Chapter 4: The Corpse in the Jar
"Yes...... Yes, ghost! A terrible shout pierced the night sky, Chen Shun stared at the copper cylinder in front of him with an extremely frightened expression, his legs trembled and retreated, he accidentally tripped over a stone and fell backwards to the ground, he rolled and crawled away from that thing, fortunately it was at night, no one found that his pants were soaked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
When the others saw Chen Shun's appearance, they only took two steps and hesitated to step forward, and Han Yu and Uncle Chen, who had regained their freedom, walked back to Han Yu's parents and Xu Ding with gloomy faces, only a few of them never thought about opening the copper cylinder, let alone looking at it.
Finally, he couldn't resist the greed in his heart, and some people had already stepped forward boldly, wanting to see what made Chen Shun, who had always been bold, scare him into such a bear.
Someone will take the lead will be someone respond, they seem to be connected into a camp, cheering each other forward, the person with the flashlight handed over the flashlight in his hand to the people in the front row, the light is connected, the area in front of him instantly becomes brighter, after driving away the darkness, everyone's courage has gradually returned to their bodies, and the legs that go forward no longer tremble.
After a while, the light points of the flashlight were all focused on the copper cylinder, and the outside was instantly dark, and the tension slowly climbed into the hearts of everyone, among these people, Chen Shun's father Chen Baozhi was the most courageous, and everyone unanimously pushed him out of the crowd and stood at the front of everyone, only a foot away from the copper cylinder.
Isn't Chen Baozhi afraid? Of course he was afraid! Chen Shun is his son, he knows how many catties and taels he has, and his expression when he just fled is definitely not pretending, but at this time, he can't admit it in front of everyone, right?
With a heart, Chen Baozhi stretched his head over, but there was no response, and the villagers waited for a while and then urged impatiently: "Can you hurry up!" Come and tell us what it is. ā
Chen Baozhi: "......"
If you don't dare to look at it, just say it! You want to push me to the front, you don't know ...... Are you afraid! He is now with his back to all the villagers. At this time, if someone ran in front of Chen Baozhi, they would find that although he stretched his head over, his eyes were still closed and he pretended to be nothing.
"There's nothing!" Chen Baozhi said, although his feet and stomachs were still trembling slightly.
"Really? What about the treasures? The villagers were overjoyed, and suddenly became a little uneasy, hearing what Chen Baozhi meant was inside...... None of them?
Why do you keep asking me! Chen Baozhi thought dissatisfiedly, and said, "Can't you come forward and see it yourself!" ā
That's right, the villagers all thought, since Chen Baozhi went to see that there was nothing wrong, then why didn't he go to see it himself? Thinking of this, they rushed to the edge of the copper cylinder, and the people in front were completely squeezed up by the people behind.
When the people in the front row saw the things in the copper jar, they were all stunned for a moment, and turned their heads to see Chen Baozhi who was talking nonsense with his eyes closed, and they all cursed at the same time, trembling their legs and wanting to retreat.
"Lu Xun buys ink! Chen Baozhi, you decrepit ghost actually cheated us! Someone was so angry that he scolded directly.
There are people squeezed up behind, and they can only be pushed forward, at this time, someone finally reflected and began to scream loudly, slumped on the ground from the crotch of the people behind to find space to crawl out, and a few unlucky people were trampled on countless feet.
The scene became unbearable for a while, some people tried to get out, and some people tried to squeeze in. Han Yu and the others looked at them, with only a sneer on the corner of their mouths.
"Do you want to call the police?" Xu Ding looked at it with relish for a while, and when he saw that someone had fainted, he couldn't help but speak.
"Don't, it's just too much of a fright, huh! It's a lesson for them, they're so curious about everything! Uncle Chen said in a muffled voice, just being pulled away and pressed, his body bones are still a little faintly painful.
"Abba, you just said that it was a sacrifice of the god of the sea, what is it?" Han Yu remembered another thing and asked.
"Your grandfather told me a story when I was a child, and if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it was true." Father Han said, his eyes looking ahead, his eyes becoming confused.
At that time, your grandparents would go out to sea early in the morning to go fishing, and give me to your grandfather to take with me, I was naughty, and always liked to run to the beach to play by myself, because I didn't know much about water, and every time my grandfather caught me, he would beat me up, and then when he coaxed me, he would tell me the story of the sea god.
He said that our village has existed for a long, long time, and has bred here for many generations, but because the ancestors were illiterate, there is no genealogy handed down, but he always said that our village is the only remaining descendant of the Hai tribe.
I don't know what the Sea Clan is, and I've never heard of it, but every time my grandfather tells me a story that's very flavorful, and I like to listen to it, so I've written it down.
Legend has it that there was once a mysterious race, the Sea Tribe, who lived next to the sea for generations, accompanied the sea at sunrise and sunset every day, fishing, drying nets, and had their own gods.
The movement of the tide is unpredictable, in order to pray for peace, the sea tribe will often offer sacrifices to the sea god, legend has it that as long as the sea tribe devout worship the sea god, the sea god will really send down grace, bless the tribe on the way to the sea smooth sailing.
So my grandfather warned me that children should not run to the beach to play by themselves, otherwise the sea god would think it was a sacrifice to him and take it away.
Saying this, Father Han stopped, and a few people came back to their senses from the story, and couldn't help but sigh at the ignorance of the ancients, the movement of the tide is nothing more than about the wind and the direction of the wind, for example, during the typhoon season, the typhoon must be a big wave, where is the matter that can be solved by sacrificing some sacrifices, those legendary things are probably just coincidences!
Seeing Han Yu's look of disbelief, Father Han shook his head and said, "Whether you believe it or not, whether it exists or not is not something I can decide, the people in front of me have run away, shall we go and see?" ā
Xu Ding nodded first, he was still very curious about the things inside, not the greedy desire in his heart, just simply interested.
A few people walked forward together, and Uncle Chen walked thoughtfully at the end, but forgot to remind a few people of an important matter.
Han Yu was also very bold, he walked straight to the edge of the copper cylinder, stretched out his head to take a look inside, because the flashlight was still in Uncle Chen's hand, he only vaguely saw that it was full of liquid, and there seemed to be something in it.
"Uncle Chen, give me the flashlight!" Han Yu said, stretched out his hand and said to Uncle Chen behind him, Uncle Chen was still thinking about things, so he gave the lamp in his hand to Han Yu without care.
Han Yu took it and looked at it in the copper cylinder, his eyes were as big as copper bells, then he turned around and retched, so frightened that Xu Ding jumped back.
"Don't ...... Don't look, vomit...... There are dead people...... Vomit...... ...... nausea" Han Yu retched while stretching out his hand to stop Xu Ding and the others from approaching, as soon as he heard that there was a dead person, Han's father and Han's mother immediately moved away from the position of the copper cylinder and did not dare to get closer for half a minute.
People in the fishing villages in the countryside are very superstitious, these bad things can be kept away, do not want to be contaminated with bad luck, after today's events, tomorrow morning I am afraid that the leaves of the grapefruit trees in the village have been plucked!
Uncle Chen was brought back to his senses by Han Yu's movements, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, just after patronizing and thinking about things, he forgot to tell a few people that the sacrifice in this copper jar was probably not a good thing.
Stepping forward and taking the flashlight in Han Yu's hand, he looked into the copper cylinder, and sure enough, the orange-red turbid liquid emitted a strong fishy smell, and there was a faint smell of medicinal fragrance in it, and what was clearly visible in it was a corpse soaked in it, which did not show the smooth texture of the skin under the illumination of the light, according to his previous experience, it should be an adult who had been skinned, because the scalp was peeled off, so there was not a single hair, and the smooth head floated up.
Based on the width of the shoulders, it should be a man. I just don't know what this liquid is, and it preserves the body so well.
"Oops! It can't be a fatality, you see Ah Yu vomit like that, or we should call the police, right? Mother Han trembled and said, how bold can she be as a rural woman? The son didn't have the courage to help him even in front of him.
Father Han hesitated, and was about to take out his Nokia call, which he had brought for almost ten years, when he was stopped by Uncle Chen.
"Old Han, don't fight yet, this matter is known to the police, I'm afraid the villagers won't be able to run away from the crime of destroying cultural relics, you believe me, I will solve this thing." He said sincerely, Father Han agreed after thinking about it, he didn't know what crime he would be sentenced for destroying cultural relics, it was not serious, but he couldn't let his relatives and friends who had lived together for decades go to prison, right?
Uncle Chen relieved himself and said, "Then you can go back first, Ah Yu and Ding Boy just stay and help me, it is estimated that the village has been turned upside down now, and you have to help explain a thing or two." "Father Han is the head of a small fishing village, and although he has had disputes with the villagers before, this matter could not be better for him.
Han's father nodded, motioned to Han's mother to carry the plastic bucket with the fish, and went home with them, the fish in the bucket was the "fish share" that was distributed today, most of the fish were sold for a penny, and the fish share shared by everyone was kept for their own food. This is the rule that has been passed down from ancient times in this small fishing village.
Han's mother turned back three times in one step, but was finally pulled away by Han's father, Lao Chen is not a person without a target, Han's father believes that nothing will happen to his son if he follows him.