Chapter 55: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net
As soon as Xiao Rui spoke, I felt happy. As long as she became normal and was not as scared as before, it was a good thing for me. But the joy flashed and I immediately found that Xiao Rui, who was standing beside me, looked very different from the original one. As for where it was different, I couldn't say it, but there was a feeling of strangeness in an instant, as if there was a stranger by my side.
Before I could wake up from my surprise, I saw the woman opposite change her face, and she couldn't help but take a step back, staring at Xiao Rui with a vigilant look, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
I felt that Xiao Rui beside me was a little weird. At this time, I couldn't help but become scared when I heard the woman say such things. I wanted to break free with Xiao Rui with a swing, but Xiao Rui's hand was not as strong as a person. I couldn't even shake it, let alone break free. Regarding my actions, Xiao Rui just glanced at me lightly, and then continued to stare at the woman without saying a word, saying, "These things are not something you can know at all. Tell me, where is that person?"
After saying this, he turned around to Yang Zijiang. Because my hand was tightly held by her, I couldn't help but turn it around. At this time, I realized that Yang Zijiang was also alert, as if facing a dangerous beast. Xiao Rui said to Yang Zijiang: "And you, tell me, who told you these things?"
Yang Zijiang and the woman's faces were very ugly. Although both of them had always thought of joining hands with me to snatch the fragment of Xiao Rui's body, they were afraid of Xiao Rui, but they were not as afraid as they are now. Moreover, looking at the appearance of the three of them, it seemed that they knew the inside story behind those words, but I, who seemed very important, couldn't touch the mind at all.
For some reason, the woman and Yang Zijiang were obviously very scared of Xiao Rui now, but neither of them was willing to escape. Instead, they slowly moved their steps and moved towards each other. Xiao Rui did not stop them, but just stared at their actions coldly. After a while, the woman and Yang Zijiang finally met. The woman sighed, as if she felt that her power had increased, and then stared at Xiao Rui and said, "Did you do that thing eleven years ago?"
My heart suddenly jumped. Another eleven years ago. It would not be related to the eleven years ago I experienced. Eleven years ago, Yang Zijiang and Wang Zihua and I went to Fengmen Village, Henan Province, and there was a photo. Later, everyone in the photo was missing. Until I woke up from hypnosis not long ago and slowly found some clues. But the more I checked, the more I became confused. I even doubted whether I had gone in the wrong direction. At this time, I suddenly heard someone mention "eleven years ago" and immediately raised my ears and listened carefully.
Xiao Rui watched the two of them slowly gather together and said coldly: "Can you start now?" She actually chose not to answer the woman's words, which made me feel disappointed and then a little angry. Seeing these two women who looked almost exactly like me, I didn't know where the courage came from, I couldn't help but say loudly: "What happened eleven years ago?!"
Xiao Rui - Of course I know that the person next to me holding my hand is no longer the original Xiao Rui. Although I don’t know why, I believe in my feelings very much, and this feeling is very familiar, similar to the Leng Yuegui mentioned before. But because of habit, I can’t help calling this woman Xiao Rui - I glanced at me and said lightly: "Believe me, you won’t want to know."
"He killed everyone!" To my surprise, the woman with scarred face answered my question. She stared at Xiao Rui in front of her and said gritting her teeth: "He killed everyone in the village!"
I was startled and couldn't help but want to avoid it, but Xiao Rui held my hand very tightly, and I couldn't get rid of it. I had to give up the meaningless struggle and said, "Why do you want to kill someone?"
Of course, this is not a question about Xiaorui. I don’t think that the person who occupies Xiaorui’s body will tell me so kindly. I’m asking about that woman.
The woman's face looked even more sad and angry, saying, "For a piece of fragment!"
I felt aroused that even though the network was not as developed as it is eleven years ago, if there were people in the entire village who were killed, such a thing would definitely cause a sensation across the country. Even if the authorities wanted to hide it, it would not be possible that I would not know. But I have never heard of such a thing happening, and the woman in front of me didn't seem to be cheating. The only possibility is: it is also a village like Fengmen Village.
And there is another reason that makes me want to know urgently where the village is, because Xiao Rui said just now that I would not want to know what happened eleven years ago. What I said to that woman, and I look almost exactly the same as them, like a clone, and I suddenly had an idea in my mind: Could I be a person from that village too?
This idea became increasingly strong, which made me almost unable to control my emotions. I asked anxiously: "Where is that village?"
This time, the one who answered me was not that woman, but Xiao Rui. She still had a faint expression and said, "That village is the same as this village. People outside cannot find its existence. Don't ask me why this is the case. If I have to tell a reason, I can only say that this is a magic method."
"Since you want to know, I will tell you. In fact, there are many such villages. The emperors in history can always find one or two pieces of fragments. After the country is destroyed, some of these fragments were obtained by the emperors of the New Dynasty, and some were secretly taken to the deep mountains. The people responsible for protecting these fragments often shoulder an important mission, which is to collect all the fragments and then resurrect the deceased emperors. However, these people do not understand the mystery of the fragments, and these fragments have not been so easy to find for thousands of years, so gradually all of them have become legends.
However, such fragments are not only about generating clones and resurrecting them after death. These people are not qualified to own it. Those who are truly qualified to own it must be the true blood of the emperor."
When I heard Xiao Rui's words, my heart suddenly beat violently, and I remembered the words I found in the bottom of the well in the dark room in the backyard of the old house: "Welcome back, my king", and even more, I remembered Leng Yue, who had no idea where she had gone. She said something I couldn't understand when she was on the ghost. Xiao Rui told me that Leng Yue thought she was the emperor at that time. The two confirmed that it seemed that Xiao Rui was not saying a lie.
What happened next seemed to be insignificant in Xiaorui's mouth, so she said it lightly and disregarded her. She only said that she had taken the fragment and then had to kill the people in the village. However, when she arrived, she found that the number of people in the village was wrong, so she calculated that one person was missing.
Xiao Rui said this to me even more convinced that the woman with scarred faces in front of me could not be considered a normal person. Although the person attached to Xiao Rui did not say it out loud, he must have used some method that I didn't know to prevent those people from being resurrected after death. As for the woman in front of me, she should have been resurrected through some method. This method may be to bury her body in Fengmen Village and bury her here, the biggest possibility is to escape the disaster.
But I couldn't understand it. The person attached to Xiao Rui once said that these things are not something that ordinary people can know. This includes this woman with scarred faces. To know these things, it is only the missing person who told him. I suddenly became very curious about the missing person, wanting to see what kind of person he was, and even the ghost attached to Xiao Rui was obsessed with him.
My curiosity finally made me unable to control my mouth. When asked this question, Xiao Rui's face, which had been dull, finally began to change color, saying: "The scary thing about this person is that he knows a lot of such places, that is, he is likely to get more fragments at any time, and he has a completely different place from us."
I noticed that this ghost is talking about "we", which means that he and the missing person should have the same existence. Could it be that the missing person is actually a ghost? Or is the one attached to Xiao Rui not a ghost at all? I remember Xiao Rui once laughed at me: "Do you know what a ghost is?"
Before I could get around this question, I heard the ghost attached to Xiao Rui continue to say: "He likes to walk outside, write some horror stories, and do some mysterious things. You should have heard of his name outside, and his name is Chu Jiangshan."
My head exploded with a bang. After searching for so long, I finally learned the origin of Chu Jiangshan. Although I don’t know where he is now, at least I know where he is. At this moment, I really want to go to the slaughtered village to see it.
At that moment, I felt my lips dry and my tongue became hoarse, and I said, "Where is that place?"
Xiao Rui and the woman with scarred face were both surprised and closed their mouths and refused to answer my question. I asked loudly again. The expressions on their faces became even more strange. I vaguely felt that there were some things they had not explained to me, but I couldn't make any decisions about this matter. I just hope to know where the place was and then find an opportunity to check it out so that I could find more clues about Chu Jiangshan.
Xiao Rui's face became more and more unnatural. After a while, he snorted and said, "I will catch this leaking fish one day."
I wanted to say something, just at this moment, I saw Xiao Rui's face change, and then the woman with scarred face also changed, and there was a deep fear on her face. I didn't know what happened at first, but I understood the reason after a while.
Because there was a very familiar sound of "papa" clothes, and the sound was getting closer and closer, I found that the scarred woman's face was getting more and more frightened. Then, I heard an old voice saying: "I finally caught this leaking fish today."
A figure slowly walked out of the corner of the house. Her face was full of wrinkles, she was wearing a red shroud and holding a clothes-washing mallet in her hand. While walking, she hit her hand with a hammer, but what she made was the sound of a "papa" hammer hitting her clothes.
Chapter completed!