Chapter 222: The village chief dies
"Yes, when Zhang Heng was here, they were still living here, and the village chief said that it was because it was cold here that they moved to their current place a hundred years ago." I couldn't help but mutter.
At this time, the mountain temple in front of me seemed a little lonely, and I couldn't help but be a little curious, so this mountain temple basically became an abandoned existence.
"It's strange, this place is abandoned, and it doesn't look dirty at all." I said curiously, the mountain temple in front of me looks clean inside and out, and it doesn't look like no one lives in it at all.
Zhang Zewen and I were both curious, and tacitly walked inside.
There is no difference between the interior of the entire mountain temple and the land temple. Before, we also came into contact with the mountain god, and it turned out to be grandma's childhood sweetheart, but he handed over the ability of the mountain god to Zhang Yao, and Zhang Yao inexplicably became the land.
But later, the affairs of the mountain god were hindered by Yin Si, which caused the mountain god seal to be taken away by Judge Cui, although they were later reformed.
However, many mountain gods have lost their priesthood, so that they have lost their lives, and this mountain god has gradually become scarce.
Now that the mountain god and the land lord have merged, there is a land lord in this village itself, and it stands to reason that this mountain god should be gone.
There is an old table in the temple and four rattan stools around it.
I reached out and wiped it on the table, and sure enough, it was clean to the touch, and there was no dust at all.
"Obviously someone lives here, otherwise how could it be so clean?" I'm confused.
"There's a cup here......" Zhang Zewen stretched out his hand and pointed to the cabinet next to him.
I hurriedly stepped forward and looked at it, and the whole person was stunned.
The cup was still warm, indicating that the man had just left.
Zhang Zewen and I looked at each other, Zhang Heng must not be able to drink water here, because he would not clean here for just a few minutes.
Unless someone else is here all the time.
What makes me feel most strange is that there are still people living here in such a wilderness.
In this mountain temple, there is no other life thing, and there is no evil spirit here.
Unless it's someone who already lives in the area, it's possible to come here.
But if you think about it carefully, everyone in the village lives under the mountain, who will run to the back mountain without anything, and they must pass through Zhang Heng's former residence.
The person who can pass by Zhang Heng's former residence is not the only one who is the village chief.
I suddenly looked back at Zhang Zewen, "Brother Zewen, do you remember which direction of the house you walked from when the village chief left?" ”
Zhang Zewen frowned slightly, "Do you suspect it's the village chief?" ”
"Well, only he will often come to Zhang Heng's former residence, and we haven't seen anyone else come to the former residence just now, since this cup is warm, it means that this person has not been here for a long time, and in the whole village, only the former residence is down this road, and other places can't get over at all." I analyzed the matter in a serious tone.
Zhang Zewen's face was gloomy for a while, and he suddenly remembered something, so he said to me again, "Chen Tian, do you remember that the village chief said about their Zhang family's ancestral training at the beginning?" ”
"The first is to clean Zhang Heng's former residence every Qingming Festival, the second is to protect the secrets of the Zhang family, the third is that their family must not leave Shuijing Village for generations, and the fourth is to go to the Tiger Temple every year to worship incense and kneel, and these four ancestral precepts must be observed, otherwise the eighteen generations of ancestors will be punished and will not die well." I memorized it word for word.
Zhang Zewen nodded with a serious face, looked at me secretively and said, "Well, we don't know anything yet, one is the secret of the Zhang family, and the other is the Tiger Temple." We came in from the village, but we have seen the land temple, but this tiger temple has never been seen, but there is a mountain temple behind it. ”
If you think about it carefully, it's really like this, when the village chief said this before, I didn't pay attention to it at all.
Now that I think about it, I suddenly feel that there seem to be a lot of secrets in the village chief's house.
I looked back outside, it was not far from Zhang Heng's former residence, and I could see the situation above the house at a glance.
My heart sank inexplicably, "There must be something wrong with this village chief, he didn't go back to the village at all, but came here, watching our every move in the house, what do you think he has in mind?" ”
"It's hard to say, if he is really a thoughtful person, and has been secretly observing our every move, then just now when we entered the bottom of the well, he must have heard those dragon sounds, and he also knows the situation in the house clearly, now we don't know what he wants to do, Zhang Heng should not be there later, let's go to the village to see the situation." Zhang Zewen looked at me earnestly and said.
I nodded kindly, and I didn't know why I vaguely felt something was wrong.
It's like a woman has a sixth sense.
And I have a sense of fear of dangerous things.
Zhang Zewen and I hurriedly returned to the original road and walked into the village.
The village chief's house was in the first room at the entrance of the village, and we quickly walked towards his house.
At this moment, the door of the village chief's house was closed, and I knocked on the door hard, "Village chief! Are you at home? ”
I knocked for a long time, but no one answered, which made me confused, the village chief is not at home, but there is no one in the mountain temple, so where can he go?
And what is the secret of this Zhang family?
At this time, the other villagers heard our knock on the door and walked towards us.
"What are you looking for the village chief?" One of them, a tall, muscular man, walked towards us.
"Just now the village chief took us to Zhang Heng's former residence, and he came back first, we had something we wanted to ask him, but the village chief was not at home when we came back." I hastened to explain.
After all, these villagers are extremely vicious, and they beat me and Zhang Zewen violently before, and I have more or less shadows in my heart.
When the man heard this, his brows furrowed, "I saw with my own eyes that the village chief had already entered the house, how could there be no one?" ”
"When did you see the village chief enter the house?" I asked curiously.
The man looked down and thought for a moment, "Just twenty minutes ago, I saw him enter the house with my own eyes, and I didn't see him come out. ”
"Oh, no, when I saw him enter the house, there were two strangely dressed people guarding the house, and they followed him into the house, and those two people seemed to have been in our village for a few days, and they had never been in contact with us, only the village chief had interacted with them." The man continued.
"Do you smell anything strange?" The woman next to her couldn't help but say.
I sniffed and did smell a strange smell coming from inside the village chief's room.
I subconsciously reacted that something was wrong, and suddenly glared and reprimanded, "Quick! Knock the door open! ”
As the words fell, several of us rushed to the door of the house, but in a minute, the door was broken by us instantly.
The smell of feces that suddenly came from inside was extremely unpleasant.
We scoffed and walked in, only to see a shocking scene, where the village chief was hung from the beam of the house with a thick rope.
Because when we rushed in, the wind entered the house, and the body of the village chief swayed a few times.
In the case of hanging, there will be incontinence, so this foul smell comes from the village chief's body.
The villagers were frightened at the time, "Good people, why did something happen all of a sudden?" ”
I was also stunned, I thought that there was something wrong with the village chief, but in this way, he was killed, judging from the way he was hanged, his face was hideous, and he obviously struggled.
I looked back at the man and asked, "You said earlier that two strangers had come to your village and were dressed strangely, can you describe them in detail?" ”
"They were dressed in black and white, with long hats on their heads, and their faces were very strange, and the village did not take them out, but they always met in the house, and I did not know who they were." ”
Zhang Zewen and I looked at each other, how does this sound a bit like the black and white impermanence of Yinsi?
But Yin Si does things, how can I not know, after all, I am the current Emperor of Xudu!
Unless...... There is also someone who can control them, that is, the Northern Emperor Jun, and the big seal in his hand can control all this.