He Jianfei dragged his exhausted body back to the dormitory and immediately called Gong Yong and Liu Canli to explain the latest situation to them. Since the legend of the Ghost Road was banned in 1999, Gong Yong and Liu Canli knew little about the Ghost Road. Seven or eight of the ten sentences He Jianfei said were incomprehensible. Liu Canli listened patiently for a long time, and finally waited for He Jianfei to finish speaking, and then said: "We are not from the magic world, and senior brother's words are too profound." Gong Yong also said: "What senior brother said seems to have nothing to do with us, right? He Jianfei said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. I'm just telling you in vain. But it's up to you to do it next. Didn't I talk about Tan Xingwan? Now the path is gone. There is only one way to know the specific circumstances of his disappearance - to find the four people who returned due to heavy rain. Maybe we can infer clues from the few sentences Tan Xingwan said before his death." Liu Canli said: "This is very difficult. , now after more than fifty years, the personnel changes have been drastic. Besides, this is not the authority of our student union." He Jianfei said: "I came to you just because it is difficult. I will do the things that cost my life, so I will leave these. Here you go. I don’t mean to ask you to go around the streets with a notebook and ask people. You can use the student union to hold some large-scale activities to attract old alumni to participate. Wouldn’t everything be fine? I think I was there back then. I caught Mr. Li from the campus duo at the school anniversary event."
Gong Yong said: "Senior brother, your memory is too bad, isn't it? The school anniversary has just passed." He Jianfei said: "I just gave you an example to help you understand the analogy. I didn't ask you to copy it. After the school anniversary, you can do something else, such as the alumni association, etc. Reading clubs, voluntary labor, etc." Gong Yong smiled and said to Liu Canli: "This voluntary labor is exempted, and the alumni association is still possible." Liu Canli said: "In my opinion, it is impossible, because the student union has never I have never done this kind of activity. If the principal asks me, how can I explain myself?" He Jianfei clapped his hands and said, "That's too simple. Just tell him: It's because you haven't done it before that you just do it once for fun. Let's see how it goes." Liu Canli was furious: "I think you want to trick us out of the stage."
Gong Yong couldn't help laughing anymore: "Okay, okay, you two always fight when you meet. Senior brother, don't worry, we are indeed bound to do this. Canli, just for the sake of him For the sake of grandpa's coming, let's stop fighting." He Jianfei's second son was confused: "My grandpa? Where is he?" He instantly found Old Man Li standing outside the door, looking at them with a kind smile.
At night, the moonlight was like water, quietly covering the fluttering cherry blossoms. He Jianfei suddenly found that he was on the cherry blossom road without knowing when, letting the light petals scatter all over his body. "Have you guessed the secret of the bloody curse?" A faint cold air came from behind. He Jianfei turned around in horror, only to see the black hair floating away. Sure enough, it was the female ghost again. He Jianfei said: "I was just about to tell you. You got the wrong person, don't bring me to this place again." After hearing this, the female ghost just shook her head gently and said, "It's impossible, you have obviously guessed it!" He Jianfei ignored her when he saw her. He ignored it, couldn't help but get a little angry, and raised his voice: "Did you hear what I said? You won't be allowed to do it in the future..." Just as I was saying this, I suddenly heard a strange sound that seemed to be dragging something from behind. I just thought... Turning around to look, the female ghost suddenly shouted in a higher tone: "You guessed it a long time ago!!" He Jianfei was frightened and turned around, only to see that the female ghost had scars all over her eyes, ears, nose and mouth. There was thick blood. At the same time, He Jianfei clearly heard a low voice coming from his ear: "Only one more."
Bleeding from the seven orifices? ! ! He Jianfei screamed and woke up from his dream. Even Old Man Li, who had always been sleeping soundly, was awakened. He got up and asked repeatedly: "What's wrong? What happened?" He Jianfei wiped his forehead and then He realized that he was already breaking out in a cold sweat: "A female ghost is always pestering me to help her solve the secret of the bloody curse..." "Blood curse??!!!" Old Man Li suddenly shouted, scaring He Jianfei again. Da Tiao: "Why are you so surprised? Have you ever heard of the story about this female ghost?"
Old Man Li just walked around the room quickly, and after a while he said to the astonished He Jianfei: "Are you sure she meant the words 'bloody curse'?" He Jianfei looked at him in confusion and nodded. Old Man Li's face instantly became solemn: "Did she say that the Blood Curse has been resurrected?" He Jianfei carefully recalled the content of the dream, and then said: "She didn't say this, but judging from her meaning, it should be Like this." "Oh my God!" Old Man Li couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's impossible, the bloody curse has obviously been completely eliminated!" He Jianfei's heart sank: "Could it be that the bloody curse..." Old Man Li Already said in a low voice: "That's another scary legend on campus. It happened long before the formation of the Ghost Road."
"The Legend of the Blood Curse began in the year when the school was founded, in 1934. It had its own scope of activities - the library, just like the Wandering Ghost Road. By the time I took over as the President of the Student Union, it was already sufficient It has been plaguing the campus for fifteen years.
On the afternoon when Aqiang and I officially took over as chairman, the outgoing senior brother suddenly called us to the office alone, and personally screened away the others. Before closing the door, he patrolled around uneasily before returning and closing the door tightly. At that time, I was very surprised. Everything had been handed over. Even if there were any other important things that needed to be handed over, there was no need to be so cautious, right
After the senior brother returned to the office, he opened the bottom drawer that was already covered with dust, took out a portfolio made of kraft paper, and then carefully pulled out a piece of yellowed white paper and handed it to Aqiang solemnly. Although Aqiang's face looked extremely strange at that time, he still took it obediently without saying a word. I hurriedly came up to take a look. Only a few lines of words were written on the huge white paper: In this year, thirty-six people died, a bloody curse, and terror prevailed.
Student Union in 1934
I saw it inexplicably, but Aqiang's face turned cold. Now, even the senior brother noticed it and asked, "Have you heard of this story too?" Aqiang shook his head and said, "No, I just think the name is too disgusting. That's all." Thinking about it now, Aqiang had clearly noticed the unusual feeling of resentment, but he was just trying to cover it up.
The senior brother did not doubt that he was there and asked us: "What do you think of this piece of paper?" ’ I answered without thinking: ‘Is it a prank? Ah Qiang said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple." Senior brother said: "Aqiang is right. Don't underestimate this piece of paper. This piece of white paper is actually a top-secret file passed down from generation to generation by the student union. The words above actually record the great tragedy that occurred in 1934." That is commonly referred to as 'six. One Three Tragedy'. 'When my senior brother said this, I remembered that it was a famous horror mystery at that time, but the media was slow to expose it.
In March 1934, the school was just established, and in June, the library was completed. At that time, the entire school enrolled less than 300 people, so the old library seemed relatively small. It was a wooden structure building with only two floors. The first floor was a social science library, and the second floor was a mathematics, physics and chemistry library. The tragedy occurred shortly after the library was completed, that is, at about 9:00 in the morning on June 13. At that time, a girl who was borrowing from the mathematics, physics and chemistry library was flipping through a chemistry textbook. Suddenly she heard a gentle "tick" sound. He quickly looked up and looked around, but found nothing unusual. So, she lowered her head to flip through the book again. As soon as she lowered her head, there was a drop of bright red blood in the middle of the book, which was slowly melting away. She screamed in fright, dropped the book, turned around and ran out. This shocked everyone in the library. Everyone ran outside one after another and looked up at the second floor.
It is said that because everyone was filled with incomparable fear, there was a dead silence in the library, and everyone held their breath and did not dare to breathe. But strangely, there was no movement at all on the second floor. Normally speaking, if people on the first floor are noisy and squeeze out of the door, there is no chance that they will not be heard on the second floor. You know, wooden structures are particularly easy to transmit sound, so someone will definitely run out and ask what happened. However, at that time, the second floor was even deadlier than the first floor. If we still act according to common sense, there is only one possibility - something happened on the second floor!
Everyone is reluctant to leave because curiosity forces them to see what's going on; everyone is afraid to go up because the mysterious horror has seized their hearts. Everyone just stood below and stared blankly, waiting.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was finally a sound on the second floor, gurgling as if something was coming out. After people saw clearly what it was, they couldn't control it anymore. They rushed out of the library screaming like crazy and ran away in all directions. A thick, bubbling red blood slowly flowed from the stairs on the second floor to the floor on the first floor, turning the entire staircase into a bloody staircase.
—So, the Legend of the Blood Curse is also known as the Legend of the Blood Staircase in the Library.
Later, when the police and ambulance arrived, the library had almost become a pool of blood, exuding a fishy stench. The police rushed to the second floor and saw a mess. The ground was full of blood, but they did not find a body and could not find the source of the blood. It seemed as if it had appeared out of nowhere. The police chief at the time discovered something suspicious. All the bookcases in the social science library fell to the floor, and books were scattered everywhere, as if they had been involved in a fierce struggle. Only a bookshelf against the west wall survived, and the books on the shelf were still there unharmed. So he ordered the police to move the bookcase away. Sure enough, there were four block letters written in blood on the wall: 'Blood Curse'. The legend got its name from this.
According to subsequent statistics, a total of 36 people, including library employees, mysteriously disappeared in this tragedy. The rescue and search activities lasted for three days, and the area was expanded to fifty miles, but no one was alive and no body was found. The library was closed for half the semester.
In order to calm people's hearts, the 1935 Student Union spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to investigate this case, but found nothing. The only helpful information is that according to the old people living nearby, the land where the library is located used to be an abandoned mourning hall. After a strange fire burned it to the ground ten years ago, accidents often happened here. Helpless, the student union had no choice but to put the matter aside and let it go. However, something happened later that forced the matter to be put on the agenda again.
On June 13, 1935, the day when the Bloody Staircase massacre occurred last year, a pair of lovers accidentally passed by the library on a date and heard a noise inside. The woman was curious, and the man accompanied her in to see what was going on. There was silence in the library, and the woman asked: 'Is anyone there? 'Immediately a strong wind blew, and the scene in the museum suddenly changed. In front of them was an unforgettable bloody staircase. A bloody man stood at the corner of the staircase and asked softly: "Do you know about the bloody curse?" Is it a secret?' The woman screamed, bleeding all over her body and died. The man was also covered in blood, and climbed out of the library with all his strength. He was sent to the hospital for rescue and died of his injuries a few days later. The color of his blood had almost faded away. Terror once again enveloped the campus.
] In the future, every time a tragedy occurs, the bloody staircase will reappear. Legend has it that if you guess the secret of the bloody curse, you can avoid death. But more and more people died, and no one could guess them. The student union has no choice but to put up a wooden sign outside the library on June 13th every year: If you cherish your life, please stay away from this library for the time being! 'Despite this, the Blood Staircase seems to have the ability to attract people's souls, and people still die tragically every year.
I understand what senior brother means. The legend cannot be changed and the curse cannot be eliminated. All the student union can do is to try its best to dissuade students from getting closer. But I am not convinced in my heart. I believe that because of my righteousness, it does not dare to do anything to me. Aqiang and I ignored our senior brother's instructions and kept checking information and conducting on-site investigations, but we still had no clue. The days passed day by day, and finally, June 13th arrived.
"That day, the student union was facing a formidable enemy and made many plans. In the end, it was decided that Aqiang and I would go in, while the others would just wait outside. Once the bloody stairs appeared and the bloody man came out, we would immediately take them. Shine a bright light on it.
In previous incidents, most bloody people appeared at 12 o'clock in the evening. However, when the clock struck twelve heavily, the library was still quiet. Not to mention the bloody stairs, there was not even a breath of wind. But I still dare not relax, maybe it is peeping at you in the dark. At one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, the sky gradually turned white, until the rising sun jumped from the east. I was completely stunned. I thought that even if the bloody man came in front of me, I would not be so surprised. Suddenly, the student union officers who had been waiting outside all night raised their arms and shouted: "Long live the two presidents! The bloody curse has been broken!"
"I was confused and at a loss. I turned my head and looked at Aqiang, and saw a faint smile on his lips. I finally realized. It turned out that everything was Aqiang's fault. But, why didn't he scream? Can I work together? After the incident on the Road of Wrongful Ghosts ended, the truth of this last mystery was also revealed.
"Since then, the legend of the Blood Curse died on campus overnight. In order not to leave any negative impact, we unanimously decided at a meeting to cut off this legend in 49 years and never know it. However, today, this legend came out of your mouth again. I can’t help but be surprised by the words.”
He Jianfei said: "Listening to what you said, I don't think she necessarily meant that she was resurrected. After all, she did not appear in the library, but on Cherry Blossom Road. This is beyond the scope of the bloody curse. Moreover, she She also said a few more words than the bloody man, such as: 'You have guessed it a long time ago!'" Old Man Li said: "But how did she know the word 'bloody curse'?"
"You guessed it a long time ago!" "You obviously already know it!" "There's only one left." Somehow, these words suddenly flashed through He Jianfei's mind like lightning. At that moment, He Jianfei I remembered too many doubtful points: the eyes of the female ghost, the characteristics of the ghost world, the cherry blossom road, my brother said. In an instant, I felt as if a big stone in my heart suddenly exploded. He Jianfei finally guessed the true meaning of the female ghost. Without any hesitation, he stood up and clasped his hands in accordance with the way of gratitude in the magic world and said to everyone around him: "He Jianfei thanks the girl for her hard work. He will do his best to free her." He saw the west side. A gust of cold wind suddenly blew in from the window, and it was shut tightly, and a black shadow floated past silently, disappearing in an instant.
Old Man Li was startled and asked, "Why are you thanking the ghost?" He Jianfei said with a slightly bitter voice, "It's all my fault that I'm too stupid to figure out this riddle. That female ghost came to me three times, not to harass me. , to give me a warning." Old Man Li asked: "What warning?" He Jianfei said: "The death warning is a death warning about the bloody curse." Old Man Li was nervous for a while: "So, is the bloody curse resurrected?" He Jianfei said: "No, it's the bloody curse that has expanded. We made mistakes from the beginning, the lowest level of mistakes. We forgot one thing, she is a ghost, not a human!" Old Man Li couldn't help scolding: "You... Isn't it nonsense?" He Jianfei said seriously: "No, this is not nonsense. We know that she is a ghost, but we treat her as a human being, so we replace some of the characteristics of a human with those of a ghost." 2
Old Man Li then asked: "Do you have any evidence?" "Yes!" He Jianfei said: "Do you still remember the passage I just narrated to you?" There was one sentence in it: "The female ghost used heartbreaking sadness and Looking at me with those desperate eyes was totally wrong. "
Old Man Li asked: "What's wrong? Doesn't she have sadness and despair at all?" He Jianfei said coldly: "You forgot, ordinary ghosts don't have eyes!" As soon as he said these words, Old Man Li felt A shiver ran through my body, and I started shaking involuntarily.
He Jianfei continued to explain: "Because she was facing the moon and I was backlit, the moon was projected into her eye sockets, and my shadow blocked it, so I thought she had eyes. In fact, The eyes of ordinary ghosts only have whites and no pupils, so it is impossible for me to know that she is looking at me. It is impossible for her to look at me." Old man Li was completely unaware: "What does this mean?" He Jianfei said: "It means that she The 'you' in my mouth may not be me, but someone else. There may be other meanings in these sentences." Old Man Li said: "But just based on this, it cannot be inferred that it is a warning, right?"
He Jianfei said: "Of course not, but after confirming that she is a ghost, everything will be easier to handle. When I couldn't understand the meaning of her warning, she did not hesitate to show me her face with bleeding from the seven orifices. Legend has it that bleeding from the seven orifices is After a very cruel and tragic death process, which was caused by the bursting of blood vessels throughout the body, she was revealing to me the nature of her death. From this, I thought of instant memory. I have probably explained this term to you." Mr. Li He said: "It is said that people who die in an extremely painful way will leave instant memories at the scene and constantly repeat the process before and after the tragic death." He Jianfei nodded and said: "Since she died of bleeding from the seven orifices, then she will definitely There is an instant memory." Old Man Li suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "Is everything she said to you an instant memory?"
He Jianfei said seriously: "That's right! She is just an ordinary ghost. She cannot express her thoughts to humans, so she has been demonstrating instant memory in front of me, which means..." He Jianfei suddenly paused and then slowly He said: "She repeated to me the three sentences she had repeated for more than fifty years." Old man Li suddenly stood up: "More than fifty years? You...how did you deduce it?" He Jianfei said coldly: " It was you who told me that the 'Blood Curse' became extinct in 49 years. Then she must have died before 49 years before she could possibly know these four words." Old Man Li slumped back into his chair: " Aqiang's hard work was in vain. It turns out that someone had guessed the secret of the bloody curse a long time ago." He Jianfei sighed: "It's a pity that after that wronged soul guessed the secret, he didn't spread it around the world to save the campus, but used it to improve the school. My own skill ultimately led to this bitter fruit.”
Old man Li seemed to have remembered something again, and suddenly asked: "Then how do you explain that low hoarse voice?" He Jianfei said thoughtfully: "I think this is also part of the instant memory. It should be said by the innocent soul. She defrauded that girl's life. With her help, she solved the mystery of the bloody curse and promised to free her. But after her success, she was so greedy that she obviously forgot about it." Old Man Li nodded and sighed: "Defrauding the girl he likes. At the cost of life, he is really worse than a pig or a dog. From this point of view, it is even more unlikely that the wronged soul is Tan Xingwan." He Jianfei said with a mixture of laughter and laughter: "You are here again."