Then, the leather-clothed guest drove out of the city, walked for half an hour, and arrived at the door of a farmhouse called "Xiaoxiang People's Family".

What surprised me a little was that the receptionist at the front desk of this farmhouse was not a young and beautiful woman, but a hunched over little old man, who was not very respectful when he saw the leather coat walk in, and only lightly shouted that the boss was in trouble.

The leather-clad man muttered a few words to the old man, and the old man's cloudy eyes glanced at me, and he ushered us into the box, and then served our meal.

I was already hungry, so I started eating the food, and as soon as I put the food in my mouth, I found that it had a different flavor and was very comfortable to eat. The leather-clothed guest sat aside, just drinking tea, and did not mean to move the chopsticks.

When I had eaten and drunk, I asked him, "Who gave me a ghost mark?" ”

"It's not clear." The leather-clothed man shook his head, groaned for a while, and said: "I know that you must have a lot of questions now, including yourself and me, but what I want to say is that there are some things that you are not convenient to know now, and knowing too much will not do you any good, but rather a threat, you remember one thing, at present, Hongcun is the safest position for you, if someone persuades you to leave Hongcun, you can basically judge that he wants to harm you." ”

It's that sentence again!

Chen Jiutong also said that I can't know too much, and Wong Tai Sin also vaguely told me, what's wrong with Lao Tzu, why can't I know more?

I couldn't help but get angry, and said unhappily: "Why can't I know too much, I'm not a three-year-old anymore, and I can take responsibility for my own actions." ”

The leather-clad man shook the teacup in his hand and said, "For example, if I tell you that someone next to you is going to harm you, and once he realizes that you know that he is going to harm you, he will do it, do you know better or don't know?" ”

"Of course I know." I was categorical and said, "If you know it, you can deal with him, and you can be prepared for the worst." ”

"Yes." The leather-clad man nodded, and said, "But don't forget, it's easy for you to be on guard against him, because everything you show is defenseless to him, and it's easy for him to deal with you!" ”

I was speechless for a while, and I knew in my heart that what the leather coater said was indeed reasonable, but I was still unconvinced. Even then, you can't sit still, can you?

The leather-clad man said: "So there are some things that don't know how good they come, and knowing them doesn't do any good, they will only harm you, live, and when you are strong enough, it's time to fight back." ”

"Powerful enough?"

I sighed in my heart, I was just a peasant in the township, with no money, no power and no strength, and I had nothing to do with being strong.

The leather-clad man also sighed slightly, and said, "I might as well tell you, in fact, I don't have much in my hands at the moment, and even if I tell you, I'm afraid it won't help you much." ”

I was skeptical, stared at the leather-clad customer with burning eyes, and asked: "Then what is your purpose in Hongcun, not to mention to do business, those timber in Hongcun, even if you do it for ten years, you can't buy the Land Rover at your door." ”

The leather-clad man smiled and said, "I'm afraid someone will tell you that my timber business in Hongcun has been losing money, right?" ”

I was shocked, how did he know that Chen Jiutong had told me that the timber business was losing money? Has he been spying on me?

"Don't be too surprised, it's not a secret that my timber business is losing money, and the coffin maker and the village chief in your village know about it." The leather-clad man said calmly.

"Both Chen Jiutong and Ma Yongde know?"

I was a little confused, Chen Jiutong knew that I understood, after all, it was impossible to know the market of this industry by using wood to make coffins. But where did Ma Yongde find out?

I suddenly found that Ma Yongde was involved in the whole incident in Hongcun, but he was the least noticeable, perhaps because his responsibilities as the village chief were ignored.

My heart was a little confused, so I asked, "What happened to Hongcun?" Is there anything between the Hong family and what happened in Hong Village? ”

"Yes, but not all."

The leather coat guest said in a somewhat serious tone, and said: "Hong Village was originally a village surnamed Hong, your Ma family, as well as the Chen family and the Chai family, are all outsiders who moved later, Hong Qingsheng's family is the last bloodline of the Hong family, after the Hong family is extinct, it seems to have triggered some kind of chain reaction, from the current point of view, the Hong family should be calculated by something." ”

"Hong family, Hong village?"

I tasted it carefully, and I felt a little frightened, if Hongcun was originally a village with the surname Hong, then where did the original person with the surname Hong go? Why is Hong Qingsheng's family left alone?

What happened to the Hong family, could it be that the fate of the people surnamed Hong was destined to perish?

I turned my eyes to the leather-clad man again, feeling that this person was too unfathomable, and recalled that he didn't seem to answer my question directly just now, but diverted my topic, gritted his teeth and continued to ask: "Then can you tell me your purpose in Hongcun?" ”

"I can't."

The leather-clothed man shook his head directly, and said very simply: "You just need to know that I won't harm you, and the rest is still the same sentence, and it is no good to know." ”

I lost my temper completely, and people didn't pay attention to what I thought.

After a moment of silence, the leather-clothed guest got up and said, "You will stay here tonight, it is safe here, you can rest assured, I will pick you up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." Then he turned and left, and in a moment the old man came, and without speaking, beckoned to me, and led me to the guest room.

The rooms are very luxurious, I have never seen such a luxurious decoration, they are the kind that can only be seen in the advertisement, clean and tidy, and even equipped with a kitchen, the whole is a complete small apartment.

I can't name the lavish décor or describe it, but maybe that's probably the legendary Presidential Suite.

After putting down my luggage, I lay on my back on the big bed, feeling extra comfortable, and I enjoyed this safe time so much. What I lacked most during this time was a sense of security.

After a while I fell asleep in a daze, and I didn't even take a shower, and when I opened my eyes, it was already eight o'clock the next day.

I hurriedly washed up and hurried out, according to the memory out of the farmhouse, on the way I found that the huge farmhouse seemed to be the old man alone, no one else was seen.

When I arrived at the door, the leather-clad customer was already waiting in the car, and I apologized and said that I was late to bed.

He smiled and asked how he was sleeping.

I got into the back seat and nodded and said it was comfortable. I didn't even dream last night, I closed my eyes and opened my eyes when I fell asleep, and the night passed, and I had never had such a good night's sleep.

The leather-clad man smiled slightly, and after driving on the road, he said to me solemnly: "Remember that farmhouse, no matter what trouble you encounter in the future, it is a safe house." ”

I didn't really understand what he meant, so I just nodded stunned and said I knew.

It wasn't until much after this incident that I understood what the word 'safe house' really meant. Of course, that's all for later.

Then I took out my phone and checked it, and found that there was an unread text message.

At first glance, it was actually sent by a ghost number that had been silent for a long time.

The content is: Hongcun needs you, if your soul leaves, let your body stay.

I was so shocked that I almost threw my phone away.

"What's wrong?"

The leather-clad noticed my anomaly and glanced in the rearview mirror and said to me.

"No, nothing."

I forcibly suppressed the apprehension in my heart, I don't know why, although the leather coat helped me a lot, I always had a little defensiveness against him, not on purpose, but a very strange subconscious.

I instinctively had a little bit of resistance to him, or rather rejection, and I couldn't explain it. Maybe Chen Jiutong once warned me, or maybe it was because the leather coat was too mysterious.

The leather-clad man glanced at me again, thoughtfully, but didn't say anything.

This text message made me uneasy all the way.

What does it mean exactly?

If my soul is gone, let my body remain?

I can understand the literal meaning, that is, to warn me not to leave Hongcun, but the key words are body and soul.

What does it mean for the soul to leave?

What is the body left?

Can a person's soul and body be separated?

But what gives me some peace of mind is that, at least for now, the ghost has no intention of harming me, but has saved me, and the dark shadow from yesterday seems to have a vague connection with it.

Now the biggest question is, why can't I leave Hongcun?

The leather-clad guest clearly told me but didn't tell me the reason, Wong Tai Sin said the same thing before leaving, and Chen Jiutong vaguely mentioned this.

Now even the ghost text messages are warning me, and it seems to be resentful of me.

I spent the whole time in a state of crankiness, during which I asked the leather-clad guy how to solve the problem, which was the most difficult problem at the moment, and it would not be long before it was my turn.

But the leather coat said that the bell must be tied to the bell, and if you want to get rid of the ghost point, you must find the culprit behind the imprint, and said let me give him a little time, he is investigating.

I was helpless, although I was a little disappointed, but I could only wait for news from him for now.

In the afternoon, the leather-clothed passenger drove the car to the town, because the dirt road from the town to Hongcun is not easy to walk, so I didn't let him send it again, but called Ma Jialiang to pick me up on a motorcycle.

The leather-clothed guest didn't insist, and before leaving, he told me again that I must go back to Hongcun for the night and not stay outside.

I nodded and wrote it down, and he drove away, and it didn't take long for Ma Jialiang to take me back to Hongcun.

When I got home, I put down my luggage and ran to Chen Jiutong, but unfortunately I was empty again. Chen Jiutong was too mysterious during this time, and he didn't know what the big red coffin was dug up at home.

Turning back to the store, I thought about it for a while, so I turned on the computer and logged in to the Tianya forum, and found that the Hubei netizen named "Cat Mao Hero" sent me a message again, saying that I haven't found a way to deal with it for the time being, but I can drive it away, because the calf has not really grown up, except for the full moon night, which is more troublesome and accidental, the rest of the time is not too difficult to deal with.

And the method of exorcising the calf is also very simple, that is, to offer to the door god.

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