Chapter 128
Senior He Xing came out even faster than A Yan and the other two had expected.
"Is it over?" Ah Yan asked in surprise. It felt like only about twenty minutes.
He Xing hesitated, "I have some other plans."
The woman named Ah Li had something dripped on her eyelids.
Ah Mao said that she could let her parents possess her body and communicate with her. She was holding a round and simple mirror in her hand.
In a short period of time, He Xing actually saw the legendary underworld through the mirror.
He Xing saw her parents in the mirror in a flash, and Ah Li asked her if she wanted a short reunion or a longer one.
"Of course it will last longer." He Xing did not hesitate.
"Given your situation... perhaps another approach would be more appropriate than the fleeting view of ordinary people."
He Xing didn't know what Ah Li meant, but it would be better if he could spend more time with his parents.
So, after He Xing saw her parents in the round mirror, Ah Li asked her to wait for a while and let her take down two strands of hair.
He Xing saw her use her hair to make an unknown knot, put it into a golden bag and then handed it to him.
"You will have a good dream tonight," said the fox.
At this moment, she held the golden bag tightly in her palm. Although she had just seen her parents in the round mirror, there was no actual communication between them.
After seeing Ah Li's abilities, He Xing already had endless expectations for tonight.
He Xing's eyes suddenly froze. If before entering the house, all she saw was a black umbrella floating in the air, then now, did she see a "person" or a "ghost"?
He Jiajia obviously noticed the eyes looking at her, and the girl winked cutely, "Beautiful sister, can you see me?"
He Xing nodded calmly, "I can see it now. Something is smeared on my eyelids."
"Cow's eye tears?" A Yan asked.
He Xing shook his head: "I don't know."
It's a professional's business. Since you've chosen him, you should trust him. She didn't ask just now.
But... He Xing looked at the young couple and schoolmate Ding Ling silently, you three don't have anything on your eyes, you can see ghosts directly!
It took about an hour to drive from the school and then walk. He Xing went in to see Ah Li for more than 20 minutes. At this time, none of them had anything to do for a while.
Ah Yan glanced at the time and said, "It's almost twelve o'clock. Should we go eat somewhere nearby? Should we stay a little longer or leave right after eating?"
"Please stay a little longer!" He Jiajia took the initiative to step forward.
"We are these ghosts. No one has come for a long time. Even if someone comes, they can't see us."
"Our haunted house renovation is in the final stages. Now everyone is practicing the script. You can come and help check it out." Ah Mao also walked out from the door.
Seeing her coming out in the blood-red wedding dress, Ah Yan's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but secretly guess Cheng Li's true species identity.
"The haunted house renovation...is it right here?" Zhu Jue asked.
"Xuejia Lane, all of it." Ah Li uttered five words, and she raised her pale fingers and drew a circle.
Ah Yan's mouth opened into an "O" shape, "That's big enough."
"Yes, yes, we can play for a long time." He Jiajia nodded repeatedly.
"Ah Li, do you want to have dinner with us?" Ding Ling asked.
She just shook her head and said, "No, you guys can come this afternoon as the first group of people to experience it, and we can use the lunch hour to finish the last bit of work."
"Then let's pack some back to celebrate your completion." A Yan suggested.
The four of them walked out of Xue's alley to look for food. At the same time, Zhuo Si arrived at his trial site carrying his equipment bag.
【Xuejia Lane】
This is it!
Zhuo Si was wearing a specially customized jacket today. There were multiple functional pockets on his jacket, ensuring that he could take out what he needed at any time, including but not limited to holy water, talisman paper, garlic, paper money...
Although Zhuo Si was extremely excited because of the letter he received in the morning, he did not take it lightly.
After all, he remembered the words on the letter very clearly.
"Investigate the truth of the rumors and stay alive."
The word "alive" appears here in a very subtle way, which fully demonstrates that the urban legend of Xuejia Lane is not groundless and is even extremely dangerous.
As a "strange news intern", even if I fail to complete this task, I will only be expelled from the intern status.
Strange news... Zhuo Si spent the entire morning looking for information about Xuejia Lane.
The biggest strange news here is that it is haunted.
A widely circulated version is that during the era of real estate development more than a decade ago, the entire Xuejiaxiang area was dilapidated and was not designated as a cultural relic protection area. Ghost stories were endless. A developer took a fancy to the location here and wanted to acquire the land. As a result, he encountered a ghost on the day he brought people to survey the area. For several days in a row, as long as they closed their eyes, they could see the fierce ghost demanding their lives. It was not until they invited a master to perform a ritual, apologized and vowed not to touch the place that they were finally relieved and slept peacefully.
After that, even fewer people came to this place. However, in recent years, with the popularization of the Internet and the rise of live broadcast platforms, some anchors who were looking for excitement or were paid by wealthy people came here in the evening.
Some people walk in the alley at night and can't push the door open, but they will keep encountering ghosts. Some people are lucky and walk around with a flashlight and don't encounter anything. Some people claim that their legs are constantly being pulled and they see ghosts passing by...
The most recent record Zhuo Si found about Xuejia Lane was posted three days ago by a netizen who liked to explore supernatural things. He said that when he came there at night, he looked back and saw shoes floating in the air. There was clearly no one in front of him, but he could clearly see bloody footprints appearing one after another on the ground illuminated by the flashlight.
These ghost hunting records were basically made at night and looked very scary. Although Zhuo Si didn't know whether they were true or not, he memorized all the experiences of his predecessors just to be prepared.
Because of the hint in the letter, he was sure that something really existed in Xuejia Lane.
But I'm going there in broad daylight, so I won't encounter anything more dangerous than at night, right?
Standing at the entrance of Xuejia Alley, Zhuo Si took a deep breath. Seeing other tourists checking in in the ruined area, he became more certain.
Regardless of anything else, with so many tourists here, it should be okay to stay alive, right?
What is the "truth behind the strange news" that you need to investigate for your trial mission?
With excitement, vigilance, curiosity, and a hint of fear hidden in his heart, Zhuo Si finally stepped into Xuejia Lane.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but from the moment he stepped into the alley, he felt a cool breeze coming from nowhere, chilly and chilly, just like the cold air from an air conditioner blowing on his body.
Zhuo Si walked inside with firm conviction. He looked back and saw that no other tourists followed him in.
The weather was very good today. The sun was still hot after noon, and his sneakers made no sound as they walked across the cobblestone road.
As Zhuo Si walked, he recalled what would happen in the alley.
When I looked back, I didn't see any floating shoes, and I didn't see any footprints in front of me. Is it because it was broad daylight?
Soon, he approached the gate of a courtyard. Zhuo Si walked forward without hesitation. As far as he knew, this was a no-man's land and there was no such thing as breaking into private homes.
His fingers just touched the wooden door, or to be more precise, just touched it, without even using any force, Zhuo Si saw the door open with a "swish".
There was clearly no wind, but Zhuo Si saw the wooden door shaking slightly, making a creaking sound.
It was as if...something was clinging to the open door, and was staring at and observing from above my head.
Zhuo Si put his hands in his pockets, tightly holding the talisman paper and the small peach wood sword. He took a deep breath and walked into the courtyard.
He only felt a gust of wind blowing behind him, and the wooden door should have been closed. Zhuosi turned around and saw that the door was closed, but there was no sound.
"Hehehe~~~" It sounded like children's laughter, and there was more than one.
Zhuo Si turned his neck slowly and saw the cartwheel hanging in the air. The cartwheel moved as if waiting for him to take action.
He swallowed, and his brain suddenly froze. Should he take action or not?
Zhuo Si didn't have time to make a choice, as his hands had already been automatically put on by the red hairpin. His first reaction at this moment was to flip over.
Sure enough, after flipping over, the red rope floated up again.
Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt his feet tighten.
Oh shit!
A long square rubber band appeared, and it was not known whether it came from the top of his head or from the ground, and his feet became a support.
At this time, Zhuo Si could see two black embroidered shoes jumping rubber rope.
Zhuo Si's legs were shaking, and before he could jump out, the flower rope appeared in front of him again, as if signaling him to perform the next trick.
Just as he finished flipping the flower rope, he saw two pairs of embroidered shoes floating over and lifting the rubber bands on his legs, indicating that it was his turn.
Zhuo Si seized the opportunity at this moment. He pretended to be jumping rope and avoided the tumbling rope. In fact, he jumped out with his weak legs, threw down a talisman, and immediately ran towards the wooden door.
There was no bolt on the wooden door, he noticed. Zhuo Si successfully left the courtyard and ran forward without looking around.
Damn, the information I checked before didn’t mention Xuejiaxiang as a “little ghost”!
Zhuo Si didn't dare look back. His backpack felt a little heavy. After running three laps in a row, he realized something was wrong.
In Xuejia Lane, these corners, these streets, eaves and walls are so similar that he can hardly tell them apart.
He clearly remembered turning right, so why did he feel like he was stuck in a maze? How did he end up near this door again?
Zhuo Si was a little out of breath, but at this moment he was trying hard to suppress himself, for fear of accidentally causing something.
The one in the yard just now should be a "child ghost". He guessed that the child ghost did not chase him out because it might be bound by the earth spirit and could not get out.
But...he looked at the courtyard on his right.
There are two copper rings on the gate. If I remember correctly, this is the third time he has passed by it.
Zhuosi's throat rolled. Should he go in? But even if he didn't go in, it seemed that if he continued to run, he would only continue to be led to this place.
The gate seemed to sense his thoughts and slowly opened on its own initiative. Zhuo Si gritted his teeth and thought, I was led here. Maybe this is the core of Xuejia Lane.
Go in!
Zhuo Si tried hard to control his trembling legs and entered, his hands already in his pockets quietly trying to open the bottle of holy water.
But... everything seemed calm in the hospital, nothing unusual happened.
Zhuosi became more alert, and then -
He felt his hair being pulled.
“Hehe~”
The pockets of his clothes were suddenly buttoned and fastened one by one.
The hand that was in my pocket and touching the holy water bottle was touched by something cold. The touch felt like cold skin.
The heavy backpack was suddenly relieved of its weight, and the contents of the pockets were pulled out by something invisible.
But Zhuo Si couldn't move at all.
He was like a piece of meat on a chopping board, being kneaded, observed, looked up and down, and talked about openly, but he could not see where the enemy was.
Suddenly, he felt his neck being pinched and his whole body was lifted up like a chick.
It was the first time that Zhuosi saw his feet dangling in the air as he was led step by step to the front door of the house.
His mind was still functioning, but his body was so stiff that he could do nothing.
There was only one question left in Zhuo Siman's mind.
Can he really still be alive?