At first, I thought I had misheard, and the river god could still kneel for me.

I ran out and found that it was Liu Qiang outside.

He was shirtless, with several bruises on his chest, as if he had been pinched by something.

There was also a wound on his forehead, and there was still blood on the wound, like kowtowing to the ground, and it was a new injury, which should have just been injured.

His face was full of anxiety, and when he saw me, he ran over and said hurriedly.

"Chen Ping'an, come with me!"

"Where are you going?"

Liu Qiang pulled me away, explaining as he walked: "The River Temple... Something happened to the river temple, the stone statue of the river god fell, and I knelt down for you, you hurry up and go, it's all messed up. ”

I almost died in the River Temple last night, and when I left, I only saw the stone statue crying, and nothing else.

On the way, Liu Qiangcai talked to me in detail.

Early this morning, they came back with the drunkards, and Mr. Liu did not go home immediately, but took them to the river temple to worship and thank the river god for his blessing.

When I went, I found that the river god statue had fallen to the ground, kneeling on the ground, and was still facing in the direction of my house.

The newly built river temple originally had a lot of people going to worship every day, and when such a big thing happened, it was naturally impossible to hide it, and the news spread quickly.

Those who knew the news had passed, knelt in front of the temple and kowtowed, begging the river god for forgiveness.

But no matter how much incense is burned, it cannot be lit.

As the saying goes, if the incense is not burned, it will not be consumed.

In other words, the river god is angry and does not receive people's incense, so he is likely to face disaster next.

Many people speculate that I did it, that I toppled the stone statue of the river god at night and blasphemed the river god.

And those who have seen Xiao Jiu's divine power say that Xiao Jiu is a god who descended to earth and suppressed the river god, and now the river god is admitting his mistake to me.

The two voices argued endlessly, and the scene was already a little uncontrollable.

When I followed to the temple, it was already full of people, even on the bridge of the Wenshui River, and almost all the surrounding villages.

Liu Qiang opened a way for me and dragged me into the temple.

There are many people outside, but there are not many people in the temple.

Only Mr. Liu and a few elders of high seniority were also kneeling there, with various offerings on the ground and incense burning.

As soon as I went, everyone looked at me.

Mr. Liu spoke first and asked, "Ping'an, where did you go last night?" ”

"After I escaped from Goolan and was chased by ghosts, I jumped into the Wenshui River and swam all the way here from the Wenshui River."

Speaking of this, I thought of one more thing, "By the way, I also found the body of Sun Blind under the Wenshui River Bridge, dragged him to this temple, and there was a corpse mutiny." ”

I looked around, but I didn't see the body lying here yesterday.

Mr. Liu frowned and asked suspiciously, "The blind man in your village is dead?" ”

"That's right." I nodded, "The corpse should be at the entrance of the temple." ”

Liu Qiang shook his head and said, "When we came, we didn't see any corpses. ”

"No?!"

I was also surprised, the corpse was gone at night, who would come here in the middle of the night, and who would move the corpse?

A more prestigious elder in the town looked at me and asked: "Chen Ping'an, it doesn't matter if the blind man dies or not, you said, you came here last night, and you did it to knock down the stone statue of the river god?" ”

I shook my head, "I didn't do it, it came back to life last night and almost killed me." ”

In order to prevent them from believing it, I also looked at Mr. Liu and added: "Just like the night when the river god ordered the soldiers, the stone statue came to life." ”

If you say this to ordinary people, you will definitely not believe it, but here are all knowledgeable people, although they doubt, but they dare not believe it completely.

"So how did you deal with it? If the river god really manifests his spirit, he still doesn't want your life? Mr. Liu asked again.

I replied, "It almost drained my soul, and at last I don't know what happened, and tears began to flow from my eyes, tears like blood, and when I left, there were still many tears from it on the ground." ”

After listening to my words, others didn't react, but Mr. Liu panicked.

"The river god weeps blood!"

He let out a loud cry and collapsed to the ground in fright.

The other elders present looked at him suspiciously, and asked in a deep voice: "Elder Liu, what is the river god's crying blood, could it be that the river god is shedding blood and tears in pain?" ”

As soon as I heard this explanation, I cursed nonsense in my heart.

According to the situation at that time, this river god should have been angry and wanted to kill me, where did the pain come from, or the pain of blood and tears, it was just nonsense.

But I can't say this, I can only wait for Mr. Liu's explanation.

Mr. Liu glanced at me, then looked at the stone statue of the river god, and said in a deep voice: "The river god cries blood, not the river god sheds blood, but a long-lost method in our vein of collecting corpses, I have only heard of it, and I have never really seen it, legend... You can see this method... Only the dead. ”

At this point, he looked at me differently.

I felt right and asked, "Means?" What kind of means? ”

"The river god's crying of blood is a method of scooping up corpses that makes the river gods cry in grief and tears, and it is also a forbidden technique, which cannot be used unless there are special circumstances."

"It's not just one or two corpses, it's a crowd of corpses, especially those with grievances. It is necessary to use a stone statue of the river god to be worshipped, and at the cost of the stone statue, it is a special secret method to make the corpses follow the blood and tears shed by the river god to get out of the water by themselves, so as not to destroy the whole river. ”

"Before doing this again, it is said that it is necessary to invite a master to the river to explain the situation to the river god, and then perform another 7749 days of worship, so as not to provoke the anger of the river god. After this method, the statue of the river god will be destroyed, and then a more solemn statue will be invited to worship it, so as to dispel the anger of the river god. ”

"As far as I know, only one person has practiced this law in the Republic of China period in hundreds of years, and it was also in the Yellow River Basin, when a group of college students were secretly mutilated, in order to prevent public anger, someone secretly threw the body in the river, trying to hide people's eyes, but there was an accident in the river, and at that time there were too many corpses, and the grievances were heavy, and the corpse collectors did not dare to go into the water to salvage, and a corpse wizard did this taboo method."

"I heard that night, the Yellow River roared, wind and rain, a century-old statue of the river god was destroyed, more than 100 corpses came out of the river, and the genius who fished out the corpse also unfortunately died young, he used his own life to fish out the corpse and keep the party peaceful."

We quietly listened to Mr. Liu talk about the past, and from his expression, we could also see that he was full of awe for that genius.

It's like a child's admiration for a hero.

There was silence in the temple for a while, and then I calmed down and opened my mouth to break the silence.

"The river god's crying of blood is a method of scooping up corpses, but there are no corpses in this place, besides, who can have the ability to use such a forbidden method?"

Old Mr. Liu is the most famous corpse digger here, and he probably can't perform such a secret method.

"I don't know who used this forbidden method, but since it is the river god statue of Wenshui River crying blood, it must have something to do with Wenshui River, if you don't check and deal with it clearly, I'm afraid there will be a big disaster."

With that, he looked at the elders present.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter is urgent, and I ask you to do what I say, so that you may not suffer disaster."

What Mr. Liu said was terrifying, and only he knew this, so everyone present nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Liu Lao ordered."

"Yes."

……

Mr. Liu continued: "When you go back, immediately find two groups of people, go down the Wenshui River and look for them, and see if there are any corpses or anything. In addition, find someone to use a large net to salvage by the river to see if there are any corpses. Keep in mind, though, that you should never go into the water, as it may be dangerous. ”

"If you have any news, just come and tell me."

A few elders agreed, and quickly got up and left.

Liu Qiang also went out, called his brothers, and prepared to go into the water to take a look and see what was going on in the water.

Soon, only Mr. Liu and I were left in the temple.

After a moment of silence, he said to me, "Baby, I originally wanted you to be a corpse digger, but now you can't. ”

"Huh?" I was stunned for a moment, "I know, if I can't do it, I won't do it." ”

In fact, I didn't want to be a corpse digger in the first place.

He suddenly said again: "Do you know that I still haven't said a few words about the river god's crying blood just now, because I'm afraid that if I say it, they will panic." ”

"What?" I asked subconsciously.

After asking, Mr. Liu didn't talk, and the temple was quieter, but I felt that I was too talkative.

"It doesn't hurt for me to tell you, because it was because of you."

Mr. Liu said in a deep voice, the vicissitudes of life that he had never seen before.

"The river god wept blood, the statue was destroyed, and the river god in this river may have suffered an accident, otherwise even the most clever corpse digger would not be able to use this forbidden method."

I was stunned and asked, "Didn't you just say that there was a wizard who used it?" ”

"That wizard has been used, but it is only used when the time and place are right and the three gather, before he used this method again, there was a wandering Jiao in that river basin, and he took advantage of the loophole when the river god forced him to retreat."

"Walking Jiao?" I groaned.

Mr. Liu sighed: "I won't tell you in detail about Walking Jiao, anyway, it is equivalent to the river god is not at home, he took the opportunity to succeed, it is said that his death was also taken by the river god." ”

"Oooh." I answered, but I didn't react to the point that Mr. Liu wanted to express.

Later, he said again: "Now that our Wenshui River has a river god crying blood, there may be a corpse digger who is making trouble in secret, but the most important thing is that the river god in our river may have a problem." ”

"You have no reverence for the river god, and you may even be glad that something happened to it, but baby, let me tell you, if something happens to the river god, it is not a good thing for us, so I want to ask you now, and you must answer me truthfully."

"What is the origin of the woman who appeared that night, and the accident of the river god in the Wenshui River should have something to do with her, right?"