sunk in yesterday

There is a mess of soil next to the pit, which becomes sticky and wet after being soaked in water, and there are still some traces of digging with a shovel, which are not very obvious.

I thought someone had dug a hole here, but when they got closer, the familiar smell penetrated the air into their nostrils—the stench of corpses.

"A lot of bugs..." Zhao Xiaomeng pinched her nose and backed away, feeling a little overwhelmed.Especially those bugs looked so disgusting after being soaked in water that she almost vomited out the breakfast she just had.

"Would you like to fish for it?" Shen Wei suggested.

"Who's going to get it? I want to get you." Liu Qianyu made a gesture of invitation to him.

"Ah..." Shen Wei hesitated for a while, and was pushed lightly, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

This aunt really despises him.

He picked a long branch on the spot, and pushed the fat worm corpses to the sides like seaweed, tossing the river in the muddy muddy water, and soon stirred up the thicker smell buried below.

Liu Qianyu's fist hardened, and she said ruthlessly, "If this continues, today this place will be your grave."

Shen Wei: "..."

He worked so hard that tears were drawn out, and he was aggrieved by this accusation, just as he was about to push back, a different touch from his hands caught his attention.The branch had always been soft when poked into the loose soil, but it was obvious that he had just touched something hard, and as he moved his hand, he kept muttering, "Here... Oh no, it seems to be a little to the left. Hey, hey, I feel it, I feel it..."

Liu Qianyu looked at him sympathetically after not seeing anything surfaced for a long time: "Any last words?"

"No! I really bumped into something, and it's right here." Shen Wei was also very embarrassed that he couldn't use his skill. A little sweat broke out on his forehead, and when he turned his head, he saw Xia Zhuo standing under a tree with his arms folded , hurriedly waved to him: "Brother Xia, come and help me."

"Let me do it." Guan Yuzhou saw that Xia Zhuo's face was not looking good, so he stepped forward to take over the job.

He doesn't talk much, only Xia Zhuo can add a sentence or two when he speaks, but every sentence can get to the point, he is a big boss who is generally recognized as not easy to get close to in the eyes of Shen Wei and others.When he confessed that he asked the aborigines for props earlier, Shen Wei was a little afraid of him, and now he was flattered and stepped aside, almost taking out a cigarette from his pocket and lighting it for him.

"Please, please." After finishing speaking, Shen Wei swallowed nervously.

Guan Yuzhou took his branch, and found another one around the same thickness. He picked it up slightly at the place where he had just struck, and clamped a silver hairpin up.

Shen Weimao suddenly realized, he slapped his thigh: "That's right! Why didn't I think of it, hell, it's like living for nothing for more than 20 years."

Guan Yuzhou rinsed the hairpin with water, and Xia Zhuo took a few steps here, "Is it the one on her head just now?"

Just as he was about to pick it up and take a closer look, a soft voice came from the lower part of his line of sight, "I, I found this."

Xia Zhuo almost didn't recognize who was speaking, but it was Meng Tianhua based on his reputation.He squatted aside, the grass almost covered his whole body, holding on to the big stone with difficulty.The stone has uneven edges and corners, not much different from ordinary stones that can be seen everywhere, but with his help, the traces carved by sharp tools on the back are also exposed to the air.

The mud and sand filled the cracks, and they broke off a few grasses and rubbed them little by little, which gradually made the traces clear.

——The tomb of Liu Shi, the virtuous concubine of the old concubine.

The person who erected the monument was Liu Zijin.

Zhao Xiaomeng covered her mouth and inhaled: "That woman brought us to her grave!"

"Here is the grave... Where's the corpse?" Liu Qianyu was a little terrified.

It's not a scam, is it?Crawl out of the pit by yourself?Or is the ghost they just bumped into an entity?

"What are you thinking? The traces of those shovels are still there. The body must have been dug out." Shen Wei pointed to the edge of the pit to let her recognize the facts.After speaking, he remembered again: "That's right, didn't you still ask where Li Sun's girl is today? She must know, trembling and hiding something."

"You can't find anything if you ask hard." Xia Zhuo said: "Any other discoveries?"

The hairpin was placed at Guan Yuzhou's place. The patterns on it were exquisite, and the broken jade was threaded together with gold threads. It was still intact after being hidden underground for so long. It should be something that Mrs. Liu brought with her when she came out of the capital.

Also a relic.

If you hold it on your body, there might be a ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Shen Wei thought about it, but he still didn't say this sentence.After all, if there is a real ghost knocking on the door... I don't know who is afraid of whom.

Several people searched nearby for a while, but the fog almost blinded their eyes.After finding nothing, they prepared to go home.

The tombstone couldn't be taken back. Meng Tianhua said that he dug it out with great difficulty. It was half buried in the ground, and there were a few mud footprints washed away by the rain on it.After listening to the description, I understood it. It should be that the person who came to dig up the corpse had dug up the stele, and even wanted to erase it.But this also dispelled one of Xia Zhuo's guesses about Liu's death—Liu Zijin erected a tomb for her, which at least proved that his feelings for his wife were serious, at least valued, and greatly reduced the possibility of him killing her.Taking a step back, if the two really had an enmity, they probably started fighting at the inn, so how could they still have time to intimidate the participants?

"It's over, it's over, I didn't remember the way when I came here." Shen Wei looked back, confused.

There are the same scenery from front to back, left and right, and there are no special marks. They put all their attention on Mrs. Liu, and now it seems that they have returned to the morning when they left the inn. Everywhere they look is smeared, and they can't tell the way.

Just as he was talking, he saw a lantern floating out from the side.

Guan Yuzhou casually held the lantern to see the brightness, then raised his foot forward, and said lightly, "Let's go."

Shen Wei felt that his image in his mind was a little taller.

Is this strategizing?If they didn't have this light back then...it's really hard to say if they could find Tuping Village, the game would have been over before leaving Xinshou Town.

"Teacher Guan." Xia Zhuo followed for a while, staring at the lamp all the time.The founding characters on it are really conspicuous, the black characters on a white background, the more monotonous the color, the heavier it will be.

"What's wrong?" Guan Yuzhou turned to look at him with a gentle tone.

"Could this lantern not actually point to Tuping Village?"

Guan Yuzhou raised his eyebrows, and a few low laughs came out of his throat.

As soon as Xia Zhuo saw his reaction, he knew that the lantern was not that simple.

"Where do you think it will lead?"

"Hmm... I don't know, I just guessed it suddenly."

He couldn't figure it out, and Guan Yuzhou didn't say much, just squeezed his fingertips affectionately, as if he didn't have an accurate answer.

I walked so long when I came here, and it only took me 10 minutes to go back.

But they spent a long time in total, even if they went out early, it was already past noon.From a distance, Li Sunshi was standing guard at the fork in the village, looking anxious.Seeing their figures appear, they walked towards them with a sigh of relief. Before she could say anything, Guan Yuzhou lightly said "Sorry, I lost it" and brought the matter over.

Just after meeting here, a group of people swarmed down from the mountain. This is the end of the morning ceremony, and they will go back to their homes after dinner.Uncle Wang swaggered behind, no one dared to talk to him, he automatically interpreted this as awe, and slightly raised his eyelids when passing Li Sun's: "The meal is ready? I have spent the whole morning for your village Xinxin, the person in charge of your family will go down the mountain soon. If you have to work for so long and still have to starve on an empty stomach, then..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Sunshi suddenly couldn't care about Xia Zhuo and the others, and hurried home with a pale face, terrified of her husband.

After the words were output, Old Man Wang seemed to feel relieved, and walked slowly with his hands behind his back.Liu Qianyu snorted hard behind his back, "Bah! Bullying women is really not a good thing."

"Forget it, forget it, if you get angry with him, the wicked will have their own way." Shen Wei said that anyway, Centipede Face doesn't intend to keep him alive, let him enjoy the last short time of his life.

Not long after returning to Li's house, Centipede Face came back.He saw that the food in the kitchen was not ready, so he went in and made a fuss, and when he came out, he apologized to Xia Zhuo and the others in a kind way, saying that he had neglected the guests, and he would definitely teach his wife a lesson, so that she could learn etiquette.

"It's okay, she was exhausted from taking us in the morning." Xia Zhuo waved her hand indifferently.

Centipede Face sat down across from them and said that he didn't hold a lot of alcohol and got drunk for some reason yesterday, but he bumped into the table and tore his wound. It was really embarrassing for them to watch a joke.After talking about himself, he carefully asked where they went in the morning. Xia Zhuo said that he just walked around and didn't go to any special place, but the small village also has the scenery of a small village, at least compared to the busy In the capital, everything is peaceful and peaceful.

"Haha, that's, that's." Centipede nodded his head, and looked at the sky outside the door, "The people who came to pick up your son should be here soon, if it's not because of time constraints, I really want to stay with you for a few more days. "

The corner of Xia Zhuo's lips curled up, "Brother Li, are you talking politely?"

"Where would you dare? Naturally, it is sincere."

"Then let's stay for one more day."

"Um... ah?"

The centipede looked dazed, he looked over hesitantly, "What did you just say?"

"I said, I really like this small village." Xia Zhuo paused, and said that this trip out of the city was actually ordered by my father, firstly to show compassion for the people, and secondly to seek business opportunities.It seems that this village is pretty good, it is a good place to settle down, maybe in the future, trade can be carried out through that river, and the people in the village can become prosperous together.

The routine followed one sentence after another, not only made the eyeballs of the person on the other side pop out, but also made several participants around him almost crown him king.

"Oh, oh, oh, that's a good thing, a good thing!" Centipede's face became agitated, and he obviously realized that this group of people is some kind of prominent figure, "Then everything is up to you, there is no shortage of land at home, although rest assured."

It's really a dare to say and a dare to believe.

Xia Zhuo was still worrying about how to stay so recklessly, but he didn't expect this aborigine to bump into him by himself, wouldn't this save him trouble?

With his words, there is no need for the carriage at home to pick up people, saving him from having to think of some reason to lie.

After chatting casually for a while, Mrs. Li Sun buried her head and walked out of the house, serving dishes one by one.Old Uncle Wang also came down from upstairs, with a centipede face that dared not compete with him for food, Xia Zhuo even touched a tiger's hair, why are you afraid of his little role?The old man blew his beard and stared after a meal, and almost threw his chopsticks and left on the spot.

It wasn't until he was afraid that people would provoke him that Xia Zhuo turned his palms and asked him, "Who is this?"

Uncle Wang flicked his robe, expelling air from his nostrils.Centipede Face hurriedly introduced: "It's a geomaster invited from outside. The village is building a temple recently, so I invite him to come and see."

Xia Zhuo said "Oh?" with interest, "What kind of temple is it?"

The centipede hurriedly said: "Small temple, small temple. Worship the heaven and the earth, and ask the gods to bless the safety of the descendants in the village."

He was going to fool him, but the old man next to him touched his beard and smiled for no reason, the smile made his eyelids twitch, and the teeth buried in his mouth were clenched tightly, saying that this man knew everything, Sure enough, I can't stay, so I have to do it quickly to avoid future troubles, and save long nights and dreams.

"Can we go take a look?"

"This... I'm afraid something is wrong..."

"I've seen the Renli Temple elsewhere before. Is it possible that your temple has some deep-seated details?"

Centipede Face couldn't tell why, so he had to find an excuse: "After nightfall, the wind will be strong on the mountain, I'm afraid..."

Uncle Wang interjected jokingly: "Master Li, there is nothing to hide anyway, let's be frank and open, just set up a temple, don't let these young masters think that the village is doing something bad. And I watched The few people are strong and strong, and they don't seem to be fragile, so it doesn't hurt to let them take a look."

Xia Zhuo looked at him appreciatively, and thought that although he could not understand this person, this was the most human-like sentence he had ever said.

The knowledgeable people didn't stop him. No matter how unhappy Centipede Face was, he could only grit his teeth and swallow it. He made up his mind and nodded: "Okay, okay. Mr. Wang Gao is right, there is nothing we can't see in our village." People. Then everyone, take a good rest in the afternoon, and when the time comes, go up the mountain with us."

In the past few days, I don't have to go to work in the field, and the whole village is quiet after dinner.As soon as the establishment of the temple was not completed, the villagers dared not stay outside for a day. Not long after, the two aborigines at the table went upstairs one by one and returned to their rooms, presumably on their lunch break.

After the outside was quiet, Mrs. Li Sun came out of the kitchen, collected the dishes on the table and took them back to wash.Xia Zhuo still wanted to ask her something, hooked hands with Guan Yuzhou, and the two followed in one after the other.

The earthen stove was blackened by the fire, and a small stool with a broken leg was placed beside it. In a small bowl on the ground, there was a piece of half-eaten coarse grain cake, which she was eating just now.Seeing them coming in, Li Sun was a little flustered, she didn't know where to put her hand holding the rag, she seemed to feel that the messy place couldn't accommodate the two of them, and she didn't know how to get along, so she stood in embarrassment got there.

Xia Zhuo said with a smile: "It's hard work, sister-in-law, I'll ask something."

Li Sun nodded hesitantly.

"Since I want to go to Li Temple with Brother Li in the evening, I discussed it with some friends and decided that it would be right to pay respect to our ancestors. However, we walked around the west of the village in the morning, but we didn't see a cemetery, so we came here. Ask you."

The woman in front of her relaxed her shoulders slightly after hearing the words. It didn't look like a sensitive topic.

Li Sunshi also smiled a little: "Our village doesn't have so many opinions. They are all rough people and don't pay attention to these things."

"You don't pay attention to this, but our hearts are uneasy."

Seeing his firm attitude, Li Sun said: "The graves in the village are all built on the small slope to the west, where you can see the water in the front and the mountains in the back. Except for a few people, everyone in the village is buried there."

"How do you count as an individual?"

"The rules in the village, people who have committed serious mistakes cannot enter the ancestral graves, and generally..."

Li Sun paused.

"What will happen?"

"I will... throw it into the river in front of the ancestor's grave to comfort the ancestors."