Chapter 224: Monsters in the Water
Giving birth to a deformed baby will still be talked about behind the backs of the villagers, let alone such a freak with two heads, four hands and four legs. And importantly, the baby's double pupils. Legend among the old people in the village is that the person with double pupils did not drink the Meng Po soup, and the evil ghost who crawled out of the underworld had two pupils looking at yin and yang, with a strong evil aura. If Ke's parents don't talk about it, it will bring bad luck to everyone who has seen him.
The birth of such a baby touched the hearts of everyone in the village, and they unanimously demanded that the baby be sunk in the pond this time. The poor and frail mother lying on the kang woke up and heard that the group was going to kill her child. She knelt and kowtowed to them one by one, begging them to keep the child, and repeatedly promised that she would leave the village with the child, but the men, dominated by the fear of the old legend, turned to the child's father, and the young man was stupefied at the first sight of the child.
The two sides faced off for a whole day and a night, and there were quarrels, cursing, pleading, and crying. When the heavy rain outside refused to stop for a long time, the father of the child finally made up his mind, he picked up the child with one hand, pushed away his crying wife in the dark, and went out.
Second Uncle Liu sighed and said, "That child was thrown into the river by his father's own hands and drowned. Strange to say, the heavy rain has stopped for several days, and although people feel guilty, they still insist that they are right, because only by doing so can they save themselves, their families, and the lives of the whole village. ”
Yan Heyi asked, "That child drowned in the place where Da Hanniang sank in the pond, right?" Second Uncle Liu nodded, "That's right, later the child's mother found out, she was heartbroken and threw herself into the river." Soon after, the child's father went crazy and said that he saw the child and his daughter-in-law come to him to ask for his life. Hey, since then, no one has dared to go to that place, so I chose to go there, Da Han Niang Shentang. Who knows, I actually provoked a wronged soul, it seems that I will die soon! ”
Liang Feichen said, "Second Uncle Liu, don't think about it, what happened at the beginning has little to do with you, and Da Han Niang will not hate you, otherwise she will not let you take care of Da Han." Yichun nodded and said, "I think it's better to figure out what is hidden in the river." ”
"You mean there's something in the river?" Second Uncle Liu's face became even more ugly, he rubbed his temples and said, "No, no, I really can't hold it, Yan Gongzi, Liang Gongzi, please leave this matter to the two of you, Wen Jiang, you come in!" ”
Wen Jiang, who was guarding the door, pushed the door and walked in, and Second Uncle Liu said, "You accompany the two sons to the river, whether you use people or anything, as long as it is the requirements of the two sons, try to meet them." I've got to go lie down, less accompaniment, less accompaniment! ”
Yan Heyi got up to send him off, and Liang Feichen looked at each other. Wen Jiang said crampedly on the side, "Two sons, look, now, what should I do now?" Liang Feichen stood up and walked back and forth in front of him twice with his hands behind his back, setting up a shelf first, but he didn't know where to put it up.
"Wenjiang, bring a few people, help me buy a live chicken, let's go to the river!" Yan Heyi handed over a piece of silver worth one or two to Wen Jiang, and Wen Jiang shirked and said, "If you want live chickens, there are ones in Second Uncle Liu's yard, just grab one." Besides, this silver is too much, not to mention one live chicken, even ten are enough. ”
Yan Heyi said, "The chickens in the yard are also raised by Second Uncle Liu, so they can't be taken for nothing." Call us when you're ready, let's go and get back! ”
After a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the yard, Wen Jiang carried the fattest old hen in his hand, and said excitedly, "Childe, are we going to someone's house to give gifts?" Yan Heyi said, "Come with me, and you will know the use of this chicken in a while." ”
With them, in addition to Wenjiang, there were three other people, Junzi, Aeon and Daxing. When I arrived at the place where Da Hanniang sank in the pond, several people were far away, and it seemed that they were causing some bad luck. Junko was the only one who deliberately walked to the river, picked up a few stones and threw them into the water, clapped his hands and said, "What can there be in the water, all the fuss, I think I was scared!" ”
Liang Feichen heard that Shunzi was not convinced, and was about to say a few words to him, but Yan Heyi stopped him, and the old hen that was clucking from the Wenjiang water was thrown into the water. The splash on the surface of the water startled everyone, and at that moment the frightened old hen with fluttering wings seemed to be torn and sunk by something.
A few blood flowers floated to the surface, and in the blink of an eye, the old hen, which weighed seven or eight pounds, was left with a pair of messy feathers and a few gnawed white bones.
When the people on the shore saw this scene and had not fully reacted from the initial shock, Wen Jiang screamed in fright and sat down on the shore. Yan Heyi quietly helped him up and said to the others, "It seems that what is in the water is not an evil ghost, but an extremely ferocious thing. Yichun nodded and said, "That's right, but we can't go into the water, how can we be sure what is going on?" ”
Liang Feichen suddenly said, "I have a good idea!" He called Aeon over, muttered a few words, and after a few strokes, Aeon came back with a long bamboo pole tied with pork. Liang Feichen took a deep breath, trembled and walked to the water's edge with a bamboo pole, and carefully put the end of the tied pork into the water.
In an instant, the water surface swelled with a fierce splash, and the bamboo pole seemed to be bitten by something, swaying from side to side, almost tearing off the good flying dust on the shore. Junko grabbed him and pulled him back with a bamboo pole.
Liang Feichen clutched his chest and said, "I'm scared to death, the guy in the water has so much strength, it's definitely a big guy!" Yan Heyi took the bamboo pole and looked carefully, and saw that where the pork had been tied, there were several rows of scattered tooth marks. He gestured and couldn't help but gasp, someone who can leave such a big tooth mark on the bamboo pole can already be called a monster.
"How, what did you find?" Liang Feichen leaned over and asked, Yan Heyi said, "I once heard of a monster called Zhu Polong. Legend has it that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and Zhu Polong was one of them. It usually lurks in the water, its size is huge, its teeth are sharp, not to mention the small fish and shrimp in the river, even if the lion and tiger, the king of the forest, fall into its hands, it will be bitten off its backbone and then eaten! ”
"Is it really that powerful?" Wen Jiang was scared enough, "If that's the case, then it's better to come to the river less in the future, in case you are bitten by this dragon, your life will be gone!" Unexpectedly, Junzi snorted coldly and said, "I don't believe in this evil, if you don't worry, I'll go into the water and take a look!" ”