Soon after lunch, the sky darkened again, and black clouds slowly occupied the entire sky, indicating the signs of impending heavy rain, and the ancient melody drifted to the mysterious realm with bursts of cries, and the whole dark cloud deepened the color of the mountain again, as if countless demons had gathered. When Xia Rui was sent back to the third aunt's house, the third aunt insisted on leaving me for lunch.

I was alone in the courtyard and closed my eyes to rest for a while, and with a muffled thunder in the sky, I opened my eyes and looked at the gloomy weather, and my mood was not very pleasant. After a while, I was going to go to Qiangzi's house, but the weather became so gloomy, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in my heart, I looked upstairs at the third aunt's house, and Xia Rui was walking down from the entrance of the building at this time.

"Rui'er, why did you get up so early and don't sleep for a while?" I asked with concern, "It's okay, I'm fine, you don't want to leave me here alone," After last night's events, Xia Rui always felt more and more dependent on Ah Yuan in front of him, and he always felt very safe when he was there, "No, I promised you that I wouldn't break my promise, since you're awake, we'll set off in a while," I stepped forward and helped Xia Rui over.

The dreary weather made the ground gradually damp, Xia Rui and I got up and went to Qiangzi's house, out of the door of the third aunt's house there was a strange feeling behind the door, I couldn't help but look back, the third aunt was standing at the window at this time and smiled at me, and then slowly closed the window again, the gloomy weather looked extremely weird, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart, turned my head and continued walking.

"This is it, you guys take your time!" The kind old man led us to the room where Peng Qiang lived, and under the wall in the middle, a table was placed with Peng Qiang's portrait, and that sunny smile always reminded me of the happy picture I once had, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss. When Xia Rui and I rushed to Qiangzi's house, Han Dong was already waiting for us at the door of Qiangzi's house.

"Come to Guoyuan," Han Dong beckoned to me not far away, "Well, Dongzi has been waiting for a long time," I said embarrassedly, because Xia Rui had been joking on the road, which made this journey take a little longer. "It's okay, I've just arrived, let's go in together."

Han Dong sighed when he saw the loss, and thanked the old grandmother on the side, "Thank you, grandma," "It's okay, you see, I'll go out first," Peng Qiang's grandmother slowly left the room, her face was very calm, maybe she saw too many relatives leaving her as an old man, the tears had dried up, and her heart gradually became numb, she could only accept this cruel fate, and twice sent by her, a white-haired person, a black-haired person, made the old man stronger.

"Grandma is really pitiful, she is the only one living in this big house," looking at the figure of the old man gradually leaving, Xia Rui felt a little sad in her heart, thinking of her dead grandmother, she couldn't help but shed tears, "Qiangzi's father is working outside, and he should know that there is such a big thing at home, why didn't he come back," I looked at the empty house, and felt strange in my heart.

I looked around, and found that there was nothing in the room, the whole room was cleaned very clean, it seemed that even if the person was not there, my grandmother would clean the room, since I walked into the house of the strong son, there was always a sadness that was difficult to calm, and the scene of the old grandmother sitting alone in the yard has been echoing in my mind.

After carefully inspecting the whole room, there were no unexpected gains, and finally Han Dong and I decided to ask Grandma if Qiangzi had any strange behavior before he died, "Hey, my poor grandson is usually so filial, why does God treat him like this," Lao Tzu sat on the stool in the courtyard, tears slowly flowed down his wrinkled face, and the old man's depressed mood was vented at this time, and life was fleeting in a blink of an eye, and it was a little hurried.

"Grandma, don't be sad, if Qiangzi sees you like this in the sky, he will be very sad," I kept comforting Grandma, which gradually calmed her mood, "After Ah Qiang's death, my old man was inflexible, and the neighbors in the neighborhood looked at me, a lonely old man, and often came to help me burn Qiangzi's relics to him, and also helped me do a lot of housework for the old man, Xixiu and Ah Qiang's things didn't leave much, I just hope they can be reincarnated into a good family in the next life," Grandma said.

"Grandma, did Qiangzi behave strangely before he died," Han Dong began to cut to the topic and asked, "There is nothing strange, Qiangzi is the same as usual every day, but he talks a lot less, and he didn't go home to sleep for a few days," Grandma told us what she knew, "Grandma, did you hear any strange movements at night?"

Quiet? I continued to ask, "I don't know, people don't have much light in their ears when they're old." ”

Looking at this big house, I suddenly remembered Uncle Qiang, "Grandma, why hasn't Uncle Qiang come home yet?" I asked suspiciously, "Hey, after Xixiu's death, Qiangzi couldn't bear to tell his father about it, and kept it hidden, planning to go home for the New Year and tell his father again, until Qiangzi also unfortunately died, and I didn't know my son's contact information, thinking that he was working very hard outside, so I didn't let the people in the village report it, hoping that he could work with peace of mind," Grandma sighed helplessly, and the tragic changes in the family were also unexpected.

"Grandma, don't be too sad, it's better to rest and pay attention to your body!" During the conversation with his grandmother, there were not many clues to provide, but they knew that Hadron had a situation where he did not return at night, and there was no progress in the matter, so the three of them had to return to Hadron's room again. "Grandma shouldn't know about Qiangzi's behavior, but Qiangzi doesn't go home this night, where will he go if he doesn't go to your house that night?" I analyzed what I had learned from my grandmother, and an idea gradually came to my mind.

"Well, it seems that the death of Hadron should have a lot to do with his lack of return at night for the past few days, perhaps it is for this reason that he has attracted the invitation of the god of death," Han Dong nodded, agreeing with my point of view very much, "Then where will he go if he doesn't go home to sleep in the middle of the night?" Xia Rui's words made my brain suddenly light up, looking at Han Dong, who was also thoughtful, presumably Han Dong should also be aware of it.

"Go up the mountain," Han Dong and I said our thoughts in unison, and Han Dong and I glanced at each other, "I know, didn't he just die on the mountain?" "Xia Rui is a little puzzled, isn't this something that everyone already knows?" It should be that Hadron had gone up the mountain more than once before he died, maybe he discovered some secret, so he was brutally killed, "I seem to have caught a trace of clues," these are just speculations, and don't forget that Hadron did not suffer other injuries when he died, we can't rule out the fact that he died accidentally based on this alone," Han Dong said with some disapproval.

The whole room was quiet again, but all the inferences were supported by no substantial evidence, I looked at the empty room, and my confidence seemed to have been hit a little, "I don't see any clues we want here, most of the things have been burned, it seems that we came for nothing this time," I was a little disappointed and prepared to leave Qiangzi's house, "Well, go back, this room always feels a little depressed," Xia Rui looked at the spirit statue on the wall, and couldn't help but feel a little hairy in her heart.

At this moment, there was a crackling sound outside the door, and when I looked out of the door, the sky was pouring down, and it was pouring rain. Seeing the situation outside the door, they had to continue to stay here and wait for the rain to get less before leaving, everyone returned to the room again and sat down, the showers outside the door kept hitting the door frame and making a crackling sound, and the harsh sounds kept intertwining, Han Dong got up and closed the door, and then the whole room was quiet, and only the sound of the rain outside the door was gradually dripping.

I sat in this direction and looked up to see the image of Hadron, the smile in that portrait seemed to have a kind of magic to pull me in, I looked at it for a long time, my heart trembled, and a feeling of my soul being detached brought my memory to the terrible hill again.