Gongcheng County, located in the northeast of Guangxi, southeast of Guilin City, is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery, mainly Yao, Han and Zhuang three ethnic groups, and the folk customs are simple.

Xiaoling's home is in a small mountain village called Luogang in Gongcheng County. Relying on advanced and developed navigation tools, the three of us quickly found the way to Luogang Village.

Unfortunately, due to the remote location of Luogang Village, although there is a road, there is still no special train to reach the village, no way, we had to spend a lot of money in the nearby town to wallet an electric tricycle, and when we arrived at Luogang Village, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening.

The village is more dilapidated than we imagined, most of them are old wooden buildings on stilts, the whole village is located in a long and narrow valley, on both sides of the mountains, although there are not many people, but it has been stretched to the depths of the mountains, and there is no end in sight under the verdant night.

Fortunately, the village has been electrified, and you can see the sparse lights stretching along the canyon, like a glittering ribbon, which looks colorful and psychedelic against the dark mountain background, very mysterious.

The tricycle driver who sent us to Luogang Village was originally a local, but a few years ago he left the village to make a living, and he was still more familiar with the situation in the village.

The driver asked us to call him Lao Luo, Lao Luo said that we are looking for Xiao Ling's family just lives in the depths of the canyon, now to find the past, it is estimated that it is more than eleven o'clock over there, it is very inconvenient, it is recommended that we live nearby first, and wait for tomorrow morning to go over.

What he said made sense, the curse on my body was the most taboo to wander around at night, because the yin qi in the night was the strongest, and it was easy to be attracted by the source of some terrible things, and it was naturally good to find a place to live first, so I asked Lao Luo if he knew where to live?

Hearing that we were going to find a place to stay, Lao Luo suddenly grinned and said that there was no need to look for it, it happened that his house was nearby, and we were brought in by him, and he gave him a 20% discount for staying in his house.

We were all stunned, so I asked him, "Haven't you moved out of Luogang Village, why is your home still there?"

Lao Luo smiled, saying that although he had moved to the town, it was just to make a living, Luogang Village will always be his roots, and he will come back when he earns money in the future.

I nodded, knowing that he just wanted to earn more accommodation fees, otherwise he would definitely be able to find other places to live in the village, and it was not easy to see Lao Luo, so I didn't pierce it and let him lead the way.

Lao Luo's house is located on the stone hill on the left side of the canyon, it is a two-story wooden building on stilts, and there are about seven or eight families on the side, which looks pretty good, at least in the village.

After settling us down, Lao Luo said to go to the neighbor's house to borrow some food, let us wait, it just so happened that we had not eaten dinner yet, and we were hungry at this time.

After Lao Luo left, I took out my mobile phone and dialed the number of the Taoist priest, but the opposite side still prompted to turn off, I called Xiaoling again, but no one answered. In fact, before coming here, I had already called Xiaoling once, but no one answered, no one answered in the morning, maybe she was busy with something, but at this point, it is impossible to be busy!

Could something really be wrong?

I suddenly began to have a bad premonition in my heart, the phone couldn't get through, so I could only wait for Lao Luo to take us to Xiaoling's house tomorrow morning to know what happened, and now there is nothing I can do if I am in a hurry.

Lao Luo quickly rushed back, carrying a chicken and rice in one hand and some vegetables in the other, which were still stained with mud and were so fresh that he could tell at a glance that they had just been brought back from the field. This is the most comfortable point in the countryside, you can plant what you want to eat, and pick when you want to eat, which is fresh and convenient.

He smiled and asked us to wait, it will be done immediately, so he rushed into the kitchen, Lin Qiaoer originally wanted to help, but Lao Luo tried his best to stop it, saying no, he could do it quickly by himself. I knew that he was worried that if we did it, he would deduct his money, and while sighing in his heart, he persuaded Lin Qiaoer.

About an hour later, the meal was ready, and we could smell the fragrance from afar, and we moved our index fingers and ate at the beckoning of Lao Luo.

Lao Luo smiled and watched us eat on the side, Lin Qiaoer and the doctor beckoned him to eat together, and he waved his hand vigorously, saying that he had already eaten and was not hungry! But I saw him swallowing his saliva secretly, and immediately understood that he was lying, and at the same time I sighed in my heart that it was not easy for him, I stood up and served him a bowl of rice, pulled him to sit down, and told him so many dishes, the three of us can't eat them all, and it's shameful to waste, if you don't eat with us, then I will deduct your money.

Lao Luo's eyes suddenly flashed with moving tears, and his rough black hands full of calluses trembled and took the meal, saying that he had been begging for a living outside in the past few years, and most of the people in the city he met looked down on him, and sometimes he had to be deducted his salary if he was late for pulling goods, and he had never seen an approachable boss like us. As he spoke, this rural man in his fifties couldn't help but burst into tears.

The three of us looked at each other, and our eyes were full of sympathy and doubt, sympathy was Lao Luo's difficulty, and what was doubtful was Lao Luo's reaction at this time. If you can live in this mountain village, who wants to leave your hometown and be angry outside? And Lao Luo's home doesn't look like it's so poor that he can't live! Among the surrounding families, his house is the best, but none of those families have left the village, why did Lao Luo leave the village?

There must be a story in this!

I thought to myself, and I didn't rush to ask, but I kept giving Lao Luo vegetables and letting him eat more, as if I was the host here and he was the guest!

After a full meal, Lao Luo's attitude towards us was no longer as respectful and detached as before, he talked with us eagerly, obviously regarded us as friends, and before I could ask, he had already told us about his family's misfortune!

After listening to this, my eyes widened suddenly, and I understood what was going on, and the feelings of Lao Luo's experience were also very related to the purpose of our trip.

Here's the thing, about three years ago, something strange happened in Luogang Village, and an inexplicable fog blocked the entire village overnight. At that time, the road leading to Luogang Village had not been built, the traffic was very inconvenient, the villagers usually worked in the farmland near the canyon, and generally only went out of the village to catch the market on Sundays, so no one cared when the fog first rose, because it was very normal for the mountains to fog, until the day of the market three days after the fog, the villagers found out that something was wrong, and more than a dozen villagers who went out of the village to catch the market had an accident on the same day.

About in the evening, the families of those villagers who went out of the village to catch the market waited left and right, and never waited for the people who returned to their homes.

In a fit of anxiety, several families rushed out, and at the entrance of the village, they saw the bodies of all the missing people. The corpse lay next to the mist at the mouth of the valley, his eyes bulging, his face with a terrifying expression, white and miserable, his body completely stiff, and the blood all over his body was drained.

Seeing this scene, the relatives of those corpses all cried to death, and some people wanted to go out to call the police, but not long after passing through the fog, their corpses poured straight out of the fog at the entrance of the village, and the death was exactly the same as the person who was killed before.

At this time, the villagers didn't know that the fog was strange, and they retreated in panic. This incident spread ten, and soon the villagers of the entire Luogang Village fell into a huge panic, and it was only then that the villagers found that not only the entrance of the village, but even the fields on both sides of the canyon were all sealed by the fog, in other words, the entire Luogang Village was wrapped in the fog.

Under the blockade of the unknown fog of life, the villagers did not even dare to go out, for fear of accidentally touching the fog, and they all closed their doors and retreated at home. I thought I could escape this way, but I didn't expect something to happen.

On the sixth day of the incident, some villagers found that something was wrong, and the people next door had not seen any movement for two or three days. But the family next door hasn't gone out to fetch water or light a fire to cook for three days.

They were all neighbors, not far apart, so the people on the side came to the door, but no matter how they called, no one answered, no one opened the knock on the door, and they couldn't eat in a hurry, so they broke down the door and found an extremely strange scene.

The people in the room were all dead, and the family died at the dinner table, exactly the same as those who were killed by the fog before, judging from the meals on the dining table that had not had time to clean up and the rice bowls in front of them, they suddenly died while eating, and even after death, their bodies still maintained the action of eating before death.

Such a strange scene made the villagers even more uneasy, it was not possible to escape, hiding at home would still die, and for a time the whole village was shrouded in an extremely terrifying atmosphere.

At this time, the old fortune teller in the village, who has always been regarded as a scourge of cancer, stood up and said that there was a monster to blame, and he had a way to save everyone.

In this panicked situation, the words of a Taoist priest are undoubtedly life-saving in the eyes of the villagers, even if this old Taoist priest is shouted and scolded by them on weekdays.

I won't say what happened after that, everyone should also know, that is, what Xiaoling told me in the hospital before, Lao Dao led the villagers into the mountains to dig graves, and as a result, a bloody coffin was dug up, which was burned to ashes after being exposed to the scorching sun, and since then the fog has dispersed, and nothing strange has happened in Luogang Village since then.

It is said that this incident has achieved the best result it deserves, but in this case, in addition to those who were killed, there were many people who had accidents but did not die, although these people did not die, but because of that incident they were frightened to delirium, and since then they have gone crazy and become crazy, and the only fortune teller they can rely on at that time has also disappeared inexplicably.

Among the people who were scared crazy, in addition to Xiaoling's younger brother, there was also Lao Luo's son. Lao Luo has a total of two children, a boy and a girl, the boy is slightly older and is already in high school, and the daughter is slightly younger, and she is in the sixth grade of primary school this year.

After this happened, the old Luo family's originally well-off family was suddenly dragged down, and he took his crazy son to seek medical treatment everywhere, spending a lot of money, but it was useless, and his daughter also needed money to go to school. He had no choice but to move out of the village with his family, hoping to earn more money to see a doctor for his son.

Hearing the root of the matter, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that this world is too small, if the Taoist priest hadn't lied to me before, Lao Luo's son could have cured this disease, could it be that God had mercy on Lao Luo, so he deliberately arranged for him to meet us, so as to save him from fire and water?

As soon as Lao Luo finished speaking, I took his hand and said with a smile: "Uncle Luo, congratulations, congratulations, you met us today and you met the right person!" ”

Hearing me say this, Lao Luo was very puzzled, and even a little angry, I knew that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Lao Luo said, don't misunderstand, I said congratulations not because of schadenfreude, but really want to congratulate you, do you know the purpose of our coming to Luogang Village?" ”

Lao Luo shook his head and said Aren't you here to travel?

I smiled and said no, we came this time to find a friend, he is a Taoist priest with real skills, a week ago was invited by Xiaoling to Luogang Village to help her brother treat his illness, after which we have not contacted him, and now it has been more than a week, we are not relieved, so we came over.

When Lao Luo heard this, his face suddenly showed excitement, he grabbed my hand tremblingly, and asked if this was true? Xiaoling's girl's younger brother knew that the boy was stupid in that incident like his son, and if the boy could be cured, then his son would definitely be able to cure it.

I nodded, and said that as long as I found the Dao Master, there would definitely be a way to cure it.

At this time, Lao Luo was not calm, and immediately stood up, saying that he was going to take me to Xiaoling's house, looking very excited.

I hurriedly comforted him, saying that it was getting late now, and even if I found someone in the past now, your son would not be there, so it would be better to wait until tomorrow, and after finding the Taoist chief, we will leave Luogang Village together and take your son to see a doctor by the way!

Hearing me say this, Lao Luo calmed down, but he still couldn't hide the joy in his heart, took my hand and thanked him vigorously, saying that if he can really cure his son, then we are all great benefactors of his family, I have to smile bitterly, but I am thinking about how to fool the Taoist priest to let him volunteer again.

……

We didn't say anything all night, and the next day we were awakened by Lao Luo's hurried knock on the door, and if it weren't for the panicked expression on his face, I would have thought that he hadn't slept all night, just waiting for dawn to wake us up.

I asked him if something had happened.

Lao Luo's face was anxious, and he said that something was wrong, and we had to find the Taoist chief who might be burned to death by the villagers soon.

"What?"

I was so shocked that I almost thought I had heard it wrong, and hurriedly asked Lao Luo what was going on?

Old Luo was even more anxious than I was, and as soon as he grabbed me, he walked out, talking about the situation as he went.

It turned out that I heard last night that there was a Taoist who could cure his son's illness and came to Luogang Village, and Lao Luo was worried in his heart, and he wanted to know very much if Xiaoling's younger brother had been cured? So I didn't sleep all night, but I got up early this morning, went to the neighbor to inquire about the situation, and only after asking did I learn that something had happened.

There is indeed a Taoist priest who came to Luogang Village with Xiaoling a week ago, because of the old fortune teller before, the people of Luogang Village have great respect for the Taoist, although they feel that the Taoist priest is young and does not look like a master, but he is still courteous, and he is entertained with good food and drink.

However, no one expected that this Taoist priest was not only not a master, but also a demon with a bad heart, and the day after he arrived in the village, several strange things suddenly happened in the village that had not happened in three years.

First of all, the villagers have a strange disease inexplicably, sores on the mouth and tongue, vomiting and diarrhea, and pulling out all the disgusting insects, and then the children in the village disappeared one after another, and the villagers often hear something scratching the doors and windows at night, making a very weird and terrifying sound, which is creepy.

All the strange things happened after the Taoist priest came to Luogang Village, which was a bit too coincidental, so that the villagers had to suspect that this matter had something to do with the Taoist priest, after all, the Taoist priest was always an outsider.

Originally, it was just like this, and it was impossible for everyone to do anything to the Taoist priest, after all, there was no evidence, but until the day before yesterday, after the patrol team organized by the villagers witnessed the picture of the Taoist priest drugged in the mountain stream and abducted the child, they were convinced that all the strange things were done by the Taoist priest.

Angry villagers rushed up, tied up the Taoist priest, tortured him, and tried to ask the Taoist priest about the whereabouts of the kidnapped children, but the Taoist priest refused to admit it. In this way, the villagers were even more angry, and the villagers who were carried away decided to use lynching to burn this demon directly, and this morning was the day they were burned at the stake.

I was dumbfounded, and my heart said how could this be possible, how could a Taoist priest do such a thing? Could he be a demon? No, it must be wrong, this is definitely not the case, there must be a misunderstanding in this.

I hurriedly asked Lao Luo: "Are these things you said reliable?" Did they really see the Taoist priest commit murder with their own eyes? ”

Lao Luo was sweating profusely, and said anxiously: "It should be reliable, although I didn't see it with my own eyes, but the person who told me the news is a well-known real person in the village, and he also saw the Taoist priest poisoning the mountain stream that night, it shouldn't be wrong." ”