Chapter 8: The Upside-Down Corpse

Because of the weakness of being a thief, I didn't take a closer look at the lamp, and when I saw that Li Lin hadn't come yet, I took out the jade lamp and looked at it carefully.

The jade lamp is about the same size as the palm of my hand, with a bottom bracket underneath that I can hold with my hand. The jade surface of the whole lamp is smooth without any carvings. Placed under the sun, the color of jade is not pure green, slightly biased to color.

Let's not talk about whether it has the effect of guarding the yin, the shape alone is a bit lovely.

It's just that its wick is also made of jade, and I don't know if it can be lit with lamp oil.

I played with the jade lantern for a while, and then Li Lin came sweating profusely, carrying a big bag around his waist. When he saw me, he said, "Brother Ding Ning, I played big this time, and I stole all my father's yin sawdust." I don't think we'll go home tomorrow and go straight to school! ”

I pinched it, and his bag was full of sawdust, and it looked like it weighed several kilograms. Some speechless said: "Are you stupid, so many sawdust, you can't find out if you take a little bit, and now that you take it all out, you will inevitably take a beating." ”

Li Lin looked remorseful and helpless, and said with a sad face: "I think so too, but as soon as I found the small bag, my father came back, and when I was in a hurry, even the big bag was carried out." ”

I saw that he was in a bigger trouble than me, and I didn't know why I was not so worried about myself anymore, and I comforted him a few words and gave him a sweet potato.

The two chased and fought on the road, and as soon as they left the village, they forgot about stealing.

When we returned to Shimizu Village, it was just noon. The sun was on the head, and before I entered the village, I saw a lot of people gathered under the old locust tree.

When he got closer, he found that the crowd seemed to be watching something, and from time to time someone was pointing and pointing, and Chen Xue was also mixed in the crowd.

As soon as Li Lin and I went over, relying on the small number of people, we quickly squeezed in.

When I looked inside, I saw a man standing straight in the middle with his head and feet.

Li Lin and I thought that someone was playing acrobatics and was about to clap our hands, but we saw that the person's face was black and swollen like a leather ball.

It's just that there is no support around the corpse, so it is hard and upright, and it looks evil.

The surrounding villagers were talking, and they couldn't hear what they were saying.

At this time, Li Lin quietly pulled me and asked, "Brother Ding Ning, is the big gentleman invited by Liu Guozhu white-haired and blue-dressed?" ”

I swallowed my saliva, and I recognized it, and the dead man standing in front of me seemed to be that Mr. Zhang Da.

It's just that he didn't leave overnight the night before, how could he run more than ten miles and die in Qingshui Village? And this death is also indescribably strange.

I tiptoed to find Chen Xue, who had been in the village this morning and must have known what was going on.

As soon as Li Lin and I squeezed the people behind us, we immediately attracted attention, and I didn't know who recognized me, so I cried out and said, "Oh, isn't this the child of the Ding family in Niuxin Village?"

Hoo!

The villagers all dodged away. Let go of a circle, as if watching the corpse, only Li Lin and I stood inside, and the scene was a little awkward.

At this time, Zhang Si's voice came from outside: "It's all shining, it's noon, what should I do." Get out of the way! Let Mr. Big in. ”

As soon as they heard that Mr. Big was coming, the villagers were willing to disperse, just let out a way, and they all waited to see the excitement.

Zhang Si wiped the beads of sweat on his head, and came in with a fat man in his early twenties.

The fat man's face was round like a ball, with a pair of provocative ears, and a pair of small eyes, which he didn't look like Mr. Big.

Zhang Si's face was full of anxiety at this time, and he originally went straight to the corpse, but when he saw me, his face became unfriendly, and he beckoned a villager to come over and said, "Fan Laosan, you hurry up and find someone to join you and send these two little babies back to Niuxin Village!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Si muttered: "This little rabbit cub is really fucking unlucky, and something will happen as soon as he comes to the village." ”

I looked ugly at him, this old thing, a dead person in the village, has something to do with me!

I originally wanted to tell him that this dead body was Mr. Liu Guozhu's family, but now that he is like this, I don't bother to say it.

Zhang Si was annoyed, and there was chatter around him, so he turned around and scolded the crowd: "It's all fucking arguing, and if you don't come to someone to help, you will level the corpse for me." I don't know where death came from, so I don't have to run to the village to die. ”

Seeing that no one moved, Zhang Si raised his voice again and shouted: "Don't fucking move, it's so difficult to wait for the sun to set?"

Zhang Si said that the sun was setting as if it was magical, and more than a dozen villagers immediately stood up. The rest of the villagers suddenly lost their mood and were worried.

This makes me wonder, what happens when the sun goes down?

However, when a few villagers passed, they were stopped by the fat man. At this time, the fat man squatted on the ground with his crotch crossed, looked at the corpse's face, and turned back and asked, "Village chief, did this person drink the water outside the village by mistake?"

"Look at this dead look, I'm afraid yes! I have already informed the village, but the official will not come until tomorrow, and this dead man will have an accident until the evening! ”

Zhang Si was a little anxious, and when he turned around, he saw that Fan San was standing still, and kicked Fan San on the leg and shouted, "You still have to beg!"

Fan San hurriedly came to arrest me and Li Lin, but at this time, Chen Xue squeezed out of the crowd and protected me and Li Lin behind him.

When Zhang Siyi looked at it, his eyebrows were twisted.

Adults and children in the countryside are not active in studying, but they still respect the profession of teacher, after all, there are not many cultural people who are willing to teach in the mountains. Zhang Si didn't speak so roughly, and said in a different tone: "Teacher Chen, you have seen everything in your eyes, the home visit should be slowed down first, you hurry up and take these two little ancestors back!" Tomorrow I'll come to the door myself and let the cubs go back to school. ”

Chen Xue probably found something, puffed out her chest and said, "Village Chief Zhang, everyone in the village is here, you call all the children out, let me see!" ”

"My aunt, didn't I say it, their home is far away, you see, I have the strength to shout now!" Zhang Siyi slapped his thigh, looking very helpless.

Chen Xue's tone suddenly became tough and said: "Village chief, don't fool people, I've seen it all this morning, your village is relatively concentrated, and I walked around, but I didn't see a single child in the village!" ”

Chen Xue's reminder, I reacted, since I entered the village, I really haven't seen a child.

And she is right, there is a living well in Qingshui Village, and the people who live in it are relatively concentrated, and maybe the child's parents are in the crowd.

was questioned by Chen Xue, Zhang Si didn't explain, and gave Fan San a look, and Fan San immediately beckoned someone to arrest me.

There were several villagers, Chen Xue couldn't stop it at all, Zhang Si twisted her head again and pretended not to see it, so angry that she stomped her feet.

Seeing that I was about to be arrested, I hurriedly shouted: "I can tell you in advance, you all know about my family, my second uncle said that whoever touches me will be unlucky!" ”

The countrymen are superstitious, and when I shouted, Fan San's hand on my shoulder swooped back.

Zhang Si's face turned blue with anger, glared at Fan San, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to catch me with his own hands.

At this time, the fat man who was squatting on the ground stood up with his trouser leg and said, "Village chief, I see that these two children are quite clever, stay and give me a helper, and the rest of the people, you let them go back first!" ”

Under the traditional thinking, Mr. Big's status is much higher than that of a teacher. However, when Zhang Siyi heard this, he was still embarrassed and said: "Mr. Big, you may not know it for the first time, this kid ......."

"Alright, you scattered the people. I know Ding Shilong. The fat man waved his hand in annoyance.

Ding Shilong is my second uncle, do you know the fat man?

Zhang Siyi was a little in a dilemma when he heard that he invited the eldest gentleman and my second uncle, but soon turned around and began to yell at the villagers.

In a village, the power of the village chief is still very large, Zhang Siyi is serious, and the onlookers quickly dispersed.

Chen Xue didn't know whether she was worried about the students or thinking about something else, so she stood aside a little worriedly.

But as soon as the person left, the fat man suddenly said: "Village chief, this person died a little strangely, I'm afraid it's a murder!" ”

As soon as the fat man said this, I felt that he must have no ability, and he died like this, isn't it strange?

When Zhang Siyi heard that it might be a murder, his expression suddenly became solemn. And I thought of Grandma Liu and Uncle Liu for the first time, but they themselves are dead, and they will harm others?

When I was struggling with whether to say it, Zhang Si had already thought of a countermeasure and said to the fat man: "If it is really a murder, you can only wait for someone from the township, but Mr. Big, this corpse still needs to be disposed of by you, and it must be moved to the well room tonight!" Our place is full of yin qi, and at night it will be a corpse! ”

The fat man had thick legs and narrow trousers, squatted down again with his trouser legs, reached out and pinched the chin of Mr. Zhang's corpse, hooked his fingers in the corpse's mouth, and took out a yellow charm from it.

Before he could withdraw his hand, the corpse fell straight down.

The fat man took the yellow talisman, squinted his small eyes, and said, "This is a staminal talisman, which was obviously stuffed into it after death." The spirit is frozen, and the dead stand on its own. It's just that he can't have a talisman in his mouth before he dies, it's likely to be a homicide! Village chief, where is the well house? Let's get the body over first. ”

When Zhang Si mentioned the well room just now, he squinted at Chen Xue several times. Now that Wang Fatzi asked, he hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Mr. Big, you wait first, I'll send Teacher Chen back to the team, and then bring a few people over to help." ”

The fat man stood up and said, "Don't waste time, I'm just passing by, I was entrusted by Qi Lao Dao to come and take a look, there is something to do in the afternoon, you come and take a hand, and send the body to the well room first." I'll come and see it the day after tomorrow! ”

Zhang Sizhi fell, he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it again when he came to his mouth, rolled up his sleeves and moved the dead body's feet.

There is a well in Qingshui Village, because it is precious, it is sealed with stones all around, and only one door is left.

The area of the stone house is more than 30 square meters, which is relatively large. The humidity of the ancient well is heavy and cannot be dispersed, and after a long time, the stone wall is covered with moss, and it is somewhat gloomy.

Li Lin was a little puzzled and asked the village chief: "The ancient well is a place for draft, why do you still use it to stop the mortuary?" ”

Zhang Si didn't have a good impression of me and Li Lin, and said with a bad attitude: "What do you little dolls know, don't ask questions." Seeing that he arrived at the door of the well room, Zhang Si suddenly stopped and asked Chen Xue, me and Li Lin to wait outside.

Chen Xue didn't say anything this time, and took me and Lin Ling to wait outside.

As soon as the door of the well room opened, a cold air rushed out. Because it was closed, the light inside was not good in broad daylight, so he and the fat man carried the corpse in, and they had to close the door when they turned around.

At this moment, Chen Xue suddenly rushed up with an arrow step and pushed the door shut.

Zhang Si panicked all of a sudden, holding the corpse's trouser leg in one hand and blocking the door with the other. Li Lin and I saw it, hurriedly went up to help, and rushed the door open.

The moment the door opened, Chen Xue and we were all stunned, only to see more than a dozen children crowded in the corner of the well room by the door.