You didn't meet any villagers who went back? ”

I asked, confused.

"I didn't meet anyone on the road!" The two replied in unison.

I led them along the route they had just taken to the edge of the depression, which was now empty...... That's weird, it can't be all this my dream just now, right? After thinking about it, I found the two castor beans that I had just hidden, and saw the clear footprints and farts I left under the castor. Traces of squatting in the strands.

It's not a dream, but what about those people?

I was full of doubts to the extreme, and the three of them hurried back to Xiaohe Village, and as soon as they entered the village, they saw that the streets were full of people, some leading cattle, some leading children. This is a normal rural scene! I thought to myself, but where did all these people go?

Zhang Kailong was also puzzled and stopped an old man holding a sheep.

"Uncle, where did you all go just now, why is there no one in the village?"

The old man looked at him with a stupid look and replied, "Today is the day to bid farewell to the goddess of the Yellow River, and I must have prayed at home in the morning!" Otherwise, there will be no harvest! ”

After speaking, the old man led the sheep into an alley.

I asked a few more, and the explanations were all similar, all saying that everyone was sending off the goddess of the Yellow River in their own homes just now.

At this time, even Chen Laosan was confused, scratching his scalp and asking me if what I just said was really not a dream!

Before I could answer, Zhang Kailong "shhh

The three of them came to a corner, Zhang Kailong looked left and right to see that there was no one, and said to us in a low voice: "These people should be lying, they all went to the depression in the suburbs in the morning!" ”

"How do you know?" Chen Laosan asked suspiciously.

"Because of the mud on the soles of their shoes. You can take a closer look, almost everyone on this street has that kind of black mud stuck to the soles of their shoes, and we have yellow and red mud on both sides of the Yellow River, and I noticed that the mud in this depression around here may be black. ”

I asked, "Why are they lying?" ”

Chen Laosan replied: "It's not necessarily a lie!" They don't look like they're pretending! ”

"But this contradiction!" I say.

"There is no contradiction in one situation, that is, they have fallen into the Gu!" Chen Laosan replied.

It dawned on me, yes! This group of people was originally hit by Gu, but I didn't know much about Gu poison, and all of them naturally didn't think about it.

We returned to Lao Yu's house, he happened to be cleaning the yard, and when he saw us, he was stunned at first, and then warmly invited him into the house.

Lao Yu didn't say a word about the incident that drove us away just now, and politely asked us if we were going to stay in the village for a few days.

I was confused all of a sudden, it was only an hour or two, why did this old guy make a 180-degree turn?

Zhang Kailong didn't mention what happened just now, but just asked Lao Yu if he had any news about his daughter.

Lao Chen sighed and shook his head.

At this time, there was another sound of "popping" the water tank in the back room, and it only rang three times before it stopped. At this moment, the three pairs of our eyes looked at Lao Yu in unison.

A trace of panic flashed on Lao Yu's face, and then he pretended to smile calmly and said, "This ...... This frog is ...... big."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Kailong rushed into the back room.

When I entered the door, I found that there was nothing else in the room except for the dozen or so large water tanks.

Lao Yu smiled and said, "I'll say it!" It's a frog ......."

It's okay for him to lie to the child, and a few of us are not stupid, can't we hear the size of the sound, the sound just now can't be made by a frog.

But we looked around each tank, and there was no one hiding.

At this time, even Zhang Kailong couldn't figure it out, this was twice, and he only heard his voice and didn't see him!

Chen Laosan inadvertently looked at the wall, he was actually attracted by a portrait of the great leader Chairman Mao on the wall, and people of their time had this problem, that is, they worshiped the great leader infinitely.

A glance swept over the wall and saw several handprints on the wall.

"Look, there's a wet handprint on this wall!"

It was indeed a few wet handprints, which must have been pressed to the wall after being stained with water on their hands, and strangely enough there were footprints in proportion to the handprints, but only the forefoot was the sole of the foot.

Zhang Kailong is the captain of the task force, and when he looked at the position and shape of the handprints and footprints on the wall, he first said, "Huh? After a moment, he looked up.

We also looked up.

These wet hands and feet led to a hole in the roof of about a square meter.

Speaking of which, I need to explain a little bit.

The roofs of rural houses in our area generally protrude upwards with a ridge, which can facilitate the flow of rainwater to the outside, and a roof can be built indoors, which is equivalent to an attic, and can put some light things such as quilts and seasonal clothes.

The inner room of Lao Yu's house also has such a ceiling.

As soon as I saw that our attention was fixed on the ceiling, Lao Yu's face changed instantly!

"How many...... This is an old house...... Let's get out! ”

The preface to what he said does not match the afterword, it is obvious that it is already "Sun Wukong is making trouble in the sky - panicking".

Zhang Kailong's tone was raised, and he shouted: "Old Yu! Is there a person hidden in this? ”

When I heard this, Zhang Kailong seemed to have a problem! But we all knew what he meant at once. The footprints and handprints on the wall are human, so they must be people! But there is another contradiction that cannot be ignored, that is, who can leave handprints and footprints on the wall at the same time? Unless it's Spider-Man!

Looking at these handprints and footprints that are gradually disappearing, leading to the three-meter-high wall, it is impossible for humans to accomplish such a feat.

Suddenly, I thought of a kind of person (count him as a human for the time being), and that was Gu Tong. The experience in the early hours of this morning made me realize that the Gu Child's abilities are far beyond our understanding, and may be able to crawl on walls like a gecko.

"Is it a Gu boy?"

I spoke my mind.

"It's not!"

Zhang Kailong denied it without hesitation.

"Why?" I asked again.

Zhang Kailong pointed to a clear handprint closest to us and said: "Look at this handprint, the fingers are long and thin, the palm is narrow and long, and at first glance it looks like an adult, and it is a woman."

When I heard this, it dawned on me, if it was a woman, who would it be?

At this time, I heard Lao Yu's breathing gradually become rapid behind me, and I looked back to see that his face was flushed, and sweat was running down his face.

"I guess Lao Yu should know who this person is, right?" Zhang Kailong walked up to Lao Yu and patted him on the shoulder.

Lao Yu sighed and asked Zhang Kailong: "Captain Zhang, do you have to meddle in this matter?" He was adamant.

Zhang Kailong also nodded firmly.

Lao Yu lowered his head and hesitated, then looked up at the three of us again, and slowly said five words: It's my daughter!