Chapter 2 second night half face man

"The night is suitable for telling those bizarre stories." The friend stretched his waist.Drag the jacket away and do it cross-legged on the ground.There is no furniture in his house, and all the visitors make the floor.Because he said that he hates chairs, and doing it on the ground is the style of the ancients. "Continue to tell, what half-face story." I urged. "Well, that's right. I'm afraid this is the weirdest story I've ever heard. Even the narration makes me tremble a little bit. As usual, I travel without a destination, but I usually choose more remote places, you know there are often many strange and interesting stories there.But before, I just heard about it, but this time I experienced it myself.

I came to a village. In fact, this village is so big that it can almost be regarded as a miniature city.Everyone in the village has different jobs, which just constitutes a demand circle, and everyone is self-sufficient.So gradually isolated from the outside world.But they are still very hospitable, when I come they are very kind to entertain me.In addition, I have also studied medicine for several years, and I can also help them treat some common diseases.They treated me as a guest of honor.And passed on to become a miracle doctor.Ha ha. "My friend smiled complacently. I know that he actually had outstanding grades in college. Although he doesn't like being a doctor, he belongs to the kind of person who wants to learn well even if he doesn't like it. So even if he doesn't inherit that Compared with inheritance, he will also become an excellent doctor. Seeing that he is so happy, it is estimated that the people in that village really respected him at that time.

"But it didn't take long. The village head invited me to his house. The village head is the most respected person in the village, quite the same as the patriarch. It can be said that he is almost the local king. Of course, he is also very friendly. But He has always maintained the dignity and majesty he should have. But this time he appeared very humble, as if he was begging me. 'You are simply a god. The people in the village say that you have excellent medical skills, and you even solved several intractable diseases that have plagued them for a long time. You are just too powerful. 'The village head kept complimenting me, almost blowing me off.

'Speaking of which, is there someone in your family who is also sick? ' I asked him with a smile.But the village chief looked embarrassed, as if it was difficult to speak, and every time he wanted to speak, he swallowed it back.Finally, he whispered to me as if he had made up his mind; "It's my son, about the same age as you, and he was originally a very good person.But I don't know when he locked himself up, stayed in the room every day, only ate the meals we sent, but never saw our family.My mother and I were going crazy.As a result, God sent you here, and you must save him. 'The village chief burst into tears at the end, and almost knelt down.I don't think it's that simple, and I'm afraid I can't handle it with my medical skills.But I still agreed to go to his house with the village chief to find out the situation.

The village chief's house is indeed more grand, but it is still an ordinary brick house after all.However, it is slightly larger than ordinary villagers' houses.The house has two floors.There is also a large yard in front of the door, where some poultry are kept.The smell of raw vegetables (in fact, farmyard manure) wafts from the right side of the house.Compared there are toilets and vegetable gardens.The only thing that made me uneasy was that big dog with a height of half a person and a black rice-colored dog. Seeing that I was a stranger, it grinned at me and barked in its throat.I know this kind of dog is extremely dangerous.So I stopped.The village head quickly scolded it to go away before I dared to go in.

The village chief's family is very friendly and is a typical hospitable peasant family.I have always wondered what kind of disease a child raised in such an ordinary family has. The village head took me up to the second floor and came to a room. "That's right, my son's name is Zhuzi, and he has locked himself inside for a whole month. I really can't help it. If you didn't come, I would go out to find a doctor." The words of the village chief were all troubled. "Have you spoken to him? Since he shut himself up." I asked. The village chief shook his head, and I signaled him to go down. At that time, I thought it might be some psychological problems caused by the irritability of young people in adolescence, so it might be better for me to let the village chief, who is my father, avoid it.It turned out that my thinking was actually too simplistic.

The village chief went downstairs, muttering in a low voice, and he could vaguely hear that he hoped that I could be cured this time.I looked at his back and felt that he was indeed very pitiful. "Are the pillars inside?" I knocked on the wooden door lightly. The texture of the door was very rough with burrs. The first hit hurt me a lot, so I put in a little less effort. Zhuzi didn't answer me, which is also expected.So I started what is called psychotherapy.It's nothing more than something I haven't completely forgotten in my college psychology class.Too bad it didn't work at all.An hour later, I started to make a fuss, and suddenly became curious about the people inside.I looked around and saw a small irregular hole in the lower right corner of the door.I squatted down hard, trying to see inside.

I finally set my own eyes on the hole.Not enough light to see clearly.But I still vaguely saw a tall silhouette sitting on the head of the bed.It is estimated that he is the pillar.He sat there indifferent like a statue.I suddenly had a very impulsive idea.What if I yelled, I see you right now? I did so, yelling at the door, "Pillar, I see you, you're sitting on the edge of the bed!" Sure enough, he reacted, and it was violent.He hugged his head and rolled on the bed in fear.Shouting in his mouth: "Don't look for me! I've already been punished!" Seeing him like this, I realized that the situation was not in seconds.Immediately afterwards, he stopped moving on the bed and lay on his back in a big shape.

I quickly called the village chief.Let him knock the door open.The doors are solid.It took a lot of effort for me and the village chief to break away.But when the village head and I went in, the village head looked at the person lying on the bed suspiciously and said something that surprised me: "This, this is not my son!" I looked at the village head in surprise and then at the young man on the bed.His facial skin is very dark, with a broad forehead, a huge aquiline nose, and a few hard-looking beards growing sparsely on his thick lips, which reminds me of pork belly that has not been plucked in the cafeteria.It is true that he does not look like the village head from any angle.

"This is Xiao Liu, Zhu Zi's good friend." The village head added. Looking at Xiao Liu's face, I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't see it.In fact, if you think about it afterwards, you can see it if you pay more attention at that time. Xiao Liu woke up quickly.He was still terrified.And he kept covering his right face and didn't speak.Obviously he should know the whereabouts of the pillars.But his mood was very unstable, and he couldn't find out why.We had no choice but to let him rest first, and I went downstairs with the village chief. "Where does this Xiao Liu live? Who is he?" I had to figure out Xiao Liu first.

"He is a good brother of Zhuzi who has been pulling urine mud since he was a child. The two of them are stuck together like adhesive tape." The village chief sighed. "Actually, I am very opposed to it, because this little Liu is idle on weekdays, thinking all day about how to make a fortune in one step. He often encourages our Zhuzi to do some boring things with him, saying that it is to prepare for making a fortune in the future. Zhuzi also Follow him stupidly. Hey, what a crime." It seems that Xiaoliu is just a vagrant.But why is he in the room of the pillar, and he lives there for half a month? "When was the last time you saw the pillar? What was the situation at that time?" I suddenly felt that I was not practicing medicine, but solving crimes. I dreamed of being a detective since I was a child, and I felt inexplicably excited. "A month ago, it was night, he hurried home, said he had a stomachache, and ran upstairs. But he never came down again." "Are you sure it's a pillar? Didn't you find out that Xiao Liu had come?" "It's definitely a pillar, I don't know my own son?" the village head said firmly. In fact, with the structure of the village head's family, if Zhu Zi sneaked out later and let Xiao Liu come in to replace him, it is also possible.But what is he running from?And when I yelled that sentence, why was he so flustered and scared?But I still think it's better to go to Lie Xiaoliu's house first. I went to Xiaoliu's house under the leadership of the village chief.Sure enough, such families are often very poor.Xiao Liu's parents are both extremely honest farmers.I also saw the legs for Xiao Liu's mother.So they still know me. After a while of pleasantries, we asked them about Xiaoliu's recent situation, and both of them shook their heads and said that he had been missing for almost a month.Because he often wandered around and couldn't stay home, the old couple didn't care.Then the mother asked vigilantly: "Did Xiao Liu get into trouble outside?" "No, it's Zhuzi who asked me to come and see him." The village head responded according to the words he had prepared in advance.The two couples also seemed a little more at ease. After leaving Xiaoliujia, the village chief became even more worried. "Looking at the time, it turns out that Xiao Liu stayed in that room for a few days when Zai Zhuzi came." I stroked my chin, this is the posture I'm used to, even though I don't have a beard. The question now is where the pillar has gone. To find out, the only way to find out is when Xiao Liu in the village chief's house wakes up. But Xiao Liu couldn't wake up. The village chief and I knew it as soon as we got back to his house.Xiao Liu died suddenly in the room less than half a stick of incense after we went out.The same posture as when we walked.But he was still breathing when we left. Things are different when someone is dead.I feel like I can't handle it anymore.I asked the village chief to call the police. "Police? We don't have one here." The village head shook his head like a rattle. "Then how do you deal with something that usually happens?" "We rely on the people in the village to jointly decide." The village chief said as it should.It is really a wonderful village, and it is so good to keep such laws and regulations as King Wen of Zhou. I had no choice but to ask the village head to gather everyone together, and don't tell Xiao Liu's parents.I can't bear to see them sad, and most importantly, if they cry, it will definitely make things more troublesome.I stayed alone in the room where Xiao Liu died and looked at his body, because I believed he should die very unwillingly. I'm not a forensic doctor, but I'm still a medical school graduate.I vaguely remember what the professor taught in anatomy class.I began to look at Xiao Liu's body carefully. There is no trauma on the surface, at least it looks to the naked eye.I just went out with the village head for more than an hour. Although the village is not big, Xiaoliu’s family and the village head’s house live in two extremes, so it took some time to walk there.The body was still warm, but spots had begun to appear, though not yet noticeable.But what interests me the most is the left side of his face. The left side of his face is completely asymmetrical with the right side.It can almost be said that two different faces were cut in half and put together.And I found some difference in the plaque on the left side of the face. Corpse plaques first appear 30 minutes after death, and generally begin to appear 1-2 hours after death.The formation and development of corpse spots can be divided into several stages. The initial stage of plaque formation is called the fall accumulation period.This phase is clearly visible within 5-6 hours after death.Sustainable 6 --- 12 hours.During the accumulation period, the plaques fade or disappear when pressed, and they reappear when the pressure is released.If you change the position of the corpse in the previous stage.The plaques change accordingly, reappearing in new low places. The second stage of plaque development is the diffusion stage.It takes about 8 hours to develop from death to the diffusion period, and it lasts to 26---32 hours.At this stage, the plasma stained red by hemoglobin soaks into the surrounding tissues. At this time, the plaques cannot completely disappear after pressing, but only slightly fade. After the pressing is stopped, the plaques return to their original color slowly.If the position of the corpse is changed, some plaques may be displaced, while others remain in the original position. The third stage of the development of the plaques is that they infiltrate into the tissue for a long time. In this stage, the plaques will not change color or disappear when pressed with fingers. If the position of the corpse is changed, the plaques will no longer transfer. The plaques on other parts of Xiao Liu's body belonged to the first stage, which is also normal, but what is puzzling is that the plaques on the left side of his face did not change color or disappear under the backlog of his thumb.It was obviously the plaque that would only be produced when the corpse was left for a period of time. Moreover, the corpse spot on the left side of the face is red, and red corpse spots appear only on people who freeze to death. Frozen to death? It's summer now! I left here frowning. Although I have touched many corpses, it has been a long time since I saw them, and I am still a little uncomfortable.I came downstairs. The village chief has brought in several important people, all of whom hold positions in the village.They all believed that the village head would definitely not harm Xiao Liu in the first place.Then they discussed whether to just bury Xiao Liu like this.I stood aside and waited for them to disperse before I went to ask the village chief. "Is there anywhere near here that's cold? So cold that you can freeze to death?" I asked. "Cold?" The village head looked at me strangely, it's no wonder, but he thought for a while, and told me: "Yes, sometimes it's too hot here in summer, so we opened an ice cellar in the back mountain to store Some ice cubes, what's up?" "Take me right away, quick." I said in an unquestionable tone.The village head had no choice but to take me there, although he seemed very surprised. We soon came to the ice cellar in the back mountain.It is said to be an ice cellar, but it is actually just a basement.It is estimated that it was used to store vegetables in the past.But it's a bit cold just getting close. The village chief opened the ice cellar at my begging.I walked in with him.Sure enough, I found what I was looking for by my intuition, no, it should be a person, or more precisely, it should be a corpse. This corpse can't live on a pillar, and it's very strange. This person's clothes don't look like people from the village, but he looks like he came from the city. curled up.Moreover, this corpse has no face. You can imagine what the faceless corpse looks like. Although his face is covered with frost in the ice cellar, it looks even more terrifying.But judging from his posture, I can still tell that he is about a man in his thirties. We brought people in quickly, but I didn't let them take the corpse out, because it would be highly decomposed quickly, and if the thinking in my head is correct, he should have a lot to do with Xiaoliu's death and Zhuzi's disappearance big relationship. Everyone stood behind talking, and I suddenly found that the village head's face was ugly.In the whispers of the crowd, I seemed to hear that Zhuzhuhe was in charge of the ice cellar, and only Zhuzihe and the village head had the key to the icehouse.In this way, the suspicion of Zhuzi is as obvious as a lice on a monk's head. There were two corpses in a row, and they all died abnormally.I still called the police. Although the village head objected, everyone still thought it was better to call the police. What I saw on the faces of some people in the crowd was not a kind of responsibility, but a look of gloating like they were falling into trouble.They seem to have two faces, one is demanding justice for the dead, and the other is smiling. It will take some time before the police come and I'll have to see what else I can do.The village chief seemed very unhappy. No wonder, it seemed that I threw two corpses of strange causes into this lonely and quiet mountain village as soon as I came, and no one would be happy. The faceless corpse, and Xiao Liu's bizarre left face.I suddenly thought of the right face of the dead man in the ice cellar?I suddenly thought about everything and got an answer, but I had to confirm it with the village chief first. I looked at the village head suddenly, and he looked around in a daze.I pull him aside.He asked him in a low voice: "Tell me, where did you hide the pillar?" The village head was startled, "What are you talking about? I haven't seen my pillar for more than a month. You should ask me." "Xiao Liu didn't want to stay there, maybe you locked him there?" I struck out a match and lit a cigarette.I didn't look at the village chief, because eyes are a weapon of dialogue, and if they are used too much, they are useless. Sure enough, the village chief started sweating six times, and his eyes rolled around like dice in a sex cup.But he still said nothing. "When I first came to help Xiaoliu's mother to see a doctor, she mentioned his son, saying that his son suffered from long-term throat problems, and his voice was hoarse, which was very different from others. You shouldn't be here Haven’t you heard the so-called Zhuzi speak in a month? Even if you haven’t. You said that you deliver meals every day, but Xiaoliu’s skin is very dark, so your Zhuzi shouldn’t be black, right? Have you ever doubted it? ? Well, I admit that I’m all hypothesizing, but when the police come, it’s useless for you to hide it any longer.” The village chief's forehead was covered with sweat. "I hid the pillar, but I will not hand him over, because he has already received retribution, and even if he is handed over to the police, it will only cause chaos." "Retribution?" I asked suspiciously. "Yes." The village chief lowered his head and began to describe the terrifying scene he saw a month ago. "I had just had dinner with Zhuzi's mother that day, and Zhuzi rushed home panting, ransacking the box and cabinet, and asked us for money, saying that I would go out with Liu Zi for a while. I started to feel bad, and forced him to ask him This kid has no scheming, so I'll take all the tricks if I force him. Only then did I know that he and Xiaoliu had killed people." When the village chief said this, he burst into tears, almost choked up and unable to speak, so I had no choice but to pat him. He shouldered, indicating not to get too excited. "He said that he and Liu tricked a foreigner to buy ice. It is said that the man wanted to open an ice bar, and what he wanted was the ice made of the pollution-free water quality here. Anyway, he sold it to rich people. The pillars are in the small After Liu's persuasion, he had to take the man to the ice cellar. But the man said he would buy them all, and threatened that he would have to sell them if he didn't sell them, otherwise he would bring someone. The ice in the ice cellar belonged to the whole village. Refrigerators and the like, I rely on this ice cellar to escape the summer heat. So Zhuzi didn’t want to sell it, and as a result, the three of them had an argument. When pushing, the person was pushed hard by Xiao Liu, and his face hit the ice cubes covered with edges and corners On the ground, the smashing was beyond recognition. He shouted murder, murder. As a result, the pillar smashed the back of his head with ice, and the man fell down and did not speak. When the two saw that something had happened, they ran away from each other and went home. Let's go together to hide from the limelight." "Why did the face of the dead body in the ice cellar disappear?" I asked, even if it was smashed to pieces, it's not the same as having the face removed. "I don't know, maybe this is their retribution." The village head continued. "Knowing this, my lungs exploded. I took a bench and threw it on him, but he is also my son. Once the villagers know about the ice cellar, he will not be able to escape responsibility. I had no choice but to agree. Hid him, and planned to find an excuse to seal the ice cellar after a few days. But after a few days, the face of the pillar changed." The village chief's tone suddenly became terrified. "His right cheek was very itchy at first, and then he often said it was cold. Then he developed a lot of spots, and finally it rotted, and it was very smelly, with pustules one by one. He complained of pain every day. But I tried many methods to no avail. .After a while, my face recovered, but, but..." The village chief paused. "However, his right cheek is numb, just like someone who has had a stroke. He can't do all the movements on that side, and his eyes can't close. Food and drink leak out. He often yells that there are ghosts and ghosts." I was afraid of offending other people, so I had to hide him, near the ground mining toilet at the back of the house. And Xiao Liu also came, and he said he had similar symptoms, so he came to Zhuzhu because he was scared. I had to hide him Xiaoliu hid in Zhuzi’s room again. He said to the outside world that Zhuzi had a strange disease and didn’t want to see anyone. You just came at that time, and I wanted you to be a cover. After all, a doctor came and didn’t let him see Zhuzi. It's going to be a talking point." The mayor finally finished speaking.I also ran out of cigarettes.I slowly said to the village chief: "That man died of freezing. It is estimated that Zhu Zhu and Xiao Liu just knocked him unconscious. But in fact, he could be saved, but they were so scared that they locked him in the ice cellar." He froze to death alive. As for Zhuzi and Xiaoliu's strange disease, I can't explain it clearly, although I am an atheist in theory. You should take me to meet Zhuzi first." The village chief looked at me and finally believed me. He nodded and told others to take care of the matter.Take me back home. I finally saw the pillar in the dark room in the backyard.He is close to dementia.Extended slack and photophobia.Keep giggling.But that laugh is horrible.Only half of the face is smiling.The village chief wiped his tears and said, "Even if I raise him for the rest of my life, I still want to raise him." "Don't hit him, Xiao Liu, don't." Zhu Zi shouted suddenly, then knelt on the ground like crazy and passed out.The village chief and I hurried over to help him.You can straighten him up and take a look.There was actually a hint of a smile on his expressionless face, although it was only for a moment, but I'm sure I saw it right.It was a smug smile after revenge.And on that side of the face, I saw the same corpse spots on Xiao Liu's face. "He's dead." I looked at Zhu Zi's pupils and said softly.The village chief wept loudly like a child, holding Zhuzhu's body tightly.Tears and snot all stuck to Zhuzhu's face. I stood up.get out of the house.Suddenly, I thought of a book I read a long time ago.It is said that people can take revenge on others by cutting off their own face with strong resentment before dying.At that time, I thought it was just nonsense, but I didn't expect it to be true. The matter ended quickly, the village head was no longer the head of the village, and the bodies of Zhu Zi and Xiao Liu were also taken away.The evidence at the scene also showed that it was indeed as described by the village chief.And just as I thought, the face of Bingjiao's corpse was cut off by himself. I left the village.Before leaving, I visited Xia Xiaoliu's parents.They still don't have too much sadness, maybe it's just that I can't see it. When I was sent away, the people in the village were already discussing how to rebuild an ice cellar and how to sell it. " I looked at my friend, and it seemed that he also had a weird smile on his face. "Is there really such a thing? You can take revenge on others by cutting off your own face?" I asked curiously. "Who knows? Maybe Zhuzi and Xiaoliu were just scaring themselves, but no one knows what they saw before they died. Also, it was said later that during the autopsy, the spots on their faces disappeared again. Haha, isn't it strange?" "It's quite strange. Hey, sometimes crimes are just a flash of thought. Getting retribution is also unavoidable." I sighed. "That's impossible. Sometimes, bad luck will find you by itself. Just like the salesman I knew who wanted to make his skin whiter." "Oh? What's that story?" "Only talk one night." My friend stood up and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it tomorrow night. If you listen too much, be careful not to have nightmares. Go to sleep, I'm tired from talking." After finishing speaking, he went to his room up. I had to lie down and sleep, and fell asleep quickly. Fortunately, maybe it is not easy to have nightmares during the day, I slept very comfortably.