Shen Man and Tang Jiuyue were taken to the largest village in Miaojia Village, where the floor was covered with a carpet made of animal skins, on which was a rattan chair made of the trunk of an old Teng tree, and on top of it was also covered with an animal skin. There is an iron pot with a few branches in the middle, and there is a hot fire burning underneath, and the smell in the pot does not know what it tastes, although it is delicious, but it is also very weird at the same time.

As soon as the few aunts who caught Shen Man came in, they automatically retreated to the side, and the weapons in their hands were gone. They were still domineering just now, and now they are like little tigers who have been plucked out of their teeth and faded hair, and they have lost their momentum and temper.

Shen Man muttered in his heart, was it nothing more than stealing a radish, as for taking such a big deal to catch them in front of the patriarch and ask for guilt? Besides, she didn't succeed in stealing this turnip......

Yu Guang glanced at Tang Jiuyue, and saw that she was still as calm as ever, although Shen Man felt guilty in his heart, he was also a little relieved. Because there is still Tang Jiuyue in any case, she is the gate supervisor, and she is the apprentice of the gate supervisor, so she will not be asked to die here because of a turnip.

Tang Jiuyue has rarely been escorted to kneel in front of people like this in his life, and today he knelt down, not because he was ashamed of stealing the radish, but because he was ......

"The Elder has arrived." A young man in a Miao suit helped an old man with gray hair and walked in on crutches. The old man is old, and he does not look kind, but has a naturally angry face.

Tang Jiuyue's body trembled as she heard the young man's call, her eyelashes raised slightly, and she quickly lowered herself after seeing the corner of the old man's clothes.

This subtle movement was seen by Shen Man, and Shen Man frowned slightly, feeling that something was not quite right with Tang Jiuyue since he came in. Does she know the old man in this church? Or is it this young man?

"Elder, these are the two thieves we found trying to steal our turnip seeds." An eldest lady stepped forward and said respectfully.

Turnip? Seed?

Shen Man's head began to dizzy, was she stealing radishes or seeds?

"Elder, we are strangers passing through here, we were hungry and thirsty on the road after being robbed, and in desperation, we wanted to get some radishes to satisfy our hunger when we saw the radishes on the side of the road, but we didn't want to trespass on your village. Otherwise, we will compensate you for this radish-" Shen Man said very unwillingly, took out the packet of roast wild duck meat from his arms, put it in front of him, and said sincerely, "This is roast duck, very tasty." ”

She specially accentuated the word "very", for fear that the other party would not follow suit.

The elder above raised his eyebrows, and an angry face was revealed, only to hear him ask in a deep and deep bass voice, "Where did you get your roast duck?" ”

This time, whether it was the eldest ladies who were automatically lined up in a row, or the Miao teenagers standing next to the old man's house, they all looked at Shen Man with an extremely strange gaze.

Shen Man really felt that something was wrong this time, and hurriedly begged Tang Jiuyue on the side for help, "Miss Tang, I didn't steal their turnips, and they also pursued me like this." If even this duck was raised by them, I really have nothing to say. You also said that the people here are simple, and I think it's a bunch of robbers......"

Tang Jiuyue glanced at her and was silent.

Shen Man's forehead sweated suddenly, "Do you still have any silver on you?" Or other valuable things, let's give them first. ”

"Where the hell did you ducks come from?" The voice of the Miao boy was close to his ears. Shen Man saw the pair of beautifully embroidered deerskin boots in front of him, and as soon as he looked up, he met the young man's brown eyes. These eyes were very strange, obviously looking down at Shen Man, but Shen Man felt that the person in his eyes was not himself.

Suddenly, Shen Man saw a pair of wizened hands suddenly stretch out from the young man's chest. Shen Man fell back in horror to avoid it, but the ropes that bound her restrained her movements.

"Ahh Shen Man panicked, his hands had already choked her neck, and then, getting harder and harder, more and more suffocating. The hands were cold and powerful, with long knuckles and long nails that curled slightly with a cyan tinge. What's even more disgusting is that the arms of these hands are the arms of people who have rotted, and if you look closely, you will find that the places that were originally skin are actually densely packed with faces!

This face is extremely ugly, with fine hair on its head, and it is this hair and face that make up these hands!

Shen Man's eyes began to be bloodshot, it was not the first time she had experienced this kind of suffocation, but it was indeed the first time she had experienced the taste of near death.

The picture in front of him became blurry, and in the darkness, only the hands continued to extend, extending to the end, was a woman with her back to herself, and the woman's same long hair, slender and thick. The knuckles are also particularly slender, and there are a pair of very beautiful and skillful hands.

I don't know why, I can't see her face, but I can see her hands, a pair of beautiful hands.

"Xiaoman?" Another voice came, very familiar, like Tang Jiuyue, yes, it was Tang Jiuyue!

"It's time for you to get back to reality, Xiaoman." She said, in a non-obsessive tone, "Otherwise, I'll have to make a decision......

Reality? Is this another dream, is this a dream within a dream?

Tang Jiuyue...... I......

"Smack-"

"Ahh Shen Man felt pain in the back of her head, she touched the back of her head and muttered, "Who slapped me?!" Looking around, I saw the three eldest ladies who were stunned, and then I saw the white-bearded elder with a somewhat dull expression, only the young man in front of him reacted the fastest, and after shaking his strength, he came back to his senses and showed a smile.

Shen Man was not very comfortable seeing that smile.

Besides, the ghost hands that I just saw were stretched out from him.

"Tang Luluo, have you returned to your soul?" Tang Jiuyue asked beside her, still holding a wooden stick in her hand that she didn't know where to get it.

Shen Man instantly felt like he had been struck by lightning, and touched the back of his head with his hand, "What did you just use to knock me?" ”

"Sticks." Tang Jiuyue threw the stick back to one of the aunts, and didn't forget to say "thank you".

"It hurts."

"Okay, I don't care what you're messing about, but it's true that you stole our radish seeds, and it's also true that you stole our holy duck, so we haven't wronged you, right?"

Radish seeds? Holy duck?

Shen Man felt that he had simply expanded his knowledge, and he was chased and killed by pulling radishes casually, and roasted a duck casually and said that it was a holy duck?!

"Elder, I admit that I am wrong, but you can't detain my Dafeng people at will. We will pay for the turnips and ducks, and please let us go. ”

The elder's eyes narrowed, "Do you think this is an ordinary turnip and duck?" ”

Shen Man was angry in his heart, "I really can't see the difference yet." She was already sure that this group of people were here to rip off the bamboo, but Tang Jiuyue never made a move, why is this?

"Ding Lou, you lock them up, and you won't be hard when you see tomorrow." The elder rubbed his forehead after instructing, and then walked away on crutches.

It turned out that the Miao boy who had been standing beside the elder was named Ding Lou, and I saw him respectfully send the elder away, and then he faced Shen Man and the others again, and said with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth, "The two girls are really unlucky, originally you were generous and entered the village, everyone could be safe, because the people in my village are also very hospitable, but unfortunately the two are petty thieves, so they can only stay in the prison of our village for one night." ”

Shen Man smiled at him "hehe", and said very flatteringly, "Little brother Ding Lou, shall we have a discussion?" If you let us go secretly, I will give you all the money on my body? ”

Ding Lou didn't pay much attention to her, and turned his head to look at Tang Jiuyue. Her eyes lit up a little, "To be honest, this girl really doesn't look like a thief." ”

Shen Man's anger rose from his heart, Tang Jiuyue really didn't look like a thief, but could he be like it?! This world is obviously even more unfair than I imagined!

Tang Jiuyue didn't reply a word, Ding Lou waited and felt that it was boring to talk to herself, so she didn't continue to talk to her.

The way to the prison must pass through the center of the village, and the scenery is picturesque, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

Shen Man looked around, and after seeing a pool in the center of the village, he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought of the tragic situation here ten years later. Although this group of people is quite unreasonable, but it is also hundreds of lives, when fate comes, the earth shakes, they can only cry out and beg for mercy in front of the powerful nature, but there is no way.

"Wait—" Shen Man saw a behemoth in the twilight, and it stood on the flat ground on one side of the pool, like a huge natural uncarved stone.

She pointed to the stone in disbelief and said, "Isn't that true?" ”

The stone was in the shape of a duck, and I didn't know it during the day, but in the evening, when the setting sun came from the other side, the stone looked like a duck, and the duck had the power to swallow the setting sun.

"The people in this Miao village worship ducks." Tang Jiuyue said slowly, "The reed-swinging ducks are so free and fat, they should have been protected by this group of Miao people." ”