After Jiang Jinjiu left the newspaper office, he found a beef noodle restaurant and ordered two large bowls of noodles, a few side dishes and a small bottle of Erguotou. Although the total price is seventy-six yuan, it is the greatest reward for myself. Whenever he loses his job, his daily food expenses will not exceed ten yuan, which is boiled water and steamed buns, or instant noodles.
After finishing a bowl of beef noodles, he rubbed his flat belly happily, wanting to take a short break before eating another bowl. Wiping his hands and taking out the contract, he looked at the OnePlus and the four zeros. He smiled stupidly, imagining that in a few months he would be living well and having fun, driving a new car and driving around with his new girlfriend. The feeling in his heart was much greater. Cool.
Thinking that he would become a real reporter in a few days, he took a sip of wine, drank happily, put down the bottle and touched his coat pocket, not wanting to touch it empty. After going through other pockets, he rummaged through the bag again, and even turned it upside down. Only then did he realize that the press pass Qin Zhenyang gave him yesterday was missing!
Jiang Jinjiu secretly thought that it was bad, thinking that since last night, his press pass had been hanging on his coat, and the coat was hanging on the back of the chair. I almost knocked over my chair when I got up this morning. Could it have been that I dropped it at that time? After much thought, Jiang Jinjiu eliminated all possibilities and finally concluded that the press card was left in the haunted house.
"How to deal with this? To take it or not to take it? Just a press card, and then get another one? But... Isn't it inappropriate to lose the identity card that symbolizes the reporter's identity before going to work? I'm going to go! Qin Zhen Old man Yang Na said it was best not to be discovered. If someone calls the police..." Thinking of the dismissal letter, Jiang Jinjiu felt extremely anxious. The second bowl of noodles he ate was bland and tasteless, but it made his stomach hurt after eating it. I stopped eating after a few mouthfuls.
That night.
The moon is sparse, the breeze is blowing, and the neighborhood where the haunted house is located is still dark and very quiet.
Jiang Jinjiu was dressed in black, so he couldn't see him clearly if he was far away, but he was still as cautious as a thief, walking close to the wall. Unlike the two people behind him, one was dressed in dark green and was Jiang Jinjiu's junior high school classmate Li Youcheng. The other one, who is all brown, is Li Youcheng’s brother-in-law Zhang Hong.
They followed Jiang Jinjiu swaggeringly, all looking like they were making a fool of themselves.
Thanks to Jiang Jinjiu, the three of them arrived safely at the door of the building where the haunted house is located. Zhang Hong squatted in front of the building door and took out a strange-shaped tool to disturb the keyhole. In less than two minutes, there was only a soft knock and the door lock was unlocked.
"You are awesome, brother-in-law!" Li Youcheng exclaimed in a low voice, raising his thumb with one hand and putting the other hand on Zhang Hong's shoulder. "You shouldn't be a locksmith if you have the ability to pick locks. I think you should be a master thief!"
Zhang Hong lowered his voice and said with a smile, "How can that be done? I'm older and younger, I'm not thick and bold, and I'm not fat. If I go in and work as a slave, will I lose if your sister runs away with someone else?" He said softly. He opened the door and made a gesture to invite in, "If I hadn't borrowed the courage of your classmate tonight, I wouldn't have dared to unlock it no matter what."
"Excuse me, I'm really troubling my brother-in-law. I really have to do it as a last resort." Jiang Jin smiled guiltily and said, "That thing is too important to me. Losing it means losing my job. I really have no choice but to do it."
"Okay, okay! If you're a buddy, don't be polite." Li Youcheng put his arm around Jiang Jinjiu's shoulders and grinned, "We are brothers. If we don't help with this, we won't be brothers anymore!"
"Shh-" Zhang Hong signaled to silence and pointed to the top. Only then did Jiang Jinjiu and Li Youcheng realize that the lights on the balcony on the second floor were on. They nodded knowingly, walked into the corridor and gently closed the door.
The three of them quietly walked to the fourth floor in unison, moving so lightly that the sensor lights in the corridor were not activated. When they first saw Huang Fu and Zhong Kui posted on the door, Li Youcheng and Zhang Hong asked Jiang Jinjiu about the situation. Jiang Jinjiu used the reason he had already made up to explain that "the previous tenant's job was to tell fortunes and name names," which really fooled him.
Next, Li Youcheng stayed at the entrance of the stairs to watch, while Zhang Hong and Jiang Jinjiu stayed in front of the haunted house. After about five minutes, there was a sound of metal friction in the door lock, and the door was opened by Zhang Hong.
"Brother-in-law is so capable!" Jiang Jinjiu held Zhang Hong's hand tightly and said excitedly, "I will treat you to a seafood meal someday. Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome, you're welcome, come in quickly, don't let anyone notice." Zhang Hong greeted Li Youcheng, and after the three of them exchanged a few words, they left together.
This was discussed before coming here. Since it is an empty house without anyone living in it, there is no need for anyone to look after it. When there are a lot of people, there will be loud footsteps. If a neighbor hears something moving in the haunted house, it will be a disaster. It will be even worse if the police call the police.
Furthermore, Jiang Jinjiu didn't want them to know that he risked committing a crime just to get a press card, so he felt embarrassed to say it. So even if you knew there was a ghost in the house, you still let them leave first to avoid harming them.
When Jiang Jinjiu came to the haunted house again, he felt indescribably eerie and terrifying, and his calves trembled. I remember Qin Zhenyang said that it was true that Li Dayou killed his wife. After searching online, he found that this was news from two years ago. The content is not as detailed as what he wrote. It just says that Li Dayou left a letter to commit suicide, explaining the evil deeds of killing his wife and cutting her body into pieces. Only one-third of the body was recovered, and the son was left to his grandfather and grandmother to raise.
The traces in the interior are the same as when they left in the morning, unchanged. But Jiang Jinjiu didn't dare to get too close to the corner. He always felt that Li Dayou was hiding in a corner of the room, holding a heavy kitchen knife and preparing to chop him. But he comforted himself by saying, "Li Dayou didn't hurt him last time, and he won't hurt him this time. As long as he doesn't disturb him, just quickly find his press card and leave." He also took off his shoes and quietly searched with a small flashlight. .
The ground was very cold, sending out bursts of chill like ice, and even pure cotton socks couldn't stop it. The cold air flowed into his heart from the soles of his feet, chilling his heart in just a few seconds. Jiang Jinjiu's teeth couldn't stop chattering due to the excitement. The friction of his jaw bones caused a slight vibration that spread to his inner ears. He mistakenly thought it was a sound coming from somewhere. Made more nervous and sensitive.
suddenly! In addition to the subtle sounds he made, there was another kind of sound in the silent space! He was so frightened that his scalp tightened, and his hand trembled and he dropped the flashlight.
He used the push switch of the flashlight, and the light went out as soon as he released his finger. The flashlight's lanyard was tied around my wrist, so it made no noise.
In the darkness, Jiang Jinjiu held his breath and raised his ears to listen...
Ta...ta...ta...the sound comes from the kitchen every 2 seconds, it is the sound of dripping water. Jiang Jinjiu breathed a sigh of relief after realizing it, and then became nervous again. Remember to tighten the faucet very tightly after using it in the morning. There should not be a drop of water leaking. Why is it dripping at this time? ? He looked at the kitchen door in horror, feeling something was about to come out.
Ta...ta...ta...It was like the sound of footsteps. He felt that the sound was getting clearer and louder. Every sound was like stepping on his violently beating heart, making him feel like he would faint at any time.
Sweat soaked his clothes and stuck to his back, making him itchy. He still didn't dare to move and kept staring at the kitchen door. Unexpectedly, there was a crisp metal collision sound from the direction of the second bedroom, which shocked his heart and almost jumped out of his mouth! He subconsciously twisted his upper body, but his lower body did not move. He twisted himself over and fell to the ground! He ignored the pain in his buttocks, and his eyes instantly locked onto the direction of the sound source. He saw the door to the second bedroom opened with a gap two fingers wide, and a dim red light shined inside! This frightened him even more. When he first came in, he clearly saw that the door to the second bedroom was closed!
After seeing no movement for a moment, Jiang Jinjiu was afraid of returning, so he couldn't help but moved over quietly out of curiosity.
Before reaching the door, the red light gradually changed to a green light like moonlight. He remembered that he had closed the curtains, so it would not be the light coming from outside the house, and he felt even more uneasy. He cautiously approached the crack of the door, and what he saw really shocked him! He saw a beautiful woman sitting cross-legged on the floor indoors. Even though she only had half of her face, it was enough to make him fall in love with her!
"I'm going to go! What kind of show is this? A Chinese Ghost Story!?" Jiang Jinjiu didn't know whether he was scared or excited now. He hid behind the crack in the door and stared at her motionless.
The bangs covered the woman's forehead, revealing half of the raised thin eyebrows that seemed to be smiling, thick eyelashes slightly upturned, straight nose, small lips, sharp chin, fair face, small There is a red earring embedded in the earlobe. The shiny black hair is tied up in a bun on the back of the head, with a slender moon-shaped ebony hairpin stuck in the curls, which looks simple and neat. There are a few missing hair strands wrapped around the snow-white neck, and you can see a red tattoo as big as a thumbnail at the root of the hair. It is a locked box, and I don't know what secret is locked inside.
She was wearing a gauze dress with a large round neck, which just exposed a red mole as big as a mung bean on her shoulder. Her straight collarbone lay across it like a pinball game. Further down, it rises up, and the blue yarn falls down like a waterfall along the peak, still unable to hide the exquisite curves inside. It's a pity that he is wearing black loose sports pants and can't see clearly the lines of his legs. Although the hip line is very attractive, there is still a missing line of scenery.
There was a small round tripod on the ground less than two steps away in front of her, with a wide column of incense burning in it. The smell was different from the incense provided by the temple, with a faint smell of burning hair.
There is a cylindrical box placed between the incense tripod and the woman. The whole body is dark red, and the lid is tightly closed. The circular concave in the center contains golden light, but what comes out is bluish-white light, illuminating the room. hazy.
Jiang Jinjiu couldn't see clearly what was inside, but he saw that she had her hands flat on her knees and her eyes closed, like a monk or Taoist meditating.
Just when Jiang Jinjiu felt strange, something even stranger happened. The green smoke produced by burning incense originally went straight up like a thin stick of wood, and condensed on the roof like a layer of cloud. Suddenly a spark lit up, and the rising green smoke suddenly became three times thicker. The smoke on the roof seemed to be stirred by something, slowly rotating, gradually becoming layered, and finally forming a spiral shape. Not long after, on the side closest to the door, someone seemed to have found the tail of the spiral, pulled out a ribbon-shaped smoke body, and slowly floated towards the head of the bed!
Could it be Li Dayou is here! ? Jiang Jinjiu looked surprised and amused. Unexpectedly, the smoke ribbon suddenly changed direction and floated towards the door! Seeing that it would hit him, but he couldn't move away, for fear of making a noise and alerting the woman, he had no choice but to squat down slowly.
Fortunately, it was just the cigarette and Jiang Jinjiu's presence had no impact. A ribbon of smoke passed over his head, slowly drifting past the master bedroom and onto the balcony.
Jiang Jinjiu thought for a while and then remembered that Li Dayou committed suicide on the balcony! He vaguely understood what the woman wanted, and felt that something was wrong. Although I was a little reluctant to give up, I thought of the tragic past of the supernatural reporter, so I decided to put safety first and the Thirty-six Strategies were the best strategy.
But as soon as he stood up straight, the cigarette ribbon had already drifted back, and the scene before him almost scared him out of his voice! The smoke ribbon floating back from the balcony surrounds a transparent object with no fixed shape, and is slowly flew back to the bedroom like an index by the smoke ribbon! As the distance shortened, the smoke ribbon surrounding "it" became more and more dense. It was unclear whether the smoke ribbon wrapped around it actively, or whether it rolled the tobacco ribbon around it by itself. In short, it was already wrapped when it reached the door. Within the elliptical sphere formed by the smoke ribbon. Like a big silkworm chrysalis, it twists and deforms from time to time, indicating that there is indeed something inside!
Jiang Jinjiu's worldview was completely messed up, and the slightest doubt he had before completely disappeared at this moment.
Seeing it floating towards him, he knew to avoid it. Unexpectedly, after squatting for a long time, my feet became numb and refused to control me! Seeing as the thing is not high from the ground, it will definitely hit you if you don't avoid it. He had no choice but to sit sideways on the ground and move his legs and feet with his hands. Only later did he realize that his left leg was cramped.
Finally, he moved in time. When he was half a meter away, Jiang Jinjiu ducked to the side without disturbing him or the mysterious woman in the room.
He breathed a sigh of relief, rubbing his leg while looking at it. He thought that the smoke ball would push through the door, but unexpectedly it had no substance and had little mass. He was surprised as he watched the smoke ball slowly squeeze into the crack of the door. And when the smoke ball was deforming, I heard a sound like a tide in my mind. It was vague but not distorted, and the sound was very beautiful.
However, for some reason, when it squeezed into the crack of the door, some smoke spread to the left half of his body. The hairs on that part of the skin seemed to turn into iron instantly, and the weight of the hairs could actually be felt on the skin! And the roots are upright, as if there is an invisible magnetic force attracting them. However, hairs born in human skin are not something that can be easily removed, so pulling the skin will cause pain as if the skin is split. When the pores were pulled open, it seemed like ice needles turned from the cold penetrated through the holes and penetrated into the bone marrow. The taste was very unpleasant. This feeling only lasted for five seconds, but it made his heart throb. He thought about what would happen if he touched the smoke ball.
By the time all the smoke balls were squeezed into the bedroom, he was so attracted by the scene that he forgot to run away and peeked outside the crack of the door with his butt sticking out.
I saw the smoke ball floating directly above the incense stick and the box, spinning slowly. As more smoke rises and wraps around the smoke ball, its shape develops toward a sphere. After about five minutes, the ball began to shrink, and the things inside the ball seemed to feel pressure and struggled inside. Jiang Jinjiu saw bulges constantly appearing on the surface of the sphere. Sometimes the bulges were shaped like human palms, which made him think that Li Dayou's ghost was trapped in the sphere, pushing and kicking against the ball wall. The smaller the sphere shrinks, the faster it bulges, and later it becomes almost crazy.
Facing this situation, the beauty remained motionless, but her brows furrowed and her cheeks clenched, obviously reaching a critical moment.
Jiang Jinjiu was watching intently when suddenly the cell phone in his trouser pocket rang loudly. He was so startled that he jumped like a spring, and the door to the room was knocked open by him! "Oops!" He screamed inwardly and instinctively covered his head with his hands before his feet even touched the ground. Through the gap between his arms, he saw the smoke ball suddenly explode, and the burst of smoke instantly covered the woman!
"Ouch!" Jiang Jinjiu couldn't stand firm when he landed, and he sat down on the ground, causing pain in his tailbone. But he didn't care. He frantically pressed his phone through his trouser pocket to turn off the ringtone, and stared straight ahead. At this moment, most of the bedroom was filled with smoke, and the woman could not be seen at all. There was a thumping sound coming from inside, as if some hard objects were colliding with each other.
Facing this scene, Jiang Jinjiu realized that he should leave quickly, but somehow his body refused to obey, and even his eyes couldn't leave the scene in front of him.
The strange thing is that the door is clearly open, but the smoke does not spread outward, as if there is a glass door. In the blink of an eye, the smoke changed. It was no longer evenly distributed, but dispersed into many shapes of different shapes. Some are as thick as a ball of cotton, and some are so thin that you can see the woman's figure. The state of each shape is very unstable. One moment it looks dense, and the next moment it may become very clear!
Jiang Jinjiu vaguely saw that the woman was still sitting on the ground, her hands seemed to be clasped together in front of her chest, or she was holding a fist in front of her chest. He wanted to lean forward to take a closer look, but unexpectedly, at the slightest movement, a giant python-like smoke snake suddenly sprang out from the smoke and rushed toward him! He was so fast that he couldn't even dodge! Just when it was about to pounce, a soft snort came from the smoke, and at the same time, a blue light flashed, and the smoke snake was forcefully pulled back by its tail as if by a strong man!
Jiang Jinjiu was so frightened that he almost lost his mind. Thinking of that critical moment, the Smoke Snake's head was hovering in front of his eyes, and there was a circular hollow at the front, as dark as ink inside, as if a big mouth was about to swallow his head. There was an extremely small strange sound coming from inside, like the sound of fingernails scraping against a blackboard, which made one's teeth tremble.
When Smoke Snake was pulled into the bedroom, the door was also closed, and there were many small and indistinguishable noises coming from inside. How could Jiang Jinjiu dare to stay here any longer? He instinctively ran away. Even if his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand still, he would have to fall and crawl to escape! ... After going down these three flights of stairs, I don’t know how many bruises I got on my body.
God was kind to him, but Jiang Jinjiu was unlucky enough to not get home. The residents on the same floor have moved away a long time ago. One of the residents on the third floor is not at home tonight, and the other is sleeping peacefully amid the noise of the TV. One girl on the fifth floor is a single girl who is used to listening to music with headphones to sleep. The other girl often suffers from insomnia and needs to take sleeping pills. I heard something from the first and second floors, but I couldn't be sure it was from the fourth floor. Therefore, the sound of the door closing and the sound of him rolling in the corridor would not alarm the residents.
Jiang Jinjiu finally slipped out of the community, and there was not a single taxi on the street. He rubbed his sore arms and thighs, and when he was blown by the cool night wind, it felt like his bones were about to fall apart. Fortunately, I didn't forget to take my shoes when I ran away, otherwise it would have been even more uncomfortable now.
"Hey! Brother, why didn't you answer the call I just called you?" Suddenly Li Youcheng appeared behind Jiang Jinjiu and patted him on the shoulder. This was good, Jiang Jinjiu's legs became weak again and he fell to the ground directly on his knees.
"As for what, buddy, you're too timid." Li Youcheng stepped forward and helped Jiang Jin drink. Looking at his face, I couldn't help but laugh and said, "What on earth did you do? How did you become such a big-faced person?"
"Don't mention it, it's bad." Jiang Jinjiu sighed, wiped the cold sweat from his face, and asked, "Why haven't you gone home yet?"
"Don't mention it. My stomach was upset as soon as I came out. Fortunately, I borrowed a toilet at the gas station. I saw you from a distance just after I finished solving it. I just happened to give this to you." Li Youcheng took something out of his pocket and put it on Jiang Jinjiu's table. in hand.
"Why are you here!?" Jiang Jinjiu exclaimed. The thing in his hand was none other than his press pass.
"I picked it up on the grass when I came out."
Jiang Jinjiu was completely helpless. Afterwards, he recalled carefully that he probably left the haunted house early in the morning. His coat with his press card hanging on it was draped over his arm. He passed several bushes while walking across the grass. At that time, his press pass was scraped off by a branch.
Jiang Jinjiu wiped the medicinal wine and sighed.
