101. Chapter 21: Death Photos
After hearing Lan Xiaoqi's words, I was immediately happy. At first, I was thinking about how to convince Lan Xiaoqi to take so many people, but now it seems that there is no need to do that at all.
I asked Lan Xiaoqi: Did that person say that if there is one more person, the extra person will die. If there is one less person, a stranger will sneak into our team?
After hearing what I said, Lan Xiaoqi suddenly widened her eyes and looked at me incredible.
However, this surprise was only brief. It didn’t take long before Lan Xiaoqi figured it out: Brother Lang also received this news?
I nodded and said: Someone told me that day that I had to go to the underworld that five people had to go with me, but I had already found five people in the past three days.
Before Lan Xiaoqi could speak, I told her about Fang Xiang, Changsheng and Jiang Bo.
After hearing what I said, Lan Xiaoqi pondered for a moment and said: Although I don’t know if the five people are walking with me, we should do what the mysterious man said to be careful.
After pausing for a moment, Lan Xiaoqi said again: Since there are enough people, we will prepare to set off soon.
I naturally couldn't ask for the ability to break the curse as soon as possible and return to normal people, so I didn't say much, just asked where the destination of this trip was.
Lan Xiaoqi did not speak, but raised her head and looked at me.
I was driving the car while waiting for Lan Xiaoqi to speak. Seeing that Lan Xiaoqi had not spoken for a long time, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised. I looked at her and found that she was staring at me tightly.
I was a little furious when Lan Xiaoqi saw me and couldn't help asking her what was wrong.
Lan Xiaoqi sighed and said, "Brother Lang, do you think I am very powerful?"
I was stunned, and was asked a little inexplicably by Lan Xiaoqi's words.
But after thinking about it, I have always regarded Lan Xiaoqi as a very capable person, at least I am many times better than ordinary people.
When I was trapped in the Zizhu Forest, Lan Xiaoqi taught me how to escape. Finally, I told me about the curse in the Zizhu Forest and how to crack it. If Lan Xiaoqi was an ordinary person, how could he know so much? How could he find the legendary ghost path?
"Brother Alang, if you really think I'm very powerful, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed." Lan Xiaoqi sighed, lowered his head and pinched the milk tea cup, and continued after a while: "Actually, I'm just an ordinary person like Brother Alang. If you really want to say it, Brother Alang is better than me, at least Brother Alang is a veteran."
"The reason why I am considered very powerful by Brother Lang is that I know a little more than Brother Lang."
I didn't say anything, so I continued to listen to Lan Xiaoqi's talk.
"There is also the search for a ghost road." Lan Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know what a ghost road is, nor where the ghost road is, nor do I know whether the underworld really exists. The reason why I can find a ghost road is that there is a mysterious person helping me in the dark."
I understand that Lan Xiaoqi is an ordinary person like me. The reason why she looks more powerful is that she knows more things than me. As for that ghost road, it was actually not found by Lan Xiaoqi, but a mysterious person has been helping Lan Xiaoqi in the dark.
"Do you know who that mysterious man is?" I asked.
Lan Xiaoqi shook his head and said: The mysterious person behind me has never appeared. What he gave me is all text information. I rely on these text information to find the ghost path.
I frowned and didn't say anything, and my anxiety became heavier.
Before this, I guessed that going to the underworld to find a way to break the curse was actually just someone deliberately, with the purpose of letting us and our group enter the underworld. This previous idea was just a guess, but after I heard Lan Xiaoqi's words, I confirmed the authenticity of this idea even more.
Who is behind us step by step?
I thought of the old man who told me that I had to go to the underworld that five people had to go with me.
Could it be that he controlled all this behind his back?
I thought about it and said: The problem now is that we don’t know who the mysterious person behind us is, nor what is the real purpose of his guidance to us to the underworld.
Lan Xiaoqi was silent after hearing my words, then looked at me seriously and said: Brother Lang, do you believe me?
I was stunned and didn't understand why Lan Xiaoqi asked that. But now I can't find any way except to believe that Lan Xiaoqi can't find any way, so I can only nod.
Seeing me nodding, Lan Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief and said a little like re-released: Brother Lang, don’t worry, the underworld will definitely lift the curse on us.
I didn't continue asking, nor did I want to know why Lan Xiaoqi was so sure. Because we must go to the underworld anyway, after all, we only know this method so far.
I started the car again and drove out for a while. I asked: Where is the ghost road, how should we go?
Lan Xiaoqi smiled and said: We must first go to Fengdu Ghost Town in western Sichuan to find someone. Only after we find that person are qualified to know where the ghost road is.
When I heard the word "Western Sichuan", I couldn't help but remember the news I read today and the text messages sent to me by the mysterious person.
I lit my head and asked casually: Are you from western Sichuan?
"Yes." Lan Xiaoqi said without hesitation.
I felt a little awkward, but I didn't ask anything more.
Finally, Lan Xiaoqi and I agreed to meet at the city's high-speed rail station at 7 pm tomorrow, and our group rushed to Fengdu Ghost Town in western Sichuan together.
The reason why I set off tomorrow night is that I want to take this time to explain the express delivery store. After all, I am no longer alone now.
After making an appointment, Lan Xiaoqi got out of the car and said he wanted to prepare.
After waiting for Lan Xiaoqi to leave, I drove back to the express delivery store.
The express delivery from Zizhulin has not been delivered today, and I don’t care about that place now. Zhou Shun also said before that there is no need to deliver the express delivery from Zizhulin every day, as long as it takes no more than one month.
When I arrived at the express delivery store, I felt relieved when I saw that Jiang Bo and Changsheng were safe and sound.
When Jiang Bo and Changsheng came back, they stood up immediately and asked me if something was wrong. I waved my hand and told them: Let's go back to pack up, we may set off tomorrow night.
Jiang Boshen looked at me and should be able to understand what I meant by starting.
After a while of silence, Jiang Bo said to me: I'll go back and pack up some things and come to find you tomorrow.
I nodded and said ok.
After talking, Jiang Bo touched Changsheng's head and told Changsheng to come and play with him tomorrow.
Changsheng waved his hand and said goodbye to Jiang Bo. Seeing his father and father get along like this, I felt much more relieved. At least Jiang Bo did not harm Changsheng.
I asked Changsheng to continue reading, and then took out my cell phone and dialed Qin Dayou's phone number.
Apart from me, I only had four workers. Among these four workers, I had a good relationship with Qin Dayou, so I planned to let Qin Dayou take care of the express store in the next few days when I was away.
I briefly said it when I answered the phone, and Qin Dayou agreed immediately, making me feel at ease.
Before hanging up the phone, I repeatedly told you to tell you not to enter the Zizhu Forest no matter what. I didn’t want to wait until I came back and see Qin Dayou’s miserable situation.
Qin Dayou patted his chest and abdomen and promised me that he would definitely not go to the broken place of Zizhu Forest.
After I finished all the explanations, I breathed a sigh of relief. Just as I was thinking about taking Changsheng back, the girl in the express delivery shop suddenly called me.
"Brother Lang, you have a courier for you." I remember the girl named Zhang Xinxin, who stopped me and handed me a courier document seal.
I was stunned and said a little hard to figure it out: Are you sure this is my thing?
Zhang Xinxin nodded and said: It is written on it Ninglangshou, and the address is the address of our express delivery store.
I don't know anything online at all, I don't know a few people, let alone someone will send me something.
And the sending was a document seal.
I took the file cover and looked at the recipient, and confirmed that it was my name and mobile phone number.
I felt it through the file seal, and the things inside looked like several cards. I didn’t know what it was. Finally, I tore the file seal open and took out the things inside.
It's a bit different from what I guess, and it's not a card, but a photo.
However, when I saw the picture in the photo, the flesh on my cheeks shivered suddenly, and my hands couldn't help but send it away, and I directly left the photo on the table.
Seeing that I was still on the table, I took out one of them and looked at it curiously.
After a while, Changsheng smiled and said to me: Uncle Stupid, the person in this photo is a bad uncle.
That’s right, the person in the first photo is that guy Fang Xiang!
What scared me was that Fang Xiang in the photo was in a particularly gloomy land, looking at the background like a deep mountain forest.
In the photo, Fang Xiang held the short sword I used to stand with blood on his body. I clearly saw a grim smile on Fang Xiang's face. Because there was blood on his face, Fang Xiang's delicate facial features and grim smile seemed particularly terrifying.
I don't know what's going on, and I don't know why Fang Xiang appeared here.
I carefully recalled Fang Xiang and I realized that we have been to the place we have been now, and we have never crossed the deep mountains and forests at all.
How did this photo come about? Who gave me the photo? What is his meaning?
A series of questions filled my brain, and I felt like my head was being hit hard by someone.
"Uncle Stupid, this is a big nose."
Changsheng's words pulled me back from my endless thoughts, and I quickly took the photo from Changsheng and started to look at it.
The back of the photo is still dark and gloomy Lao Lin. In the photo, Jiang Bo knelt down on one knee, supporting the ground with one hand and covering his heart with the other. The expression on his face looks extremely painful. What makes me feel even more incredible is that the wrinkles on Jiang Bo's face in the photo are very deep, as if they were cut deep by someone with a knife. Even his hair turned from the previous black and white meeting to grayish white. He seemed to have grown old to eighty or ninety in an instant.
I was destined to not understand these questions, so I didn't think about them, but continued to look at the photos below.
The third photo is me!
I saw me appear in the photo!
In the photo, I was sitting weakly on the ground, with a pale face and a trace of blood hanging on the corner of my mouth, as if I was poisoned, and the background of the photo was still gloomy Lao Lin.
My hands holding the photo were trembling a little. I still had several photos in my hand. After each photo was viewed, my ability to bear in my heart decreased a little. I don’t know if I have the courage to read all the photos.
I trembled and put down the third photo and picked up the fourth photo.
Chapter completed!