Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 481 The Shadow on the Door and Window
When he came to work here for the first time, Ah Xiang didn’t find anything special about Building No. [-]. Their staff’s accommodation was in a separate second-floor courtyard outside the palace, and the personal service was implemented here, so sometimes they encountered I was in a hurry, and I didn't dare to leave for too long, it would inevitably violate the rules, so I used the restrooms around to make a quick fix while no one noticed.

In the first year, around the time of the Hungry Ghost Festival, Ah Xiang remembers it very clearly. Since this place is so high and far away from the city center, there is no light pollution, so the stars and the moon can be seen very clearly.The moon that night was the Mao Moon as the saying goes in the countryside. In today's words, it is the moon halo.That kind of hairy moon, dim and yellow, appears and disappears from time to time, without much light, but always gives people a gloomy feeling.

On that day, Ah Xiang's personal care was a boss who came to discuss business. He stood outside the door and would go in from time to time to wait for orders.Those people are more able to play, and it's past 12 o'clock in the evening, and it still hasn't stopped.In fact, there were shift replacements, but Ah Xiang wanted to get some overtime pay, so he insisted on not taking a break.Around 12:30, Ah Xiang felt anxious and wanted to get into the tuba. Seeing that the people inside were having fun and had nothing to do with him, he quickly slipped to the nearest public restroom.

That place is next to Hall No. [-].

At that time, Building No. [-] was also locked at night. Ah Xiang had no curiosity, so he didn't explore it. When he finished using the bathroom and was about to return to his post, he suddenly heard a small sound coming from Building No. [-]. , like the sound of water.

Ah Xiang thought to himself; so late, how could there be the sound of water?Could it be that someone is taking a hot spring in it?No, isn't Hall No. [-] always locked at night?Because it is an antique building, the doors and windows are carved with grilles. Through the frosted glass, you can vaguely see the inside of Hall No. [-].

It was pitch black inside, the lights were not turned on, and the door was indeed locked, that is to say, it was impossible for anyone to soak in the hot spring inside, but the sound of the water never stopped.

This made Ah Xiang feel a little nervous, so he didn't intend to look any further, so he turned around and walked back to his post, but he couldn't help thinking of the strange sound of water in Hall No. [-].And some things are often scarier when you think about them afterwards, because the more Ah Xiang thinks about it, the colder he breaks out, he thinks of something wrong.

At night, the inside of the palace is very bright. At that time, Ah Xiang was standing outside Hall No. [-], the outside was brightly lit, and the inside of the carved and hollow door was frosted glass. It stands to reason that even if the lights in Hall No. [-] were not turned on, then In that case, the outside light can also penetrate into Hall No. [-] through the frosted glass.At that time, Ah Xiang shouldn't have seen nothing.

But the truth is, what I saw at the time was a dark mass.

Ah Xiang thought of a terrifying possibility, that is, there was a black thing pasted on the door at that time, and what he saw was not the darkness in the hot spring, but the thing pasted on the door!Ah Xiang often went in and out of it during the day, so he naturally knew that there was nothing pasted inside the frosted glass, so at that time, what was it that prevented him from realizing it, and was only separated from him by a layer of glass?
At that time, Ah Xiang was not to mention how terrified he was, so he detoured in fright that night.

As a result, within two days, a customer here suddenly hanged himself.The customer came for honeymoon with his new wife, and they have been staying for three days. The relationship was really a sweet period, but on the fourth morning, he died in the house.Later, according to investigation, it turned out that it was because of some trivial matters that night.His wife had a quarrel with him.In fact, it can't be called a quarrel, just an ordinary bickering. According to the usual method of the deceased, they would often pull their wives over to kiss and coax them, and nothing happened.

Unexpectedly, he was very abnormal that night, he was very impatient with his wife, and quarreled loudly. As a result, his wife became angry, and they both went to sleep after arguing. Until the next day, when the wife woke up, she saw To hang people in the lobby.

At that time, it was just two days before the Ghost Festival. According to the folk saying, it is not just the ghosts that come out of the nest on the Ghost Festival, but before and after the Ghost Festival, it is a day when Yin Qi gathers on the zodiac, so The period of time before and after the Ghost Festival is a time when it is easy to have "accidents and evil".At that time, Ah Xiang couldn't help thinking about it, but after all, no one had ever seen a ghost, so he didn't think deeply about it.

After a pause, Ah Xiang suddenly said: "There is one more thing, don't be afraid to tell me." He stretched out his hand and pointed upwards, and said: "That person was hanged to death in this hall."

Shen Li took a deep breath and groaned strangely: "Damn, we spent so much money to listen to ghost stories. You didn't coax us, did you? If you talk nonsense, I'll call you right away."

Ah Xiang quickly waved his hand and said: "It's absolutely true, I said it, if it weren't for Boss Dou's kindness, I wouldn't have told you these things, and I wouldn't have benefited myself by telling you these things." Shen Liyi Thinking about it, I got a little hairy, and looked at me and said, "Why don't we go back tomorrow, just to save money."

Gu Damei and I looked at each other, Gu Damei had a wry smile on her lips, and said to me: "It seems that our luck is not so bad."

I said: "It should be me who said that I was unlucky, and I chose the place." After all, I am a life who recite words, just like that Conan, wherever I go, there will be murders, since the curse After I started showing my power to make me go bankrupt, my life has hardly stopped, and this crisis is lurking everywhere.The most painful thing about the corpse fairy this time is tofu. I put everything down and wanted to help my brother get through this hurdle. I also brought Jiang Xingguo and two to accompany me. The plan was perfect, but I still hit the gun verbal.

Tofu obviously thought of this too. He glanced at me and said, "Old Chen, this story tells us that those who are unlucky should stay at home obediently in the future."

I smiled wryly, shook my head, and said: "I didn't understand clearly this time, Ah Xiang, thank you." This place is Zhongyuan and hanged people. Anyone who knows the truth can't play anymore , So I decided to go back early tomorrow morning.

At this time, Wen Min changed the subject and asked Ah Xiang: "I saw that you looked strange before, what happened?"

Ah Xiang looked even weirder, paused for a while, and then said: "This is the third year in this place. In the first year, the guest hanged himself in this hall during the Ghost Festival; last year, on the day before the Ghost Festival, there was another person, also committed suicide."

Tofu gasped and said, "Couldn't it be hanged too?"

A Xiang shook his head and said: "No, our palace is built on a mountain with cliffs on both sides. The guest left a suicide note, probably suffering from depression, and committed suicide by jumping off the cliff." After a pause, He said: "Just now our manager said that a customer was mentally ill. He stabbed people around with a knife and killed two waiters. Who would dare to come after the news got out? He asked me to appease you and let you tonight Don't go out, try to hide this matter."

I said coldly: "Such a big matter, can you hide it?"

Ah Xiang smiled wryly, and said: "It's the employees who died, not the customers. You can just pay the family some money. This palace is very profitable, and the money is nothing. The key is that if you know it, it will affect the reputation of this place in the future." .”

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally Wen Min asked, "How is that mental patient doing now?"

Ah Xiang said: "Been knocked out by the security guards, he is a rich businessman, and his family members are unwilling to say anything, they advocate paying for the trouble, and now they are tied to the bed, and they are going to leave overnight..." Before he finished speaking, the walkie-talkie at his waist spoke again It turned on, Ah Xiang said sorry, and turned on the bluetooth.

We couldn't hear what was said in the earphones, and Ah Xiang's face turned pale in an instant, and his voice excitedly said: "What? What should we do now?"

"Okay, okay, I see..." Immediately afterwards, he cut off the Bluetooth, looked at us straight in the eye, and said: "The landslide under the mountain, the road was blocked, the patient escaped from the car, the rain was heavy and the forest was deep. , can't find it..."

Wen Min took a deep breath and said, "Tell you managers, we must strengthen security. According to the patient's condition you described, he may have the tendency to kill... There are only three possibilities for such a heavy rain. I walked down the mountain, but now the road is broken, and I am directly in the middle of the mountain in the rainstorm and darkness, and the chance of falling to death is very high; second, he is still wandering in the forest, but now it is dark and rainy, and the landslides, it is not suitable to go out to find people; And third...he's likely to come back."{
Shen Li's frightened chubby face was covered with sweat, he raised his hand to wipe it off, looked at Miss Gu, and said, "Sister, your analysis is so incisive, what do you do?"

Wen Min ignored Shen Li's questioning, and said to Ah Xiang: "Tell me what I said immediately, I am a policeman."

Ah Xiang almost bit his tongue, and looked at a loss, and said: "Police, police, this is no good, the leader asked me to hide this matter, if I say it, my job will be gone." .” I said, “Do you want a job or a life?”

Ah Xiang said with a sad face: "This job is my life, and my family will live by me."

Tofu patted Ah Xiang on the shoulder and said: "If you really lose your job because of this matter, you can come to my place. We run a shop, and the salary is not low. There is a shortage of people in the shop." I thought it was strange , The three big men in our shop have done all the work, so where is there any shortage of people?But it's rare for Tofu to wake up, so I didn't interrupt him.Ah Xiang has a good impression of tofu. Hearing this, he rolled his eyes a few times, then nodded and started talking.

After a while, Ah Xiang smiled wryly and said, "I've been fired, Boss Dou, you have to keep your word."

I said: "Don't worry, it definitely counts, but the ugly words are up front. If you don't do a good job, I will still fire you. What do your superiors say?"

Ah Xiang said: "The manager is bringing someone over, probably to see Officer Gu."

(End of this chapter)