It's been a long time since I've heard from him to untie the bell, and now I suddenly see his photo, and my hands tremble with excitement. I hurriedly asked Ye Fan, "Do you know him?" How is he doing now? ”

Faced with my barrage of questions, Ye Fan was a little restless. I can see that this is a person born in a small place, and it may be the first time to go on such a long trip, and he seems very cramped in the face of a stranger like me.

"This guy is in a bad situation." Ye Fan said, "My mother sent me." Something so big happened, she said that if she just called you, you wouldn't believe the back and forth and delay the matter, so she simply sent me by train to meet you in person and explain the matter. Let me come with you. ”

"What the hell is going on?" I asked.

At this point, I had calmed down, looked at the picture and started thinking.

Ye Fan took a sip of hot water: "This person's situation, you will understand it when you get to us." I can't say the specifics, but when we found this person, he had already become like this. When he was sober, he left your phone number and address, and told him to come to you if there was an accident, and you would have a way. ”

I grabbed the key word he said, "sobriety", and quickly asked, "What is his current state?" ”

Ye Fan was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "He's crazy." ”

The weather was very bad, we couldn't hurry no matter how anxious we were, Ye Fan stayed with me for one night. I learned through the chat that he had just graduated from college and had no formal job for the time being, helping out at home. His family opened an inn near the Longcheng bus station, and the proprietress was his mother, Ye Fan's father had passed away a few years ago due to a terminal illness. drove the inn to welcome the send-off, got up early and went to bed late, propping up this home.

He didn't know much about the unraveling, and the first time he saw the unraveling was on a rainy night. He pointed to the bell on the photo and said that this person came to the inn late at night in the heavy rain, Ye Fan began to think that he was here to stay, but he didn't expect that this person was very familiar with his mother. His mother took this person's hand and asked for warmth, Ye Fan didn't care at the time.

Later, his mother opened a room for this person to live in, and this person went out early and returned late, and he didn't know what he was busy with. Ye Fan is not a regular employee of the inn, he is just a temporary fucking help, he is still trying to find a job interview and apply, sometimes he is not in the inn. Because he wasn't always in the store, he didn't know what was going on in between.

One night, his mother called him aside and gave him an envelope. Inside is a photo of the bell and my home address. His mother gave him a business trip to find a man named Luo Dao in the city and bring him in.

His mother told him, if this Luo Dao was suspicious, he would tell him six words, and the solution was in danger. If this Luo Dao just doesn't come, then don't force it.

Hearing this, I smiled bitterly: "Untie the bell, untie the bell, you are really interesting, the first thing that comes to mind when you encounter difficulties is me, I don't know if I should be honored." ”

Ye Fan's task has been completed, he found me, and explained the matter, he fell asleep easily. But I couldn't sleep, looked at the photos, and fell into my thoughts.

Xie Ling in the photo, sitting in a dark room, why is this happening? Why is he crazy again? This series of questions drove me crazy.

The next morning I simply packed up my things, got a change of clothes, and called a few friends and relatives to tell them that I was going on a business trip. On the last phone call, I called the work unit and solemnly informed them on the phone that Lao Tzu was quitting.

Ye Fan looked at me with admiration, he must have thought that I could not work for my friends, it was enough to be righteous. Actually, I had done enough in that place for a long time, and I took this opportunity to quit.

We went out to the train station and bought two tickets to get on the train. There is no direct train to Long Thanh, so we go to a nearby big city before making a transfer. By the time I arrived in the minibus, it was already a day later.

Long Cheng is a really good place, a straight highway seems to go straight into the mountains, although in winter, full of withering, but the surrounding mountains are undulating, there is a unique charm. As a city surrounded by mountains, it has become a tourist mecca in recent years, the city is particularly beautiful, very distinctive, and the lights are bright at night by the mountains and rivers.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, Ye Fan and I arrived at the inn opened by their family.

There was a shrewd proprietress behind the counter who was entertaining guests, and when she saw us coming, she asked the other waiters to register next, she turned around from behind the counter, took my backpack, and said with a smile: "I guess you're going to come back today, you're all tired." ”

She smiled very kindly, and the act of picking me up was also very warm, and I quickly said, "Auntie, I'll do it myself, it's not sinking." ”

"You're Luo Dao, right?" She said.

I said yes.

She nodded, took a room card from the counter and gave it to me, and asked Ye Fan to take me to room 302 first, and she came over immediately.

We came to the room on the third floor, which was cleaned up and tidy. Ye Fan opened the window, and the cold night air seeped in, and I took a deep breath and felt refreshed all over. He said, "We are not like your big cities here, which are full of smoke and pollution. There is almost no heavy industry in Long City, and the air is particularly pure.

We were chatting when his mom pushed open the door and came in.

They were just strangers to me, and I didn't want to expose my emotions too much, so I couldn't bear to say hello, but I was actually so anxious that I was about to open the pot. His mother's surname is Wang, and I call her Aunt Wang.

After a few pleasantries, I still couldn't help but say, "Aunt Wang, how is the situation with the bell?" ”

Aunt Wang motioned for me to come with her, and Ye Fan also followed, she asked her son to go to the counter below to help, and sent him away.

I followed her to the upper floor, Aunt Wang looked around and said, "Xiao Luo, things here are very complicated, I don't want my son to be too involved, he doesn't know anything." ”

My heart was pounding, and I had a premonition that I had stepped into a great darkness that I couldn't fathom to the edge.

What Aunt Wang said seemed to explain her attitude, but it was actually a reminder to me that no matter what happened in the future, don't bring her son in.

The investment in this inn is quite large, and it has a total of five floors. We reached the top floor, where the hallways were dark and the doors to the rooms were closed. Compared to the floors below that are already occupied, there is a lot of lack of life.

"This floor was renovated and built by the owner later, and it is not for guests." Aunt Wang said.

I didn't speak, and followed her down the hallway to the innermost room. Aunt Wang opened the door with the room card, and there was no light on inside, and she could vaguely see a person sitting on the chair by the window.

This man sat upright, his waist was straight, and his posture was so unnatural that it was impossible for even a soldier to sit like that. It looks like a puppet the size of a human being.

The atmosphere in the room was a little weird, and we stood at the door for a while, and Aunt Wang said softly, "Come in and have a look." ”

I couldn't see what this man looked like, but I already felt it. He is the unraveling bell.

We entered the room and went straight to the front. Sure enough, it was the unraveling.

He sat motionless, his face stiff and expressionless, his eyes slightly closed, and he did not react to our arrival.

If it weren't for my preconceived notions, I would have even thought that there was a real wax figure sitting in front of me.

I crouched down in front of him and gently shook my hand in front of my eyes twice, but he didn't respond. I whispered, "He, what's wrong with him?" ”

"I don't know." Aunt Wang's voice sounded in the darkness.

My eyes are a little red.

"Xiao Luo, go out, I'll tell you the situation." She said.

I stood up and looked at the bell, and a wave of sadness welled up in my heart. I took two deep breaths and reluctantly said, "Why don't you turn on the lights?" ”

Aunt Wang took out a small flashlight from her pocket and handed it to me: "You can try it and you'll know." ”

I took the flashlight suspiciously, and slowly pushed it on, and a faint light shone on the body of the bell. Unwinding the bell is like a machine person pressing a switch, suddenly raising one hand without warning, and then raising the other hand, and the body immediately begins to tremble, like a cold swing. I immediately turned off the flashlight, and the bell kept my hands raised and bent and didn't move, just like the machine was doing an activity when the power suddenly went out.

Aunt Wang walked over, put him back in place, put her hands down, and her body naturally straightened.

I didn't dare to turn on the flashlight anymore and walk out of the room with her. When I came down from the fifth floor, I breathed a sigh of relief, I was really depressed just now, and I would be crazy if I stayed any longer.

Aunt Wang led me to a room on the second floor, which was not a guest room, and the room was full of homely furnishings. Aunt Wang pulled a chair for me to sit on, and made tea. I really didn't have an appetite and asked her what was going on.

Aunt Wang looked at me: "Xiao Luo, I can see that you are a good boy, but I also want to ask how you met Hejieling." ”

It may be that she has opened an inn all the year round, and Aunt Wang's eyes are very shrewd, and I know that she wants to tell a big secret, and she must verify my identity and character before telling it.

I told me everything I knew about the reconciliation bell, except for some personal privacy things, everything else was very detailed. I have a hunch that this aunt is not a mortal either, and she must know more about gods and ghosts than I do.

After finishing speaking, the night was already deep, and Aunt Wang listened attentively, she said: "Jieling is my favorite junior in charge, and I have always treated Jieling as my own child." ”

When she said "in charge", she was referring to her husband, Ye Fan's father, the old man who had passed away.

I have a hunch that Xie Ling's life experience, which he has been avoiding talking about, is likely to surface.

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