Driving Zhong Linlin's Land Rover, we set off from Zijiang City and rushed to Yuqing City.

From Zijiang to Yuqing, a distance of nearly 400 kilometers, with Zhong Linlin's Land Rover, I naturally won't drive my Ford.

After driving off, Zhong Linlin turned into that cold appearance again, and I was also helpless about this.

"What's wrong? Not happy? I asked her.

"Nope!" She replied lukewarmly.

"Did my mom say something that made you unhappy?" I asked reassuringly.

"No! Auntie is very nice! I had a great time with her! She still had a cold face.

"That'...... You were still smiling before, why did you look like this again when you came out of my house? I asked, puzzled.

"What? Do you mean that I should look like this when I meet my aunt? She asked, turning to me.

"Of course not!" I quickly shook my head.

"That's it!" She gave me a blank look.

"But...... "I was just about to speak." She suddenly leaned over and kissed me on the cheek, "Okay, right?" ”

"Huh?" I pulled out a hand and touched my face.

"Alright, drive well, I'll sleep for a while!" She reclined her seat. Lay down with his eyes closed.

I turned my head to look at her several times in a row, but the witch who closed her eyes said to me without opening her eyes as if she knew I was looking at her, "Drive well, don't look at me!" There will be time to see later! ”

I'll go! This little witch is really ......

Ay......

I sighed softly and honestly looked at the road and drove!

While driving, I sorted out the information that my grandfather had given me in my mind.

According to the content of that information. I know that this Tangjiatuo is a very special place.

In Yuqing City, there is a dialect called "loss to Tangjiatuo".

The meaning of this dialect is to lose to the limit.

There are many explanations as to why this is the case. One explanation is that the loss of Tangjiatuo is like the flow of drowned people who cannot continue downstream when they reach Tangjiatuo, indicating that the limit has been reached.

Because in the place of Tangjiatuo, the Yangtze River flows here because of the topography, forming a natural backwater Tuo. When the river arrives here, it will turn around and move forward.

Therefore, people who drown upstream, and whose bodies are washed up here, are often brought to the shore by the backwater.

The families of those who committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river upstream, fell into the water, drowned in swimming, etc., will come here to find and salvage. If you can't find it here, it's almost impossible to find the body.

For this special geographical reason, in that place, some floating corpses will be seen all year round. In the local dialect, these floating corpses are called "water sticks". Because a person is drowned, the water will swell as soon as it bubbles, like a stick.

The "water stick" rushed to Tangjiatuo and circled around with those tattered things. No matter how he drowned, the family always had to look for the corpse, so they went to Tangjiatuo.

Not only the people of Yuqing City have to go to Tangjiatuo to find the corpse, but also many cities in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. If people drowned, there were also people who came to Tangjiatuo to find the corpse.

Therefore, there are many small wooden boats that fish for corpses in Tangjiatuo, and it has become a big profession.

Today, fewer people are drowning, but the season is still high.

However, in two months, more than a dozen people were contacted to throw themselves into the river from there. This has already had a big impact on the local people, and the authorities have put up a fence there and sent people to patrol around the clock.

After taking precautions, a few people were indeed rescued.

But after those who were rescued were taken to the hospital, they were fully conscious. Under questioning, they don't know anything. I didn't know that I had ever been to the river and wanted to throw myself into the river.

Moreover, after these people were rescued, at night, as soon as they fell asleep, they would continue to get up and run to the river regardless of it.

The official also had no choice, so they directly controlled all these people in several special wards in the hospital, and guarded them with people for 20 hours.

According to the description, in the past ten days, more and more people have thrown themselves into the river in the middle of the night, and they have been a little out of control. Although the government has stepped up its efforts to prevent it. But there are still scruples when it can't be reached, and some people still succeed in throwing themselves into the river.

This made the residents near Tangjiatuo afraid to sleep at night, and many families began to organize to help the official people form patrols.

More families directly choose not to sleep at night, eat night markets or play mahjong all night. They are afraid that after they fall asleep at night, they will inexplicably run to the river, and then become a "water stick".

Things have gotten so serious. After an official investigation failed, the matter had to be transferred to the special department.

After receiving it, the special department immediately entrusted it to Wumen.

After that, it was in my hands.

After driving for several hours, at about eight o'clock in the evening, we entered Yuqing City. Then I called the commissioner in charge of the matter. Then I drove directly to Tangjiatuo.

Because of the traffic jam, when we arrived at Tangjiatuo, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening.

Following the guidance of the commissioner in charge of this matter, we went directly to the official inspection office of Tangjiatuo.

"Hello, Mr. Tang! I'm Hu Conglin, who spoke to you on the phone before. "We were received by a man in his forties.

"Hello, Commissioner Hu!" I shook his hand.

"You're welcome, Mr. Tang, I've seen your name in internal documents. You handled the matter of Shangao Village on the Dian Mountain before! It's just that I didn't expect Mr. Tang to be so young. "Hu Conglin was very polite.

"Hehe, it's all up to the other companions, I didn't do anything!" I said with a smile.

"Mr. Tang is humble! Come in! "He took us to a small conference room.

After arriving at the small conference room, we exchanged a few pleasantries. I also explained Zhong Linlin to him.

learned that Zhong Linlin was a member of the Zhong family. And after also participating in the incident in Shangao Village on Mount Yunnan, Hu Conglin hurriedly and politely said good things to Zhong Linlin.

After that, he took out some surveillance footage and showed it to us.

There are twenty or thirty copies of the surveillance video.

Zhong Linlin and I looked at it carefully.

From the surveillance video, we saw people who looked like walking corpses. His steps were stiff, and he walked towards the river step by step.

In the process of walking, this person actually closed his eyes the whole time, as if he was asleep, unconscious.

The amazing thing is that although they have their eyes closed, in the process of walking, they will take the initiative to bypass the obstacles, and they all go straight to the river.

Originally, there was no surveillance video on the riverside, and it was only after the incident that the authorities set up surveillance there.

The surveillance footage there is more of a scene of those who threw themselves into the river being found and forcibly controlled.

There are also some videos that are too late to take care of but are successful in throwing into the river.

"How do I feel like they're performing some kind of ritual?" Zhong Linlin looked at the surveillance video left by the only few successful people who threw themselves into the river and said to me.

Indeed, after those people threw themselves into the river, they knelt on the ground and left their shirts open. One hand pressed on his chest, with a pious look.

I discussed it with Zhong Linlin and decided to go and see those who were rescued first. So I asked Hu Conglin: "Commissioner Hu, where are those who have been rescued?" Can you take us to see it first? ”

"Yes! No problem! There are eleven people locked up over there now! Commissioner Hu said to us.

"Eleven?" I was very surprised.

In other words, if there is no official intervention to stop it, then these eleven people will also throw themselves into the river and die.

"Hmmm! I caught one more last night, and that adds up to eleven! Commissioner Hu said.

"Okay, take us to see it first!" I answered.

Commissioner Hu responded. Took us out of the patrol and drove to the hospital.

After arriving at the hospital, Commissioner Hu showed his identity and went through many checkpoints before taking us to a small building behind the hospital.

In front of the small building, there are also many sentry posts, and it can be seen that in order to prevent these from throwing themselves into the river again, the officials have indeed made a lot of preparations.

"Mr. Tang, huh! This man was the first to be rescued by us! Commissioner Hu took us to the small building and said to me through the small glass window on the door.

I looked into the room, and I couldn't help but feel my scalp tingle......