In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is approaching.

Last year, Lin Fan was an apprentice in the Haitian Gang in Qingyang City, and he didn't go home to celebrate the Spring Festival with his parents, but just had a meal with his uncle.

This year, the family is in Qingzhou City, naturally they are going to have a reunion dinner together, seeing that it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in another week, Lin Fan did not think about investigating the case or anything else, but was busy buying New Year's goods, ready to accompany his parents to celebrate the Spring Festival.

On this day, Xue Hansan came from Qingyang City, saying that he came to see his daughter, but he brought gifts for Lin Haishan and his wife.

Xue Hansan rarely came, Lin Fan kept him for the Spring Festival, Xue Hansan wanted to stay but was afraid of delaying the affairs of the army, he now also held an important position in the Qingyang City City Defense Army, this time he also took leave, he said with a bitter face, "I'm afraid I can't spend the Spring Festival here, I only asked for three days off." ”

Lin Fan said, "It's okay, after you go back, you will say that I will keep you for the New Year, and Dinghaitian will not dare to embarrass you,"

"I'm relieved to have you say this," Xue Hansan smiled happily when he heard this, happy like a child.

Xue Hansan came to the Lin family and was even more lively, Xue Hansan easily didn't come, that Ji Xiaofu came over after seeing the sky, Lin Fan was used to it,

Unexpectedly, on this day, a mysterious guest came, wearing a hat and a light veil to cover his face, and sent a few valuable gifts to the house, and asked someone to spread the word that a girl surnamed Lu asked to see the state envoy.

When Lin Fan walked out, the woman took off her hat, and when Lin Fan saw that it was Lu Wenqi, he couldn't help but be stunned,

Lu Wenqi pursed her lips and smiled, "It's only been a few months, and I don't know each other?"

Lin Fan said, "You're here, why are you still covering your face?"

"I'm afraid I'll get you in trouble. Lu Wenqi said.

"Are you afraid of causing trouble to your Lu family," Lin Fan said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't say anything about your family, no one will know." ”

The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, Lu Wenqi was really afraid of this, she was relieved to see Lin Fanbao's testimony, and said, "I came this time to thank you,"

"Come and sit at home. Lin Fan said.

"Is it convenient?"

"What's inconvenient. Lin Fan introduced Lu Wenqi into the house.

When they came to the hall, the two sat and talked,

There is nothing to talk about between men and women except love words, Lin Fan has a lot of women around him now, just Ji Xiaofu comes home every day to give him a headache, if there is one more Lu Wenqi, it will be even more uneasy,

But Lu Wenqi is really not a person like Ji Xiaofu, she has a good impression of Lin Fan, but she will not take the initiative to express it.

Seeing that there was nothing to talk about, Lu Wenqi told Lin Fan a strange thing, a servant of the Lu family who fed horses, named Ge Wu, went home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival, and suddenly couldn't find his home, to be precise, the whole village couldn't be found, at first I thought that my memory was wrong, but then I found out that it was not.

Although Gejia Village, where he is located, is in the barren mountains and mountains, as if it is isolated from the world, it is the place where he has grown for more than a decade, how can he be mistaken?

The place is that place, but there is no village to be seen, to be precise, the place where the village is located is just a wilderness, and finally I wondered if my memory was wrong, and I went back to Qingzhou City in a sad heart, returned to the Lu family, and told the master about it.

When Lin Fan heard this, he couldn't help but pay attention to it, so he said, "Well, this matter can be investigated, you let Ge Wu rest assured, I will send someone to investigate." ”

As the Spring Festival approaches, those who go out to work or do business have returned home to reunite with their families and celebrate the festival.

In fact, there are really many people like Ge Wu who can only go home during the Spring Festival, such as Xia Dakui,

Xia Dakui was born in the countryside and has been working in a leather shop in Qingzhou City, and he is busy all year round, so he can only go home during the Spring Festival.

Seeing that the Spring Festival was approaching, Xia Dakui paid his salary, went to the butcher shop to cut a few catties of pork, and bought a few fruits for the child and happily rushed home.

Fortunately, I rushed back to the village before dark, and the weather was a little cold at this time, but because I was in a hurry, I walked out of a sweat, and I felt a little hot.

But after entering the village, Xia Dakui felt a little cold, but he didn't care.

He walked quickly to the front of the house, and saw that the courtyard door was not closed, and he was a little surprised, this world is not safe at night, and the villagers usually close the door as soon as it gets dark.

Xia Dakui thought that his daughter-in-law was careless and forgot to close the door and didn't care too much, and after entering the door, he closed the door and locked it.

Xia Dakui's three thatched huts are very simple, and there is no light in the house, when Xia Dakui walked to the door and knocked on the door, he found that the door was hidden, and he was shocked, so he pushed the door in, and shouted "Orchid, I'm back,"

The room was pitch black, and the daughter-in-law didn't respond.

This situation is very abnormal, Xia Dakui's heart sank, and he secretly said that his family was not a thief?

So he shouted again, "Orchid, orchid...... Daqing, Xiaomei ......"

Orchid is his daughter-in-law, Daqing is his son, and Xiaomei is his daughter.

But none of the three responded.

He was a little anxious, so he threw down the pork and fruit and rushed in, there was no one in the hall, he ran to the east room, which was the room where he and his wife lived, and when he entered the room, he saw a man lying on the bed, which looked like an orchid of his daughter-in-law.

He hurriedly found the flint and lit the kerosene lamp, and when he looked at it again, his daughter-in-law was lying on the bed.

But I haven't seen him for a year, and he found that his daughter-in-law has lost too much weight, she is simply skinny, her muscles are shriveled, her skin is dry, and she is only in her thirties and she is as withered as an old woman.

He thought that his daughter-in-law was sick, and he was very distressed, so he pounced on him and shouted, "Orchid, what's wrong with you? Why are you so thin......

Orchid's expression was indifferent, as if she didn't see him, she sat up from the bed,

Although she is thin, she doesn't look weak, but her movements are slightly sluggish.

She looked at her husband and smiled, the smile was very strange, Wang Dakui looked at it and felt inexplicably oozing, but he still hugged his daughter-in-law's shoulder, and then he felt like he was holding a skeleton shelf, and it was a cold skeleton, and there was no warm breath on his wife's body.

This made his heart even more furious, and he asked loudly, "Orchid, why don't you speak? What's wrong with you? Why are you so thin? What is the disease?"

The more Wang Dakui's heart seeped, the more he had to speak loudly, because in this way he could offset the uneasiness in his heart.

His wife, Orchid, opened her mouth, but she could only make a strange sound, as if she was dumb,

"Orchid, you, are you dumb? Are you talking?" Xia Dakui still felt that his wife was seriously ill at this time, so that she couldn't even speak, so he shouted again, "Daqing, Xiaomei......"

After shouting twice, seeing that the two children did not answer, when I wanted to ask my wife, I thought that she might not be able to answer, so I let go of her and got up and went to another room to look for her.

When I walked to the hall, I saw two children, but unlike when I went home, the two children didn't rush up to hug him when they saw him, and they didn't even look up at him, but they were burying their heads in the things he brought back, and the two children who hadn't seen them for a year were too thin than before, and they were as skinny as their daughter-in-law.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and tears were about to pour out, "Daqing, Xiaomei, Dad is back, that's the fruit that Dad brought back to you, Dad also cut a few catties of pork this year, and I'll cook it for you tomorrow to eat......"

Xia Dakui said and walked over and stretched out his arms to hug the two children, but the two children ignored him, just blindly turned over the things he brought back,

They first turned out the fruit, and the sweet fruit was the favorite of children, but when they saw the fruit, they threw it away, and then continued to rummage while sniffing.

When the pounds of pork were turned out of the oilcloth bag, they were like cats with a fishy smell, and they gnawed on the raw pork excitedly.

It's so unusual.

Pork is raw, and children will not bite to eat it no matter how slanderous they are, not to mention that these two children usually like to eat fruit the most, but this time they abandoned the fruit and gnawed pork, which is too abnormal.

Xia Dakui was stunned, he didn't open his mouth to persuade, on the contrary, he let go of the two children, he felt that something was wrong, the two children were also skinny and cold, without a sense of warmth,

A person is abnormal and doesn't feel anything, but a family of three is abnormal, it's too abnormal!

Just when his heart was pounding, his daughter-in-law Orchid burst out of the east room, her movements were as sharp as a monkey, and she pounced on the pork in the hands of the two children and ate it big, and the one that ate was called a fragrant one, like a hungry dog suddenly got a piece of meat......

Xia Dakui turned around and ran out of the house......

Almost just as Xia Dakui ran out of the house to ask his neighbors about his situation, a village called Wangjia Village ten miles away. An outsider came. This outsider's name is Liu Qingfeng.

Liu Qingfeng is a businessman, in order to collect the account in Qingyang City for half a month before finally getting the account back, seeing that tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, he hurried to his home, in order to save the road fee, he did not hire a car, seeing that it was almost dark and had not yet walked out of the mountain, he couldn't help but panic.

In this world, it is not safe in the daytime, let alone at night, he quickens his pace and walks forward to see if there is any Zhuangzi to spend the night.

Fortunately, there was a village in front of me, and after walking a short distance, I saw a star in front of me, so I quickened my pace and walked forward, and finally walked into the village before dark.

At the entrance of the village, he saw that the village monument said Wangjia Village, and he didn't know if it was because of the cold, but after entering the village, he felt even colder.

He saw a family at the entrance of the village with the door open, so he walked in, there was an old man sitting there in the yard, I don't know how old he was, the shape was withered, not only did he not move, he didn't even roll his eyes, Liu Qingfeng knew the rules very well, he bowed to the old man and saluted, "Old man, excuse me, Xiaosheng is walking here, seeing that it is dark, I want to spend a night at home, can I do this......"

As he spoke, he took out two taels of silver and gave them with both hands.

The old man glanced at him, took the silver and put it in his mouth and took a bite, and when he saw that it was not bitten, he threw it to the ground, and then pointed at him and opened his mouth wide, as if he was going to scold him, but he only made a strange sound.

"Old man, that's silver, why did you throw it away," Liu Qingfeng was strange and a little annoyed.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the old man took out a kitchen knife from his arms and slashed at him, Liu Qingfeng was strong, he also learned a trick and a half martial arts when he was young, seeing the old man commit murder, he made a decisive move, grabbed the old man's hand and snatched the knife over, but at this time, a black shadow came out of the corner of the wall, rushed towards him, he slashed at the head with his backhand, it was a young man, also skinny, the big knife cut into his head, but did not shed a drop of blood, and the young man did not die or faint, as if he was not injured, and grinned at him, showing Bai Sensen's teeth......