Fortunately, the amplitude of the earthquake is relatively small and the duration is very short, and the bamboo buildings in the village should not have been destroyed.

My throat was still dry, I picked up the mineral water on the bedside, tilted my head and poured down most of the bottle, my mouth and throat were moistened, a little more comfortable, but my heart tightened up one by one.

Was it really a dream just now?

But since it was a dream, why was every detail so real, the village was located at the bottom of the mountain gorge, the air was humid, how could I feel so thirsty when I slept, I reached out and touched my mouth, although my lips were much softer after being soaked in water, but I could still feel a lot of wrinkles due to dryness before.

At this moment, the wind in the canyon blew through the windows and made a long "whining" sound.

I don't know when the light of the oil lamp became very dim again, and I turned my head to look at the window, but I could only see a shadow that the fire did not cover.

I got out of bed, walked over to the table, and lengthened the wick of the oil lamp, and when the room was lit up, I came back to my senses and looked out the window.

When Li Huaishan slept, I locked the doors and windows, but now the windows are ajar, and the wind comes in through the gaps between the window panels and the window lattices.

In addition to the windows, the door was also pushed open a crack.

At first, I thought that Li Huaishan felt that the room was too stuffy, so he opened the doors and windows, but when I looked at him, I found that he was sitting upright on the bed, but his eyes were closed.

This guy is asleep again!

Alas, in fact, I had expected this for a long time.

I patted Li Huaishan on the shoulder to wake him up, he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and smiled at me a little embarrassedly: "Alas, I fell asleep accidentally." ”

I raised my chin at the doors and windows: "Why did you open the doors and windows?" ”

Li Huaishan also looked in the direction of the doors and windows, and then said to me with a puzzled expression: "I didn't open it." ”

The doors and windows are all latched on the inside of the house, it is said that it is impossible to open them from the outside, I was sleeping soundly just now, if it wasn't for Li Huaishan to open them, then who would it be?

I looked at Li Huaishan suspiciously, and he also looked at me very puzzled.

Seriously, I can't be sure if Li Huaishan is lying, there is only one person left in the house except me, I have been sleeping just now, the doors and windows must have been opened by him, but the reason, why did he open the doors and windows? Besides, he didn't seem to have to lie to me.

At this time, Li Huaishan said again: "It's also strange, I just slept for four hours, and I was quite energetic, why did I suddenly fall asleep again?" ”

I walked to the window, carefully pulled the window panel up, plugged in the latch, and said, "Don't you often do this when you practice, one second you're still boxing, and the next second you're standing up and falling asleep. What time is it now? ”

Li Huaishan looked at his watch: "It's just past twelve o'clock." I fell asleep when I was boxing because I got up too early and was already sleepy, but this time it was completely different, I suddenly fell asleep in a very awake state......"

"Shh

I turned around and made a silent gesture to Li Huaishan, and then followed the crack in the door, cautiously looking into the corridor.

I was going to close the door just now, but at the moment when I moved the door panel, I vaguely saw a person squatting in the hallway.

There was no light in the porch, only the light of the dancing fire in the room wafted through the cracks in the door, making a less recognizable silhouette emerge from the shadows of the porch.

I'm not sure if it's a crouching person, but in the mix of fire and darkness, I can only faintly discern a round head, and a very bright reflection on its eyebrows.

Probably seeing me standing motionless in front of the door for a long time, Li Huaishan asked behind him, "What's wrong with you?" ”

I turned my head to him and made a silent gesture, then quickly returned to the bed to get the flashlight, and then quickly walked to the door, turning on the flashlight and letting the beam shine straight into the dark shadows.

When the light illuminated the silhouette completely, I realized that it was a black stone sculpture, standing on its knees in the corner, its back slightly arched, and a pair of eyes facing the doorway, but the eyes were closed.

I walked over with a flashlight and took a closer look at the details on the statue.

The stonemasons must have put a lot of effort into this work, and every detail was depicted in great detail, probably to make it more realistic, and he also dressed his work in real clothes.

The upper body is a linen shirt, and the lower body is a pair of loose pants, if I remember correctly, that old Song seems to be wearing like this, and from the body type, the stone sculpture in front of him is also the same as the old Song.

I was about to see if the stone carving was wearing thick gloves on his hands, when there was a slight sound of footsteps at the top of the staircase.

I immediately took a few steps back into the room, and as I entered the door, I glanced at the stone sculpture again.

The faint light of the fire hit its face, but before it had reflected a bright light in its eyes, now it was completely dark around its eye sockets.

Old Song's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and I didn't dare to continue to delay and quickly closed the door.

Not long after the latch was wrapped around the door, the dry voice came from outside: "Eat." ”

He spoke first, then slowly knocked on the door.

I opened the door and saw Lao Song standing outside the door with a big soup bowl.

The light was dim, and I couldn't see what was in the bowl, but I could smell a very strong aroma of meat.

"What is this?" I pointed to the bowl in Lao Song's hand and asked him.

"Venison soup." As he spoke, Lao Song squeezed through the door from my side and placed the soup bowl on the table.

When he passed me, I deliberately turned my head to look at the side of his face, trying to see his eyes hidden behind his sunglasses, but he kept his face facing me, not giving me any chance to watch.

"This bowl, fifty dollars."

Old Song pointed to the soup bowl on the table, said this briefly, and then went out like a gust of wind.

When I plugged the latch back in, Li Huaishan quickly sat down at the table, opening his mouth to drink soup.

I immediately blocked Li Huaishan, motioned him not to touch the contents of the bowl, and then took out the tooth from his pocket and inserted the tooth blade into the soup.

Li Huaishan asked me on the side: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Test the poison." As I spoke, I picked up the pieces of meat that had sunk into the soup base with my teeth and looked at it carefully.

The meat in the bowl has been deliberately bone-cut, and it has been cooked so soft that it is impossible to tell what kind of meat it is.

However, the broth is indeed not poisonous, and the color of the teeth has not changed.

Li Huaishan seemed to be a little impatient, and asked me again: "How is it, is it poisonous or not?" ”

I wiped my teeth clean: "It's not poisonous, but you'd better not eat it." ”

Li Huaishan frowned and looked at me: "Why can't you eat it, this bowl of soup is so fragrant, it makes people drool when it smells, you can hold back, I can't help it." ”

I raised my chin at the soup bowl: "Don't you think, this bowl of soup is too fragrant?" Food resources are scarce here, so where do the locals get so many spices to make soup? Besides, the meat in the bowl was all boneless, and it was impossible to tell what kind of animal meat it was. ”

Li Huaishan grabbed the porcelain spoon in the soup bowl and said indifferently: "You don't care what kind of meat he has, it's just meat, as long as it's not human flesh, it's ......."

When Li Huaishan said this, I specifically pointed to the oil lamp next to the soup bowl.

He looked at the grease in the lamp pot, and thought of what he had not yet spoken, and suddenly lost his appetite, and quickly threw the spoon aside, and took the water bottle, and drank it in large gulps, as if rinsing his tongue.

I took out most of the food from my backpack and kept more than half of it for myself, and threw the remaining small part to Li Huaishan.

Li Huaishan reached out to catch the bag I threw over, looked at the big bag of food in my arms again, and asked me, "Can you eat enough?" ”

"You should be able to, are you still tired?" As I spoke, I unpacked the beef jerky and took a few more breads out of the bag.

Li Huaishan: "It's almost over." Do we only have this little bit of food, and then it's gone? ”

I patted my backpack: "There are still six big boxes of chocolates left, and there are pot candy or something, all of which are high-heat foods, but they can't be hungry." Okay, let's eat quickly, after eating, let's go out to find out. ”

Li Huaishan stuffed two or three biscuits into his mouth and asked me vaguely, "How do you want to find out?" ”

I leaned against the bamboo wall, gulped on something, and did not respond to Li Huaishan, and Li Huaishan did not ask again, and ate with his head bored.

To find out the details of this old village, where should we start?

As I ate, I wondered if I should sneak into the other bamboo buildings to see the situation first, and I also wanted to know whether the residents living in the bamboo buildings were human beings or ghosts.

And this old Song, what kind of role did he play in the village, and what kind of eyes did he have behind the black sunglasses?

Before you go out, do you want to meet this old Song first?

When, when, when!

I was thinking about this when I suddenly heard three gongs outside the window, very urgent and harsh.

Then I heard someone shouting, "Get on the lights!" ”

The voice was extremely dry, who else could it be if it wasn't Lao Song.

I immediately blew out the oil lamp, leaned over to the window, lifted the window panel a small slit, and quietly looked out.

At first, it was pitch black outside, and I could only vaguely see a few people standing directly below the window, and it wasn't long before three or four fires gathered downstairs appeared.

Each of the fires shone a few blood-like reds, illuminating the ground and the few people who surrounded the light source.

Each of them was dressed in black with a wide skirt and a large hat on their heads, and their faces could not be seen at all from where I was.

At this time, I saw a man raise a hand and shout, "Get on the light!" ”

Just listening to the voice, the person who raised his hand and shouted should be Lao Song, but Lao Song's height should be between 1.6 meters and 1.7 meters, but the person who is shouting now is at least 1.8 meters tall.

It's strange, why do two people with huge differences in height and weight have exactly the same voice?

No, not only the voice, but also the breath and the rhythm of the speech are exactly the same.