Chapter 4: The Legend of the Inujin
"Do you see the clue?" Teacher Jin asked.
"It's clear that some of the dogs in this village are sick, but some of the dogs aren't, which may be human-induced." Xu Tian said.
"Impossible! You're saying someone poisoned a dog? Lao Li tried his best to retort after hearing Xu Tian's words. It's absolutely impossible. ”
"Where does your confidence come from?" Teacher Jin stood up and asked.
"You don't know, our village survived under the protection of the dog god, and the dog is a vital partner to the villagers, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to poison the dog, unless that person does not want to live." Lao Li said.
"It's really fresh, you guys built a dog factory to kill dogs under the protection of the dog god to make a living? It's a little too funny, isn't it? Teacher Jin said in a sarcastic tone.
"This ...... It does sound very unusual, but you don't know our customs at all, the dog factory is built for the benefit of the whole body, and all dog breeds in this world are the descendants of the dog god, which is a legend that has been passed down from generation to generation here. Lao Li said.
"I still don't understand, why do you believe in the dog god and kill the dog?" Xu Tian asked.
"It all started a hundred years ago, when the people of our island were very poor, and we were like a forgotten area compared to the big cities on the other side, when there was no such development of transportation, and the people here sometimes did not even have a small boat. It was still an era of war and chaos, and the islanders could only hunt some sea animals on the coast for a living, but at that time, how could there be these fishing tools now! Coupled with the suppression of the people at that time, we had to pay a fixed tax every year, and most of the seafood caught at the beach was converted into money to pay taxes, and the rest of the money was not enough to make a living. According to the words left by our fathers, in that impoverished environment, one night from the inland direction came running a giant dog with a glowing body, and the giant dog could talk and understand human nature. The villagers of our village witnessed the giant dog running ashore on the waves, but as soon as it landed, the giant dog fell, and later the villagers carried the giant dog to the village and found that it had a serious gunshot wound on its hind legs, and it was our villagers who saved the giant dog. Lao Li said.
"Later, the giant dog was cured by the villagers, and in order to repay you, he donated his offspring to this village to make a living?" Teacher Jin said mockingly. "Please, can the legend be a little more old-fashioned? And this is not logical at all, and the myth is too serious, how can there be a creature that can step on the waves? ”
"You're right." Lao Li said dejectedly. "We didn't believe it when we were younger, but about 20 years ago...... Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1997, I was the same age as this young man. Lao Li pointed at Xu Tian and said.
"Did you see the legend?" Teacher Jin asked.
"We saw the dog god, it was a hot August, and it was about to start autumn, I remember very clearly, that night was surprisingly hot, most of the villagers were blowing the sea breeze on the beach, and some even went down to the sea to bathe, about 8:45 in the evening, suddenly there was a shining golden light on the sea, and like the legend, a very large giant dog ran to the village on the sea, about the size of a luxury cruise ship." Lao Li said.
"You saw it with your own eyes?" Teacher Jin asked in a skeptical tone.
"It's not just me who saw it, but everyone who was about the same age as me should have seen it." Lao Li looked around and asked the villagers with begging eyes, as if begging for someone to come forward to testify against him.
Xu Tian looked around at the villagers present, the word fear was written on everyone's faces, only Lao Li was gesturing alone, and the other villagers were all silent.
"What happened?" Xu Tian asked.
"When the giant dog was about to come to shore, it suddenly disappeared, and then a woman floated on the surface of the sea, and the woman was dressed in gold, and her leg was injured, just like the legendary dog god." Lao Li said.
"And then you saved the woman, and when her injuries healed, you honored her as a dog god?" Teacher Jin asked disdainfully.
"You...... How do you know ......" Lao Li was very surprised.
"Please! Can there be something new in making up a story? Children don't like to listen to such a plot, so you might as well talk about the dog factory. Teacher Jin said.
"Don't worry, this matter is related to the dog factory." Lao Li said.
"Huh?" Teacher Jin and Xu Tian suddenly became interested.
"As you said, the woman was healed of her leg injury by the village chief at the time and led by the villagers to pool money, and then we found out that the woman couldn't speak, she didn't seem to be literate, and finally we all found out...... She didn't even have a memory. Lao Li said.
"Hahaha......" Teacher Jin couldn't help but laugh. Did something weird happen after that? ”
Lao Li was not in the mood to laugh, and Xu Tian saw very clearly that now not only Lao Li, but even the other villagers had become very frightened.
"At that time, there were a few young men in the village, and one night, one of the young men did something wrong to the woman, and that night the villagers searched for the young man in the village, and even extended the search range to the neighboring villages, and the coastline was all searched, and there was no trace of the young man all night." Lao Li said.
"The young man was found somewhere the next morning, and he was dead at the time, right?" Xu Tian said.
Hearing Xu Tian's speculation, all the villagers present shuddered.
The young man, he ...... He was found with his right leg cut off, and the incision was where the woman was injured. Lao Li said.
"Where was the body found?" Xu Tian asked.
"On the beach by the sea, more than a dozen villagers can testify that there are no bodies on the beach when the sky is dark." Lao Li said.
"What about the woman? Are you still in the village after the incident? Teacher Jin asked.
"No, that night the village chief led everyone to search for the prisoner, leaving three fathers and daughters in the room to take care of the woman, because of that kind of thing, no outsiders entered the woman's house all night, and four prime of life were left outside to guard the house, but the next day when everyone found the body on the beach and returned to the woman's residence, the woman was gone, and the three women who guarded her also disappeared, and there is still no whereabouts." Lao Li said.