Chapter 198: Yellow Skin Lantern
Gu Shuo saw that he had no way to explore, so he could only bring people into the village first, everyone knew that they were going to enter the village, and they all cheered up, Fan Xiaoxi and Chen Hong were more familiar with each other last time, and they took out their pistols and touched the darkness and led everyone to approach Majia Village little by little.
Majia Village is very quiet, not even a dog barks, Gu Shuo took out a gossip plate and a pair of heavenly pupils kept looking around every move, there was indeed no figure, only the sound of whirring wind and the sound of tree branches rubbing, the village is really not big, standing on the north side of the village, you can see the south side of the village at a glance, and there are also a few graves on the periphery of the village, but there is not even a tombstone, just a few bricks and a piece of yellow paper.
"When you enter the village, you have to listen to me for everything, and remember not to act privately." Gu Shuo saw that he was about to enter the village, so he hurriedly instructed the few people who were still alive.
After a series of events, the few people who were alive didn't refute Gu Shuo, and now their understanding was 'If you don't listen to Gu Shuo's words, you will suffer in front of you.' ’
The avenue of the village is two or three meters wide and narrow, the path is horizontal and vertical, the houses are two yards together, most of them are mud houses, and the best ones are red bricks and mud to make the house.
Not only Gu Shuo saw it, but the other five people also had their mouths half open, staring at the figure walking in, the figure was very thin, the coat was made of ordinary coarse cloth, nothing special except for dirty and torn, that person's left leg was a cripple, but the speed of walking was not slow.
"Gu Shuo." Fan Xiaoxi pulled Gu Shuo, and then opened the pistol safety again, as if asking if he wanted to shoot a warning.
Gu Shuo shook his head, this person is not a dead person, Gu Shuo can see at a glance, he is not a dead person, and he is still carrying a lantern in his hand, obviously he is here to greet his group, since he is here to greet him, why shoot to scare him?
Finally, the man stopped two meters in front of the six people with a lantern, and everyone except Gu Shuo couldn't help but gasp, this person was an old man, and it was initially determined that it was an old man, because his face was covered with sores and small sarcomas, and his facial features were difficult to see clearly, and the only place where he could judge his age was the sparse white hair.
His thin fingers were like a dry branch on a dead tree, which would break if he touched it, and his hands clutched the scale rod the thickness of the baby's arm, and at one end of the scale rod was a yellowed yellow lantern, which seemed to be homemade, and there were many patches on it.
"What are you here for?" The hoarse voice made Gu Shuo feel a little uncomfortable to listen to, every time the old man opened his mouth, a little yellow liquid would flow out, and a mouthful of black teeth was lying in his mouth incompletely, and the stench could be smelled by the six people who were far away.
Gu Shuo was still smiling, after seeing the old man, Gu Shuo's face was obviously very bad, this old man is not dead and is not a walking corpse or something, but the corpse oil flowing out of his mouth is genuine, Gu Shuo instantly flashed a thought in his heart, could it be that this old man eats dead corpses?
"We are from the National Security Bureau, and we have received orders that there have been many bizarre cases in your company, so we are here to investigate." Chen Hong took out his ID and lit it up.
"Haha, it's not a mountain bandit, the folks are fine, it's okay." The old man smiled and beckoned around.
Suddenly, the six people found that people began to appear in the corners and corners of the surrounding areas, there were children and women, there were old people and strong men, and they all began to move closer to the six people, Fan Xiaoxi frowned, she thought that the level of investigation was very high, but just now all the way into the village did not find so many people hiding in the corners and corners.
All of them were in disarray, and they all carried a yellow lantern in their hands.
"What kind of custom is this? Why everyone is carrying a yellow lantern in their hands, it's too weird. Sun Kai shuddered and elbowed the old seat.
Lao Xi also nodded again and again, "Yes, look at the watch, it's not night yet, Majia Village is as dark as midnight, and the people in Majia Village are all like mummies, is this a ghost domain?" ”
Chen Hong took Zhang Bao and heard the conversation between Lao Xi and Sun Kai, and snorted coldly, "Shut up, I'll be locked up when I go back to talking nonsense!" After speaking, he said to the old man, "Old man, are you the head or secretary of this village?" ”
The old man shook his head: "What is the secretary?" I'm the head of this village, so you've come all the way to get tired. ”
Chen Hong hurriedly said, "Uncle Village Chief, my colleague was injured in a car accident on the way here, can you arrange a house to live in first?" "The most important thing now is to treat Zhang Bao's injuries, although Lao Xi has stopped the bleeding for him, but I don't know if it will be infected in such a messy place.
When the village chief heard this, he immediately picked up the lantern and leaned in front of Zhang Bao, and said, "You don't know how to pay attention, this mountain road is not easy to walk, you should be more careful, you can find an empty yard for a few people to lead the way, and by the way, pick a bucket of water and send it to them." The village chief shouted to a man in his forties and fifties carrying a large gong.
The man quickly answered, lifted the yellow lantern in front of him, and began to lead the way.
The sixty or so people gradually dispersed, along the way, Fan Xiaoxi and Chen Hong wanted to ask the old man called Erbao something, but they all let Gu Shuo give a look to interrupt, the yard assigned to them was in the northwest corner of the village, a mud house made of mud mixed with hay, the fence of the yard was only half a meter higher, the size of the yard was only three or four meters, and the windows in the house were sealed with old newspapers and plastic bags, although it was simple but at least not leaky.
There is only one row of houses in the courtyard, and there are three rooms in the house, a master bedroom, an auxiliary bedroom, and a small living room.
In the middle of the two bedrooms is the living room, the living room can be said to be smaller than the auxiliary bedroom, two benches and a wooden board with two stones in the center, the second cake opened the courtyard door and hung the lantern at the door, after entering the house, the three oil lamps in the house were lit, and then one was placed in each room.
Lao Xi still muttered, what age is this still using wick oil lamps, Chen Hong glared at Lao Xi, and Lao Xi closed his mouth.
"The toilet is in the northernmost corner of the yard, I will go to pick up a bucket of water for a while, the quilt pillow bed is available, the towels and the basin are under the bed in the West House (auxiliary bedroom), I am poor and have no electric light, not to mention, the oil lamp also has to be saved, so a room will be divided for you, if it is cold at night, cover a few more layers of quilts, we don't open the stove this night, so you also have to take care of it." After saying that, he turned around and went out.
Without Gu Shuo to speak, Chen Hong helped Zhang Bao to sit down, and then motioned to Lao Xi to look at Zhang Bao, and then took Sun Kai to investigate the situation in the two bedrooms.
There is nothing abnormal, the bed is quite clean, the quilt is laid and Zhang Bao is allowed to lie down on the master bed first, Zhang Bao just lay down the second cake and came back with a bucket of water, poured the water into the big vat at the door, and was about to leave.