Hearing the words "Yellow River Niangniang", that experience in Niutou Village, Zhanhua County, suddenly came to my mind, at that time, almost the entire Niutou Village people believed that there was a Yellow River Niangniang, and even lined up to pray in the broken temple outside the village.

The reason is that Yang Shuhui and his son in the village salvaged a strange statue of a god from the Yellow River.

Yuan Datou actually believed in the Yellow River Niangniang, could it be that he had also seen that god statue, or the same god statue?

I was just about to ask clearly, but who knew that Yuan Datou was already drunk, and his words were incoherent.

Yuan Datou's house is a lot, Xiao He is alone, Hao Minyuan and I slept on the big kang, he drank wine and got into bed, then fell asleep, I didn't feel sleepy, I took my mobile phone and chatted with Wu Jinghan on WeChat.

"What are you doing today?"

"I stayed at the archaeological site with the teacher for a day, helping to dig graves and clean up cultural relics!"

"Oh! What an ancient tomb of the age! As soon as I heard the word "ancient tomb", I was even more spiritual.

"The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! This tomb is a bit strange...... Some strange large bronzes have been unearthed from the tomb. ”

"Strange bronze! It's even stranger than the bronzes we saw in the cracks in the ground some time ago! ”

"Don't say it! The teacher judged that the bronzes unearthed in the ancient tomb were very similar to what we had seen in the cracks in the ground before, at least ...... At least there is a lineage relationship. ”

"Mr. Wu can't be mistaken! Those in the cracks are the masterpieces of the Dongyi tribe. ”

"I also think there is a bit of a similarity in form - the teacher's judgment is not wrong, and that kind of huge stove bronze has never appeared before."

The more I listened to him, the more curious I became: "You said it was a stove?" A stove for cooking and stir-frying? ”

There was a burst of laughter from the microphone of the mobile phone: "No culture, it's terrible!" ”

I snorted coldly: "Dare to laugh at me...... See if I don't do you well! Wait for me ......"

"Here you go!" Another series of silver bell-like laughter.

"Alright! All right! Don't make a fuss - the bronze stove is not for cooking and stir-frying, so what else can it do? ”

"Metal was quite expensive in ancient times, and even the average nobleman was not extravagant enough to use bronze as a stove. If the teacher's judgment is correct, it should be the ancient warlock's alchemy furnace! ”

"Alchemy Furnace?"

"That's right! At least before Qin Shi Huang unified the country, all kinds of warlocks were almost all over the country, and Qin Shi Huang asked Xu Fu to find the elixir of longevity, you should know! Actually, that's not an isolated case. ”

"Feudal superstition kills people!!" I couldn't help but sigh.

"In fact, this is not all feudal superstition, according to some archaeological discoveries in the past ten years to confirm, some warlocks in the pre-Qin period mastered the magic, much more advanced than we think, but in the Western Han Dynasty, the vast majority of the warlocks together with their advanced magic suddenly disappeared, Buddhism was introduced to our country in the early Western Han Dynasty, Taoism rose again in the Wei and Jin dynasties, in fact, Buddhism and Taoism in our country are likely to have evolved from one of the many techniques in the pre-Qin period."

I immediately shouted, "Pull it down!" Buddhism was not founded by Shakyamuni and introduced to our country from what is now Nepal? ”

"That being said, in fact, China's native Buddhism is completely different from ancient Indian Buddhism, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties, with the convenience of transportation, that the two cultures of China and India continued to collide and exchange, and the two kinds of Buddhism gradually merged."

I heard it a little foggy.

When I fell asleep, it was estimated that it was two or three o'clock in the morning, and I don't know how many minutes I slept and was woken up by a loud noise.

Look at the window, it's just a little bit brighter.

This point......

Listen carefully, it seems that Yuan Datou and his family are arguing, the two of them are talking very fast, and they can hear that both of them are very excited, but they can't hear exactly what they are saying, and there is the sound of falling things in the middle.

Could it be that his daughter-in-law thinks that we are troublesome, or the two of them want to do that, Yuan Datou drank wine and his movements were relatively rough, or it was possible that Yuan Datou was powerless and his daughter-in-law was not satisfied......

The two of them were arguing louder and louder, and the sound of falling things was getting louder and louder, which made me very embarrassed.

Because he slept late and woke up late, when he came to the living room, Yuan Datou was chatting with Hao Minyuan, and the two of them were talking and laughing, especially Yuan Datou, who was full of spring breeze, and had a "my daughter-in-law" in his mouth, that kind look, which made me suspect that the quarrel I heard last night was a dream.

"The boy can sleep!"

Seeing me coming out of the bedroom, Yuan Datou said with a smile.

"Hey! I had insomnia last night...... I fell asleep in the second half of the night. ”

Yuan Datou's daughter-in-law walked out of the kitchen with a pot of noodles, followed by Xiao He, and the two of them were also smiling, which made me even more suspicious.

While eating, Hao Minyuan asked about Zhang Laohan again.

"Big head, does this old man Zhang have any other relatives?"

"Yes, of course! It's just not too close, it seems to be ...... It seems that there is a nephew who is out on business and will come to see him during the Chinese New Year. ”

Hao Minyuan nodded: "Then you don't know where his fish came from?" ”

Yuan Datou shook his head: "I don't usually go home often, I really haven't heard of this, there are a few families in the village who fish, maybe they buy people's houses!" ”

I didn't want to interject, but then an idea popped up.

"Brother Minyuan, Brother Big Tou, I have an idea...... I just don't know if it's suitable or not. ”

Before Hao Minyuan could reply, Yuan Datou said "Hi": "There are no outsiders here, whether it is suitable or not, let's talk about it first."

Hao Minyuan also nodded at me.

"Let's find a way to go to his house!"

"Nonsense! If I can get in, what am I worried about here! ”16

"Let's have a "turn the tiger away from the mountain"! ”

"Don't gasp for the! What bad ideas do you have, tell them in one go! ”

I smiled: "I can ask the big brother to find a reason to call Zhang Laohan to his house, and the two of us will sneak in again, it is estimated that it will take seven or eight minutes, which will be enough......"

Before I finished speaking, Hao Minyuan slapped the table vigorously: "Do it like this!" ”

I was startled, and hurriedly explained: "It's a bit not fair enough, strictly speaking, it is still illegal to break into a private house, but this is not a special situation, a special way!" ”

Hao Minyuan's tense face cracked suddenly: "I think it's good to do this!" Don't worry, I have the responsibility. ”

Xiao He on the side laughed: "Little brother, you still don't know enough about our Captain Hao, he likes to have some dry humor." ”

Maybe seeing that my face was flushed, Yuan Datou also laughed.

After eating, a few people discussed, and simply made the previous trick against Long Po, saying that Bohai Pharmaceutical Factory also had his share of the benefits to employees.

Just do it!

Hao Minyuan and I hid behind the wall on the side of Zhang Laohan's courtyard, and Yuan Datou went to knock on the door.

Everything went well, and after hearing them say a few words, Zhang Laohan followed Yuan Datou to his house, and when he left, he just closed the door.

When the two of them entered the alley, the two of us hurriedly jumped out.

Seeing strangers entering the yard, a few dogs barked at us, and all the chickens and ducks were visibly in a commotion.

"Brother, hurry up!"

"Yes!"

The door was open, and the two of them hurried in.

As soon as I entered the door, I was almost suffocated by the smell of fish.

Why does it smell so bad...... When I looked around, I saw a large black basin in the corner, and hundreds of green-headed flies like small bombers were hovering around, listening consciously, and I could hear a buzzing sound.

Hao Minyuan scolded a dirty word: "Brother, this old man doesn't pay much attention to hygiene!" ”

As he spoke, he walked over to the big black basin.

Inside is half a pot of fish, there are big and small, the big one weighs two or three catties, and the small one is less than a foot long, looking at both carp crucian carp, black fish and barracuda, it can be seen that the rumor that Zhang Laohan often eats fish at home is true.

Looking at all the fish, all of them have bulging bellies and bursts of foul smell, which have obviously deteriorated a long time ago.

"It's too frugal!"

The smell was terrible, and I was disgusted by the sight of the green-headed flies circling, so I stopped looking and turned to the other side of the living room.

"Let's split up and look for it, see if there is anything suspicious, remember to take pictures with your mobile phone!"

I quickly covered my mouth and pushed open a door in front of me.

At a glance, I knew that this was the bedroom of the old man, a small kang was horizontal on the innermost side of the bedroom, and there was a small bed on one side, but the bed was not covered with bedding or blankets, but a layer of tarpaulin.

It seems that Zhang Laohan is not only thrifty and unhygienic, but has a bit of a brain problem, whose bed is covered with a tarp, and a cheap mattress is only a dozen yuan.

There was nothing suspicious in the room, and I was about to exit when a flash of lightning struck me.

Didn't Yuan Datou say that Zhang Laohan has always lived alone! There are also no relatives, how can there be two beds?

This bed is still covered with a tarp, isn't it for people to sleep on?

I took a sharp breath and wanted to hurry to the living room to tell Hao Minyuan about this, but I saw Hao Minyuan standing at the table of the Eight Immortals, staring at the wall motionlessly.

"Brother Minyuan—"

He turned his head to look at me: "Brother, come and take a look at these pictures!" ”

That's when I noticed two picture frames hanging on the wall, full of pictures of all sizes.

"What's wrong with the photo?"

I followed Hao Minyuan's finger and saw that it was a group photo of two people, one of the older was Zhang Laohan, he was smiling all over his face, his complexion was good, and he was a young man on the side.

At first glance, I didn't think it was anything strange, but after a second look, I realized that something was wrong.

This person is a head shorter than Zhang Laohan, he should be a man, he can't tell his age from his appearance, and what is even more strange is his body shape - obviously seriously deformed.

His shoulders were slumped, he seemed to have no shoulders, his facial features were slightly deformed, and his face was smeared with a layer of black paste. The gaze swept back to his bare forearms, which were strangely covered with a layer of black paste.

When I saw this man's left hand, I couldn't help but feel a thrill all over me.

No way! This man is deformed! Hands are about the same as duck paws.

The two people in the photo look very close and should be very close people.

"Brother, you've heard of wolf children!"

Hao Minyuan's words suddenly pulled me back to reality.

I nodded, "You mean to say that the person in the photo is a person who resembles a wolf child?" ”