If you don't count, you will die

Chapter 16

Mo Mo's heart suddenly beat violently, and he and Lin Mu, who was close at hand, looked at each other for a long time, unable to speak for a while.

His heart was beating faster and faster because of Lin Mu's approach, completely out of his own control.

At such a close distance, he could even feel Lin Mu's breath, which made him hold his breath, then turned his head and swung Lin Mu's fingers vigorously.

Lin Mu gave a short laugh, and reached out and patted the top of Shen Mo's head before sitting back.He blew on the back of his hand that was slapped red by Silence, and complained speciously: "It's really hard."

Shen Mo patted his chest hard, as if he wanted to teach that disobedient heart a lesson.

At this time, Xiao Er brought the teapot and poured tea for the two of them.

When he was about to leave, he was stopped by Lin Mu, if he wanted to inquire about the news, the best place to know would be the restaurants and inns where people come and go, seeing that the two of them were dressed in extraordinary clothes, Xiaoer bowed his knees very much.

"Several adults, what's the matter with the little one?"

Lin Mu pointed to the silver ingots on the table and said, "Shop boy, we are not very familiar with this place when we first came here, can you tell us something interesting?"

"Interesting thing?" The waiter looked at the silver ingot with greedy eyes.

Ling Mu pushed the silver ingot forward again, "It's finished, I'll leave the rest to you. If you have the guts to fool...the end, you don't want to know."

Xiao Er immediately raised a flattering smile, there were quite a few people who came to the restaurant to inquire about the news, he also did this kind of thing, naturally he was very handy, and at this time he talked about the local conditions and customs of Zeshui City with eloquence.

He talked a lot dryly, but seeing that Mo Mo and the two were still lacking in interest, he glanced at the ingot of silver again, gritted his teeth, squinted his eyes, bent down to get closer, and said in a low voice.

"There is another strange thing here, the little one. It must be something that you have never heard of or seen. It must be surprising if you tell it, but... I'm afraid that I will scare the two adults by telling it. The little one can't afford it."

Seeing that the fish finally took the bait, Lin Mu threw another ingot of silver on the table.

"But it doesn't matter."

"Hey hey hey..."

Before the waiter opened his mouth, he first touched the two ingots of silver from the table and stuffed them into his waist, and then said mysteriously: "This Zeshui City...is born of water, and has a great belief in the river god... "

Zeshui City is born of water, and it can be said that every household earns a living on the water. Today's wealthy households, counting up to three generations, can always find a fisherman to make a living.

But everyone understands that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.Therefore, this Zeshui City is a bit superstitious. In the previous dynasty, every household would slaughter pigs and sheep to worship the river god on the New Year's Day. During the year, there was no harvest in the fields at home, and it was difficult to have a full stomach. In severe cases, he died in the vast water, with no bones left.

This tradition continued until the current emperor ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Zhantian before it gradually disappeared.

Because today's emperors don't believe in gods and ghosts, and the story of the national teacher's human skin hanging on the city gate is too sensational. The people believe in gods and Buddhas, and they dare not confront the people in power. They are afraid.

Moreover, Zeshui City is very close to Jiuzhong, the imperial capital, and the local officials also began to discourage such acts of sacrifice. Although the people were panicked, they gradually stopped worshiping.

However, the older generation has outdated ideas and hard-to-change concepts, and they still occasionally worship secretly in private.

But as time went by, the people found that even if they didn't worship the river god, nothing really happened. They still received a good harvest, and no one died on the water, so the people rested with peace of mind. The mind of worship, worship is mostly time-consuming, labor-intensive, and money-consuming. Every year, this big consumption is saved, and the money saved, on the contrary, becomes richer and richer.

But no one expected that an accident would happen this year. Not only did some people lose their lives in the water, but fifteen people in a row were killed.

At first, it was just a few children who drowned, then teenagers, and then adults. At this point, rumors of the river god's punishment spread quietly.

Speaking of this, Xiao Er straightened his face, trying to bring some mystery.

"I can also find out about this from other places, but ah, I have an exclusive piece of news to guarantee that the honored guest's silver ingot is not wronged. I heard it from a guest by chance... Those few days A drowning person is not as simple as drowning..."

The guest Xiao Er mentioned was a person who claimed to have seen the scene with his own eyes. Although he did not know whether it was true or not, he did not mention it here, and only talked about what the person said.

It is said that a woman was doing laundry by the river at that time. The river is wide and the river is very shallow. The woman should not be in any danger, but for some reason, she slipped into it while washing. In the river, the water was not rushing, and the water beside the river was shallow, so the woman kept thrashing and struggling but couldn't stand up no matter what, and gradually drifted towards the middle of the river.

It's true that everyone in Zeshui City knows about water, but it's just that there is nothing wrong with this river, but the woman not only fell into the river inexplicably, but also gradually appeared to be drowning.A pair of brothers passing by saw that the situation was not good, and immediately one of them jumped into the water to rescue him.

The two brothers were both born in water, and they have been good at water since they were young, but they didn't expect that the brother went down alone, and he couldn't be rescued for a long time, not to mention struggling, waving his hands, losing balance, and shouting intermittently.

The other person standing by the river was so anxious that he finally jumped down too, but he didn't expect that he slowly sank into the water like the two people in front of him.

So far, no one dared to jump down, and none of the three of them came up, and they all drowned in the river.

After the little girl finished speaking, her expression was still full of uncontrollable mystery, and her eyes rolled around, but she saw that the two of Shen Mo were not frightened, and even Lin Mu was fiddling with the black gauze belt behind Shen Mo's head boredly, Shen Mo pushed him, and he let go of his hand, Mo Mo didn't push, he stretched out his hand again.After many attempts, Silence gave up and let him go.

After Xiaoer left with unfinished thoughts, Shen Mo spoke first.

"Is it possible that the drowning was man-made?"

Lin Mu didn't look at him, and didn't know if he heard him, but only fiddled with the tape behind Shen Mo's head, and his fingertips occasionally touched the tips of Mo Mo's ears, and Mo Mo shrank his neck uncomfortably.

Seeing this, Lin Mu chuckled: "Under the eyes of everyone, the feasibility is very small."

Silently pondering: "According to Xiaoer's description, the phenomenon of drowning is very strange."

Lin Mu asked: "Are you sure you are the River God?"

Shaking his head silently, "I don't believe it."

Lin Mu was a little surprised when he heard the words, he tugged the black gauze ribbon on the back of Shen Mo's head, and said: "You are a fortune teller, spying on the secrets of heaven, but you don't believe in ghosts and gods?"

Silently tilted his head back, he couldn't help but raise his hand to hold Lin Mu's fingers.

"If there were ghosts and gods, how could there be so many people who died in vain? Even if there were, they wouldn't easily appear in front of people."

Lin Mu pursed his lips, looked at Shen Mo holding his hand and said: "The gods and ghosts are ruthless." Then he withdrew his hand and grabbed the strap behind Lin Mu's head.

Gritting his teeth silently: "Rin Mu."

"Huh?" Lin Mu rested his hands on his cheeks in boredom, wondering if he listened carefully to Shen Mo's words.

There was silence, and more silence.Shen Mo stood up suddenly, Lin Mu didn't expect him to stand up suddenly, before his fingers had time to retract, the black gauze was pulled by Lin Mu from Shen Mo's eyes and hung around his neck, and Mo Mo staggered according to the situation, and managed to stand still without falling fall.

Mo Mo looked up, and the black veil fell off, revealing a pair of black eyes brightened by a little anger.

This is probably the most emotional moment in the past ten years of silence.

After standing up, he didn't know what to do with Lin Mu, he stared straight at Lin Mu for a while, then gave him a final look, and sat back abruptly.

Lin Mu blinked, then blinked again, and then smiled while holding the table.

Amidst Lin Mu's laughter, the silent cheeks started from the neck, a little bit of blush rushed up, and finally looked like a crimson flower deliberately keeping calm in the wind.

Since meeting Rin Mu, the various emotions that he has never felt since he can remember have gradually become vivid.

He doesn't know if it's good or bad, or even if it's right or normal, but one thing is for sure, at least he doesn't hate it now.

Lin Mu finally stopped laughing, looked at Shen Mo who stared blankly at him, propped his cheek with one hand, and reached out in front of Mo Mo with the other.

"Just so angry? Want to hit me? Come, give you a hit?"

Seeing the palm spread out in front of him, the palm was huge, with slender fingers, but the knuckles were slender but not hard, silently agitated in his heart, and patted it unceremoniously.

With a crisp sound and a "snap", Lin Mu's palm turned red visibly, and the force of silence was not small.

Lin Mu still looked so lazy, with his palms still stretched out in front of Shen Mo, as if he was not afraid of pain.

"Come on, fight again?"

"Crack!" Mo Mo stretched out his hand again, but the force was much weaker than last time.

"Not fun?"

"Snapped!"

"Do you still want to fight?"

"Snapped!"

The smile on Lin Mu's lips was undisguised, and the emotion in her eyes became real.

Every time Shen Mo slapped, his palms also felt numb, and finally his hands dropped to the side, his fingertips curled up, feeling that his palms were unbearably hot.

Lin Mu saw that he hadn't hit him for a long time, so she withdrew her hand, "Do you just listen to me like this?"

Shen Mo listened for a while, and felt the numbness in the palm of his hand spreading all the way, covering his whole body. Another uncontrollable emotion like anger filled his mind. Slapping the red palm, he opened his mouth and bit down.

The first bite didn't find the right place, and it was bitten right into the palm, and it changed direction like a pig's foot, and bit down on the tiger's mouth.

While biting, he raised his eyes to look at Lin Mu, but Lin Mu still looked like the old god was there.

Silence gradually intensified, Lin Mu still didn't move and didn't see struggling, looking sideways at Silence, his expression even showed a bit of connivance towards small animals.

The force used in silence was not small, although there was no blood, but the tooth marks must not be shallow, because he kept opening his mouth to bite Lin Mu's tiger's mouth, with his mouth open, the saliva gradually couldn't hold back, it slid down the mouth, and finally dripped on Lin Mu's mouth. Mu hand back.

He was startled suddenly, and immediately let go of his mouth, wiped his chin, and looked down.

There was a circle of deep tooth marks around Lin Muhu's mouth, the depths of the tooth marks had slightly permeated with traces of blood, and the surface was even more wet. The water stains made his cheeks even redder, and he immediately threw away the warm cup in his hand. palm.

Lin Mu withdrew his hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped his fingers and tiger's mouth slowly, without saying a word.

Shen Mo's body was a little stiff, and for some reason, he felt an emotion called guilt, and he was inexplicably panicked.

Lin Mu mercifully let go of the silence, and did not pursue it, but changed the subject on his own initiative.

"What are your plans for this case?"

Silence forced himself to calm down, his thoughts quickly immersed in the case, and said, "Go to the river first to have a look, now the palms of the five corpses have no skin, I can't divination."

Lin Mu was not surprised, just asked him: "Do you only know how to touch palms and ask divination?"

Shen Mo raised his head and looked at Lin Mu in confusion, "A dead person has no anger at all, and he can't speak without knowing what he wants. What else can he do besides touch his palm and ask the hexagram?"

Lin Mu threw down the handkerchief in his hand, looked up at the silent gaze full of inquiry: "You are very strange, you seem to be born with the ability to spy on the secrets, but you don't know much about your own ability, just like... a child who can't walk learns first. run."

Shen Mo asked back: "You seem to understand the theory of divination very well... even better than me."

A question became a certainty in the end.

Lin Mu smiled without answering, and said after a while, "You will know later...it's just a matter of time."

Mo Mo had already gotten used to Lin Mu's hidden way of speaking, so they didn't ask too many questions, and the two left the inn to go to the river where the accident happened.