Now I see them fetching water, which is the only work of any real content that I have seen the villagers do.
The division of labor between the three people is still very clear. One person is shaking the potter's wheel, and the other two are holding the well platform, looking inside with their probes, and waiting for the bucket to come up.
Soon, after the bucket was put into the well, they shook it up.
They fished the bucket full of well water out of it, and the three people who originally had a division of labor started to drink the well water in the bucket as if they were crazy.
What they did was that one of them stuck his head into the bucket and gulped water like an animal.The other two pulled him away before he finished drinking, and went up to drink by themselves.
Even if people are thirsty to a certain extent, they have never seen such drinking water. Their desire for this well water seems to have reached an incredible level.
Since Meng Baolu is the old village head of this village, he must be very familiar with those three people. He was dumbfounded when he saw a person he was familiar with doing such an abnormal behavior. Closed.
Apparently, Meng Baolu hadn't come out for a walk in the past two days, and this was the first time he had seen this scene.
Those three people scrambled to drink the bucket of well water, and within a few minutes, they drank the full bucket of water.
As the empty bucket fell to the ground with a bang, the three turned around contentedly, and walked back along the original road again.
I found that their bellies were slightly swollen, obviously because they drank too much well water.
After they left the well platform for a certain distance, we quickly came to the side of the ancient well.
I first glanced down along the mouth of the well, and the well water below was shone by the sun, with slight waves.
It seems that everything is normal down there, at least on the surface, and there is no sign of anything inside.
Meng Baolu picked up the bucket and said to himself, "Why do they drink water like this? This is too scary."
I didn't talk to him, but started to observe this ancient well in Sanyangpu.
Chapter 986
In ancient times, when a well was erected, some handwriting was engraved on the well platform to record the time and process of drilling the well.And if the ancient well has a name, the name will also be engraved on it.It's a pity that the bluestone of the well platform of the ancient well has been polished to a very round shape due to the age.It is no longer possible to see whether the writing is engraved on it.The side of the well platform is also covered with moss. I went up and touched it, but I didn't find any place where there was a lettering.
Pang Dahai was at the edge of the well platform, trying to shake the handle of the potter's wheel a few times.
The pulley made a grunting sound, which sounded like an old cow drinking water.
I also noticed that the potter's wheel on the platform of this ancient well was seriously damaged.It was strangled several times with thick wire, otherwise, the potter's wheel would probably fall apart.
The crank handle of the pulley was also polished and polished due to frequent use.
This set of things seems to be old objects, and they should have coexisted with this ancient well.
The top of the potter's wheel was damaged to such an extent, let alone any scriptures written on it.In other words, this wooden potter's wheel has already lost its role in balancing yin and yang.
Under such circumstances, it seemed normal for something special to happen to this extremely gloomy ancient well.
At this time, Meng Baolu turned to me and asked, "Master, you have seen the situation of those three people just now."
I nodded.
Meng Baolu then asked: "Then what happened to them? Are they bewitched?"
"I have to look at the specific situation again, but everything has to be traced back to the source. Since they have a strong desire to drink the well water here, there is probably something wrong with this well. You here, have Hook bar? Longer."
After listening to me, Meng Baolu reacted: "Hook, oh, there are some. This ancient well is too old, and there are often some floating objects in the well. We will regularly fish out those dirty things. The hook Right next to it."
As he spoke, Meng Baolu ran to a nearby tree, and pulled a long hook from that tree.
Pang Dahai stepped forward to take the hook rod, and prepared to go down from the mouth of the well.
I stopped him first, picked a fist-sized stone from the side of the well platform, and threw it down from the mouth of the well.
"Gudong..." The stone fell into the ancient well, causing a big splash.
Splashes fell, and the water calmed down again.
There is nothing unusual below.
Pang Dahai grabbed the hook and said, "Boss, stay away, I'll use this hook to check."
I nodded and backed away a little.Pang Dahai moved the long hook down little by little, and first stirred it in the well water.Then poked the hook around underneath.
The well water doesn't look very deep, and I don't think the water below is that deep. If there is something below, it can be hooked.
The fat man stared down at the hook in his hand, stirring vigorously in the water.
The few people outside of us stared nervously at Pang Dahai. If we can't find anything by this method, I really don't know what to do.
Pang Haihai used the hook to stir the well water for a while, then suddenly stopped, and used the hook to prop up and down twice.
My heart tightened, and I hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Fatty?"
"Boss, there seems to be something really down there."
"Quick, can you hook it up and take a look." I hurriedly urged, and stretched my head involuntarily.
I saw that the hook rod of Pang Haihai was deeply inserted into the water. He pulled it up vigorously, and the water below was rippling, as if it really hooked something.
Immediately afterwards, the fat man pulled the hook up a few times with all his strength, and as the water came out, a large piece of something was hanging on the iron hook.
Before I could see what it was, it broke free from the hook as soon as it came out of the water, and sucked its body to the side of the well wall.
Pang Haihai was pulling up the hook bar with all his strength, but due to the effect of inertia, he pulled up the hook bar all at once, and he couldn't stand still, and staggered a few steps backwards.
The thing that broke free from the hook rod was covered with water all over its body, and it was also covered with a thick layer of bottom attachments. At first glance, it was really hard to see what it was.
Immediately afterwards, he climbed up from the bottom at an extremely fast speed by climbing the smooth wall of the well.
It climbed extremely fast, and I was the only one at the mouth of the well, so I quickly hid back as fast as I could.
As soon as my head moved away from the top of the well, the thing rushed out of the well with a swish, and brushed past the tip of my nose a centimeter in front of it.
I was covered in cold sweat from fright, and the well platform under my feet was full of well water, which was very slippery.
I hid too quickly, slipped my foot, and fell directly off the well platform, not to mention how embarrassing it was.
This is not over yet, the thing that sprang out of the well, just landed on the ground, ejected again, and the target was on my side.
When he bounced up in the air, I vaguely saw a human head with its mouth open, showing dirty teeth, and rushed towards me.
This is a fucking half-length man.
All of this happened in a blink of an eye, and the movement of that thing was already ejected in front of me with lightning speed.
There was a puff of breath in my chest, and at the moment when the half of my body rushed towards me, I turned over and avoided his fatal blow.
My heart is still pounding, and I still have lingering fear.Fortunately, my body is fast enough, otherwise, I would never be able to escape this time.
Immediately afterwards, the monster jumped up again, wanting to attack again.
"Crack..." A sound came from the monster.
The monster with a human body flew away in another direction, and Pang Dahai rushed over with the fishing rod in hand, and asked loudly, "Boss, are you alright?"
It turned out that Pang Haihai used the hook in his hand to hit the half of the body just now, and opened the body.
But that half of the body, while being blown away, grabbed the hook in Pang Haihai's hand with his hand.And quickly fell down a few times with his hands, and rushed towards the fat man along the hook bar.
Pang Haihai was caught off guard, so he quickly let go and threw away the hook.But that half of the human body took advantage of the momentum and rushed up, and it was pounced on Pang Haihai's chest.
My heart sank, the target of the attack on the half of the body must be very clear, it climbed up the body, just enough to bite the throat.
Who knew that half of the body just jumped on the fat man's body, it bounced off like an electric shock, and fell to the ground far away, the body trembling a little.
I see, it was the leather apron that the fat man was wearing that saved him.In this way, Fatty's move really saved his life.
Chapter 987
"You son of a bitch, what are you doing?" Meng Baolu yelled loudly at this moment, and he rushed over with the butcher's knife in his hand, heading straight for the half-body.
The half of the body lost its legs, and only supported the ground with its two arms. It rose and fell on the ground a few times, and ran down a long and narrow village road next to it.
"Where are you going, you've made us miserable."
Meng Baolu was furious, cursing and chasing after him with a knife in his hand.
I got up from the ground and wiped the sweat from my forehead. I was really hung up just now.But there is one thing to be thankful for, that is, Fatty and I practiced internal strength for a period of time before coming here.
I don't usually feel that when it comes to the critical moment, my body skills and reaction speed are obviously much faster than before, and the flexibility of my body is also much better. Otherwise, I might poke my head out by the well Go, then you will be bitten by that thing.
The same is true for Pang Haihai, he didn't know if he felt it, but when he rushed to save me just now, he was extremely fast, and the thing he pulled with the hook was also very powerful, and he opened the thing directly.
This can be regarded as a reward for our hard work some time ago.Without the hard work during that time, I am afraid that I would either die or be injured today.
"Fatty, are you okay?" I asked.The fat man was hit in the chest by that thing just now.
The fat man shook his head: "Damn, it's thanks to wearing this thing."
At this time, Huang Wenbai also rushed over, and he was relieved to see that we were fine.
I was about to follow Meng Baolu, but I found him running back dejectedly with a knife in his hand.
"Old village chief, how are you?" I asked.
Meng Baolu waved his hand: "This damn thing, it has no legs and can run faster than a rabbit. If I didn't catch up, that damn thing is big and strong. I didn't expect him to come to the well in our village."
In fact, Meng Baolu didn't need to say it, we also knew that the monster should be Da Zhuang.Just imagine, there is no second legless person in the village who can move so quickly.
To be exact, Da Zhuang was already a corpse.It must be abnormal for the corpse to still be able to move and injure people.
"Master, I saw it right. The direction that Da Zhuang fled was towards the ancestral hall. I reckoned that he was heading for the cave. Shall we chase after him and see?" Meng Baolu asked.
I pointed to the ancient well: "One person and one corpse were lost. The corpse was found, but the person hasn't been found yet. Let's see if there is anything else down here?"
I greeted Pang Dahai, and used the hook rod to fish it up again in the well.This time we all added [-] points of caution.
But this time, Pang Dahai hooked it with the hook for a long time, and there seemed to be nothing else underneath.
Meng Baolu also scratched his head: "It's really weird, this big living person, how can he say he's gone?"
I looked at the sky. Although it was already afternoon, the sun was still bright.
I analyzed: "Da Zhuang is a corpse. He just came out of the well water, and he can still appear in the sun with the well water left on his body. But I don't think it will last long. There are no places in the village where he can hide. Many, since he is going to the ancestral hall, let's go there and look for it. Maybe there will be new clues at that time."
Meng Baolu nodded: "Then we're gone, will he come back to this well again?"
I waved my hand, took out the ink pen for drawing talismans from my body, and drew a talisman on the potter's wheel of the ancient well.
This talisman was used to make up for the original rune on the potter's wheel. With this talisman, I believe that Da Zhuang should easily dare not come back.
I was very proficient at drawing talismans. Meng Baolu nodded secretly when he saw that I had finished drawing a talisman.
I first judged Da Zhuang's hiding place, and then used this talisman to suppress Gu Jing. It is estimated that in his heart, he should have begun to accept my identity as a master.
I finished distributing the talisman, only to find that Meng Baolu suddenly squatted on the ground and retched for a while.
I froze for a moment and asked him what was wrong.
Meng Baolu spat a few times, stood up and said weakly: "I just realized that the water in the village has been cut off during this period, and the water for my family's food is drawn from this well. After Da Zhuang disappeared, I still came from this well." The water from the well, so all I drink these days is..."
Before Meng Baolu finished speaking, he turned his head and vomited again.
I grinned, thinking of Da Zhuang's horrible appearance, after being soaked in well water, most of his body has been soaked.In the past few days, the water for drinking in the village has been drawn from this well. It is really disgusting to think about it.
But what Meng Baolu said made my eyes shine. After thinking about it carefully, I said, "I may know why those villagers in the village became like that."
Upon hearing this, Meng Baolu hurriedly asked again: "Master, do you know the reason? Are the people in the village saved?"
I nodded: "I can only try. You just said that there is no running water in the village, and people drink water from this well. After that Da Zhuang hid in the ancient well, the corpse in his body The poison will seep into the water. Fortunately, this kind of corpse poison will be decomposed after being soaked in well water. But this small amount of corpse poison is enough to affect the villagers in this village. You see them in a trance, Even the appearance of walking dead is related to being infected with this corpse poison. If you want to save them, you can only cure the corpse poison first."
Meng Baolu frowned when he heard this, and wondered: "There are hundreds of people in this village, if this is detoxification, how can they be cured?"
I waved my hand: "Before this, there were three people who came to fetch water to drink. This shows that the people in the village have lost their other will now. Only the will to drink water has been strengthened in their minds. This shows that coming here to fight Water is an instinct of their own. Because there is a small amount of corpse poison in the water they drank, they only want to drink this kind of water with corpse poison again. The phenomenon of human instinct is very miraculous. The external factors cannot be controlled. And we can use this well water to detoxify the whole village one after another."
Meng Baolu asked: "The master said that you can put some medicine to detoxify the well water, and the villagers who come to fetch water will be detoxified after drinking the water?"
I nodded: "That's the truth, but it's not easy to do. We can prepare some medicine for detoxification, but this kind of medicine will lose its effect if it is soaked in water for a long time. It needs to be poured continuously. We inject medicine into the well to maintain the properties of the medicine. We don’t have time to stay here, and if the matter with Da Zhuang is not resolved, it will always be a hidden danger.”
At this moment, Huang Wenbai came over and said, "How about this, you guys prepare the medicine, and I'll watch over here, and when villagers come to drink water, I'll pour the medicine into their buckets."
Chapter 988
"This..." I hesitated.
Huang Wenbai said again: "I'm not afraid of things. I just feel that I can't help you if you go to the ancestral hall. If you don't do it, you will become a burden to you. I can do my best here by guarding and prescribing medicine." Li, I feel better."
I nodded, Huang Wenbai was right, and this arrangement was the most reasonable.We do need someone to stay here.I believe that those villagers will come here to drink water one after another.
Meng Baolu said to Huang Wenbai: "Old Huang, thank you for your hard work."
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