Chapter 006 Recording
The coffin was dark, but in the light, I could clearly see a person lying inside. I was about to take action when Li Daming stopped me and asked me to observe it for a while.
I rubbed my eyes and looked carefully, and found something wrong. The dark color in the coffin was not caused by the dim light, but by a layer of black fog. This black fog was extremely strange, floating only on the person lying there, neither overflowing from the coffin nor dissipating, like dark black gaseous carbon dioxide.
At first glance, the person in the coffin seemed to be floating in a dark cloud. An indescribable sense of ethereality.
The flashlight pierced through the black fog, allowing me to see the person inside clearly, but I couldn't confirm his identity because the person in the coffin was wearing a mask.
The mask was extremely crude, with only two eyes, a mouth and three round holes carved out. When it was placed on the man's face, it was hard to tell who it was.
We observed for a moment, and when there was no change, we dared to step forward. Li Daming used a flashlight to carefully shine the light on the man in the coffin, and the light refracted through the black fog. The man was wearing a yellow Taoist robe, with many indescribable patterns painted on it, like ancient cirrus clouds.
"Is it Wang Yue?" I said.
Li Daming sighed: "We are colleagues in the same company, and I have known Wang Yue for quite a long time. I never thought that such an ordinary-looking girl could have such an incredible secret."
"Look!" I suddenly saw something and pointed it out to him.
The man in the coffin had his hands crossed on his abdomen, holding a cell phone between his hands. Li Daming reached in to take it, but I stopped him and whispered, "Be careful."
Li Daming thought for a moment and said, "Wang Yue planned to get you here step by step. Every step was within her expectations. I don't think there should be any tricks to hurt you. Otherwise, why would she make such a complicated plan? She seems to want to tell us something."
"Tell me something. You have nothing to do here." I said carefully.
Li Daming smiled, "Yes, yes. Lin Cong, don't worry, this matter is known to you, me, heaven and earth, and I will not tell anyone. How could I possibly talk about such an interesting thing?"
I was a little unhappy: "You think it's fun? I tell you, call the police as soon as you find Wang Yue. This place is weird, I can't play with her like this anymore."
Li Daming shook his head without saying anything. He reached into the coffin, grabbed the cell phone inside, and slowly took it out from his hands.
This is a flagship phone from Xiaomi. I recognized it at first glance. It is Wang Yue's. There is no power lock, and you can enter the interface directly. This phone should have been flashed. There are not too many software. The entire interface only has simple functions such as recorder, photo album, and WeChat. Li Daming opened WeChat and there was only one friend and communication record in it, that was me.
The information in the communication log only records the conversation between Wang Yue and I tonight. There is nothing before that. I wonder if she deleted it all.
Li Daming waved his phone: "Obviously, this is the clue Wang Yue left for you, the key to the next step."
"What on earth does she want to do?" I was extremely angry. "Why is she doing all this mess? Does she think I'll be bored enough to play with her?"
"You are already playing with her now." Li Daming reiterated.
"I was originally going to call the police, but who knew I would receive your call. If you hadn't shown up halfway, the people who are accompanying me to check the scene now would be the police," I said.
Li Daming looked at me and said nothing.
I was a little stunned by his look: "I said something harsh, don't take it seriously."
Li Daming waved his hands: "No, no, I'm not angry with you, but what you said just now suddenly made me think of a question."
What am I asking.
"Could Wang Yue have included me in her plan?" Li Daming said.
I blinked. “What do you mean?”
"If I hadn't come to you and you had already called the police, then all the traps designed by Wang Yue would be meaningless. But now you are already in her trap, which means her plan has succeeded." Li Daming said: "I am a variable. I don't know anything about what's going on here. I called because I have to go on a business trip tomorrow and I want to help you before I leave. Is all this also part of her calculations?"
"It's getting more and more mysterious." I shook my head: "She is Wang Yue, not Zhuge Liang. If she really has such great ability..." I paused for a moment: "How is it possible..."
Li Daming opened the apps on his phone one by one. When he opened the recorder, there were several audio files. He clicked on the first one and heard a rustling sound. After a moment, a girl's voice came: "Lin Cong, hello."
My hair stood up: "It's Wang Yue!"
Li Daming made a gesture, indicating that he should not speak and just listen.
"Lin Cong, I'm really sorry." Wang Yue spoke in a low voice and slowly: "I have my reasons for doing all this. The fact that you can hear this recording means that you have successfully opened the coffin lid and seen the scene inside. Yes, the person lying in the coffin is me. I hope that at this moment, you are the only one here. I'm not afraid of leaking the secret, but if there are outsiders, you may not be able to stop them from touching my body. Remember, don't move my body. Just let me stay in this position in the coffin, otherwise, I will die!"
I was listening attentively when suddenly Li Daming clapped his hands, which scared me.
I glared at him.
Li Daming said, "Lin Cong, did you hear that? Fortunately, we didn't rush to call the police. If the police had come, they wouldn't have cared about you and would have turned the place upside down. You wouldn't have regretted it by then."
"To be honest, you shouldn't stay here any longer." I said, "Wang Yue's recording is for me alone."
"Hey, let me tell you." Li Daming was unhappy: "Aren't you chasing the cook away just because you're full? I didn't contribute anything, but I worked hard. Besides, Wang Yue also said that she's not afraid of leaking the secret, as long as you don't touch her body..." He clicked his tongue: "Body. Why is this word so awkward?"
I said very seriously, "Li Daming, I have a feeling that if you stop at this moment, you still have room to turn back. If you really want to go deeper, I'm afraid there will be no turning back."
"What about you?" he asked.
I shook my head. "Wang Yue laid the plan for me from the beginning. I've figured it out. Even if I don't investigate, I'm afraid I won't be able to get away. Things might be dangerous in the future, and I don't want to drag you down with it."
Li Daming patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I am an adult with independent abilities. I know what to do and how to do it. I won't let you be responsible... you scumbag."
I laughed and cursed, "Fuck you."
I found that although I didn't meet him much before, he was still very cute, courageous and responsible, and had a sense of humor. It was good that he wanted to stay, and it was just right for him to have someone to talk to.
We continue to listen to Wang Yue's recording slowly saying: "Lin Cong, you may be scared or feel very strange when you see everything in front of you. Since I have chosen you, I must tell you everything I know. Let me tell you about my identity first. I am not an ordinary person. When I was very young, I was chosen by Meng Po to be a medium. When I grew up, I became a ghost messenger walking in the world of the living. My home that you see should actually be called a ghost temple. This is a Taoist temple of Meng Po in the underworld."
Li Daming and I looked at each other in bewilderment. In the darkness, only the flame of the eternal lamp was flickering. Our throats were gurgling.
"The cause of the whole thing can be traced back to 2005. I was just over ten years old at that time. I lived in a rural area in the mountains. My hometown is called Longshan Township. It is a small fishing village close to a tributary of the Yangtze River. Bandits had appeared in the back mountain before liberation, and later it gradually became a cemetery. My father was buried there when he passed away. My father died in an accident. I cried every day at that time. I only found out that his body was buried in the back mountain after the funeral. When I had nothing to do, I would run to the back mountain alone to see my father's grave. I had a hard life when I was a child. My mother ran away with another man very early, and only my father raised me. He was both a father and a mother, and he worked hard all the way. My tears have never dried after he passed away." Wang Yue told the story in the recording.
Li Daming and I sat cross-legged on the ground, placed the cell phone in the middle of the ground, and let it sit slowly.
"That day I went to my father's grave and was crying when I suddenly saw a snake crawling out of the hole in the ground. It was very white, especially white.
I was very scared, but I didn't run away because I thought the snake would definitely destroy my father's body if it crawled into his grave.
I mustered up my courage, picked up a long stick, and hit the white snake. The snake suddenly jumped over, and at that moment, I saw its face.
Lin Cong, have you ever seen a snake smile? Yes, I have. The snake's expression is very human-like, and like a woman's. It squinted its eyes and smiled.
This scene is deeply engraved in my mind. Later, I even dared not watch Calabash Brothers because there was also a beautiful snake spirit in it... This scene left a huge shadow on me.
Then I was scared and ran . I ran and ran. The more I ran, the more graves appeared around me. The sky got darker and darker. Suddenly, I tripped and fell to the ground. I sat on the ground and saw that what tripped me was a brick used to build graves. It was lying alone in the middle of the road..."
I was listening attentively when Li Daming's eyes widened and he pointed at the coffin behind him: "Lin Cong, look, something bad has happened!"
