Chapter 10: The Funeral Moon Meeting
The shopkeeper of the pawnshop was brought back for questioning by the officers and soldiers who came out of the Chunxin Building.
Mu Chuyu took the opportunity to grab an officer and soldier, dotted him with some broken silver, put his hand on his shoulder familiarly, and asked in a sly manner: "That-little brother soldier, what the hell is going on?" There are two people like this in one day! β
Give some broken silver, stingy! Pei Yao was on the side, her face full of disgust.
"This son, tell you the truth! This case is an unsolved case, and there have been several cases in Suzhou before......" Brother Bing whispered to Mu Chuyu.
"Soβdoesn't the government care?" Mu Chuyu's eyebrows furrowed into inverted eight characters, and he wondered.
"Why didn't you care? It can't be done! This way of dying is so peculiar! Maybe it's the people in the rivers and lakes who are looking for revenge! "Brother Bing told the truth.
Mu Chuyu pursed her lips and thought for a moment, patted the little brother on the shoulder, and let him go.
After the officers and soldiers were almost gone, he turned around and crossed his waist and asked Pei Yao contemptuously: "Didn't you say that you want to stick to me like a dog's skin plaster?" Burial Moon Valley! Interested in going with me? β
"Cut!" Pei Yao's expression was more contemptuous than his, and she walked quickly to him with her hands in her hand, raised her head and said, "Why don't you dare!" The point is - do you know where the Burial Moon Valley is going? β
A word woke up the person in the dream, Mu Chuyu stroked his forehead, he was really smart and confused for a while.
Pei Yao lowered her eyes and snickered, then pushed him again, turned around for him, and pointed at him seriously: "Look! Did you see those officers and soldiers? It turned out that today's case was not the first time it happened, nor was it the second time, maybe they had known about the Burial Moon Valley for a long time, just to avoid panic......
Before Pei Yao finished speaking, Mu Chuyu chased after her, waving her hand and shouting, "Brother Bing!" Wait a minute! I still have something to ask! β
How stupid! Pei Yao rolled her eyes and chased after her again.
After a delay of an afternoon, he finally got the map of the Burial Moon Valley, and the curious Mu Chuyu wanted to hurry at night, and Pei Yao, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, couldn't resist him, so she was extremely unwilling to accept his arrangement-who told her that he was the task? ~(>_<)~
It was not convenient to sit in a four-wheeled carriage in the mountain stream, so I had to walk! They had no choice but to jump out of the car and send away the groom.
Mu Chuyu unfolded the map to find the way, Pei Yao was holding a lantern in both hands, and one of them had to be held high to illuminate Mu Chuyu......
The night wind blew in the mountain stream, like the sound of a ghost crying "Woo wow wow-" that made people shiver and feel cold and terrifying.
Pei Yao unconsciously approached Mu Chuyu, and her small and pointed chin was already naturally resting on his arm that stretched out the map.
"Hmmm! That's right! It's this mountain stream, and after you get through, it's the Burial Moon Valley! Mu Chuyu nodded to herself.
Pei Yao looked straight at the map, her eyes empty and blank.
He shook his arm and smiled evilly, "What are you doing?" Even though it's not broad daylight, don't try to take advantage of me! β
Pei Yao was startled, stood up straight, glanced at him disdainfully, as if she had just swallowed a gall, and was instantly full of confidence: "Cut!" If this girl wants to take advantage of you, she has already put sweat medicine in the bowl of Yangchun noodles just now! β
"Then I'll have to be careful in the future! Don't lose your innocence, but it's too bad! Mu Chuyu rolled up the map while teasing Pei Yao.
After he put the map in his sleeve, Pei Yao handed him the lantern.
Lonely men and widows groped their way forward on the dark road with night lights......
The strange atmosphere of silence always makes people worry, and the nerves are highly tense, Pei Yao searched her intestines for a long time before she burst out with a sentence: "Are you still innocent?" Don't be ashamed! β
Mu Chuyu: "......"
But it didn't take long for him to push him back, touched Pei Yao's shoulder with his arm, and asked with a malicious smile: "Are you?" β
"Humph! Nonsense! "Pei Yao, don't overdo it, I really regret talking to him.
"Haven't you ever used a beauty trick when you do tasks in the Begonia Pavilion?" Mu Chuyu didn't believe it.
Pei Yao exhaled heavily, and was about to explain, but was interrupted by Mu Chuyu again: "You are so ugly!" I guess I can't make a beauty trick ......"
"You! Who are you scolding? Who is ugly? As soon as Pei Yao heard that she was hit by her appearance, she suddenly felt uncomfortable in her heart, which hurt her self-esteem too much, so she stepped forward and kicked Mu Chuyu without saying a word.
Mu Chuyu had already taken precautions, Pei Yao kicked in the air, but she was still unyielding, Mu Chuyu had to beg for mercy, "Auntie, don't be naughty!" Leave me alone! While running away to dodge, Pei Yao kept chasing after her.
From a distance, you can only see the two lanterns bouncing all the way, if you can't hear the sound of someone playing and laughing, maybe it will be misunderstood as driving corpses overnight......
After walking to the Burial Moon Valley, the blue sky and white sky suddenly opened up. Mu Chuyu raised his hand to his forehead, judging the time of day according to the height of the sun, about three minutes after Mo Chen.
"It's finally time to Burial Moon Valley!" Mu Chuyu let out a loud exhalation, turned her head to look at Pei Yao, and found that she was squatting on the side and playing with a dagger stuck in the sand.
"What are you doing?" He walked over and asked condescendingly.
"Don't you think this place is too weird? It's like the whole valley has been washed with blood......" Pei Yao raised her head and asked, her clear eyes reflecting her heartless appearance.
"When I caught a glimpse of the stone tablet engraved with the words 'Burial Moon Valley', my legs trembled spinelessly! But if you are determined to investigate this case, there is no reason to give up halfway! Mu Chuyu said lightly, as if this was as simple as a child's house.
It is better to go directly to the Burial Moon Valley to send him to death, Pei Yao muttered and stood up.
The two of them squinted side by side, looking at the red sun in the distance.
"Are you sure it's morning? How do I feel like we're gone for a day...... It's supposed to be sunset! Pei Yao looked at Mu Chuyu suspiciously.
"Do you think I don't divide things?" Mu Chuyu lowered his head and met her gaze calmly.
Pei Yao: "......" She didn't overdo it and stopped wasting her tongue.
The two of them walked together for a few miles in the Burial Moon Valley, but the surrounding scenery barely changed, and the spreading red gave people the illusion of being feverish, and they were as dazed as if they were in the middle of a desert.
"Isn't there no one in this Burial Moon Valley?" Mu Chuyu finally got impatient.
"Absolutely! Didn't that officer and soldier tell you about the desolate village of the Burial Moon Valley? Pei Yao looked at him with a bewildered look, looked down on him more and more, and said the word "desolate village" from memory.
When Mu Chuyu heard this, he scolded and said, sure enough, the people of Haitang Pavilion have something to do with this curse, I didn't come in vain!
He was pretended to be puzzled: "Desolate village? Then he took out the map and pondered it carefully, there is really a desolate village in this Burial Moon Valley! He pretended to be surprised and stared at Pei Yao, and had expected to bump into the disgust in the eyes of the woman opposite.
Following the direction indicated on the map, the two walked for a while, and a small dilapidated village finally appeared in front of them, and from a distance, it really looked like a scattered haystack.
After arriving at the entrance of the village, I looked up and saw that the memorial arch with the word "desolate village" was written on it, and only the word "desolate" remained, and the word "village" was gone. It is estimated that a slightly stronger wind can blow down this crumbling archway.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? The yellow-skinned young man saw two uninvited guests who were neatly dressed and talented, and although he felt ashamed of himself, he had no choice but to step forward and ask.
The young man, dressed in tatters, with deep-set eyes and chapped lips, looked at them with a frightened expression, but did not dare to look directly, and unconsciously took a few steps back.
"In Xia Mu Chuyu, I came here today to find out the matter of the 'Burial Moon Curse'!" He clenched his hands into fists in front of his chest, and before he could say the words in his heart, he was choked back by Pei Yao beside him.
"We are from Haitang Pavilion, and we have come to help you specially by one of your employers!" Pei Yao looked at the young man with a smile, and casually took out a bag of candy from his sleeve and handed it to him.
The young man took the candy suspiciously, pouted and asked Pei Yao, "Are the villagers you are talking about Zhang Ling?" β
What a naΓ―ve little broken child!
"That's right! That's him! Pei Yao couldn't wait to admit it, leaning down and touching the young man's dry hair.
It may be that Pei Yao's crooked eyes and deep pear vortex when she laughed made people feel particularly intimate, and the young man quickly let down his guard, smiled and waved his hand: "Your accomplice has already arrived!" I'll take you to them! β
Partner? Sounds weird......
"Okay!" Pei Yao stood up straight and took the opportunity to wink her left eye at Mu Chuyu.
Mu Chuyu turned his head and looked ahead: Don't be ashamed!
"What's your name? How old is it? Pei Yao and the boy talked.
"My name is Dogdan, and I'm 11 years old!" The young man grabbed the candy and ate it, and tilted his head to answer Pei Yao.
Mu Chuyu took advantage of this road to carefully observe the terrain and houses of the desolate village, this village is not big, but it is not small, but the scene is withered, the houses are dilapidated and old, and the windows and firewood seem to be touched without force...... Not a single watchdog was seen in the entire village, let alone any other livestock, and it was relatively sparsely populated...... I guess it was the curse that caused it.
Soon, Goudan'er took the two of them to the ancestral hall, where the village chief and some villagers prayed for blessings, including Shen Xiaoxun and Duan Liling, but they just stood aside, silently watching these villagers kowtow to the spiritual seat of their ancestors.
Shen Xiaoxun glanced at Pei Yao and Mu Chuyu at the door of the ancestral hall, Pei Yao also smiled and beckoned to him, although everyone is not very familiar, but they are also from the same door!
He was shocked by Pei Yao's "self-familiar" behavior, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he took the lead in walking out, when his body swept in front of Duan Liling's eyes, Duan Liling came back to his senses: Why is this little vixen here! Immediately followed Shen Xiao to find the ancestral hall.