"It's the village chief!"

Wang Ziheng exclaimed.

The people who emerged from the deep pool were none other than the old village chief and the long-haired old man.

The two old men were also surprised to see Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng. The long-haired old man looked very haggard and tired, and he closed his lips tightly, but the blood could not stop flowing from the corners of his mouth.

The old village chief hesitated for a few seconds, and immediately shouted to Chen and Wang in Chinese: "Come and help!" After speaking, he carried the long-haired old man in the water and swam desperately to the shore. The pool was not big, but the two old men really swam to the shore with great effort, and their four arms were lying on the shore, panting.

Seeing this, Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng hurriedly rushed over and dragged the two old men to the shore respectively. Wang Ziheng took the lead in dragging the old village chief up, Chen Tongsheng pulled the long-haired old man, and seeing that both knees had already knelt on the shore, a strong force suddenly poured out of the water and dragged the old man back suddenly.

Everyone was shocked, and the old village chief shouted in horror: "Young man, go and help!" Wang Ziheng had already put down the old village chief, and grabbed the old man's arm with Chen Tongsheng, competing with the unknown power of the other party.

Finally, the other party's strength seemed to pause, Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng seized the opportunity to do their best, and the old man was finally dragged back again.

"What the hell?" Wang Ziheng exclaimed.

As the long-haired old man came ashore little by little, a pair of swarthy hands grabbed the old man's calf and surfaced. The hands were as if they had been roasted by fire, and their flesh was charred and bubbling with oil.

Chen Tongsheng planned to break the fingers of the black hand, but the body of the black hand in the water seemed to be dragged down by someone, and quickly retracted into the water, leaving only the ripples that gradually dissipated, and there was no movement.

The long-haired old man was rescued ashore, but his mind was already beginning to be unconscious. Everyone had no time to express their inner questions, and the old village chief picked up the old man and greeted the two: "Hurry up, I'm afraid the big money will not work!" ”

Only then did the two know that this long-haired old man was the head of the twelve Dong villages around.

Money, contract also. For thousands of years, the Dong family has relied on the "money" to maintain stability and unity within the clan, and the head of the money is the person in charge and spiritual leader unanimously elected by everyone. Each Dong village with a surname as a unit has a small head of money; A number of Dong villages live together, and a big money head will be elected.

In many cases, the village chiefs only preside over the administrative work in an official form, and it is these heads who really take the idea of major affairs within the clan.

At that moment, the three of them retreated to the stone hall with a large amount of money.

Because the tunnel is too narrow, he can neither carry the big head out, nor can several people support him side by side, so he can only let the old village chief walk in the front, let the big head cling to him, Chen Tongsheng followed closely, holding the arm socket of the big head with both hands, and escaped from the hole with difficulty as if he was carrying.

Before entering the tunnel, Chen Tongsheng handed over the mobile phone to Wang Ziheng and instructed him to cut it off. Wang Ziheng thought, Director Chen's meaning is nothing more than that he wants me to record the whole process. So he continued to take pictures with Chen Tongsheng's mobile phone in one hand, and illuminated his mobile phone with the other.

Chen Tongsheng walked two steps, and suddenly turned back to Wang Ziheng and said, "What are you pulling me for?" ”

But as soon as the words came out, Chen Tongsheng was stunned: Wang Ziheng was holding his mobile phone in both hands, where was the extra hand to pull him?

Wang Ziheng was also at a loss: "What's your situation, Director Chen?" ”

Chen Tongsheng frowned, stopped talking, and continued to move forward.

It took more than two hours for the group to get out of the tunnel.

Outside the tunnel, the rain had finally stopped, but it was already completely dark. Under the light of the mobile phone, Wang Ziheng found that the old village chief's shoulders had already been stained red by the blood flowing from the mouth of the big man.

It was another difficult trek, and the four of them easily came to the wind and rain bridge. At this time, several beams of light came from far and near in the night, and someone was shouting the names of Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng.

"It's Shaoyang them!"

Wang Ziheng was as excited as if he had met a relative, so he replied loudly.

Those few beams of light sped up, and they immediately arrived at the Wind and Rain Bridge, and sure enough, it was Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng's colleague Lin Shaoyang and a group of six people. It turned out that these people saw that Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng had been missing for an afternoon, and their mobile phones couldn't get through, and they were worried that the two would encounter some accidents in this unfamiliar place, so they organized to come out to look for them.

Wang Ziheng looked puzzled: "We are all on the phone, why can't we get through on the phone?" Suddenly thinking of the cave I had just drilled for a few hours, it was strange that there was a signal on my mobile phone, and I couldn't help but laugh again.

Everyone was inexplicable, Wang Ziheng was about to explain, and when he met the eyes of Chen Tongsheng and the old village chief, he hoped that he would not tell the truth, so he quickly shut up.

Chen Tongsheng beckoned: "Everyone come and stretch out your hand and help carry the big money to the road." Xiao Zhou, you run first, drive the program team's car to the road, we quickly enter the city, the big money has to be hospitalized! ”

The old village chief was very moved, and held Chen Tongsheng's hand with tears in his eyes: "Thank you so much, Director Chen!" ”

Everyone acted quickly, and in less than ten minutes, the large amount of money was carried to the side of the road into the city.

However, when Xiao Zhou arrived in a jeep, the old village chief waved his hand helplessly at everyone: "It's useless, the big money is gone!" Chen Tongsheng hurriedly leaned down to observe, and the big money head didn't know when he had already choked his breath.

In the chaos, Wang Ziheng observed the old village chief's eyes looking at the big money, which seemed to contain guilt and self-blame.

The death of the head of the money made the twelve Dong villages are immersed in an atmosphere of mourning, the horns of the drum tower of each village sounded for a long time, and the people contributed money and efforts to hold a grand funeral for the first purchase of the big money, and it was necessary to run seven days and seven nights before and after.

Regarding the cause of the death of the big money head, the old village chief quietly unified the tone with Chen Tongsheng and Wang Ziheng, and claimed that it was the big money head who went out to patrol the mountains on a rainy day and fell into the Qingshui River and was injured. When the village chief, who happened to find the big money head through the wreck, called Chen Wang and the others to rush to the rescue, the big money head was already too injured and had no power to return to the sky.

After that, I don't know if I don't want to say it, or I am too busy to say it, about everything in the cave that day, the old village chief and Chen Wang have never mentioned it again. There were many times when Wang Ziheng could even feel that the old village chief was deliberately avoiding the two.

Wang Ziheng sighed: It seems that the old village chief wants to bring the secret into the grave!

And what makes Wang Ziheng even more puzzled is that Chen Tongsheng, who was full of curiosity and vowed to turn over by relying on the mystery of the cave, seems to have lost his popularity all of a sudden. When Wang Ziheng handed him back the phone and hinted that he was looking for an opportunity to learn more about the situation from the old village chief, Chen Tongsheng looked absent-minded and didn't take it seriously at all.

This made Wang Ziheng feel a little cold with a hot face, and then thought: Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, I don't want to stay in the province for a long time, so why bother eating radishes and worrying about it!

At midnight on the first day of the funeral, Wang Ziheng was sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. Wang Ziheng woke up, turned on the electric light, and got out of bed to check.

The knocking on the door stopped abruptly, and when the door was opened, there was no one outside.

Wang Ziheng and Zhou Shaoyang borrowed the guest room of the villager Yang Qiyun's house, and he thought that it might be the children of the old Yang family who got up in the middle of the night to relieve themselves and play a prank.

Looking back at Zhou Shaoyang, who was on the adjacent bed, he slept like a pig, and it seemed that he didn't hear a knock on the door.

Wang Ziheng climbed into bed and returned to the bed. As soon as I fell asleep, hurried footsteps sounded in the hallway outside the room.

The Dong houses are all wooden buildings with stilted buildings, and the "crunching" sound of stepping on the wooden floor makes a "crunch" sound, which sounds more and more sharp and harsh in the quiet night sky.

The footsteps walked to the door of Wang Ziheng's bedroom, and suddenly stopped, as if someone was standing outside the door.

Wang Ziheng stood up and waited for someone to knock on the door. But after waiting for a long time, the other party neither knocked on the door nor had any intention of leaving.

"Who?" Wang Ziheng was a little impatient. Get out of bed and reach for the door.

The aisle outside the door was still empty.

The cool breeze blew, and Wang Ziheng only felt cold sweat. He quickly fastened the door and jumped under the covers, never wanting to come out again.