sunk in yesterday

After breakfast, the three of Zhao Xiaomeng went to Wan'er's room as usual. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Xia Zhuo went back to the room to catch up on sleep for a while, euphemistically calling it to recharge your batteries, and only by rectifying yourself can you perform at your best.

It was near noon to eat when Liu Wancai came back from outside.He apologized repeatedly to several people, and only said that the village was busy these two days, so he didn't have much time to entertain everyone, please forgive me.

As for what they were busy with, they all knew it well, they knew everything they knew, so they didn't ask him any more.On the contrary, Liu Wan raised a few words himself, saying that the village wanted to make offerings to the gods, and all the men would do their part, and he would personally take them around after today.

After a few polite words, the participants waited absently for the night to come.

"Are you going with him this afternoon?"

Kong Man came to the room of the two of them, saying that he had nothing to do to chat casually, but he clenched his hands into fists and put them on his knees the whole time, obviously becoming nervous as time went by.

When this question was asked, Guan Yuzhou was looking at the wound on Xia Zhuo's hand.

In fact, Xia Zhuo forgot that she was still injured at first, as early as the first day passed, the broken skin did not hurt anymore.But Guan Yuzhou asked him to change the gauze several times, and it took until today to untie it. He almost thought that he hadn't been bumped, but had been cut out of the bone with a knife.

"We have to deal with a lot of people with Liu Wan, and it will become troublesome." Guan Yuzhou said lightly, rubbing his fingertips on the scabbed area twice.

What he meant was to choose to dive in like in the beginning.

"It's nothing serious as I said earlier, and the scabs will fall off two days later." Xia Zhuo pulled out his hand and hit the back of his hand lightly, complaining that he was too cautious about himself and treated himself as a The smelly problems of the flowers in the greenhouse can't be corrected no matter what.

Guan Yuzhou smiled, and rubbed the place being photographed in a good-tempered manner, "That's good."

Kong Man had a strange expression on his face. He said in his heart that he had never seen anyone who cared so much about a scratch. You must know that the wound in the dream will not be brought into reality. Even if it is completely shelved, as long as it is not fatal .Recently there have been rumors outside that the prowler, who usually walks alone, has an extra lover. Many people in the forum are definitely rumors, but now the facts he has seen with his own eyes are overwhelmed by the rumors, and he even seems to be better than this The little lover fell even deeper and was eaten to death.

"Okay, then be careful at night... Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything." Kong Man shrugged, feeling that his words were a bit redundant.

"Yeah." Guan Yuzhou nodded in response to his kindness, and seemed to be in a good mood at this time.

Xia Zhuo leaned on his shoulder, lazily reminding the person opposite: "Don't let Meng Tianhua come out to cause any trouble, it's best to keep him in the room, and don't let him out until the matter is over."

"I know, I'll keep an eye on him."

"Where is he now?"

"On Liu Wan'er's side, with Shen Wei and the others."

Xia Zhuo pouted: "Still thinking about getting Shen Wei to forgive him? He's not as stupid as him."

Kong Man didn't speak.

Xia Zhuo wanted to drive people away: "Aren't you going to join in the fun with them?"

"It's not like joining in the fun... I'm going, but I think it's better to have a chat with you before that."

Xia Zhuo glanced at him suspiciously, feeling that there was nothing to talk about between them.Instead, Guan Yuzhou looked at the man quietly for a few seconds, and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Kong Man showed a fleeting smile, "Yes."

Xia Zhuo sat up straighter: "What?"

Kong Man said: "Actually, that night, I met an old lady at the entrance of the village."

"The old lady? What happened to her?"

"I don't think she's a living person." Kong Man recalled, and narrated: "Because I guessed that the fire was spreading from the entrance of the village, so I squatted at the entrance of the village. It was already dark at that time, and she I still have no intention of leaving under the tree. After all, I have to be wary of her, so I kept a little peripheral vision to ensure that I can see her every move."

It is indeed not a living person, Xia Zhuo has already seen this.

"and then?"

"Then I found out that Li's house was on fire first, and the fire spread to the surroundings at once. The people left behind in the whole village didn't respond. They didn't seem to feel it when they stayed at home. Even Li's house, which was completely engulfed by the fire, didn't move at all. No, Mrs. Li should have been at home at that time, right? The old lady got up from the stool at that time, and she stood under the tree and looked at the village without panic. She looked at it calmly, then turned and went in the opposite direction ——It was the road we came from. I turned to look at her more, and she disappeared as soon as she stepped on the path. It seems that I have stayed here for so long just to watch this scene."

Xia Zhuo pondered for a moment, "But she didn't cause the fire."

"Yes, it's not her, she's just watching." Kong Man asked, "Do you know who she is?"

Xia Zhuo asked back: "You know?"

"I don't know, that's why I wanted to ask if you have any relevant information."

"Why didn't you say it before? Only now."

Kong Man confessed: "I don't think it matters, she is not a key person, so it doesn't matter if I say it or not."

Xia Zhuo lowered his eyes and thought for a while, he only saw the old lady wearing a shroud in his dream, but a dead person stayed at the village head for a long time, just to wait for a fire to burn everything?Although I am not sure, this old man should be inseparable from the Liu family, especially when she gave herself a reminder, more like telling the participants that she is also on Liu's side and wants to let Liu's relief .

Searching for the answer was fruitless, he poked Guan Yuzhou, and the other party shook his head, but he had no accurate idea.

"Okay, I'm going to find Shen Wei and the others." Kong Man paused and got up from the stool, "If the aborigines ask you at night, I will say that you are not comfortable resting in the room."

Xia Zhuo likes to talk to smart people, so she nodded and agreed: "OK, thank you for your hard work."

Kong Man left and closed the door behind them.

Xia Zhuo sat cross-legged on the bed, held his chin and stared blankly at the small hole in the door for a while, "Could it be Mrs. Liu's mother?"

Guan Yuzhou said: "The one who died in love with Liu's father?"

"Yeah, I guessed it." After all, if you die for love, you die, so it's reasonable to come and see your daughter.

"There's that possibility."

But this person was never mentioned in the plot, and no matter how inferred, there was no support for it. After a while, Xia Yan put this matter behind him.

In the evening, the villagers who were resting at home gathered down the mountain one after another.

Xia Zhuo opened the window, overlooking every move in the village.He saw the centipede face go out, Mrs. Li walked around the yard, at first there were some scattered women wandering around the village, and when it got dark, they all went home and closed their doors, the road was instantly empty.

"It's almost there, let's go." After Guan Yuzhou finished speaking, he jumped out by leaning on the window sill.He landed on the ground without a sound, then opened his arms to the little boyfriend who was looking down, and said softly, "Come on."

Xia Zhuo muttered something, stepped on the frame and jumped down.After being caught, he hugged Guan Yuzhou's neck, and quickly let go and stepped on the ground steadily, "I will pick you up next time."

Guan Yuzhou glanced at him unexpectedly, pursed his lips slightly, and didn't say yes or no.

But this look fell in Xia Zhuo's eyes, as if to say "Can you do it?"

"What are you looking at? I'm also a man!" Xia Zhuo pinched his waist and made a concave shape at him.

"Yes Yes Yes."

"...Break up for 3 minutes."

Guan Yuzhou hugged him tightly, and sternly dismissed: "Not even for a minute."

"59 seconds."

"No."

"Then I'll hug you next time."

"Let's talk about next time."

"Do you not like me anymore?"

"What nonsense?"

"Then don't let me hug you." Xia Zhuo sniffed pretending to be wronged.

Guan Yuzhou denied it funny: "... If there is nothing, let you hug it."

While having a meaningless conversation, he bypassed the main road of the village, half dragging and half dragging people all the way up the mountain.

With the cover of the bushes, the two successfully robbed two masks before Uncle Wang and the others came back from fetching water, hid the unconscious villagers, and successfully blended into the crowd.

"This was supposed to be Liu Zijin's home." While waiting, Xia Zhuo looked at the house hidden in the fog not far away, and whispered to Guan Yuzhou.

It has obvious signs of renovation. Is it because you think the death of the two people is unlucky, so you think about changing their residence?

"Yes." Guan Yuzhou glanced at the blurred plaque, "Didn't we go in and see it? There are traces of demolition in the hall. The villagers should have opened up all the rooms, and the space vacated is used to put the goddess statue. "

"What about the original things of the Liu family?"

"I don't know. Maybe it was thrown away, maybe it was divided up by other people."

The crowd on the other side became restless. Centipede Face and Old Man Wang walked through the bamboo forest, and their figures appeared in front of everyone. As soon as these two backbones appeared, the panic and restlessness that had been wandering among the villagers disappeared, and they moved closer to them in unison.

Guan Yuzhou and Xia Zhuo followed Daliu and entered the temple with other masked people.

Uncle Wang lit incense and recited words before the altar, and knelt down to heaven and earth.As soon as the three incense sticks stood up, Mrs. Liu appeared in front of the main room, frightened the centipede to touch the candles all over the floor, leaving bright red blood marks on the white candles.

Before that, all the plots were almost the same as the previous two.Xia Zhuo didn't realize that there was any change. It wasn't until the woman raised her head and looked at him through the messy wet hair that she didn't realize that she didn't hear that creepy cry this time.

Mrs. Liu was standing there, her skirt was drenched in blood.Blood water slid down her skirt, dripped on the ground and shattered into pieces.

Xia Zhuo looked at her through the mask, just as he was hesitating, Liu Shi suddenly moved.She squatted down slowly, then lowered her head again, covering her face with both hands.He couldn't hear the sound of sobbing, but he could see the thin body huddled into a ball, trembling slightly behind the dense fog.

I don't know how long it took, maybe it was longer than the previous two times, and the candle was finally lit in a flurry.

"Okay, it's done."

The shadow in front of the hall disappeared, and Uncle Wang said with relief.

Xia Zhuo took a deep breath and got ready.But after he waited for more than ten seconds, the centipede face over there had already gone out, and he rolled out of the room without seeing his head.

"What's going on..." He took a step back in surprise, and looked at Guan Yuzhou with a strange expression.

Just because they have dealt with Wan'er before, the plot has changed slightly?

Guan Yuzhou frowned, and he glanced around the courtyard, perhaps with the previous things for comparison, it seemed that the current situation was very wrong.

"Wait a few more minutes and see."

Xia Zhuo nodded, and looked coldly at the other villagers who were obviously relaxed.Then he held his breath for a while, sensing the movement nearby, preventing the accident from coming too suddenly.

"Mr. Guan, do you think the villagers threw Liu's body back into the river after they dug it up?"

Guan Yuzhou was silent for a moment, as if after quick thinking, he denied in a low voice: "I didn't throw it back into the river."

"Really..." Xia Zhuo sniffed the smell around her, and frowned in disgust, "It really was buried in the yard again."

"Don't wait, go and change the candles." Guan Yuzhou raised a hand.

"Okay." Xia Zhuo subconsciously went to pick it up, but just as he took out a handful, his whole body became cold.

He touched something slippery to the touch, a bit like aquatic plants growing at the bottom of a lake.

The incense candles on the altar table flickered, and the precarious candles went out with a puff. After struggling for a few seconds, only one rekindled.The surrounding light dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the originally crowded courtyard became empty, and the fog that shrouded the sky poured down without restraint.

Immediately afterwards, the wet thing slid over the back of his hand and wrapped around his wrist.

That was Liu's hair.

He slowly turned his stiff neck and opened his eyes to look at the darkness beside him.

The next second, Guan Yuzhou's voice came faintly from the side, cold and mechanical, the calmness and gentleness that had always existed in the voice disappeared, replaced by a kind of madness and weirdness that was trying to suppress.

"Why don't you go?"

The gloomy cold wind swept across the scalp, and Xia Zhuo couldn't say a word.

Instead, Guan Yuzhou's voice became thinner and shriller.

"Why don't you go?"

"Go quickly, why don't you go!!"

One sound twisted more and more sharply, as if it could pierce the eardrum.

Resentment, anger, annoyance... All kinds of negative emotions were mixed together, and they had clearly become a woman's voice.

It was this voice that asked over and over again: Is it my fault?is it my fault