As the sun sets, a group of old men and women from the countryside, dressed in white mourning clothes, sing a sinister opera in the mountains, which is already very impressive.

Now there was another strange sound of wind chimes. I suddenly got goosebumps all over my body and hurriedly hid in the coffin.

The sound of the wind chimes was like a reminder from the underworld, causing all the noisy villagers to shut up one by one. In the blink of an eye, the entire stage was silent. Even the heavy breathing of the villagers out of fear could be heard by me.

Hear it clearly.

I curiously glanced in the direction of the sound of wind chimes. I don’t know when, but a strange ghost ship floated on the misty creek! The reason why it is called a ghost ship is because I have always seen it.

I have never seen such a weird boat. The boat was square and shaped like a coffin, but the color was not the red commonly used for coffins in rural areas, but pure white. It looked like it was folded out of white paper.

But how can such a big ship be folded out of white paper? After all, this ghost ship is as big as a small house.

Moreover, I have carefully looked at the creek before. The water in this creek is very shallow, and there are no fish, let alone a boat. But the ghost ship in front of me is floating steadily on the water, which is incredible.

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This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that there seem to be two rows of boys and girls wearing gorgeous silk clothes standing on both sides of the ghost ship.

They couldn't see their faces at all in the mist. They could only vaguely see a green lantern in each person's hand, and from time to time they let out a string of harsh and weird laughs.

This laughter didn’t sound like a child at all, but rather like some kind of wild beast. It made my hair stand on end, so I asked Uncle Zhang next to me: “Uncle Zhang, do you know who they are?”

"Shh!" Uncle Zhang was so frightened that he trembled all over. He quickly covered my mouth and lowered his voice and said, "Young man, don't talk."

Afterwards, Uncle Zhang quickly lay down, not even daring to look at the ghost ship, but kept kowtowing.

I saw that the whole village was kowtowing in fear, and no one paid any attention to me, so I had no choice but to continue observing the ghost ship in front of me.

At this moment, the sound of wind chimes that disappeared before started ringing again on the ghost ship.

The sound of this wind chime is a little different from the previous one. The bell is tinkling and shaking very hard. It sounds like a downpour. Every time it rings, the coffin under me will tremble. In this dark place

In the mountains, there was such a big movement suddenly, it was like the mountains were exploding.

Even if I blocked my ears with my fingers, the sound of the wind chimes still passed through all the obstacles and resounded in my brain.

It gave me a splitting headache, and I wanted to find an ax to cut open my head!

Just when I was struggling on the ground, I found Wang Yuanchao and Fatty crawling out of the coffin.

I was very happy and asked them how they were doing.

Wang Yuanchao quickly covered my mouth, pointed at the ghost ship and said, "Dingdang, there's something weird about that ship. Let's take a look before talking about it."

I knew that Wang Yuanchao might have discovered something, so I didn't say much and continued to hide in the coffin, occasionally sticking out my head to take a sneak peek.

As the ghost ship slowly approached, the harsh sound of wind chimes came continuously, like the tide of the Yellow River, harassing our ears one after another.

This ringtone is not pleasant at all, and there is no rhythm at all. It just gets louder and louder, and the sound becomes more and more shrill.

Eventually it became a tinkling, tinkling noise.

Fatty Wang Yuanchao and I couldn't help but plug our ears and gasp for air.

On the other hand, the surrounding villagers felt extremely comfortable and even danced intoxicatedly.

It felt like there were countless steel needles drilling into my ears, so I grabbed Uncle Zhang next to me and asked, "Don't you feel your ears hurt?"

Lao Zhangtou shook his head with a look of enjoyment: "It doesn't hurt, it sounds great."

Even the lazy man repeatedly praised: "Yes, this kind of beautiful wind chime sound can only be produced by the Stove Lord. It is much better than Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung's songs."

Although I don’t understand music, I also know that copper bells are one of the eight major musical instruments in ancient China. Since the Zhou Dynasty, professional musicians have played copper bells. It looks like a small rattle, but in fact it contains many

Lots of notes and melodies.

But the sound of the wind chimes in front of me is nothing more than pleasant.

I had no choice but to cast my helpless eyes at Fatty and Wang Yuanchao.

"Don't look at me. Fatty can't hear how beautiful this ringtone is. It's damn noisy." The fat man shook his head repeatedly.

At this time, Wang Yuanchao suddenly said: "Dingdang, do you think this ringtone contains a sound that we can't hear?"

Unheard sounds?

What sounds can't be heard?

Suddenly I was shocked, and then my eyes were fixed on the ghost ship in front of me.

That’s right, why didn’t I think of that!

I have also read several science magazines and know that some sounds in nature cannot be heard by human ears. For example, the infrasound waves emitted by elephants communicating with each other and the ultrasonic waves emitted by bats communicating with each other. If we are allowed to listen

If so, you can only hear the tingling sound, but not the specific timbre.

But if a person's ears are damaged and his hearing is reduced, he can hear some sounds that normal people cannot hear.

This is why what reaches our ears is noisy ringtones, but what reaches the villagers' ears is beautiful music.

It turns out that there is a musical instrument hidden on that ghost ship that we have never seen before!

I tried hard to raise my head to see what was playing on the boat, but except for the rows of green lanterns and a few boys and girls, I could no longer see clearly what was behind the misty water.

There is something...

The fat man saw that I was in a daze, so he kicked my ass hard: "What the hell is that musical instrument playing? It's urgent. We have to get out of here before our ears are cut off."

While he was talking, the fat man took out a small knife from his shoes, cut the ropes on his hands and feet, and then untied the ropes on Wang Yuanchao without other villagers noticing.

The fat man cautiously glanced around the stage and saw that everyone was kneeling to the ghost ship and did not notice us. He immediately shouted happily: "Dingdang, prepare to evacuate."

I raised my arm and motioned to the fat man to untie the rope for me as well.

Wang Yuanchao on the side seemed to have discovered something. His face suddenly changed and he said, "Look at those villagers!"

Following Wang Yuanchao's reminder, I realized that all the villagers who were kneeling on the ground just now stood up, dancing and shaking their heads one by one, humming the melody of the ringtone in their mouths, and moving stiffly, like zombies who had been dead for a long time.

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In an instant, all the sweat pores in my body opened, and I suddenly understood why these villagers listened with gusto to the sounds that the three of us could not hear.
Chapter completed!