The person who came was the gloomy man who came to me to cry and fish for the corpse, and as soon as I saw him, I knew that Lao Huo must have sold me, but this is also human nature, after all, he doesn't need to offend such a powerful character because of me.

This also fulfills the old saying, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is a curse that cannot be avoided, and what should come is always coming.

The atmosphere in the room was a little weird, the two of them looked at each other for a long time, and finally I broke the deadlock first and said, "You can't take that female corpse away now, according to the rules, we have to investigate." ”

I knew that the gloomy man must have come for the female corpse, so I stopped him first.

"Mr. Fang wants to see you." The gloomy man didn't look at me, he just said to himself, as if I didn't exist at all.

I know that this kind of person is a typical master who does not hit the south wall and does not look back, as long as I show a resolute attitude, he will definitely not give up easily, so I said to him: "Our police have their own plan to deal with this matter, I have no obligation to go with you to see anyone, now please leave." ”

The devil knows what he is going to take me for, if I go with him, tomorrow I will be a river drifter in the Haihe River.

The gloomy man didn't react much after hearing this, just like the previous time, he got up and walked out the door, and when he passed by me, he said gloomily: "You'd better not try to play any tricks, I'll come again." After saying that, he left without looking back.

After that, two days later, there was still no trace of the missing female corpse, and at the same time, this matter was still not able to contain the fire after all, and was known by the leaders of the bureau, and I was called over to reprimand for a while, only to know that the original boss Fang had put pressure on the top through the channel, which led to the leaders now attaching great importance to this matter, and ordered me to find his son's body and the lost female corpse within ten days.

I am one head and two big, not to mention that his son's body is still floating in the ghost crying stream and cannot be salvaged, even if it is the female corpse, I don't know where to look, thinking about it, I think that the strange things that happened that night should still be related to the abnormal water changes in the Kakesi River, so I decided where to start to see if I can find some clues.

I remembered that Lian Mingche had told me that two children had also disappeared into the water when the female body was found, so I called him and asked him how the investigation was going, and if possible, the case would be investigated, so that any resources and clues could be shared.

Lian Mingche told me that after their investigation, they found that the children ran to the vicinity of Kakejia Temple that night, but they disappeared after falling into the water, and now in addition to the two children who were lost, there was also a child who went with him who was so frightened that he couldn't ask anything.

I thought about it for a moment, and then I put my thoughts out, and even Ming Che felt that it made sense, and then we decided to go back to the vicinity of Kakegarji Temple in the evening.

In the evening, I took a taxi and went straight to the Drum Tower, where Lian Mingche and his city bureau worked, and when I arrived, he had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw me coming, he came and whispered to me: "There is a new situation, I received a call from the search team over there in the afternoon, and there seems to be something like a coffin on the surface of the river, but they dare not move." ”

Coffin?

I was a little stunned when I heard it, in the early days, the old Tianjin Wei did have a coffin in the water, but that is the burial method of the old water ghosts, I have also heard of it, it is said that it is because the corpse digger and the soul under the water robbed a lifetime of people, if they do not sleep underwater after death, those water ghosts will come to revenge, harm to future generations.

But these are all feudal superstitious practices, and they have basically been eliminated after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it can be said that there have been no water ghosts who have done this since I was born, and even the old corpse diggers in the city have all responded to the call for cremation.

And it stands to reason that the coffin is a heavy object, and it should sink to the bottom when it reaches the water, and even if it is washed up, it should be on the shore, how can it float in the water?

"Let's go over and have a look." I frowned and said to Lian Ming.

When we arrived at the scene, the search team and the corpse recovery team had already surrounded the shore tightly, and the captain who took the lead saw us coming and hurriedly greeted us and pointed to the river and said: "That's it, we have gone down several groups of people, but the things are too big to bring up." ”

I looked in the direction he was pointing, and there was a square object rising and falling in the water on the dark surface of the river, but because it was so far away and it was already dark, I couldn't tell if it was a coffin or something else.

"Is there a boat, I'll go down and have a look." Lian Mingche turned his head and asked the salvage captain.

The captain first nodded, and then said with some hesitation: "The boat is there, but that thing is a bit evil, I advise you to think about it carefully, it's better or..."

"Don't think about it, pull the boat over, I'm going to go down now." Lian Mingche interrupted him and said categorically.

I knew that this guy was sick again, and he wouldn't want to die when he saw a clue, but I couldn't watch him take danger alone, so I had to pat my forehead and say helplessly: "When you get to the water, you listen to me, and if I let you come up, you will come up immediately." ”

Lian Mingche saw that I was going to follow, and hurriedly said: "You still wait on the shore, I'll go and go back, and I'll deal with it alone if there is a situation." ”

I waved my hand: "It's okay, this is not a river drifter, I'm afraid that he won't be able to get a corpse, besides, isn't this on the water, and it's not going down into the water, so it's not in the way." ”

Seeing that I insisted, Lian Mingche no longer dissuaded him, and the two of us changed into life jackets, jumped on the ferry boat prepared by the salvage team in advance, and rowed towards the area where the thing was.

The weather was a little cool at night, and the dark green water was constantly lapping against the boats, making a rattling sound, and we drove slowly on the water, and we could hardly see anything in front of us except the endless water.

There is no child who can't row on the edge of the Haihe River, and Lian Mingche and I are of course no exception, this small ferry boat itself is not large, plus the two of us stick boys have used all their strength, and we are already very close to the position of the water coffin before we even reach a cigarette.

Lian Mingche put down the oars and turned on the searchlight placed on the bow of the boat, and the surface of the river, which was extremely dark just now, suddenly lit up, and the dazzling incandescent light shone on the river, as if there was a layer of hoarfrost on the water.

At this time, we finally saw the true face of the thing on the water, it was a mouth iron vessel, with many strange and intricate patterns carved on it, but the strangest thing was that this iron box was actually octagonal.

The two of us glanced at each other, and saw the confusion in each other's eyes, the coffin had seen a lot, this kind of octagonal shape, and it was iron, it was really unheard of.

"What should I do?" Lian Mingche looked at the iron box and said.

I racked my brains and couldn't find the statement in my memory about the sinking of this octagonal iron coffin, so I could only shake my head and say, "I haven't encountered this situation either, why don't you pull it back to the shore first?" ”

There's no other way to whirl around the water right now, and there's probably a clue we're looking for in this thing, so we can't leave it alone.

The two of us swung the oars to pull the boat to the side of the iron coffin, only to find that although the iron coffin was only exposed on the water, it was almost half the size of the hull.

"Why don't you tie the rope to the coffin, and then I'll hold it underwater, so that with buoyancy, you won't have much trouble rowing back yourself." Lian Mingche said after thinking for a moment.

"This is absolutely not good, if there is really a monkey under the water, you will definitely have an accident if you go down like this!"

Even after Ming Che finished speaking, I rejected his method without even thinking about it, the dark blue handprint on Tan Yong's feet is still vivid, even if there is no water monkey under the water, the strange change in the river water on the night of the salvage of the female corpse is enough to show that the water is by no means peaceful underwater.

But even Mingche insisted on doing so, and the two of us were in a stalemate on the boat, and soon it was midnight, when the iron coffin in the water hummed without warning, and because we were so close, we could hear it very clearly.

The sound was harsh, as if it was going to penetrate your scalp and into your brain, and it was accompanied by a feeling of nausea and nausea.

I quickly plugged my ears, and I saw that the iron coffin suddenly began to spin rapidly in the water, and all the surrounding waters were stirred, and our little boat was suddenly swayed wildly by the rolling waves.

The sudden treachery made me have no time to react, the whole person fell on the boat, his head hit the deck and almost fainted, Lian Mingche's adaptability was stronger than me after all, and he quickly stabilized his body, picked up the oars and tried to stabilize the hull.

The iron coffin turned faster and faster, and the waves were driven more and more urgently, seeing that the ferry boat was about to be overturned and submerged in the water, I couldn't take a breath, I got up from the hull and felt the oars and followed Lian Mingche to row the boat out of this water, but the iron coffin seemed to be like a magnet with suction, even if we used all the strength to eat, the ferry boat still couldn't break free.

"You stabilize the ship, I'll stop the iron coffin!" Lian Mingche roared, turned over and jumped directly into the water, shook his arms, and quickly swam to the front of the iron coffin.

I wanted to remind him to be careful, as soon as he opened his mouth, he poured a mouthful of fishy and salty seawater, and I was so disgusted that I almost vomited, and when I looked over there, Lian Mingche had already grabbed the turning iron coffin, and at this moment, several thin arms covered with green hair stretched out from the river behind him.