C12

Not long later, she touched a soft, wet object. At the same time, 'ka ka ka' sounds rang out again, giving her quite a fright.

She felt that something was wrong, so she quickly retracted her hand. But who knew that in the next moment, her finger came across a sudden force. It was as if there was a pair of hands in the straw that was tugging at her!

Su Qin exclaimed, and tried to struggle free with all her might.

Su Miao was also extremely frightened, as she continuously shouted out, "Sis and Sis!"

Su Qin's face flushed red, she used all her strength, adding the strength of one of her legs, she finally managed to struggle free and retreated a few steps.

Her left hand gripped the aching fingers of her right hand, her eyes fixed on the black cloth.

Hands! There were hands inside the tree! she cried in her heart.

In the midst of her panic, Su Qin saw two small, black hands slowly reaching out from the cracks of the black cloth.

Su Qin was stunned.

The fingernails were long and sharp, and were similarly deep black. Su Qin immediately thought of the strange noise that came from the tree trunk just now.

She pulled Su Miao back, retreating step by step.

That was because those two black hands were slowly moving and increasing in number. The scene in front of him was as though there was something trying to climb out from the tree trunk.

An object the size of a human head was already protruding from the black cloth.

Su Qin was about to collapse.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded from behind her ears.

"Qin Qin, what are you standing there for?"

It's father, Su Hong!

Su Qin turned her head back, her tears almost falling down.

Other than Su Hong, there was also Zheng Wangde, Zhu Qimei, Zheng Gaang, all of them were here. On the way back home, Su Hong coincidentally bumped into a few villagers who Su Qin asked about, and knew that his two daughters were looking for him, so they returned to Jiang Youcai's home.

Su Hong saw that Su Qin's face was pale and knew something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" he asked urgently.

Su Qin hurriedly pointed at the ginkgo tree, her throat so dry that she could not make a sound.

"Dad …" The tree... There are hands emerging from the trees! "

Su Hong was shocked. But when he looked over, everything was normal.

Su Qin also realized that the black hands had actually disappeared.

He disappeared so quickly!

It was as if this strange thing had sensed that someone was coming and had deliberately shrunk back.

"Qin Qin, she's done with her business. You can't speak carelessly!" Zhu Qimei waved her hand and reminded Su Qin.

Su Qin was sure that she was not hallucinating, she only trusted her father, so she told Su Hong everything that happened once.

Hearing that Su Qin was becoming more and more outrageous, Zheng Wang De and Zhu Qimei repeatedly indicated for Su Qin to stop.

After all, there were many rules and regulations in the village and many taboos were taboo. If someone accidentally overheard it in front of someone else's house, it would not be good.

Only Su Hong listened attentively, looking at the gingko tree from time to time.

He was very clear of Su Qin's personality and she knew that her daughter would usually not speak carelessly.

Moreover, he also felt that there was something wrong with the village.

"Miao, did you see anything?" Su Hong asked Su Miao again.

Su Miao shook her head. She had a high fever and her body was still weak.

Zheng Gaang also touched Su Miao's forehead, and said: "Aiyo, look, Miao is really having a fever, hurry up and stop talking about this matter. Ah Hong, I'll accompany you to get the medicine for Miao!"

Su Hong and Su Qin could tell that Zheng Weide, Zhu Qimei and Zheng Gaang obviously did not believe what Su Qin had said at all.

However, Su Miao's sickness was indeed urgent.

When Su Hong and Zheng Gaang were about to go get the medicine, Su Qin quietly said to Su Hong: "Father, when you get home, I still have something to tell you."

She planned to tell Su Hong what had happened at the small stone bridge.

Su Hong understood and nodded, then left.

Su Qin and her maternal grandfather went home and waited together.

After everyone had left, a strange "ka ka ka" sound could be heard from within the ginkgo tree again.

The place Zheng Gaang brought Su Hong to was the only doctor in the village, Gu Lang Zhong's home.

Along the way, when no one was around, Su Hong coincidentally asked Zheng Gaang about Zheng Huiling's death that year.

Zheng Gaang was a straightforward person, he would naturally speak everything he knew.

"That... I heard that it was requested by my sister, and I think that she has been married for a long time. She could be considered to be from the village, but she isn't completely.

"You heard of it too?"

"Right, right. At that time, I was still working in the city, so I came back a day earlier than you."

"Even you aren't here, how did Mom and Dad take care of him?"

"Don't we still have Lili?!"

Su Hong understood. Back then, it was Zheng Huiling's sister, Zheng Huili who had arranged all these.

It was a pity that Zheng Huili did not come back. Su Hong thought.

When Su Hong and Zheng Gaang arrived at Gu Lang's house, he explained the situation to them and gave them a box of antipyretic medicine.

Su Hong understood that there were a lot of sick people in the village recently, and Gu Lang's small clinic was full of people every day.

Su Hong was a little worried about what kind of infection it was.

They did not linger and immediately returned home. Su Miao was already resting on the bed with a wet towel placed on her forehead.

After feeding Su Miao the antipyretic medicine, Zheng Wangde and Zhu Qimei chatted with Su Hong for a while longer about family matters, then left the room, finally leaving Su Hong and her daughter behind.

Su Qin had already asked Grandfather and Grandmother about the matter of soaking the body, and recalling the scene in front of Jiang Youcai's house, she felt a lingering fear.

Afterwards, she told Su Hong about all the strange things that happened between her and Su Miao when they went out.

"Is that true?"

"Dad, why don't you believe me? You're even asking Miao!"

Su Hong looked at his daughter, and realised that Su Miao was not sleeping, and was listening to her father and sister.

Su Miao nodded obediently.

"Dad, I saw it too. There are a lot of kids walking on the bridge."

Su Hong had no doubts anymore and could not help but ponder.

"Dad, I feel that everyone in the village is very strange when they come back this time, even grandpa and grandma." Su Qin said again.

Su Hong never thought that his daughter would feel the same way.

"Dad, I want to go home." Su Miao said pitifully.

Su Hong thought that it was true. This village was weird and had an unpleasant odor. Miao was still sick, so it would be better for him to return earlier.

However, he also wanted to figure out what was going on.

Just as she was hesitating, Su Qin asked him:

"What's on the other side of the bridge?"

"I don't know. I'm not very familiar with this place either."

"Then should we inform grandpa and grandma? "Because there are a lot of kids …"

Su Qin's words reminded Su Hong, and if what Qin Qin Qin said was true, he had to inform the villagers as soon as possible. If a group of children were taken to the other side of the river in the middle of the night, what would happen?

While they were discussing, Su Hong heard someone shouting downstairs.

The sound was loud, as if someone had entered from the outside.

Su Hong let Su Qin take care of Su Miao as he walked downstairs.

Halfway up the stairs, he saw two peasant women shouting,

"Aiyo …" He lost his life … "Where can you go now?"

"Is there really going to be a problem?" What about your child? "

The two peasant women looked anxious. One of them was on the verge of crying.

"My family's Miao is sleeping upstairs. How many places have you found?" Zhu Qimei replied.

"More than an hour! Let me tell you, not only our two families, Da Gang and the Mr. Wu's children have also run away. They have also brought their people to find the outskirts of the village! "

"Where can a group of children go when the sky is so dark?"

Su Hong immediately understood, it seemed like Su Qin was not wrong, the village had lost a child, the matter had already blown up.

The two old women stomped their feet, following Zhu Qimei who planned to accompany them to search.

"Mom, what's the matter?" Su Hong intentionally asked when he was downstairs.

"Aiyo, something big has happened!" Just did that ceremony for Jiang Youcai's wife. Many of the children disappeared, and now the whole village is looking for them. Your father and brother also went. It's great that you're here, Hong. Come with us quickly. "

Su Hong naturally agreed without hesitation.

He immediately put on his jacket and followed the two old women and Zhu Qimei out.

At this time, it was already around ten at night. Normally, people with Flower Snake Village would already have gone to sleep, it definitely wouldn't be as lively as it was tonight.

Su Hong saw that almost everyone in the village was out in full strength, and there were people everywhere looking for children with flashlights.

"Hey, Dazong, did you find the child?"

At this time, a couple came over. Zhu Qimei immediately asked the man.

Mr. Wu and the rest are dying of anxiety! I was just about to talk about whether or not I should call the police.

"Did your girl lose it?"

"Of course, my family's young lady is already over ten years old and is not considered a child. She is currently searching with others!"

"Alright, we plan to go to the northern fields to take a look. Sigh, how many children have we lost?"

"Anyways, Mr. Wu just told me that all the children under the age of 10 in the village have disappeared! They think someone stole the children from the village while the ceremony was going on! "

"Aiyo …" "Who is so wicked …"

Hearing these words, Su Hong's heart trembled, and thought that perhaps it was because of Miao's fever that he was able to avoid such a calamity by carrying Miao on his back and coming out to find him.

However, with Su Qin accompanying Su Miao, Su Hong was not that worried. He had always trusted Su Qin.

During the search, Su Hong had wanted to tell Zhu Qimei about what he saw on the bridge several times, but Zhu Qimei and the other old women blabbered on and on, not giving him the chance to speak.

Later, Su Hong thought about it and felt that it would be better if he did not say it out loud, but rather, he just wanted to clarify things first.

After all, he couldn't afford such a huge matter.

Still, he thought he would have to look for it on the other side of the river.

Therefore, when they neared the river, Su Hong suggested:

"Shall we look across the river? Has anyone been there yet? "

Unexpectedly, after hearing what Su Hong said, Zhu Qimei and the two old women were stunned.

Under the dim light, Su Hong realized that the expressions of the three old women were a little strange.

"What's wrong? The bridge is over there. Should we go to the other side and take a look?" Su Hong added.

In the night mist, Su Hong could already vaguely see the stone bridge.

"Hong, stop talking nonsense, you can't go there!" Zhu Qimei coldly replied.

The two old women nodded.

"Why?"

"Why didn't you ask? You can't go, so don't ask!" Zhu Qimei was even a little unhappy.

Su Hong looked at the two old women.

"It's bad luck over there. No one goes to our village." An old woman answered.

"What if the child is taken there?"

"It can't be, it can't be!"

Su Hong realized that he couldn't explain it clearly to the three old women.

He had no choice but to follow the three of them and go to other places to search. Before he left, he carefully observed the stone bridge through the night mist. Below the bridge was a river, and on the other side of the river grew several towering trees.

In the end, after searching for an entire night, the villagers did not find even a single hair on those children's bodies.

Early in the morning, a group of people from the village gathered in front of the village committee and discussed amongst themselves.

Zheng Wangde and Zhu Qimei had already returned home, leaving Su Hong and Zheng Gaang there.

The village chief was called Liang Dashi. He looked to be about 60 years old and was wearing an old army jacket.

Liang Dashi announced that there were a total of eight children last night, the oldest being no more than ten years old.

While Liang Dashi was still talking, there were people starting to mutter to themselves. Especially those who lost their children, they started to point their fingers at Jiang Youcai at the same time.

"It was because of his family's ceremony that caused this big event."

"You're right, what ceremony? If I knew, I wouldn't have gone."

"The death of one of our family members should alert the entire village. That's not right!"

"Sigh …" What's the use of saying some bullshit now? "

"Pitiful yo …"

Jiang Youcai and his son were present too. Although they were angry, they did not dare to make a sound.

At this moment, a dark-skinned, round-headed elderly man led a group of people and started swearing as soon as he arrived.

"Those bastards, what can they do?"

"What's the situation, Mr. Wu?"

Only now did Su Hong know, so this person was Mr. Wu, who looked to be about the same age as Liang Dashi. Last night, he heard from Zheng Gaang that Mr. Wu had a wide network of people, was extremely capable, and was considered a spiritual leader in Flower Snake Village.

Mr. Wu's face was filled with anger. He took a gulp of water and immediately explained the whole situation.

It turned out that he had taken someone to the county police station early last night. Who knew that the police officer on duty would tell them that it would take at least 24 hours before a case of disappearance could be filed? Mr. Wu was a man of law, hearing this, of course he wouldn't be willing, so he directly started an argument with a few policemen. In the end, they failed to report the crime and were locked up for two hours, so he was full of fire right now.

"Forget it, forget it. Don't beg them, we'll have to do this ourselves." Liang Dashi said.

"How?" a man in the crowd asked.

"It's dark at night, so it's not convenient to look for it. It might not be possible to find it during the day. Let's not rest and continue searching! He still had to expand the scope! I will bring a team, Mr. Wu will bring a team, and Zheng Gaang will bring a team to search for the place. The rest of the people will continue to look at the village and the edge of the village. "

After he gave the order, Su Hong sat on Zheng Gaang's motorcycle, and three other people left the village to search along a large road.

During this time, Su Hong also mentioned to him that he should go to the other side of the river to take a look, but he did not expect Zheng Gaang's reaction to be equally intense.

"No way, no way! Hong, don't come up with any rotten ideas, you can't go there, the roads are all blocked. "

"The roads are blocked?"

"Yes, there are a lot of rocks piled up on the other side of the bridge. They're just afraid of people passing by."

"If that person really wants to go, he should be able to climb over, right?"

"Sigh …" It won't happen anyway, so don't ask! "

Su Hong could tell that everyone in the village was a little stubborn.

Of course, there might be some sort of secret behind it. He decided to find a chance to find out.

He did not know why, but Su Hong had a premonition that even if he expanded his search range to search for them, it would still be in vain.

Just as Su Hong had expected, all three groups of people, Liang Dashi, Mr. Wu and Zheng Gaang, returned at the same time.

The family members who lost their children were so anxious that they pounded their chests. One of the women even sat on the ground and cried.

Su Hong himself also had two children, so he didn't feel good about it.

Liang Dashi and the seniors of the Mr. Wu could only keep comforting his. They didn't have any other choice for the time being.

Not long after, a skinny old man walked out from the crowd and said to Liang Dashi:

"Old Liang, there's something that I don't know if I should tell you. I only found out at noon."

"Say it."

"Then …" I shouldn't have gone back to the store today to look for people with you guys, but I left a pair of pants in the shop last night, so I still went back at noon. In the end, you can guess what it was.

Su Hong could tell, this person should be the birthday suit shop's owner. He immediately remembered what Su Qin told him, that the children on the bridge were all wearing birthday clothes.

He noticed that the matter was moving closer to what Su Qin had said.

"What does the theft of your birthday suit have to do with those children?" Mr. Wu was puzzled.

"How would I know? This is just a discussion, so I'll let you all hear it."

"How many were stolen?" Liang Dashi asked.

"About a dozen."

"That number doesn't match up. There are only eight children left."

"Yes, but …"

One woman burst into tears, saying that the birthday suit must have been given to the child thief to use. The others, believing the words to be true, also began to curse, saying that the child thief had no conscience and would die a horrible death.

After a moment of chaos, the lady who was previously sitting on the ground suddenly stood up, Su Hong saw that her face was covered in tears and mucus, and actually pointed at Liang Dashi and scolded him:

"Just what kind of notorious service did you do? You even made the entire village stand to the side to watch. Otherwise, the child would have been stolen?"

"What's wrong, Gu Hongmei, you lost your child, did you blame it on me?" Liang Dashi was not to be outdone, and immediately replied.

"Isn't it? Everyone, let's be reasonable. Am I wrong? A dead person in the family was a matter of the family, what need did he have for the other people in the village to come and join in the excitement? Didn't you decide on this crappy rule? "

"Don't be so polite, don't be so shameless. This is the rule before I become the village chief!" Which turtle bastard dares to say that there wasn't such a rule in the village before, this daddy will immediately smack his mouth! "

"Yes, the rules are not set by you. Can you cripple it?" After every family member died, their corpses would be soaked like that.

"What do you mean by not lacking morals, the rules of the ancestors!" Furthermore, Gu Hongmei, why are you being so wicked? "

Liang Dashi and Gu Hongmei started arguing with each other in front of everyone. Gu Hongmei's husband was also by the side. Seeing that the situation was bad, he immediately advised Gu Hongmei:

"Can we talk a little less?"

"Why aren't you saying it? There are just too many trash like you in the village. They all feel disgusted about the ceremony, but they don't dare to say it!" To bubble a person into such a ghastly state is to create retribution! "

The more Gu Hongmei spoke, the more excited she became, causing him to be unable to speak in anger, but Gu Hongmei had indeed exposed the worries of a large portion of the villagers, so there were basically no one who replied him.

Only one woman, who looked a little older than Gu Hongmei. When she stood up, she also pointed at Gu Hongmei and shouted:

"Gu Hongmei, your mouth is a bit clearer, and you are even scolding us trash. Only you, Gu Hongmei, have the ability, and only you, Gu Hongmei, have the conscience. How did your child get stolen?"