Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Sunshine and Fog Hiding

The clean and humid air unique to seaside cities penetrates through the cracks in the car windows.I, who was drowsy in the back of the car, was woken up by the sudden smell of a foreign land.Xiaoru held the steering wheel, stopped the car and slowly queued to pass the toll booth.Xiaotao was sitting in the co-pilot, frowning and playing with her mobile phone. Seeing that I woke up, she handed me a bottle of water.I took it and took a sip. The little rabbit's head was pressed on my shoulder, which made my wound a little painful, and the saliva flowed all over my shoulder.I carefully moved her head to the side, and she groaned a few times.I took a thin blanket from my bag and covered her.The little bear got excitedly at the back of the car, sticking out his tongue and panting heavily. I twisted its ears and cursed.It twisted its neck and whimpered, which woke up the little rabbit.

Xiaotu rubbed his eyes and sat up, looked outside, and asked lazily, "Why don't you leave?" Xiaoru looked back at her, said with a smile, "We've arrived at the toll booth. Don't you want to sleep for a while?" Xiaotu immediately got up, opened the window, put his head out to have a look, and asked excitedly, "What's the matter?" Are you there? Are you going to see my sister soon?" I gave a vague "hmm" and picked up the walkie-talkie: "Dongjiu, Dongfugui, report your location, wow." Wang Fugui chuckled a few times on the walkie-talkie: "Report to Dongyu, we are peeing while standing 15 meters behind your position. Ugh."

I stretched my head out and looked back, and sure enough, a few people behind me were urinating on the side of the road in a row. Xiaotu peeked out secretly, then quickly retreated into the car, and muttered in a low voice, "Rogue." Then, she climbed onto Xiaotao's shoulder, and the two began to whisper.I patted Xiaoru on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's play hooligans." Xiaoru saw that there were still many cars queuing up ahead, so he stopped the car on the side of the road, and said with a smile, "Okay." The two sisters who were biting their ears said, "Aren't you two going to come down and do some exercise?" The two of them said to me in unison, "Hooligans!"

I jumped out of the car and stretched fiercely, and walked towards Lao Jiu and the others who were lined up.It was already dawn, and the air in this small town was really not covered.That fresh smell made me, who has lived in the dirty air of an old industrial city for 27 years, suddenly feel indescribably transparent. Lao Jiu and the others had already finished urinating, and they were waiting for the two of us to pass with a smile on their lips.A few people stood there in US Army uniforms, except for Ah Fifteen's slanted eyes and slanted shoulders, which were a bit unpleasant, no matter how you looked at it, it was like shooting a blockbuster American war movie. Row of American soldiers.

I unbuttoned my trousers, and while chatting with a few of them, I let go of the desire to urinate that I had been holding back for a while.After urinating, I shivered comfortably. When I turned around with my pants up, I suddenly found a red Audi parked not far behind us. It seemed to be a female driver, vaguely inside. Familiar.When I wanted to take a closer look, the Audi drove away.I secretly said to myself: "Impossible, I am not dreaming now." Wang Fugui came over and looked at me suspiciously, and asked me: "What's the matter, Master Yu? What are you in a daze for?" I pointed to the Audi and asked him, "Did you pay attention to the woman in that Audi just now?" ?”

Wang Fugui turned his head and said, "What woman?" I came back to my senses and said, "Oh, it's all right. What's wrong?" Wang Fugui handed me a cigarette, and with a troubled expression on his face, he whispered to me: "The little red you asked me to ask has some clues. It turned out that he was good in the Second Artillery, but he was killed by someone two years ago. A mysterious unit has been chosen." "Elected away?" I frowned, "What mysterious army?" Wang Fugui slapped me quietly, I crossed his palm with two fingers, and asked suspiciously: "Burden? Is there such a thing?" Is it a troop number?"

He glanced at me, raised his hand angrily, and said, "What burden, it's 'faaiwu', it's five!" I gasped, it was five?The fifth type of troops? "Is there really such a unit?" I looked at Wang Fugui and asked, and Wang Fugui nodded while smoking a cigarette.I was a little confused, I didn't expect this army to exist in the world.If Wang Fugui's news is accurate, and this legendary army that only performs top-secret missions for the country is involved in this matter, then this matter may be much more serious than what Wang Fugui told the old man.I knew this Xiaohong before. He was in the same class as us when we were in school, but he was short and thin, and he was always bullied by others.But Luo Yuhan cared a lot about him, every time he was bullied Luo Yuhan would stand up for him.After graduating from junior high school, I never saw him again, but I heard that he later served as a soldier.But I never imagined that he could be so promising now.

"The fifth type of troops." I was amazed, and after thinking about it, it is not a bad thing to have them participate, at least Luo Yuhan's safety should be guaranteed now, and now I only think about preventing these people from being in danger There is no risk involved. It would be great if the country came forward to solve this matter.What about the Kee goat?I pinched the paper bag with the scale in my pocket, and felt a "thump" in my heart.Yishan Yang is not in a good condition now, if it falls into the hands of professionals like them, it will really be over, maybe it will collapse as a monster.

I threw the cigarette butt in my hand and greeted them: "Let's go." Back in the car, I replaced Xiaoru.There are fewer cars in the queue ahead.I drove the car over, and finally it was my turn. As soon as I handed the card to the lesbian who paid the fee, I suddenly saw that the red Audi was also paying the fee in the side passage.The woman inside put down the car window, and I happened to see it clearly. The heavy makeup on her face made me tremble, and I almost missed the money that the toll collector brought back. I patted Xiaotao and pointed at that person: "Qianqian, do you know that woman?"

Xiaotao stretched her head, wondering: "Which one?" But when she looked, the Audi had already closed the windows and drove away.I didn't have time to think about it, so I chased after me as soon as I stepped on the gas pedal. The Audi TT probably realized that I was chasing it, accelerated and threw me far away.I stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and chased for a while, and suddenly the road began to fog up, and the car turned a few turns in the fog and disappeared from my sight.I slapped the steering wheel aggrievedly, and Xiaotao asked me nervously: "What's wrong, bro? Who's in that car? Why are you chasing her?"

I stared at the thicker and thicker fog, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and said to her, "It's your sister-in-law!" Xiaotao was startled, and after a while, she asked me, "Sister Xiaolu ? Brother, did you read that right? Why is she here? Why didn’t she come to meet us?” I shook my head, thinking, she was meeting me in my dream, but I dare not tell you what.At this time, Lao Jiu shouted on the intercom: "Dongyu, what are you chasing? It's foggy, be careful." I drove aimlessly, holding the walkie-talkie and said to them: "Dongjiu, Dongfugui, just now there is a red Audi TT sedan with a Beijing V license plate, the driver may be very important to us. Let's split up now, We will gather under the Wanpingkou bridge in a while. Be sure to stop that Audi when you encounter it, wow." "Dong Jiu understands." "Dong Fugui understands." After the two agreed respectively, the three chariots and soldiers divided into three groups, separated on the road, and crossed to various forks. Wanpingkou is a landmark of this small town. A lagoon pours in from the sea to form a natural safe haven, which means the safe entrance of ten thousand ships.Across the lagoon is a magnificent arch bridge. The city of Rizhao is very small, and it runs through the whole city in a short time.I parked the car at the end of the bridge and looked dazed at the bridge hidden in the fog.The fog on the seaside has always been mentioned, and it has never been divided into reasons.It was still early, and I counted the taillights of vehicles that occasionally passed by on the bridge, but I never saw the red Audi again. I asked Lao Jiu and them on the intercom, and they also said they hadn't found anything.I couldn't hold back my strength for a while, and felt terrified. "Xiaolu, Xiaolu, is that you in that red Audi? Is it you who gave me the dream? Are you dead or alive? If you are alive, why don't you come to me? No matter what happens, I will do my best to help You guys, don’t you see that I’m here? What kind of misfortune happened to you?” I jumped out of the car, ran to the edge of the lagoon, and roared a few times at the misty lake, feeling relieved of the oppression in my chest.Xiaotao, Xiaotu and Xiaoru all stood behind me, silently watching but not daring to come over.Little Bear jumped out of the car, sat obediently beside me, and looked at me eagerly with his tongue out.I could see the worried look in its eyes.I squatted down, clamped its head with my arms, and twisted its scalp vigorously with my fist.It whined and didn't dodge.Xiao Tao took a piece of clothing from behind and put it on for me. After a while, two other cars emerged from the fog and pulled up behind us.Lao Jiu and his party jumped out of the car, saw me standing by the lake, and asked Xiaoru with their eyes, Xiaoru shrugged his shoulders and said that he was not very clear.Lao Jiu and Fu Gui came to me and asked me with concern: "What's wrong?" I saw them come to calm down and asked him, "Didn't you find it?" Lao Jiu shook his head and said, "No, who was in that car? Why are you looking for him?" I said, "It looks like a person." Then I looked at Fugui and asked, "Just now at the toll booth, I said that the driver was a woman. Didn't you recognize who it was?" Wang Fugui looked blank: "No? Master Yu, what's the matter? Now drive the car." There are too many women in the car, do you know them?" "That woman looks a lot like Xiaolu!" I stared at him, Wang Fugui frowned: "Xiaolu?" Then he was shocked and said, "Master Yi's wife?" I nodded. "Did you see clearly?" Wang Fugui looked at me suspiciously, "Didn't she disappear with Master Yi for two months?" "When I paid the fee with that just now, I took a look at it, and I can only say that it is very similar." I am a little uncertain at the moment, "After all, I didn't look too carefully." "Don't think about it, I don't think it should be. If it was her, there would be no reason for her not to come to us." Wang Fugui patted me on the shoulder, and I nodded. I knew it was reasonable, but I always felt something was wrong in my heart, but I couldn't put it into words. Lao Jiu handed me a cigarette and asked me: "Didn't the Taoist say he was waiting for us on the ground? How can we find him?" It was only then that I remembered that there was such a thing. That’s right, the old Taoist said he was waiting for me, but he didn’t say how to find him when I got there. Besides, it’s only been a while since he came to the present. After more than ten hours, whether he can arrive is another matter.Before he left, he didn't leave me an address or phone number. Although this city is not big, finding such an old man is like finding a needle in a haystack. I looked at the time, it was almost seven o'clock in the morning, and the sky was already bright at this time, if it wasn't for the fog, we should be able to see the sun.We are now at the seaside. In the past, the bridge was the sea, and we can hear the sound of waves hitting the beach here.The lagoon is connected to the sea. At this time, the water surface is a little high, and it should be just high tide. The Mingwangtai Village we are going to is not far from where we are standing now.If you go further north for more than ten kilometers, you should be able to arrive. I said: "Anyway, we're here, so don't worry about it for a while. Let's go to Mingwangtai Village and find a place to eat. Maybe the old man is here too. He'll wait for us there." "Let's go," Wang Fugui got excited when he heard the meal, and said with a smile, "That's right, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, and that old fairy is watching us from somewhere. Since we didn't tell us how to find him , The appointment is to come to us. That old thing is a thief, who knows what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd? Don’t think about it, I just know where there is a seafood noodle, which is authentic. I will take you to sacrifice the five internal organs first. Temple, let’s talk when we’re full.” A group of us followed Fugui to the seafood noodle restaurant he mentioned, which is not far from Mingwangtai Village, which is also a fishing village.The noodle shop is quite simple, but the taste is really good. The soup is made of various fresh shellfish, and the steaming hot food makes our group enjoy eating.The noodle shop is run by an old couple in their fifties surnamed An.Except for our group of customers, there was no one else in the store.The old man rambled enthusiastically, asking us if we had enough to eat. "Enough is enough." I raised my head and drank the noodle soup in the bowl, then took out a cigarette and handed it to him.The old man took it in trepidation.I ordered it for him and asked him, "Master, is the business still going?" The old man shook his head with a wry smile, pointed to the deserted shop, and sighed: "I can barely eat." I wondered: "Your location is not bad? I think your place is well developed for tourism. How come there are no customers?" The old man took a puff of his cigarette and didn't answer me, but asked me: "Are you here to go fishing?" Wang Fugui and I looked at each other, I nodded, and said with a smile: "Master, you have good eyesight, how did you know that we are here to fish?" "Several groups of people dressed similar to yours have come here in the past few days. They are all here to fish." The old man said with a smile. How many times have we been dressed like this?I thought about what the old man said and felt that it was a bit wrong. Could it be that there are other people involved in this matter besides us?I glanced at Wang Fugui and found that he was also looking at me with a puzzled expression. "How?" I asked the old man with a smile on my face, "Have they gained anything? Didn't they talk about big bass recently?" "What can you gain? The sea is closed, and you are not allowed to go into the sea. It is said to be a military exercise. If you have come two or three months earlier, you can still do it. This time, you may have to make a trip in vain." The old man had just finished speaking. , his wife asked him to serve the dishes, he rubbed his hands and left. I lowered my voice and said to Fu Gui and the others: "It seems that this place is very lively? I dare say we are not the only ones here." "Well, I think it's about the fishermen who caught the treasure before. You don't know about it in our industry? Everyone's nose is like a fly, and a swarm will come when they smell a bit of blood." Fugui said disapprovingly, "Small fish and shrimps can't make big waves. Didn't the old man say that the sea was closed? I guess they wouldn't dare to go and compete with the troops." I gave him a blank look: "Others dare not, and neither do we." "I think that old man should have a way." Wang Fugui wiped his mouth, "Since he dared to fool us, he must have a way to solve this problem. When I came last time, I heard that he has a little relationship with the military. What's involved." Then he sucked his teeth and said, "I just don't know what's going on with that Mr. Yi and whether he can handle it." When Xiao Tao heard this, she immediately pricked up her ears, put down her chopsticks, and looked worried. Suddenly, a few dogs barking came from outside the store, and I tied the little bear outside the door when we came in, for fear that the store would not allow the dog to come in.Hearing it call, I ran out to see it. The fog outside is getting thicker and thicker, it should be a cloud floating over from the sea.I went out and saw the little bear barking into the fog, but I couldn't see what was hidden inside, maybe an occasional passing vehicle or some wild animal.I calmed it down and it calmed down.I went back to the store and told the old man in the store to give Xiao Xiong a bowl of noodles as well. "Face is easy to talk about." The old man looked embarrassed, "But there is nothing for it to do." I thought so too, they run a shop, so they can't give dogs the same big bowls that people use.I'm used to it at home, and it doesn't matter.I fumbled around and saw a washbasin next to it.I pointed to the pot and said, "Just use this pot, and I'll pay for the pot. You don't need to bother when you come to eat again tomorrow." After that, I took out two red tickets and gave them to the old man.The old man took it and carefully tested the authenticity of the light, and then happily told his wife to give the little bear some noodles. I lit another cigarette for him, and he thanked me repeatedly.I asked him, "Grandpa, I also came here a few months ago, but I didn't hear about any military exercises? Why is it suddenly a military exercise?" "What kind of military exercise!" the old man muttered, "It's not because of the Mingwangtai Village." "Mingwangtai?" I pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?" Just as the old man was about to say something, his wife over there knocked on the basin and frowned at him.The old man knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he quickly slapped a haha, turned around and went to serve the little bear.The old man seemed to know something, and the rumors were the fastest in the market. It seems that this matter is no longer a secret in the local area.I wanted to ask a few more questions, but the old man just laughed and said nothing. Knowing that I couldn't get any more words out of his mouth, I had no choice but to give up. When the noodles in the basin were cold, I took them out for Little Bear and placed them in front of him.The little bear didn't eat a mouthful, but looked at the thick fog in front of him warily.Never seen it like this before.Other than foolishly rolling around in front of the girls to act like a good boy, it just ate and drank carelessly, and the gatekeeper never saw it look at it once.What happened this time?I secretly touched a Remington pistol strapped to my waist, and let go of the rope that tied the bear.The little bear jumped into the mist with a "bass".I yelled a few times from behind, and hurriedly followed. The fog was very thick, and the little bear disappeared into a vast expanse of whiteness in a blink of an eye. I chased it in the general direction.I felt as if I was in a big milk vat, and the surrounding mist rolled around me like milk, without any sense of direction.Only the occasional barking of dogs from the mist guides my direction.Lao Jiu asked me what happened on the intercom, I said briefly and asked him to bring Brother Ah Da over. After walking for about ten minutes, the asphalt road under my feet turned into a concrete seawall, and the sound of waves came from my ears.I knew I had come to a place by the sea.The little bear started barking anxiously in front of me, and I hurried to follow the sound.Walking down a step, I stepped on the beach, and vaguely saw a few lines of prints on the sand. I squatted down and looked at it, and found that besides the footprints of little bears and big plum blossoms, there were actually footprints of a group of people, and it looked like Walked barefoot, without shoes.I reached out and pulled the gun out of my waist, released the safety, and slowly followed the footprints.The little bear's voice was getting closer and closer, and occasionally there was a "crash, clatter", like the sound of people running in the water. I speeded up and ran over, shouting the bear's name.When I got close, I saw the little bear barking wildly facing the misty sea, and there was a pile of white things under it.When I got closer, I saw that the lump under the little bear was actually a bloody dead sheep. I searched around with my gun in hand, and checked the footprints.The footprints went into the sea, and there were still a few shallow footprints that were not washed away by the waves.I chased into the sea and checked it out. It was all white and I couldn't see anything, but suddenly I felt a chill on the back of my neck for no reason, as if someone was hiding in the fog and was peeping at me.I looked around cautiously and checked again. Little Bear followed closely beside me, baring his teeth, with an expression of choosing to eat someone. At this time, Lao Jiu asked me where I was on the intercom.I talked about it.But he didn't dare to go deeper by himself, turned around and went back to the dead sheep, and looked through it. It was an adult goat, which seemed to be raised in a nearby village, and weighed about sixty to seventy catties. It had a big cut in its neck and stomach.I checked it with the hunting knife on my body, and found that the blood vessels in the neck of the sheep had been bitten off, and the stomach had been disembowelled, leaving only a pile of rotten intestines in the internal organs, and the heart and liver had long disappeared. Like being bitten by a beast. Hearing Lao Jiu calling my name from a distance, I hurriedly stood up and greeted them a few times.After a while, Lao Jiu, Ah Er, and Ah Fifteen came out of the mist, and each of them leaned over cautiously holding a Remington shotgun.Seeing me, Lao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.He cocked his shotgun upside down and asked me what was going on. I pointed to the dead sheep on the ground, Lao Jiu frowned and squatted down to look at it, and then greeted Ah Wu.Ah Fifteen's eyes were slanted, he stretched out his hand to touch the wound of the sheep, and said in a muffled voice, "It was bitten." Then he turned his head and asked suspiciously, "Huh? What kind of bite is this? Second child, come here have a look." Ah Er squatted down and looked at him, and said the first sentence since I saw him, his voice was a little hoarse, but it sounded as gentle as his pair of glasses, "Tear injury, judging from the cut, there is no dog It's kind of like a piranidae or a cat, but it's a bit like a piranha." "A piranha?" Lao Jiu answered from the side, "Is it the kind of piranha in the fourth master's pond? That thing can run to the village and drag the sheep here? Not to mention how it landed, just How big is it to be able to drag this sheep?" He grabbed the horns and tried, "It's not more than sixty or seventy catties?" "What is this?" Ah Wu squinted and picked out something from the wound on the sheep's belly, but it was a scale.My heart trembled suddenly, the scales were exactly the same as the one in my pocket, and I was in a daze, when suddenly there was a sound of a motor coming from the depths of the thick fog on the sea surface, followed by several gunshots, as if something had been killed Hit, "Zhi Zhi" screamed, it turned out to be mixed with a bit of human voice. I hurriedly squeezed the scales in my palm, greeted them, let's go, go back. Listening to the sound of the gun is not like the shotgun in our hands, but the standard rifle of the army.The old man in the front hall said that the sea was sealed off by the military, so it must be a patrol boat.We all have guns in our hands, so naturally it is not good to stay here anymore. Originally, I wanted Lao Jiu and the others to take the gun back, but when I looked at the situation again, I suddenly remembered that the monster that killed the sheep could go ashore, who knows how many more are hidden in the thick fog.Xiaotao and the others were still in the store, and they were really worried, so they immediately asked Ah Wu to drag the dead sheep, and we all went back to the store. Xiaotao was nervously standing at the door waiting for us to come back.Seeing us coming back, she ran over and threw herself into my arms, saying she heard gunshots.Seeing her pale face, I said a few words of comfort and asked Ah Wu to drag the dead sheep to the shop. When Wang Fugui saw the dead sheep, his face suddenly became a little ugly.I handed him the scales in my hand again.He remained silent for a long time with a sullen face.At this time, the owner of the noodle shop leaned over, saw the dead sheep, and let out a "ah" in shock, then sat down on the ground.Pointing at the sheep, he said tremblingly, "This, this is my sheep." "Your sheep?" I hurriedly pulled him up from the ground and asked him, "Look carefully." The old man tremblingly pointed at the pile of wool dyed black on the head of the dead sheep, feeling a little excited: "Look, look, this is a mark I made with my own hands. This is the only one of my breed. Sheep, why did it die like this?" I reached out and touched the black hair, and the black dye on it stuck to my hand.I smelled it, it was like ink, it was indeed artificially dyed.I weighed what I could say, and roughly told him about the situation just now. After the old man heard my words, his thin body trembled like a leaf in the autumn wind.His wife also stood next to him in panic, not knowing what to do. "It's over, it's over... This is the Sea Dragon King who sent Yasha to take revenge." They said. Sea Dragon King's revenge?I thought about what he said, and exchanged glances with Wang Fugui.Wang Fugui tilted his head thoughtfully, wondering if he thought the same as me.I stretched out my hand to help the old man up, and said, "Master, don't worry. How about this, the sheep will be sold to us." I asked Xiaotao to bring some money over and handed it to the old man, "Take this money and go Buy a new stud." "How did this happen?" The old man came back to his senses, and hurriedly declined, "How dare I..." I stuffed the money into his hand and said, "Why does the Sea Dragon King not belong to the Sea Dragon King?" You can take it with confidence, sir." I pointed to the dead sheep on the ground, "I'll sell this one to us. Find me a woven bag to pack it in." "Guest," the old man looked embarrassed, holding the money in his hand, "It's not that I don't want to sell it to you, but I really can't sell it. He sent Yasha to get what the Dragon King asked for. If he took it, he would return it to you." Well, of course I won’t come to look for us again; but I was intercepted halfway by you again, you are hurting the old man. If the Sea Dragon King gets angry, it will be terrible. So I still have to give this sheep Sea Dragon King send it back!" Most people who rely on the sea to eat are superstitious. They firmly believe that there lives a dragon king in the sea, and the dragon king controls their destiny, their harvest, safety and direction when they go to sea.Everything they have is taken from the sea and is bestowed by the Dragon King, so they worship it devoutly.I envy people like them who have faith. They have a god in their hearts and firmly believe that their offerings will bring peace and well-being.Just like the old man in front of him, he naively thought that if he threw this dead sheep into the sea again, the so-called Yaksha sent by the Sea Dragon King would let him go. I sighed and nodded in agreement.Seeing that I agreed, the old man hesitated to return the money to me.I smiled and said, "Master, we are destined to be together, so you can use the money to buy sheep." The old man hastily declined and said, "This is so inappropriate." "Well, we have to stay here for a few days, and we may have to trouble you to take care of our meals. Your seafood noodles are really not covered." I smiled and patted Fugui.Fu Gui hurriedly said haha, saying yes. Hearing what I said, the old man put the money away with confidence.The fog outside still hasn't dissipated, and we can't go on the road for a while.I looked outside and asked the old man, "Master, how long does it take for this kind of fog to dissipate?" The old man was looking for a woven bag and asked Ah Wu to help him put the dead sheep into the bag go.Hearing my question, he looked outside the door and said, "Such a thick fog is rare, at least it will take three or four hours, and it may not disperse for a day." "Then is there any place to live near here?" I asked the old man, "Hasn't our village started to engage in tourism? See if there is any familiar fisherman's hotel or something that can accommodate us .” "Then don't look for it, the old man's house can live there." The old man put the dead sheep in his pocket and tried to carry it on his shoulders with difficulty.I hurried over to help, took the bag, and asked him, "Are you going to the beach right now?" "I have to go home first. If it's a sacrifice to the sea god, I can't send it like this." Old man An sighed, "Why don't you go back with me first? My place can't compare to a big hotel, but it's still clean , and safe." "That's a good thing." I handed the bag to Ashiwu, and said with a smile to Old Man An, "Let's go and have a look." Then he gave Wang Fugui a look.Wang Fugui understood what I meant, and hurriedly called everyone to go and have a look together.At this moment, I suddenly discovered that there was one missing person among us. "Where's Xiaoru?" I counted the heads, and found that the one who was missing was Xiaoru who had been smiling all the time. I had been busy just now, and I didn't realize that he was missing. "It was still here just now." The little rabbit looked around, wondering, "Huh? Where did you go?" Lao Jiu yelled a few times into the intercom, but no one responded. "Where did this guy go?" Lao Jiu frowned thoughtfully, turned around and asked Ah Shiwu: "Fifteen, did you see him just now?" Ah Wu squinted his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Just when we came back, he wasn't there." The little rabbit looked at the thick fog outside the door with some worry, and said anxiously: "Oh, this dead guy, he won't come out. What's the matter?" "Don't worry, that guy doesn't look like an innumerable person." I comforted Xiaotu, then turned around and asked Fugui, "You didn't look at him?" Wang Fugui tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Master Jiu, didn't he go with you to find Master Yu just now?" Lao Jiu frowned and looked at Ah Er, Ah Er shook his head.Lao Jiu pondered for a while and didn't speak. "That's weird." I thought to myself, Xiaoru doesn't seem like an unreliable person, could something really happen?I looked at the woven bag that contained the dead sheep under Ah Shiwu's feet and felt uneasy for a while.It seems that this is really not a good place, so many things happened as soon as I came here and ate a bowl of noodles. "Look for it quickly, nothing really happened, it's such a big fog." I walked out while talking, "Did you call him?" "There is no signal on the phone." Xiaotu was on the verge of crying while clutching the phone.At this moment, Xiao Wai suddenly shouted at the door: "Don't look for him, he's over there." A group of people hurried out and saw Xiaoru standing behind Cherokee, looking quietly into the fog.Lao Jiu used to ask him with some displeasure: "Xiao Ru, what did you do just now? Why didn't you answer when I called you?" Xiao Ru turned around and booed Lao Jiu when he heard the shout, and pointed at him mysteriously. In the mist.Lao Jiu also looked at it blankly, then waved to me. I walked over and followed the direction they were looking at, but only saw a vast expanse of whiteness, nothing but fog. I asked Lao Jiu suspiciously: "What are you looking at?" Lao Jiu patted Xiaoru: "Yes? You What should we see?" Xiaoru sighed, and said to us in a serious manner: "Don't you think this fog is very beautiful and sad?" Lao Jiu raised his foot and kicked him: "Sorrow? I fucking hurt you internally." Xiao Ru smiled and covered her butt and avoided Lao Jiu's feet.Xiaotu ran over and gave Lao Jiu a look, and muttered, "Why are you hitting someone?" Xiaoru smiled and shook her head and said, "It's okay." Then she asked me, "Are you leaving?" I stared at Xiaoru's smiling face in the mist, and felt something was wrong, but I couldn't tell.Xiaoru found me looking at him, touched his face, and asked me: "Master Yu, what's wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?" I looked at his familiar smile, shook my head, and secretly blamed myself for thinking too much.I smiled and pointed at Xiaotu and said, "Where did you go just now? Let Xiaotu worry for a while." Xiaoru said with a smile: "We don't have such a good fog over there, so I turned around." Then he put away the notebook in his hand and asked me: "It's okay, where shall we go?" I thought to myself, why is this artist so talkative, he can see sadness in a single mist, if the mist lasts for a day, then he still has to shed tears?I thought about it again, um, if the fog doesn't clear for a day, I guess I will cry too, and everything will be delayed. Although that fifteen's eyes were squinted, he was not weak in strength. He carried the sixty to seventy catties of dead sheep in his hands with ease, like a construction worker who had just returned from buying vegetables in the vegetable market.He lifted the back cover of Lao Jiu's horse shepherd, threw the dead sheep in, clapped his hands, let the old man get into the car again, and the group drove towards the old man's house. In the car, I casually asked Xiaoru, "I've known you for so long, and I still don't know your last name." Xiaoru was driving the car, looked at me and said with a smile: "Master Yu, my last name is Shi, and my full name is Shi Xiaoru." "This surname is rare." I smiled and lit two cigarettes and stuffed one into his mouth, "I haven't heard of this surname in Zhangdian'er. Where is your hometown?" "Master Yu is very knowledgeable. I am indeed not from Zhangdian. My hometown is Hebei. I came to Zhangdian when I was a teenager. At that time, something happened in my family and my family moved to Shandong. Counting, I have been here for more than ten years." years." "No wonder." I took a puff of a cigarette and said with a smile, "You are a master's student at Central Academy of Sciences at such a young age. You have a bright future, so why did you follow Lao Jiu? This job is fun, but you are a blood-sucker In business, don’t put your head on the waistband every day, if you lose it, you lose it, and you won’t get a good reputation when you arrive. Look at Lao Jiu, don’t look at him now, no matter where he goes, people call Jiuye, But you don’t know how he got here, he paid his life for it. Now he is successful, but what if his luck is a little bit unlucky?” I sighed, “every year from You know more than I do how many people are caught in the Zhulong River, so, listen to my brother, when we go back this time, we will find someone to make a living." "Jiu Ye is a very nice person, and I am also very well now." Xiao Ru interrupted me shaking his head and smiling, "Master Yu, please don't worry about me. I know all these things, and I have my own plans." When I heard him say that, it seemed that I was a bit of a villain, and if it reached Lao Jiu's ears, I would be a bit unkind.This little Ru, I always feel that he is not like the general underworld, but more like a troubadour wandering in the underworld.From the first time I saw him, I had a good impression of him. Later, when he insisted on coming, I felt that he was a real man who valued love and loyalty. I decided that he was not the kind of person who was greedy for money and risked his life, but after all, he was with me.隔了一层。虽然他每时每刻都在笑，却总让人感觉他存了什么心事。可他既然这样说了，我也不好再问。一时间车内有些沉默。 过了五六分钟，前面老九的牧马人慢慢停下，想是到了安老汉家了。 我跳下车去，发现我们正停在一个小院儿跟前。院里盖了个小二楼，看着倒是很整洁，还挂着个招牌，写着“渔家宾馆”。这里离他那个小店并不太远，大约不到一华里的样子，要是平时开车或许连一分钟都用不了。 安老汉也下了车，招呼着我们进去。我们一行人跟着他进到院里。 从屋里出来了一个年轻的妇人，有着渔家人那种特殊的健康肤色，年纪也在三十岁上下，看到我们来，脸上堆着笑欢迎我们。老头跟我们介绍说那是他儿媳妇，有什么需要的可以直接吩咐她。 因为海边的旅游季节早已过去，店里没有其他客人，几间客房都是空着的。麻雀虽小，五脏俱全，这个小家庭旅馆的房间除了没有独立的洗手间、浴室之外，俨然就是小标准间，收拾得干净利索。被褥什么的都是崭新的。房间里的空气也还算可以。 各自分了房，我与王富贵一间，小桃与小兔一间，其余的人各自都分好了。我洗了一把脸，到院子里走了一下，看到安老汉正在忙碌张罗着一些香烛之类的东西，大约是为了去祭海而准备的东西。那个放着死羊的编织袋被扔在一边，袋口没有绑死，而羊的半个脑袋被露在外面，原本淡金色的眼睛此刻有些灰暗，并没有阖上。 我看着那双眼睛，恍然间觉得躺在我面前的不是一只死羊，倒更像是一个人，一个也有着同样淡金色眼睛的人。我叹了一口气，蹲下身去，伸手想合上它的眼睛。刚摸到它的眼皮，却突然感觉那眼珠好像动了一下，我吓了一跳，怀疑自己看花了。安老汉在一边皱着眉头问我：“怎么了，客人？”我赶忙摇头道：“没事。”老头看了那羊一眼，表情有些凄凉，摇摇头，转身进了旁边的一间小屋。我低下头，鼓起勇气翻了一下那羊的眼睛，却发现之所以眼球看起来有些灰暗，是因为眼球外面盖上了一层像白内障一样的薄膜。我看了一会儿没再发现什么异样，也就不再理会了。 这时候安老汉从小屋里钻出来，手里捧了一块红绸。他来到近前，弯腰把那编织袋从死羊身上扒下来，吃力地想托起它。我见状赶忙上去帮忙，问他：“大爷，怎么没见您儿子？”他把手里的红绸缠到那羊身上，口里说道：“去船厂了，他在那里修船。正好趁现在封海，修修船。” 安老汉最后在羊头上扎了一个大红花，羊尸浑身被扎上了红绸，把那几处有些恐怖的伤口裹住，倒是有了一些祭祀牲畜的样子。老头又找出了一块大木板，让我帮忙把扎得花里胡哨的羊尸体抬上去。他看着自己的劳动成果，叹了一口气。我赶忙给他递了一根烟点上。 这时候，安老汉的那儿媳妇从楼上下来，看样子是帮我们这些人收拾完了。突然看到木板上的羊，她吓了一跳，紧张地问老头：“爸，您这是要干什么？这不是咱家的那大公羊么？它这是怎么了？刚才我还去羊圈里喂它了。” 安老汉听到这里一拍大腿，说了一声“坏了！”然后拔腿就往外跑。 我跟那女人赶忙也追出去。我不知道老头这忽然是怎么了。此时的雾气稍微比刚才淡了一些，我们跟着前面老头的背影追着，老头跑得很快，一点都不像是年过花甲的人。 往前跑了大约四五十米，安老汉的身影停下了。我追过去，看到眼前出现了一个围栏。围栏是用竹子扎起来的，大约有半人多高。因为还有雾，看不清楚里面有什么。围栏上有个简单的门，门上有把铁锁，安老汉正哆哆嗦嗦地掏钥匙，捅了几次锁孔都没有成功。她儿媳妇赶忙接过来替他把锁打开。安老汉刚要往里走，我一把拉住了他。雾气里面传来簌簌的响动，像是有什么活物，我把手伸到腰里，摸着手枪，小心翼翼地走进去，老汉爷俩紧跟在我后面。 我别在腰里的对讲机“嗤嗤啦啦”地响了几声，小桃在里面问我去哪了。我压着嗓子说了一下位置，让老九带人过来。 声音是从围栏里面的一个简易棚子底下传出来的。我扭头跟安老汉说让他们别跟过去，我先过去看看。安老汉有些担心地看着我，我拔出腰里的手枪。在他面前晃了晃，安老汉吓了一跳，指着枪，结结巴巴地说道：“客……客人，你是警察么？怪不得怪不得。”我也懒得解释，也怕他把我有枪的事儿给说出去。我点点头索性承认道：“嗯，我是便衣。大爷你别说出去，我们有任务。”安老汉捂着嘴巴不住地点头，不敢再说一句话，我见他儿媳妇还有些怀疑，也不再解释。 我拉开保险，放缓脚步，小心翼翼地观察着雾里的情况，慢慢地朝那个声音走过去。走到近前，待我看清楚里面的东西，才长出了一口气。 虚惊一场，原来里面挤了一堆羊，有十几只的样子，它们战战兢兢地挤成一堆，好像是受了什么惊吓。见到我过来，它们更是往里挤了挤。 我举着手枪，又四处看了一下，看到窝棚外面的草垛旁边有一堆鲜血，还未凝固，知道这是事发现场。这时候老九、王富贵，还有阿大兄弟三个也赶过来了，手里都提着雷明顿。老汉见到这个阵势，更是捂着嘴不敢说话。 老九没管他们，直接问我：“鱼爷，怎么个情况？”我指着那群羊说道：“没事，虚惊一场。”我看了看他们，问道：“小如呢？” “噢，他跟小歪看着那俩女孩子呢。”老九把枪管朝天举着跟我说道，一低头，看到我脚下那堆血了，立马拉开雷明顿的保险，跳了一下喊道：“怎么还有血？你受伤了？” 我让他把枪放下来，指着棚子里的羊，说道：“甭显摆了，这儿是羊圈，那只大公羊就是从这里被拖走的。” 阿十五蹲下摸了一把血迹，在手里捏了捏。斜着眼说道：“嗯，有快两个小时了。”我算了一下时间，从小熊追出去，到在海边发现死羊，再到现在，差不多一个小时了，现在是八点一刻，我问安老汉的儿媳：“你几点来喂羊的？”那妇人被我们长枪短炮的吓得还没回过神来，听到我问一时没说出话来。安老汉在一边虎着脸说道：“小月，警察同志问你话呢。”她才“啊”了一声，想了一会，说：“六点，潮生早上要到厂里去，我给他做好饭就来喂了。公爹，到底发生什么事了？” 我听她说完，不由得替她感到一阵后怕。也就是说，有可能在她喂羊的那个时候那个东西就在附近，或者压根儿就已经藏在这羊圈里了。 真是万幸，若是稍有差池，可能被拖到海边去的，就不是那只大公羊了。 我又详细地问了她几句，也没听她说出什么不对来。 “鱼爷，您过来看看这个。”王富贵跟阿二站在一处围栏前面喊我。 我走过去，王富贵指着围栏上面的一溜血迹，跟我说道：“应该是从这儿出去的。”我皱着眉头看着那竹墙上的血迹，竹墙有大约一米半高，全是碗口粗的竹子埋在土里形成的，很结实。为了防盗，竹子的顶端都被削出一个锋利的斜尖。我看了一下，那血迹沥沥拉拉地从地面一直延伸到竹墙上面，却没有其他被破坏的地方。 “是跳出去的。”阿二在一边把手里的雷明顿背在肩上，托了托眼镜跟我说道。 “跳出去的？”我比了比竹墙的高度，正好打到差不多我嘴巴的位置，倒吸一口冷气，“啥玩意儿能跳这么高？这里闹袋鼠精么？”我一米八一，就算我脸再长，到我嘴巴的高度也应该差不多一米六了，再加上那个斜刺，我琢磨着一般东西根本跳不过去，更别说是还拖着一只六七十斤的死羊。 “倒是不用袋鼠。”阿二扶着眼镜说道，“很多猫科动物都能跳过去，不过那羊不像是被猫科动物咬的。”他的眼睛从镜片后面瞟了一眼我的口袋，他知道那里面有片指甲盖大的鳞片。我也明白他要说什么。 “这是什么？”旁边的阿十五突然嘀咕道，伸手从竹墙上的斜尖上拿下一块东西，用斜斜楞楞的眼睛看着。我接过来，看了一下。这是一小块布，料子很柔软，上面沾满了泥，还有一些绿色海藻类的东西。 我用指甲把上面的脏污刮下来一些，仔细看了看那布条有些似曾相识的颜色，心里突然咯噔一下，一种不好的预感涌上心来。王富贵见到我面色难看，过来问我：“怎么了，鱼爷？” 我挤出一丝难看的笑容，把布条找了个袋子装起来，跟他说没事。 王富贵撇了撇嘴，递给我一根烟，说道：“您这可不像是没事儿的样。” 然后他把头趴到我耳朵上，悄声问道：“是他么？” 我的情绪瞬间失控了，一把揪住他的衣领，咬着牙朝他说道：“你少跟我这儿胡说八道。”老九在一边吓了一跳，赶忙过来拉住我：“这是怎么了？”王富贵从我手里挣扎出去，躲到一边耸耸肩膀不再说话。 我现在很害怕，我害怕从他嘴里听到那个名字，尽管我早就做了最坏的打算。可是当真相只隔着一层纸的时候，我却发现我依然不能接受这个残酷的事实。或许我在潜意识里一直在告诉自己，我们这次只是来就能把那两个人带回去的，来了就能平平安安地把他们带回去。 老九可能隐约猜到了点什么，拍拍我的肩膀，安慰道：“别往坏了想。” 然后张张嘴，却再也说不出什么话来。 我努力地平复了一下自己的情绪，跟他说没事了，又走到王富贵身边跟他说了声抱歉。王富贵不置可否地耸耸肩，没说话。 扭头看到安老汉蹲在羊棚子里看着他那些羊抽闷烟，我走过去问他：“大爷，别的没少吧？” “警察同志，”安老汉看到我过来，立刻有些紧张地站了起来，跟我说道，“没少。”老九疑惑地看了我一眼，他还不知道我被人当成警察的事情。我给他使了个眼色，他明白了，然后笑着摇摇头，站在一边摆弄手里的猎枪不再说话。 “没少就好。这样吧，”我从口袋里拿出一叠钞票，跟他说道，“我现在代表政府，补偿一下你的损失。” 老汉立刻受宠若惊地推辞道：“这怎么行。你刚才已经给了很多了，我老汉知足了，再说这是海龙王要供养，怎么还能让你掏钱呢？” 我把钱塞到他手里，跟他说道：“刚才给的，是我们的饭钱跟住宿的钱。这个钱，是我代表政府给你的，公家的钱。”老汉听到我这么说。才千恩万谢地接过去，脸色比先前倒是好看了很多。 “大爷，我问你个事儿。”我递给老头一根烟，又有些犹豫地问他，“明望台村离这里多远？” 老头叹了一口气，跟我说道：“你们不是本地的公安吧？是上面下来的？” 我笑着点点头，说是。老汉指着北方说道：“再往北走五六里地就到了。”这么近？我看了王富贵一眼，他朝我点点头。 我又斟酌着挑了几个问题问他。老汉拿到钱，可能也是信了我们警察的身份，就滔滔不绝地跟我说了起来，说那两个村子有几个人，捞到的龙王爷的宝贝给卖了钱，得罪了龙王爷，龙王爷派了夜叉上来，村里死了很多人。后来当兵的来了，就把那村子给围了起来，把海也封了，到现在已经有两个月。大部分情况倒是跟王富贵说的差不多。 “你说的那个夜叉，你见过么？没来过你们村祸害过？”事情都这么久了，这几个村子又隔得这么近，五六里地，也就是两三千米罢了。我怎么看老汉的神情好像是这个村子并没有受到波及的样子。 “以前没有，”安老汉抽了一口烟，脸色又一下子变得很难看，有些期期艾艾地说道，“可是今天，你们也看到了。”他抱着头蹲到地上，开始流泪，“这到底是谁作了孽了，也得罪了龙王爷，怕是我们村也躲不过去了。” 他儿媳妇看到她公爹哭，也眼圈红红地过来把老汉扶起来。这些纯朴愚鲁的人们，在即将到来的灾难面前显得如此地茫然无助。 “大爷，”我不知道该怎么安慰他，“您先别怕，事情还没有那么糟，会有办法的。” “办法？”安老汉突然想起了什么，然后擤了一把鼻涕，焦急地跟他儿媳妇说道，“小月，你快去叫你二爷爷，还有几个大爷到家去，商量一下祭龙王爷的事儿。” 那个妇人点点头，急急忙忙地去了。 我原本想拦住她，现在还不是把事态扩大化的时候，可是这些手无寸铁的人们，此刻除了恐惧，除了奉献与祭祀他们的神，再无他法。他们深信只要是奉献了他们的所有，龙王爷就会饶恕他们。我没有权利去把他们从这个梦中叫醒，有信仰的，总比如我一般没有依靠的好。