Chapter 17: Turn off the lights
I ran all the way ahead, forgetting my fears, and ran for a long time. There is no trace of Lin Faguang. I was so tired that I stopped to catch my breath, and then I realized that I had left the deep forest and returned to the path from which I came. I turned my head and saw the ghostly stone statue in the deep forest.
I looked at the statue in a daze, remembering the scene just a few hours ago, when the three of us came. And at this moment, on the way back. It's just me.
I stumbled along the path until I reached the edge of the Valley of the Blind. Turning around and looking at the dark end of the path, I gritted my teeth, Uncle Wang, you wait for me to come back. Array of talents.
I walked for a long time in the mountains from memory. It was nightfall, and the sky was dark. The mountain wind was extremely cold, blowing through my clothes, and I relied on a strong force to trek through the barren mountains and mountains against the strong wind. Now I'm not just responsible for myself. On my shoulder, there is still Xie Ling, whose whereabouts are still unknown, and the old man Wang, whose life and death are uncertain, they all want me to race against time to rescue.
I walked for a long time, and in the second half of the night my mind was numb, and it was almost dawn that I came out of the depths of the woods. Seeing the familiar water tower, tears couldn't help but flow.
At this time, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, thick and heavy, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and he had not drunk water all night, and the whole person was on the verge of collapse.
I staggered, mustered up all my strength, and walked through the wooded area to the edge of the reservoir.
Looking at my watch, it was already more than six o'clock in the morning, and I walked all night! I stumbled to the water's edge and saw that the boat was still docked on the shore when we came. Immediately jumped on it and untied the cable. I propped up my oars and paddled across the water, and the boat staggered off shore.
At first, I couldn't master the operation of the oars, and the boat was uncontrollable, so it spun in the water. At this time, the tiredness of the whole body hit, and the eyelids became heavier and heavier, and I couldn't open them even harder. The boat reached the middle of the water and floated with the waves.
My mind was numb and I couldn't think about it, and I was here with the last bit of will. I finally tossed the boat to the opposite side. I was also out of breath from exhaustion.
I barely tethered the boat to the post. Squatting on the shore, he washed his face with a handful of biting cold ice water in his hand, and his whole body was vibrated and he suddenly regained some energy.
Looking at this small boat, I suddenly realized a question, damn it, where did Lin Faguang go?
It's really weird, supposedly he came back before me, and should have rowed across the reservoir, and it was impossible to leave the boat behind. The boat is still there, indicating that Lin Faguang has not returned. I can't think about problems in my brain anymore, and I probably guessed two possibilities: one is that Lin Faguang was seriously injured and died halfway through, and the other is that he may have taken a shortcut to go back.
At this moment, every second counts, and I want to do something while my body can still stand up.
I followed the same path to the avenue outside the reservoir, which was rarely visited and there were no cars on the road. The flatter it is, the stronger the wind and the cooler the temperature. I walked a long way with my shoulders on my shoulders before I stopped a truck carrying coal to the city. The driver was fine and promised to take me back to the city. It was unusually warm in the carriage, I sat curled up in the back seat, the driver was very talkative and still talking to me, my eyelids became heavier and heavier, and I couldn't open them as soon as I closed them, and I fell into a deep sleep.
This sleep is really fragrant, I didn't dream, I was sleeping soundly and was woken up, the driver pointed to the road sign, and I had arrived in Longcheng. I gave him money in a daze, and the driver was happy, saying that I was asleep, and he didn't want money to let me go home quickly.
I got out of the car, blowing the cold wind, and my mind slowly cleared up. Looking at the bustling crowd on the street, I made a decision to go back to Aunt Wang's inn first. I want to make things clear to her as they are, so that she can see the true face of Lin Faguang. Then let her go with me to confront Lin Faguang, which is not only safe, but also has a high success rate.
When I arrived at the inn, Aunt Wang was checking the account book at the front desk, and when she saw me coming, she opened her mouth wide, turned out from behind the table, and asked eagerly: "Xiao Luo, what's wrong with you?" ”
I know that I can't look at it now, and after staying up all night in the mountains, it must look like a begging for food. I said, "Aunt Wang, something happened." ”
Aunt Wang knew that the situation was different, she was very cautious, patted my hand, and made a look: "Let's go, go back to the house." ”
We went to the room on the second floor, and she called hot water for me to wash my face, and I quickly washed off the dust. Aunt Wang was really considerate and prepared breakfast while I was washing my face. I gobbled down the meat bun and rolled my eyes.
When I finished eating, I couldn't wait to tell me everything that had happened. Aunt Wang listened attentively, she was very old-fashioned, and she didn't show too much surprise, she thought about the problem very carefully: "Xiao Luo, what are you going to do next?" ”
I said, "I have two plans, Aunt Wang, you and I will go on a trip, and we will go to Lin Faguang together." Then I had to buy a ticket and fly back to find Nanhua. ”
Aunt Wang sighed: "I haven't seen Nanhua for many years. The two children of the old Xie family have more ideas than the other, and one is more thoughtful than the other. ”
I smiled bitterly: "I had a relationship with Nanhua, and he seemed to be very unhappy with him, and I was worried that I would close the door to him." ”
Aunt Wang asked me to sit for a while, and she went to the back room, and she went for a long time and didn't know what she was doing. As she waited, she came out of it with a sealed envelope in her hand.
I pinched it, and it seemed to have a photo on it.
"Xiao Luo, find Nanhua after you go back, if he refuses you, show him this." Aunt Wang said.
I nodded solemnly and placed the envelope in my inner pocket.
"Let's go, I'll accompany you to find Lin Faguang."
We went out of the inn to take a taxi, and when we arrived at the community where Lin Faguang lived, I was a little nervous: "Aunt Wang, should we call the police?" ”
Aunt Wang shook her head: "Lin Faguang's harm is just your speculation, and there is no real evidence. Besides, if they really want to do bad things, they won't leave ordinary clues. Your Uncle Ye and Lin Faguang were brothers who lived before his death, I am his sister-in-law, sister-in-law is better than mother, if I go to confront him, I don't believe that he can turn his face and be ruthless! ”
Aunt Wang's words are loud, and she is really a heroine among women.
We went upstairs and came to the gate of the Lin family, I took a deep breath and knocked on the door. There was no sound in the door, and I knocked again, still no response. Aunt Wang and I glanced at each other, didn't Lin Faguang come back last night?
Although Old Man Wang swore that the natal lamp would not be extinguished at will, after all, the two lamps of me and the bell fell on Lin Faguang's hands, and he said that he was not worried that it would be fake.
I had a very bad feeling, and I couldn't help but get angry and slam the door. Aunt Wang grabbed me: "Xiao Luo, what are you doing here?" No matter what happens, you must stabilize the shelf, and the more urgent the matter, the more you must do it calmly, so as to make as few mistakes as possible. ”
At this moment, there was a sudden crisp sound from the door, as if something had fallen to the ground and smashed.
Aunt Wang knocked on the door and shouted through the crack in the door: "Lao Lin, it's me, your sister-in-law, what's wrong at home?" Open the door and speak. ”
There was a constant sound of things breaking in the room, and my eyelids were pounding, and I knew that something was wrong, but there was nothing I could do if the door didn't open. I'm in a hurry.
At this moment, the lock suddenly rang, and the door opened a gap. Aunt Wang hid me behind her, pushed the door open, and didn't rush in.
We were shocked by the scene in the house, the altar of the six gods had been smashed, the table had collapsed, the dishes and dishes had fallen to the ground, and the lamp oil offerings were scattered in the corner. Lin Faguang sat cross-legged on the ground with his back to the gate and facing the smashed altar.
His wife, the crazy old lady, with a lamp in one hand, was cowering in the corner, her eyes widening in horror.
As soon as I saw these two lights, I exploded, it was the natal lamp of my reconciliation bell, I was in a hurry to rush in, and I was pulled by Aunt Wang, she said sharply: "Calm down!" You stand back, I'll take care of it. ”
Aunt Wang walked into the door and came behind Lin Faguang step by step. Linfa meditated on his knees, motionless, as if he didn't know we were coming in.
Aunt Wang said, "Lao Lin, what happened, you tell me." What are we working together, have you encountered any difficulties? ”
Lin Faguang turned a deaf ear, did not move, his body stiffened, and the scene was very strange.
Aunt Wang turned to the front with courage, and when she saw Lin Faguang's face, she screamed, her legs were weak, and she sat on the chair, and the whole person was stupid.
I knew something was wrong, so I hurried into the house and closed the door with my backhand. I walked around the rags on the ground and came to Lin Faguang step by step, and when I looked carefully, I couldn't speak for a while.
He's dead.
The death was extremely miserable, the facial features and seven orifices on his face were bleeding, and the most terrifying thing was that his eyes were also bleeding, and two deep blood marks flowed from his eye sockets to his chin.
I really couldn't stand it, and my heart was panicked, such a death was so tragic that people couldn't bear to witness.
"There are words!" Aunt Wang pointed to Lin Faguang's body and said.
I barely mustered up the courage to look again. The fingertips of Lin Faguang's right index finger were full of blood and hung on the ground. He dipped his own blood and wrote several words of blood on the ground. The strokes are powerful, the pen is quite strong, and the strength can be called the back of the paper. It can be seen that before he died, with a conviction, he wrote his last words.
I took a closer look, and what he wrote was: Once you have been on the altar for decades, the smoke and rain are all year round, and you don't ask your descendants to pass on your bones and blood, and the red candle burns the remnants...... The last stroke fell on the tick of the word "remnant", and he did not finish the last poem in his life, and passed away for a long time.
Aunt Wang walked up to the crazy old lady and whispered, "Brother and sister......"
The crazy old lady looked up at us, her eyes were the size of tears, and she said in a hoarse voice, "The head of the house is desperate to extinguish the lights...... I protected the ...... He's dead......" he said, crying out loud.
Copy this address to the browser to see the latest chapter