Chapter Forty-Eight: Sacrificing His Life
I frantically rushed to the location of the cemetery in my memory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info was even more dumbfounded when he got there, there was no cemetery, only a thatched wasteland.
I panicked, tears rolled in my eyes, I wiped it with my sleeve, looked around in circles, and shouted loudly: "Senior brother! Yaochen! Where are you?" But it was quiet, and there wasn't even a crow.
Where can they be? Where else can I go? Family! That's right, go home!
I hurried home. Reality struck me again, there were no residents, but an inn. The market is still there, but the unfamiliar shops are completely different from the ones I remember. I walked back and forth a few times, but I didn't find Chen Kee Pharmacy.
I went back to the mountain and wanted to go to the temple and ask the abbot. But there is no temple on the mountain!
I stood in the wind of hunting, looking at the familiar cliffs in the back mountain, helpless and helpless.
It was as if I had lost everything overnight.
Everything has changed, only this night has not changed, and it is also a moonless dark night.
I sat on the cliff until the sun rose in the east. The dewy scent sobered me up.
The different birds in the forest began to chirp, and a new day began, but my mood was not beautiful at all. Looking at the mountains, I don't know where to go.
At this time, the stomach growled and joined in the fun. It seems that now that I am penniless, I really have to rely on fate to survive.
Before I reached the bottom of the mountain, I saw the curling smoke rising from the sky above the village in the distance.
Where there is smoke, there are people, and the vitality of people can make me feel a little heat, and that is what I desire.
I guess I'm always going to like to be close to people, right?
When I came to the head of the village, I looked at the houses and was wondering where to go, when suddenly there was a heart-rending cry in the distance, followed by a rapid metal knocking sound.
I searched for the sound, and on the way I saw a lot of people running in that direction. Someone passed me and even hit me on the shoulder. Curious, I grabbed one of them and asked what was wrong. The man looked at me strangely, as if he were looking at a monster. "Outlander, huh? I don't know! I advise you to get out of here as soon as possible. After saying that, he continued to drive his way without explanation.
I followed the flow of people to a stop in front of a grass pavilion that looked bigger than the other houses. There is a bronze bell hanging on a pillar next to the grass pavilion, which is not big, but the workmanship is very exquisite.
There were already a lot of people gathered there, and they were all dressed in strange hairstyles, most of them were on the left side of their clothes, and their hair was also crooked on the left side of their heads.
An old man with gray hair and a white beard in a green robe stood inside. A middle-aged woman sat paralyzed on the ground next to her, crying to death. Several people surrounded her to comfort her, and some accompanied her to wipe her tears.
The old man's eyes were sharp, giving people a sense of majesty. He glanced at the crowd and asked, "Are you all there?" ”
Someone next to him replied respectfully, "Patriarch, it's all here." ”
The old man spoke: "What is the matter of recruiting everyone here today, I think everyone knows a rough idea in their hearts. In the past two years, the mountains have been haunted, and I don't know how many passers-by have been killed. Originally, as long as you don't sleep in the mountains at night, there will be nothing wrong, but recently there have been several incidents of missing children, which cannot but attract our attention.
At first, I thought it was just a child getting lost, but now it seems that it is not so simple. No, last night, Zhang Rui's child slept well at home, but he disappeared mysteriously in the morning, which can't help but make people suspect that it has something to do with the ghosts on the mountain.
Today, I gathered everyone here to brainstorm ideas, and all of you can talk about your thoughts and see if you can discuss a countermeasure. This must end, and it cannot be allowed to continue. ”
As soon as the words fell, the crowd began to buzz.
Someone just said that there are so many prey to catch in the mountains, why do you come down to catch children?
Some people analyzed that we must have kindly told passers-by not to spend the night on the mountain, and the ghost ran out of food before going down the mountain to retaliate.
So some people sighed, it seems that good people really can't do it.
Some people said, can you hire another wizard to catch ghosts?
But immediately some people objected, and the people who had invited them before had not come down the mountain, so who would dare to come to this errand?
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Discussions came and went, and none of the opinions were constructive. The old man's brow furrowed deeper and deeper. "It seems that the heavens are going to destroy my tribe. It really didn't work, we had to move. ”
As soon as the words landed, there was a commotion below, "How can this work?" Our ancestors have been here for generations, and we grew up eating the water here, so how can we all move here? ”
The old man was a little angry and roared: "Then what are you going to do when you talk about it?" Why don't you move, stay here and wait to be eaten one by one? ”
A young student said: "We fought with him, and more people went up the mountain together, and I didn't believe that I couldn't find it!" There are many people, are you still afraid that it will not work? ”
One of the people next to him beat him on the head, "You're tired of life, aren't you?" A little more people up the mountain! Do you know that people are in the dark, but you are in the light? Besides, with such a big mountain, the whole village goes up like sprinkling a handful of sand into the river, how can it be enough? ”
It is estimated that it was his parents who beat people, and the later students rubbed their heads and didn't dare to say anything after being taught a lesson.
The old man sighed, "If everyone has no opinion, then it is settled." Everyone went back to pack up and get ready, and set off the day after tomorrow. ”
The crowd began to stir again, and they all stood still and refused to leave.
I thought that it was really not easy for such people to leave their hometown, let alone their homeland. I don't know what kind of ghost can make people afraid like this, and I have some ability, why don't I try it? It's a big deal, if you can't beat it, let's run fast.
Thinking of this, I raised my hand and shouted at the old man, "Patriarch, can you let me give it a try?" ”
My voice wasn't very loud, but because of my strong internal strength, I could easily hear everyone in the room clearly. There was a moment of silence, and all eyes were on me.
The old man cast a questioning look at me, "Young man, was it you who spoke just now?" ”
I nodded to him and folded my hands, "Amitabha, it's down there." ”
The old man's face sank and he snorted, "Young man, do you know what you are talking about?" You are an outsider who does not understand the situation, I advise you to leave this place as soon as possible, and do not lose your life in vain. ”
I smiled and said, "Since the poor monk said it, he must be responsible for his own words." I see that there are many of your clansmen, and it is very troublesome to move in, so it is better to let the little monk give up his life. If you succeed, you will be overjoyed, and your people will be able to live and work here in peace and contentment. If you fail, you won't lose anything no matter how you plan again, right? ”