Yu Xin followed Yi Yang in the direction of the old branch scrivener's house that Master Lu said, and when she looked up, the sun had set, and the afterglow of dusk was very beautiful on the branches on the side of the road, but the mood of the two was very heavy. Yu Xin suddenly asked behind Yi Yang: "Senior brother, do you see that the rumors of the mountain god are related to the death of these two people?" ”

Yi Yang's expression did not fluctuate, but he was silent for a while, stopped and looked at Yu Xin and said: "If Sun Ye and Xiang Yanwu both wanted to promote the transformation of Phoenix Mountain before they were encountered, then why did you experience hallucinations yesterday, who doesn't want others to touch Phoenix Mountain?" Zi Bu is confused, but there are some things that we can't understand, and tomorrow we will go back to Shengjing. Yi Yang didn't explain the reason for returning to Shengjing, and continued to walk towards the old branch secretary's house, Yu Xin didn't ask, just followed Yi Yang silently.

The two came to the location on the west side of the village mentioned by Master Lu, two lonely tiled houses were erected on the side of the village road, the gate of the courtyard was a little dilapidated but not locked, the two walked into the courtyard and shouted a few times, the door of the tiled house was pushed open, and an old man with a rickety body walked out of it, looking at the two with some doubts.

Yi Yang hurriedly stepped forward and introduced the origin of the two of them to the old man, the old man did not leak a surprised look, nodded silently and let the two into the house.

Entering the house, the old man motioned for Yi Yang and Yu Xin to sit on the two chairs at the door, took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang in the room, without meaning to speak, but picked up a cigarette pouch on the kang table, lit it with a match, lowered his head and smoked.

Yi Yang and Yu Xin waited for a while, and found that the old man was still smoking a cigarette pouch in silence, Yu Xin couldn't bear it a little, and asked the old man: "Uncle Han, we came to know some information, two people have died in the village in the past few days, and I heard that there were also people who went crazy and died decades ago, can you tell us about it, this is very important." ”

After listening to Yu Xin's words, Old Han raised his head slowly, took a deep breath of cigarette, and sighed heavily: "I have said a long time ago that Phoenix Mountain can't be touched!" Then he pondered for a while, as if he had fallen into an old memory, and just when Yu Xin couldn't wait to ask again, the old branch secretary continued.

"Most of the people in the village are outsiders, and there are not a few people left of the older generation, and many of the taboos that have been handed down are not remembered by many people." Speaking of this, he looked at Yu Xin with straight eyes, and when Yu Xin was a little hairy, he continued: "When I was very young, someone told us not to mess with the mountain gods, but no one believed it until that day......"

The old branch secretary swallowed a mouthful of saliva and opened up the memories of the past: "In the past, the population of our village was very small, there were only about 100 households in total, and I had just become the branch secretary at that time. Suddenly, a group of outsiders came to the village, all seventeen or eighteen dolls, both men and women, about a dozen people. To say that we have been persecuted by feudalism is to get rid of our old ideas. After arriving in the village, we smashed our old archway, which used to stand at the village road, and when I stopped it, I was knocked by a doll with a wooden stick. ”

The old branch secretary gently rubbed his arm, as if it was still so painful.

"At that time, people from the city also came here and quietly told me not to stop it, saying that it is like this all over the country now, and if you stop it, it is easy to kill people. I didn't dare to stop it, and I asked the rest of the village not to be impulsive. I thought they would be able to leave after tossing for a while, but I didn't expect a female doll who took the lead to say that there was a mountain temple in Phoenix Mountain, and she would go there to break the feudalism. But it was a little late that day, so they stayed in the village for a night, and the next morning they went to the mountain, but they didn't expect something big to happen! ”

The old branch secretary's eyes leaked a trace of fear and reluctance to recall, and he wiped his eyes with his right hand, as if something was flowing out, and watched Yi Yang continue to speak.

"The next day, the dozen or so dolls went up the mountain, and a few villagers and I followed with people from the city. As soon as they entered the mountain temple, they pointed to the statue of the mountain god and scolded, and after smashing the tribute in front of the stage, several people took stones and were about to smash the statue of the mountain god. But at this time, the unexpected happened! ”

The old branch secretary paused and recalled the details at the time: "The first thing to happen was the female doll who took the lead, she was the most scolding, but suddenly she seemed to see something, shouted loudly to others, and then hid behind others." Then he struggled as if he had been caught by something, scratching his face with his fingers, and the flesh and blood were blurred as if he didn't feel pain. ”

When the old branch secretary said this, he was still gesturing with his hand on his face, as if he was grabbing it so hard, Yu Xin saw that he was a little creepy, and couldn't help but lean towards Yi Yang's side.

Then she kept hitting her head on the ground, and the blood splattered all over the ground, and finally she died there. Just when everyone else was stunned and at a loss, the other dolls also had an accident, and two male dolls who had been following the female doll and looked like a steward, suddenly rushed out of the temple gate with a loud shout, and jumped down from the halfway up the mountain. The other dolls also seemed to be crazy and rushed out of the temple gate, some kept kowtowing, and some rolled on the ground. ”

The old branch secretary sighed again and shook his head: "Later, the villagers and I controlled these dolls, and when they gradually stabilized, the female doll had lost her breath, and the two who jumped the mountain could not survive." There are also four who are also unconscious, as if they are crazy. Eventually, a car from the city took them all away, and when they left, they told me that these things were rotten in their stomachs and could not be passed on, and they never came back. After experiencing these things, the villagers were also afraid, except for the mountain keepers who went to the temple to wipe the ashes, no one dared to go in again, until there were more outsiders in the past few years, and the temple gradually became more popular. ”

Yi Yang listened to the words of the old branch secretary and didn't make a sound, and was silent for a long time, as if he was digesting something. The old branch secretary looked at the two people opposite, hesitated for a moment and said again: "Actually, Xiang Yanwu is still a good person, even if it is for his own promotion, but he wants to do something practical for the village, it's a pity!" The old branch secretary shook his head sadly.

After hearing the old branch secretary's evaluation of Xiang Yanwu's words, Yi Yang thought for a moment and asked the old branch secretary, "You mean Sun Ye, he has a problem?" ”

"Humph!" The old branch secretary smiled coldly: "Since he came to the village, he has been thinking about the land in this village, and he has made no less money for so many years. But he shouldn't have hit the idea of the mountain temple!

The old branch secretary looked at the puzzled looks of the two people opposite and then said: "Since a few years ago, he has asked about the things in the mountain temple, I don't know where he heard that the mountain temple has something to do with antiques, and his thoughts can not be concealed from people with hearts, even if the mountain god does not punish him, there is still ......."

Speaking of this, he also felt that he had missed something, so he quickly stopped and kept silent. No matter how Yi Yang asked, he just shook his head, Yi Yang saw that no matter how he asked, he could only say goodbye to the old branch secretary with Yu Xin, just when they turned around and were about to go out, the old branch secretary greeted them again and hesitated for a while before saying.

"The village is chaotic enough, and there can't be any more dead people. In fact, there are some things that I can't count, and I just heard the older generation say that it is the mountain keepers who guard this mountain. ”

"Mountain Keeper?" Yi Yang said with some questions that he didn't quite understand.

"The older generation said that the mountain guards have always guarded Phoenix Mountain, which has been passed down from generation to generation, but in my opinion, the forest firefighters are just that they used to be self-sufficient, and now they can receive a government allowance." The old branch secretary explained.

Yi Yang seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly asked: "Before, we met a girl named Nalan Yanran with a little girl, saying that she lived in the mountains with her mother-in-law. ”

"Yes, it's them, the mountain keepers of this generation are the grandmother of the two female dolls, Granny Yu. They usually live at the foot of the mountain. The old branch secretary hesitated for a moment and continued: "Two police officers, you listen to the old man's words, now that everyone is dead, as long as they are no longer mixed with the mountain temple, I believe that nothing will happen again, and it is possible to let the matter pass." The mountain temple is evil. ”

Yi Yang nodded and thanked the old branch secretary again, and walked out with Yu Xin. The old branch secretary looked at the backs of the two of them with dull eyes, sitting alone on the kang, and muttered to himself: "It's still dead." ”

After walking out of the courtyard gate of the old branch secretary, Yi Yang looked at his watch, turned to Yu Xin and said, "Let's go to visit the mountain guards." ”