Bringing Xiao Yu out of the duty-free shop, just as he was about to find a place to eat, Lin Yan suddenly froze. Two people stood opposite him and waved at him. One was wearing dirty jeans and a striped T-shirt, the other was wearing a blue suit. The cloth robe showed a pale calf. Lin Yan opened his mouth in surprise. It was Yin Zhou and A Yan. Why did they come here
"Going out too, what a coincidence, where are you going?" Yin Zhou preemptively smiled.
"Stop pretending, how do you know I'm leaving today?" Seeing that unscrupulous expression, Lin Yan guessed what he wanted to do.
Yin Zhou had a thick skin: "You're too narcissistic. Who said we came here to find you? You should ask us what we are doing."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"travel."
"Look for Master."
Lin Yan had a cold expression of disbelief, the two looked at each other, and continued to say innocently, "Travel with him."
"Accompany him to find Master."
Not allowing him to evade, the two people who broke in without authorization acted in perfect harmony. They quickly found a seat and threw away the bag. While sharing the fried chicken wings, they deliberately spoke loudly.
Lin Yan was left alone, a little moved.
He wasn't confident that he could go deep into the enemy's rear alone, but he thought it was a personal matter between Xiao Yu and him, so he didn't tell anyone except his parents when he set off. Yin Zhou knew too well Lin Yan's personality of carrying bad things on his own. After hearing about the news of the temple owner, he didn't discuss with Lin Yan at all. Bought a ticket for the same flight.
"Your firewall is too bad, and there are a lot of Trojan horses. After finishing it, I will help you clean up the system garbage." Yin Zhouyu patted Lin Yan's shoulder earnestly, "Don't feel troublesome, we are embarrassed, there are multiple people and multiple helpers. , buddies have finished all the projects at hand, and I have a lot of money to spare, so I just went out for a walk."
The little Taoist then interjected: "I, I don't trust you to go alone, anyway, I'm going to find Master, so I'll go along with you."
Lin Yan wanted to say something else, but the two came prepared, opened the backpack, inside the map, compass, kettle, commonly used medicine, change of clothes, cash, flashlight, even walkie-talkie and cable are all available, A Yan is even more exaggerated, each Not to mention the ability to exorcise ghosts, there is a mahogany sword and a compass wrapped in a thick stack of yellow paper. In contrast, Lin Yan is empty-handed, and he looks more like a tourist when he is wandering around the airport.
"Damn it, you guys don't think this is field survival training, do you?" Lin Yan took out a piggy-shaped hand generator from his bag, weighed it, and then took out the sleeve of a pullover, "Hey, Why are you wearing so many black clothes on a hot day?"
Yin Zhou snatched the clothes and bag back, and the little Taoist said, "He, he said it's night clothes, so that no one can see us when we go out at night."
Lin Yan was in a mess for a while, and he suddenly realized that not keeping secrets in place was a big and serious mistake.
Yin Zhou disdainfully put on the buckle with a click, and taught a lesson: "There is still a bag of equipment checked in. I brought a kitchen knife and a hammer. Who knows where the evil forces are waiting for us. This is called being prepared." Pat the mountaineering bag: "For the sake of being so interesting, I will change the house next month, and I will leave the cleaning work to you."
"I suddenly have a sense of mission to maintain world peace and justice." Yin Zhou sighed while hugging Bao.
"I also have a slight sense of sadness walking with idiots." Lin Yan gritted his teeth, but his heart felt warm. He had no idea what would happen after that. Now that there were two more people, the anxiety was temporarily dispelled. , Lin Yan stuffed the last piece of chicken into his mouth, and hammered Yin Zhou's shoulder hard, "Thanks, I'll treat you somewhere."
The big screen at the boarding gate showed that it was still half an hour before departure, and there were very few people in the waiting hall. There were a few men in business-style suits, each typing something on their laptop keyboards, and there was a smell of baked cheese from a western restaurant in the air. milk flavor.
Lin Yan told the two of them about the situation after Xiao Yu left and the strange events that happened in the past few days. When he heard that the ghost had returned, Yin Zhou nodded with a complicated expression. When he knew that he had decided to send Xiao Yu away, he was quite surprised. , the little Taoist stared keenly into Lin Yan's eyes: "Have you made up your mind?"
Lin Yan crossed his fingers in front of his forehead, bowed his head and did not speak.
Professor Chen sent recent information about the ancient tomb, saying that the local area is preparing to build a cultural tourism site. The tomb and some funerary objects are being cleaned up and will be opened to tourists soon. Silk and other cultural relics that are easily oxidized have been specially sealed. If necessary, He can greet the person in charge and let them in.
The ancient tomb is located at the northern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain in the southwest corner of the province, adjacent to Shaanxi, with mountains in the south and basins in the north. Wusu Airport is still more than four hours away by car.
After looking at the map, the three of them decided to rent a car and go to the small town to stay that night. Although the conditions were simple, it was convenient to travel back and forth. Lin Yan used the airport's wireless network to book a hotel, but after checking, there was no hotel in the town that had registered online. Completely insulated from modern society.
"We're going to the mountains and the countryside this time, and it's going to be hard for a few days." Lin Yan stared at the phone screen and sighed, "I don't know how long it will take to make progress."
"Life is an arduous journey, and the meaning of the universe lies in searching." Yin Zhou nodded with feigned deepness.
Soon after boarding the plane, Lin Yan changed seats with an old man who had an empty seat next to him, by the window. After the plane took off, he kept looking out of the window. The cabin was as quiet and dry as ever, and the afternoon sun made him feel warm all over his body. The boundless sea of clouds is like a large flock of running white sheep, shining brightly in front of Yao's eyes.
It is difficult to associate such fine weather with ghosts.
The occurrence of each story has an opportunity, which may be a specific time or a specific place. When the person involved steps in, the story has quietly started before there is any change in the surroundings. For Lin Yan, Xiao Yu's tomb is such a place, terrifying, cold, and depressing, it is the fork between the underworld and the underworld, everyone is working silently, no one answers his questions, no one tells him about the coffin There are ghosts hiding in it.
Recalling this period, he actually felt faint heart palpitations, Liu Yun flew away from the porthole, the ancient tomb, the place where the mysterious force wanted him and Xiao Yu's love for him began, and it was also the only intersection point. It's getting closer.
People inside and outside the incident usually have two different views on the incident. The insiders believe that the truth can only be seen if they keep getting closer to the center, while the outsiders think that the so-called exploration is just the dying struggle of mosquitoes on the spider web. The tighter it sticks.
The bright sky's eyes were about to shed tears, Xiao Yu pulled his arm, Lin Yan leaned back in the chair, turned his head and fixed his gaze on that handsome face, feeling a little uncomfortable suddenly.
"I haven't gone far, but I'm already homesick." Lin Yan said in a low voice, "I want to do nothing all day long, just lie on the bed with you and watch TV, the most vulgar ones."
"I took you out this time, I don't know if I will be the only one left when I go back."
A couple on the opposite side of the corridor was head-to-head playing a love-shooting game. The intimacy was enviable. Lin Yan held Xiao Yu's hand and stroked it along the knuckles of his fingers. He felt as if he had a lot to tell him, but none of them could Unable to speak, he opened his mouth a few times, and finally let out a long sigh.
It was evening when we arrived at Wusu Airport, with a smear of red in the western sky, and a hint of the coolness of the approaching night in the wind. Lin Yan dragged his trolley case and stood on the square and looked around. The old man was hale and hearty, and the child was jubilant, with anticipation and curiosity written all over his face.
Everyone who travels has his own purpose, but he is probably the only one, holding the hand of his lover, walking towards his grave step by step.
There was a row of taxis waiting for customers in the parking lot of the airport, and the drivers gathered in groups of three or four to brag. Seeing Lin Yan and the others walk by, they immediately surrounded them like chicken blood, but when they heard that they were going to Liumu Town, they all shook their heads. They dispersed, and finally there was only a black and thin middle-aged man left. After thinking for a long time, he pinched his cigarette, said four hundred, and left after four hundred.
"No way, four hundred, why don't you grab it!" Yin Zhou shouted.
"It's too expensive to go to Dongtou and take a bus, but I can tell you that the place is too remote. It's midnight, let alone a taxi, and you can't even find a bullock cart. You can weigh it yourself." The driver patted impatiently. He patted the roof of the car, "It's a loss for me to go there. I ran back with an empty car and didn't turn on the watch. I don't want to leave for 300 yuan."
In order to hurry up, the three of them got into his car and drove all the way towards the sunset. Indeed, as the driver said, after driving out from the airport area, the wilderness became more and more desolate. First, it was a chaotic and crowded town, and then it turned into a village. , Passing large tracts of corn and sorghum fields, a group of children dressed in red and green flashed by the side of the road from time to time, staring back at their car curiously.
With the bumping of the car, the sky gradually darkened, and the mountains in the distance appeared like black giants lying down, and soon the last twilight glow disappeared, the moon rose, and the winding mountain road was paved with a thin layer Silver moonlight.
"I'm so hungry." Yin Zhou complained, "I don't know if there is anything to eat in that damn place."
Lin Yan didn't answer, the mountain roads are no better than the city, the moonlight outside the window can't enter the car, the darkness is so thick that it is suffocating. Feeling bored, Yin Zhou took out his phone and turned it on. The blue light was projected on his face, which was indescribably weird.
"It's off, it's not there yet, save some electricity." Lin Yan said.
"Anyway, there is no signal, it doesn't matter if there is electricity or not." Yin Zhou muttered, "It's really right to bring a walkie-talkie."
A Yan took out two prepared wooden figures from his schoolbag and handed them to Lin Yan and Yin Zhou, each with a yellow paper with birthdays written on them. The body, the body will go first, so as to leave time for the living to fight back.
Probably because of the ancient profession of Taoist Priest, he is much more comfortable in primitive and dark places than in cities. The driver has been watching the young people in the car with the rearview mirror, and he couldn't help but talk curiously: "You guys Kids are superstitious."
"In this kind of place, any kind of natural force is stronger than people." Lin Yan thought of the little girl who had been staring at him, with an unnatural expression, "Master, drive slowly, the road is not easy."
"You go to Liumu to see relatives?"
"Travel." Lin Yan smiled.
The driver was a little surprised: "What's so interesting there? A place where birds don't shit."
"Come to climb the mountain. I heard that the scenery is very beautiful."
"Oh, what's that called, donkey friend, I know you people, with big cameras on your back, pick remote places to experience life whenever you have time, right?"
Lin Yan didn't answer, but asked instead: "Master, do you know that there is an ancient tomb nearby? I heard that it will be developed into a tourist area recently."
The driver said: "I heard that some time ago, the archaeological team came, and it was even published in the newspaper."
Lin Yan said, "Then do you know that someone died there more than 20 years ago?"
The driver seemed to think that the topic of dead people was unlucky, and his face, which had just smiled a little in the rearview mirror, immediately tensed up.
"I don't know, I'm not from that place, you should find out for yourself when you arrive."
Afterwards, no matter what the three of them discussed, the driver stopped talking. The asphalt road became narrower and narrower, a dark cloud covered the moon, and even the road surface could not be seen clearly. The car turned one bend after another, and after going up a slope, there was a new slope. Even Yin Zhou, the chatterer, was silent, and the few people were silent, staring at the forests and dark mountains that flashed by outside the window in a daze.
The repeated scene seemed hypnotizing, Lin Yan was a little sleepy, yawned, and rubbed Xiao Yu's shoulder, the ghost leaned over, and thoughtfully let him rest on his shoulder.
A little dim light appeared in the distance, one, two, sparse small yellow lights broke the suffocating darkness, the driver was afraid that they would fall asleep, so he coughed and said that they were coming soon.
Lin Yan straightened up and looked out the car window, wondering if it was because of the night, this place was even more desolate than he imagined, and it didn't even look like a town at all. The tallest building in the town does not exceed four floors, the cinder road has no street lights, and the mountains are the background of the street.
"Did you live here last time?" Yin Zhou was also a little surprised, "Too old."
"The last time a bus came to pick me up, I left the airport and went straight to the temporary plywood house next to the ancient tomb. I have never been here before." Lin Yan smiled wryly, "I told you that someone deliberately arranged it that time, and I didn't even know where I was going. was taken to the grave."
The driver stopped the car, smoked while carrying luggage, Lin Yan paid the fare and asked him for the location of the hotel, the driver casually pointed across the road: "Here, that's it, the biggest hotel in the town."
Looking in the direction of his hand, a two-story building is divided into two adjacent shops. The one on the left is called "Friendship Supermarket" with lights on, the one on the right is called "Jiajia Hotel", and there is a hair salon not far away. , without a name, and the black and white grid cylinder in front of the door keeps spinning.
The taxi drove away quickly, and there were only three young men with luggage left on the dark street. The wind was strong at night, and the hem of the clothes whizzed, and the surrounding vegetation was desolate. Occasionally, a dog barked, At one moment it sounded to be in the east, but at another moment it seemed to have changed its direction. It reminded Lin Yan that when he was a child and went back to his hometown during the Chinese New Year, there seemed to be only one dog in the village, which was everywhere but never appeared.
It seems that it just wants to remind others that there are dogs here.
"Let's go." Lin Yan took a deep breath and took the lead to walk across the road.
There is a yellow light in the glass door of the hotel. The door is very old. The glass is covered with oil stains and fingerprints. No one wants to wipe it. Two red plastic characters "Jiajia" are pasted on the door. The vertical line next to the two "Jia" characters fell off, and Lin Yan stared at it, always feeling a little unlucky.
The storefront is actually much bigger than it looks from the outside. Turning right after entering the door is a restaurant. There are no customers. In front of the solid wooden counter, a waiter in a black suit is dozing off with his chin resting on his face. Her pink hair has neat bangs, her hair is too short to cover all of it, and a small piece of her forehead is exposed when she shakes her head.
There are some drinks with gaudy packaging and no names on the counter. There is a white board on the wall with recipes written on it. Probably because of the night, the names of the top few dishes are marked with black bars.
The store was extremely quiet, the fat waiter was disturbed by the door opening, and reluctantly moaned: "Stay or eat?"
"Accommodation." Lin Yan said, "Also eat."
The waiter just woke up, her swollen eyes were covered with water vapor from drowsiness, she was actually not very old, but her round face and thin eyebrows made her look old, after recovering, she looked at the customer in front of her, and her eyes fell on Lin Yan's face Suddenly stopped, and unconsciously brushed the hair behind the ear.
"How long will you stay? The chef is off work and can only make dumplings, rice and noodles. What do you want?"
Lin Yan hesitated and said, "Let's stay for three nights first. I need two rooms, one standard room and one... um, a big bed room."
"You three? Do you want a triple room? Big room, two wardrobes." The girl was very attentive.
Yin Zhou threw the bag on the ground, and suddenly regained his energy: "Three people, three people, play games online at night, Lin Zi and we haven't played all night for a long time."
Lin Yan was a little embarrassed, and pointed behind him: "I also brought one."
Yin Zhou didn't take it seriously: "It's okay if he floats around all day? You let him watch the door outside. There is no one in this place, and there are weird people living there."
The waiter was curious and looked behind Lin Yan. Lin Yan was afraid that Yin Zhou might scare her by telling her about the ghost, and just wanted to nod and make do with it all night, when Xiao Yu stuck up from behind and hugged him waist, all the way to the chest, the soft tongue licked back and forth on the earlobe.
Lin Yan didn't dare to move, the muscles all over his body were tense, and the ghost rubbed his lower body through the jeans even more violently, and his breathing became short of breath, Lin Yan put his hands on the counter, and replied in a weak hoarse voice: "Yeah. ... No, no, no, no, no three rooms, two rooms, two rooms."
"Are you okay?" Yin Zhou asked with concern.
"Sleep well at night, and I have to get up early tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but gasped, and grabbed Xiao Yu's wrist to warn him not to move around.
The girl didn't notice the difference, she took out a large disc full of keys from under the counter, took out two strings and patted them on the table, and then registered the ID number one by one, A Yan turned her head in disgust, and found an empty table with her bag on her back Sitting, staring out the window in a daze.
"Don't make trouble." Taking advantage of the gap between the girl's writing, Lin Yan turned to stare at Xiao Yu.
The three ordered two plates of beef dumplings and chatted while waiting for the dishes to arrive on the table. The hotel was too small and the chef had already left work. The waiter went to the kitchen to cook the dumplings. Afraid they would be bored, he casually put a cassette into the tape recorder. It turned out to be Dick Cowboy. , the street outside was dark, without street lights, a tractor drove slowly past, and a puff of black smoke came out from the rear of the car.
There was a faint smell of oily flowers in the room.
"It's really deserted here." Yin Zhou frowned and fiddled with his phone, "The signal is so poor that you can't even open the webpage. Staying here for three days in a row will be boring to death. I don't know if there is an Internet cafe in the town."
"Do you think we are back in the late 1980s? Go to the barbershop tomorrow to get a middle part, buy a pair of bell-bottom pants, and walk and sing with a guitar on your back. It's so chic." Yin Zhou sighed.
This sentence made Lin Yan feel uncomfortable.
"It might take more than three days. When the girl comes over, let's ask her about the tomb. The ancient tomb is very close to here. The locals should know best what happened before."
Yin Zhou kicked Lin Yan's suitcase: "Why do you bring so many things?"
Lin Yan smiled wryly: "My young master is difficult to take care of."
Yin Zhou was silent for a while, then suddenly turned his head and said, "Lin Zi, do you know that you are like a little daughter-in-law now, I don't know you soon."
Lin Yan was startled when he heard the words, and the spoon in his hand knocked on the porcelain bowl, making a crisp ding, and said softly, "Disappointed?"
Yin Zhou shook his head and snorted through his nose: "No, I just want to say, don't hide anything, we are buddies no matter what, we can't change."
Lin Yan was stunned, his throat was a little sore, he hesitated for a while, then nodded.
The dumplings were steaming when they were served. They tasted very good. They had an authentic farm flavor. The beef was fresh, the peppers were fragrant, and the most exciting thing was the vinegar. Quickly sweep away. The girl in the store had a cheerful personality, sitting behind the counter and chatting with the three of them. Hearing that they were asking about the ancient tomb, she was a little surprised, showing a mysterious expression like she was about to tell a ghost story.
"I know where it is. I heard from my grandma that the land is inherently evil. There are mountains in front and water in the back. The sun can't shine, and the things don't grow too long. The children nearby don't want to play, saying that the wind blows. It's cold and frightening. People here always make up stories about that place. I remember one very clearly when I was a child. It said that a foreigner moved there before, and the house had just been built. What happened? The whole family hanged themselves. Later, when someone passed by the house in the middle of the night, they saw lights on in the dilapidated house, and a shadow hanging from the window, dangling on the beams, frightening people to death! "
Lin Yan was drinking the dumpling soup, took a mouthful of it, and swallowed it all without holding back, his hot face twisted.
Xiao Yu sat on the empty chair beside him and shook his head innocently.