Chapter 19: The Marionette
A gust of wind blew, and the human head hanging from the tree with a crooked neck swayed left and right with the wind, like an old pendulum.
Suddenly far and near, there is truth in the haze, and there is a faint smell of blood in the truth.
It feels as if you've come back to life.
Wow!
I screamed in fright and sat down on the floor.
I desperately told myself in the bottom of my heart: don't look, don't look!
It's all hallucinations, it's all illusions, it's me who is dazzled.
But at this time, my eyes were as if they were enchanted, and they didn't listen to me at all.
Rao is using the strength of breastfeeding, but I still subconsciously look at the human head.
The human head had long hair, and the ends of it were tied to a branch above its head.
The flesh and skin on his face had long been rotten, and in some places it was covered with maggots, large and small, and still wriggling.
On the high cheekbones, the carrion fell off piece by piece with the swaying of the human head.
Its left eye was gone, and from a distance, there was only a black hole.
As for the right eye, although it is still there, it is also deeply bulging, and it is estimated that with a little more force, it can be squeezed out raw.
Its mouth is large, not wide open, but wide open.
I don't know what happened to this man before he died, but it was as if its mouth had been torn open, and the crack spread from the corner of its left mouth to the base of its ear.
Wait a minute!
This person......
Why does it look so familiar......
Although the facial muscles of this human head have been completely rotten, the outline of its life can be roughly judged.
This......
This is......
Aunt Qi!
For a while, the adrenaline in my body soared, and my whole heart was stuck in my throat, and I couldn't spit it out or swallow it.
How can it be?
I saw it very clearly just now, Aunt Qi's body is still in the coffin, and her head is also on her body, how can it be that her head has been cut off?
Besides, judging by the degree of decay of this human head, it is impossible to reach this level in a month.
However, I can almost be sure that I am not dazzled, and this is indeed Aunt Qi's head.
So, whose body is in the coffin?
And the timeline doesn't match, if Aunt Qi has been dead for a month, then who was the one who chatted with me during the day yesterday?
An inexplicable sense of fear quickly enveloped me, and my body trembled uncontrollably with the biting cold wind.
Aunt Qi is a ghost?
Looking at Aunt Qi's human head that was still swaying in the wind, I only felt dizzy.
I almost fainted several times, but I didn't dare to faint, so I could only hold on.
This hill is so weird.
First, the feeling of oppression when being spied on, and now I see Aunt Qi's head hanging on the crooked neck tree.
I have no doubt that once I pass out at this point, I probably won't wake up.
Sand~
Rustle~
Suddenly, just as I was staring at the man's hair, there was a sound of footsteps in the grass beside me.
The footsteps were soft, but I heard them anyway.
I quickly turned my head and looked around vigilantly, and my eyes didn't dare to drift in the slightest.
Is that thing going to come out after all?
With a pale face, I clenched my fists and picked up a large rock from the ground.
Even if that thing really wants to eat me, it is absolutely impossible for Lao Tzu to sit still!
Sand~
Rustling~
Footsteps are getting closer.
Gradually, a dark shadow slowly swayed out of the thick fog.
The man's steps were very stiff, and he shook his head when he walked, and he kept gesturing with something in his hands.
"Willow ...... Uncle Liu? ”
After seeing the man's appearance clearly, I was slightly stunned.
Really, I never dreamed that it would be Uncle Liu!
Throwing the stone off, I rushed over with surprise.
What head?
What crooked neck tree?
It doesn't matter anymore!
This kind of place, this kind of environment, this kind of atmosphere, to meet Uncle Liu, to put it bluntly, makes me more excited than meeting my father.
Uncle Liu is a native of Xiaoliushu Village, as long as he is present, many things can be solved, and the worst thing is that at least the way down the mountain does not have to worry.
"You...... You ......"
Uncle Liu's face was a little white and scary, without a trace of blood, his eyes were empty, and the whole person was like a shell without a soul.
He didn't seem to see me at all, and I was standing in front of him, his eyes never moving once.
It's just that he keeps repeating one word in a slurred mouth:
"You...... You. ”
"Me? What's wrong with me? ”
I didn't know what Uncle Liu meant, so I looked at myself suspiciously, and felt that there was nothing abnormal, so I couldn't help but ask.
"You...... You ......"
Uncle Liu ignored me, still clubbing in place like a wooden stake, but the mechanical amplitude of the gesture of his hands was a little larger than just now.
"Uncle Liu, what's wrong with you?"
I also sensed that something was wrong with Uncle Liu, so I pressed his arm that kept gesturing, and hurriedly asked.
"You...... You ......"
Still no answer, still the same word.
"Uncle Liu, don't make trouble, look over there."
The head of Aunt Qi behind her is still fluttering in the wind, and I can't take care of Uncle Liu's abnormality.
grabbed his arm, and dragged him under the crooked-neck tree.
It's just that what makes me feel weird is that Rao is using my strength to breastfeed, but Uncle Liu seems to have taken root and has not moved.
I don't believe in evil, so I dragged hard a few times, but I still didn't move.
This is not right, when I went up the mountain, I dragged Uncle Liu all the way.
With his small body, even if he deliberately competed with me, he would never be able to do it to this extent.
People can pretend, but their strength will never be added out of thin air.
"What the hell is going on with you?"
It was only then that I finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
It seems that Uncle Liu at this time is more than that human head...... And terrifying......
Stiff gait.
The gaze is empty.
Single expression.
The whole person looks like a marionette, oh no, I should say that it is the walking dead to describe it best.
"You...... You ......"
Uncle Liu turned a deaf ear to my words, and still stood in place, repeating them constantly.
"What the hell is wrong with me?"
This time, I'm also on fire.
In such an environment, my spirit has long since collapsed into a string, and it may collapse at any time.
Now it's easy to meet Uncle Liu, but it's such a virtue.
Whoever it is replaced, it is estimated that it will not be able to stand it.
As my voice roared, this time, Uncle Liu did not continue to repeat.
The sound stopped abruptly.
The next moment, I saw Uncle Liu slowly turn his head, his movements slow and mechanical, as if his head had been broken by life.
Looking at each other, Uncle Liu suddenly smiled, his smile was weird and deep, and a pair of eyeballs gave people a feeling that they would burst out at any time.
"You...... You give me death! ”