Forbidden City

Chapter 24 The Strange Cry for Help

Some things, the more you can't know, the more you want to know, and this matter is still related to my parents, so I almost begged: "Second Uncle, I'm not afraid, just tell me!" Second Uncle said very seriously Said: "I will let you know about this, but not now."

The second uncle is neither soft nor hard. If he doesn't say anything, I have no choice but to say: "Well, when are you going to tell me?" The second uncle patted me on the shoulder , said gently: "Perhaps, soon."

It didn't take long before we reached the land, and there was still a ray of moonlight tonight, so things within a foot were still barely discernible.There is a breeze, which cools the cheeks slightly.Looking at the criss-crossing and extremely vague tree roots on the surface, a strange feeling suddenly rose in my heart, and I felt that they seemed to be alive.

When Lu Fayi saw this scene, he stopped involuntarily, and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Wow, this kind of thing really happened, it's really unbelievable, I guess it can't be explained by science." Mu Yi said: "It's unbelievable down there. There are too many things in this world that cannot be explained by science." Physician Lu Fa nodded and followed us to the entrance of the cave.

Looking at the dark hole, for some reason, a fear suddenly surged in my heart, an indescribable fear.I don't want to go down, really don't want to.It seems that the bottom is leading to hell. Once I go down, there is no way to go up again.

Mu Yi was familiar with the road, and quickly climbed down along the roots of the tree. Doctor Lu Fayi followed closely without thinking too much.The second uncle looked at me and said, "Go down." I said can I not go down?There is no point for us to go down, and it will not be useful for investigating Wu Banxian's death.The second uncle said solemnly: "If you want to know where your parents have gone, you must go down!"

My heart sank suddenly, what?Could it be—

Suddenly, there was an urgent call in my ear: "Dad, save me...Dad, save me..." I was taken aback, and hurriedly looked around. It was so dark right now, where is anyone?But no one, where did the sound come from?
Seeing that I was not only moving but also looking around, the second uncle said angrily, "Did you hear me talking to you?" I listened carefully, and the voice was still coming intermittently, as if it was far away, so I listened It's not very clear, but it can be roughly distinguished. It sounds like a child of two or three years old. There is only one child in the village, and that is Uncle Zhou's granddaughter Xiaohua.

Is this Xiaohua calling?
"Hey, bastard, are you stupid?" The second uncle got angry and kicked me lightly.

"Did you hear a child's voice?" I asked.

The second uncle looked around, and asked extremely displeased: "What child's voice? Don't make up excuses, you can't scare your second uncle and me."

"It's true." I hurriedly said, "It's a child crying for help. She's calling, dad, save me."

The second uncle blurted out: "Did you hear the ghost calling?"

My heart tightened, ghost?Could it be--I suddenly remembered the voice that once hovered in my ears: Come on, Dad!Dad come on!

And this voice is exactly the same as that voice!
My heart is suddenly in a mess, what's going on?Why can I hear that voice but my second uncle can't?I couldn't help walking in the direction of the voice, and my second uncle immediately called out: "What are you doing? Where are you going?" I said as I walked, "I want to see who is calling for help. She must be in danger. Let's go and have a look."

The second uncle was dubious, he glanced at the entrance of the cave, and finally followed me.

"Could it be that Ling guy playing tricks again?" Second Uncle asked.

"Probably not," I said, "I've heard this voice before..."

After walking forward for about half a mile, the voice became clearer and clearer.Finally, when we came to a building, the sound suddenly died away.I looked up and saw that it was an abandoned building. If I remembered correctly, the owner should have not been back to live in it for over ten years.In recent years, many young people in our village have worked hard outside and made a fortune, so they bought houses in other places. The old house at home has been empty and unoccupied.And this building is the kind of firebrick house, but it is not painted with cement, but it was considered a good house at the time, because no one lived in it for a long time, and the house was covered with dust and water stains There are traces of flow, and there are still collapses in some places, like an old man who is dying and unkempt.

The second uncle asked suspiciously: "Is the sound coming from here?"

I said I didn't know, and then I went to the door and found that there was a footprint on the threshold, and the lock on the door had also been picked off.I remember that the owner of this house is called Tang Bo. I haven’t seen him for many years. I asked my second uncle, “Has Tang Bo come back?” The second uncle said, “I didn’t see it.” I took a photo on the door, went to the other two doors to look, walked back and said: "This door is open, it is estimated that there is a thief in his house."

"Uncle Tang hasn't come back for so many years, what can he steal from his house?" I was very puzzled.

The second uncle said: "You don't understand that. The thinking of ordinary thieves is different from that of normal people." Not good, but I was beaten as a thief."

At this time, I wanted to open the door and go in to have a look. Maybe the calling just now really came from this room, but what the second uncle said just now was not reasonable. After all, this is someone else’s house. , the ancients were cautious, what if someone suspects me to go in and steal something?However, if I don't go in, I will panic again.If there is really someone in the house waiting for me to save, and I come here and then leave, it is tantamount to dying.

"Let's go!" The second uncle pushed me and reprimanded me: "Look at you, why are you so suspicious all day long? You are also a college student after all, and you are so neurotic."

Right, since the day the house was built, I feel that I am a little abnormal, mainly because of the constant strange things during these days, and there are many things that are beyond my imagination and comprehension.

Is that voice just my hallucination?Otherwise, why can I hear but my second uncle can't?
The second uncle pushed me again, and I turned around and walked towards the land.But after walking two steps, there was a sudden shout in my ear: "Dad!" My heart was shocked, I stopped quickly, and turned around reflexively, the second uncle asked impatiently: "What's the matter?"

"There are people in the room!" I no longer had any scruples, and pushed hard towards the door.There was a creak, it was a wooden door, and it opened with a dull and piercing sound.

The room was very dark, and it was hard to see your fingers.

This house is installed with old wires. Two years ago, the high-voltage electricity in our village was replaced with new wires. Many subscribers who are not at home have not changed their wires, so there is no electricity in this house at all.I looked back at my second uncle, hoping that he would come in so I could borrow his flashlight, but my second uncle asked angrily, "What are you trying to do?" I explained, "There are people in this room."

"Someone? It's almost like a ghost!" The second uncle finally walked in and took a look inside with a flashlight, only to see that the floor and ceiling of the room were full of dust, cobwebs, and rat droppings, making it look very dilapidated.

And as soon as we came in, we felt a wave of air-conditioning hovering around us, as if the air conditioner was turned on in the room, it was very cold.

"Where is anyone?" Second Uncle asked while shining a flashlight around.

I suddenly found footprints on the floor, and hurriedly said to my second uncle: "Someone must have been in this room, take a look on the floor."

The second uncle took a photo on the ground with a flashlight, saw the footprints, frowned and muttered: "There are indeed people, has Old Tang come back?" I thought that the chances of Tang Bo coming back were very small, so I said to the second uncle: "We will go along with you." Go in with your footprints and have a look, maybe it's a thief, maybe the thief is still here." The second uncle nodded and walked ahead with a flashlight.

Following the footprints, we came to the door of a room. According to the footprints, people walked into the room, but the door was closed.The second uncle pushed lightly, and the door opened.The second uncle was very vigilant and didn't go in. He took a flashlight to shine in. I stood shoulder to shoulder with him at the door, so I could clearly see where the flashlight was shining.

This is obviously a bedroom with a bed, a wardrobe, and two stools.When the flashlight shone on the bed, I was taken aback, and there was a person lying on the bed!

And that person turned out to be——

I was surprised and delighted.

(End of this chapter)