sunk in yesterday

A group of disaster-stricken people originally lived in this mountain forest, and they all came from all corners of the country.

Their identities are very mixed, and they are not a bunch of troubled brothers and sisters who make do with each other to live together as it is rumored outside.All of them have done jobs that cannot be moved to the table, and they only said that to the outside world in order to have a stable resting place to start a family and start a business.

Later, the country enacted a law, and they couldn't leave here even more.Without technical skills, where can I find food when I go out?

So they released the news that all visitors are guests, regardless of their status, anyone can come here to start a family and start a business.They accept anyone, the sinful and the gravedigger, claiming they are family as long as they set foot on the grounds.

After hearing the news, people came here one after another. After a few days of hospitality, they began to steal people's money and bury their bones. I don't know how many holes have been dug in the surrounding forest over the years.

The mayor said: If we don't do this, where did we get the money to build the town?Who of you can go out and make money?If you can't make any money, just give it to me. Do it, seal your mouth tightly, and if one person leaks the word, the whole family will be ruined!

Rows of houses were built with human lives like this, and the town finally took shape.

He always said that he would wash his hands after finishing this vote, but one vote after another, he would never be tall.

"I heard that there is a railway outside." The mayor sat smoking a big cigarette at the head of the town, the wrinkles on his face crawled one after another, and he didn't know how many people's blood had been stained in the ravine.

"Yeah, I'm afraid we can't get out of this small broken place." A townsman next to him smiled naively, "That's okay, I can't get out or get in. All the secrets are buried and brought to us. Go to the grave, if you don’t tell me, I won’t tell, as long as the juniors live a better life in the future.”

The mayor breathed out a puff of smoke ring, "There are roads outside, so we can get through here too. We have to take the children out, people will go crazy if they stay in this crappy place."

The townspeople wondered, "Crazy? That's not good."

The mayor knocked the pipe against the stone, and the little sparks that came out became the same color as the sunset outside the forest, "I am crazy, and you are crazy too. I am the first to go crazy, and you all go crazy with me." ” He looked at the sunset that had already set into the horizon, shook his head heavily, and repeated: “The children must be sent out.”

The railway has to be repaired.

But no money.

The mayor was in a daze at the offerings of Bodhisattvas, often sitting for half a day, worrying about how to build the railway.

One day, he cut the center of his eyebrows and let out blood, and kowtowed on the ground in front of the altar.

"I haven't done anything good in my life, but it's all for the sake of everyone. If I say I regret it, there's nothing I can regret. I've spent most of my life. If I have to say that good and evil are rewarded, I will take the lead in all the evil things." Do it alone, and you will take the next 30 to [-] years of life, I just ask you to guide me this time."

He bowed his head for a long time before lifting it up again. After leaving the altar, he reached out and wiped the blood on his head.Before standing up from the ground, the closed door was knocked a few times. A brightly dressed young couple stopped in front of the door carrying two boxes of salutes. The woman held a newborn child in her arms. .

The other party took a bite of the marked Mandarin, shook hands with him with a decent smile, and said that they wanted to come here to settle down, and they came here to say hello.

The woman looked at his disheveled appearance in surprise, not only didn't feel disgusted and didn't bother, she even took out a handkerchief from her satchel to wipe his wound.

The mayor was in a daze for a moment, "Come here to settle down?"

"Yes, do I need to pay a construction fee to settle here?" The man on the side smiled, "We have inquired about several places before and after, but none of them are suitable. My wife likes your place."

The mayor looked at the jeweled brooch the woman was wearing, then at the wrist watch the man was wearing.

This is the manifestation of the Bodhisattva, and two big fish came.

He waved his hand, "You don't need to pay any money, just stay if you like, we are very hospitable here."

"That's so embarrassing, we brought some special products from outside, and we will go to say hello to everyone later, can you lead me?"

The mayor asked again, "How did you get here?"

The young man replied: "I chartered a car, and the driver will go back after sending it here."

"Then I'll wash my face and take you around the town." The mayor also showed a kind smile, and pointed politely at the long bench in the yard, "I'm tired from the journey. All right, sit and rest your feet, I'll go in and tidy up, and then I'll come out."

The door was closed, covering the faces of the family of three outside, but the wooden boards could not block the other party's voice.

He heard the woman say that the environment here is good, that she likes the pine forest, and it must be a very happy thing to wake up to the fragrance every day.

He also heard the little boy babbling.

He heard the man ask his wife if she was tired again. The luggage was put on the floor and the child was asked to be carried by him.

It was the first time in town that a couple had moved in with a toddler who hadn't learned to speak.The mayor looked at the Bodhisattva's face, pressed his foot over the small piece of blood that had just been stained on the ground, and while picking up the knife that had been thrown in the corner, he half-covered his face and sighed: "Crazy, really crazy."

After tidying up, he rolled out the tricycle from the yard, saying that he could sit on it and rest if he was tired from walking.

The man quickly took the handlebar, "I'll push it, thank you."

The mayor shook his head, "You don't have a place to live. I have a vacant room upstairs. You can live with me while the house is being built. I will also lend you this car. I will ask you if there is any household that has more bricks for you. If it’s useless, you all drag it away.”

The couple couldn't evade it, so they were led to recognize a circle of people.Those townspeople treated people with enthusiasm just as the mayor said, nodding and saying hello with smiles as before, and no matter what trouble they encountered.

When night fell, the three of them were left in a house for dinner.After returning to the mayor's house, the couple discussed and gave the mayor a loan fee.

Pushing back and forth from both sides, the mayor never let go, "My poor place is not as good as those hotels where I stay, and we will live together in the future, so just help if you can."

The man thought for a while, then took out a little golden monkey from the salute, handed it over and said: "Now I know why your town is more prosperous than those places with convenient transportation, even though it is remote. This is inseparable from you The unity of everyone, my wife and I also saw it when we went out for a walk just now. You are some good people here. The kindness of dripping water is reciprocated. If there is anything that we, husband and wife, can help in the future, we will do our best. This year It's the Year of the Monkey, this gadget is just a wish to keep you safe, so please accept it."

The mayor smiled and said nothing.

He watched the two of them go upstairs with the child in their arms, and sat cross-legged in front of the Bodhisattva by himself for a while.It wasn't until the sound of a child crying came from the floor with poor sound insulation that he just woke up from a dream, and puffed his mouth out to smoke again.

……

"Their child's name should be Ying Hua." The uncle sighed, "It's a pity, "They are cultural people, and the name they gave this child is also very meaningful, but I don't have much knowledge in my stomach, and I don't have a single word. remember."

"'Ying' means understanding and response, and 'Hua' means glory and glory." Guan Yuzhou said: "It comes from a poem."

Xia Zhuo tilted his head and asked him, "What poem?"

"Self-makeup is divided into heaven and earth, three talents should be transformed, mountains and rivers are gorgeous, and Lanzhi is beautiful."

"It seems to be such a sentence. It's too long and I can't understand it." The uncle smiled a few times with shame, "You are also cultural people, come from the city, right?"

"Yes." Xia Zhuo accepted the title of "Cultural Person" very unceremoniously, "You haven't mentioned the point until now, what is there in the eastern suburbs?"

"The eastern suburb used to be a lumberyard, and a piece of wood was gradually cut down to make furniture and sell it. Most of the railway line was invested by Qiu's family. I don't know how much money they brought here in total. But they were originally from rich families.”

"Why don't people enter the lumberyard? I don't think it's okay."

"A large area of ​​trees around the lumber mill was cut down, leaving only a bare pier. One day, people in the town suddenly found that a slope had collapsed, revealing a natural cave." The uncle half closed his eyes, trying to recall The situation back then, "Some people guessed it was a mine, some people guessed it was a tomb, and after guessing, there were good things buried in it. But after all, no one dared to go down.

"Qiu Yinghua was already in elementary school at that time, and he had always been in poor health. For some reason, he got a strange disease. He couldn't get sunlight, and when he was exposed to the sun, he developed rashes, which were densely packed into patches. The Qiu family and his wife were concerned about his disease. Running around, in fact, half of the railway repair is for their children, and they are outside seeking medicine five days a week.

"It happened that when I came back that day, I passed the lumberyard, and a group of people gathered there to discuss who should go down to find out. At this time, someone recognized Qiu Rui, who was wearing a big windbreaker outside the crowd, and called him in public, and everyone stared at him. he."

Speaking of this, the uncle smiled helplessly, "That man obviously did it on purpose, just wanting them to go down to die. These guys have a deep understanding, who doesn't know what will happen next?"

Even if they didn't mention it directly, Qiu Rui understood what these people meant.

How can a person not bow his head under the eaves?Qiu Rui understood this truth very well. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward to take the tool for going down the hole.

Jiang Yajie, who was following him, was worried when she saw this, but she couldn't help but do this, so she said to go down with him, so that the two of them could take care of each other.

"So the two of them went down the cave like this."

The uncle reached out to grab the cigarette case under the windshield, and when he grabbed it, he shook it, but it was already empty.

He was addicted to cigarettes and couldn't satisfy his cravings, so he just grabbed a leaf from the window and stuffed it into his mouth to chew until the bitter taste dissipated before he continued talking.

"The people in the town are more experienced than them, and they did it on purpose. They raised the family of three as pigs, and slaughtered them whenever they wanted. One or two are lunatics, and the benefits are already great. Less, but never know satisfaction.

"There is nothing in that cave, it's all because they have over-mined and changed the geology, the soil under their feet has sunk, leaving only a layer of empty shells. After the two went down, the people above kept asking questions to the entrance of the cave." Xi, the sound swayed back and forth in the hole, and it directly collapsed the hole."

After hearing this, Xia Zhuo finally understood that Qiu Rui and Jiang Yajie were buried alive.

"It's just gone?"

"That's all. Qiu Yinghua is the only one left. He was so young at that time, so small. Maybe God has eyes, let's see. After a few years of land collapse, the entire lumber field was destroyed. It's stuck in the mud, and now that area is sealed off to prevent people from entering. The town is almost entirely supported by a lumber mill, and now that the lumber mill is gone, their source of income has also been cut off."

Qiu Yinghua is just a little bean sprouts. When he lost his father and mother, he must not even understand what death is.Xia Zhuo felt that Qiu Yinghua was the only one who could be called pitiful from the beginning to the end of this matter, and he had a deep understanding of the aborigine's heavy tone, but he suddenly said strangely: "How do you know so clearly, aren't you from the next town? "

The uncle didn't speak, and suddenly turned the car key to start the car.

The change made the surroundings quiet for a while, except for the sound of engines and wheels rolling over the ground.

Xia Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he pressed his hand on the doorknob to try it out, only to find that the car door was locked at some point.

He couldn't figure out the current situation, so he turned his head to look at Guan Yuzhou, only to see that the other party was looking calmly at the Ping An Fu car that started to shake as the car started.

Xia Zhuo followed his gaze to look at the past, his gaze skipped the rearview mirror, the face of the originally dark-skinned uncle was as white as a piece of paper at this moment, and all the blood on his lips was gone, even slightly blue.

Not like a living person at all.

"The eastern suburbs are just in front of..."

The accelerator pedal was stepped to the bottom, and the branches flashing past outside the window kept hitting the car hood, and the sharp sound made people's ears numb.Xia Zhuo was unprepared, and almost threw his head on Tan Nian's body, but was pulled over by Guan Yuzhou, knocking his forehead on the other's chin.

"Hiss!" He raised his hand to cover his head, stretched halfway and then rubbed Guan Yuzhou's face, his voice was trembling, "What's going on, all of a sudden?"

Didn't we just have a good chat together, how can we turn our backs?

Guan Yuzhou frowned, "It seems that you are right, he is indeed not from the next town."

Was it his casual remarks that caused trouble again?Xia Zhuo turned to grab the old man's arm, but only touched a piece of air.

He froze for a moment, but quickly realized that he stretched out his arms to reach for the car keys. As soon as his fingertips touched his body, it was as if an electric shock had passed through his body. The pain made him tremble suddenly, and he retreated back to Guan Yuzhou with a muffled grunt.

Guan Yuzhou grabbed his wrist, "What's wrong?"

"Don't touch the keys!" Xia Zhuo shook his hands, his whole arm was still numb.This was the first time he was shocked by electric shock. Seeing that a piece of skin had turned red, he handed it to Guan Yuzhou's nose worriedly, "Smell it, is the meat inside burnt?!"

Guan Yuzhou checked carefully, and when he saw that there was nothing serious, he opened his mouth and blew for him, "Don't move around, let him take us away first."

At present, the car has driven into the forest, the number of surrounding trees is gradually decreasing, and scattered tree stumps in the distance come into view.Even though there were not many leaves covering the top of the head, the sky above darkened, and the cold breath seeped through the window and entered the car, and went straight into the person's body.

"Guan Yuzhou, will he send us directly to the swamp?" Xia Zhuo grabbed the car seat and stared at the scenery whistling by outside the window.

"meeting."

"...I'll just ask casually, you don't have to answer me so seriously." Another thought popped into Xia Zhuo's mind, and he immediately looked at Tan Nian who was curled up to one side and hugged him tightly, "Can Xiao Hei pull out the key?"

Tan Nian shook his head repeatedly, his eyes full of panic, "He, he was out for too long... I called him just now, but he hasn't responded to me yet."

The uncle was still babbling: "A family of three...all here..."

Xia Zhuo thought he was talking about the three of them, but it took a few seconds to realize that the "family of three" refers to the three members of the Qiu family.These words confirmed their guess about the place of Qiu Yinghua's death, and indeed he was buried in this logging camp.

A wooden fence surrounded the inside, and a striking "Danger! No Entry" sign stood beside it.The surrounding land is black in color, patches of sedge grow on a thin layer of stagnant water, and traces of scars can be seen everywhere.

The uncle stared at the swamp in a daze, and kept repeating: "It's all here... it's all here..."

Seeing that the car was about to run over the placard and rush into the swamp, Xia Zhuo thought that there must be a way, there must be a way to stop the car.He bit his finger, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a hand leaping out from behind, grabbing at the car hanger thrown out in a semi-circular arc.

In a daze, Guan Yuzhou had already grasped the car hanging in his hand, and the golden monkey that was fastened under the Ping An buckle was shining brightly.

With a muffled sound, the line broke.

The afterimage of the uncle swayed, and the accelerator pedal that reached the end was also released.Guan Yuzhou stretched his wrists, flipped over the seat and landed on the driver's seat. The fence was only half a meter away from the car body. He stepped on the brakes and slammed the steering wheel. The car body turned around on the ground, and then stopped firmly at the sign before the card.

"Gudu" bubbled up in the mud beside him, as if he regretted that the prey that had almost reached his mouth flew away.

There was only the sound of breathing and heartbeat in the car for a while, Xia Zhuo sat motionless in his seat, afraid that raising his arms would cause the car to slide forward again.Guan Yuzhou unlocked the car door, and at the same time as he pulled out the key, the uncle's sigh echoed in the car, and with a dull sound, it dissipated as the car window was pulled down.

"If...they hadn't been allowed to stay..."

[Get dream fragments*1. 】

[Highlight attention] The condition is met, and the main plot line has been changed by the participants.

[Special Event] What happened in Shuixi Town many years ago has always been a knot in the heart of the former mayor. He cannot rest in peace after his death, and hopes to make up for it.

[Special Mission] Save the lingering souls of the three members of Qiu's family.

[Special Reminder] Qiu Yinghua's wish is very important to this.This plot has reduced the favorability of the townspeople to [hostile], please be careful.

[Additional Rewards] Points*5.

(task countdown 300s)

Xia Zhuo read the content that popped up on the optical watch, "Original mayor?"

"This person is the original mayor of Shuixi Town, the one who was the first to come into contact with the three members of the Qiu family. There is no such thing as the town next door. He rejected someone's proposal to kill the three members of the Qiu family in order to build the railway. , so he was protested and resigned or was forced to resign as mayor of the town."

So the mayor who invited the participants here was not him, but the one he said he spoke with at the beginning.

Guan Yuzhou spread out his palms, and the golden monkey inside was still there.He stuffed the thing into Xia Zhuo's hand, "Put it away."

Xia Zhuo wondered, "What am I doing with this?"

"Take it and play."

"..."

The smell of mud and stagnant water in the air was sucked into the lungs along the respiratory tract, and it was sticky and greasy, so uncomfortable. Xia Zhuo just pushed the car door, and shrank back in disgust.

Guan Yuzhou bent over and returned to the back seat, "5 minutes to prepare."

Xia Zhuo casually put the little golden monkey into his pocket and leaned on his shoulder, "It's only 4 minutes now."

Guan Yuzhou asked Tan Nian, "Xiao Hei hasn't responded yet?"

Tan Nian took out the mirror, looked at himself in it, and shook his head wanting to cry, "No, Mr. Guan, I, I can't call him."

Guan Yuzhou frowned, "Yes."

Xia Zhuo snatched the water bottle in his hand, took a sip by himself, "What shall we do later?"

"Find Qiu Yinghua's body."

"I know I need to find it, but how can I find it? This is a swamp, and he has already sunk in it."

If Xiao Hei could come in handy, the situation would be much simpler.But now that he didn't show up, Guan Yuzhou could only settle for the next best thing, "Go down and fish."

Xia Zhuo was shocked.

Guan Yuzhou smiled at him reassuringly, and instead of continuing on this topic, he took his hand and kissed his palm, "Does it still hurt? Or—"

Xia Zhuo interrupted him reflexively: "I won't take medicine!"

"Then apply cold water." Guan Yuzhou didn't force it, "Be careful next time, don't be so anxious."

He counted the time and pushed open the car door, untied the rope on Di Sheng who was almost thrown out, and tied one end to himself.Xia Zhuo knew what he was going to do, he hesitated to speak uneasy, opened and closed his mouth, and finally asked him: "It seems that after changing the plot, it will be more difficult, is it right to help the townspeople catch the white rabbit?" Isn't it much easier?"

Guan Yuzhou was not nervous, and tied a knot on the frame slowly, "Do you regret it?"

Xia Zhuo was noncommittal, thinking that it was indeed a little bit.But when Guan Yuzhou gave him a choice, he chose to help Qiu Yinghua himself, and it was his choice that led to the current consequences.

"I'll go." He said, reaching out to grab the rope on Guan Yuzhou's body, "I chose, so I should go down."

"It has nothing to do with this." Guan Yuzhou saw Xia Zhuo's anxiety, "Tan Nian can't drive, you need to cooperate with me in the car. My life is not in this swamp, but in your hands, you know? "

Xia Zhuo was speechless for a while, Guan Yuzhou's fingers were broken one by one, and then his fingers were clasped.

He buckled back sullenly, "Whispering."

Knowing that he had compromised, Guan Yuzhou bowed his head and kissed him, "Go to the car."

Another kiss.Xia Zhuo pursed his lips, suddenly hugged Guan Yuzhou's waist, and secretly stuffed the little golden monkey he had just collected into Guan Yuzhou's pocket.He moved quickly, and the hug was released as soon as he touched it. He turned around and opened the car door as if he hadn't done anything.

He turned on the key, turned on the headlights, squinted his eyes at the light, and pulled down the window a little unhappily, but said something unkind: "Mr. Guan, I didn't say you want The one who put your life in my hands is you who gave it to me. So even if I fail, I don’t owe you anything, do I?”

Guan Yuzhou nodded slightly at him.

Xia Zhuo continued to ask: "Then I am fulfilling one of the things you entrusted to me. This is what you owe me, right?"

Guan Yuzhou smiled, and let out a conniving "Yeah", "What kind of crooked idea are you playing?"

"Then as a condition, I want you to hug me when it's done." Xia Zhuo stretched his neck and shouted without waiting for Guan Yuzhou to speak: "You know what it means, don't perfunctory me then!"

The countdown is over, and the plot mission officially begins. Five minutes passed, and the sky instantly became dark.

The two looked at each other for two seconds under the light, Xia Zhuo's heart was pounding, but with a provocative smile on his face, he looked at Guan Yuzhou as if he was determined to win.

Guan Yuzhou looked at him, and finally replied, "Okay."

He loosened his collar, turned around and climbed over the fence, picked up a branch and stepped into the bottomless swamp.

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