The old man poured me a glass of water, placed it on the table, and said, "As soon as the morning dawns, you should get out of here, this is not the place where you should come." ”

The old man gave me an eviction order.

"Sir, we're here to find friends, as you said it's so dangerous here, what if we encounter some accidents? Or hurry up and find him, and then leave together. I took a sip of my hot tea and spoke.

The old man sighed, and said nothing, but turned and sat down in the chair beside me, motionless, and without any sound, and at this moment I did not even feel his presence, as if I were the only one in the room.

This feeling is very bad, I looked at the old man, and decided to break the deadlock first, "Old man, I heard you talk about the heavenly and terrestrial branches of the ancient tomb just now, I think you should know the ancient tomb very well, can you tell me in detail?" That way we can also be sure that we will be able to save our friends. ”

The muscles on the old man's face moved, and he looked up at me, as if thinking about something, and after more than ten seconds, he opened his mouth and said, "Hey, that was seventy years ago, it's a long story." ”

As soon as I heard that the old man was willing to speak, of course I listened to it.

The old man let out a long sigh and slowly began to tell everything he knew.

According to the old man's description, the village where we are originally a mountain and wilderness village, has existed since the early Qing Dynasty, and the people in the village rarely have contact with the outside world, until the end of the Republic of China, the villagers still have long braids of the Qing Dynasty, which shows the blockage of information here.

Legend has it that at the beginning of the establishment of this village, it was composed of the family of a general who guarded the city, and as time went by, most of them could not remember their original identity, but lived a leisurely life as an ordinary villager.

Until one day, a sudden vision, a nameless fire almost engulfed the entire village, when the old gentleman was just eight years old, in his memory, the fire burned almost instantly, the time was about midnight, the villagers were asleep, there was no time to react.

I asked him if he knew which house started the fire first, and the old gentleman said that there was no order, but at the same time, all of them were set on fire, and the whole village became a sea of fire in an instant.

At that time, the old gentleman got up at night and wanted to go to the back of the house to relieve himself, but he was lucky to escape.

In the midst of this nameless fire, the old gentleman seemed to see a group of soldiers riding tall horses, these soldiers were wrapped in a kind of cyan flames all over their bodies, they were dressed in armor, and their thick helmets were buckled on their heads, and their faces could not be seen.

After a brief pause in the village, the soldiers stepped on the straight rock wall and went up like a cyan fire dragon spreading through the mountains.

This strange scene almost frightened the old man stupidly, just stood in place, watching the group of soldiers pass in front of him, a soldier with a halberd waved at him, the cyan flame spread to his whole body in an instant, the burning sensation of severe pain woke up the old man at once, he desperately ran towards the water tank at the entrance of the village, soaked in the water tank almost overnight, and waited until the next day, when it was dawn, he dared to come out of the water tank.

The severe burns made the old man feel painful, but what he saw made him even more surprised, all the houses that had been burned down last night had been restored, and the village was still as usual, as if nothing had changed.

If it weren't for the severe pain that still lingered on the old man's body, he wouldn't believe what happened last night.

After he climbed out of the water tank, he walked briskly towards his house, and when he opened the door, he found that nothing had changed in the house, but his father and mother had become very indifferent, and he went up to say hello several times, but there was no response.

The whole village was very quiet, there was no longer the excitement of the past, the chickens of the third aunt's family no longer crowed, and even the birds did not want to land on the trees in the village.

"And then?" I asked eagerly.

"Later, I learned that the incident that night, that is, the Yin soldier borrowed the way, during the day, the fourth uncle once met a soldier in armor and asked him for water to drink, the fourth uncle is good, very kind, after giving the soldier water to drink, and then stuffed half a piece of steamed buns to the head, the soldier was very grateful, inquired about the fourth uncle's residence, said that he would definitely repay the fourth uncle, and as a result, there was a fire burning the village at night."

I was shocked and asked, "The soldier's retribution is this burning village?" ”

The old man nodded, and said, "I didn't understand it at the beginning, but later I learned that the ghosts of these burned people are not gone, all gathered in this village, every night, every household will turn on the lights, and from the window, you can see the figures shaking, it should be those souls who were burned to death by the fire and then use another way to live, but the living do not enter, if there are living people walking in, then they will definitely not be able to come out." As he spoke, the old man stood up and lifted the curtains of his inner room, and I saw a figure reflected in the window, a husband and wife cooking.

"This is my father's mother, I never dared to enter this room."

With that, the old man lowered the curtain again.

"No wonder, I think this village is weird, and when I came in, I met some children."

The old man was stunned for a moment, then stood up and asked, "Did you meet the child?" ”

I nodded hurriedly, "Yes, I met on the way here, a group of children followed me, these children were barefoot, running back and forth on this thorny mountain road, but there were no scratches on the feet, I knew that something was wrong at a glance, I was too scared to move, and then there was a sound of bamboo flutes, and these children disappeared." ”

After listening to me, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good, those children will look for you to eat, as long as you give it to them, those children will always pester you, and they will break your yang life." ”

Hearing the old man's words, I was scared into a cold sweat on my back, and asked, "Is it okay now?" ”

The old man nodded, and said, "It's okay, these children are the yin children raised by the ghost woman, originally these children are also from this village, because they are young and naughty, so they ran out of the village, and were caught by the ghost woman who guarded the tomb, and raised in captivity, and they will be released every night, specifically pestering those who pass by." ”

"Then why did these children suddenly disappear again?"

"The flute was blown by the ghost woman, used to recall those yin children, maybe they saw that you were coming to this village, so they let the yin children go back, because the people who came to this village have not been able to get out alive."

Hearing the old man's words, I couldn't help but be shocked, and the teacup in my hand fell to the ground, and the hot water splashed out and burned my ankles.

In the words of this old man, none of the people who came into this village made it out alive, but what about Huzi? And those mercenaries under the big shopkeeper who followed Huzi have also died in this village?

I looked at the old man suspiciously, and instantly questioned the identity of the old man again, about the old man said those experiences before, and the stories that happened in this village, whether they are true or false, I can't study it at all, what I know now, but the old man in front of me still doesn't pose any threat to me for the time being, if things are not right, I will definitely leave with Wang Chuyi as soon as possible.

The old man probably saw the change in my expression, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, your friend has left here without any problems, but some of the people who followed him died at the foot of the mountain." ”

"Why?" I asked hurriedly.

The old man sighed and said, "This village is built according to the Tiangang gossip, during the day it is the Tiangang hexagram, the gate of the village can be entered and exited at will, and at night it is the earth evil hexagram, the gate can only enter, not out, I look at your performance just now, you should have seen the strangeness of the gate of this village, right?" ”

I nodded, and said, "Well, this gate is not the same as when we came in!" ”

The old man said, "Yes, this village is built on the cliff, there is only one way out of the village, that is, the stone staircase road you walked up, as long as you come in at night, the gate of this village will deviate, in fact, it is a kind of trick, so that people who want to go out at night unconsciously walk in the direction of the cliff, once they step out of the gate at night, they will definitely fall off the cliff, and some of the people who followed your friends in before fell down." ”

At this time, I couldn't sit still, my palms were full of sweat, I didn't expect that in such a small village, there were many mechanisms, and there were murderous machines everywhere, if it wasn't for this old man's timely reminder, I'm afraid that now Wang Chuyi and I have become the ghosts of the mountain.

"Thanks for the reminder, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have fallen off the cliff."

The old man shook his head, waved his hand at me, and said, "Don't thank me, it's you who reacted quickly and saw something wrong, I just temporarily provided you with a place to stay, and you will leave as soon as it is dawn." ”

"Old gentleman, we are going to the ancient tomb to find my friend, I wonder if you can help with pointers, where is the specific location of the ancient tomb?"

The old man's body trembled obviously, and the two rows of white teeth creaked and rubbed into an unpleasant sound, and I frowned, waiting for the old man's reply.

"You still don't want to go to the ancient tomb, as for your friend, there is a chance that he will not be able to get out, if you really want to save him, go and wait on the road below the mountain, if he can really come out alive, he will definitely go there."

Although I begged in various ways, the old man just prevaricated and was unwilling to tell me the exact location of the ancient tomb, although I also knew that he was thinking about the safety of me and Wang Chuyi, but I must go to this ancient tomb, at least to find the tiger before these mercenaries make a move, otherwise once this tiger touches the artifact, it will be troublesome.

Just when I was grinding hard with the old man, Wang Chuyi walked out of the back room with sleepy eyes.