The blue sleeves gradually emerged from the water, fluttering under the flow of the river, as if the wind was blowing, and like aquatic plants. A white hand under the cyan sleeves was also revealed. The nails of that hand were very long, the fingers were slender and white, and it was a woman's beautiful hand.

The good-looking hand tightly grabbed the invisible silk and confronted her father.

The silk was too thin, and the beautiful hand was too soft, and soon, the hand was cut by the silk, and bright red blood flowed out. The blood flowed down the water, and became wisps, like red silk growing out of the flesh of that hand. The red silk silk dances with the cyan sleeves.

Grandpa thought to himself, if he persisted like this, he was afraid that his hand would be cut off by the silk. So, Daddy turned around sharply and shook the silk hard.

Grabbing the cyan sleeves of the silk, she jumped out of the water like a hooked fish. Immediately after, a thin, pale woman jumped out of the water. She jumped to the shore.

Daddy thought she would fall next to him, but the woman suddenly turned in mid-air and stretched out her blood-dripping hand towards him.

Grandpa was caught off guard and was poked by the woman's hand. Daddy thought that her hand was just poking him, but when he looked down, her hand actually entered his chest, and half of the palm of his hand was pierced into his body. Daddy suddenly felt a heart-rending pain, and his heart stopped beating.

The woman strained again, and the whole palm of her hand sank into her father's chest.

Grandpa felt that the internal organs in his body were grabbed by her hands, and she would crush his heart, liver and spleen when she pinched it.

Sure enough, the woman made a grasping motion.

Daddy was in so much pain that he almost knelt down in front of her.

The woman withdrew her hand from her father's chest.

Grandpa felt a cool breeze pass through his heart, and shivered. This time he really couldn't stand anymore, his hand let go of the silk, and he fell on the grass of the old river. He calculated that he would be in danger here today, but he didn't expect this woman to be so powerful from the water. Monk San'en can calculate the injury, but Grandpa has just learned, and he is not as accurate as Monk San'en.

Daddy shouted at Xiaomi: "Hurry up ......"

As soon as the word "fast" came out, there was a fishy sweetness in my throat, and I couldn't speak later. Grandpa's eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

By the time Grandpa opened his eyes, it was already noon the next day. Xiaomi, who was waiting by the bedside, saw her father wake up and hurriedly shouted. Zhao Xianyun, Luo Buzhai and others immediately ran to the room.

Grandpa was secretly relieved to see that Xiaomi was unscathed.

Zhao Xianyun fed his father a little hot water and said, "What happened to you yesterday?" I saw you go out with your rods and barrels not long ago, and I saw the villagers carrying you back. The face is terrifying. I went to the doctor and the doctor said you were in shock. Luo Buzhai said that you have never been like this before. ”

Daddy remembered the situation last night, and only remembered that the woman who suddenly appeared in the water put her hand into his body, not knowing what happened behind him. Seeing that there were many people in the house, Grandpa was reluctant to ask about Xiaomi's later affairs, for fear that others would also ask Xiaomi and put pressure on Xiaomi.

He was about to sit up, but as soon as he raised his hand, a sharp pain came from his chest. Grandpa knew in his heart that his soul was hurt by the woman in the water. The woman was supposed to be a water ghost or something, and she had no real body. That's why she was able to put her hand in his chest and scratch his soul.

It's not uncommon for ghosts to hurt people's souls.

Before Xiaomi was found, my father had encountered this kind of thing when he traveled in Shandong. At that time, there were many bandits in Shandong, and the bandits in many places had the posture of Shuibo Liangshan. When my grandfather was passing through Tai'an, he met a rich man. The rich man heard about his father's reputation out of nowhere, and learned that his father had passed by Tai'an, so he took his father to his house halfway, saying that he wanted him to save his son.

When my father saw the son of the rich man, he found that he was a son-in-law with sound limbs and a normal mind, and he was neither crazy nor stupid, nor crying and wailing.

But as soon as the sun set, the boy panicked, ran around the house, and said bitterly when he saw someone: "My hand is gone!" My hands are gone! ”

Grandpa asked the reason carefully, only to learn that one night Brother Gongzi encountered a bandit with a big knife. When the bandit saw Brother Gongzi, he couldn't help but say, and raised his knife and slashed. Brother Childe was taken aback, and in a hurry, he didn't know how to dodge, but instead raised his hands to meet the big knife. The knife flashed, and Brother Gongzi found that his hands had fallen to the ground. Brother Gongzi didn't feel pain, but when he saw his limbs fall to the ground, his face was as frightened as dirt. When the bandit saw that he could not make a single sword, he raised his knife and slashed again. Brother Gongzi was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away and ran back to the house in one go.

When he got home, he cried out, "My hands are gone!" My hands are gone! ”

When the family saw that his hands were good, they advised him not to panic.

He didn't listen, so he had to ask his father to take some men to his hands.

His father thought he was a fool and had him locked up in the house and locked the door so that he would not come out. Later, his father confessed in front of his grandfather, saying that if he had led someone to look for him that night, maybe he would have found his hand, and even if he couldn't find it, he might be able to untie his heart. But his father didn't.

The next day, Brother Gongzi had no abnormality, it was time to eat, eat, and chat. But as soon as the sun went down, he returned to the same madness he had had been the night before.

After Grandpa understood the situation, he knew that this boy had encountered a dead bandit. This dead bandit could not harm his body, but he could harm his soul. The hand that was cut off that night was the hand of the soul of Brother Childe.

Grandpa asked Brother Gongzi about the specific location where Brother Gongzi was cut by the bandits, and then when Brother Gongzi went crazy again in the evening, he led Brother Gongzi out to find his hand∵ to the place where he had been cut, Brother Gongzi found two white arms on the ground and took them back in surprise.

When I got home, I saw that it wasn't an arm at all, but two lotus roots!

That's what Daddy left there during the day.

From then on, the boy brother will be fine.

The rich man asked his grandfather why the white lotus root could make his son think it was his arm.

Grandpa replied that the lotus root will "break the thread", just like the blood of the human body, and it is the most human-like thing. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, there was a general soldier named Li Jing in Chentangguan, and his third son was resurrected by a few lotus roots after his death.

Grandpa can save others, but it is difficult to save himself. The boy had his hands cut off by a ghost, and his chest was scratched by a ghost. That boy can be rescued by retrieving two pieces of white lotus, but he has no way to refer to.

However, Grandpa didn't have the heart to think about how to save himself for the time being, but wanted to know what happened between Xiaomi and the ghost after he fell.

Daddy spent all the others, leaving only Millet in the house.

There was no one else in the house, and Grandpa called Millet to the bedside and asked, "Where did the thing that came out of the water go?" Did she hurt you? ”

Xiaomi said proudly: "Ma Xiucai, you have a good rest, don't worry." She didn't hurt me, I grabbed her and hid her somewhere. ”

"You arrested her?" Daddy was surprised.

Millet nodded and said, "Yes." Didn't Miss Tie say that Silky could kill ghosts? I tied her up with silk. I hid her in the grass and then asked the people in the village to carry you back. While everyone was paying attention to you, I secretly went back to the old river and carried her back. ”

"You caught her in the house?" Daddy asked.

Millet said, "Yes." I put her in the big tank in the back. You're not okay yet, I can't let her go. The last time I saw that monk, you didn't let me mention it in front of others, so I didn't tell anyone about it this time. ”

Daddy was suspicious, "How did you catch her?" ”

Millet said lightly: "It's like catching a fish!" I was afraid that she would run away, so I tied her up with silk. ”

"You hid her in the water tank, how could anyone else not find out?" Something as big as a person is not a small crab or shrimp, and it can be hidden if you say it.

Millet put her index finger in front of her mouth and "shh Millet leaned into her father's ear and whispered, "She's amazing!" As soon as I put her in the water, she was gone. Only water could be seen in the tank. I was startled when I first let her in, thinking she had slipped away. I guess she used a trick, so I used a spoon to slowly scoop the water, and when the spoon reached the bottom of the water tank, she came out. Seeing that she did not escape, I was relieved and carried a few buckets of water and poured them into the tank. She's gone again. ”

Grandpa was still worried and asked, "Besides you, has anyone else touched that tank?" ”

Xiaomi thought for a while and said, "Yu Youyang scooped a little water in that tank and drank it." I wanted to stop her, but I was afraid that I would miss the filling. ”

Grandpa remembered that Yu Youyang seemed a little uncomfortable when he stood here just now. But Daddy didn't know what the consequences would be if he drank that kind of water.

"Neither Miss Zhao nor Mr. Luo have moved?" Daddy asked. It is not a good thing for such a terrifying woman to hide in her home, and the fewer people she comes into contact with, the better. Of course, Grandpa was very satisfied with Xiaomi's move. Why did this woman come to the old river, why did she go fishing, why did she attack him, there are many questions waiting for her to answer. If Xiaomi hadn't caught her, there would be no answers to these questions.

Xiaomi nodded in the affirmative.

"You take me to see it." Grandpa endured the pain in his chest and stretched out his hand towards Xiaomi.

Xiaomi said: "I'll go and see if there's anyone in the back." With that, she ran away.

After a while, Millet returned to the house and said, "There is no one behind." I'll show you there. ”

Grandpa was helped by millet to the back of the house.

The house and kitchen of the old house of the Ma family are separated, and there is a wide corridor several meters long between the room and the kitchen. The big water tank that Millet said is in the corridor. There is also a round water tank head on the tank. The water in this tank is daily water, and the water in the tank is used for cooking, washing, and making tea. So have a water tank head to keep the dust out.

At that time, water was not particularly particular about water, and raw water could be drunk directly.

There is also a small water tank in the kitchen, which is to make it easier to use water. If there is no water in the small tank, the water in the large tank will be used.

Daddy walked over to the big tank and removed the lid from the tank.

Sure enough, as Xiaomi said, the water in this tank is crystal clear, not to mention the people hiding in the water, not even a single scum can be seen.