Chapter 20: The Mad Woman
Li Xumu raised his fist vigilantly, and found that the source of his footsteps was actually an old man passing by.
The old man was wearing a shabby tunic suit, and was startled by Li Xumu who turned back suddenly, his eyes were full of fear, and the potatoes in the vegetable basket in his hand almost fell out due to trembling.
"Uncle, are you a resident here?" Li Xumu relaxed his vigilance and let go of the fist raised in front of his chest.
The old man's eyes dodged in a hurry, he didn't know what he was afraid of, and when he saw Li Xumu walking towards him, he shouted, even threw away the vegetable basket, turned around and ran.
What's going on...
Li Xumu scratched his head, looked at the old man who gradually ran away and disappeared into the haze, and wondered if something had happened to this Golden Leaf Village? Why is it so desolate, it is not easy to meet a person who is still like a nervous disorder.
Continuing along the dirt road, the paper money also stretches all the way. Obviously, this road passed by a funeral procession not long ago, Li Xumu bent down to check the ground, and the fallen leaves in the road were pressed out of two thin furrows, which looked like the marks of a carriage, and the fresh horse manure was even more sure that this inference was correct. Because in such backward places, the coffin is generally pulled out of the house by horse-drawn carriage, and paper money is sprinkled along the way, and finally buried.
Passing by a few houses along the way, it is certain that Jinye Village is definitely inhabited. Li Xumu was sure that he saw a few residents, but when he saw himself passing by, he hurriedly hid in the house, vaguely feeling that they were secretly observing the window edge and the crack of the door.
At this moment, there was a rapid shout from the front of the road.
"Stop! Don't run! Stop her! ”
Immediately after that, a woman with a cloak came to her, and in the process of running, her head seemed to be fixed by a spring, and she threw it around, and her saliva flew around.
And the middle-aged woman who was chasing after her, panting and shouting and running.
This sudden scene made Li Xumu a little overwhelmed, judging from the clothes, these two people should be local villagers, but the woman running in front of them was very eccentric, in tattered clothes, like a wanderer, and her running posture was not like a normal person. Is this catching thieves? Do you want to stop it?
Anyway, it's not a good guy who escaped in front... It just happened to be a good deed for the villagers, and I might be able to talk and ask for some clues. So Li Xumu opened his arms and blocked the way of this woman with a cloak and hair.
Because of the obstruction, the woman slowed down, and finally stopped directly in front of Li Xumu, because her hair was covered, she couldn't see the woman's appearance.
"What's going on?" Li Xumu tensed his nerves and asked the woman in front of him.
The woman lowered her head and did not reply, her earthy hair almost stuck together, and her body smelled of stench.
The woman is not tall, only up to Li Xumu's chest. Li Xumu leaned down, wanting to observe her situation through the gap in her hair, and just as she bent over, the woman suddenly raised her head, revealing an abscess on her face. Li Xumu sighed and instinctively took a few steps back.
At this time, the middle-aged woman behind also caught up, and hugged the woman's waist at once, but she stared at Li Xumu with round eyes, and suddenly laughed wildly, showing out a mouthful of jagged yellow teeth, and several pustus on her face squeezed out yellow liquid due to laughter.
Li Xumu continued to take a few steps back, unconsciously holding his breath, for fear of some infectious disease.
The middle-aged woman holding her waist, expressionless, took out a hemp rope from her pocket and wrapped it around the crazy woman's hand a few times, but she was still laughing maniacally. After tying the knot, the woman gasped tiredly, wiped the sweat on her face, looked at Li Xumu, and barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Thank you, young man." After saying that, he escorted the tied woman to leave.
"Wait!" When Li Xumu saw this, he was not sure whether he had done a good thing or a wrong thing. Decided to ask clearly.
The woman stopped, looked around vigilantly, then focused on Li Xumu, looked up and down and asked, "Young man, seeing that you don't dress like a local, how could you run to a remote place like ours by yourself?" I advise you to go back before it gets dark! ”
Li Xumu walked around the front with a big stride, "Why did you arrest her?" I've helped you, at least let me know why. ”
The woman sighed sadly in her eyes: "She is my sister, and she is crazy." A few days ago, I suddenly ran away on my own, I was looking around the village, and today I met her walking here, and I chased her all the way. It seems that the old man is right, he has to be tied. If this is the village chief...", the woman suddenly realized something and quickly stopped talking.
"Crazy? What's going on? Li Xumu looked at the woman who was still laughing wildly, and his heart was full of doubts.
The woman looked around as if she was very careful about something, and hit the woman's head a few times, trying to stop the laughter, but seeing that it had no effect, she said nervously: "It's not convenient here, go to my place first and settle her down!" Not far in front is our house. ”
Li Xumu answered, and asked while following the woman: "Excuse me, do you know where No. 180 Jinye Village is?" ”
Hearing this, the woman suddenly stopped, looked at Li Xumu with frightened eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Who are you?!" Why ask about this place?! ”
When Li Xumu saw the woman's reaction, he felt even more that No. 180 Jinye Village was by no means an ordinary place, and there must be some key clues. The line of blood on the blackboard is indeed the crux of this death subject. After thinking about it carefully, it seems that each of the eight people involved in the project had one such note, and they also warned everyone not to let others see the content of the note, indicating that the content of each note was different.
Why can't you let others see it? What kind of threat does it pose to yourself? It suddenly occurred to me that there was a very key hint on the blackboard, that is, among these eight people, some of them were possessed by ghosts! If the note is the key to survival, then this demon-possessed man is the danger of this subject! Then everything makes sense.
Li Xumu looked at the handwriting on the note, thinking that it must be right to at least investigate the direction of No. 180 Jinye Village.
"Here... Did something happen? Li Xumu continued to ask. And the woman became more vigilant, and pulled the madwoman to leave, but no matter how hard she tried, the woman would not go.
A cold voice came from the gap in the woman's hair: "No. 180 Jinye Village." That's my home. I want to go home. My son is still waiting for me at home. ”
The flesh on the woman's face twitched a few times, her expression was very complicated, her eyes were full of tears, and she shouted in a tearing voice: "You fool! Hurry up and get me away! Your son is dead! Your home is gone! ”