Chapter 18: The Meaningful White Face in the Tree
The breeze was blowing, the grass under his feet was scratching his ankles, the poplar leaves above his head rustled, and his nose was full of the earthy smell peculiar to the wilderness.
Zou Xia invisibly smoothed the goosebumps on his arm.
"In the graveyard, can it not be weird."
As far as the eye can see, there are at least dozens of earthen bags on display in this barren area.
In a trance, Zou Xia suddenly felt that something seemed to be tugging down on his cuffs.
But Yang Ke, who was closest to him, was still five steps away from him, and even if he straightened his hand, it was impossible to catch him.
Looking down at the eyebrows, I also found nothing.
Around his body, there was nothing suspicious except for the wild grass and graves that could be seen everywhere.
Apart from......
"Found it." Zou Xia squatted down and looked at a mound beside him, where the fake flowers on the wreath were still a little gorgeous.
On the tombstone in front, the name of the owner of the tomb is inscribed: Li Huirong.
That is, the Huizi in the mouth of the 'ghost aunt' in the village.
Zou Xia believes that there are some things that are really not suitable for deep thought, because the location of Huizi's grave happens to be the direction where his sleeve was pulled just now.
It's,
But it's also scary.
"As far as I know, cremation has been practised in China since 1956, and since 2000 most areas have replaced burial with cremation."
"Although it is true that there are still some backward areas that maintain burial customs in the past few years, how do you know that the custom here in Lizhuang is burial instead of cremation."
"Don't get me wrong, I mean...... Even if Li Huirong is really buried here, we may not find anything when we dig up the grave. ”
“...... Digging people's graves is really a very immoral thing. ”
"After experiencing last night, you should know that there are a lot of supernatural phenomena in this world, and to be honest, I'm a little worried that I will be entangled by the owner of the tomb afterwards."
Yang Ke quickly expressed his opinion.
On the way, Zou Xia had already shared the information he had obtained and the purpose of digging the grave.
So she could understand Zou Xia's decision to dig up the grave, but understanding and intending to help were completely different things.
"Now Keiko's performance is completely in line with the criminal profile of the madness that will set fire to the apartment."
Zou Xia smiled, Yang Ke's guess was not enough to dispel his decision.
"It's true that if Keiko is dead now, it can't be related to the cause of the apartment fire, but what if Keiko doesn't die? I always feel that Huizi's death is very strange, such a grandmother who loves her granddaughter, will really suddenly seek death and die at the age when her granddaughter can't be independent? I don't think it's possible to ...... anyway."
Yang Ke frowned, and suddenly heard a hint of strangeness from Zou Xia's tone, "You said that if Li Huirong is really dead, then where did her granddaughter go?" Li Huirong's eldest son should not take on the responsibility of taking care of his daughter, otherwise it would be impossible for him to ruthlessly throw his daughter to his own mother when his daughter was still young. ”
Zou Xia stretched out his hand and swept the dust on the tombstone, and muttered in his mouth: "This is what I'm most worried about, you said that with Li Huirong's situation, if she really seeks death, will she properly arrange her granddaughter's place first?" But in this world, there is no one worthy of her trust. Will she ...... then?"
"I'm going to join my granddaughter down there."
Zou Xia's speculation frightened Yang Ke.
Yang Ke didn't know how Zou Xia said such terrible remarks while maintaining a warm smile on his face.
And what is really terrifying is that Zou Xia's guess, the more you think about it, the higher the likelihood.
Now it is not a question of whether Li Huirong will die or not, but whether Li Huirong can die, once Li Huirong dies, it will not help them in their current situation, not to mention, in Zou Xia's mouth, that terrible guess will also become a reality.
Thinking of this, Yang Ke's face turned pale, and he immediately turned around and ran out.
"Where?"
"Borrow a shovel!"
"Didn't you say you were going to dig a grave?"
"I also said that I didn't specialize in digging graves, and I ...... so experienced."
Zou Xia muttered, and then his face showed that kind of smile that couldn't help but make people want to be close.
"That's capable, Miss Archaeology."
"Just say it, give some motivation, and you can't help it, and ask to take the initiative to work......"
Zou Xia is using Yang Ke, this is obvious, but he is not so bad, during the period of use, at least he will ensure Yang Ke's personal safety.
To be precise, for Yang Ke, this is not a one-sided exploit.
but to each according to what is in her favor.
Not long after, Yang Ke borrowed two shovels and came back, and like a woman, he held two shovels that were almost one person high in front of him and walked quickly.
"Two?" Zou Xia blinked.
"Two people, you don't plan to leave all the work to me to do it yourself, scumbag?"
Seeing Zou Xia's surprised gaze, Yang Ke's heart seemed to have been hit by a critical blow, and he almost lost control, and slapped the shovel in his hand on Zou Xia's face.
"I thought that was the premise of our cooperation...... Zou Xia said as a matter of course.
"The premise of the fart!" Yang Ke finally couldn't help but burst out with swear words, and forcefully stuffed a shovel into Zou Xia's hand, "We haven't talked about it at all, the topic of labor distribution, please don't make excuses for your laziness." ”
"Okay......"
Zou Xia looked at the shovel in his hand, he hadn't touched this thing for decades, and it was really a little strange to hold it in his hand.
But it didn't matter, anyway, he could dig two times at most and find an excuse to stop.
"I have been weak and sick since I was a child, and my body is weak, and you, as a representative of healthy people, you go first."
Zou Xia politely made a 'please' gesture.
"You...... What a man! Yang Ke felt that he was going crazy, and let out an 'ah' as if venting, and then glanced at Zou Xia fiercely.
He passed in front of him and threw his shovel into the grave like a small bag of dirt.
In an instant, the wind was blowing, and Zou Xialu's arm outside the short-sleeved shirt was cold and erect.
He smoothed his hairs expressionlessly, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the poplar leaf above their heads, and the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he was about to say something, but finally fell silent.
"I feel a little weird, do you feel it...... The atmosphere seems to be a little scary. ”
Yang Ke is a girl who is very good at 'reading the air'.
And she trusts her instincts very much.
That's why the first time she saw Zou Xia, she immediately realized that this man was very dangerous, at least the kind of danger she had never seen.
"Keep your eyes up, calm down, don't react too much......"
Zou Xia didn't know what to say, so he could only pretend to be a normal reminder.
Above their heads, the poplar leaves were so dense that they could almost cover the sky, but now, on those poplar leaves, hung a pale face.
Face down, right in front of Zou Xia and Yang Ke.
The two dark holes, like eyes, glared at them.
The corners of his mouth smiled weirdly, pulling out a chilling arc.
What's even more infiltrating is that as the corners of its mouth cracked, two round bead-like things fell out of its mouth.
One of them fell right at Yang Ke's feet.
In her shocked pupils, the true appearance of the round bead was reflected:
It was a bloody eyeball, and there were nerves and blood vessels attached to it......