Sister Li remained silent, as if she was lost in thought. Suddenly, she said without thinking: "Is there really such a wonderful monkey in the mountains? How come I have never heard of it, let alone seen it?" It's so wonderful to breed monkeys that it doesn't seem real. There probably aren't any such monkeys in our mountains or even in the world."

The cousin smiled slightly: "This kind of monkey has been recorded in our local chronicles. However, it may be due to environmental, climate change and other reasons. No one has seen this monkey again in at least the last hundred years. Planting monkeys.

But this is normal. For example, in the Song Dynasty, there were wild tigers in Shandong. This may be a bit incredible to people today. So as time goes by, the natural environment and species of a place have changed. Big changes are possible.

Although this kind of monkey has disappeared in our mountains, monkeys with such weird living habits do exist in the world. They now live in the forests of the Congo in Central Africa, called Bonobo.

Bonobo's female monkey will always carry the body of the baby monkey, and if the baby monkey dies, she will not be willing to throw it away until the baby monkey's body rots or even becomes mummified."

My cousin is still knowledgeable, and these words have added a lot of knowledge to us.

After some discussion, it was already past nine o'clock. Because Sister Li and I usually don't go back too late, we were about to leave. Suddenly, at this moment, we heard several thunders outside, followed by a crash. A roaring rainstorm.

In our place, the rain is the loudest in late summer and early autumn.

We have all been too busy recently and have not had time to check the weather forecast, so we had no idea that there would be heavy rain tonight.

Then I remembered that when I came this afternoon, there was no sun and it was still very hot. It took more than ten minutes to ride to my cousin's house. I was sweating profusely, but I kept thinking about what happened last night. He didn't seem to pay much attention to the sweltering heat.

Moreover, the air conditioner has been turned on at my cousin's house, so I didn't feel hot after entering the house. Only now I noticed that the sweltering heat during the day was actually a sign of heavy rain tonight.

A few of us walked to the window and took a look. It was already pouring rain outside the window.

In this way, my cousin asked us to stay, not only because of the heavy rain, but more importantly, on such rainy days, blind men are more likely to launch attacks, and unexpected dangers are also more likely to occur.

From what happened later, we realized that it was fortunate that my cousin made this decision, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

At that time, we just felt that what our cousin said was reasonable. Once danger occurs, we can be most effective when we face it together. So, I and Sister Li decided not to go back at night, and stayed at my cousin's house as before. .

After dinner and clearing away the dishes, it was already around ten o'clock in the evening. We still sat together and seriously discussed everything we encountered last night. We wanted to analyze from this information whether these strange things were really arranged by the blind man. , so that we can know how we should respond.

Since we want to start with that fox, let’s start by discussing the bloody fox.

Xiao Lei thought that since the fox could be attracted to the pit, could the pit also produce that special corpse smell?

But what the few of us smelled by the pit was just the smell of rotten eggs and no other smell. How can we explain this?

When Xiao Lei asked, everyone fell silent. Yes, what is going on? I really can't figure it out. Regarding the smell of corpses, I smelled it when I was a child. I know how unpleasant that smell is. The smell of rotten eggs is very different. Although what the blood fox smells is not just the ordinary smell of corpses, but also mixed with the smell of living things, we all feel that it should not be a rotten egg anyway. taste.

Since it's not the kind of corpse smell that foxes like, why would the blood fox go to the pit and squat there as if waiting for something?

What's even weirder is that it actually squatted there, stretched out its neck, and screamed. The scream was very much like a toad's cry, and it was also like a human's laughter.

Why did the blood fox behave so strangely? We discussed it for a long time, but we still couldn't decipher the mystery.

The cousin thought for a long time and then said slowly: "All things considered, the monster in the pit probably came up from the mud in the pit after hearing the cry of the bloody fox, but the fox also Why was it necessary to lure the monster up from the pit, and why would the monster pick out the spiritual fetus and gnaw it after it surfaced? Also, that monster was most likely a blind man from Shanghai. I stole it from Taoist Yang, but why did I put it in that pit?"

We have made various guesses regarding these issues, but after careful consideration, we feel that every guess is wrong.

Time passed so fast, and before I knew it, it was already midnight again. My cousin yawned and said, "About these mysteries of the bloody fox, I think we won't be able to figure it out for a while. Let's go ahead." Rest, recuperate, and let’s study it carefully.”

After hearing what he said, we all stood up and started to wash up and get ready for bed.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. Inside the house, you could hear the rainwater rushing down from the drainage pipes of the building. The sound was very loud.

My cousin and Xiao Lei carefully checked whether the doors and windows were closed before returning to their respective houses. Xiao Lei originally wanted me to stay in his room, but I always felt like two men were on the same bed. It felt weird and uncomfortable, so I decided to sleep on the sofa in the living room, while Sister Li slept with Hongmei.

After everyone returned to the house, I also turned off the lights in the living room, and then lay on the sofa. For some reason, in the darkness, I listened to the rumbling thunder outside and the rushing water in the building's drainage pipes. Although I was very sleepy, I couldn't fall asleep. I lay on the sofa in the living room and stared at the lightning streaks outside the window.

Suddenly, I didn't dare to look out the window because I was afraid that something terrible would suddenly appear outside the window under the light of lightning.

However, the less I dared to watch, the more I wanted to watch. I tried to calm myself down, but I couldn't help cursing myself secretly. Why have I become so timid? Xiaolei, Hongmei, Sister Li, and my cousin are all here with me. In the same house, what else do I have to fear?

I don’t know how long it took, but just when I was in a daze, half asleep, I vaguely seemed to hear something rustling on the window, because I had an indescribable worry. , so even such a small movement made me wake up immediately, open my eyes vigilantly and look towards the window.

Through the light of lightning that flashed from time to time, I saw a big black cat raised by my cousin, lying on the window, clawing at something with its paws.

I quickly sat up quietly, stretched my head, and squinted my eyes, trying to see clearly what the cat was pulling at. The moment I saw it clearly, I was a little surprised. The cat was actually pulling at the window with its claws. Upper, semicircular pin lock.

Why does it do this?

A few years ago, the public security in our small county was very poor. Breaking in and burglaries, and even robberies, often occurred. Later, some households in the county installed anti-theft glass. This kind of glass is very hard. Even if a strong man hits it hard with a big oil hammer in turn, it will only crack at most, but will not break this kind of anti-theft glass. Some people say that this kind of glass cannot even be penetrated by bullets.

In addition to my cousin's house, Sister Li and I also have this kind of glass installed in our house. This is why as long as the windows are closed, we are not afraid of blind people breaking in through the windows.

But at this moment, why did the black cat open the lock on the window? Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind, could this have something to do with the blind man Gao?

I quickly picked up an ashtray from the coffee table next to me, walked barefoot on the thick carpet, and tiptoed behind the big black cat. At this time, I saw the semicircular latch on the window. , has been mostly opened, the big black cat seemed to be possessed by a demon, desperately and clumsily pulling at it with one paw. After all, its claws are not human hands, and human hands can easily open the lock in one go. The cat can only use its claws to remove it mechanically.

I did not stop it immediately, but quietly approached the window, stretched my neck through the glass, and looked out the window. At this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed, allowing me to see the most terrifying scene clearly (until many years later , This scene often appears in nightmares, and I am always scared to wake up.), I saw the blind man holding the lower edge of the window with his hands, and the blood-red fox, Lying on his shoulder, both the blind man and the fox were looking up, obviously waiting for the black cat to unlock the window, so that he could open the window from the outside. Jumped into the house.

Similarly, through the light of lightning, he also saw me standing in the window, staring at him. This is how we have looked at each other so closely for so many years. His deep-set eye sockets and skeleton-like thin face, I can see everything clearly.

This scared me so much that I almost peeed. On this weird rainy night, I was alone and unprepared to see this demon. You can imagine how scared I was.

I wanted to shout loudly to ask Sister Li, Xiaolei, Hongmei, and my cousin to get up quickly, but I opened my mouth and no sound came out. It was like I was in a nightmare, and I couldn't scream. I want to move but I can't.

When Blind Man Gao saw me standing in the window and watching him, he jumped and fell down in a hurry. I stood there blankly for several decades before finally shouting feebly. : "Everyone, come quickly, something happened."

Then my legs went weak and I sat on the carpet. My heart shrank into a ball and twitched violently. I felt like my whole body was trembling.

Although my shout was not loud, Xiaolei and his cousin heard it first, because the door of Xiaolei's room was ajar. I knew that on this rainy night, they did not sleep well and kept silent. Be extremely vigilant.
Chapter completed!