Looking at their backs, Uncle Chen shook his head silently, the development of things was beyond his control.

The people present were even more frightened to death, and they all sat honestly on the benches in the mourning shed. Uncle Chen has become the backbone of everyone, and with Uncle Chen here, they are somewhat more down-to-earth.

After more than half an hour, with the sound of footsteps, the people who went to find Liu Yuancai came back one after another, but they didn't find Liu Yuancai at all.

After more than 20 minutes, Liu Dehai also led people back, but they didn't find anyone. Liu Yuancai didn't see anyone alive or dead, as if he had evaporated.

Now everyone has no idea, and I suddenly thought that Liu Yuanshuang had been to the River Temple before he died. Could it be that Liu Yuancai also went there?

I told Uncle Chen about this idea. Chen Bo asked Liu Dehai. "Have you been to the River Temple?"

After his reminder, Liu Dehai patted his thigh and said, "We have searched all the places, but we have never been to the River Temple." Go to the River Temple and find it! ”

For the villagers, the river temple is the weirdest place in the village, and no one wants to go there in the middle of the night. In particular, the fatal fish bones are still in the Tanah Lot Temple.

Liu Dehai finally gathered more than a dozen people, and this time he had to follow Uncle Chen, because he was very bottomless.

Uncle Chen and I were in front of the crowd and walked directly in the direction of the River Temple.

The candles in the temple have not been extinguished, and when you look from the outside, you can see the candlelight flickering.

Suddenly, I saw a long figure flickering in the window. is very different from the figure of ordinary people, he is hunched up, more like a camel.

I gently pulled down Uncle Chen's shirt and said to him, "There seems to be someone in the temple." ”

Hearing my words, Uncle Chen did not speak, but stopped, then took out his cigarette and lit it, and took several puffs in a row.

Uncle Chen rarely smokes, and only when he is nervous, he smokes to calm his mind.

Seeing that Uncle Chen stopped, everyone also stopped. Uncle Chen took a deep breath and said to me, "Let's go in!" ”

The temple door was tightly closed, and Uncle Chen stretched out his hand to push the door open, and then stepped in.

As soon as I entered, I smelled a strong fishy smell, which was the smell of fish bones.

At the same time, I seemed to hear the snapping sound of the fish's tail slapping against the surface of the water, but Uncle Chen acted as if he hadn't heard anything.

We turned on our flashlights and searched around the temple, but we didn't see a single figure.

Uncle Chen asked me in a low voice, "You may be too nervous to be dazzled, right?" ”

I knew that I would definitely not be dazzled, because I could clearly see a figure flashing by the window, but I didn't explain it to Uncle Chen.

We walked towards the offering table. The incense in the incense burner has been burned, and the fish bones are still in the bamboo basket, and there is no change at all.

Everyone was more concerned about the black carp. According to Chen Bo, if it dies, then there is no room for recovery.

Everyone's eyes fell on the iron basin, and the black carp was still half-dead on the water.

As the crowd approached, it swung its tail and sank to the bottom of the basin. Seeing that it was still alive, everyone was relieved.

My eyes fell on the offering table, and suddenly I noticed that next to the incense burner, there were two round eyes!

There were still bloodshot eyes, and it didn't seem to have been put on for long.

At the same time, Chen Bo and Liu Dehai also saw them. Liu Dehai almost sat on the ground all of a sudden.

Only Liu Yuancai is missing in the village, and these two eyeballs are most likely his.

Liu Dehai's hands trembled, picked up the two eyeballs, and said in his mouth, "Didn't our Liu family just kill a carp?" Why punish us like this? ”

He looked up at the statue of the river god and continued, "We have been providing for you for so many years. Now that there is a great disaster in the village, should you turn a blind eye? ”

Liu Dehai was about to be driven crazy, he naturally regretted it, but there was no regret medicine in this world at all, so he sprinkled his anger on the statue of the river god.

Everyone stood aside and sighed, and they all looked at the statue.

At this moment, with a click, one of the statue's arms shook a few times, and suddenly fell down, smashed to the ground, and was shattered, and the stones flew around.

No one could have imagined that Liu Dehai just complained a few words, and one of the arms of the river god statue fell off.

Liu Dehai frowned and hid to the side. What has happened in the past few days is hard for him to accept.

Someone helped him and said, "Uncle Liu, maybe those two eyeballs are not Yuancai's." Let's look elsewhere. ”

Liu Dehai turned his head and followed everyone out.

There is a cement base more than one meter high under the statue, and because of the age, the ground is somewhat cracked, and a crack more than a finger wide appears.

I noticed that there were a few clear grooves in the cracks, and they were the same as those on the statues, as if they had been scratched by someone with their bare hands. Again, there was some blood on the groove.

Chen Bo also saw it, he walked over, squatted down, looked at the crack carefully, and put his finger inside.

He struggled, as if he was holding something between his fingers.

The others followed. It took a lot of effort for Uncle Chen to retract his hand from the crack.

Everyone was surprised to find that in the center of his two fingers, there was a broken finger. It was an index finger, broken from the roots.

The fingertips of the fingers were smoothed, and even the bones were exposed. Obviously, the grooves on the ground were left by the owner of the severed finger.

The other party used a lot of force and broke one of his fingers.

Liu Dehai asked puzzledly, "Whose finger is this?" ”

Uncle Chen shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. There are so many people in the village, who knows whose it is? ”

He also noticed the scratches left on the statue, and said in a deep voice, "Someone seems to be interested in what is underneath the statue." ”

I heard my grandfather say that when he fished out an iron box from the Liao River, he buried the iron box under the statue when building the river temple. Could it be that the other party is running for it?

But the floor of the river temple is paved with cement, which is extremely hard, and it is not so easy to dig the ground.

Uncle Chen frowned and looked at the severed finger in his hand, pondered for a while, and said, "Don't worry about this matter." Let's deal with Yuan Shuang's afterlife first. ”

Liu Dehai nodded, and everyone came out of the river temple and walked towards the village.

At this time, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning. According to the agreement, Liu Yuanshuang's funeral will be held at eight o'clock in the morning, and there is still some time.

Liu Dehai said, "Everyone is tired for half a night, let's go back and rest for a while." ”

Hearing his words, the villagers couldn't wait to run home.

When I returned to the ruined temple with Uncle Chen, I didn't feel sleepy at all, and what happened during the day slid past me like a movie.

I asked Uncle Chen, "What exactly is in the iron box?" Why would anyone be interested in it? ”

Uncle Chen said, "Not many people know about this, maybe your grandfather told your grandfather before he died." Since your grandfather didn't tell you, he didn't want you to get involved in it. That's one of the reasons why he won't let you go into the water. For you, your grandfather is well-intentioned! ”