Chapter 4: The Strange Archive
At three o'clock in the morning on the first day of August, the deceased Peng Qiang, the family of the deceased described that the deceased had several times before his death, and according to the clues provided by the villagers near the village, the deceased had been seen many times in a trance in the first few days of his life, and he was also absent-minded when talking to people.
There were no signs of a fight on the deceased's body, multiple injuries were confirmed to be plant scratches, and there were no fingerprints left by other people on the deceased's body, ruling out homicide. Judging from the height of the cliff at the scene, the deceased died on the spot after accidentally falling to the ground after walking on the mountain road at night, and the cause of death was a misfall and death.
Looking at the two reports in front of me, my mind suddenly flashed with the appearance of a ghost, and I was shocked, and I quickly closed the file, and my breathing became short. In a panic, I looked out of the cold archives, the weather outside had already darkened, and the leaves outside the window were constantly flying, as if the claws of hell were constantly reaching out to me, and a chill of fear arose.
At this moment, the lights in the archive room suddenly went out, and the whole room was suddenly plunged into endless darkness, although I did not believe in the existence of ghosts, but at this time, I was not careful, and the empty dark space made my legs begin to tremble.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, there are no ghosts and gods in this world," I reluctantly mustered up my courage, held on to the table, and with the help of memory, carefully walked towards the light switch, in the dark room, I slowly groped for the wall, and then slowly searched for the light switch along the wall.
"Found it," I relaxed a lot after finding the switch, and when I pulled the switch, I found that there was no response, "Damn, it can't be a power outage," Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so I had no choice but to leave here first to find Uncle Chen, and I continued to slowly approach along the wall to the door of the archive room. At this moment, there was a faint sound of footsteps outside the door, and I subconsciously held my breath and slowly stopped.
Could it be that Uncle Chen found out that the power outage came to look for me, no, it seemed to be the footsteps of two people, just when I calmed down, the footsteps outside the door seemed to detect my existence, and then stopped, I felt in my heart that something terrible was about to happen. After a while, the footsteps outside the door began to move again, slower and slower, as if to muffle the sound of their feet, and slowly approached the archives.
At this time, cold sweat has begun to break out on my forehead, how can there be such strange footsteps at the police station at such a late hour, is it? Something terrible suddenly occurred to me, and my whole body began to stiffen, and the strange atmosphere continued to hover in the dark archive room, and the whistling sound outside the window seemed to grow more and more violent, hitting my tense nerves.
I mustered the last of my strength, and with trembling hands, I slowly unscrewed the door of the archive room, and there was a slight creaking sound in the empty room, and then a small crack in the door was revealed.
At this moment, I no longer have the strength to open the door completely, I just want to see through the slightest moonlight who is outside the door.
The footsteps suddenly stopped, through the crack in the door, I only saw a pair of black leather shoes stopped at the door of the archive room, I held my breath through the crack in the door but could not see the appearance of the person, I felt that the frequency of my hand shaking had increased significantly, I tried to have the courage to open the door to see the appearance of the person, but the body seemed to be stiff, I couldn't exert any strength, the black leather shoes outside the door were still motionless, and there seemed to be no intention to break into the archives.
Time passed slowly, and my heart was still struggling, desperately wanting to escape this strange atmosphere, to open the door and see what was really outside. Could it be that he was also influenced by the village and began to believe in the existence of ghosts? I adjusted my mood again, just as I was about to muster up the courage to open the door. A blinding ray of light came from a distance, creeping in through the gap in the door.
"Isn't this Dongzi and Miss Xia? Why haven't you left yet, have you seen Guoyuan? "As the light slowly approached the archives, I suddenly heard the voice of Uncle Chen talking to someone. The tense nerves gradually relaxed with the sound of conversation, and I opened the door of the archive room with a sigh of relief, and saw that the feet at the door were Han Dong, and the girl Xia Rui at noon was followed by me, and the sudden appearance of me seemed to also make Han Dong breathe a sigh of relief.
It turned out that Uncle Chen found that the police station suddenly had a power outage, and thought that we were still in the police station and didn't come out for a long time, so he turned on the flashlight and came to look for us, but I didn't expect that it was you who scared me and I scared you, and I couldn't help laughing out loud after the shock, and then everyone decided to walk out of the police station together, remembering the situation just now, Han Dong smiled bitterly at me, and when I asked why I didn't go back so late, Han Dong told me what happened.
"Knock knock...... Knock knock," With the sound of knocking on the door, Han Dong put down the documents in his hand and sat up, "Please come in," it was a young girl who walked in, Han Dong looked at her with doubts, as if he had never seen her in Han Dong's impression.
"Hello, are you Officer Han Donghan?" Xia Rui smiled like a sunny smile and greeted the police officer sitting in front, "Hello, I'm Han Dong, is there anything wrong with the girl?" Han Dong nodded politely to the girl at the door, and then stretched out his hand to signal her to come in.
"Hello, Officer Han, my name is Xia Rui, I am a graduate intern from Zhongcheng University in Yanjiang City, because I heard that a national first-class cultural relic horn-shaped jade cup has been found in your village, so I specially came here for an internship, I hope you can help a lot," Xia Rui once again stretched out his hands to signal to the police officer in front of him.
Hearing that he came to explore the cultural relics, Han Dong's eyebrows tightened, and he pondered for a while, "Well, okay, no problem, since you're here, I'll take you to check the information first, and see if there's anything that can help you," Han Dong got up and took Xia Rui to the room where the historical materials of the village and town were stored.
Before leaving, Han Dong looked back at the documents on the table, and began to think in his heart, so he didn't talk to Xia Rui again, "Thank you, Officer Han," Xia Rui is face is innocent smile, the police officer in front of him seemed to be not as stunned as the police officer just now, with a calm and calm demeanor, it still looked quite reliable, thinking that things would definitely go very smoothly, so he followed Han Dong to the room he said.
Two men in the history room searched for records from the village, trying to find any records of cultural relics. "What's going on?" As the lights in the room suddenly went out, Han Dong seemed to be a little surprised, did the police station have a power outage? The sudden darkness of the large room, coupled with the gust of wind outside the window, made the atmosphere very strange.
"Officer Han, I'm a little scared, let's get out of here quickly!" No matter how bold she was, when she encountered this situation as soon as she arrived in a strange place, Xia Rui's heart couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, urging Han Dong to leave here as soon as possible.
I didn't expect to help Xia Rui find the previous information in the village, but I didn't find that there was a record of cultural relics unearthed before, and history did not show that any royal nobles had a cemetery here, and fell into a stalemate for a while, and then aimlessly flipped through various books, and before I knew it, it was getting closer to night, just as Han Dong got up and was about to leave the police station, I didn't want to have a sudden power outage at the police station at this time, and the sudden accident made Han Dong feel very unusual, looking around with vigilant eyes, and then slowly approaching Xia Rui, signaling her to follow closely behind him.
Han Dong slowly walked out of the data room, Xia Rui pulled up the corner of Han Dong's clothes and walked slowly, the empty corridor seemed very silent, the fierce wind outside the window behind kept blowing, and the five fingers could not be seen in the entire corridor, which looked very eerie. At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps in the dark corridor, and Han Dong immediately stopped, carefully identifying the place where the sound came from.
Xia Rui, who was following closely behind, looked dazed, wondering why Han Dong stopped? The eerie atmosphere filled the entire corridor, Xia Rui felt like she was in the plot of a horror movie, Xia Rui gritted her teeth and pulled Han Dong's clothes tighter.
That's right, it was the sound from the archives, and Han Dong began to slowly walk in the direction of the archives. Just as Han Dong was about to approach the door of the archive room, a piercing sound sounded, Han Dong suddenly stopped, his body began to tremble a little, looking at the door of the archive room did not seem to be closed tightly, he subconsciously stood in place and did not move.
In the gloomy air, he felt a chill rushing up from the soles of his feet, he seemed to feel that there was an unusual aura inside the door, as if something was leaning against the wall and waiting for him to enter, and Xia Rui was also motionless at the moment, quietly watching Han Dong's strange behavior, his hands obviously began to tremble.
Just as Han Dong was hesitating whether to enter the archive room, a beam of light lit up in the distance and shone on Han Dong's face, and it wasn't until Uncle Chen told Han Dong that I was still in the police station, the door suddenly opened, and I unexpectedly appeared in front of Han Dong, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.