Chapter 36: Fiction and Reality

A few police officers squeezed over from the car door on the other side, the three guys turned around and walked back, Zhou Yi wanted to chase, but I held it down, I was afraid of the suitcase under my hand, "More is better than less, I have something, and I am afraid to check ......"

Until we got off the bus the next day, we never saw those three again, Zhou Yi seemed to be a little unwilling, always knocking on the side to inquire about the contents of my suitcase.

After getting off the train, we had breakfast in the town and got on the bus and went straight to Hawang Village. It had just snowed, the road was slippery, and it was only a little more than an hour's drive, and we walked for nearly four hours, and when we arrived at the small village, lunch was already over.

The village chief had already led people to wait at the entrance of the village, and when he saw us, he was a "master", and it seemed that he really regarded me as a demon exorcist, and said that he had also invited the big fairies and little fairies within a radius of hundreds of miles, but no one could cure the child's problems, and people said, you are afraid that your village will suffer, so you should move early.

Zhou Yi wanted to explain my identity, but I blocked him and asked the village chief, "What about the child?" Still unconscious? ”

The village chief shook his head, "Wake up, but the bastard boy is more terrible than fainting, he doesn't speak human words with a mouth, the ghost cries and howls, and occasionally pops out a few words, either the village is bloodied or everyone is cursed to die, and the movement is not his own voice, there are girls crying, men shouting and scolding, and the old man coughing...... Master, go and take a look. ”

I said no hurry, what do you eat at noon?

"Yes, yes, let the master rest first, second fat, tell your mother to cook, hurry up, a few more hard dishes!" The village chief shouted to a little chubby dun, and then said to me with a smile, "Master, I know that it is inconvenient for a master like you to drink, otherwise you should really try our homebrewed ......."

I interrupted him, "It's okay to drink, let's have a little more." ”

The village chief was stunned and arranged again.

I had lunch until more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was obvious that the village chief and the villagers who accompanied me were a little anxious, and Zhou Yi stabbed me vigorously next to me, "You take it easy, I invite you to come, it's not to harm the people." ”

Full of wine and food, I asked Zhou Yi to pack the remaining half of the cans of wine, and finally stood up, the village chief hurriedly led the way, saying that Gujing and the roe deer's house are both in the east of the village, where are you going first?

I burped, "No hurry, where are we staying tonight?" ”

The village chief probably saw that I was swaying when I walked, sighed bitterly, and personally led me to a separate courtyard, saying that this is the fat girl's mother has just lived, it is very clean and warm, you can live here for a few days.

I asked who the fat girl was, and Zhou Yi lowered his eyes and frowned behind him and said, "It's me." ”

"What about Auntie?"

"I'm back in the county early, I'll ask her to make room for you."

"Look at you child, I'm here from afar, and I'm thinking about visiting her old man's house." My mouth was full of wine, and Zhou Yi fanned it in disgust. He opened the door and let me in.

There is still firewood under the stove, the house is warm, quite comfortable, I took off my fur coat and sat on the fire, well, the child and daughter-in-law are hot on the kang, the Northeast people are right.

The village chief saw that I didn't mean to move anymore, so he could only smile awkwardly and play a round for me, "Master Che Ma is tired, just rest today, and wait for tomorrow." After saying that, he pushed a few villagers out, and I could hear the villagers whispering in the yard complainingβ€”

"Who are you inviting here? It's not like you're eating and drinking, and you're taking us as the big culprit. ”

"Go, go, be chewed on my wife's tongue! Look at who still has wine, I guess that kid ...... Master, you have to drink it at night. ”

I pretended not to hear and slammed my upper body on the kang.

Zhou Yi pouted and looked at me, "You don't look like a policeman at all!" ”

"I wasn't."

"But you used to ......" She also realized that it was "before", and stopped talking.

"Regrets? It was a mistake for Biaozi to recommend me to you, wasn't it? He's unreliable, don't you know? ”

Zhou Yi gritted his teeth, "Then what are we going to do now?" ”

"Sleep!" I pointed to the door, "Don't forget to lock it when you go out, I'm most annoyed when I'm sleeping...... By the way, don't call me until dinner. ”

Zhou Yiyi stomped his feet, turned around and went out in a huff, and I fell asleep in the dark.

……

Zhou Yi almost broke the door to wake me up, it was already dark outside, and she said to me coldly, "It's time to eat, the village chief is waiting for you." ”

I said I was grateful to you and didn't say "feed the pigs......".

She snorted, presumably she wanted to say that.

I took Zhou Yi out of the courtyard, and she said angrily, "It's the other way around, the village chief's house is over there." ”

I smiled, "Let's go, take advantage of the night when no one is around, and walk around with me." ”

Zhou Yi seemed to understand, and the frost on his face melted, "Where to go first?" ”

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We went to the roe deer's house first, the roe deer was the child who had an accident, the house in the courtyard was dark, there was no light, Zhou Yi wanted to knock on the door, but I stopped him, we stood in the corner of the courtyard for a long time, and I didn't hear any big noise inside. Occasionally, there were a few children's moans and babbles, which seemed to be rapid and weak, and the roe deer seemed to be suffering greatly.

I picked up half a brick at the top of the wall and threw it into the yard. Zhou Yi was startled and asked in a low voice, "You, what are you doing?" ”

"Shhhh

The brick was smashing into a jar, making a loud noise, the lights in the house were on, and the child seemed to be frightened, crying and screaming, and the movement was harsh and unpleasant, and it was really dehuman, and after a while it became a shrill woman crying, "Die! I'll let you all die! This was followed by the man's scolding, "Woo woo wow wow" inaudibly, as if it was some kind of spell.

Zhou Yi frowned, "It seems that the child is serious again, and it wasn't so scary at first." ”

I said let's go, go to the ancient well.

Zhou Yi led me, bypassing a small forest behind the village, the ancient well appeared in front of my eyes, the snow around me was very thick, we worked together to push the manhole cover open, and a warm air rushed up.

It turns out that there is a spring underneath, and it is still a hot spring, so it is no wonder that the water is not frozen.

Zhou Yi said, "At that time, the police also found that there was a spring underneath, but the eye was too small for the child's arm to reach into, so they didn't go inside." The ancient well was dug in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and has dried up for hundreds of years, but there have been several springs during this period, and not long after each time, the village will be in trouble. ”

"Earthquake, right?" I asked.

"Yes, I deliberately checked the local chronicles, and it does have something to do with earthquakes, and I also made a special trip to consult the local earthquake bureau, but they said that this is the end of the earthquake zone, and the disasters caused by crustal changes are negligible, and the threat of earthquakes is not considered."

I lay down next to the well, and leaned most of my body into the well, my hands just touching the surface of the water, warm and comfortable, with a faint smell of sulfur. I took an underwater light rod from my suitcase, broke it and threw it into the water, and the light continued to sink down the well, until it became a shining dot and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Zhou Yi was still very curious about my suitcase, tilted his neck to look inside, but obviously didn't gain anything, and said with a quiet sigh, "The well is seventeen or eight meters deep, and ordinary people can't reach the bottom without the help of scuba." ”

When she saw me start to take off my coat, she was stunned, "You, you're going to go down here?" ”

"Well, while there is no one, there is no chance to be lost!"

"Without an oxygen cylinder?"

I had jumped into the warm well water, and immediately showed my head again, "Do you have soap?" ”

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