"Uh...... That one...... Uncle Huang, are you going to the toilet too?"

Looking at the old man who suddenly appeared, Zhou Wentao smiled awkwardly, and immediately pretended to have just "solved", and pretended to be calm.

"Hehe, I just saw that you have been gone for so long, and I was worried that you would get lost, so I came over to see the situation. The old man surnamed Huang smiled, and a kind smile appeared on his face again. "If it's almost over, let's go, it's almost time for dinner. ”

"Ah, okay, okay, we'...... Forehead...... We're ready, we'll be right here. Facing the old man's stressed gaze, Zhou Wentao seemed to be a little cowardly, he agreed on the surface, but his feet were sticky and sticky, moving his reluctant gaze to Jiang Yao.

"It's getting dark, and it's not a way to rub in the woods in our current situation, so it's better to act first, maybe we can find clues to the disappearance of Lao Qi and Akui. Jiang Yao glanced at the old man walking in front of him, and after thinking for a moment, he whispered to Zhou Wentao.

"Okay...... That's all there is to it. Zhou Wentao struggled for a while, and finally nodded, and the three of them with their own concerns walked along the path, and soon came to the entrance of the mountain village.

"The people in our village are generally more cautious of outsiders, and after entering the village, please ask the two of you to stay in my house temporarily, remember not to walk around the village at will, if you get into trouble, it will not be easy to do. The old man seemed to smile calmly, but the warning in his words was self-evident, Jiang Yao and the two nodded, they must be cautious on other people's territory, and the old man stopped being verbose after explaining, and took the two into this mist-shrouded quiet mountain village.

There seemed to be a strange atmosphere in the mountain village with the mist, and I don't know if it was because of the night, I saw that the doors of every house in the village were closed, and occasionally a villager appeared in the field of vision and looked in a hurry, and those villagers had a surprisingly consistent attitude towards Jiang Yao and the two - vigilant, and full of some hostility.

"These people's faces are so pale...... It's kind of scary to look at. Zhou Wentao whispered uneasily, and what Jiang Yao noticed was not only the faces of those people, but also the strange aura exuded by them, which was the same as that of the old man surnamed Huang.

"There is indeed a problem in this village, you follow me, don't get too far away from me. Although Jiang Yao couldn't identify what kind of aura these people had, he had to be extra cautious just in case, especially with a Zhou Wentao by his side.

"When I arrive, this is my family's house, I live alone, let's stay here tonight, in this village, that is, I am willing to receive people from outside the village. The old man stopped in front of an old earthen house, smiled and turned his head to look at the two people behind him, and finally fixed on Jiang Yao's face. "However, I still have to take care of the two of you again, and don't go out at night, no matter what I hear. ”

Jiang Yao frowned slightly when he heard this, and before he could say anything, Zhou Wentao, who was straightforward, took the lead in asking the question in the hearts of the two:

"Oh, why?" Zhou Wentao blurted out with a blink of confused eyes.

"Hehe, that's all it takes, it's for your own good. The old man smiled meaningfully, turned and ushered the two into the room.

"I prepared something to eat for the two of you, the conditions in the village are not good, and the two of you will be fine. The old man said and put a plate of dry food on the table, and deliberately lit the oil lamp in the room, the faint smell of the oil lamp wafted in the room, and the faint light gradually presented the dark and simple room in front of the three of them.

"Rest early after eating, and remember, don't mess around outside at night." The old man looked at Jiang Yao, and then moved to Zhou Wentao, a sneer flashed with ill intentions in his eyes, and after taking care of the two, the old man didn't say anything more, turned around and left the guest room.

"Xiaoyao, what should we do now? To be honest, I don't dare to eat anything here......" Zhou Wentao touched his "gurgling" belly, hesitantly looked at the dry food prepared on the table, and still didn't dare to make a move after all.

"'Don't go out at night, no matter what happens.'......" Listening to the old man's tone, something must happen here at night......" Jiang Yao pondered. "Anyway, now that we have a place to stay, let's take a break in this house for the time being, and by the way, look for any clues left by Brother Wen Hai and them. ”

"Yes, the old man said just now that he is the only one in this village who is willing to receive people from outside the village, and if my brother and they really have contact with him, maybe there will be clues in the old man's house. Zhou Wentao looked suddenly enlightened, and hurriedly looked around, but this room can really be described as "destitute", except for the two small board beds in the room, only a small table, a broken chair, and nothing else.

Jiang Yao thought for a moment, turned around and walked to a board bed close to him, carefully stretched out his hand, gently brushed the surface of the sheets, and then turned his head to look at the dusty corner of the room.

"The house was very dusty, indicating that it had not been inhabited for a long time, but the sheets were clean, indicating that someone had temporarily landed here not long ago. Jiang Yao looked around and said.

But the old man had said that he hadn't seen an outsider for a long time, and there were signs of temporary occupants in his room...... Sure enough, he was lying!" Zhou Wentao's face suddenly covered with a shadow. "Do you think it will be before my brother them...... Also stayed here like we did and was ......"

"Don't guess before you have evidence, Brother Wen Hai was accompanied by two strong bodyguards at the time, they shouldn't be so easy to be plotted, right, let's take a look at the situation first, be careful. Jiang Yao said, suddenly as if he had found something, I saw him walk to the ground next to the bed on the left, squatted down, stretched out his hand and gently wiped it on the ground.

"Strangely, there is very little dust on this ground, but the dust on the ground next to the right board bed is very thick, as if someone has deliberately cleaned only this area. ”

"If you want to clean it, you won't just sweep this small piece of land, right?" the house is just a big ......," Zhou Wentao stepped forward and said suspiciously.

"If anybody does do that, there must be a special reason. Jiang Yao patted the dust on his hands, and as if he thought of something, he suddenly leaned down and looked at the bottom of the bed next to him.

The oil lamp in the house was swaying, and it was hard to imagine that there was a mountain village without electricity in today's era, but Jiang Yao still found something strange in the dust in the corner under the bed by the faint light.

“…… This is?" Jiang Yao looked at the object in the corner that emitted a faint crystal light, and always felt a sense of familiarity, he stretched out his hand and took the object out of the dust.

"What is this? It seems to be a crystal?" Zhou Wentao helped Jiang Yao up from the ground and looked curiously at the crystal stone that Jiang Yao was holding in his hand.

Jiang Yao wiped the stone in his hand with his sleeve, blowing away the dust on the surface, only to see that the crystal stone in his hand was diamond-shaped, and the texture and finely carved workmanship definitely belonged to the superior crystal, but the peculiar thing was that there seemed to be a pattern engraved in the middle of the crystal, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be two five-pointed stars.

"This crystal...... Could it be?" Jiang Yao stared at the diamond-shaped crystal in his hand, and suddenly remembered that he had seen something similar on Yun Lan's body, and heard that this was a sign of the identity of the 'Spirit Imperial Divine Envoy', and the five-pointed star inside indicated the level of the 'Spirit Imperial Divine Envoy'.

The Spirit Envoy has been here, but how could such an important identity symbol be left under the bed? and the place that has been specially cleaned...... Could it be that it is to sweep away some traces left?

Jiang Yao was shocked and suspicious, and at this time, Zhou Wentao seemed to have found something outside the window, and hurriedly greeted Jiang Yao, pointed to the road facing the window and said:

"Little guy, look at them...... What are they doing?!"

Jiang Yao raised his head and looked out the window following Zhou Wentao's instructions, and sure enough, he saw a group of villagers carrying a huge thing from a distance.

"They carried it...... It looks like a coffin?" Jiang Yao put the crystal into his pocket, and then came to the window to take a closer look, but saw that the huge thing was in the shape of a rectangular shape, and the cyan body was densely covered with charms, it seemed to be a coffin of quite an age, and it looked quite terrible at first glance at the big night.

"Xiao Yao, the 'movement' that the old man said before, shouldn't this be it?" Zhou Wentao pointed to the coffin carrying team outside the window and said softly.

“…… Should be. Jiang Yao looked at the long line and found that there were not only young and middle-aged people, but even old and weak women and children, but everyone's face was that empty and pale expression, how weird it looked.

"I'd like to know what they're going to do, but we're not armed right now, we're hungry, and we can't beat that many people, so let's not go out with them just to be safe. Jiang Yao glanced at Zhou Wentao, who seemed to be tall next to him, but was actually a scumbag in combat power, and decided not to take this risk, but he didn't plan to just waste it in the room.

"Now it seems that the whole village has gone out, and Uncle Huang is probably also in the team, so we can sneak into his room and see if we can find some clues about Brother Wen Hai and them. ”

Jiang Yao said, quietly opened the door, only to see that the window of the main room opposite the guest room was dark, and it seemed that the old man was indeed not in the room.

Jiang Yao observed for a moment, and after confirming that there was no problem, he gestured to Zhou Wentao, and the two crept to the door of the main room, stretched out their hands, and carefully pushed the door.

"Squeak—"

The dilapidated wooden door opened a crack under the push of the two, and it seemed that it was indeed unlocked, Jiang Yao stepped forward and looked inside through the crack in the door, only to see that it was pitch black as far as the eye could see, and he couldn't see the situation inside at all.

"Let's go in and have a look. Jiang Yao said, boldly pushed open the door first, and flashed into the room.

The faint light outside the door penetrated into the room, and I could only vaguely see some sundries and daily furniture in the room, the room was not big, only one, and Old Man Huang did not seem to be in the house. Although it is always a bit unauthentic to trespass in the absence of the owner, for Jiang Yao and the others, who have already noticed that there is something wrong in the village, they can't take care of it so much at the moment.

"Tsk, that's not easy...... The room was too dark, and our phones and equipment had been dropped, so we couldn't search them at all, and if we lit an oil lamp, it would be easy to be discovered......," Jiang Yao hesitated.

"Alas~ I didn't say it earlier, I have a flashlight. Zhou Wentao said, turned the bracelet on his hand, and saw a beam of light immediately shoot out from the bracelet, illuminating a corner of the room. "This time I went into the mountain with you, how could I not prepare~ This is a multi-functional bracelet developed by my family, with a powerful flashlight, it is no problem to continue to open for three days and three nights, give it, I also left a spare one, wear it. ”

Jiang Yao took the bracelet, and sighed in his heart that Zhou Wentao, who seemed to be very arrogant, also had a reliable side, so he stopped rubbing, and after closing the door, he turned around and planned to start the search, but at this time, he suddenly found that Zhou Wentao behind him suddenly stood still, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and pointed to the corner at the end of the room.

Jiang Yao hurriedly looked up, only to see that in the light of the flashlight, a board bed was quietly placed in the corner against the wall, and a figure was wrapped in a quilt, lying there with his back to the two of them.