In the circle that Ye Haoxuan spilled, these withered leaf snakes did not take a step forward, they were piled up in a pile, and kept rolling in the circle, and the scene looked a little scary.

"What is this?" The ninth sister looked at the small bottle in Ye Haoxuan's hand with some surprise, you know, these dead leaf snakes are almost invincible in this area, they ignore any snake repellent powder, but Ye Haoxuan casually sprinkled some sprinkles, they didn't dare to move forward, what is the reason?

"This is my homemade snake powder. Ye Haoxuan said with a smile: "This is a little different from the snake repellent powder of the snake repellents here, most of the snake repellent powder of the snake repellent people here relies on smell, but I don't rely on the smell, but on the lethality." ”

"Can this kill the snake?" the ninth sister obviously didn't believe it.

"Of course. Ye Haoxuan opened the cap of the bottle and sprinkled it on a withered leaf snake that luckily ran to him, as the powder stained the snake's body, the snake's body immediately twisted violently, and its body emitted bursts of green smoke, swollen in less than five seconds, the snake turned over its stomach and did not move on the ground, and the place where the powder was sprinkled on its body seemed to be corroded by strong acid.

"It's amazing. The ninth sister looked at the bottle in Ye Haoxuan's hand curiously and said, "Can this hurt people?"

"No, it only works on snakes, and if you encounter a powerful snake, you can only die out. Ye Haoxuan smiled slightly.

"Something must be wrong with the village. The ninth sister looked at the clump of snakes twisted in the middle of the white powder, and she said with some worry: "It seems that this plague is just the beginning. We've had the weather here for too long, so something is going to happen now. ”

"When there is silence, there must be movement, this is the rule that has not changed for thousands of years, and the things in the village are probably still some troublesome things. Ye Haoxuan looked at the twisted dead leaf snake on the ground, and he sighed unfreely.

At this time, a chill hit the depths of the bamboo forest, and then a faint shadow flashed in the bamboo forest and quickly disappeared.

"Who is it?" Ye Haoxuan snorted, stepped out, his body turned into an afterimage, and quickly swept towards the place where the shadow was, almost instantly, he arrived at the place where the shadow was not there just now.

It's just that the bamboo leaves in this place are gone with the wind, but the surroundings are quiet, and there is not a single figure.

Ye Haoxuan's perception was sent out in all directions, and there was peace all around, and there were no living creatures at all.

"How is it, is there anyone?" The ninth sister ran over with Ye Haoxuan.

"No one. Ye Haoxuan looked around, "But I don't think it's too quiet here." ”

"...... there" Jiu Mei suddenly pointed to a dense mass of children, only to see two people hanging on the bamboo, judging from the clothes of the two, they were a man and a woman.

Ye Haoxuan pointed with his right hand, and a touch of true qi swept across the bamboo, and there were several rumbling sounds, only to see the two people hanging on the bamboo fall to the ground.

The two of them were disheveled, obviously the same as Li Chunyu's two companions, and they also had passionate smiles on their faces, and they were not aware of the danger coming.

"Shortly after I died, my body temperature was still there. Ye Haoxuan stretched out his hand and probed the bodies of the two people, and the time for the two to die should not be more than half an hour.

"It's ...... them" Jiu Mei looked at the two corpses in surprise, speechless for a while.

"Are you lost in the village?" Ye Haoxuan glanced at the ninth sister.

"Yes...... The woman is a widow, the man is also a bachelor, and his wife died a few years ago, and they ...... How could they do such a thing?" the ninth sister seemed to be a little unable to accept what was in front of her.

"Single men and women, it's normal to be together, why don't they be together openly, they have to sneak around here?" Ye Haoxuan was very puzzled by the customs here, it seemed that even if it was a Miao tribe, there was no rule that if a dead object could not be married.

"We can't get married in this place. The ninth sister shook her head with a complicated expression and said, "If you die, you are dead, and you can't get married." Otherwise, it will cause the mountain god to be angry. ”

"Your so-called mountain gods are too much to do. Ye Haoxuan was a little speechless and said: "Single men and women are together, I don't think there is anything wrong with this." ”

He paused and said, "Then do you think that this is the punishment of the mountain gods for them?"

"Yes, absolutely, this is the punishment of the mountain gods for them. This has happened so many times lately, and before you came, a man and a woman like them were dragged to the pig cage. The ninth sister said.

"As for being so cruel?" Ye Haoxuan shook his head speechlessly.

"Because if they do that, the whole village will be affected. The ninth sister said eagerly, "This is true, why don't you believe it? ”

"They died from Gu. Ye Haoxuan took out the silver needle and stabbed it on their bodies, the color of the silver needle slowly turned black, he stood up and raised the silver needle in his hand and said, "You know better than me, this situation belongs to Gu poison." ”

"It's Gu ......" The ninth sister took the golden needle in Ye Haoxuan's hand, and she said with some doubts: "Isn't it made by the mountain god?"

"Absolutely not. Ye Haoxuan said with certainty: "If there is really a mountain god, he will definitely not go to great lengths to give your villagers a trick, he will directly let them die." ”

"Could it be Granny Xu? No way, this can't be her. The ninth sister still didn't believe it.

"Take me to her, anyway, this matter must be clarified. Ye Haoxuan said: "Whether it is the plague or the Gu poison, they all need to be investigated, otherwise your village will never have peace." ”

"She doesn't see outsiders, especially you, who are not our people, and she won't see you. The ninth sister shook her head.

"Then forget it, anyway, I'm just a passerby, if the plague and the Gu poison thing are not investigated, death will continue. Ye Haoxuan shook his head helplessly.

"This ......" The ninth sister hesitated, she lowered her head and thought for a long time, and then she made up her mind, she nodded and said, "I'll call the patriarch first and deal with the affairs of these two people." ”

The dinner party was almost over, many people had already gone back after drinking, and the medical team that had been hung out for most of the night had already gone to sleep where they lived. They were snubbed when they came here this time, and I'm afraid they won't come to this kind of place in the future.

The village chief and a dozen villagers walked over with torches, and when they saw the bodies of the two people, everyone was silent.

"Patriarch, they have already made the mountain god unhappy by doing this kind of thing. A villager saw that the patriarch's face was a little unpleasant, and reminded him.

Because this small mountain village has rules here, those who cheat like this will be immersed in the pig cage. If they don't die, it means that they are the creation, if they die, it means that the two of them are together to make the mountain god unhappy, the rules of this village have existed for hundreds of years, and in these hundreds of years, there are dozens of pairs of single men and women who have private meetings, all of which have been immersed in pig cages.

And none of these people can survive a pillar of incense and go ashore alive, in fact, some people know that this is a bad habit. But because of the traditions in the village, most people choose to remain silent.

"Bury them. The patriarch waved his hand: "It's buried here." ”

"Patriarch, their bodies cannot be buried with us, they were killed by the wrath of the mountain gods. A villager said.

"Do you really believe that there is a mountain god in this world?" the patriarch turned around suddenly, with a hint of anger on his face: "Just like when this plague appeared, very early, I asked to report to the government and let the government send people to rescue, but who has supported me? ”

"If a doctor had come earlier, we wouldn't have died so many people here, and if you weren't so ignorant, your family wouldn't have suffered for so many days. What witch god, what mountain god? bullshit. ”

The more the patriarch spoke, the more excited he became: "If a man dies of his wife, he will be a single man for a lifetime, and if a woman dies of her husband, she will be widowed for a lifetime...... Whose rule is this?"

He pointed to the two people lying on the ground and shouted: "They can be together openly, but it is because of the bad habits that have been passed down for hundreds of years that they will sneak out......

"Patriarch...... It's not right for them to do this, they have a dead spouse, they can't be married. The villager who spoke had clearly been brainwashed by the village's traditions, he said with some excitement.

"Why can't you get married?" Ye Haoxuan took over his topic and said, "When did your customs come from? I walked around your village today, and I think that your village should have been a pretty big village before." ”

"Yes, the largest stockade in the whole Xiangxi. The patriarch's expression was a little lonely.

"But why are there not as many people in your village as there are in other villages? I looked at your houses, there are a lot of dilapidated ones, I guess no one lives in them, your people here are not prosperous, and they are still decreasing in the past few hundred years. ”

"Young people, when you go out, you don't want to come back, because they have adapted to modern life, so there will be fewer and fewer people in your village. Ye Haoxuan said: "What is the reason? The reason is that you are feudal and self-contained. ”

"But this tradition ......," argued.

"Does your tradition allow you to believe in medicine other than Miao Medicine?" Ye Haoxuan glanced at the villager......

"No...... Not allowed. The villagers stammered and replied, "We are sick here, so we can only ask Gu Po to communicate with the witch god, or go and worship our great witch, make offerings to the mountain god, and ask him to bless us." ”

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