Mr. Li Sanye told me two stories about the big horse monkey in one breath while he was drunk. When I heard the first one, I felt pity for the big horse monkey being framed by the tabby cat. But when I heard the second one, I was frightened. Afraid to sleep.
Seeing my cat's eyes staring at him from the bed, Mr. Li immediately laughed heartily.
"Brother Chen, your little grandson is so rare."
Hearing Master Li San praise me, my father's face lit up, and the two of them started drinking again.
Ever since the trap was laid at the village chief's house and Lao Zhao's house, the big horse monkey seemed to have disappeared out of thin air and did not appear for several days. Just when the villagers relaxed their vigilance a little and wanted to join forces with the town to open the road to the village entrance, Something happened again in the village.
Only this time, it's not the village chief's family or Lao Zhao's family.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
Heart-rending screams pierced the long night, and every house turned on the lights in an instant. I was frightened in my sleep. This sound was too close to my home, but it did not come from the old Zhao's house in the east.
My father and Mr. Li Sanye put on their clothes and went to the ground. Mr. Li Sanye picked up his bow and arrow and rushed out.
The person who had the accident this time was Zhang Laizi. My family’s west courtyard is Uncle Neng’s, and his home is in Uncle Neng’s west courtyard.
Zhang Zizi is the only person in this village who dares not approach him. He is in his forties but cannot marry a wife. He is the only bachelor in the village. He usually avoids me when I see him when I go out. I always feel that he is looking at people. The eyes were weird, and it felt like being stared at by a poisonous snake.
I followed my grandma to Zhang Zizi's house, and the perpetrator was indeed the big horse monkey. After being instructed by Mr. Li San, everyone surrounded the big horse monkey with torches.
The big horse monkey was afraid of fire. With so many torches surrounding it, it didn't dare to break through. It bared its teeth to intimidate everyone, and the villagers also didn't dare to step forward.
Mr. Li San went around behind the big horse monkey, quietly drew the bow with an arrow, and aimed it at the back of the big horse monkey. I suddenly started to sweat. I don’t know if it was for the big horse monkey or for Li San. Lord.
At the moment when the fatal arrow was shot at the big horse monkey, a torch was suddenly thrown at it. The big horse monkey instinctively turned sideways to avoid the torch, and the arrow that was supposed to hit its back also hit it. Shoulder.
The injured monkey suddenly became furious and no longer cared about the torch in front of him. He waved his arms angrily at the crowd and let out bursts of roars.
Mr. Li Sanye did not dare to shoot again for fear of hurting others, and watched helplessly as the big horse monkey broke through the encirclement and disappeared into the night.
"What the fuck, who threw the torch just now?"
The village chief shouted angrily, but no one answered. The scene was too chaotic and everyone was scared. No one noticed who threw the torch. I clenched my fists and glanced at Widow Liu behind the crowd. Something was wrong. Swallowed the words that came to his lips.
Although Li Sanye only shot the big horse monkey in the shoulder, the arrow also penetrated its shoulder. The big horse monkey was seriously injured and will not come out to harm others for a while. Li Sanye said that in our village He stayed too long and asked the village chief to send someone to look for him if something happened, so he returned to Huangnigang overnight.
"Old Uncle Chen, Zhang Laizi..."
Seeing that the big horse monkey was injured, my grandma took me home. Later, I heard adults talking about the lame man who died the worst.
When my grandfather brought people into the house to collect his body, the skin and flesh on his non-lame leg were torn off, exposing the bones. It looked extremely scary. His crotch was also scratched to pieces. There was a piece of something that I don’t know what it was next to the quilt. The flesh and blood, and the upper body was even more horrific. There were several bloody holes from the belly to the chest, all of which were dug out by sharp claws. The eyeballs seemed to be gouged out, and the tongue was also pulled out until the base of the tongue was broken and hanging in the mouth. side.
It is said that after those who were present at the time saw it, they could not eat for three days after returning home.
"Uncle Chen, Zhang Laizi has never hunted monkeys. Why do you think this is?"
The village chief squatted on the wall of our house with his head in his hands. Now people in the village can't go out, and people from the outside can't come in. In less than a month, six people, big and small, died in the village.
"Third Master said, this thing didn't go down the mountain for that nest of monkeys. It must be because our village has done something evil."
My grandfather was holding his dry cigarette in his mouth, and he was also trying hard to recall what major events had happened in the village in the past few years. Unfortunately, after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't remember it.
"Hong Bo, when did the big horse monkey start killing people?"
My father suddenly asked the village chief.
"Since when? The day you returned to the village from Lao Zhao's house?" The village chief slapped his thigh and stood up. He almost fell down because he squatted for too long.
I don’t know what the village chief thought about, but I saw that his forehead was covered with sweat in the cold winter, and he was shaking his head while shaking.
"What's going on? What did you remember?"
My father asked the village chief in confusion, but the village chief hesitated and said it was nothing.
"Hong Bo, you have to tell your uncle what you have to say, otherwise it won't necessarily be someone's turn to be unlucky when Ma Hou recovers from his injuries!" Seeing that the village chief was clearly in trouble, my father advised him earnestly.
"Old Uncle Chen, it's really nothing. It's cold outside. You take Qijin back to the house quickly. I'll come back tomorrow."
As he spoke, the village chief stepped out of the yard in a few steps as if running away.
