Gong Chao nodded, and we tiptoed forward, taking advantage of the wind. Just after we took a few steps forward, there was a sudden "boom" and a ball of fire rose up in front of us, which scared us. The fire immediately went down, but after a short time, it burned again. A big flame came out of the corn stalk, flickering and making a sound.
The scene in front of me suddenly lit up, and I saw a black shadow disappear in the firelight in front of me. Then I heard a moving sound, and it ran away!
Gong Chao and I waved our hands and we ran forward faster. When we got to the fire, we saw a body wrapped in flames. From the unburned body, it was the bastard named Lu. It was impossible to put out the fire now, because from the fierce flames, it must have been poured with flammable liquids such as gasoline. Although there was water accumulation due to the rain, it was absorbed by the soft soil. We were afraid that the fire would spread to the corn with the wind, so we broke off a few corn stalks and beat them a few times, but it was of no use. But later, we felt relieved when we saw that the flames never burned the corn stalks.
This is actually not bad. Someone helped burn the body, saving us a lot of trouble. But who is this person? If he is Gong Chao's enemy, he would never help him. If he is a friend, he would not refuse to show his respect to me. After thinking about it, I can't guess who this mysterious figure is and what his purpose is.
We will definitely not be able to catch up with that man if we continue to chase him. He has left the body behind and is running away first. He is squatting in a random place in front. We won't be able to find him even if we search until dawn.
We watched the body gradually burn to ashes. This flammable liquid was really powerful. It burned the bones cleanly, leaving a charred ground on the ground without even a slag. And it only took more than ten minutes, which made me amazed.
After the last flame was extinguished, I turned around and found Gong Chao squatting on the ground vomiting. This was an open-air cremation of a human being. People with a weaker mental quality would definitely not be able to watch it. When I saw the burning belly swell up and then burst, I felt goose bumps all over my body and my stomach was churning.
I patted Gong Chao on the shoulder and said, "Someone helped us dispose of the body and it was done quite cleanly. We don't have to worry about this matter being exposed in the future. Let's go home."
Gong Chao was vomiting snot and tears, and he wiped his mouth with his sleeve and followed me out. When we reached the edge of the field, we suddenly saw something stuck diagonally in the mud. Under the flashlight, it was shining green. I bent down to pick it up. It was a piece of green jade ornament the size of an egg, with a green-faced, fang-toothed Yaksha-like scary thing carved on it.
Originally, Gong Chao was quite interested in this thing and put his eyes close to my hand to look at it. But when he saw this, he was so scared that he quickly retracted his eyes.
I am not an expert on jade, so I don't know how much this thing is worth, but I guess it was left here by that mysterious person. I turned it over and saw that there was also a carving on the back, which turned out to be a lifelike face of a beautiful woman. There is an evil ghost in front and a beautiful woman on the back, it's like ice and fire, who is so bored to make such a carved jade ornament.
I put the thing in my pocket and walked back to the village. Gong Chao was so frightened that he didn't even dare to walk the distance from the village to his home. I had to send him back before returning to Zhao Chengshi's house.
As soon as I entered the door, I felt a cold breath coming towards me!