Five days later, at twelve midnight, Xiyuan Village.

I left a guesthouse near the east end of the village, avoided the probes of the streets and alleys, and after leaving the village, I took a very inconspicuous field path and walked towards the small bamboo forest a few hundred meters above the slope.

It was not deliberately hidden, and as soon as it approached the edge of the bamboo forest, there was a dog barking, which came from the direction of the scattered faint lights, but after only two barks, it died down and was swallowed up by the cold and biting night.

I don't know if I was stopped by the owner, or if I didn't notice anything at all, I just screamed twice at random.

Turning a corner along the bamboo forest, the small courtyard in the mountain nest is in full view. The doors and windows of the wooden house were closed, and the street lamps under the eaves were on, emitting a slightly harsh light, illuminating the courtyard a little pale and cold.

A white earth dog, squatting in front of the wooden barn at the end of the east wing, with a chain around his neck, facing me, his eyes reflecting a faint light, as if looking at me.

With a bit of dazzling light, I left the concrete path that led into the distance, went down to the one that connected to the small courtyard, and finally came to the red-painted tin gate of the courtyard.

At the moment when I knocked softly on the tin door, the big white dog in front of the barn barked softly again.

Then, without hearing any sound of the door opening or footsteps, the tin door opened, and the old woman, with her face full of age spots and folds, looked at me from behind the door where the light could not shine, hunched over, as if she were about to hang to the ground, and held her head high with some difficulty.

It seems that she is trembling and dying, but in fact, I already know very well that this old woman is still in good health and does not need to be helped.

In fact, I need to think more about whether I will come alone tonight and whether I will end up standing or being helped or lying down.

"You're here? You're alone? Come in and sit down. Sure enough, the old woman was not at all surprised by my arrival, and after a soft word, she turned around and walked towards the gate.

I followed into the courtyard, gently closed the tin door, and glanced at the big black dog squatting at the barn door, tilting its head to look at me, wagging its tail gently.

Seeing that I had no intention of entering the house, the old woman turned around again, looked at me and said, "If you have anything to say, go into the house and sit down and say, in the middle of the night, it is cold outside, and there is a fire in the house." ”

"Nope." I shook my head and said, "Actually, I don't have much to say, I'm here mainly for something." ”

Seeing that I didn't speak, the old woman was no longer reluctant, went up to the gate, and brought a small bamboo chair under the eaves and put it behind me.

"Since you young man don't have anything to say, then my old woman won't say much." After bringing a small wooden stool and sitting down on the opposite side, the old woman looked at me and said, "Luo Wenxin and the old woman do know each other, and when I went to Majiapo that time, in addition to wanting to attract your friends, another purpose was that the old woman fell in love with the soul of the dead girl." ”

I was slightly shocked in my heart, but I didn't expect to ask anything, and the old woman said it herself.

Although the purpose of my coming is not to speak, it is good that the old woman will make her own words clear, at least all the suspicions during this period have been confirmed, and there is no need to think about how to speak.

"Then you and Luo Wenxin, who is bigger? I mean, which of you listens to whom? "After thinking about it, I asked.

The old woman replied, "Whoever is justified will listen to whomever he is, for the sake of the old woman who is about to die of old age, he respects me very much." It's similar to you, obviously for a lot of things, but polite to the old woman. ”

"Is he your youngest son who hasn't been seen in years?" I asked again.

This time, the old woman did not answer.

"Child, that's all the old woman has to say, let's talk about the purpose of your visit." After a moment of silence, the old woman spoke softly.

After staring at her seriously for a while, I said, "It's very simple, hand over the Seven Evils, and I'll leave." I know you're not the mastermind, so I won't bother you too much, I just need this thing. ”

The old woman looked at me and asked, "What are the Seven Evils?" ”

I narrowed my eyes slightly and said, "It's the soul that has already killed three people, hand over this thing, I don't have to ask anything else." ”

"Kid...... That soul is not with the old woman. The old woman said softly, still in that tepid tone.

I frowned slightly.

In the past few days, in order to confirm the whereabouts of the Seven Evil Spirits, Yuan Jinzhu has already explored all the Luo Wen's lair that I know, and has not noticed any traces.

This is not because he thinks that the Seven Evils are currently in Luo Wenxin's hands, but because he wants to make the old woman's courtyard the only place where the Seven Evils will be.

Luo Wenxin basically knows what I do, so Yuan Jinzhu's actions are almost equivalent to being carried out under Luo Wenxin's nose.

Once he really tears his face, with his ability, the possibility of being able to hold the Seven Evils in the hands of Yuan Jinzhu and me is not high. So even if there is really a trace of possibility that Qisha is in his hands, after Yuan Jinzhu's agitation, it is very likely that it will be put in the old woman's place.

Only this room that can hide the breath of the feminine, together with the old woman who can't see the depth at all, can keep the seven evils that are far from being formed.

So, I didn't believe the old woman's words.

In other words, it's normal for her to deny it, and if it were me, she wouldn't admit it casually.

In that case, there is not much to say.

Seeing that I got up from the bamboo chair and looked at the wooden house where the doors and windows were closed, and I could not feel any fire at all, the old woman also stood up from the stool.

"Look, the old woman said at the beginning, let you go into the house and tell the fire that you have to blow a cold wind in the yard, and now you don't believe the old woman's words, you really don't believe it, so go into the house and find it yourself."

Squinting slightly at the door, my heart began to grow solemn.

How many terrible things could be hidden in this ordinary-looking house? Once you start to do it, what kind of horror will come out of it?

"Okay, since you're an old man, I'll go in and find out by myself......"

Softly, the moment the old woman turned around to lead the way, my face suddenly turned fierce, I took out a talisman that had been prepared a long time ago, and slapped her on the back.

I had already said before I came that I would never step into the house half a step until the matter was settled, so how could I dare to enter it easily.

Since the old witch has made it clear that she wants to resist, she can only deal with it first.

I felt that my movements were fast enough and sudden enough, but what I didn't expect was that the old witch, who seemed to be slow and trembling, just tilted her body slightly, and strangely avoided me completely, so that I almost couldn't hold it back and crashed into her.

Stabilizing her body, the old woman had already stood up a little straighter, looking at me coldly.