The hemp rope disappeared without a trace in front of us, and this hand made us feel a little unsure.

I said, "Shall we go to his house and wait?" Waiting for a rabbit? ”

Mr. Lu said: "The hemp rope disappeared so blatantly on the street, probably because we found that we were following him, and we would have found his home." I guess I won't find anything, so I'd better go back to sleep. Nourish your spirits, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

On the way back, Full Moon said, "Listening to the words of the goddess, it seems that there really is a river god. ”

Xue Qian said: "Yes, there really is a river god. This river god has not shown up for I don't know how many years. Now that it has just appeared, it will take the lives of our brothers, what is the reason? ”

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "I think this river god is pretending to be a ghost, probably trying to kill people with a knife and kill a few of us." ”

I said, "If that's the idea, then he's very wrong, no matter how many villagers there are, can they beat a few of us?" As long as we want to go, we can always go. ”

Mr. Lu said: "We might as well wait for three days, and after three days, we will expose the trick of hemp rope on the spot and smash the river temple by the way." Then he found a ghost to settle accounts and forced him to hand over Danfang. ”

I said, "That's for the best." ”

We walked into the full moon's house in the dark. Full Moon said apologetically: "I'm sorry, our family is so poor, we don't even have a bed, I'm afraid the three of you will have to sleep on the ground." ”

I smiled and said, "It's okay to sleep on the ground." At least I can sleep soundly. We've slept on the road before. ”

We touched the inside of the house, Xue Qian took out a match, lit it and wanted to light the lamp.

As a result, the fire flashed, and a face was shining open, staring at us with its eyes open in the dark.

Xue Qian screamed in fright. With a trembling wrist, the match in his hand fell to the ground and was extinguished in a flash.

At the same time, I had already taken off the broadsword and, by impression, swung it at the face I had just had. At that moment, a hand grabbed my arm. I heard the full moon shouting in my ear, "Don't hurt anyone, it's my mother." ”

But my big knife was rounded and smashed over, and it was too late to make a gesture. Although my arm was dragged by the full moon, the strength was greatly reduced, but the remaining strength was enough to smash the full moon's mother.

I was sweating profusely. But between the calcium carbide firelight, where can you still find a way? I heard a muffled sound, and the knife hit something.

The full moon kept grabbing my arm, and naturally felt my big knife hit.

She cried out, "Mother." ”

Full Moon's mother didn't move.

I shuddered in my heart: "Is this a smashing stun, or is it smashing to death?" ”

I shouted, "Old Xue, light the lamp, you hurry up and light the lamp." ”

Xue Qian's voice was also a little nervous: "Then I'll light the lamp, you all be mentally prepared." ”

The image of Full Moon's mother sitting upright in her chair kept flashing in my head. Bright red blood mixed with brain pulp was flowing outward.

I was taken aback by the image I had imagined for myself.

Seeing Xue Qian start to strike matches, I closed my eyes nervously. The fork is long and the bar is thrown.

After a few seconds, I heard a stabbing sound, and then, my eyes lit up. I guess it was a match that struck.

Xue Qian smiled: "Old Zhao, okay, open your eyes, the old lady is fine." ”

I asked, "Is the old lady still awake?" ”

Xue Qian said: "I'm awake, my eyes are wide open. ”

I asked again, "Did it bleed?" ”

Xue Qian smiled: "There is no bloodshed, there is no bagging, and it is not even bruised or swollen." ”

I thought to myself, "Not even bruised? Could it be that this old lady can't practice iron head skills? ”

I slowly opened my eyes and found that the big knife did not hit the full moon's mother at all, but was blocked by Mr. Lu's arm.

Mr. Lu smiled at me and said, "Zhao Mang, your strength is getting bigger and bigger." I almost broke my hand with you. ”

I said angrily: "It turns out that you blocked the big knife, why didn't you sue me?" You don't know how nervous I was just now. ”

Mr. Lu laughed twice and said, "Because I want to see your liveliness." ”

While talking, Mr. Lu withdrew his arm and rubbed it vigorously.

I put the big knife back and asked Full Moon's mother, "Old lady, are you okay?" ”

Full Moon's mother looked at me, her expression was a little dull, and suddenly she shivered, as if she was revived, and wailed loudly: "Scared me to death, scared me to death, you want my life." ”

Full Moon walked over and patted her on the back and complained, "Didn't you sleep?" Why are you sitting here again? How scary is it at night? ”

The mother of the full moon said, "I waited for you on the left and didn't come, and I didn't come for you to wait for you, and I couldn't sleep anyway, so I got up and waited for you, and I was reluctant to light the lamp, so I sat in the dark, and then I fell asleep......"

Mr. Lu said tiredly: "Okay, everyone is safe, let's sleep in peace." ”

We were really tired, and after borrowing the futon from the full moon, we just lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

By the time we woke up, it was noon the next day. The mother and daughter were so kind that they even left us food. However, after I saw their family's coarse tea and light rice, I silently took out my own dry food.

It's not that I want to save food for them, but that the kind of food is not even as good as my own dry food.

When we had our fill, we walked into the village.

The villagers pointed at us, presumably talking about the sacrifices. We didn't bother to talk to them, just followed the full moon and walked in the direction of the hemp rope house.

I saw hemp rope sitting quietly on the stone in front of the house, as if basking in the sun.

I looked at him carefully and saw that his chest was indeed heaving.

I said, "Mr. Lu, you saw that he was indeed breathing. ”

Unexpectedly, Mr. Lu shook his head and said, "I was wrong, in fact, your opinion is right." ”

I wondered, "How do you say that?" ”

"He's not really breathing. Instead, he uses a secret technique to force his lungs to inhale and exhale incessantly, simulating the state before death. This slows down the rate of decay. Still, dead is dead, and it's near the water's edge, it's damp, and his body is still rotting. ”

I said, "Why did he do this secret technique?" Shall we ask him where he came from? ”

We were hesitating, and the hemp rope turned to see a few of us, and then walked over with a smile on his face.

He stood in front of us and said with a smile, "How many people, can't wait to make sacrifices?" You don't have to worry, the river god has stipulated that it will be three days later, so we will sacrifice after three days. ”

I didn't listen to him, but sniffed secretly. I noticed that the smell of corpses on his body was weaker than last night, and I guess he was aware of the smell of his body and was working hard to get rid of it.

Mr. Lu stared at the hemp rope with straight eyes, and said, "Who are you?" ”

It seems that Mr. Lu is planning a showdown with hemp rope.

But Ma Rope looked at us with a smile and said, "I'm from Shennu Village. He is also the one who helps you to preside over the sacrificial rites. ”

Speaking of this, he squinted at the full moon and said, "You are so close to these three guests, be careful that you will be unlucky." ”

Full Moon sneered: "Three days later, I will also be thrown into the river by you as a sacrifice." What else is there to talk about that is unlucky and unlucky? ”

Ma Rope nodded and said, "That's just as well." Hello do it yourself. You all have to do it for yourselves. ”

Then he went into the courtyard and closed the gate.

Mr. Lu looked at us and said, "The hemp rope is guarding against us." I know we want to get something out of him. Now he won't tell us anything. ”

I looked at the small courtyard of the hemp rope family, and my heart became more and more unhappy.

The full moon was even more depressed, and walked back slowly. All three of us can be called Taoist priests, and we don't care about the so-called sacrifice of hemp rope. But the full moon is different, she is an ordinary person, it is impossible not to be afraid.

When we got home, Full Moon's mother began to chatter and persuade her to run away, get out of here, and never come back