The orchard in Changqian Village is located on a piece of land that has been cultivated by people halfway up the mountainside, and the orchard is separated by a fence more than two people high, and the thick wooden planks are interspersed with staggered steel bars.

"There are no other people in this mountain, and there are no wild beasts, so why build such a high fence?" Judy walked along the mountain road to the gate of the orchard, and at a glance saw the fence of the two people in the orchard that was nearly four meters high, and couldn't help but say this.

Jun Chengzong also noticed the strange fence of the orchard, took a look, and guessed: "Maybe there is something in the mountain, go in and have a look." With that, Jun Chengzong pushed open the gate of the orchard and walked in first.

It stands to reason that there will be people watching the orchard here during the day, but maybe the people watching the garden patrolled it, and Jun Chengzong and they walked in with such a swagger without any hindrance.

The Changqian orchard occupies almost the entire halfway up the mountain, and the area is quite large, and from the moment they enter the orchard, there are lush fruit trees as far as the eye can see.

It is admirable that Changqian Village has the ability to reclaim such a large piece of mountainous land, but such an orchard alone is still not enough to support the expenses of more than 200 people in Changqian Village, and there must be problems here.

However, as they approached the hinterland of the orchard, something caught their attention.

A scarecrow perched on a clearing.

The scarecrow was fixed to a large cross, with his head hanging like a condemned prisoner.

This scarecrow is much taller than the usual scarecrow, and the tattered clothes on his body and the low brim of his hat make this scarecrow look as if he has nailed a person to the cross at first glance, and it looks a little permeable during the day.

What's even more remarkable is that a normal scarecrow has nothing on his body but clothes, but this scarecrow has a sharp scythe tied to his right hand.

"This ......" Judy saw this scarecrow, and her whole body was unspeakably uncomfortable.

Jun Chengzong looked at the scythe on the scarecrow's right hand, frowned unconsciously, and immediately raised his left hand and brought the dice close to the scarecrow.

As a result, the dice really reacted, and a cold touch passed down Jun Chengzong's wrist, and this cold touch was different from the mysterious spirit body he had experienced before.

This completely unfamiliar coolness made Jun Chengzong pull his hand back suddenly, looking at the scarecrow in horror, his lips buzzing, not knowing what he was saying.

Just as Jun Chengzong was about to say something, Judy had already leaned towards the scarecrow, only to see her pull out the obsidian dagger at her waist, remove the ragged clothes wrapped around the scarecrow, whistle, and say to Jun Chengzong behind her: "I think we have found the missing Zhu Jianling." ”

"Huh?" Jun Chengzong also followed, but saw that inside the scarecrow's clothes, several rusty evil god worship ornaments were impressively visible, which were the punk-style decorations hanging on Zhu Jianling's body on the missing person notice.

With this discovery, there is no doubt that all of Jun Chengzong's previous speculations have been confirmed, not only Zhu Jianling, but also all the people who disappeared nearby before are related to this scarecrow.

Jun Chengzong looked at the scarecrow again, and then said to Judy: "There is a quite powerful spirit in the body of this scarecrow, be careful......"

However, before Jun Chengzong could finish speaking, Judy interrupted him and pointed to the ground with the dagger in his hand.

Seeing Judy's movements, Jun Chengzong looked down and immediately understood what Judy meant.

At first, when Jun Chengzong saw this scarecrow, he thought that he had specially cleared a large open space for the purpose of setting up this scarecrow, but now that he looks, there are not only no trees in this clearing, but even weeds, I am afraid that it has nothing to do with this scarecrow.

"Contaminated land?" A word popped up in Jun Chengzong's mind, which corresponded to the place they were at this time.

Judy nodded, not saying anything more.

The term "polluted land" was originally a religious term for land that was polluted by mysterious spirits so that no plant could survive.

Contaminated land is more common in cemeteries, and the most obvious feature is that there is no grass, and no plants can survive on the polluted land.

Jun Chengzong's position at this time happens to be a scarecrow as the center of the circle, a few meters away from the grass on the land, if this is not a polluted land, then I am afraid there is no other explanation.

Sure enough, the problem was with this scarecrow.

"When I was in the Psychic Society, did you hear about any research on the legend of the scarecrow?" Judy looked at Jun Chengzong, in the Psychic Association, Jun Chengzong's hard work in researching the materials was obvious to all.

Therefore, there are many psychic mediums who are generally not accustomed to checking information, but directly consult Jun Chengzong.

Jun Chengzong looked at the scarecrow, pondered for a moment, and said: "There is only one legend of the hunchback man related to the scarecrow, but it is very different from the current situation, I'm afraid it's not the same thing." ”

"The Humpback Man was hunting, but now it seems that this scarecrow is very likely to be a sacrifice." Jun Chengzong sighed lightly and said.

Judging from the information they have now, all the missing people are missing at a fixed time every month, and every time there is a missing incident, it is a man and a woman, so Jun Chengzong made a conjecture of sacrifice.

However, if it is really a sacrifice, then the time they are at this time is probably the time of the sacrifice every month!

"Is there any way to kill this thing?" Judy understood what Jun Chengzong meant, and immediately asked.

In her opinion, if such a thing appears, wouldn't it be enough to kill it directly?

Jun Chengzong shook his head, it wasn't that he didn't want to kill this evil scarecrow, just because, they didn't have an exact understanding of this kind of thing now, how could they know the way to kill this thing?

In addition to demons and fringe spirits, there are also these other evil spirits in this world, and if you can't find the right way to deal with these things, it will only backfire, and may even cause unnecessary casualties.

Just as Jun Chengzong and Judy were about to figure out what this scarecrow was, several people hurriedly walked in the direction of Jun Chengzong and them.

"Hey! Who are you and what are you doing here!? Chen Changqing, the village head, hurried over with a group of people, and the people behind Chen Changqing were still holding all kinds of hoes and other things in their hands, as if they were catching thieves.

Seeing this posture, Jun Chengzong hurriedly protected Judy behind him, while Judy quietly put away the obsidian dagger so as not to cause misunderstanding.

However, the villagers led by Chen Changqing were extremely angry, looking as if Jun Chengzong had stolen their money.

"Calm down, everyone, and listen to me!" Jun Chengzong put on a gesture of no malice, trying to appease the angry villagers.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, an acquaintance hurriedly ran over and said to Chen Changqing: "Village chief, you have misunderstood!" "It was none other than Chen Muzhi, who helped Jun Chengzong repair the car.