I saw that this is a fairly small courtyard, the structure is similar to the mansion of the mayor of Qingfeng Town, with a two-story main building on the north side and two low houses on both sides, but it is more decadent. The dilapidated lanterns and knots still hang on top, and they seem to be rarely cared for, but from the outside, they are clean and tidy.

"Guests," said an old man who walked out of the main building on crutches, carefully observing the group.

"Hello, we are soldiers from the Holy Spirit Military Region, and we came here mainly to investigate some clues, and we happened to pass by you and disturbed us!" Qin Yunwan stepped forward, clasped his hands into fists and bowed, and politely explained the reason.

The old man and Chunsheng glanced at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

"Oh, that's the case," Chunsheng faced Qin Yundui, "Our village is self-sufficient all year round, and now most of the people in the village are elderly, if there is really a foreign enemy, it can be said that there is no way to fight back, since everyone can still live peacefully, it also means that there is nothing unusual here, do you say yes?"

Qin Yunwan didn't know how to answer for a while, as if she had accumulated a stomach full of questions and was suffocated by someone else's words.

"There are other people living in here," Yu Fei asked, standing next to the east room, in a nonchalant tone.

Following Yu Fei's gaze, several people saw that there were indeed a few other old people sitting here, although they couldn't see clearly, they were already very old from the outside, and their eyes were blank, just sitting there blankly.

"Oh, don't bother them", Chunsheng walked over and motioned for everyone to sit in the main building, "The people in the village are old, and some people can't take care of themselves, so they take them to the mayor's house to live, I am a relatively small young person here, so I have always taken care of everyone, if you want to ask anything, just ask me." ”

After a brief conversation on the second floor, Chunsheng took everyone to a nearby small restaurant for dinner.

"We're relatively poor here, and we really don't have anything good to entertain everyone, so we're ashamed!"

"How come, we're already very grateful to be able to stop here" Zou Yin quickly resolved the embarrassment, although this coarse tea and light rice was really difficult for him to swallow.

"By the way, Brother Chunsheng, have you ever seen anything unusual here?Have you ever seen a fierce beast appear?" Qin Yunwan cut straight to the point.

"Not really," Chunsheng replied crisply, "You see we're alive and well now." ”

Yue Han bit his chopsticks, and couldn't ask anything when he saw it, so it was better to talk about something else. "By the way, Brother Chunsheng, we have seen a very beautiful flower all the way here, golden yellow, very beautiful. ”

"It's called the Sugi flower, and it's a flower that is unique to us, and we've always considered it a symbol of ours here. ”

"Isn't that an ominous flower?" Yin Ning interjected innocently, and Qin Yunwan hurriedly kicked her lightly under the table.

Chunsheng's hand holding the bowl immediately paused for a few seconds, and then explained with a calm expression: "We have lived here for generations, how can it be inauspicious, it is this flower that blesses us from generation to generation." ”

The scene was embarrassing for a while, and everyone didn't know what to say, at this time, Wang Yuehan straightened his back, and it seemed that he couldn't stand such a tentative speech anymore, so he simply said in a serious tone: "Some people say that there are evil wolves in this Heishui Town, and there are ghosts and monsters in the town, is this true?"

Everyone was stunned.

"There will definitely be no signs of fierce beasts, I said it, if there were, we would have died a long time ago," Chunsheng also answered the question seriously, "However, there is no guarantee that there are no ghosts, if you are afraid of ghosts here, then cooperate with me and advise you not to stay for a long time, our people in the town are pure and have no desires, and they don't care about these at all." ”

Back at the mayor's house, the group decided to stay overnight.

"Actually, I think Chunsheng is a pretty good person, thoughtful and enthusiastic, and he was really forced to be like this by us. Yin Ning whispered.

Yu Fei nodded, "In the end, there was some kind of ghost who wanted to trick us with this kind of thing."

Wang Yuehan squatted on the stone pier, "Hmph, many spirits in this world can't find a body, so they become so-called ghosts, but this kind of thing is not a climate, if it really exists, it will solve him in a few clicks." ”

"How do you say it like you've seen it," Yin Ning began to raise the bar again.

"I think you're the only one of these people who will be afraid!" the two men argued every day.

At this time, Qin Yunwan walked over: "Brother Yue Han, next time you can't talk so recklessly." ”

Wang Yuehan nodded, and his face was still unconvinced.

The door opened, and Chunsheng walked out of it. "Everyone, I've already set up the room, we don't have a lot of space here in the main building, so we can only squeeze it for everyone."

"I'm really bothering you," Qin Yunwan said politely.

"You're welcome, in this way, you three men live on the first floor of the main house, there are two beds, you squeeze in. The three ladies live in the Westinghouse, and the bed is bigger, and you can barely afford it. ”

After saying that, Chunsheng took the lady to the West House, which has a double bed, although it can be squeezed down, but it is indeed a little reluctant.

"Oh, I don't want to live in this bed in the cabin, three people might be a little cramped. Yin Ning made an opinion, and after speaking, he pointed to a small room on the side of the Westinghouse.

"This hut has not been lived in for many years, in that case, I will help you clean it. ”

After saying that, Chunsheng and Yin Ning walked into the room, and Chunsheng carefully cleaned a small bed in the corner.

"Brother Chunsheng, thank you so much, it's so convenient for us to have you. ”

"How can there be, it should be, it's you who work hard, risking your lives to help everyone eradicate evil spirits, what can we do if we do something. ”

"By the way, Brother Chunsheng, are there really ghosts in our town?" Yin Ning asked in a low but serious voice.

"Haha, what's the matter, I'm just joking today, it's okay sister, don't be afraid, your teammates all have stunts at first glance, if there are really demons and monsters, they will be beaten away by them in three or two. ”

"Actually... I'm scared... I've been timid since I was a kid, and when I see this portrait in a dark room, I'm scared. He pointed to a portrait on the wall.

"Oh, I'm too embarrassed to mess with the things in the mayor's house, or I'll take them down for you. ”

"No, Brother Chunsheng, I just said, thank you. ”

It was past ten o'clock in the evening, and the group chatted late in the courtyard, so they decided to go back to their rooms and sleep.

When it really entered the night, everyone really felt the "gloomy" of Blackwater Town. There were few lights in the town, except for the dim moonlight scattered on the ground, and the mountain wind blew and the leaves rattled. In the distant mountains, there is the occasional cry of wild beasts, except for the bleak wind and the cold sound of birds and beasts, the whole town is dead silent, as if you have fallen into a deep well, let you cry for help, but there will be no response.

Before entering the room, Qin Yunwan specially reminded everyone to be vigilant at any time.

Yin Ning walked into the small room.

Lying on the cold bed, she put her staff under the pillow, only took off her coat and covered it with a thin quilt.

Before falling asleep, Yin Ning involuntarily glanced at the portrait on the wall. The portrait depicts a man, and the faint moonlight makes the face on the wall even more eerie. It stands to reason that when you stare at the person in the portrait, you will feel that the person in the portrait is staring at you, which will inevitably make people feel scary, but it is not just something that makes her feel strange.

After looking at it for a while, Yin Ning seemed to know why. This should be a portrait, possibly a self-portrait or a posthumous portrait. But no matter what the portrait is, the artist's emotions are not reflected in this painting. The eyes of the man on the painting are dull and unfocused, these eyes completely set the gloomy tone of the whole painting, the corners of the mouth are slightly bulging as if giving people a sense of insidious cunning, and the cheekbones are high and pointed, highlighting the evil side. For any painter who paints portraits of others, he should not paint this temperament.

Even when Yin Ning closed her eyes, she still felt that she was staring at those eyes, "I can't think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more scared I become!"

Yin Ning curled up, covered his head with the quilt, and tried to fall asleep.

The flames of war are raging, and the smoke of wolves is everywhere.

The man on the other side was holding torches, his eyes were filled with anger, and his flaming bows and arrows rained down on him. Everywhere there were the cries of women and children. The eaves collapsed, and thick black smoke rose into the sky.

At this moment, a man rushed to the front, and in the face of all the enemies, he opened his arms. In an instant, the wilted flowers bloomed again, and let out angry wails. The man's body burst out with powerful golden wisps, completely enveloping the hill opposite.

Slowly, the people on the hill gradually fell to their knees, had to extinguish the torches in their hands, and were crumbling and drowsy. They try to restrain themselves from being consumed by drowsiness.

After subsided, the man was already covered in bruises, and he turned his head, and the face was Chunsheng.

It's Chunsheng!!

woke up, Yin Ning suddenly woke up from the dream. She sat on the bed and pondered this strange dream over and over again, the picture was so real that it seemed to be a memory.

"How could you have such a dream?" Yin Ning wiped her sweat, her heart was inexplicable, she looked around, there was no movement for a long time, "When is this? Everyone has already fallen asleep." ”