"Yes. The last time I met someone from their village at the bus station, they said that the couple made a lot of money there. Hey, the lame man went to someone's house to make trouble before, and asked their family to give them some more dowry, but when it was less, he asked them to give him his daughter's money. The two almost fought. ”

"That's right. Master, have you ever heard of what their shop in Minqing is called and where it opens? ”

"I don't know. His house is well hidden, and those women go and don't say anything when they come back. There are some people who know. But the people outside the village, they don't know. People have a way to make a fortune, and they won't shout everywhere and let others rob it. ”

The scene pans back to the outside of the car.

The road ahead remains tortuous and difficult.

The video was edited, and the next second, the car stopped, at the foot of a mountain.

The driver's voice rang out again, "Go from this road, follow this road, and you can get there." If you want a car when you come out, call me. Don't use your mobile phone, there is no signal in this mountain, you spend some money and borrow their phone to call. ”

"Okay, thank you, master."

The car seemed to fall apart, and with the sound of parts rubbing, it turned around and left.

The wagons were full of potholes, and the van drove out of the frame.

The screen turns to a mountain path. The road doesn't look like it's been built, it's been trodden. The bare dirt was trampled and stretched forward into the mountain forest. There are some wheel prints and hoof prints of animals on the road surface.

"It's remote." Liu Miao sighed, "Fortunately, the spirit didn't come." ”

"Be careful." Ye Qing said.

"Well, I know the boss. This place ......" Liu Miao paused, "You say, those women ......"

"It's not going to be a serious business." Ye Qing said a word, and his back appeared in the picture, moving along the dirt road.

"Yes. Nangong also found out, this village is too backward, just a village primary school, maybe the whole village is semi-literate, and ......" Liu Miao paused again.

"Refuse to build roads, refuse to apply for poor villages, refuse to send people from outside to be village heads, do not accept any propaganda work, newborns are delivered by people in the village, and do not ......do population registration," Ye Qing said one by one, sneering.

"Is there something hidden in their village? Otherwise, there is no need to be so xenophobic...... They are not really xenophobic either, and people in the village can go out. Liu Miao said suspiciously.

"Do you feel anything?" Ye Qing suddenly asked.

Liu Miao moved the camera to photograph the surrounding mountains and forests.

You can hear the birds chirping in the forest.

"Nope. There is no yin energy. ”

"There is no spirit." Ye Qing added.

The camera brushed on Ye Qing's back.

"Boss, you mean ......" Liu Miao looked stunned.

"The spirit of this place is dead. It's no different from the city. Ye Qing said lightly.

"By the way, boss, have you been to that kind of place......" Liu Miao suddenly said.

The two walked for a while.

Liu Miao asked again: "How did the spirit of this place die?" Because of Sanya's husband? ”

Ye Qing shook his head, "I don't know." The mountains and forests have not been destroyed, there is no problem with the land, and it is the people here who have the problem. ”

The two moved on.

The mountain path was supposed to be upward, but after a while, it sloped downwards again. This dirt road in the forest seems to go around the mountain, leading to the other side of the mountain.

The footsteps of the two suddenly stopped.

The camera pans to the woods to the right, changes focus, and searches around.

The sound was amplified to the point that the wind, the chirping of birds, and the rustle of leaves became harsh.

The tracks seem to have been processed and all deleted.

The rustling was still there, but it was some noise of electronics.

In the midst of that noise, a faint cry came out.

Ye Qing walked down from the dirt road, stepping on the grass and dirt with some difficulty into the woods. He grabbed the trunk of the tree and advanced one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The grass was dewy and a little slippery.

Liu Miao also immediately followed.

The camera begins to shake.

The audio track of the video is restored.

Liu Miao's voice sounded: "Boss, what is that?" ”

"Mountain ghosts, or...... Mountain spirits. Ye Qing replied, and his feet slipped.

"Boss!" Liu Miao shouted.

Ye Qing held on to the trunk of the tree and stopped, "It's okay." ”

He looked up.

Liu Miao walked up to him.

Ye Qing's figure disappeared from the picture. The camera droops a little, and the picture becomes a meadow and a forest.

"Cramps, still ......," Liu Miao asked.

"No, it's that thing, we're not allowed to come close." Ye Qing's voice sank a little.

"How so?" Liu Miao was incredulous.

The camera panned a few times, and the sound of something rubbing against the grass rang out.

"Hiss-" Liu Miao gasped, "This place ......"

"It should be the mountain spirit. It's not completely dead, it's about to turn into a ghost. Ye Qing said, "Okay, let's go to that Shanzitun first." ”

The two turned back. When I got back to the dirt road, it was much smoother.

"Boss, that thing ......" Liu Miao pointed the camera at the mountains and forests again, worried.

"It's okay for the time being. We've got to speed it up. Ye Qing said.

After that, the camera moves a little faster. The camera is no longer held flat, often facing the ground.

Liu Miao and Ye Qing's voices would sound from time to time.

"Boss, what do you think the mountain spirits over here will look like? You've met a tiger before. ”

"Hmm. Look at the environment here, it's not animals, it should be people. It's more likely to be a woman. ”

"I don't know if the people here will sacrifice...... It must be no longer a sacrifice now, otherwise that thing wouldn't have cried and become like this. ”

"She's not necessarily crying. The language of spirits is different from ours. ”

"That's ......"

……

"What will happen if she becomes a ghost? Swallowing people like that tiger? ”

"Not necessarily. If you appear in the form of a human being, you will be close to the person when you do something. ”

……

"Did Minqing originally have a mountain spirit? Or the river spirit of the Luoqu River? ”

Xuan Qing said that the Luoqu River had a river spirit thousands of years ago. A thousand years ago, the Luoqu River flooded the entire plain. That time, it may be when the river spirit becomes a ghost. Minqing has been without a spirit since very early on. ”

……

"What about the spirit formed by the mind of man?"

"Same. Mountain spirits, river spirits, these spirits born from the land also have desires. Eventually, it will turn into a disaster. ”

"If this is not my race, must its heart be different?"

"You can think of it as a conflict between creatures for survival."

……

"Here we are."

Ye Qing said.

The camera was held up and pointed at the front of the mountain road.

A village appears in the shot.

The houses of the cottages are all made of wood, and they still retain a bit of ancient style.

But there are also modern power lines in the village.

The thick telephone poles were out of place in this place, and the black wires seemed to have more wounds and scabs in the sky.

Behind the village, there are patches of neat farmland.

The people in the fields, wearing undershirts and shorts, are all elderly people with short hair.

It seems to be a node in the process of change, where modern and ancient elements are mixed together.

The camera suddenly turned 180 degrees to photograph the mountains, forests and mountain roads.

The whining cry came from the mountains and forests, clearer and louder than before.

Addendum 17.

Because I have to go out on the weekend, I will save the manuscript in these two days, and there are only four changes.

Good night everyone~

(End of chapter)