A string of silver bell-like laughter and laughter in this morning is particularly melodious, the courtyard of the bamboo building is lively and busy, and Zhu Beichen, who is still in a daze, opens his eyes unwillingly.

The horrific images of last night were especially vivid in his heart, and he slept deeply until the courtyard was crowded.

The morning day in the mountains was quiet, full of oxygen, sweet and brilliant morning sunshine, and he held up the bamboo and wood windows, and the scenery outside came into view.

Several Miao girls were cleaning the courtyard, and the remains of Gu insects left over yesterday, the pieces of black and scorched ashes especially exuded a scorching smell, as if they were still talking about the tragedy of the courtyard at night.

In the past few days, Hongliang has rarely seen a happy smile, the wrinkled forehead marks are relaxed, and he is holding a girl dressed in Hanfu in one hand, and the two of them laugh heartily from time to time.

The little girl is not very old, with clear and bright pupils, curved willow eyebrows, long eyelashes trembling slightly, and her fair and flawless skin revealing a faint red pink, showing a healthy physique.

"Grandpa, what is all this dust all over the ground?" There was still a pungent smell in the courtyard, which made the little girl extremely uncomfortable.

It turned out to be Hongliang's granddaughter, why didn't I hear that Sanqian had a younger sister, Zhu Beichen muttered, he saw Han Qingxin and Qijian, these two got up early and exercised in the courtyard.

"Hehe, it's nothing, there were some Gu worms in the courtyard last night, and I just set a fire and burned it clean." Hongliang said easily, but the little girl was stunned and didn't believe it, staring at Hongliang hesitantly, he didn't think that the old man was kicked and trembled, he was afraid of this little girl?

"Grandpa, I encountered an incident on the way back, the high priest of Sibo in the northeast rushed over with the guards in the clan." The little girl changed her joking demeanor and became serious in an instant, because what had happened deserved her to be treated solemnly.

This morning, early risers found a charred corpse in front of the courtyard of a house in the northeast.

The mysterious death of someone in the seedling field of the Heishui River is a great event in the local area, and the death of that person is not like that caused by ordinary fire, and the traces of calcination are similar to high-level witchcraft magic spells that are scorched alive.

Just like scientists studying viruses, they need to be fully protected, even if they do, they still have a chance of getting infected. The same is true for the Miao people who are deeply versed in witchcraft, and the witchcraft that kills people to this extent is no longer something that ordinary Miao people can deal with. Soon, someone reported the dead body to the house of the high priest of Sibo in the northeast corner.

The nameplate identifying the corpse was found from a scorched fragment of bones, and the smoky silver plaque was wiped with the words clearly legible: Ram and Pleasant.

Hongliang's heart moved, and suddenly the smile full of care on his face froze, his face changed rapidly, and the clouds of sorrow were thick. He looked around and asked in a low voice, "Has the old man figured out who that man is from the Ram family?" ”

At this time, Zhu Beichen finished grooming slowly, and just came to the courtyard, a large area of charred-like Gu insect corpses had been almost cleaned up.

The girl's eyes rolled, and she said uneasily, "Grandpa Sibo observed the man's injury, and said that this kind of technique is not a high priest-level figure, and it will not burn people to ashes, and he does not dare to make a mistake, so he sent people in batches to inform the two clan witches at the same time." The little girl was obviously worried, there were only a handful of such shocking abilities and means in the clan, and there was still the fragrance of Gu worm corpses in the courtyard, the more her doubts grew.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Beichen's disadvantage is that he can't understand words, the little girl and Hongliang talked for a long time, and she didn't understand a word, so she could only observe the looks of the two, and secretly thought that it shouldn't be a good thing.

Han Qingxin said with a worried face, "It should be the person who made trouble last night, and he died." "The internal strife within the Naudi is too complicated, and they have no intention of getting involved in it, and if that man is really a priest, I'm afraid it won't be so good.

"Little sister, let's not talk about this first, you rushed back, and you were tired along the way, so hurry back to the house and wash and rest." Sanqian didn't want his sister to ask too much, and the less he knew about some things, it was for her good.

Hongliang secretly felt that something was wrong, "Erlei, your school is on vacation, why did you rush back at this time?" ”

It turned out that this little girl's name was Er Lei, Zhu Beichen looked at their Hongliang family and thought about it, the names of this family are quite special, is it that the black seedlings here are the only ones who have this habit, and their personal names are not much related to the previous generation.

Er Lei is Hongliang's most beloved granddaughter, in their generation, Hongliang's family only has three thousand grandsons, and Er Lei, a granddaughter, is treated as a pearl in her hand. Now that Erlei is in college in the city, she should have a month to go back to Heishui River for the holidays, but she came back early.

"Didn't you ask Grandpa to go to the school to inform me that this year's festival was about to be held, and asked me to come back early?" Er Lei looked dazed, she was the granddaughter of the high priest's family, and her smart head immediately figured it out. She didn't want to think deeply, that person had been raising Gu all year round, and there was a smell of insects, so that she believed it without any doubt.

Three thousand stared at Hongliang in surprise, and the two exchanged glances briefly, and Hongliang's answer was no.

The contradictions within the Heishui River Miao people, all kinds of calculations and conspiracies are on the eve of this year's sacrifice ceremony, and they are beginning to emerge one by one.

"Three thousand, the courtyard door is closed today, the corpses of these Gu worms hurry up and find a secluded place to bury them at night, and they must not be seen by outsiders." Hongliang's gaze looked at the seven three of them, and his mood was quite heavy.

The method of summoning Gu is to take the nearby Gu insect poison, and the Gu worms that have been bred and cultivated by the Miao people in this radius of one mile for many years have all been summoned overnight, and the piles of Gu worms scattered all over the place are from nearby people.

The Gu worms of so many households disappeared without a trace overnight, and this kind of big event can't be hidden for a long time, and sooner or later it will happen. Hongliang didn't have much to do, his facial features wrinkled between his eyebrows and eyes, and he sighed helplessly, everything had to be resigned to fate.

Shichima and the others could only smile awkwardly at the Hongliang family, and said with their eyes that they would be tight-lipped.

The news of the death of the priest of the Ram family soon spread to every corner of the Heishui River, and at sunset, the exact news was finally confirmed from the clan witch family, and the priest who turned his whole body into charcoal turned out to be the most relied on disciple of the ram and Yu, the leader of the clan witch who had just arrived at the Hongliang family a few days ago, Priest Hanmo!