dead person

Before he knelt down on one knee, a crutch was placed in front of him.

Du Guoquan's words were filled with a smile: "What do you think your child is doing now? Something happened to your father, so I'm naturally not happy."

With his walking stick, he pointed towards some burly men in the crowd: "Fellows from my hometown, please help Changyuan go down early tomorrow morning to find someone."

Although the people who were pointed out were unwilling, they did not dare to refute Du Guoquan's arrangement, not to mention that Du Changyuan was still following them with gratitude, so they naturally couldn't say anything more.

That night, Du Changyuan tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.The faces of those who had died and the last expressions on their faces always appeared in front of him.

He guessed that Du Changhong was probably dead.

When it was almost dawn, he fell asleep in a daze.This time, he didn't sleep well. He seemed to be able to hear footsteps and someone's indistinct voices all the time.

There is nothing more, but I can't see or hear clearly.

Waking up from the dream profusely in sweat, he turned on the light, only to hear the sound of rain falling from the outside of the house, Little Moon's hair all stood up, and he let out a vigilant grunt.

He pushed the quilt away and sat up, a note fell from the quilt to the ground.

He picked up the note with a puzzled expression, but saw a few words cut out from nowhere on it.

Next, it's your turn.

Du Changyuan sneered, crumpled up the piece of paper in his hand, and pushed open the door with his clothes on.

In the yard of their house, except for the bluestone slabs under the eaves, the rest of the ground is red clay.At this moment, on the red clay, there was a row of footprints walking towards the room where he slept.

"Who the hell are you? Get out!"

Since there are no footprints to go out, that person is still here in all likelihood.Barefooted, Du Changyuan casually picked up the wooden stick behind the door and searched for them one by one along the room.

The little moon still stopped in the room where he slept, but shrank nervously to the corner of the door.

Du Changyuan only heard a scream from it, and when he ran back from the next door, he saw the back of a man jumping off the wall of their house.

When Du Changyuan chased him out again, there was already no one outside.

Alarm bells were ringing in his heart, the person just now was most likely the murderer.Could the note left behind be a hint of death?

He clearly remembered that he was the one who put him to sleep last night, how did that person come in and put the note on his bed?

Du Changyuan was terrified in his heart. The only ones left in this village were some old and weak women. He never thought that there would be people in this village who would endanger his life.

The person just now had 1 chances to kill him.

Du Changyuan quickly put on his rain boots, opened the door and began to follow the footprints to find the past.On such a heavy rainy day, no matter how fast he ran, he still couldn't erase all the traces.

The row of footprints finally disappeared near a pond in the innermost part of the village.The pond is not big, and the green water in the pond is a bit dark, and it looks like it is bottomless.

In the distance, Du Changyuan stopped.He was born with a little fear of water, so naturally he didn't dare to continue chasing into the water.

He shrank his body stiff from the cold, squatted quietly by the small pool and waited.If that person really dived into this pool, he would definitely come out if he didn't want to be drowned.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the water surface of the pool has only circles of ripples from the rain.

Du Changyuan yawned, read aloud, did I read it wrong, and turned to leave.

As soon as the footsteps were gone, a long string of bubbles appeared on the water surface of the pool, and amidst the rippling water, a figure emerged from the water.

The figure was swimming from the water to the water's edge, its outstretched hand was about to reach the edge of the pool, and then retracted.

Once again, it dived into the bottom of the water like a water ghost.

Du Changyuan hid in a corner near the pool where he could have a panoramic view of all the scenery around the pool, and waited for more than ten minutes, but no one came out.

He returned to the water's edge in disbelief, looked at the calm water surface, and without giving up, he threw all the rocks and clods he could see nearby into the water non-stop.

The figure hiding in the deep water remained motionless, bearing the stones and clods thrown from all directions like a corpse, and clenched its teeth.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, it was bright and heard the voices of people in the village talking to each other. Du Changyuan remembered what he had to do later, so he had to give up.

When everyone reached the edge of the cliff, they felt their legs tremble just by looking down.Du Changyuan begged for comfort again, and everyone reluctantly began to tie ropes from the edge of the cliff where Changhong fell.

All the ropes that could be found in the village were all twisted together again, twisted into a long rope as thick as a wrist.

One end of the long rope was entangled in circles and circles on the trunk of a big tree that fell down and got stuck between the boulders, and the other end was thrown straight to the bottom of the cliff from where Du Changhong fell. .

Next, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally all eyes stopped on Du Changyuan.

Du Wenhu grinned: "Hey, everyone can help now, and you should do this terrible thing yourself. By the way, it can also make the big guys believe that some people were not killed by you, right?"

Du Changyuan didn't answer, his eyes swept over everyone present.Because of that curse, no matter how much he tries to get close, the villagers always have a bit of hatred for him in their hearts.

If he wanted to go down like this and hand over the other end of the rope to these people, he would never dare.

"I said that you killed Changhong, but you still refused to admit it. We helped you do this for the sake of Uncle Guoquan. Why, now you are backing down?"

"Oh, my brother Changhong, your life is really miserable..."

In the current situation, Du Changyuan was already in a difficult situation.In any case, he had to go through this.

He carefully tied one end of the rope around his waist, walked carefully to the edge of the cliff, took a deep breath, and slid down the cliff.

After only sliding down a few meters, he looked at the vast white mist rising from the cliff, and felt that his arms were a little weak.With myopic eyes, I can only vaguely see a few green pine trees under the cliff.

Biting her lip, she tried to restrain the urge to look at her feet.Du Changyuan cautiously slid down the rope towards the cliff.

The rope tied to the big tree was stretched straight, and it trembled a few times from time to time.Du Wenhu walked over the crowd to the trunk of the big tree, and hit the rope with the back of the knife he didn't know when he was holding it hard.

He laughed loudly when he heard an exclamation from under the cliff.

Just as Du Changyuan let go of one hand, ready to grab a small pine tree by the cliff, the rope he was holding shook violently.

He was so frightened that the three souls flew out and the seven souls flew out, and quickly used all his strength to grab the pine tree.

The small pine tree was about the size and thickness of an arm, and it was not stable when it grew among the rocks. When he pulled it, it wobbled and fell down the cliff together with the rocks entangled with its roots. .

In just a few seconds, Du Changyuan heard the sound of the little tree hitting the ground.

Not far from the bottom of the cliff.

The unbridled laughter and disputes from the cliff forced him to put all his eggs in one basket.He estimated the length of the rope, wrapped the lower end of the rope around his right leg twice, and then let go of his hands grabbing the rope.

His hands still kept a distance of about ten centimeters from the rope, and whenever he lost weight and was about to fall backwards, he quickly grabbed the rope in front of him to stabilize his figure.

After he could clearly see the ground under his feet, he let go of his already bloody hands, and let his whole body fall downwards.

When the rope was exhausted, the rope wrapped around his right leg tightened violently, almost tearing off his right leg.

He calmed down his breath, struggled to bend down, and struggled to untie the ropes on his legs and waist. He grasped the end of the ropes with both hands, resisted the pain in his palms, and swung himself towards the grass that looked like grass. A more lush foothold.

Even so, when he fell to the ground, it took him a long time to recover.

The cold rain hit his face, and it took him a long time to open his eyes, only to feel that every part of his body was sore as if it was not his own.

He stood up with difficulty, only to see that the ankle was red, swollen and bruised, and it looked like a bone was injured.

Standing up with a limp, he casually found a sturdier tree branch nearby as a walking stick. Only then did he start to look at the scenery under the cliff.

The village is surrounded by mountains, and this side of the cliff happens to be the road out of the village.In his heart, he originally thought that under the cliff, even if the mountain road was rugged, it should at least lead to the direction outside the village.

However, the reality is just the opposite.

It is true that there is an open flat land under the cliff, but further along the flat land, it is a steep cliff.Seen from the bottom up, the cliff seems to be a natural pit.

Du Changyuan couldn't help laughing.

So, he said, how could Du Guoquan put him down at ease. It turned out that he knew a long time ago that even if he walked down here, he would never be able to get out of this village.

After clearing away his messy thoughts, he remembered the main purpose of coming down this time.

Yes, he came down to find someone.

He opened his mouth, which was a little stiff from the cold, and moved it for a long time before calling out the name.

"Du Changhong..."

The words "parents" have been absent from his life for too many years, and he is really ashamed to say them.

Leaving a mark on the spot, Du Changyuan walked forward while calling his name.He still remembered that Du Changhong was wearing a military green coat that day, and it was indeed a bit of a laborious effort for a myopic eye like him to find it in such a season.

After walking forward for about 100 meters, Du Changyuan raised his head to look at the corresponding position on the cliff, then turned around and continued to search around the place where he fell.

As long as Du Changhong fell from the position above, then he must be around here now.

After being dazzled by several withered grasses, Du Changyuan walked to the next withered and yellow grass without any haste.

He first swept the grass with the temporary crutch in his hand, and saw that the grass did not rustle, then he squatted down and looked towards the grass with a sinking heart.