Chapter Twenty-Four: The Mass Grave Monster
The next morning, I looked at my phone, and the time on my phone was 6:30, and the bus station should be open at this time. Then I quickly got dressed and washed up and came to the station.
After four hours of bumpy driving, we finally arrived in town on our doorstep. After getting out of the car, I looked at this familiar town and took a few long breaths of the air of my hometown.
Suddenly, I felt that someone had been patted on the back, and I hurriedly turned my head to see that it was the old Zhang Tou from the same village.
I smiled and handed him a cigarette, and Lao Zhangtou took the cigarette and said with a smile: "Boss Wang is back?" I haven't seen you for a few years, and it's a lot darker! I nodded, "Yes!" Working on the construction site every day, it's no wonder it's not dark! Are you playing cards in town? β
Lao Zhangtou took out a lighter and lit a cigarette, then sighed: "Alas! What kind of cards are you playing! Isn't this a room in this hotel! The whole family moved in. β
I looked at Lao Zhangtou curiously: "The whole family has moved out, is your house being renovated?" Lao Zhangtou shook his head: "What kind of decoration!" Now that the monster is making a fuss, almost everyone in the village has moved out, and you don't see, all the hotels in this town are full. β
I was puzzled and asked, "Why did you move out of here?" You say there are monsters in the village? What kind of monster is it? Didn't you go and invite my Master? β
Lao Zhangtou lowered his voice: "That monster is too fierce, I'm afraid that your master can't subdue that monster, and now you can only hide in that Taoist temple every day." β
I took Lao Zhangtou into a teahouse next to me, and then ordered a pot of dragon wells. Lao Zhangtou waved his hand: "You Yu! You don't have to be so polite. It's true. β
I poured him a cup of tea and smiled, "Why don't you tell me about that monster!" Maybe I can subdue it so you can move back to the village. β
Old Zhang looked at me, then nodded: "Okay! Since you want to hear it, then I'll tell you about it! After speaking, he picked up the teacup in front of him and blew it, and then drank it all. Putting the empty teacup on the table, he said:
"Here's the thing, a month ago, the second fool in our village went up the mountain to herd cattle, and he didn't come back when it was dark, and he usually came back at five or six o'clock to herd cattle. He didn't come back until 10 p.m. that day, and at first his parents thought they had gone somewhere to play. But if people go outside to play, the cows will always come back on their own, right? Unexpectedly, the cow did not come back.
The parents of the second fool were very anxious, and then called several villagers to go to the back mountain to look for them, but they couldn't find them all night. At that time, we all thought that the second fool had gone too far to herd the cattle, and we didn't pay attention to it at the time, but just comforted the second fool's parents and then went home. Unexpectedly, a few days later, someone had another accidentγγγγγγ I hurriedly asked, "Who is missing again?" β
The old man gave me a blank look: "Don't interrupt!" Hear me out first! I nodded and smiled: "Mmmm, I'm sorry, you go on." Old Zhang Tou handed me a cigarette and began to speak again:
"A few days after the second fool's accident, the carpenter Liu next door to my house also had an accident. He went out to repair furniture for his relatives in the next village that day, and he could have come back in the afternoon, but he didn't expect his wife to wait until midnight and didn't see Carpenter Liu come back, so he called his relatives to ask. His relatives said that Carpenter Liu came back after eating at noon. Then his wife called several people to look for it, and searched for three whole days in the forest behind the mountain. Finally, the unconscious Carpenter Liu was found in the mass grave in the back mountain, but it was useless to find it. Because Carpenter Liu has gone crazy. β
I was taken aback: "What? Lose your marbles? He's always been bold! Usually it's okay to walk around that mass grave alone in the middle of the night, why is he unconscious this time? Still crazy? β
Lao Zhangtou shook his head: "No one knows what's going on with this, but then more and more people have accidents, either missing or crazy." Later, it was rumored that there was a monster in the back mountain, and some people had seen the monster with their own eyes. I've seen it that time, but I'm running fast, otherwise I wouldn't have been sitting here talking to you, alas! β
When I heard this, I immediately became interested: "Oh? Have you seen that monster too? Tell me what that monster looks like."
Lao Zhangtou trembled and took out his mobile phone, found a vague photo and handed it to me: "You Yu, look." This is the monster, but it wasn't filmed. What the hell is this? β
I picked up the mobile phone handed over by Lao Zhangtou and looked at it carefully, because the light was not very good, and I didn't take a clear picture. I only saw that the photo was a humanoid monster with long hair. I handed my phone to Lao Zhangtou: "You didn't take this photo clearly, and I don't know what it is." Let's talk about your experience! β
Lao Zhangtou put his mobile phone in his pocket and said, "That afternoon, my dog disappeared. You also know that your Aunt Zhang loves dogs like life. So the task of finding the dog fell on my shoulders. I went out with a hatchet and a flashlight. I searched all over the back mountain, but I couldn't find my dog. Later, I wondered if the dog had chased the rabbit to the mass grave. So I walked towards the mass grave again, and it was already getting dark, but luckily I had a flashlight, so I quickly arrived at the mass grave.
I was about to look for the dog in the mass grave, when I suddenly noticed the grass next to me moving, and the sound of gnawing bones from time to time sounded. I thought the dog had caught some prey and was hiding in the grass to eat, so I walked over and prepared to take the dog home. Unexpectedly, when a few meters away from the grass, a monster with long hair came out of the grass. The monster had a bloodied face and a half-dog corpse in its hand, and was standing there looking at me viciously, and I immediately recognized the half-dog corpse as my dog.
Then the monster raised half of the dog in his hand and threw it at me, I turned around and ran, the monster chased after me, and my shoes ran away, but I didn't dare to stop. I ran all the way to the entrance of the village, and I really couldn't run. The monster was about to catch up with me, but luckily a big truck passed by. The lights on the truck scared the monster into the grass and disappeared, and then I rode the truck home.
After I got home, I was sick for several days, and the high fever did not go away, and the injections and medicines did not work. No, my health is better, so I moved my family to the hotel owned by my nephew in town. Later, more and more people had accidents in the village, so the others also moved away, and now only your master and a few brave young people are still living in the village, but I guess they will move out soon. β
Listening to Lao Zhangtou say this, I fell into deep thought: what kind of monster is that?
Lao Zhangtou looked at his phone and said, "What's that, Youyu!" There are monsters in the village, and it's dangerous to go back. Otherwise, you might as well stay in the town first! Besides, it's not too early. Your Aunt Zhang is still waiting for me to go back for dinner! I shook my head: "It's okay, you go back first!" I'm going to go back and see Master, and then I'll go to the mass grave in the back mountain to see what kind of monster it is. β
When Lao Zhangtou saw that I insisted on going back to the village, he sighed and turned around and left the teahouse. I packed my backpack and walked to the village, hoping to reach Master's Taoist temple before the sun went down.