Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Tree of Human Faces

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Actually, what surprised us was not the fact that a human head fell from a tree, but the external condition of the human head.

There was not a trace of blood on the human head that appeared in front of us, although there were two black holes on the face of the human head that Shu Jingcheng had shot with a gun just now, but even from the inside of these two black holes, there was no blood flowing out. Of course, if this is a severely decayed head, and the blood has long coagulated, then it is another matter, but the human head in front of us has pink skin and is unusually coquettish, this is a serious contradiction, as for why such a phenomenon occurs, we do not know.

Just when we were still immersed in the huge impact brought to us by this head, Ryazan in the canopy suddenly said again, "Wait a while, don't shoot, you will understand if I throw a few more down." ”

Not long after speaking, I heard a few sounds of "brushing", and several heads fell from the dense canopy, this time, Shu Jingcheng did not shoot, everyone just took a few steps back, and the heads fell on the open space in front of us. After a while, Ryazan climbed down from the tree.

As soon as Ryazan's feet hit the ground, he patted the dirt on his body and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there is no danger on the tree, but the fruit on this tree is a little strange." ”

"Fruit?" I wondered, "What fruit are you talking about?" ”

Ryazan pointed to the scattered heads on the ground and said, "Of course these are the things." ”

A few of us were stunned, and I hurriedly asked, "You mean, these heads grew out of this tree?" ”

Ryazan nodded with a smile and said, "I was also startled at first, hanging head Gu Huai, this should be what I am referring to." ”

While I was talking to Ryazan, Chen Bing and the others couldn't wait to check on the heads underground. Can the fruit of a tree bear human heads? Could it be that this is a ginseng fruit? But when you think about it, it's not right, these people have all kinds of heads, eyes, ears, mouths and noses, and even a lot of thick black hair, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a demon tree.

I was hesitating, and suddenly I saw that Chen Bing and the others began to fight a cold war one by one, and Hong Yi trembled: "God, God, what the hell is going on?" ”

I didn't know why, so I stepped forward to see what was going on, but before I could ask, I heard a cold and solemn voice from Chen Bing: "This ...... These heads are a man. ”

What the? I said in my heart how could such a thing happen, I didn't specifically check how many human heads there were, but, at a glance, how can I say that there are seven or eight human heads, how can these heads be a person, even if these heads are the fruit of a tree, but it can't be the appearance of a person, there is a good saying, there are no two identical leaves in this world, let alone a human head with all five senses?

So, I also squatted on the ground to look at the heads, and when I looked at them, I felt that they were just talking nonsense, where is this human head, among these heads, there are little girls in childhood, young girls, middle-aged women, and elderly women who have half their feet in the coffin......

…… Wait a minute! I suddenly found the problem, although these heads do not look very similar, but they are indeed a person, it is the process of a person from a child to an old man, although the appearance has also changed a little, but in the process of growing up, it can indeed be clearly seen that this is indeed a person's growth history.

At this time, Chen Bing asked Ryazan: "How many such heads are there in this canopy?" ”

Ryazan smiled and said, "Yo, then I can't count them, anyway, there are quite a lot, and I only picked a few representative ones." ”

Chen Bing looked at the head of the person on the ground suspiciously, and Ryazan hurriedly said: "If you don't believe it, you can go up and see for yourself, your skills are not bad, right." ”

Chen Bing waved his hand and said, "There's no need for that." Immediately, he turned his head to look at Old Man Yuan again, and asked politely, "Master Yuan, do you know this kind of tree?" ”

At this time, Old Man Yuan had already stood up, looked up at the dense canopy, and kept making a smack-tsk sound in his mouth, as if he was a little excited, and said, "Human-faced tree, I didn't expect the old man to have a chance to see it." ”

Chen Bing accosted: "Master Yuan, tell us about this tree, it shouldn't be in any danger." ”

Old man Yuan saw that someone was asking him a question, and when he got into it, he twisted up his little mustache and said, "The tree, it must be a demon tree, there is nothing to say, but Captain Chen, don't worry, this tree itself is not dangerous, but it is extremely resentful." ”

"How?" Chen Bing asked.

Old man Yuan patiently explained: "Strictly speaking, this kind of tree is not called a hanging head ancient locust, in the East, this thing is called a human face tree, and it is also made of a very ancient witchcraft. There is also a legend that once upon a time there was a man who was deeply infatuated with a woman, but unfortunately died at a young age. The man misses the woman day and night, and finally listens to him, digs up the woman's body from the cemetery, cuts off the woman's head, and then uses evil magic to bury the woman's head in the ground. ”

When we heard this, we were all shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Is that possible, that woman's head is buried under the ground?" ”

Old man Yuan nodded and said, "That's true, the woman's body was cut off in two and she was forced to be buried in the ground, of course, she was extremely resentful, but under normal circumstances, this tree does not pose a threat to us. ”

Everyone was silent, looked at each other twice, and Ryazan said: "Then let's continue walking, seeing the hanging head Guhuai continue to walk towards the west, we should meet a village." ”

Chen Bing thought about it, didn't say anything, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go." ”

So, our group started the trip again, but I took two steps forward and suddenly found that Old Man Yuan quietly stayed where he was, touching the ground twice. His move was so swift that the others didn't even have time to pay attention to it, and he hurriedly got up and kept up with us. I know that there must be something strange in this, Old Man Yuan is an old man, and, looking at it now, he does have real skills, otherwise, Chen Bing's group would not value him so much, but last night, Old Man Yuan told me about his concerns. In Old Man Yuan's view, that group of people is a group of people who are mercenary, and all the activities they carry out have corresponding purposes.

Old man Yuan is quite involved in the world, he has long seen through the so-called organization, he knows that in that organization, all people, including a small leader like Chen Bing, are just a chess piece in the background, these chess pieces exist because they still have the value of their existence, and once this value disappears, the so-called chess pieces naturally have no need to exist. The reason why Old Man Yuan has always been reluctant to join the organization is because he has seen through this, he knows that once his value disappears, the organization will inevitably erase him as a pawn in order to cover up something, so that night, he secretly discussed with me some escape plans, of course, I didn't completely believe it, but I knew that Old Man Yuan is a very good person, if he wants to escape, he will definitely create this possibility.

While talking, Old Man Yuan had already walked to my side, and was about to walk over, so I pulled his clothes and shouted to him in a low voice, the voice was very small, Old Man Yuan noticed it, but he did not stop directly, but continued to walk, keeping the same speed as me and walking beside me.

I whispered, "What were you doing?" ”

"Draw a talisman." Old man Yuan looked at the front and muttered.

"Didn't you say the tree wasn't dangerous?"

Old Man Yuan shook his head and said, "What I'm saying is that under normal circumstances, the tree is not in danger, but that friend of yours, with him, maybe it's different." ”

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