The terrain of the southern Shu region is dangerous, and in ancient times, it hindered the communication between this place and the Central Plains because of the difficulty of the Shu road, thus forming a relatively independent country of abundance.

Shunan and then to the southwest, many mountains and ravines, various small rivers and streams interspersed in the mountains, Sanhe Village is located in a place where three rivers meet.

It was evening when Cao Xiaoyang and his entourage arrived here, and before they entered the village, they heard the noise of gongs and drums coming from the village.

After entering the village, Cao Xiaoyang found that many people in the village wore various masks, and then gathered at the entrance of the village to sing and dance.

The prototype of the landlord is the vole in the field, and the food in the field is the most important thing for the villagers in the farming era, but due to the vole trouble, it often causes grain failure, especially in the famine years, which is a big headache.

So I don't know when it began, the people in the village have the habit of sacrificing to the landlord, after the harvest of grain every year, each family takes out the best bucket of grain and gathers together, and then piles it up in the temple at the entrance of the village for the landlord to enjoy, and at the same time holds a grand ceremony, so that the voles in the field will not steal the crops too much in the coming year, so that they can also have a good harvest.

The people of Sanhe Village believe in the land gong is actually somewhat similar to the Wong Tai Sin believed in some places, and they are all imaginary gods created by ordinary people to avoid some kind of disaster.

Cao Xiaoyang found that although the location of this Sanhe Village is relatively remote, the life of the people in the village seems to be very rich, and they all took out the best things in the family at this festival, and they are not stingy at all.

At this time, a little boy wearing a mask walked next to Cao Xiaoyang.

"Brother, buy a mask. ”

Cao Xiaoyang looked at the child and saw that he was only five or six years old, short with two pigtails on his head, and he looked very cute.

"Children, you are really sensible to come out to sell things at such a young age. ”

"Brother, buy a mask. ”

Cao Xiaoyang smiled slightly, feeling that he seemed to only say this.

"Okay, seeing that you are so well-behaved, my brother will buy one, how much is one?"

The child compared a "two" with his hand, Cao Xiaoyang gave him two pieces of change, and then the child turned around and showed the mask on his back to him, and motioned for him to pick one at random.

Cao Xiaoyang took a closer look at these masks and found that they were all shaped by some terrifying demon images, including a red-faced rakshasa , a black-faced yakshasa , a white-faced resentful spirit, and a flower-faced gluttony.

Cao Xiaoyang spent these two yuan just to tease the child, so he smiled and said: "Little friend, these masks of yours are so ugly, my brother didn't like any of them, why don't you give this to your brother." ”

After speaking, Cao Xiaoyang didn't wait for the other party to agree, and reached out to take off the mask on the child's face.

At this time, Bai Xiaoyan and Tang Wenwen had already walked to the Digong Temple in front, leaving only Cao Xiaoyang and this child to stay in this somewhat gloomy corner.

After removing the mask, Cao Xiaoyang felt that the child looked a little strange, and the facial features on his face looked very blurry in the dim light.

At this time, Cao Xiaoyang shifted his body, letting the light of the lantern behind him shine on the child's face, Cao Xiaoyang took a closer look, and was suddenly so frightened that his hair stood on end, and then sat on the ground.

Because this kid is not with blurred facial features, but because he has no facial features at all, in other words, he doesn't have a long face!

"What are you doing?"

Hearing Cao Xiaoyang's shout, Bai Xiaoyan and Tang Wenwen both walked over, and the child had already run away and disappeared into the field outside the village.

"Ghosts, there are ghosts!"

Bai Xiaoyan shook his fan and said, "Chartered man, are you miserable with me and Miss Tang?"

Cao Xiaoyang looked a little incoherent. "No...... It's not you, I'm talking about that...... Child. ”

"What kid?"

"That's it...... I just sold a mask. ”

Because of Cao Xiaoyang's unprovoked screaming just now, some villagers were also attracted to him at this time, and an old woman walked up to him and asked, "Young man, what's wrong with you?"

Cao Xiaoyang staggered up from the ground and fully described the faceless child he had just seen selling masks.

After hearing this, the old woman didn't seem surprised, but her face became a little strange, and she asked Cao Xiaoyang, "Young man, are you from out of town?" ”

Since the search for the Yin Seal requires absolute secrecy, Cao Xiaoyang told her that the mountains and rivers in the southwest region are beautiful, and they are here to travel and play.

After listening to his words, the old woman nodded, and then said: "It's such a young man, there are some special circumstances in our village, because of a strange epidemic in the village, some people have no facial features on their faces, although they look a little scary, but they are not bad people, just honest farmers in our village." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to several masked villagers behind him, and they all took off their masks, only to see that they had no facial features on their faces, and their facial skin formed some swirling wrinkles intertwined, which was very scary to look at.

Since Cao Xiaoyang had gone to the underworld to see a big scene after all, after the old woman made it clear that these guys were not ghosts, he was not so afraid.

At this time, Bai Xiaoyan asked the old woman, "What kind of strange disease can make people unrecognizable?"

"This, in fact, ......"

The old woman seemed to be a little embarrassed, and did not seem to want to explain the matter to the three outsiders, when out of nowhere, a thin young man popped up, shirtless, wearing only a pair of tattered shorts.

"What kind of strange disease? That's not a disease at all, they're evil, they're haunted by ghosts, it's the pillar of her wife......"

Before he could finish his sentence, the old woman hurried two or three steps in front of him, and slapped him in the face.

"Stinky dog, don't talk nonsense!"

The dog covered his face, looking very aggrieved.

"I didn't talk nonsense, I was originally a pillar ......"

Before she finished speaking, the old woman slapped her again.

"If you dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I'll smash your mouth!"

The dog stopped saying a word, and walked away with his head down.

At this time, the old woman smiled and said to Cao Xiaoyang: "This is my stupid grandson, he had a fever and burned his head when he was a child, and he spoke like a god, don't listen to his nonsense." ”

Cao Xiaoyang was guided by the crystal treasure box to come to Sanhe Village, and then the instructions of the treasure box were fixed here, so Cao Xiaoyang was sure that there must be the power of Yin Xi in the village.

This old woman's surname is Li, his son is the head of this village, the people in the village are very hospitable, Granny Li knew that Cao Xiaoyang was a tourist who came here to play, and deliberately arranged free accommodation for them.

Although it is a tiled house in the countryside, it is much better than sleeping in the wilderness.

Because Cao Xiaoyang and the three of them needed to travel all over the world in the process of searching for Yin Xi, Bai Xiaoyan and Tang Wenwen also had to conform to the normal human routine, and changed to sleeping at night and moving during the day.

Granny Chen arranged two rooms for them, Cao Xiaoyang and Bai Xiaoyan lived together, and Tang Wenwen lived alone.

That night, Cao Xiaoyang and Bai Xiaoyan were still sitting on the bed discussing the search for the Yin Seal, when some strange sounds suddenly came from outside the window, Cao Xiaoyang took a closer look, and saw a strange black shadow outside the translucent window.

The black shadow was pitch black, except for the two eyes that flashed with a strange green light, which looked very terrifying.

Bai Xiaoyan has always been cautious, and when he saw the black shadow, he immediately flew out of the window, but he didn't catch the guy, only to see the black shadow rushing into the mountains and forests in the distance at a very fast speed.

Before Cao Xiaoyang could speak, Bai Xiaoyan had already flown to chase after him.

Cao Xiaoyang also wanted to catch up and help, but now that he has returned to his soul, he has long lost the ability to fly away.

In desperation, he had to wait for Bai Xiaoyan to come back in the room, but he waited for more than an hour and still didn't see Bai Xiaoyan's figure, because the night in the mountain village was very quiet, very suitable for sleeping, and after a day's journey, Cao Xiaoyang was already exhausted, so he fell asleep unconsciously in the middle of the night.