Looking at Cai Yan in front of me, I had a lot of thoughts in my mind. After looking at the painting a few more times, I couldn't help but ask: "You should have thought that we would be the first to choose this case?"
Cai Yan smiled and said, "I'm not good at divination. I painted this picture simply because I was more interested in this case. It seems that you, the young man, and I have some chance."
I asked Cai Yan again if he could give us the painting he painted. Cai Yan put the brush in his hand on the table, then blew lightly on the scroll a few times, waiting for the ink to dry.
He then said slowly: "If you take it back and treasure it, I will give it to you. If you really want to understand the situation in Beiyu Village, just take a photo with your phone. I still want to treasure it myself."
Woolen cloth!"
As he spoke, Cai Yan took out his seal again and stamped it on the corner of the talisman.
I took out my mobile phone and took a few pictures of the painting. Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, then looked at me and said, "You are really upright. It seems that my painting is a gift today."
Not going out!"
I rubbed my head in embarrassment and said, "When we go to file a case, it's really inconvenient to carry a painting. If it gets damaged again, wouldn't it be a waste of your good intentions?"
When I was talking to Cai Yan, Nangong Fanxong had already started to read the information about Beiyu Desert Village. Within a minute of reading, she threw the information on the table angrily, found a seat angrily, sat down, and stopped talking.
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I asked her what was wrong, and she pointed to the information on the table and said, "See for yourself!"
I picked up the information and looked at it for a while, and my face became a little ugly. Apart from the address, there was no other useful information about this case. The most annoying thing was that the address was repeated throughout the paper, as if it was
It's like trying to get enough of that piece of paper.
Thinking of this, I carefully weighed the other cowhide bags. Fortunately, the weights were different, and the others still contained some other information, but the case in Beiyu Desert Village only had this piece of paper.
I looked at the information and asked Cai Yan: "Senior Cai, this information is too perfunctory!"
Cai Yan said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. There is a car in the yard. Here is the car key. Just drive that car to solve this case!"
As he said this, Cai Yan threw me a car key.
After taking the key, I wanted to ask Cai Yan for more information, but Cai Yan directly interrupted my questioning and said: "The photos on your phone are also information, that's all. Okay, I'm going to be busy.
You can go!"
Cai Yan issued an eviction order, so we couldn't say anything.
When we turned to leave, Cai Yan stopped us again, and I asked him if he had any new clues or information for us.
Cai Yan smiled and said, "I almost forgot. If you go out like this, you won't be able to use the elevator. Keep these two things with you from now on."
With that said, Cai Yan threw a piece of jade the size of a fingernail to each of Nangong Fan and me.
When I took it into my hand, I felt a cold feeling in my palm, but the next moment, the jade stone turned into a pool of green water in my palm, and then seeped into my body.
I wanted to shake off the green water, but it was like strong glue, stuck to my palm and would not come off.
In the blink of an eye, the green water completely entered my body.
Nangong Fanxong's situation is the same as mine, but she is not as panicked as I am. She doesn't seem worried at all.
Cai Yan said to me next to him: "Don't be afraid. This is the house number jade. It won't do any harm to your body. This jade is regarded as an identity mark. Only those with this mark can use it freely."
Elevator, okay, you can go now!"
After Nangong Fanxong and I left Cai Yan's office, I still felt a little uneasy and went to check my palms.
Nangong Fan said to me: "No need to check, it will be fine. If you don't want this mark, I will teach you a way to erase it. It's very simple."
I thought about it and said, "Forget it, this mark is still useful for the time being. By the way, is this mark really harmless?"
Nangong Fancong said in an impatient tone: "You are so long-winded!"
We did not go to the other floors of this underground building to watch, but went directly out of the ground and drove in the parking lot.
I pressed the key and quickly discovered the vehicle in which Cai Yan took the case to us. It was a black mid-range sedan.
After getting in the car, I turned on the navigation and drove to the northwest of Chengdu.
The specific address is northwest of Wenchuan. We need to park at a place called Liangzizhai, then follow the path into the mountain, and it will take about a day and a night to get there.
It was already late at night when I left the hotel. Fan Cong asked me to stop the car when we left Nangong, Chengdu.
I asked her what was wrong, and she said: "Others are helping you as cattle, and you should treat yourself as an animal. Find a place to rest for the night, and then start on your way again tomorrow morning."
Indeed, after what she said, I was really a little tired. Although my physique has improved a lot after I advanced to the snack food level, I will collapse sooner or later if I keep staying up like this.
So we found a small hotel nearby to rest for the night, and continued our journey early the next morning.
After a night's rest, my energy has recovered a lot.
After driving for almost seven hours, we finally arrived at Liangzizhai at around three o'clock in the afternoon.
Liangzizhai is located deep in the mountains. There is only one dirt road into the village, which is just big enough for a car to pass by. It would be quite troublesome if we encounter a car on the way back. Fortunately, there are no cars on this road, so we got here smoothly.
Liangzizhai is a small village with only about 20 households. When we got here, we told the villagers that we were here for a self-driving tour and wanted to find a place to stay in the village because the price we offered was relatively good and it would be fast.
Someone agreed to let us stay at their home.
The family we stayed with was a single mother with a child. Her husband had an accident and died on a construction site two years ago when he went out to work. She and her child are now living off the compensation.
The single mother's surname is Zhao Ling, and her child is a little girl named Ma Huijia.
Zhao Ling's food was pretty good, and Nangong Fan and I both ate a lot. Because it's almost evening, we're going to wait until tomorrow morning before setting off.
After staying at Zhao Ling's house, I also asked her if she knew there was a deserted village called Beiyu deep in the mountains.
Upon hearing my question, Zhao Ling said, "You are here to find that place. Everyone here knows it, but it is just a legend. No one has ever actually seen that village."
As soon as I heard that Zhao Ling knew about it, I quickly asked what the legend was.
Zhao Ling said: "I know the details very well. I heard the old people in the village talk about it, saying that there is a ghost village in the mountains, and it is full of ghosts. If you don't go into the mountains and into the ghost village, you will become a ghost village."
Ghosts will always stay in that village, and the name of that ghost village is Beiyu."
I asked Zhao Ling if she knew how that village was formed.
Zhao Ling smiled and said, "You are really serious. I have told you that this is just a legend, a short story. There is no explanation of how it came to be. Even the old people in the village can't tell you."
After chatting with Zhao Ling for a while, I confirmed that she really didn't know any clues, so I didn't ask any more questions.
Zhao Ling's house has three rooms that can accommodate people, so Nangong Fan and I slept in one room each.
The next morning, I got up to do my morning homework, but when I got up, I found that Zhao Ling and her five-year-old daughter Ma Huijia were also up. They came back from outside, and Ma Huijia was carrying a basket behind her.
It's full of fresh vegetables.
Seeing that Nangong Fanxong and I were also getting up, Zhao Ling said, "Everything we grow in our own land is fresh."
I asked out of curiosity: "My children also get up so early."
Zhao Ling said: "There is no way. The child is used to sleeping with me. She wakes up immediately when I am not next to her. The most terrible thing is that if I leave her at home for a while, she will definitely talk nonsense for a long time when I come back.
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lies?
I suddenly became more curious and asked what nonsense it was.
Zhao Ling said: "She said that she saw her father, and said that her father was being chased and beaten by several people. Anyway, he was very fussy, but after I came back, she cried for a while and then everything was fine."
When Zhao Ling said this, I went directly to ask her daughter Ma Huijia: "Xiaojia, is what your mother said true?"
Ma Huijia nodded and said: "It's true, but what I said is not nonsense. Every time my mother leaves me alone at home, my father will come to see me. But every time my father comes to see me, he will be arrested by several people."
When we went back, they beat Dad so hard that I cried because I was so scared."
When Ma Huijia said this, Nangong Fancong and I couldn't help but look at each other.
The little girl didn't seem to be lying. She must have seen her father's ghost.
Zhao Ling took Ma Huijia's hand and said, "You're talking nonsense again. Okay, mommy is going to cook. If you're sleepy, go back to the house and take a nap. If you're not sleepy, just play in the yard, okay?"
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Ma Huijia nodded and chose to play in the yard.
While Zhao Ling went to cook, I asked Nangong Fan if he could feel the yin energy left by ghosts in this yard.
Nangong Fancong shook his head and said: "No, I guess Zhao Ling hasn't left Xiao Jia alone at home for a long time, so Xiao Jia's father hasn't been here for a long time, so there is no Yin Qi left."
"Of course, it's also possible that when Xiao Jia was at home alone, she was afraid of hallucinations. There were no ghosts here at all."
At this time, I suddenly had a strong feeling in my heart. I always felt that Xiao Jia's sighting of her father's ghost was most likely related to Beiyu Desert Village.
After having this premonition, I was also curious, how could I premonition these two things together?