Chapter 136

At this time, the villagers have come to the river side of Kuailiang Village.

The woman in the pig cage was so dead that she no longer tried to struggle.

The sixth uncle commanded everyone:

"Put the pig cage with stones and sink it into the river."

The people shouted trumpets and put the stones into the cages as he commanded.

The bamboo cage containing the woman was pushed into the river.

The stone in the cage slowly sank into the water with the woman, and when she was on the verge of death, the woman in the cage began to struggle instinctively.

The surface of the river ripples, and the surrounding water is cloudy due to the sinking of the bamboo cage.

'Gollum, Gollum' bubbles gushed out, and everyone around them felt extremely excited, and everyone shouted in unison:

"Clear the door! Enforce the house rules! ”

"The front door wind! Dip the pig cage! ”

The men shouted more and more excitedly, while the women felt faintly frightened as they shouted.

On the surface, this ceremony was the execution of Kuai Wu Niangzi, but in fact, it shocked the women of the entire village.

After about a quarter of an hour, in full view of everyone, the bubbles in the water gradually disappeared, the cage sank, and the woman inside should have been drowned.

The sixth uncle nodded with satisfaction, enjoying everyone's respectful and fearful looks.

"This river is a branch of the Shangjia River, and it must wash away the impurity of the Zhuang family—"

He was about to say a few more words when suddenly a sudden change occurred.

"Sixth Uncle—"

Someone seemed to see something and shouted in horror.

'Gollum-'

There was a bubbling sound on the river, and the sixth uncle turned his head to look at the middle of the river with a strange face.

I saw that the surface of the river, which had been calm before, began to bubble again at some point, and the bubbles became more and more, as if someone under the water was struggling violently, and the water waves 'rattled', making a fierce wave sound.

At some point, a faint mist suddenly gushed out from the riverside grove in Kuailiang Village.

The crowd who had been watching a torture was sweating profusely with excitement, but as soon as the mist came out, a mountain wind blew along the woods by the river.

The torches held in everyone's hands were swept away by the wind, and the firelight was all pressed, and everyone's backs were cold, and they all felt a deep chill in their hearts.

"Sixth uncle, what's in the river—"

"Isn't there a big fish down there?"

Everyone's gossip discussion:

"This Zhuang is a stinky fish and rotten shrimp, and as soon as it enters the water, it attracts big fish to eat——"

Everyone didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this time, and they were still joking.

As soon as the man's voice fell, the others laughed.

"Not quite right."

Someone has sharp eyes and has realized that something is wrong.

"What's wrong, could it be that the Zhuang family is not blind to death, and dare to haunt it?"

A woman disagreed:

"She made a big mistake, where does she have a face? It's because I've done this shameless thing, and I don't even have the face to see people after I die-"

"Hahahaha-"

While everyone was laughing, someone suddenly said:

"It's really not quite right."

Two people said that the situation was not good, and the other people who laughed did not know why, and always felt tightness in their throats.

The sixth uncle's expression also gradually became serious.

I saw that the sound of 'gurgling, gurgling' on the surface of the water became louder and louder, and the bubbles in the river were tumbling, and the whole surface of the river was like a pot of boiling water.

Beneath the surface of the water, there seems to be a dark shadow gradually enlarging and surging.

'Boom. ’

The villagers who were still shouting slogans and laughing before stopped talking, and in the extreme silence, they only heard the sound of the river boiling.

Someone swallowed saliva at this time, which seemed unusually harsh.

'Knock knock-'

Everyone's heartbeat began to quicken, and some timid people had begun to subconsciously retreat.

"What's that—"

Suddenly, someone finally couldn't stand the strange silence and pointed to the river and asked.

"Yes, is it a fish?"

"Is it a fish, Uncle Six?"

The sixth uncle in the village is the most respected, and everyone is based on his opinion, and now that something like this has happened, everyone instinctively focuses on the sixth uncle, waiting for him to speak.

The old man also saw the shadows in the river that were gradually fading.

He has lived a long time, and he has reached the age when half of his body is buried in the loess, and his perception of danger is far better than that of a young man who does not know the height of the sky.

By this time, he had realized that there might be something wrong with tonight's actions.

But although the sixth uncle has a certain amount of knowledge, he is just an old man in a mountain village, and his knowledge is limited.

And he thought that what he had done was not wrong, so he was not afraid, and when he saw that the women and children around him were a little afraid, he shouted:

"Ignorant women and children, don't howl, whatever it is, just go into the water and see."

As soon as his voice fell, few people volunteered to step forward in the past.

But tonight the village was executing, and a woman was just pushed down in the river, drowning a human life.

There had just been a death in the water, and everyone was so bad that they didn't want to go into the water.

Seeing that no one answered after he spoke, the sixth uncle was a little annoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but be angry:

"It's all a bunch of useless cowards."

When he had finished scolding, he shouted:

"Kuai Wu, Kuai Pengju, Kuai Pengcheng——"

He shouted several names in a row, and Kuai Wu, who was named, suddenly cried and retreated:

"Sixth uncle, I don't dare-"

"Kuai Lao Wu, you useless dog!"

The sixth uncle suddenly became angry:

"You can't control your woman at home, now that something happened, everyone helped you clean up the aftermath and let you go into the water to see, you don't have the guts, what else can you do with a dog like you?"

When he scolded, Kuai Laosan, who was full of meat in the crowd, suddenly couldn't stand, he came out of the crowd and glared at his brother who was not angry:

"Sixth uncle, I'll come."

He stuffed the torch in his hand into Kuai Lao Wu's hand, rolled up his sleeves, and took the lead in striding into the water.

'Whoa. ’

The water waves made a stampede sound.

Tonight's water is cold to the bones, Kuai Laosan is in the prime of life, and his blood is vigorous, but when he is flooded, he still shiveres, and the soles of his feet begin to cramp.

'Shhh ’

He gasped and wrenched his foot a few times, and the sharp pain that pierced his heart gradually subsided.

And at this moment, everyone saw that he had nothing to do in the water, and the two people named by the sixth uncle followed him into the water.

At this time, the black shadow on the river had already floated more and more, and several people held hands and walked towards the black shadow in the middle of the river.

The people by the river were worried, and a woman with a worried face shouted at Kuai Laosan:

"Be careful, boss."

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Kuai Laosan responded.

Several people approached the dark shadow, and out of the creature's instinctive foreknowledge of danger, the three of them stood in unison for a moment.

I saw that the black shadow in the river no longer floated up after the three of them approached, and just rippled in the river, like algae floating at the bottom of the river, swaying slightly with the afterglow of the water waves.

And the bubbles that kept bubbling like boiling water didn't know when they would disappear.

There were only ripples left on the surface of the water, slowly pushing towards the river under the light of the surrounding fire.

After waiting for a while, nothing happened.

Nothing is the best thing.

The corners of the sixth uncle's tense mouth loosened, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Kuai Laosan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Tonight's affair has always been his family affair, and now that there is such an accident, it is always a little unfortunate anyway.

A good matter, the progress to the present, the people in the village were taken aback, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that others will not be satisfied.

Thinking of this, he boldly reached out and touched the dark shadow.

The other two people who went into the water were bold, but for some reason, both of them were a little stunned.

The two didn't expect Kuai Laosan to be so bold and dare to reach into the water to touch, and when they were surprised, they only heard Kuai Laosan breathe a sigh of relief and 'smack':

"Phew, it turned out to be a pig cage floating up."

As soon as his voice fell, everyone who was originally holding their breath and concentrating involuntarily took a long breath:

"Wow, scare me!"

"It turned out that the pig cage had floated up."

"I thought it was a strange fish or a river demon in the river—"

Villagers, you and I have a word for a word.

The mountain wind blew, the canopy of the trees was shaken, and countless leaves were picked off by the wind, and there was a 'rustling' sound when they landed.

At this time, the sixth uncle began to feel a little evil.

He was not as glad as the villagers, but the moment he heard the 'pig cage floating', his heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked:

"Third child, how did the pig cage float up? Could it be that the cage was opened, and the Zhuang family took the opportunity to escape? ”

There was a big living person in the cage, and the villagers were afraid that she would not die, so they stuffed two large stones into it.

This stone was lifted by a few strong men in the village, at least hundreds of catties, and it could definitely sink to the middle of the river with a woman, how could it surface again in a moment?

Thinking of this, Uncle Six's face couldn't help but sink, and he asked:

"Who tied the bamboo cage door?"

What he meant in his words was who was soft-hearted and secretly let go of Zhuang's family.

"It's Kuai Shirakawa!" Someone shouted.

"This kid always stares at the Zhuang family on weekdays, isn't it that he is a thief and wants to spare this slut's life-" As soon as the speaker finished speaking, the sixth uncle turned his head viciously to stare at a man.

The man was short in stature, his appearance was not good, he took a few steps back after hearing the name of the person, and his steps were a little limping as he walked, as if he had a disability, and when he heard this, he waved his hand again and again:

"Sixth uncle, wronged, I know that this Zhuang family steals people, and it's too late to dislike it, how can I help her?"

He was so excited that he spewed out spittle:

"This kind of ugly thing happened in Kuailiang Village, I can't wait for her to die, the cage knot is very tight, it is impossible to untie!"

"Who knows—" a woman whispered.

"I see that your eyes are usually fixed on her, as if a cat has seen something fishy-"

Kuai Baichuan was said by her, and he was immediately angry:

"You can't control your own man, are you jealous of your family's Kuai Pengju peeking at her, right?"

"The old lady tore your mouth—"

In the midst of the noise between the two, the night wind blew again-'whew-'

As soon as the wind blew, the torches carried by many people were instantly extinguished, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.

"Ah!!h

This sudden change frightened the people of Kuailiang Village, and everyone screamed loudly.

Fortunately, these torches are specially made, and when the wind blows, the suppressed flame is re-lit.

The light reappeared, and everyone's faces turned pale.

"Sixth Uncle—"

"Okay, stop arguing."

Uncle Six's hands also began to tremble.

Tonight is really evil, he spat on the ground, and shouted:

"Third child, drag the pig cage up, I want to see if the Zhuang family idea escaped from the cage."

"Yes."

Kuai Laosan responded.

He stretched out his hand to drag, the bamboo cage was already sinking, and it was even heavier after entering the water, he grabbed the gap between the bamboo cage weaving alone, and dragged it twice.

The water was twisted, forming a whirlpool that sucked the cage firmly.

It was as if in the depths of the dark waters, another force was competing with him, trying to stop him from dragging away the pig pen.

Kuai Laosan did not believe in evil and shouted:

"Pengju, Pengcheng, help me take a hand."

The two men with frightened faces listened to his greeting and hurriedly responded.

The three of them grabbed the cage together, and at the same time shouted the trumpet and dragged it to the shore.

With the joint efforts of the three strong men and the power of water, the three of them dragged the bamboo cage and slowly approached everyone.

When about two feet from the rock, the bamboo cage had already surfaced.

Through the muddy river, everyone on the shore can clearly see the scene inside the cage.

The door of the pig pen did not open as expected.

Inside the bamboo cage, there is a figure of a curled up woman who is tied up by five flowers.

The woman was naked at this time, and her long hair was like seaweed, entangled in her body, which was so white that there seemed to be no trace of blood, which made people feel a little frightened.

Two boulders weighing hundreds of catties were also smashed in the cage, which was also the reason why Kuai Laosan couldn't pull the pig cage before.

It stands to reason that such a pig cage should sink to the bottom of the water, how can it suddenly float?

"It's a strange thing."

The sixth uncle muttered.

After speaking, his face sank and he asked Kuai Pengju:

"Pengju, is she dead?"

Kuai Pengju, who was named by him, stood at the left end of the pig cage, which happened to be close to the direction of the woman's head.

When the sixth uncle called out his name, the man trembled.

He likes to talk to the women in the village about meat and joke when he is not working, and when Zhuang was alive, he often peeked and thought about getting her.

After the Zhuang scandal was exposed, when everyone proposed to strip her clothes and let her live shamelessly, he was also very active and took the opportunity to take advantage of her.

At this time, Zhuang took off cleanly, and for some reason, he lost the courage to look directly at her body.

"Sixth uncle, I don't know-"

He answered.

The sixth uncle scolded angrily: "What a useless dog thing, you don't know, you just reach out to probe your nose." ”

Zhuang's head was not far from him, and he reached out to touch her face.

But Kuai Peng turned his head to look at the woman in the bamboo cage, the long black hair spread out bewitchingly under the water, like aquatic plants spreading wantonly under the water, as if to entangle his body and drag him into the bottomless abyss.

He suddenly had an inexplicable fear from the bottom of his heart, and shook his head again and again:

"Sixth uncle, I don't dare."

"Okay, you are a Kuai Pengju, usually you jump here in the village, squat there, and you want to take advantage of a woman when you see it, Zhuang's you are not less worried, will you say that you don't dare?"

Although tonight things are a bit evil.

But the ritual has progressed so far, and nothing major has happened.

The people in the village are ignorant and fearless, and they even laughed at Kuai Pengju at this time:

"Now that she's stripped naked, you used to be afraid that you couldn't ask for it, what are you afraid of?"

"What? Pengju, how dare you-"

On the side, Kuai Laosan was furious when he heard this, and in the crowd, Kuai Laosan was holding his hands in his sleeves, shrinking his head and neck, and did not dare to say anything to everyone's ridicule.

"Don't talk nonsense, when's I-"

Kuai Pengju retorted a little uncomfortably:

"I didn't—"

His eyes flickered, and he felt a little weak at the sight of him, and a middle-aged woman on the shore was furious when she saw him like this:

"You have such thoughts about such a slut, don't you feel dirty-"

"Alright, stop arguing!"

The sixth uncle was upset by everyone's noise.

He always felt that tonight's events were too weird, and now it seemed too calm, and something was not quite right.

But after all, he is just an old man in a mountain village, and he doesn't know much, but he realizes the danger, but he can't say why.

Seeing that everyone was still noisy at such a critical moment, he shouted impatiently:

"Shut up! Pengju, you cut Zhuang's hair, look at her face, probe her snort and pulse, and see if she is dead. ”

He was a little anxious:

"Hurry up and finish it, pack it up and go home."

"It's late at night—"