Chapter 18: A Strange Village
"The surname is Yi, what are you doing?" Lao Wu glanced at Yi Hanchuan, and his attitude was very blunt.
"I was ordered by the master to lead the six evils to assist the two, and seeing that you are in trouble now, I naturally want to come out to help." Although Yi Hanchuan's words were polite, everyone could hear the coldness in his tone.
A layer of disgust appeared on Lao Wu's face, "Help? If you don't secretly frame us, Amitabha. ”
Yi Hanchuan smiled awkwardly, and turned to Qi Lu and said, "I have investigated, the ancestors of this village moved here from the Central Plains more than 800 years ago in order to escape the war. Due to its remote location, there is very little contact with the outside world......"
Qi Lu interrupted him and said, "I didn't expect you to investigate things more carefully than me. But what does what you say about me? ”
"The villagers here have always been simple and simple, and there is no dispute with the world......"
Qi Lu cut off his words again and said: "Hehe, they are so simple, so simple that they don't even care about their own treasures, and let outsiders dig them, are they afraid that they will have to hand over to the state after digging out, and they won't get any benefits?" ”
"Even you are aware of the strangeness, don't I understand?" Yi Hanchuan sneered and said, "No one can refuse the temptation of wealth, unless they are not human. ”
Qi Lu was stunned when he heard this, he sensed that Yi Hanchuan was having something to say, but then he said lightly: "Do you want to play tricks, I have already observed, these villagers are ordinary people." ”
"Maybe I'm not expressing it the right way." Yi Hanchuan continued: "This village has been abnormal since a hundred years ago. ”
"Oh, let's hear it." Qi Lu came to be interested.
"The land here is barren, but the villagers are rich, do you know why?"
"Is it because of the treasure?"
"Of course not." Yi Hanchuan pointed to the green field outside the village and said, "This is the land planted by the villagers, do you see what is famous?" ”
"Good crops......" Qi Lu couldn't say any more after a few words of praise, he looked down at this well-growing field, his eyes showed a look of surprise, but more of an uneasiness and fear, as if these fields exuded a strange aura everywhere.
Yi Hanchuan noticed his abnormality, so he smiled and said, "Do you think this crop is growing too lushly?" ”
"Yes, there should not be such crops when everything is withering in the cold winter month."
"Not only that, but I found that the villagers never used fertilizer to grow the rice, and they rarely went to the fields to weed. They plant crops almost like sowing the seeds and then sit back and wait for a good harvest. ”
"How is this possible, is this a treasure land?"
"I've looked in the field, and it's as barren as the hill under our feet."
Qi Lu was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Even if this matter is as you said, the villagers are not worried about the harvest of the crops, but they are not unmoved by the treasure in front of them, but like a pyramid scheme, they pull outsiders to make a fortune." ”
"You'll soon find out the truth, just stay here for a few more days and you'll get the answer one night."
"What do you mean by that?"
Yi Hanchuan didn't answer his question directly, but changed his mouth and said, "All the strange things that happened in this village started a hundred years ago. ”
"What happened here a hundred years ago?"
"The village of Charbagh is the name of an ethnic minority, don't you think it's strange why the village is inhabited by Han Chinese?"
Qi Lu nodded and said, "Indeed, I've been thinking about this for the past two days, do you know the reason?" ”
"A hundred years ago, there was a plague in this village, and all the aborigines died, and now you see that these Han villagers are the people who came into the village to escape the war. They multiplied and formed their current size. That is, after these new villagers moved in, there were a lot of strange things in the village, including the crops that you see growing against the season and growing well. ”
Yi Hanchuan pointed his hand again, but this time he pointed to the map in Lao Wu's hand. "You've found out that this village was built in the form of the Nine Palaces Bagua, do you know what the building used to be at that fisheye in the north?"
"I've only been here for a day or two, how can I know!" Qi Lu responded angrily.
"The previous villagers built a lama temple at this fish's eye, but after the new villagers moved in, they demolished the temple and rebuilt a Taoist temple to worship the Jade Emperor."
"What does this have to do with those weird things?"
"I have inquired in the village before, and the villagers said that the Jade Emperor blessed them, made the wind and rain here, and brought countless wealth to the village."
Qi Lu said coldly: "Do you believe in this boring legend? ”
"Of course I don't believe it, but there is always an unpredictable force in this village that makes me feel intimidated."
"Why didn't I feel the presence of this force?"
"And how do you explain the unusualness in the village?"
"I do find it strange, but there is a truth behind the most mysterious things." Qi Lu suddenly smiled, stared at Yi Hanchuan and said, "I find it even more strange that several of your companions have settled in the Shangri-La Hotel, why don't you stay with them." ”
"I know you're suspicious of my motives, but I have a hard time." Yi Hanchuan smiled bitterly and said, "Because I can't appear in front of these villagers, because they all recognize me." ”
"They know you?" Qi Lu was stunned, and he didn't know what mystery there was in Yi Hanchuan's words.
"Didn't I tell you last time I was hurt?"
"Yes, I still wonder which of the 15 main gods of Kunlun possessed that pregnant woman and injured you."
"It's not something you want to track down now, the point is that the pregnant woman is a resident of this village."
"Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter earlier?" Qi Lu's face changed.
"It's never too late to tell you. Although the pregnant woman is missing, her mother, Widow Zhu, still lives in the village. As soon as Yi Hanchuan stretched out his hand, a piece of paper appeared between his fingers, and he handed the note to Qi Lu. This is the address of Widow Zhu's house, and you can learn more clues about her daughter from her mouth. ”
Only then did Qi Lu know that he was wrong to blame Yi Hanchuan, he glanced at the address on the note, and put it in his pocket.
Yi Hanchuan glanced at him and said, "It's not early, you should go back to the hotel early." ”
Lao Wu snorted coldly and said angrily: "When is it your turn to point fingers at us?" ”
Yi Hanchuan smiled awkwardly again, frowned and said, "Those few of my companions are waiting for you in the room, and there is something important to discuss." ”
"What's the matter?"
Yi Hanchuan didn't answer, a weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then disappeared in front of their eyes.
"This little demon is really holding chicken feathers as an arrow!" Lao Wu stretched out a middle finger into the air.
"Let's go, let's go down the mountain." Qi Lu said.
"You're so obedient, you're going to meet those monsters now."
"What's the hurry, dry them first."
"And what are you going down the hill for?"
"Let's go and see which Jade Emperor Temple first."
"That's a good idea." Lao Wu grinned, and the two went down the mountain one after the other.
Before entering the village, Qi Lu deliberately went to the crop field to check and found that the field was indeed very barren as Yi Hanchuan said. He raised his head and looked at the blood-like remnant sun in the sky, and a strange feeling of confusion welled up in his heart.
When Qi Lu walked into the village again, for some reason, he felt an extreme helplessness and melancholy. It's like stepping into another world, where you're completely out of touch with reality.
The wind blew coldly, and when the two of them were about to come to the Taoist temple, Qi Lu saw the door of the Taoist temple open and a woman walked out.
As soon as Qi Lu saw this woman, his eyes were about to fall out. It's her! Although it was not very clear from each other, Qi Lu still recognized her at a glance.
"What's the matter, your eyes are straight when you see a beautiful woman?" Lao Wu didn't know the origin of this woman, and he was still teasing Qi Lu on the side.
"Qi Jinghan!" Qi Lu screamed.
"Qi Jinghan?" Lao Wu was stunned for a moment, but then he understood. "Isn't she the pregnant woman who lives in our city?"
Qi Jinghan, who was standing at the door, raised his hand, brushed the wisp of bangs on his forehead, and yawned leisurely.
"Miss Qi!" Qi Lu stepped forward quickly, he had too many things in his heart to ask her.
Qi Jinghan heard someone calling her, so she turned her head to look at the place where the voice came from, and when she saw that it was Qi Lu, a mysterious smile appeared on her face. Before Qi Lu could walk to her, she turned around and returned to the Taoist temple.
Qi Lu pushed the door in, but Qi Jinghan was gone.
It was a very small house, except for the statue of the Jade Emperor in the middle, there was only a one-meter-wide passage on both sides, and there was no back door, but Qi Jinghan disappeared right under their noses.
"Did you run into a ghost?" Lao Wu said as he went around to the back of the statue to look for it, but found nothing.
"Qi Jinghan?" Lao Wu was stunned for a moment, but then he understood. "Isn't she the pregnant woman who lives in our city?"
Qi Jinghan, who was standing at the door, raised his hand, brushed the wisp of bangs on his forehead, and yawned leisurely.
"Miss Qi!" Qi Lu stepped forward quickly, he had too many things in his heart to ask her.
Qi Jinghan heard someone calling her, so she turned her head to look at the place where the voice came from, and when she saw that it was Qi Lu, a mysterious smile appeared on her face. Before Qi Lu could walk to her, she turned around and returned to the Taoist temple.
Qi Lu pushed the door in, but Qi Jinghan was gone.
It was a very small house, except for the statue of the Jade Emperor in the middle, there was only a one-meter-wide passage on both sides, and there was no back door, but Qi Jinghan disappeared right under their noses.
"Did you run into a ghost?" Lao Wu said as he went around to the back of the statue to look for it, but found nothing.