Chapter 9: The Curse of the Moon God

"Uhh

The timid Haoyue was so frightened that she hid back in the clouds, and when she looked up, she could only see a cloudy halo.

Burial Moon Valley, desolate village, as quiet and serene as a dead village, the villagers sunrise and sunset and rest, at this moment have already been wives and children hot kang head, covered in the quilt and fell asleep. The frogs in the pond suddenly "croaked" non-stop, the "squeak" insects in the trees and grass were even more undulating, and the watchdog leashed at the head of the village also barked vigorously......

Tonight is destined to be extraordinary!

A few villagers were so noisy that they couldn't sleep, so they rolled over and got up, and took a thin jacket and draped it over their bodies. They walked to the entrance of the village together to take a look, and the moon also cautiously poked out its face at this moment, and the clear light sprinkled on the girl in white lying on the ground.

Girl? actually appeared at the entrance of the village at this time of the day, is she a human or a ghost? The villagers looked at each other and sighed.

"Could it be a fox demon?" One of the younger teenagers said in horror.

"Don't talk nonsense, what fox demon is not a fox demon! I think it's clearly a girl! The older villager took a sip and took the lead in walking over.

When the other three villagers saw him taking the lead, they also had the courage to follow and stepped forward to explore the truth and truth.

The villager who took the lead crouched down and ripped off the messy hair that was scattered on the woman's face, and the remaining villagers bent down to light it for him with kerosene lamps.

Sure enough, it's a woman with beautiful eyebrows! Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

And the woman's dress does not look like the daughter of an ordinary family.

"What should I do?" The boy was overwhelmed.

"It's impossible to leave her here at night," the leading villager paused, tilted his head and thought for a moment, "It's better to take her back, she's a daughter, and it's not convenient to put her with us rough old men...... Just send her to Aunt Li! ”

"That's a good idea!" The other villagers nodded in response.

A strange night wind blew out, blowing out the wick in the young man's hand, and the young man shivered, and his legs and feet were a little disadvantaged, but he still stubbornly followed the crowd and walked back, his neck stiff and did not dare to look back.

"Is that the curse that the woman in white put on you?" Duan Liling mentioned it casually, quite unconcerned, and his eyes looked around to observe the terrain around him.

She walked with her employer, villagers Zhang Ling and Shen Xiaoxun on the mountain stream leading to the desolate village of Fuyue Valley, the mountain stream was lined with unclimbable cliffs, and the craggy and abrupt strange rocks grew between the stone walls, so smooth that they could almost grind out water, and the higher they went, the narrower the gap became, and when they looked up, they could only see the white "line of sky" under the dense branches and leaves, and the echo of the spring water in the depths of the mountain stream was loud and crisp.

Duan Liling was dressed in a purple light veil, with a slender figure and a charming expression, walking in this desolate mountain stream like a flower-colored butterfly, Shen Xiaoxun was dressed in a white brocade as usual, not stained with wind and dust, and the eyebrows were righteous and awe-inspiring, and a pin fan was held between his hands, with a graceful demeanor and a calm and relaxed spirit.

"Uh-huh, that's right!" Zhang Ling nodded helplessly, and continued to tell the story, "Since the woman in white came to Desolate Village, in just a few months, the crops in the village have died, and the livestock raised by each family have also been infected with the plague...... The village chief is afraid that if this continues, the desolate village will really become a dead village! So he proposed to drive away Xiao Yu, the aforementioned woman in white! ”

"And then?" Shen Xiaoxun shook the pin fan while asking seriously.

"Later? Later, Xiaoyu refused to leave the desolate village, saying that she was kicked out by her father, and now there is nowhere to go, and she doesn't want to go anymore...... After another month or so, the village chief's son also died of illness, and the villagers believed that this Xiaoyu must be an ominous person even if he was not a fox demon. So under the repeated suggestions of the village chief, it was decided to burn Xiaoyu alive to sacrifice to the sky! ”

"You must be too ruthless to do this to a woman!" Duan Liling's disdainful eyes flowed from his cold eyes, and his fingers played with a wisp of green silk hanging behind his ear.

Zhang Ling lowered his head and did not refute: "When we set up the platform, tied her to a pillar of fire, and piled dry firewood and branches under her waist, she kept calling for help, begging the villagers to let her go, she was willing to leave the desolate village, but none of the excited villagers listened to her words. The raging fire made people cry, and the curling black smoke made it impossible to see Xiaoyu's appearance clearly, and she could only hear her crying out in pain, 'You beasts, I won't let you go!' I curse you not to leave the Burial Moon Valley for the rest of your life! Otherwise, your whole body will turn into blood and water and die! ’”

Just a dying last word...... How could there be such a great ability? Duan Liling didn't believe his ears a little, "Those prisoners who asked the Autumn Queen to behead, which one did not shout for revenge before the execution, and those who were officials would not die well...... But the ending is not his head, leaving a scar on his neck...... Nothing happened behind those who were damned! ”

"But that little jade has such great ability!" Zhang Ling sighed, and said indignantly all the way along, "Not long after she finished speaking, lightning and thunder thundered in the sky, and it didn't take long for it to rain heavily, and the villagers hurriedly dispersed and hurried home. Wait for the rain to stop and come out, and the pillar of fire is already a cloud of ashes......"

"Where's the little jade man?" Shen Xiaoxun showed a look of surprise.

"It must have turned to ashes!" Duan Liling replied without thinking, walked over and gently took his arm, and looked at him with a smile.

"I don't know!" The villager shook his head, "Shen Shaoxia's doubts are indeed reasonable, it stands to reason that even if Xiaoyu has been burned to death, it is impossible for her to be burned to ashes so quickly, not to mention that there is a heavy rain...... But we searched everywhere, but we couldn't find Xiaoyu's bones, she disappeared out of thin air! ”

Hearing what the villagers said, Duan Liling immediately raised his nerves and felt the strangeness and mystery of the situation.

"You-" Her eyes were fierce all of a sudden, she let go of the hand holding Shen Xiaoxun, and turned around to the villager in three steps and two steps, startling the villagers, she put a knife on the neck of the villager with her hand, and her tone was full of suspicion and questioning, "Didn't you also come out of the desolate village?" Why didn't the whole body turn into blood? ”

The villagers were not nervous, but stood in place, turned their heads to look at Shen Xiaoxun, and continued: "Some of us did try to get out of the Burial Moon Valley after that day, but they didn't turn into blood like Xiao Yu cursed...... So everyone began to think that Xiaoyu's curse was not to be feared, but within three years, those who were the first to leave the Burial Moon Valley really turned into blood and water, and their deaths were miserable...... Still, there are people who are willing to risk their lives to get out! I want to have a good time before I die......"

Shen Xiaoxun asked again without being salty: "Aren't you afraid?" Then he floated past them in style.

Duan Liling let go of the villagers, turned around and caught up with Shen Xiaoxun, and the villagers also caught up, and replied in a very brisk tone: "Of course I'm afraid!" But I'm willing to take a risk, if you can break the curse, then I won't have to die! ”

Shen Xiaoxun pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and said no more.

After walking out of the mountain stream, I soon saw a stone tablet engraved with the words "Burial Moon Valley". The valley was very different from the rest of the landscape, and the color of the stones and gravel was almost entirely a burning fiery red.

"By the way, the night that Xiaoyu disappeared, the moon in the sky was blood-red! And since then, the woman's cry can be heard in the middle of the night on that day every month! Later, we called her the moon god in the hope that she would take back the curse, and even found a boy and a girl to worship her, but to no avail! The next morning, we rushed to the altar, and the boys and girls were turned into blood......," added villager Zhang Ling.

Shen Xiaoxun listened silently, calm and calm, Duan Liling shivered slightly, but quickly regained his composure.

After Mu Chuyu and Pei Yao changed into clean clothes and came out of the Chunxin Building, the officers and soldiers of the Suzhou government were late.

"Burial Moon Valley! Burial Moon Valley! Burial Moon Valley! Mu Chuyu repeated the name in his mouth.

He crossed his arms to his chest, his expression was serious, staring at the road in front of him without squinting and walking quickly, Pei Yao had to speed up the pace to keep up with him, who told her legs to be not as long as his.

"Have you heard of the Burial Moon Valley?" He asked suddenly.

Pei Yao thought that he had forgotten that there was another one of her by his side......

The words "Burial Moon Valley" and the shadow of Mrs. Begonia flashed in my mind: "No! Haven't heard of it at all! Her eyes were wide open and her attitude was very determined!

It's a pity that the initial trace of panic at the bottom of his eyes has been captured by Mu Chuyu's sharp eyes.

He followed Mu Shanshan's example of pushing his head and gently pushed Pei Yao away.

"Don't slap my forehead flat!" She muttered and muttered for a while, then chased after her.

"Ahh

Mu Chuyu didn't say a word, she ran away, and Pei Yao naturally wanted to go to see the excitement: What happened again? What an unlucky day!

There were already several circles of people at the door of the pawnshop, and the two of them struggled to squeeze into the front - the whole body of a small guy was slowly melting into blood.

At this time, some people watching the excitement were already frightened and ran away, and the pawnshop shopkeeper with a feather duster was so frightened that he was incontinent on the spot.

Seeing that the little guy's eyes were slanted and his nose was crooked, his face gradually changed from hideous to flesh and blood, and finally melted into bubbling and hot blood.

Pei Yao came back to her senses and looked around, there were only the two of them on the street and the shopkeeper who was so frightened that she couldn't move, the originally lively and noisy Suzhou Street turned deserted and withered in an instant, the doors and windows of the shops were closed, and the things that were shouting on the stalls were still there, but everyone was gone...... Lingering dust rises from the streets.

"Shopkeeper! What the hell is going on? Mu Chuyu stepped forward to help the shopkeeper who beat people.

The shopkeeper's tongue smacked several times before he said, "No—I didn't do it!" He- he stole twenty taels of gold from me, and I just- I beat him! But I didn't hit a few times - and that's it! He pointed to the pool of blood, his eyes were frightened, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

"Twenty taels of gold? Such a coincidence? It seems that the Burial Moon Valley is really bizarre! Pei Yao couldn't help but muttered to herself.

Mu Chuyu immediately turned her head to look at her when she heard the sound, and a rare serious expression appeared on her face.