Rent Affair

Chapter 24 The Snake Totem

Xiaoying and I stood on the bank of the river for a long time, observing the surrounding environment. The soil on both sides of the canal is fertile, the trees are dense, the branches are luxuriant, and the greenery is abundant, but this sarcophagus lying quietly in the middle of the river is particularly eye-catching.

"Would you like to take a closer look?" Xiaoying asked.

I glanced at the policemen with live ammunition standing beside the cordon, and replied, "This sarcophagus is heavily guarded, how can it be so easy to approach?"

"Look at me!" Xiaoying gave a thumbs up, pointed at herself, raised her chin slightly, and walked towards a policeman a few meters away with a confident look.

The policeman was 28 or [-] years old. He stood upright and held his submachine gun tightly.Seeing Xiaoying approaching, the police looked him up and down, and there was a little strangeness in his eyes.When Xiaoying approached, the policeman sternly said, "The river bank is ordered to be sealed off, and no one else is allowed to approach, hurry up!"

Xiaoying blinked Shui Ling's beautiful eyes, and said coquettishly, "I just want to see that sarcophagus! Brother, do me a favor, let me have a look, okay?"

Facing a beautiful woman acting like a baby, no man no matter how resolute and self-disciplined in the world can resist, not to mention that this little policeman has long been thinking about something, and his voice is much softer. Look, a lot of people died in this village, all of them were caused by this sarcophagus, you are not afraid of losing your life!"

Xiaoying shook her head, smiled and said, "I'm not afraid, I just want to take a look, just one look!" Xiaoying tugged at the corner of the policeman's clothes, begging repeatedly.

The policeman looked behind him in a panic, and seeing that no one saw him, he hurriedly patted Xiaoying's hand, with a look of embarrassment on his face, hesitantly said, "I... If this makes you enter the boundary line, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my job!"

Seeing that the policeman's heart was shaken, Xiaoying smiled charmingly, "Brother policeman, I'll just take a look and make sure no one else will find out, please!"

The policeman stared at Xiaoying with fascinated eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, die or die, but hurry in and out, if someone finds out, I can't eat and walk around."

Xiaoying nodded lightly, turned around and waved at me. The policeman saw that there was another person, stopped Xiaoying, and shouted, "It's fine for you to enter alone, why bring another person? No, no one is allowed to enter!"

Seeing the policeman getting angry, Xiaoying had no choice but to give up, walked back with her head down resentfully, walked to my side, and bowed her head in silence.I have never seen her so charming before, it is hard to expect that she has such a side, and it really surprised me, I comforted her and said, "I saw you, and I couldn't help it, I guess that policeman is a... Eunuch!" I leaned close to Xiaoying's ear, whispered the last two words, which made her amused, her eyes were as bright as the moon, her smile was blooming, so charming.

I saw that there was no way to find out from the sarcophagus, so I had to think about finding a way in the morgue of the township hospital first, to see if I could gather the seven souls and seven souls first, and push back the matter of the sarcophagus .

Xiaoying also agreed with my idea. The two of us immediately set off and walked towards the township hospital. When we arrived at the gate of the township hospital, we saw that the surrounding area of ​​the hospital was also guarded.

Xiaoying shrugged her shoulders, spread her hands, and said helplessly, "It seems that the hospital in this township can't get in either! This trip to Dahe Township came to nothing, so I had to return without success!"

I looked up and saw that the sun was about to set, and it would take several hours to go from Dahe Township to the nearest village. I was afraid that I would not be able to go back to Qingniu Village at sunset tomorrow, so I hurriedly asked Xiaoying to see if I could Mix in.

Xiaoying rolled her eyes, thought about it, and said in a long silence, "It seems to us that there is no way out, we have to start with the village head, I'm afraid he's the only one who can get in and out of this place!"

What Xiaoying said is reasonable. These warnings are probably set by the mayor, just for fear of the situation expanding. If someone can help him solve this difficult problem at this moment, he will be very happy, not to mention that the mayor is superstitious. I will have no doubts in Taoism. After thinking about it, Xiaoying and I walked towards the township government.

When we arrived at the gate of the township government, an old man stopped us and asked what we were doing.

I replied politely with a smile, saying that the two of us came to find the mayor to do something. The old man who watched the gate looked at me, waved his hand and said that the mayor is not here, let us go. After finishing speaking, he ignored me and sat down. Lower body, lit a cigarette, and smoked happily.

Such a big incident happened, the mayor must be in a state of distress, how could he get out of this courtyard gate, I glanced at the old man, and seeing his despicable appearance, I also understood that he intends to obstruct it.

I leaned over to the old man, took out a piece of Grandpa Mao and handed it over, and said with a smile, "Master, this little money can be used to buy a cigarette. I am really in a hurry to find the mayor. Please, sir Give me an accommodation, how about letting the two of us in?"

The old man glanced at the money in my hand, smiled, put the money in his hand, and put it in his pocket naturally, "It's not that the uncle is embarrassing you, the young man will be more discerning in the future!"

I see him relying on the old to sell the old, and I am extremely disgusted.

The old man took a drag on his cigarette, pointed to the building facing the courtyard gate, and said, "The township chief works in that building! If you have nothing to do, don't bother him, he is very angry now!"

I thanked him, ignored the old man, and walked into the building with Xiaoying.

It's not time to get off work, but the whole building is empty and empty. We searched for a long time on the next floor before finding the mayor's office on the third floor. I knocked on the door a few times and heard the door A man shouted "Come in" impatiently.

I opened the door and walked into the room. The whole room was full of smoke and the smell was pungent. A man could be seen sitting on a chair with a sad face in the smoke. He tilted his head, glanced at me, looked down at the documents on the table, and asked "What did you two come to see me for?"

"Major, we are here for the sarcophagus found in the ancient river channel of Dahe Township!" I said straight to the point.

"Sarcophagus..."

The man on the chair stared at the void, his tone was low, his expression was dignified, as if he was thinking, he opened and closed his mouth, and asked, "You two understand Taoism?"

When I saw this man asking about this matter, I was in the middle of my heart, and I responded repeatedly, but I didn't expect the man to slam the table and get up, glared at me angrily, and said sharply, "You two liars, you have lied to me here, so don't be afraid." Caught in a cell to eat prison meals?"

Seeing that this man regarded us as liars, I couldn't argue for a while.

"If you don't go out again, I will call someone to take you away!" The man shouted, picking up the phone and dialing it. Seeing this, Xiaoying pointed with two fingers, and the phone line was disconnected with a "click", which scared the man. With a shake of his hand, the phone fell to the ground and cracked.

Xiaoying folded her arms around her chest and asked in a cold voice, "Now do you believe that we are not liars?"

The man nodded in a daze, and hurriedly called Xiaoying and me to sit down, made a cup of tea and put it in front of us, sat on the chair by himself, and talked about his difficulties to himself.

This man's surname is Hu, and he was transferred from the city to work in this village within half a month before this happened.It has been five days since the sarcophagus was discovered, and he has been using all his connections to block the news, so as not to let the rumors reach the city leaders. Here, I am afraid of any unexpected situation, so I can rush to the scene as soon as possible.

"We want to go to the ancient canal to see the sarcophagus. I wonder if the mayor can lead the way?" I asked directly, and it didn't sound like I was listening to nonsense talking about the journey of my mother-in-law.

When Hu Lai heard this, he quickly put out the cigarette butt in his hand, with a complimenting expression on his face, he said, "It would be great if the two experts can solve my problems for me. I will take the two of you to the bank of the river right away!" , he stood up and led the two of us out of the township government compound.

After walking quickly, we arrived at the bank of the ancient canal in about ten minutes. When the policeman saw Hu Lai bringing the two of us, his attitude was different from before. He raised the cordon respectfully and let the three of us walk in.

Just a few steps into the cordon, Hu Lai said that he had a stomachache and it was convenient to go, and he refused to go any closer to the sarcophagus. Xiaoying and I were also afraid that he would disturb things, so we didn't expose it. The man approached the sarcophagus.

The sarcophagus exposed the river bed as high as a person. Standing in front of it, the cold air was overwhelming. I gently peeled off the covered mud with my hands, and the relief gradually appeared. This relief really surprised me and Xiaoying. When the giant snake entered the eyes, it was exactly the same as the relief sculpture on the tomb gate in the illusion of Fangniugang that day. It was lifelike and lifelike, but it made people feel chilly.

"In the picture in my mind, there is this totem on the ancient book Chen Changan was flipping through, on the tomb door in the illusion, and on the huge sarcophagus in front of me... What is going on here? Is there anything in it? No connection?"

I was puzzled, and hurriedly asked Xiaoying if she knew where the totem came from.

Xiaoying looked bewildered, shook his head and said, "This totem is the same as the one on the tomb door in the illusion, but where it came from, I don't know, but..." Xiaoying looked closely at the snake relief on the sarcophagus, and paused. "But if you take some time, you can always find out where the snake came from."

I saw that Xiaoying didn't know the meaning of the snake totem, so I didn't think about it anymore.

"Then will this sarcophagus harm anyone?"

"No!" Xiaoying said affirmatively, "The coffin is a thing that can accommodate evil spirits. This sarcophagus is tightly seamed without any gaps. There should be no evil spirits released from it. It seems that the nearby evil spirits took advantage of the loopholes and harmed people. , and turned the attention of the rest of the people to this sarcophagus."

Since it is an evil spirit that harms people, then it is good to subdue that evil spirit. Not only can the matter of Dahe Township be resolved, but also the seven souls and souls can be gathered, and the evil spirit can be subdued.It's just that the snake totem can only be put on hold for the time being, and we can check it after we finish the business at hand.

Xiaoying looked up at the dark sky, counted with her fingers, and said in a concentrated voice, "In the early morning of tomorrow, the water level will rise, and the river will fill the entire ancient canal. This sarcophagus will be submerged in the water. In the middle of the night, we have to catch it at this time!"

Dahe Township suffered heavy casualties this time, but the remaining population is at least a few hundred, at most thousands of people. If this evil spirit comes to kill, it is difficult to determine where it will strike.

Xiaoying said that this is not difficult, if Hu Lai can have the relationship to let the villagers stay at home and stay at home, then they can gather everyone in one place, so that no matter who the evil spirit wants to attack, it can be brought down .

Xiaoying and I didn't dare to waste time, turned around and walked to the shore, and asked Hu Lai to gather the villagers into the open field, so that no one could be left behind.

Hu Lai asked suspiciously, "I don't know why the two masters asked me to gather the villagers in the village?"

Xiaoying hated this nonsense, so she turned cold and replied, "I tell you to do it, you do it, if you want to lose the black veil on your head, it's up to you!"

Hu Lai studied hard for dozens of years, and got into this official by relying on his connections to find a back door. He was afraid of losing his job, so he didn't dare to ask more questions. anyone.

(End of this chapter)