getting into desperation

Chapter 8

In the dark night, layers of black clouds gather together, the sky is empty and dark, and the white jade plate above the head does not know where to go. In contrast, the day is so oppressive that some people dare not look at it.

It was also at this dark time that two sneaky people of similar stature rolled into the courtyard of the next house.They groped in the dark, one behind the other, slowly walking along the wall towards the inside.The two walked to the window, and just about to lift the window, there was a sudden loud noise in the room, which made the two of them tremble in fright. They're here to steal.

There was a voice coming from the room. The speaker seemed not to disturb others, and deliberately lowered his voice, but they could not only hear it when they were standing outside the window, but they could even hear that the man was very angry now: "What are you doing?" What? Tell you a few words and you still lose your temper? You can’t throw things at you when you lose your temper, it’s all money. What a prodigal.”

Hearing this, the woman raised her eyes and stared at him, then pouted and explained, "You think I'm a person who takes money to lose my temper? I was just careless. Besides, this glass is not placed on the table when you drink during the day. Here? If you really want to go ahead, you may not be able to explain it clearly. You rolled your eyes and started talking about me first. I don’t know where your reasoning lies.”

"Hush..." The man frowned, looking left and right, "Keep your voice down, you're afraid that others won't know, we two haven't slept in the middle of the night?"

The woman stared at him fiercely: "Is it because of someone who hasn't slept yet? He woke me up in the middle of the night, and I haven't asked why yet, but you are the first to file a complaint."

The man stared at her for a while, then sneered: "How dare you ask?"

"Hey, look at what you said. Why am I embarrassed to ask? I don't even know anything. How can I know if I don't ask? You are really right. As the saying goes, what is said, is what is thrown out Water, you can’t take it back, and you don’t know how to be strict. You play riddles with me all day long. I’m not the roundworm in your stomach. How do I know what you’re thinking about. "

The man didn't believe what she said, and tilted his head closer: "You really don't know why I woke you up?"

"If I knew, I would have said it long ago. Do you think I want to play riddles with you here? Cut."

The man snorted coldly, turned his head and sat beside her, and said coldly into her ear: "At home...there is a pair of patterned jade bracelets missing, the best and most valuable pair, I have only seen them with you, It's lost now."

When the woman heard this, her eyes widened in shock, and her heart beat extremely fast. She turned her head, stood up and pointed at the man: "You think I took it?"

The man also stood up, and grabbed the woman's hand with a smile: "Who else is it if you didn't take it? The bracelet looks like it was brought by a god. I didn't show it to anyone except you. But you just said Tone, it is true that you are tired of me, I suspect now that you want to take that jade bracelet and run away with others."

Frightened by his expression, the woman backed away again and again, leaning against the wall and gritted her teeth: "Let's not say that your suspicion is completely groundless, even if I'm tired of you, you are still virtuous and self-respecting. How can I allow you to make up nonsense, speculate on my heart at will, and trample on my virtue. Besides, you and I are still husband and wife, what are you trying to do? Do you want to kill me?"

"Kill you? Heh, why bother to kill you directly." The man took out the knife that had been prepared, and without saying a word, the knife had already licked blood in an instant.

The woman's blood overflowed from her mouth and flowed down the corner of her mouth: "You actually killed me, and even charged me with such an unwarranted crime, you will suffer retribution, you will suffer retribution." Afraid that she would cry out, the man frowned and covered her mouth until she closed her eyes and could not make a sound.

"Hmph, no need? You don't admit it even after you're dead. Your mouth is hard enough. Cut it." The man squatted down with a smile, and wiped the bloody knife on the woman's clothes. "This dirty blood, Take it back with you, too."

The two listened by the window with their eyes straightened, motionless.Fortunately, Chang Yu reacted quickly and pulled Tang Feiyang away without any hassle.

"Did I just dream? Is this killing my wife? Just for a pair of jade bracelets?" Tang Feiyang couldn't believe all of this, and more importantly, he didn't understand why he wanted to kill his wife. Wife ran away with others?Any kind of statement should not kill his wife.

What Chang Yu cares about is different from him: "The lack of a pair of jade bracelets means that there are more than one pair of jade bracelets in their family. The bracelet killed my wife. But there are some things that we can’t think about with our minds. The things I encountered these few times are getting more and more outrageous, and I can’t think of any way except to wait and see what happens.”

"Hey, what is that?" Tang Feiyang pointed to the dead wood.One of the branches on the dead wood is tied with a letter.The two of them took a closer look, and there were two big square characters written on it: Turn back.

As soon as the two turned their heads, they were taken aback by the scene in front of them.In an instant, every house was on fire, and the fire intensified.But the strange thing is that no one ran out.No, there is one family, but only one family.

The family ran towards them, and one of the men pushed them: "Hurry up, don't look inside, they won't come out, they are all bewitched, and they would rather protect their jewelry and money at home , to die with their money, and I don’t want to give up money, I don’t want to live.” After finishing speaking, he ran away with his family.

Tang Feiyang didn't believe what he said, so he jumped into someone's courtyard, just to see what happened.Unexpectedly, the scene was no different from what the man described. The whole family was lying among the gold, silver and jewels, holding their money and being burned alive by the fire.

The man who killed his wife just now was even more so. He was afraid that his dead wife would plunder his money again, so he chopped his wife into pieces and put them in the pot, and covered the pot.He himself lay in the white silver, laughed and counted his own silver, pointed at his wife's flesh and blood in the pot, and said with a smile: "Let you take my jade bracelet, this is retribution, retribution, hahahaha... ..."

Seeing this scene, Tang Feiyang was so frightened that he dragged Sanyu and ran away. While running, he didn't forget to say: "Crazy, really crazy, no one is normal, no one is human."

Hearing his description, Chang Yu laughed at him while running: "That person just said it all, and they are all bewitched. Don't you believe it?"

"Then who knows, there really aren't any normal ones!"

Chang Yu smiled wryly and said: "Killing his wife for the jade bracelet, doing such a thing is enough to prove that he is not a normal person. There are so many houses and he has to pull passers-by by himself, which proves that no one comes out to buy things at ordinary times. Our money Just going out but not going in, it means that every household sells some things, but no one buys anything at all. I can’t bear to spend a copper coin. When I see a copper coin on the street, you are happy to fight for it. These things have already proved that this village is sick. .Hey! I hope they don’t turn into misers in their next life.”

After running for a while, the two left the village.As soon as he left the village, Tang Feiyang let go of Chang Yu's hand, and fanned his hand pantingly: "In the next life? Forget it. In the next life, they should stop being human and just make money. They can save money for the rest of their lives."

"Are you two foreigners who just came here a few days ago?" The man's wife asked softly while wiping his sweat.

Chang Yu heard the words and walked towards them: "What you said is very true."

The man sighed: "Look at you standing there looking at the fire, you can see it. You don't know what happened in this village, do you? But it's useless for me to ask this question. If you know what happened, you should I ran away a long time ago, how could I wait until today?"

Tang Feiyang also stepped forward: "To be honest, we want to leave the village every day, but for some reason, we can't get out, and even go around and around. Hey, it's a piece of cake no matter what. Strange."

The man regained his energy in an instant: "Really? You guys are in such a predicament? Our family is the same. We can't get out no matter what we do. Even other foreigners can only enter but not get out. Gradually, foreigners It’s also less. I looked at you as a little capable, but you are also trapped here.”

Chang Yu frowned. He originally thought that the detour was done by the red cloak, but now it seems that it is not. Who could it be?It is impossible for no reason, the village itself became fascinated? "Do you know why?"

The man smiled: "Look at what the young master said, if I knew, I would still be trapped until now? I would have taken my family away long ago, who wants to stay in this crappy place? But it is better now, out of the predicament, Take my wife, children, loving mother, buy a piece of land elsewhere, and live a life that a normal person should live for half of my life."

Chang Yu asked: "Could it be that this village has always been like this?"

The man shook his head: "That's not true. It seems that it just started a few years ago. When exactly, I don't know. What's wrong?"

The old lady who had been sitting all this time picked up her crutches and walked over: "I know when it started, but I also have a question, what are you trying to do with all this?"

Chang Yu and Tang Feiyang looked at each other, Tang Feiyang suddenly turned his head and sighed: "To tell you the truth, my father was originally from here, but something happened...he is missing now. I wanted to go back here and check it out. Is there any clue. Who knows that people here are crazy, they only know how to sell things, and they don’t talk about other things at all. I haven’t had time to continue asking, no, a big fire, everything is gone, hey.”

The old woman sized him up for a long time: "Your father? What's your father's name? I've lived here longer, so I may have some impressions."

"No, you can't possibly know him."

"Huh? Why are you so sure?" The old lady moved closer, for fear that she might not be able to hear clearly.

Tang Feiyang sighed again: "My father... never went out in his life, so no one can find him if he disappeared, hey."

The old lady looked at him, said meaningfully, then turned around and sat on the rock again: "Look at my memory, I suddenly forgot the past, what happened in the past... Maybe I want to For the first half of my life, hey!"