I don’t know why Uncle Zhuzhu said this to me. Uncle Zhuzhu could also see it. What I was more anxious to know was how he fished out the fool from the twelve ghost caves. He sat on the edge of the bed and squinted his eyes and said to me:

"Yi Zi, don't worry. You can tell your big brother what I'm going to tell you next when you go back."

I wanted to say something more, but he stopped me. He said: "Believe it or not, it's up to him."

I nodded, sat next to Uncle Zhuzhu, and helped him light the chimney: "Uncle, tell me."

——Uncle Zhuzi’s first wife was kidnapped by the Dragon King. This is what the people say. To be more precise, she was struck to death by lightning, because in the hearts of the people, the Dragon King makes clouds and rain.

He controls thunder and lightning, so anyone who is struck to death by lightning will say that he has committed an evil act and was captured by the Dragon King. This is called acting on behalf of heaven.

Uncle Zhuzi's first wife, Xiu'e, was a woman with a hot temper, a typical rural shrew. Uncle Zhuzi's temper was too soft to blame her, so she not only often quarreled with her neighbors, but also treated Uncle Zhuzi at home.

The old mother was also very bad, scolding her frequently, and even serving her food if it went sour. Uncle Zhuzhu didn't have a bad temper, but he was still a filial son, so he was ready to let go of this woman. But in those days, divorce was a big deal.

Also, Uncle Zhuzi’s old mother disagreed. She said to Uncle Zhuzi: “I’m going to be buried soon, so it’s okay to suffer a little, but if you lose your wife and become a bachelor, your mother will not have peace down there either.

Yes, if you dare to divorce me, I will die."

Uncle Zhuzhu knew that the old mother couldn't bear to see her family fall apart, so she would rather suffer a little. Because of her mother's words, Uncle Zhuzhu could only continue to be silent and cook some food for her mother behind her back. But this finally happened

However, Xiu'e found out. She put her hands on her hips and scolded Uncle Zhuzhu and her old mother. The neighbors came to watch the fun. Not only did she not feel embarrassed, but the scolding became more and more fierce. In the end, Uncle Zhuzhu's mother was forced to do so.

She knelt down and kowtowed to her and promised that she would never let her son turn on a small stove to cook for her. She gave up.

That night, the old mother called Uncle Zhuzi to the bedside and told him once again that he was not allowed to divorce Xiu'e. The family was poor and they had no children. Once divorced, Uncle Zhuzi would definitely not be able to marry a wife, and the family would have to

Unparalleled. He also said that Xiu'e has a bad temper. After she dies, Xiu'e will gradually get better if she has another child. Who doesn't have a temper when a woman is young?

The next morning, Uncle Zhuzi's old mother hanged from the beam of the house. Uncle Zhuzi went crazy after seeing it. The usually domineering Xiu'e really saw her mother-in-law hanged, and then saw herself.

Her husband's eyes, which were bloodshot from the rage, were also frightened. That time, Uncle Zhuzhu, who had been tolerant throughout their marriage, beat Xiu'e so violently with a stick that the beating was so severe that Xiu'e could not get any pain for a month.

Got the bed.

After the beating, Uncle Zhuzhu thought of his promise to his mother and did not divorce Xiu'e. After her mother-in-law died, she was beaten violently, and Xiu'e's temper also calmed down a lot.

On the third day after that, Xiu'e was struck by lightning while pulling weeds in the field and died on the spot.

The villagers all said that Xiu'e deserved to die. She was unfilial, and the Dragon King couldn't stand it, so he took her soul. But no matter what outsiders said, no matter how many evil things Xiu'e had done, after death,

They have all been written off, especially for Uncle Zhuzhu. No matter how bad Xiu'e is, at least she is a hard-working person. She manages the house neatly inside and outside, and she works hard in the fields without complaining. Nowadays, people

She is already dead, and Uncle Zhuzhu doesn't hate her.

Two years later, through the help of someone, Uncle Zhuzhu met his second wife and soon got married. The second wife's name was Xiulian, which was very similar to the first wife's name, like sisters.

The second wife is completely opposite to the first one. She speaks softly and has a gentle temper. She is too shy to speak to the neighbors on weekdays. She is a very shy girl.

Soon, Xiulian became pregnant, but in the fourth month of Xiulian's pregnancy, Uncle Zhuzi went to work in the fields. When he came back, he found Xiulian lying in the house, incontinent.

When Uncle Zhuzhu called the barefoot doctor from the village to wake up Xiulian, Xiulian's eyes became dull and she was in a daze. The child in her belly was naturally aborted. The barefoot doctor told Uncle Zhuzhu that Xiulian

I saw something and I was frightened. And I was quite frightened, otherwise a good person would not be like this.

Uncle Zhuzi immediately thought of the dead Xiu'e. Just a few days ago, Xiulian had the same dream every day. In the dream, Xiu'e kept crying to her and told her that she had done evil and could not give birth to Zhuzi.

The next son and a half daughter are suffering below, but fortunately she can help take care of the pillar.

When Uncle Zhuzi heard Xiulian talk about her dream, he laughed at her for being timid. Then something like this happened, and he rightfully suspected that Xiu'e was responsible for all of this.

Uncle Zhuzhu, who had already forgotten Xiu'e's evil deeds during her lifetime, really hated Xiu'e and gnashed his teeth. At this time, a person found him. This person was the person whom Uncle Zhuzhu didn't want to name.

Precisely because Uncle Zhuzhu was unwilling to give his name, I suspected that I must know this person, and that he was most likely someone from the village.

This man found Uncle Zhuzhu and lit a sky lantern for the soul of Uncle Zhuzhu’s first wife, Xiu’e. Although Uncle Zhuzhu didn’t say it explicitly, I could feel it. He played a very bad role in this matter.

Effect, because when talking about this, Uncle Zhuzhu's face was filled with self-blame.

"Originally, Xiu'e lit the sky lanterns to save Xiulian, but after Xiu'e lit the sky lanterns, Xiulian did not get better, and left within a few months. That person came over at that time

, knelt down for me, and he said that he had done two things wrong in his life, one was not saving your father Ye Tiancheng, and the other was misunderstanding Xiu'e and lighting her sky lantern." Uncle Zhuzhu said.

After Uncle Zhuzhu finished speaking, I patted his shoulder to express comfort. I also understood why he insisted on telling me this story first. He was telling me that the person he did not want to name was not killing me.

Dad's man.

"I will tell my elder brother what you said, and now I want to know about you collecting the body of a fool." I said.

Uncle Zhuzhu nodded and continued.

After the fool fell into the water and died, because Uncle Zhuzhu made a living fishing in the Luoshui River and he had a boat, Chen Shitou asked him to go retrieve the fool's body. Although he knew that Chen Shitou could not afford the reward, he

The interpersonal relationships at that time were relatively simple, they were all fellow villagers, so Uncle Zhuzhu agreed to Chen Shitou, but just when Uncle Zhuzhu was about to row out to find the fool's body, the man found Uncle Zhuzhu and gave him a talisman.

He didn't say anything else to Uncle Zhuzhu, he just told him to wear it close to his body, and he must wear it close to his body, because Uncle Zhuzhu trusted that person very much, so he put it in the pocket closest to his flesh as he said.

Uncle Zhuzhu used a rolling hook, which is a large row of hooks, and pulled it in the water. When the hook reached the corpse, it pulled the corpse up. This kind of hook is also used by corpse fishermen today, and there are many places where it is called this

The species hook is "Ghost Head Hook."

Uncle Zhuzhu started fishing at the place where the fool fell into the water, and kept going downstream. He fished for three days without success. At this time, he was approaching the twelve ghost caves. Uncle Zhuzhu was also worried that the fool's body would be killed by the underwater undercurrent.

Trapped in the twelve ghost caves, he prepared to cast the last hook. If he couldn't catch it, he would stop working. He didn't have the courage to enter the twelve ghost caves.

But just when he was about to close the hook, he suddenly found something floating on the water, which seemed to be a person. He rowed over and recognized it from a distance. It was the body of the fool, although it was swollen and foaming.

Uncle Zhuzhu still recognized him.

He immediately threw the hook over. Uncle Zhuzhu's throw was very accurate. The hook immediately caught the fool's body. He rowed over and circled the fool's body several times to ensure that the rope was wrapped around the fool's body and tightly.

The body, but just when he was about to pull the body up, suddenly something seemed to be pulling down, and the force was very strong. Uncle Zhuzhu quickly tightened the rope and started a tug-of-war with the underwater force.

He thought it was a big fish.

——There were not so many people in the past, and there were fewer fishers. There were many big fish in the Luoshui River. The biggest fish Uncle Zhuzhu caught was more than two meters long. Many big carnivorous fish, such as catfish, can indeed attack people, so

Uncle Zhuzi's conditioned reflex thought that there was a big catfish down there that wanted to eat the fool's body.

He didn't let go, but he found that his strength couldn't resist the things underwater. Just when he was about to tug of war like a fish, a strong force from below pulled him into the river.

——Just when I was listening enthusiastically, Uncle Zhuzhu suddenly stopped and asked me: "Are there any more cigarettes?"

I was shocked, but I quickly took out my cigarette and lit it for him. He took a deep puff and said, "After falling into the water, I realized that it was not a fish, but a coffin, a sarcophagus. There was a fish in the coffin."

He was the one who stretched out his arms to catch the fool."

"Arm? Human?" My eyes widened.

Uncle Zhuzhu nodded, shook his head, looked at me and said: "The arm is a human arm, but I don't know if there is a human in the coffin. I thought I was going to die too. At that time, that...

The talisman suddenly jumped out of my body and hit that arm, and I seized this opportunity to float up, and by the way, I pulled the fool's body onto the boat, and started to run away lifelessly."

I silently lit a cigarette.

But just when I thought Uncle Zhuzhu had finished speaking, he continued: "I looked back while rowing, and I saw there seemed to be a giant beast under the water that stirred up a huge prodigal and rushed into twelve ghost caves.

among.”

"What happened next?" I swallowed and asked.

"I returned to the shore, dragged the fool's body ashore, and found the man. He told me that it was the river god, the river god of Luoshui River. He asked me to keep this secret and not tell anyone." Zhuzi.
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