Judging from the miners' residences, they walked in a hurry, and did not take away their daily necessities and labor tools, and most of them were half-lifted quilts or blankets, which means that they were suddenly awakened in the middle of the night or early in the morning, jumped up and ran, and no one entered the house to tidy up after that.

The doors of the office, warehouse and canteen were locked, but it was clear from the cracks in the doors that nothing had been removed.

Master and I borrowed a miner's clothes and wore a hat to go down the mountain stream to check. There are two small excavators down there, a crusher, two shakers (sievers), some machinery that I don't know what to do. The stream was cut off and raised the water level, and many chutes and chutes were erected, and there were a large number of puddles and ponds.

Chen Youyuan said that the miners were hanged by the crusher, but I didn't see blood marks on the crusher, and people don't easily fall into it, so obviously he was lying. Master and I are not criminal policemen, so the focus is not on finding traces and evidence of dead people, but on finding things that are abnormal.

At the ponds, I saw boxes and bottles of many chemicals, including mercury and cyanide. It's highly toxic, but these ponds are extremely simple, and the outlet tanks have no filtration facilities and lead directly into the mountain streams.

"This water is poisonous!" I'm a little angry, it's another sewage discharge incident, and it's even more serious, I don't know how many people have died or become terminally ill after drinking this kind of water.

The master said indifferently: "Of course it is poisonous, it is still poisonous when it flows out for dozens of miles, otherwise how could the fish and shrimp in the river die?" You rarely don't know at home that there are also gold mines in our township, and we have poisoned many fish ponds to death, and we are still fighting lawsuits. ”

I said angrily: "Let's go, no matter what happens, we can't help the abuse, this gold mine can't start the best work." ”

Master smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Young people are young people, they can't hold their breath, we haven't solved it, he will find someone else to solve it; Chen Youyuan can't do it, and Lin Youyuan and Li Youyuan, as long as there is a gold mine, someone will come to mine it. ”

I was not convinced: "If someone else does it, maybe it will be more standardized." ”

The master smiled, with a hint of sarcasm: "The world is as black as a crow, and those who don't have shili can't take such a job, and those who can take such a job have no conscience." And the gold mine still has the shares of big officials, you have no place to sue if you want to, even if the officials are changed above, it is the same black, can't you still see through it? ”

Actually, I know about this kind of thing, but when I encounter it, I am still very annoyed and depressed. Master patted me on the shoulder: "Look at it, we are small people, just do what little people can do, what we can't do has nothing to do with us, people can't always live in ideals." ”

I didn't want to argue with Master about this, so I silently walked back to the wooden house area. I didn't believe in this evil and picked the lock of the cafeteria, but there was no food in it, and all the places were empty.

Master and I looked at each other and found something extremely abnormal, the miners left suddenly, some of them didn't even take the money under their pillows, and it was absolutely impossible to deliberately take away all the food they ate. The cafeteria, as a place to serve food, will have some rice and noodles left over anyway, how can it be completely empty? Then there is only one possibility, that is, before the murder, everyone has lost food.

I looked at the ashes of the campfire, shivered and my stomach churned, and I thought of something horrible and terrifying: the miners had no food before they fled, so what were they barbecuing? Regardless of whether the two miners committed suicide or died unexpectedly, the miners would not be so afraid, and Chen Youyuan did not have to go to great lengths to hide the truth about their deaths. The miners are willing to shut up en masse and are afraid of going to jail, which also proves that everyone has a part!

"Master, I know how that miner died......" my voice trembled.

"What?" Master looked at me with some surprise.

"The second miner to die may have been killed by everyone, roasted and eaten!" It was with great courage that I spoke up

"It's impossible, it's impossible, even if there is nothing to eat, it is impossible to eat people, they can go out of the mountain in just an hour or two." Master shook his head vigorously, but in fact his expression was not so firm, and gradually appeared a frightened expression, and he also thought of all kinds of abnormal places.

I asked Master, "Is there any kind of ghost that can cause dozens of people to lose their minds and do things they don't know about?" ”

"Yes, yes, but ordinary ghosts and goblins would not do such cruel things, if it is a powerful evil spirit, this place is already full of ghosts, and the demonic spirit is soaring."

"Maybe the man who was killed inadvertently rammed it."

Master shook his head, and I also felt that this reason was not sufficient. I couldn't sense any abnormal aura nearby, and Master didn't see anything wrong with the terrain and environment after wandering around for a long time, so it seemed that I could only wait until the evening, because ghosts and the like didn't dare to appear easily during the day. If the two deceased are still angry after their deaths, and the ghosts are still wandering around, they can be "invited" to ask them clearly, and all the mysteries can be solved.

The village chief probably already knew about the situation here, so he prepared meat buns, canned eight-treasure porridge, and biscuits for us, so that we didn't have to worry about going hungry.

Master simply set up an incense table, asked me to draw a few spare talismans, and then taught me a trick of "crossing the golden bridge" - this method has three uses: after pinching out the fingers and reciting the corresponding incantation, pushing out is to send the ghost to a far place, closing it in front of me is to pull the ghost closer to the eye, and turning the palm down is to send the ghost to hell.

Going to Hell is a river crab saying, and no one can be sure whether they went to Hell or not, and it is possible that the target was killed. My master has always been soft-hearted, believing that ghosts are another way of human existence, and that they should be treated like human beings, and that they should not be killed if they are not necessary. Master thinks that my mind is not stable enough, and he is afraid that I will go on a killing spree, so he usually refuses to teach me this kind of domineering technique easily, but today he may need to use it to teach me.

The bridge can only be used on spirits, and cannot affect living creatures. This technique is also risky, if the strength of the ghost is stronger than that of the caster, it may cause damage to the caster, so the master has repeatedly explained that it should be used with caution.

The light rain had been falling, and the night was gradually falling, and there were many strange cries in the mountains that I had never heard before, adding to the terrifying atmosphere. We don't pay attention to ordinary ghosts, but there may be rare demons and monsters in such a place, and no one knows what they look like or what abilities they have, so Master and I were a little nervous and waited quietly in a wooden house.

There were four beds in the cabin, and we sat on one bed each, and there was no light, but there was a portable miner's lamp next to us, and we wore a head-mounted miner's lamp on our heads. There are three modes of low light, strong light, and flash, and they are powered by a small battery, and the battery hangs around my waist.

Time passed minute by minute, but it was unusually calm outside, without any yin and evil aura fluctuations. According to common sense, two miners died unnaturally, and the time of death was still very short, and the second miner died less than seven days ago, so there should be a ghost hovering here.

After waiting for a long time, the master said that he was a little tired, so he lay down for a while, pulled a blanket and covered his body and lay down. I didn't pay much attention to it, but after a few minutes his breathing became even and long, and he fell into a deep sleep.

Damn, we're here to catch ghosts and subdue demons, the ghosts haven't appeared yet, and the master actually went to play chess with Zhou Gong, what's going on? It's still very calm outside, and Master has always been not in good health, so I can't bear to quarrel with him, let him sleep for a while before he can have energy.

I leaned against the wall of the wooden house, took a nap, and when I woke up, it was already slightly light outside, but Master was still asleep. I didn't alarm him, got up lightly, pushed the door open and walked out.

The rain had stopped, and the sky was gloomy and gray, and although there was light all around, it was gray. Actually, it didn't look like it was just dawn, but I didn't think much about it, and I didn't want to go anywhere, so I walked out with a blank mind.

There was no other decent road except the one we took into the mountain, but it was a wide and flat road that was very easy to walk. I didn't feel strange at all, and I walked along the main road, and I don't know how long I walked, when a golden ancient palace suddenly appeared in front of me.

The palace is half-hidden in the clouds and mist, the golden light is shining, the gorgeous, there are cranes soaring in the sky, there are sika deer and black apes playing on the ground, there are a large number of ancient trees and strange stones around the palace, the vines are fluttering, and the purple gas is rising.

I'm a little surprised, this is supposed to be a legendary fairyland, how did I run into a fairyland? Before I could think about it, the gate of the palace opened, and out of two rows of eight girls in ancient costumes, all like flowers and jade, holding incense burners, jade ruyi, feather fans, guqins and so on. After the eight girls, there is an old man with crane hair and a childish face and a white beard like snow, except that his forehead is not so high, he is simply the old birthday star in the New Year's painting. Behind him were two extremely beautiful middle-aged women, all of whom were dressed in extremely gorgeous clothes, crested jade hairpins, pearl necklaces, and gemstone rings, each piece of jewelry was priceless.

The old man bowed his hand from afar and said with a smile: "This son, how did you get to me?" I've lived in seclusion here for decades and I've never seen anyone else. ”

I subconsciously said, "I'm lost, who are you and what is this place?" ”

The old man said: "The old man's surname is Wang Mingyi, the word Leshan, when he was a teenager, he practiced the art of cultivating qi with a person, and he achieved a small success, and then his family lived in seclusion in this paradise. Childe doesn't need to panic, and go to the cold house to drink a cup of coarse tea, and later the old man will personally send Childe back. ”

I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't think of anything wrong, and the speed of another euphoric mood masked a little uneasiness. Legend has it that there are many people who meet immortals in the deep mountains, but I didn't expect to meet them today, so it is necessary to go in and drink a cup of tea, and by the way, ask him for the art of health preservation and cultivation, and then ask for two elixirs, one for the master and one for the mother, to cure their diseases.