Wuxi Taihu Lake is a very beautiful place, and the tea mountain is the base of national tea since ancient times. ／／／

In fact, from the body of Lu Tong's descendant, we still got a little clue.

At least we know that the place where Lu Tong rescued Lu Yu was in a small village halfway through the tea mountain, far away from the tourist area, which saved us from the pain of looking around like headless flies.

By the time we arrived at the village, which was called Hakuzuru, it was already dark. The place is clearly not isolated, however, the villagers have a very unfriendly feel and do not seem to welcome tourists.

I finally pretended to be pitiful and found a place to stay in a hotel, but the manager of the hotel repeatedly told us not to go out tonight, saying that the security at night was very unsafe, and someone was shot in the street the night before.

Seeing him nagging away, I closed the door and asked, "Old man, do you believe him?" ”

"Absolutely not." Yang Junfei said without hesitation, "I don't know if you noticed it just now, those villagers reacted very much when they saw us two outsiders, and their faces also faintly revealed a sense of unease. ”

I nodded, "Of course I noticed, and besides, there was a hole in the manager's words."

"He told us not to go out tonight, if it's law and order, why tonight? Could it be that something special is going to happen tonight? ”

I looked at him and smiled tacitly.

As the night wore on, it became more and more intense. The faint sound of mourning came out of the largest temple house in the village, and then there were bursts of unpleasant cries.

The cry grew more and more desolate, as if to tell something. Then, abruptly, it stopped, like a wailing man, and his neck was violently severed.

Yang Junfei and I were wearing black coats and hiding in a dark corner.

I saw that the villagers all came out of their houses and gathered in front of the temple as the mourning music sounded. There was something faintly saying in the temple, but it was too far away to be heard. After about ten minutes, all of a sudden, everyone fell to their knees.

"What ritual do they seem to be performing?" Yang Junfei said in a low voice.

I nodded and whispered, "Places with a long history will have different objects of worship because of the different places they are in, and religious ceremonies have multiplied for thousands of years, and it is not so easy to be forcibly eliminated by time or the ruling government."

"No wonder these villagers don't want us here today, and some of them are hostile. Religious ceremonies are generally not allowed to be attended or even seen by outsiders! ”

Looking at the watch, it was already twelve o'clock in the night.

At this moment, the temple gate was opened from the inside, and twelve men dressed in red came out carrying a coffin.

The coffin was uncovered, and looking through binoculars, I could only vaguely see a thin figure dressed in pure white clothes.

The men solemnly followed behind an old man, slowly carrying the coffin past the kneeling villagers, and then walking straight to the right of the village.

My whole body trembled, and I was surprised, "Could it be that they are going to sacrifice the Yin Envoy?" ”

"Sacrificial Yin Envoy? What do you mean? Yang Junfei looked at me puzzled.

I snorted coldly, and my face showed a chill, "This is an old custom in the neighborhood, it is said that people have five or seven after death, and at that time, the messenger of the underworld will take their souls back to the yang world. If the deceased's family does not hold a feast, it will be difficult for the deceased to be safe in the underworld.

"In some places, a beautiful and pure virgin is sacrificed to the Yin Envoy every ten years, which is said to be able to avoid disasters and keep the village safe. I didn't expect to be able to see it here. ”

"There's such a thing!" Yang Junfei said in surprise.

I didn't say anything more, just quietly followed the men. They were seen walking to an ancient well and throwing the body in the coffin.

The old man at the head read something silently, and after a long time, he slowly left. Silence suddenly returned to the surroundings, except for some unknown insects, screaming noisily.

We waited a long time to make sure no one would come again, and then we came out of our dark hideout.

I looked at this ancient well, scraped off a moss on the side of the well with my hand, and said, "It is estimated that this well is at least thousands of years old, what do you think?" ”

Yang Junfei didn't say much, casually threw down the bucket tied to the rope, pulled it with his hand, and said, "I always feel that the answer is below." This rope is enough to support the weight of two people. He looked at me.

I immediately made a pitiful expression, "Can you bear to see a poor underage boy with an IQ not as high as you, a resilience not as strong as you, and a skill not as good as you, going on an adventure?" It's better for you to ask first, it's not dangerous, and then tell me to go down. ”

Yang Junfei suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "You kid is still called a poor underage boy, go to ******, if you count, the people of this world can't live!" ”

"If you can't go down, beware of me kicking you. Remember, it is safe to learn to bark cats, and it is not safe to learn to bark dogs. I cursed in a low voice.

He smiled and slid down the rope vigorously, and soon heard a meow of a cat from the ground, and the sound waves echoed across the walls of the well, causing a series of overlapping notes. I almost laughed out loud and climbed down the rope.

The well was very deep, about 20 meters, and when I touched the bucket, I also stepped on the bottom of the well.

The well water was shallow, reaching only my knees, and through my legs, I could clearly see that the well water was flowing to the left. Strange, is there a river here? To the left, a circle of light moves from far to near. I was secretly on guard, but I heard a familiar voice, it was Yang Junfei. His deep voice sounded very strange in this underworld.

"Xiaoye, I found a tunnel, come here."

Pushing the flashlight away, I realized that the corpses that the villagers had thrown into the well just now were gone, probably drifting away with the flowing water, and I was slowly walking in the direction of Yang Junfei's voice.

After walking for about ten minutes through the narrow tunnel of the well wall, suddenly an empty cave appeared in front of me, and in the direction of the right, a natural platform was piled up with sand.

I saw Yang Junfei standing in the center of the platform, holding a flashlight, looking at a plant in front of him in a daze reflecting a faint glow of green light.

I was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, I sighed and said, "It wasn't until just now that I remembered that this village called Baihe is a well-known longevity village in China.

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