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Zhong Kui didn't disturb Xia Laohan's babbling, he was silent like a well-behaved dog, lying quietly beside his master. In addition to erecting the ear wheel to listen to the story told by the old man, he also had to be vigilant at all times to all kinds of movements around him.

News of an outbreak of the plague in Menling Village spread, but it was immediately strictly forbidden by some people to disclose the matter.

Menling Village is forbidden, people inside can't go out, and people outside can't go in.

Menling Village became an isolated island and lost contact with the outside world.

Xia Laohan wanted to go to see his daughter several times, but he was ruthlessly blocked on the mountain road leading to Menling Village. Guarding this level are some activists, dressed in one-color grass green military uniforms, with serious expressions and meticulous checks on passers-by, and anyone who wants to enter Menling Village cannot pass.

In the last month of the outbreak of the plague in Menling Village, the people at the checkpoint changed their costumes, all wearing black masks, revealing only a pair of bony rolling eyes.

Looking at this posture, no one dared to go to Menling Village to find out, and no one dared to take risks to confront these guys alone.

Xia Laohan thought that his daughter didn't want to think about tea and food, and finally caught the only rooster in the family and gave it to the important figure in the village. In exchange for the opportunity to visit and take a look, and this opportunity can only be peeked at from a distance on the hillside.

Xia Laohan came to Menling Village early with someone to a high place where you could view the entire village, that is, the high place where Zhong Kui saw the village like a boat!

What Xia Laohan saw was that the village was in a state of chaos and commotion. People were panicking, running around, and many people were seen chasing a girl.

The girl didn't cry, but ran desperately. Xia Laohan was very sympathetic to the girl, so he called out to the people who were watching from a high place to help save the girl.

Xia Laohan really wanted to take a look at the girl he rescued, but helplessly, the time for him to visit his relatives had already been exceeded. Those wearing black masks ruthlessly ordered him to leave this place quickly.

Half a month later, Xia Laohan learned that all the people in Menling Village had died of the plague, including his daughter.

That night, Xia Laohan had insomnia, and he remembered that when his wife gave birth to his daughter and went west, he repeatedly told him to love his daughter and make her happy.

Xia Laohan, who never cried easily, cried a lot that night, and fell asleep when he was tired of crying. In his sleep, he saw his daughter, who had come home to fetch water for her father.

That is, from that day on, Xia Laohan's water tank was always full.

"Have you ever been to Menling Village again?" Zhong Kui, who had been frowning and silent, asked out loud.

"When I went, the reservoir in the village dried up, and a lot of sand was filled, and then a lot of strange willow trees grew. The girl's home, after a heavy rainstorm, collapsed. ”

Zhong Kui furrowed his eyebrows, and said to himself: "The reservoir is filled with sand? Then he suddenly remembered something, looked thoughtfully at the cluster of newly raised shoots in the field and said, "There really isn't a survivor in that village?" And where are their bones? I went to see the cemetery in Menling Village, but there were no bones of them. ”

Xia Laohan smacked the smoke pot and said noncommittally: "Maybe their bones are buried in an unknown place!" I tried to find my daughter's bones, but I couldn't find them. ”

Is there a problem with the landfilled reservoir? Zhong Kui thought alone, his eyes still staring at the young shoot in a daze. The girl Xia Laohan just talked about should be vanilla.

Is it possible that all the people in Menling Village have died? Zhong Kui fell into deep contemplation. Then he turned his head and looked at Xia Laohan with a serious demeanor and said, "Are you sure that the people in Menling Village are dead?" Looking at the blank expression on Xia Laohan's face, he hurriedly added: "Of course I am an outsider, maybe I am destined to escape this catastrophe, otherwise I can't talk to you now." ”

Zhong Kui saw up close that one or two of Old Man Xia's sparse eyebrows were particularly long. He once heard his father say that if there are long eyebrows in a person's eyebrows, that is a symbol of longevity.

"Who gave you those skills you did?" Xia Laohan avoided the topic that Zhong Kui asked, but deliberately made a detour to point out.

"What am I capable of?" Zhong Kui said with a confused expression.

Xia Laohan's skin was like a tree branch, pitted and uneven, and there were beads of sweat hidden in the folds. As soon as the folds are stretched slightly, the beads of sweat will roll out automatically. At this moment, he looked at Zhong Kui with a peaceful face and a warm tone in his tone and asked, "The medicine you prepared ...... There are also three watches in the middle of the night to dig earthworms in the soil to make medicine primers, how do you know so much at a young age? ”

"Hmm! It was all given to me by my father. At the mention of his father, Zhong Kui's face became gloomy, and his heart ached as if he had been pricked by a needle. At the same time, I felt that Xia Laohan also said that he was not a simple character, and he was secretly observing his actions. Later, how could he sleepwalk?

"Hmmm! Your father is good, I have heard about it for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him. I once came to our village to cut off the dead people, and the character is absolute. ”

The contemplative Zhong Kui listened to Xia Laohan's evaluation of his father, and his heart was sweet. To be honest, it was really difficult for him to hear someone praise his father so much, and he suddenly felt that Xia Laohan was very kind, and the distance between him and him was also shortened a lot.

The mountain wind blew, causing the white hair in front of Old Xia's forehead to tremble. At night, under the raging wind of the mountains, the sky and the sun appear in the smoky villages and forests.

Xia Laohan glanced at Zhong Kui as he stood up. Slowly spit out a sentence and said: "The tiger and leopard are unbearable to ride, and the human heart is separated from the belly." When he said this, he looked careless, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was saying something to him next to him. After picking up the household belongings on the ground, he added: "I heard that there were screams in Menling Village that night, and later there were rumors that Menling Village was not a plague, but a neurotic madman who killed the rest of Menling Village overnight. ”

When Zhong Kui heard this, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly followed Xia Laohan's side and asked, "Is the madman a man or a woman?" When did this rumor happen? ”

Zhong Kui's voice did not fall, "Ahem! Xia Laohan coughed twice in succession. Just as he coughed twice, two men flashed out of their path. One is Chen Zhiqing, the captain of the investigation team who has a relationship with Zhong Kui, and the other is Zhong Hansheng, the minister of armed forces who went and returned.

Zhong Hansheng brought Chen Zhiqing here, mainly because he saw that Liu Wengen was in a bad mental state, and then he didn't worry about Zhong Kui.

Therefore, Chen Zhiqing, who had just arrived in the county seat from City A, asked Zhong Hansheng to see Zhong Kui immediately.

When Zhong Hansheng saw Zhong Kui giving Xia Laohan together, and the other three were not present. Naturally, he wanted to ask, and as soon as he asked, Zhong Kui told him how the three of them joked and chased.

Zhong Kui's words made Zhong Hansheng unable to step down, and caused Chen Zhiqing to be very dissatisfied with Liu Wengen and Zhong Hansheng.

Chen Zhiqing was very dissatisfied with the unauthorized arrangement of the Minister of Armed Forces, no matter what happened to Liu Wengen, as long as he was well, he should not leave Zhong Kui at this moment.

The whereabouts of the three are now unknown, and Zhong Hansheng is very anxious. It was really a hurried wind hitting the slow Langzhong, but Xia Laohan said unhurriedly: "It's okay, they have legs and feet and know how to come back." ”

Zhong Hansheng was not, his gaze as if he was afraid of something kept scanning Zhong Kui, who was talking to Chen Zhiqing.