The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 53 Partridge (7)

"That ghost didn't show up." I stared at Gu Yue, "I wasn't taken away."

"You haven't been taken away, it doesn't mean it didn't show up." Gu Yue smiled at me, "It just means that the bamboo branch you drew is not the shortest among all the people."

"Impossible!" I stayed up all night, and at this time I was already exhausted. "Among the people who smoked long and short at that time, it was obviously my bamboo branch that was the shortest. Besides, even if mine didn't count, the person who got the shortest bamboo branch at that time was also the shortest." Not taken away."

Gu Yue looked at me strangely: "Who said your bamboo branch is the shortest?"

I was speechless for a moment, and after a while I said: "Could there be someone whose bamboo branches are shorter than mine, who?"

At this moment, the prison door was opened, and Qin Jian walked in. Seeing that I was safe and sound, she frowned slightly, as if wishing that I would be taken away by a ghost.I thought about Gu Yue's words, even if someone else drew a shorter bamboo branch than mine, no one in the cell was taken away.

I couldn't understand it for a while, so I didn't bother to pay attention to Qin Jian.Qin Jian obviously heard Gu Yue's words, and stood there thinking for a while, but suddenly his face changed drastically, as if he had thought of something.Seeing that his face was not right, I was shocked, thinking that Qin Jian and I had missed something.

female prisoner!

We didn't expect that the female prisoner might also have a long and short stroke.And after I broke off the bamboo branch, the female prisoner might cut the bamboo branch even shorter.So what Gu Yue said was that the ghost actually appeared at the female prisoner's side at midnight yesterday and took away a person there.

Thinking of this, Qin Jian immediately turned around and left, and I followed closely behind him.We left the cell and came to the female prisoner's side.The women's cells are in the same row as the male cells, but are separated by a fence in the middle, and there is a door on each side of the fence leading to the men's and women's cells.

As soon as we came here, we heard a guard running out quickly and almost bumped into Qin Jian.He stopped his feet, saw that it was Qin Jian, and hurriedly said: "There is a female prisoner... who was taken away by a ghost!"

Sure enough, when our attention was all on the male prisoner, something happened to the female prisoner.Qin Jian and I looked at each other and smiled wryly, then we went to the female prisoner to check the situation.When I entered the cell, I thought to myself, the person who was taken away could not be Jindi, right?

After entering the cell, I found Jindi standing peacefully in the aisle, about to go out, I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief for no reason.The situation here is exactly the same as what I saw the night before. According to the female prisoners, they also saw a ghost in white clothes passing through the wall at midnight, and the person who was taken away followed behind it. disappeared at the end of the wall.

Qin Jian also asked someone to dig the room three feet into the ground, but still no trace of the female prisoner was found.He and I stood in the dug-up cell, neither knowing what to say.After a long while, Qin Jian said in a low voice, "It's really a ghost who took people away."

I also remained silent for a long time, but suddenly said: "I don't believe it."

Qin Jian looked at me after hearing the words, still expressionless.I took a deep breath and said, "Before last night, I wasn't sure whether this matter was really related to ghosts, but now I feel that this matter is becoming more and more suspicious."

Qin Jian still looked at me without saying a word.I was a little discouraged immediately, so I had no choice but to continue talking: "Although Gu Yue and the others were reluctant, they all agreed that the bamboo branch in my hand was the shortest at that time, but the one who was taken away was the female prisoner. Why?"

I glanced at Qin Jian and saw that he obviously had no intention of answering, so I had to ask myself: "It means that 'ghost' is avoiding me. If this matter is really related to ghosts, then why does it avoid me? Take it away, is it still afraid that I will fail?"

"It's possible." Qin Jian managed to speak, but almost choked me to death.I glanced at him, and found that he was saying this very seriously, and I suddenly felt overwhelmed, thinking that the ghost is afraid of me, but you are very calm when facing me, it seems that you are more powerful than ghosts.

"The biggest possibility of this matter is that the 'ghost' can't take me away. But why can it take other people away? So," I concluded, "the biggest doubt about this matter is still Gu Yue and the others!"

Qin Jian was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "It makes sense. But how did people disappear from the prison cell?"

I was speechless again.Indeed, if you don't understand this matter, it can only be attributed to the fact that I look more evil, so that "ghost" will avoid me.

The two of us were looking at each other speechlessly, when suddenly there was an angry shout from outside the cell, it was from the guards on the ground outside, it seemed that something happened outside.As soon as Qin Jian's face changed, he rushed out of the cell immediately, followed by me.Outside, several guards were pushing a prisoner to the ground, and the man was struggling on the ground.

I took a closer look and found that the person who was pushed to the ground was actually a male prisoner, who probably climbed over the fence.I recognize him, he is the one who raises his head and says hello to the birds every day.He and Lao Yao, one holding the chicken to communicate, and the other talking while looking at the bird, were the first to catch my attention.It's just that after I communicated with Lao Yao later, I knew that his mind was fine, so I subconsciously felt that this person's mind was fine.

But now this person was pushed to the ground, still muttering to himself: "Ghost! The ghost is here, catch the ghost!"

I walked up to him, knelt down and asked him, "Where is the ghost?"

The man's face was pressed to the ground, at this moment he could only turn his eyes to look at me, and said in a daze, "The ghost is going to eat people, run away."

From what he said, I seemed to know something about "ghosts", so I hurriedly asked him, "Do you know where 'ghosts' are?"

"Yes." He answered without thinking.

Qin Jian and I looked at each other, and Qin Jian signaled the guard to help him up from the ground. After the man stood up from the ground, I asked him, "Where is the ghost?"

The man pointed, and we all looked in the direction he was pointing, only to see that he was pointing at a female prisoner, and it was Jindi!

Both Qin Jian and I were taken aback. Before we could say anything, the man rushed towards Jindi with great speed, as if he was going to strangle her neck.Jin Di was suddenly attacked, and she screamed in fright, but she stood still and didn't dare to move, she just closed her eyes tightly, as if this would save her from being murdered.

The guards were shocked, rushed over and held the man down again, and turned him to the male prisoner without waiting for Qin Jian to speak.The female prisoners all crowded up to comfort Jindi, Jindi heard that the man was turned away, and then opened his eyes, pressed his hands on his chest and panted heavily, tears also fell down in big drops.

I looked suspiciously at the male prisoner, Jindi is obviously a weak woman, and she looks very close, why would that person call her a ghost?

After the man returned to the male prisoners, all the male prisoners looked at him silently, no one came up to comfort him, and no one spoke to him.I glanced at the indifferent expressions on their faces, and couldn't help shivering. This is a look of exile.To have this kind of look in their eyes means that the person has been excluded from all of them.

Because of this, I suddenly became very interested in this person.The reason why a person will be expelled is naturally because he has violated everyone's interests.But what interests could he offend?

The guards were about to put the man into the cell and lock them up when Qin Jian suddenly stopped them and motioned them to take the man to his room. Obviously, he also saw that there was a problem and was going to question him.I hesitated for a moment, hesitating whether to follow.From my performance today, Gu Yue and the others should have seen that I am on Qin Jian's side, especially when I entered the female prisoner's cell together with Qin Jian just now.If you follow up again at this moment, I am afraid that you will never want to become one with them again in the future.

Qin Jian took a few steps forward, and seeing me stop, she turned her head and said, "You come too."

I heard the words and had no choice but to follow, thinking that even if I didn't follow, Gu Yue and the others wouldn't accept me so easily, and my heart was instantly relieved.When he arrived at Qin Jian's room, the man sat down on a chair in the room and looked around uneasily.Only then did I realize that this person was obviously different from Lao Yao. He did have some mental problems, because his eyes were bewildered for a while, fanatic for a while, but depressed again after a while, obviously his thoughts were extremely unstable.

"What's your name?" Qin Jian didn't say a word after entering the room, so I had to speak for him, but I didn't ask him directly about the Jindi, for fear of arousing his overreaction again.

"Wu You." He said in a daze.

"Why do you think Jindi is a ghost? Is there something wrong with her?" I tried to keep my tone as calm as possible.

When Wu You heard me mention Jin Di, he began to tremble all over. He seemed to want to put Jin Di to death just now, but now he seems to be extremely afraid of her.Seeing that he was nervous, I quickly comforted him a few more words without urging him, and waited for him to speak.

"She took Lao Yao away." Just when I thought he would not speak, Wu You said abruptly, "And Lao Chen, she also took away."

"But I was there the night Lao Yao was taken away, and I didn't see Jindi." I heard that Lao Chen must be the first person taken away by the ghost. "Did you see her?"

"You don't understand," Wu You shook his head desperately, "She won't show up, she will just hide behind. What you see is not a ghost, she is a ghost, and she will take all of us away."

What I saw was not a ghost, but Jindi was a ghost?So what he meant was that the ghost was manipulated by Jin Di, and Jin Di was the mastermind behind this?
I was about to ask him again, when Wu You suddenly burst into tears, covered his face with his hands, and sobbed: "They won't forgive... they won't forgive me. I... I shouldn't have said these things, I'm afraid... ..."

"Are you afraid that ghost will take you away?" Qin Jian suddenly said, "In that case, tell me the truth of the matter, and I promise not to let it take you away."

Wu You stared at him steadily, not knowing what he was thinking, and after waiting for a while, he suddenly said: "The weather is nice today."

Both Qin Jian and I were taken aback for a moment, I don't know why he suddenly mentioned the weather, we were stunned, then we heard him say again: "Have you eaten yet?"

This is what he said to the bird every day when he looked up in the clearing.I couldn't laugh or cry when I heard the words, I don't know why Qin Jian and I looked like birds, but after hearing this, I knew that his mind was starting to lose consciousness again, so I stopped talking and asked the guards to take him out.Qin Jian told the guards that if he pounced on Jindi again, he would be put in a cell, and if he stayed quietly, they would leave him alone.

After Wu You went out, I asked Qin Jian: "You should know everyone here very well. After so many years, is there anything wrong with Jindi?"

Qin Jian shook his head blankly. Seeing that I couldn't ask anything, he said again: "After what happened last night and this morning, Gu Yue and the others won't believe me anymore. I'm afraid I can't help you find out the truth of this matter." .”

Qin Jian opened his mouth slightly, looking like he was waiting to be fed, which made me almost want to stuff something into it. "Then do you want to leave now?" He asked me, sure enough, he didn't mention Gu Yin's whereabouts.

I was secretly angry in my heart, but I didn't dare to offend him, and I also wanted to know where this matter would go next, so I told him that I planned to stay here for a few more days.Qin Jian nodded, looked somewhere and said, "Then you go out."

(End of this chapter)