Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen Withered Hands

If Ouyang Xin hadn't covered my mouth, I would have screamed in fright just now.The appearance of Xiao Weihai chasing after him with a knife is more murderer than a murderer, one look can scare people to death.Originally, I thought that Xiao Weihai had discovered me, but to my surprise, another person climbed up to the wall to peek and was discovered.Hiding in the bushes, I calmed down for a while, I couldn't see Xiao Weihai coming back, and I was immediately fascinated, and decided to sneak into Xiao's house immediately and steal the box back! Ouyang Xin saw that I was going to go out, so he hurriedly asked, "What are you doing!"

"The back door is open, go get the box back!" I said anxiously. "You're crazy! What if..." Ouyang Xin disagreed. The timing waits for no one, this is God's gift, if you continue to hesitate, Xiao Weihai may come back at any time.I broke free from Ouyang Xin's shackles, galloped, and got into Xiao's house amidst the night crow's strange cries.Ouyang Xin refused to agree, but I came running, and he followed behind.Before Xiao Weihai chased him out, he only turned on the light in the bedroom, but the living room was still dark.Fortunately, there was a little light in the bedroom, and I quickly found the cabinet where Xiao Weihai put the box by the light, and stretched out my hand nervously to open it.

When I stole things, I forgot about fingerprints and other things, and I didn't think about the consequences.In fact, this box does not belong to me, nor does it belong to Xiao Weihai.No matter who stole it, Xiao Weihai didn't dare to call the police, so Li Zhou wouldn't come to check if he left 10,000 fingerprints here.What's wrong is that Ouyang Xin and Lao are urging me, afraid that Xiao Weihai will come back suddenly.I was panicked, my hands were shaking so much, and my heart was about to explode.I hurriedly opened the cabinet, touched it in confusion, and pulled out the aluminum box, and immediately whispered to run away!

Unexpectedly, footsteps sounded outside the yard, and there were some vague curses.Ouyang Xin heard the sound and hurriedly pushed me towards the back door, but the sound was already very close, and if I went further, I would definitely hit the back door.In a hurry, I grabbed Ouyang Xin, unscrewed the front door of the living room, closed it quietly, and slipped out through the front door of the yard.Fortunately, the door of Xiao's house is equipped with a built-in lock, which can be closed from the inside and outside without using a key.Unlike many houses in the village, they are generally equipped with external locks, like the one on the aluminum box.If the Xiao family installed this kind of lock, they would have to insert the latch from the back of the door if they wanted to close the door.

After running out, I ran and ran without looking back, almost running out of the village, when Ouyang Xin stopped me and yelled don't run, do you want to go to Beijing?I stopped out of breath, turned around and didn't see Xiao Weihai chasing after me, so I held the box tremblingly and said I was scared to death.At night, no one could be seen in the village, I hugged the box to calm down, and then I remembered to see if everything in the box was there. At this time, Ouyang Xin and I were not thinking about keeping the spirit anymore. We stood at the end of the village and quietly opened the box that had been pried open a long time ago.As soon as it opened, Ouyang Xin and I were stunned, and then with a shake of our hands, the box slid to the ground, making a cold sound.When the box fell, the noise it made woke up the night birds around the village, and then the sound of taking off with a clattering clatter spread throughout the village.Although the villagers were not awakened, Ouyang Xin and I were really frightened.

The money in the box was obviously reduced by half, and it was no longer full of money, and the five lead bullets, photos, and ancient silver coins were all gone.In addition to these things, there is one more thing, and that is a withered hand.The withered hand was already dehydrated, like a dried orange peel, with its bones propped up abruptly, as if it was ready to grab something at any time.This definitely came from a corpse, not a medical tool, and there were traces of being chopped in the cross-section, which could not be easily seen by a forensic doctor. "Whose hand is this?" I breathed out while picking up the box again.

"Anyway, it's not Zhao Xiyue's. It looks like it was a few years ago." Ouyang Xin doubted. "The first time I opened the box, it didn't have the hand!" I recalled, adding, "Now that the hand is there, I don't have to worry about calling the police." "You want to call the police again!" Ouyang Xin repeated the old matter, "If you call the police, Xiao Weihai may be arrested, but how do you explain the box?" "It's not easy!" I snorted, "I told the Li Zhou police about the box a few days ago, but they came late and couldn't find it. I'm handing over the box now, so it just explained everything. , then they can’t help but not believe me.”

"What about Zhao Xiyue?" Ouyang Xin asked me. I was speechless when I asked this question. Zhao Xixi itself is a sensitive matter. If we want to explain the ins and outs of the box clearly, we must bring out her matter.Of course, I can save the matter of Zhao Xiyue, because now I know that Zhao Xiyue did not invite me to the old racecourse that night.But the police are different from ordinary people. You can't make false confessions. Not everyone can bear the consequences.This chain of events, omitting even one clue, sounds full of loopholes.Let alone the police, if I hadn't experienced it myself, I wouldn't even believe it myself.

"Then what do you say?" I had no idea. "Let's do this first. Let's hide the box outside the dormitory, so as not to be stolen again. Tomorrow night, I will accompany you to the old racecourse, catch that person, and we will hand over the box anonymously." Ouyang Xin discussed. . "Anonymous ghost! These are all my fingerprints, that fat policeman Li Zhou is not so easy to fool." I said dejectedly, "Do you know how to wipe off fingerprints? What if they can't be wiped clean? Why don't you use your real name? Hand it in." After I finished speaking, I looked at Ouyang Xin, struggled for a while before asking: "I know you are afraid that Zhao Xiyue will be dragged out, but I think you are a bit strange, why do you care more about Zhao Xiyue than I do? Also, who was the person who walked out of your room that night? You should know that Liu Qin has already told me about it."

Ouyang Xin expected that I would ask such a question, so he was not surprised to hear these words.I didn't want to talk too much at first, because it was someone's privacy, but Ouyang Xin and Lao stopped me from calling the police, and enthusiastically helped, etc. All kinds of behaviors were too weird.If this continues to be so unclear, I almost suspect that he is an undercover agent on the other side. For a moment, I was sure that Ouyang Xin was going to tell the truth, but then there was a loud roar in the night, which interrupted our conversation.At the end of the village, I heard Aunt Liu's voice so clearly that I thought she really came to patrol at night and caught me and Ouyang Xin being lazy.Immediately, we hurriedly hid the box under a group of bushes at the end of the village, where there is a small road leading to the old horse farm, because it is haunted by ghosts, and generally no one will come.

After I hid the box, Ouyang Xin and Ouyang Xin ran back to Grandpa Wu's vigil, and then saw a group of people coming out of their homes.Among the crowd, I saw the wife of the village head was there, so I went to ask what was going on.The village chief's wife is fast-talking, and she is worried that no one will ask her to meet her needs.When I asked, the village head's wife said that Aunt Liu had seen a ghost. When she went to the bathroom at night, she saw someone's head shaking on the wall, so she yelled for her husband to come out to catch the ghost. "Ghost? Climbing on the wall?" I wondered, what happened tonight, so many people want to climb the wall, do they all want to be heroes? Then, Aunt Liu said nervously to everyone, what a hell, maybe Grandpa Wu died with regret and thought he was buried too late.Everyone nodded, and no one thought about it.I stood on the periphery of the crowd and caught a glimpse of Xiao Weihai coming. He noticed that I was looking at him, and he also looked over.I was guilty of being a thief, so I quickly retracted my gaze and stopped looking at it.At the same time, I was thinking, who is like us tonight, climbing on top of the wall of Xiao's house to peek, it can't be the young girl who has a crush on Xiao Weihai, right?Looking at the current situation, Xiao Weihai must not have caught up with him, otherwise he would not have come back so soon. The shock at night made everyone gather in the village and chatted lively for nearly an hour. I took the opportunity to return to the vigil with Ouyang Xin, and the two fell silent.I have been waiting for a chance for Ouyang Xin to tell me the truth, but he refused to tell me, so I continued to hold back.Time passed slowly, and when the villagers were tired of chatting at night and gradually dispersed, I was so sleepy that I fell asleep.In the daze, it seemed that someone had passed by, but I was too tired to move, and I couldn't wake up when I heard the movement.I didn't bounce up from the chair until I felt someone put a hand on my neck, thinking someone was going to strangle me. When I opened my eyes, it was dawn, and the candle beside the coffin had long been extinguished.Ouyang Xin was embarrassed by my appearance, because he wanted to wake me up just now, but after I fell asleep, my neck was tilted to one side.Realizing the situation, I smiled sheepishly.When Aunt Liu came to take over, I went to Bao Zhu Po's shop to buy a few steamed buns and took them back to Liu Qin. I have to go to class later.At this time, the number of pedestrians in the village gradually increased, and Ouyang Xin and I did not discuss whether we should go to the old horse farm tonight. In fact, I'm still not sure if I should go or not.Now that I have found the box, if I return it, maybe I can avoid a nightmare, after all, the box does not belong to me in the first place.But now the money in the box is less than half, and there is an extra withered hand, can the owner of the box let me go?I really want to tell the owner of the box, Xiao Weihai did this, you can find him if you want money, and I also really want to meet the owner of the box and ask the reason for these things, although the owner of the box may not let I see, or tell me the truth. I was dizzy and dizzy and bought the steamed stuffed bun. When I walked back to the dormitory, I woke up. I wanted to take the steamed stuffed bun and give it to Liu Qin first, but Wu Lingchun killed it first.Wu Lingchun blocked the way, not allowing me to bypass her and enter the dormitory, with the air of destroying me.Wu Lingchun stared at me arrogantly at first, then grabbed the bun from my hand, and asked loudly, "What did you borrow so much money for at night? I didn't ask you yesterday, but it doesn't mean I don't ask today." I snatched the bun back and said nervously, "Don't ask." "I lent you the money, will I die if I ask?" Wu Lingchun refused to give up. At this time, Liu Qin heard the voice, came out of the dormitory, and said: "It's like this, Ah Chun. I owed medical expenses at the hospital, and Tang Jiuyue borrowed it for me. She was afraid that I would lose face, so..." "You're sick, so what's so embarrassing about borrowing money? You haven't borrowed money before?" Wuling Chunxin thought it was true, turned around, closed the door, and walked towards the teaching building. However, I don't think Wu Lingchun believed those words. If he really owed the hospital money for medical treatment, why would he rush to borrow money in the middle of the night?Fortunately, there are more and more students coming to the school, and it is inconvenient for Wu Lingchun to show his power, so this matter is temporarily over.I thanked Liu Qin, handed her the bun, and then wanted to tell her what happened last night, she has the right to know the truth.But Liu Qinqiu refused to take the bun, and looked at me in surprise, as if seeing a ghost.I thought her face was stained, or she thought the steamed stuffed buns were not tasty, and was about to say that Po Zhu's steamed stuffed buns were the best, when there was a burst of voices in the school playground.Before I turned around, Ouyang Xin who was next door came out of the room, looked up into the distance, and said to himself: "What's going on?" I hurriedly turned around in doubt, thinking to the end, I must have seen hell so early in the morning.Looking up again, mother, my whole body trembled violently, and my legs went limp all of a sudden.