"They'll be here early tomorrow morning," the woman said as she shrunk her cigarette pouch and the cigarette came out of her mouth, and she gave them a meaningful look.

"They? Who are they? Xiao Wang asked with some concern.

"Maybe it's the murderer you are talking about?" The woman smiled and said.

Xiao Wang got goosebumps all over his body when he heard this, and he just wanted to say something? Qian Bin pressed her down and asked, "Miss, do you know about this murder—I mean the friend we met on the road?" ”

"I'll tell you a good thing," the woman's eyebrows furrowed, and a displeased expression flashed on her face, "There is a rule for us, that is, outsiders will not suffer if they ask less and look less, talk less and do less." ”

After speaking, these women put up their pipes and slapped them twice on the chests of Qian Bin and Xiao Wang, and then turned around and left, unable to scream.

Xiao Wang scolded angrily, "What a weirdo." ”

After taking Qian Bin to the B&B to register, Xiao Wang said that he was not willing to open two rooms.

"Men and women don't kiss, we don't lack money, and there is no shortage of rooms here in the homestay, let's open two." Qian Bin said that he was not happy with anything.

"What? Are you disgusted with me? Xiao Wang asked.

"No, no, no," Qian Bin felt a headache, and this was a big trouble

Xiao Wang turned his head and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm just scared, it's not any other idea, you pay attention to me, even if it's a room, I advise you to do something crooked." ”

Where did Qian Bin dare to refute this female boss?

After checking in, Xiao Wang turned around and went back to the room to rest, and he didn't plan to let Qian Bin in, but Qian Bin didn't plan to rest so early.

He now has a stomach of question marks that have not been solved, there are too many secrets hidden in this village, and there are too magical places, so he decided to find out, and after seeing Xiao Wang leave, Qian Bin launched an action alone.

What to do? Qian Bin was gearing up, it seemed that he was quite eager to try, he first found a few villagers in the village and asked the details, but although the other party did not refuse, he couldn't say any key information, just said that this village has lived in Cuifengling for generations, and there is not much communication with the outside world, and even some people have never walked out of the mountains in their lives.

When Qian Bin mentioned that this place had been transformed into a scenic spot, almost everyone was surprised, and some even said indignantly, "This place is the mountain where we have gathered for generations, why has it become a tourist attraction?" ”

Qian Bin didn't dare to ask any further, for fear that these people would sacrifice themselves to blood.

After all, what they say and do is also quite famous, and what surprises Qian Bin the most is that these people have not communicated with the outside world for generations, but it seems that there is no big difference in information, and there is even electricity in some places.

However, intuition told Qian Bin that these villagers must have something to hide from outsiders or themselves, and they looked at themselves with doubts and curiosity in their eyes, but they were silent, once they raised a question, they would casually find a topic to skim over, as if none of this had happened, but what they saw in front of them was full of distrust of themselves.

With this idea of finding out, Qian Bin walked around the village, in fact, the village is not big, less than 1,000 households, and it takes about half an hour to walk the whole way, although he can't ask door to door, but Qian Bin consciously asked a lot of people, but unfortunately none of them can answer his doubts.

But apparently his behavior angered the village administrators, and when he was taken by several tough villagers to a building in the middle of the village, called the village office, the woman reappeared.

"You're you again?" The woman took a puff of her cigarette and looked at Qian Bin with slightly squinted eyes, "You are really not afraid of death, so you got out of the tiger's mouth and entered danger, don't you know what place this is?" ”

Qian Bin was hard-mouthed and didn't say a word, but he was thinking in his heart, this whole world is not the king's land, and the world is all people, not to mention your small village?

The woman knew that Qian Bin had a hard mouth, so she came to him in a few steps, squinted her eyes and squatted down to meet his eyes.

"What the hell do you want to know?"

Qian Bin swallowed his saliva and said, "I'm a tourist, I'm just curious about this place, but I do have something to know, have you been in contact with people from the outside world recently?" ”

The woman didn't seem to be very good at hiding, and like other villagers, a trace of displeasure and vigilance flashed in her eyes, which clearly told Qian Bin what she was hiding from her, although she still said so,

"Our village has been isolated from people for generations, and almost no one has left the village, and even if they do, most of them will not come back, let alone have any intersections with others, and it is an exception for you to stumble into this place by mistake."

Qian Bin pursed his lips and said, "Since that's the case, then I don't have anything to ask, but I still have one thing that I am personally curious." ”

The woman nodded, motioned for the two villagers beside her to let go and said, "Since you are here, you are all guests, you say, what do you want to know?" ”

"It should be early in the morning when we come here,"

Qian Bin looked out the window, the sky was already white, and the sun was gradually rising, shining very brightly on the window pane.

The woman nodded and asked, "So what?" ”

"I'm just curious, so early, before dawn, your village seems to be very lively, and there are many musical instruments, classical, what is this for?"

The corners of the woman's mouth twitched slightly, her eyelids began to tremble, and her eyebrows wrinkled into 90 degrees, "Friend, didn't I warn you, don't ask what you shouldn't know, don't do things you shouldn't do, you have committed a taboo now, you know?" ”

Qian Bin nodded and said, "I know, but there is a sentence that is clear, does curiosity kill cats?" I'd rather be that dead cat. ”

The woman seemed to have a different interest in Qian Bin, she took another puff of cigarette, found a stool to sit down, and handed Qian Bin another stool and said.

"You sit down first, let's talk about something."

"What do you think we're doing on the streets without sleeping in the middle of the night? Although this has nothing to do with you, I can explain that it will soon be the annual succession ceremony in the village. ”

"Succession ceremony?" Qian Bin wondered, this name sounded even more magical.

When he heard the word ritual, he felt that something was wrong in his heart, just this village would not still be a superstitious feudal village.

"I know what you're thinking, your eyes are full of disbelief, but it's normal, after all, ordinary people can't accept it, the woman smiled and said, but you don't need to know so much, anyway, for our village, this time of year is the busiest and most lively, you stay here for a day, we will provide you with free accommodation and food, tomorrow morning, you should leave."

"Can I ask what the succession ceremony is all about?" Qian Bin asked.

The woman glanced at him vigilantly, and said rather unhappily, "You have already asked whether you should ask or not." ”

Qian Bin scratched his head, grinned, and didn't speak.

"Well," the woman said with a sigh, "it doesn't seem easy to make you die, but I'll tell you everything I know, there is an annual ancestor worship ceremony in the village, and every time the old and new elders change, such a grand ceremony is held, the purpose is to pass on the soul." ”

"Soul?" Qian Bin found that one after another increasingly old words popped out of this woman's mouth, and he was confused.

The woman put on a look that I knew you would think, and said, "It's not an unusual thing, people have souls, you know?" ”

Qian Bin shook his head, not only did he not know but also did not believe.

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, in short, you just need to know that during this time period, all the villagers will be very sensitive, because the appearance of a successor means the change of generations, and it also means inheritance, everyone is looking forward to this moment, including the arrival of this day, after the trusted elder succeeds, the village will become a new look."

Qian Bin was really confused, he felt that he could understand every word the other party said, but he didn't know what she said.

"When exactly will this festival begin?" Qian Bin asked.

The woman took a puff of cigarette and squinted, looked at Qian Bin, and said, "Why are you asking this?" ”

Qian Bin opened his mouth, chuckled a few times, and said, "It's just curiosity, you can satisfy my curiosity." ”

The woman sighed and said, "Well, I've told you so much anyway, and that's not more than that." ”

She glanced at Qian Bin mysteriously, stood up, glanced out the window, and said, "Wait for the fog to come." ”

"Fog?" Qian Bin repeated it again and asked, "Are you talking about the fog in the mountains?" ”

The cold and heat on the mountain change drastically, and there is often a thick fog, Qian Bin thought.

"Every year at this time, there will be a grand outbreak of mountain fog, which is the time when we worship our ancestors, and our ancestors will also come to our village on the fog."

Qian Bin let out an "oh", but made it clear that he didn't believe it.

"That's why I asked you to leave quickly, it's not that our village is not hospitable, but as you can see, the annual major ceremony is coming soon, and we must ensure the absolute safety of the village, on the other hand, once the mountain fog is closed, you can't leave if you want to, so this is also for your good."

Qian Bin nodded, bowed to the woman, and said, "I haven't asked for my name yet, thank you for your advice." ”

The woman squinted, looked at Qian Bin and said, "That's not necessary." ”

Qian Bin himself got his name, the look on his face was very firm, and he seemed to insist on asking clearly, he said, "After all, we just escaped from danger, and we still want to ask the name of our benefactor, so we can have a chance to come to the door to thank you later." ”