On the other side, Xiao Lian, He Jingying and others had already walked to Luliang County. Luliang County was originally just a poor small mountain village, because of the legend of the ghost domain, Luliang County often had people of all kinds of clothes in and out of the village, so the villagers just looked at Xiao Lian and the others twice, and then went to do their own things.

At this time, He Jingying, Chun'er, Yuan Geyu and Qi Zhen also changed into men's clothes, a group of nine people, which looked like a caravan.

A few little girls on the side who were carrying baskets on their backs saw He Jingying covering her mouth and laughing, "A little brother Changning is good-looking." As he spoke, he took out a wild fungus from the back basket and threw it on He Jingying: "If there are no flowers, the fungus will be there." ”

He Jingying was a little embarrassed and held a bunch of wild mushrooms. Xiao Lian said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, why don't you stand outside here for a while, and we can add dishes tonight." ”

He Jingying stuffed the bunch of wild mushrooms into Xiao Lian's arms: "I'm not afraid that the wild mushrooms will poison you!" ”

Chun'er pointed to a small building not far ahead: "Miss, that one is probably the largest inn here." Where are we resting tonight? ”

The shopkeeper saw the big business coming to the door from a distance, ran to the door with a smile on his face, hurriedly greeted the people in, and generously sent three plates of peanuts. "Guest officer, are you going to go through the race?"

He Jingying saw that the shopkeeper regarded them as horse dealers, and did not explain, but said, "Let's transport a few horses out of the customs." ”

Xiao Lian saw that the shopkeeper had a round face, and the two eyes were so small that only two slits remained, and the dress was different from that of the locals, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, you are not a local, are you?" ”

The shopkeeper gave a thumbs up: "The guest officer is really good eyesight, I am an acquaintance of my aunt, and I have been in Lu Liang for ten years, so I still let the guest officer see it." Guest, it's the first time you've walked through the horse pass. ”

"Why?" He Jingying was surprised.

"You have to go around the stone forest. Can't pass from us. ”

He Jingying asked puzzledly: "I see that the stone forest is a rugged mountain road, and the road here is much easier, why do you want to pass through the stone forest?" ”

"Hey, guest officer, don't you know, on the way to Maguan, there is a valley called the Horse Manger, that place is evil, and the people who walked from there have never walked out of it."

"Haven't come out before?" He Jingying said strangely: "Not one? ”

"Not really!"

Cao Jingzhao happened to walk in at this time and asked, "Shopkeeper, have you heard this from others or have you seen it with your own eyes?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly: "This guest officer, you are there for me to have fun, how dare I go to that dead man's trough." ”

"Dead man's slot?"

"Haven't you heard of it?" The shopkeeper looked mysterious: "There was an army in the previous dynasty, and the entire three hundred people were all eaten by the manger." ”

"Eaten?" He Jingying was even more strange. "Isn't the manger a valley? How to eat people? ”

The shopkeeper simply sat down: "That was fifteen years ago, when I just arrived in Luliang. At that time, there was a war, and there was chaos everywhere. Lu Liang is a remote place, and it was originally impossible to fight here, but somehow, that army actually ran to Lu Liang. I still remember that the leader was surnamed Lu. At that time, it was indeed unfortunate that Lu Liang had a heavy rain that year, which washed away the mountains over there, and our fields here were all on the mountains, and the mountains collapsed, and the fields were gone. When that army arrived, Lu Liang was in the midst of a famine. There was nothing to eat in the village, there was nothing to eat in the army, and they were trapped in the village for ten days. When the enemy arrived, the army had no strength but to go out and run to the side of the manger. ”

The shopkeeper talked about the events of the year, and his mood seemed to be heavy: "The army fled to the manger, the horses were not in the valley, and the surname Lu had no choice but to abandon the horse and take the lead in rushing in, three hundred people, went in, and did not come out." The enemy's horses could not enter, so they had to defend the valley for more than ten days, and then had to give up. ”

Cao Jingzhao said: "That's gone." Disappearing is disappearing, how do you say those people were eaten by the manger? I've heard this rumor in the capital. Maybe it's hiding in the mountains? ”

There seemed to be a dark shadow in the shopkeeper's eyes, and suddenly it became gloomy. The shopkeeper looked at Cao Jingzhao with resentment in his eyes: "Half a year later, I saw the bones of the surname Lu. Just outside the manger, the whole person was gnawed to pieces, and the skull was rotten. He was joined by two or three other corpses, all of which were half-buried in the earth. ”

Cao Jingzhao was so frightened by the shopkeeper's eyes that his heart jumped, and for a while he couldn't see whether the shopkeeper was a human or a ghost. Chun'er sat next to Cao Jingzhao, and also saw the shopkeeper's ghostly eyes clearly. Chun'er was so frightened that she jumped to He Jingying's side and grabbed He Jingying's sleeve tightly: "Little ...... Childe, I'm a little scared. ”

He Jingying patted Chun'er, and asked the shopkeeper again: "How do you know that you were not gnawed by a fierce beast?" ”

"Beasts don't gnaw human bones like that. Besides, if you go to the manger, you will know. There wasn't even a bird there, where did the beast come from? The shopkeeper put away his ghostly eyes for a moment: "Hey, anyway, don't go to the guest officer." You can rest here for two days, and then pass through the stone forest. Although the stone forest is difficult to walk on the road, it is always a place where individuals can go, and if you are careful, you can still survive. ”

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he went to the back kitchen and Zhang Luo was busy.

He Jingying gently pulled Xiao Lian over: "Do you think there is a problem with this shopkeeper?" ”

"What do you think?"

"He said that he didn't dare to go to the manger, and said that the body surnamed Lu was found in the manger, isn't he lying?"

Xiao Lian whispered: "I'm more concerned about another thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

He said that when the former Korean army arrived, Lu Liang was famine. But the army stayed in Luliang for ten days. What did the army eat in these ten days? ”

He Jingying felt sick in her heart, and her scalp was numb: "You mean? ”

Xiao Lian nodded: "Fifteen years ago, this shopkeeper should not be very old, how did he survive?" ”

For ten days, what can an army of 300 people eat in order to survive when it is without food?

Cannibalism, of course.

If you don't eat your own people. That's what eats the people of this village. Three hundred people for ten whole days, how many people need to eat to be satisfied?

Now the peaceful and simple village used to be hell on earth, and this secret was hidden in Lu Liang's fifteenth year. He Jingying was shocked, and another thought gradually became clear in her mind. In the past fifteen years, there have been many people who have come and gone to Lu Liang, but no one has brought this sensational story out of Lu Liang. Then there is only one possibility, and that is that the people who know this secret are dead.

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