Chapter 4: Shu Yao's Story
Shu Yao looked at Huang Juan and smiled helplessly. I had to say: "I have never told anyone about this matter, even if it is your father, I am afraid I don't know"
Huang Juan said: "In this way, I should know more"
Shu Yao said: "Okay, this matter has been hidden in my heart for a long time, so I'll just tell you today." It's just that you have to promise me that no matter what I say to you today, you won't talk about it to the third person again, and you won't mention it again after leaving this door. ”
Huang Juan nodded.
Seeing Huang Juan nodding, Shu Yao said leisurely: "I remember that this incident happened seven years ago, when I had just made my debut. At that time, I traveled all over China, from Tibet to the South China Sea, and there was no place I had not visited, but now I can talk about these things. However, that expedition was so bizarre that I still have lingering fears, and to be honest, I have never talked about it for so many years, not because I wanted to hide anything, but because those experiences were so terrible that I really don't want to mention them again if I didn't have to."
Huang Juan looked at Shu Yao blankly, allowing Shu Yao to speak in this tone, which shows that the incident must be extraordinary.
"At that time, like you, I became interested in the tomb of Genghis Khan. But according to the legend, the site of Genghis Khan's tomb is too difficult to determine. So, in desperation, I ran to the vicinity of the Altai Mountains to try my luck. Actually, I'm not sure, but I think that the Mongols originated there, and even if the tomb is not there, you should be able to find a little clue. That's when I went with that friend."
Huang Juan said, "Your friend's name?" ”
"His name is Zaba, and he is a very eccentric person. But he is actually quite a good person, and he is a Mongolian himself, so he knows more about Mongolian customs, so I asked him to accompany me. Originally, I was worried that he would refuse, but I didn't expect him to agree in one bite."
Huang Juan said: "This is a bit strange, for a Mongolian, how can he allow others to explore the tomb of his ancestors?" This simply doesn't make sense."
Shu Yao said in an appreciative tone: "You are really smart. Yes, this is a strange thing to think about now, but I didn't think about it at the time, and Zaba has a natural love for these strange things, so we were on a par at this point, so I didn't have any doubts at the time. But now that I think about it, it was because of this negligence that I almost couldn't escape from my bones."
Huang Juan said, "Oh? What happened next? ”
Shu Yao said: "On that day, the two of us went to the Altai Mountains together to look for the legendary Wang Qi, but we wandered there for a month in a row, and we didn't find anything. Zaba was a little discouraged, but I still didn't give up. However, we have already eaten up the dry food we have brought, and whether we want to or not, we must find a place to replenish it first. However, the place we had visited was inaccessible, and it was quite a distance from the nearest town, and it was not only time-consuming, but also impossible to hold on to in the situation we were in at the time. At this point, Zaba said that he had a good friend who lived down the mountain, and that I could go to his side and rest if I didn't mind. ”
"Zaba's friend? Do you know each other? Huang Juan said.
Shu Yao shook his head, "Of course I don't know his friend, if I had known that something would happen, I wouldn't have gotten to kill him." But at that time, there was really no way out, so I naturally agreed. In this way, Zaba and I began to descend the mountain and then followed him to his friend's house. I remember that it was a cloudy day, and it was going to rain, and this kind of weather, according to the general Taoist saying, was a place where the ghosts were easy to haunt, but we didn't think too much about it at the time, and after going down the mountain, we followed Zhaba over a hill and vaguely saw a hut. But the hut is strange: it's built on the back of a mountain, which means that under normal circumstances, no sunlight gets here, and it's very empty. The house is quite big, but the style is very old, still the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, well, I guess it's a little older than you. By the time we got there, it was almost half dark, and there were two lanterns hanging in front of the house, and inside the house it was so dark that nothing could be seen."
Huang Juan smiled: "It's interesting to hear you say this, but why did they build the house on the back of the mountain?" This is not quite in line with the general rules of architecture. ”
Shu Yao said helplessly: "You ask me, who will I ask?" To be honest, I haven't figured this question out yet, I was young at the time, I wasn't afraid of heaven and earth, not to mention knowing the people inside, even if it was really a haunted house, with our personality at the time, I am afraid we would not hesitate to live in it. After all, I was the Guardian, and when we approached the house, I noticed that not only did it look old, but it was probably some years old, because it was all wooden, and in many places it had turned black and had been hollowed out by insects. I wondered: if a little wind blows a little bit of wind like this, it will definitely be finished, why is it still intact? ”
Huang Juan said, "So, what happened next?" ”
Shu Yao said: "Next? Hehe, it's fun, but when we go inside, we find that there is no one, don't you say strange? ”
"There's nothing strange about that, maybe someone is going out and doing something?"
Shu Yao said: "Originally, I thought the same way, but the strange thing is that although I couldn't see it from a distance, when we went in, we found that the door inside was not locked, and there was a candle lit in every room inside the door, it seemed that it was still the same as the one that had just been lit."
"This is unusual, it means that the owner of the house has not gone far," Huang Juan said.
Shu Yao nodded, "Yes, that's what I thought at the time." However, when Zaba saw this scene, he reacted very strangely. ”
"What's so strange?"
Shu Yao's eyes looked at the air and fell into deep thought. "Zaba didn't seem to be surprised at all, but frowned, as if thoughtful, and then, um, then he actually sneered, and that laughter was terrible."
Huang Juan said: "This is strange, it seems that something must have happened here, and Zaba undoubtedly knew what was going on, so he was not surprised at all, but made such an expression"
Shu Yao said: "I didn't go as far as you thought, I was tired and hungry at the time, I just asked Zaba what was going on, and Zaba said he didn't know either." But he seemed to be familiar with the place, and I followed him to one of the rooms, where Zaba took something to eat directly from the kitchen, and boiled a pot of boiling water, and when he had finished eating, he picked up a dry tobacco pouch and smoked there, and I couldn't tell what he was thinking. Although I feel a little wrong, as a guardian, I don't make a fuss like ordinary women, even if something happens, I don't care, and secondly, I am really tired, so I ignore him and just find a room to rest."
Huang Juan said: "Isn't it? You can sleep too, Miss Shu, you are really" Huang Juan stuck out his tongue when he said this, and did not speak, just laughed vigorously.
Shu Yao glared at Huang Juan and said, "If you want you, sleep more than me, do you know how we came over in the month of Altai Mountain?" ”
Huang Juan made an exaggerated expression and did not speak. She knows Shu Yao, as long as she expresses disbelief or opposition, I'm afraid Shu Yao will nagging again, and she still wants to hear the story that happened below.
Shu Yao saw that Huang Juan didn't speak, so he continued: "I remember that when I slept until midnight, I suddenly woke up."
Huang Juan said: "You are inconsistent in your speech, didn't you say that you were very tired at that time?" Why do you wake up so easily? ”
Shu Yao said: "Don't worry, listen to me." I woke up because I heard someone calling me."
"Someone is calling you? Could it be Zaba? ”
Shu Yao shook his head, "It's not Zaba, I originally thought it was Zaba, but when I woke up, I found that Zaba was no longer there, it seems that he has been out for a long time."
Huang Juan said: "That's strange, don't you know where he went?" ”
Shu Yao smiled bitterly: "This is what I can't figure out, it is said that if he wants to leave, there is no reason why he will not wake me up." And if anything, how could he not let me know? ”
Huang Juan said: "I'm afraid you miscalculated this time, according to me, this Zhaba is probably not as simple as you think"
Shu Yao sighed, "Alas, I didn't think too much about it at the time. But the strangest thing to me was that when I woke up, I found that the voice calling my name was gone."
Huang Juan said, "Wait, Miss Shu, you just said that the reason why you woke up was because you heard someone calling your name?" ”
"Not bad"
"But you found out that this person who called your name is not Zaba?" Huang Juan blinked, flashing and flashing.
"That's right, I think it's strange too"
"And when you wake up, you find that Zaba is gone, and the person who called your name is gone, is that right?"
Shu Yao nodded, "Yes, is there any problem?" ”
Huang Juan smiled: "Then is it possible that Zaba woke you up and ran away before you fully woke up?" ”
Shu Yao shook his head, "Impossible." The voice, which I still remember, was high-pitched and harsh, and I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman, but I was sure it wasn't Zaba's, and I looked around the room and saw that it was impossible for anyone to come in during the time I was asleep."
"That means you only heard the voice, but you didn't see anyone, and according to what you said, there couldn't have been anyone at the time, right?"
Shu Yao said: "Although I don't want to admit it, this is the truth"
Huang Juan made a gesture and motioned for Shu Yao to continue.