Chapter 38: The Ins and Outs

Daikin turned on his headlamp and held it in his hand. The mottled bloodstains were even more eerie in the yellow light, and I finally understood why it was so quiet outside. I'm afraid something terrible will happen in this town when we leave.

Finally avoiding the flesh, he fumbled and turned on the light. The whole small restaurant was lit up, and Daikin and I were even more frightened, the walls were splattered with flesh and blood, and there was a large pool of thick blood in the center of the collapsed tables and chairs, which had not completely dried up.

We looked for a week and found no body, the ground was littered with footprints, and it seemed that someone had hastily cleaned it up. Dajin said: "I'm afraid it was cleaned up, and it will only take a day for us to leave, this murder should have happened in half a day, let's go find someone to ask." ”

I nodded, and searched the small restaurant with Daikin again, and the mezzanine in the restaurant was also smashed by some terrifying huge thing. I looked at the mess and something came to mind.

As Daikin turned around, it was true that no body was found. We quietly retreated, looking around for residents to ask. This small restaurant is in a good location, it is the only commercial street in Wudenberg, but as soon as we came out, we found that the shops near this restaurant were closed doors, the lights were dark, and there seemed to be no one inside.

After looking around, I finally found the nearest shop, which was unusual, the light was still on, the door was ajar, and business was still waiting. But we lingered at the door, hesitating to enter.

Because this is a shroud shop, there are two paper horses at the door, and a faded blue antique shroud hangs on the pillar at the door, fluttering back and forth with the night breeze, and from a distance it looks like a person hanging from a high place.

Dajin gritted his teeth and reluctantly smiled: "What the hell are you afraid of, if you calculate it carefully, we are all dead people's wealth, and we can be regarded as peers." He walked in with stiff steps. I also kept up, the store is not big, it is full of tied paper people and paper horses, there are a few large plastic wreaths squatting in the corner, and there is a small counter in the middle of the paper people and paper horses, and there are some gold ingots on the counter. An old man in his sixties was wearing reading glasses and seriously folding gold ingots, and when we came in, he didn't even notice it.

Knowing that we walked to the counter, he heard the movement, glanced at us, and said lightly: "What does the guest officer want?" After saying that, he went to stack the gold ingots again.

I saw that although the old man had an indifferent attitude, he did not look like a wicked person when he looked at his eyebrows, and said tentatively: "Fellow, we don't buy anything, is there something wrong with our fort?" ”

When the old man heard this, his hand stopped, and he continued to fold the ingots and said: "I see that you two should be strangers, let's ask less about things, the fort has not been peaceful recently, you can find a place to rest overnight, and leave early tomorrow." ”

Dajin listened to what the old man said, seemed to understand the truth, and even took out a cigarette and handed it over, saying while handing it over: "Fellow, we had a meal at Boss Zheng's restaurant before, and I saw that he was a good person, but when I came back this time, I found that the flesh and blood were blurred inside, what happened, and asked the fellow to solve the puzzle, so as to save us from itching......

The old man knocked down the cigarette in Dajin's hand and scolded: "How dare you smoke tobacco here? What should I do if I burn my belongings? Monkey business! ”

Dajin was not annoyed by the old man's scolding for a while, picked up the cigarette on the ground, put it to his ear, and said, "Uncle, you can tell us about it...... So, if you tell us, we'll buy two wreaths and go out to pay tribute to the untended graves outside the village, which will be considered a little merit for you, what do you think? ”

The old man threw the folded gold ingots in his hand into the plastic bag, glanced at the hour, and then said: "It's still early today, and my store is not open yet, okay, I'll just talk to you for a while." As he spoke, he took out two small ponies from the paper man, threw them on the ground, and motioned for us to sit down.

We sat down, and the old man said, "If you want to buy wreaths, you don't have to go to those wild graves, just give them to that Zheng Zhong...... Oh, it's the owner of the restaurant......"

With these words, we immediately jumped up from the mazar in shock, looked at each other, and Dajin said, "You mean to say that Zheng Zhong is dead?" ”

The old man said lightly: "Otherwise? He provoked the mountain god, and naturally he could not avoid retribution. ”

The old man's words were amazing, this old man had never been mentioned by Zheng Zhong from beginning to end, how could he know some inside stories? Could it be that this old man is also an insider, who knows what we don't know?

I grabbed the old man's hand, it was summer, but the old man's hand was cold. I hurriedly said, "Uncle, what's going on, why don't you say it quickly...... What mountain gods? ”

The old man hurriedly broke free of my hand and said, "What are you anxious about?" I don't think you have too much sorrow for Zheng Zhong's death, and you are so concerned about his life and death, I think he also has an enmity with you, right? ”

When this sentence came out, I almost knelt down for the old man. What this guy said is too accurate, he is more blind than Li at the gate of the Chenghuang Temple.

Dajin was as anxious as I was, and nodded at the old man again and again: "Uncle, no, old fairy, how do you know?" ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "What kind of old immortal am I, I just guess that you have a grudge, do you know that the ten ** in this village hate him in their bones, but they are afraid of the evil magic he masters...... Since you have a real enmity with him, I will not hide it. ”

Seeing that the old man finally opened the conversation, Dajin and I hurriedly sat down and listened to the old man quietly.

It turned out that Zheng Zhong was not from this village, but a foreigner who moved in a year ago, and opened a small restaurant in the local area with his wife and daughter. At first, people saw that Zheng Zhong was loyal and the food was cheap, and the small restaurant was once full and there were no empty seats. But there are many people, especially in restaurants and other places, where a ruffian from the local Gang of Young Sons drank too much wine, lifted three tables in a row, and threatened to kill Zheng Zhong's family.

At that time, Zheng Zhong's face was ugly, and we all thought that the people from the Shaozi Gang had drunk too much, and only advised him not to pay too much attention to it. Unexpectedly, the next day, the ruffian hanged himself on a tree outside the village, and his death was terrifying. The people in the village are rumored to be Zheng Zhonghui's evil arts, and he killed the ruffian with a grudge. The rumors grew so strong that no one dared to eat in his restaurant at all.

It's strange to say that Lao Hai, the young son gang who has always been eager to repay him, did not pursue the matter, and Zheng Zhong still insisted on the small restaurant for some reason, and it didn't take long for Zheng Zhong's wife to get sick and die. Everyone said that he had retribution for his indiscriminate use of evil magic. Since then, Zheng Zhong has rarely had contact with outsiders, and he has been haunted all day long, and it is said that some people have even seen him catch insects in the wild and stuff them into his mouth......

Most of us have heard Lao Hai say what the old man said, but we never expected that this Zheng Zhong would be a foreigner! Now we sniffed out something unusual, what normal person would go to this poor place to open a restaurant? We made a preconceived mistake of believing too much in Jung Jong's words. As soon as what he said and what Lao Hai said, we thought it was the truth, but as everyone knows, in fact, he also hid something from us.

As a result, there are many loopholes in what Zheng Zhong said to us before...... He once said that he had seen the tragedy in the back mountains when he was young, and he was probably afraid that we would be suspicious and repeat hearsay. However, since he is not a local, where did he come from, when he arrived here, he couldn't do business and simply closed his doors, why did he keep supporting the loss-making business? Perhaps, Zheng Zhong himself fell in love with the things in this piercing tomb......

Little by little, the veil of Zheng Zhong was lifted......

Seeing that we had reacted from our thoughts, the old man continued.

Originally, Zheng Zhong acted withdrawn, so naturally no one would provoke him. But it was a coincidence that a group of people broke in some time ago, these people didn't know Zheng Zhong's terror, and a team of people rushed into his restaurant, and then Zheng Zhong actually took them into Wangchuan Slope. What exactly happened inside, no one knows. I only knew that a dozen of them were buried in it, and only Zheng Zhong and the three leaders ran out.

Lao Hai of the Shaozi Gang only heard that they had won the treasure in Wangpier, so he intercepted the three people and robbed them of all their property. Of course, Lao Hai didn't dare to touch Zheng Zhong, but Zheng Zhong didn't know what ** soup he poured into Lao Hai, which caused Lao Hai to rush in with all the people of the Young Sons Gang, and in the end, only Zheng Zhong and the crazy Lao Hai ran out......

Speaking of this, the old man burst into tears: "My stupid lone seedling is also in the gang of young sons, I have long persuaded him, looking through the slope is a mountain temple, stealing the things of the mountain god is to be punished, who knows that this rabbit cub just doesn't listen." I had to fool around with the old sea, and I was taken in by the mountain god together. Lao Hai was crazy and hanged himself a few days ago. Only Zheng Zhong knew what was going on, but the horror of Lao Hai's death, and the rumors in the village were even more powerful, so no one dared to ask him. Most of the people in the Young Sons Gang are babies in our town, so it's so unclear. ”

When I saw the old man's tearful appearance, I couldn't help but sympathize with him, and comforted him: "People can't be resurrected after death, you have to take care of your body, and the wicked Zheng Zhong may also get the retribution he deserves, right?" ”

The old man nodded heavily: "At noon today, the guy in the restaurant ran out in a madness, saying that he saw a big black snake." By the time we went in to take a look, Zheng Zhong had already been gnawed by something, and he couldn't die anymore. Ask the guy again, he's gone crazy and just keeps shouting about the big black snake...... But we didn't see any big black snakes, and we didn't even hear any movement. I guess it was Zheng Zhong who stole the things of the mountain god, and it was finally his turn to take retribution. The people in the town are afraid that there is really a big black snake hurting people, and they don't even dare to go out at night, all of them are cowards, I am not afraid, my grandfather once told me, my mountain gods only eat the wicked, I have always believed it, so I was never afraid. The old man's face showed a look of relief.

Da Jin and I looked at each other, could it be that the perpetrator was the black snake that pierced through? It's no wonder that we wandered around the meadow for a long time without disturbing it, because it wasn't at home at all. What puzzles me is that Zheng Zhong's restaurant is on the street, how does the big black snake with the thickness of a bucket avoid everyone's eyes? In this way, this black snake already has the ability to be close to a demon, and it will be afraid of my little wicked seal, which shows its extraordinary.

After the old man finished speaking, we often let out a breath, and our eyes were full of joy. The last threat was eliminated, and our trip was very rewarding. A breath of depression in his chest exhaled, and his body was much lighter. I bowed to the old man again and again: "Thank you, old man, this damn mountain god is really powerful......"

I fell in love with the dedicated black snake again, and I had forgotten that I had almost been swallowed by it not long ago.

Dajin forced some money into the old man, but the old man shirked it but reluctantly accepted it, and said: "It's a happy event that Zheng Zhong died, but it's ...... I heard from the people in the village that Lin Shan, an old hunter at the east end of the village, also had an accident, and it seems that he has committed the taboo of the mountain god......"

"What?!" Daikin and I screamed at the same time.

I anxiously asked the old man, "Lin Shan also had an accident?" ”

The old man nodded: "It is said that it is the same as Zheng Zhong, and he was eaten cleanly...... Did he do something taboo too? It shouldn't be......" The old man muttered to himself, but I spread my legs and ran out of the shroud shop, recognizing the direction and running straight to the cabin in the forest mountain.

Lin Shan is dead, Lin Fanyin doesn't know anything, she went home alone, she has just come back from Wangpiercing, she is alone and has no armor, in case a big black snake seeks revenge......

Sanskrit!