Chapter 69: Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea

  Just as Liu Daqiang slightly relaxed his vigilance, the thing first loosened up a bit, then suddenly increased its strength and pulled backwards, pulling Liu Daqiang down to the ground.

  Liu Dajiang fell, and Liu Que's hand slipped out of his. Just as Liu Que was about to be dragged into the old well by that thing, Liu Dajiang jumped up and pounced on Liu Que's body, holding him tightly.

  But now Liu Daqiang's strength has been exhausted, that thing is too powerful, and with his current strength, Liu Daqiang can no longer hold back Liu Zu.

  Liu Daqiang had used up all his strength, but Liu Zhuang's body was still sliding slowly towards the old well.

  At this moment, Liu Dajiang saw the axe that Liu Zuozi had dropped beside him. He immediately grabbed the axe and rushed forward, like a madman, chopping at the thing that was dragging Liu Zuozi with all his might.

  However, since the thing was invisible to the naked eye, Liu Dajiang couldn't see it, so he could only hold the axe and chop at the air in front of Liu Qiu's crippled foot.

  "Ah!"

  Just after Liu Dajiang chopped dozens of knives in a frenzy, Liu Quezi let out a miserable cry and fainted. At this time, Liu Dajiang only discovered that he had already used the chopping knife in his hand to chop off the missing leg of Liu Quezi.

  Seeing Liu Quan's leg, which had been chopped into two segments and was covered in blood and flesh, Liu Daqiang was shocked stiff. Just as Liu Daqiang was stunned, Liu Quan's body was suddenly dragged into the old well by that thing, but Liu Quan's severed foot was left at the edge of the well.

  "Ah!"

  Looking at the scene in front of him, looking at Liu Zhuo's bloody and mangled broken foot, Liu Daqiang shouted like a madman.

  After shouting, Liu Daqiang's mood calmed down a bit.

  After calming down a bit, Liu Daqiang thought calmly and knew that Liu Zuo was beyond salvation. However, he himself also had trouble now.

  No matter what, Liu Cripple's leg was cut off by Liu Dajiang with a knife. And now, Liu Cripple has fallen into the old well and is definitely drowned to death. When the police station investigates, they will not believe in ghosts, but only suspect that Liu Dajiang cut off Liu Cripple's foot and then pushed him into the old well.

  Thinking of this, Liu Daqiang hurriedly threw the foot that Liu Zuozi left on the edge of the well into the old well, and also threw the chopping knife in.

  After throwing it away, Liu Daqiang went to fetch a bucket of clear water and washed away the bloodstains left on the edge of the old well.

  He didn't kill anyone, but he cleaned up the crime scene, making himself look like a murderer. Liu Daqiang felt quite helpless and had no choice about his actions.

  If you tell the police that Liu Erli has encountered a ghost, will they believe it? You know, when handling cases, the police only talk about evidence and don't believe in ghosts.

  Now, all the evidence points to Liu Dajiang. Whether it's the broken foot or the axe, they all point to him as a suspect. What's even more tragic is that there are no other witnesses at the scene. Therefore, even if Liu Dajiang had a hundred mouths, he still wouldn't be able to explain himself clearly if the police investigated.

  To avoid unnecessary trouble, Liu Dajiang made up his mind not to mention this matter. Not even to his wife Zhu Fen did he say a word.

  Liu Dajiang hurriedly ran back home, lit the kerosene lamp, and found that there were still bloodstains on his sleeves. Since Liu Dajiang wanted to conceal the fact, he dared not leave the bloodstains behind, so he took the clothes to the Houyuan ditch, fetched a basin of clear water, and started washing the clothes.

  It's unclear whether it was because Liu Daqiang had been gone for too long or because the sound of Liu Daqiang washing clothes was too loud. Anyway, Zhu Fen got up.

  After getting up, Zhufen followed the sound and came to Houyin Gou. As soon as she arrived at Houyin Gou, after seeing Liu Dajiang washing clothes, Zhufen immediately showed some surprise.

  "What's wrong with you? It's late at night, what are you washing clothes for?" Zhu Fen asked.

  In the countryside, men generally only do farm work, while women do household chores like washing clothes and cooking. As a result, in all these years of marriage, Liu Dajiang had never washed clothes except when Zhu Fen gave birth and was resting during her confinement period.

  Moreover, Liu Daqiang was washing clothes in the middle of the night again, which made Zhu Fen even more curious.

  "Just now I heard a noise outside the house, thinking it was a thief, so I opened the door to look. As a result, I saw a black shadow and went to chase after it, unfortunately didn't catch up, and fell into the paddy field, getting my clothes dirty." Liu Daqiang said.

  "Then where did you put your clothes? I'll just wash them tomorrow!" said Zhufen.

  "These two days, didn't you come for something? I couldn't sleep anyway, afraid that thief would come again, so I just happened to lock it." Liu Daqiang's reaction was still relatively quick. Probably because he had told a few lies before and gained some experience.

  "Hey!" Zhu Fen patted Liu Daqiang's back and said, "When did you become so concerned about others?"

  As she spoke, Zhu Fen pushed Liu Daqiang aside.

  "You go to sleep! I'll wash," said Zhufen.

  Just as Zhu Fen was about to put her hand into the basin, Liu Daqiang suddenly took it away.

  "I've finished washing, just wring them out and you go to sleep! I'll be right there." With that, Liu Dajiang took the clothes out of the basin and wrung them out.

  It's okay, the bloodstain on the clothes has been scrubbed clean by Liu Daqiang and wasn't seen by Zhu Fen.

  After Liu Daqiang wrung out the clothes, Zhu Fen also went back to the house with a sigh. After drying the clothes, Liu Daqiang returned to the house as well.

  Originally, Liu Dajiang thought he could get away with this matter. But unexpectedly, the next day at noon, Bo Dawawa found a severed foot by the old well when she was passing by.

  A severed foot suddenly appeared at the old well, which was undoubtedly a shocking piece of news. However, before long, the incident blew up in Shimǎ Village.

  Soon, all the villagers gathered at the old well to see what was going on. Liu Dajiang didn't want to go originally, after all, he had a guilty conscience and was afraid of revealing his flaws. However, he knew that everyone in the village had gone, if he didn't go, wouldn't it make him even more suspicious? So, Liu Dajiang could only force himself to go to the old well too.

  "Liu Daqiang, is this leg your brother Liu Qianzi's? This leg is crippled, and in our village, only Liu Qianzi is crippled!"

  As soon as Liu Daqiang arrived, a villager asked him a question like this.

  Ask him that villager, of course, is unintentional. However, for Liu Daqiang, it's enough to make him frightened.

  "This... shouldn't be, right?" Liu Daqiang stuttered out a reply.

  "What about Liu Quezi?" As soon as someone mentioned Liu Quezi, some villagers noticed and the whole Stone Horse Village gathered. Now only Liu Quezi hasn't arrived yet.

  "I'll go to Erli's house and take a look," Liu Daqiang said.

  After finishing speaking, Liu Dajiang pulled his legs and ran to Liu Zu's home. The reason why Liu Dajiang ran so fast was not because he worried about Liu Zu, but because he feared being exposed.

  Liu Daqiang had thought of taking this opportunity to hide in his room, but unexpectedly, Chen Tianguo actually followed him and ran over.

  "We'll go together," said Chen Tianguo.

  As they spoke, the two of them had already run to the gate of Liu Que's house.

  "Liu Quezi, Liu Quezi!" Chen Tianguo shouted before Liu Dajiang could even open his mouth.

  Chen Tianguo shouted for half a day, but there was no response from inside the house. At this time, Chen Tianguo found that the gate was not closed, so he pushed it open and entered the house.

  Chen Tianguo and Liu Daqiang searched Liu Qianzi's home together, but did not find Liu Qianzi. However, the two found a woman's underwear on Liu Qianzi's bed.

  "That must be Liu Qiang's doing, this thing is probably related to that woman's underwear. Da Qiang, go inform the villagers, I'll go to town to report the case." Chen Tianguo said.

  Chen Tianguo was a kind-hearted person. After finishing his speech, he immediately turned around and ran away. Chen Daqiang knew that Chen Tianguo had gone to report the case.

  Liu Daqiang was stunned on the spot, because he didn't know that in a moment the police would come and ask him questions.