Indiana Jones

Chapter 211 The Ghost in the Desolate House (04)

There is a ghost, this is a commonly used word to describe something strange or unusual, or to refer to someone who has an ulterior plan or conspiracy. His original intention is rarely used, but it itself The meaning contained is scary or unacceptable. In most cases, it no longer has the meaning it should have. However, when the woodcutter uttered this word today, Si Xuanyi still trembled in his heart. Knowing what that meant and explained what he had just seen, although he was unwilling to accept it subjectively, he was still a little scared when it came out of the woodcutter's mouth.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Shoucheng couldn't understand at all.

"That means I've run into a ghost." Si Xuanyi didn't really believe in these things at first, but after going through so many things, he has subconsciously accepted that there might really be ghosts in this world, and there are too many of them that cannot be used. The phenomenon explained by common sense, this kind of thing has happened around him, they have all seen it in the woods, but the only people who have seen it are him and Li Siming, such as the phantom of the weird pilot in the crashed airport, Agui and the others Said that he saw the dead Li Guoshou, and he had to believe it after encountering again and again.

"I don't know what you saw." The woodcutter continued, "But judging from the scars on your ankles, it shouldn't be done by humans, and there are no traces left by other people here, so after ruling out all possibilities , only the theory of being haunted can explain all the problems, and this room meets all the conditions for the existence of ghosts."

"Aren't you kidding me? Don't scare people." Zhang Shoucheng was a little scared.

"Look at this." The woodcutter pointed to the powder on the bed and said, "This should be ashes, the residue left after intense burning at high temperature."

"Why did you scatter the ashes on the bed?" Zhang Shoucheng asked a little puzzled, "Is it like this to scare people?"

"Scatter?" The woodcutter sneered, picked up the nightgown, and showed them the inside of the nightgown, "Do you think someone would do this out of boredom?"

Only then did the two of them see through the light of the flashlight that the nightgowns were also full of that kind of finely divided powder, which seemed to be scattered in a very regular way, and when they looked closely, they found that the ashes seemed to be in a pattern. The shape of the human skeleton and the shape of every bone can be vaguely seen.

"Why? Someone didn't do this on purpose, and it's impossible for someone to be so boring." Although Zhang Shoucheng was still confused, he vaguely thought of something.

"It's not put out at all." Si Xuanyi looked more and more surprised, "It can't be put out in such a shape."

"That's right." The woodcutter nodded appreciatively, "These are the marks formed by the natural fragmentation of bones after burning."

"Are you talking nonsense?" Zhang Shoucheng didn't believe it. "You mean to burn the remaining ash here? This must be a very high temperature to form such a fine powder. Why didn't the nightgown and bed be burned? What? Possibly kept so intact?"

"That's the problem," said the woodcutter. "The woman was burned to ashes on her bed, and she didn't move while she was burning. Maybe she was dead, maybe she couldn't move at all, or maybe she was dead." She felt no pain at all."

"Don't talk about it, that's impossible. How can there be such a flame? It only burns flesh and bones, but the clothes and bedding are all right. It doesn't seem to have been burned at all. You can see that there are even a few marks on the clothes. None, how to burn it?" Zhang Shoucheng's head shook like a rattle.

Si Xuanyi also felt strange, but he didn't speak, because she knew that the woodcutter hadn't finished speaking.

"Yes! Extreme Yin Fire can do it." The woodcutter said lightly.

It was obvious that Si Xuanyi and Zhang Shoucheng didn't understand, and they were not stupid, they both looked at the woodcutter and listened to what he had to say next.

At this time, someone shouted a few times outside, it seemed that other people didn't know what they were doing up there, and they were a little impatient.

Zhang Shoucheng went back to the window, waved his hand, said a few words to tell them to go back, and hurriedly ran back: "Old man, you continue."

"Continue to what?" The woodcutter glanced at him, as if he had no intention of continuing.

"What is the extremely dark fire?" Zhang Shoucheng asked patiently.

"Hey..." The woodcutter seemed unwilling to talk to him, but he still said, "I really don't want to take you laymen, go and turn on the light."

It was only then that the two remembered that they had been in the dark all this time, so Zhang Shoucheng ran over and turned on the electric light. Although electric light is not considered a luxury in this era, when the power grid is not widespread, there are not many places where it can be used. Yes, they are rich and powerful in this area, and people live there, so when the electricity is turned on, the electric lights are used. Well, the light bulbs in the room can still be used. When the lights are on, the vision in the room It opens up a lot.

"Look at the windows and doors, what's the difference?" The woodcutter continued to study the powder.

The two rushed to the door and the window respectively.

"There's something stuck on it, like a ghostly talisman." Zhang Shoucheng said standing at the window.

"There are also here." Si Xuanyi glanced at Zhang Shoucheng's folded paper at the door and said, "It seems that it has been posted for a long time."

"That's the amulet of distress." The woodcutter said, "It's used to trap the ghost in a space and prevent him from running around. In fact, it's not very useful. It's really here." He flattened the curtain, Suddenly a huge spell appeared on it, "It's not only on the quilt here, someone is trying to trap this ghost on the bed, let alone forbid her to leave this room."

"Then why?" Zhang Shoucheng was still confused.

"How do I know." The woodcutter looked at the room, "It seems that this has been arranged for a long time, it must be that someone climbed in through the window and opened the curtain, and finally went out to leave, accidentally breaking the spell, and When you came in, you lifted the quilt again."

"But when I was outside, I saw something in the window, so I came in." Si Xuanyi said.

"Perhaps this ghost has already broken the seal with his own ability, but he is still trapped here, and can only move within a limited range, so he brought you in and tempted you to let it out. And it squeezed a little yang energy from you, almost killing you."

"Are you still here?" Zhang Shoucheng got a rough idea of ​​what he heard, and he understood a little bit. He couldn't help being afraid, and looked at the room involuntarily.

"I ran away early, and the seal is broken, so it won't stay here!" The woodcutter sighed, "I don't know who is so vicious to trap a ghost in this way."

"Then...then what is the fire of yin?" Zhang Shoucheng has not forgotten this...

(End of this chapter)