Chapter 18: Lighting the Sky Lantern

Then, Yang Jianguo asked a few more questions, but he didn't get useful information from Uncle Jiu's mouth, but the village chief Ma Yongde came in a hurry.

Yang Jianguo saw Ma Yongde, so he walked over and whispered a few words to him, only to see Ma Yongde nodding again and again, and then said to everyone: "Everyone listen now, since this head was found in our Hong Village, then we must find out the ins and outs of this matter. ”

When the villagers of Hongcun heard this, their faces were a little unsightly, this dead man's head was already unlucky, who wanted to go into the mountains to find this thing?

However, the back mountain is a place where villagers often move, make a firewood and plant some camellia or something, if you don't figure out where this dead man's head came from, who will dare to go into the mountain to work in the future?

Although he was unwilling, but it was about himself, and no one said anything against it, plus Ma Yongde's prestige was still in the town, so the people who came were simply divided into groups, and each brought a bird gun and a firewood knife or something into the mountain.

I was also arrested Zhuang Ding, and Ma Yong, Ma Jialiang and two other uncles were in a group, and together with the public security of a police station, the public security was called Qian Fei, a very strong person, a good person, and when he came up, he gave us a cigarette and said thank you for the help.

After entering the mountain, the groups were separated, and Qian Fei asked us where it was better to go.

The two uncles had no culture, had never seen the world, and they didn't dare to speak when they saw the police, and Ma Jialiang had no idea, so they looked at me, Ma Yong opened his mouth, and finally looked at me too.

A group of people asked me to get an idea.

My scalp was fried, and I wanted to refuse but couldn't say it, so I finally had to bite the bullet and say, "Go to the mound of Hai Mei Rong." ”

"Oh?" Qian Fei saw that I was speaking very resolutely, and his face was a little surprised and suspicious.

I knew what he was thinking, so I said, "Anyway, the affairs of the evil sect in the village can have something to do with the Hong family." ”

When Ma Yong and Ma Jialiang heard this, their faces changed in unison, they both looked at Qian Fei and nodded.

Qian Fei had also heard what had happened here before, and his face became solemn, and he said, "Okay, let's go there!" ”

Because Hai Meirong died by mistake, the village did not set up her tomb in the cemetery of Hong Village, but placed it in a relatively remote location. According to the old people, she was too resentful, for fear of disturbing the ancestors of people of all surnames in Hong Village and damaging the feng shui in the village.

The group walked for more than ten minutes, and when I passed by the hanging road near the water, I unconsciously became nervous, this is the location of the coffin that was crushed by the ghost before, and it is also the place where the coffin of me and Hai Meirong fell into the water together.

If something suddenly happens at this time, I'm afraid I'll have to run home in fright as soon as possible, and I won't come out again.

Not only me, but the other people's faces are not very good-looking, this position is really too evil, Qian Fei seems to know something, and his face is also a little nervous. However, we are relieved that the scorching sun has been hanging high, the sky has not changed, and nothing unusual has happened.

After that, we walked along the mountain path for about a quarter of an hour, and finally came to a small hill that was not very high, and beside the hill there were several large trees, and not far from the trees, a few white flags that had been watered by the rain were faintly visible.

At this time, Ma Jialiang, who was walking in the front, sniffed and asked, "Hiss...... Do you smell it, there's a scent. ”

Ma Yong also nodded and said, "It seems to be something." ”

I was stunned for a moment, but after a closer look, I found that there was indeed a faint smell of burnt meat in the air, like barbecue.

Everyone's hearts suddenly became nervous again, and the smell of barbecue suddenly appeared in the wilderness, and they didn't feel quite right. This is not a scenic spot, there will be people coming to have a picnic, except for the Hongcun people, there will be basically no outsiders here.

I began to drum in my heart, feeling that the small hill where the well-dressed mound of Jaime Rong was located was like a monster at any moment, ready to rush up and tear us to pieces. Everyone stopped and stopped, and the timid Ma Jialiang turned even whiter.

There are some things that you can't think about, and the more you think about them, the more frightening they become.

"Don't be afraid, come with me, it will be fine in broad daylight."

At this time, Qian Fei, who is a public security officer, has to stand up, if he doesn't take the lead, I'm afraid no one will want to go down. In order to strengthen his courage, after he finished speaking, he also drew the pistol he was wearing, and took the lead towards Hai Meirong's clothed mound.

Someone led the way, our courage finally came back a little, Ma Yong followed closely, I gritted my teeth and followed, as Qian Fei said, Lang Lang Qiankun, if there is really any evil horror, I must not dare to come out to make trouble.

The group walked cautiously all the way, and found that the fragrance in the air was getting stronger and stronger.

From afar, I found that there was a fire lit around the mound of Hai Meirong, and it could be seen clearly under the shadow of the tree, like a candle flame.

There was not only fire, but also people, and several people could be seen kneeling in front of Hai Meirong's tombstone.

"Did someone arrive first?" Ma Yong said suspiciously.

If other groups want to go with us and come to the well-dressed mound of Hai Meirong, it would be normal.

Everyone turned their eyes to Qian Fei, who was taking the lead, he frowned and didn't speak, but opened the gun safety in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Keep going, be careful." ”

The mound of Hai Meirong is not on the top of the hill, but on the mountainside, which can be seen from a distance, but if you get closer, you have to turn a corner, but you can't see it, and you have to walk to the grave to see it.

Soon, after a turn in front, I arrived at Hai Meirong's clothed mound, only to see that Qian Fei, who took the lead, was shocked, and the gun in his hand almost fell to the ground.

Ma Yong didn't notice Qian Fei's abnormality in time, and he turned the corner after walking a few steps, gasping in shock.

I couldn't help but turn my head to take a look, and the cold hairs on my body suddenly exploded.

I saw that in front of Hai Meirong's tombstone, the four of them were kneeling on the ground, raising their hands with their hands, and they were all holding a bloody head in their hands, as if they were paying tribute.

The most terrible thing was that their own heads were gone, their necks were flattened, and a wick drew from them, and a little white flame swayed.

"Dead ...... Dead person! Ma Jialiang's face was colorless, and he exclaimed: "Dead with a broken head!" ”

The two uncles who came with him also trembled, and one of them screamed: "This is the soul of the dead, everyone run!" ”

After speaking, the two of them hula, and the road when they came and went wildly. Ma Jialiang stepped back a few steps, followed and ran, turning back to me and shouting to me as he ran: "Brother Chun, Brother Yong, run." ”

My legs and stomach trembled, it must be no good thing to be in the Hong family, and now it has come true, the head of the dead man is their own. Who would offer their head like a tribute?

There is also a lit wick from their necks, which is even more extremely weird, which is clearly the legendary sky lantern.

I have heard the old man of the village say that it is a very cruel punishment, in which a living prisoner is put into an oil tank to soak for three days and three nights, and from time to time he is pressed into the oil tank and made him drink a belly of oil, and then a hole is made in him, and a wick is inserted and lit, and the prisoner dies in a long and extreme agony.

When the lights go out, the fat on the prisoner's body is burned along with the soaked oil.

Although the scene in front of him was different from what the old man had said, it looked basically the same, and it was more cruel and bloody.

Ma Yong stepped back, even though he was a little bolder, his voice was a little trembling with fright, and he said in a panic: "Or, or let's go too!" ”

"Okay, let's go back and report first!"

Qian Fei couldn't hold it anymore, and retreated, even if he had a gun in his hand when he encountered such a strange thing, he didn't have any sense of security.

As soon as he, the public security officer who took the lead, retreated, Ma Yong and I had the last bit of courage to disperse, and ran away, chasing Ma Jialiang and the buttocks of a few people and slipping down the hill.

Qian Fei was still bolder than us in the end, although he was also panicked, he finally didn't forget to call Yang Jianguo to report the situation here.

After running for a while, I saw Ma Jialiang and two uncles running wildly in front of them blocked by a group of people, and it was Yang Jianguo who intercepted them, as well as several public security officers under him. Presumably they received a call from Qian Fei and rushed over.

And I unexpectedly found the figure of Chen Jiutong, the coffin bearer, behind Yang Jianguo.

Qian Fei stepped forward and muttered in Yang Jianguo's ear and told him what he had discovered, and when Yang Jianguo heard it, he asked the villagers of Hong Village to go home first, and the rest of the matter would be handled by the public security council.

This kind of thing, as long as you find clues, there is no need to involve the villagers, otherwise it will only cause chaos, and it is a trivial matter to frighten people, in case it causes panic among the masses and causes some irrational incidents.

After Yang Jianguo finished speaking, he took a few of his public security officers and went straight to Xiaoshangang.

The villagers of Hong Village ran away as soon as they heard the uproar, and everyone didn't want to get involved in this kind of bad thing. Ma Jialiang and Ma Yong also said that they wanted to go back to the village, and the Hong family's grave was too scary.

I froze in place, my intuition told me that I should go back to the village quickly, but reason told me that I was afraid that I would miss something if I left now, and this kind of thing happened in front of Hai Meirong's clothed mound, it could not be an independent event, and it was very likely to be related to a series of strange things that appeared before.

These things can more or less pull me in.

Just when I hesitated, Chen Jiutong came over and said to me: "Let's go and have a look, there are some things, the more you avoid them, the more troublesome they are." ”

When I heard it, my heart sank.

His words are similar to what Wong Tai Sin said when he left before, Wong Tai Sin's original words were: The more you rob you, the faster you die.

Also, the leather coater seems to have vaguely mentioned this before.

Wong Tai Sin, Chen Jiutong, and Leather Clothes, all three of them let me encounter trouble, don't avoid it.

What does this mean exactly? Do the three of them know something?

Is the matter of Hongcun directly related to them?

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