Chapter 9: The Unexpected

I turned on the flashlight, and in the dim light, I saw the wall first. In front of me is a corridor formed by concrete walls, which are not painted, just bare and rough cement.

This is very abnormal.

My ancestors have been countrymen for generations, and I grew up in the countryside, so I still know a little about cellars.

First of all, the cellar of the average farmer's house is not so deep, and it is generally more than one person high. Again, an ordinary cellar would not be dug into the current pattern. The cellar itself is for storing crops, and there is no need to dig a corridor.

I looked around and found that this was a converted cellar. The amount of work is also quite large, and it is impossible for ordinary farmers to spend so much money. This is not a cellar, but a basement.

I tiptoed inside the concrete wall, and an indescribable coldness seemed to emanate from the darkness. I saw long wires hanging from the walls, leading from the outside into the cellar and running along the walls into the dark depths. As I walked, something suddenly appeared on the gray wall, it was a painting painted on the wall, and the pattern was dark red.

As soon as I saw these patterns, my heart jumped wildly, and it was actually an ancient charm, crimson and crimson, very dazzling.

A charm every other meter, painted vertically up and down, about half a meter long, printed on the wall, very infiltrating. I fumbled my shoulders and tried to control my breathing to calm myself. Obviously, the person who set up this place knew Taoist magic, so what was his intention in painting these talismans on the wall?

I forced myself to suppress my fear and try to calm down. took out his mobile phone and took a picture of a talisman in a trembling manner. I squatted on the ground, holding a flashlight in one hand and operating a mobile phone in the other, and sent a message to Li Yang. After a while, he replied: **, Lao Liu, you still know that there is a letter, but you are not dead.

I looked back and forth, and the corridor of Hesse was really infiltrating, and I didn't have the heart to fight with him, so I hurriedly passed the talisman and sent a message saying: Help me see, what does it mean.

Li Yang replied quickly: Lao Liu, where the hell did you take this thing. I've found that strange things happen to you wherever you go. Our Lantern League has not opened recently, and everyone wants to organize a group to go to other places for inspection. I'm counting on you to provide fresh material now.

I return: don't talk nonsense, 100,000 urgent! If you don't know the way, hurry up and give a word.

Li Yang replied: I don't know what to do. But it's familiar, you wait a minute, I sent it to the group of the Lantern League, and some people may know it.

After sending this message, it was lost in the sea, and no more messages were sent. I crouched on the ground and waited for a while, but I couldn't wait. Put your phone in your pocket, hold a flashlight and continue walking inside. The deeper you go, the denser the spells on the wall become, and the strokes are dripping with red juice. I was shaking and stiff.

At that moment, I saw blood spilling from the ground. In the dark corridor, only a little light from a flashlight can illuminate two or three meters in front of you. I held my breath, followed the blood, and was walking, when suddenly I saw something on the ground, it was a big dead rooster.

Suddenly this scene appeared, and my whole body froze, completely overwhelmed. This big rooster had no head, only a huge body, and the white feathers were dripping with blood. That puddle of blood is exactly what it flowed out, it was chicken blood. What scares me the most is not the dead chicken, but the thing next to the chicken.

It was a porcelain bowl with a strange form, and it was missing. The bowl is covered with a thick layer of rice, but instead of white rice, it is black rice with a chopstick stuck in it. Most of the chicken blood is sprinkled on this bowl of rice. This thing was so strange and evil that I almost suffocated, and I was clung to by great fear, unable to scream, unable to move, or even afraid to breathe.

In my memory, I seem to have seen similar rice before, which belongs to a ritual of sacrifice. Chopsticks are inserted on the rice, which is called fragrant noodles. In other words, the bowl of rice in front of you is not for people to eat, but for ...... Ghost eats.

I didn't move for a long time, and after the last day, I gritted my teeth and bypassed the rice and dead chicken, and continued to walk. After walking a short distance, we came to the end of the corridor. There are two tightly closed doors, and you can take a closer look at them with a flashlight before you get closer. These are two red wooden doors, made of some wood. On the door, a large charm of nearly two meters was drawn from top to bottom.

This talisman is bright red and red, and at a glance, you can see that it is blood. I know all the words on the charm, the top is drawn a square, it looks a bit like the word "Tian", and below is a big "bow" word, the lower part of the bow word is written very long, almost across the bottom of the door, and all the words below are included in it.

Under the word "bow", a person's name was written: Zhang Wu. Zhang is a traditional Chinese character. I couldn't figure it out, so I kept reading. The next word is "detention", and there is a big "ghost" written under the word "detention", without the word "ghost" above.

The most strange thing is that next to the word "ghost", there is also a small word written. I leaned over to take a closer look, when suddenly I heard what seemed to be a voice coming from the door. This frightened me, my nerves were so tight, this unprovoked voice was simply scared to death.

I squinted and listened, and the sound was like a baby crying. The voice is light and floating, and if there is none, you can't hear a rough idea. I swallowed, was it too nervous during this time, a little auditory hallucination.

At this moment, far behind him, about the entrance to the cellar, there was a sudden sound of slight footsteps.

This time it's really real. , someone's in!

My hairs stood on end, and my first instinct was to quickly extinguish the flashlight. The corridor was empty, and there wasn't even a place to hide. The footsteps were soft, and I could tell that the man was also cautious. I held my breath and pressed myself against the wall, not daring to move.

Sure enough, there was a faint flicker of light from the entrance of the hallway. My heart beats into one, is it the master here who has returned?

Damn, this place is so evil, the owner of this house must not be a good bird, and the consequences of letting him catch me are unpredictable. I shook the flashlight and came up with an escape plan: when he appeared in front of me, the flashlight lit up the moment, took advantage of his stunned time difference, used the flashlight to knock him to the ground, and then escaped.

It's easy to say, but if you really want to do this, you're extremely nervous. I held the flashlight tightly and watched the light get closer and closer. The sweat on my head is dripping down.

At this moment, there was a sudden "ding" and I almost didn't cry. It is the voice of the message. **, this Li Yang will not return sooner or later, but when he returns at this time, it will kill me. Normally, when I listen to it, the message is not loud, but now, in such an oppressive and silent space, this voice is far away, enough to be fatal.

The man was very alert, and as soon as the voice came out, the flashlight suddenly went out, and the corridor was dark.

It's a silent contest, and that person and I are in the dark, and neither can see each other, but we know each other's existence. I was sticking to the wall, sweating like pulp, and now I regret it, how good it is to rest at home honestly, I have to wade into troubled waters, how about now, pee, let you have to worry again so that you don't have a long memory.

In this situation, it is clear that the person opposite has the advantage. He controls the exit of the hallway, and there is only one way here, and I must get past him if I want to go. Thinking of this, I suddenly realized one thing, if this man was clever enough, he would not have to confront me at all, he could have come out of the cellar and lock the door and trap me alive in this place.

It's not going to work, my heart is pounding. I don't know if it's because I'm in a desperate situation, but my longing for home is getting stronger and stronger. I couldn't help it, so I squatted on the ground and fumbled to see if I could touch something and throw it over, throwing stones and asking for directions.

I didn't know what hard object I touched, so I threw it casually, and I consciously hit the opposite wall. In the dark, I only heard a crisp sound of "bell", followed by a "dang chang", and something shattered on the ground. I immediately came to my senses, **, how did I throw that sacrificial rice bowl over. Oh no, that ghost brother won't hold a grudge against me, right? It's really unlucky.

But fortunately, the man was really fooled and shone a flashlight. I pinned his bearings, and the cat walked quickly through the darkness, and the man realized that it was not good and quickly extinguished the flashlight. I couldn't let go of such an opportunity, to be honest, I didn't dare to have a confrontation with him at all, I just wanted to scare the man, and then run out of the way.

He heard footsteps distinctly and lunged at me. My nerves were already at their limit, and the adrenaline was soaring, and I vaguely felt the figure be so powerful that it pinned me to the ground. I struggled a few times, and the man's strength was surprisingly strong, and I felt that his movements were clean and neat, and he seemed to have some grappling skills, and I couldn't get past them under the hands of others.

I also let out of my mind and yelled, "." ”

The man stopped what he was doing and pulled out a flashlight. Suddenly there was a blinding light, and I turned my face sideways and squinted, he could see me, but I couldn't see him clearly in the dark.

The man let go of me, wondering, "Why are you?" ”

Hearing that the voice is so familiar, I also shined a flashlight on it, and the person in front of me was actually Liang Jingwu, who had disappeared for N days.

Liang Zhiwu looked at me left and right: "Liu Yang, how could it be you?" What are you doing here? ”

"Fuck, I wanted to ask you. How did you get here? I glared at him.

Liang squinted at me, and his eyes were very uncomfortable to me, like staring at a prisoner.

I asked tentatively, "Hold back, this place is where you live?" ”

Liang didn't speak, touching his chin, as if he was thinking about something. Taking advantage of this gap, I lowered my head and turned on my phone, Li Yang sent a series of several messages, the top one read: Lao Liu, no matter where you see these talismans, leave quickly! Dangerous!