Li Zhengqu and a group of people hurried to the well digging place, and everyone gathered around the mouth of the well to look down, only to see that there was nothing at the bottom of the dim well except iron picks, shovels, and baskets for carrying soil. [Ran^Text^Library] []. []. [>

Li Zhengqu turned his head to look at the two workers behind him, and asked with a puzzled face, "Are you sure that Zhang Erqiang was pulled to the ground by something?" Obviously, Li Zhengqu still didn't believe what the two workers said just now.

At this time, how dare the two workers gather around the well to watch like everyone else, they are hiding far behind, and when they saw Li Zhengqu asking, they nodded hurriedly.

Li Zhengqu looked at the construction captain with a puzzled face, and then said to the construction captain, "You go down with me to have a look!" ”

So, the construction team leader and Li Zhengqu carefully went down to the bottom of the well along the wooden ladder one after the other.

After coming to the bottom of the well, Li Zhengqu looked around at everything at the bottom of the well, but did not see any springs of blood gushing out, nor did he see any human faces buried in the soil, let alone any white meat balls in the iron pickaxe.

Li Zhengqu once again wondered if the two workers were lying, but at this time, the sharp-eyed construction captain found a shoe under the basket of soil, and the construction team leader quickly picked up the shoe, which was a pair of worn linen shoes, Li Zhengqu seemed to vaguely know that Zhang Erqiang had worn such shoes.

Li Zhengqu held the shoe in his hand, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

At this time, the construction captain pointed to the ground again and said, "Master Li, look! ”

Li Zhengqu hurriedly looked at his feet, and saw that the soil in the center of the well looked wet, as if someone had poured a bucket of water there, and the color of the soil was slightly darker than the surrounding soil.

Li Zhengqu slowly squatted down, stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground, when his fingers touched the pile of damp soil, he felt that the palm of his hand was sticky, the soil exuded a smell of blood, Li Zhengqu quickly threw the handful of soil on the ground, but he found that his hands were covered with blood-like things, all the liquid oozing out of the soil, Li Zhengqu shivered, and quickly stood up and wiped the blood on the wall of the well to wipe it clean.

"Give me the shovel!" Li Zhengqu stared at the pile of strange dirt and said.

The construction captain hurriedly picked up the shovel and handed it to Li Zhengqu, who took the shovel and dug down, taking three shovels of soil in a row, all of which were wet and soft and sticky, but he didn't see any faces under the soil.

Li Zhengqu dug down several more shovels, but he still didn't see anything moving except the soil.

Li Zhengqu felt that what the two workers said about Zhang Erqiang was dragged into the ground by something was indeed a little untrue, but why did they make up such a lie, and what was their intention? Zhang Erqiang threw his shoes here, where did the people go? Where did the blood come from? Li Zhengqu couldn't figure out these questions.

Li Zhengqu looked at the construction captain next to him with a puzzled face, and asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

The construction captain stared at the pile of blood and soil that had been shoveled up by Li Zhengqu on the ground, his face was full of horror, and he was stunned for a while before he said, "Master Li...... I don't think they're lying......"

"What do you mean...... Zhang Erqiang was really pulled into the ground by something? So what is it that can pull a big living person down into the ground and disappear without a trace? Li Zhengqu said with some disapproval.

The construction captain looked at Li Zhengqu with a frightened face, and said, "Master Li...... In my opinion...... Let's not get it right, we've encountered a mandrill! ”

"What? Mandrills? Li Zhengqu exclaimed.

The construction captain nodded and continued, "According to legend, the mandrill is a monster that lives underground, with sharp-beaked monkey gills, the body shape is similar to that of a **-year-old child, the whole body is covered with armor like fish scales, with sharp claws and strong hind limbs, and it is like walking on the ground when it is buried underground, this kind of thing is specially fed on the corpses of people or animals buried in the ground, and occasionally when it can't find food, it will also drill out of the ground to harm domestic animals or humans, it is said that this thing is infinitely powerful, once it is caught by this thing, it can be counted, will be pulled into the ground and eaten alive by it! So this thing is a nightmare for us well diggers, for fear that we will encounter this thing in the process of digging wells, as soon as we hear the word mandrill, eight out of ten well diggers will have weak legs! ”

"Will there be this thing? Have you encountered it before? Li Zhengqu asked.

The construction captain frowned and shook his head and said, "That's not true, I also heard my master talk about the mandrill, he said that they encountered something once when they were digging a well in Shandong, and I have been doing it for more than 20 years, but I have never seen the mandrill with my own eyes, but if I have seen that thing, I guess I will not live to this day!" ”

Li Zhengqu is still skeptical of what the construction team leader said, because how can this rumor be so reliable, and most of the terrifying legends are made up by scary people.

"So what do you say now? You can't beat this well yet! Li Zhengqu asked the construction captain.

The construction captain lowered his head and thought for a while with a sad face, before he said, "That's it, Master Li, let's go first, let me discuss it with the brothers and then give you a reply!" ”

Li Zhengqu didn't say anything, so he went to the well with the construction team leader.

After going, the construction team leader called all the workers aside to discuss it, and then called Li Zhengqu back, and the construction team leader told Li Zhengqu that the brothers were unwilling to do it anymore, because the people in the team were all family members, and no one wanted to throw their lives here for a few dollars.

As soon as these words came out, Li Zhengqu immediately felt that he knew what was going on, because when they were discussing just now, Li Zhengqu was also carefully thinking about where Zhang Erqiang went, Li Zhengqu naturally didn't believe what happened to eat Zhang Erqiang, he thought about it and there was only one possibility, that is, Zhang Erqiang went back to his hometown in Anhui, because some time ago Zhang Erqiang said that his wife was sick and wanted to ask for leave to go back to see, and the salary of this half year was just settled a few days ago, it is estimated that Zhang Erqiang went home with money to see his wife, But this Zhang Erqiang is too ignorant of the rules, let's go, and don't say hello to the owner, and this construction team just took advantage of Zhang Erqiang's silent departure to make up a story about what mandrill ate Zhang Erqiang, so as to ask for the sky, and then Zhang Erqiang came back, and the construction team had already taken the salary and left.

Li Zhengqu immediately felt that he understood the reason for this, smiled yin, patted the shoulder of the construction captain and said, "Brother, this work is halfway done, how can you say that you can leave it down, the whole village is still waiting for water, you go and tell the brothers again, as long as they are willing to stay, I will triple the salary!" ”

Li Zhengqu felt that he had seen through the tricks of these people, and he didn't want to ask for more wages, and he Li Zhengqu was not short of this money.