Shao Dong was not afraid that this Zhang Dasha suddenly jumped out, hugged himself, and even kissed himself, he was surprised by the weirdness in his heart.

The reason why Shao Dong has a frightened look is because he has never encountered this feeling since he was a police officer......

Moreover, Zhang Dasha was unkempt, his long hair covered his entire face, and he was pondering all the way, and he was suddenly broken into his world by such a scene, which made him a little at a loss for a while.

Putting aside Zhang Dasha's episode, the group continued to set off along the mountain trail towards the top of the mountain, and of course, Zhang Dasha also joined the group.

Listening to Lao Zhao, Zhang Dasha's age is also forty or fifty years old, but because of mental problems, he is bouncing along the way, and he is not happy.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Zhang Dasha's state, Shao Dong and others are envious, although he is a little sloppy, but his life is a little more casual, he does what he wants to do, and he doesn't have to care about other people's eyes at all.

If you are hungry, you can eat enough, and if you are sleepy, you can sleep.

"When you arrive, it's the Death Knell Pavilion above. After walking for a while, Lao Zhao pointed to the last hundred or so stone stairs and said, "Generally speaking, the Death Knell Pavilion is guarded by the old people in the village who have reached the age of sixty in turn, and I don't know who is here today. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, an old man dressed in Ge Yi walked out of the Death Bell Pavilion, because Lao Zhao and his party were also climbing more than 100 stone steps, and the old man Ge Yi saw them very clearly, and asked suspiciously: "I said Lao Zhao, what kind of wind blew you here today?"

Obviously, this old man Ge Yi and Lao Zhao knew each other, of course, Shao Dong and the others were curious when they saw the Ge Yi on the old man.

You know, in the past half century, no one has worn kudzu clothes anymore, and the old man's kudzu clothes are indeed a bit unconventional in today's era.

"What are you blowing, I can't come to you for nothing?" Lao Zhao and this old man are very familiar with each other, and they speak very casually, he glanced at it, Shao Dong and the others looked at the Ge Yi on the old man Ge Yi in surprise, and then explained: "They just have many rules, and every guy who takes care of the death knell must be dressed in Ge Yi and cloth shoes to show piety." ”

Hearing Lao Zhao say this, Shao Dong noticed that the old man in Ge Yi was really wearing a pair of handmade cloth shoes.

"What do you mean by having many rules, this is the inheritance of the ancestors, you guys, what do you know, you don't even remember the surname of the ancestors. The old man Ge Yi was very unhappy with Lao Zhao's statement, and immediately refuted it.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's inheritance, it's inheritance. Lao Zhao said very disdainfully: "Inheritance to the age of sixty before you can come to the mountains to guard the death knell, right, this is your inheritance, and it will not be flexible at all." ”

Lao Zhao was quite disdainful when he said this, and the old man Ge Yi shrugged helplessly, on this issue, the two of them have been arguing for so many years, and no one can convince anyone.

Because Shao Dong and the others were puzzled, Lao Zhao explained and said: "Their Xihe Village, the village is not big, but there are many rules, for example, this caretaker of the death knell must be after your sixtieth birthday, you have this qualification."

Moreover, as long as you have reached the age of sixty and have this qualification, then you also have this obligation, which is necessary. ”

From the beginning of coming here, to now, Shao Dong has indeed discovered that this Xihe Village does have many rules, such as how to ring the death knell, how many times, when to strike, and for example, the people who maintain the death knell on weekdays, who maintains it, and so on.

But Shao Dong found a problem, the rules of the entire Xihe Village seem to revolve around this death knell?

Thinking of this, he thought of the sound of the bell he heard before, and asked, "Old man, when I was at the foot of the mountain before, I heard a bell ringing, I wonder if you rang it?"

"The bell rings?" The old man Ge Yi asked with a puzzled face, and asked rhetorically: "You can't have heard it wrong, we have read the records in the village, and there is no chance to ring the death knell recently, and even if someone has an accident, it will only ring at night, in broad daylight, who will ring it?"

Shaking his head, Shao Dong clearly remembered that what he heard was the bell, loud and high, and immediately said: "No, I heard it with my colleagues at the time, it is impossible to hear it wrong, it is the bell, and after I heard the bell, I felt a little depressed." ”

Hearing Shao Dong say this, the old man Ge Yi looked at Lao Zhao, Wang Bo and the others again.

Wang Bo just nodded simply, but Lao Zhao said: "I also heard it on the way here before, although it is not as clear as they heard, but I can be sure that the sound is the sound that can only be made by the death knell of your village." ”

After Lao Zhao finished speaking, the old man Ge Yi obviously believed it, because Lao Zhao had heard what rhythm the death knell sounded in their Xihe Village before, so he didn't doubt it at this time.

But it was precisely because the old man Ge Yi believed that in an instant, his face turned white all of a sudden.

Nervousness, fear, and uneasiness kept alternating on his face, making Shao Dong and the others stunned.

"What's the matter, didn't you just knock it wrong, did you even break out in a cold sweat?" Although Lao Zhao also knows a lot about Xihe Village, he is not a native of Xihe Village after all, and he is not very clear about many things and taboos.

Therefore, he couldn't understand the emotions of the old man Ge Yi at this time.

Of course, the old man Ge Yi was nervous and uneasy for a while, and then said to Lao Zhao helplessly: "You know a fart! Do you know that you all heard the sound of the death knell ringing at the foot of the mountain, and I am on this mountain, closer than you are to the death knell, right?"

"...... do you mean?" Lao Zhao also realized a question and asked at the moment, but before he finished speaking, the old man Ge Yi said: "Yes, I didn't hear it! I'm on the top of this mountain, and I didn't hear the sound of the death knell, do you understand!"

After he said this, everyone did rush to the slightest bit of weirdness, Shao Dong, who was far away at the foot of the mountain, they could hear it clearly, but the old man in Ge Yi, who was closest to the death knell on the top of the mountain, did not move at all, what is the situation?

"Could it be that this death knell is a little special, but it is the people who ring it nearby, and they can't hear the movement?" Wang Bo subconsciously asked, recently he has been obsessed with entering science, and he likes to study everything that cannot be explained.

But the old man Ge Yi shook his head very dryly, and said: "Impossible, it's not that our village hasn't struck this death knell before, but everyone who rings the bell every time has been shaken by this rumbling bell for several days, so how can it be that standing in front of it can't hear it?"

After listening to the old man Ge Yi, Shao Dong fell into deep thought.

He felt that there was a problem here, first of all, as soon as Xu Ping died, the death knell was sounded without rules, which was the first problem.

Second, the old man Ge Yi was obviously on the top of the mountain, but he didn't hear the sound of the death knell being sounded, which was second.

Third, who sounded the death knell and why?

"Old man, is this death knell often knocked indiscriminately?" Shao Dong asked suspiciously.

But his sentence was exchanged for the angry eyes of the old man Ge Yi, and he said unceremoniously and directly: "What do you think this is, this is the death knell, it doesn't ring it once, it means the death of a person, knock it randomly, you want our Xihe Village to die, don't you!"

After being trained by the old man Ge Yi, Shao Dong was also quite embarrassed, smiled awkwardly, and said: "I'm sorry, old man, I didn't mean that, I mean, did this death knell have been sounded for no reason before, it may be that children are playful, it may be that outsiders don't understand the customs of Xihe Village or something." ”

The old man Ge Yi is not the kind of character who is unreasonable, but when he heard Shao Dong say this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's impossible, there are people guarding the Death Bell Pavilion twenty-four hours a day, and people from other towns who don't understand the rules will not let them come up, and the children in this village have also been warned by their families, and they will not come up to play." ”

In Xihe Village, no matter how naughty the children are at home, parents and elders can endure it, but the only thing that can't be endured is that the child goes up the mountain to ring the death knell.

The death knell has a special meaning for Xihe Village, although people now can't tell where the meaning is, but they still firmly believe that the death knell is the cornerstone of their Xihe Village's development and lingering.

"There hasn't been a problem with this death knell before?" Shao Dong asked without giving up.

He didn't believe that the death knell would have been struck for no reason.

At least there must be a reasonable reason, and this is the critical moment of Xu Ping's death.

"Before?" The old man Ge Yi really thought about it seriously and said: "How many years have this been, I have never heard of this death knell going wrong, every time it is sounded, there is a reason why it is ringed." ”

"That's it......" When Shao Dong was about to give up, the old man Ge Yi suddenly said again: "By the way, for decades, this death knell seems to have had problems, it seems that in those years, this death knell has problems every once in a while, at that time, they said that this is the death knell giving us a warning or giving us a warning or something, I was not very old at that time, and I was not very clear." ”

Decades ago? When Shao Dong heard these words, his heart moved, and he asked, "Do you remember those years?"

Shaking his head, the old man Ge Yi said: "As I get older, my memory is getting worse and worse, I may remember it clearly, but now, I really can't remember, I remember, there have been so many times, but in which years, I really can't remember, otherwise, I'll help you check."

In the Death Bell Pavilion, whenever the death knell sounds, no matter what it is, it will be specifically recorded, time, reason, duration, there are all there. ”

"Okay, good!" At this time, Shao Dong had a bold guess in his heart, of course everything is good.

The old man Ge Yi quickly returned to the Death Bell Pavilion and turned out a thick line-bound book.

Although it has not been sketched on it for some years to make a record, the line-bound book is still spotless, and it can be seen from this alone that on weekdays, no matter who guards this death knell pavilion in Xihe Village, it is cleaned cleanly.

Of course, on this yellowed line-bound book, Shao Dong only looked at a few words on the cover, and he was shocked.

Traditional fonts, quaint writing formats, these are not important, the important thing is that there is a line of small print on this line binding.

In the seventh year of the Qing Dynasty......

Damn, this whole thing is antiques, okay! It's been more than 200 years since today, to say the least!

"This is the record voucher that the death knell has not been sounded once in our Xihe Village, I have also turned it over in my spare time before, from the recent records, from the Yongzheng year to the present, the death knell has been sounded less than 30 times, for various reasons, you can see for yourself. ”

It's not the first time that the old man Ge Yi has stayed in this death knell pavilion, and when he is bored, he has also read this death knell notebook, but he is getting older, and his memory is a little unable to keep up.

Of course, when Shao Dong took it, it was really cautious, what kind of joke, this guy may really be handed down from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, a real antique, it is really going to be broken, he has been a policeman for a lifetime, and he may not be able to afford this book with a yellowed cover.

Shao Dong's goal of flipping through is very clear, regardless of the front, start directly from the back, and it didn't take long for Shao Dong to turn to what he wanted to see.

On July 22, 1987, the death knell was sounded for no reason, and there was no result.

On April 14, 1989, the death knell was sounded for no reason, and there was no result.

On May 12, 1998, the death knell was sounded for no reason, and there was no result.

In eighty-seven years, eighty-nine years, and ninety-eight years, Shao Dong meditated on these three years, and although his mind was chaotic, he had some enlightenment.

"Lao Zhao, you call me now to find out when Xu Laohan's father, mother, and wife died. ”

Without thinking much about it, Shao Dong directly ordered.

Although Lao Zhao didn't know what Shao Dong wanted him to do to check this, he still recalled while making a phone call.

Because the household registration department of the police station has information on this, Yi Lao Zhao quickly figured out the situation and said: "According to what I just learned, Xu Laohan's father, mother and wife passed away in 87, 89, and 98 respectively. ”

And so it was!

Shao Dong squinted his eyes and gritted his teeth, but he rubbed his head desperately, and continued: "Lao Zhao, you work harder, and determine the specific dates of their respective deaths for me, and I want to be accurate to which day of the month!"

Hearing Shao Dong's arrangement, Lao Zhao continued to work, but Wang Bo came over and asked, "What's wrong?"

When he came over, Liu Jun also came over, and he also looked at Shao Dong with a puzzled expression, he didn't understand, didn't this investigate Xu Ping's case, why did he investigate his Xu Laohan and his parents now?

Shao Dong didn't explain too much, and directly showed the two of them the death knell record of 1998 that he was flipping through in his hand, and just after reading it, he turned the page forward, which happened to be from 1989, and then turned to 1987.

Both of them are policemen, although Liu Jun has a sleek personality, but there is no shortage of intelligence and police acumen that a police officer should have.

Immediately, the two of them also looked surprised, because at this time, they still clearly remembered the numbers reported by Lao Zhao before.

Because of this, the two of them, like Shao Dong, looked at Lao Zhao expectantly.

Lao Zhao, as an experienced veteran policeman, naturally did not disappoint everyone, but after a simple phone call with the police station, he said: July 22, 1987, April 14, 1989, and May 12, 1998. ”

And so it was!

Shao Dong was immediately stunned, he didn't have such big expectations at first, and always regarded it as a dispensable clue, but who knows, why did this clue evolve like this?

You must know that these three days are the days when Xu Laohan's father, mother, and wife passed away!

He couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to say yes or no, so he had to continue to study this thread-bound book that had been handed down from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty and continued to read.

Because over the years, there are very few people who are really qualified to be sounded the death knell after death, so Shao Zhong saw it quickly, when he closed the book, the whole person was confused, in the past two hundred years, the entire Xihe Village except for the three years found before, there are other reasons to ring the death knell every time, what does it mean?

"Old man, you better put this book away. Although there are many questions in my heart, the politeness on my lips cannot be omitted.

The old man Ge Yi took the thread book, smiled, and said, "That can be put away, since the death knell has sounded today, according to the regulations, I must record it on it." ”

As for how he recorded, it was not Shao Dong's business, and Shao Dong didn't want to care about this topic.

What he can't understand now is why every time someone in Xu Laohan's family dies mysteriously, the death knell will ring inexplicably?

Moreover, every time the death knell sounds, the villagers who take care of the death knell are unaware of it, and if it is not for others to hear it, they do not know anything at all.

Why?

Is there a connection between them that we haven't figured out yet?

No, Shao Dong shook his head firmly, this is not a question of whether it is related or not, but this problem has always existed, and no one knows what the situation is.

But one thing, Shao Dong is sure that in the past 30 years, the situation encountered by Xu Laohan's family is definitely not as simple as a simple accident.

At that time, science was not so dazed, and all aspects of technology were not mature, and it was likely that the real culprit would really go unpunished.

Moreover, the most frightening thing is that this shot, which has been at large for decades, actually acted ...... again this time.

What's even more bizarre is that the murderer seems to need a sense of ritual, which is too surprising.

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