As a result, the lock has not been changed, it seems that this has not been rented out, and when I opened the door lock, according to the usual days, groping for the switch of the light, but the strange thing is that I can't find it, I don't know how many times this switch has been opened, although I haven't come back to the old dormitory for a while, but it's not so much that I can't find it!

I felt a sudden chill in the room, which made people shiver, and I turned on my phone and shone it against the wall, hoping to find the location of the switch.

But how to irradiate it with my mobile phone, I found that I didn't find the location of the switch, I think it's impossible, I remember that this switch is near here, just when I was confused, a person walked in outside the door, and I was startled.

There is a circular mark on this person's forehead, and there seem to be three burning incense sticks on his left and right cheeks, yes, it is the Peking Opera mask man I saw last time!

Seeing him, I took a step back in great fear: "Is that you?" What are you doing here? ”

He told me not to be afraid, and then approached me, and I got close to him for the first time, so I saw his mask and found that his eyes were pure black without a trace of white, would a normal person be like this?

He ignored my reaction, but said directly to me: "You listen to me, do what I do, you won't die tonight, you go to the westernmost room on the third floor of the old mansion, and then find me the mask that is exactly the same as mine, and take it out for me!" ”

"You're helping me, aren't you?" I asked him curiously.

"Sort of!"

But I know that it is impossible for a stranger to help me inexplicably, he must need other requests behind his back, and I don't want to ask this question, after all, he will not necessarily be honest with me if he asks now.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, and when he left my old dormitory, I found that I could easily find the switch, turn on the light, and the lights were bright, I took out a dagger from the drawer, intending to take precautions, although this is nothing, but at least it can be protected when I get to the ancient house, and Jinghui asked me to take a bottle of wine that he left here last time, and I took it to him by the way.

Before leaving, he wanted to pull me to drink again, but fortunately I politely refused, and when I saw the trench coat waiting outside the company again, I drove the Audi to the old house with him.

On the way, we didn't speak, and I kept thinking in my heart what the Peking Opera mask man told me, maybe he was an evil ghost, and the seal on his body would be lifted as soon as I took the face mask, but he helped me at the beginning, but these may be bitter tricks, so I am willing to help him do such a thing today.

At this moment, Uncle Trench Coat suddenly asked me: What are you thinking?

I shook my head and said no, but he said to me: Your pupils are dilated, your eyes are blank, and your mind must not be here.

I didn't say anything, he continued: When driving, it's better not to do this, otherwise we haven't reached the old house yet, and there is an accident on the road, so we will die directly!

I agreed, and at the same time thought of the ghost eye, I didn't know where the thing was hidden, I remember that I had put it away at the time, but then I should have inadvertently lost it, seeing that the ghost boy attached so much importance to that thing, it must be a very valuable thing.

When we came to the old house again, we opened the door lock with a steel sheet as usual, but before we went in, we saw a light coming from inside the house, and I asked in horror: "Isn't this room unoccupied?" How can there be lights! ”

Uncle Trench Coat took a closer look, and after a while he told me that it was not a light, but a candle, which came from a red lantern.

I asked Uncle Trench Coat, "Are you going in tonight?" ”

He pondered for a while before replying: Go!

When we entered the hall again, we saw a red lantern hanging in the middle of the hall, there was nothing else here except the porcelain jar of the human head I saw last time, and now I looked at the lantern and remembered the words that once appeared on the work card: "There is a candle in the lantern, you must cover your heart, there is a shadow in the rain, and you will live forever." ”

It seems that tonight, the first half of the sentence is about to come true, but I touched my heart, and now there is no heartbeat, what am I still holding my heart for?

When I was looking for other places, I suddenly noticed that something seemed to be moving under the lantern, and when I looked closer, I found that it was a projection of the palm of a hand!

The lantern was not blown by the wind, it was not swaying, and I looked out the window of the hall and the place was closed, so it was not the influence of the outside wind.

But the palm projection below kept shaking, I exclaimed in fright, almost fell to the ground, at this time, Uncle Trench Coat ran over and asked me what was going on, I couldn't speak, I could only tremble and point forward, when Uncle Trench Coat saw the shadow of his finger shaking under the red lantern, he couldn't help but be frightened, standing in place and unable to move.

I tried to calm myself so that neither of us would break down in this situation, and I asked: Why is this palm moving? Uncle Trench Coat told me the story of the lantern, so I knew he must know about it, so I asked him.

Uncle Trench Coat said: "No, this hand is not shaking, but shaking!" ”

Shiver!?

At that time, the maid's ten fingers were violently pinched off, and the pain was unimaginable, I think this was the reason for her finger trembling, and then the uncle in the trench coat said to me, "Bye-bye! It's better than nothing! ”

Saying that, he was the first to kneel on the ground, and I also knelt down with him, and said: "Big sister, we are here to help you find out the truth, plus I have to come here, I was cursed unintentionally, and I also want to save myself, I will also help you tonight, so you stay well!" ”

After saying that, we stood up, Uncle Trench Coat and I went to the second floor under the stairs, this time we went up and did not encounter the circular stairs again, and soon went to the corridor on the second floor.

Seeing the photo of the miserable old lady again, this time the uncle in the trench coat walked to the front and muttered to the photo: I respected you so much last time, you didn't appreciate it, and went to ventilate and report the news, it seems that I have to give you a little color today! ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a clear bottle of liquid from his gray suit, twisted the lid, and I immediately smelled something similar to aged vinegar.

He then poured the bottle of liquid into the frame of the photo, which had no color, but turned black when he poured it onto the photo.

The appearance of the photograph suddenly turned black, the face was rotten, the nose was twisted, and it was full of pimples like a zombie.

I walked up to Uncle Trench Coat and asked, "What are you doing?"

"This is soul-destroying water, which is made of cat urine, sheep placenta, mouse feces and other filthy things, specifically to suppress those ghosts who are not of high level, I gave him tea last night, he didn't appreciate it, I do this, seal its soul, he can't come out to ventilate."

I was wearing sunglasses last night and saw this scene, but after being knocked unconscious by the ghost, I don't know where the sunglasses went.

I said: There is no clue on the second floor, or not on the third floor!

Uncle Trench Coat replied to me: Okay, then you investigate on the third floor, I will stay on the second floor, act as soon as possible, and leave as soon as possible! ”

I agreed.

It's actually taboo to go our separate ways, but in this case we have to do this in order to save time, and when I came to the third floor of the old house, I saw that it was even more dilapidated than the second floor, and there were broken boards everywhere, densely covered with dust, and I don't know how many cobwebs had grown, and when I walked on the floor, I would hear that creaking sound from time to time.

When I got to the first room, I pushed open the door, because it was a long time, and as soon as I opened the door, a lot of dust fell on it, and when I went inside, I almost scared a lot, because there was a coffin in the room!

The layout of this coffin is very old, and the lid is halfway open, I can't help but get curious and get close to it, and take a picture of it with my mobile phone, but it turns out that it is dark inside, and I can't see anything at all, and at this moment someone suddenly pats me on the shoulder on the back!

Ahhh I exclaimed in fright, but when I looked back, I realized that it was Uncle Trench Coat.

"What are you doing?"

"No, I didn't find it on the second floor, so I came to the third floor to look for you!"

It turned out to be like this, just now I was almost scared by him and lost my heartbeat, and then I continued to look inside the coffin, and found that there were many old banknotes here, I think that inflation was terrible when the liberation was at that time, and those banknotes were not very valuable, this old lady didn't know, and then I was so angry that I probably buried these banknotes with myself.

Uncle Trench Coat told me that there was a basement in this house, and that he would have to go there when he found the ladder to leave, and I said, "There is still a basement here?"

He told yes, and that we could split up later, and I continued to explore on the third floor while he went looking for the ladder.

Then, we went our separate ways, and I went to the second room, pushed the door in, and found a clear glass case in the center with four face masks on it.

It's Facebook, I finally found it, this place is the west, and the Peking Opera mask man said, it seems that I can find it here.

When I got closer, I saw that the first one was a white smiling face, with three burning incense sticks on the left and right cheeks, and a circular mark on the forehead.

The second is a black face, and the same cheeks on the left and right sides seem to have three burning sticks.

The third is a blue face, which looks a bit hideous.

The fourth one looks like a woman with a golden face, and if you look closely, it looks like a woman is smiling.

To be honest, the style of these four masks is completely unrecognizable to me, and I have never seen such a historical figure.

The face man told me to take away the mask that was exactly the same as his, and I opened the glass cabinet and was about to reach for the white mask, when out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of paper under the third cyan mask, revealing a horn.

I lifted the cyan mask and found an old black and white photograph underneath of a dead man, who was said to be dead because his body was lying in a stinky ditch, his whole body was swollen, he was wearing a gray suit, and there was household garbage all around.

When I saw the photo, I suddenly felt a little familiar, and when I looked closer, I was shocked!

This book was first published in Reading Books