Xia Xi and the others followed the man into the courtyard, and at this time, an old man in his seventies also came out, shaking hands with them one by one very sophisticatedly, and he didn't look like a peasant at all.

In Lou Lanfeng's imagination, the head of the group should be a yin owl or a strong person, but this old man is not at all, he looks like an old worker who has retired and played chess under the trees on the street. If there is any disobedience, it is that he, as an old farmer in the mountains, has such fine skin and tender meat.

The old man welcomed them into the house very warmly, and the people in the family also came out to say hello, Wang Yuxia was impressively listed, it turned out that she was the granddaughter of the head of the group, she was a little surprised to see them coming, and her attitude was suddenly much closer.

Lou Lanfeng generally understood what was going on, it seemed that the company had always had some kind of connection with this group leader, and once there was a situation, he would report it, which was equivalent to a local intelligence officer. It's just that if there has been contact for a long time, it seems that this is not the first time that there is a problem in this place.

After making tea, everyone else retreated, leaving the middle-aged man who opened the door just now, Wang Shiliang introduced that this was his eldest son Wang Dequan, he said: "When I leave, this stall will be left to him." ”

Lao Wang Tou first counted the names of a few operators who had contacted and cooperated with him, and said with emotion: "Some of them have retired, some have been transferred, and now it's your turn, Xiao Zou's last visit was three years ago, where is he now?" ”

Xia Xi replied with a smile: "He has been transferred to other departments, and now we are in charge of this part." ”

The old king sighed: "It's been more than fifty years, and it's been peaceful, but this year it's coming again, let you put it on the table." ”

Xia Xi asked, "Do you always think that what happened today is the same thing as what happened in the 60s?" ”

The old king said with certainty: "Yes! It's a complete road, as soon as someone disappeared, I went to the cemetery, and sure enough, there was a grave that was opened, and I secretly buried it silently, and then I notified you. ”

The old king sighed again: "I have lived so big, I believe in one thing, no matter what, God will leave a way for you to live, even if you are going to starve to death, there is half a bowl of porridge waiting for you, the key is that you can't miss that half bowl of porridge." You are my half bowl of porridge. Alas, now is different from the past, if this matter is spread on the ground, the day of the separation of Dagu Village will not be far away, and Hulala will be empty at that time. ”

Wang Dequan comforted on the side: "Dad, don't you just leave a few more people, what's the matter, that's it, as for it?" ”

Lao Wang's head straightened and looked at Wang Dequan: "You were still breastfeeding when there was this last time, you know what a fart!" At that time, your grandfather was still in charge, and he cooperated with the people above to suppress the matter. Over the years, our village has spread out its branches and leaves, and the old bangzi has almost died, and I guess few people still remember this. ”

Xia Xi said: "I heard that there are rumors of mountain demons in the village, will anyone leak the rumor of that incident more than 50 years ago?" ”

Lao Wang Tou shook his head: "I've also heard the rumors, grandma scared the child, I don't see that few people really believe it, and they haven't said anything specific." ”

Wang Dequan smiled and said to the old man: "I said Dad, you haven't told me for so many years, what is going on, can you tell me?" ”

Lao Wang Tou looked at his son, and then at Xia Xi and them, and then said: "Cheng, it's time to give you an explanation, today in front of the working group, it can be regarded as a helper, what I said is wrong, the comrades of the working group help me correct." ”

Lou Lanfeng smiled: "Where, I am also listening." As he spoke, he glanced at Xia Xi.

There was a huge sound of breathing on Lao Gu Peak again, Lao Wang Tou cleared his throat, took a sip of tea, and then pointed out the window and said, "There is something on Lao Gu Peak!" ”

In the thirties of the last century, during the war-torn era, Lushan Province was ravaged and the people were displaced, so it became a well-known beggar province in China.

Occasionally, a beggar entered Dagu Village to beg and found that Dagu Village was empty, the villagers had disappeared and disappeared, and weeds began to grow on the roads in the village, becoming an empty and dead village. The beggars reported the situation to the head of the group, so a large number of beggars began to slowly enter Dagu Village, using it as a base camp for recuperation. They did not delve into why such a secluded old village in the mountains was affected by the war and the village was empty.

At that time, the personnel of Dagu Village were very loose, and the entry and exit were very chaotic, and there were many old and frail ruffians among the beggars, and there were many fights during the period, so the head of the regiment at that time began to vigorously rectify. He demanded that the beggars who stayed in the village must change their surnames to Wang and swear allegiance, and slowly the population of nearly 1,000 people in Dagu Village stabilized and formed a powerful force for self-preservation and xenophobia. Now the population is more than 3,000.

The village has limited arable land, and given that they are homeless beggars and belong to the lowest strata of society, the post-liberation movements have not affected them much. In fact, the previous town leaders who were struggling with hardship were not interested in managing this group of people. Although a new production team organization has been produced on the surface, it is still the head of the group who manages the whole village in his bones. It's just that after the new national policy management was strengthened, it became a little difficult for them to go out to beg.

During the most difficult economic years of the early sixties, they were completely unable to provide for themselves, except for a few who continued to venture out to beg, and most of them relied on meagre quantities of food relief. In the second year, people starved to death one after another, and the bodies were buried in the old cemetery in front of the mountain, and strange things happened at this time.

One day in June, when the villagers were burying the newly deceased, they were horrified to find that the two graves buried not long ago had been dug up, and the way of digging was extremely strange, both of them made a hole in the side, destroyed the coffin, and then stole the body directly.

As a result, rumors such as people eating people and mountain demons stealing corpses spread far and wide. Some villagers took the opportunity to get rid of the constraints of the group leader and began to flee, and they were confident to return to the road of begging. Soon after the second batch of graves were dug up, the county public security and a working group were stationed in Dagu Village to carry out an investigation.

Lao Wangtou's memory is not reduced: "I remember very clearly that the team leader is called Xue Liming, who is single and unmarried in his forties, and he looks about the same height as this Comrade Cheng. ”

Xia Xi and Lou Lanfeng looked at each other, and Lou Lanfeng said: "You are so bold and blatantly violate discipline, not to mention that it is still that era." ”

The old king said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, life was not worth much in those years, don't talk about widows when you send some money and food, the big girls are on the kang casually." Lao Xue is not an ordinary person, the National Government will be a policeman, specializing in handling some strange cases, he said that he has damaged his yin morality, and he is destined to be homeless and childless, so it is better for us to ask for food. ”

Wang Dequan was interested: "Which family did you sleep with?" ”

The old king glared at his son: "What's the matter with you?" I said that there is your mother-in-law's share, do you believe it? ”

Wang Dequan retracted and shut up.

Lao Wang Tou continued: "At the beginning, the county wanted to start with the investigation of cannibalism, and there was a shortage of food at that time, and this kind of saying was very popular everywhere, and Xue Liming immediately judged that it was impossible. You said that the day of June, the mourning was stopped for three days, and after entering the earth, the tomb was six days inside and out, and there was no problem with the grave at that time, and you said that the meat could still be eaten after six days? Wild dogs may not be willing to eat! ”

"We people don't look down on birth, old age, sickness and death, the rules of death are not so big, and the people at that time were also hungry, and the grave was not dug deep, so we wonder if it was dug out and eaten by wild beasts?"

Xue Liming rejected this view after the on-site investigation, he said that although they are all thin wooden coffins, it is very difficult for the beast to break open, the key is that he found a very neat incision on the coffin, which should be caused by tools, so the case is basically locked in man-made.

It's just that the motive of the crime is really incomprehensible, and the nearest village to this village has to walk here for more than three hours, what are they doing here to steal the corpses that are about to decompose? As for the people in this village, after several rounds of investigation, no suspect can be found. Of course, Xue Liming considered these factors at that time, but he could only be sure that they were man-made, not beasts and no more, how to explain them to the villagers at that time?

Since the incident, more than a dozen people have left the village one after another, and their whereabouts are unknown, which adds to the complexity of the case. But there was no way, it was very difficult to investigate and grasp the information of the people who left at that time, and several of those people are still missing.

The conditions were scarce, and the technical means were limited, and the mainstream detection method at that time was squatting. In order to paralyze the criminals, the county public security officers retreated, and Xue Liming and Xiao Kong, who assisted him in handling the case, secretly stayed and lived in Tuantou's house.

It's June, and it's very hard to stay in the wild. The old king said that they slept during the day, and at night they went to the cemetery and squatted in three corners to watch. Sometimes it is foggy at night and the visibility is very low, and for the safety of personnel, Xue Liming sometimes cancels the mission according to the situation.

The strange atmosphere in the cemetery is the most unbearable, every wind seems to carry the stench of corpses, every sound seems to come from the ground, the fear goes deep into the bone marrow, the old Wang Tou said that he had to check whether his tongue was black and blue every day when he went home, and he was afraid that he would be frightened.

But the graves that had been buried without being stolen were no longer cared for, and they squatted for seven or eight days without finding anything, and during this time, some villagers left without permission in spite of the policies and decrees.

The turning point is that there are dead people in the village again, maybe the new corpses will attract criminals? They adjusted their time, repaired at home for three days, and waited for them to be buried.

Fearing that the criminals would strike first, they did not wait for the grave to be completed three days later, and began to squat on the day of the burial, focusing on the new grave.

On the fifth day, the fog rose, and the fog became bigger and bigger in the middle of the night, and the old king was thinking that Lao Xue might be going to call it a day, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound from the cemetery, which was not at all like the footsteps of Lao Xue coming over! He hesitated a little if someone was digging the grave, but the rustling sound stopped after a few clicks, and before he could understand what was going on, he heard a bang, as if the coffin had been opened by gravity!

At this time, I heard Lao Xue shouting: "Don't move!" Public security! If you move again, you'll shoot! ”

A gust of wind suddenly rose in the flat ground, dispelling some of the fog around him, and Wang Shiliang watched the corpse rise in the air in the night, bringing the fog under him rolling, and then like a cannonball, it roared towards Lao Gu Peak smoothly.