The voice sounded like that of a kind old woman, speaking slowly, with the wisdom and serenity peculiar to an older man.

"Nobody, but there is a fish, young man, are you looking for me?"

The old man's voice continued to sound out of thin air in Xia Beifeng's mind, and at the same time, a small splash of water splashed beside him.

A silvery-white fish swam around him with its tail flapping against the water, its fine scales reflecting the light in the light of the flashlight.

"I guess I'm here for you." Xia Beifeng put his hand into the water and stopped the fish swimming back and forth: "Someone asked me to bring you a message." ”

"What a word!"

The fish leaped high above the water, stayed in front of him for a moment, and then fell back into the water, making a splash.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, there are still people who know me."

Xia Beifeng suddenly fell silent.

Should I say something at this time and tell her what I said?

Even though they knew they were dealing with an existence that had gone through a long period of time, things like age and gender didn't mean anything to them at all.

But after all, her voice sounded like that of an old and gentle old man, and she always felt that her conscience was not good when she opened her mouth to scold her directly.

The fish in the water turned around twice, seemed to be in a hurry, and jumped out of the water again.

This time it stayed in mid-air for a little longer than the last time, and when it jumped to the top, it happily flicked its tail, and threw a few drops of cold well water into Xia Beifeng's face.

Xia Beifeng was stimulated by those few drops of water, and his head, which had been very heavy since entering the mountain this morning, suddenly sobered up.

"That, in fact, it's nothing, the little girl I asked to help with the conversation is called Shen Qingge...... She shouted at you several times from above and you didn't answer, so she asked me to bring you a message. ”

He looked down at the fish in the water and smiled apologetically.

"I don't know if you know her, if you do, then I won't convey it, you almost have it in your heart."

"Shen Qingge, that little girl!" The old man's voice was still slow, but with a little smile: "Then I almost have a number in my heart, I guess it's not a good word." You young man is talking so interestingly, who is she? ”

"Really? She is an elder in my family, and I am just an ordinary person who runs errands for her and makes her bully. ”

Xia Beifeng touched his nose awkwardly and laughed a few times.

"Now that I've brought the words, I'm going back."

Xia Beifeng looked up at the small point of light above, and always felt that he still had something to do.

"Don't rush back yet!" The old man's voice appeared directly in his mind again: "I heard what you brought me, but I still want you to bring a message to Miss Shen." ”

"Oh, yes." Xia Beifeng hurriedly replied: "Say it, I'll listen!" ”

"You tell her that there is a sparrow that has taken over the phoenix's nest from nowhere, and has brought a flock of little sparrows to drive the phoenix away and become the king of birds himself. I wanted to stop it, but the phoenix nest was too strong, and the birds were not very capable, but there were quite a lot of them, and they were chasing me everywhere. Now I have been hiding in this well and there is nothing I can do. ”

"What?" When Xia Beifeng heard this, his mind quickly turned, trying to add some key information from this unclear but profound sentence.

"Just tell the little girl and she'll understand."

The old woman had a little smile in her voice, and asked him in a low voice: "You have already done what others asked you to help do, but what about your own affairs?" What are you going to do? ”

I? What's the matter with me?

"Something of my own." Xia Beifeng wrapped the climbing rope around his wrist twice, and the whole person was completely out of the well water, staring vigilantly at the fish swimming below, showing a relaxed smile: "I don't have anything to do." ”

"Really, not?" The old lady's voice seemed to be quieter, and it sounded like she was telling some secret secret: "But I think you look like you have something on your mind?" If you don't tell the old woman, I'll hear it. I'm thousands of years older than you, and even if I've never been out of this mountain, I know everything about the mountain, and maybe I know exactly what you want. ”

Xia Beifeng's upward climbing action paused, and he hesitated a little in his heart.

"What kind of reward do you want for you to help me so much?" He lowered his head and asked the fish, "Sounds like you know what I'm going to ask." Just wait for me to take the bait, right? So what is your purpose? ”

"Take it easy, take it easy, I'm also for myself, I don't need your return." The fish jumped back and forth and said, "My purpose should be the same as yours, and if you do things well, my wish will be fulfilled." ”

"Okay then." Xia Beifeng stretched out a hand and hooked his finger at it: "I'll believe you once." ”

"Hey, why are today's children so reluctant to trust others? I've never lied, and if you don't believe it, you can go back and ask the little girl waiting for you. The fish jumped up again and slapped him in the face with a flick of his tail: "Hurry up, I don't have too much time." ”

"I want to ask something, don't you know? Do I have to say it? ”

"Then I can only guess for myself."

The old man's voice paused for a moment, as if bothered.

"I guess, young man, you want to ask about someone's whereabouts......"

When Xia Beifeng climbed out of the wellhead and stood under the sun again, he once again felt dizzy by the sun.

It's so hot, do I want to go back into the water?

Of course not.

Shen Qingge pulled him and asked him for a long time, but he only figured out part of the facts of what he experienced underwater.

As for the fact that he finally asked the old lady for advice, he cleverly covered it up.

"What that guy means, let me go and drive away the god who occupies the ghost king's nest, I don't know which way, right? She just stayed in the well and did nothing? ”

She sat barefoot on the edge of the well, dangling her legs, and said casually: "It's really convenient, saying that you can stay in the well and watch the play when you are too old to move, and wait for us to get things done and then come out to harvest the results, right?" Sure enough...... Old and not dead......"

You yourself seem to be too old to ...... Oh no, you've already died once.

"That's kind of what it means, but I don't quite understand it. As you said before, although the ghost king is no longer here, isn't the one who came out to wander around at noon still there, why doesn't he care about this? ”

"I don't know, that guy's logic has always been quite strange, don't pay too much attention to these details."

When you say that, it makes people have to pay more attention to this kind of detail, so let's make it clear!

Xia Beifeng looked at the girl in front of him with some kind of contemptuous gaze.

Shen Qingge lifted back and snorted softly.

"Don't even think about it." Xia Beifeng put her shoes on the edge of the well, pressed her shoulders with both hands, and said gently but sternly like the father of an awkward little daughter: "Forget about anything else, you are so old this year, is it okay to wear shoes by yourself?" ”

"Okay!"

Shen Qingge tilted his head and smiled, revealing a shiny tiger tooth.

"Let's go, let's go to the next place now."

When she said this, she had already passed her shoes, and she was standing in front of Xia Beifeng with her waist crossed, looking very good.

Xia Beifeng half-knelt on the ground, hugged one of his calves, and said weakly: "Where are you going, I think the leg may be broken!" ”

"Your bones are so hard, how can your legs be broken like this! Don't pretend to be cowardly, get me up quickly. ”

As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Xia Beifeng's collar, and with one hand, she picked up an adult man who was much taller than him.

"I don't know if I'm using force? If you don't leave, I'll have to drag you away, do you want to see that scene? ”

Xia Beifeng looked at her for a few seconds and shook his head decisively.

Being dragged to the ground by a little girl who looked like a high school student was terrifying just thinking about it.

So he had to endure the pain of being kicked on his legs, followed Shen Qingge with difficulty, and walked in an unknown direction.

"Where are we going this time?"

He unscrewed the kettle in his hand, poured two sips of cold water, and turned his head to look at an abandoned house on the side of the road.

In the room, two pairs of eyes were leaning on the windowsill and secretly looking out at the two uninvited guests, and their eyes conveyed a curiosity that could never be considered good-natured.

Xia Beifeng put down the kettle and glared at them.

The two pairs of eyes disappeared in an instant, and there was a "rustling" sound from the waste, which gradually quieted down after a while.

"It's broad daylight, why are there so many messy things." He complained to Shen Qingge, who was walking in front: "What the hell is going on in this place, dead people walk around during the day, and there is no big party at night!" ”

"Well, you probably guessed right." Shen Qingge turned his head and gave him an approving look: "Congratulations, it's a pity that there is no reward." ”

I don't want your reward at all...... No, I don't feel like I'm seeing this kind of scary scene of a ghost party at all, can I ask if it's okay.

"I just said it so casually, and there really is!" Xia Beifeng looked at Shen Qingge pleadingly: "Please tell me it's not true." ”

"It's a pity, it's true." Shen Qingge spread his hands regretfully, but there was a gloating smile on his face: "You'll know in the evening, it's very lively." ”

"Haven't you been here in years? How do you know so clearly? Maybe it was quite lively when you came here before, but now it's not like it used to be, after all, no one has lived there for 20 years. ”

Xia Beifeng still didn't want to believe this fact, and tried to use logical reasoning to deny the truth of this matter.

"I can feel it after years of not being here, not to mention that I just asked someone to inquire." Shen Qingge patted him on the shoulder regretfully: "Xiaobei, accept the reality, don't struggle anymore." Although no one lives there, from another point of view, it is much more lively now than before. ”

Xia Beifeng raised his head, feeling like a fish out of the water, looking up at the sun in the sky half-dead, his heart was full of despair.

Probably because the "king who personally patrolled the mountains" had already left, and on the way back, they met more "friends" than they had in the morning.

Middle-aged women whispering by the stream will accidentally drop their heads into the river when they tilt their heads to greet each other.

Children running wildly in the weeds of the yard will trip over the vines and drop out two eyes that are still spinning.

An old lady carrying a basket and gathering something in the ridges of a field that has been completely turned into a wasteland. When he turned his head, there was only a dirty skeleton left under the white hair, and his black eyes looked at the people on the side of the road, constantly opening and closing his jaws, and he didn't know whether to greet with a smile or open his mouth to bite.

"It's daylight, three o'clock in the afternoon." Xia Beifeng asked Shen Qingge in surprise, "Is this place like this?" Peaceful coexistence between humans and ghosts in the blue sky and daylight? ”

"Of course not, in the past, these guys used to sneak out at night and avoid people. Not so much, not so arrogant...... It's just an ordinary feng shui village that is a little strange and often haunted. ”

Shen Qingge whistled at a teenager passing by, looking completely unwell.

"When I used to come here, the people here — I mean the living, they were pretty normal. Although there are a lot of strange rules in the village, it is mainly to prevent 'those things'. To ordinary people, or other species that seem to be ordinary people, they are actually quite simple and hospitable. ”

The teenager who was harassed by her whistle was wearing only a pair of trousers, the trouser legs were pulled up to his calves, and he was squatting by the river to wash his face with his upper body naked.

As if hearing a voice, he lifted his head out of the water and gave Shen Qingge a kind smile at the riverbank.

The young man is good-looking, with long legs and a thin waist, and if his facial features are placed outside, it is more than enough to be a star.

If only he had a neat row of teeth and a normal tongue in his mouth, instead of a blur of flesh and blood.

And if there wasn't a weirdly colored liquid dripping down the corners of his mouth.

"Look, I'll just say there's a beautiful woman here."

Shen Qingge pointed to the young man by the river and said to Xia Beifeng as if showing off.

"Uh...... Well. ”

Xia Beifeng turned his head, not wanting to look at the young man, and nodded awkwardly.

"It's really pretty."

"Xiaobei, can you calm down."

"I can't calm down, thank you."

"There are still good things, you see at least we know one thing......" Shen Qingge turned his head, stared at Xia Beifeng's eyes, and said seriously: "We have found the answer to the question when you first came, this village is not like it has been abandoned for twenty years, it is because there have always been 'people' living here!" ”

"You have a point, but I'm not happy at all." Xia Beifeng closed his eyes, bypassed the wriggling mass of minced meat in the center of the road, and couldn't help but close his eyes: "What the hell is going on with them?" So many people don't know they're dead? That's how it used to be? ”

"It wasn't like that before." Shen Qingge shook his head quickly: "In the past, the people here knew exactly where they should go after they died, but now these ......"

She spread her arms and drew a large circle in the air.

"It should have happened suddenly, so suddenly that they didn't react. In addition, this place itself is a little different, causing them to be able to come out and hang out in broad daylight, of course they didn't find any difference from before, after all, the dead have a low IQ! ”

"I understand what you said, it's just ......" Xia Beifeng raised his eyes and saw the room in front of them where they were having lunch, and sighed: "What is it that makes the people of a village die overnight, and no one finds out that they are dead?" ”

"If I knew, I wouldn't be here talking to you."

The two of them went around an old tree and saw the previous yard.

The courtyard wall is not high, but dense weeds grow on the wall, which indirectly raises the height of the wall by half a meter.

So they stood outside the wall and couldn't see what was in the courtyard.

All you can hear is bursts of laughter.

As a result, in the end, he still didn't know where Shen Qingge's "next place" was referring to.

(To be continued.) )