Mizutaro's gaze farther away slightly, fell into a recollection: "Our village is an ancient village on the edge of Huashan Town, originally close to the mountains and coasts, beautiful, but ......what about it" He closed his distant eyes, approached us mysteriously, and said in a ghostly voice: "When I was a child, I heard the elders say that because some people in our village had done unclean things, the whole village was cursed. ”

"Curse?" the little Taoist priest said in a deep tone.

Mizutaro said: "It is that some unlucky things often happen, such as plagues, torrential rains, landslides, many people have died, and there are many resentful spirits wandering, my parents said that this is all retribution, so I moved out of Watergate Village early and arrived in this Huashan Town." The only time I went to that village in my life was when I worshiped Zula more than 20 years ago, and then I never went to that ghost place again in order to save my life and not be contaminated with the evil spirit of that place. ”

Listening to Mizutaro's words, I felt a chill in my heart, as if there were many fine spider feet crawling on me.

Bao Cai said in a sharp tone: "You mean, in fact, you have been to Watergate Village once, and all your news is from the elders?

Mizutaro said: "Oh, the elder I'm talking about is my grandfather, and my grandfather also listened to the ancestors of the earlier days, and that kind of unlucky thing came to me, so I only know that, and I don't know the deeper level." ”

Listening to Mizutaro talk about his ancestors, it can be determined that the time point we infer is either in the Qin Dynasty or in the Western Han Dynasty, and the unclean things he said may have a certain relationship with the person who wrote the parchment scroll.

"Do you know what is going on in Watergate Village now?" Xue Luo said in a rare voice.

Mizutaro played Lai Pi and said: "I don't know, I just know that the people who went to Watergate Village never came out again." ”

Ba Jian asked strangely, "How do you know that the people who went to Watergate Village never came out again?"

"Alas, you don't know, my tea stall is the only way to go to Watergate Village, just that way, and, ...... No" He glanced at random, and as far as his eyes could see was a stable, the horses in the stable were all good horses, these good horses were wagging their tails, eating hay, and Mizutaro said: "See, these horses are still there, but the master has not led them away, if those people want to live, they would have come out a long time ago." ”

"Why don't these people go on horseback?" I asked, confused.

Mizutaro put his hands in his sleeves, like a well-behaved lady from the Northeast, and said: "It's difficult to walk on both legs, and it's too difficult to walk on four legs." Moreover, the road to Watergate Village on horseback is too big, and it will not be too troublesome to be seen by the people of the government. ”

"Is that a difficult road?" Bao Cai was a little worried.

Mizutaro pretended to look like he didn't care about himself, but said in an accentuated tone: "That's right, it's winding, it's hard to find." I advise you, it's better to save Qingqing's life and go home to eat and drink spicy food, why do you have to be brave. ”

As he spoke, he shook his head and was about to leave, but at this moment, a bag of money was suddenly lost on the table, Baocai looked at the money bag he was familiar with on the table, reacted, widened his eyes, and shouted at the expressionless Xue Luo: "That's all our entanglements, what are you going to do?"

Xue Luo didn't look at him, and said to Mizutaro: "Mizutaro, right? I heard you ask us if we went to explore inside, and there are a lot of people going to that village, is this money enough for you to take us to your old camp?"

That Mizutaro turned around, and when he saw the heavy money, he came to his senses, he changed his face, a hippie smile, and said like a dog's leg: "The girl is reasonable, and my Mizutaro's real main business is to be a guide." He walked up to us, took the money from the table, and became more and more enthusiastic: "Although there is only one way to Watergate Village, when we get to that point, it is nine bends and eighteen bends, and those who don't know the way may go to other villages." However, you can rest assured that I am here, but the ugly words are ahead, as the little one said, that Watergate Village is a ghost land, I will only take you to the door, and then inside, I will not go in, after all, this money is not enough to buy a small life. ”

Xue Luo said coldly: "Just go to the door." But don't you want to ask what we're going to do inside?" As he spoke, a pair of cold eyes were nailed to Mizutaro's body, as if to confirm whether the store was reliable or not.

Mizutaro seemed to be accustomed to this kind of tentative scramble, he was like an actor who manipulated his acting skills at will, and suddenly became serious: "What can I ask, I, Suitaro, have always taken people's money and don't talk much, this is the way to survive today." After speaking, he happily weighed the money in his hand.

Xue Luo said: "Very well! Na Lao has prepared a few houses for us to rest, and we set off in the middle of the night." ”

Mizutaro said, "There are houses, and there is a small residence around the corner at the back. The guest officer is so refreshing. He tucked the money bag into his cuffs and said with a smile: "Then my little house will be for everyone to rest." ”

Just as we were about to leave, I looked at the tea stall and seemed to be drinking tea by myself, but I looked at the guests at our tables intentionally or unintentionally, these people were wearing civilian clothes, and the weapons they were carrying were wrapped in coarse cloth, as if they were deliberately hiding their identities. I kept an eye on it.,Then followed Mizutaro to a house hidden deep at the end of the street.,Yajian thinks it's still early.,I'm going to go out for a walk.,I'm afraid he's going to get into trouble with this character.,Let him stay.,But turn your head.,He's long gone.。

I sighed helplessly and looked at the house. The house is a courtyard house, not big, but big enough for us. The layout of the house is relatively casual, even a little rough, and there is a bad smell of sweat when you go inside. Liu Pang and Chen Yu were used to this kind of accommodation, and Baocai couldn't stand it, so he shouted and screamed for a long time, and finally the little Taoist priest and I gave him a slightly cleaner house.

After the simple arrangement, Mizutaro chewed a steamed bun and appeared in front of us, he leaned against the door of the house, and asked us if we would like to prepare some appetizers for the evening with the taste, Liu Pang was more casual, saying that as long as there was wine, it would be fine. Mizutaro was about to prepare, but Yukiro stopped him and said, "Wait!"

Mizutaro turned around and said politely, "What else do you have to tell the guest?"

Xue Luo said: "Do you know what the people in your tea stall are doing today, and where are they going?"

Mizutaro replied respectfully: "When I was a child, I once said to the young lady that I have always taken people's money and not talked much. ”

Sang Yu smiled coldly, glanced at him, and said, "Did you take their money?"

Mizutaro thought for a moment and said, "No." ”

"Then you don't have to say much, after all, we are your employer now. ”

Mulberry fish clasped his hands around his chest, and his grandeur was compelling, although these words were a bit strong, but they were very useful.

Mizutaro looked at Sanyu with a pair of eyes with a special taste, and said with a smile: "What the girl said is very true, taking people's money is to share people's worries." Since a few of the passers-by of the tea stall are interested, then I, Mizutaro, will naturally inform them of all my observations. ”

"What do you see?" asked Xue Lu, emotionless.

Mizutaro analyzed with a smile: "There are several groups of people in the small tea stall today, and there are several groups of people who are passing by, and there are a total of seven people, this group of people has men and women, and the camouflage means are more high-end than the three of you, but those girls are not as beautiful as the three of you girls, and their bodies are slightly fragrant, and they are easy to identify." ”

"Flim Flam! Mulberry fish gave Mizutaro a blank look.

Mizutaro retracted his smile, coughed, and pretended to be serious: "I heard that the accent of those people is from Jizhou, and when I brought them tea and water, I found that their palms were calloused, and those girls were the same, and they saw that they were people who practiced martial arts all year round." And the weapons they wrapped up are different, and some of them are very special......" Speaking of special, he turned his words, a pair of fine eyes to the mulberry fish, and said in a deep voice: "When the girl talked about Watergate Village, the reaction of these people was very consistent, and they looked at you sensitively and slightly hostile......