Although Xiao Qing was extremely reluctant to meet Ren Hao, Ren Hao was happy to meet her, and the investigation in the student union also progressed smoothly. Xiaolan's investigation in the library was floundering and there was no breakthrough. Seeing that the day when Wang Hongbin's soul would be reunited was approaching, the two of them were secretly anxious. At this time, they finally received a call from Zhang Jianfeng.
Zhang Jianfeng walked out of the cabin with a tired look on his face, and suddenly found Xiaolan among the crowd. He was surprised: "Why do you have so much time? Have you finished all the things I told you?" Xiaolan shook his head and said, "Things are not what we imagined. It was so easy. That ballad was put into the restricted edition library. I tried my best to borrow it and read it, but I found the ballad. It was a solitary page. There were no ballads related to it before or after it." "Yes. No trace of the page being torn?" "No." Gudao Hongyi has no clues? Zhang Jianfeng had never expected this, so he asked again: "Where is Xiaoqing?" Xiaolan replied: "She is still hanging around the student union, but the information she found is similar to the legend. It is estimated that she has been purged by the school on a large scale. Yes. But he has determined that according to the records, Happy Valley does refer to the name of a place."
After Xiaoqing learned that Zhang Jianfeng had returned, he got rid of Ren Hao's entanglement as quickly as possible and met at Zhang Jianfeng's dormitory with the found records. She brought several files that were suspected to be related to Gudao Hongyi. The first one was on the staffing list for a BBS party in 2013. The location was set at a club near East Lake. Someone next to her made a comment with a red pen. : "This place is ominous, change." The second one is from the 1998 introductory book describing the architectural planning of the Three Lessons. There is a paragraph explaining the geographical location: "The third lesson is connected to the second lesson, and the art building is at the back. You can go straight to the horse race on the left. On the ground, it is adjacent to Central 1st Road on the right..." The last one is from the 2001 student union meeting resolution: "Rejected Minister Yu Zhiyong's application for rebuilding the small bridge on the island in the middle of the East Lake. The injustice has not been done and will not be discussed again."
Except for the third time, which was more obviously aimed at the "Gudao Red Clothes", the other two seemed to have no connection. Zhang Jianfeng read the introduction to Lesson 3 again and asked Xiao Qing: "Have you checked this place?" Xiao Qing said angrily: "I don't want to drag a toad out behind my back." Zhang Jianfeng looked at Xiao Lan. , Xiaolan said: "I'm hanging out in the library." Zhang Jianfeng said: "Since you can't find anything, how can you still hang out for so long?" Xiaolan was grasped by the excuse, so she could only blush and hesitate: "It's so remote there. I heard that there are... a lot of perverts, so people... don't dare to go there." Zhang Jianfeng was stunned, and Xiao Qing couldn't help laughing.
Happy Valley is actually not close to the school, 30 kilometers away. In the 1970s, it was one of the largest racecourses in the country, recording a period of prosperity in the city's past. Happy Valley was named after this, but times Due to changes, this place has long been abandoned. Today's Happy Valley is overgrown with weeds. On the left is a large wastewater ditch, on the right is the city's largest garbage dump, and there are many scrap iron recycling stations and garbage collection stations. Zhang Jianfeng covered his nose until he almost suffocated, but still couldn't resist the stench. He was so angry that he glared at Xiaolan who was following him, and said vaguely: "You can hang out in such a smelly place, those perverts have really good taste. Ah!" Xiaolan immediately retorted: "That's a low-level pervert, and of course it can't be compared to a high-level pervert like you."
The closer they got to the center, the stronger the stench became. Zhang Jianfeng couldn't advance any further and finally escaped from the Happy Valley by running and jumping. The two had no choice but to inquire about the workers living in the recycling bin. "Happy Valley?" A filthy man raised his head and looked at him blankly, then looked at the 5 yuan held in his dark palm. After a long while, he grinned and said, "It used to be pretty good, but it's just that The boss doesn’t know how to do business. He has no money and has failed. It seems to have happened more than seven years ago." Zhang Jianfeng then asked: "What happens after you fail?" "Failed? This is what happens when you fail. ”
Xiaolan wanted to ask something else, but Zhang Jianfeng had already pulled her up and fled here at lightning speed. Xiaolan asked strangely: "Why are you so afraid of the smell? I haven't finished asking yet." Zhang Jianfeng shook his head and said: "It's useless to ask anything, the whole thing is wrong now. Happy Valley has become like this in the past seven years, then Shi Gudao Hongyi had not yet had an accident. No matter how imaginative Liang Hua was, she would not be able to solve the riddle of the poem in front of a garbage dump. Besides, the key to the riddle of the poem lies in 'Tanhua'. The situation on the racecourse is changing, and a horse It is not uncommon to win frequently, but it is incredible for a horse to always be in third place." Xiaolan finally heard the implication and said: "You mean, this Happy Valley is not the Happy Valley we are looking for?" Zhang Jianfeng said: "Not only that, I also suspect that 'horse' may have other meanings than its original meaning. There is also the clumsy picture, which is clearly an explanation of the riddle of the poem, but it is of no use at all now." . Therefore, it is necessary for us to re-examine whether our countermeasures are correct."
"From this point of view, the general direction may be wrong." Xiao Qing obviously agreed with Zhang Jianfeng's opinion: "If Happy Valley was so obvious, the song would not be difficult to break. And the origin of the song should be earlier than horse racing. Therefore, I think Liang Hua did not go beyond the scope of the campus. Happy Valley is either in the school or nearby." Xiaolan retorted: "But there is no such place name on the campus." Zhang Jianfeng said: "Not necessarily, our school It has such a long history, has been expanded many times, and the place name has also changed several times. Maybe it is a place name that has been used before, or it is a nickname circulated privately by a certain generation of students, right?" Xiao Qing said with a smile: "You don't have to argue. Now, let’s check the school history or ask people, won’t we understand?”
However, the facts seem to deliberately embarrass them. Among the place names that the school has taken and circulated since its establishment, not only the three words "Happy Valley" can not be found, there is not even anything remotely related to horses. While Xiaoqing and Xiaolan were extremely busy, Zhang Jianfeng had been sitting quietly in the dormitory, with a diagram of the school from 1997 spread out in front of him. He was thinking, thinking about the facts and contradictions, that poem was so weird, and there was a faint evil spirit in it, as if it wanted to seize people's hearts. There is no hint, except for that picture, there is no author, source, or year. Did Liang Hua only rely on such a beginningless poem to uncover this shocking mystery? Obviously, the role of historical records is not great. If we want to solve the mystery of poetry, we can only imagine how Liang Hua dealt with the relationship between poetry and painting in order to reproduce the steps she took to solve the mystery.
｀That poem was one of the "College Ballads". Why did Liang Hua fall in love with this one when there were hundreds of them? What will Liang Hua do first after taking over Shimi? Should we solve the mystery of Happy Valley first or the mystery of Tanhua? Judging from the annotation, she made the mistake of looking for the golden turtle first and then the golden turtle. However, the mystery of the golden turtle obviously depends on Tanhua. If you don’t know the meaning of the golden turtle, you can’t know the location of the golden turtle. However, Liang Hua insisted on inverting the order. Does it imply that there is another secret link hidden in the poem? Zhang Jianfeng's head ached thinking about it, but he still couldn't figure out where Liang Hua would start. He slowly closed his eyes, and the familiar words "Gudao Hongyi", "Happy Valley", "Tanhua" and "Golden Turtle" flashed through his tired mind. "The grass and trees have no intention, and the dryness and prosperity are not the original intention." Two lines of poems that the master had recited in the past instantly came to mind. Zhang Jianfeng jumped up suddenly, and his heart suddenly became clear. It turned out that this was the reason why he could never find a clue among the numerous clues! He is so stupid, yes, why does Liang Hua have to have a starting point? She can discover the secret of Happy Valley through another way! ! This approach was something they had never been able to do before.
On a piece of grass next to the East Lake, Xiaolan and Xiaoqing were summarizing the reasons for the failure in despair. When Xiaolan said worriedly that she was afraid that the Lingtang classroom would cause trouble again on a large scale, Xiaoqing became enthusiastic and stood up and said: "There is no way. , It just needs to be harder. I went to those old classmates and asked them one by one. I don’t believe that I can’t find any clues." A person from behind said: "No, there is no need to do these things." "Zhang Jianfeng?" Xiaolan stood up happily and said, "It's rare to see you volunteering to do something like this." Zhang Jianfeng glared at her awkwardly and said, "Who said I'm going to find an old schoolmate? I mean, I've already found out The location of Happy Valley is here." As soon as these words came out, Xiaolan and Xiaoqing exclaimed in unison: "You know?!" Xiaolan said: "How is that possible? You stay bored in the dormitory all day and don't know anything. Didn't do it." Zhang Jianfeng said: "I was thinking about Liang Hua. In fact, Liang Hua gave me an important reminder unintentionally. Didn't you find anything wrong during the pursuit?" After his reminder, , Xiao Qingcai seemed to have some realization: "It seems that I can't figure out where Liang Hua started to solve the mystery of the poem. This poem is so strange, it's like a series of tricks that I can't start with." Zhang Jianfeng clapped his hands. Said: "This is the crux of the problem. Back then, Liang Hua, like us, didn't know how to solve the poetry riddle. To be more precise, she didn't even think about solving the poetry riddle. She just broke the chain accidentally. A ring in the trap." Xiao Qing suddenly jumped up and said: "Are you saying that she was in love with the scene?!" Zhang Jianfeng smiled and said: "That's all I can guess. Liang Hua must have gone there often before. A place, perhaps by chance, she compared some of the scenery in that place with the revelations in the song, and thus solved the mystery of Happy Valley. What we are looking for is that place." Xiao Lan said: "But doesn't this expand the scope again? How can we search all the places Liang Hua has been to?" Zhang Jianfeng said: "There is no need to search, the riddles of poetry are profound and difficult to solve, and even though Liang Hua is extremely smart, she cannot do it When I came to my epiphany, I must have pondered day and night, and learned from this that the scope of Happy Valley is still limited to the campus." Xiao Qing shook his head and said: "It's useless for you to speculate. We have tried our best to cover the campus. After searching over and over, there is still no clue." Zhang Jianfeng said slowly: "No, all this time, we have forgotten a place, a place where Liang Hua can go often but we can't." Xiaolan and Xiaoqing said to each other Looking at it, they all said in unison: "Gudao Hongyi?!"
Zhang Jianfeng's guess was correct. During the five-day search, they had always ignored the place where Gudao Hongyi appeared - the island in the middle of the East Lake. According to the school's historical records, Huxin Island was a famous love destination in the school decades ago. Liang Hua and her boyfriend probably had most of their dates here, so there is a high chance that Happy Valley is hidden on the island. But how to get to the island to explore requires a lot of thinking. The bridge has been demolished, and it is impossible to swim across it in broad daylight in full view. There is only one way left, which is to sneak over at night and wait until daytime to slowly observe the island. on the terrain. In order not to arouse suspicion among the classmates, Zhang Jianfeng and the others decided to adopt a strategy of seducing the east and attacking the west. Xiaolan led the team to go on an outing to attract everyone's attention, and handed over the task of lurking on the island to Zhang Jianfeng and Xiaoqing.
The plan was decided, and Xiaolan immediately left to inform the whole class to prepare for the spring outing. Zhang Jianfeng suddenly stopped her, handed her a small bell and said: "We are discussing how to deal with two legends here. It is impossible for those innocent souls not to know about it. Be prepared for the worst-case scenario of the two legends uniting to resist us. It may be very dangerous for you to be alone outside. If any ghosts come to harm you, if you ring this little bell, their souls will be separated. "Be cautious in everything. In case of emergencies, think twice before acting, or call to ask, and don't act rashly." Xiaolan gave a low "en", stretched out her hand to take Xiaoling, and her heart suddenly surged. There was a taste, I didn’t know whether it was bitter or sweet. After a while, I whispered softly: "Please... you come back alive..." At this point, tears had already filled my eyes...
Zhang Jianfeng and Xiao Qing swam across the island at 12 o'clock in the night on time, and spent half an hour choosing a private place to settle down. Xiao Qing was drowsy because she had spent too much time during the day, but Zhang Jianfeng did not dare to be careless at all and arranged barriers around him. Just when Xiao Qing was about to fall asleep, a woman's soft sigh suddenly came from the depths of the jungle. Xiao Qing was immediately frightened to the point of falling asleep, but when she looked at Zhang Jianfeng, her expression changed drastically and she became very alert. Xiao Qing was in a daze, but Zhang Jianfeng had already pushed her to the ground and whispered in an almost inaudible whisper: "Hold your breath!! Something happened to Gudao Hongyi again!!"
Not long after, I heard a faint voice slowly chanting: "This year's white snow is more holy than ever, and this year's holiness is more red than ever." A rope broke out of the ground and hung on the tree, and a corpse was hung on the tree. It was slowly pulled out. Zhang Jianfeng and Xiao Qing recognized who it was almost at a glance. He was a short man of less than 1.6 meters with a plump body. The dead person was Ren Wei, the chairman of the student union! Xiao Qing opened her mouth wide and screamed in shock. As soon as she said "oh", Zhang Jianfeng tightly covered her mouth. After the red ribbon finished all the work calmly, it slowly floated back into the woods and disappeared.
Only then did Zhang Jianfeng let go of Xiao Qing and whispered: "Calm down! I don't want to have a head-on conflict with Gudao Hongyi." Xiao Qing's eyes were wide open because of fear, and he looked at the gently shaking bright red corpse and lowered his voice. He whispered: "Oh my God! Why is this happening?" Zhang Jianfeng also whispered: "I'm going to ask you, you are often with Ren Wei, where has he been?" Xiao Qing said in confusion: "I'm not sure. Tiandu was investigating with Ren Wei, could it be that there was a sense of resentment in his dormitory?" Zhang Jianfeng's whole body suddenly trembled, and after a long while, he let out a vague "Yes".
Seeing that Zhang Jianfeng remained silent, Xiao Qing thought again: "The female ghost just now seemed to have recited two strange poems like 'This year's white snow is more holy than ever, and this year's holiness is more red than ever'. She is so good Xiang wanted to explain something." Zhang Jianfeng nodded and said, "I heard her say that the first time I came to the island, but it was so confusing that I couldn't guess what it meant." Xiao Qing said, "The weird thing is the second one. In other words, she secretly changed the concept of Shengheng, Shengheng and Hongyan are not compatible at all." Zhang Jianfeng pulled her and said: "Now is not the time to talk loudly, let's move the corpse." "No!" Xiao Qing was almost frightened. Screaming: "Why do you want me to touch that disgusting corpse?" Zhang Jianfeng said: "Are you waiting for others to discover it? Then you will be responsible for explaining to the police why the two of us were hiding next to the corpse. Why don't you come out quickly?"
The moon was as cold as water, and Xiaolan sat helplessly in the conference hall, watching boredly as her classmates enthusiastically discussed the precautions for spring outing, while thinking about the safety of Zhang Jianfeng and Xiaoqing. After sitting for a while, I felt a dull pain in my head, so I found an excuse to come out and lean on the railing to look out. The island in the middle of the East Lake was still vaguely visible. I thought to myself: "I wonder if Zhang Jianfeng and Xiao Qing have arrived on the island? What are they doing now?" What?" Just as she was thinking about it, a gust of cold wind blew behind her. Xiaolan quickly shrank her collar, but the cold wind suddenly increased, and the direction of the wind seemed to be blowing towards her. Xiaolan looked back strangely, and suddenly Her whole body trembled suddenly, her whole body stiffened instantly, and her heart seemed to stop beating for an instant. Behind her, a peerless and beautiful girl slowly floated towards her in the gloomy white smoke with a livid face, that kind of With her flabby complexion and blue-black and yellowish lips, Xiaolan seemed to have been touched by something. Her hands trembled violently and she took out the small bell from her pocket. She shook it gently, and the small bell did not even make a slight sound. It broke into pieces without emitting. "We are here to discuss how to deal with the two legends. It is impossible for those innocent souls not to know that we must prepare for the worst case of the two legends uniting to resist us. It may be very dangerous for you to be alone outside. If there are any ghosts and monsters that come to harm you. , if you ring this little bell, their souls will separate." Zhang Jianfeng's soft voice could still be heard in her ears. Xiaolan threw the remaining fragment of the little bell in her hand towards the East Lake, feeling in her heart Silently praying: "Farewell, everyone." He turned to the girl and said: "I know you will definitely come to me, come on. But I won't go looking for Shimen." Although the voice was firm, the tears But it flowed down unsatisfactorily.