Chapter 4: Fish Scales
Seeing that Uncle Chen didn't want to take care of this matter, I didn't want to say anything, so I had to go home and rest.
As if stimulated, I closed my eyes and could see the huge red carp. Several times I woke up sweating profusely from nightmares.
I drank some water to calm my mind. Suddenly, I heard that the village seemed to be boiling, and it became very lively, and at the same time a sound of footsteps came from outside the gate.
I don't know what happened, I went to the ground. Several flashlight beams flickered in the doorway, and a knock came in.
I hurriedly dressed and walked to the gate, only to see Liu Yuancai standing there along with a dozen other villagers.
His face turned pale, and when he saw me, he asked directly, "Has Yuanshuang been to you?" ”
I rubbed my eyes and said, "Haven't been." ”
Liu Yuancai stared at me for a while, making sure that I wasn't lying, and then said to the person behind him, "Let's go to someone else's house to find it." ”
There is a rule in the village that no matter who has an accident, everyone must go to help. Although I hate the Liu family very much, I can't sit idly by.
I also came out of the courtyard and followed the crowd, looking for Liu Yuanshuang from house to house.
Liu Yuanshuang is not married and lives with his parents. Liu Dehai got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and found that Liu Yuanshuang's door was open. He glanced into the room and found that Liu Yuanshuang was gone.
Liu Dehai thought he had gone to the toilet, so he went to the toilet to look around, but he was not in the toilet.
Liu Dehai searched the entire yard, but he couldn't find him. Thinking of what had happened during the day, he was anxious to gather his sons, and they went their separate ways to look for them.
Knowing about this, more villagers joined in. The whole village was searched, but Liu Yuanshuang still didn't see anyone alive or dead.
Everyone gathered together at the head of the village, and they all talked and said anything. Suddenly, someone asked, "Will he go to the riverbank?" ”
Liu Dehai originally didn't believe in the red carp, but now that Liu Yuanshuang really had an accident, he couldn't help but believe it.
He said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the river beach and look for it!" ”
Liu Dehai led his four sons in front, and hundreds of villagers followed behind them. In the crowd, I didn't see Chen Bo and Cao Xi.
When I passed by Cao Xi's house, I found that her house was dark. There was a lot of movement outside, and it was impossible for Cao Xi not to hear it. It gave me the impression that there was no one in her dilapidated house.
I always remembered Uncle Chen's words, and followed the crowd without saying a word, so as not to get into trouble.
Countless flashlight beams pierced the dark night sky, and although there were many people present, no one spoke, only the sound of chaotic footsteps.
Everyone has a very bad premonition in their hearts, especially those who have eaten fish.
Although no one said it explicitly, it had pierced their hearts like a thorn, and they couldn't help but think in that direction.
Everyone stood on the embankment, the river had receded a lot, and a large area of the river beach was exposed. The river beach is very muddy, and a line of crooked footprints stretches deep into the river beach.
"He went to the river!" Liu Yuancai said.
Liu Dehai nodded with a calm face. The group came down from the embankment and followed the footprints all the way to the river.
The sound of the water became louder and louder, and in the distance, I saw a figure kneeling by the river, his face facing the direction of the river.
From behind, you can't see his appearance clearly. can be recognized by his figure, he is Liu Yuanshuang.
He was motionless, more like a tombstone. Liu Dehai sped up, and his heart also rose to his throat.
Everyone followed him and walked behind Liu Yuanshuang. Liu Dehai couldn't wait to walk up to him and asked, "Yuan Shuang, why did you get here?" ”
He asked several times in a row, but Liu Yuanshuang did not respond.
Liu Dehai shone a flashlight on his face, and when he saw his appearance clearly, his hands trembled with fright, and the flashlight fell to the ground all of a sudden, and he took several steps back, and sat on the ground with a bloodless face.
Everyone didn't know what was going on, and several flashlight beams shone on Liu Yuanshuang's face. Everyone exclaimed almost at the same time.
Liu Yuan's eyes were empty, only two black holes remained, and his eyeballs were gone.
Blood was running down his cheeks, and the ground was stained red with blood. There was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.
His face was facing the eye of the river, where they had caught the red carp.
Someone exclaimed, "The bride of the river god has come to take revenge!" Hearing his words, everyone stepped back with a loud bang.
Almost all of the people present had eaten fish, and although not all of them were red carp, they were also whole schools of fish. Everyone had a look of horror on their faces.
At this time, Liu Dehai had already stood up from the ground. He settled down, walked to Liu Yuanshuang's corpse, and tears kept flowing.
However, Liu Dehai is a character who has experienced strong winds and waves, and he is also a ruthless person. He wiped his tears vigorously and bent down.
Liu Yuan's hands were clenched tightly, his nails were inserted into the flesh, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were tensed. It was as if he was clutching something in his hands.
What everyone is even more puzzled about is who let Liu Yuanshuang come here, and who deducted his eyeballs alive.
Liu Dehai said to his son, "You hold him." ”
Several of his sons were also frightened. But when I heard my father's orders, I didn't dare not come.
They had to tremble and walk to the corpse, and the two of them held Liu Yuanshuang's corpse. Liu Dehai grabbed his hand tightly. With all his might, he tried to break his hand away.
It's just that Liu Yuanshuang's fists were clenched very tightly, and it wasn't until the two fingers were broken that Liu Dehai broke his palm.
Everyone was surprised to find that what was in Liu Yuan's hands was actually an eyeball!
Because he was pushing too hard, his eyeball was crushed, and the liquid inside flowed out.
Everyone knew very well that what he was holding in his other hand must be another eyeball.
Now everyone understands that it was no one else who deducted Liu Yuan's eyes, but himself!
The crowd ran towards the river embankment as if they had exploded, and in the end, only Liu Dehai and his son were left standing in front of the corpse.
Liu Dehai sighed and said, "Carry the body back, and then ask him Uncle Chen to see what's going on!" ”
Liu Yuanshuang's body had stiffened and remained in a kneeling position. The four brothers of the Liu family worked together and carried him home.
Liu Dehai personally went to invite Uncle Chen. Although Liu Dehai usually doesn't take Uncle Chen very seriously, when he encounters such a strange thing, the first thing he thinks of is Uncle Chen.
The courtyard of Liu's house was full of people, and everyone wanted to figure out what was going on. No one wants the same thing to happen to them.
Ten minutes later, Chen Bo, accompanied by Liu Dehai, walked in from outside the gate.
Uncle Chen has always kept a calm face, although he didn't want to participate in this matter, but Liu Dehai personally invited him, and he couldn't help but come.
After he entered the courtyard, he looked at the people present, and finally his eyes fell on my face, beckoned to me, and said, "Chao'er, you come to help me." ”
I nodded and stepped out of the crowd. Uncle Chen has the best relationship with me, and I treat him like a grandfather. When he needed help, he was the first to think of me.
I followed Uncle Chen into the house. As the first household in the village, the Liu family's house is also the most luxurious in the village.
Liu Yuanshuang's body was placed in the room where he lived. Her mother's eyes were swollen from crying, and when she saw Uncle Chen come in, she was helped to the next room.
The brothers of the Liu family stood beside the corpse with red eyes. Liu Yuanshuang's body was still kneeling on the bed, but he was wearing a brand new black old clothes.
Chen Bo walked up to the corpse and saw the thin scales on his face, and his brows furrowed.
Liu Yuan's mouth bulged slightly, as if he was holding something in his mouth. Uncle Chen said to me, "Chao'er, you help me break his mouth open!" ”
Looking at Liu Yuanshuang's iron-blue face, especially the two black hole eyes, my hairs stood up.
But I couldn't help but listen to Uncle Chen's words, so I reached out and pinched Liu Yuanshuang's mouth.
His lips were purple and tightly closed, and it took me a lot of effort to pinch his mouth open.
Everyone's eyes fell on his mouth. When he saw the contents clearly, even Uncle Chen's face was full of surprise.
It was a small bowl of fish scales!
The scales were blood-red, identical to the scales of the red carp they caught. The scales are unusually hard, like a block of glass.
No one knows how such a large piece of fish scales got into his mouth.
Chen Bo pondered for a while and said, "You really shouldn't have killed that carp and eaten it." ”
Everyone saw it with their own eyes, and no one dared to doubt it anymore, and their faces became very ugly.
Liu Dehai asked politely, "Things have happened." Brother Chen, what do you say you should do? ”
Before Uncle Chen could speak, suddenly Liu Yuanshuang's stomach made a gurgling sound, as if there was water flowing inside. At the same time, Liu Yuanshuang's belly also surged, as if something was about to come out of his stomach.
Now everyone was even more dumbfounded, and ran out of the room like a swarm. In the end, only Chen Bo and I were left standing in front of the corpse.
Chen Bo said in a deep voice, "You put the corpse down and let the contents crawl out on their own." ”
Although everyone was scared, they still stood in the doorway, craned their necks curiously, and looked into the room. Even the windows were full of people.
It would be false to say that I am not afraid, but with Uncle Chen on the side, I am much bolder.
I reached out and grabbed the corpse's neck and brought it down. Liu Yuanshuang's body stiffened, and when he collapsed on the bed, his legs still remained in a kneeling position, like a sculpture.
It took a lot of effort for him to get him face down, his head against the bed, and his body in an arc.
Uncle Chen kept staring at his stomach intently.
As the body was brought down, he watched as a bulge slid down his stomach and toward his neck.