Everyone was exhausted, and last night's rabbit meat had been digested cleanly, braving the cold rain, hungry and heading towards the light source. As the distance closes, a large area of buildings can be faintly seen standing in the rain.

I was not good at the moment, and I walked up and fell behind, but Mao Rooster and Gu Wenmin walked in front, and suddenly, Gu Wenmin stopped and shouted at us: "Look, there is a stone tablet here." ”

Looking down, we saw that in the barren grass in front of us, there was indeed a stone monument, half-hidden among the weeds, the exposed parts were mutilated, and some vine-like plants were crawling on it.

It seems that this stele must be very old.

Tofu squinted; "What's written on it?" He was a little short-sighted, and his glasses were already broken when he fell, and at the moment it was raining heavily, and it was even more difficult for tofu to look at things.

I heard the words and ripped off the vines on the stele, and by the dim halo of the flashlight, I saw that there were five ancient characters on the stele, and if I carefully identified it, it was an extremely strange name: Yin and Yang Liubu Village

Gu Wenmin was obviously a little stunned, and said, "What a strange name, Yin Yang Liubu Village? What do you think that means? ”

I shook my head, I didn't know the bottom at all, a few hundred meters away from the stele, is our destination, at this moment you can already vaguely see the shape of the building, it is very retro, it looks like it has been a long time, there are lights in the village, I don't think it is a deserted village.

The hairy rooster's cold teeth chattered, and he stammered: "The name of this village...... It's weird, it's weird, I've been driving this, this, for so many years, I've never heard of such a village in this area, I, I think it's still ...... Or don't, don't go. ”

Tofu is even more of a godless master, his eyes turned around all of us, his expression was a little hesitant, and he said: "Let's go in and have a look, we can't keep drenching in the rain." ”

The hairy rooster immediately retorted: "Wan, in case something happens, who is complicated?" ”

Tofu was angry and yelled, "I'm responsible!" He has always been timid like a mouse, but at this time, he pointed at me and Gu Wenmin and said: "They are all injured, the cloth on their foreheads is already oozing blood, and if they continue to walk in the rain like this, my brother will die!" Damn it! Tofu cursed, stared at the hairy rooster viciously, and said, "If you don't go, get out, we're going to go in and find healing medicine." After speaking, he looked at me with a determined gaze, but I knew Tofu very well, and from his determined gaze, I could still see the uneasiness.

I subconsciously looked at Gu Wenmin's forehead, and sure enough, it began to bleed again, presumably I myself am not much better than her now. Our situation is really not suitable for continuing in the rain, Tofu is right, no matter how strange this Yin Yang Liubu Village is, we must go in and explore.

When the hairy rooster saw that there were many of us, he didn't dare to raise the bar with the tofu, and followed us with a sad face.

Behind the stone wall, there is a muddy path washed by the rain, leading straight to the village. We walked along the path and gradually came to the village.

In the center of the village is a vacant road, paved with irregular bluestone slabs, on both sides are wooden houses, most of them are two- or three-storey high, and outside the building is a cloister where some crops can be dried.

This is a typical architectural structure of the Tujia family of the Xiangxi generation, but it also integrates the characteristics of some Han buildings, black and dull, and the criss-crossing paths do not know where to lead.

The whole village was shrouded in a layer of darkness, and the only few lights were the lanterns we had seen before, hanging irregularly on the eaves of some wooden buildings, and the silk lanterns were swaying by the wind, and the village looked uninhabited, as if it was a deserted village.

In that case, who lit the lantern on the village floor?

We stood in the rain, looking at the dark and dense wooden buildings in the rain curtain, our hearts were a little frightened, Gu Wenmin unconsciously approached me, the bare arms, the muscles of my arms, were cold.

I looked at her sideways, the raindrops were sliding down her eyelashes, and she looked very vigilant, probably walking in the mountains a lot, and although she looked nervous, she was not scared like ordinary girls, and seemed calm.

Our eyes couldn't help but look at the lanterns.

Why are they on?

Who lit them up?

Are there any people living in this village?

While we were pondering this question, a thin figure suddenly flashed in my sight, and it was on the second floor of the wooden building, like a ghost, flashing in the dim light of the lantern. Rao is that I have always been bold, and I don't need to be frightened, my heart tightened, and my brain clicked.

At this moment, the figure that had just turned around came out of the corner again, and this time everyone found it, and he found us.

We couldn't see his face because of the distance, but we could tell his approximate age, a thin old man, standing under a lantern and looking at us.

Before I could say anything, Gu Wenmin had the courage to say to the other party: "Old man, we are lost travelers, can you open a door for us and let us stay for one night?" ”

The old man did not answer, but turned and melted into the darkness again, and after a while, he saw that the door was opened from the inside of the first floor downstairs, and it was evident that the old man had accepted us and let us go in to take shelter from the rain.

In this way, it seems that we were too careful before, and there are people here.

A few of us were overjoyed, and we trotted into the room, and without bothering to inquire, we turned around and closed the door, blocking the cold wind and rain outside, and when we came back to our senses, we did not see the old man who opened the door for us.

Tofu hissed and wondered, "What about people?" ”

The hairy rooster stared around nervously and said, "It's elusive, and the light is too dark." ”

On the first floor of the entire wooden building, there was only a wooden table, and a kerosene lamp was lit, and by the faint light, I looked carefully and found that there were no wires or anything like that, that is, in this era, there was no electricity in this village!

This is really strange enough, I became vigilant, and said to the empty wooden building: "Old man, thank you for letting us in, do you have anything to eat?" ”

I was already a little drumming in my heart, thinking, is I really unlucky, my luck is declining, and a ghost comes to me to trouble, could it be that I have encountered something unclean again? Only then did he deliberately open his mouth to test, but as soon as the voice fell, an old hoarse voice came from the second floor: "There is food in the cupboard below, you take it yourself." I sleep on the first floor, I live alone, so it's inconvenient for you to go up to the second floor. ”

Although this voice is ugly, it is undoubtedly human, after all, if it is a ghost, I am afraid that it will not be so kind to get us food.

Tofu was already hungry, and he was a little bolder when he heard this, and after a glance of his eyes, he locked the old wooden cabinet not far away, and after he walked over and opened the cabinet, there was really some food inside.

Tofu hurriedly brought things out, and it could be seen that these were all leftovers that had been picked up by the old man.

A big bowl of white rice, a bowl of sweet potatoes in a coarse porcelain bowl, and half a bowl of wild mountain chicken, we are also hungry at the moment, where do we dare to be picky, divide the food, sit on the table to eat and drink.

There wasn't much to eat, and we were all half-full, but it was much better than being hungry outside.

Gu Wenmin found a dark place and changed out of the wet clothes on her body, her backpack was waterproof because she had to carry equipment, and her clothes were not wet. Tofu and I were not so lucky, so we had to wring out the excess water, put on a pair of pants, and dry up the wet clothes, hoping to dry the next day.

It's summer, so it's supposed to be hot, but this place may be because it's located deep in the mountains, and it's cold on a rainy night. The old man who took us in for the night didn't seem to like people, although there were a bunch of doubts in his stomach, but we couldn't ask, so we could only press it in our hearts, and we slept on the wooden table that night.

Everyone was asleep unsoundly because of the cold, and in a daze, I was woken up by a strange noise. When he opened his eyes, he found that Gu Wenmin had woken up at some point, maintaining a posture of half-supporting his upper body, listening to the movement with his ears intent, and his expression looked very vigilant.

She looked at me, shook her head at me, and motioned to be silent.

I followed the commotion, and after a few moments, I realized that it was coming from the second floor above us, and it seemed to be the sound of bells.

Tofu and hairy rooster are still sleeping like dead pigs, Gu Wenmin's slender eyebrows frowned slightly, and he lowered his voice; "Chen Hang, why is this old man ringing the bell upstairs in the middle of the night?"

I shook my head, feeling strange in my heart, thinking of all the weirdness of this place, I lost my sleepiness, and said in a low voice: "This place is wrong, I'm afraid there will be something unsafe, you stay here and don't move, I'll sneak up and find out the situation to see what the old man is doing." ”

Gu Wenmin hesitated slightly, then nodded again, and said in a low voice: "Then you are careful." ”