Cha Wenbin locked the door again and sent the two of them to Lao Xia's house, looking at him with a bulging bag on his back, Concubine Yu guessed what he was going to do, she had been following Cha Wenbin for so long, and she also understood some things if she didn't say them. For example, the black spot in the shape of a person, under normal circumstances, Taoist priests believe that when people encounter dirty things, it is because their flames are low, and when they encounter dirty things, they will cause some subtle changes in the person's body, probably because of the change of yin and yang. It's similar to a kind of projection, if something in human shape appears, it means that it has encountered something dirty, and the thing will not cause much damage without getting close, so you can deal with it a little.

Now he can almost conclude that the letter was not sent by a person, but from a "ghost". Ghost letter, Cha Wenbin doesn't know what it means for the time being, based on some information learned during the day, Cha Wenbin guesses that it may have something to do with Zhang Weidong in the post office.

Zhang Weidong is not difficult to inquire about, his family lives in Lijiawan, about 30 miles away from Hongcun, a small hill near the provincial highway line. Shanchong is in the shape of a trumpet, because of the superior location, after the reform and opening up, there have been some handicraft workshops for bamboo products processing here, which is considered to be a relatively wealthy village in Anxian County. In the early 80s of the last century, the people of Lijiawan poured a concrete road at their own expense, which was quite remarkable at the time, and not only that, but they also built their own reservoir and power station, as well as a new rural three-story primary school and a magnificent village committee.

When Cha Wenbin arrived, it was already evening, and there were many people coming in and out of the entrance of Lijiawan, and most of the people walking together were in a hurry and whispering to each other. When he went here, he was pushing a bicycle and dressed ordinary, and he didn't attract attention, and when he walked more than a mile inside, Cha Wenbin met someone who knew him. Who is this man? The driver of the county tycoon Li An is called Ge Ziqiang.

Ge Ziqiang saw Cha Wenbin first, and greeted him from afar: "Isn't this Cha Ye, why do you have time to come here." Seeing that Cha Wenbin didn't react, he introduced himself again: "I am Qiang Zi, the driver of Boss Li Anli, Cha Ye may have forgotten, but I still recognize you." ”

As soon as he said this, Cha Wenbin remembered that there was indeed such a person, so the two started talking. It turns out that this Ge Ziqiang is here to mourn, he is a person from Lijiawan, according to the rules of the countryside, when someone in the village dies, other households in the village will come to condolence and help. This Ge Ziqiang said that he and the dead Zhang Weidong were originally classmates in elementary school and middle school, and later this Zhang Weidong went to serve as a soldier together after graduation, but the places were different, and the two were discharged from the army at the same time. Originally, this Ge Ziqiang was also assigned to the post office, but he felt that it was the postman's job, and he was a little unhappy, plus he learned to be a driver in the army, and his skills were not bad, so he went to mix with Li An. And this Zhang Weidong has been working in the post office for many years according to his fate, but unlike ordinary salarymen, this Ge Ziqiang is still unmarried, he eats public meals and there is no shortage of matchmakers, and I don't know why, he has been playing a bachelor until now.

"How did you die?" This is what Cha Wenbin wants to know the most.

Qiangzi sighed and pointed to the people who came and went with a little mystery and said, "Do you know what these people are here for? In fact, like me, they all came to mourn, but no one dared to look at the two things, and I also heard that he had a heart attack and died suddenly. But this thing is strange, this Zhang Weidong was still at work the day before yesterday, that is, yesterday I heard from the people in their unit that they saw him go out to deliver the letter, but the people who received the letter said that they had not seen him. Someone saw him riding to a place, which was a special evil sect, and it is estimated that Mr. Cha also knew about it. ”

"Where?"

"Lonely Soul Gangzi." As soon as this name came out, Cha Wenbin chuckled in his heart, this place is not much better for this name, this is a more famous haunted spot in Anxian County, and history has been some years. The Lonely Soul Gangzi was given a local name by later generations, and the original place had a special poetic name: Merlin Town.

According to the county records of Anxian County, Molin Town almost existed with the beginning of Anxian County by Qin Shi Huang, and has experienced many ups and downs in history since it has not died, and the people of this place are famous for their poetry and paintings, including Mr. Wu, a famous Chinese painting master in Anxian County in modern times, heard that his ancestors also lived in that place.

The geographical location of Merlin Town is indeed remote from today's point of view, but it is a peach blossom paradise in ancient times when the traffic is not developed, there is a natural round lake in the town, and later people built an "S" shaped embankment in the middle of this lake, and divided it into two, which is quite like the meaning of Tai Chi. There were originally many stone carvings on both sides of the embankment, each of which is said to be exquisite, but unfortunately most of them were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The natural lake has also been converted into a reservoir that has submerged most of the former villages of Merlin, leaving only a few buildings to be seen.

The village is recorded to have been destroyed during the time of the Great Hair, and during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, when the army crossed the border, the first to storm into the ancient town of Merlin. The men, women and children of the town were strung with ropes and knelt by the lake, with large stones tied to their chests, and then carried into the icy lake by the soldiers behind them, and the buildings on the surface were attacked by a fire, which wiped out this thousand-year-old village.

It was precisely because of this that the rest of the county was colder, and before entering the center of the town, I felt cold, and the same was true in the summer, and the reservoir later, I heard that the water there was black from any angle. There was originally a power station at the foot of the hill as a supporting facility, but after several waves of technicians in the power station, they stayed for less than two or three days before they left, saying that the place was haunted at night, and many people could be seen crying by the reservoir at night. It is impossible to verify whether these things are true or false, but one thing that is certain is that the power station with a large investment almost never played a role in that era of power shortage, and then a year later, someone was sent to pull all the machines inside, and now only an empty house remains, and the reservoir has gradually become an unmanaged mountain pond. What makes people even more strange is that before the construction of the reservoir, this lake was originally rich in a kind of alpine cold-water fish: willow leaf fish, the locals said that this fish is the willow leaf incarnation of Guanyin Niangniang, but after the reservoir was built, this kind of willow leaf fish that could be seen everywhere is gone, and the whole water area is lifeless.

Because of some events that happened one after another, no one visited this place in the future, and it slowly became one of the forgotten places, and even the original name was changed to Lonely Soul Gangzi. So why did Zhang Weidong go to a place like Lonely Soul Gangzi, where birds don't? He is a messenger and should be active in the most crowded places every day.

"There's something even more evil." Qiangzi whispered to Cha Wenbin: "It's not too hot now, that kid's corpse is actually starting to rot, just like rotten meat that has been left for more than a week and no one has dealt with it, flies are staring everywhere, the whole house stinks, and the mourners are smoked out before they reach the door, and the people in the mourning hall can't stay even for a minute." By the way, Cha Ye, you shouldn't have been invited by that family to this place, right? ”

"No," Cha Wenbin hurriedly explained, "I came here to find a friend for some trouble." ”

"I'll just say it." Qiangzi said: "That family is a hardcore old revolutionary, a staunch atheist, someone gave them an idea to find some Taoist monks or something to come over and take care of it, so young and unclear, but the old man listened to this and couldn't wait to take a broom to pick people, they are all heroes from the Cultural Revolution era, and they are bulls." ”

It turns out that there is such a situation, Cha Wenbin feels that he has to lose because he met this strong man first, otherwise he may really be stinked by someone in his reckless past. Don't Qiangzi, he has to continue to move forward, he has thought about it along the way, there are so many people who are mourning, he said that it is Qiangzi's friends in the past to go in and worship, it shouldn't cause any chaos.

If this kind of thing happens, the place is quite easy to find, Zhang Weidong's house is on a small hillside, and the three families are in the shape of "Pin", and his family lives in the lower right corner. The village road in front of the house was bustling with many people, and white lanterns had been hung outside the courtyard, and the howling and crying could be heard across the river.

This Cha Wenbin's name is also well-known in Anxian County, although he is not sociable, but others may not know him, so Cha Wenbin simply waited on the opposite side, and waited until the sky was darker and there were fewer people. Until eight o'clock in the night, his stomach had begun to growl, and Cha Wenbin felt that it was almost time, so he pushed the car to Zhang Weidong's house.

Most of the rest of the people covered their noses and talked outside, and no one cared about the face that appeared in the night. Cha Wenbin walked straight in as if he was going back to his own home, and the moment he crossed the courtyard gate, he found that the iron basin used to burn paper was placed in the courtyard, and there was a strong smell of essence mixed with the stench of rotting corpses, which went straight to his head and made his stomach cramp. Holding back the itch in his throat, Cha Wenbin glanced at it, several of the younger generations of Dai Xiao were crying in the courtyard, and the mourning hall with candles was empty with a freshly painted coffin, and there was no one guarding on either side. He just wanted to go in the corner of the wall and was stopped, and Cha Wenbin looked up and saw that it was a half-grown child of fifteen or sixteen years old with a beard or fluff.

The young man grabbed Cha Wenbin and asked, "Brother, where are you from, why haven't I seen you before." ”

"I am a friend of Zhang Weidong, and when I heard about his misfortune, I rushed over to see him off for the last time."