Naturally, I understood what he was saying. I subconsciously clenched my hands and frowned even more.
My mother's matter, her fiancé's death by drowning in the river, was one thing, and the water ghoul haunting the Xuanhe River was another matter, but the two happened to meet together.
In this way, ordinary villagers will definitely think that it was my mother who caused the Xuanhe River to become haunted...
More than 20 years ago, the folk customs were even stronger! Who can explain it clearly?
Of course, I didn't interrupt Dong Feng.
Dong Fengcai shook his head and said: "The villagers are rioting, and the people in the county are also rioting. There are more than 100,000 people, and one person's spit is enough to drown the eldest daughter of the Li family. The big family has nothing to do. The Li family will give an explanation."
"The village chief, the town chief, and all the big shots in the county also came to the Li family's door."
"Finally, the Li family nodded and sent the eldest lady to "sacrifice the river god"! Then they found me! They offered me a sky-high price for ten large yellow croakers!" Dong Feng said this sentence almost in one breath.
He lit another cigarette and smoked for a long time before he said: "We built a bamboo raft, built a memorial hall, and sent the eldest daughter of the Li family to the water. For the next three days, I didn't close my eyes. It's strange to say , as soon as I closed my eyes, I felt like I was drowning in water. When I woke up several times, I would either have several wet towels covering my face, or I would stand on the edge of the basin with my head stuck in it!"
"If it hadn't been for Grandmaster's treasure, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago. Miss Li, how fierce!"
Dong Feng pulled out the Gu Jade hanging on his chest. There were actually a few cracks on the Gu Jade.
Its lines are deep and it has obviously been taking shape for many years!
My hands were clenched into fists, and my knuckles turned completely pale white.
He Zhi carefully covered my fist with his hand and whispered for me to relax.
"How did you survive in the end?" I asked Dong Feng again hoarsely.
Dong Fengcai gave a bitter smile and sighed: "The seventh day is the night when Miss Li returns to her soul. I originally thought that I could not escape, so I accepted my fate. The lady was not given to the river god, but to the water ghoul. I myself I deserved to die for bringing out such a ferocious ghost. I didn’t want to implicate my wife and children, so I went to Xuanhe myself and jumped into the river to pay for her life.”
"I punted my boat to the river. Strangely enough, after Miss Li died, the water ghouls in that part of the river never appeared again. I committed suicide by jumping into the river, but was rescued by a gentleman."
"That gentleman is apparently the one who cured Miss Li's illness in the first place!"
"He wanted to take me ashore, but our boat was blocked by the floating body of Miss Li!"
"No! It's not a corpse! She's still breathing! But her belly is empty..." When Dong Feng said this, fear was already in his eyes, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"I passed out after that. I don't know what the gentleman did. Anyway, I was on the shore when I woke up. The eldest lady of the Li family has never appeared again, and there is no news about the gentleman."
"The Li family's fortunes have plummeted. The extended family has never been to Hongsong County again. People in the whole county are very taboo about those things, and no one dares to mention them."
"Everyone is afraid of getting into trouble..."
"It's been twenty-two and three years. If you hadn't come to ask, I'm afraid I would have brought these things into the coffin." After saying this, Dong Feng looked me up and down again, with more doubts in his eyes.
My head hung down and I didn't say a word.
The hands unclenched, clenched, and unclenched again.
I don't know why, I originally thought that I should be very angry, but now I am overly calm and my head is clear.
My mother died due to a misunderstanding caused by water ghouls causing trouble.
Otherwise, so many people would not be forced to worship the river god.
The big family was so benevolent that they lost the life of their heir, but in the end they did not embarrass the Li family.
My mother's fiancé is really the most pitiable...
What about the murderer? Is the murderer the gentleman who seemed to have cured my mother's illness?
He left and came back again, but it was he who calmed down my mother at the last moment and let her body sink under the water, so that no one was harmed in the end? !
I suddenly understood that I was not calm.
The calm before the storm is the most terrifying, and the darkness before dawn is the fear of being invisible.
I clearly know that he is the murderer, so no one else needs to be implicated, he is the only one who will have to repay the debt!
Twenty-two years of blood debt!
"Being a gentleman... actually makes me less worried." I murmured to myself.
"Yin Yang, why are you laughing... Calm down first, don't think so extreme..."
Beside him, He Zhi's voice sounded slightly frightened.
Only then did I notice that not only her, but also my second uncle, paper figurine Xu, and Huo Kunmin looked at me with uneasiness.
My own face was stiff, and the corners of my mouth were twitching into a smile. I rubbed my face vigorously to return my expression to normal.
"I believe you still remember what that gentleman looks like. Draw it, or find someone to draw it. Is that okay?"
I didn't answer He Pheasant and looked at Dong Feng seriously.
"How...how can I let others draw it? I'm clumsy and can't do it...I do remember his appearance."
I frowned and began to think deeply.
After a long time, my hand touched my eyebrow.
"What do his eyebrows look like? Do you remember clearly?" I asked, looking at Dong Feng's face carefully.
Dong Feng nodded immediately.
"Very good." I took a long breath, took out the Tiangan inkstone and the Dizhi pen, and started sharpening the ink.
He Zhi looked at me with even more worried eyes, and she wanted to speak again. I shushed and said calmly that I was fine.
Paperman Xu and his second uncle walked behind me, neither of them said a word.
Soon, I ground the ink, then I took out a piece of hemp paper and sketched on it.
I drew a total of nineteen eyebrow shapes, pushed the hemp paper to the other side of the table, and motioned to Dong Feng to see which eyebrow it was.
These nineteen eyebrow shapes are almost all of them.
Dong Feng tapped one of the eyebrow shapes very quickly and said, "Yes, that's the eyebrow! It's almost twisted into a ball, and it's thick."
I narrowed my eyes slightly and said calmly: "Arhat eyebrow, my early life was difficult, my wife was late and my son was late, my brother was tortured and injured, I had no children, and I was lonely in my later years."
After I finished speaking, I took out a new piece of hemp paper and continued to sketch. This time, I drew eyes.
I drew thirty-three different eye shapes.
But this time, Dong Feng clicked on two eye diagrams and murmured: "Yes, I remembered it. His eyes are very strange. The two eyes are different. The one on the left is like this, and the one on the right is like this."
The eyes he clicked were shrimp eyes and crab eyes!
Shrimp eyes are eyes with extremely small pupils and numerous whites. If you are not good at Yang arithmetic, you may easily mistake them for white eyes.
The other crab eye has three white lower parts, half of the eye is hidden in the upper eyelid, and the upper eye string is slightly lowered.
This person has a stupid and stubborn mind, and it is difficult to achieve success in life!
When I was thinking, Dong Feng suddenly looked at me and whispered: "Why are your eyes different from left to right..."
