Chapter 589 Sacrifice
"Well, actually, you should tell me what's going on. I'm running out of patience." Liu Jun walked in from the kitchen door and looked at Zheng Xiao's parents and said.
“No, it’s nothing” Zheng Xiao’s parents looked at each other and said in unison.
"If I'm not wrong, Zheng Xiao seems to be suffering from great pain. I guess you didn't get his body back, right?" Liu Jun asked with squinted eyes.
Zheng Xiao's father's face turned as pale as paper, and he said tremblingly: "You...you...how did you know..."
But then he seemed to realize that he had said something wrong. Not only did he stop speaking, but he also avoided Liu Jun's gaze.
At this time, Zheng Xiao's mother started to speak. She smiled unnaturally at Liu Jun and said, "Xiaojun, stop thinking so wildly. There is nothing happening here. We are all fine. Ah Xiao is also very good, everyone is very good..."
But before she finished speaking, a hoarse and old voice suddenly sounded from behind Liu Jun: "Very good, what is very good? You guys Are you going to let him leave here directly? Can you rescue Ah Xiao?"
That voice shocked everyone, including Liu Jun. If this girl was an assassin, Liu Jun suspected that he had already Got stabbed.
Liu Jun looked back and saw Zheng Xiao's grandmother already standing at the door of the kitchen, watching them coldly.
This was the first time Liu Jun saw Grandma Zheng Xiao clearly. It was dark last night, so Liu Jun couldn't see very clearly. Grandma Zheng Xiao looks very old, her face is covered with wrinkles like knife carvings, her back is stooped, and only her eyes still project a very strange look.
Zheng Xiao's father seemed a little embarrassed and immediately said: "Mom, why did you come downstairs?"
Grandma Zheng Xiao didn't say anything else, she turned her head and headed upstairs again. He walked and disappeared around the corner of the stairs soon, and then there was a sound of a door closing upstairs.
At this time, Zheng Xiao's parents seemed to be relieved, and their expressions finally softened.
Zheng Xiao's parents said to Liu Jun: "Xiao Jun, don't think too much, nothing has happened. It's still early, you can rest a little longer. Your aunt and I will call you down later." Let’s have breakfast. A Xiao called me in the morning. He is staying well at his friend’s place. He needs to stay for a few more days. After you have breakfast, your uncle and aunt will send you out of the village first. When A Xiao comes back, we will ask him to find him. You"
Liu Jun sighed, this is so special, are the living dead so stubborn?
I didn’t say anything to Zheng Xiao’s parents. Liu Jun knew their psychology. He could only say that he was a kind-hearted person and he didn’t want to implicate others anymore.
Zheng Xiao's parents must have known that the place where their son died was in great danger. They believed that Liu Jun was going to die if he went there, so they kept it secret from Liu Jun.
Since Zheng Xiao’s parents refused to talk here, Liu Jun felt that Zheng Xiao’s grandma was a good breakthrough point.
Grandma Zheng Xiao was urging Liu Jun to leave this place last night. The old lady's behavior this morning seemed to be hoping that Liu Jun would bring back the body of his grandson Zheng Xiao.
Liu Jun walked to the door of the old lady's room and knocked lightly. After waiting for a while, there was no answer. Liu Jun hesitated, opened the door directly, and walked in slowly.
It is early summer, the most vibrant time, but there is an indescribable, lifeless feeling in the room.
Thick curtains blocked everything outside, leaving only a corner of the curtain edge, which shone half a ray of light on the cement floor of the room and also on a faded wicker chair. superior.
The room is a little dark and moldy. It seems that here we can no longer distinguish between spring, summer, autumn and winter, nor can we distinguish between sunny days and dark clouds.
Sitting on a wicker chair was an old woman with frosty hair on her temples. She was staring blankly at the faintly shining curtains. Her wrinkled face had a dull expression, and there was no trace of emotion in her dim eyes. She felt a glimmer of brilliance, as if the meaning of her existence had been lost, and she was just lingering on.
Liu Jun's voice when he walked into the house was not quiet. The main reason was that the wooden floor was old and old, and when people stepped on it, it would make a "squeaking" sound.
But even though it was so loud, the old man on the wicker chair still sat quietly, motionless. Just like this room, no one could feel the breath of life at all. Liu Jun even began to doubt whether she was really alive. The old lady looked more like the living dead than her son and daughter-in-law.
"Old lady, I know that you don't want me to find Zheng Xiao because you are afraid that I will take my own life. But I am really not an ordinary person. I came here originally to look for Zheng Yang. By the way, Solve the matter here, and only Zheng Xiao knows where Zheng Yang is. Only by bringing Zheng Xiao back and returning his soul can I know Zheng Yang's location." The old lady remained unmoved and silent. Liu Jun thought that the old lady was dead and wanted to test her breathing.
Suddenly he felt as if someone walked into the room from behind him. Liu Jun suddenly turned around and saw Zheng Xiao's parents behind him.
Zheng Xiao's father's expression was a little serious, but there was a trace of hesitation and sorrow in his eyes. He said to me in a calm voice: "Xiaojun, my mother-in-law doesn't like others to disturb her rest. You should go out quickly."
Liu Jun's face fell. The most annoying thing for him is to face those kind-hearted people, because you can't force a confession if they don't tell them. Just like Zheng Xiao's parents in front of him, they want to do it for Liu Jun's good. Liu Jun left here and stayed away from danger.
Can Liu Jun catch him and force him to find out the location of Zheng Xiao’s body? Liu Jun is not a good person, but he is not a beast either.
Just when Liu Jun wanted to turn around and leave, the old lady, who had been as silent as a dead person, suddenly spoke. The hoarse old voice, like a witch in a movie, suddenly rang in the room: " Son, just tell him that he is not an ordinary person, maybe, he really can.”
After the old lady finished speaking, she returned to the look of an old man, looking lifeless.
Zheng Xiao's parents glanced at the old lady in surprise, then turned around and left the house with Liu Jun.
The three of them came to the hall downstairs. Zheng Xiao's father hesitated for a long time before speaking. Liu Jun was shocked by this opening.
“All 317 people in our village were sacrificed”
317 people, Liu Junmask was surprised, Mo Li and the others had also gone downstairs and stood next to Liu Jun, At this time, I was also shocked.
If this were in ancient times, it would be normal to sacrifice and slaughter thousands of people. But this is modern times. More than 300 people in a village were sacrificed. What is the concept?
Killing the village, Liu Jun has roughly guessed who would do this. The Black Snake Cult has been particularly quiet recently, and the one that is still active is the Wengu organization.
"Can you tell me something?" Liu Jun asked.
“A week ago at night, a group of people suddenly came to the village and sealed the entire village. No entry or exit was allowed. They went from house to house looking for people and arresting them.”
“Where did they go? Do you know? "
"There is a big iron gate in the threshing floor in the center of the village. Under the iron gate is a place for worship in ancient times. In the past, the old people in the village often scared us and refused to let us go. Those from other villages would not I don’t know where it is, but I don’t know how these people know it”
"Later, a black mist appeared in the village and wandered around the village. Most of the people in the village fainted. When we woke up, we looked like this, the living dead." Zheng Xiao's father smiled bitterly.
"What about Zheng Xiao?" Liu Jun asked.
“A Xiao was one of those people who were captured. After we all became the living dead, A Xiao’s soul came back once and told us these things. The surviving people in the village once organized There was a rescue, but no one came back. Now, only a few old people in the village are still lingering, and the others have become living dead." Zheng Xiao's parents looked sad and distressed.
Relatives were separated when they were alive and could not be together when they died. Their son’s body was never brought back. In order to prevent Liu Jun from following the path of those who have never returned, the two of them had to hold back their grief and stay with them. Acting with Liu Jun.
"I'm going to take a look and see if I can bring Zheng Xiao's body back." Liu Jun stood up with the Mingjian in his hand, and Mo Li Liuli went with him to prevent accidents.
Liu Jun and the other three walked to the street, looked at the direction, and walked towards the middle of the village.
Grandma Zheng Xiao opened the curtains at the window on the second floor, quietly looked at the backs of Liu Jun and others, and prayed silently.
(End of this chapter)