It was now the latter half of the night, the moonlight was no longer as cold as the first half of the night, and the light was not as clear.
This man's face looked particularly familiar.
I feel even more disgusted, because isn't this person Wang Xue? !
We just retrieved his body two days ago and sent his son ashore to go home, but he died in the Xuanhe River? ! And he died next to his second uncle’s corpse boat? !
Who killed him? !
The second uncle's expression was even more uncertain.
I looked at my second uncle anxiously and said with difficulty: "Second uncle, what should I do?"
The second uncle didn't speak at first and stared at the body for a long time.
"The owner's body cannot be fished ashore for no reason. Someone has to notify Wang Xue's wife, but this matter is already very troublesome." The second uncle's voice was obviously hoarse.
Moreover, the second uncle did not go into the water to repair the corpse boat.
He just sat on the edge of the pier, next to a pier, and just stared at the corpse.
I hesitated for a moment, then expressed my doubts, who was Wang Xue killed by?
The second uncle glanced at me and said: "If you don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, the dead one will get on the boat after all. I thought nothing would happen, but to my surprise, her enemy turned out to be Wang Xue... …”
My heart skipped a beat, and I looked even more confused.
"You mean, Wang Xue killed her?" I said with tightened pupils.
When the body of Wang Xue's son was being salvaged, there was a female corpse grabbing Wang Xue's son's ankle.
We salvaged it and put it on the boat, and the female body also got on the boat. At that time, Wang Xue was very excited and kicked the female body off the boat.
At that time, I felt that Wang Xue felt that the female corpse had killed his son by dragging her ankles, which is why he looked like that.
We didn’t think too much about the details. When we returned to the dock, Wang Xue did act a little strange, as if he was being haunted.
But he himself didn't want to mention it, and we couldn't ask more questions. Moreover, the matter of death itself had to be avoided.
The less trouble, the better.
But now Wang Xue's fate, and his second uncle's words, have almost made it clear how he died.
Otherwise, how could he be in Xuanhe?
After all, Wang Xue is also a wealthy nobleman in the city. Under normal circumstances, such a person will not be murdered by any enemy...
As I was thinking, I felt a little cold in my heart, and I said unnaturally: "Then, will that dead guy find us?"
The second uncle grunted, the scars on his face were twitching, and his tone was even more unpleasant: "It's really because of the leakage in the house and it rained all night, causing death, or one after another, there was one in the Meng family, and now he killed Wang Xue One, it’s impossible to ignore this matter.”
"Then how do we manage it..." I asked cautiously.
"Redress for injustice and find out how she died. Revenge is not enough, we have to give an explanation." The second uncle shook his head and said: "Otherwise, this matter will not be settled. Both our uncle and nephew will have to Fold in."
I still want to speak, but I hesitate.
As for how to do it, I don’t know. I can only listen to my second uncle’s arrangements.
The second uncle waved his hand and told me to take a nap on the pier first, and then there would be more work to do when it gets daybreak.
I was tired and tired, but Wang Xue's death here made my thoughts very clear. Where can I take a nap?
I sat down on the other side of the pillar where my second uncle was leaning. I wanted to do something else and kill the time by looking at the Nine Arts of Yin Sheng.
But Wang Xue's body is right here, staring at me and my second uncle with dead eyes. Where can I sleep?
And time passed extremely slowly.
I don’t know how long it took, but the moon in the sky gradually disappeared into the dark night.
The darkness suddenly became much thicker, as if you couldn't even see your fingers at that moment.
In fact, the night is darkest just before dawn.
There was a faint sound of cockcrow in my ears, and maybe a quarter of an hour later, people started coming to the pier.
The second uncle stopped sitting and stood up.
Those who came out at this point are all old fishermen.
Everyone greets his second uncle when he sees him, calling him Liu Laoguan.
The second uncle did not respond to them.
The first few didn't react and got on their own boats. Then they were so frightened that they yelled and looked at the water next to the corpse boat in confusion.
Those who were timid would hide on the fishing boat and watch, while those who were brave enough would get close to their second uncle.
He even came to ask his second uncle what was going on. Why were people drowning on the dock?
The second uncle still didn't speak.
And if he didn't speak, I didn't know how to speak, so I could only stand beside him and say nothing.
As it gets lighter, there are more people on the pier.
These people were all gathered in front of the dock, not even working, and were all whispering to each other.
I could vaguely hear that they were all talking about how people died.
Some people also recognized Wang Xue and had more to say.
The second uncle suddenly turned his head and shouted at the crowd, calling Huang Qi.
I was startled, and the crowd was shaken by the crowd.
Soon, a person squeezed out from the crowd and came to us.
Isn't this the boy who ran errands for us before?
Only now did I know his name, it was Huang Qi.
"Liu... Mr. Liu, I'm here..." Huang Qi was obviously uneasy and confused, and kept looking at the water.
"You run away and inform Wang Xue of his wife. Wang Xue is gone. We have to find the corpse. Become more agile and get me two more bottles of Lao Baigan."
"By the way, don't forget to call Wang to imitate his wife and get a rooster."
The second uncle took out a dollar and patted Huang Qi's chest.
Huang Qi quickly raised his hand to take it. After holding the money firmly, he nodded heavily and said, "Let's do it now!"
He quickly turned around, squeezed through the crowd, and disappeared from my sight.
The second uncle narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced sideways at the people on the dock, and his tone was not very pleasant.
"Isn't anyone working today? How many people die by hanging in the river every day? Who hasn't seen a few drowned corpses?"
"If you don't hurry up and go fishing, you won't be able to make enough money to go back, and your mother-in-law will have to crawl on someone else's kang!" The second uncle's voice actually didn't have much effect. The crowd still didn't disperse and kept crowding around to watch.
He frowned, but in this situation, the second uncle couldn't do anything, and I didn't have any good ideas?
However, after waiting for a while longer, half of the people dispersed.
That's what the second uncle said, everyone has to make a living. After seeing the excitement, you have to work hard to make money.
I estimate that almost half an hour has passed.
Among the crowd that dispersed a little, a woman with disheveled hair stumbled over.
That woman was Wang Xue's wife. She was still wearing the same cheongsam as the day before yesterday, but the threads on her thighs were broken.
He was probably too anxious to come here and didn't even care about his clothes.
Huang Qi followed Wang Xue's wife closely, supporting her with his hands from time to time.
Wang Xue’s wife rushed to the front of the pier without even looking at my second uncle and me.
She looked at the water next to the corpse boat with trembling eyes, covering her mouth with her hands, and squatting on the dock, curled up.
Sometimes, sadness is not hysterical and yelling.
Crying without saying a word is actually the most extreme expression of pain.
Huang Qi was slightly uneasy and handed two bottles of Laobaigan to his second uncle and said in a low voice: "I just told her about the situation and came over quickly. I didn't bother to fix the chicken. Why don't you do it later?" The second uncle frowned slightly and raised his chin, clearly signaling Huang Qi to do it.
Huang Qi then turned around and got off the dock again.
The second uncle filled a bottle of Laobaigan. He unscrewed the lid of the remaining bottle and took a big gulp, his whole face turned red.
Just as he was taking his second sip, the woman stood up.
Her face was full of tears, her eyes were red, and she stared at her second uncle with eyes filled with resentment.
Suddenly, she suddenly raised her hand and pinched her second uncle's neck with both hands.
The voice was even more shrill!
"You are a murderer! You killed my man! I want you to pay for it!"
Her voice was so sharp that it seemed to pierce one's eardrums, and her hatred was beyond words!
My expression suddenly changed.
The second uncle also frowned, and he stopped drinking.
A hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed the woman's hand with a snap.
He moved faster and pressed her other hand,
In an instant, both of the woman's wrists were held by her second uncle's palm-like hands, and she was unable to grab her second uncle's neck.
"You can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense." The second uncle's voice was deep and cold.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Wang Xue's wife.
Wang Xue's wife's face showed pain, and it was obvious that her second uncle's hand was quite strong.
Her expression became even more resentful, and her voice was sharp: "You can't talk nonsense? You uncle and nephew are allowed to harm others! No one is allowed to speak?"
"My man was so kind and gave you double the reward! I gave you sixty yuan! You are so jealous of money that you endanger his life! You still pretend to be a good person and inform me so that I can give you more money so that you can Retrieve corpses, right?!”
"I have tried my best today! I want you to pay for my man's life!"
At this moment, Wang Xue's wife was hysterical, struggling incessantly while screaming.
With his disheveled hair, he looked like a madman, and he looked even more miserable.
There were more than half of the people left on the pier, and the way they looked at me and my second uncle now changed, revealing shock and surprise.
Many things depend on what people say. Wang Xue's wife directly said that my second uncle and I were harming others. She didn't need to provide evidence to make people doubt us.
After all, there is a saying that there is no smoke without smoke.
I looked at my second uncle uneasily, and I was even more panicked.
The second uncle suddenly said coldly: "Don't let us harm others one by one. I want to ask you, do you really not know how your man died?"
"I still say the same thing, you can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense."
"Now Wang Xue just happened to die beside my boat. Also, when I was trying to retrieve your son's body before, he was actually pulled down by something dead in the water and drowned. This also made us, uncle and nephew, become filthy. .”
"Those who were asked to die were all masters who caused great harm to others. If you don't speak politely and still talk nonsense like this, our uncle and nephew will not care about this matter. You have to wait until death comes to us to redress your grievances." , we have to kill all the people who harmed her! Wang Xue is dead, you are his wife, you can’t run away." The second uncle spoke very fast.
He suddenly waved his hand and pushed Wang Xue's wife several meters away.
She stumbled and finally collapsed to the ground.
At this moment, the fishermen and boatmen on the pier were all frightened, and they all avoided the woman as if they were avoiding the plague.
The discussion was even more panicked.
"Boss Wang, was he beaten to death?"
"It's a dead end. It's only the corpses that have been killed and have lingering grievances that remain alive. They are in the water every day looking for someone to redress their grievances. Whoever encounters them will be in trouble! Stay away from this woman!"
"She's about to die too..."
Originally, the fishermen and boatmen were suspicious of my second uncle and me.
But now all those doubts have disappeared, and all the fingers are pointed at the woman.
Almost instantly, there was an empty circle around the woman.
No one wants to get close to her for fear of being implicated!
In the hanging river, the dead body that no one is willing to touch is the life-killing talisman!
And the people being targeted are all people who took people's lives. That person is the murderer, and he definitely has a way to kill him!
The woman was also dumbfounded.
I don’t know, it’s because what my second uncle said revealed their secret.
Or it was because she didn't know anything and was frightened by her second uncle.
Her body was trembling, her mouth was pursed tightly, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "You...you are talking nonsense..."
The second uncle stopped talking. His chest heaved and his face trembled. This is a sneer, but there is no sound, just an action.
"Yin Yang, let's go, this woman doesn't want to live, we can't control her!"
After talking, the second uncle didn't say much at all.
After waving at me, he walked directly towards the bottom of the pier.
I quickly raised my legs and hurriedly followed.
