Chapter 68: The Ghost Train

Idle on the train, I saw the conductor about to draw the curtains, and a man who was riding with the train suddenly told a story about the curtains of the train at night.

"Draw the curtains? What else is there to say about this? Naturally, it is just so that everyone can have a good rest and not be awakened by the bright light outside. Li Muyu asked suspiciously.

"If that's the case, if you want to pull it, you can pull it, why do you have to do it so formally?" The man said with a smile.

In fact, although Li Muyu said so, curiosity also rose in his heart.

"I've heard about this too, but I don't know if it's true or not." The man said, telling the story......

In the earliest days, there were not many trains, often one or two green cars passed on a line, and due to the slow speed, in train scheduling, it would not be as regular and standardized as it is now. Often, the platform loses contact with the train, and passengers are not notified until the train enters the station that the train is delayed.

That would be an inadequate construction facility. The train passes through many mountainous areas that are completely no-man's land, and sometimes there are even horse bandits who come to rob the train, so there are many uncertain things when the train travels on the road. The people who ride the train are scared, and the people who drive the train are not sure. As for the staff at the platform, what happened was even more bizarre.

The train also had curtains, and there was also a habit of pulling curtains at night. However, there is no hard and fast rule on this, whether the curtain is willing to be pulled or not depends on the passenger's own will, and the curtain only exists as a convenient facility.

It was late at night, and as the deputy stationmaster of the railway station, Lao Wang and several attendants cheered up in the middle of the night and waited for the train to enter the station.

This train usually arrives at the station at night, when it gets dark, but today, it's almost midnight, but this train doesn't say that it hasn't arrived at the station yet, and there is not even a shadow.

Lao Wang knew that the train would pass through a mountainous area. Speaking of which, Lao Wang has long heard of the mountainous area. In the past, there were no roads in the mountainous areas at all, and the reason for the lack of roads was not that the government did not spend money to build roads, but that the mountainous areas were somewhat unclean, and even the roads built by the local government bypassed the mountainous areas.

However, trains can't do this, and the erection of railways has been regulated, and temporary changes are not only costly, but also not approved at all. Did you report to the top and say that the train would be diverted because the mountains were not clean? If anyone dares to say this, they have to be taken away as a cow ghost and snake god.

Later, the train was passed, and naturally passed through the mountains. But luckily, the train has been running for so many years, except for the occasional delay, and nothing has happened through that section of the mountain.

But today, the train was so late at a time, which made Lao Wang's psychology begin to murmur, and he thought of the rumors about the mountainous area where the train passed.

Lao Wang anxiously looked at his watch again, and several of his attendants couldn't wait for a long time and began to doze off. Suddenly, Lao Wang heard a train sound in the distance, but there was no whistle, only the faint sound of a "booming" train.

"Hurry up, get ready to pick up the car." Lao Wang came to his senses when he heard the sound of the train, and hurriedly woke up a few attendants at his hand to prepare to pick up the train.

However, Lao Wang is a small station here, and today is not a festival, and there are no passengers in the middle of the night. Pick-up is also a walk-and-go form.

Wang caught up with the platform, waiting for the train to enter the station, vaguely, Wang heard the roar of the train getting closer and closer, but the strange thing is that the train did not whistle when it entered the station. Yes, the horn at the pit stop, a necessary procedure at this time, how could this train come in quietly like this?

Lao Wang looked in the direction where the voice came, and a train slowly approached the platform, but I don't know why, this train gave Lao Wang a very strange feeling, this strangeness can't be said, but after so many years, Lao Wang has such a feeling for the first time.

Although he felt strange in his heart, Lao Wang still went down according to the procedure to prepare for the pick-up.

When the train entered the station, Wang found that the front of the train was not turned on with the lights, and there was no horn when it entered the station, and the whole train was unusually quiet except for the rumbling roar.

Lao Wang watched the train coming, turned his head and looked at Xiao Li who was on duty next to him, Lao Wang found that not only did he feel strange, but even Xiao Li was too, seeing Lao Wang's eyes, Xiao Li was full of doubts.

Forget it, even if there is a problem? In peacetime, there are no horse bandits in this vicinity, and besides, what will happen to this small railway station?

The train saw the signal from Lao Wang, and gradually stopped on the platform, and now, the whole train was completely quiet. There was no sound on the platform.

Lao Wang frowned and looked at the somewhat strange train in front of him, waiting for the attendant on the train to open the door. However, Lao Wang and the staff on duty stood on the platform for a long time, and they did not see any movement of the train in front of them.

What does that mean? Even if no one gets up or down at this station, at least the door must be opened? In the past, the train did not sound the horn when it entered the station, so why didn't the door even open now? Could it be that the station is a newbie and is driving this line for the first time? It shouldn't be.

Lao Wang naturally saw the doubts of the other people on the platform, and Lao Wang told them not to move, and walked along the train towards the front of the train.

Walking towards the front of the train, Lao Wang naturally looked into the carriage of the train. But at this glance, Lao Wang was shocked, the carriage did not draw the curtains, and looked in along the window, and the whole carriage was empty.

Why is this happening? Lao Wang was a little frightened in his heart, how could there be no one in the entire carriage?! To put it this way......

Lao Wang hurried a few steps and walked towards the next carriage. If one carriage is empty, then the next carriage. Lao Wang thought in his heart and rushed forward.

It turned out to be empty!

Lao Wang saw that the carriage was also empty. Through the window, you can see that in the carriage, all the facilities are calmly placed there, and there is no trace of any movement, as if the carriage has just been produced from the factory.

Why is that? Lao Wang felt a little frightened in his heart, although it was possible that there were few passengers on the train, but it was so empty, not even a conductor, it was not at all reasonable, and the strangeness of the previous train entering the station made Lao Wang always feel that there was something wrong with this train.

Lao Wang continued to walk forward, counting the empty carriages one by one. Finally walked to the front of the car, Lao Wang sighed and looked towards the front of the car. It turned out to be the head of this train!