"You and I grew up together, can you hide your thoughts from me?" Liu Zhenhao said earnestly: "You have offended the ghosts, right? I have advised you before that you can not believe in ghosts and gods, but you should have the fear of them as they deserve. ┡『 Literature fans*.They don't exist because you don't believe it...... Forget it, it's too late to talk about it now. Say it or not, you think about it yourself, but I want to tell you that my uncle has been in a hurry for you......"

"I ...... I ......" Chen Dong hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind: "I did offend the ghosts and gods. ”

"Oh?" Liu Zhenhao said: "Tell me what happened, the more detailed the better, and don't miss any detail." ”

After Chen Dong said the beginning, he calmed down and said, "It was just the rainy season......

The rainy season is approaching, but Chen Dong, who is patrolling the river as usual, has a strange thing that makes him wonder.

Chen Dong pointed to the village under the hillside and said, "This government has been in office for three years, and I have to inspect the river every year, so why have I never seen that village." ”

Yang Xin, the accompanying county commander, glanced twice in the direction of his finger and said: "If you go back to your lordship, that place is called Wujia Village, although it is on the edge of the river, it is only next to a branch of the river. When the river got there, it became very gentle. I've never had a flood, so I didn't go out of my way to work adults......"

"There's still a place like this, let's go down and have a look!" Chen Dong was interested, Yang Xin originally wanted to stop it, but he was afraid of sweeping Chen Dong's interest, so after thinking about it again and again, he finally didn't speak, and walked over with him.

The river outside Wujia Village, as Yang Xin said, although it is not clear to see the depth, it seems to be extremely stable, and even gives people the illusion of where it is still.

Chen Dong asked people to throw a buoy into the water, and after looking at it carefully for a long time, he said: "The water here seems to be stable, but there is a turbulent undercurrent underneath. Villagers should be reminded not to go into the water at will. What's wrong with you......"

Yang Xin, the county magistrate standing behind Chen Dong, had a pale face, his forehead was full of sweat, his eyes were looking directly at the water, and his face was full of fear from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Dong couldn't help but pat the other party and said, "Lord Yang, are you okay?" ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing...... Yang Xin wiped his cold sweat and said: "Xiaguan has been afraid of deep water since he was a child, and he feels uncomfortable when he sees deep water. ”

Yang Xin didn't tell the truth, he was not afraid of deep water, but afraid of the water here. I don't know why, the longer he stared at the water, the more he felt that the river was flowing down the surface of the river to the bottom of the river, as if there was a bottomless black hole in the river, attracting the river water into the ground. After looking closely, I felt that the river had become calm and normal again, and there was nothing special.

However, as soon as he shifted his gaze slightly, the black hole reappeared.

Chen Dong was crying and laughing, when he suddenly heard someone shouting, "Who told you to throw things into the water?" Offended the river god, can you afford it? ”

An old man with a gray beard hurriedly ran over, snatched the rope from the officer's hand, and pulled the buoy up with three or five strokes, ignoring the other party's loud scolding. He knelt at the water's edge and prostrated repeatedly.

Yang Xin walked over and scolded: "You old man is so rude, do you know who is in front of you?" ”

The old man stood up after kowtowing ten times in a row, and said with a stiff neck: "I don't care who you are, you can't offend the god of water." ”

Although Chen Dong and the others had a tough tone, they were all dressed in civilian clothes, and the old man really didn't mean to be afraid: "You guys are not allowed to leave, wait for us to prepare the sacrifices, and come over to make amends to the river god." ”

Chen Dong was angry with the old man, and was about to scold him, but when he changed his mind, he changed his words: "We didn't mean to offend the water god, so be it!" The old man will take us to the village to sit down first, and when you are ready, how about we come over to make amends to the water god? ”

"If you're sensible, come with me!" The old man led the way to the village with a tiger face.

Yang Xin was puzzled: "My lord, what do you want to ......?"

Chen Dong sneered: "Wujia Village is located in a remote area, and the people must be simple. It must have been fooled by the gods to believe in such a thing as the protection of the water god, and today the official will find out those liars and bring them to justice to set an example. ”

"My lord, this ...... That's not good! Yang Xin worried: "In case ......"

"What if?" Chen Dong said unhappily: "After a while, we will change into official uniforms, and they will dare to kill officials and rebel?" ”

"Yes, yes...... What the adult said was...... "Yang Xin saw that Shangguan was determined to eliminate harm for the people, so naturally he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only walk with Chen Dong to the village with his head down.

When they entered the village, it was Shen Shi, and it stands to reason that it should be time to cook dinner, but not only was there no cooking smoke in Wujia Village, not even a trace of human voices could be heard, and the whole village was so quiet that it was terrifying.

Chen Dong couldn't help but say, "Uncle, which water god are you worshipping?" It's Hebo or the Dragon King! ”

"Yes, Wu Zhiqi!" The old man closed his mouth after saying four words.

Yang Xin frowned and said: "Legend has it that Wu Zhiqi is shaped like an ape, with golden eyes and snow teeth, and is the god of Huaishui. There are many offerings in the Jianghuai generation. Do we still have people here who will sacrifice Wu Zhiqi? ”

"Not really." The old man said slowly: "A few decades ago, a Taoist priest invited Wu Zhiqi to the village, and we only started to worship. ”

"Husband, be careful that there is water on the ground......"

The old man didn't seem to hear Chen Dong's kind reminder, and stepped into the puddle on the ground.

Chen Dong shook his head helplessly, and was about to lift his feet to cross the water, but saw a row of human handprints printed under the old man's feet.

That's right, it's a mudra.

It's like someone who has dipped their hands in water and pressed them on the ground.

"Uncle, you ......"

Chen Dong was shocked, the old man's face was covered with a layer of dark yellow fluff at some point, and his two eyes faintly burst out with a golden light. With a row of snow-white teeth exposed, he smiled: "Isn't it strange? ”

More than a dozen people were so frightened that they took a few steps back, and when they tried to turn around, they saw that the surrounding area had become a mass grave overgrown with wild grass. The old man squatted on the grave like an ape, and sneered: "You want to get me out and bring me to justice?" Hey...... Leave your life to me! ”

The old man's arm suddenly swelled a few feet, and five fingers grabbed Chen Dong's chest like a blade. At the moment when his arm cut open Chen Dong's placket, a flash of fire suddenly erupted on Chen Dong's chest.

The golden flames instantly burned all over the old man's arm, and Chen Dong watched as the skin and flesh of the other party's whole body were like yellow paper that had not been completely burned out in an instant, floating up with sparks and ashes, and falling to the ground in a boiling manner. All that remained, a grinning skeleton that looked like a human and not a human, like a monkey and not a monkey, squatted on the grave, stretching out his arms straight.

"Run!" I don't know who shouted, and more than a dozen people didn't care about the southeast and northwest at that time, and ran away as if they were dead. After running a few miles down the mountain road, I came across a village.

Seeing the crowd, the group was relieved, Chen Dong wiped his sweat and asked the farmer at the entrance of the village, "Excuse me, what kind of place is this?" ”

"Wujia Village."

"Wujia Village!" Chen Dong was so frightened that he wanted to run again, but his legs couldn't move as if they were filled with lead.

The villager glared and said, "You didn't just meet a Wujia village downstream, did you?" ”

"How do you know?" Chen Dong only felt that his back was cold, and the hairs on his body stood up one by one.

"It's your fate!" The villager raised his thumb and said, "The place downstream is a water nest, and when the water rises, it is a river." When the water is shallow, a piece of ground is exposed. I heard from the elders that the water in that place was so evil that it swept all the people who drowned upstream into the nest. Just sink in the water like that, and it will inevitably become a water ghost over time, and come out to find a replacement for the dead ghost! Let me tell you, there have been a lot of people who have met that ** in the past few years,......"

"What nonsense!" Before the villagers finished speaking, they were interrupted by Li Zheng who came out of the village. This Li Zheng obviously knew Yang Xin, and took a few steps to kneel on the ground and kowtow and said, "The grass people meet Lord Yang." ”

"Get up!" Yang Xin didn't have the heart to set up the score now: "Hurry up and get some food for the official and prepare some hot water." We're going to take a break. I'm going to have to go tomorrow morning. ”

Chen Dong stayed in Wujia Village all night, but he couldn't sleep, and he always felt that the old man he saw during the day was squatting on the beam, looking at himself and sneering. As long as he closes his eyes. The old man's palm, like a monkey's paw, came down from above and dug into his chest.

Chen Dong just slept and woke up for a night, and before dawn, he got up and beckoned his subordinates to rush back to Jiangling.

After Liu Zhenhao listened, he frowned and said, "That's all? If that's all there is, it shouldn't be the ghosts looking for you. ”

Chen Dong said in a low voice: "After I came back, I immediately sent someone to eradicate the cemetery. ”

"What do you say? Why are you doing this? Liu Zhenhao said angrily: "In the past, you didn't believe that ghosts were excusable, but this time, you saw it with your own eyes, why do you still do that kind of reckless thing?" ”

"I'm scared!" Chen Dong said with a crying voice: "Since I came back, as soon as I close my eyes, I can see that old man and see that he wants to dig out my heart and liver. Only by destroying him will I be at ease. Who thought ......"

Chen Dong stroked his forehead and said, "Who would have thought that in that cemetery, not only piles of monkey bones were dug up...... Even if it's a monkey. There are also several dried corpses and a bronze statue of Wu Zhiqi. ”

Liu Zhenhao said solemnly: "Are you sure it's Wu Zhiqi?" ”

Chen Dong hurriedly replied: "Sure, I deliberately looked for the picture book to compare, and I can't be wrong." And also...... And ......"

"What else, say it in pieces." Liu Zhenhao asked.

Chen Dong swallowed his saliva and said, "Also, at that time, the prisoners of the prison were used to dig the grave. Afterward...... Then the prisoners died. When they died, they looked exactly like the corpses in the mud pool. ”

Liu Zhenhao handed over the teacup in his hand: "Calm down first, and speak slowly." ”

After drinking most of the cup of tea, Chen Dong said: "On the day of the theft of the vault, I saw a figure with four hands sitting on the box...... Could that be Wu Zhiqi's apparition? ”

"No!" Liu Zhenhao affirmed: "Wu Zhiqi is the god of Huaishui, he will not do this kind of thing of stealing the treasury, take a step back, if he really wants to punish you, the current Jiangling Mansion would have already become a country." Do you think God's wrath can be so simple and light-hearted? ”

"Is that a haunt of the spirit? Cousin, you must help me! Chen Dong seems to have found a life-saving straw. It's not that he doesn't know that Xie Bangui is also secretly arrested, but he just thinks that he is more capable of doing his best.

Liu Zhenhao comforted him for a few words and said, "It's still uncertain whether it is an unjust soul." Is the body you dug up still there? Take me to see it. ”

"It's gone, it's all thrown into the river!" Chen Dong's eyes suddenly lit up in annoyance: "The prisoner's body is still there, and the bronze elephant of Wu Zhiqi has not been thrown away." ”

Liu Zhenhao said: "Take me to see!" By the way, I will find a few people who participated in the digging of graves and are still alive, and I have something to ask them. ”