Mr. Kezaku
101 Water Ghost 3
In order to please Zhao Xingduan, Chu Yuyang paid a terrible price. After finishing the work, her butt hurt as if it was not her own. She lay on the bed and moaned non-stop, thinking it was a toothache.
Zhao Xingduan sat over, patted his buttocks, and said, "The hot water is ready, get up and take a shower."
"Don't wash..." Chu Yuyang said weakly: "I don't want to move a finger, I don't even want to talk, it's because you are too beastly."
Zhao Xingduan: "I think you are praising me."
"Bah, bah, bah." Chu Yuyang said, "You still don't take me to take a bath."
Zhao Xingduan couldn't help laughing, picked up Chu Yuyang, and put him in the bathtub.The bathtub in this small place is naturally not as big as the one in the palace, it can only allow one person to bathe, two people can never get in, in fact it is difficult for one person to turn around in it.
As soon as Chu Yuyang got into the tub, she hung on the side of the tub, put her arms on the wall of the tub, like a sloth, with her head still resting on her arms, looking drowsy look like.
Zhao Xingduan waited for him to take a bath, and Chu Yuyang hummed comfortably.
Zhao Xingduan said: "When do you plan to return to the palace?"
Chu Yuyang sighed, and said, "I don't know, I don't know, the case hasn't been solved yet, and the next door..."
Speaking of Mr. Xiao next door, Chu Yuyang remembered that he hadn't told Zhao Xingduan about it yet.
Chu Yuyang immediately regained her spirits, almost jumped out of the bathtub with a "thump", and then happily told Zhao Xingduan how she met Mr. Xiao today.
Zhao Xingduan frowned and said, "He also lives here?"
Chu Yuyang nodded and said, "Yes, who would have thought that, I don't know if he is still here. But he told me that he wants to compare with me."
Chu Yuyang became more and more excited as he talked, and continued: "Then why does Mr. Xiao reveal the feeling of the late stage of the second disease every time he appears on the stage? Well, in fact, he has never appeared on the stage before, but the letter he wrote also made me think This kind of feeling. But, hehehe, Mr. Xiao looks like Mr. Qiao, and he is quite good-looking, alas!"
Before Chu Yuyang finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in his buttocks. He was lying naked in the bathtub, and Zhao Xingduan took the opportunity to spank his buttocks.
Zhao Xingduan said: "Which one is pretty good-looking?"
Chu Yuyang immediately said, "You."
"Huh?" Zhao Xingduan said speculatively, "Really?"
Chu Yuyang immediately shook her head again and said, "No."
Zhao Xingduan changed his face with a "swish", Chu Yuyang almost laughed when he saw it, pointed at himself and said, "I. I said I'm pretty, hehehe."
With a helpless look on his face, Zhao Xingduan carried him out of the bathtub, then stuffed him back on the bed, and said, "Let me see, what is the most beautiful thing about you?"
Chu Yuyang immediately wrapped herself tightly and said, "Duan'er, the image of a hooligan is not suitable for you, you should continue to play the flower of Gaoling!"
"What?" Zhao Xingduan: "..."
Qiao Jiyan told Chu Yuyang that they would have a competition to see who could find the book for no one knew what to do first.But Chu Yuyang didn't really take it seriously. After all, he didn't know what the book was for, what kind of book it was, let alone whether it existed in the first place. Thinking about it, I always feel a bit like a neuropathy...
Chu Yuyang thought that Qiao Jiyan didn't live here anymore, but when he had enough rest, he opened the door and saw Qiao Jiyan standing in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky in the distance.
Chu Yuyang: "..."
It was still cloudy outside, Chu Yuyang followed Qiao Jiyan's eyes and looked into the distance twice, feeling that he couldn't see anything clearly in the darkness.There were trees in the yard, and it was still raining lightly. Qiao Jiyan was standing under a small tree.
Chu Yuyang really wanted to go over and tell him that it is easy to be struck by lightning when it is raining heavily by standing under a tree and pretending to be aggressive.
When Qiao Jiyan heard the movement, he turned his head to look at Chu Yuyang, but there was no expression on his face, and he looked away again.
Zhao Xingduan followed and walked out of the room, saw Qiao Jiyan, and couldn't help frowning.Zhao Xingduan had never met Qiao Jiyan before. He heard from Chu Yuyang that Qiao Jiyan looked a lot like Qiao Zhongyin, but he didn't have any idea. When he saw him now, he did look a bit like Qiao Zhongyin.
"Chu Yuyang!"
Princess Hongxia suddenly ran out of the kitchen, rushed over happily, and said, "Chu Yuyang, you're alive!"
Chu Yuyang: "..."
Chu Yuyang said: "I have never died."
Princess Hongxia looked at him with a smile, and said, "I thought you couldn't get out of bed, but it seems that brother Duan's one can't do anything."
Zhao Xingduan coughed heavily from behind, Princess Hongxia hurriedly restrained herself, although she didn't say anything, the expression on her face seemed to be able to speak.No, Chu Yuyang felt that it was not the state of being able to talk, it was completely the state of chattering.
Princess Hongxia held a steamed bun in the shape of a rabbit and said, "How about it? Chu Yuyang, I made it!"
Chu Yuyang glanced at her suspiciously, and said, "Such a cute rabbit doesn't suit your style, and you definitely won't be able to make it out of it."
Soon, the little girl came out of the kitchen, holding a large bowl of bunny buns, and said with a smile: "It's time for dinner, everyone has a good rest, let's have dinner."
Of course, Princess Hongxia did not make the little bunny steamed buns, she was just in charge of beating up the underdogs and making trouble for others.But the little girl is very happy, after all, no one usually plays with her, even if Princess Hongxia is clumsy and can only make trouble, but the little girl is still very happy, at least someone can talk to her.
Dinner was ready, but the sky outside was still gloomy, in fact, it was no different from the afternoon, it was very dark.Now that it is evening, I am afraid that the sky will not be bright today.
Everyone sat around the table and started eating dinner.Qiao Jiyan also came in from the yard, his body was slightly wet, but he didn't look embarrassed, he sat down and ate slowly, his movements were very elegant.
Chu Yuyang held a bunny steamed bun in his hand and looked back and forth, thinking it was so cute, why are the rabbit's eyes decorated with carrots?Chu Yuyang thinks that carrots are a typical representative of evil and unpalatable, and it would be more perfect without carrots.
Zhao Xingduan said: "Can't you eat honestly?"
Chu Yuyang said: "I call it careful observation, look at this rabbit, how cute it is."
The little girl smiled and said, "If big brother likes it, I'll steam it for you before leaving. It won't take any trouble at all."
Chu Yuyang said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's make a pot of pig-headed steamed buns like Hongxia!"
Princess Hongxia was eating, and she almost choked to death with a mouthful of steamed buns, and said, "Chu Yuyang, don't think that I won't dare to do anything to you if Brother Duan is by your side."
Princess Hongxia has already rolled up her arms and sleeves, ready to fight.
Chu Yuyang leaned towards Zhao Xingduan with a sullen expression, and said, "Hey, come here if you have the ability."
Zhao Xingduan: "..."
Zhao Xingduan said, "Eat well."
Zhao Xingduan opened his mouth, and the two noisy people stopped and started to eat properly.
Qiao Jiyan was the first one to leave after eating, and went to stand outside again. According to Chu Yuyang's words, he just stood under a tree and pretended to be aggressive, but Qiao Jiyan was so good-looking that even if he didn't look up at the sky at 45 degrees, he could still look at the sky at 360 degrees No dead ends.
Chu Yuyang sat on the opposite side of the gate with her chin in her hands, and said, "Look, Mr. Xiao doesn't go out to find any books, he must be kidding me, right?"
Princess Hongxia rolled her eyes and said, "Maybe someone has already found it."
Chu Yuyang said, "Which side are you from?"
Princess Hongxia said: "Anyway, I have full hatred with you."
Chu Yuyang said: "Then I should have thrown you into the water and fed you to the water ghost just now."
As soon as the water ghost was mentioned, Princess Hongxia's face turned blue in an instant, and what happened just now was still clearly remembered, which made people shudder.
It was rare for Zhao Xingduan to see Princess Hongxia's frightened look, and asked, "What happened?"
The little girl also felt very curious, and said, "What's the matter? The water ghost...is it real?"
Song Pu also frowned. The three of them had witnessed such a situation with their own eyes, so when they recalled what the villagers said, they felt even more weird. Could it be that there are really ghosts in this world?
Song Pu said: "Mr. Chu, what is going on with this matter?"
Chu Yuyang shook her head and said, "I don't know yet."
Princess Hongxia said: "By the way, the one we saw, the person who jumped into the water, didn't come out in the end. Did he... die? Was he also drowned?"
When she said this, the little girl was startled and said, "Someone jumped into the water again? Then..."
The little girl couldn't sit still anymore, and said, "I'm going to go out and let everyone know to see if there are any missing people."
Song Pu immediately stood up and said, "I'll go with you, and nothing will happen to me."
It's so dark, it's really not good for a little girl to run outside.
Song Pu took the little girl away, and Zhao Xingduan asked Chu Yuyang to tell him what happened in detail.
After hearing this, Zhao Xingduan fell silent.
If you hadn't seen this kind of thing with your own eyes, you probably wouldn't believe it.
Zhao Xingduan said, "Is there something in the water? Something like a bigger fish?"
According to what Chu Yuyang said, something that swims fast and doesn't need to breathe is likely to be a fish, after all, the lake is so big.
Princess Hongxia said: "It's definitely not. I can see it very clearly. It's just a ghost. He has a round head and four limbs. How can a fish have limbs? It's definitely not a fish. Chu Yuyang Tell me, is it a water ghost?"
Chu Yuyang said: "I didn't see it very clearly, I don't know what it is. Maybe someone is playing tricks and trying to scare us."
"Ah?" Princess Hongxia stared wide-eyed and said, "Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"
Chu Yuyang stood up and said, "We're going to the lake, let's take a look."
Princess Hongxia stood up and said, "What? You still have to go to the lake? What if you encounter a ghost again?"
Chu Yuyang said, "I'm afraid I won't meet you."
Chu Yuyang is going, Zhao Xingduan will definitely follow him, now that Song Pu is not here, only Qiao Jiyan is left in the yard, Princess Hongxia hesitated, and immediately stood up, saying: "Let's go , can this princess still be afraid of a water ghost!"
Chu Yuyang patted Princess Hongxia on the shoulder and said, "That's right, look, as soon as you passed by just now, that water ghost jumped into the river from the boat in fright, how powerful you are, he is almost afraid of you. "
Princess Hongxia: "..."
Princess Hongxia rolled her eyes in anger from Chu Yuyang, and said, "I really should thank you very much."
"Forget it, thank you together next time, I'll just remember." Chu Yuyang said.
The three of them went out and went to the lake again.It was still raining lightly outside, and there was still some wind. The wind seemed to be irregular and blowing from all directions from the west. Even with oil-paper umbrellas, they would probably get wet, so the three of them didn't hold umbrellas at all. That's it.
Princess Hongxia also carried a lantern, the light was swaying.
Chu Yuyang endured it for a long time, and said, "Hongxia, are you here to add atmosphere to us? What's the use of your little broken lantern, why not hold a torch."
Princess Hongxia said: "It's too dark for the lantern to work."
When they arrived at the lake, they first took a look at the lake. The lake looked very calm and there was nothing.
"Ah, look!"
Princess Hongxia suddenly yelled, hid behind Zhao Xingduan's back, then raised her finger and pointed to the distance.
Chu Yuyang was startled, took a closer look, and said, "It's grass."
There are some plants in the lake, Daheitian really can't see clearly, it seems that people are standing there, but if you look closely, they are indeed just plants.
Princess Hongxia patted her chest and said, "Scared me."
Chu Yuyang said: "Hongxia, do you still remember where that black shadow jumped into the water just now, and where did you scare him away?"
"Bah, what scares you away." Princess Hongxia looked at the lake, pointed her finger, and said, "It's over there, look there, it's almost there. Ah, that boat, look that boat has already It was blown far away over there."
Chu Yuyang took a hard look, and sure enough, she saw that the boat that was parked in the middle of the lake just now had been blown far away, and it might be blown to the opposite shore in a short time.
Chu Yuyang asked again: "Which way did the black shadow leave?"
Princess Hongxia looked around and said, "It's over there, I remember. I remember that black shadow passed under our boat, from left to right, it should be over there."
Chu Yuyang followed her fingers and turned to the right to look at the shore. There were many plants and weeds on the shore. It was pitch black, and it was almost impossible to see anything clearly.
Chu Yuyang waved and said, "Let's go there."
The three walked towards the shore on the right.The surface of the lake is already quite big. They walked along the lake, and the distance seemed to be farther.
Princess Hongxia said: "It's ahead!"
There are many weeds not far ahead, and there are plants as tall as half a person. Chu Yuyang can't be named. I don't know what the plants are. The shore is a little muddy.
To be honest, Chu Yuyang hated this wet and muddy feeling the most, and wished Zhao Xingduan could walk over with him on his back.
"Wait." Zhao Xingduan suddenly reached out his hand to stop the two people, preventing them from going any further.
Princess Hongxia yelled "Ah" in cooperation, and said, "What's wrong?"
Chu Yuyang was terrified and said, "I don't know what's wrong, just keep screaming!"
Zhao Xingduan stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the lantern."
Princess Hongxia immediately handed the small lantern in her hand to Zhao Xingduan. Zhao Xingduan took two steps forward with it, then squatted down and said, "Traces of procrastination."
Chu Yuyang and Princess Hongxia walked over immediately, and they all squatted down. By the light of the lantern, they saw a trace of dragging on the wet ground. Because the ground here is very wet, the trace is very clear. .
Following the traces, they could see that the traces came from the water.
"Woooo, it's terrible!" Princess Hongxia was so frightened that she hugged Chu Yuyang tightly, and said, "It must be that water ghost, that water ghost crawled out of the water It’s coming up, it’s scary, let’s go back!”
It's a big black sky, after listening to Princess Hongxia's words, Chu Yuyang couldn't help but imagine twenty or thirty horror movies, all of which looked like ghosts with bloody faces crawling out of various places...
Chu Yuyang quickly calmed herself down, patted her chest and said, "Don't scare people."
The trail of dragging continued to spread until the ground became dry and no longer wet and soft, and the traces slowly disappeared, and finally went to nowhere.
Princess Hongxia was so frightened that she almost cried, and said: "The water ghost must have crawled out. You see, there are no other footprints here except ours. The water ghost must have crawled out."
Chu Yuyang glanced back, and sure enough, as Princess Hongxia said, apart from their footprints, there were only traces of dragging on the ground, and there was no footprint of the fourth person at all.
but……
Chu Yuyang suddenly squatted on the ground and said, "There is blood."
"Ah!" Princess Hongxia yelled loudly, "There's still blood!"
Zhao Xingduan squatted down immediately, and sure enough, he saw that there was a little blood on the small stone for a moment, the blood was too little, and it had dried up.
Chu Yuyang squatted on the ground and took a closer look. There were still a few bloodstains on the ground, but they were all in the soil. It was too dark and the soil was wet, so it was difficult for a little blood to drip on it. Noticed.
Zhao Xingduan frowned and said, "Why is there blood? Someone was injured?"
Princess Hongxia stared wide-eyed and said, "The traces of blood also followed the traces of dragging. What's going on?"
What happened, none of them could tell.
Chu Yuyang was really deep in thought, squatting on the ground without speaking.
Zhao Xingduan asked: "What did you think of?"
Chu Yuyang said, "It's a little trick."
"What?" Zhao Xingduan didn't know why.
Chu Yuyang walked back again, stood on the weedy bank, and then began to squat down to study the weeds carefully.
There are also traces of dragging on the shore, which came out of the water and crushed a lot of weeds, but there are even more strange places.
Chu Yuyang beckoned, Princess Hongxia immediately came over, Chu Yuyang pushed her away and said, "My name is Duan'er."
Princess Hongxia: "..."
Zhao Xingduan went to him and knelt down, saying, "I found something."
Chu Yuyang said: "Look, this side doesn't look like it was crushed."
Zhao Xingduan looked at his finger and said, "It looks like it was cut, but the incision doesn't look like a weapon or something."
Chu Yuyang said: "If it was cut by a thin thread, do you think it looks like it?"
"Thin thread?" Zhao Xingduan asked.
Chu Yuyang nodded and said, "It's like fishing line, the kind tied to a fishing rod, very thin but strong."
Zhao Xingduan frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Chu Yuyang said: "We are very likely to be played by someone. I think the person who played us is very likely to be the murderer. He wants to scare us and make us feel that the water ghost is real."
"Ah?" Princess Hongxia said, "You said what we saw was a trick?"
Chu Yuyang nodded and said: "Although we all saw the black shadow with our own eyes at the time, that black shadow was always in the water, and we didn't see his true face at all. If it is really a water ghost, he is so close to us, why didn't he attack us?" What about us? Since it was the water ghost who killed the youngest son of the Wang family, then we met the water ghost, why did he let us go and run away instead?"
Princess Hongxia thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's...we have a lot of people..."
Chu Yuyang rolled her eyes and said: "It was too dark at that time, we saw a black shadow fall into the water, and then we rowed over. Later we noticed the black shadow in the water. Actually, this The two shadows are basically the same thing."
Princess Hongxia said: "No, no, we saw a person jumping into the water, but how could a person not breathe in the water for such a long time, then he would have drowned long ago."
Chu Yuyang said, "What if it's not a living person?"
"What?" Princess Hongxia widened her eyes and said, "You said he was already dead?"
"No," Chu Yuyang said, "I said he wasn't alive in the first place, maybe it was just a puppet, a human figure, something that looks like a human figure, and has no life at all."
"That's impossible, he can move, and he swims very fast." Princess Hongxia said.
Chu Yuyang said: "Suppose someone came to the middle of the lake with a human-shaped thing in a boat, and then he left the puppet in the boat, and left by himself in another boat, and hid here."
Chu Yuyang pointed to her feet and said, "As long as he squats down, we won't be able to see his shadow from the middle of the lake."
The person who wants to scare them can scare them unconsciously across the lake. All he has to do is to thread a fishing line on the puppet.
It was too dark, and they couldn't see anything clearly, let alone a large lake.When they walked to the lake, they saw the black shadow diving into the water, and they didn't know how the black shadow dived.As long as a strong thin string is threaded on the puppet, and someone pulls the string on the other side, the puppet will naturally fall into the water.
As long as the puppet is made heavy, it will not float on the water.When they rowed to the middle of the water, they naturally wanted to look around for the black shadow that fell into the water, and they were bound to see the black shadow in the water.
At that time, the people on the shore pulled the thin line and pulled it hard.The black shadow is in the water, he has no life at all, he doesn't need to breathe at all, and will swim quickly towards the shore when he is dragged by the thin line.There are many weeds on the shore, and the puppet will be hidden when it reaches the shore.
Chu Yuyang and the others couldn't catch up with the doll's speed at all, they needed to row a boat to catch up. This was a long time, enough to hide the doll.
Chu Yuyang continued: "The cut plants here were probably accidentally scratched by a thin thread. There are also blood spots dripping on the ground. It should be that the doll is too heavy. When that person was pulling the doll , the hand was scratched by a thin thread, it must have been caused.”
It took a long time for Princess Hongxia to come to her senses, and said: "Then who is the person who plotted against us? The boss of the Wang family also said that he was frightened by the water ghost. It is exactly the same as our experience, and he was also used by that person. Just play around."
Chu Yuyang thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid not."
Princess Hongxia opened her eyes wide and said, "Ah? What do you mean? Could it be that the boss of the Wang family really encountered a water ghost?"
Chu Yuyang said: "No, I'm afraid he has ghosts in his heart."
"What do you mean?" Princess Hongxia's eyes widened.
Chu Yuyang said: "We went to Wang's house, and it suddenly occurred to me that there is a person who doesn't actually have an alibi."
Princess Hongxia was confused, so she followed Chu Yuyang and Zhao Xingduan to Wang's house.
When they arrived near Wang's house, they happened to see Song Pu and the little girl.
Song Pu looked at them in surprise and said, "Why are you here?"
Princess Hongxia pointed to Chu Yuyang.
Chu Yuyang asked: "How is it?"
The little girl shook her head and said: "Just now I have left the whole village. Everyone said that no one is missing at all, and everyone is here."
Chu Yuyang said: "I think so, we are going to Wang's house now."
The little girl opened her eyes wide and asked, "To the Wang family? Have you found the murderer who killed the second brother of the Wang family?"
Chu Yuyang said: "Maybe, I'll have to take a look to find out."
The little girl said, "I'll go too."
They went to Wang's house again. Wang's family had just had dinner at this time, because the two elders were sad, so they didn't eat anything, and they were going to rest in bed, but when they saw them coming, they quickly welcomed them in again.
The old man of Wang's family asked: "Lord Chu, the murderer who killed my son has been found?"
Chu Yuyang said, "There are still some questions."
The old man said again: "If you want to ask us anything, we will say what we know."
Chu Yuyang said: "Can you tell me what happened that day again?"
The old man immediately recounted everything that happened that day, which was not different from what he had described before.
The old man said: "Master Chu, you don't suspect that people in our village killed my son?"
Chu Yuyang nodded and said, "Exactly."
"No, no," the old man shook his head and said, "This is impossible. There are only five of us living in this village. We all know the basics, and we usually help each other. How could it be possible to kill people? This is absolutely impossible. .”
Chu Yuyang suddenly said to the boss of the Wang family: "Can you tell me again, what happened in the morning? After you ran out, which family did you notify first?"
The boss of the Wang family was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Let's think about it, I was so flustered that I couldn't remember clearly."
At that time, it was just dawn, and everyone was just getting up. The boss of the Wang family ran over to ask them for help. The three families in the village heard about it, and they all dared to help without saying a word. They were afraid that the water ghost would come to make trouble again, so everyone had an alibi, and they were not present at all when the second son of the Wang family died.
Chu Yuyang said: "But there is one person who actually didn't have an alibi during the time when the deceased died, but was ignored by everyone."
The old man immediately asked: "Who is it?"
Chu Yuyang looked at the boss of the Wang family and said, "That's him."
"What?" The old man was taken aback and said, "Lord Chu, what do you mean?"
The boss of the Wang family was also terrified, and said, "Master Chu, I, you say I am a murderer?"
Chu Yuyang said: "You went to the three families alone for help. When he arrived at the lake, he was the last one. It was already daylight at that time. Speaking of which, during this period, you have a long time It’s a person with plenty of time to commit the crime.”
The boss of the Wang family immediately said: "Master Chu, I have been wronged. I was in a hurry to find everyone for help. I originally wanted to go to the Zhang family at the entrance of the village, but when I was about to arrive, I suddenly remembered that the Zhang family was alone. The little girl stayed at home, and there is no one at the moment, so she came back halfway, and time was lost."
Chu Yuyang said: "There is no evidence for what you say, can anyone testify for you?"
The boss of the Wang family was taken aback by the question, and said, "You can't call me a murderer just because of this. How could I kill my younger brother?"
Chu Yuyang said: "Of course I still have evidence. You stretch out your hand and let everyone see."
As soon as they talked about their hands, Zhao Xingduan and Princess Hongxia suddenly realized that the person who frightened them cut their hands because they pulled the thin thread hard. Although it was a small injury, it could not heal quickly. There are scars left.
The boss of the Wang family was taken aback again, hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand.
Because the boss of the Wang family often does farm work, he has a lot of calluses and is very rough. There are a few cuts on the palm of his hand. They don't look light, they have scabs, and they haven't been bandaged. I guess it's nothing serious. hinder.
Princess Hongxia gasped and said, "It really is you!"
The boss of the Wang family said: "What is me, I don't know anything."
Princess Hongxia said angrily: "In the afternoon, you played tricks by the lake and made us think it was a water ghost. The cut on your hand is the proof!"
The old man of Wang's family didn't know why, but his heart jumped when he heard it, and he said, "Boss, what's going on here, you tell me!"
The boss of the Wang family panicked when asked, and said, "I, I don't know..."
The old man was excited for a while, and his health was not good. He almost lost his breath and was about to fall down.The boss of the Wang family hurried over and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry."
"This..." The old man panted for a long time, and said, "What's going on!"
The boss of the Wang family was agitated for a moment, trembling all over, his muscles tensed, and said: "Mother! Second child, second child, he is, he deserves to die!"
"What?" The old man was taken aback, and said, "How can you say such a thing, he is your brother! He is your own brother!"
The boss of the Wang family became even more excited, and said: "Mother, if he wasn't my own brother, he would have died a long time ago. He gambles outside every day and owes a lot of debts. It's not because of our hard work. Repay his debts? Even though the neighbors kept borrowing money, it was because of the kindness of everyone that they lent us again and again. But he, he is still unrepentant. You know that when he came back this time, he owed How much money does anyone else have? He secretly asked me, how much money does our family have, and how much money can be exchanged for selling the house! He owes too much money outside this time, and I was scared to death after hearing it!"
The boss of the Wang family said angrily, the eldest is also very old, but because the second child owes too much debt, the Wang family all think of ways to exchange money, and there is no way for the eldest to marry a wife, so for so many years, the Wang family has not had a daughter-in-law.
This time the second child came back and owed a lot of money. From the perspective of this small place, it was a debt that could not be replaced in ten lifetimes.
The second son cried and told the elder brother that those people told him to give him ten days, and now five days have passed, if he can't pay, he will be killed.
The boss really had no choice but to scold him so angrily that he couldn't help him at all this time.
The second child felt that he didn't want blood ties, so he quarreled with the eldest brother, and then ran out.Did not come back at night.
At night, the elders of the Wang family became worried and asked the eldest son to bring the second child back.The eldest went there, afraid that the debt collectors would find the village and really kill the second.
He found the second child by the water, but the second child refused to go back if he refused to change money for him.The boss told him at the time that he really didn't have so much money to exchange for him.
The second child said that he had thought about it for a long time, and he was suspended animation.
The second child said that he faked his death, pretending to be killed by a water ghost, and asked the boss to help him act.Although no body could be found at that time, everyone in the village believed this, so they must have thought he was dead.
The second child said that he was dead, and those debt collectors came to find him, and knowing that he was dead, they would not do anything more.
The boss hadn't been out of the village much, so he believed what the second child said. How could he know that the second child wanted to get away by himself. He was afraid that the debt collectors would really kill him, so he thought of feigning death.But even if the second child dies, those debts will not disappear. When the debt collectors come over, they will ask the Wang family to pay the debts.
The boss was too simple, didn't think of this at all, so he made up a story about seeing a water ghost with his own eyes according to the second brother's words, and then hurried back home.
The people in the village are simple and honest. After hearing what the boss said, the old people were afraid and worried. Just as the sky was about to dawn, the boss asked everyone to look for someone.
The boss agreed and ran out to find someone.But as soon as he ran out, when he passed the ancestral hall, he saw the door of the ancestral hall was open, and there was a sneaky figure inside.
A treasure was enshrined in the ancestral hall, which belonged to the benefactor of their entire village.The boss is illiterate, so he can't understand what is written in that book, but I heard it is very powerful.Although he had never met their benefactor, the elders said that if it wasn't for the benefactor, the whole village would have ceased to exist.So they are all grateful.
The boss was afraid that thieves had entered the ancestral hall, so he went in to see the situation, but he didn't expect to see his younger brother.
The second child sneaked inside, holding the box in his hand, then pried open the lock of the box, took out the precious book, flipped through it twice happily, and said " giggle" laughter.
The boss felt that the person in front of him seemed to be crazy.
The second brother wanted to steal the book, but the boss of course didn't allow it, and told him to put the book down, otherwise he would be arrested.
The second child panicked when he heard this, put the book in his arms, and begged the boss to let him go, saying that the book is very valuable, if they sell it, not only can they pay off the debt, but their family can live a good life.
The boss didn't listen to what he said. Although they didn't live a rich life, they couldn't violate their conscience.
The second child knelt on the ground and begged him, and the eldest brother almost relented.Unexpectedly, at this time, the second child suddenly took out a dagger from his arms, and then stabbed the eldest in the stomach.
The boss was unprepared, and subconsciously hid to the side, but the dagger slashed across his waist, and he bled a lot at that time.
The second child rushed over to kill him, and the whole person really seemed to be going crazy.
The boss didn't have a weapon, and he didn't expect that he would suddenly go crazy, so he quickly hid and found something to fight back.
The boss of the Wang family recalled that his whole body was lost, his body trembled, he looked at his hands, and said: "I was so angry at the time, I didn't know what I was thinking, I... I picked up the book-packing bag box, and knocked it down on the second child's head..."
Zhao Xingduan sat over, patted his buttocks, and said, "The hot water is ready, get up and take a shower."
"Don't wash..." Chu Yuyang said weakly: "I don't want to move a finger, I don't even want to talk, it's because you are too beastly."
Zhao Xingduan: "I think you are praising me."
"Bah, bah, bah." Chu Yuyang said, "You still don't take me to take a bath."
Zhao Xingduan couldn't help laughing, picked up Chu Yuyang, and put him in the bathtub.The bathtub in this small place is naturally not as big as the one in the palace, it can only allow one person to bathe, two people can never get in, in fact it is difficult for one person to turn around in it.
As soon as Chu Yuyang got into the tub, she hung on the side of the tub, put her arms on the wall of the tub, like a sloth, with her head still resting on her arms, looking drowsy look like.
Zhao Xingduan waited for him to take a bath, and Chu Yuyang hummed comfortably.
Zhao Xingduan said: "When do you plan to return to the palace?"
Chu Yuyang sighed, and said, "I don't know, I don't know, the case hasn't been solved yet, and the next door..."
Speaking of Mr. Xiao next door, Chu Yuyang remembered that he hadn't told Zhao Xingduan about it yet.
Chu Yuyang immediately regained her spirits, almost jumped out of the bathtub with a "thump", and then happily told Zhao Xingduan how she met Mr. Xiao today.
Zhao Xingduan frowned and said, "He also lives here?"
Chu Yuyang nodded and said, "Yes, who would have thought that, I don't know if he is still here. But he told me that he wants to compare with me."
Chu Yuyang became more and more excited as he talked, and continued: "Then why does Mr. Xiao reveal the feeling of the late stage of the second disease every time he appears on the stage? Well, in fact, he has never appeared on the stage before, but the letter he wrote also made me think This kind of feeling. But, hehehe, Mr. Xiao looks like Mr. Qiao, and he is quite good-looking, alas!"
Before Chu Yuyang finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pain in his buttocks. He was lying naked in the bathtub, and Zhao Xingduan took the opportunity to spank his buttocks.
Zhao Xingduan said: "Which one is pretty good-looking?"
Chu Yuyang immediately said, "You."
"Huh?" Zhao Xingduan said speculatively, "Really?"
Chu Yuyang immediately shook her head again and said, "No."
Zhao Xingduan changed his face with a "swish", Chu Yuyang almost laughed when he saw it, pointed at himself and said, "I. I said I'm pretty, hehehe."
With a helpless look on his face, Zhao Xingduan carried him out of the bathtub, then stuffed him back on the bed, and said, "Let me see, what is the most beautiful thing about you?"
Chu Yuyang immediately wrapped herself tightly and said, "Duan'er, the image of a hooligan is not suitable for you, you should continue to play the flower of Gaoling!"
"What?" Zhao Xingduan: "..."
Qiao Jiyan told Chu Yuyang that they would have a competition to see who could find the book for no one knew what to do first.But Chu Yuyang didn't really take it seriously. After all, he didn't know what the book was for, what kind of book it was, let alone whether it existed in the first place. Thinking about it, I always feel a bit like a neuropathy...
Chu Yuyang thought that Qiao Jiyan didn't live here anymore, but when he had enough rest, he opened the door and saw Qiao Jiyan standing in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky in the distance.
Chu Yuyang: "..."
It was still cloudy outside, Chu Yuyang followed Qiao Jiyan's eyes and looked into the distance twice, feeling that he couldn't see anything clearly in the darkness.There were trees in the yard, and it was still raining lightly. Qiao Jiyan was standing under a small tree.
Chu Yuyang really wanted to go over and tell him that it is easy to be struck by lightning when it is raining heavily by standing under a tree and pretending to be aggressive.
When Qiao Jiyan heard the movement, he turned his head to look at Chu Yuyang, but there was no expression on his face, and he looked away again.
Zhao Xingduan followed and walked out of the room, saw Qiao Jiyan, and couldn't help frowning.Zhao Xingduan had never met Qiao Jiyan before. He heard from Chu Yuyang that Qiao Jiyan looked a lot like Qiao Zhongyin, but he didn't have any idea. When he saw him now, he did look a bit like Qiao Zhongyin.
"Chu Yuyang!"
Princess Hongxia suddenly ran out of the kitchen, rushed over happily, and said, "Chu Yuyang, you're alive!"
Chu Yuyang: "..."
Chu Yuyang said: "I have never died."
Princess Hongxia looked at him with a smile, and said, "I thought you couldn't get out of bed, but it seems that brother Duan's one can't do anything."
Zhao Xingduan coughed heavily from behind, Princess Hongxia hurriedly restrained herself, although she didn't say anything, the expression on her face seemed to be able to speak.No, Chu Yuyang felt that it was not the state of being able to talk, it was completely the state of chattering.
Princess Hongxia held a steamed bun in the shape of a rabbit and said, "How about it? Chu Yuyang, I made it!"
Chu Yuyang glanced at her suspiciously, and said, "Such a cute rabbit doesn't suit your style, and you definitely won't be able to make it out of it."
Soon, the little girl came out of the kitchen, holding a large bowl of bunny buns, and said with a smile: "It's time for dinner, everyone has a good rest, let's have dinner."
Of course, Princess Hongxia did not make the little bunny steamed buns, she was just in charge of beating up the underdogs and making trouble for others.But the little girl is very happy, after all, no one usually plays with her, even if Princess Hongxia is clumsy and can only make trouble, but the little girl is still very happy, at least someone can talk to her.
Dinner was ready, but the sky outside was still gloomy, in fact, it was no different from the afternoon, it was very dark.Now that it is evening, I am afraid that the sky will not be bright today.
Everyone sat around the table and started eating dinner.Qiao Jiyan also came in from the yard, his body was slightly wet, but he didn't look embarrassed, he sat down and ate slowly, his movements were very elegant.
Chu Yuyang held a bunny steamed bun in his hand and looked back and forth, thinking it was so cute, why are the rabbit's eyes decorated with carrots?Chu Yuyang thinks that carrots are a typical representative of evil and unpalatable, and it would be more perfect without carrots.
Zhao Xingduan said: "Can't you eat honestly?"
Chu Yuyang said: "I call it careful observation, look at this rabbit, how cute it is."
The little girl smiled and said, "If big brother likes it, I'll steam it for you before leaving. It won't take any trouble at all."
Chu Yuyang said with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's make a pot of pig-headed steamed buns like Hongxia!"
Princess Hongxia was eating, and she almost choked to death with a mouthful of steamed buns, and said, "Chu Yuyang, don't think that I won't dare to do anything to you if Brother Duan is by your side."
Princess Hongxia has already rolled up her arms and sleeves, ready to fight.
Chu Yuyang leaned towards Zhao Xingduan with a sullen expression, and said, "Hey, come here if you have the ability."
Zhao Xingduan: "..."
Zhao Xingduan said, "Eat well."
Zhao Xingduan opened his mouth, and the two noisy people stopped and started to eat properly.
Qiao Jiyan was the first one to leave after eating, and went to stand outside again. According to Chu Yuyang's words, he just stood under a tree and pretended to be aggressive, but Qiao Jiyan was so good-looking that even if he didn't look up at the sky at 45 degrees, he could still look at the sky at 360 degrees No dead ends.
Chu Yuyang sat on the opposite side of the gate with her chin in her hands, and said, "Look, Mr. Xiao doesn't go out to find any books, he must be kidding me, right?"
Princess Hongxia rolled her eyes and said, "Maybe someone has already found it."
Chu Yuyang said, "Which side are you from?"
Princess Hongxia said: "Anyway, I have full hatred with you."
Chu Yuyang said: "Then I should have thrown you into the water and fed you to the water ghost just now."
As soon as the water ghost was mentioned, Princess Hongxia's face turned blue in an instant, and what happened just now was still clearly remembered, which made people shudder.
It was rare for Zhao Xingduan to see Princess Hongxia's frightened look, and asked, "What happened?"
The little girl also felt very curious, and said, "What's the matter? The water ghost...is it real?"
Song Pu also frowned. The three of them had witnessed such a situation with their own eyes, so when they recalled what the villagers said, they felt even more weird. Could it be that there are really ghosts in this world?
Song Pu said: "Mr. Chu, what is going on with this matter?"
Chu Yuyang shook her head and said, "I don't know yet."
Princess Hongxia said: "By the way, the one we saw, the person who jumped into the water, didn't come out in the end. Did he... die? Was he also drowned?"
When she said this, the little girl was startled and said, "Someone jumped into the water again? Then..."
The little girl couldn't sit still anymore, and said, "I'm going to go out and let everyone know to see if there are any missing people."
Song Pu immediately stood up and said, "I'll go with you, and nothing will happen to me."
It's so dark, it's really not good for a little girl to run outside.
Song Pu took the little girl away, and Zhao Xingduan asked Chu Yuyang to tell him what happened in detail.
After hearing this, Zhao Xingduan fell silent.
If you hadn't seen this kind of thing with your own eyes, you probably wouldn't believe it.
Zhao Xingduan said, "Is there something in the water? Something like a bigger fish?"
According to what Chu Yuyang said, something that swims fast and doesn't need to breathe is likely to be a fish, after all, the lake is so big.
Princess Hongxia said: "It's definitely not. I can see it very clearly. It's just a ghost. He has a round head and four limbs. How can a fish have limbs? It's definitely not a fish. Chu Yuyang Tell me, is it a water ghost?"
Chu Yuyang said: "I didn't see it very clearly, I don't know what it is. Maybe someone is playing tricks and trying to scare us."
"Ah?" Princess Hongxia stared wide-eyed and said, "Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"
Chu Yuyang stood up and said, "We're going to the lake, let's take a look."
Princess Hongxia stood up and said, "What? You still have to go to the lake? What if you encounter a ghost again?"
Chu Yuyang said, "I'm afraid I won't meet you."
Chu Yuyang is going, Zhao Xingduan will definitely follow him, now that Song Pu is not here, only Qiao Jiyan is left in the yard, Princess Hongxia hesitated, and immediately stood up, saying: "Let's go , can this princess still be afraid of a water ghost!"
Chu Yuyang patted Princess Hongxia on the shoulder and said, "That's right, look, as soon as you passed by just now, that water ghost jumped into the river from the boat in fright, how powerful you are, he is almost afraid of you. "
Princess Hongxia: "..."
Princess Hongxia rolled her eyes in anger from Chu Yuyang, and said, "I really should thank you very much."
"Forget it, thank you together next time, I'll just remember." Chu Yuyang said.
The three of them went out and went to the lake again.It was still raining lightly outside, and there was still some wind. The wind seemed to be irregular and blowing from all directions from the west. Even with oil-paper umbrellas, they would probably get wet, so the three of them didn't hold umbrellas at all. That's it.
Princess Hongxia also carried a lantern, the light was swaying.
Chu Yuyang endured it for a long time, and said, "Hongxia, are you here to add atmosphere to us? What's the use of your little broken lantern, why not hold a torch."
Princess Hongxia said: "It's too dark for the lantern to work."
When they arrived at the lake, they first took a look at the lake. The lake looked very calm and there was nothing.
"Ah, look!"
Princess Hongxia suddenly yelled, hid behind Zhao Xingduan's back, then raised her finger and pointed to the distance.
Chu Yuyang was startled, took a closer look, and said, "It's grass."
There are some plants in the lake, Daheitian really can't see clearly, it seems that people are standing there, but if you look closely, they are indeed just plants.
Princess Hongxia patted her chest and said, "Scared me."
Chu Yuyang said: "Hongxia, do you still remember where that black shadow jumped into the water just now, and where did you scare him away?"
"Bah, what scares you away." Princess Hongxia looked at the lake, pointed her finger, and said, "It's over there, look there, it's almost there. Ah, that boat, look that boat has already It was blown far away over there."
Chu Yuyang took a hard look, and sure enough, she saw that the boat that was parked in the middle of the lake just now had been blown far away, and it might be blown to the opposite shore in a short time.
Chu Yuyang asked again: "Which way did the black shadow leave?"
Princess Hongxia looked around and said, "It's over there, I remember. I remember that black shadow passed under our boat, from left to right, it should be over there."
Chu Yuyang followed her fingers and turned to the right to look at the shore. There were many plants and weeds on the shore. It was pitch black, and it was almost impossible to see anything clearly.
Chu Yuyang waved and said, "Let's go there."
The three walked towards the shore on the right.The surface of the lake is already quite big. They walked along the lake, and the distance seemed to be farther.
Princess Hongxia said: "It's ahead!"
There are many weeds not far ahead, and there are plants as tall as half a person. Chu Yuyang can't be named. I don't know what the plants are. The shore is a little muddy.
To be honest, Chu Yuyang hated this wet and muddy feeling the most, and wished Zhao Xingduan could walk over with him on his back.
"Wait." Zhao Xingduan suddenly reached out his hand to stop the two people, preventing them from going any further.
Princess Hongxia yelled "Ah" in cooperation, and said, "What's wrong?"
Chu Yuyang was terrified and said, "I don't know what's wrong, just keep screaming!"
Zhao Xingduan stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the lantern."
Princess Hongxia immediately handed the small lantern in her hand to Zhao Xingduan. Zhao Xingduan took two steps forward with it, then squatted down and said, "Traces of procrastination."
Chu Yuyang and Princess Hongxia walked over immediately, and they all squatted down. By the light of the lantern, they saw a trace of dragging on the wet ground. Because the ground here is very wet, the trace is very clear. .
Following the traces, they could see that the traces came from the water.
"Woooo, it's terrible!" Princess Hongxia was so frightened that she hugged Chu Yuyang tightly, and said, "It must be that water ghost, that water ghost crawled out of the water It’s coming up, it’s scary, let’s go back!”
It's a big black sky, after listening to Princess Hongxia's words, Chu Yuyang couldn't help but imagine twenty or thirty horror movies, all of which looked like ghosts with bloody faces crawling out of various places...
Chu Yuyang quickly calmed herself down, patted her chest and said, "Don't scare people."
The trail of dragging continued to spread until the ground became dry and no longer wet and soft, and the traces slowly disappeared, and finally went to nowhere.
Princess Hongxia was so frightened that she almost cried, and said: "The water ghost must have crawled out. You see, there are no other footprints here except ours. The water ghost must have crawled out."
Chu Yuyang glanced back, and sure enough, as Princess Hongxia said, apart from their footprints, there were only traces of dragging on the ground, and there was no footprint of the fourth person at all.
but……
Chu Yuyang suddenly squatted on the ground and said, "There is blood."
"Ah!" Princess Hongxia yelled loudly, "There's still blood!"
Zhao Xingduan squatted down immediately, and sure enough, he saw that there was a little blood on the small stone for a moment, the blood was too little, and it had dried up.
Chu Yuyang squatted on the ground and took a closer look. There were still a few bloodstains on the ground, but they were all in the soil. It was too dark and the soil was wet, so it was difficult for a little blood to drip on it. Noticed.
Zhao Xingduan frowned and said, "Why is there blood? Someone was injured?"
Princess Hongxia stared wide-eyed and said, "The traces of blood also followed the traces of dragging. What's going on?"
What happened, none of them could tell.
Chu Yuyang was really deep in thought, squatting on the ground without speaking.
Zhao Xingduan asked: "What did you think of?"
Chu Yuyang said, "It's a little trick."
"What?" Zhao Xingduan didn't know why.
Chu Yuyang walked back again, stood on the weedy bank, and then began to squat down to study the weeds carefully.
There are also traces of dragging on the shore, which came out of the water and crushed a lot of weeds, but there are even more strange places.
Chu Yuyang beckoned, Princess Hongxia immediately came over, Chu Yuyang pushed her away and said, "My name is Duan'er."
Princess Hongxia: "..."
Zhao Xingduan went to him and knelt down, saying, "I found something."
Chu Yuyang said: "Look, this side doesn't look like it was crushed."
Zhao Xingduan looked at his finger and said, "It looks like it was cut, but the incision doesn't look like a weapon or something."
Chu Yuyang said: "If it was cut by a thin thread, do you think it looks like it?"
"Thin thread?" Zhao Xingduan asked.
Chu Yuyang nodded and said, "It's like fishing line, the kind tied to a fishing rod, very thin but strong."
Zhao Xingduan frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Chu Yuyang said: "We are very likely to be played by someone. I think the person who played us is very likely to be the murderer. He wants to scare us and make us feel that the water ghost is real."
"Ah?" Princess Hongxia said, "You said what we saw was a trick?"
Chu Yuyang nodded and said: "Although we all saw the black shadow with our own eyes at the time, that black shadow was always in the water, and we didn't see his true face at all. If it is really a water ghost, he is so close to us, why didn't he attack us?" What about us? Since it was the water ghost who killed the youngest son of the Wang family, then we met the water ghost, why did he let us go and run away instead?"
Princess Hongxia thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's...we have a lot of people..."
Chu Yuyang rolled her eyes and said: "It was too dark at that time, we saw a black shadow fall into the water, and then we rowed over. Later we noticed the black shadow in the water. Actually, this The two shadows are basically the same thing."
Princess Hongxia said: "No, no, we saw a person jumping into the water, but how could a person not breathe in the water for such a long time, then he would have drowned long ago."
Chu Yuyang said, "What if it's not a living person?"
"What?" Princess Hongxia widened her eyes and said, "You said he was already dead?"
"No," Chu Yuyang said, "I said he wasn't alive in the first place, maybe it was just a puppet, a human figure, something that looks like a human figure, and has no life at all."
"That's impossible, he can move, and he swims very fast." Princess Hongxia said.
Chu Yuyang said: "Suppose someone came to the middle of the lake with a human-shaped thing in a boat, and then he left the puppet in the boat, and left by himself in another boat, and hid here."
Chu Yuyang pointed to her feet and said, "As long as he squats down, we won't be able to see his shadow from the middle of the lake."
The person who wants to scare them can scare them unconsciously across the lake. All he has to do is to thread a fishing line on the puppet.
It was too dark, and they couldn't see anything clearly, let alone a large lake.When they walked to the lake, they saw the black shadow diving into the water, and they didn't know how the black shadow dived.As long as a strong thin string is threaded on the puppet, and someone pulls the string on the other side, the puppet will naturally fall into the water.
As long as the puppet is made heavy, it will not float on the water.When they rowed to the middle of the water, they naturally wanted to look around for the black shadow that fell into the water, and they were bound to see the black shadow in the water.
At that time, the people on the shore pulled the thin line and pulled it hard.The black shadow is in the water, he has no life at all, he doesn't need to breathe at all, and will swim quickly towards the shore when he is dragged by the thin line.There are many weeds on the shore, and the puppet will be hidden when it reaches the shore.
Chu Yuyang and the others couldn't catch up with the doll's speed at all, they needed to row a boat to catch up. This was a long time, enough to hide the doll.
Chu Yuyang continued: "The cut plants here were probably accidentally scratched by a thin thread. There are also blood spots dripping on the ground. It should be that the doll is too heavy. When that person was pulling the doll , the hand was scratched by a thin thread, it must have been caused.”
It took a long time for Princess Hongxia to come to her senses, and said: "Then who is the person who plotted against us? The boss of the Wang family also said that he was frightened by the water ghost. It is exactly the same as our experience, and he was also used by that person. Just play around."
Chu Yuyang thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid not."
Princess Hongxia opened her eyes wide and said, "Ah? What do you mean? Could it be that the boss of the Wang family really encountered a water ghost?"
Chu Yuyang said: "No, I'm afraid he has ghosts in his heart."
"What do you mean?" Princess Hongxia's eyes widened.
Chu Yuyang said: "We went to Wang's house, and it suddenly occurred to me that there is a person who doesn't actually have an alibi."
Princess Hongxia was confused, so she followed Chu Yuyang and Zhao Xingduan to Wang's house.
When they arrived near Wang's house, they happened to see Song Pu and the little girl.
Song Pu looked at them in surprise and said, "Why are you here?"
Princess Hongxia pointed to Chu Yuyang.
Chu Yuyang asked: "How is it?"
The little girl shook her head and said: "Just now I have left the whole village. Everyone said that no one is missing at all, and everyone is here."
Chu Yuyang said: "I think so, we are going to Wang's house now."
The little girl opened her eyes wide and asked, "To the Wang family? Have you found the murderer who killed the second brother of the Wang family?"
Chu Yuyang said: "Maybe, I'll have to take a look to find out."
The little girl said, "I'll go too."
They went to Wang's house again. Wang's family had just had dinner at this time, because the two elders were sad, so they didn't eat anything, and they were going to rest in bed, but when they saw them coming, they quickly welcomed them in again.
The old man of Wang's family asked: "Lord Chu, the murderer who killed my son has been found?"
Chu Yuyang said, "There are still some questions."
The old man said again: "If you want to ask us anything, we will say what we know."
Chu Yuyang said: "Can you tell me what happened that day again?"
The old man immediately recounted everything that happened that day, which was not different from what he had described before.
The old man said: "Master Chu, you don't suspect that people in our village killed my son?"
Chu Yuyang nodded and said, "Exactly."
"No, no," the old man shook his head and said, "This is impossible. There are only five of us living in this village. We all know the basics, and we usually help each other. How could it be possible to kill people? This is absolutely impossible. .”
Chu Yuyang suddenly said to the boss of the Wang family: "Can you tell me again, what happened in the morning? After you ran out, which family did you notify first?"
The boss of the Wang family was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Let's think about it, I was so flustered that I couldn't remember clearly."
At that time, it was just dawn, and everyone was just getting up. The boss of the Wang family ran over to ask them for help. The three families in the village heard about it, and they all dared to help without saying a word. They were afraid that the water ghost would come to make trouble again, so everyone had an alibi, and they were not present at all when the second son of the Wang family died.
Chu Yuyang said: "But there is one person who actually didn't have an alibi during the time when the deceased died, but was ignored by everyone."
The old man immediately asked: "Who is it?"
Chu Yuyang looked at the boss of the Wang family and said, "That's him."
"What?" The old man was taken aback and said, "Lord Chu, what do you mean?"
The boss of the Wang family was also terrified, and said, "Master Chu, I, you say I am a murderer?"
Chu Yuyang said: "You went to the three families alone for help. When he arrived at the lake, he was the last one. It was already daylight at that time. Speaking of which, during this period, you have a long time It’s a person with plenty of time to commit the crime.”
The boss of the Wang family immediately said: "Master Chu, I have been wronged. I was in a hurry to find everyone for help. I originally wanted to go to the Zhang family at the entrance of the village, but when I was about to arrive, I suddenly remembered that the Zhang family was alone. The little girl stayed at home, and there is no one at the moment, so she came back halfway, and time was lost."
Chu Yuyang said: "There is no evidence for what you say, can anyone testify for you?"
The boss of the Wang family was taken aback by the question, and said, "You can't call me a murderer just because of this. How could I kill my younger brother?"
Chu Yuyang said: "Of course I still have evidence. You stretch out your hand and let everyone see."
As soon as they talked about their hands, Zhao Xingduan and Princess Hongxia suddenly realized that the person who frightened them cut their hands because they pulled the thin thread hard. Although it was a small injury, it could not heal quickly. There are scars left.
The boss of the Wang family was taken aback again, hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand.
Because the boss of the Wang family often does farm work, he has a lot of calluses and is very rough. There are a few cuts on the palm of his hand. They don't look light, they have scabs, and they haven't been bandaged. I guess it's nothing serious. hinder.
Princess Hongxia gasped and said, "It really is you!"
The boss of the Wang family said: "What is me, I don't know anything."
Princess Hongxia said angrily: "In the afternoon, you played tricks by the lake and made us think it was a water ghost. The cut on your hand is the proof!"
The old man of Wang's family didn't know why, but his heart jumped when he heard it, and he said, "Boss, what's going on here, you tell me!"
The boss of the Wang family panicked when asked, and said, "I, I don't know..."
The old man was excited for a while, and his health was not good. He almost lost his breath and was about to fall down.The boss of the Wang family hurried over and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry."
"This..." The old man panted for a long time, and said, "What's going on!"
The boss of the Wang family was agitated for a moment, trembling all over, his muscles tensed, and said: "Mother! Second child, second child, he is, he deserves to die!"
"What?" The old man was taken aback, and said, "How can you say such a thing, he is your brother! He is your own brother!"
The boss of the Wang family became even more excited, and said: "Mother, if he wasn't my own brother, he would have died a long time ago. He gambles outside every day and owes a lot of debts. It's not because of our hard work. Repay his debts? Even though the neighbors kept borrowing money, it was because of the kindness of everyone that they lent us again and again. But he, he is still unrepentant. You know that when he came back this time, he owed How much money does anyone else have? He secretly asked me, how much money does our family have, and how much money can be exchanged for selling the house! He owes too much money outside this time, and I was scared to death after hearing it!"
The boss of the Wang family said angrily, the eldest is also very old, but because the second child owes too much debt, the Wang family all think of ways to exchange money, and there is no way for the eldest to marry a wife, so for so many years, the Wang family has not had a daughter-in-law.
This time the second child came back and owed a lot of money. From the perspective of this small place, it was a debt that could not be replaced in ten lifetimes.
The second son cried and told the elder brother that those people told him to give him ten days, and now five days have passed, if he can't pay, he will be killed.
The boss really had no choice but to scold him so angrily that he couldn't help him at all this time.
The second child felt that he didn't want blood ties, so he quarreled with the eldest brother, and then ran out.Did not come back at night.
At night, the elders of the Wang family became worried and asked the eldest son to bring the second child back.The eldest went there, afraid that the debt collectors would find the village and really kill the second.
He found the second child by the water, but the second child refused to go back if he refused to change money for him.The boss told him at the time that he really didn't have so much money to exchange for him.
The second child said that he had thought about it for a long time, and he was suspended animation.
The second child said that he faked his death, pretending to be killed by a water ghost, and asked the boss to help him act.Although no body could be found at that time, everyone in the village believed this, so they must have thought he was dead.
The second child said that he was dead, and those debt collectors came to find him, and knowing that he was dead, they would not do anything more.
The boss hadn't been out of the village much, so he believed what the second child said. How could he know that the second child wanted to get away by himself. He was afraid that the debt collectors would really kill him, so he thought of feigning death.But even if the second child dies, those debts will not disappear. When the debt collectors come over, they will ask the Wang family to pay the debts.
The boss was too simple, didn't think of this at all, so he made up a story about seeing a water ghost with his own eyes according to the second brother's words, and then hurried back home.
The people in the village are simple and honest. After hearing what the boss said, the old people were afraid and worried. Just as the sky was about to dawn, the boss asked everyone to look for someone.
The boss agreed and ran out to find someone.But as soon as he ran out, when he passed the ancestral hall, he saw the door of the ancestral hall was open, and there was a sneaky figure inside.
A treasure was enshrined in the ancestral hall, which belonged to the benefactor of their entire village.The boss is illiterate, so he can't understand what is written in that book, but I heard it is very powerful.Although he had never met their benefactor, the elders said that if it wasn't for the benefactor, the whole village would have ceased to exist.So they are all grateful.
The boss was afraid that thieves had entered the ancestral hall, so he went in to see the situation, but he didn't expect to see his younger brother.
The second child sneaked inside, holding the box in his hand, then pried open the lock of the box, took out the precious book, flipped through it twice happily, and said " giggle" laughter.
The boss felt that the person in front of him seemed to be crazy.
The second brother wanted to steal the book, but the boss of course didn't allow it, and told him to put the book down, otherwise he would be arrested.
The second child panicked when he heard this, put the book in his arms, and begged the boss to let him go, saying that the book is very valuable, if they sell it, not only can they pay off the debt, but their family can live a good life.
The boss didn't listen to what he said. Although they didn't live a rich life, they couldn't violate their conscience.
The second child knelt on the ground and begged him, and the eldest brother almost relented.Unexpectedly, at this time, the second child suddenly took out a dagger from his arms, and then stabbed the eldest in the stomach.
The boss was unprepared, and subconsciously hid to the side, but the dagger slashed across his waist, and he bled a lot at that time.
The second child rushed over to kill him, and the whole person really seemed to be going crazy.
The boss didn't have a weapon, and he didn't expect that he would suddenly go crazy, so he quickly hid and found something to fight back.
The boss of the Wang family recalled that his whole body was lost, his body trembled, he looked at his hands, and said: "I was so angry at the time, I didn't know what I was thinking, I... I picked up the book-packing bag box, and knocked it down on the second child's head..."
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