Zhang Yuanshan's heart moved, and he opened his mouth to ask the middle-aged man: "I heard that your son slept by a well platform all night, and the next day he went crazy, is that so?" ”

The middle-aged man sighed, sighed with tears in his eyes, and said: "Daochang Zhang, it's all my fault, I have done the feng shui of my own house, and I don't accumulate virtue, I killed a lot of dogs with medicine, and I caused so many misfortunes because of greed. ”

As soon as he said a few words, the middle-aged man cried: "Dao Chief, the evil fruit I planted myself, caused the child to suddenly become a madman, for this reason, my wife is also seriously ill, she has to take Chinese medicine every day, and her body has been very weak. ”

Zhang Yuanshan comforted the middle-aged man a few words, and after he calmed down a little, he said, "Could you please take me to the well to have a look?" ”

When Yu Ping heard Zhang Yuanshan say this, his eyes flashed, and he said excitedly: "Dao Chief, what do you mean that my cousin may have fallen into evil, and maybe he can be saved." ”

Zhang Yuanshan was noncommittal, just smiled slightly, and several other people, seeing Zhang Yuanshan's expression, had hope in their hearts, and they all began to get excited, and hurriedly took Zhang Yuanshan to the well platform at the west entrance of the village.

To the west of the village, there are several families scattered in a sparse and sparse place, and a path is getting narrower and narrower, and the road is overgrown with weeds, and it is almost impossible to make out that there is a road in it.

Looking at the trees on both sides and the weeds on the road, Zhang Yuanshan felt strange in his heart, and had a feeling that he seemed familiar, he thought as he walked, and suddenly heard Yu Ping say: "Daochang Zhang, we have arrived at the well platform in the west of the village. ”

Zhang Yuanshan came back to his senses at this time, looked closely, and found that among the weeds in front of him, a small piece of open space was indeed exposed, which was a small platform poured with cement, about five or six square meters square, and in the center of the cement floor, an antique hexagonal stone well fence was exposed.

Zhang Yuanshan was secretly frightened, and then he understood why he had a feeling of déjà vu, it turned out that the nightmare he did last night was actually dreaming of this place.

He vaguely felt that there was something strange about this well platform, and several other people couldn't help but feel suspicious when they saw Zhang Yuanshan's surprised look, expecting Zhang Yuanshan to say something, but to their disappointment, Zhang Yuanshan didn't say a word, just kept turning around the well platform to see,

After a long time, Zhang Yuanshan asked Yu Ping: "Yu Ping, why is the west of the village so desolate, but there is such an ancient well." ”

Yu Ping replied: "Zhang Daochang, we don't know when there was such an ancient well in our village, the village was not big at that time, many people were near this ancient well, and the usual living water basically came from this ancient well. ”

Zhang Yuanshan nodded, and asked Yu Ping again: "It can be imagined that most of the wells in the countryside used to be so lively, why are there no people in the west of your village now, and why is this ancient well showing such a desolate scene again." ”

Yu Ping laughed a few times and said: "Our small mountain village is relatively remote, it can be said that it used to be quite similar to Tao Yuanming's paradise, a few years ago, not far from the east of the village because it was divided into the development zone, and a simple road was built in the east of the village, which began to be less closed, many families moved to the east of the village to rebuild their houses, therefore, the west of the village gradually became deserted, you see, those few old houses that were not demolished have long been inhabited, and they are all idle houses such as firewood and grass piled up during the busy farming time. ”

Zhang Yuanshan said "oh" and said: "The cement floor next to the well platform was also poured a few years ago. ”

Yu Ping replied: "No, the cement floor next to this well platform, I remember that I was pouring it when I was very young. ”

Yu Ping's father also said: "Zhang Daochang, this well platform, used to be bluestone paved ground, just because of the age, some bluestone I don't know who lost it, therefore, the well platform is often a piece of mud, at that time the village people were very poor, everyone raised money to buy a few bags of cement, and the sand and gravel mined on the mountain, this is the pouring of this cement platform,"

Yu Ping also smiled: "Don't hide from the chief, this cement platform, but the biggest fun of our childhood, every summer, other places are very hot, this well platform has become the best place for our children to cool off, often from the well to draw clear and cold well water, poured on this cement floor, and then some of our friends, just lie on the cement floor to enjoy the cool, at that time I feel so comfortable, now think about it, I really miss the happy days when the friends played together." ”

Yu Ping paused and continued: "My cousin is still young, very naughty, now there are not many children in the village, occasionally a few children often come to the west of the village to play by the well, catch know, crickets or something, but also quite childlike, my cousin also often comes to play alone, in the countryside, especially in a remote mountain village like ours, it is not like a city baby, adults have little control, relatively free. ”

"Children often come home late on summer nights because of hide-and-seek, play and cool off, and one night more than two years ago, my cousin drank too much and fell asleep long ago, and my aunt also fell asleep unconsciously because of a hard day's work, and I didn't notice that my cousin hadn't come home."

"The next morning, someone in the village went to the ground at the foot of the mountain west of the village to dig red, but unexpectedly saw that my cousin was lying motionless by the well, the man was frightened, and it took a long time to walk boldly to the side of the well to see the situation, and then he found that my cousin's face was red, and he seemed to be asleep, but he could not wake him."

"The people in the village hurriedly took my cousin back to my uncle's house, touched my cousin's forehead, and saw that he was still unconscious, and he was having a high fever, everyone guessed that my cousin was yesterday evening, and went to the well platform to cool off alone, but unconsciously slept all night and did not wake up, it is estimated that he had a high fever due to a cold, and his uncle sent his cousin to the hospital, hung a few bottles of water, and the cousin woke up, but his expression was muddy."

"At that time, no one cared, so I took my cousin home to rest and recuperate, but I didn't expect that a few days later, my cousin would go crazy, my uncle was so anxious that he had no master, and my aunt was also so anxious that she fell seriously ill, which was really a human tragedy."

After Zhang Yuanshan heard what Yu Ping said, he already had a bottom in his heart, he walked up to the well platform and looked at the well.

The well is very wide, also very deep, the two sides of the well wall are covered with thick moss, because no one has used it for many years, a layer of aquatic plants floats on the well surface, and the water surface that is occasionally exposed is not smooth as a mirror, the water droplets that drip from time to time on the well wall splash a circle of ripples on the water surface,