As soon as Mr. Lu said this, all the ghosts exclaimed, "Why? It's cruel. ”

Mr. Lu sighed and whispered, "It is our tradition to relocate to the land. It is our nature to value the countryside and love righteousness. These two conditions. It's a bit cruel indeed. ”

The second brother said: "Do you have to have these two conditions?" In this way, we live too painfully. ”

Mr. Lu said: "Only in this way can you survive. A few months later, when Ma Daoshi and his group returned, they found that you were gone, scattered in all directions. In this way, the chances of them catching you are too low. Even if it takes a few years to catch one, the chance of finding the divine water is only one in a thousand. They won't do this kind of time-consuming loss-making business. So, you have to go. ”

Mr. Lu paused. And he said, "You can't stay together." Otherwise, if they find one, they will catch a gang and throw you into the oil pot right away. ”

The second brother was stunned for a long time, then nodded, and said in a somewhat choked voice: "I understand." ”

He raised his head, with tears in his eyes, and said to the little ghosts around him, "Did you hear the words of the three Dao Masters? ”

None of the imps answered. The second brother said loudly, "Did you hear that? ”

The little ghosts said in a low voice: "I heard it." ”

The second brother waved his hand a little weakly and said, "After you go back, give your family a dream." Go as far as you can, and leave in these two days. ”

The imps agreed. A third of their fellow villagers died, and they experienced a death farewell. Now they are forcing their relatives to leave their homeland. Perform a life separation. It's a bit miserable indeed. It's just that it's much better than losing your life.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps from outside, and circles of light shone in from the outside. The little ghosts were so frightened that they scurried around, chanting vigorously: "It's over, it's over." Ma Daoist and his group are here again. ”

I grabbed the big knife and began to think about it in my heart. We have a good chance of winning. However, a familiar voice came from the direction of the cave entrance: "Three Dao Masters. Are you here? ”

The voice was none other than the village chief. I was overjoyed and immediately shouted, "Here we are." Come and save us. ”

Then, the village chief shouted with some excitement: "They are indeed here, everyone come quickly." ”

Subsequently, more flashlights shone down. I saw seven or eight villagers hurrying over. They didn't see the imps huddled in the corner. Instead, he shone a flashlight on us and asked with concern, "Are you all right?" ”

Mr. Lu shook his head. said, "It's okay for the time being." Trouble you, and carry me on my back. I'm a little inconvenient with my legs and feet, and I can't walk anymore. ”

The young man carried Mr. Lu on his back and walked outside. Xue Qian and I were fine, but the villagers insisted on carrying us up.

After the villagers came down, perhaps because of the abundance of yang energy, I saw that the oil pot, the high platform, and the iron chain below were all gone. It turned into a mound of dirt, scattered on the ground, a bit like a grave bag.

The three of us were carried out of the ground, and I saw that the sun was rising in the east, and it was already dawn.

I looked around. It seems that this was once a deep mansion compound. Although it was burned by fire, it can still be seen that the scale of it was not small.

I asked, "What is this place?" ”

The village chief said, "This place is not our village. A few decades ago, some wealthy people built a large house here, probably thinking of cultivating themselves in our beautiful place. Later, for some reason, a fire broke out and burned everything. The hole in the ground was actually a basement they had dug out, and it was said to be so big that it could fit the whole village into it. ”

I nodded faintly. And the village chief was still babbling: "This place is haunted, it has been many years, and no one dares to come." ”

I thought to myself, "I don't know if this place was haunted before." But as soon as Wang Yan came, even the most powerful ghost would not dare to make trouble. ”

Xue Qian asked the village chief, "How do you know that we are in this place?" And sent someone to save us? ”

The village chief said, "We didn't know that. But in the middle of the night, the young man who was standing guard for the three Taoist chiefs suddenly came to me, saying that the two of them were asleep in a daze. When he woke up, he found himself lying on a pile of firewood. And the three Taoist leaders are gone. ”

He smiled a little embarrassedly: "To tell you the truth, I thought the three Dao Masters were gone, and I was very angry. So he called all the men of the village up. Flashlight, torch. Look for you in eight directions. But until I found Tianming, I didn't see your shadow. ”

I laughed, "We're hiding in the basement, so you can't catch it." ”

The village chief said: "I wronged a few Taoist leaders before, but when we returned to the village, we understood what was going on. Originally, we didn't find the Taoist, and we were all depressed and unhappy. But when we arrived at the entrance of the village, we found that almost all the women were standing at the entrance of the village, as if waiting for us to return. We just walked over. They said that they knew where the three Taoist masters were. ”

I wondered, "That's weird." How come the women in your village know our whereabouts? ”

The village chief said: "We were also very strange at the time, so we asked questions. It turned out that after we left, they had a dream about a dead folk. These villagers told them that the three Taoist leaders had gone to save the little ghost tonight. It's really earth-shattering to have a big fight with those demons. It's right under this basement. ”

I nodded and said, "It turns out that when Mr. Lu set the fire, those little ghosts who escaped gave you a message." ”

The village chief laughed dryly twice and said, "We should have come here a long time ago, but I'm worried that the fight won't end." With us here, the Taoist chief still has to take care of us, and it's not good to be tied, so he waited a little longer. ”

I knew that the villagers were afraid of harming the pond fish, so they didn't dare to come here. I smiled at the village chief: "Anyway, I am very grateful that you saved us this time. ”

When the village chief heard my words, he immediately smiled and beckoned the villagers to hurry up. Carry us back and eat something good.

I looked at these villagers, and my heart suddenly felt a little sour. They don't know that after they go to bed tonight, they will have a dream, the same dream of their dead relatives. It's just that this time, what their relatives brought to them was not good news.

When we returned to the village, the village chief was going to put on a feast for us. But we refused. Last night's big battle was so hard work that we didn't want to celebrate anymore, we just wanted to have a good rest.

Mr. Lu asked the village chief for some vegetarian food, barely filled his stomach, and then returned to his room to meditate and practice to recuperate his body. Baidu sister-in-law|--Empty house

Xue Qian and I sat on the bed, talking with each other.

I took out the question that I was very puzzled about before and said, "Old Xue, have you ever thought about how Daoist Ma and his gang know that the villagers here are related to divine water?" ”

Xue Qian said: "Last time, the soul attached to my father's vertebrae didn't have something to do with divine water? Perhaps they got it from the mouth of this spirit. ”

I shook my head, "I don't feel right. The secret of the sacred water is unknown even to the villagers here. In order to keep it secret, the third grandmother only told the previous messengers about the dream, but did not tell them the meaning. That soul can't possibly know about this village. ”

Xue Qian nodded, and her face became solemn: "What you said also makes sense." Let's think about it carefully, the only people who knew the secrets of this village back then were the third grandmother, the fairy back then, and the people of the underworld. But these people have no reason to tell the secret to the eldest prince. ”

I rubbed my head and said, "I don't know why, I always feel that a few of them first knew the secret of the divine water, and then they followed the vine and collected the divine water everywhere. So first snatched the soul from your father's spine, and then came to the third grandmother's village to make trouble. ”