The yard of the old man's house is very dilapidated, there are only three dilapidated houses, and a piece of glass on the window is broken, which is sealed with plastic sheeting.

After she invited us into the house, she limped and busied herself pouring water for Uncle Huzi and me.

I told her not to be too busy, it is important to treat her.

Afterwards, the old lady sat across from me and rolled up her trouser legs. I saw that this was a typical rheumatism, and the knees were red and swollen, so I asked: "Old man, is your disease related to the weather? Whenever it is cloudy and rainy, the pain in this joint is unbearable, and it is difficult to walk?"

Hearing this, the old man nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, yes, after several days of cloudy days, the knee hurts so badly that I can hardly walk."

"Old man, you should avoid living in this kind of damp and dark house with this disease. When the sun comes out, you should go out to bask in the sun frequently, and keep warm at ordinary times. How about this? Let me give you acupuncture to relieve the pain. I will write you another prescription, which includes external application and oral administration, as long as you take the medicine on time according to the prescription I prescribed, you can still recover within half a year."

The old man thanked me again and again, and then I took the silver needle from Uncle Hu Zi, pricked a few acupuncture points on the old man's swollen joints, and took out moxibustion, and smoked and roasted the old lady's swollen place .

After about 20 minutes, I took off the silver needle and asked the old man to try to walk around.

Soon, the old lady miraculously discovered that not only did the swelling subside at the joint, but the pain also disappeared, and she walked much more easily.

"Young man, you are amazing. I have an old problem, and I went to many hospitals but it didn't work out. It won't hurt after a few injections." The old lady said excitedly.

I smiled and said, "This is just a temporary pain relief. I prescribed the medicine for you. If you take the medicine on time, it can still be cured. But I have something to ask you."

"Young man, just ask if you have anything to say, don't be shy." The old man said happily.

"I heard that every time Boss Wang came to this village in the past few years, he gave money to the elderly over 65 years old, at least 1 yuan per person. It is said that you should have received this money too. Why don't you use the money to repair the house? Look at the air leaks everywhere in this house, and grass grows on the roof, living in such a house is not good for your health." I asked tentatively.

Hearing my question, the smile on the old lady's face disappeared immediately, as if she didn't dare to speak.

Uncle Huzi said with a smile: "Old man, you don't have to worry about it. We are not with the village head. This time, I came here with Boss Wang just to have a look. I didn't say a few words to the village head."

In this way, the old lady relaxed a little, and began to pour bitter water on us, saying: "The village chief is too rude. He is still relative to Wang Guilin, and there are several brothers. He is usually arrogant and domineering in the village. People dared to provoke him. The money that Wang Guilin asked the village chief to give us was actually not much in our hands. Each old man only had one or two thousand yuan in his hands. The village chief said that the rest of the money was used to build bridges and pave roads. , but everyone in the village knows that Wang Guilin gave the village chief a large sum of money to build bridges and pave roads, and we don’t need our money at all, but no one dares to provoke him, otherwise we won’t get a penny. "

Uncle Hu Zi and I looked at each other, and we already had some measure in our hearts.

From the very beginning, we felt that there was something wrong with the village chief.

What I didn't expect was that the village chief was really greedy. Not only was he greedy for a large sum of money for bridge repairs, but he also took most of the pension money sent to the elderly.

"It seems that the village chief is really not a good guy." Uncle Huzi said angrily.

"Who said it wasn't? You just saw that his son fell off the bridge and drowned in the river. Just now people in the village were still talking about it. The village chief did too many immoral things. God can't stand it." It's gone." The old lady said again.

"By the way, I seem to have heard you say that this is not the first time someone died on that bridge. How many people have died before?" I asked.

The old lady relaxed her guard against us, and then said: "Yes, in the past, there was no bridge at the west end of the village, only a small bridge built with wooden boards. When it rained heavily, even a person could not walk across it. Later, Wang Guilin paid for the The village head repaired the bridge, which was considered a great deed for the people in the village, but after the bridge was repaired, strange things always happened. During the daytime, walking across the bridge felt eerie. Within a year, five people drove off the bridge and drowned in the river."

"Are all the drowned people from your village?" I asked curiously.

"Well, they are all from our village, and they are all very close to the village chief. Some fell into the river with a tricycle, and some fell into the river with a tractor. Two months ago, there was a man on a bicycle. He fell into the river and drowned. Since then, people in the village have never crossed that bridge even if they took a detour. Such a thing, this child is also pitiful, he has not yet married a wife, and died at a young age." The old lady said very regretfully.

"Then do you know why there are so many accidents on that bridge?" I asked.

"It's really hard to say. When the bridge was being built, the village head asked Mr. Feng Shui to come over to see it. When the bridge was first built, the concrete pillars couldn't stand in the river, and they kept collapsing. I don't know how it was built later. , as long as I can remember, many people have drowned in that river. The villagers said that there are water ghosts in that river. After the bridge was built, they suppressed those water ghosts, so those water ghosts Harmful." The old lady said mysteriously.

"Old lady, I have one more thing to ask you. Is there anyone in your village who is in their thirties who looks dirty and has messy hair and feels like a beggar?" I asked again.

"The person you're talking about is a horse lunatic, right?" the old lady said suddenly.

"Who is the madman?" I asked.

"Crazy horse is a neurotic in our village. When he was born, his brain was not normal. His parents died of illness a few years ago. This crazy horse runs around in the village all day long, laughing foolishly when he sees people. The people in the village If people see him as pitiful, they will give him something to eat, otherwise he would have starved to death." The old lady said.

"Where is the horse lunatic now?" I asked quickly.

"I couldn't find anyone more than a year ago. He was crazy all day long, running around, maybe he got lost." The old lady said.

Hearing this, my heart trembled, and I finally knew what was going on.

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