I still wanted to ask in detail, but when I heard someone on the side calling him over, Liu Liwei put down the sentence "Let's talk about it when I have time", and hung up the phone.

Han Jianjian wanted to go back to the water conservancy station, but he couldn't rest assured that the few gems he picked up from the cracks in the ground, in his words, were tens of thousands of yuan! But when I told me that I still had to go to Donghu Village, this kid didn't hesitate directly, patted his chest and promised that even if he went up the knife mountain and went down to the sea of fire, he would accompany his brother.

The three of them walked along the road in front of the funeral home for about ten minutes before they got a taxi, and when they arrived at Donghu Village, it was almost noon.

After getting out of the car, I went straight to my uncle's house.

As soon as I entered the village, I saw neighbors walking out of the village one after another.

At first, I didn't think it was strange, but until I arrived at the small supermarket, I met dozens of villagers hurrying out, and my curiosity gradually swelled, and I was looking for someone to ask, when I happened to see a teenage half-grown boy jumping out of the supermarket yard, and there was a supermarket proprietress behind me: Slow down! Slow down! Be careful!

The half-grown boy was holding a fritter in his hand, and jumped out while eating, and when he passed by my side, I stopped: "Brother, what are you doing here?" ”

The half-grown man glanced at me and grinned, "Huh? Aren't you the stunned big brother who followed the criminal police to the village to investigate the case before! ”

I nodded, "yes!" What are you doing in such a hurry? ”

"Go to the river and pick up good things!" After saying that, he took a big bite of the fritters, and wanted to bypass me and continue to jump towards the entrance of the village.

Baby? Could it be that the ancient Dongyi bronzes that emerged from the cracks in the ground again? A month ago, the scene of the villagers of Hewang Village picking up bronzes on the edge of the Yellow River came to mind.

Seeing that he had run more than ten meters, I hurriedly shouted, "What a good thing? ”

"The things in the sunken ship, washed up by the waves!" After that, the person had already run out more than 20 meters.

I see!

People who live by the sea or by the river probably know that sometimes the waves will wash the things that sink at the bottom of the water ashore, which includes a lot of "good things", for example, some time ago there was a news on today's headlines: When a man abroad was walking his dog on the beach, he accidentally found a scented stone, which was identified and learned to be the feces of sperm whales.

It is said that ambergris can be extracted from the feces of sperm whales, which is an essential material for high-end perfumes, so its feces are equal to the same quality of gold.

There was also a report of someone picking up a dog's head gold on a river beach or beach...... Of course, the most picked up are the objects from the sunken ship.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the river to eat the river, this saying also contains this meaning.

When Han Jianjian heard that he could pick up "treasures" on the river beach again, his eyes suddenly lit up, and finally under the big hat of "buddy righteousness", he restrained his instinctive desire and followed me to my uncle's house.

Anyway, according to my uncle's method, I still cured Han Jianjian, I have to fulfill my promise, and in addition, if I want to find out about my father's affairs, I have to rely on him.

As soon as I entered the door, my uncle was cooking in the yard on a honeycomb coal stove, and the small pot was gurgling and smelling of rice.

Seeing us enter the courtyard, he glanced at Han Jianjian, sneered and didn't speak.

Faced with such a cold face, I was really stunned, so I had to squeeze out a smile: "Things are going well, thank you!" ”

Han Jianli also grinned and bowed his head and thanked him.

Uncle nodded: "Sit down and drink a bowl of porridge!" ”

I turned my eyes and saw that there were exactly four bowls on the small table, each with a spoon in it, and I couldn't help but be surprised: Could it be that my uncle is so powerful, he would have thought that we would have come long ago?

I was scared enough last night, and I haven't eaten breakfast yet, I am already hungry, and it is estimated that Han Jianli and Wu Jinghan are the same, smelling the fragrance in the pot, and saliva flows out uncontrollably.

Seeing the eight-treasure porridge that his uncle put in the bowl, Han Jianli drank the bowl in three or five sips, and licked the bowl as if no one was around, and the uncle served him another bowl.

I don't know what ingredients he used, this eight-treasure porridge is extremely sweet in my mouth, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best eight-treasure porridge I drank when I grew so big.

"Get ready, go down to the river tomorrow!"

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, the uncle said in a low voice.

"Oh! This one...... What do I need to prepare for this? ”

"I'm ready for everything, you mainly have to be mentally prepared!"

Uncle's words are hard to figure out, what does it mean to be mentally prepared, it won't be for me to explain the aftermath or write a suicide note, right?

As I was thinking about it, I heard a crying sound from outside the yard, and I turned my head to see a man and a woman walking into the yard with a four or five-year-old child in their arms.

"Uncle Song, are you ...... You can help Wenwen take a look! She looks like she's in the dark! ”

The woman walked up to her uncle crying.

I happened to be sitting on the other side of my uncle, and when I looked around, I saw that the little girl's face was pale, and her eyes were big and bloodshot.

As soon as the woman held the child in front of her uncle, the child opened her mouth, thinking that she would cry or shout a few words, but who knew that she made a "Wangwang" sound, if you just listen to the sound, it is the puppy barking.

Look at the appearance of the little girl at this time: grinning teeth, very similar to the appearance of a dog angry.

The uncle only glanced at it, then turned around and said coldly: "Let's go to the hospital first!" If the hospital can't cure me, tomorrow at half past six in the afternoon, you will come to me again! ”

The woman wanted to say something, but the words came to her lips and swallowed again, and the two of them muttered and carried the child out of the yard.

Maybe Wu Jinghan felt sorry for the child, and asked his uncle softly: "Uncle, why don't you save her?" ”

The uncle smiled at Wu Jinghan: "If you do something wrong, you have to be punished!" ”

After finishing speaking, he went to get the dishes and chopsticks on the table, Wu Jinghan hurriedly put them away, and went to the side of the water pipe to wash them.

Without Wu Jinghan, the three of them sat around the table, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

In order to alleviate this embarrassment, thinking of what Liu Liwei said on the phone in the morning, I casually asked: "In the past few years, many boats have sunk in the nearby river!" ”、

In fact, as soon as the words came out, I already regretted it, and thought to myself, wouldn't it be more embarrassing for my uncle to either not answer, or answer "um" or simply nod.

I didn't expect to misjudge this time.

"These boats didn't capsize on their own!" The uncle sighed and replied in a low voice.

"Ahh I didn't turn it myself...... Could it be that someone sank it? ”

The uncle shook his head: "They were all knocked over!" Count them unlucky, they ran into that ship! ”

"Boats? What ship? Han Jianjian hurriedly asked.

Uncle snorted coldly: "You don't need to know this!" ”

He looked at this cold face that was frozen, I stuck out my tongue, and had to swallow back what I wanted to ask, and it could be seen from his expression that even Han Jianli was stunned by his uncle and didn't dare to continue asking.

Wu Jinghan is very likable to her uncle, and only when she talks to her, her uncle's tone is soothed.

Leaving my uncle's yard, we went to Zhou Laohan's house first, and bought him something in the supermarket on the way.

"Uncle Zhou, we have to stay in the village branch for a night tonight!"

Zhou Laohan was also real, took the thing with both hands, and smiled: "No problem!" You can stay as long as you want, and when it's time to eat, remember to come to my house for dinner! ”

The country people are simple, and I will forget the horror of last night and the fatigue of this time.

He has been to Zhou Laohan's house several times, but his family is only his daughter, and he didn't pay attention to his wife.

When I left his yard, I casually asked, "Uncle Zhou, where is my aunt!" ”

Old Man Zhou smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I'm going to the Yellow River Dragon Palace as a guest!" ”

"What? Where did it go? Han Jianjian's eyes widened and asked.

"A few years ago, I was fishing in a boat with my neighbors, and the boat capsized and drowned."

I was startled at first, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhou!" ”

Zhou Laohan waved his hand: "It's okay!" It's been four or five years. ”

"Is it also in the river section west of the village?"

Zhou Laohan nodded: "Yes!" I got home immediately, and who knew that the boat would suddenly capsize, and it wasn't raining or windy...... Several of them died this time! ”

Han Jianli then asked, "Didn't call the police?" Do you know why? ”

Zhou Laohan shook his head: "At that time, there was such a big incident, and the people from the police station went to two cars, but the cause was not found, so it was characterized as an accident." ”

I thought about the content of Liu Liwei's phone call in the morning, and immediately asked: "Do boats often capsize in the river west of our village?" ”

Zhou Laohan thought for a moment and muttered back: "It's not! In the past 20 years, there have been seven or eight ships. ”

"So no one has investigated? This is not normal! ”

Zhou Laohan sighed again: "The water conservancy station has been here, the geological bureau has also seen it, and we have also asked Shendan and Song Boss to find the reason......

Before he finished speaking, Han Jianli couldn't help but interject and ask, "What was the result?" ”

"The leader above said that the river section is normal...... Boss Song said that this is the curse of the Yellow River, a punishment, and if you want to crack it, you have to wait for someone...... He can't help it for the time being! ”

With doubts, we left Zhou Laohan's house, what can be washed up in the river? The three of them were also curious, so they discussed going to the river to have a look first, and I also asked about the past of the god egg by the way, and maybe I could also ask valuable clues to understand the incident back then.

Soon came to the river, thinking that night, I saw my father's body here, and tears could no longer be controlled, and welled up.

There are still a few people by the river, and I also learned on the way that most of the so-called treasures are daily necessities, which should be something that was sunk on the ship a few days ago.

Someone picked up a few packets of unopened edible salt, and someone picked up an iron pot.

Man! It may be the nature to like to make cheap, and those who pick up things are all happy, and those who return empty-handed show a look of disappointment.

I took a turn around the river, and just wanted to go back to the village, I saw a small fishing boat parked by the river, which looked tattered, what age is this, why is there still this kind of fishing boat, and now there are fish farmers everywhere, and they live by fishing, and they have to starve to death.

Out of curiosity, he called the two of them over.

At the bow of the boat was an old man squatting, with his cloth shoes and patched clothes, fishing with all his attention.

It seems to be an old fisherman, which is really rare in this era! I was about to turn around and go back, and I thought about it...... If he lived on the river all the year round, he probably knew about the river sacrifice and the shipwreck, so when he thought about it, he cheekily leaned over.

"Uncle! I'd like to ask something...... Delay you for a few minutes? ”

The old man turned his head to look at the two of us, put the fishing rod to the side, and waved his hand: "It's okay! I'm also fishing and playing, I'm not fishing, ask what, just say! ”

"Uncle lives on the river all year round!"

I thought to myself, after all, I don't know it, it's a bit bad to go straight to the point, so let's set it up first!"

The old man reached out and took out a box of cigarettes, and was about to smoke one, I quickly took out the remaining half of the box of Hongtashan, handed it over, and took the opportunity to sit on the old man's side.

The old man was not polite, took the cigarette and glanced at it twice, smiled and took out one and stuffed it into his mouth, and the remaining half of the box was stuffed into his pocket very slipperily.

"Young man, don't beat around the bush, if you want to ask directly!"

The old man took a puff of his cigarette and said to me with a smile.

I also smiled and nodded: "Uncle, is there often shipwrecks in this area!" ”

The old man was obviously stunned for a moment, and after carefully looking me up and down, he spoke again: "You can't control this matter!" ”

I hurriedly explained: "I'm just curious, I've heard about it a long time ago, it's all an accident, and I don't need anyone else to care!" ”

"Accident?" The old man snorted, "It's okay to deceive those people with this kind of talk, but you can't deceive my grandson." ”

This made me excited, and I thought: The old man really knows something.

I pretended to be curious, and then asked, "Uncle, do you mean that the shipwreck was not an accident?" ”

The old man nodded, took two puffs of his cigarette, and then lowered his voice and said to me, "This is a very evil thing! Be careful that after I finish speaking, I will scare you to urinate on the kang at night, and my daughter-in-law will not let you go on the kang! ”

I quickly responded with a smile: "It's okay!" My daughter-in-law doesn't mind, she'll help me dry the futon! ”

As she spoke, she glanced at Wu Jinghan, who was also looking at me with a flushed face.

"No one believes it!" The old man threw his cigarette fart into the river and sighed often.

I nodded, indicating that I was listening.

"It's better to have more things than one thing to do less in these years! Actually, there were two shipwrecks, and I was on the river not far away, but ...... But it doesn't work! ”

The old man's voice trembled a little, and there was a strange look in his eyes.

"Have you seen with your own eyes how the ship sank?"

The old man shook his head: "I can only say that I heard it!" The first time was eight or nine years ago, in the middle of the night, and I remember about ...... At about eleven or twelve o'clock, as soon as I fell asleep, I heard a voice shouting for help outside, and it sounded like it wasn't alone. ”

"And then!"

"I was woken up, so I opened the curtain of the boat......" The old man stopped, his eyes fixed on the river in the distance.

I'm in such a hurry! I'm even more sure that older people are like this, they like to pant when they speak, and a few professors have been like this before, but I didn't expect the old man Sun who was fishing to be like this.

"You...... What do you see? Han Jianjian, who was behind me, was also anxious and urged.

The old man's eyes blinked, and then he continued:

"I saw a red mist in the middle of the river, and a big black boat rushed out of the red mist, and it was moving so fast that in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the darkness.