Ever since she saw A Cui's hideous corpse, Liu Chuanlan stopped talking about it because she felt panic! An emotion called uneasiness quietly emerged in her and even the hearts of the whole village. Gradually, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. Ever since they saw A Cui's body, the villagers chose to shut up and not talk about it in a tacit understanding. Due to this incident, the name 'A Cui' has gradually become a taboo word that no villager wants to mention.
Until today, until Liu Chenghai hanged himself inexplicably!
With Liu Chenghai's inexplicable suicide, the panic that had gradually faded quietly revived in Liu Chuanlan's heart.
Time, 17:52 in the evening.
The sun sets at the foot of the mountain and night is approaching. Liu Chuanlan, who has been busy in the fields for a day, and his neighbor Zhang Yuhong are both carrying hoes and rushing towards the village. Since they are neighbors and both of them like to chat, they are indispensable along the way. What to say, and the topic is still the most common shortcomings of the boss and the Li family, but...
Maybe he had some doubts about Liu Chenghai's death. As he walked, Liu Chuanlan changed the subject with a complicated face: "I said that he was Yuhong's sister-in-law. I always felt that something was wrong. Liu Chenghai, a bachelor, didn't look like him at all. He is a suicidal person, and he has no foreign debts, so how can he commit suicide just because he committed suicide?"
"Who, who knows, maybe he did something immoral, and finally he hanged himself due to uneasy conscience." When she heard that the other party suddenly mentioned Liu Chenghai, Zhang Yuhong, who had been chatting happily just now, suddenly felt nervous and didn't know what to do. In reply, he had no choice but to make a casual guess. The guess was a guess, but if you look closely, you will find that Zhang Yuhong's tone was weak and her expression was slightly unnatural.
The reason why it was unnatural came from the fact that she had been to the scene during the day and watched Liu Chenghai's body with other villagers. The death of Liu Chenghai was simply terrifying, and it didn't look like suicide no matter how you looked at it. Although on the surface Liu Chuanlan and Liu Chuanlan When Zhang Yuhong mentioned this matter, they both agreed that Liu Chenghai committed suicide. However, they both held opposite attitudes in their hearts. Not only did they hold opposite attitudes, but as soon as they talked about Liu Chenghai, they unconsciously thought of something else. One person, another dead person whose name they did not want to mention at all.
Because she really didn't want to talk about it anymore, Zhang Hongyu pretended to be relaxed and continued: "Hey! Why are we talking about Liu Chenghai? He is dead, so what does it have to do with us?"
"Yes, yes, don't say this, don't say this anymore."
With a few words of forced smiles, the two women soon stopped talking in a tacit understanding, and then they continued to walk without saying anything. They thought that the matter would come to an end, but who would have thought that right on the road between them? When they were sitting in the low City God's Temple that they had to pass by every day when they went home, a sudden voice came out in the darkness, which scared the two of them to the point of peeing!
"Hello, two sisters-in-law."
"Ah! Who? Who is it!?"
Just after the sound, Liu Chuanlan, who was almost paralyzed by fright, hurriedly turned around and asked who it was. After he completely saw the big living person standing behind him, he patted his chest that was beating wildly. Then they took a long breath and wiped their hands with cold sweat. As the initial panic gradually dissipated, what happened next became predictable...
"Is there something wrong with you? Your soul is scared out of your mind!"
"That's right. I was really scared to death just now. Are you sick? Or do you city dwellers always have this kind of hobby?"
As expected, as soon as it was confirmed that the false alarm was a false alarm, an emotion called anger emerged instantly. Then, before the man in front of him could say anything, the two women began to curse almost at the same time, especially Liu Chuanlan. , and then asked the other party a more critical question:
"By the way, you, what are you doing here?"
……………
In fact, when the situation has progressed to this point, everyone knows what happened at the scene. At this moment, the person being yelled at by the two people was Song Zhi, the cameraman among several reporters, and the reason why he appeared here is also very simple. , after several people had made up the next investigation plan during the day, Song Zhi and several others had just had lunch, using the excuse of play as an excuse to leave the village chief's house and then wandered around the village. The purpose was nothing more than to think Ask the villagers for information.
They wandered around, and they did inquire. In order to increase the progress, a few people even dispersed. Unexpectedly, after walking around the village for an afternoon, Song Zhi didn't get even the slightest bit of valuable information from anyone. The reason was that he didn't Instead, every time a villager saw him approaching, they would often leave early, leaving Song Zhierzhang confused. As a result, his investigation work would naturally not make any progress.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, and just when Song Zhi, who had learned nothing all afternoon, was about to return to the village chief's house, he happened to see two women who had just returned from the fields beside a City God's Temple on the way. Seeing this, Song Zhixin He was overjoyed and thought that his opportunity had come, because in his impression, rural women like this often like to talk nonsense. In this case, why not ask two people, maybe there will be something to gain?
"Are you sick?"
"By the way, you, what are you doing here?"
At this moment, in front of the Chenghuang Temple, although he was being scolded by two village women, and the scolding made him extremely unhappy, in order to get the news, Song Zhi could only endure it, so he laughed with embarrassment until After the two of them had retreated enough, he saw the opportunity to ask them: "Ahem, um, the two sisters-in-law were a little abrupt just now. I would like to apologize to you first, but after being humble, I hope that the two of them will A sister-in-law can answer some of my questions."
As soon as Song Zhi finished speaking, Liu Chuanlan and Zhang Yuhong were collectively startled at first, but soon Liu Chuanlan looked at each other again with a puzzled expression. While looking at each other, he said in a wary tone: "Question? What question? You, a city man, want to ask What?"
"Don't get me wrong, sisters-in-law. I'm actually just curious. What I want to ask is... My friends and I also went to Liu Chenghai's house during the day. Through observation, we found that Liu Chenghai didn't seem to have committed suicide. But Why do everyone in the village insist that he committed suicide? Is there something hidden in this?"
Silence, silence, and silence. As Song Zhi raised the question, the scene that had been noisy just now suddenly became silent. For a moment, whether it was Liu Chuanlan or Zhang Yuhong, their expressions changed slightly, and they fell silent. No one said anything. They didn't expect that the two of them would have such a reaction when Song Zhi's words came out, but soon, before the suspicious and curious Song Zhi could continue to speak, Liu Chuanlan asked him with a wary face: "You, why do you ask this? Then Liu Chenghai obviously hanged himself, so why doesn't it look like he committed suicide? Besides, what does this have to do with you city dwellers?"
(There is drama!)
It is said that experience is the best teacher in all walks of life. This is true. Song Zhi, who has worked as a reporter for many years, is obviously good at observing people's emotions. As soon as he saw the reaction between the two people, Song Zhi decided that there was something wrong with this matter. Although the other party was obviously showing off. Song Zhi showed an attitude of not wanting to answer, but didn't want to return empty-handed. After thinking about it for a moment...
Finally, he gritted his teeth secretly, then took out two hundred-dollar bills from his pocket, forced them into their hands, and said again with a smile: "Haha, you two sisters-in-law, look at what you said, I can have it." What's the purpose? It's just curiosity. If you can tell me the reason, this will be your hard-earned money."
(Liu Guangshui, Liu Guangshui, I, Old Song, have suffered a lot this time because of your plan. I didn’t expect that the so-called public trip would actually cost me out of my own pocket. If you don’t reimburse me after I get back, I’m not done with you!)
As mentioned before, Qiuye Village is a remote mountain village that is almost isolated from the rest of the world. Inconvenient transportation means that the income of the villagers is generally very low. Many villagers rarely even see 50-yuan bills, let alone bright and attractive hundred-yuan bills. , at this moment, looking at the hundred-yuan bills in their hands, Liu Chuanlan and Zhang Yuhong were moved. This was really a lot of money for them. First they looked at each other, and then they were silent for a moment. Finally, Liu Chuanlan, who had hesitated for a long time, will The money was stuffed into his pocket, and his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees: "Hehe, hehe, brother, you are too polite. In fact, it is not a big deal. If you, brother, must know, then we will tell you. As agreed, you can just listen to it as a story, but be sure not to spread it randomly."
Seeing the two people accepting the money and seeing the change in the other's attitude, Song Zhi, who had already figured it out, nodded and smiled: "That's it. Sisters-in-law, don't worry. I just said it. It's just a matter of asking about it." It's just curiosity, you can tell me directly, I promise not to talk nonsense after the incident."
"If that's the case, then, well, I'll tell you about it. Strictly speaking, this matter is really strange, and people in the village who died of Liu Chenghai have a vague feeling that it is related to A Cui. Well, the matter Is such that……"
Ten minutes later, Song Zhi, who had obtained first-hand information, was satisfied and left. As Song Zhi left the scene, only Liu Chuanlan and Zhang Yuhong were left in front of the Chenghuang Temple.
At present, the sky has completely turned black, and the surrounding environment is dark and quiet. There are no traces of villagers nearby. At this moment, looking at Song Zhi’s retreating back under the moonlight, Zhang Yuhong said to Liu Chuanlan with some uneasiness: "He Chuanlan Sister-in-law, is it really okay if we tell the people in the city about this?"
As soon as Zhang Yuhong said this, how could Liu Chuanlan, who was delighted with the considerable income, care about this matter? She did not look back at Zhang Yuhong behind her, but took out the hundred-yuan bills in her pocket and looked at them carefully. While looking at the bills with joy on her face, she casually replied: "What's wrong with this? Everyone in the village knows about it anyway." , what’s more, the village chief didn’t say that it couldn’t be disclosed to outsiders. I guess with the curiosity of the city man just now, even if we don’t tell that person, he will definitely go to others to ask. At that time, the money will become someone else’s. .
After finishing these words and stuffing the money into his pocket again, Liu Chuanlan turned around and continued: "Okay, okay, it's already so late, let's go home quickly, my man is probably waiting for me to come back... "
Halfway through his words, Liu Chuanlan couldn't speak anymore, and the rest of his words suddenly stopped. Not only did his voice stop suddenly, but he was also stunned on the spot. He was currently staring behind him with his eyes wide open, dumbfounded and frozen.
that is because……
Just now, when she subconsciously turned around and planned to greet Zhang Yuhong to go home quickly, she saw that Zhang Yuhong behind her had disappeared. No, it was not that she was missing, but Zhang Yuhong who was standing behind her had changed her appearance at some point. Suddenly turned into a mouse!
Yes, a rat, a large rat, a weird monster whose body is still human but whose head is completely that of a rat! ! !
"Ah! Weird, monster!!!"
Seeing the monster in front of his eyes, Liu Chuanlan suddenly came back from his daze and let out an ear-piercing scream. At the same time, he raised the hoe in his hand and hit the monster's head hard!
bump! Poof!
The next moment, with a crisp sound like a watermelon being opened, the hoe hit the monster's head hard!
However……
Plop.
What is a little surprising is that in the panic, Liu Chuanlan instinctively swung the hoe to attack the monster, and the hoe did hit the monster's head. Unexpectedly, the monster was very careless. As soon as the hoe hit the head, the monster fell to the ground without saying a word. There has been no movement at this point.
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"
Seeing the monster lying on the ground seemingly dead, still dripping with cold sweat, Liu Chuanlan felt scared, so he sat on the ground panting. His whole body was frightened and frightened, but he didn't run away immediately. Why didn't he run? It's very simple. It's not that she didn't run, but that the horrific scene just now scared her half to death. It made her legs paralyzed and her whole body weak, so that she collapsed on the ground uncontrollably.
He sat paralyzed on the ground and gasped for a long time. Until the fear in his heart was relieved a little, Liu Chuanlan finally came back to his senses. First he raised his hands and feet in panic, and then he carefully looked at the rat monster on the ground. Unexpectedly, it was better not to look at it. Under this, Liu Chuanlan collapsed again and collapsed on the ground again!
The reason is that when she looked closely again, she saw some kind of rat monster lying on the ground? It was clearly a person, Zhang Yuhong, whose brain was bursting and already dead! ! !
Seeing this scene, Liu Chuanlan was dumbfounded, and he was stunned on the spot with his eyes wide open.
"This, this...why? Why Zhang Yuhong? What I just smashed was..."
"I-I killed someone!?"
(But what is going on? What just happened? Why did I see it wrong? Why did I treat Zhang Hongyu as a monster... hmm? It's difficult, it's difficult...)
As mentioned above, ever since she realized that Zhang Yuhong had been accidentally killed by her as a monster, Liu Chuanlan was completely confused. She was completely frozen like a statue. During this period, her brain was extremely confused. She couldn't understand what was going on, let alone what was going on. What happened just now? Even so, in this seemingly confused chaos, a name inexplicably appeared in Liu Chuanlan's mind. She was very familiar with that name. It was none other than the one who had died long ago...
A Cui! ! !
"Ghost, there is a ghost! There is a ghost..."
There was no reason, no reason. As the word 'Acui' suddenly came to mind, the next moment, as if he was electrocuted, Liu Chuanlan suddenly sweated on his back and his body trembled wildly. Then he was shaking like this the next moment he dropped the hoe. Shivering, he started to move back, and stammered to himself: "Ah, Ah Cui, are you back? But this matter has nothing to do with me. You committed suicide. Yes, I said that." You said bad things, even scolded you and insulted you, but I didn’t kill you after all, it’s not my fault, don’t come to me, don’t come to me..."
Finally, as he thought of A Cui who committed suicide and what he had done to A Cui, Liu Chuanlan collapsed and was tortured by fear. Fortunately, he still retained a trace of reason in his heart, in order to cover up his murder. In fact, even though it was shaking like chaff, she still dragged Zhang Yuhong's body into the City God's Temple, and then covered it with a lot of hay. After hiding the body, Liu Chuanlan picked up the hoe, and ran away like crazy until she disappeared. Night in the distance.
………
The central hall of the village chief's house.
I don’t know why, this dinner was a bit weird, and the so-called weirdness does not mean the food, but the atmosphere during the meal was abnormal. During the meal, whether it was Village Chief Wang, Xiaojuan or a group of people headed by Liu Guangshui. Everyone among the reporters was silent. Of course, even if no one spoke during the period, Village Chief Wang still vaguely saw something from the many expressions of everyone.
First, he took out a match and lit the pipe. After taking a deep breath, the old man spoke to break the silence: "Hey! It seems that all the guests are very concerned about that matter. In this case, the old man will not hide it from everyone."
(Huh?)
As soon as Village Chief Wang said this, Liu Guangshui and others who were wondering whether to take the initiative to ask were immediately overjoyed, especially Liu Guangshui. He originally thought that Village Chief Wang would not tell everyone this, but he did not expect that the other party actually planned to take the initiative to ask, not only Liu Guangshui and others The four reporters were all overjoyed. Even the executor, who had already learned the secret from Xiaojuan, was surprised for a moment. Unexpectedly, the old man who had previously decided to keep it secret would now choose to speak out? Seeing this, not to mention how excited Liu Guangshui and the others were, Tang Meng subconsciously looked at each other with Cheng Ying and others. For a while, except for the newcomers who had just joined, the senior people secretly looked at each other and exchanged information, but Zhao Ping ignored them. Others just stared at the village chief expressionlessly.
Returning to the topic, seeing that the village chief wanted to reveal his past, Liu Guangshui, as the apparent leader of the people, did not dare to neglect, and he tried to speak as calmly as possible: "Village Chief Wang, please speak, we are all ears."
"Well, I think everyone must be wondering why Liu Chenghai didn't seem to have committed suicide but was insisted by the villagers that it was suicide, right? If we have to find a reason for this, then it can be traced back to a girl named A Cui in the village. On my body..."
So, in the following time, while still sighing, Village Chief Wang told everyone a series of things such as how A Cui was violated by a dog thief, how she was framed by Liu Chenghai, and how she later hanged herself in despair. The content was also overall and harmonious. Xiaojuan's narrative during the day was basically the same. The only difference was that Village Chief Wang added his personal helplessness, that is, the various scruples that must be considered when standing in front of the leader. After all, it would be too unpleasant to tell anyone about a rapist in the village, and It seriously affected the reputation of the village. In addition, he and Liu Chenghai's dead father had a good relationship in the past years. Due to various factors, Village Chief Wang had to protect Liu Chenghai. As for why Liu Chenghai died in the end...
"To be honest, not to mention that the villagers didn't believe that Liu Chenghai committed suicide by hanging himself. Even I didn't believe it. It was precisely because no one believed it that people in the village subconsciously thought of A Cui. After all, it was Liu Chenghai who first publicized that A Cui was raped, and finally raped her. Ah Cui is still Liu Chenghai. It can be said that if you want to ask who Ah Cui hates the most? The answer must be Liu Chenghai. Of course, he hates it, but the problem is that Ah Cui is dead. Maybe this is what makes the villagers all The main cause of uneasiness.”
The old man's narration ends here. In fact, the consciousness expressed by Village Chief Wang is very simple, that is, he is worried about ghosts and vaguely suspects that Liu Chenghai's death is related to Atui, and the reason why all the villagers are upset and nervous The reason is probably from this. Village Chief Wang told the truth, but what surprised the old man was...
After understanding the general story of the incident, several reporters led by Liu Guangshui were all calm. They did not have any nervous reaction like the villagers. On the contrary, it aroused great interest among several people! For a while, apart from sighing a few times at Atui's tragic fate, the four of them started discussing it with great interest.
"Wait a minute, there's something fishy about this, someone must have committed the crime!"
"Aren't you talking nonsense? I don't believe in ghosts and gods anyway."
"Then, who is the murderer?"
At this moment, in front of Village Chief Wang and all the executors, Liu Guangshui discussed with Song Zhi, Zhou Xiaolan and Liu Lang without any fear in the whole process. It was obvious that the reason why these people were not afraid of making the village chief When it comes to the revenge of wronged souls that all the villagers fear, it’s because they simply don’t believe it! Unlike rural areas where superstition is strong, these people grew up in cities and have always received modern scientific education. Although they may not all be 100% atheists, in the subconscious of a few people, In fact, he still does not believe that there are ghosts in the world. Instead, he believes that this must be a murder case cloaked in supernatural clothing, and thus concludes that someone murdered Liu Chenghai and deliberately faked the scene to appear as a revenge for the wronged soul! Village Chief Wang and Xiaojuan were stunned when they saw it. Fortunately, the executor had already expected it and ignored it, just letting the few people discuss it.
That's true, but as dinner ended, or just when everyone left the main room and planned to go back to their rooms to sleep and rest, Zhao Ping did something in private, which made Han Xuedian, Yang Lei and Ma Wenhai shout. Something unexpected.
Adjusting the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, Zhao Ping stopped the three people who were about to go back to the room. Then, in the eyes of the three people who were tired due to lack of sleep, the man with glasses said lightly: "You didn't seem to have any rest last night, so Well, you three will stay in the room during the day tomorrow and don't come out. You can sleep freely and sleep as long as you want. I will send senior people to accompany you then."
