At that time, the three of them all saw the water snake with a human face, but Li He was so frightened that he fainted on the spot, in fact, it was not that he was timid.

At noon the day before he went down to the river to fish, he parked his boat next to the nearest pontoon bridge near Laomiao Village, wanting to go ashore to buy something. At that time, there was an old man fishing on the side of the pontoon, who looked to be seventy or eighty years old, and sat on the edge of the pontoon bridge in good spirits.

There are many people who like to fish in these years, and anglers can often be seen on both sides of the Yellow River.

But just half way through, the old man suddenly spoke: "You are from Laomiao Village, right?" ”

Hearing the old man's question, Li He reflexively stopped, turned to look at him, and replied casually, "Yes!" ”

"I want to advise you, I don't know if you can listen to it!"

Li He felt inexplicable, but he still patiently let the old man finish his words.

"Tomorrow night, you must not go down to the river, because the sons of the Dragon King of the Yellow River will patrol the river this night."

Hearing this, Li He was even more confused, and he was still very disdainful in his heart, thinking that he had been working on the Yellow River for more than 30 years, and he had never heard of the Dragon King of the Yellow River, but the Dragon King of the East China Sea had heard of it, and it was in "Journey to the West".

The old man saw that Li He didn't believe him, so he continued: "That's it! It's not impossible to get out of the river, but you must remember that no matter what you see that night, don't make a fuss and ...... And if you catch a very strange fish, you should quickly release it back into the river, and you have to kowtow three times respectfully. ”

If he hadn't seen the old man's serious appearance, Li He might have to laugh, he lived so big, the first time he heard of such an evil thing, and the Dragon King of the Yellow River? He also has a bunch of sons? What's even funnier is that you have to release the fish you caught? Just put it away, you have to kowtow three times?

Li He said in his heart: Since his father died ten years ago, Lao Tzu has never knelt, how can he kneel for the fish!

Li He casually agreed, and then walked forward, just took two steps, although he didn't believe the old man's words at all, but his heart was still full of curiosity, so he turned around again and asked the old man: "What kind of strange fish are you talking about?" ”

The old man smiled slightly, and replied, "They have the body of a snake and the face of a man!" ”

At this time, Li He finally couldn't hold back anymore, turned around and laughed.

Li He had really heard of a monster with the body of a snake, but that was the Nuwa of my country's myths and legends.

Li He thought as he walked: Maybe this old guy is too old and a little mentally abnormal, and everyone will say such things when he sees him.

He didn't take this matter to heart, and when he bought it back, the old man was gone.

When Li He saw the face in the bucket, he instantly remembered the old man's words, wasn't the Yellow River eel in front of him exactly the same as what he said? The body of a serpent, the face of a man......

After Li He fainted, he was quickly sent to the hospital, and the first thing he said when he woke up was "Hurry up and send the dragon king's son to the river......

The doctor thought he was frightened, and even his daughter felt that there was something wrong with her father's mind, so she just casually told him to "let it go!" It's been put back into the river! ”

When Li He said this, he asked us again: "Did the son of the dragon king really put it back into the river?" ”

A few of us looked at each other, but nodded.

Immediately at the hospital, Zhang Kailong asked me: "Xiao Zhen, do you think it's a coincidence?" ”

"What coincidence?" I didn't understand what Zhang Kailong meant, so I asked him hurriedly.

"Hao Xiaoyu was rescued by an old man, and Li He also met an old man, and they were all on the same pontoon, and they were all fishing!"

It dawned on me that it was still ah! Could it be the same old man?

"Let's go to the pontoon! Even if half of these two things are true, then this old man is not simple! Maybe he knows something! ”

This pontoon bridge is not far from Laomiao Village, and it can be regarded as a common use of dozens of villages on both sides of this area! We quickly arrived at the pontoon bridge and stopped to see if there was an old man fishing on the bridge.

Maybe it's because it's close to noon! There are two fishers on each side of the pontoon, but they are both young people, who look like they are working in the city, and they have come here for vacation.

Seeing that there was no old man, Zhang Kailong walked to the pontoon toll station.

Here I need to briefly explain that this pontoon bridge is not completely free, small vehicles such as bicycles, electric vehicles, motorcycles have special passages, and do not need to pay fees, but larger motor vehicles want to cross the river, they have to pay.

On duty at the toll booth was a young man, looking tired in his early twenties.

The work of the pontoon toll collector is extremely simple and monotonous, there is no technical content at all, and it only needs to "collect money and open the pole", which is purely mechanical.

Seeing the three of us coming, the young man widened his eyes slightly, and let out a low voice from his throat: "Is there something wrong!" ”

"Hello! I'm Captain Zhang Kailong of the task force, and I want to ask you something! ”

As soon as he heard that it was the police, the young man was stunned and immediately refreshed.

"Comrade policeman, haven't you all asked? I've already said it in detail, and I really don't have much to add! ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Kailong changed his words and asked him, "Your surname is Li?" Did you save the girl who jumped into the river? ”

The young man nodded blankly.

"Don't be nervous! This time I wanted to ask something else, of course - thank you in advance for your courageous actions! ”

"Oh! I...... I didn't actually help much, and I wasn't lucky to have a grandson! ”

"Old Sun? You mean that old man throwing shoes? ”

Xiao Li nodded:

"This old grandson is not an ordinary person! He's divine! ”

As soon as he mentioned the old man surnamed Sun, Xiao Li's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became energetic.

I suddenly had a question in my heart, it was an old man surnamed Sun, and he was also a chattering person!

As soon as I heard the old man surnamed Sun, I immediately thought of Sun Banxian'er in Laomiao Village, and it was also very strange to say, when Sun Banxian'er led me out in the middle of the night several times, it seemed to be very high and unfathomable, and even his death was very strange, and he was naked at that time.

Soon after Mr. Sun's death, I went to Ningxia, and I didn't hear anyone mention him after I came back.

In fact, I have always had questions about Sun Banxian's death, such a person with Taoism, why does he say that he is dead?

Zhang Kailong continued to ask Xiao Li: "Didn't Lao Sun come to fish today?" ”

"Didn't come today! Actually, I didn't come yesterday afternoon, maybe there was something at home, or I wasn't feeling well!"

"That's right! So Lao Sun usually comes here to fish? ”

"Yes! Come almost every day! Anyway, when I'm on duty, I can always see him! ”

When it comes to Lao Sun, Xiao Li is foaming at the mouth! After listening to a few words, I understood that this old man was actually a god stick, similar to Sun Banxian in Laomiao Village, but what Xiao Li said later, I was puzzled.

Xiao Li said that although his grandson always fishes every day, he has never caught a fish.

Once Xiao Li couldn't help but be curious, so he went to ask him.

At first, Lao Sun just smiled slightly and didn't explain. This made Xiao Li even more curious, so he continued to ask.

Lao Sun couldn't help but annoy him, and replied casually, "Who said I was fishing?" I'm not catching fish! ”

After speaking, Lao Sun took the fishing rod.

When Xiao Li saw Lao Sun's fish hook, his whole body trembled, although the fish hook is big and small, and the color is not the same, but at least it has to be a hook! But Lao Sun's hook is a straight needle.

It's the embroidery needle that usually sews clothes! Exactly, this can't be called a fishhook either.

This time, Xiao Li was even more confused, and hurriedly chased after him and continued to ask.

As he walked towards the village, Lao Sun replied, "I need to use a hook to fish, but I have to use an embroidery needle to catch something, you won't understand!" ”

Xiao Li asked again, and Lao Sun didn't say anything.

When I listened to the old men at the entrance of the village before, I heard the story of fishing with embroidery needles.

It was the period of King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Ziya deliberately fished with an embroidery needle in order to attract the attention of King Wen, this trick really attracted the attention of King Wen, and the two of them talked.

This is the bridge in "Romance of the Gods"!

Xiao Li wanted to continue to tell Lao Sun's "anecdotes", but was interrupted by Zhang Kailong.

"Xiao Li! I'm going to apply for a 'Medal for Righteousness and Bravery' for you when I go back, but we have something to do today, so I won't listen to you talk about it first, and you tell us where Lao Sun's family lives, right? ”

It turned out that Lao Sun lived in Xiaohe Village on the edge of the wharf, but he was not from this village, and he had only lived here for two months, as if he was a niece who came to join him after retirement.

Xiao Li's understanding of Lao Sun is tightly limited to these two months, because during this time, he came here to fish almost every day, and the two became acquainted.

According to Xiao Li's description, we arrived at Xiaohe Village.

There are only three or four hundred people in this Xiaohe Village, which is less than half the size of Laomiao Village, and the distance between the two villages is only a dozen miles, but because the traffic happens to be inconvenient and does not belong to the same township, there is not much communication between the two villages.

I also came here five or six years ago, when I followed my father-in-law through the streets and alleys to collect wine bottles.

As soon as you enter the village, it is first of all a distributor.

I don't know if there is such a name in other places, but what we call a local distributor is a very small supermarket, which is generally called this in the village.

There are not many people in the village, maybe it is close to the pontoon bridge, and occasionally people from other villages may come here to buy things, but in any case, business must be very deserted. The wooden signboard was very old, and the doors were closed. We looked at a small house next to it, which was supposed to be a resting place for the owner of this dealership.

We walked over and knocked on the door, but there was no answer in the house, and I shouted twice, but no one paid attention.

Zhang Kailong was also puzzled, and when he pushed the door, the door squeaked open.

"Who are you looking for?"

As the door was pushed open, there was an old business in the room, which frightened all three of us.

It was dark in the room, but I could see clearly with my eyesight, and there was a small bed facing the doorway, and an old lady was sitting on the bed.

It was she who spoke.

"Auntie, we ...... We wanted to buy something! ”

Zhang Kailong replied.

"Let's get out of here! No more shopping here! ”

The old lady seemed to be very impatient, and her tone was not very good.

Looking at the small bed where the old lady was lying, there was a small wooden stool, and there was an incense burner on it, and there were burned incense burners scattered in it. The room was also in disarray, with legs missing from the square table and bench, and even stranger was the cobwebs hanging from under the table.

"I don't think that's right! Whose bed will be facing the door? And if you look at the furnishings in these houses, it's like no one has lived in them for a long time. ”

Chen Laosan also whispered: "I don't know what the customs are here, in my hometown, only the dead are lying on a small bed facing the door......

As I listened to him, my eyes turned to the old lady!

Oh, my God! It's summer, and she's wearing a camouflage cotton coat and an earthy yellow hat, and the whole outfit is a little nondescript.

I saw her face again, and it was all white! There was no trace of blood, and his eyes were faintly green.

Maybe I've seen a lot of weirdos in the past few days, and I've experienced a lot of strange things! We just thought that this old lady and the environment here were very weird, and we didn't think much about it, so we quickly shouted "Excuse me" and left.

As I continued to walk towards the village, I thought to myself: It's almost noon now, and I will always meet one or two people, and I can always ask where this old grandson lives!

But the strange thing is that we all walked to the center of the village, and we still didn't see a single person, and even the whole village didn't move at all, neither dogs nor chickens, even the trees were quiet, and not a single bird could be seen.

That's abnormal! You must know that in the countryside, chickens, ducks, dogs and cats can be seen everywhere, and there should be at least a lot of sparrows on the trees......

"Who are you looking for!"

Suddenly, a hoarse voice came from behind a few of us.

Frightened, the three of them hurriedly looked back.

I saw an old man sitting in the corner behind us, smoking a cigarette.

When I saw this old man, I felt a sense of discomfort all over my body, and at the same time, a faint sense of oppression in my chest also came out.

Didn't I notice an old man sitting here? Didn't Chen Laosan and Zhang Kailong see it either? Thinking that this possibility was too small, coupled with the uncomfortable feeling in his heart, he began to defend the old man.

"Who the hell are you looking for?"

The old man asked again, his face wrinkled so that he couldn't make out his expression.

"Let's find an old man surnamed Sun, the same ...... who often fishes by the pontoon."

Zhang Kailong was afraid that the old man would not understand, so he said slowly word by word.

But before he could finish his words, the old man waved his hand, and his voice became even more gloomy:

"Go back quickly! There is no old man surnamed Sun here. ”

All three of us were dumbfounded, how could it be! I first heard Hao Xiaoyu's parents and Li He say it before, and I heard Xiao Li, the pontoon toll collector, say it just now, and tell us that he lives in this village, how can the old man say that there is no such person!

It is estimated that he did not want people from other villages to disturb the peace here and deceive us.

Zhang Kailong smiled hypocritically and continued to ask, "Old man! I'm Zhang Kailong from the District Public Security Bureau, looking for Lao Sun to ask about something, except for an old lady in the distribution at the entrance of the village, why didn't I see a person in the whole village? Everybody go ......."

"What? You've seen her! The old man interrupted Zhang Kailong's words very rudely.

Zhang Kailong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Who have you seen?" ”

"Have you seen the old lady who sells at the entrance of the village?"

"Oh! I've seen it, she seems weird, why is she wearing cotton clothes in this summer! The style is still so peculiar. ”

As soon as Zhang Kailong finished saying this, the old man was like crazy, pinned the cigarette bag and pot to his waist, and stood up with a pout.

"Get out of here! Get out of the village! ”