Hearing the old medicine farmer's question, Wang Xiucai lowered his voice, he leaned his head over across the table, and whispered in the old medicine farmer's ear: "There is a puddle about three or four miles west of the cliff, you must know the way, right?" ”

"Of course you know the way, everyone in our area knows the way, why did you suddenly mention that puddle?" The old medicine farmer asked puzzled.

The puddle that Wang Xiucai said is not far from the village, but it is very special.

The puddle was not big, it was surrounded by steep mountain walls, there was not even an exit, and if you accidentally slipped down, you would never be able to climb out, and strangely, the water level in the pit remained the same regardless of drought or flood, which indicated that there must be an undercurrent at the bottom of the puddle that communicates with the outside.

The most special thing is that I don't know why, the water in this pit is very cold, as long as people touch it, they will cramp, and the pit is surrounded by steep and smooth mountain walls, so as long as you fall down, you don't want to climb out, you will be drowned in it.

Although people often drown, because it is so close to the village, both adults and children can easily come to the vicinity of the waterhole, so every few years, there are always children who do not understand the dangers, and even adults who do not believe in evil, jump in and bathe in the hot summer and drown in it.

Due to the special terrain of this pit, people will cramp as soon as they enter, so there is no way to fish out the bodies of these drowned people.

But what the old medicine farmer didn't understand was that at this time, Wang Xiucai suddenly mentioned the puddle for something.

At this time, Wang Xiucai's voice was lowered and he continued: "Do you know what's going on with that strange stone statue next to the puddle in Ludao Road? ”

The more Wang Xiucai said, the more strange the old medicine farmer felt - as far as he knew, there was indeed a stone statue next to the puddle, but it seemed to be a long time ago, it had been exposed to the wind and sun all year round, and the weathering was terrible, and the stone statue was already dilapidated, but the general shape could still be vaguely seen: at first glance, it looked like a stone monkey, but if you looked closely, it didn't seem to be, anyway, it was strange, and no one knew what it was.

Could it be that there is any origin for that strange stone statue?

But before the old medicine farmer could continue to ask, Wang Xiucai took the initiative to ask a question: "There is another strange thing in our area, and you must know that - every autumn, we will pick a group of strong laborers to serve in labor, and this walk will be more than half a year, and we will not be able to come back until the spring of the second year."

But the strange thing is that among the men who go out to serve, many people's wives will be pregnant, if this kind of thing happens a few times, maybe some women are unbearable and lonely, and go outside to steal wild men, but this kind of thing has always happened, many women who have accidents will kill themselves, therefore, people think that there must be a 'flower thief', and the government has also sent people to investigate, but the most unsuccessful return is in vain.

And this kind of thing has never stopped, the murderer has never been caught, and the women who have had an accident have been interrogated, and there is no news, don't you think this thing is weird? ”

"Oh, Mr. Wang, I know all about what you said, these things have nothing to do with Wang Xingguang going to the cliff to dig medicine, a bit of a storm, right?"

The old medicine farmer became more and more confused.

"No, you're wrong, these things are actually the same thing!".

Wang Xiucai's words were like a thunderbolt to the old medicine farmer, and the boss of the frightened old medicine farmer's mouth opened for a long time.

Next, Wang Xiucai told the secret behind this strange incident, and the old medicine farmer was completely shocked after hearing it! It turns out that behind these strange things, there is a big secret.

And it was none other than Wang Xingguang who discovered this secret.

Speaking of which, this Wang Xingguang is a bold and careful person, for the cliff, the locals try to walk around, but Wang Xingguang doesn't care too much about these, every time he goes into the mountain to collect medicine, he passes by the cliff in order to walk less mountain roads, and he has never found anything abnormal, let alone seen those legendary ghosts.

One year, it rained heavily for several days, which is strange to say, when Wang Xingguang passed by the cliff again, he found that from the bottom of the cliff, there would be gusts of wind blowing up, but the strange thing is that there was no wind in other places on the cliff.

And in this gust of wind, Wang Xingguang smelled a smell that made him extremely excited-the smell of giant Lingzhi.

For some experienced herb pickers, they know that there are many different types of Ganoderma lucidum, and these types vary greatly in terms of quality and size.

The most precious and rare of the Ganoderma lucidum is the giant Ganoderma lucidum. This kind of Ganoderma lucidum is at least ten times larger than ordinary Ganoderma lucidum, and its medicinal value is not comparable to that of ordinary Ganoderma lucidum.

In addition to the effects of general Ganoderma lucidum, it can also remove plague, cure smallpox, etc. In the Qing Dynasty, smallpox was the most terrible infectious disease, and one year there was an outbreak of smallpox, which led to the death of more than 100,000 people in the Zhili and Gyeonggi areas, and smallpox was also the most feared disease in the Qing imperial family.

Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty alone, there were four emperors of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Xianfeng who had smallpox, among which Shunzhi and Tongzhi died directly of smallpox, and those who died of smallpox were even more.

It is conceivable how precious this kind of Ganoderma lucidum, which can treat smallpox, was precious at that time, and even more valuable on the market, which made Wang Xingguang's heart pound, and he decided to take a risk, no matter how dangerous it was.

Wang Xingguang is a very high-spirited person, he is unwilling to be a medicine farmer all his life; For him, only by getting ahead, being prosperous and rich, can he not live in vain in this life. Wang Xingguang understands that as long as he can dig up the Ganoderma lucidum on the cliff, this kind of life goal can be easily achieved, which is extremely tempting for him.

After some investigation, he found that this cliff was indeed extremely strange: the rope of the herb picker would be broken, and he would fall off the cliff and die, even if he used the iron cable.

The more you know, the more you feel the mystery of this cliff; But the more mysterious it felt, the more Wang Xingguang wanted to know more.

At the beginning, Wang Xingguang came to the edge of the cliff to observe during the day, but he never found anything abnormal. Then, he gradually chose to go over at night, trying to see if it was really as the legend said, and there would be a little ghost.

Wang Xingguang chose a boulder on the edge of the cliff as a hide, and there was a pit under the boulder, just enough to accommodate a person, so he hid under the boulder for several nights and quietly observed the situation around the cliff.

Although everything was normal for the first few days, he did not give up easily, and on the night of the fifth day, something strange finally happened.

That night, the weather was very hot, making people a little breathless, as if it was going to rain, but under the boulder, it was very cool, because it had been staying up for several days and nights, Wang Xingguang was sleepy and tired, and soon after getting in, he fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Xingdong was suddenly awakened by a rumbling thunder, he was agitated, and quickly opened his eyes and looked over the edge of the cliff.

At this time, it should be the second half of the night, the wind was raging outside, the lightning was thundering, and under the flickering lightning, the cliff that was already shrouded in mystery became more and more terrifying.

Suddenly, in the midst of the whirring winds and rumbling mines, there was a series of creepy screams—screams that at first glance sounded like human cries, but when you listened closely, they sounded like laughter.

Wang Xingguang's heart jumped wildly, and every sweat and hair on his body exploded.

He listened closely, and the sound seemed to come from below the cliff, and it was getting closer. Wang Xingguang lay lower, he didn't dare to breathe, and his right hand clenched the dagger on his waist.

A bright bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, and two dark shadows leaped up from the edge of the cliff.

Because there is only a distance of seven or eight meters, in the bright light of lightning, Wang Xingguang can see the appearance of these two black shadows clearly - these two things are a bit like people, and a bit like monkeys, green all over, with triangular heads, walking, jumping and jumping, sometimes using both hands and feet, very much like the legendary ghosts.

But other than that, one of the monsters is much taller than the other, and the larger one is closer to a human in size than the other.

Although Wang Xingguang was very bold, when he saw these two monsters, he was also paralyzed, his head was buzzing, and he gritted his teeth so that he didn't shout.

At this time, the raindrops of beans have crackled down, and after the two monsters climbed up, they turned around and were about to walk in the opposite direction of the boulder, when they didn't know what to do, the larger monster suddenly stopped, and then the two monsters squeaked and said a few words, and then, they turned their heads and twitched their noses, as if they were smelling something, and followed the smell, and slowly walked towards the boulder where Wang Xingguang was hiding.

Wang Xing's bald head buzzed, and he secretly complained in his heart: Oh no, these two monsters are like beasts in the mountains, they can smell people, it seems that this time they are in a catastrophe.

Thinking of this, he turned his heart sideways, but calmed down a lot, as the two monsters approached closer and closer, when they walked under the boulder, they bent down and looked at the place where Wang Xingguang was hiding, Wang Xingguang and the two monsters were already close at hand, fortunately, in order to hide, Wang Xingguang piled a pile of grass on the mouth of the stone pit, and his head was hidden in the grass, plus it was night, and the two monsters didn't see him directly.

But even through this pile of grass, the two monsters still smelled the "smell of people", the smaller monster, stretched out his hand to pick up the pile of grass, Wang Xingguang knew that he would definitely be discovered, so he pulled out the dagger and stabbed at the smaller monster.

Unexpectedly, the reaction speed of the two monsters was incredibly fast, not only dodging Wang Xingguang's dagger, but also grabbing his arm, pouting, pulling Wang Xingguang out from under the boulder, all of which happened in the blink of an eye.

After Wang Xingguang reacted, he found that he had been dragged out, and the two monsters stood there looking at him. The dagger, at some point, had been snatched away by the small monster.

Wang Xingguang understands that when it comes to fighting, he is by no means the opponent of these two monsters, and now he can only let it go.

The two monsters squeaked and said a few words, and suddenly, they only heard the larger monster ask Wang Xingguang in a very blunt "human language": "Do you want to live?" ”

The strong desire to survive, accompanied by extreme fear, made Wang Xingguang collapse, and he said in a trembling voice: "Think, want to live, let me go, please."

The larger monster still said stiffly: "Kill everyone who has seen us, and you must live and do as I say." ”

"Say, as long as you can let me go, I will agree to any conditions." Wang Xingguang's defense line in his heart completely collapsed, and his only thought was to live.

At this time, the raindrops coldly fell on Wang Xingguang's face and body, as if reminding him that all this was not a nightmare, but real.