Chapter 30 Chapter 29 Moon-watching Eel

"Don't think about it so much, it's just a fox!" I smiled, thinking in my heart, you are a grown-up person, and you are actually afraid of a fox? "I should have shot it to death just now!" Director Chen said regretfully, "That beast doesn't seem to be afraid of people at all. If I shoot it, hehe, take it back and make a fox fur coat for my mother-in-law. like." I laughed out loud when I heard this, I was a bit depressed at first, but it disappeared, and said with a smile: "I can't see it, but you really do love my wife!" Director Chen also smiled heartily when he heard the words: "My wife is for pain! Doctor Xu, I look at you walking all the way, it seems that I have a lot of thoughts? In fact, don't worry about anything, wait for this time It's over, go back to the town, I will open a clinic for you in the town, and then I will introduce you to a girl from a good family to start a family..."

"Forget it, don't mention this." I shook my head and said, "I have no intention of starting a family." "Why is that?" Director Chen asked puzzledly, "Both colleges should be married, and female colleges should be married. I see that you are not young anymore, and you are at the age of looking for relatives!" "I'm waiting for this incident. I'm going to find my parents. Let's talk about getting married later!" I shook my head and changed the subject, "I know a friend here, so I just happened to go over and ask about it. Ask if there are any strange things happening in the village, you think, the old man Niu doesn’t need to eat, but that murderer must have to eat, right?”

"Naturally!" Director Chen said, "As long as he lives, he must eat!" "Well, that's right!" I nodded and said, "As long as he hides the corpse nearby, and he is in this generation, there is no need to worry about him not coming out. Let's go, right in front, look, every household below Light the fire and cook!" In the mountainous area, there was smoke rising from the kitchen. Director Chen and I went straight to Hu Dayou's house. As soon as we arrived at the door, we saw Hu Dayou coming back from the outside with bare feet, a bamboo cage on his back, and a harpoon.Seeing me, I was stunned, and immediately greeted me: "Doctor Xu, are you going to the mountains to collect herbs again?"

"Well, I'm passing by here to see my old friend!" I said hastily. "This is your friend?" Hu Dayou asked with a simple and honest smile. "Yes." I nodded and winked at Director Chen. Director Chen also understood that people in mountain villages are more afraid of police officers. Once they hear that police officers are handling a case, they dare not say anything. For fear of getting into trouble, it will make it more difficult to handle the case. "Doctor Xu, it's really time for you to come today. I just caught a big rice field eel, and I'll clean it up later. Let's have a good drink." Hu Dayou said with a smile, and sighed, " I forgot, you don't drink."

I smiled and said, "Mr. Chen is drinking, you two have a drink!" As I spoke, I poked my head into Hu Dayou's bamboo cage, and my expression changed slightly, and I asked, "Where did you come from?" The eel that was caught?" "It's by the ditch over there, what's wrong?" Hu Dayu asked puzzledly. "You pour it out and show me!" I said hastily. "Oh?" Seeing what I said was strange, Hu Dayou quickly poured out the bamboo cage, and dumped all the crucian carp and a rice field eel in it on the ground. Ordinary ricefield eels are slightly lighter, with a flat triangular head, somewhat resembling a snake's head. What's even more outrageous is that the neck of this ricefield eel was bulged up as thick as a little finger. I broke a branch from the side and The eel picked it up, looked carefully at its abdomen, frowned and asked, "Have there been eels in this place before?"

"Yes!" Hu Dayou nodded hurriedly, "Why not? Every season, I go to the ditch to catch more." "How many of these have you caught before?" I asked. "What's the difference?" Hu Dayou frowned, "Except that the color of the eel is slightly lighter than before, and there is a tumor on the neck, everything else looks the same!" "This is a mutated species of rice field eel, called Moon-watching eel!" I threw away the branch in my hand, and explained lightly, "This rice field eel is poisonous, you can't eat it!" "No way?" Hu Dayou listened, a little downcast.

"Why not?" I explained with a smile, "Ordinarily, rice field eels are a great tonic, rich in protein and high in fat, and have the effect of strengthening yang and nourishing blood. The effect is just the opposite, once people eat it by mistake, they will be afraid of the cold all over their bodies, as if they have typhoid fever, but don’t worry, people will not die!” Although I had a smile on my face, I was very anxious in my heart. This is a mutated species of ordinary rice field eel, and there is only one possibility that caused the mutation of ordinary rice field eel, that is, rice field eel accidentally ate dead human flesh under the moonlight.

It is said that the eels contaminated with human breath will absorb the essence of heaven and earth against the bright moon, thereby changing their own conditions. Most of these eels are hidden in the dark underground, or in ancient tombs with water, and they are rarely seen in ordinary tombs. See you in the mountains. I was really surprised when I saw such eels in Hu Dayou's basket just now. However, after thinking about it carefully, I'm afraid that what we're looking for is not far away - which is undoubtedly good news. "Then I'll beat it to death and bury it, so as not to be eaten by mistake, it's not good!" Hu Dayou said.

I nodded repeatedly and asked about his wife's recent situation.As a result, Hu Dayou said that his woman was really sad for several days when she learned that she had given birth to a ghost fetus. Fortunately, Hu Dayou comforted her, and with the care of her mother, she was young after all, and she recovered a lot after raising her for a while.No, I went back to my natal home with my mother-in-law. It was night, and we rested at Hu Dayou's house. Hu Dayou was so enthusiastic that he specially burned fish, opened a jar of homemade rice wine, and told us some interesting things in the mountains.

"By the way, Brother Hu, have there been any strange things in the village recently?" I saw that Hu Dayou seemed to be 30% drunk, so I asked tentatively. "Strange thing?" Hu Dayou was told by me, he slapped the table and said, "Doctor Xu, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot. Just two nights ago, there were five or six people in our village. The chicken raised by the family was bitten to death by some kind of beast, and all the blood of the chicken was eaten..." "What?" I asked in surprise, "eating chicken blood?" "Yes!" Hu Dayou nodded hurriedly, "Don't you believe it, really, all the chickens are bitten off from the throat by something, and the chicken blood is sucked out."

Director Chen looked at me, shook his head and said with a smile: "I heard that there are weasels in the mountains that steal chickens, but I haven't heard of it. Why do weasels have such a big mouth that they only eat chicken blood and not chicken? " I couldn't help holding the teacup in a daze. Could it be that someone actually used the Zihe cart to refine that thing?It is simply devoid of conscience.However, if someone hadn't used the purple river cart to refine such evil things, what would he want chicken blood for? Thinking of this, my hand holding the teacup trembled involuntarily, looked up at Hu Dayou and said, "Brother Hu, please forgive me for asking, where did you bury that child?" Hu Dayou heard this, his expression changed, he stared at me for a moment, and asked: "Doctor Xu, don't mention this matter anymore! Fortunately my woman is not here, otherwise, there will be trouble again..." "Okay!" I sighed, shook my head and stopped asking, and asked instead, "I told you to pack up that bag, is it still there?" "That's here, doctor Xu, didn't you go to the mountains to collect herbs this time?" Hu Dayou was not stupid after all, and he had lived in the city for a few years, so he had some knowledge. I didn't lie to him anymore, I shook my head and said, "No! I'm looking for something this time..." "Looking for something, can I help?" Hu Dayou asked. I looked at Director Chen and motioned to him. Director Chen sighed and said, "Look for a corpse!" "Ah?" Hu Dayou immediately changed his face when he heard this. "Mayor Niu's father in our town died and his body was stolen. We suspected that this murderer was also an evil person with strong medical skills, so we asked Dr. Xu for help to find this body. Organize this murderer to do evil. Comrade Hu, if you have any news, you'd better tell us quickly, lest that murderer do evil again." Director Chen said. "I really don't know about this!" Hu Dayou shook his head again and again. "Can you give me that bag?" I asked. "It's nothing!" Hu Dayou said as he took a blue cloth bundle from behind the clay stove, handed it to me and said, "Doctor Xu, this is preserved with lime as you ordered!" "Well, as long as there is no water, this method can be preserved for a long time!" I nodded, stretched out my hand and pinched the blue cloth bag, as long as the bag is still there, even if the person really used the Zihe cart to refine some evil things, how much would it be? There can also be a countermeasure.Moreover, if my guess is correct, if the murderer really used the Zihe chariot to refine some evil things, the ghost fetus born by Hu Dayou's woman would be the most suitable one--that ghost fetus has a very strong vitality. According to medical records, Ziheche, the fetus conceived by a woman, can be used as medicine.And Zihe Che, the first child conceived by the woman, is even more superb. However, Ziheche is a fetus, there is no doubt about it, even if it is a great tonic, it is an unformed person after all, how can you have the heart to use it as medicine? According to the medical books, Zihe cart has some ridiculous uses. If I can't bear to use Zihe cart as medicine to save people, how can I have the heart to use it to harm others? So when I saw these back then, I just glanced at them and didn't pay much attention.Director Chen explained to Hu Dayou a few words, and Hu Dayou drank a few sips of wine, and I was filled with righteous indignation. He only yelled that he wanted to help us find the corpse for incineration, and that he wanted to find the murderer and send him to the police station. He was brought to justice. I sighed and said: "I guess, the corpse should be hidden in the small woods nearby. Let's go and see when the moon comes up. It's best to find it tonight and burn it with a fire. It's a hundred!" Director Chen frowned and said, "Isn't that good? Did you not notify Mayor Niu?" "Forget it, I don't think Mayor Niu would be happy to see such a thing, but it's better to cremate him without hesitation, and we'll just bring the ashes back to him. Moreover, I dismissed him at the time because I didn't want him to know. "I said with a wry smile. Director Chen nodded and said, "You're right. If it were me, I would be very crazy if I found out that my relatives were still in peace after death." After all, Hu Dayou is not stupid, after thinking about it, he grabbed me suddenly and asked, "Doctor Xu, what did you mean by asking that?" I didn't hide it from him, and I said it directly. When Hu Day heard it, he jumped up immediately and shouted: "Who dares?" Although that ghost fetus has never grown up, it is still Hu Dayou's child after all, and Hu Dayou doesn't feel heartbroken.Immediately, he gritted his teeth with hatred, took out a steel fork and a shotgun from the corner of the wall, and said to me: "Doctor Xu, I will go with you tonight. There are so many people, so I can take care of you. It's fine if the bastard doesn't touch my child." , if he dares to touch my child, I have to... I have to fight him for such a life." "It's still early, let's take a rest and go again in the middle of the night. We must succeed in one fell swoop, otherwise, it will be difficult to find him once we let the murderer know and move the place!" I sighed, "Besides, due to the short time, his ghost baby must not have been trained well. I have a bag in my hand, so I can still collect it. Waiting for him to nourish the ghost baby with chicken blood seven or forty-nine times, it is said that the ghost baby has The ability to fly into the sky and escape from the ground, at that time, it will be difficult!"