Out of the courtyard of the old pig fairy, the surrounding scenery is in full view, the stream in front of the murmuring, green trees and red flowers, complement each other, although in a corner of Wuling Mountain, but still have to make people sigh the beauty of nature, with the beauty of the four seasons. But at this time, I was not in the mood to enjoy those beautiful scenery, but I followed closely behind Master with a heavy heart. After crossing a small bridge in front, you must be on the edge of Niutun, right?

Just walked to the bridge, the sky has been bright, far away is to see the general outline of Niutun, sure enough, as the old pig fairy said, this Niutun is really a big village. The hillsides and farmland in the distance are extremely open, and the village in front of you is also a very long distance between the front and back, with rows of large and small houses, high doors and big houses, and low adobe houses, but they all show one thing, that is, this village is full of vitality and popularity!

"Master." I caught up with Master and couldn't help asking, "Which one should we start with?" ”

The master glanced at Niutun not far away, thought for a while, and said: "That demon will definitely hide its own smell, if you look for it aimlessly, it is not a way, not to mention that we are the first time to come to this Niutun, we are not familiar with the place, if we recklessly run to other people's homes to find evil things, it is even more inappropriate, only to find acquaintances to lead the way." Otherwise, no one will easily believe us if nothing happens. ”

Think about it, if something happens, people will know that something is wrong, but if there is no accident and run over to tell them to prevent it, I'm afraid no one will care at all.

This is the mentality of the world, the so-called being prepared for danger in times of peace and taking precautions, I am afraid that few people can do it.

I suddenly remembered the foolish uncle I met on the hillside last night who was herding cattle but fell down, and immediately said to Master, "Master, why don't we go to that foolish uncle?" We met last night, and he knew the old pig fairy, and we were staying with the old pig fairy at the time, as long as he said that he would understand. ”

While speaking, Master suddenly stopped at the entrance of the village in Niutun, and I also stopped in a hurry, and took a closer look along the street, only to see that the people in the village seemed to be pouring out. It's just that these villagers didn't come out to see Master and me, but ran in the direction of the east side of the village, and they all looked nervous, as if something had happened! The master couldn't help but say, and hurriedly ran over with his sword.

When we came to the village, we found that the villagers were surrounding the courtyard gate of a certain house, looking inside the courtyard wall. Master and I walked quickly through the crowd and stopped at the gate, only to see that there were also many villagers standing in the courtyard. At this moment, I coldly heard a grief-stricken cry coming from the yard, as if it was an old woman crying, but how do so many people think of an old woman crying? This is not normal, could it be that something happened to this family?!

Master squeezed into the courtyard with all his might, but saw that the villagers around him looked at Master in surprise, as if they didn't know Master, and shifted their curious eyes to Master, but it didn't take long for the villagers to shift their eyes into the courtyard again.

This is a very small farmhouse courtyard, and it is extremely simple, at a glance, it is just a withered and lonely atmosphere, rushing to the face. There were three houses, two large houses with green tiles on the top, half of the bricks and stones, half of the adobe, and a hut with a steep chimney, which must have been a stove for cooking.

And the crying came from the big house.

At this time, I could still hear the voices of several women persuading the old woman, saying that she wanted to open up a little bit, but she still couldn't understand more words, because they spoke in the local dialect, and only half of the sentences suddenly sounded a general meaning.

As Master walked to the door of the big house, I saw a few old men and a few middle-aged *** discussing something on the side, and when I saw Master walk forward, one of them was about 50 years old and motioned for them to stop, and asked Master in surprise, "Are you?" ”

The master clasped his fists and saluted, smiled and said: "We are from other places, my name is Yang Yuanshan, and my apprentice Li Ergou, we are foot walkers, passing by here, I wanted to find the confused uncle who lives in this Niutun, I never thought that I would meet many villagers surrounding this family, as if something had happened, so I took the liberty to come in and have a look." But I wonder what happened to the family? ”

When the old man heard Master's words, he immediately opened his mouth wide, and then stepped forward, looked Master up and down, and asked, "Oh, I am the village chief of Niutun, and my name is Niu Sanfa." You say you are footwalkers? Come to our Niutun to find a confused uncle? Do you know where Uncle Fool's home is? ”

The master was stunned and hurriedly asked, "I don't know, but we had a relationship with Uncle Fool last night, so we ......."

Without waiting for the master to finish speaking, the village chief suddenly pointed to the house and said solemnly: "Mr. Yang, look, this is Uncle Mu's home, and Uncle Mutu died last night!" ”

"What? He's dead?! I was suddenly blindfolded, and couldn't help but say, "But when we saw him last night, he was fine!" How can you ...... today? How the hell did you die? Chief Niu, you ...... You don't suspect that our master and apprentice have hurt Uncle Fool, right? "Halfway through my words, I saw that Village Chief Niu was looking at our master and apprentice vigilantly with strange eyes, and the villagers around me seemed to be looking at us unkindly.

Village Chief Niu frowned and asked: "You met with Uncle Fool last night, and then he died last night, don't blame me for being too careful, presumably any person will feel that something is not quite right, and Uncle Fool's relatives are probably known to people in our village, you say that you are a footwalker, then you are not related to our village, since you are not related to our village, why did you come to our village to find Uncle Fool?" And even after Uncle Fool died! Mr. Yang, this has to make me think about it a lot! ”

However, listening to the analysis of this Niu village chief, I almost jumped up in anger because I and the master hurt the confused uncle, the master insisted on helping the villagers of Niutun to eradicate the demons despite the opposition of the old pig fairy, and these villagers were not only grateful but stared at us one by one, as if they were watching the plague!

The master froze, nodded and said, "I understand what Village Chief Niu means, but why would we poison an ordinary farmer when we travel all over the world?" It's nothing to gain, and if we really hurt Uncle Fool, then why do we have to come back? Isn't that self-defeating? ”

"This ......" Village Chief Niu was choked by Master's words all of a sudden, and he didn't seem to know what to say for a while, after thinking about it, Village Chief Niu immediately pointed to the wooden shed on the side of the stove house and said, "You said that you don't want anything, but an old cow raised by Uncle Fool's family disappeared mysteriously after Uncle Fool's death last night, isn't this a murder for money?" ”

Yes, I haven't seen the cow raised by my foolish uncle since I came in, I thought it wasn't tethered in the yard, but I didn't think it was running away in the middle of the night. But the master didn't seem to have any spare time to talk to Village Chief Niu about these messy things, but directly clasped his fists and said: "Village Chief Niu, even if Uncle Fool can't help us prove our innocence, you should be familiar with the old pig fairy who lives at the foot of the mountain not far away, right?" Our master and apprentice just came out of the old pig fairy's house, can you believe the old pig fairy's words? ”

Village Chief Niu suddenly wilted, and hurriedly asked, "Is Mr. Yang really a friend of the old pig fairy?" And just came out of his house? But I heard that the old pig fairy went to the field a few days ago! I haven't heard he's back! ”

"The old pig fairy came back last night, last night Uncle Confused led the cow from the village, and chattered while walking, saying that he met the old pig fairy at the bottom of the hillside, and the old pig fairy held a sword with a copper coin string to kill his cow, Uncle Fool's voice was very loud, and we heard it at the door for dinner!"

"yes, yes! We also heard Uncle Foolish on the road chattering that the old pig fairy was going to kill his cow! ”

“…………”

I didn't expect these villagers to hear Uncle Fool's chatter last night, and fortunately, Uncle Fool likes to chatter, otherwise I would have to run back and call the old pig fairy to confront me to clear my innocence and Master's innocence. Hearing this, Village Chief Niu suddenly smiled politely: "So that's the case, since it is the Taoist friend of the old pig fairy, then our villagers in Niutun will definitely welcome it, but I don't know what Mr. Yang is looking for Uncle Confused?" ”