23rd Episode: Uninvited Guests (2)
He Manning jumped up excitedly, the flowers and plants in the back mountain are strange, competing for beauty, smelling the fragrance of flowers, sometimes there are the crisp calls of birds, singing unconsciously, the song is very euphemistic and melodious, dancing in the flowers, like a fairy, it is also a beautiful landscape, but it is a pity that there is no one on the stage of one person.
Dancing and dancing, he was already fully engaged in it, and he got carried away, as if he was not here to collect medicine, but the dancing suddenly stopped, He Manning began to get nervous, his brows were locked very tightly, and he began to look around, carefully looking for something.
It turned out that there was a woman's cry in the distance, He Manning took a breath, exhaled deeply, boldly, and walked in the direction where the sound came, the sound became louder and louder, and when he didn't walk long, he could already hear it very clearly. I only heard this cry terrible, and if it was in the middle of the night, it would have scared the living half to death.
He Manning couldn't help but say to himself: "Will there be ghosts, can't, how can ghosts come out in broad daylight, ah!" Maybe it's the ghost in the dark. Thinking of this, my heart began to be afraid, and I moved my steps slowly, and I didn't dare to move forward anymore. I saw a dilapidated and dark room in front of me, covered with cobwebs outside the room, obviously no one had ever been here, it must not be a human being, it was a ghost.
He Manning was shocked, with an 'ah' scream, he turned around and ran, and the basket full of herbs was also thrown on the ground. The flowers and plants in the land are trampled in all directions.
Suddenly, a person walked out of the back of the room, but it was the back, and he couldn't see the appearance, only to see this person bend down, pick up the bamboo basket on the ground, clean up the herbs scattered on the ground, turn around and walk towards the back of the room.
He Manning ran all the way back to the front yard, his heart was still pounding, his hand was covering his heart, panting, taking a deep breath, and suddenly a cold hand behind him was on his shoulder.
"Ahh He Manning jumped up in fright, flashed forward, hurriedly turned around, sighed, and said, "It's you, scared me to death." ”
It was Zhang Chaofan who saw He Manning standing here in a daze, so he came over to ask, and said with a smile: "Miss He, what's wrong with you, why are you scared like this, am I so scary?" ”
He Manning was in a panic, the pupils of his eyes dilated, and he stammered: "It's not that you're scary, it's just that I'm frightened, and you stretched out a hand from behind your back, can you not be afraid?" ”
"What's going on?" Zhang Chaofan felt strange and hurriedly asked.
"Just now I went to the back mountain to collect medicine, and found a very dilapidated small house, and a woman's cry came from inside, do you say that is a person or a ghost?" He Manning recounted the scene he had just experienced, and now he was afraid to think about it.
"There is such a thing, why have I never heard of it, there is indeed a small room in the back mountain, but no one has ever entered it for so long, and I haven't heard any sound inside, you should have heard it wrong, right?" Zhang Chaofan felt unbelievable and recalled the past.
"No way, I heard it clearly, I walked to the door, the sound was heartbreaking, I was really entangled." He Manning spoke faster, and his expression was cold.
"What you said is too hanging, okay, let's go to the big brother and ask them." Zhang Chaofan was dumbfounded and said hesitantly.
The two of them came to the hall of the front room, everyone was basically there, everyone saw He Manning's cold expression, miserable white face, and followed Zhang Chaofan together, everyone was secretly talking in their hearts, and thought that something had happened to the two of them.
"Big brother, Miss He said that there are ghosts in the back mountain, what the hell is going on?" Although Zhang Chaofan didn't believe it, he also wanted to confirm it, so he asked.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and immediately there were many discussions, the room was boiling, Feng Wanshan hesitated for a moment, and said: "There is such a thing, Miss He, is this true?" ”
"It's true, I heard it with my own ears, in that small house in the back mountain." He Manning said eagerly.
Shen Jiannan suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something, and said in a deep voice: "The small house in the back mountain, the cry of a woman? Are you sure you heard it right? ”
"I can't be wrong, it's not that I have bad ears, and I was two or three feet away from that voice at that time." He Manning said very solemnly, which made everyone fall into confusion again, and everyone looked at each other.
Li Rugui said suddenly: "By the way, Xiaoyun also said last night that he heard a woman's cry, I didn't believe it at the time, it seems that it is true." ”
Everyone turned their eyes to Li Rugui, looked at Li Rugui very uncomfortable, and asked, "What do you think I do?" ”
Zhao Xiancheng smiled evilly: "Last night! Could it be that you and Xiaoyun are in the back mountain together? ”
Li Rugui said lightly: "Yes, what's wrong?" ”
Zhao Xiancheng smiled: "Then what are you doing?" ”
When he asked like this, Li Rugui knew that he had bad intentions, so he glared at him angrily at the moment, and hurriedly explained: "We were with the fourth brother yesterday, and then the fourth brother said that he was sleepy, so Xiaoyun asked me to stay with her for a while, that's it, don't get me wrong." ”
"You don't have to explain, the more you describe it, the darker it gets." Zhao Xiancheng said deliberately angrily, turned to Ma Yuntian and smiled: "Second brother, you have a brother-in-law." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, let's get down to business." Ma Yuntian snorted, and didn't take what Zhao Xiancheng said to heart.
At this time, Ma Xiaoyun walked in and said loudly: "What Miss He said is true, I also heard it yesterday." ”
This sentence confirmed the rumors of ghosts, which sounded shocking, Feng Wanshan said solemnly: "Whether it is a person or a ghost, everyone follow me to take a look." ”
As soon as these words came out, the timid and the girls present shook their heads one after another, and the men who shouted and shouted to kill on weekdays would hear the words of ghosts and monsters, and they even retreated.
Ma Yuntian said: "What are you afraid of, there are so many people, even a ghost will kill her." Everyone couldn't resist Feng Wanshan and Ma Yuntian's repeated requests, and none of the people present were left behind, and they all set off for the back mountain.
As soon as she arrived at the back mountain, some people were already starting to be afraid, Yang Chu's skirt held Shen Jiannan's hand tightly, obviously feeling the sweat in her palms, Shen Jiannan comforted and said: "Don't be afraid, with me, I believe there must be people in there." ”
Yang Chu's skirt smiled gently and said, "Well, with you, I'm not afraid of anything." "Women are like this, even if they are afraid, as long as a loved one casually says a few bold words, they will immediately relax.
I saw that the mountains were full of weirdness, there were many brothers here who had never been here before, and the timid ones only followed silently, and the bold ones had already begun to play in the mountains and rivers.
Ma Xiaoyun and He Manning really didn't want to experience that voice again, but in order to confirm the truth, they resolutely came, and He Manning led the way in front, but they didn't hear the cry along the way, and they were very curious in their hearts.
Ma Xiaoyun said strangely: "What's the matter, why is this voice gone, is it because you are tired of crying, this will rest." ”
Everyone also listened carefully, but no one heard the sound, and continued to walk forward, and the small room could already be seen in the distance. ”
Everyone stepped up their pace, gradually approaching the small room, everyone held their breath, at this time they could hear everyone's heartbeat, although Shen Jiannan's courage was a little smaller, but in his heart was thinking about one thing, that is, a possibility, at this time, a person stepped forward alone, just to confirm his thoughts, came to the door, listened carefully to the sound inside, was silent for a long time, looked back at everyone, Ma Yuntian compared with his hand, meaning to let Shen Jiannan break in.
Shen Jiannan exerted his strength, opened the dilapidated door that had been locked for a long time with one palm, it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen, and then he took out the fire and shone it inside, and everyone followed closely behind.
Everyone was still nervous, but when they entered the house, by the light of the fire, they were all deeply relieved, and Zhao Xiancheng sneered: "I really scared myself, how can there be anyone here." ”
Feng Wanshan hesitated, carefully observing the surroundings of the house, but found a bowl in the corner of the wall, and there were still leftovers in it, but looking around, there was nothing else. At the moment, he said: "Look, there is a rice bowl there, but there are no other eating utensils in this house, which is obvious, this room used to live in this room, it was locked, apparently it was discovered, and when the person was transferred in a hurry, he accidentally left this bowl." ”
Shen Jiannan walked over, picked up the rice bowl, looked at it carefully, but couldn't see any characteristics, subconsciously sniffed it with his nose, only to feel that in addition to the residual fragrance of the rice, there was still a woman's unique aroma on this bowl, which was very light, as if he had smelled it before, and was suddenly startled. said: "It is very likely that Miss Liu is locked up here." ”
Everyone was amazed, and Li Rugui hurriedly asked, "How do you know?" ”
Shen Jiannan raised the rice bowl, pointed and said, "There is a fragrance on this bowl, which is the same as the rouge taste made by Miss Liu." ”
Yang Chu's skirt blushed when she heard this, and she lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Rugui said with a smile: "The fourth brother is really observant, such a small detail can be found, I really admire." ”
Feng Wanshan said: "Who locked him up, is it one of us?" ”
Everyone looked at me again, and I looked at you, and they were all suspicious.
This sentence was really amazing, Li Rugui really couldn't believe it, and said: "How is this possible, we stay together every day, such a big move, it is impossible to do it so hidden." ”
"By the way, when I ran back just now, the bamboo basket was thrown at the door." He Manning suddenly remembered.
Everyone returned to the door again, but they didn't see the bamboo basket, and they still didn't see it after careful search, Feng Wanshan said: "There are people in the back mountain, this is a certainty, but who this person is, I don't know." ”
Shen Jiannan fell into a deep thought, carefully selecting in his heart, eliminating impossible people one by one, but he couldn't think of anyone suspicious.
Feng Wanshan said: "It's already startled, this person will pay attention to it in the future, it's not easy to find him out, okay, fortunately, it's been determined that it's a person and not a ghost here, you can rest assured." ”
Li Rugui sighed: "This person is even more terrifying than a ghost, he is like a ghost, hidden among us, danger is coming, and I can't sleep well in the future." ”
After tossing for a long time, in vain, everyone went back in disappointment, Li Rugui came to Shen Jiannan again, and said hesitantly: "Fourth brother, where do you say this person will hide Miss Liu?" ”
"I don't know about this, there are still a lot of suspicious things in this matter, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't say what it is for the time being, but I can feel it." Shen Jiannan hesitated, thinking about many things in his heart.
Li Rugui has always been very worried about Liu Yue's safety, and at this time he couldn't help it, he didn't want to stay for a moment, he couldn't wait to go out to find it immediately, and hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, let's go find Miss Liu, I'm worried about her, in case she 。。。。。。。。 ”
Shen Jiannan smiled: "It's useless for you to be in a hurry, I don't know where to look for it." ”
Li Rugui seemed to be in a hurry, and said: "Go to a possible place to find a quilt, this person can hide people under our noses, I guess it shouldn't be too far, it must be around." ”
"Do you suspect that it was our insiders who did it?" asked Shen Jiannan hesitantly.
"No way, if it was, it wouldn't be ten brothers." Li Rugui said exactly, and what he said was categorical.
"I didn't say it was ten brothers, but none of the others were suspicious of it, I really couldn't figure it out." Shen Jiannan was puzzled and muttered for a long time.
Li Rugui was so anxious that he couldn't control his inner thoughts, and said hastily: "Fourth brother, no, I have to go to find her, I can't find her, and I can't be at peace for a moment." As he spoke, he strode towards the outside of the courtyard. Shen Jiannan didn't have a hurry to drag it, and secretly complained to himself, but he was afraid that he would be in danger alone, so he shook his head and sighed at the moment, and hurriedly chased him out.
Zhou Gongyi, who happened to come out of the house, saw the two running out one after another, and didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly shouted, "Hey, what are you going to do?"
"Let's go find Miss Liu, everyone is waiting for my good news in the village." Li Rugui looked back and said.
The two of them went out of the manor and came to the street, it was a headless fly, flying around, clueless, numb in thoughts, not knowing where to look for it, the two looked around, helpless, Li Rugui said: "Fourth brother, let's find it separately, I will go to the east, you go to the west." ”
"Well, you have to be careful." Shen Jiannan instructed with concern.
Shen Jiannan came to the west alone to look for it, carelessly, because he knew that he couldn't find anyone on this street, and no one would run to such a point, and would put a big living person on the street for others to discover, unless it was done on purpose, if it was done, then there was no need to transfer it in the small room.
"No, when is the next thing to do, I'd better go and call Li Rugui back, analyze it carefully, and go back to the vicinity of the manor to find it." Shen Jiannan thought in his heart, turned around and walked back, and came to find Li Rugui.
Just walked for a short time, I had already seen Li Rugui's figure, I saw that he was looking at something, seemed to be looking for it, just about to open his mouth to call him, I saw him leisurely walked into a house, so strange, looked up, I was so surprised, Shen Jiannan was very puzzled, and said to himself: "What is he doing at the inn, are you going to stay and look for it slowly?"
Li Rugui did walk into the inn, the name of this inn is Homeinn, I don't know what the name means, but it looks very magnificent, not like an ordinary shop, why did Li Rugui choose such a high-end place to live.
Shen Jiannan pondered in his heart, he didn't know what kind of ghost Li Rugui was doing, and was about to walk in to take a look, but at this moment, Zhou Gongyi came over and said, "Fourth brother, why are you alone, Li Rugui?" ”
"He went into the inn." Shen Jiannan pointed to the Home Inn.
"Huh? What is he doing there, there is a place in the village to live, and he has made a fortune by living in such a high-end place? Zhou Gongyi was very surprised.
"By the way, Eighth Brother, why did you come out too?" Shen Jiannan asked curiously.
"Eighth brother, look, that person seems to be Xue Yuhu." Before Shen Jiannan could wait for Zhou Gongyi to answer, his eyes moved and he saw a person passing by not far from him, and hurriedly called Zhou Gongyi at the moment.
Zhou Gongyi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly looked at it, and felt that it was very similar, and then said: "If it is really him, then Miss Liu must have been arrested by her, we will follow him quickly, and we will definitely be able to find Miss Liu." ”
The two hurriedly chased after them, paying attention to concealing themselves at any time, for fear of being discovered by him, only to see this person walk to the front alley, and slipped into the smoke, the two quietly followed, hiding behind the wall, poking their heads out, but no one was gone, looking around, there are only two exits in this alley, maybe which one to go.
"Eighth brother, you go over there, I'll intercept him here." After Shen Jiannan finished speaking, he came to another exit, which was out of the town and belonged to a secluded place.
Shen Jiannan jumped on the roof, only to see that Xue Yuhu was talking with two strangers with his back to him, but he was too far away to hear what was said, and then he looked at the two people, and he had never seen them, I don't know where they came from, both of them were about forty years old, one of them had gray hair and was holding a demon pestle in his hand, and the other was a bald man with no weapon in his hand, but he had been playing with two stones in the garden.
Shen Jiannan took a brief look and didn't think much about it, just because Xue Yuhu was in front of him, a great opportunity, he couldn't miss it, he shouted at the moment, jumped down, stood behind him, and said, "Xue Yuhu, I see where you are running, hurry up and hand over Miss Liu." ”
I saw that the man turned around slowly, and did not answer, but just smiled coldly.