The room was quiet, except for the occasional crackling sounds from the small fire and the chewing sounds from the tall man's mouth. In this cold and terrifyingly silent night, it sounded indescribably weird.

Erliang leaned closer to me again, and the cold feeling became stronger and stronger. I couldn't help but shrink back. Erliang looked at me strangely. At this moment, there was a "pop" in the fire.

There was a sound, and then the fire dimmed. It seemed that there was not enough wood in the fire. I saw the tall man slowly turned around, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hands, stood up, added some wood to the fire, and then walked to me

The person beside me gently pushed me and said, "Get up."

The moment the tall man turned around, I had already closed my eyes and continued to pretend to be asleep. After he pushed me a few times, I pretended to have just woken up and said, "So soon?" At the same time, I didn't forget to take a look at the two of them.

Liang, found that he had already rolled back to his original position and continued to pretend to sleep.

The tall man said: "You move the fire to a different position, and I will sleep in that place." Spending the night in cold weather in the wild is the best way to keep out the cold, so I won't go to trouble and move the burning wood in the fire.

He took it out and set up a fire again. The tall man smoothed the ashes on the ground, then spread my carpet on it, covered himself with the blanket and lay down on it. He threw the red down jacket to me and said

: "It's cold, so wear more clothes."

Erliang was probably very afraid of tall people, so he pretended to be woken up by us and got out of his sleeping bag. He said that he could never sleep again and wanted to stay with me to watch the night. I originally wanted him to do it first.

He wanted to stay with me and get some sleep, but he didn't agree to it and didn't dare to say it out loud. He just had a pleading look on his face. I had no choice but to sigh and accompany him to watch the fire and chat quietly. Everyone was awake anyway.

It should be fine, and the weather was too cold, so I didn't refuse the down jacket, but I still didn't dare to wear it, so I simply wore it.

It was said to be a chat, but in fact there were very few topics. Although the two of them had a common story, the story was not exactly the same, and now that the truth was known, it was even more impossible to enter it again. I didn't wake up much in the first place,

Now I have nothing to say, and I feel that the spirit of two people staying vigil can't help but relax a little. As we chatted, I couldn't help but lean against the wall and take a nap. I didn't know when I fell asleep again.

past.

I woke up from the cold. The first thing I saw when I woke up was that the fire next to me was almost extinguished. The tall man was still sleeping on the ground, but Erliang was gone, and the down jacket that was originally draped on me was also gone.

Traces.

I was startled, and hurriedly rolled over and ran to the door. I don't know when it started snowing outside, and it was snowing heavily. It seemed like it wouldn't stop for a while. I turned around and shook the tall man awake.

After telling him that Erliang was missing, he quickly stood up and checked his luggage. Except for the red down jacket, everything else was there.

The tall man said: "Pack your things and let's go find him."

There is a very strange relationship between the three of us. We may say we are familiar with each other, but we may say we are not familiar with each other, but we have experienced the same incredible thing, and we have come to this place for the same purpose. This legend is full of stories.

In the small village of strange events, we also encountered some incredible things, so although we had our own plans in mind, we had to go on together. So when we heard that Erliang was missing, the tall man's first reaction was

Just like me, we must find him.

My and the tall man's luggage and equipment had mysteriously disappeared, so the things Erliang left behind seemed too precious to be thrown away. While the tall man was packing his things, I shouted Erliang's name several times.

No matter he thinks he is Mao Rui or Erliang, as long as he can understand that it is me calling him, but no one responded after calling a few times, which shows that he is not relieving himself nearby.

The tall man was very strong, so he put his backpack on his shoulders, then stoked the fire again, held the knife in his hand, said hello to me, and said, "Let's go." Just as he was about to step out, the tall man suddenly pulled me back.

He asked me, "Have you been out just now?"

I was stunned for a moment and said, "No, I just stood at the door for a while."

The tall man pointed at the ground with his knife, and I discovered that there were several pairs of footprints on the thin layer of snow at the door. One of the footprints had the toes facing inward, which meant that someone had probably walked into the house, at least at the door.

I stood there for a while, and it shouldn't be too long, otherwise the heavy snow outside would quickly cover up these footprints. The other footprints are more messy, some going inward and some going outward. But just now

The pair of footprints pointing inward followed those footprints heading outward.

I looked at the tall man with horror on my face and said, "Someone came and took away Erliang?"

The first thing I thought of was the old man, but the tall man lowered his head, examined the footprints on the ground for a while, and said, "This is a woman's footprint." After he said this, I realized that this footprint seemed indeed larger than that of an average person.

The footprints should be narrower and shorter, and the imprints on the snow should be shallower.

Seeing what I wanted to say, the tall man waved his hand and said, "I'm talking as I walk. The snow is so heavy that I won't be able to see the footprints for a while."

The two of them went out, and I asked as they walked: "Why, you must be a woman, or maybe a thinner man."

The tall man didn't answer me directly. He stared at the footprints on the ground and strode forward. After a while, he said, "Because I have seen these footprints."

I was surprised and asked: "What? Where have you seen it?"

The tall man didn't look back at me, he just looked up into the distance, continued to quicken his pace, and said as he walked: "In the mirror, I saw the pair of shoes that made the footprints. They are a pair of embroidered shoes worn by women."

My heartbeat quickened instantly. I ran forward a few steps and asked, "Did you see the mirror too? What else did you see?"

The tall man asked back: "Then what did you see?"

I opened my mouth and didn't know what to say. The picture I saw actually didn't make any sense. It was just a headless corpse. Moreover, I was so shocked that I couldn't see it very clearly, and I didn't pay attention to the shape and shape of the body.

Who is more similar? The only thing that impressed me was the down jacket he was wearing. But now the down jacket was taken away by Erliang, and Erliang disappeared.

Seeing that I didn't answer, the tall man didn't continue to ask, and said: "Don't think so much, who knows if someone is pretending to be a ghost again, it's just a trick to deceive others."

I didn't defend myself, and thought to myself: Who said this was a trick? How could a picture appear in the mirror for no reason, let alone the footprints in the mirror that have already appeared in front of you.

But I didn't say this sentence after all, because the tall man went on to say: "I tell you, I saw me lying dead on the snow in the mirror, and there was a person standing next to my body. I couldn't see clearly.

There is also a pair of red embroidered shoes. There is no one on the shoes, they are just a pair of empty shoes, with a row of footprints behind them."

My head banged. Listening to the tall man's description, it seemed that the picture in the mirror meant that he would be killed in the end, and beside the murderer, there was an invisible woman wearing a pair of red embroidered shoes.

I felt that my lips were dry and it was extremely difficult to speak. I finally managed to get out a few words and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

The tall man answered while walking: "I don't know why that letter made me come here, but no matter whether there is a ghost here or not, my life is my own. If the ghost comes, I will kill the ghost!"

His tone was extremely calm, but from this calmness I sensed a terrifying determination. I knew there was one thing he didn't say, that is, if this murderer came over, he would kill him.

The wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier, and it was almost difficult to open my eyes. The footprints on the ground were finally invisible, but Erliang had not found them yet.

The tall man and I looked around, and the surroundings were completely white. If Erliang was wearing a red down jacket, it would be easy to spot him, but all we could see was white. The tall man was silent for a while and said:

"As soon as it snows, it will be dangerous if we can't find him when the snow stops. Wild animals will come out to look for food."

Before I came here, I carefully searched for information. It was not like the expedition team said that there were no living creatures here. On the contrary, according to the villagers, there were traces of wild boars and even leopards and other large beasts here. Once they came out to forage and encountered Erliang, it would really be a disaster.

The situation is much worse.

I asked: "What now?"

The tall man raised his head and wiped the snow on his face, and said, "I will take you to a place to see if he will be there."

I asked: "Where?"
Chapter completed!