Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 16 No.13
Today is the No.13 day of this story.

In the eyes of Westerners, this is a very unlucky day. What's more, today is Friday again.

By this day, things seemed to have gotten out of control, completely beyond my imagination.Perhaps, not only is the secret of the deserted village yesterday frightening, but even "what will happen tomorrow" has become a part of the fear.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, my cell phone rang.

I immediately recognized the other party's voice, it was another boy among the four college students who had been to the barren village - Su Tianping.

"Su Tianping, is that you? They said you were missing."

"Don't worry about it, can I talk to you now?"

His voice was visibly trembling, but I tried to answer as calmly as possible: "Okay, where is it?"

"The cafe opposite our school gate."

"Okay, I'll come now."

After hanging up the phone, I immediately went out and hailed a taxi and drove towards the university.

Sitting in the car, I became uneasy. Will it be the same as yesterday morning?Han Xiaofeng asked me to come out for a talk, and wanted to tell me about the deserted village, but she was already dead when I arrived, so what about Su Tianping this time?Could it be that terrible nightmare is always one step ahead of me?
I finally arrived at the entrance of the university. Sure enough, there was a small cafe opposite. I walked in quietly. The inside was a semi-basement, with a dark and gloomy style.

There were almost no people in the cafe, and there was low and sad music playing. For a moment, I thought I was being deceived, but then a voice sounded from behind me: "You are finally here."

I turned around right away, only to find that Su Tianping was in a dark corner, and if I didn't pay attention, I could hardly see him.

He looked worried, and his voice was almost inaudible: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, please have a cup of coffee."

"What's the matter with you? Why don't you stay at school?" I took a token sip of my coffee.

"Huo Qiang is dead, Han Xiaofeng is also dead, we have all been to the deserted village, who will be next? No, how dare I go back to school?"

He looked agitated, but crouched in a corner, like a creature in a cave in Kafka's pen, worried all day long that someone would take its life.

"So, you want my help?"

Su Tianping nodded tremblingly: "Yes."

"Then you must tell me all the facts—what happened to you in the deserted village?"

He stared straight at me, and slowly uttered a few words: "Nightmare...nightmare..."

"Nightmare?" It was this terrible word again, which made my heart flutter suddenly. "Can you explain clearly, did you have a nightmare in a deserted village, or did you experience something frightening like a nightmare?"

"Maybe, it's both." He took a sip of coffee and finally calmed down his emotions. "I have liked history and science fiction since I was a child, just like Huo Qiang likes travel and adventure. We have different personalities. And the reason, joined the college student adventure club. I have read all the books you have written, and I really like your novels, maybe because of your novels, it has added a lot of unknowns and mysteries to our lives. Especially you in "Sprout" The novel "Desolate Village" published in the magazine."

"Do you think that's true?"

"I don't know, but I think the barren village must exist, and there are many special stories, otherwise it would never be written so vividly. Because of this, Huo Qiang and I, as well as Han Xiaofeng and Chunyu, all agree We became very interested in the deserted village, so we decided to go on an adventure trip to the deserted village.”

"You even tried your best to find me, but you didn't expect that I rejected your request."

Su Tianping shook his head and said, "But it's not important. I know how to find deserted villages. I went to the Map Publishing House and read all the maps published by Zhejiang Province. Leng Town, but you will definitely find it on the map of each county and city. Sure enough, I found the so-called 'K City' in your novel. On the map of K City, the place name of Sereng Town is impressively marked. It shows that it's really close to the coastline."

"I see." I sighed, in fact, I should have thought of it a long time ago.

"After knowing where the barren village was, we immediately packed our bags and took a long-distance bus to K City. In the afternoon, we arrived in K City, Zhejiang Province, and immediately transferred to CMB to Sereng Town. It was already dusk when we arrived in Sereng Town We had a quick dinner in the town and asked around how to get to the deserted village. But what surprised us was that in such a wealthy place as Serang Town, the deserted village didn’t even have cars, and the only way to get there was Walked on the mountain road for more than ten miles. Maybe it was too excited and impulsive, everyone wanted to see the deserted village quickly, but Huo Qiang insisted on driving overnight, because he has camping experience, we can only go with him. "

"You guys are really brave." However, when I went to the deserted village, I was just as impulsive as they were.

"I still remember that night clearly. The road was bumpy and the wind was howling all around. As far as I could see, there were barren hills and mountains, as if I had entered another world. The two girls, Chun Yu and Han Xiaofeng, were very scared, and Huo Qiang held the flashlight Walking in the front. Unexpectedly, after walking for several hours, it was already eleven o'clock in the middle of the night when we arrived at the deserted village."

"Then you called me?"

Su Tianping took a breath and said: "I'm sorry to disturb you that night, but we were so excited at that time, we must share our joy with you. To be honest, when I looked up at the archway in the dark, I suddenly had a kind of A strange feeling of oppression, as if the stone archway would fall down at any moment and crush us to pieces."

"Then, you didn't listen to my dissuasion, and immediately entered the village?"

"We broke into the deserted village overnight. It felt like we were bravely entering the gate of hell. Everyone was terrified but excited. The first thing we wanted to find was of course the ancient residence Jinshidi written in the novel. We wandered around the maze-like village. After a long time, no one was seen, and the doors and windows of every house were closed. Finally, Huo Qiang’s flashlight shone on the gate of Jinshidi. We knocked on the door carefully, but no one opened the door for a long time. It was not locked, but it was concealed. So we pushed open the door and walked into the old house quietly. Naturally, it felt just like what you wrote in your novel. Jinshi’s house was eerie and horrifying, filled with an old and rotten smell .”

"Didn't you find anyone in Jinshidi?"

"No, we went around carefully, from the front hall of the ancient house to the small yard behind, and looked at almost every room, and there was no sign of people living there. This surprised us too, is it really like your novel? As written in the book, is Xiaozhi's family all dead?"

I didn't know what to say, so I could only shake my head.

Su Tianping licked his lips and said: "That night, we slept in the Jinshi Building. Fortunately, we had already prepared the necessary tools for camping, such as blankets and tents. We chose a room on the ground floor of the Erjin Yard , everyone sleeps in a tent, and the distance between each other is very close, so everyone can take care of them. Our first night in the deserted village passed like this. Maybe it was because of being too tired. Everyone slept well that night. Nothing unusual happened."

"The next day, you went to ask the villagers in the deserted village?"

"Yes, because we don't know whether Mr. Ouyang in the novel is dead or alive. During the day, we finally saw some villagers. They were very surprised when they saw us, as if they saw a ghost. Okay Easy, we only asked a few villagers who understand Mandarin, and they said that Mr. Ouyang died eight months ago. Later, we asked several other people, and they all got the same answer. Someone told us that Mr. Ouyang His tomb is on the nearby mountain. We immediately went to the mountain behind the deserted village to search for it, and we found a very new cement tombstone with Mr. Ouyang's name engraved on it."

Although his description was so detailed, I still shook my head: "No, I did meet him four months ago, the real Mr. Ouyang. I wrote that he was dead in the novel, it was completely out of fiction, I'm also worried that if he reads this novel, he will be unhappy. Could it be that Mr. Ouyang I met—"

I stopped myself abruptly, and did not utter the dreadful word.

Su Tianping kept taking deep breaths: "I don't care what you see, in short, Mr. Ouyang is dead. That day, after discovering Mr. Ouyang's grave, our curiosity and desire for exploration became stronger, so we walked around the barren village. Let’s go. You are right. The deserted village is located between the sea and the cemetery. On one side are the tombs all over the mountains, and on the other side is the coast full of reefs and cliffs. Even the color of the sea is black, and the raging waves beat The sound made people shudder. In short, what we saw was the same as the movie "Jamaica Inn". It was so desolate. I couldn't believe it was on the southeast coast of China. That afternoon, we all returned to Jinshi No. [-] Here, I thought that such a big house is empty and closed, there must be many things waiting for us to discover. Sure enough, I found something that was not written in your novel—the well.”

When I heard the word "well", I immediately thought of Xiaoqian, and the scary story: "Have you reached the backyard?"

"That's right, I found that backyard. There is an old-looking well in the middle of the yard, and there is a tree that is not tall beside the well platform." Su Tianping said while recalling, his eyes suddenly became very dark. Like two deep ancient wells, "When I saw this well, I suddenly had a very strange feeling, as if...as if I heard some kind of sound? I lay down on the well platform and looked down. It was dark like an eye, and a cold air from the ground suddenly rushed up, which made me shiver immediately. I felt that this well was a bit unlucky, so I avoided it far away."

I stared at Su Tianping's deep well-like eyes and asked, "Are you scared?"

"Well, I was a little scared. However, this also made me more curious. I am sure that there must be some secrets in this ancient house. We used the food we brought to solve the dinner that day. Next, I suggest that everyone Experience the life in the novel, the room you live in in the novel."

"Is it the upstairs room in Erjin's yard?"

I do live in that room.

"That's right, we rushed up excitedly. The room was indeed as described in your novel. There was a screen in the middle and a wooden couch behind it. Yes, the four paintings on the screen are from your novel. It was rightly written, it was truly amazing, I was so overwhelmed that I can’t even describe it in words.”

"You lived in this room that night?"

"Yes, but no one dared to sleep on that wooden couch. The four of us each picked a place in the room and set up our own small tents to sleep in. Of course, everyone was so excited that no one slept in the first half of the night. So, I can only tell them stories. I have intensively read "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "Notes from Yuewei Thatched Cottage", and they also like to listen to these stories. Now that I think about it, I feel a little scared, in such a terrible place like a barren village , and in such a gloomy old house again, a few people gather under the flashlight and tell stories about Liaozhai, maybe the people in these stories will really run out."

Hearing this, I secretly satirized myself. Didn't Nie Xiaoqian from Liaozhai break into my life?

Su Tianping didn't have time to joke with me. He said nervously: "That night, we talked until two o'clock in the morning. Everyone couldn't hold it anymore, so they all got into the tent and fell asleep. I fell asleep soon. , but after an unknown amount of time, I woke up again in the dark because I heard a strange sound—"

"what sound?"

"It seems to be—the sound of footsteps—from which room in the old house came from, 'Duk...duk...duk', like the sound of wooden-soled slippers walking on the floor, flickering Floating over leisurely. For a moment, my heart was raised, and I hid in the tent and dared not move. Then, the strange footsteps disappeared again, and there was a pause for a few seconds. I heard a very slight sound again. The sound, seems to be...it seems to be the cry of a woman, the sound is intermittent, appearing and disappearing..." Su Tianping's lips trembled, and he took a breath of air, "However, it also sounds like a baby's cry? Anyway , The sound that night terrified me so much that I hardly fell asleep in the second half of the night, so it passed with such fear.”

"That's how your second day in the deserted village passed?"

"Yes, after I got up in the morning, I asked other people if they heard the strange sound, but they all said that they had fallen asleep and didn't hear any sound. I also felt a little strange. Could it be that my ears are too sensitive? Auditory hallucinations due to fatigue? Or, simply had a nightmare?"

Speaking of the word "nightmare", he suddenly stopped in a daze.I said coldly: "Are you afraid of nightmares? Go on."

He was silent for a long while before speaking again: "This is our third day in the deserted village. Everyone concluded that there must be something hidden in the Jinshi Building. So we started searching in this ancient house and opened the door. Every room in the front and back, some of which have been closed for decades, are full of thick dust and cobwebs, and the musty smell makes us cry. But there is a room upstairs that is different, it looks It looks like a girl’s place, there are even computers and TVs inside, and the room is very clean, just like in the city.”

"That's the dead twig's boudoir." When I said this, my heart suddenly felt a little sour, and I finally couldn't hold it back, "Enough, open other people's rooms privately-don't you realize? This behavior is illegal."

"At that time, I couldn't take care of it anymore. As I said, we were all dazzled by curiosity. Anyway, we had already arrived in the deserted village. I didn't find some important things. I was really sorry for my hard work. Moreover, this ancient building The house is empty and closed, and the owners are all dead, no one will take care of us. But more importantly——" Su Tianping's deep well-like eyes suddenly released a strange look, "We really Discovered some secrets."

When he said this, I only felt a cool wind blowing behind me: "What did you find?"

"It was in the second courtyard of the ancient house. There was a small wooden building on the side, and there was a room under the wooden building. The furnishings inside looked relatively new, with some furniture that was only available in recent years. There was also a room next to the wall. A large bed, the wood used is very good, and there are complete shelves around it, it seems to be an antique furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties."

"You mean Mr. Ouyang's room?"

"Maybe, but we found this room to be a bit strange. Compared with the rooms next door, it has the same width as other rooms, but the length—that is, the depth is much smaller, which can be seen by ordinary people at a glance. Huo Forcibly walked to the bottom of the room and knocked on the innermost wall, and it felt like it was empty. We were all excited, maybe there is a dark room hidden in the wall? So, the four of us worked hard together to remove the antique The big bed was removed, only to find that there was a secret door hidden behind the mosquito net of the big bed."

"A secret door in the wall? Sounds like an ancient tomb."

Su Tianping nodded immediately: "Yes, I did have this feeling at the time, as if a tomb robber discovered the entrance of the tomb passage. However, the secret door was sealed with bricks, and Huo Qiang carefully touched those Bricks, only to find that the bricks were not glued together, they were placed on the door one by one. It seems that the door can be entered and exited, and the bricks are used to cover the door. We immediately moved the bricks away. , the secret door finally opened. We got into the secret door excitedly, and it turned out to be a dark room, about ten square meters. Chun Yu walked a few steps in the dark, and suddenly stepped on the air and screamed, if It wasn’t Huo Qiang who grabbed her in time and almost fell down. She was so frightened that she was about to fly away. Only then did we discover that there was an opening on the floor of the darkroom. It's a step up."

"Have you discovered the tunnel?"

"Does it sound like a tomb raider? That's right, we found a tunnel in this dark room. Everyone was both excited and scared. After much hesitation, they decided to go down. Huo Qiang was at the front with a large flashlight in his hand. Carrying all kinds of field survival tools, others followed closely behind. The steps seemed to be made of stone. We walked down step by step, and we couldn’t see our fingers around. There seemed to be echoes in the tunnel in the distance. After walking for about ten meters, I came to a smooth corridor. Huo Qiang's flashlight shone forward, and a stone gate appeared. The gate was composed of two bluestone slabs, and there were some strange patterns carved on the stone gate. But at the seam in the middle of the stone gate, there is a big iron lock, which locks the gate firmly."

I suddenly thought of the underground palace of the Eastern Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty. The ancients generally did not use locks on the gates of the tomb passages. They usually used ancient techniques such as "self-made stones" to close the doors: "What kind of lock is it? Is it rusty?"

"The quality of the big iron lock is very good, basically no rust, and it doesn't look like an antique. It should be a very common lock in the 80s. We were stupid all of a sudden, and pushed the stone door hard, but it didn't move. But it must not be because of this lock. General Tie made us fail. Huo Qiang took out a pair of steel pliers from his bag. This is a tool that is occasionally used when surviving in the wild. He clamped the steel pliers to the big lock, and I helped him grab the other pliers. , we two boys used all our strength and finally broke the big iron lock."

"What's the difference between this behavior and a robber?"

Su Tianping continued on his own: "After opening the underground stone door, a strange smoke came from the door. At that time, I first felt the smell of a corpse, but then it didn't feel like it. Wait. After the smoke cleared, we walked in cautiously. The passageway inside was dark and narrow, with an obvious downward slope, which meant that we were walking deep underground. We turned two corners along the way, surrounded by darkness Everyone was worried, even the most courageous Huo Qiang trembled a little. Finally, the light of the flashlight illuminated a large open space, which looked like a 'hall' in a cave."

"Have you reached the underground palace?"

"I don't know, but I felt very strange at that time. The range of the flashlight was limited, and I couldn't see the deep dark place. I can only roughly estimate the area of ​​the 'hall', which may be hundreds of square meters. At this time, Han Xiaofeng Suddenly there was a cry, and it turned out that there was a white thing flashing in the beam of the flashlight. We immediately aimed there nervously, and saw some strange objects lying against the wall. We walked up to have a look tremblingly. , only to find dozens of jade wares piled up on the ground."

"Jade? What kind of jade?"

"I didn't notice it at first, but Chunyu saw it immediately, because she likes jewelry like jade bracelets very much. At that time, we roughly counted and found that there were about [-] pieces of jade in total, and the diameter of the largest was tens of centimeters. , the small ones are only the size of a finger. These jade wares come in various shapes, some are round like a pancake, some are cylindrical like a wooden stake, some look like an axe, and the rest are small objects. Chunyu said The styles of these jade wares are so strange, they are completely different from those seen on the market."

"Sounds like a funerary object in an ancient tomb?"

"Well, it is true. At that time, I was about to find out if there was a coffin or something, only to find that there was a small door on the wall behind the jade. It was only about 1.5 meters high, but the material of the door was very special. We boldly used After touching it with my hand, I found that this small door was carved out of a whole piece of jade. Looking at this jade door, we seemed to be facing another world, and everyone was stunned."

"The gate of life and death?" I couldn't help talking to myself, I can imagine their feelings when they face such a jade gate in the dark underground palace.

At this moment, Su Tianping was sweating a lot on his forehead. He nodded tremblingly and said, "At this time, Han Xiaofeng suddenly became frightened. She said that we all should go back. But Huo Qiang interrupted her rudely." , he said that even if the door is a ghost world, we have to break in and take a look. Huo Qiang's opinion has been agreed with me and Chunyu, and Han Xiaofeng dare not leave by himself. We tried to push the Yumen, but no Thinking that this door was actually pushed open by us, it turned out that there was no lock on the door, and there was no bar or something like that inside. Then, each of us took a deep breath, and then we lowered our heads and got into the small door. "

"Is it a tomb?"

"No, Yumen is a secret room about ten square meters in size, with a height of no more than 1.7 meters. Ordinary people can only lower their heads when standing in it. We carefully illuminated it with a flashlight, and found no trace of the coffin. In the inner corner of the secret room, there is a box-like thing hidden. This small box is also carved out of jade, and its length, width, and height are only about ten centimeters."

I thought about it carefully and said, "That should be called Yuhan."

"The box was not locked, but there was a piece of mud at the opening of the box, and there seemed to be some words written on it, but the words were too small. At that time, we didn't care to look carefully, and Huo Qiang forcibly broke the piece of mud. "

"What? You actually broke the sealing clay?" I was really angry. The so-called "sealing clay" is a clay block used to seal and seal slips and slips in ancient China, which has the function of encrypting documents.Sealing clay has been used in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was very popular in the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. The sealing clay preserved to this day is a precious cultural relic, and the characters on the sealing clay are often of great help to research.I shook my head and said, "Even in ancient times, breaking the seal is a serious crime, just as serious as stealing state secrets. In ancient times, many people lost their heads because of it."

"I'm sorry, I also wanted to stop Huo Qiang at that time, but it was too late. In fact, he didn't know anything about history." Su Tianping turned pale, and he swallowed, "Afterwards, Huo Qiang opened the small Box--"

"What's in the jade letter?"

My heart was about to be lifted by him, for fear that he would say some terrible words.Su Tianping wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and replied slowly——

"Jade Ring."

I was stunned for a moment, and then repeated: "Jade Ring?"

"Yes, there is nothing else in that small box, only such a piece of jade - shaped like a ring, but thicker than ordinary rings. The color of this jade ring is very special, the whole is a translucent blue It is green, giving off a dark reflection under the light of the flashlight. But on the side of the jade ring, there is a strange dark red pattern that looks like some kind of smudge. Chunyu said that she has never seen this color. Jade."

"The jade ring in the jade letter? I wonder if it has any special meaning?"

"But then, something unexpected happened. Maybe Huo Qiang was too excited. His flashlight accidentally fell to the ground. He only heard a crisp sound, and the secret room was plunged into darkness. Suddenly plunged into darkness Everyone panicked, and Han Xiaofeng screamed immediately. We were all in a mess, and the secret room was very narrow and low. I hit the top of my head several times. Huo Qiang squatted on the ground and touched for a long time , and finally picked up the flashlight, but it couldn’t turn on, apparently it was broken. Although he still had a spare flashlight in his bag, he couldn’t find it in the dark. Han Xiaofeng seemed to be terrified, She ran out of the secret room in the dark, and we also ran out after her."

Having said this, Su Tianping suddenly stopped, his eyes became very strange.

"What's wrong? What else happened?" I felt that some words seemed inconvenient for him to say.

Su Tianping rolled his eyes a few times, avoided my gaze and replied: "No, it's nothing——I'll continue talking. At that time, we all ran to the underground hall, but no one could see, so we could only speak loudly." We called each other's names so that no one would get lost or get lost. We groped forward like blind men, and Huo Qiang suddenly said that he had found the exit. We immediately followed the voice and found him. Under his guidance, we returned to the tunnel. Everyone ran forward in a hurry, the slope under our feet was obviously upward. Finally, we touched the two big stone gates, and after running out of the stone gates, there are high steps."

"It's really like an Indiana Jones thriller movie."

"No, I think it's more like a horror movie. We scrambled up the steps and finally saw a ray of light overhead. After a lot of hardships, we finally returned to the ground. Finally, everyone ran to the yard, breathing heavily into the sky , as if just suffocated. Thankfully, it seems everyone is just freaking out and no one was hurt."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Scared? Of course, we were all scared afterwards, and even Huo Qiang regretted it, saying that he shouldn't have broken into the ground so recklessly. At night, we still slept in the upstairs room, but no one dared to tell stories anymore. The atmosphere among individuals was also a little stiff, and I went to bed early. But in the middle of the night, another strange thing happened."

His startled tone made my heart hang incessantly: "What strange thing?"

"When I slept in the middle of the night, I was suddenly awakened by a sharp scream. I got out of the tent immediately, and everyone else in the room came out as well. Only Han Xiaofeng disappeared. Everyone ran out in a hurry. In the room, I saw a ghost-like black figure standing on the corridor outside. I walked over cautiously, only to find that the black figure was Han Xiaofeng. She shook her head in panic, her face was as ugly as a dead person under the dim moonlight, I don’t know what was muttering in my mouth. We hurriedly brought her back to the room, poured hot water and pinched her, and finally brought her back to her senses. At that time, she really looked like a Ghost, guess what she said next?"

"Come on." I was a little impatient.

"Han Xiaofeng said that she saw a ghost—she said that she heard some strange noises in the middle of the night, and then she went out quietly, and found a glimmer of light in the next room. She approached the window carefully, and touched the paper on the window. There was a candle burning in the room, and the dim candle light illuminated a dressing table. There was a woman in white clothes, her back was facing the window, and she was facing the mirror in front of the dressing table. Han Xiaofeng was too scared to speak. , she saw that mysterious woman combing her hair, with half of her black hair hanging down, combing and combing with a wooden comb—”

"It's the same as in my novel?" I finally couldn't help crying out, shaking my head and said, "How is this possible? This plot is just a fiction in my novel."

Su Tianping nodded and said: "That's right, Han Xiaofeng said that she screamed in fright, and then she became a little delirious. After listening to her description, we were also frightened, so we decided to go to the next door to have a look." Look. When we tiptoed into the next room, we found it was pitch black. We shone around with the flashlight, but we didn't see a ghost. There was only a dusty dresser with half a candle on it. Looks like it hasn't been used in a long time."

"Could it be Han Xiaofeng's hallucination?"

"No one can tell. Maybe it's because after she read your novel, she took the fantasy in the novel as reality, or——had a nightmare?"

"Nightmare again?" But I shook my head immediately.

"The next day, Han Xiaofeng became more and more frightened. She quietly called you on the mobile phone, but we found out immediately. Huo Qiang was worried that she would tell you what happened yesterday, so he grabbed the phone and talked to you—— "

I interrupted him: "Okay, I know all this, let's talk about something else."

"That afternoon, Han Xiaofeng and I hid in the room and did not dare to go out, while Huo Qiang and Chunyu went outside for a walk and came back at dusk. When they came back, they looked very bad. I asked them what happened, but they But I didn’t dare to tell me that it must be something terrible. We were restless all day long. What we saw in the underground yesterday kept reappearing in front of my eyes. It seemed that I would be in the dark underground at any time. After nightfall, is On our fourth night in the deserted village, everyone went to bed early. In order to prevent Han Xiaofeng from running out again in the middle of the night, Huo Qiang even put up the tent at the door of the room."

I asked like a prophet: "What happened tonight?"

Su Tianping stared into my eyes, and slowly uttered two words - "Nightmare."

"What did you say?"

"I'm talking about a nightmare—that night, I had a nightmare." Su Tianping's complexion became more and more terrifying, and his deep well-like eyes became erratic. "I dreamed of a woman, a young man in a white robe. The woman, with the dim fire light flickering around her, she has long hair loose, and has a fair and beautiful face, but her eyes are so strange, as if from another distant country. She reveals a A special gaze, it is hard to tell whether it is sadness or despair? But the line of her mouth is somewhat strong, as if she has made up her mind to do something, the whole person looks calm and calm, that kind of temperament is too noble , can even be described by the word holy, and it is by no means what people today can have—”

"Like Shakespeare's Cleopatra?"

"Yes, you were with me. Like Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, when she put her hand calmly into a box full of poisonous worms, I saw her lift a stone knife with a sharp edge, and then Unusually calmly, she cut her own neck with a stone knife—I watched her snow-white skin being cut open, and a lot of blood flowed out from the cut in her throat..."

Suddenly, Su Tianping's eyes froze, as if he had seen this scene before his eyes.I quickly urged: "What's next?"

"Next - I woke up from my dream." He shook his head violently, finally recovering from the memory of the dream.

I also let out a long breath: "Strange, I usually forget my dreams when I wake up. But why do you remember this nightmare so clearly?"

"Yes, but I can't figure it out either. I do remember this dream clearly, it can even be said to be unforgettable, maybe I will never forget it in my life. Yes, I can clearly recall the face of the mysterious woman in the dream , and her distinctive eyes, and all the details, as if they really appeared in front of your eyes."

As he was talking, he actually stretched out his hand and touched it forward, as if the woman was sitting right in front of him.I hurriedly pushed his hand away and said, "Don't scare me, okay?"

Su Tianping panted heavily, closed his eyes and said, "I definitely didn't scare you, I really felt it——Okay, let me continue. When I woke up that morning, I always had that nightmare before my eyes, so I I told Huo Qiang about this dream. Huo Qiang was shocked after hearing it. He told me that he had the same dream last night, and it was exactly the same as a woman in white cutting his own throat with a knife. Then, we told Han Xiaofeng and Chunyu, but what was even more unexpected was that they said that they had dreamed the same scene last night, and we were all petrified in shock."

"You mean—on the same night, all four of you had the same dream?"

"It's absolutely true!" Su Tianping said again word by word, "On the fourth night after we arrived in the deserted village, the four of us dreamed of the same mysterious woman in the upstairs room."

"How is this possible?" I lowered my head and thought about the mysterious events I wrote in the novel, shook my head and said, "Perhaps, there are indeed many things in the world that cannot be explained."

"We were all terrified at the time. We didn't know who the mysterious woman in the dream was, and we didn't know why she did what she did, let alone why we dreamed of her in that room at the same time. It was definitely an ominous sign, This time even Huo Qiang started to tremble. Thinking about what we have done these days, everyone gasped. Only then did we start to regret that we didn't listen to your warning. This place is so terrible. It's terrifying, and it's unbearable for anyone."

"So, you guys decided to leave the deserted village?"

Su Tianping nodded hastily: "Yes, the deserted village is simply Count Dracula's castle. We didn't dare to stay any longer, so we immediately packed our bags and hurriedly left the ancient residence Jinshidi. When we walked out of the deserted village, the villagers They all looked at us with strange eyes, that kind of eyes were too weird, as if they were... at a funeral..."

"The villagers looked at you as if they were at a funeral?"

"Anyway, that's how I felt at the time, maybe it was a psychological effect. We left the deserted village as if fleeing for our lives, and walked out along the mountain road when we came. I took a last look at the deserted village, the majestic stone archway at the entrance of the village, The nearby barren mountains, the cold black sea, and the continuous ancient cemetery, I read softly—farewell, deserted village.”

This extravagant narrative immediately evoked my memory: "Yes, that's how I left at the beginning."

"On the way out of the deserted village, everyone was very struggling, and we didn't arrive in Serang Town until noon. Then, we took a minibus to the long-distance bus station in K City, and finally boarded the long-distance bus bound for Shanghai. Everyone said a word on the way. I didn’t say anything, obviously I still haven’t got rid of the fear of the deserted village. When we returned to downtown Shanghai, it was already past eleven o’clock in the evening.”

"Huo Qiang called me as soon as he got out of the car."

"I was also beside me at the time. In fact, he was also a little hesitant. He didn't know whether he should tell you these things. I didn't expect that he would die so soon." Speaking of this, Su Tianping suddenly covered his mouth, his face full of tears. Painful look.

"But, I came to Huo Qiang's bedroom that night, why didn't you tell me the truth?"

"I dare not say that what the four of us did in the deserted village must have violated some kind of taboo. I'm afraid that if we speak out, we will cause even bigger troubles."

"You're already in bigger trouble."

"Yes, when I heard that Han Xiaofeng was also dead, I was scared out of my wits. I was afraid that the next victim would be me—" Su Tianping was silent for a while, then lowered his head and said, "So, that day I started I ran out of the dormitory and moved to a rental house outside the school. Both Huo Qiang and Han Xiaofeng died in the dormitory, I can no longer stay in that kind of place."

Hearing this, I could feel Su Tianping's bone-chilling fear, as if I myself fell into the abyss with him.Unknowingly, an afternoon has passed. In this dark and cold little cafe, Su Tianping told me about their strange experiences in the deserted village. A drowned man clutching at the last straw above the water.

Su Tianping's complexion seemed to be better than before, maybe it was because he was pouring out what was in his heart, he breathed heavily, as if he had just gone through a strenuous exercise.I looked at him and thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't think of a word to comfort him. It's no wonder. Under such circumstances, how can people not be afraid or despair?
Suddenly, Su Tianping bent down, took out a suitcase from under the table, and put it in front of me.He said softly: "I'm sorry, put these things with you."

I froze for a moment, looked at the box and said, "What's in it?"

"You'll know when you take it back." He spoke in a somewhat mysterious tone.

"Why do you have to give it to me?"

"The things inside don't belong to me, but I can't give it to other people. Now I can only trust you."

I touched the surface of the box and felt nothing unusual, but I still hesitated for a while.But, looking into his earnest eyes, I finally nodded.But instead of opening the box in his presence, I put it at my feet.

Su Tianping seemed relieved again: "Thank you for coming today."

"Why? Just to tell me about these things?"

"I don't know, but I think it's very boring to hold this matter in my heart. I must find someone to confide in, and this person must be trustworthy-that is you."

I couldn't help but nodded.Moreover, this incident was also caused by my novel "Desolate Village". If you want to get to the bottom of it, I'm afraid I have to count it in: "Then what do you plan to do next?"

"I don't know, I just hope that death ends here. At least I can tell you that I don't have a heart attack, and I won't scare myself to death in the middle of the night."

"I also hope that you are safe and sound. However, I still advise you to go back to school, and your teacher will help you."

"Thank you, I'll take care of myself."

At this time, I finally stood up. After sitting down for several hours, my legs were a little numb. I said lightly: "It's getting dark, I should go. If you have any questions, please call me. Goodbye."

Just as I was about to go out, Su Tianping stopped me again: "Wait a minute, here's your box."

"Oh, almost forgot."

I scratched my head in embarrassment. In fact, I forgot on purpose, but since he reminded me, I could only pick up the suitcase and walk out.

After leaving this small cafe in the semi-basement, I finally breathed fresh air, and my whole body seemed to be fished out of the water.

It was already dark at this time, I looked at the box in my hand, what was in it?Before I had time to think about it, I hired a taxi and left here quickly.

(End of this chapter)