The man began to recount what had happened three days ago, but when the story told that the old man had knocked the girl unconscious, he stopped talking and turned his gaze to the girl, "I don't know how to describe it." ”

None of these men experienced it, and they all learned it from the mouths of girls.

The girl took over and began to speak: "After that...... Then I woke up, and I was still in the hut, but it was already noon. My head was dizzy, and the old man was there, but my sister and brother-in-law were gone. ”

Speaking of this, the girl added with a pale face: "I'm really not lying, we really came together!" ”

I could see that she was a little excited, and I comforted: "I believe what you said, but your last few sentences, it seems that you didn't make it too clear, are you awake?" Are you saying that after you fell unconscious, you didn't know what happened, and when you opened your eyes again, you saw the old man again? And after that, what did he do to you? ”

The girl shook her head: "Didn't do anything...... But he didn't admit what happened that night, and said that I was the only one to spend the night. We argued, and I was chased away by him. ”

I nodded, "In that case, why didn't you call the police?" ”

Hearing this question, the man snatched the words, "Report!" When my girlfriend went to town to look for me, we called the police. But as soon as we heard that it was a disappearance in this village, those people didn't care, and we couldn't communicate with them at all! ”

"Whatever?" I glanced at Du Youlan, her expression was strange, as if she was enjoying it, every time she heard some strange story, she was like this.

Feeling my gaze, she smiled faintly and whispered in my ear, "I bet that people often go missing here, do you bet?" ”

"Bet on one side, how can you win or lose?"

"Then you can choose the other side and let me."

"I don't like to lose."

"Hmph, it's not interesting......"

……

"Actually, when you say that, it's really maybe, although those Vietnamese policemen didn't tell us what was going on, but this place must be wrong, otherwise I wouldn't be so nervous......" The man's expression was a little stiff, and he recalled: "At that time, we were leaving the town police station, and someone stopped us before leaving, and that person was also a policeman, about sixty years old, or just a little old-looking uncle, he could speak Chinese, and he told me at that time that there were so many regular attractions, don't just look for any excitement, It's good luck to be able to come back after looking for excitement, but luck doesn't happen every time...... He was obviously giving me advice, but why was this man still missing? ”

Although she knew that there was a problem, the girl couldn't watch her sister lose like this. So, yesterday, she chose to come to this village again with her boyfriend. It was chosen during the day, but because they were worried that the villagers would attack them again, they took a detour and spent most of the day finding the thatched hut under the village slope. However, the old man was not there. The two of them waited until it was dark, and the surrounding area was dark and gloomy, and remembering the attitude of the local police station and the advice to them, the frightening speculation in their minds grew. So, in the end, he chose to run back to the town overnight.

But after all, it is a sister, even if they run back, their hearts are still entangled, the two hesitated all day today, or when it was dark, they came here for the third time.

After that, I met Du Youlan and me.

After the story was told, there was silence for about a few seconds, I looked at the man, smiled and asked, "So you just wanted to pull a few cushions?" ”

He hurriedly explained: "No, no, don't get me wrong, we can't help it, we just want more people to be brave or something, and now I confess, you see that this place is really remote, this village must not be able to live in people, and it is not safe for the two of you, why don't we go together?" You'll help me get stronger! ”

Having said that, the man doesn't have much confidence, probably thinking that normal people don't have the heart to break into a tricky village or something in the middle of the night.

But Du Youlan and I are not normal people.

We agreed to his request, not only because two of them had disappeared here, but also because the boy who had been taken away by Zuo Yuan had also disappeared in this village. They've been playing this way for seven days, can't it be any longer? This place is also half of the boy's hometown. So I wondered, could this be their destination? If so, the boy's only relative in Vietnam is his grandfather, and the only person in the village who speaks Chinese is the old man.

Think about it, what is the relationship between the boy's grandfather and this old man?

So, I have no reason to say no at all.

It's just that now they have a problem, and they seem to be lost. Although the girl came twice, she came in a hurry, and she didn't choose the way to go. Men also came once, but the situation was not much better than that of girls. So now we can't seem to find the old man's house.

"Is this hard?" Du Youlan looked at the man and woman curiously.

"It's not so difficult during the day, but now it's dark, there's not even a street lamp here, and it's really hard to discern the direction after only walking twice......" The man was very distressed about this.

Du Youlan stretched out her hand and pointed to a villager's house in the distance, "What I'm talking about is asking for directions." ”

"No, no, no!" The girl hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, and said, "They, they are like crazy people, beating and yelling at us, and we came secretly just to avoid them." ”

Having said that, who Du Youlan was, she didn't care what the girl said at all, and walked straight to the house.

"Hey, hey, dude, your girlfriend her...... She can't help but listen to persuasion, this will really cause trouble! "The man is ready to go to Raduyulan.

But I stopped her, "She thinks she can, then she must be able to." Plus, that's not my girlfriend. ”

While we were talking, Du Youlan had already walked to the door of the house and knocked on the wooden door.

Seeing this, the couple hurriedly found a place to hide, I didn't move, at this distance, relying on the powerful vision given by the insect venom, even if it was dark night, I could see what was going on on Du Youlan's side.

After waiting for about half a minute, the door was opened, and there was a faint candle flame flickering inside the door, and the door was opened by a peasant woman about fifty years old, as the couple said, and the other party looked cold. When she first saw Du Youlan, she could vaguely see some anger on the other party's face, but that anger was fleeting, and the next moment, the peasant woman suddenly smiled, and she looked kind and natural. I couldn't hear it clearly, but judging by the frequency of the opening and closing of the mouth, the two of them should be communicating.

After a while, the peasant woman closed the door, and seemed to be persuading something before closing the door, but Du Youlan waved her hand and refused.

"Done?" Looking at Du Youlan, who walked back with a cold smile on her face, I asked, "Do you know Vietnamese?" ”

"I'll have a lot of things."

"What did you all talk about?" Compared to Du Youlan's various skills, I am now more curious about her communication with peasant women.

"The people here are actually not bad, but they rarely see outsiders, so they don't want to let down their guard easily." Speaking of this, Du Youlan turned her gaze to the bushes on the side, "Well, maybe you bring a small gift when you come, and the effect will be much better." ”

"What's the matter with the farm tools chasing after us?" The man responded, crawling out of the bushes in embarrassment, and reached out to pull his girlfriend behind him.

"That's not to hurt you." Du Youlan responded: "That's just a reminder to you that if you keep walking, there will be danger. But alas, you fled too fast three days ago, and they couldn't stop it. ”

It's an embarrassing thing.

"But, but that's no wonder us, no matter how good the words are, we can't say it clearly with a knife, right?" The girl is also very innocent.

But when it comes to dissuasion, I'm more curious about the reason for that dissuasion. So he asked Du Youlan, "It seems that the old man is famous here, what is going on with him?" ”

"That's a strange man." Speaking of this, Du Youlan's eyes suddenly became strange, as if she was thinking, and as if she was confused because of something, this kind of expression rarely appeared on her face.

"Strange? Tell his story. ”

"It should be about forty years ago, or more, there was a plague in the village, and many people died, and this old man was seriously ill but not dead, and he thought that his life was good, but although his life was kept, he became a crazy fool."

"Is this weird?"

"Strange."

"You're not done yet."

Du Youlan nodded and continued: "It's strange that he is a native of the country, and like most people here, he has never left this village in his life, let alone Chinese, but ...... He actually spoke Chinese.

But the people in this village don't care much about it, and the addition of a language will not affect their lives. But the strange things related to the old man don't stop there. Since he recovered from his illness, foreign tourists, or locals in the village, often disappeared, and most of the clues that can be found about the missing person are the last person to come into contact with him. Initially, he was investigated, but there were no clues, and the people of the village lynched him and beat him half to death, but no matter how heavy the injuries were, it only took three days for him to recover. ”

"No matter what the injury, it will recover in three days? You're talking about ......"

Du Youlan nodded, "It is said that there were a few crazy people in the village who burned the old man to death. But three days later, he reappeared. ”

"And what about the man who burned him?"

"What do you say?" Du Youlan stretched out her hand and pointed in a direction, "Since then, the people in the village have regarded him as an evil ghost, and they have gradually moved away from the vicinity of the old man's thatched hut. It's a pity that their world is so big, so they are only half a village away from the evil spirits. ”

The direction of the gradual thinning of the houses is the route to the thatched houses at the bottom of the village slope.

After about half an hour, under the leadership of Du Youlan, we got closer and closer to the thatched house.

After listening to Du Youlan's narration, my interest in this old man became even stronger. Although, if what the villagers say is true, then he may not be the grandfather of the boy on the cruise ship. But even so, I don't believe that Zuo Yuan would go to such a place for no reason. Before, I was still wondering, but after hearing such a legend, I was completely sure that this old man's secret was probably the reason why Zuo Yuan came here. Seriously, I'm not interested in Zuo Yuan, but the boy next to him is very important to me.

But as we got closer to the thatched hut, I gradually noticed a peculiar smell.

It was a smell that I hadn't smelled in a long time since we parted from Silent Night.

The smell of insects!

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