"Not people? What is that? "I think I can take the opportunity to put some words out of Xiao Jiuhong's mouth first, and talk to her as we go.

"Yes" Xiao Jiuhong opened her mouth to say, but after thinking about it, she held back and stuck out her tongue at me: "I won't tell you, you figured everything out, what if you dump me halfway?" ”

"I guess you don't even know about yourself, don't brag, if you don't know, you don't know, no one will laugh at you." I knew Xiao Jiuhong's temper, so I deliberately provoked her with words, and said, "The leader of the platoon is your mother, not you." ”

"I can't know, I'm sure I know." Xiao Jiuhong was really unconvinced, but she was not stupid, looking at my expression, her eyes rolled, she sneered, and said, "You provoke me, I just don't tell you, don't take me to the yellow sand field, I won't say it." ”

Xiao Jiuhong is very rational this time, no matter how excited I am, she just doesn't want to say it. But she said that in that place in Huangshachang, the people who pai the sect had never been there, but the red lady knew what was going on there. Maitreya and I thought about it, anyway, there was no way, so we planned to go to the yellow sand field first.

"The Hu family in Huangshachang is not an ordinary person, and it is not for nothing that their family can be the leader of the thirty-six side doors." Xiao Jiuhong narrowed her eyes with a smile and said, "Actually, I think it should be quite fun there, and if you don't get anywhere, I won't tell you, see if you dare to leave me halfway." ”

I'm about the same age as her, and I had the last experience in Heyan, and I was just rescued by her, so the mustard in my heart is actually very small. Xiao Jiuhong is very noisy, but it makes the atmosphere lively, and it is not boring along the way. Listening to the conversation between the red lady and the Lu family palm lamp in Sangyuan Ridge, the biggest gain, in addition to the yellow sand field, is what the big-headed Buddha and the old dog, the Lu family palm lamp is very taboo The red lady mentions these, naturally, I think this is also very important, so I deliberately set Xiao Jiuhong's words. Xiao Jiuhong's girl is rude and willful, but as long as she is familiar with it, and she looks at the person who is pleasing to the eye, she is still very good at talking, when I asked about the old dog, she thought about it and said that she knew something about it, but she didn't know it very clearly.

"What's going on?" I said, "What is that old dog referring to?" Is it an individual? Is it a dog? ”

"I want to eat the peanut cake of the old Bai family in Kaifeng, you promise to buy me some first, and I will tell you." Xiao Jiuhong ran all the way before, sweating, and now when she stopped, the sweat on her face dried, leaving a few black sweat stains, and her whole face looked bells and whistles, like a cat, she smacked her lips and said, "If you don't buy it for me, I won't say it." ”

I know Xiao Jiuhong is joking, where to buy peanut cakes in this wilderness? But he still followed her meaning, nodded and said, "When I go to Kaifeng in the future, I will buy you a big bag." ”

Xiao Jiuhong was happy, giggling and laughing, and after laughing, he said to me: "That's about a month." ”

About a month ago, Pai Jiao had a very ordinary business, they were always fishing for parallel goods, Xiao Jiuhong was used to it, and she was not interested in meddling in such a trivial matter. But this time the business was not finished, and the people who went out to do things ran back to report the news, it is estimated that there was a little trouble, Xiao Jiuhong still didn't care, the big goatee of the sect sent some people to help, and it is estimated that there were some accidents, Xiao Jiuhong only began to pay attention to this matter at this time, she asked the person below, and the person couldn't say why, but said, they seemed to have met the "pit fish".

"Bakeng fish?" When Maitreya heard this, he couldn't help but interject: "Is there really such a thing?" Don't talk nonsense. ”

"You fat man, go out and inquire, who is my little Jiuhong, is it possible to talk about it?" Xiao Jiuhong pursed her lips and glared at Maitreya: "At first glance, you just don't have any insight and vision, and the old lady doesn't bother to bother with you, anyway, I just met Bakengyu." ”

I don't know if there is an exaggeration in Xiao Jiuhong's words, but I always feel that what she said is a bit mysterious. Bakeng fish has always only existed in the legends on both sides of the Yellow River, at least until now, I haven't heard anyone say that I have seen it with my own eyes, my grandfather's knowledge is very profound, and he has never seen it.

Because of the diversion of the river flood season flood season, coupled with the natural conditions, there are many large and small low-lying lands on both sides, when there is no water in the depression, it is like a dry pit, but the water rises every year, the river floods these places, and when the water recedes, it becomes a blister of stagnant water, we call this kind of blister a sand pit.

The sand pits are all stagnant, the area is large and small, some are only a few zhang in radius, and some can be a mile long. It stands to reason that there were no living creatures in this stagnant water, and a few fish were also brought down the river to the pit at that time. But it is rumored that in such a sand pit, there is a particularly big fish, the big evil, how big the sand pit is, how big the fish is, usually lie at the bottom of the water and do not move, occasionally there are people or animals passing by the pit, the big fish will stretch out their heads and swallow the person. There is only one fish in a bunker, and it is like the whole pit is dominated by it, so the rumored fish is called "pit fish".

I haven't seen a pit fish anyway, and I don't believe it very much, that kind of sand nest blister can't support such a big thing.

After Xiao Jiuhong heard the news, she felt strange, how could the parallel goods go to the sand nest blisters to fish? She was very curious, and wanted to run over to have a look, but before she could reach her destination, a few people sent out by Goatee carried a sect keeper and ran back in a hurry.

"You don't believe it." Xiao Jiuhong's eyes widened and said to me: "That person's body is stiff, and it is as hard as a stone. ”

"Dead?"

"It's not." Xiao Jiuhong shook his head and said, "It's frozen." ”

"Frozen hard?" I thought about it, isn't this nonsense, a month ago, the weather was hot, and I was sweating profusely by the water's edge, how could it be as hard as a frozen stone?

"That's it, I'm such an adult, can I still look away?"

Xiao Jiuhong must have asked clearly, and while walking back with those people, she inquired. But the people below can't say why, they are doing things by the sand pit, and they all know that there may be bakeng fish in it, whether there is it or not, anyway, they don't dare to go into the water. However, after spending more than an hour next to the sand pit, a person fell into the water for some reason, the kind of stagnant water could not trap a person with good water nature, but the person who fell into the water splashed and sank to the bottom of the water in the blink of an eye. His companions suddenly did not know where the man had sunk, and they were anxious to go into the water to save them.

But in that situation, who would dare to venture into the water? After grinding for three or five minutes, the person who had fallen into the water suddenly floated up from under the water, floating motionless on the surface of the water, and by the time the people at the edge of the pit fished him up, this person was already frozen as hard as a stone, and the corners of his clothes were full of ice ballast. This was the only person who had ever been in the water at the time, so he was saved and asked about the situation. After the person was carried back, covered with a quilt, his stiff body finally softened, but there was only a trace of breath left, and he couldn't be saved.

This incident alarmed the red lady, and she ran over to see it in person, but when she came, she was already out of breath. The red lady immediately asked her to invite the mother-in-law of the old Tan family, and wanted to ask Mrs. Tan to "talk".

The so-called "over-talking" is also a mysterious thing. The goddess on the river beach is all human beings when they have just died, and the three souls and seven spirits have not yet been dispersed, and if you want to ask him at this time, you can still ask some words. It's hard to say whether this thing is true or not, some people say it's true, and some people say it's a trick of the gods. True or false, only those who have experienced it will know. The mother-in-law of the old Tan family is very famous, but the "talk" may not be 100% successful, there are reasons for the goddess, there are also reasons for the deceased, and if the words are not successful, the goddess will generally say that the deceased is unwilling to speak.

As soon as the mother-in-law of the Tan family invited her over, Xiao Jiuhong still wanted to join in the fun, but in the process of talking, no third person was allowed to be present in the house, and everyone else had to be driven out. The red lady asked someone to "talk", probably just to ask the deceased what was in the sand pit.

This time the "talk" may have been successful, after the Tan family's mother-in-law came out of the dark room, she muttered to the red lady in private for a while, Xiao Jiuhong wanted to lean over and listen, but was pushed away. Xiao Jiuhong became more and more curious, and had to pester the red lady to ask, but after the red lady and the Tan family's mother-in-law whispered for a while, their expressions were not very normal, and they refused to say a word. Xiao Jiuhong was coquettish, and squeezed into a bed with the red lady to sleep that night, but after a long time, the red lady's mouth was still tightly closed, and she couldn't ask anything. Grinding and grinding, Xiao Jiuhong fell asleep, and when she woke up in a daze in the middle of the night, she vaguely saw that the red lady was still frowning and thinking about something, and whispered in her mouth: Is that old dog really not dead?

That's the way it is, Xiao Jiuhong only knows so much. The red lady may still be secretly sending someone to pursue this matter, but it doesn't have Xiao Jiuhong's share.

"Why don't you pester and continue to ask, your temper is stubborn, you can't help pestering her, won't you tell you?" I was disappointed to hear it, as if my curiosity had been brought up, but suddenly I didn't know what the final mystery was, and I didn't even know what the old dog meant.

"What's the solution, I'm stubborn, she's more stubborn than me."

I'm helpless, and I can't ask about some things anyway.

We just talked all the way, all the way to the yellow sand field. The previous thirty-six side doors have disappeared, and this time the new leader is not the Hu family, and the Hu family in Huangshachang began to slowly decline after the thirty-six side doors were dispersed. But after all, it is a family that has been in business for many years, and the family has a big business, even if it washes its hands and quits the rivers and lakes, and has experienced the changes of the times, the foundation of the family is still there.

When we arrived at Huangshachang, it was exactly noon, and the prosperity of the Hu family in Huangshachang drove the surrounding area, more than ten villages nearby, and there are still five or six until now.

When there were still about three or four miles away from the old house of the Hu family in Huangshachang, the three of us saw a group of people surrounded by something on the third floor and the outer three floors, probably all of them were locals, and they were talking in a whisper while looking inside.

Suddenly, a somewhat hollow scream erupted from the middle of the crowd, and the crowd suddenly rioted.