The village at the foot of the hill sparsely sparsely nestled around the fields, and I looked up at the sun in the sky, which should be noon.

With a long breath of turbidity, I walked down the mountain, and Lin Lingling's girl's words lingered in my mind.

Because of the departure of his wife and the hardships of life, the impoverished old Uncle Li chose to hang himself in the poplar forest to end his life. But he was accepted by Dawn and became a watchman. But why is it in the poplar forest... Thinking about it this way, the ghost in the hat I saw that night in the curtain of the poplar forest... Is it not a hallucination?.... What does Uncle Li want me to do when I go back to Yang Lin?

If I'm not mistaken, Uncle Li is holding the Dark Glass Cup, so he has no Yin poison, which means that the Dark Glass Cup is immune to bad luck. All these mysteries can only be solved after I arrive in the Poplar Forest...

Before I knew it, I walked down the hill, and the village was full of low Tupi houses. White smoke was rising from the chimneys at the head of every house. There is a spicy scent in the air.

I swallowed, my stomach was already growling with hunger, and when I touched my pocket, I had five cents left except for the horn..... Five cents can be used to buy noodles at the entrance of Yangcun Village.

I walked around the village, trying to find a family to beg for food. However, the doors of every household are closed.

It's weird.... Is there no one in the house? But when I passed some houses, I heard a sound inside...

After hearing the clatter of pots and pans in a room, I pulled the clasp and knocked on the door, "Anyone?"

There was no sound in the room.

"Huh? There was a voice just now..... "This village doesn't seem to be very friendly... I pushed the door, and through the crack in the door, I could see that there was an empty courtyard inside, but there was a puddle of dark red liquid flowing slowly on the ground...

A smell of blood wells up in my nose...

This is.... Blood?! Is this family slaughtering animals?.....

I thought to myself, pushing the door open and looking the other way...

There was also an iron shelf next to the pool of blood, and a lump of bloody red meat hung from the shelf.... And right next to it is a round... Like a head? I don't know if it's because of the wind or what... It slowly turned to face me...

I took a sharp breath and my face turned pale... Is that... Face?!

My eyes widened in horror: fair skin, erect nose, wide mouth... This clear facial features... That's a human face!

It's not a bad ditch... This is Heigou Village!

Suddenly, an eyeball the size of a brass bell suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, only a few millimeters away from my face, staring at me blankly!

"Ahh

I let out a scream and staggered back a few steps. It seems that the rumors of cannibalism in Heigou Village are true, how did I hit the muzzle of the gun, I must leave quickly!

At this moment, a withered yellow palm poked out of the crack in the door. The door "squeak~" was opened....

I took a step and prepared to run, my heart was so nervous that I couldn't get caught, and if I did, I would be eaten!

"Hey! Stop!"

A rough voice sounded behind me, and I turned my head to see a burly man standing in the doorway. He's even taller than the Iron Pillar....

"Ahh Excuse me.. Excuse me. I stepped back as I spoke.

"What's the matter?" The strong man frowned and scratched his head.

At this time, I saw... His hands were stained with bright red blood, and a blood-stained knife lay on the wooden table behind him.

"No... Nothing. I quickly shook my head and said that I had to find an excuse to slip away quickly.

"Why do you look so scared?" The strong man walked towards me as he spoke.

"Ahh You don't have to come... I'll just go. "My heart went to my throat. If I run now, I will definitely not be able to outrun him, I have been tossing in the cave for a long time, tired and hungry, and it is difficult to walk, how can I race against him? That... I can only fight with him!

My right hand slowly moved to the dagger behind my waist, and I must strike first....

"Da Chun, what are you doing?"

At this time, a trembling old woman came out on crutches, "Who is outside?" ”

"It's a strange out-of-town man." The strong man said and pointed his finger at me, "I knocked on the door and didn't say anything."

Another old woman? With the lessons of Wangjiazhuang, I looked at them vigilantly.

The old woman tried hard to open her cloudy eyes and glanced at me, and said to the strong man, "Look at you covered in blood, who is not afraid when you see it... I just finished killing the white-faced ghost and didn't know how to wash my hands. ”

Da Chun stretched out his five fingers to look at the blood stains on his hands, and smiled embarrassedly: "That's right, I forgot." ”

Wait a minute..... The white-faced ghost, with delicate facial features and an erect nose, is really not much different from the white-faced ghost I saw before. Maybe the skull was covered in blood and I didn't see it too clearly.

It turned out to be a false alarm, and I wiped the cold sweat from my head, "I thought you guys.... It really scared me..."

"Murder?! Haha!" Da Chun smiled heartily, "It's a peaceful society now, and we don't have the guts." ”

"I haven't eaten yet." The old woman looked at me kindly.

"Uh.... Ha ha. I could only smile awkwardly.

"Those who come are guests, come in and sit down." The old woman smiled at me.

"Okay," I entered the house, and found a fiery red animal fur hanging from the courtyard. And the white-faced ghost has been dismantled and hung on the shelf.

I handed them five cents, and the old woman humbly accepted the money, and then asked me to sit at a wooden table in the courtyard and brought me a bowl of green vegetables and noodles.

I leaned on the broken table and sucked and ate, feeling that the taste was very light, not very tasty, but barely enough to fill my stomach.

"You didn't think we were going to eat people, did you?" The old woman turned to me and asked.

"No... No, I don't. I stopped my chopsticks and said. I couldn't help but regret why I didn't see it more clearly just now and made such a joke.

"But... People outside still say that the people in our Heigou Village eat human flesh. The old woman squeaked and laughed after speaking, revealing her bare gums.

I echoed and reluctantly laughed twice, "This is mostly a rumor, and the three of them become tigers." ”

The old woman said: "Hmph, what goose, tiger, my wife doesn't know, but there are very few outsiders in our Heigou Village." ”

Da Chun said: "At the end of last year, there was a strange guy who went up the mountain with a shovel and hoe, and was wandering around there. ”

I was slightly stunned, it seemed that the gang was the tomb robbers who dug the tunnel. They were able to pinpoint the location of the burial chamber, and they knew that they couldn't take the bronze masks, so they didn't seem to be ordinary people. Will.... Is it also a watchman?

The old woman looked at me and asked, "Son, where are you from?" ”

"From Muyang Village." I looked up and replied.

"Oh...."The old woman nodded, "The village to the south..."

"Yes."

"That's right." I wondered, "Why are you all keeping your doors closed?"

"These days are the meat tasting festival in the village, and the day before yesterday, every household went to the mountains to catch a white-faced ghost. Today, we are all killing white-faced ghosts at home to make meat to eat. The old woman said with a smile.

"Oh... I see. "Now I can understand why outsiders say that the people in Heigou Village eat human flesh, but in fact, it is just the meat of a white-faced ghost, and outsiders are like me, when they see the face of a white-faced ghost, they think they are eating human flesh. As a result, it spread ten, ten and hundred, and spread the rumors of Heigou Village to a terrifying village.

"How can I say that people outside say that you eat human flesh, it turns out that it is such a misunderstanding. Aren't you going out and explaining?" I asked. This remote and ordinary village is rumored to be so evil, it must have had an impact on the lives of the people in the village.

"Leave it alone." Da Chun, who was cleaning up the white-faced ghost's internal organs on the side, pouted and said, "They like to say whatever they like, we just have to live our own lives." ”

Hearing this, I bowed my head slightly, feeling that there was some reason.

chatting with the two of them, I wiped my mouth after eating and put down my chopsticks: "Thank you for the hospitality, I'm still in a hurry to go back, so I'm leaving." ”

"Okay, be careful along the way." The old woman put away the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Remember to take the main road and go south." ”

Da Chun sent me to the door, I touched my bulging belly and said, "Thank you, I'm leaving." ”

Da Chun suddenly showed a solemn look and asked, "You just said... Are you from Makuyang Village?"

I nodded slightly, "yes, what's the problem?" Looking at Da Chun's expression, is there any contradiction between Muyang Village and Heigou Village?

Da Chun said in a deep voice: "I heard the second dog in my village who came back from outside say that these days, there seems to be something wrong with Muyang Village."

"What's wrong?" I asked, confused.

Ergouzi said that when he passed by Muyang Village, he saw that there was no one on the road. The sky above the village is purple and black."

"No one?" I frowned, probably sleeping at home. "This is also not .... Something is wrong. ”

"Oh, I can't tell, anyway, the second dog said that the village is very creepy. Be careful. ”

I nodded suspiciously, I've been living in Muyang Village for two years, and I haven't seen Muyang Village, how strange is it?

After saying goodbye to Da Chun, I turned and left. Thinking of the people of Heigou Village, who were rumored to be extremely terrifying, were so friendly, I didn't think it was a little ridiculous.

I walked alone on the road, saying that it was the road, but in fact it was still the dirt that was trampled on porcelain.

The side of the road was a grassy wilderness, and I walked south boredly, and the village of Heigou behind me gradually shrank into a small dot between the two mountains.

I had been walking until my legs were numb, when a truck or two rumbled in the distance. I stood on the side of the road and waved to him.

The truck slowly stopped, and a thin face poked out of the window: "What?"

"I'm going to Makuyang Village. Give me a ride, buddy. ”

"I'm not on my way."

"Do me a favor." I laughed and shoved the croissants into the window, and though I felt sorry for the thing, there was nothing of value left on me.

"What is this black thing?"

"It's a croissant, but it's worth a lot." I couldn't help but be speechless, I didn't expect this guy to be illiterate.

After repeated explanations and repeated requests, he finally reluctantly accepted the horns.

"Boom Boom..."

The big truck continued to move, and I sat in the passenger seat and stretched, and at this speed, I would be able to reach Muyang Village tomorrow morning.

I stuck my head out the window...

The clouds gathered in the sky, and the cool breeze ruffled my hair...

Makuyang Village.... Gu Ping..... The children....

The small trees outside the window were swaying in the wind, but my heart was faintly uneasy...