"Jinbao!" I was stunned for a moment, saw him turn around and run, subconsciously went to chase, two people ran out more than ten meters one after the other, he looked back from time to time, to be honest, he was afraid, I was also afraid, at that time the whole village except for the seventh grandmother, all of them were filled in the river, I don't know what the current Jinbao is.

I chased after him with all my might, and Jinbao ran a long way north around the clearing at the west end of the village, and I chased after him relentlessly, gradually getting closer and closer to him.

"Water Boy!" Jinbao was running, and suddenly stopped, and the moment he turned around, I noticed that tears had begun to flow from the corners of his eyes, and he shouted at me, "You have to kill them all, don't you?" "

"Jinbao, what are you talking about!" I also stopped, confused by his words: "You still know who I am, you shouldn't say such stupid things!" Jinbao, look at me, I'm a water man, a water man."

"Where are you from? With whom? "

"As for me, I can't be chased by others, and I broke in."

The two of us said a few words face to face, and Jinbao was really familiar with each other, and as soon as he said a few words, he gradually quieted down, glanced at the darkness behind me a few times, lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Shui Yanzi, you really don't know those things?" "

"I'm confused about what you said." I shook my head and said, "I know that everyone in the village went to fill in the river at that time, and I tried to pull you, but you were like a demon." "

Friends who grew up together, what kind of temperament and temperament they have with each other, no one can hide from anyone, I am not good at lying, this is clear to Jinbao, so after talking for a while, his concerns are reduced, and he rubs his eyes in place. I don't know what happened to Jinbao, but he seems to be frightened, and even though he has believed my words, he can't help but hesitate. I couldn't help it, so I continued to tell him about my offense.

"Shui Yanzi, I believe it." Jinbao nodded and said, "I've been running for so long, and I haven't eaten yet, right?" Come with me. "

I smiled, feeling warm in my heart, besides my grandfather, there are still people who miss me.

Jinbao led me to the side, and during this time, I carefully discerned, and through various signs, I felt that Jinbao was still alive, a living person, which surprised but pleased me. We walked for a while, and saw two small grass huts standing alone on the edge of the village, which was probably where Jinbao lived, I don't know when he moved here, and the strange scene that had just happened made me think that the village was evil.

"Jinbao, what are you doing in this village? Why don't you go back to Xiaopanhe? "

"Work for people here, carry long jobs." Jinbao led the way in front, and soon came to the edge of the grass house, the light was on in the room, and the door was also hidden, and as soon as Jinbao pushed the door open, I saw that there were people inside.

It was Jinbao's daughter-in-law, holding the child and sitting on the kang in the house. When Jinbao's daughter-in-law saw me, she didn't react in a daze, and I noticed that her eyes were a little dull. In my impression, Jinbao's daughter-in-law is a diligent woman, who used to patrol the river with her grandfather, occasionally caught fish, and after the river patrol, she ran to Jinbao's house, let her daughter-in-law make a fire and stew, and several people ate together.

But what's wrong with her now? looked stupid, and even acquaintances couldn't recognize it.

"Jinbao, this" In front of his daughter-in-law, I was embarrassed to ask directly, but I just felt strange in my heart, and I couldn't help but look at Jinbao.

"That's how much I get paid." Jinbao smiled sullenly at me, and there was an indescribable bitterness in that smile.

Then, he got me some noodle soup to eat, and by the way, he also fed some to his daughter-in-law. After eating, the two of us squatted outside the grass house, and the doubts in my heart were as thick as a fog, and I would be very unwilling if I didn't figure it out.

"The whole village is empty, and there are only two people left, Grandma Seven and me, and we haven't returned to the village." I said, "Jinbao, where are you?" At that time, I watched you go down to the river, and I couldn't come back, I really didn't expect to meet you again, what about the rest of the village? Where are they? "

Jinbao didn't speak, and since I said so, he would definitely believe me, that is, he believed that I really didn't know anything.

"Shui Yanzi, there are some things, you may not be good if you know."

"No, if you don't know, it's even worse."

Back then, I was young and ignorant, and I always felt that when I encountered something, I had to find out, but now that I think about it, it's really silly bubbling, people, sometimes you have to be a little confused, because if you get all the secrets clear, it may be the time to completely despair of everything.

There are many mysteries that our fragile hearts cannot accept.

Jinbao stopped talking again, and kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking. I couldn't help but ask, "What the hell was going on?" Jinbao, where are the rest of the people in the village now? Did you know or not? "

"Everyone else in the village, they're there." Jinbao couldn't help it, he looked up at me, in the moonlight, I suddenly found that he seemed to be much older, we were about the same age, he was two or three years older than me, but faintly, I saw a few wrinkles on his forehead, and a few more white hairs between the black hair.

"Where are they?"

"If you really want to know, then come with me."

Jinbao stood up, glanced back at his wife, and led me towards where I had just come. At one end of the clearing, dozens of people who had just changed into their clothes were still standing there lifeless, motionless. Ignoring them, Campbell walked around the crowd and walked forward. I always feel diaphragm, and I can't help but feel numb in my scalp as soon as I get close to these people. Jinbao said to me, it's okay, these people won't be okay.

After walking out of the clearing, and walking for about half a mile, he left the village. In the distance, I saw a puddle, every year when the Yellow River flood season rises, the river water often breaks free from the confinement of the river, flows everywhere, encounters a relatively low-lying place, the river water is silted up in it, forming such a puddle, but the puddle is stagnant water, and it will dry up after a while. The puddle in front of me was about thirty or forty meters long, and the water was almost dry.

Jinbao led me all the way to the edge of the puddle and dug through the soil with my hands, which was only a thin layer and a large wooden board underneath. When the plank was removed, a large hole was revealed, and it was black. As soon as the hole was revealed, the ghost whip in my waist seemed to move faintly, and an eerie aura came to my face. It was an unsteady breath from head to toe, but it was so dark inside that the moonlight couldn't get in, and I couldn't see anything in the hole.

"Come in." Jinbao raised his hand and raised the oil lamp in his hand, and the light illuminated a small area in front of me, and I saw that the hole must have been dug by a man, and it was dug diagonally from the edge of the puddle, and it stretched all the way, as if it had been dug directly below the puddle.

"What is this place?" I thought to myself, even though I knew that Campbell wouldn't trick me, that eerie aura really made me feel uncomfortable.

"There are some things that I can't say clearly, you don't necessarily believe it, see it with your own eyes, it's better than me saying 10,000 words." Jinbao bent down into the hole, held a lamp in front of him, and said, "All the people in the village are here." "

"Then go check it out." I don't hesitate anymore, Jinbao has already said this, if I push back and be suspicious, it will be distrust of my friend, which will make the other party feel uncomfortable.

After drilling through the hole, the hole inside is wide, more than two meters wide and more than three meters high, and people can easily walk through. As I thought, the hole must have been dug diagonally to the bottom of the puddle, although there was no wind in the hole, but as soon as I walked in, I felt very cold, as if I had gotten into an ice cellar, and there was an indescribable smell around it, which smelled tight and made people feel awkward.

I silently estimated the length of the hole while walking, and walked down the hole for about ten or twenty meters, and suddenly my eyes brightened, and the space became very large, like a big house underground, about thirty or forty meters in length and width, and the area of the puddle on the ground was about the same. It was dark inside, and Kimble changed to a flashlight, and when the light shone out, I saw many people standing in front of me.

"They're all here." Jinbao still led the way slowly, and when I got here, I already felt abnormal, and the shadows of those people were all leaning against the cave wall, one by one, standing neatly. They were all wearing brand new white clay coats, their faces facing the wall, and all I could see was their backs.

A feeling of extreme unease rushed from the soles of my feet to the top door, and if it weren't for Jinbao's side, I might have fled back.

"This is He Laoshi's family." Jinbao walked to the base of the wall and patted a person on the shoulder, the man was stunned and slowly turned around, I saw He Laoshi in the village, his eyes were dull like a puddle of mud that would not flow, looking straight in one direction.

"This is the Stone Family." Jinbao walked to the side again and patted another person, it was Song Shishi from the village, a family of six or seven people, all standing against the wall, and when they slowly turned around, I saw miserable white faces and lifeless eyes.

My mind was in a mess because I could subconsciously realize that these were dead people! They are all people who have been dead for I don't know how long! A village of people filled in the river and died in the Yellow River, but how could it be found in a hole in the ground under this puddle? I was frightened and puzzled, I didn't know what Jinbao was doing.

"Jinbao!" I ran up to Kimble and said, "Are you crazy?" "

"I'm not crazy, you think I want to do this, Shui Yanzi? I said, I'm working for people. Jinbao couldn't help grinning, wanted to cry but didn't cry: "I don't know how long I have to work, my salary is that my wife and doll pick up a life from the river and come back, so that they can live." Shui Yanzi, I'm scared, I'm tired."

Jin Bao couldn't hold back anymore as he spoke, squatting on the ground and crying, I don't know how to comfort him, this hole under the puddle is obviously used to hoard corpses, from ancient times to the present, people who deliberately hoard corpses have bad motives. I patted Campbell on the shoulder, and after a while, he stopped sobbing.

"Jinbao, who told you to do this?"

Jin Bao's expression became a little complicated in an instant, his lips squirmed back and forth several times, as if he was doing a fierce ideological struggle, his face was cloudy, and it took a long time before he licked his chapped lips and said, "It's your master." "