"What? Go back, you won't be beaten up tonight, you won't break up! ”

Lao Dian was not angry, and smiled at me: "Don't worry! Now they're busy! Not available.

I had a stomach full of doubts and wanted to ask Fa Dian, but I also knew that this was not the time to ask, so I had to hold back first.

I was surprised to return the same way back to the gate of the first deceased, and the black tin gate was closed.

"On the night of the vigil, you can't close the door!" I whispered to Fa Dian.

Fa Dian ignored me either, but asked me softly, "What time is it?" ”

I took out my phone and glanced at it: "It's half past eleven!" ”

Fa Ying took two steps back and pointed to the back of the courtyard.

The yard of his house was quite large, and at the back was an abandoned yard, the wall was two-thirds of the way down, and there were a few large elm trees in the yard, and the thin ones were as thick as a man.

"What's going on? Can you climb trees? ”

I glanced up at the canopy.

The tree was not very tall, and the branches on the south side reached the roof, and I instantly understood what Fa Dian was thinking.

"No problem!" I pinched my voice and replied.

Fa Dian smiled at me, then picked up the trunk of the tree with both hands, and like a monkey, he reached the tree with a few "poofs", and then jumped lightly, and the man had already jumped to the roof, and he didn't make a sound.

I secretly exclaimed, this old guy is really hidden, objectively speaking, even if I eat that kind of underground black thing, my strength is much greater than before, and my body's reaction ability is obviously several times faster, but it can't reach this level.

Following his example, I climbed onto the roof.

Almost as soon as my feet hit the ground, Fa Yi motioned for me to crouch down and follow him.

The two of them attached themselves to the ridge of the roof one after the other, and from the perspective of looking down, everything in the courtyard could be seen.

There were many holes in the roof of the shed, and everything inside could be seen clearly.

I first saw at least a dozen people in the mourning shed surrounding the black coffin, and in front of the coffin, there were two people lying on their stomachs. At second glance, I was so frightened that I almost rolled off the roof.

I saw that the lid of the coffin had been lifted, and the two people lying in front of the coffin, one holding the upper body of the deceased with his arm, and the other holding a short two-inch knife in his hand, were cutting the neck of the deceased.

it! What is this doing!

I didn't understand it at first, but after a few glances, I knew what they were doing with a numb scalp.

Even if the skin of the deceased was cut again, half of the deceased's face was already left with only the flesh of Bai Sensen, which looked particularly terrifying under the incandescent light at the top of the spirit shed. At the same time, I also saw the appearance of the person holding the knife in his hand, which turned out to be the old man who was herding sheep before.

At this moment, it feels like he's cutting another self with a knife.

This horrific and strange scene made my heart tremble when I saw it, and my legs trembled uncontrollably.

When people are in extreme fear, they will calm down instantly.

I just sat on the roof so I didn't make any noise and alarm the people below.

If you think about it, from the first time we saw the old man, everything was not normal.

According to him, the dead man was his twin brother, and they were both from the same village, so why was he still herding sheep outside that day? Recalling the scene at that time, the old man didn't seem to have a sad look on his face.

This is absolutely not normal!

When we met him just now, the old guy was not only not sad, but looked a little happy, which is not normal! Thousands of troops

No matter how bad the relationship between the brothers is, it will not be like this!

It was only then that I seemed to really understand the reason why Fa Ying's attitude was so unfriendly when I met the old man in the morning—he must know something.

I swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and after looking away, I asked Fa Dian softly, "What are they doing?" ”

Fa Dian replied coldly: "Prepare for the river sacrifice ceremony, change your life!" ”

"What? It's the river sacrifice again......"

"I now know why the dead rage on that old guy's face suddenly disappeared!" Fa Dian muttered.

I couldn't listen to what Fa Ying said later, and at this moment, the scene I saw by the Yellow River that day came to my mind, a skinned person was lying in front of everyone, the white skin, and the blackened blood vessels......

That person is my dad who has been missing for more than ten years!

An uncomfortable feeling came out of my heart.

If it is really as Fa Dian said, not to mention why the old man stripped the skin of the deceased's brother, and regardless of the circle, the filial sons and grandsons dressed in white filial piety cedar watched - obviously complicit.

Fa Dian said that they were preparing to sacrifice the river, and the purpose of sacrificing the river was to exchange for his life, so the reason why my father was skinned back then was also exchanged for his life by being sacrificed to the river?

If you don't want to, it's just that, and it's scary to think about it.

Maybe you are thinking about things in your mind, and you forget that you are sitting on the roof, and when your feet move, there is a "click" sound of stepping on broken tiles under your feet, which is particularly harsh in the silent night.

I came back to my senses in an instant, and subconsciously leaned down and fell on the roof.

"What's the sound? You hear you! ”

"Yes! The roof has been handed down. ”

"There won't be anyone, right?"

"Fart! What time is it, the gate is locked, where is the person! ”

I could hear this last sentence clearly, and it was the old man who was holding Bai Sensen's knife.

There was silence for a full minute before someone spoke again.

"It can't be a feral cat, right? Cats bark all the time during this time! ”

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, there were a few night owl meows from the trunk next to us, followed by a few cat meows.

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief,' milk! It's a coincidence, it's really a "timely cat".

There was another angry scolding from below: "Damn! Tomorrow I'll have to get some rat medicine, and the medicine will kill these animals! ”

Fa Dian and I waited for more than a minute, and then we didn't hear any movement below, and then we quietly poked our heads out.

The old man was very familiar with the speed of pulling human skin, and when he looked from the roof, the place where he had been peeled was white and forested, and it was obvious that there were no blood vessels.

After a few more glances, Fa Dian gave me a gentle pull, and the two of them tiptoed off the roof along the same path.

As soon as I got off the tree, I couldn't help but ask Fa Dian again: "I ...... to sacrifice people to the river." I've heard of it, but why should I skin it? ”

At this time, Fa Dian also looked serious, and he snorted coldly: "This is an ancient and evil way of sacrifice, of course, not just anyone can use it to peel the skin and sacrifice the river, it must be a person with a pure yin personality, plus some kind of evil spell...... It is said that this type of sacrifice is very spiritual, and it can be exchanged for the life of the river god. ”

I heard that the cold sweat came down, and I was even more sure that my father was sacrificed to the river back then.

I took a few deep breaths before I forced myself to calm down.

"What now?"