Xiao Ding and the others left Meijian Villa, walked on the official road, all the way to the west, and then turned south, and after only a few walks, they entered the Jinju territory.

Jinju as a whole is in the south of Bingzhou, in fact, there is also a part of the west side of Bingzhou bordering Yongzhou, and it is not impossible to go back to Yongzhou directly from Bingzhou, but there are many mountainous areas in Bingzhou, if you go west back to Yongzhou from Bingzhou, you will take more mountain roads, go around, but go farther. However, there is an official road that goes directly to Yongzhou in Jinzhou, so Xiao Ding and others went around from Bingzhou to Jinzhou, preparing to take the route from Jinzhou to Yongzhou.

In the afternoon, several people passed by a village, because there was still some time before dark, so Liu San asked passers-by if there were any villages and towns ahead and whether they could rush to the next village and town before dark.

However, the passer-by advised everyone not to go to that village and town, saying that there have been some evil sects in that village and town recently.

When Xiao Ding heard this, he felt strange, and said in his heart, is there something strange happening?

"What kind of evil sect, can you tell me more about it?" Xiao Ding poked his head out of the window and asked the passerby.

The passer-by was a middle-aged uncle, dressed in coarse cloth, carrying a basket and holding a shovel, as if he was picking up cow dung on the road. Cow dung in winter is generally used by the countryside to make fires, and after the weather is opened, it can also be used as manure and go down to the fields to fertilize the fields.

Seeing Xiao Ding's inquiry, the middle-aged uncle hurriedly stopped the board and said, "The village in front is called Shimo Village, which is about thirty miles away from here. However, I heard that there has been some unrest in Shimo Village recently, and something very evil has happened. You'd better not go there. ”

"What the hell is going on? Why do you say evil? Xiao Ding asked eagerly, and said in his heart, you said, I still wait.

The middle-aged uncle still said unhurriedly: "This matter has not been talked about for a long time, that is, it started a few days ago. Shimo Village was originally a very peaceful ordinary village, but not long ago, after Zhang Xiucai in the village disappeared in the mountains, people in the village often disappeared, and later, although people were not missing, but some people were infected with strange diseases, and suddenly, they were all unconscious, except for breath, they were no different from dead people. What's even more terrifying is that at night in the village recently, strange screams are often heard, which are very terrible and terrifying. The villagers were afraid to go out. ”

When Xiao Ding heard this, he suddenly remembered the vegetative daughter of Song Yuanfang, the king of Yanzhou, could it be that the people in the village have also become vegetative? And there are ghost cries in the village, could it be that the people of the ghost castle are here to exorcise ghosts and harm people?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ding instructed Liu San and said, "Let's go, let's go to Shimo Village!" ”

Seeing this, the middle-aged uncle who was picking up dung shook his head again and again, muttering in his mouth: "There are really people who are not afraid of death!" I told you that the stone mill village is more evil, and you dare to go! ”

Liu San no longer listened to what the middle-aged uncle said, and drove the carriage forward.

Sure enough, when it was almost dark, everyone came to Shimo Village. At the head of this village, there is a large threshing floor with a huge stone mill in the middle of the threshing floor. Xiao Ding guessed that perhaps the name of this village might be related to this huge stone mill.

When the people drove into the village, they saw that most of the houses in the village were dilapidated, and it was obvious that the village was not rich. The streets of the village are deserted, and there are not even children playing, which makes this small village seem particularly secretive.

If it weren't for the curling smoke in the chimneys of every house, it would prove that there were people living in this village, otherwise, this cold street would make people mistakenly think that this is an empty village.

Generally speaking, in a village, even if you don't see people, you can hear the sound of chickens and dogs barking. However, this stone mill village is so quiet that there is not even the sound of chickens and dogs barking.

This is just a village with a population of more than 100 households, and there will naturally be no inns and restaurants in the village. If Xiao Ding wants to stay in the village at night, he can only find those who seem to be richer, explain the situation to the owner, and then spend the night and leave the silver as a reward when he leaves.

Xiao Ding has encountered this situation many times along the way, so Liu San has already understood what to do. Drove directly to the tallest brick house in the village.

Coming to the courtyard door of the tall brick house, Liu San got out of the car and knocked on the door. After knocking for a long time, no one came out to open the door. But Ding's ears were sensitive, and he heard someone whispering inside the house.

"Old man, someone is knocking on the door, why don't you go out and have a look!" An old woman's voice said.

"It's going to be dark soon, who knows who is knocking on the door at this time, but it's not good if the ghost screams at night." An old man's voice said.

"Listen, it's still knocking, I hear what looks like a human voice, otherwise, go and take a look, maybe someone from the village is looking for you." The old woman said again.

"Are you sure someone is talking? Then I'll go and take a look, if you really put the ghost in, don't regret it! The old man said.

Then Xiao Ding heard footsteps, and then the door of the brick house opened, and someone came to the courtyard and shouted to the courtyard door, "Who is knocking on the door outside?" ”

Liu San heard an old voice, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, we are passers-by passing through here, come to disturb us, you open the door first, can you?" ”

As soon as Liu San's words fell, he heard a "bang" in the door, and then the door opened with a "squeak".

Xiao Ding and Liu San both looked into the door, only to see an old man with gray hair and beard standing at the door, about sixty years old, his body was quite tough, not the kind of old and sickly body, at this moment, he was a little nervous, and he was cautiously looking outside.

The old man looked at Liu San outside the door and the three carriages connected behind him, and then asked, "Excuse me, do you have anything to do?" ”

Liu San hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Hello uncle, we are passers-by passing by here, because it is getting late now, we plan to spend the night at your house, I hope the old man can make it convenient." After speaking, Liu San gave a salute again and again.

The old man listened to Liu San's words, frowned, and then said, "Do you know that our stone mill village has not been peaceful recently, and you dare to come here to spend the night?" I'll tell you in advance, there are a few vacant rooms in my house, but if something happens to you living in my house, don't blame me. ”

Liu San hurriedly said while giving a salute again: "No, no, even if we are unlucky and something happens, it will not be on your head." ”

When the old man heard Liu San's words, he seemed to be relieved, and then opened the courtyard door completely and said, "Since you dare to live, then come in, anyway, if something really happens, I will definitely not be responsible." ”

Liu San hurriedly led the horse into the courtyard. After parking the carriage in the courtyard, Xiao Ding and the others jumped out of the carriage. They all saluted the old man.

The old man's brow furrowed even more when he saw that there were so many people in the car, as well as women and children.

Then the old woman in the house heard a movement in the courtyard, and opened the door and stood at the door.

The old man hurriedly said to the old woman, "Dead old woman, what are you still standing there looking at, and you are not ready to cook." They were passing through and wanted to spend the night at our house. ”

When the old woman heard the old man's words, she hurriedly beckoned to Xiao Ding and them: "It turns out that they are staying overnight, come on, come and sit in the house." ”

Xiao Ding was also polite, and led everyone into the family's living room.

After sitting down, I asked the old man about each other, and I learned that the old man's surname was Zhang, and he was the village chief of this stone mill village. The old woman is the wife of the old man Zhang, they have two sons, the eldest son's family lives in the east wing of the yard, the younger son was admitted to Xiucai last year, and is about to continue to participate in the scientific examination for a few years, but I didn't expect that a few days ago I went into the mountains to chop wood, but I didn't come back, and many people in the village came to look for it, but I never found it.

As soon as Xiao Ding heard this, he naturally remembered the middle-aged uncle he met in the previous village in the afternoon, and he said that since Zhang Xiucai disappeared in this stone mill village, strange things began to happen. Could it be that the Zhang Xiucai he was talking about was the youngest son of this old man Zhang?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ding asked, "Uncle Zhang, is it true that since your son disappeared, strange things have begun to happen in this village?" ”

Old man Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then said sadly: "Yes, yes! Since the disappearance of my youngest son, several people have disappeared in the village for no reason for several days in a row, and then everyone no longer dares to go out casually, but if you don't go out, disaster will also befall you. Although, this time, no one is missing, but there are people who have become the living dead one after another. These people, who are usually in excellent health and have no symptoms, suddenly fell into a coma overnight, and they couldn't wake up no matter what, and if they weren't still breathing, everyone would think that they were dead. ”

Xiao Ding listened to the old man Zhang's narration, which was exactly the same as what the uncle he met in the afternoon, so he also believed the strange things in this village, and said in his heart, it seems that this small stone mill village is really a bit mysterious!

Dinner is a home-cooked meal prepared by the old man's wife, and there are no too good things to take out to entertain guests in the countryside, they are all ordinary home-cooked meals.

During the meal, Xiao Ding saw the family of Old Man Zhang's eldest son, a family of three, a middle-aged couple, and a teenage child.

Looking at their faces, they are all pure and simple countrymen, and when they see Xiao Ding and others, they are also polite, very.

At this time, Old Man Zhang's teenage grandson suddenly came to Xiao Ding and said, "Uncle, aren't you afraid of ghosts at night?" ”

Xiao Ding was strange and asked, "Have you seen a ghost at night?" ”

The child said, "I've seen it!" ”

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