The strange thing is that while the peach branches are rolling wildly, the flame of the candle in front of me is inexplicably not stable. Just like the peach branches on the table, the candle flame is also swaying left and right without wind blowing.
It wasn't until the peach branches rolling and the candlelight swaying reached their limit, until sweat oozed from Mrs. Chen's forehead, that even her body was trembling slightly for some reason, that Mrs. Chen, who seemed unable to hold on, was forced to stop, stop whispering and open her eyes. , as expected, with the end of the divination, the peach branch candles that were rolling and swaying randomly also stopped at the same time.
The room fell silent again.
The second divination came to an end, but what was very different from the easy success the first time was that this time, the divination failed.
The location of Zhao Huanzhen's body was not found, not even the direction!
Faced with this result, He Fei was stunned and froze on the spot.
As for Mrs. Chen, she raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and at the same time looked at He Fei with uncertain eyes. During her gaze, she said something:
"Young man, this is the old woman's answer to you."
………
He Fei left Granny Chen's house.
After seeing it with my own eyes, and under the reality that it would not be false in any case, I left with the answer given by Granny Chen.
But this time, He Fei, who was walking on the village road, was not as nervous and scared as when he came. It was not that he was no longer afraid of the female locusts, but that he was filled with mysteries and temporarily forgot about his fear and forgot that he was in front of a village full of locusts. The terrible reality.
Why did Granny Chen’s psychic divination, which had always worked so well, fail when calculating the location of Zhao Huanzhen’s body?
Why?
If I had to use a metaphor to describe this situation, the following would be the most appropriate description:
If psychic divination is regarded as a radar detector, then Zhao Huanzhen's body, which should have been detected by the radar, was blocked by something, which caused the detection to fail!
The above are the questions that filled He Feifei's mind when he left. The description is appropriate, but unfortunately it does not help solve the incident. Not only that, before leaving, he was thoughtful and asked Granny Chen what her original plan was, but the other party chose He refused to answer, which also made He Fei, who was already troubled by the mystery, even more confused.
Putting aside Granny Chen's confidentiality for the time being, He Fei began to focus all his energy on Zhao Huanzhen's body.
First of all, it is certain that Mrs. Chen has clearly pointed out that there is a solution to this quarrel in the village. The solution is to 'release' the female hawk. The so-called release actually means finding Zhao Huanzhen's body. As long as the woman's body is found and the body is called cold from the female hawk, If they are removed from the harsh environment, the liberated female locusts will stop killing the villagers. The group of bloody people wandering outside the village and most likely caused by the female locusts will also disperse on their own. .
It sounds simple, but the question is where is the body? ?
(Would you like to continue searching?)
The idea of searching came up in his mind, but was quickly given up by He Fei. Don't forget that before and after the mutation occurred, Village Chief Yang led the whole village to search frantically many times inside and outside the village. It is conceivable that hundreds of people searched together. Zhao Huanzhen's body was not found, and He Fei didn't think he could find it by himself. Unless there were certain clues, and only then could he use reasoning and analysis to try to find it, otherwise it would be like looking for a needle in a deep sea.
In this case, I can only start with the clues I have so far.
And this clue, the only clue I know is...
environment!
Including Mrs. Chen, Village Chief Yang and Xiaoxia, they all remembered that all the villagers had nightmares before the change occurred.
In her dream, Zhao Huanzhen cried many times that she was cold.
cold?
It is 100% related to the environment. If the prediction is correct, Zhao Huanzhen's body is most likely to exist in a place with extremely low temperature!
And the place with low temperature must also be a place that shields the position of the corpse.
only……
Where is this place with extremely low temperatures? Or where is the coldest place? A refrigerator is a very suitable place for a cold place, but please don't forget that Jingtao Village is a backward village. There is no electricity in the village, let alone a refrigerator. This conjecture is impossible.
Apart from the refrigerator, are there any other places in or around the village that are suitable for low temperature?
(Damn it, I can’t think of it, I can’t think of it...)
Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta.
Accompanied by the howling north wind and the rustling of the surrounding leaves, on a deserted village street, a young man dressed very differently from the villagers was walking and thinking, his brows furrowed during his thinking. , there is no doubt that the young man is He Fei. At this moment, he is walking and thinking, racking his brains to analyze the clues. Not only does he focus all his energy on thinking, but the focus of analysis is also locked on the low temperature environment.
However, because he was too focused and thought too much, a small detail that suddenly appeared while walking was not noticed by him.
A stream of water.
A slender stream of water appears in the road out of nowhere.
Appearing directly in front of He Fei, appearing on the only path for young people.
It stands to reason that it is a common thing for water to flow on the roadside in the countryside. If nothing else, the soil alone can quickly absorb it. But that is the reason. Although the water flow on the roadside is small, it still flows from beginning to end. There was no sign of being absorbed by the soil. Not only that, this water flow, which was so small that it could easily be ignored, started to move on its own as if it were alive as soon as it appeared.
Like a water snake, it meanders on the road. The water flows silently through the road, and finally disappears into the grass on the roadside.
Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta.
On the road, He Fei, who was thinking all the way without paying attention to his surroundings, happened to pass by this place.
Deeply lost in his thoughts, he should have moved on, but in the next second, something unexpected happened to He Fei:
"Help! Help!"
Suddenly, a scream hit my ears, and a series of urgent and hesitant calls for help suddenly sounded out, suddenly appearing in a dead village road with no other sound except the sound of wind!
Along with the cry for help, there was also a faint sound of splashing water.
Blah, blah, blah.
Sure enough, the sudden scream for help not only brought He Fei back to reality from his thoughts, but also frightened the young man's body on the spot!
Because he was well aware that there was a quarry in the village and was cautious by nature, as soon as he regained consciousness, the young man's first reaction was not to subconsciously search for the target like ordinary people. Instead, he ran away, panicking like a frightened rabbit. Confused and trying to escape.
This is a smart choice.
But who would have thought...
After only running a few steps, He Fei stopped.
If he was frightened by the sound at first and ran away instinctively, then the reason why he stopped later was also very simple, it was because...
The voice sounded familiar, and the frequent calls for help were very familiar to He Fei.
Zhao Chengbing!
It's Zhao Chengbing's voice!
It was definitely him, and it was most likely Zhao Chengbing. As a classmate who had known each other for half a year, He Fei was so familiar with the fat young man's voice that it was impossible for him not to recognize who the cry for help came from.
To be honest, if the person calling for help was a stranger, out of caution, even if He Fei wanted to save someone, he would definitely stop and check the situation first, but this time it was different. This time it was a classmate, the only one who knew the situation. The consequences could be imagined. However, as soon as it was confirmed that the person calling for help was Zhao Chengbing, He Fei, who always values love and justice, immediately moved. He did not hesitate for only a second, then he made the decision to look for the sound and turned back. He rushed towards the direction of the sound and ran to a place on the roadside. A piece of dense grass.
Of course, He Fei also had doubts during the run, wondering why Zhao Chengbing was here? In my memory, when I came out, Zhao Chengbing should have stayed at the village chief's house, right? That's true, but in the face of his friend's increasingly sad calls for help, He Fei, who knew that saving people is like putting out fires, finally suppressed his suspicion and gave priority to saving his classmates.
Sand, sand, sand.
Rushing into the grass and moving forward, after pushing aside the last weed blocking the view, the next thing that came into view was a small to medium-sized pond.
Unexpectedly, there is a pond in the village?
Although he was surprised, it was still not what worried He Fei the most. What really caused his anxious expression was the front. The front of his field of vision, that is, the center of the pond was currently filled with water splashes, and two arms were vaguely visible in the water splashes, struggling and waving. , unable to see the opponent's head, because the head and body have already been submerged in the water.
Wow! Wow!
At the same time, as the water splashed and his arms danced, Zhao Chengbing still appeared together and shouted more and more piercingly:
"Help! Help! Help!"
"Ah! Zhao Chengbing, hold on, I'll go and rescue you right now!"
After confirming that the voice was indeed that of Zhao Chengbing, He Fei saw that his classmate was about to drown. How could He Fei dare to think too much? Not caring about anything else, knowing that Zhao Chengbing couldn't swim, he hurriedly responded loudly, asking the other party to persist while quickly getting rid of the small backpack that affected his weight. Yes, He Fei can swim. Although his swimming level is average, at least in his opinion It is quite safe to jump into a small pond to save people.
The removal of the backpack allowed He Fei to reduce a certain amount of his own weight. He threw the backpack aside and rushed towards the pond a few meters away, towards the small water area a few meters away that looked astonishingly deep despite its small area.
Da da da da da!
However...
Soon enough, just when He Fei was about to jump into the pond, and it could even be said that his feet were soaked by the water on the shore, for some reason, his movements stopped instantly. He was supposed to jump into the water. It just stopped on the shore without any warning.
For a moment, he froze on the shore in a diving posture, his whole body motionless for a long time.
reason?
The reason is very simple. As mentioned before, in order to save people more easily, He Fei took off his backpack and threw it aside before diving. However, because he took off his backpack too quickly and was eager to save people, the small backpack that He Fei tossed aside was actually thrown away. Accidentally thrown into water.
In fact, there is nothing strange about a backpack falling into the water. After all, human life is at stake. Even if the backpack contains important items, no life is important. At most, you can just fish the backpack back after rescuing the person.
The logic is indeed correct, but the strange thing is...
Just when He Fei was about to jump into the pond at the last moment, he accidentally saw a scene, a picture that he could not understand.
