Haunting Spectre Road

Chapter 28: Bronze deer tongue

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Chang Xiaojun was talking quietly with a classmate who had come from afar. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and their conversation was very congenial. The sun was still shining brightly outside, and a slanting halo came in, giving people a very impetuous and excited feeling. Feeling depressed, a few cicadas occasionally chirped in the distance, lazily, making people feel sleepy. The weather has gradually entered summer.

"Do you have any plans recently?" Chang Xiaojun felt thirsty and took a sip of water first. Just when he was about to answer, the door of the dormitory was suddenly knocked open, and his roommate Xiaowu appeared at the door panting, out of breath. He said to Chang Xiaojun breathlessly: "The latest news... you have been elected as the Minister of the Propaganda Department." Chang Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, and his hand holding the quilt was shaking a little, and then he immediately woke up and said, "Ouch!" He yelled: "I'm finally elected! I'm finally elected! Great, I'm elected!" His classmates looked at him dancing in stunned silence and said, "Are you crazy? Isn't it just a small propaganda to win the election? Minister? I see you are so happy as if you have won a multi-million dollar jackpot." Xiao Wu, who had been looking at Chang Xiaojun with a smile at the door, continued: "You can't say that, you don't understand our school yet. Right. The current student union president and vice-chairman Gong Yong and Liu Canli are considered to be the most outstanding student cadres in the past fifty years. We all privately believe that they may become the second generation of 'campus heroes'. You know, the era of campus duos Those ministers have established an unshakable position with their outstanding abilities and the situation they created. Therefore, there are many people who want to follow their footsteps. Who doesn’t want their name to become golden? "

"Yes!" Chang Xiaojun raised his fist excitedly and yelled: "I want to seize the opportunity..." Before he could finish his sentence, a pillow suddenly fell from above, causing Chang Xiaojun to scream in pain: "Who, Who is it..." He raised his head and met an angry face. His words suddenly froze in his throat, as if he remembered something. He touched the back of his head awkwardly and said with a smile, "Hey, Xu Chuan, I forgot you were sleeping. "Yes." Xu Chuan said angrily: "I have told you no less than a hundred times before going to bed to stop screaming, but you screamed like a bunker was exploding. What are you going to do with this debt? " Chang Xiaojun said hurriedly: "Let's talk about this when I come back. I have to report to the chairman now." After saying that, he wanted to slip out, but Xiao Wu stopped him and said: "They have all gone to the province for a meeting. You are still here." Let's be pretty for a while.

Chang Xiaojun said in a hurry: "Can't I go and take over myself?" Xiao Wu pulled him but refused to let go: "Xu Chuan, you think he is trying to escape, why don't you come down and beat him?" During the argument, suddenly there was a person The senior brother ran over sweating profusely and looked into their dormitory: "Does Chang Xiaojun live here?" Chang Xiaojun said as if he saw a savior: "I am, I am, what can I do? "?" The student said anxiously: "Something happened, something happened. A landslide occurred behind the toilet on the side of the school library. We don't know if there are any casualties yet. You should get there quickly." Landslip? Chang Xiaojun's first feeling was that he wanted to laugh: "Are you kidding me? There is some mud behind the toilet. It is a ten-meter-high cement wall. How could it pour?" The student said, "I don't know either. , but a landslide did occur, you'd better go to the scene quickly." Chang Xiaojun said at a loss: "Why do you need me to go to the scene? I didn't cause the landslip." "Ahem, you are not the newly elected one. Are you the director of the Propaganda Department?" Chang Xiaojun was stunned and said: "Yes, does the landslide have something to do with the Propaganda Department?" The student was obviously angry with Chang Xiaojun and stamped his foot down: "It has nothing to do with the Propaganda Department, but if the chairman and vice chairman call and ask you to go, you will be relevant." When he heard that they asked him to go, Chang Xiaojun was really excited: "They... called I'm going, of course I have to do it!" After saying that, he immediately rushed out. The student was left dumbfounded and said to Xiao Wu: "Isn't his nerve a bit..." Xiao Wu couldn't help laughing, "Ha" and laughed out loud, and said to Xu Chuan: "This kid is lucky, he escaped after all. ." Xu Chuan had no choice but to lie down and continue sleeping, but suddenly he found a strange light flashing on the amulet beside his pillow...

Chang Xiaojun's dormitory was far away from the library, so when he arrived at the scene, a dense wall of people had been built there. The noise was so loud that it was almost unbearable for his ears. Everyone was exclaiming and discussing in exaggerated ways. , the student union cadres were struggling to maintain order and protect the scene. Chang Xiaojun showed his student union work ID and was able to squeeze in. The scene was a mess, with bricks and hard yellow mud everywhere. Zhao Liang, the new director of the Organization Department who had nothing to do with this incident, also came. He was a student in the Department of Civil Engineering and was busy inspecting the accident. cause.

Chang Xiaojun hurriedly ran up and asked, "How is it? Is anyone injured?" Zhao Liang frowned when he saw it was him: "It's really unfortunate. There were three students inside at the time and they were buried alive." Chang Xiaojun gasped A breath of cold air: "Buried alive? Is there still hope?" Zhao Liang pursed his lips to that side and shook his head heavily. Only then did Chang Xiaojun notice that there were three things like terracotta warriors and horses lying there. The only thing that could be identified was that they were corpses. What's underneath is the bright red soft mud soil. Several medical students are helping to clean the soil from the corpse and perform preliminary protection and treatment of the corpse.

Someone died? This means that this incident cannot be handled as an ordinary accident. After all, the campus has been peaceful for several years. A sudden death will definitely have a huge impact on the campus environment. I did not expect that I would encounter such a thing as soon as I took office. The chairman was not here, so Chang Xiaojun couldn't help but feel nervous and asked: "Then have you found out the cause of the accident?" Zhao Liang looked around and pulled Chang Xiaojun to an uninhabited corner. Chang Xiaojun looked at him strangely. He: "Isn't it just how the accident happened? Is it necessary to be so mysterious?" Zhao Liang said anxiously: "It's just because this thing is weird, so I haven't dared to tell anyone else until now. I just I heard an eyewitness passing by the toilet say that the mud suddenly poured down, as if there were dozens of kilograms of explosives hidden inside. The cement wall was not so much washed away by the mud as it was knocked down. Before the incident Without any warning, the area behind the toilet collapsed. Moreover, the strangest place is not here. You should know what are the prerequisites for the formation of landslides, right?" Chang Xiaojun nodded and said: "That's for sure. First of all, it's usually because it has rained and the soil is soft. Driven by the water, the slope is originally relatively sloped, and the rocks below cannot bear the weight above, so..." Zhao Liang waved his hand and interrupted his narration. He grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and squeezed it gently. The mud suddenly turned into powdery crumbs and fell from his palm in front of the surprised Chang Xiaojun. Zhao Liang said: "This is the weirdest part of the whole thing. Have you ever heard that the soil that has dried to this degree can be poured over at such a rapid speed?" Chang Xiaojun could not say anything for a long time. In fact, he answered It doesn't matter if you don't answer, because there is only one answer: no.

The two were whispering secretly when a student cadre ran over and said: "Two ministers, we just found a bunch of strange things when we were cleaning up the scene. Come and take a look." The two hurriedly ran over to take a look. There were a bunch of rusty things lying in a pit. Chang Xiaojun picked up one to look at, weighed it and said, "It's made of copper." He then used his hands to clean off the dirt on the surface, and it was clearly carved. A "" symbol. Zhao Liang was immediately startled: "That's a Nazi symbol. When did Germany come to us?" The students around him were also frightened: "Nazis?" Chang Xiaojun said hurriedly: "No, the direction of the Nazi symbol is It's just the other way around. This is the number representing the Buddhist world. I've seen it in many temples. I think these may be Buddhist supplies." Zhao Liang was still confused: "Then who buried these Buddhist supplies here? It is said that these things caused the landslide... Well, it seems impossible." Chang Xiaojun said: "We outsiders should not make random guesses. Let's invite some knowledgeable people to come and explain." As he said this, he said to the person next to him. A student said: "Excuse me, help me go to the dormitory and call a guy from Xu Chuan." Then he smiled and said to Zhao Liang: "This Xu Chuan has a very good talk. It is probably because his family believes in Buddhism and he has been influenced by it since he was a child. , should know this."

The two chatted about how to deal with the aftermath. Not long after, Xu Chuan came over. He smiled at Chang Xiaojun from a distance and said, "I expected that you would definitely ask me to come." Chang Xiaojun said strangely: " Why?" Xu Chuan smiled but did not answer: "What did you ask me to do?" Zhao Liang saw that he had a parted hair, with thick and thick hair placed comfortably on both sides, and was dressed in leisurely casual clothes. He couldn't help but be suspicious, and asked Chang Xiaojun whispered: "You said he understands Buddhism?" Before Chang Xiaojun could answer, Xu Chuan's sharp ears had already heard it, and he smiled and said: "Do Buddhists have to be bald and wear cassocks?" Chang Xiaojun said Jun Ye smiled and said: "He still has some research on Feng Shui, Bagua, etc., so don't worry." Zhao Liang suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and muttered in his heart: There are so many fortune tellers who cheat money these days.

Chang Xiaojun picked up a copper object and smiled and said to Xu Chuan: "I will show you something. If you can guess what it is, I will give it to you." Xu Chuan said: "Even if I recognize it, I don't want it. What you give me is never a good thing." When he took it and looked at it, his expression changed drastically. He grabbed Chang Xiaojun and shouted sternly: "Where did you get this thing?" Chang Xiaojun was attracted by him He was startled by the abnormal behavior and said hurriedly: "No... it's not mine... we dug it from the scene. We don't know this thing, so we asked you to come and have a look." Xu Chuan still refused to let go and said: " Did you only find one?" Chang Xiaojun pointed behind him and said, "There are a bunch more..." Xu Chuan saw the neatly arranged rows of copper objects behind him, and suddenly took a breath of air, let go of Chang Xiaojun, His face was extremely solemn.

Chang Xiaojun and Zhao Liang looked at each other in surprise. Chang Xiaojun asked cautiously: "Xu Chuan, what on earth is this? Is there anything wrong with it?" "Yes." Xu Chuan said, playing with the small thing. : "This is the 'Copper Deer Tongue', which is made of pure copper and looks like a deer tongue. In our magic world, it is specially used to suppress evil spirits. Because its suppressive force is very powerful, far exceeding other magical weapons of the same sect. Therefore, we do not use them lightly. Generally, only one is enough. Even if it is a powerful ghost who has been wronged very much, we only use three. In fact, when we encountered a ghost that had been wronged for a hundred years, it was extremely ferocious, and there was a rule that no more than five could be used. "Zhao Liang and Chang Xiaojun were stunned at the same time. They both turned their heads to look at the pile of copper deer tongues. The dense bronze color immediately dazzled their eyes. After a rough calculation, there were more than a hundred of them. Xu Chuan stared at the frightened expressions on the faces of the two men and said: "I can conclude that this incident is not a landslide at all, but the cause of these magical weapons. I think something must have happened here, and Now, these copper deer tongues can no longer suppress what they want to suppress, and non-human forces have overturned the magic weapon, causing this disaster." At this point, Xu Chuan suddenly gave Chang Xiaojun a meaningful look. , said slowly: "Call your chairman back and tell them that something will happen on campus within a few days, for sure!"

Chang Xiaojun has been both happy and scared these days. What he is happy about is that he can finally meet the two chairmen he has long admired and can do great things under them. What he is afraid of is that no wonder the old people often say: "In the old house There is something evil." He was mentally prepared. Going to this university with a long history, he might encounter something weird one day, but he really didn't expect that he would be dealing with even a hundred coppers. Even Lu Tan can't suppress the fierce ghost, and I'm afraid his life will be in danger.

Not only was Chang Xiaojun troubled, but Gong Yong, the chairman of the student union, was even more anxious than him. He received a call at the conference venue and just after he said "hello", Zhao Liang's nervous yelling came from the phone: "There is a ghost. , Chairman! There is a ghost..." Even though he reacted quickly and hung up the phone quickly, he still shocked the entire venue and even the rostrum. In an instant, tens of thousands of eyes were looking at him. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole in the ground. Go in. After knowing the unbelievable story, Gong Yong estimated that the entire student union was in chaos and he had to deal with it immediately. Thinking of this, he glanced at Vice Chairman Liu Canli next to him who was gloating about the misfortune and suppressing his laughter, and whispered: "Follow me. I'll do it." The two quietly exited the venue together. Liu Canli finally couldn't help laughing and said: "What's going on?" Gong Yong said: "You can still laugh, something really happened to the school now." At that moment, Shan Shan After telling the story about the landslide, Liu Canli pondered for a long time and said: "I guess it's definitely not that. It happened less than half a day ago, and the investigation can't be completed so quickly. Someone is probably creating rumors, for fear that people will not be happy." It's chaotic, but Zhao Liang is no longer a new member of the student union, and he was bluffed like this." Gong Yong said: "If it is as you said, then this person who spreads rumors is really quite capable. I don't think this is the case. It's simple, but there is something fishy inside. The student union must have been in chaos. If this continues, the school will have reasons to intervene, and I have to go back." Liu Canli was surprised and said: "You go back? What will happen to this? ?" Gong Yong suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Nonsense, of course you stay and continue."

When Gong Yong rushed back to school, the situation was just as he expected. The student union had already split into two factions. The faction that advocated a natural disaster was shouting: "Who is deceiving the public with such nonsense? Such nonsense can only be made by a three-year-old child." Only then will you believe it!" The group that thought it was a man-made disaster was not to be outdone, and said: "Who can prove that it is a rumor now? Human lives are at stake, how can we just ignore it?" Gong Yong saw everyone arguing fiercely and becoming chaotic, and he also When I first arrived at school, I had no clue. I thought I might not be able to hold on anymore, so I had to convene an emergency meeting of the student union to discuss countermeasures.

Except for Vice Chairman Liu Canli, all the members had arrived, and the huge conference room was completely silent. Not even a cough could be heard. It was completely different from the atmosphere of the heated argument just now. Those student cadres have calmed down. They just want to see how the "Aqiang No. 2" who is known as the second "campus hero" can properly handle the first major event. The cadres didn't speak, and Gong Yong didn't speak either. He just looked at the copper deer tongues placed in front of him over and over again, as if he couldn't put it down. Time passed by minute by second, and finally someone couldn't hold it in any longer and said: "Chairman, you asked us to come to the meeting, but you didn't say anything, and you wanted to scare us to death. Now everyone is waiting for us to give an explanation, so you can Let's deal with it quickly." All the students present immediately pricked up their ears, wanting to hear whether what Gong Yong said was "check" or "throw away." Only then did Gong Yong wake up from his reverie, waved his hand and said, "What's the rush? There's still one person who hasn't come. We'll hold the meeting again when he comes." Chang Xiaojun thought to himself, "It turns out that the vice chairman also wants to come back to participate." Gong Yong As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the conference room was pushed open: "Report to the Chairman, Xu is here."

Immediately, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the people who opposed Xu Chuan immediately stood up and protested indignantly: "Chairman, don't you believe those lies?" Seeing the dispute again, Gong Yong picked up his water glass and poured it heavily. As soon as it was placed on the table, everyone's hearts trembled and they couldn't help but hold back their voices. Gong Yong said loudly: "The purpose of our student union has been established since the days of the two heroes on campus. It was passed to me in the 53rd session and has never been changed. ." As he spoke, he pointed at Chang Xiaojun and said, "Tell me, what is it?" Chang Xiaojun never expected that Gong Yong would assign himself to answer. In his excitement, his thoughts were very clear and he recited smoothly: "Tolerate all factions and be open-minded. Inspire progress, and democracy prospers." Gong Yong said: "Yes, what does it mean to be tolerant of all factions, and what does it mean to be open-minded? This truth is both simple and profound, and profound and simple. He was the one who identified these copper physical evidences, and he was also the one who proposed this argument. He, I called him here just to understand the objective facts and ask him the basis for his judgment, so as to help us investigate this accident. It is too early to tell whether it is a lie or the truth at this time. " The conversation left everyone speechless. Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Gong Yong signaled to the outside of the venue: "Please come in, Xu Chuan."