For the rest of my life, Old Man Wang and I opened all the windows in our rooms, and the strong smell of gas gradually drifted away. My throat was so thirsty. I want to smoke, but in this case, I can't see an open flame.

Looking back now, I can't help but be afraid, I burst out of the fire and complained to Old Man Wang: "Haven't you been playing with the stove for many years, how can this kind of thing still happen?" ”

Old man Wang's face was very bad, he put on a military coat, took a fire hook, and inspected every flue. He turned on the stove to take a closer look, and the fire was already out. He put his hand in and twisted the black charcoal crumbs out, put it under his nose and sniffed it, as if he had realized something. Then he ran upstairs, not knowing what he was messing with.

After a short time, Old Man Wang walked down, with a gloomy face, and sat there silent for a long time.

I asked what was wrong, and Old Man Wang said, "The main flue on the second floor is blocked by a large mass of newspapers, and carbon monoxide can't get out." There are leaks in the pipes, which are traces of vandalism, causing toxic gases to pour into the house. ”

I was taken aback and said, "Someone wants to murder us?" ”

Old man Wang nodded: "The coal in the furnace is doused with water. Toxic gases are deliberately led into the house, and some people don't want us alive. He touched the scar on his neck.

It was almost five o'clock in the morning, and it was the darkest time, and the cold wind was howling outside. Whine. I wore a padded jacket and sat on a cold chair. Old man Wang sat opposite with a gloomy face, and we were speechless.

After a long time, he stood up and came to the door to check. He sighed, "This man is very clean. There was no trace of a sliding door and picking the lock, so I got in quietly, and even I was on the road. ”

He sighed and said, "Xiao Luo, do you know that my daughter, son-in-law, and little grandson were killed by soot. ”

I was taken aback.

Old man Wang said gloomily: "The gas company changed the meter, made a mistake in maintenance, and caused a leak of soot, and my daughter's family of three all suffocated to death in the new house." When I heard the news, I couldn't get over, and I was seriously ill in bed for three months, wishing I was dead myself. When my ancestor told me my fortune, he said that I had a lone word in my life, but I didn't expect my fate to be so tragic! I went to the gas company to fight a lawsuit, but it was useless, because people with deep wealth and official faces were people. Later, I was forced to do nothing, and contrary to the principles of Jianghu Dao, the Buffalo flank the general manager of the gas company. ”

His tone was so cold that I couldn't say anything.

Old man Wang spat outside the door: "If I knew who did this, I would let him die without a place to be buried!" I'm a lonely old man, and there are still people who want to harm me. Xiao Luo, I'm sorry, I have affected you. ”

I remembered last night's bizarre dream about the skull face and the bell, so I told the old man Wang again. Old man Wang frowned and pondered: "You mean, the people who harm us are the ones who harm the college students?" Did he come to us to kill him? ”

"Yes. It's the 'horrible man with the skeleton tattoo'. I said.

Old man Wang looked at the stove and pondered, "Why don't I think something is right, that man has such great ability?" Knowing that we were investigating him, and then finding it without stopping, and gassing us to death? This person is nowhere to be seen, haunted? I've been in Long City for decades, so I didn't know there was such a number one person. It's not an ordinary person to be able to do things right under my nose. ”

I vaguely thought of something, Old Man Wang was right, how could our whereabouts be exposed so quickly. Even if that man had great powers, he would be able to know about us as soon as we made a move, but how could he know that we lived on the other side of the reservoir and could arrange such an ingenious plan to smoke people in such a short period of time.

If I and Old Man Wang were smoked to death, it would definitely be a headless unsolved case, the barren mountains and mountains were inaccessible, and the police would have nowhere to investigate if they wanted to.

Designing this murder plan in a short period of time is like knowing the living habits of Old Man Wang in advance, knowing the direction of the flue very well, and carefully designing it according to local conditions, which is definitely not a whim.

I didn't talk to the old man Wang, this old man is also very shrewd, how many years of old rivers and lakes, must have thought of these problems. The smell of gas in the house was almost as clear as it was daylight. Old man Wang went to the kitchen to boil a pot of water, and the taste was very strong, like some kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Old man Wang told me that he often went into the mountains to pick herbs, and these were all prepared by himself. This grass is absolutely detoxifying, and it is beneficial and harmless to drink.

After I drank it, my whole body was warm, and sure enough, I felt much better. He and I were chatting when footsteps could be heard in the distance. We're all getting a little nervous, look at each other. Footsteps approached, the door opened, and someone came in from outside.

It was Lin Faguang. This little man changed into a mountaineering jacket, which was bulging and wearing a lot of clothes, he rushed to open the door, and when he saw us, his expression was a little shocked, and he blinked and said, "When you enter the mountain today, have you had breakfast?" ”

"You're eating, why don't you have some too?" Old man Wang asked.

"I ate two eggs at home." Lin Faguang said, sitting across from us.

I sighed, "Master Lin, you can barely see us. ”

Lin Faguang was taken aback: "What happened?" ”

Old man Wang didn't say anything, but I couldn't hold back, and told me about the gas leak last night, but I didn't mention the strange and bizarre nightmare. Lin Faguang patted his leg and said, "It's really fucking dangerous, Old Man Wang didn't say you, I've said that broken stove many times, let you check and repair it." You just pout and say how many years I've been playing. I'm not good, it's okay if you don't die or not, don't drag down other people's guys. ”

I was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Master Lin, isn't it okay, don't blame Uncle Wang." We suspect that someone is making a bad ......"

"What? Someone is going to murder you? Lin Faguang asked in surprise.

Old man Wang said: "It's not so hanging, it may also be that the pipeline is aging." ”

Lin Faguang asked suspiciously: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Old man Wang's words flickered, his demeanor was wrong, I drew a soul in my heart, did he have any strategy? I'd better be cautious about what I say and do. Could it be that last night's gas leak was really caused by Old Man Wang's mistake? In order to cover up his responsibility, he reasoned that someone was going to murder us?

When I think about it, although there is a possibility, I think it is relatively unlikely. First of all, the old man Wang said that his daughter's family of three was smoked to death by gas, and when he said it, he gritted his teeth and was sincere, this kind of thing is unlikely to come out of nothing and be arranged at will. Old man Wang has a daughter, he will definitely be extremely cautious about the use of gas, and the possibility of making mistakes is very low, and I think of last night's strange dream, in the dream, the bell and the appearance of the tattooed skeleton monster face are definitely not accidental.

Since Old Man Wang doesn't want to say more, I don't want to mention it again. Although the mystery is thicker now, I have a feeling that the truth is not far away.

Lin Faguang asked us, can the body still work after smoking soot, and do you need to rest. Old man Wang said it was okay. He went to prepare things for entering the mountain, and went into the room with a big, rough old-fashioned hiking bag on his back, which was bulging and probably contained some magic weapons.

The three of us went out, and Old Man Wang locked the door. This time into the mountains, you have to cross the mountains to the valley of the blind far away. I heard the old man Wang say that the blind valley forest is deep and dangerous, and no one visits, but every year there are local mountaineering enthusiasts who form a team to go on an adventure.

We set out very early, and after walking for less than three hours, we climbed over the mountains of the reservoir and came to the Valley of the Blind.

On the way, Lin Faguang asked us how we knew about the locust tree spirit, and I was about to answer, so I asked the old man Wang to snatch the conversation. He said that he invited the ghost last night, and invited the ghost of the dead college student, revealing that it had something to do with the locust tree spirit.

Lin Faguang was very interested, and asked about the details of the ghost summoning, but the old man Wang was sloppy with him, and his words were unknown, and he didn't say it too clearly.

Lin Faguang said: "Speaking of locust tree spirits, I know a little clue. Two years ago, my boss and I once accompanied a TV station crew to the Valley of the Blind to collect style. At that time, I talked about the legend of the locust tree spirit, and it was also a casual conversation, and the boss said that in the southeast corner of the Blind Valley, there was the aura of the earth spirit, and some people had specially admired it. ”

Old man Wang said, "It's similar to what I observed, so let's go there and have a look." "Stay in the memory.

I wanted to ask who the boss was, but after thinking about it, it might be the head of their organization, and I didn't bother to ask. Hurry up and get rid of the mess here and go home. I've had enough of this place.

After walking all morning, it was very cold, and it was hot as I walked, and my clothes were already soaked. We sat in a sheltered place and had a quick bite to eat, rested enough, and continued on our way. After walking for more than two hours, at almost three o'clock in the afternoon, we entered a deep mountain.

There is a big forest here, with dead branches and leaves, not to mention people around, not even the shadow of birds. Strange to say, there is a path in the mountains. This road must have been walked by more than one person, and it is also a project that can be stepped on in the rugged mountain forest to create an almost smooth path.

Lin Faguang looked at the compass, pointed to the depths where the winding path leads, and said, "The direction is right, the legendary locust tree spirit should be there." ”

As we walked along the path, the forest became denser and denser, obscuring the sky and the sun. It's foggy and eerie. I turned on my flashlight and shone on the mountain road in front of me, when I suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

The tall trees on both sides of the road, their branches and branches, were covered with strips of dark red cloth.

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