When three o'clock in the morning came, Jian Jue and Li Zhonglou tacitly picked up their luggage, and the two of them packed up in a stumbling manner, and opened the door to the door of the inn.

Sure enough, Ran Qin shrunk and waited at the intersection. She shivered slightly, she definitely didn't expect it to be so cold at night here. Li Zhonglou hurriedly took out a jacket from his bag and put it on for Ran Qin, and said half-complainingly: "Do you think it's not cold in the southern region?" Miss Ran? Thankfully, I remembered. ”

"Alright, let's go." Jian decided to be familiar with this, and made an appointment with a wooden boat at the waterway branch of Fairy Lake. Before staying in the hotel, he deliberately left everyone's sight and ran out of the gate to find the local Shaomin boatman

The boatman was Han Chinese, a young man, and because Jian decided to pay a sum of money, he privately agreed to take them by water, and he didn't even tell his family.

Jian Jue pinched his fingers and calculated, the time was good, at least there was no conflict. Jian Du's previous information had checked that there had been drowned in Fairy Lake, and the vain soul had wandered on Huangquan Road for three years, and this year it happened to be the turn of the water ghost to be reincarnated. It stands to reason that in the transition from night to early morning, you should not take the night waterway, but today, on the birthday of the local dragon king, the dead ghosts in the water dare not make too many times.

The young man also asked, "Eh, brother, why are you in such a hurry?" The old man in my house said that the water ghost was reincarnated this year, but fortunately I didn't believe in this, otherwise I would definitely not be able to carry you. ”

Ran Qin and Li Zhonglou obviously couldn't understand this accent, and even Jian Jue could only listen to the general meaning, so they dealt with it casually: "Uncle of the township over there is alive, and he doesn't dare to delay." We've all been on the bus for a day and have been on the road. ”

The young man continued to shake the oars without asking any more questions. The boatman did not dare to speak much, for fear that he would not notice the taboo of those words.

"Do you know about Shenmu Village?" Jane decided not to make small talk.

"Are you going to Shenmu Village? Originally, the village could also be used as a tourist area, but the old man said that the craftsmen who made the puppets in the village were gone... ”

Along the way, the hull swayed slightly, occasionally stirring up a few splashes, and occasionally flat. The boat avoids a line of waves in the canvas-like river, and the surroundings are quiet, so quiet that even the sound of the water is intermittent.

Li Zhonglou also put his hand on the side of the boat to paddle and play, Jian Jue didn't pay much attention, he felt that the fog began to rise around him. It was early in the morning, but the sky was still like a big black pot upside down, and his face was gloomy. It didn't rain, and it seemed that it was just putting on a face for the passers-by, and even the fog gathered on the surface of the river, as if it was specifically surrounding the boat or trying to catch it.

Jian Jue heard the sound of water sliding in the fog, and slowly, the sound turned into a diving thud, thump.... Approaching, all the way to the boat.

"Damn! There are water ghosts to catch customers! "That voice is not noticeable to ordinary people, but Jian Jue is very clear. He first chatted with his parents and asked about the boatman's birthday, and then took out a red rope and tied it to the boatman's middle finger and tied it with a five-element knot.

Jian Jue said casually: "It's auspicious, and drive the boat well." ”

When a water ghost jumps up and catches someone, he first has to disturb people's minds and make them delirious. If the boatman is not careful, the boat capsizes, and I am afraid that the water will open the celebration champagne.

The boatman himself was also strange, and when he first saw the fog, he was still sleepy. When his eyelids were fighting, he heard the little brother call his name and tie something to his middle finger, and he was still sober.

Breaking the water and fog, some people were leisurely, and some people tensed their nerves, until the boat stopped, and everyone stumbled slightly. The boatman shouted a trumpet, and the boat docked.

"Shenmu Village and Xihe Village are just ahead." The boatman pointed in the direction of the mountain, "You people from other places don't know, don't go to Shenmu Village to look around, where people died." ”

Jane thanked the boatman and told him to hurry back as soon as it was dawn.

The three of them walked away, and the boatman suddenly saw a talisman under his hull that was about to be submerged in water, which seemed to have just been painted with his hands dipped in cinnabar, and was about to be washed away by water. However, the boatman did not find three inexplicable scratches under the talisman....

Ran Qin was reading her father's travel diary along the way, and she looked at her own route, which was consistent with the route her father came in. They all came by car to waterway, and then turned over a mountain road, walked through a fork in the road, and arrived.

In Shenmu Village, a weathered stone tablet at the entrance of the village is engraved with the name of the village. Walking inside the entrance of the village, there are only a few dilapidated wooden houses and a few miscellaneous houses with broken bricks and tiles. Through the windows, the house is filled with timber and thatch, and the yellowed moss and cobwebs on the walls indicate that there is no owner in the house.

"Shenmu Village, east of the river, surrounded by mountains and water, it stands to reason that the terrain structure is good... How could it be... Tsk, it's dead. Jian Jue frowned.

Ran Qin shouted around, "Is there anyone here?" ”

"No one, let's go inside." Jian Jue answered her directly. In order to see carefully, he took out his feng shui compass and straightened it steadily.

A gust of wind blew, as if it had brought out the smell of some kind of corruption, and Jane decided to cover their noses.

Passing by the houses, passing through the dry compound, we came to the entrance of the village assembly hall. The entrance to the hall is locked, and the white cement walls still have slogans from the fifties and sixties. There is a plaque at the entrance of the hall, but it is quite new, as if it has just been painted with wood.

On the plaque, there are a few big words on the writing machine: 'baby body Niangniang Palace'.

Baby body mother!

Jian Jie's pupils shrank nervously, and he evoked a hint of a smile, "It turns out that here, the most evil god statue that the Tianya Forum has ever picked. ”

At this time, a burst of breathing appeared in his ears, and the heat made Jian Jie's whole person tremble for a while, and when he turned around, it was the bodyguard who suddenly approached him.

Li Zhonglou felt sorry, and just said, "Little brother, I see that there is a problem with your compass." ”

Only then did Jian Jue see that all the needles of the compass were out of place, "Oh, it's okay." He put away the compass.

"Bang!"

There was a sound of the door closing behind them, and the three of them turned around, only to see that the courtyard door that they had passed through before was closed. Then the wind picked up, and the door creaked open, revealing a rag doll lying to the ground.

The three of them looked at all this with expressionless faces. Ran Qin was only puzzled; "I didn't see a doll before..."

"Don't pick it up!" Jian Jue yelled at Ran Qin, who was about to walk over, and then softened his tone, "Usually dolls and clothes on the road, jade pendants and the like, are impossible to pick up. ”

Ran Qin hurriedly explained; "I, I'm going to see if it's the same as in Daddy's diary."

Jian Jue took out a stack of materials from his backpack and pulled out an old photo in a file bag, "The puppets recorded by your father are not our traditional ones, they are very similar to the ghost man boy in Thailand, but they are made of wood and then made of traditional puppet dolls. As for the doll, its owner will come and pick it up, not ours. ”

"You're amazing." Ran Qin took the photo and praised.

"What are you?"

An old man suddenly appeared around the corner and yelled at the three of them. He wore the tunic and linen trousers of the older generation, but he was as thin as a skeleton, and his clothes hung loosely on him.

At this moment, he called out to this as he walked over with a stumbling step. "What are you looking at here!"

Li Zhonglou protected Ran Qin and Jian Jue behind him, and made a delegated gesture to show that they were not in any danger, "Little brother, is he asking who we are?" Li Zhonglou could barely understand a little dialect.

"Oops," Jian decided to take a step forward and make a portrait of his grandson, "We're coming to see our relatives!" It's not about getting bad guys! Grandpa, which one are you? Do you recognize Zhang Pingwa? That's my only uncle, who said in this village. ”

"I'm the village chief here, and I don't recognize Zhang Ping and Li Ping! Don't wander around, go alone! The old man remained vigilant at all times and refused to relax. He certainly wouldn't believe Jian Jie's words.

Jian Jue is still trying to persuade, "I can't get the boat now." We don't lie to people, you see, we're all college students. Can you stay here for one night? The boatman said he would come in a few days. ”

"Let's go, where will you stay?" The old man began to wave his hand and came forward, making a gesture to push, but was unexpectedly grabbed by Li Zhonglou behind Jian Jie.

"At the end of the day, don't do it." Li Zhonglou said coldly.

The old man screamed, and suddenly there were several heavy sounds around him, and the three of them looked left and right, and found that the previous dark house, at this time, the windows were open, and many people poked their heads out to look.

The old man was even more angry, and wanted to fight hard with Li Zhonglou, Jian Jue hurriedly pulled the two apart, and he said to Li Zhonglou: "Brother Li, this is someone else's territory, we have the upper hand, so we should be polite." ”

Li Zhonglou pulled Ran Qin and Jian Jue away from the old man, and Jian Jue was still communicating with the old man: "Okay, grandpa, you are a lot older!" We really can't leave, do you think there is still a room in your village committee? ”

"There's nothing to do with the village committee! Oh, to put it bluntly, there is something going on in the village these days, you should leave quickly! ”

Ran Qin couldn't help but worry: "Why does this old man look like a madman?" ”

"It's like.... Don't talk, I'm stabilizing his situation. Jian Jue looked at the old man and asked with a playful face; What's grandpa's surname? ”

Li Zhonglou observed the villagers who were hiding in the attic and watching, and he could see that these people had more or less fear on their faces, and their eyes were stunned to look at them outsiders. Those who were close could see that their faces were not very good, their eyes were dark, they did not speak, they stood in front of the windowsill, motionless.

There was only a few people in the whole village arguing, like a solitary show watched by a silent audience.

"Xiao Ran, something isn't quite right here. With so many people, I'm afraid it's dangerous. Li Zhonglou said in Ran Qin's ear.

Ran Qin leaned on Li Zhonglou's back, looked around, but shook his head, "It's okay, there are very few people." ”

It may be that the old man's voice is getting louder and louder, and some villagers still don't think of the conflict, so they came out and persuaded him: "Village Chief Liu, forget it." "It was a sallow-faced woman who came out, she rubbed her hands, glanced at Jian Du, and then looked at the old man, before she dared to step forward and walked among several people." These dolls, stay in my house for a while, and then call them away tomorrow. ”

"Hmph," the old man surnamed Liu pursed his lips and drooped his whole face dissatisfied, "Let them go!" ”

"Well, where is the ship now, it's foggy outside, and it's not safe to go out." The woman was actually talking to Jane about them. After she finished speaking, she lowered her head, a little tired.

Jian Jue knew about the past of this village, but there were still many situations that he didn't know about at all. He nodded to the woman and smiled: "Thank you, Lady!" ”

"Let's go, go to my house, you shouldn't run around." The woman briefly introduced herself, "My surname is Dai, and the old man at the head of my house is surnamed Liu, which used to be called Liu Jiagou." ”

"Yes, yes, Dai Xianxian, we are really looking for relatives." Jian Jue still does not forget to disguise the character.

Ran Qin was very quiet, she rarely spoke, and hid behind Li Zhonglou when she saw people. However, this scene did not frighten her, because it was exactly the same as described in her father's travel diary, and even more so.

"Dad's diary says that the people in this village believe in baby body Niangniang, I don't know what it is, and I can't find this type of god at all." Ran Qin muttered to herself, she was wondering if it would have something to do with the baby's body.

"Remember, let's go tomorrow." Dai Xian in the village admonished.

"Yes, this village is really strange, what the hell is going on?" Jian Du began to talk.

Dai Xian sighed, she moved her lips, and said nothing.

Jian Jue saw it, and he deliberately pretended not to know: "Is it... The newspaper says it's dead, huh? Dai Xian looked at him with wide eyes, suddenly became excited, and pointed at Jian Zhi and scolded: "Which one do you say is dead?" Which do you say? You ghost doll has such an unclean mouth all day? The people in the village are all right, you go and see! Go and see each one! Don't talk nonsense! I'm all in the house! ”

Jian Jue closed his eyes and stepped back repeatedly, he couldn't interject at all. Ran Qin grabbed Dai Xianxian, apologized vigorously, and said in the meaning she could understand as much as possible: "He didn't mean that.... He..... The woman's mouth was like a series of scolding, and Ran Qin could only hear her talking nonsense.

Unexpectedly, Jian Jue lowered his eyebrows sadly: "I didn't mean that, Xian Xian, my uncle has lived in this village, and I haven't found him, how can I talk nonsense." ”

Suddenly, Ran Qin's mobile phone rang, and she covered her mouth when she saw it, and said, "What should I do?" The senior is calling! ”

"Take it, Xiao Ran, we're all here anyway." Li Zhonglou didn't care about the others.

Ran Qin picked up the phone, but he didn't want to "hey, hey, hey" for a long time, and the phone only had the sound of electricity and strange noises. She understood: "The signal here is not very good, it's over, will they think that something is wrong with us?" ”

As soon as he hung up the phone, the familiar and shrill voice resounded in the village: "What the hell! There is no signal in this broken place! Ran Qin's courage has become bigger, dare to dump us, senior~, forget it, let's go back! ”

No way... No way..... Jian Jie's face twitched twice, he thought to himself, didn't you get rid of this? I didn't see the baby mother, and I was entangled by a group of imps.

Strangely, Li Zhonglou's reaction was greater than Jian Jie's, and he was even more worried and anxious: "How could it be... Tsk, a little bit. ”