Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits

"Hey, no one is booking a hotel. Where do we sleep at night!" Shi Yitong mourned. Bayi Chinese Language and Culture Network WWWWW. ? 8? 1? Ｚ? W㈠. Com

"Uh, don't worry about it. We will definitely find the hotel when we get there." Su Xiaoshu comforted.

However, we are afraid of what comes and what, when we arrive at Diecui Mountain, it is already evening. Not only do several high-end hotels have no rooms, even some mid-range hotels have no rooms. Look again at the people on the street, almost like the city center, coming and going endlessly.

"It's ... weird." Shi Yitong stood next to a full hotel, and the monk Zhang Er couldn't figure out. "Although Die Cui Shan is a tourist attraction, I haven't seen so many people in ordinary times. What's wrong today ? "

"Because there is a temple fair."

A voice came in suddenly, and all three of us looked back. Standing behind us was a man in his forties, wearing a gray woolen coat with a kind smile on his face.

"Temple fair?" Su Xiaozhen asked.

"Yes, the largest temple fair in Yancheng will be held on Diecui Mountain in two days, so there are a lot of tourists here in Yancheng. See you are all college students here, why don't you know?"

"Uh, we were here to play casually. I didn't expect there would be so many people." Shi Yitong scratched his head helplessly, "even the rooms in the hotel are full."

"That's the way it is." The middle-aged man who looked very kind smiled, "But since it's here, you can consider going to the temple fair. It's very interesting. By the way, the hotel is full, you guys There should be no place to live now. "

The three of us, you look at me, I look at you, and nodded sadly.

"If not, then how about going to my hotel?" The middle-aged uncle invited enthusiastically. "I remember there is a double room and a single room."

Shi Yitong's eyes lit up suddenly, "Really? Uncle, you're in an hotel."

"Yes, my hotel is just down the street. I went out to buy some ingredients." The uncle said cheerfully, "Would you like to go and see me?"

Why not rejoice in such an opportunity? Su Xiaoyi and I nodded happily.

As the uncle said, we crossed this street and saw an inconspicuous little hotel just behind the street. No wonder this hotel is not full, it is a bit overkill.

It has no neon signs and no conspicuous signs, it is just a small house, lonely located in the corner of the street. A closer look turned out to be a wooden signboard and porch. The style of the entire hotel reminded me of Wen Jiubai's old house.

"Let's go, this is it. No ID card is needed, just register the name at the front desk." The uncle slowly opened the wooden door, walked behind the counter, and started looking in the drawer. "Ah, register, register Book ... Strange, where's the register? "

The three of us watched the uncle rummaging in the drawer, but couldn't find the register I was looking for. As a hotel owner, this person is too informal.

"Oh, here. Found it." I didn't know how long it took before the boss finally raised his head and handed us a crumpled register. "Write your name and phone number here."

Shi Yitong and I glanced at each other, reluctantly picked up the pen, and wrote on the book.

"Is this entire hotel uncle, you are running it by yourself?" Su Xiaoying looked around curiously, seemingly interested in this quaint inn.

"Yes, the store is not that big, and there are usually very few customers. It's just me. I clean and prepare meals only by myself." The uncle said with a smile. I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Xu Yingchen. You can call me Uncle Xu, or just call Yingchen. "

"Uncle Xu is a bit cute." Su Xiaoyi couldn't help laughing.

Xu Yingchen laughed even more when he heard it. "Is it true? Although it is often said of me, it is the first time I heard it from such a cute little girl."

"My name is Su Xiaoyu, and I am a student at Yanda University, and two of my classmates are here. Shi Yitong and Gu Yu." Su Xiaoyu introduced.

Shi Yitong also just finished writing the register, and looked up respectfully and said hello.

"Uncle Xu."

"Gu Yu, your name is Gu Yu?"

As soon as I looked up, I just bumped into Xu Yingchen's gaze with interest, startled.

"Uh ... yeah."

"The name is very nice." Xu Yingchen smiled heartily and made me somehow.

"Okay, this is your key." As he said, Xu Yingchen turned around and found three keys from the drawer and handed them to us. "Two handsome boys, this is yours. The room is at 2o3. This is yours, little girl. The room is 2o4 next to them. "

"Thank you."

We took the key and watched it very strangely. Honestly, now I go to the hotel to open a room, there is no such old-fashioned door key, I am afraid that I will lose it and I am afraid of being thief.

I do n’t know if Xu Yingchen saw our thoughts and said, "Little brother, although my hotel is a bit old, the rooms are clean and neatly cleaned, and the bedding is disinfected. , Rest assured. "

"Ah, no," I quickly explained. "It's just that I haven't seen an ordinary hotel key for a long time, so ..."

"Well, I run a small hotel, and I don't usually have a lot of people. I'm too lazy to spend those high-tech, it's so antique." Xu Yingchen listened and waved indifferently. "This It ’s unique and unique. You know, there are many ancient paintings in the rooms and corridors. ”

We all thought that Xu Yingchen was joking, and they all laughed. Of course, only later did we realize that what he said was true, that was the last word.

"How?" Su Xiaoxi politely sat down on the bed in Shi Yitong's room with me, "decided not, where do I go tomorrow?"

"Hmm--" Shi Yitong flipped through the Baidu map in a serious manner, thinking about it, "Is it the first time to pick oranges or go boating first? It's hard to decide."

Su Xiaoyi slaps on Shi Yitong's head, "Hey, who asked you to think about where to play. Let's help Gu Yu find Bai Ze's clue first."

"Oh, oh, find clues, find clues ..." From the tone, Shi Yitong seems to have completely forgotten the purpose of coming to Diecui Mountain.

"Uh, but even if it is to find clues, how can this clue be so easy to find." Shi Yitong put down his mobile phone and frowned. "This thing is not a tourist route, just follow the Baidu map. It ’s on the brochure we found. There is only one sentence, only the place name of Diecuishan. "

"That's true, too." Su Xiaoying also lowered his head and thought, "I think we should first look for those ancient and historic sites, maybe we can find some clues about Bai Ze legend."

"This doesn't work. Diecuishan is a tourist attraction. Even if there are any clues, you can't tell whether it is true or not. It was intentionally added for hype." Shi Yitong shook his head and opposed, "This proposal was rejected. "

"Then you talk about your opinions."

"Hey, I think, we should go to the kind of deep mountains and old forests where no one goes. Maybe we just hit the old man in Baize directly!" Shi Yitong shot his thigh.

"I don't think you can hit Bai Ze before hitting the wolf." Su Xiaoyan rolled his eyes, apparently scorning Shi Yitong's suggestion, "Gu Yu and I don't want to bury you. Hey, Gu Yu, you are looking for Clues, don't you have any good ideas? "

I pondered for a while and looked at the two people. "I think that we should look for someone more than going to some attractions or something."

"Find someone?"

"Well, this place has a long history, and there will definitely be some old people living here." I said seriously, "Like this ancient legend, I think it is better to find one than to fly like a headless fly ourselves. Look for the elderly here and maybe ask something interesting. "

"Hey, didn't the boss named Xu at the front desk say that there will be a temple fair here in the past two days?" Shi Yitong immediately said excitedly. "You know, the grandfathers of Yancheng really like this traditional event. You should be able to see many local elderly people. "

"That's great! It doesn't have to come without effort." Su Xiaoying clapped his hands and applauded.

"That's it." I made the decision as the final decision maker. "Well, we will first go to some historic spots and turn around to see if there are any clues, as Su Xiaoyi said, and then two days later Follow these clues and ask the old people at the temple fair to see what happens. "

"Wait a minute, what about my proposal?" Shi Yitong pointed his thumb at his head and looked at me expectantly.

"Your dismissal, no discussion!" I rolled my eyes.

"Ah-why!"

"Don't hang up, you are so heavy!"

That night, the three of us talked in the room for a long time again, and it wasn't until Su Xiaoying yawned that she couldn't stand it, and she slowly slept back to the next room to sleep. Shi Yitong and I weren't going anywhere. When I looked at the watch, it was almost twelve o'clock, and I hurried to each other to wash and go to bed.

Just when the light was off, I saw that Shi Yitong's wrist seemed to light up.

"Hey, Shi Yitong, what's on your wrist, how can it be light?" I asked curiously.

"Ah? Do you say this?" Shi Yitong heard me, and his hand that had just penetrated into the quilt stretched out again, and I saw that there was something softly shimmering in the dark.

"This is my grandfather's relic. It is a jade bracelet. I don't know why it shines in the night, or if it has any special ingredients in it." Shi Yitong flattened his mouth and said, "My grandma thinks it's auspicious. Yes, let me take it as an amulet. "