many people and how many generations have dreamed of Dibao" Speaking of this, Huang Qing showed a fanatical expression, I was frightened by Huang Qing's expression, if I didn't obey her, I really don't know what kind of thing he would do, that kind of look, that tone, I'm sure, I don't want to see this kind of expression again in my life, oh my God, it's terrible. What happened to him? Is it a ghost? This is very different from my impression of Huang Qing.
'What are you going to do?' I asked.
At this time, Huang Qingcai retracted his gaze from staring at Ma Deng, and said in a voice without the slightest emotion: "I need your help, yes, I need your help, let's take it down together, take it back, we can live forever, live forever, do you know what elder immortality is?" Chen Liang, we no longer have to work hard to farm, we no longer have to stay in this poor and dilapidated small mountain village, we can never die, and now all we have to do is to pick it off, it is in front of us, it is ours'"
"Wait, no, that's not right" Huang Jun hurriedly shouted to stop.
"Well, what's the problem?" Gu Yue asked.
"Senior Gu Yue, this is not right, I doubt the authenticity of this diary" Huang Jun said in a disbelieving tone, glanced at it, Youxuan just mysteriously did not speak.
"Why?" Gu Yue seemed very calm.
"The Huang Qing in this is too different from what we have learned, and Gu Yue's predecessors, have you ever noticed that the words he said were obviously to lure Chen Liang to serve as cannon fodder, can he say so beautifully, with Huang Qing as a farmer, his IQ, his ability can do this? I doubt the authenticity of this account."