The courtyard of Nuoda is empty, and it looks particularly bleak and silent under the clear light and cold moon, which gives people a strange and penetrating feeling.

Ning Nanxi saw my raised hand hanging in the air, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you knock on the door quickly!" ”

"The old woman is gone, and she is carrying the black dog into the house." I looked at Ning Nanxi and said.

Ning Nanxi pushed me away and walked to the front of the door to look at the courtyard, and then sighed and said, "The great opportunity was wasted by you, so you have to keep this old woman to live in the world for one more day." ”

I was puzzled when I heard this, although the old woman is now in the house, but this does not affect her destruction, why did Ning Nanxi stop here, could it be that there is something hidden in this?

Then I told Ning Nanxi of the doubts in my heart, Ning Nanxi saw that I was puzzled and helplessly spread my hands and said: "The courtyard is spacious and suitable for fighting with that dirty thing, if you enter the house in addition to many restrictions, it may also allow the old woman to escape, because the old woman has become a dirty thing now, and it is easy to penetrate the wall and enter the ground, but I am just a mortal, in case she escapes through the wall, how can I chase after her, it is better to wait for the opportunity than to take risks." ”

"Moreover, now that the monkey mother is possessed by the old woman, the old woman has controlled her actions, so the monkey mother will not easily commit suicide, so we don't have to worry too much, let's come again tomorrow, and do it when we see the opportunity, this matter can not be delayed any longer, otherwise there will be many dreams at night."

After listening to Ning Nanxi's explanation, I suddenly realized that although I was unwilling, there was no other way.

She was right, the old woman was now a ghost who could easily pass through the wall, and we had to take a detour to catch up.

By the time we ran out of the courtyard, the old woman didn't know where to go, so she had to wait for the right time in order to be able to kill with one blow.

In desperation, the three of us had to go home first, but not long after leaving, there was an unbearable sound in the courtyard of the Hou family.

I knew it was the sound of the old woman and the black dog, but I didn't expect that the monkey mother would be implicated now.

Although Ning Nanxi is a descendant of the Xuanqing Sect, but in the final analysis, it is also a girl's family, and now when she heard this kind of thing, her face instantly turned red, and she immediately accelerated her pace and walked towards the direction of my courtyard.

When I got home, my dad was squatting at the door of the main house smoking dry cigarettes, and when he saw the three of us coming back, he quickly got up and picked up the cigarette pot and knocked it on his feet a few times, retracted his waist and looked at me and said, "What did you do just now, why did it take so long to come back." ”

"I didn't do anything, I just took the two of them around the village, by the way, Dad, now my mother has just had surgery, if you smoke, go outside the hospital to smoke, my mother coughs when she smells the smoke, don't open the wound again." I looked at my dad and admonished.

"You kid save me some face in front of my friends, next time I'll pay attention, now that the meal is ready, you can quickly wash your hands and eat." With that, my dad took the three of us into the house.

As soon as I entered the room, the familiar aroma of food came to my face, and when I looked up, there were several dishes and bowls on the table, braised hairtail, steamed pork ribs, glutinous rice chicken and oil-consuming cabbage heart, all of which were my mother's specialty.

"Dad, my mom just got out of the hospital, why did you let her cook again?" I asked.

"Your mother said that your friends finally came to visit, and they couldn't be treated badly, so I made these few specialty dishes to say hello, but don't worry, your mother didn't interfere, she said that I was doing it at the same time, these dishes are all made by me, how about you also taste the taste, if you can't get used to it, just accommodate it, and then make a new table for you after your mother is well." My dad scratched his head and smiled honestly.

"Uncle is too polite, we all know Auntie's current physical condition, and besides, we are here to visit Auntie this time, not to be greedy, so we all love to eat whatever it is, as long as Auntie can be healthy."

Although Li Hai usually doesn't have a door to talk about when facing me, he respects my parents very much, and what he says is relatively good.

My dad smiled and nodded, and then arranged for us to sit down for dinner.

Although the style of the food is good, the taste is very different, but I didn't say anything because of my dad's face.

After I endured this meal, I went to the courtyard with Li Hai and Ning Nanxi, intending to discuss the next step.

For the time being, there is no problem on the monkey mother's side, and she will not do anything drastic with the possession of the old woman.

What I want to figure out most now is why the monkey killed Chen Shuheng, the two of them have been playing since childhood, and their relationship has always been very good, when the monkey came to me last night, he said that he was deceived by a ghost to kill Chen Shuheng, so who is this ghost?

Could it be that this ghost has something to do with the death, and what is hidden underwater in the east of the village, why are the monkeys so afraid?

Although things are inextricably linked, I can only sort them out one by one at present, because it is not only about my life, but also about the life and death of the entire village, and this deadlock must be broken no matter what.

"Miss Ning, since you plan to go to the Hou family tomorrow night, then can we go to the Chen family during the day, I want to inquire about what happened between the monkey and Shu Heng, why did he kill Chen Shuheng, if we can figure out the reason for this, maybe we can know who wants to turn the life situation into a death situation, that is, the driving force behind this matter." I looked at Ning Nanxi and proposed.

Ning Nanxi nodded slightly after hearing this, and said that the Chen family can go, but there is another place to go, which is the river at the east end of the village.

The monkey once said that there is something in the river, and it must not be allowed to appear, although it is not known what it is, but it must be related to the Coffin Mountain Broken Yang Feng Shui Bureau, and I will go to investigate the situation tomorrow, so as not to be more passive when there is a real accident.

After making up our minds, we went back to the house to sleep, and since my parents had already gone home, the bedroom where Li Hai and I lived before was given to Ning Nanxi, while Li Hai and I lived in the west guest room.

Not long after lying down, Li Hai next to me fell into a deep sleep, and I was tossing and turning and unable to sleep peacefully, and I had a bad premonition in my heart, always feeling that something was going to happen tonight.

Just as I was pondering in my heart, a sudden gong sounded outside the courtyard to break the silence of the night, and with the sound of gongs, the lights in my parents' bedroom were immediately lit up, and the door opened in the bedroom where Ning Nanxi lived opposite.

Hearing the sound of the gong, my heart chuckled, could it be that there was another accident in the village, the monkey had said that if someone died again, the whole village would face a catastrophe, could it be that someone died again!

Thinking of this, I immediately woke up Li Hai, who was sleeping soundly, put on my clothes and came to the courtyard.

"What's going on, what's going on in the village in the middle of the night?" At this time, my dad was standing in front of the door with his coat on, looking in the direction of the courtyard.

"Dad, you stay at home to take care of my mother, the three of us go out to see what happened, you must not leave my mother at home alone, I will come back and tell you when the time comes to figure out the matter." I looked at my dad and admonished.

After seeing my dad nodding, the three of us immediately opened the courtyard door and walked out of the courtyard, at this time there were many people on the village road walking in the direction of the east end of the village, everyone looked nervous and hurried, it seemed that something big should have happened.

"Ershan, what's going on in this village, why did you beat the gong in the middle of the night!" I grabbed a fellow villager and asked.

"Something happened to the Chen family, Brother Shuheng's daughter-in-law was immersed in a pig cage!" Ershan hurriedly responded.

Immersing the person in the pig cage is a punishment in the old days, the person who has made a mistake is put into the pig pen, tied with a rope at the opening, hung up and then put into the river to be drowned, and the misdemeanor has his head exposed to the water, and for a certain time, the felony can be submerged and drowned to death, usually by the punishment of the adulterer.

Generally speaking, this kind of thing is handed over to the village chief or patriarch to deal with, although our village is relatively remote, but it will not do this kind of thing, this is a crime, and the village chief cannot not understand this.

"Why did you dip in the pig cage, didn't Shu Heng only die for two or three days, and his daughter-in-law got involved with other men in such a short time?" I looked at Ershan and asked in disbelief.

Although Chen Shuheng's daughter-in-law is not from our village, it is not too far from our village, and she has seen it several times during the New Year in addition to the wedding banquet.

Every time I see her, I talk and laugh, she seems to be a responsible person, and she not only helps her mother-in-law with housework and cooking, but also helps her father-in-law work in the field, which can be described as a good hand inside and outside, and now I can't believe that she has fornicated with outsiders.

"Brother Shuheng's daughter-in-law didn't get involved with outsiders in the past two days, I heard that there was a period of time, but I just found out, after being discovered, the Chen family was unwilling, and they abused lynching without telling the village chief, I heard that now the Chen family is carrying Brother Shuheng's daughter-in-law to the east of the village!" Ershan said.

There is only one river in our village, which is located at the east end of the village, so it is difficult for the Chen family to throw Shuheng's daughter-in-law into that river!

Previously, the monkey said that this river was very dangerous, and there was something hidden under the water, if Shuheng's daughter-in-law was really drowned in this river, wouldn't it be completely over!

Thinking of this, my spine felt cold, and I hurriedly looked at Ning Nanxi and Li Hai and said: "The river in the east of the village is the one that the monkey said, he said before that there can be no more dead people, you two hurry up and follow me to have a look, don't let Shuheng's daughter-in-law drown in the river!" ”

"I can't do you two with good legs and feet, or you will carry me on your back?" Li Hai looked at me and asked.

"Roll the calf, you follow the villagers slowly, Miss Ning and I will go to see first, if it's too late, it's too late!" After speaking, I didn't wait for Li Hai to speak, and took Ning Nanxi and ran quickly towards the east end of the village.

Hundreds of people had gathered by the river in the east of the village, and the village chief was leading the villagers to shine on the shore with flashlights.

There were seven or eight people standing on the shore at this time, the leader was Chen Shuheng's parents, and the few young adults behind him were members of the Chen family, basically all of whom were Chen Shuheng's cousins.

As for Chen Shuheng's daughter-in-law, she was locked in a pig cage woven with bamboo, and she was not heard shouting, but she could be heard struggling in the cage, and it was estimated that she had been gagged by the Chen family.

"Jiang Ming, what are you doing here, if you have something to say, don't joke with human life!"

The village chief did not dare to take a step forward from a distance of five or six meters, probably for fear of angering the Chen family.

After all, the Chen family is now angry, and if they are ruthless, Chen Shuheng's daughter-in-law will definitely have no way to live.

"Village chief, you can't control this matter, this is our Chen family's own business, Li Qiuyan doesn't abide by women's morals, and even fornicates with other men, isn't this a slap in the face of our Chen family, if this kind of unruly woman stays in the world, how can I explain to my dead son, you all know that my son fell into the river and drowned in order to fish for her, I didn't expect my son to feed the dog sincerely, our Chen family is really blind and married such a shameless daughter-in-law!" Chen Shuheng's father, Chen Jiangming, shouted angrily as he looked at the village chief and the others.

"Jiang Ming, even if she is at fault, you can't abuse lynching, the pig cage has long been abolished, it is illegal for you to take someone's life privately, and you will definitely squat on the fence when the time comes, why bother!" The village chief looked at Chen Jiangming and said bitterly.

Chen Jiangming was furious at this time, and he was carried away by hatred, and he couldn't listen to a word of the village chief's words.

He picked up the pickaxe in his hand and raised it in front of him, and shouted angrily: "None of you care about my Chen family's affairs, today I have to kill this shameless woman, if any of you dare to come over, try it, we are a village, don't tear your face and make everyone look bad!" ”

"Shuheng's mother, you now have a grandson, for the sake of the child's face, let Shuheng's daughter-in-law go, let's sit down and say, what if you really squat on the fence at that time, what will you do with this child?" The villagers in the crowd spoke up.

Shu Heng's mother glanced down at the child in her arms, and sneered: "Child? Who knows if this child is the seed of our Chen family, maybe it is the wild seed left by her and that wild man, it is impossible for our Chen family to have such an innocent grandson, and now I will kill this child! ”

Shuheng's mother lifted the child in her arms above her head as she spoke, and just as she was about to throw the child to the stone in front of her, there was a sudden whoosh, and then I saw a black shadow rushing towards Shuheng's mother's wrist.

A black shadow hit Shu Heng's mother's wrist, and in an instant, Shu Heng's mother let go, and the child in her arms fell vertically in front of her.