The Huai Shui God's Cave

Chapter 1

1. Blood gnats
When getting off work, Yang Xiaoxie came to ask me to have dinner together.I was about to leave when the phone on the desk rang and it was the captain calling.There was an impromptu operation in the city that night, and all the people in the district were drawn to participate in the anti-pornography and crime crackdown.I just stayed on duty because I just came back from arresting a murderer from another place.

The captain said: "Wu You, just now the '110' informed that some people reported that there were two people sneaking around near the 803XX troops on Xianling Road in the southern suburbs. They might be stealing bluegrass. Go and see."

When I heard that the meal was about to run out, I had no choice but to tell Yang Xiaoxie: "Brother, I have a task to do, let's get together another day."

Unexpectedly, when Yang Xiaoxie heard that he had a mission, he insisted on following me to join in the fun.Although he was a clerical worker, I thought it would be good for the two of us to go together, so I agreed.

On the way to the 803XX unit by car, outside the car window is the city of Chu that I am familiar with.

Chucheng is located at the junction of Henan, Anhui and Hubei, with beautiful mountains and clear waters and a pleasant climate. It is known as "Northern Jiangnan, Jiangnan and Northern Kingdoms".During the Warring States Period, it was once the capital of the Chu State, and there are still the ruins of the city wall at the east gate of the urban area.Therefore, the locals still refer to the city as "Chu City".

Chu City is surrounded by mountains in the south and plains in the north, with a jade belt-like river running through the city from west to east in the middle.On the upper reaches of the river is a jade plate-like lake called "Xiaonan Lake". The terrain is quite high, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and all of them are cliffs.According to legend, Xiaonan Lake is a depression formed by a falling meteor in ancient times. Over time, the area became deeper and deeper, and mountain springs and rainwater all flowed into it, forming a lake.

The upper reaches of the river are under the jurisdiction of Nanhu District. I was assigned to work in the Criminal Police Detachment of Nanhu District after I was transferred from the army and stayed at home for a year. I am quite familiar with this area.Yang Xiaoxie was originally my high school classmate, so she is no stranger to this place.His real name is Yang Wenyi, but he got the nickname "Yang Xiaoxie" because he fell off the bed with a fever and became squinted when he was a child.He felt that the word "Xie" in "Yang Xiaoxie" was a bit discriminatory, so he changed his nickname to "Yang Xiaoxie" on his own initiative, which had a bit of a chivalrous meaning.Yang Xiaoxie himself is fat and lazy, he likes to read martial arts novels and wild history anecdotes, he is full of tricks and a bit clever.He works as a clerical officer in the Nanhu District Public Security Bureau, and he is responsible for general case records and reports.

There is a very old legend in Chu City.It is said that in ancient times, Xiaonan Lake has always been the source of irrigation water for the nearby residents to survive, but one day, overnight, the water level of Xiaonan Lake suddenly dropped by more than half.Some people said that in the middle of the night, they saw a dragon monster the size of a small mountain sucking water from the lake, drank the water cleanly, and then flew out.

Seeing that the watering season is approaching, there has been no rain for many days, and the air has become very dry. Only a forest on the mountain by the lake looks lush and seems to be nourished by water.The villagers tried to dig wells near the forest, but after drilling eight wells in a row, no water came out.When the ninth well was being drilled, all of a sudden, yellow water flowed out from the first eight wells, in the shape of jets. Once it flowed out, it all gathered into the lake, and within half a day, the huge lake was refilled. .Although the outflowing water is yellow as mud, it will settle down to clear after a while in the lake.Strange to say, after the lake was filled, the well water stopped flowing out, and the water surface in the well was level with the lake surface.

People with insight and prestige among the villagers said that the water flowing out of this well is the water of the underworld, which comes from another world.So they filled up all nine wells in fear and awe.

As early as the Warring States Period, Chu City was one of the birthplaces of Wu Chu culture.Chu City is located at [-] degrees north latitude. On this latitude, wonders, natural disasters, and unsolvable mysteries abound, such as Bermuda, Mayan civilization, the Sphinx in Egypt, Death Valley in California, and Babylonia. sky garden etc.And there are countless anecdotes and cunning events at [-] degrees north latitude in China, such as the mystery of the Laoye Temple in Poyang Lake, the tide of the Qiantang River, the Buddha's light on the top of Mount Emei, the two cut-offs of the Yangtze River, the left unicorn and the right warrior on Mengding Mountain in Sichuan, etc. .The legend of the strange dragon absorbing water naturally has no scientific basis, but it happened here, and people have to secretly speculate how credible it is.

There is a virgin forest extending to the southwest beside Xiaonan Lake. It is said that its origin can be traced back to Shenlongjia in Hubei.The two places were originally connected as one. Thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years ago, due to geological changes and crustal movements, they were separated, and they gradually moved further and further apart until today's appearance.

Xiaonan Lake is surrounded by a mountainous area, the largest of which is called Xianling Mountain.There are about 803 to [-] small hills ranging in height in the Xianling Mountain area, which is also one of the local tourist attractions. The [-]XX troops were stationed at the foot of a mountain near Xianling Road. Behind the mountain was a pine forest. Behind the pine forest was a large stretch of connected primeval forest, which was lush and green all the way to the cliff edge of Xiaonan Lake.It is said that ghosts once appeared there, but no one has ever entered it since then, and even if they did, they would never return.

The pine forest is like a dividing line, isolating the virgin forest.On the edge of the pine forest there is a piece just close to the cliff, and the troops are stationed near the edge of the pine forest near the cliff.

The terrain in the primeval forest is very dangerous, not only towering trees, strange rocks, but also many sinkholes.According to historical records, it is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a large-scale battle took place here. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from both sides were killed here.Later, someone felled trees there, and inadvertently dug up skulls or bones from the roots of the trees, which often scared people to death.There are few people passing by.

The area where the troops were located used to be a mass of mass graves before the founding of New China, and all the unknown dead and those who couldn't afford coffins were thrown there on the spot, so that the place was full of gloom and resentment.Later, when the city was developed, the surrounding area was occupied by people to build land and build houses. Only that piece of land was left unattended, and was eventually allocated to the army and built a barracks.

To the east of the pine forest is a village called Liuzhuang.

In recent years, the price of bluegrass has skyrocketed. It is said that a pot of bluegrass can be sold for hundreds of thousands.Xianling Mountain used to be rich in bluegrass. I remember going to Xianling Temple with my family when I was a child, and I could see it everywhere on the roadside.In the past few years, bluegrass has been dug openly and secretly, and the country has listed bluegrass as a rare species, and private theft is prohibited.

The place next to the primeval forest has always been a restricted area. If someone wants to steal bluegrass, they can only try to find an inaccessible place close to the primeval forest by the cliff behind the army pine forest.It's just that there are only two ways to enter that place. One is to make a hole in the back wall of the army-this is definitely unrealistic;

We drove a police car and whined to Xianling Road, and saw two middle-aged men waiting by the side of the road.

After parking the car, a man came over to shake my hand.He looked a little bit official, and when we introduced each other, it turned out that he was really good. This man was Director Guo, the director of the local village committee; the other man was an honest-looking villager who was said to be the one who discovered the thief .

According to Director Guo, the villager was looking for his lost lamb nearby. He walked along the sheep dung for a while. It was dark and impatient, and somehow he came to the back wall of the army.It turned out that the lost lamb was bleating with one foot caught in the crack of the stone.He took a lot of effort to fish out the lamb, and was about to leave when he saw two men in black with a backpack on their backs and a strange small shovel in their hands, sneaking around Sinisterly came up from below.He was so frightened that he hurriedly hid in a pile of bushes, and peeked through the gaps in the bushes. He saw the two men take out some ropes and other items from their bags, each tied themselves up, and then fixed the ropes with iron ropes. When they got to the top of the cliff, the two went down one after the other.

He stumbled and ran home with the lamb in his arms. On the way, he happened to meet the village director who was out playing cards, and told him what he saw.The village director is still a vigilant person, and immediately felt that there was something wrong with these two people, so he quickly took out his mobile phone and called "110".

I gave them verbal praise for their courageous actions and actively cooperating with the public security police. Under the guidance of the two of them, I walked a long and rugged mountain road to the top of the cliff. I saw the trees on the ground. Traces of being pressed and rubbed.We are not familiar with the situation below, after some discussion, we decided to come and wait for a rabbit, hide in the bushes next to them, and then capture them directly when they come up.

We waited for more than three hours. During this time, Director Guo and the villagers all left, and only Yang Xiaoxie and I were left quietly squatting in the weeds.There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, and they are big and fierce. Both of us were bitten with large red bumps on our exposed skin. We could only hear the sound of us "slapping" mosquitoes in the grass.

I pulled a handful of grass leaves, squeezed out the juice, and applied it to the red and swollen area, and the itching subsided a lot after a while.Yang Xiaoxie also learned to get some on his body, he said: "Dude, what is this? It smells delicious, so it won't be poisonous, right?"

I smiled and said, "This is called Mosquito Repellent. It smells like lemon. It's pure natural and non-toxic. Don't forget, my ancestors were doctors, and those medical books before serving in the army were not memorized in vain."

While we were wiping mosquito repellent, we talked in a low voice, and at the same time we had to listen to anyone coming up from the cliff.Fortunately, there is a moon tonight, and although the scene in front of my vision is a bit hazy, I can vaguely see it clearly.

Finally, after waiting for a long time, I heard a panting sound, and then, under the white moonlight, a black hand stretched out.Yang Xiaoxie and I held our breath subconsciously, and then we saw the other hand stretched out.The two of us immediately became tense, and I gestured to Yang Xiaoxie. Both of them took out electric batons and handcuffs, ready to arrest people at any time.

At this time, a shocking scene appeared. When the two hands were about to continue to climb up, they suddenly seemed to be pulled down by a strong force. At the same time, the owner of the hands also let out a cry. An instinctive scream: "Help!"

Without saying a word to Yang Xiaoxie, I quickly got up and ran to the edge of the cliff, bent down and looked down the cliff.A man covered in mud was seen hanging there panting, with one hand tightly clasped on a protruding stone, struggling for the last time.There seemed to be a force under his feet, which was pulling him down vigorously, and he had already tried his best to lift his body up, and his feet were pushing down desperately.

I quickly reached out to pull him. He was surprised to see someone appearing, but he didn't care about the surprise at this time, and instinctively grabbed my hand.Immediately I felt the force of the fall pass through his hand.Fortunately, I also came from the army, and I still have some physical fitness. I worked hard and pulled him up all at once.The moment he came up, I saw a black figure in the shape of a human descending from under him in an arc.It was at the last moment that he kicked it away violently with his foot.

After the man was pulled up, he didn't even think about running away in fear of crime, but just sat down on the ground limply.I turned on the flashlight and saw that his hair was disheveled, his body was muddy, and his clothes and trousers were torn to pieces. He was really in a mess.He sat there gasping for breath, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or mud dripping down his face.He raised his hand and wiped his forehead, revealing a pair of terrified eyes, and murmured: "It's too scary, it's so scary, scarier than ghosts..." His accent was that of Hunan, obviously Not local people.

There was nothing on him except a length of rope around his waist, and no bluegrass.Yang Xiaoxie waved his electric baton and threatened: "We are the police! Tell me, what on earth are you doing?"

The man trembled all over, then raised his hands and said, "Police, take me away quickly, I don't want to stay in this place for a moment!"

I remembered that the reporter said that they were two people together, so I asked him in a low voice, "Don't you have another accomplice? Why didn't he come up? Where did he go?"

His face immediately showed a frightened expression again, he gritted his teeth tightly, and made a trembling sound of "clucking": "He is my younger brother, he, he, he was the one who was kicked off by me just now... No, no, that's not him , That's a devil!" He screamed, as if remembering something extremely terrifying.

Looking at his mental state, I couldn't ask anything for the time being, so I stretched my head and looked down again. It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything. Except for the crickets and crickets, there was nothing special. Sound, had to take him back to the bureau first.

It was almost dawn when I brought the muddy man back to the bureau, and Yang Xiaoxie went back to work. I was so sleepy that I explained his situation to the colleague who took the record, and went to the duty room to cover my head. asleep.

Around noon, the colleague who took the record knocked on the door and came in, yelling: "It's not good, Wu You. The man you arrested didn't explain anything. I left him alone for a while, but who knew that guy suddenly seemed like Suffering from epilepsy and having convulsions like crazy. I had to ask someone to send him to the hospital. Just now the hospital called and said that the man is afraid that he will die, and he only wants to see you!"

I quickly got up, rubbed my sleepy eyes, and drove to the hospital.

As soon as I entered the ward, I saw a festered and filthy man lying on the bed and struggling to breathe.I thought I went to the wrong ward, but the man's eyes lit up when he saw me.Only then did I recognize him as the clay figurine from that night from his rotten clothes and shaggy hair.

He gave me a weak look and said, "Brother, thank you for saving me. Although we are grave robbers, we are also loyal people."

Grave robber?What he said made me confused, didn't he steal bluegrass?Why did he become a tomb robber again?But after a few hours, how did he become like this?
Seeing my puzzled expression, he coughed twice, and then said: "I know I'm going to die, I was going to take this secret underground, but now, in order to repay your life-saving grace, I'm going to take this secret Tell you."

His complexion was getting worse and worse, and the festering on his body was getting worse and worse, emitting a foul smell.I have never seen human skin fester so quickly in such a short period of time.His breathing became more and more rapid, and his speech became intermittent: "My name is...Chen Da Dao, and my younger brother Chen Xiaoer is going down with me. We are from Changsha, and we have taken a business from a mysterious person. , came here to rob the tomb... I didn't expect that something would happen as soon as I went..."

I asked: "What happened, where is your brother, what is that thing that you kicked down?" He closed his eyes, gasped and paused for a long time before continuing: "We found a cave on the cliff , there is a hanging coffin inside. As soon as we entered, he was bitten by a blood-red bug... He went crazy and chased me to bite... The thing I kicked off was him. But he, he, he has already turned into a devil..."

Having said that, he closed his eyes again, as if unwilling to look back at that scene.I hurriedly asked, "Then who did you get the business from, and how did you find that place?"

At this time, he was already extremely weak, as if he was using his last strength to speak: "That person contacted us on the Internet, saying that Prince Ma Chu was buried in the tomb, and he only wanted one thing in the coffin..." Speaking of which, His chest rose and fell sharply, and then he said again: "Jitoushan, Yuan Xiazi..." Then, his mouth opened, his head tilted, and his eyes were completely closed.I quickly called the doctor.

After the doctor came in, he looked at the ECG monitor next to him, and there was already a straight line on it.He scratched his eyelids again with his rubber-gloved hands, looked at him with a flashlight, and listened to his heartbeat, then shook his head with me and walked out.

Only then did I realize that Chen Boldly’s whole body was completely rotten. In less than 10 minutes after he spoke to me, yellow-brown pus had flowed out from his face. He was extremely sick, and the whole room was filled with a kind of Bad taste.The smell was a bit familiar, and I thought for a while before I remembered what it was, the smell of corpses.Before, I handled a case in which a young man who failed the college entrance examination committed suicide. He died in a thick cement pipe that connects the river from the river to the mountain when farmers irrigate. It was at least half a year since his death when he was found, and his bones were rotten. When he came out, his body was covered with maggots, and the stench spread for three miles.That smell was exactly the same as the smell on Chen Boldly.

The smell of corpses can only be emitted from corpses that have been dead for a long time, but Chen Daudao just died, and even before he died, the smell of corpses was already very strong, which is really weird.I called the bureau and contacted the forensic doctor for an autopsy.Fortunately, after Chen Daudao's death, the festering stopped, otherwise when he rotted into a pool of black water, it would be really impossible to do anything.

This incident is so unbelievable. I have always been very curious, and I thought that this case must be pursued to find out.

(End of this chapter)