Between seas

A few people walked into the village, and they smelled an indescribable rancid smell.The smell is so strong that it irritates the eyes.

Sanbao just took a breath, his face immediately turned green, and he felt his stomach churn.She quickly covered her mouth and nose, but only endured for half a quarter of an hour before leaning against the wall and retching.

Jiang Yizhou covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and his voice lowered: "This taste is really strong. It is almost as old as 100 years old, and it still has a strong sauce aroma."

Shen Boru's five senses were gradually declining, and he could only smell a little bit, but he couldn't help frowning.He has dealt with ghosts before, and he knows that ghosts will have a special smell more or less, the heavier the more fierce.

But this is the first time I have encountered such an unacceptable situation.

He looked at Jiang Yizhou: "This village is too weird, be careful." After speaking, he called behind him: "Sambo, how are you?"

Only then did Sanbao agree that Shen Boru would not be afraid, and he did not want to drag everyone down because of the unpleasant smell.She suppressed her nausea, and replied, "Shenjun, I'm fine. I'm not a coquettish person, I'll get used to it once I vomit."

Shen Boru naturally saw that Sanbao didn't have much confidence in what he said. He knew that the little girl was strong, so he didn't say anything. Instead, he slowed down and handed her a handkerchief: "If you feel uncomfortable, you must say so."

Sambo nodded, covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.There was a faint fragrance of white lotus on the handkerchief, which was soft and elegant, and smelled very nice.

They continued to walk forward, and after a while, they turned into a deep alley.

Zhangjia Village is trapped in the passage, not connected with the present world, the sky seems to be soaked in ink, and there is no light at all.There are two or three farmhouses in the small alley, the gates of each house are closed, and a big red lantern is hung high under the eaves. The light is like a bean, a little small.

A person stood not far in front with his back to Shen Boru and them.The light was dim, even Shen Boru and Jiang Yizhou couldn't see the person clearly, they could only vaguely see the person, the person looked tall and burly, he should be a man of middle age.

Jiang Yizhou took a few steps forward and asked tentatively, "Hey! Brother, what are you doing here at night?"

The man didn't respond, but still stood there, like a wooden sculpture that couldn't speak.

Shen Boru walked lightly and walked in front of that person, he thought of something, stretched out his hand and pushed gently.The man's body suddenly leaned forward, like noodles that had been boiled for a long time, spreading limply on the ground.

This is not a person at all, but a corpse.

A disembowelled corpse.

The man had been dead for some time, his lips were parted wide, and a pair of slack eyes protruded, as if he was staring at the three of Shen Boru in horror.

His clothes were disheveled, his chest and abdomen were wide open, his ribs and viscera were gone, his whole body was like a cicada sloughing out, just an empty shell.

Shen Boru squatted down to look at the man's body, and found that there was only this wound running through the chest and abdomen all over the man's body.It means that the thing that killed him was extremely sharp and could cut his body open in an instant.

Jiang Yizhou pointed to the man's leg, and said concisely: "The knee is gone."

Sanbao was surprised: "Then, how did he stand up just now? After the ghost killed him, did he still pose for him?"

Shen Boru said: "It may not be a ghost. Ghosts are not smart, and there are only two ways to kill people. Whether it is teeth or claws, the wounds left will have some curvature, not so straight. This kind of wound It's a sharp weapon like a knife."

Jiang Yizhou took over the conversation: "Besides, it's not a beauty pageant portrait, why are ghosts posing for dead people? It's true that ghosts cannibalize people, but I've never heard of them having a hobby of 'putting on a plate after eating'. "

Said, Jiang Yizhou squatted down, tore off a piece of clothes to wrap his hands, and touched the man's knees.As soon as he touched the man's legs, he felt a stick-like thing tied to the outside of the man's legs.

Jiang Yizhou pulled them out with a little force.

Those were two old bamboo poles used as clothes drying poles, which were as long as the legs of an adult man.

Shen Boru picked up two bamboo poles, and found that their bottoms were slightly wide, and there were traces of artificial grinding.He rubbed his thumbs over the bamboo poles and set them upright on the ground with their bases down.

The two bamboo poles stood firmly.

Shen Boru looked serious: "The man has been dead for a few days, I am afraid that someone deliberately set up these two poles and stood the body here."

Suddenly, there was a sound of light footsteps in the dark, and someone said stammeringly: "It's me, it's me, I put him here."

In the quiet alley, the voice seemed particularly abrupt.

Jiang Yizhou's right hand immediately had a long sword-shaped white awn, his face turned cold, he narrowed his eyes, looked in the direction of the voice, and shouted: "Get out!"

Fu Tao's fiancé's face was slightly exposed from the backlight, his outer corners were slanted, he pointed at the corpse with a smirk, and said vaguely: "Hey, he, I stood here."

Seeing his stupid face, Shen Boru could only lower his voice: "Do you know this person?"

Fu Tao's fiancé smiled shyly, scratched his head, and replied embarrassedly: "I know him, he is my uncle."

Fu Tao's older brother.

Fu Tao's fiancé was still smiling: "My uncle said he would wait for Tao Tao to come home, but he was so lazy that he fell asleep lying on the ground, and I couldn't wake him up no matter how I called. I had to find two crutches Putting him here...am I being super smart?"

Jiang Yizhou said: "Yes, you are the only one with a brain, especially sharp."

Fu Tao's fiancé couldn't listen to good words, so he laughed silly for a while, and suddenly sat next to "Big Brother" in frustration.He drew circles back and forth on the ground with one hand: "But why hasn't Taotao come back?"

He looked distressed, and his voice was full of confusion, as if he couldn't figure out why the "Taotao" he was thinking of didn't want him anymore.

Unable to bear it, Sanbao hesitated for a long time, and then told him slowly: "Taotao can't come back."

Fu Tao's fiancé didn't seem to hear San Bao's words, and laughed again: "Tao Tao likes me, and I like Tao Tao. We have known each other since we were young, and we agreed to be together forever. How could she abandon me? Woolen cloth?"

"Everyone in the village said that Taotao died and turned into a ghost to harm people. I think this is all nonsense. Taotao has such a good temper, how could she harm people? When I was studying, she was afraid that I would be tired. She will make some small snacks and send them to me quietly. Taotao also told me that she will be husband and wife with me forever. We haven’t made it in this life, and I don’t believe she is dead.”

Under the dim light, his eye sockets seemed to be a little red, and his body trembled slightly: "Taotao must be angry with me, she hides and doesn't want to see me anymore. For a while, I have been dreaming the same dream over and over again. I saw Taotao sitting on a small bamboo raft, floating forward with the current. I remember she was wearing a bright red wedding dress, and she was very beautifully dressed."

He drew circles faster and faster, his fingers stiffened from holding one motion for so long.But he didn't seem to notice, and he still repeated that action, staring blankly at the messy pattern he drew: "But I don't know why she was crying, why she was so sad. She was crying and calling my name, hoping to see you again Me. I have to go over every time, but I can’t catch up. I watched the little bamboo raft float and float to the middle of the river, and disappeared all of a sudden.”

"I think Taotao must be angry with me. She was angry with me for not looking for her, so she hid. It's okay, I'll just wait for her to come back."

The three remained silent.They all knew in their hearts that the dream that Fu Tao's fiancé said was very likely to be something that actually happened.Fu Tao was chosen as a sacrifice and sank into the Zhang River, but as her fiancé, she couldn't do anything. He watched the girl he liked sink into the rapids, and he would never see each other again in this life.

Shen Boru felt that Fu Tao's fiancé also hated himself in his heart.Even if he becomes a delirious lunatic, confused about everything, he still remembers Fu Tao, and the helpless self at that time.

Since he thinks that the matter of falling into the river is just a dream, let's treat it as a dream.

Why bother to break it.

At this moment, Fu Tao's fiancé stopped his scribbling hands.I don't know what he thought of, but the eyes that were originally chaotic and dull suddenly became bright.He stood up and showed a foolish smile again: "It's been so long, maybe Taotao is back now, maybe she's waiting for me at home, I'm going to find her with my uncle, I can't let her worry about me." After saying that, he bent down and patted his brother on the cheek: "Brother, get up, we are going home."

Uncle couldn't respond to him.

Fu Tao's fiancé saw that his uncle didn't respond, so he put his hands under his armpits, picked him up and carried him on his shoulders.

Perhaps his posture was wrong, and the uncle's head fell to the ground with a "slap".

Fu Tao's fiancé didn't realize it for a while, he stared at his uncle's head for a long time, and said with a mournful face, "I, why did my uncle die suddenly!"

He belatedly let out a horrified cry, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the uncle fell to the ground.He widened his eyes, staggered back a few steps, and leaned against the wall, panting heavily, his body slid down like mud.

The author has something to say:

Uncle: mmp, don't I want to lose face?