Chapter 19 Chapter Eighteen Impossible Possibility

Under the bombardment of thunder and lightning, the whole village was like a ghost town, as if a group of fierce ghosts lived there, and the dense trees danced along with it.I ran to the gate of the village, and suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the gate of the village. When I looked up, there was a person hanging on the beam of the towering gate of the village—a dead man!I have just escaped from the forest, still in shock, and now I see a horrible scene, even the best heart can't bear this kind of shock. I thought I was delusional, but I rubbed my eyes and looked again, just as a flash of lightning struck, and the pale light reflected on the dead man——he turned out to be old man Hu Jie!Before going to find Father Li, the old man Hu Jie was still alive, and he did not expect to suffer such bad luck in a blink of an eye.I stood there with a blank mind, forgetting to run back to the village, and even more forgetting to make sure Zhao Shuai and Xiao Hei were safe.It wasn't until there was a hand on my shoulder behind me that I took a deep breath and turned my head in fear.

"You...Old Zhao, Xiao Hei, are you alright?" I was surprised and happy, "Just now..." Before I finished speaking, Xiao Hei looked at the old man Hu Jie hanging on the gate of the back village, and shouted loudly, drowning out the thunder.Zhao Shuai also found the old man Hu Jie at the gate of the village, and he was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.Xiao Hei didn't shout in fright. Although I couldn't understand his words, I could hear him shouting sadly.I hurriedly told Xiao Hei to go back to the village first, and called out the men. Zhao Shuai and I were guarding the gate of the village first.

"Why are you still standing there, tell Lao Wang to call the other adults over!" I urged. Xiao Hei reluctantly ran into the stockade, Zhao Shuai and I stood silently, neither of us forgot to ask each other how to avoid the tiger's pursuit.When I calmed down, I discovered an impossible possibility, which made Hu Jie's death even more bizarre. During the day, old man Hu Jie had just painted the gate of the village and cemented the ground.However, the paint on the two pillars of the gate of the village is still wet, and the cement road is also dry, but there is no trace of trampling or climbing on it.However, this is just my first feeling, because paint and cement usually don't fully dry in a day, and to make sure of this, I decided to touch these things.

At that time, I didn't know that the crime scene should be protected, so I touched the pillars without knowing what to do, and stepped on the concrete road.Sure enough, the paint is like thick silk paste, and the cement is like freshly kneaded dough. If someone touches these things, they will definitely leave obvious marks.I was worried that I might miss it, so I asked Zhao Shuai to look for a seal together, but in the end it was still in vain.The gate of the village is more than four meters high. If no one climbed up from the pillars at both ends, how could it be possible to hang old man Hu Jie on the beam of the gate.Not to mention that there are no traces on the pillars, even the undried concrete road has no footprints. This is simply impossible, but now the impossible has become possible, and it is presented in a strange way.

Finally, Xiao Hei led the men to rush out of the stockade. When they saw the old man Hu Jie, everyone was frightened and sad.I listed all the doubts about the death of the old man Hu Jie, and the other men also found it strange, and they cast the blame on ghosts one after another.Some people said it was done by the monsters in the demon house, others said that the buried dead came back to harm people, but no one thought it was done by humans.I really want to refute them, but it is impossible for human beings to hang Hu Jie on the beams of the gate without stepping on the cement and climbing the pillars.

"Xiaolu, you came here first, did you see the murderer?" Zhao Shuai leaned into my ear and asked, "Is there really something unclean, or who can do it?" "I don't know either." I shook my head and asked back, "Did the tiger chasing you also get injured, and you stayed in the tree until now?" "Damn it! I was so anxious just now!" Zhao Shuai was asked by me, slapped his thigh, grinned and cursed, "I thought I couldn't see you, but fortunately that tiger has a lame leg, or... eh , what about the girls?" "When is it, do you still think about these things?" I whispered, "Go and help, and put the old man Hu Jie down."

The men in the village took great pains to get old man Hu Jie off the beam.Because of this, I felt even more uneasy. Getting Hu Jie down required the cooperation of so many people. Whoever hung up Hu Jie could leave no clues.The men whispered and I thought they might know who did it, but no one would say anything.Lao Wang saw us standing aside awkwardly, so he came over and asked us where we had gone and only came back now, causing the people in the village to search for it all day.As soon as I told about the tiger, Lao Wang blamed us for not entering the forest casually. It was a desperate act, because even seasoned hunters dare not provoke tigers casually.

If the old man Hu Jie hadn't spoken, we wouldn't have gone to find Father Li, let alone run into Tiger.Of course, now is not the time to blame anyone, the important thing is to find out who killed the old man Hu Jie.Lao Wang guessed that it was Li's father who did it, because after Hu Jie planned to bury Li's mother, he turned Li's father to the police station in the county.Father Li had a bad temper. After killing his wife, he didn't want to go to jail, so he killed Hu Jie, who was the first to bear the brunt. I looked at Lao Wang, but I didn't think so in my heart. If Father Li really ran away, how far would he dare to come back to kill someone?Zhao Shuai kept guessing that the monsters in the monster's house came out, so the old man Hu Jie was killed.However, everyone missed an important clue, that is why the old man Hu Jie died and not someone else?Did the old man Hu Jie know some secrets or see something, so he wanted to kill him?But why hang the corpse on the gate of the village in such a weird way?

The thunder and lightning at night finally stopped, only the mountain wind stirred the trees, and the rustling sound kept ringing.The men in the village carried Hu Jie's body back to the village. They checked the body and found that there was no other wound except the strangle mark on the neck.Of course, it is also possible that the old man Hu Jie hung on the gate of the village, resulting in strangle marks.I asked other people, and they faltered, as if they had another guess.However, most of them believed that it was the murder of Mr. Li, and everyone wanted to arrest Mr. Li angrily. Lao Wang also explained for the people in the village that they went to a distant place to cut tree coffins and came back almost at night, so it was already night when they found us missing.Actually, I didn't blame them, the forest is so big, even if the whole village is mobilized, they probably won't find us.When the men carried old man Hu Jie into the village, Li Xiuzhu came out of the house. She was shocked when she saw it, and thought it was her father who did it.In front of everyone, it was inconvenient for Li Xiuzhu to greet us, so she just made eye contact for a while.

This is the matter of the Mancage Village, and it is not easy for us outsiders to intervene. After the men asked me if I saw the murderer, they let Zhao Shuai and I go back to rest first.Pharaoh accompanied us back, saying that the meal has been prepared, and he will go back to accompany us in a while.I asked Lao Wang to be busy first, and then I went back to the room with Zhao Shuai. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Liao's second son picking his teeth with a stick.The old man couldn't wait, he had already eaten so much that his stomach was full, and his mouth was still greasy. "Why did you come back so late, I just heard that someone died again?" Liao Er Er didn't have the slightest sympathy, only endless curiosity.

I replied with a little disgust: "Old man Hu Jie was killed by someone. I don't know who did it. Are you staying in the house today?" Zhao Shuai didn't wait for Liao's second son to speak, and he complained: "Why did you pick all the meat away? It's fine if you don't help, and you just do some immoral things." "I'm so hungry. You think the road to Menghai is easy." Liao Laoer explained cheekily. In the dark room, I always feel that the strange things that happened these days seem to be unrelated, but they all seem to be related.Liao Lao Er asked me to eat first, and then I will talk about other things when I am full. The body is the capital of the revolution.During the meal, Zhao Shuai embellished the story of how to avoid the tiger, and I couldn't help but expose him, pointing out that we survived because both tigers were injured.Liao Er became nervous when he heard it, and asked me if it was true, and asked me to describe the tiger's wound. I swallowed the food and stared at Liao's son dumbfounded, and then I remembered a terrible thing.The tiger is the king of beasts, needless to say how ferocious it is, who is its opponent in the forest.The hind legs of those two tigers were injured, what kind of beast can do it, let alone the two tigers are together.Although tigers can also kill each other, the two tigers chased us separately at that time. If they had already fought, they should have beaten each other to death before giving up. Both Liao Laoer and Zhao Shuai thought it was the monsters in the demon house, otherwise no one would be able to hurt the tigers, especially the two tigers.However, seeing the death of the old man Hu Jie just now, I think it is impossible and possible, but we have not thought of a way.The three of us fought hard, each held our own opinions, and quarreled over each other. Zhao Shuai brought up the matter of Mu Qingxiang. Unexpectedly, the second Liao's face turned livid with fright.Zhao Shuai thought it was fun, so he deliberately made Mu Qingxiang's appearance look like a story in Liaozhai, making Liao's second child restless. I asked Liao Lao Er why he was so afraid of Mu Qingxiang, but Liao Lao Er didn't say a word, and said that when he was destined to go back, he would show me something and he would understand.Liao Er'er's eyes lit up, and he said it's no wonder that such a weird thing happened, it must be Mu Qingxiang who did it.Zhao Shuai thought that Liao Er Er was crazy, how could a weak woman have such great abilities, but Liao Er Er asked if a weak woman would come to such a ghost place alone?When asked by Liao's second child, I also felt very curious about what Mu Qingxiang was going to do. After eating and drinking, I washed the dishes and chopsticks. Zhao Shuai and Liao's second son both crossed their legs and did not help.In the past, I lived in Zhao Shuai's house, and I took the initiative to do this kind of work, because his family kindly took me in, so I got used to doing such small things.Liao Er and Zhao Shuai were incompatible, so both of them chatted with me who was washing the dishes through voice transmission.The second brother Liao asked me if I wanted to go to Yao Zhai again tomorrow, and I said wait, because two people died in the village, if there is anything I can help, I will help first.Yao Zhai doesn't have long legs, so I'm afraid it won't be able to run away.Zhao Shuai was worried that Mu Qingxiang would also come here for the pumpkin head tribute tea, but he also felt that he would save the village to help tomorrow, otherwise it would be too unkind. After I washed the dishes and chopsticks, I was about to go back to my room to rest, but Li Xiuzhu suddenly opened the door that was concealed and walked into Lao Wang's house.With so many things going on, I haven't had a good talk with Li Xiuzhu. She must have a lot to say.I wanted to say a few words of encouragement to her, but after searching my guts, I remembered what the French writer Zola said: Once the path of life is chosen, one must bravely go to the end and never look back.Before Li Xiuzhu could open her mouth, I gently hinted that she should never go back to Beijing to be a lady. Now that she is home, she should stay at home. The outside world is too helpless. Li Xiuzhu didn't seem to come to tell me these things. She waited speechlessly for me to finish speaking, and then quietly told me that she had discovered a strange thing and wanted to invite me to take a look secretly.