"You kid really have two hits."

Duan Kuohai threw Xu Shu a plum blossom brand cigarette, Xu Shu took it and clamped it on his ear.

"What the hell is the problem?"

"Too little lubricating oil leads to more piston ring resistance. The fuel quality is also poor, the carburetor is blocked by most of the time, and the guy who didn't take advantage of it just barely cleared it and can open it temporarily. But how far it can go, I dare not guarantee. ”

"Xiao Qin, what do you call this little brother?"

"My name is Xu Shu, and I am a student of Teacher Qin."

"My name is Duan Kuohai, you call me Brother Duan, old Duan is fine. Xiao Xu, let's discuss with you, I have an important matter to do with your Teacher Qin. But this iron guy is too uneasy, please come with us, how about it? ”

Qin Bing's eyelids glared at Duan Kuohai.

Duan Kuohai nodded slightly, reassuring her.

"No problem, it's just that if I'm late for school tomorrow, you have to ask Teacher Qin to help me ask for leave."

"That's a good feeling!"

“……”

Suddenly, the three wheels on the side smoked and rushed out of Changxing East Road.

Half an hour later, turn onto Yanjiang Avenue.

Qin Bingba sat alone, and Xu Shu squeezed behind Duan Kuohai, looking at the scenery.

For him, the scenery and people along the way are new everywhere.

On the west side of Yanjiang Avenue, the Songmin River is mighty and mighty, and it flows 50 miles to the east to merge into the sea.

On the river, more than a dozen steamships are slowly sailing towards Songmin Port, and the sound of steam whistles and the horns of the people is harmonious into a moving movement.

When Bian Sanren was about to drive out of Yanjiang Avenue, a black Ram T-type car drove past from the opposite side of Xu Shu.

Rarely, Xu Shu has an impression of this thing.

He remembered that this ram cart was put into production in Chunshen only last year, and as soon as it came out, it became an absolute darling in the city.

The predecessor Xu Shu remembered it deeply, but the current Xu Shu was not interested in this thing, and after a glance, he no longer paid attention to it.

Bian Sanlun galloped all the way, and finally arrived at Xiahe Village when the willow tops were on the moon.

Under the bright moon, the wide Pu River is undulating, the right bank of the river is towering, and the left bank is scattered with hundreds of houses.

Barely holding on to a small hill, the sound of the engine sounding like it was about to die.

The three of them got out of the car, and without Duan Kuohai greeting them, Xu Shu took the initiative to take out the toolbox and start maintenance.

A short time later, two figures rushed from the bottom of the hill, both wearing the green uniforms of the sheriffs.

Duan Kuohai and Qin Bing took out an iron plate with a pin from their pockets at the same time and put it on their chests.

The style and appearance of the iron plate are no different from that of Vice President Tan.

It's just that Duan Kuohai's iron plate has two vertical lines, and Vice President Tan only has one.

And Qin Bing's iron plate is also a vertical line.

"Hello sir!"

The flat-headed, middle-aged sheriff salutes with his right hand raised across his chest, and he hangs a lead badge with two vertical positions.

The short sheriff performed a military and police salute, which was the same as the salute of the previous life, and there was no sign on his chest.

After the ceremony, the two sides introduced each other.

The Pingtou Sheriff is the head of the local security office, named Chao Jiang.

The short one is a sheriff who has just been assigned, called Jing Cheng.

"Let's talk about it."

Duan Kuohai took the cigarette handed by Chao Jiang.

Chao Jiang continued to give Xu Shu a cigarette, "The River Dragon King in this Puhe River appeared five years ago. At first, the villages along the coast only lost some livestock, thinking that the predators of the mountains were responsible.

It wasn't until an old cow drinking by the river was dragged into the river in full view of everyone that it caused a sensation in the entire Xiahe Village.

Later, sacrifices were organized in the village, but to no avail, not only continued to lose livestock, but also began to disappear.

It wasn't until three years ago that Xiahe Village built a dragon king temple on the other side of the river, and Xiahe Village was calm again.

A week ago, the security office arrested a gang of people, and one Yazi confessed that three days ago, they sold a pair of five-year-old dragon and phoenix twins to Xiahe Village.

We sent people to Xiahe Village to negotiate with the village head, Yang Shunguo, but Yang Shunguo refused to admit it.

Thanks to Xiaojing's cleverness, he found the abducted child in a farmhouse through clues, and when Xiaojing led three security team members to rescue him, he was besieged by Yang Shunguo and his people.

I led the crowd to support, Yang Shunguo resisted fiercely, and all the villagers rose up to attack, for fear of provoking a civil uprising, we had to retreat.

Later, through the visit, I learned that Xiahe Village would find people to buy boys and girls every year, throw them into the Pu River, and sacrifice the river dragon king. ”

"Bastard!"

Qin Bingqiao's face turned pale.

Duan Kuohai took a big smog of his cigarette, "I heard that a sheriff was dragged down the river?" ”

Chao Jiang's face darkened, "After retreating, I sent a team to popularize the law and went down to the village to publicize. Xiao Zhao, who participated in the popularization of law, did not believe in any river dragon king at all, and had to break the superstitious thoughts of the villagers.

He personally demonstrated and jumped into the river. A huge wave came, and there was no trace of Xiao Zhao. Now, the villagers did not believe us even more, and they insisted on sacrificing the boys and girls, and the time was set for these two days. ”

Duan Kuohai stepped on the cigarette butt, "What do you think?" ”

Chao Jiang's eyes became fierce, "The matter has come to this point, the road of persuasion will definitely not work, and you can only use coercive means." Xiahe Village is a large village, with more than 500 households and more than 1,000 young people.

Everyone is in awe of the River Dragon King to the core, relying on the local security force, it will definitely not be solved, I am afraid that the only way to dispatch the town army is to dispatch the town. ”

Duan Kuohai shook his head, "Dispatching the town army will inevitably lead to bloody conflicts, even if you rescue the abducted children, if you don't solve the things in the river, you can't solve the fundamental problem." ”

"That's right."

Chao Jiang was very worried.

"Xiao Qin, what is your opinion?"

Qin Bing was still sad for the sacrificial boys and women, and shook his head and didn't speak.

"Director Chao, can I ask a few questions?"

Xu Shu closed the toolbox and stood up.

"What's the mix?"

Qin Bing glared at him.

"Who is this?"

Chao Jiang looked at Xu Shu curiously, but didn't find his badge.

Duan Kuohai said, "He is the logistics support officer of this operation, Xiao Xu, you can ask any questions." ”

Xu Shu said, "Chief Chao, no one has ever seen the true face of that thing in the river?" ”

"I don't know this, maybe someone in Xiahe Village has seen it, but they are all secretive."

"You said that there were sacrifices in the past, but after the sacrifices, that thing really didn't cause trouble to Xiahe Village again?"

"That's true, otherwise the people of Xiahe Village wouldn't have regarded the sacrifice as bigger than the sky."

"That thing has the ability to go ashore?"

"Yes, the last time I led the crowd, the next day, three houses collapsed, and two people died."

"Strange."

"What's the blame?"

"Think about it, that thing is simply for cannibalism, and with its ability, it is necessary to rely on sacrifice? Just go ashore and arrest people. ”

"Maybe it doesn't eat for a short time, but for a long time, and it relies on predation, which will only keep the villagers away from here and ask for sacrifices, for a longer time."

"Unreasonable. With its appetite, it is not enough to sacrifice a pair a year, and it is not enough to fill the gaps between the teeth. What's more, it can't think about the long term, the Pu River stretches for 600 miles, and the surrounding villages are hundreds. ”

Duan Kuohai nodded, "What Xiao Xu said makes sense, what is the point of sacrifice?" ”

Xu Shu said, "This should ask the first person who thought of the idea of sacrifice, I always think that that thing should be sacrificed not to eat meat." ”

Chao Jiang slapped his thigh repeatedly, "Brother Xu's analysis is reasonable, that thing collapsed the house and crushed people to death, without touching the corpse!" ”

"Is it inconvenient to take us to the site of the collapse of the house?"

Xu Shu entered the role quickly.

In his previous life, the burden he carried was too heavy, except for hard reading, it was hard reading, and the first time he participated in such a thrilling action made his blood run wild.

Chao Jiang said, "I have to ask Xiaojing, he has a more detailed understanding of the situation over there." ”

Jing Cheng said, "The scene of the collapse of the house is only thirty or forty meters away from the Pu River, because the house was destroyed and people died, and the neighboring families were also scared to move away, as long as you are careful and do not alarm the villagers, it should be no problem." ”

Duan Kuohai took out biscuits and canned food, and after a few people made simple additions, he went to the scene of the collapse.

The moon hung high, the turmoil on the Pu River was not exciting, and the group quietly sneaked away, and half an hour later, arrived at the scene of the collapse.

After some reconnaissance, Duan Kuohai said in a deep voice, "There is no doubt that these three houses were destroyed by a huge force, which shows that that thing has the power to surpass Xionghu."

Chao Jiang said, "It should have a behemoth body, and there are traces like stones in the fields." ”

"If it's a anaconda, but the recorded anaconda must not have such a terrifying size, is it the legendary anaconda?"

Qin Bingmo's brows furrowed.

A chill ran down everyone's spine.

Xu Shu said, "It's not a dragon, it's almost there, at least it has the wisdom of a human being."

If you think about it, isn't this thing more suitable than people just for eating, eating cows and sheep? With his size, it is better to eat cattle and sheep than to eat people, but he prefers to sacrifice virgins and boys.

And sacrificing a virgin or boy only once a year is satisfied, as if to observe some kind of taboo.

The most interesting thing is that its requirements can be accurately understood by the villagers or village chiefs here.

So how did it inform Xiahe Village of its request?

In addition, after the last time they came, the house began to collapse.

Obviously, this is a warning from that thing to the villagers of Xiahe Village, asking Xiahe Village to prevent official forces from interfering.

All of the above shows that it has a good ability to think. ”

Coming to this judgment, Xu Shu was not only not afraid, but his heart was surging, as if he was pushing the door of a new world.

"This, this, isn't this a demon?"

Jing Cheng couldn't help but tremble.

"What is the concrete floor over there for?"

Xu Shu asked, pointing to a concrete floor by the river.

Chao Jiang said, "It was the altar, and the boys and girls were locked in cages and sank into the water from there. ”

"Locked in a cage?"

Xu Shu's heart turned, "Where is the Dragon King Temple, and how far is it from here?" ”

Chao Jiang pointed to the dark ridge on the other side of the river, "It's between the two cliffs over there, about a mile from the altar. ”

Xu Shu said, "Your people have been to the Dragon King Temple to see it?" ”

"Yes."

"Dare to cross the river?"

"Naturally, I don't dare, it's a long way to go."