I looked back at the entrance of the village, and a large cloud of mist surrounded it like a loose cotton wool, like a miserable white wall, blocking everyone's retreat.

Li Huaishan leaned over and said in a voice that only the two of us could hear: "I always feel that something seems to be deliberately leading us over......

I patted Li Huaishan's arm and motioned for him to stop talking.

What he said is also what I am thinking in my heart now, but I can't say it, and once it is heard by the nearby gnats or mosquitoes, it may cause a new round of panic.

At this time, I heard Mia asking the old cat, "There should be other people in this village." ”

The old cat also seemed to be a little flustered at this time, and turned his head to look at me and Li Huaishan.

So I said to the old cat, "Maybe someone else is stuck here, let's look for it." ”

After saying that, I beckoned to the others: "Come on, come on, everyone be tight." The old cat and the second dog opened the way in front, and we all followed. ”

Everyone was tired, but they formed a new formation, nine people, in two columns, and the distance between each person was no more than half a meter, so that I could see everyone in front of me at a glance.

The old cat and Li Huaishan walked in the front, and in front of me were still gnats and mosquitoes.

However, there is one thing that makes me very surprised, when they lined up again, Landmine and Fat Dahai did not dare to go too far ahead, and retreated to the middle and back of the line, but it was Mia and Xiao Jiu, the two girls, who followed closely behind Lao Mao and Li Huaishan.

According to my original assumption, the two girls should try to lean back when they re-queue.

Li Huaishan seemed to be in a hurry to find the source of the fire, and when he saw that everyone was standing in line, he immediately pulled the old cat and walked towards the alley on the left.

Most of the roads in the village are very wide, even the path between the houses is more than three meters wide, and the traces of ruts can still be seen on the old stone slabs on the ground.

In the early years, this old village located deep in the mountains would never be a closed place, the ruts on the ground were from the repeated crushing of heavy carriages, the village area was not large, and there was not enough space around for farming, and the locals estimated that they would not need such things as horse-drawn carts or ox carts, and even if they did, the frequency of use would not be too high, and it was impossible to leave such deep ruts on the stone slabs.

The appearance of these ruts seems to mean that in ancient times, there were often outsiders who came here, and most of these visitors were either rich or expensive.

Li Huaishan walked very fast in front, he entered two or three courtyards one after another, and each time he swept his eyes widely, and then came out.

And whenever he came out of the courtyard, Li Huaishan would glance at me, and when he saw me shaking his head, he walked in the direction of the other courtyard gates.

Looking at the whole village, I still couldn't sense any unusual Qi field, there seemed to be no other problem in this place except for the slightly heavy dampness, but I always felt a nervous feeling for no reason, as if something was going to happen soon.

At first, everyone was able to keep up with Li Huaishan's footsteps, but gradually, Mia and Xiao Jiu slowed down, and the gnats and mosquitoes walking in front of me looked back at me from time to time, and both of them looked tired.

When Li Huaishan was wandering around like a fly without a head, I took a cursory look at the feng shui pattern in the village, and the circulation of the Qi field in this place was quite good, and the Great Qi entered and went out in the west, and there was no problem with the ratio of Yin and Yang.

It wasn't until Li Huaishan led the team to an old courtyard in the middle of the village that I shouted at him: "Don't go shopping, go into the courtyard to rest." ”

Hearing me say this, both the grasshopper and the mosquito breathed a sigh of relief.

For Li Huaishan and me, it is certainly not a wise choice to stop before finding out the details of the entire village, but I think they seem to be reaching their limit, and I am afraid that if they don't stop, some people may not be able to hold on.

Li Huaishan didn't say a word of nonsense, and led everyone directly into the courtyard.

Due to the fact that there was no one to take care of it all year round, a lot of weeds grew in the yard, and the old cat and a few people cleared out a clearing, and everyone set up tents there, and the distance between each tent was no more than one meter.

Li Huaishan followed the old cat to set up a tent, and I gathered at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the houses opposite.

When the work in hand was finished, Li Huaishan came to me and asked me in a low voice, "What are you going to do now?" ”

I took a deep breath and said, "Let them rest first, I'll go out and have a look, and if there's anything you can call me." ”

Li Huaishan: "You have to act alone again." ”

I smiled at him, "I'll just look around, and if there's no problem, I'll be back in a while." You stay, take care of the old cats and them. ”

Li Huaishan nodded: "Okay, then you be careful." ”

I glanced over to the old cats and saw that most of them had already set up their tents and had taken out their rice bowls to prepare for dinner, so I silently turned around and left the courtyard gate.

Since just now, I have been thinking about the fire I saw in the fog, if I guessed correctly, that light should have shone from the oil lamp, but with the naked eye, the light source seems to have been fixed in a certain area and has not moved, but the vision of the quicksand of the Qi Sea tells me that the yang energy in the fire has moved irregularly several times.

It was as if there was a man with an oil lamp in his hand, pacing aimlessly on the village road.

It's just that I'm not sure where the lights eventually faded.

Once I was out of the yard, I wandered around the village, going in and looking at every house, but I found nothing but large cobwebs and mossy brick walls.

The road surface of the village is slightly sloping, and when I walked to the deepest part of the village, I looked back and could see every house that passed by, and near the cliff, there was an ancestral hall-like building.

Since the ancestral hall was built on the periphery of existence, when he first entered the village, his vision was completely blocked by the courtyard walls, and he could not be seen at all.

At this time, I suddenly remembered one thing, when Li Huaishan mentioned the cliff outside the village, he said that "there is a cliff in the south of the village", in other words, after entering the village, he can distinguish the direction again?

For now, I still plan to go to the ancestral hall to have a look, and ask Li Huaishan for other things when I return to the camp.

Follow a path diagonally through the village and soon reach the vicinity of the cliff.

There was no fog on this side of the cliff, the sun was very abundant, and the dead grass and broken branches on the ground were illuminated, but the lonely ancestral hall looked very gloomy in the sun.

The turquoise brick walls and black roofs had a dull gray glow even when the sun was shining, and I couldn't help frowning and slowing down a little to take a closer look at the surrounding scene.

It doesn't seem to be too abnormal, and the reason why the ancestral hall is gloomy is probably only because the bricks are dark.

When I arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, I could see two boxy stone piers standing outside the broken threshold, and I guess there should have been a bunch of stone lions or other town beasts on the pier face, which may have been deliberately destroyed by the stone statues guarding the door when the locals moved away.

When you cross the gate of the ancestral hall, you can smell a strong musty smell.

I covered my nose with my neckline and walked on until I entered the room, and the light suddenly dimmed.

Just now I felt that this ancestral hall was not normal, but I couldn't say what was wrong, and now I understand that the feeling that makes people feel depressed comes from the four walls at the entrance of the main hall.

The walls are all solid, there are no windows, and the light cannot penetrate at all, and the shape of the entire ancestral hall is a floor-to-ceiling cuboid, narrow on the left and right, long from front to back, and looks like a huge coffin.

The musty smell in the room was stronger than outside, and I slowed my breathing as I took my flashlight out of my backpack and lit it forward.

The pale light first fell on the corner of the house in front of it, which was very clean, and there were no cobwebs on the face.

When I moved the flashlight, the light flashed across the opposite wall, and for a moment, a cool light reflected off the middle of the wall.

I was stunned for a moment, and immediately hit the beam at where the reflection appeared.

At this time, I found that under the wall facing the door of the house, there was a very small table of eight immortals, and there was a picture frame on the table, and the pictures in it should be black and white, and I could only see the reflection of the glass surface, and a pool of gray and white colors.

Suddenly there was a sound of wind in the courtyard, and the old courtyard gate shook a few times in succession, making a piercing creaking sound.

I glanced back and saw that the two courtyard doors were closing rapidly with noise.

The moment I turned sideways to look in the direction of the courtyard, a wave of yin qi suddenly jumped up from behind me, but when I felt it carefully, it disappeared without a trace.

Since the yin qi that appeared just now was not very strong, I didn't particularly care about it, so I took a flashlight and walked towards the Eight Immortals table facing the door.

It wasn't until I got close enough that I could finally see the picture embedded in the frame.

As expected, this is a black-and-white dark photo, and the person in the photo seems to be a late Qing dignitary, he looks about fifty years old, wearing an official hat on his head, the corners of his mouth are raised, revealing a smiling expression, and his eyes are staring straight at me.

The deceased was the largest, so I first looked at the photo, then stepped forward and picked up the frame to look at it carefully.

The person in the photograph may be from the Qing Dynasty, but the frame itself, as well as the glass embedded in it, are the product of recent years. Apparently someone had wiped this thing not long ago, and the edges of the picture frame and the glass were very clean, but on the top of the Eight Immortals Table, there was a thin layer of dust attached to it.

When I looked at the frame, the person in the photo seemed to be staring at me all the time, which made me a little curious, and I tried to deflect the angle of the photo, and found that no matter which direction I looked at, I could see the pair of pupils, which would give people a very bizarre illusion, I only felt that the person in the photo seemed to be alive, and he was constantly rolling his eyeballs, staring at the person who had strayed into the ancestral hall.

(End of chapter)