"Houtouwan Village was originally very lively, with a well-developed fishing industry, and it was the richest village in the local area, but after people became richer, they moved away from Houtouwan Village, which was not very convenient for transportation. ”

"Now Houtouwan Village is empty, the houses are exposed to the wind and sun, dilapidated, not full of green vines, it looks like a fairyland from a distance, but after entering, the grass on both sides of the path has grown to a person's height, and there is a grave in the village, so this Houtouwan Village is also known as a ghost village. ”

When Luo Shuyan heard about the ghost village, she disdained it, and snorted coldly: "What kind of ghost village, isn't there just a tomb, it's not terrifying at all." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "That's what you said, after you go, let's see if you can say no." ”

The taxi driver answered: "Are you going to Houtouwan Village on Shengshan Island?"

Lin Yuan said: "Yes." ”

"Young man, I know a lot about Houtouwan Village. ”

Lin Yuan said modestly: "It's okay, I've learned a little." ”

The driver smiled: "I came out of Houtouwan, I am forty-six years old this year, and I was only 10 years old when I moved out." ”

"That's too fateful, it turns out that you are from Houtouwan Village. ”

"I remember when I was a child, the whole village lived by fishing, and I used to go out to sea with my father to fish, and I was very happy when I thought about it. The driver's face was full of memorial expression.

"Is it true that you moved away just because the transportation was inconvenient?" Lin Yuan asked.

The driver smiled bitterly: "That's what I said to the outside world, to be honest, we don't really want to move away at all, after all, our ancestors have lived here for generations, although our village is not big, and there are not too many people, but we live a life of paradise, how can we want to move away, I remember that the whole village was very opposed to it at that time." ”

"Then why the hell did you move out?"

"It's a long story, when I was a child, I heard people from my grandfather's generation say that a long, long time ago, the first generation to come to Shengshan Island established Houtouwan Village, they came to guard an East China Sea spring on the island, the spring is related to the rise and fall of the entire East China Sea, it's just a legend, you should have fun. ”

Lin Yuanxin said: "It turns out that what the Dragon King said is true, it seems that this is not a legend, it is true." ”

Luo Shuyan was fascinated by what she heard and asked, "Then what happened later, why did you move away?"

The driver sighed and said: "Alas, no way, more than half of the three-year-old children in our village died inexplicably, there is a cave in our Houtouwan Village, which was later found in that cave, and when it was found, the whole body was burned, and even the police couldn't find the cause of death, and they couldn't find any clues, so the government asked us to move out of Houtouwan Village." This incident was so weird that I later heard from my grandfather that something happened in this Houtouwan village more than a hundred years ago. ”

Luo Shuyan asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

The driver said in a deep voice: "My grandfather said that more than a hundred years ago, an outsider came to the village, a very beautiful woman, with a three-year-old sick little boy, the people in the village saw that they were pitiful and took them in. ”

But the good times didn't last long, one night, her child yelled for no reason, the child's shouting was so loud that the whole village shouted, I thought the child was sick because of it, but almost every night at twelve o'clock in the morning, and there were even more bizarre things, since the child shouted every night, almost every day in the village there were people sick, and the sickness was exactly the same as that child, and it was also shouted every night. ”

Luo Shuyan felt incredulous and said, "There is such a thing, what kind of disease does that child have?"

"I invited a lot of doctors to see the doctor, but I couldn't tell what the disease was. Later, there were too many sick people in the village, so the people in the village attributed the cause of the illness to the child, after all, he had the same disease as him, and felt that it must have something to do with the child, and finally the village chief decided to drive the woman and the child out of the village. ”

But at that time, there was a Taoist priest who was invited by the village chief, thinking whether he had fallen into an evil spirit, so he found a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits, but the Taoist priest said that the child was possessed by a ghost, so he yelled in the middle of the night, and made the people in the village sick, so he suggested that the village chief burn the child to death. ”

Lin Yuan sighed and said, "At that time, people believed in these messes. ”

The driver nodded and said: "Yes, the key is that most of the people in the village believed what the Taoist priest said at that time, so they asked the village chief to burn the child to death, and the village chief was forced to tie the child to the entrance of the village and burned the child to death with fire." But how could the child's mother see her child being burned to death, but what could she do as a woman, so when the child was burned, the child's mother also resolutely jumped into the fire and was burned to death with the child. My grandfather said that after jumping into the fire, the child's mother cursed the whole village, saying that she would definitely come back to take revenge. ”

Luo Shuyan's cold hair stood on end when she heard this, and she trembled: "This is a little scary, although I know it's fake, but it feels like a ghost story." ”

Lin Yuan frowned and said, "So your grandfather suspects that the three-year-old children in the village were burned to death one after another, because of that incident more than a hundred years ago?

The driver nodded and said, "Yes, that's what my grandfather said, I was only ten years old at the time, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep alone at night, so I asked my dad to move out quickly." ”

"It turned out that was the case, so this matter was not made public, but it was just said that the transportation was not convenient and that they had to move out of the village. ”

"Alas, in fact, this matter has been buried in my heart for a long time, and today I have a fate with you, so I will tell you about this matter, and you can just listen to it as a story. ”

Luo Shuyan said: "This story is too suspenseful, you can make a movie." ”

The driver laughed and said, "Haha, I think my storytelling skills are okay." ”

Lin Yuantong smiled and said, "Fortunately, there is your story along the way, otherwise I would have fallen asleep." ”

"I'll be at the door of the Shen family soon, you can sleep for a while. ”

Luo Shuyan said: "After listening to your story, I am in good spirits, the driver." ”

"Haha, the little girl is not afraid?"

"It's a little, but it's not so scary in broad daylight, and I wouldn't dare to listen to it at night. ”

Lin Yuan thought in his heart: "I'm afraid what this driver said is not true, right? No, I have to find a chance to ask about the land." ”

Not long after, the driver stopped the car and said, "It's Shenjiamen Wharf to go in front, you can make a boat here to Shengshan Island." ”

After paying the fare, the two got out of the car, and after Lin Yuan said goodbye to the driver, he took Luo Shuyan to the dock to take the ferry.

They bought tickets, lined up to get on the boat, and after coming to the boat, Luo Shuyan sat beside Lin Yuan and said in a low voice: "Brother, do you say that what the driver said is true? ”

"It's said that you should listen to the story, don't think nonsense, otherwise you won't dare to enter Houtouwan Village for a while. ”

"By the way, brother, what are we doing in Houtouwan Village? It's all deserted, what is there to see?"

"The famous ghost village, how can you not experience it, aren't you a theist, just to feel the excitement of entering the ghost village. ”

"Don't make a fuss, brother. ”

"Who is messing with you, otherwise why go to Shengshan Island, travel to Goji Island? Can you be a little creative, I can tell you, while the boat has not yet opened, it is too late to regret, the boat will open in a while, you don't cry and want to go back." ”

Luo Shuyan snorted coldly: "Just go, you are not afraid, what am I afraid of." ”