Next, we plan to go to the village chief's house to catch up on sleep, and talk to Director Zhang about things here in the evening.

When passing by the location of the wooden boat last night, he found three villagers with axes and split the wooden boat into several sections.

I asked what was going on, the boat was broken with a few holes, and it could be repaired, and the villagers explained, and the mother Fang said that the boat that had an accident could not be used, and the boat was split into firewood and burned.

Over the years, many ships have had accidents and are no longer needed.

When passing by Lingling's house, I faintly heard a burst of abuse and sobbing from inside, and I was curious, and walked into the courtyard of Lingling's house with my father.

Lingling's family is very poor, old-fashioned brick house, the courtyard door is a wooden door, after pushing the door in, the yard is paved with turning heads, perennial disrepair, potholes.

The sound of the quarrel came from the back room, the voice of a man and a spirit.

"You little river demon, it's all you, it's you who killed Lao Li, and you killed my sister!"

Lingling was arguing, "It's not me, the whole village bullies me, just Uncle Li loves me alone and treats me as a daughter, just Uncle Li believes in me, you ...... You're all bad guys! ”

"You're still hard-mouthed! Now that Uncle Li is dead, my sister is gone, and there is no one at home, I see where you are going today! ”

I was about to rush in when my dad grabbed my arm, "Wait a minute, listen to what they have to say." ”

I said anxiously, "Someone is bullying Lingling. ”

My dad said, "I learned about the situation of Lingling's family from the villagers, this person is Man Chun's younger brother Man Gang, who has been working hard for a day, and is almost forty years old, and he can't get a wife." I don't think you kid like spirits, do you? If this man is about to bully the spirit, then we can use this incident as a reason to take the spirit away. ”

Man Gang and Lingling argued for a while, which became more and more intense, and soon, I heard Lingling shouting inside, "Don't ...... You beast, you ...... You're just like your brother, you're a beast!! ”

I felt that something was wrong, so I hurriedly rushed in and saw a man about forty years old pressing Lingling on the bed, Lingling's short sleeves had been taken off, and only underwear remained. That man was Man Gang.

"Stop!!"

I rushed over, pushed the man away, and hurriedly grabbed the clothes on the ground for Lingling to put on, and protected Lingling in front of Lingling.

Lingling threw herself into my arms, looking aggrieved and whimpering.

Man Gang saw our father and son, and his face was angry, "What are you doing here?" Go out, out of my house, it's all you...... It was your father and son who broke the contract and did not complete the wedding, which annoyed the river demon, Lao Li died, my sister was washed away by the river, and now the body has not been found! ”

Man Gang told our father and son to get out.

I took Lingling's hand and walked away, I didn't want to pay attention to this wicked man.

"Let go of the spirit!" Man Gang blocked our way, "You can't take the spirit with you, I don't need you to take care of my family's affairs, you get out, get out of my house." ”

I gritted my teeth, "I'm sorry, Lingling is my daughter-in-law, we have been married in the church, and from now on, Lingling is my family." ”

Man just grabbed Lingling's left arm, and I pulled my right arm, and the two of us didn't let each other go.

"Fuck you!" I kicked Man Gang in the stomach and kicked him to the ground.

I tried so hard that I just sat on the ground holding my stomach, panting in pain.

Man Gang stared at me through gritted teeth, "You kid, I'm going to kill you!" ”

He yelled and threw himself at me, but my dad blocked Man Gang, grabbed the wooden stool next to him and beckoned directly to Man Gang's head.

I was also frightened, I had never seen my dad beat someone, my dad has always been calm.

Ling Ling shouted, "I don't want to stay at home, at home, you and my mother often beat me, I am already married to Ning Que, I am now from the Ning family, not from your family." ”

Last night, Lingling said that she would not marry me, but now she wants to go with me, and she doesn't want to stay at home for a minute.

I found that there were a lot of shallow scars on Lingling's arms, it was dark last night, I didn't care, these scars, they must have been whipped with something similar to a whip, and after the injuries are healed, they will leave marks.

My dad pointed at Man Gang with a stool and asked, "Lingling's injury, did you hit it?" ”

Lingling cried and said, "My mother and Man Gang beat me a lot, and since they adopted me twelve years ago, they started beating me, and whenever there were dead people in the village, they would beat me, saying that I killed them, and I had scars all over my body......"

As he spoke, Lingling pulled his short sleeves down, and on his back, chest, and fair skin, there were faint scars everywhere, criss-crossed, and these scars remained on his body forever.

I was taken aback and furious, "Man Gang, are you human, you torture children like this!" ”

Chun Gang's eyes were ruthless, and he didn't think so, "Lingling is my child, she is disobedient, I can beat me if I want, what do you do!" ”

"And you, Ning Que, I don't recognize Lingling as your daughter-in-law now, only you listen to the arrangement of the goddess Fang, you two stay on the river for another night, I can let you take Lingling away, otherwise, you don't want to take Lingling away!"

I gritted my teeth, "Man Gang, if you and your sister don't like Lingling, you can let the government adopt you back then, or send it to an orphanage, and since you have adopted, you have to take responsibility!" ”

"Today, I must take Lingling away!"

I pulled Lingling and walked out, Man Gang still came to stop him, my dad said, "If you stop us again, I will let the police arrest you, you are child abuse, domestic violence, intentional injury, these crimes are enough for you to sit for ten years!" ”

My dad's words scared Man Chun, and the villagers had seen the relationship between my dad and Director Zhang. Man Gang scolded a few words, and could only watch us take away Lingling.

We took Lingling to the village chief's house, and Lingling cried alone in the room, not allowing any of us to disturb her.

My dad and I asked the village chief about Lingling, and the village chief knew about Manchun beating Lingling, at the beginning, everyone was still blocking Manchun, but later, Fang Shenpo said that the death of the villagers was related to Lingling, and they didn't care about Lingling, and in the village, except for Uncle Li, everyone hated Lingling, and even feared Lingling.

I asked, "Since no one likes the spirits, why don't you send them away?" ”

The village chief said, "Uncle Li won't let him go, and besides, Mrs. Fang said that Lingling is a little river demon, and if you send it away, the real river demon in the river will be angry and more people will die." ”

Everything was confusing, and my father and I went into the house to rest. At about six o'clock in the afternoon, Director Zhang called my father and personally drove our father and son to the town for dinner.

My dad's face is really big, it turned out that when Director Zhang was eleven years old, he was playing by the river, and after falling into the water, he was swept away by the rapids, and it was my father who jumped into the river regardless of the danger and saved Director Zhang's life.

No wonder Director Zhang was so polite to my father, it turned out that he had a lifelong friendship.

Over the years, Director Zhang has been working in Liujia Town, and there is some occasional contact with my father, and three months ago, Director Zhang was transferred to our town to take charge of the murder case in Shangnan Village.

In the past 12 years, the director of the town police station has changed six, all because this case cannot be solved, this time Director Zhang is also very difficult, the above requires that the case be closed within three months, if the case cannot be solved, Director Zhang will be demoted and transferred to another place.

Of course, if the case is solved, Director Zhang will be promoted to three levels in a row!

We ate at a Chinese restaurant in the town, and ordered a table of dishes in the private room, Director Zhang toasted my father again and again, and praised me from time to time.

Sure enough, after three rounds of drinking, Director Zhang said, "Uncle Ning, our uncle and nephew are lifelong friends, and my father and your old man had a good relationship before, so I want to ask you for help with something." ”

"Oh?" My dad said lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

Director Zhang said, "Uncle Ning, do you believe that there is a river demon?" ”

My dad asked rhetorically, "What do you mean, the murder in Shangnan Village was all committed by the river demon?" ”

Director Zhang sighed, "I don't want to believe it, but this case, in twelve years, fifty-four people died, plus the people who died this morning, a total of fifty-five people, and the investigation can't find any results, and many times, I also think that it is done by demons and monsters." ”

"Your ancestors have been fishing for corpses in the Yinyang River for three generations, and they are extremely familiar with the Yinyang River, so ...... Uncle Ning, this case is very important, involving dozens of lives, and I also ask Uncle Ning to help me solve the case. ”

My dad is just an ordinary corpse digger, with excellent water quality, with Director Zhang's status, it is easy to invite some powerful detectives, and a lot of police can be mobilized, it seems that Director Zhang is really powerless, so I asked my dad to help.

My father's face was calm, and he said, "Xiao Zhang, my profession is only to salvage corpses, and there are many taboos in our business, and I am not a detective, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help in the case." ”

"If you think it's a demon or a monster, go find some Taoist monks and monks, look for me, it seems that you have found the wrong person."