Seeing that I was deep in thought without saying a word, Nangong Fancong ignored me and went directly to the side to play with Xiao Jia. She was dressed like a fairy sister. Xiao Jia also liked to play with her. Every time Xiao Jia
Every time I touch Nangong's long skirt, I feel very excited.
Seeing Nangong and Xiao Jia having fun, I was very upset, because my subconscious mind had noticed the clue, but my subjective consciousness couldn't tell which clue it was. You know this kind of thing, but for a moment
It feels really uncomfortable not being able to remember.
After thinking about it for a while, I still didn't have an answer, so I was going to start analyzing it one by one from the existing clues in my hand. The name of the first case was Beiyu Deserted Village.
This name seems to have nothing to do with Zhao Ling and Xiao Jia.
The second is the painting painted by Cai Yan.
Thinking of this, I quickly took out my phone and started to look at the painting carefully. I zoomed in on the screen, and then carefully observed every corner of the painting, trying to find clues related to Zhao Ling and Xiaojia.
When I enlarged the photo, I discovered that there was a temple in the upper right corner of Beiyu Village in the painting. The temple was deserted, with weeds and trees everywhere. However, the plaque of the temple was clearly visible, with three words written on it.
One word - "Jade Emperor Temple".
There are two people standing in front of the Jade Emperor Temple, one big and one small. Because it is a distant view, the backs of the two people are very blurry on the screen. You can still see that they are a woman and a child!
Women and children?
I immediately thought of Zhao Ling and Xiao Jia. Could this be the clue in my subconscious?
Yes, that’s definitely the case!
I confirmed my guess almost instantly, so I immediately ran to the kitchen to find Zhao Ling and asked her if she had been to a Jade Emperor Temple in the mountains and had seen deserted villages.
Zhao Ling thought for a while and said: "The year my husband died, I took my daughter into the mountains to burn paper for her, but I didn't know why, so I got lost. I took my daughter around in the mountains for a long time.
, and then we came across an abandoned Jade Emperor Temple. We stayed in front of the temple for a while, and I bowed to the temple. Then I found the way back after walking for more than an hour. You said the jade in the mountains.
I have seen the Imperial Temple, but I have never seen a deserted village."
Zhao Ling had indeed seen the Jade Emperor Temple.
After hearing what Zhao Ling said, I couldn't conceal my surprise. What surprised me was not about Zhao Ling, but about Cai Yan's painting. Although Cai Yan had removed all the clues for us, there was nothing there.
The scroll left us some instructions.
Thinking about it this way, Cai Yan is not too outrageous.
Seeing that I was silent, Zhao Ling looked at me curiously and asked: "By the way, how did you know that I had seen the Jade Emperor Temple in the mountains? Did you ask about it in the village? That day when I came back from the mountains, I took this
I told the people in the village about it, and they all said that I was trying to attract evil spirits, and that there was no Jade Emperor Temple in the mountains. Later, I went to look for it several times, wanting to say thank you, but I couldn't find it either!"
"It's been two years since this happened. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten it. Now that I think about it, it was really evil at that time. You said I saw the Jade Emperor Temple with my own eyes, but why didn't I see it when I went to look for it later?
Oh, by the way, you just asked me what happened if I had seen a deserted village or something. Are you talking about that ghost village? I must have never seen it. If I saw that ghost village, I would definitely not be able to come back.
Already."
I asked Zhao Ling if she still remembered the general direction of the Jade Emperor Temple.
Zhao Ling looked at me and smiled and said: "Do you also want to find the Jade Emperor Temple? You should be able to walk along the mountain to the north of the village for a long time. When I was lost, I led Xiaojia to walk slowly.
, if you go directly there, it might not take you half a day, but I don’t know if you can find it. Maybe I was really possessed by evil spirits at that time."
It's half a day's journey from this village. If this is the case, then the address Cai Yan gave us is wrong. According to that address, we are going to Beiyuhuang Village, and we have to walk for a day and night into the mountains.
But then again, if Zhao Ling saw the Jade Emperor Temple, then the Jade Emperor Temple is the Ruoda village, so she shouldn't not be able to see it.
Next, I did not continue to ask Zhao Ling, but asked Xiao Jia if she remembered getting lost two years ago. She is five years old this year and only three years old two years ago. She really may not remember these things.
Xiaojia shook her head and said she didn't remember.
really.
I took out my phone again, showed the photos on the phone to Xiao Jia, and asked her if she had seen the village in the phone. Xiao Jia looked at it for a while and said, "It looks familiar, but I can't remember anything I've seen before. I remember my father seemed like
It was also in that village. I remembered that time when my mother took me to see my father. We walked in the mountains for most of the day, and then I saw my father, but someone grabbed my father and refused to let him go with us.
, I wanted to tell my mother at the time, but she was a little angry at that time, with a fierce expression on her face. I was so scared that I didn’t dare to speak. Later, I fell asleep on my mother’s shoulder and forgot about it when I got home.
, if you don’t remind me, I haven’t remembered it yet!”
I have to say that Xiaojia is really smart. She is able to describe such a complicated matter so clearly.
Thinking of this, I wondered if she might have a "problem", so I used my breath to check her situation. There was no doubt that she was a normal person. I secretly asked Nangong Fancong, and she was white.
He glanced at me and said, "Don't worry, Zhao Ling and Xiao Jia are both ordinary people. If there was anything abnormal, I would have discovered it long ago."
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the two of them, I felt relieved.
After having breakfast here, I started to go into the mountains in the direction Zhao Ling told us. There is a very small mountain road behind the village, and this mountain road is exactly the same as the one described in our information. According to the information,
It said we need to walk for a day and a night.
Two years ago, Zhao Ling took Xiao Jia, who was only three years old, to the Jade Emperor Temple in more than half a day. Judging from the distance, there were some problems.
The mountain road was looming. After we walked for more than two hours, the path became not so easy to distinguish. Because we could not find the road, we took several detours. In this way, we wasted several hours and looked at the sky.
It's almost dark, but we still haven't found the Jade Emperor Temple.
At this time, Nangong Fan said: "It was definitely not an accident that Zhao Ling got lost two years ago. It should have been something that confused her and made her lose her way. Then that thing guided her to take this path. She took the right path.
Road, so it only took half a day to reach the Jade Emperor Temple, but we were different. We had to keep looking for the intermittent road, and time slowed down. That’s why the information said one day and one night, but if we are unlucky,
, I think we may not be able to find the Jade Emperor Temple and the deserted village all day and night."
I nodded to Nangong Fan, I agreed with her analysis.
But then again, who was going to lead them to that path? A question arose in my mind: "Is it Zhao Ling's husband who is leading them to the Jade Emperor Temple? What is his purpose, to harm his wife?"
With my daughter, that’s not right, didn’t Zhao Ling and Xiao Jia come back smoothly in the end?”
I started to feel confused.
It was extremely dark at this time, with no stars or moonlight in the sky. When our flashlight shined in this darkness, the light seemed to be swallowed up. The beam of the flashlight could not shine far at all, and we could only see ten
A distance of about several meters.
For the sake of safety, I adjust my breath to sense the surrounding situation. If there is danger, I can find it immediately.
After walking a few steps forward, Nangong Fancong took my words and said: "I think there should be other ghosts trying to lure Zhao Ling and Xiao Jia to the deserted village in Beiyu, and Zhao Ling's husband sabotaged them and led them away.
If we go to the Jade Emperor Temple, then the Jade Emperor Temple may be the key to leaving Beiyu Desert Village."
Nangong Fan's analysis is very reasonable, but these are all our conjectures. The real situation requires further research.
At this time, Nangong Fanxong said again: "And Zhao Ling's husband died after falling while working in other places. How could his ghost appear in the deserted village? This is also worthy of our further investigation. After we arrived at the deserted village in Beiyu, first of all
What we need to find is Zhao Ling’s husband, who may have key clues.”
Nangong Fan didn't say anything, I really didn't expect it.
Sure enough, I'm still very stupid, and I can't keep up with my ideas many times.
I nodded to Nangong Fancong, and she smiled proudly and said, "You earned the money when I followed you on the case. I have a lot of things worth learning from you."
I said: "For example, sharp teeth and sharp mouth!"
Nangong Fancong raised her foot and kicked my butt: "You still have a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks!"
Of course, she didn't use any force with her kick. If she had used force, I would have been kicked into the ravine by her.
We walked for a while, but it was really difficult to distinguish the road in front of us. If we took the wrong path at this time, it would be even harder to find the original route, so Nangong Fancong suggested that we stop and rest first, and wait for some light before continuing.
.
I also nodded.
We didn't prepare a tent, so we found a relatively flat place to sit down and rest. Of course, before resting, Nangong Fancong also arranged a formation around it.
In the middle of the night, the wind suddenly started to blow, and soon it began to drizzle. Neither Nangong Fancong nor I had rain gear. When we were feeling worried, we felt as if a transparent protective film was stretched above our heads, and all the rainwater fell.
They were all blocked by the protective film.
I looked at Nangong Fanxong, and she snorted and said, "I think your constitution is too weak, and I'm afraid that you might catch a cold and make other foodies sick as well. It would be really unlucky for it to be your natal Gu!"
I know that this is Nangong Fan's excuse to care about me. I have long been accustomed to her sharp-tongued character, so I didn't try to expose her.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but not a drop could fall on us.
At about three o'clock in the middle of the night, a burst of noisy footsteps interrupted the silence between Nangong Fan and I.
Looking in the direction of the footsteps, we saw a pair of people holding blue lanterns walking on a rainy night. They were both wearing ancient Chinese costumes and stood on tiptoes when walking!