curse

Chapter 49

There were few people in the cafe, the music was barely audible, but the sound of clearing the table was very clear.When Bai Bi arrived on time at 7 o'clock, Ye Xiao was already sitting quietly waiting for her.She walked over slowly, and sat in front of Ye Xiao, but looked at the road outside the window.

"What's wrong with you, you look out of your mind?" Ye Xiao asked her softly while drinking.

"My mother passed away."

Ye Xiao was a little surprised, he said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, maybe it's not the time for me to ask you out now."

"It's okay, it's actually a relief for my mother." She said calmly, "My mother committed suicide by taking sleeping pills, just a few days ago. The day before she died, a young woman came to visit she."

"Who is it?" Ye Xiao suddenly became nervous.

"Blue Moon."

"You know her too?"

Bai Bi nodded, she took a sip, then stared blankly at Ye Xiao's eyes, Ye Xiao's eyes were a little confused, he said: "Are you sure?"

"From the description of my mother's patient, I'm sure." Her tone was firm.

"I'm sorry, your mother's patient? Isn't he also a mental patient?"

"Are you doubting? Anyway, I believe what they say."

Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "Okay, I don't doubt it, don't talk about it." Ye Xiao took a sip of his coffee and said, "I've already contacted Xinjiang and got a local reply. A few days ago, there was a tomb robbery incident in a valley on the edge of Lop Nur. The place was originally in the wilderness, almost completely isolated from the outside world, but a simple road passing through the desert passed there a few years ago, so, Some tomb robbers came and went in and out of that area. A few months ago, a person who claimed to be a tomb robber turned himself in to the local public security department and confessed to a recent tomb robbery incident. Of course, this surprised the local police, because the tomb robbers Voluntary surrender to the police rarely happens. The surrendered person told the police that his accomplices started to die unexpectedly in the middle of the tomb robbery, which reminded the grave robbers of the legend about retribution."

"Retribution?" Bai Bi spit out these two words softly.

"That's a popular superstition among tomb robbers. Legend has it that a tomb robber dug up the tomb of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin in the past. After opening Zhao Kuangyin's coffin, he wanted to plunder the treasures of the deceased, but because Zhao Kuangyin was a military general, He was tall and heavy, unable to move. So the tomb robber jumped into the coffin, lay on Zhao Kuangyin's body, tied Zhao Kuangyin with himself with a jade belt, and then lifted his body up to pull Zhao Kuangyin. As a result When Zhao Kuangyin's body was moved by the tomb robber, a mouthful of black water suddenly spewed out from Zhao Kuangyin's mouth and splashed on the tomb robber's face, scaring the tomb robber out of his wits, and immediately escaped from the tomb. From then on, the face of the tomb robber There was a black mark left on his face, which couldn't be wiped off no matter how much he wiped it off. In the end, because of the mark on his face, the government recognized him as a tomb robber and arrested him to execute him.

"Of course, this is just a legend. In the minds of the tomb robbers, they are all afraid that they will encounter such a thing in the process of robbing the tomb, and call it the retribution of the dead. Go back to the incident in Lop Nur a few months ago. In the tomb robbery incident, all the tomb robbers died strangely in the end, and only the last one was left. He had no choice but to surrender himself to the police in hopes of comforting his conscience, but not long after, the surrendered person also died. This matter did not take long Wen Haogu found out about it, so he decided to go to the ancient tomb to investigate and carry out rescue excavations to prevent the cultural relics from being damaged by tomb robbers. Today I found a video tape in the safe of Wen Haogu's office. It is Jiang He It was filmed, and the content was that excavation, but unfortunately most of the valuable content in that tape was cut by him. Maybe he didn’t want others to know more.”

"Ye Xiao, I think knowing too much may not be a good thing. If Wen Haogu didn't know about the tomb robbery incident that happened in Lop Nur, then they wouldn't go there, and nothing would happen. Maybe Jiang He is the one It means that he wants to avoid letting more people know, because he understands that the more people know, the more terrible the consequences will be, so he would rather die himself than reveal any news to me."

"You mean to ask me to give up?" Ye Xiao looked at her with a strange look, then he raised his head, looked at the night sky outside the window for a long time, and said slowly, "No, for all the dead people, I can't. "

"However, everyone who entered the ancient tomb is dead, maybe the curse is over."

Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "What about Xiao Se? What about Luo Zhou? Have they ever entered the ancient tomb?"

Bai Bi stopped arguing with him, looked at his watch, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I don't want to sit here anymore."

Ye Xiao nodded, and they came to the street. Although the wind was blowing, the happy people on the street were still happy, and no one cared about the haze in the hearts of these two people.Bai Bi stared blankly at the passing traffic, his eyes were a little erratic.

"It's still early, where are you going?" Ye Xiao asked her.

She replied blankly, "I don't know."

"Come and sit at my house, it's very close to here." Ye Xiao said softly.

Under the neon light, there was something special in Bai Bi's eyes, she stared blankly at Ye Xiao, which made him a little embarrassed, so his eyes turned to the sky.

Bai Bi nodded and said, "Okay."

Ten minutes later, Bai Bi walked into Ye Xiao's house.The so-called home is just a rented house for Ye Xiao. Both his parents are still in Xinjiang, and he lives here alone.The house is not big, just big enough for a person to live alone.Bai Bi looked at it and said, "Your relatives are far away from your side, don't you feel lonely living alone?"

"Then are you lonely?" Ye Xiao asked her back.

Bai Bi didn't know how to answer, and finally, she nodded.

Ye Xiao let out a long breath and said: "Bai Bi, I am actually much luckier than you. My parents' hometown is here, at least I have relatives. I have lived in relatives' homes since I was a child. When I was studying, I would go back every summer vacation. With my parents, I still talk to them once a week. But what about you? From your father's accident to Jiang He... To be honest, I actually admire you a lot, you are a strong woman."

"Am I strong?" Bai Bi shook her head. In fact, her heart is very weak. How much she wishes for a pair of strong hands to hug her, protect her, and give her warmth. When she was a child, it was her father's hand. Now, It should be the hand of his lover, but unfortunately, Jiang He died.She suddenly raised her head again to look at the Jiang He face in front of her, and she had a faint premonition in her heart.

Bai Bi stopped talking, her eyes scanned Ye Xiao's room, on the writing desk, she saw a photo frame with a photo inside.It was a photo of a young girl. The girl in the photo was not pretty, but she was very gentle.Bai Bi looked at this photo and asked Ye Xiao softly, "Who is she?"

"Her?" Ye Xiao looked at this photo, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he said very softly: "She is my girlfriend from the past."

"You broke up?"

"No, she's dead." Ye Xiao said flatly.

"sorry."

Ye Xiao said softly: "It's nothing, it's all in the past. She is my classmate, and I have the same major as me. Later, when we were doing an internship, we performed an anti-drug mission. They detained her, they injected her with a lot of drugs, and finally she died in pain. Later, I..." He couldn't continue, there was some choking nasal in his words, he looked up at the top of his head, trying to control own emotions.

"I understand." Bai Bi nodded and said, "Ye Xiao, stop talking, I understand how you feel."

"Bai Bi, to tell you the truth, I'm actually not a strong person." He smiled wryly to himself, "Ever since my girlfriend died, my heart has been full of fear, until now."

Bai Bi watched him quietly and said nothing.

Ye Xiao continued: "Have you heard of the story "Virus"?"

"I saw it on the Internet, do you believe that story?" Bai Bi looked at him suspiciously.

"It was written by one of my cousins ​​I grew up with."

"Is that true?"

"I don't know, but my name is in that story." Ye Xiao lowered his head, he didn't want to tell that matter again, it's better to bury it in his heart forever.

Bai Bi stopped talking, she began to think about the story carefully, gradually, her face changed a little, she said softly: "You must know that the terrible story is not over yet, the fear has just begun, Yes or no?"

"I don't know." Ye Xiao shook his head, then buried his head on his knees.

Bai Bi suddenly reached out his hand to Ye Xiao's head, stroked his head and said, "Why do you resemble him so much?"

"You mean Jiang He? Why didn't you say why he looks so much like me?"

She continued to caress his head, and said softly: "Do you think this is fate? I often have the illusion that you are him. I often ask myself-why not make mistakes? In fact, life is originally made up of countless made of mistakes."

Ye Xiao sat quietly, letting Bai Bi dictate, he hoped that time would stop here.

However, Bai Bi still turned around and said, "It's getting late, I'm leaving."

Ye Xiao stood up and looked into her eyes. He was silent for a while, and almost said the forbidden words, but reason still conquered him, and he breathed out a long breath and said, "Yeah, it's getting late, I'll see you off."

They stopped talking, as if they had a tacit understanding with each other, they walked slowly on the road, Ye Xiao's car was still parked in the station, they hailed a taxi, and drove quickly in the dark.

Soon, the car stopped at the downstairs of Bai Bi's house, they got out of the car, Ye Xiao said: "It's very late, I'll take you upstairs."

Bai Bi hesitated, her eyes flickered in the dark night, but finally she nodded.

They walked up the corridor in the dark, and the sound of their footsteps sounded in the empty corridor, as if it could be heard far, far away.Along the way, they didn't speak to each other, and kept silent until they walked all the stairs and came to the door of Baibi's house on the top floor, where a dim light was on all night.

"Thank you Ye Xiao, you can go back quickly." Bai Bi turned around and said to him.

Ye Xiao understood what he should do and what he shouldn't do. He couldn't go in anymore, so he nodded and said, "Okay, but you must be careful. These things have happened recently, and I've been very worried about you."

"Worried about something happening to me?" Bai Bi's face appeared and disappeared under the dim light.

"I hope such a thing won't happen. But you still have to be careful, call me if you need anything." Ye Xiao's tone was very serious.

"Thank you."

"Okay, I'm leaving."

"Goodbye."

Ye Xiao turned around and walked down the stairs, his footsteps echoed in the old corridor again.Bai Bi quietly watched his figure disappear at the end of the dark corridor, then she took a deep breath, recalling the conversation with Ye Xiao just now, her heart suddenly became moist.But she didn't want to think about it now, she took out the key and opened the door.

(End of this chapter)