At night, men and women slept separately on either side of the bomb shelter outside, with several young lads taking turns on duty in the middle. There are not many people in Longtan Miao Village, more than 20 households, except for those who went out to work and went into the mountains to hunt this time, there are now only twenty or thirty people left, among which the elderly and children are the majority.

Tang Jue sat next to Ling Yao against the wall of the cave, and somehow she always felt that a sight fell on her, at first she thought it was Nangong Yi, but later when it was Nangong Yi's turn to be on duty, Nangong Yi was sitting at the entrance of the cave with her back to them, but she still felt that the sight was peeking at her in the dark, and she looked up suddenly, but saw that almost all the people on the man's side were asleep, and the snoring was shocking.

Tang Jue had no choice but to close his eyes, secretly vigilant while combing his meridians with spiritual power. At this time, I heard a soft and sweet voice ask, "Sister, can't you sleep?" ”

Tang Jue opened her eyes and saw a delicate little girl looking at her with a pair of big dark bright eyes. This little girl's name is Xiao Douhua, her parents have gone out to work, and she is an ordinary left-behind child. Xiao Douhua is said to be seven years old, but his body is extremely thin, as if he is five or six years old.

Longtan Miao Village is mysterious and mysterious, the concept is still quite open, and with the migration of the times, not everyone in this village has practiced Gu arts, and practicing Gu art also requires a certain talent, and Gu raisers generally can't get rid of the fate of "poor, lonely, and young", over time, young people no longer know Gu arts, and the only one who really has a heritage is Ling Yao's family, or now in the entire village, only Ling Yao's uncle and grandmother know Gu arts, and she is the guardian goddess in the village. It is equivalent to the status of the high priest in a tribe in ancient times, and in ancient times, the high priest was even above the patriarch, which is also the reason why the people in the village respected and worshiped the old lady bear.

Tang Jue smiled at Xiao Douhua: "That's it." ”

Xiao Douhua said: "Sister, is there really everything in the city?" Her eyes were full of hope when she was clear and pure, "Mom said that she would take me to the city to go to school after the New Year, and buy me a Barbie doll that can be changed into several sets of clothes." ”

Tang Jue laughed, to be honest, she only stayed in the city when she was a child, and the city was not so developed at that time, but she usually likes to watch TV and use the Internet, the so-called "If you don't leave home, you know thousands of miles away" is like this, because she said: "Yes, there are a lot of beautiful clothes, a lot of delicious food." ”

"Really? Are you sure? Is it better than the white rabbit toffee brought by Chunhai's brother last time? "In Xiao Douhua's eyes, White Rabbit Milk Candy is probably the most delicious thing in the world.

Tang Jue touched Xiao Douhua's head lovingly, and the two talked quietly for a while, and Xiao Douhua fell asleep. She slept beautifully, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, presumably she was all good things in the city in her sleep.

Tang Jue calmed down and ran Xiao Zhoutian, no longer caring about the voyeuristic gaze, and spent the night calmly and peacefully.

Early the next morning, Nangong Yi came to her: "Did you feel anything unusual last night?" ”

Tang Jue looked at him in amazement, and said in his heart: Could it be that he also discovered something? So I told him about the peeping I had noticed.

Nangong Yi's eyes sank, and he was about to speak, when he heard Chunhai's voice: "Brother Nangong, what were you doing with the second dog when you were on duty at night yesterday?" ”

The two dogs he said lived in the east of the village a second-rate son, a single person, once went to the southeast coast for a few years, after coming back, he always put on a face that had seen the world, all day long, idle, petty theft, was taught a few times by the patriarch, he went to Shilipo and other tourist attractions, relying on his ancestors left behind half of the Gu remnant book to deceive.

Ergouzi only returned to the village half a month ago, and it is said that he learned spiritualism from a Maoshan Taoist priest to summon spirits for Ling Yao, and said that if he succeeded, he would let the old lady marry Ling Yao to him. The old lady naturally wouldn't agree, and Chunhai simply lived in Longtan Village at that time, guarding Lingyao every step of the way, for fear that these two goods would make something bad.

When Nangong Yi heard this, he shook his head after thinking about it and said, "It seems to be sleeping, I really didn't pay attention." ”

Neither he nor Tang Jue are from this village, so they naturally don't know the twists and turns, so they naturally don't pay attention to what a second-rate bachelor is doing.

The spring sea was as cold as water, and I went to ask the last person on duty.

Tang Jue felt that something was serious, glanced at Nangong Yi, and asked Chunhai, "What's wrong?" ”

"The second dog is gone."

Nangong Yi's face showed surprise, and said, "Gone?" What does it mean to be gone? ”

Chunhai said: "We got up in the morning to count the number of people and found that the two dogs were missing. I searched inside and out, but I didn't see him. ”

Nangong Yi asked, "Are there any traces of fighting?" ”

Chunhai shook his head: "That's not true." ”

Nangong Yi patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, maybe he will go back to the village by himself." ”

"Impossible." A young man immediately retorted, "The entrance to the cave is still the same as yesterday, and it has not been touched. ”

Chunhai said: "Yes, that's why I just asked, but no one noticed when he left." ”

Tang Jue thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any other secret passages in this cave?" ”

Chunhai looked at the old patriarch, he also came for the second time, the first time was to follow the people in the village to fetch water, and he didn't know much about this cave.

As the old village chief shook his head, they all knew in their hearts that except for the skylight and exit, there was no third way for this cave, including the cave, to pass outside.

So a few people went to check the skylight above the pool, and the mountain wall at the top of the skylight was so smooth that there was nowhere to stay, and they couldn't go up at all. The roof of the cave was very high, and if something came down, even if it didn't fall to its death, it would certainly be impossible to get a big living person away quietly.

At this time, Aunt Wang's wife, Uncle Wang, briefly told them about the two dogs.

Tang Jue wondered: "Is it possible that he left by himself, but restored the layout of the door to its original appearance?" ”

Nangong Yi and Chunhai both nodded to indicate that there was such a possibility, but Old Lady Xiong said, "No way!" ”

The old lady was so sure that her arrangement must be because no one could imitate it, so no one dared to question it. In the end, the patriarch proposed to go back to the village first, as for the matter of the second dog, he was often not in the village anyway, and he would send someone to find it slowly after he went back.

So everyone went out of the cave together, the air outside was very fresh, and a round of red sun erupted from the eastern mountains, and in an instant everything in the mountains was dyed with golden glow. Nangong Yi took a deep breath towards the sun, Tang Jue knew that this was the theory of absorbing the purple qi from the east in the cultivation of internal force, but she had the existence of aura against the sky, and she didn't need to deliberately inhale it, so the purple qi from the east would automatically enter her body.

She was deaf and clear-sighted, and in the noise of many people, she still heard the low exclamation of the old lady Xiong: "Why is there one missing?" ”

Tang Jue turned around suspiciously and asked, "Grandma, what's wrong?" ”

The old lady's expression changed: "It's nothing, it's nothing, maybe I'm old and I remember it wrong." ”

When Tang Jue heard her say this, she suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, she tugged on Nangong Yi's sleeve beside her, and said in a low voice: "The old lady seems to be a little wrong." ”

Nangong Yi's eyes were warm, and he patted the back of her hand as if comforting: "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

Xiao Douhua and a few children were bouncing and walking in front, and when they passed by the tea plantation, they suddenly let out a frightened scream, and then quickly turned around and ran back, and threw themselves into Tang Jue's arms, still screaming "ah, ah" in their mouths, with a frightened expression.

And the children who walked together in front of them were not much better, and they all rushed back to their adults, some crying loudly, and some didn't know what was going on, just watching others run and run themselves.

Tang Jue squatted down and hugged Xiaodouhua into his arms, patted her back comfortingly, and asked softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, tell my sister, what did you see?" ”

Xiao Douhua hadn't recovered from the fright, but her eyes widened in horror, her mouth opened wide, and she couldn't cry.

Nangong Yi stepped forward and made a mark on Xiao Douhua's forehead, and Xiao Douhua suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering cry: "Wow-" It lasted for three or four minutes before he gradually regained his composure under Tang Jue's comfort. Her lips trembled: "A lot, a lot, a lot......"

After trembling for a long time but still unable to say a lot, Nangong Yi touched the top of Xiaodouhua's head and said softly: "Don't be afraid, tell my brother, what did you see?" ”

Xiao Douhua suddenly calmed down: "I see...... A lot of dead people......"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but wonder: Could it be those people who died yesterday, but didn't those people all let Nangong Yi, Chunhai and others move out of the woods?

Nangong Yi didn't think twice, picked up Xiaodouhua with one hand and pulled Tang Jue with the other, and walked forward quickly, and the others also hurried forward. Turning the bend in the forest, I saw that on the trees around the threshing field in the south of the tea garden, there were a circle of corpses hanging around, it was the black-clothed man who invaded yesterday, and the most shocking and terrifying thing was that there was a bench in the center of the barn, on which a strange posture lay a man covered in blood, with limbs and head hanging down, but the body was protruding and up.

Isn't that person a second dog, and who is it?

A large area of land under Ergouzi was dyed dark red, apparently where all the blood on his body was shed.

When Tang Jue saw such a situation, his face turned pale suddenly, his body shook, and he almost fell.

Nangong Yi hugged her around her slender waist, half-supporting her to support her from falling, and said with concern: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Tang Jue seemed to have been sucked away from the bones on her body, leaning softly in Nangong Yi's arms, she couldn't hear any sound for a while, and her mind was the scene of seeing her body owner for the first time on the boat that day, at that time she was just a wisp of Su Ying's divine sense, hidden in the beads full of aura, the first time I saw Tang Jue, what I saw was Tang Jue lying on a stool like this, and in the room were seven corpse oil lamps that emitted a strong smell of corpses.

At this time, everyone only heard the exclamation of the old lady Xiong: "Thirteen corpses and blood witch array!" ”