(Cat flutter Chinese) Being looked at by a group of women with an expectant gaze, unable to pretend, I forced my head to agree to come down.

In fact, according to my heart, I don't care about any bullshit past life, what grievances and hatreds, what I want to live most is the life of my wife and children.

Chu Mo said that I lacked love, said that I was insecure, so I wanted to seize everything and like a peaceful life.

That's right, if I wasn't forced to do something, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to do anything.

It's the same this time, if it weren't for meeting Xiaowei, if it wasn't for one thing after another, I might have chosen to be an ostrich.

The place where the Taoist priest of the Xiamao Sect recuperated was called Hot Spring Village, which was about 200 kilometers away from me and belonged to an administrative village under Lianchi City.

The village is not large, 100 households, and it was noon when I arrived, and the smoke wafted over the village, giving people a sense of calm and peace.

Different from most rural villages in Northeast China, the roads between the villages in the hot spring villages are basically paved with bluestone slabs, which makes the roads in the village very narrow, except for the stone roads that divide the village in half can be barely opened to traffic, and the other paths are only one meter five or six wide.

When Ryoko and I entered the village, we were carrying two large backpacks, dressed like most backpackers.

Lianchi City is a tourist city famous for its volcanoes, karst caves, and hot springs, and the reason for the name of the hot spring village is the hot spring on the mountain.

Since it was a meal, I walked around the village, and I didn't see a few people, but I found a hotel.

The inn is not big, just four or five houses connected together, and the owners are an old couple about 60 years old.

"Tourists?"

When I entered the store, the old couple was eating, sauerkraut stewed vermicelli, a very simple farmhouse meal, the old man looked up at the two of us, his tone was light, and there was no excitement about making money.

"Hmm!"

I sniffed, the sour smell was strong, and the aroma was strong.

"One yard is one hundred and fifteen a day, including water and electricity!" The old man quoted the price lightly, and he didn't even lift his chopsticks.

"What's the yard like?" I asked.

"Wait, I'll take you there after dinner!" The old man didn't raise his eyes, took a big chopsticks of sauerkraut, and ate it with a sigh.

The old lady seemed to be a little demented, her eyes were wooden, and her movements were a little slow.

Ryoko and I glanced at each other, it was the first time I had met a store like this, and this old man just left us here!

If it weren't for the fact that there was only one inn in the village, we would have left early.

After drinking the last suerkt soup, the old man wiped his mouth, turned back to an old-fashioned wooden table, took out a bunch of keys, and said, "Let's go, take you to see the house!" ”

The old lady didn't raise her eyelids, she was still like that, eating slowly.

"My old woman has a slight Alzheimer's disease, it's good to be able to do this!"

After going out, the old man nagged, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was explaining, "There are five courtyards, all of which belong to the old people in the village, and the people are dead, and the young people are unwilling to come back, so I simply bought the courtyard and opened a hotel!" ”

"Business has not been good, and I don't live on those two money, just to make a living, not to let myself be idle, my old woman is too idle, so she has Alzheimer's!"

The old man chattered and led us into a yard next to his house, the small courtyard is not big, it is an ordinary rural yard, and it is very clean.

The house is a brick structure, two bedrooms, a kitchen, and it is very clean.

"Take a look at it, if you're not satisfied, I'll take you to see it again!" The old man's tone was always light, and he was willing to live and not want to pull down.

"That's it!" Ryoko and I looked at each other and froze.

"Then go register with me!"

The old man did not have the excitement of making money soon, and led the way in front with a somewhat rickety waist.

Back in the store, the old lady had finished eating and was cleaning up, just like she had moved slowly when she was eating, and she was cleaning up the table like this, slowly, unhurriedly.

"My surname is Yao, you can call me Lao Yaotou, tell me if you have something, I will help you do what I can do!"

After registering the ID card, the old man chattered and handed over a bunch of keys.

"Hmm!"

After taking the key, I didn't say anything, and returned to the small courtyard next door with my bag and Ryoko.

After putting the bag away and cleaning it up briefly, a complicated emotion flashed on Liangzi's face, and he asked, "Brother, is that Taoist priest really in this village?" ”

"I don't know!"

Given this answer, the emotions on Ryoko's face were even more complicated.

I really don't know, or I'm not sure, it's more appropriate.

Ever since the day before yesterday, Chu Mo and the others had a showdown with me and asked me to kill this Taoist priest, I have been in a state of anxiety.

Chu Mo told me that this Taoist priest is in the hot spring village, and it is not clear which one he is hiding in, but he is sure that the Taoist priest is hiding in the village to recuperate.

I was also given a deadline to find the Taoist priest within half a month, so I evacuated immediately.

I didn't plan to tell Liangzi about this, it was Chu Mo who told her, and she said that Liangzi has the right to know.

After Liangzi found out, without any hesitation, he directly found me and wanted to kill this Taoist priest with me.

Before I arrived, I did some research about the hot spring village.

Lianchi City is a tourist city, and the subordinate districts and counties are basically based on tourism and develop their own characteristics, and the hot spring village is not famous in Lianchi City, and it can even be said that it is nameless.

Except for a few backpackers who love to walk solo, there are not many tourists in the village throughout the year, so the hot spring village, like most villages in the Northeast, is slowly declining.

After lunch, Ryoko and I walked around the village twice, and this time we met more people, basically all of them were old people, none of the young ones, and the youngest had to be in their forties.

They were not surprised to see me and Ryoko, saying that they always meet backpackers like me and Ryoko every year.

Knowing that Liangzi and I lived in Lao Yaotou's hotel, two villagers also said some precautions, Lao Yaotou's husband and wife both have different degrees of Alzheimer's disease, but one is more serious and the other is milder.

"Did you find anything?"

After turning around and returning to the rented courtyard, I looked at Ryoko and asked.

This time I came to the hot spring village, I put all my hopes on Ryoko, after all, he had fought directly with that Taoist priest, and he should be familiar with the breath on his body.

"Nope!" Ryoko shook her head a little confusedly.

The village is actually not big, and it doesn't take more than a few minutes to get from the head of the village to the end of the village, in fact, not only Ryoko didn't notice anything abnormal, but I didn't feel it either.

The hot spring is the back of the village, and we have also seen it, but it is not too big, and it can soak five or six people at the same time, and when Ryoko and I went, there were four villagers soaking in it.

The four villagers are all old, and the condition of Lao Yaotou is what they said.

"Let's talk about it when it's dark!"

Since the anomaly is not detected during the day, it can only wait until dark.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, I went to the only shop in the village to buy some simple food, and when I was ready, it was already dark.

"It's festive!"

After eating, the moment I went out, I smiled.

The village is red, and red lanterns are hung at the door of every house.

I learned about this custom when I came, but no one can say exactly why, but at night, red lanterns must be hung at the door of every house in the hot spring village.

I took a special look, and the lantern was an ordinary plastic lantern with red candles lit inside, nothing special.

"Brother, it smells!"

Walking on the path between the villages, Ryoko sniffled.

"What does it smell like?" I deliberately sniffed it, but nothing unusual was noticed.

"Ghost!"

Ryoko slowly spit out two words, pointed to his chest, and said, "I can feel it, he's moving, there's food around here!" ”

"Ghost Eater!"

I immediately reacted that it was the ghost sealed inside Ryoko's tattoo.

"This way!"

Ryoko stood there for a moment and took me through the village.

"There's a ghost in there!"

After walking in the village for about five minutes, Ryoko came to a small courtyard and reached out and pointed inside.

The yard is very ordinary, the only difference from other houses is that there are two red lanterns hanging at the door of this house.

I stepped forward and tried to push the door, but it creaked open, unlocked.

Looking through the door, there were also two red lanterns hanging inside, and the door was not closed, and by the dark red light, we could see a woman sitting with her back to us.

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