12. The Village That Does Not Exist (1)
According to Liu Pang's instructions, we were very low-key all the way, but the people in the rivers and lakes were on guard, as soon as we walked into the tea stall, we attracted a few tables of people to look at, in order to avoid being targeted, the big guy found the most corner of the tea stall. As soon as they sat down, Xiao Er greeted them warmly, we ordered some tea and side dishes, Chen Yu and Baocai were eyeing the green bamboo, the two rushed to offer courtesy, such as the servants of the two philistines, the mulberry fish couldn't get used to their faces, snorted coldly, just drank a bowl of water, it was a feast. In the days I spent with her, I found that it was not an exaggeration for her to be called the Demon King, in addition to that stinky temper, she was also the king of big stomachs, and one person could eat more than several of us. Whenever she finished eating her bowl, we would hurriedly take our bowl up for fear of being robbed, but the little Taoist, who was always sleepy, kept a chance for mulberry fish to snatch. And when he wakes up again and looks at his empty bowl, he thinks he has eaten.
While he was still in the tea stall and was still a customer, Chen Yu's mouth was bulging and he asked the little er who poured water, how to get to Watergate Village? The little second looked like he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, he scratched his face, and said with a puzzled expression: "Watergate Village? Is the village that the official said not nearby?"
Sang Yu grabbed the words and said: "This is Huashan Town, isn't Shuimen Village near Huashan Town?"
Xiao Er confirmed that he was extremely successful: "If it was near our town, I wouldn't know it." ”
"There will be no mistake, just near your town, I think you are a fool, you only know how to greet guests, you call your sensible family. "Mulberry is a rectum, she doesn't take into account people's feelings when she speaks.
And the little two is young, and his temper is also very difficult, listening to what Sang Yu said, he threw the rag he was holding on his shoulder, and said unconvinced: "This sister, I have been working here for two years, although I don't know astronomy and geography, but I have heard a lot of big and small things that happen underground, not to mention the village that stops in place." After speaking, he snorted and beckoned others to go.
Mulberry Yu saw that he lost his temper and left, and was about to call him back, Xue Luo bumped Sang Yu lightly, signaling her to speak quietly, Sang Yu glanced at her sister, as if she felt something, she turned her face sideways, and saw two tables of people wearing knives staring at us coldly, and when we looked at them, they quickly avoided it, very sneaky.
Liu Pang looked at those people strangely, and told us to beware of those people and speak carefully, the big guy nodded a little understandingly, and I whispered to everyone: "As the saying goes, Xiao Er knows everything in the world, I think what this young man said is true, can it be said that there are two Huashan Towns in this place?
"How can there be two Huashan Towns. Chen Yu took a sip of water: "The spies who touched Kinmen will not be wrong, although it is said that the map only goes to Huashan Town, and does not specifically depict Shuimen Village, but it is true that there is a Huashan Town on the map, and my eyes are almost rotten." ”
"Yes, I also remember one, I see that the second child is young, let's ask someone else. Yajian proposed.
Sang Yu heard this, greeted the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper in his thirties, dressed very strangely, he did not comb his hair like the ancients, but had a mushroom head that was more popular in our time, if it wasn't for the time spent here, I really thought I was at the scene of the movie.
He nodded and walked over and asked if we needed anything else, Chen Yu knew that this was the boss's routine, so he added some wine and food, and asked him about the specific location of Watergate Village.
As soon as the shopkeeper heard the word "Watergate Village", he looked at us strangely and muttered, "Watergate Village ......"
I saw that his expression was wrong, and I frowned and asked, "What's wrong with Watergate Village?"
The shopkeeper came back to his senses, smiled stiffly, and said, "No...... Nothing ......."
"It's nothing, why do you have this expression?"
The shopkeeper looked around, and the thief approached us and said mysteriously, "Aren't a few officials...... Didn't you also go to Watergate Village for an adventure?"
"Adventure?" he said strangely, and I asked thoughtfully.
The shopkeeper said, "Yes, why don't you want to go on an adventure, how can you mention Watergate Village?"
"What's going on there?" the little priest sensed that something was wrong.
The shopkeeper arched his body and said, "Oh, I heard a few accents from all over the world, and I was carrying a bag, I am afraid that I don't know that this place in Watergate Village is a place that people in Huashan Town avoid and can't mention." As he spoke, he gestured with his finger to ask for money.
Although Xue Luo was cold, she was an old man, she indifferently stuffed the money into the store's hand, and said coldly: "Why avoid it?"
The shopkeeper took the money and said with a smile: "Watergate Village is a fishing village along the coast. He paused for a moment, and then said, "But that village is not an auspicious place, and this village was independent by the government a long time ago and became an exile. The government didn't let the village mention, so outsiders didn't know that there was such a place, except for those who had the heart to go there to ponder. ”
"**?" the little Taoist priest wondered.
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "**, where a lot of people died." ”
Hearing what he said, everyone looked at each other and was quite surprised, thinking that the shopkeeper might know about the bloody massacre on the parchment scroll, so they listened to him continue with great anticipation, and who knew that he said two words briefly: "Plague." ”
"Plague?" the crowd was confused, and this statement was very different from what we had guessed.
Bao Cai reacted and asked, "If the plague kills people, the matter is big, how can your little second child not know about Watergate Village?"
The shopkeeper smiled deeply and said, "Because the only people who know about this matter are the government that blocked the news, and ......."
"What else?" Chen Yu and Mulberry Fish said in unison, and the shopkeeper said mysteriously: "There is also the living mouth in Watergate Village." ”
"What do you mean, you are the living mouth of Watergate Village?" I heard the clue.
The shopkeeper looked at me and said with a smile: "That's right, the plague happened more than twenty years ago, when I was still a young man, graceful, handsome and chic. He smugly indulged in his past, and then stretched out his hand again, signaling that we wanted to listen and give us money.
Seeing this, Sang Yu said angrily: "I gave you so much, you're not finished, aren't you?"
The shopkeeper glanced at the mulberry fish, spread his hands, and said indifferently: "If the girl thinks my news is expensive, then I will shut up, anyway, there are many people who want to go to Watergate Village." After finishing speaking, he pretended to leave.
Xue Luo grabbed him, took some money from the treasure in charge of money, and asked the shopkeeper to continue. The shopkeeper's indifferent face suddenly became a philistine again, and he sat casually next to us and said, "My name is Mizutaro." ”
When I heard him say his name, I immediately squirted out the tea I drank, and the tea sprayed right on the face of the mulberry fish, and the girl wiped her face angrily, I was embarrassed and a little frightened, and I was busy looking at Mizutaro and said, "You just said that your name is Mizutaro?"
The shopkeeper nodded as if nothing was going on, and said, "Yes, everyone in our village is surnamed Shui, what's the problem?"
I thought to myself, "The question is, no, but how can this name be Japanese, Taro." But now the news is important, I retracted the smile in my heart, put on a serious face, summarized what I wanted to ask, and said, "Okay, Mizutaro, you should tell me where your village is, you said that it is a plague and ominous, what is going on?"