When I looked up, it was Meng Yingjiu! I couldn't close my mouth in amazement, and he sat down in front of me. After he sat down, the driver finally started the car.

I patted Meng Yingjiu on the shoulder and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Meng Yingjiu glanced sideways, but did not speak. Lao Zhang turned to me and said, "Do you know each other? ”

I nodded and said, "Well, why don't we change positions?" “

Lao Zhang said: "Okay, you have the final say." After speaking, Lao Zhang got up. Because Lao Zhang and Meng Yingjiu sat in the first position at the door, the aisle was very wide, and Lao Zhang walked out directly.

I also got up and sat down in Lao Zhang's place. After I sat down, Meng Yingjiu said again, "What are you going to do here?" ”

I looked at him and said, "I'm going to sit with you!" ”

He turned his head to look at me and said in a cold tone, "I asked you what you are doing here?" ”

"I" had never seen Meng Yingjiu like this, and he seemed to be a little angry. I was a little scared, and my voice became more and more novel: "I'm looking for someone." “

"Where are you going to find someone?"

How do I have the feeling of cheating on exams and being caught and interrogated by teachers. I bowed my head and said, "Bamboo ear hole." ”

Meng Yingjiu said: "Do you know what kind of place it is? I looked up at him and was about to speak. He continued: "How can you not tell me that a person goes to that kind of place? Do you know how dangerous that kind of place can be? "I didn't think about it that much, I was in too much of a hurry."

"It can't be like this again."

Looking at his serious expression, I said, "Are you angry?"

His tone softened a little and said, "You are not allowed to do these dangerous things alone in the future." ”

It turned out that he was worried about me, so I looked down and laughed and said, "Okay." So what am I going to do in the future to call you along? ”

Meng Yingjiu said: "Well, I may not be able to help you, but at least I can protect you." ”

"Well, then when I ask you to come with me in the future, you can't go back."

"Yes."

I stretched out the little finger of my right hand and said, "Let's pull the hook." “

Meng Yingjiu looked at his hand, and then stretched out his little finger. I reached out and hooked his little finger and said, "We pulled the hook and agreed, when Lin Min asked Meng Yingjiu to be with her in the future, Meng Yingjiu must agree and can't go back." “

He frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Okay." ”

At 11:30 a.m., we arrived at Tangba Village. After getting out of the car, Lao Zhang asked me if I was sure I didn't go to buy something, and I only said that I was in a hurry and asked him to lead the way quickly.

Lao Zhang didn't say anything, and after leading us through a few streets, we walked to the bottom of a hill. Lao Zhang said: "After climbing this hill, you will arrive." ”

On the way, Meng Yingjiu didn't speak. I'm very curious why Meng Yingjiu will also appear here, but because Lao Zhang is here, I plan to wait for a while and ask Meng Yingjiu.

But it's also strange not to talk along the way. It's no wonder that Lao Zhang was impressed by the magazine that didn't talk along the way, and now, I feel very embarrassed. So I asked Lao Zhang, "Lao Zhang, have you ever been into that ghost cave?" "I went in once when I was a kid." "Huh? What's going on inside? "There were a lot of bats in there, and dead people's bones."

"What else?"

"Actually, I haven't seen what I said just now, I heard from others."

I was a little speechless and said, "Lao Zhang, you"

Lao Zhang said: "However, I saw other things when I was a child. "What's that?" "I was like 7 years old, and I can't even remember how I got to the entrance of the ghost cave. When I was young, adults said that there were evil spirits eating children in the cave, and told children not to come near them. So at the time, I was curious, but I was also scared, so I looked at the entrance of the cave, but I didn't go inside. “

I said, "So you didn't go in?" "Don't worry, listen to me." "I remember that I was ready to leave. Suddenly, I heard the laughter of children in the cave, and then I saw several children playing in it. I was young at the time, and I didn't know that those were actually children, and I wanted to go in and play with them. Fortunately, an adult passed by and called me away. Later, the village blocked the entrance to the cave, fearing that any more children would enter it. It was only a few years ago that the hole was reopened. I was lucky enough to be fascinated by a child ghost when an adult passed by and saved me. Otherwise, it would be someone else who might lead the way for you today. “

I was a little scared and said, "Kid! There's a ghost in that hole? "I didn't believe in ghosts and gods before, but lately, I've hesitated.

Lao Zhang said disappreciably: "Otherwise, why is it called a ghost cave?" But don't be afraid, child ghosts, only catch small children and haven't heard of it for many years, someone has disappeared in a ghost cave. “

"Really?" But didn't Sister Zhang say that Zou Juxin's father, that is, Zou Zhou's grandfather, disappeared in the ghost cave? "Our village is not big, and if something happens, everyone will know." "Has anyone been to the ghost cave these days?" "Not in the past few days! Anyway, I didn't show people the way, so I don't know if I went by myself. “

Climbing over that hill, we came to a bamboo forest. Lao Zhang said that he would arrive through this bamboo forest. Along the way, we walked very fast, and finally at 11:50, we arrived at the entrance of the ghost cave.

When Lao Zhang said that he arrived, I hadn't reacted, I didn't see the cave, so I asked Lao Zhang, "It's here?" Where? How I didn't see it. ”

When I got out of the way, I saw a small hole in front of me. I pointed to the hole and said, "This is the ghost cave?" ”

Lao Zhang said: "Don't look at the small entrance, the inside is very big!" ”

The cave is only one meter high at most and may be 1.5 meters wide. Where the sun shines, you can see the rocks inside the cave, and there are no weeds, and then it will be dark inside, and you can see everything.

After I gave the money to Lao Zhang, he left. After Lao Zhang left, Meng Yingjiu asked me what I was doing in this place. I told him all the ins and outs of the matter, from the time I met Zou Xin and his wife at the police station, to today, Sister Zhang asked me for help.

After hearing this, Meng Yingjiu said that he wanted to see the photo, and I showed him my mobile phone. He looked at it for a moment and said, "This is indeed a map." ”

"Huh? What do you think? ”

"Do you have a pen and paper?"

I took a pen and notebook out of my bag and handed them to him. Meng Yingjiu took the pen and said, "Just tear up a piece of paper and give it to me." ”

I tore off a piece of paper for him, and he sat down against a bamboo, put his phone on his lap, and put the paper on top of it. The lines on the photos on the mobile phone were reflected on the paper, and Meng Yingjiu copied those lines again. How can it still be like this, just now I was stupidly thinking about following the drawing, so when I have to draw it?

Soon, he drew the lines on the photo on paper. I sat down next to him and asked, "How is this a map?" I watched it for a long time, but I didn't see it. ”

Meng Yingjiu handed me the drawn map and said, "Although there are many lines intertwined on it, you can see that only one is coherent and unbroken. ”

It sounded reasonable, but the lines were all intertwined, and I really didn't see that one was coherent all along. I said, "Which one?" I didn't find it. ”

Meng Yingjiu took the paper, drew a curve with many turns in the blank space, and said, "That's it." "He gave me the paper, and I was looking at which curve was one of the lines. Meng Yingjiu said: "It's already 12 o'clock. ”

I looked at my phone, and sure enough, it was 12 o'clock. When it came to the agreed time between Zou Xin and Sister Zhang, no one came out. Could they have been

We waited outside the cave for 5 minutes, and there was still no movement. I couldn't sit still, although I had only met Zou Xin once, and I hadn't even seen Zou Zhou with my own eyes, but I felt a little sad and anxious when I thought that two lives might disappear.

I walked to the entrance of the cave, squatted down, and shouted inside: "Zou Zhou! Zou Xin! Where are you? Then only my echo could be heard in the cave, and there was still no movement.

Meng Yingjiu also came over and squatted beside me. He picked up a small stone and tapped it against the wall of the cave. I heard the sound of "dong dong" and gradually spread to the depths of the ghost cave.

Meng Yingjiu leaned his ears against the cave wall to listen, and I followed his example, leaning my ears against the cave wall and listening carefully. After a minute or two, I didn't hear anything, but got goosebumps from the cold rocks. I was getting up and squatting next to Meng Yingjiu.

The ghost cave is at the end of a lush bamboo forest. These wild bamboos are tall and their dense foliage shades the midday sun. The sun was bright outside, but it was dark in the bamboo forest.

The wind blew through the bamboos, and there was a rustling sound, like the laughter of some children, and like the sound of hurried footsteps.

Looking at the dense bamboo forest, I was a little scared and wanted to say something. Meng Yingjiu made a silent gesture, and I had to shut up.

Finally, Meng Yingjiu got up and no longer leaned against the cave wall to listen to the sound. I looked at him and said, "How's that?" ”

"There's someone in there."

I was a little agitated and said, "Are you saying they're still alive?" ”

Meng Yingjiu said: "Someone inside knocked on the stone to respond to me. ”

"They must be alive, let's go in and find them!"

Meng Yingjiu got up and said, "I'll go in, you wait for me here." ”

I've come all the way, how can I not go in? Moreover, it is even more terrible to wait here alone.

I said, "No, I'm going in with you!" I looked at the bamboo forest and continued, "I'm here alone, it's terrifying!" With you, we also have a care. ”

Meng Yingjiu hesitated a little, and I said, "I'm with you, you can protect me." ”

Seeing my anxious appearance, Meng Yingjiu still agreed: "Okay, Lin Min, but when you are inside, you must listen to me." ”

I said, "When did I not listen to you?" ”

Meng Yingjiu said: "What is in your bag?" ”

I took my bag and opened it and said, "It's my phone, my wallet key, the little notebook I carried with me, and a pack of tissues." ”

Meng Yingjiu shook his head and said, "No, we can't just go in like this." ”

Lao Zhang also said that my equipment is much worse when I want to go in. I said, "Then let's go and buy it on the street, there were a few shops on the street when we came here just now." ”

Meng Yingjiu said: "I go to the street to buy things, you watch here, if they come out, we don't have to go in." ”

It's a little scary that I'm here alone, but I think so, so I say, "Okay. ”

Meng Yingjiu said: "I'll go and come back quickly, you just stay here." Don't go in, don't wander around, wait for me to come back. ”

My words always reassured me, so I saluted him and said, "Yes, sir!" ”

Soon, Meng Yingjiu's figure disappeared into the bamboo forest. After he left, I always felt as if there were eyes watching me.

I tried not to think about the plot of those horror movies, so I took out the map drawn by Meng Yingjiu.

I sat on a stone outside the entrance of the cave, which was very close to the entrance, almost 1 meter away. The cold air inside the cave was neutralized by the heat outside, and I was sitting in just the right position, hot and cold.

Compared with the coherent line drawn by Meng Yingjiu, I finally found it in that cluster. The end of this line is in the middle of that group, is that the destination of Zou Zhou?

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, it's so hot outside, it should be hot wind? But what hit me was a cold gust of air, like coming out of an air conditioner.

I couldn't help but sneeze, and somehow, as soon as my hand loosened, the map was blown to the entrance of the cave by the wind. I hurried over to pick it up. But unfortunately, another gust of wind blew the map into the ghost cave.