The person who came with the fishing net chimed in: "What Uncle Li said is reasonable, who doesn't know that smoking hurts the body?" Not a lot of people smoke yet? Who doesn't know that being drunk is bad? Aren't there many people who are drunk, and there are people who are drunk to death? There are many ways for water ghosts to tempt people, and people can't prevent it. ”

I said, "According to what you say, why has it suddenly gotten better in the past ten years?" ”

Uncle Li thought for a while and said, "Maybe the water ghost left here." ”

A word wakes up the dreamer.

I know why all of a sudden no one is out of water here, because Goster has left this little body of water as a half-water ghost. And the water zombie who was on his errand was locked in three chains, unable to confuse passers-by on the shore. This is the reason why no one has stumbled in this body of water for more than 10 years.

After a few hours, the water zombies finally calmed down. But he still couldn't speak, only babbling.

Uncle Li asked him where he was from.

The water zombie could understand Uncle Li's words, but he shook his head desperately, indicating that he didn't know where he came from.

Uncle Li asked him again what his name was and who was in the family.

The water zombie still shook his head.

Uncle Li asked who locked him under the water.

The water zombie was suddenly frightened, his eyes flickered, and he trembled as he grabbed the fishing net with both hands, as if he had been struck again by the great fear of his memory.

Uncle Li asked someone to bring paper and pens and told him to write.

I thought to myself, I can't speak, I should be able to write.

But when Uncle Li handed the pen to the water zombie, I saw that the water zombie's fingers were deformed, and all the knuckles were broken. Although the water zombie could barely hold the pen in his hand, like a child learning to write for the first time, he shook his head violently, signaling that he didn't remember anything.

"Did the guy who locked him in the bottom break all of his knuckles?" My hairs stand on end.

Uncle Li said, "It should be." I really don't know what torture he suffered. No wonder he was scared like that when asked who he was locked in here. ”

Unable to communicate with anything, we had to send him to a nearby hospital.

After treatment in the hospital, the water zombie's mood no longer fluctuated greatly, eating and sleeping every day, sleeping and eating, living like a pig, and not saying anything except for the occasional hum.

I can't stay here all the time, and I have to go back to Beijing to work, so I have to entrust the water zombies to Uncle Li to take care of. At the same time, Uncle Li and the people in the village donated some money to the water zombies, so that the water zombies would not have a problem eating and living.

When I expressed my gratitude to Uncle Li, Uncle Li said, "What's the matter, it's all voluntary donations from people nearby." No one drowned all these years, thanks to which he stood guard under the water. So, we're paying the reward. In the future, we people here will take care of him together. You can rest assured. ”

After spending more than 10 days in Li's hometown, I returned to Beijing.

As soon as I returned to Beijing, I heard from a colleague that Li had not come to work for several days, and that her husband was said to be hospitalized.

A few days later, Xuan Xuan, who was good at inquiring, told me that Li Ji's husband had died in the hospital, and it was said that he died of kidney failure, and no amount of treatment worked. The speed of death also surprised the doctors at the hospital.

I called Li and told her what I had found in her hometown.

Li Ji sighed: "It turns out that he locked a water zombie under the water!" It must be because the water zombie came out that he died so quickly. When he was hospitalized, he always said that he was thirsty and asked for water. I gave him several buckets of water, but he still said he was dying of thirst. ”

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