Chen Zilan took Zheng Pei and asked the driver to drive them to Dian Village.

The road to Diancheng can be said to be eighteen bends of the mountain road, twists and turns, and it was already more than 12 noon when they arrived at Diancun.

Diancun is actually a small town in a county under Diancheng, but this town is located in a remote area, and is in the deep mountains and old forests, the population in the village is not much, the terrain is complex, the people in the village are living in the upper mountain, there is a mountain recess under the village, and the gatehouse is built in the mountain recess.

Since the purge incident occurred here a few years ago, the entrance of the village has been re-strengthened here, and a sentry box has been installed at the entrance of the village, there are not many people who come to this village, and this is not a tourist place, so Chen Zilan and their arrival in this place will naturally attract attention.

The people here are not like the people in the countryside of Quancheng, who will warmly greet you for tea or invite you to have a meal when outsiders arrive, and the people here are full of vigilance and indifference to outsiders.

When Chen Zilan and the others arrived at the entrance of the village, they were stopped and their cars were not allowed to enter, and the master who drove them was waiting for them at the entrance of the village.

When Chen Zilan and Zheng Pei arrived in the village, a group of half-grown children with yellow faces and thin muscles surrounded them.

Chen Zilan asked, "Are you all from this village?"

The children didn't speak, just looked at Chen Zilan and them indifferently.

Wherever the two of them went, the child followed, and when they met an adult, Chen Zilan wanted to inquire about the local situation and ask if there was a place to have dinner here, but the other party didn't seem to understand her words, and still looked at her coldly.

Chen Zilan had more doubts in his heart, glanced at Zheng Pei, and walked towards the depths of the village.

Several children followed them silently, the cold air made Chen Zilan and Zheng Pei feel furious, but they still wanted to find a place of value, and walked along the winding mountain road towards the middle of the mountain, where there were rows of residential houses.

But many of the houses were closed, and at noon there was no one in the house, and occasionally one or two of them were open, but when the old people or women inside saw the children behind them, they waved their hands like ducks, and drove them "Go, go, go." ”

Chen Zilan and Zheng Pei turned around, they didn't understand anything, they walked along the mountain road again, Zheng Pei seemed to vaguely see that there were houses behind the mountains, so he pointed away and said:

"Mr. Chen, look, there seems to be a house over there, it seems to be a very good house?"

Chen Zilan followed Zheng Pei's instructions and looked into the distance, vaguely as if there was a house: "Let's go, let's go to a high place to have a look." ”

The two of them walked together for about a kilometer until they reached the top of a small hill, and the vague house became somewhat clear.

"There should be another village over there, and this village is adjacent to another village. Zheng Pei looked away, and the winter afternoon was a little blurry.

Chen Zilan looked at the mountain road, and the road became narrower and narrower the more he went up: "Well, I don't know if I can go over?"

"I feel like the house is quite luxurious. ”

"Maybe it's a villa built here by a rich man?"

"These two villages are next to each other, and although the climate is good, is it too far from the city to live here? Zheng Pei whispered an analysis.

"Children, do you know that house?" Chen Zilan asked the children who followed them again.

"No, we are orphans and grew up in this village. This time, a child finally answered their question.

"You ......." Chen Zilan looked at the children in front of him and felt a little distressed, no wonder these children were yellow and thin, and they were very indifferent.

"Where do you live?" Zheng Pei asked one of the older children.

"No. The child pointed to a courtyard a little further away from the village.

"Can we go and have a look?" Chen Zilan asked

"Hmm. Several children led Chen Zilan and the others to the courtyard.

Pushing open the door, there were still a few children in the yard, but these children were much better than the children who followed Chen Zilan, their faces were ruddy, and they were much healthier, but everyone's eyes were very cold, and their eyes were like winter ice.

They were originally sitting and talking about something, but when they saw Chen Zilan and them coming in, they all stood up and looked at Chen Zilan and they were full of hostility.

"Sorry kids, I'm sorry to disturb you, we were just passing by and wanted to come over to see if we had dinner to eat. Chen Zilan said apologetically.

"Come here. A child about 1.60 meters tall pointed to the child who followed Chen Zilan and said.

Several children walked over and stood behind him in rows.

"We don't have anything to eat here, so go somewhere else. ”

Chen Zilan and Zheng Pei withdrew from the courtyard.

"There's something strange about this village. ”

"Yes, those kids are weird. ”

"They don't look like ordinary orphans, and the last few children don't look like very lonely children, they seem to be the leaders of these children. Chen Zilan's doubts became heavier and heavier.

"I smelled it in their yard. Zheng Pei's voice was a little excited.

"Are you sure?" asked Chen Zilan eagerly.

"I'm sure. Zheng Pei nodded.

"If you smell it, why don't the people from Diancheng come here?" Chen Zilan asked Zheng Pei as if asking herself.

The two of them glanced at the courtyard they had just left.

"Let's go, go back and figure it out. "Neither of them can do anything on their own.

When I went down to the entrance of the village, the driver was already asleep sitting in the car.

Chen Zilan knocked on the car door.

"Master, open the door. ”

The two of them sat in after opening the car door, but the driver didn't say a word, waited for the two of them to sit down, and then started the car and left.

At noon, the two of them didn't eat, and they climbed the mountain again, and it was already more than six o'clock in the afternoon, and the two of them were a little tired, so Zheng Pei leaned on and squinted.

Chen Zilan looked at the distant mountains and the darkening sky, and a trace of bad feeling rose vaguely in his heart.

The village is full of quirks.

She picked up her phone and called her colleagues in Diancheng, telling them that she was on her way back and would be back at about 8 p.m.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Chen Zilan and Zheng Pei had not returned, and they had not returned at twelve o'clock in the evening.

Diancheng's colleagues had no choice but to turn to Liao Guohua for help.

Liao Guohua came over with his clothes on: "What's the matter?"

"Two of our colleagues called at around 6 p.m. and said they were walking back in Diancun and had not come back yet. ”

"I told you, don't stay away, it's not easy to walk here in winter. Look, what's wrong?" Although Liao Guohua complained, he still arranged a few cars to go to the direction of Diancun to find them.

I found them along the road and called Chen Zilan and them, but the phone rang but no one answered.

The two colleagues were anxious, and they felt inexplicably uneasy.

"Do you think something will happen to them?" a colleague asked worriedly.

"Probably not, it should be that the phone is out of battery. Another colleague comforted him, but he didn't believe the reason he gave himself.

Several cars pulled the alarm to look along the road, and at a bend, they found traces of sudden braking, and there were obvious traces of overturning on the side of the road.

Everyone parked and looked along the mountain.

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