Chapter 61: Ghost Village
The stone passed through the white clouds, drew an arc in the sky, and landed next to a big tree, Ye Duhong and Su Yu fell to the ground, and the stone was naturally taken back by Ye Duhong, this stone was very obedient, and Ye Duhong shrunk it and hid it in his pocket. Su Yu just fell to the ground, his legs bent downward, this was an involuntary movement, and he almost fell to the ground, probably because he fell too hard just now. Ye Duhong then helped Su Yu and asked Su Yu if he was okay, Su Yu smiled silently, and after walking a few steps, seeing that Su Yu was indeed fine, Ye Duhong let go of the hand he was supporting.
There was a large tree, the luxuriant canopy of which provoked the two of them to look up, and this tree was verdant and vibrant, and with this tree, although most of the field was dry and hard loess, it did not appear barren. Ye Duhong and Su Yu didn't know what kind of place this was, this place was unfamiliar to them. They were all familiar with this tree, and there was a tree that was almost identical to this one near the underground dwelling, a very large and tall sea fruit tree, which gave people an infinitely cool feeling. In the summer, the tree produces many blue fruits, which are very watery, and the blue color is reminiscent of the ocean, which is also the origin of the name of the sea fruit tree.
They admired the tree for a quarter of an hour, and then they walked south, and to the south they could see rows of houses, all of which were small, some of them dilapidated and dilapidated, and it was clearly a poor village. Ye Duhong and Su Yu came to the door of a house, they looked in, and saw that there were a lot of artemisia grass in the yard, some sparrows jumped among the artemisia grass, and there were many spider webs hanging under the eaves. They didn't want to enter this slightly dirty home, so they moved on again. When I came to the door of a house, the door of this house was half closed and half open, and through this half door wide I could see the weeds in the yard, and a lot of old grass was lying on the ground, dry. There was also a rusty clothesline in the yard with a few clothes on it, which were so dusty that they could no longer be worn. Why isn't this family there? Ye Duhong and Su Yu were a little confused in their hearts, after all, this is a village, and there is no one in these two families, so if you take two more steps forward, you should always be able to find a prosperous family.
Ye Duhong and Su Yu walked back and forth for a mile, and saw a small house on a small mound, the house was still very new, and the big locust tree behind it was growing luxuriantly, and there must be someone in this household. Ye Duhong and Su Yu approached the door, as a man, Ye Duhong stood in front of Su Yu, indicating a kind of bravery of a man in front, he reached out and knocked on the door, Bang Bang Bang Bang And at this time, there was a sudden sound of something sliding, Ye Duhong's ears moved, and he looked down to see that a black bright thing was revealed in the gap under the closed door, it was a python, a big python, Ye Duhong's expression was stunned, and he hurriedly retreated, and Su Yu was also squeezed behind. How could this be? Ye Duhong's heart was pounding. There is no one in this house, there are big pythons in the yard, and when the python slides its body, you can hear the sound of grinding dead leaves, and there must be a layer of dead leaves in this yard.
Ye Duhong and Su Yu turned to the back of the house, what is on the big locust tree? The man had hanged himself from a tree, and his flesh was rotting, and his clothes were hanging on his body, and he could not tell the difference between man and woman, and his tongue was long and out, and it was rotten, and there was a lot of dust on it. How could there be a hanged person here, such a terrifying picture made Su Yu's heart ache faintly, this was caused by horror.
Ye Duhong hugged Su Yu and asked her not to be afraid, but Su Yu was furious in her heart, and she was almost trembling. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the leaves rustling, Su Yu screamed, and drilled harder into Ye Duhong's arms, Ye Duhong shouted towards the void, what the hell is this place, it is actually some scary things, so many houses, there is no one in it, no matter how gloomy it is, see if Lao Tzu does not raze this place to the ground. Ye Duhong spoke, holding Su Yu in one hand, and pulling out a long sword with the other, the sword showed a cold light, and the sword light was pressing. Ye Duhong's wrist turned, and the sword body in his hand flipped over, and the sound was the sound made when the sword flipped over.
Ye Duhong hugged Su Yu and walked forward, he wanted to protect Su Yu, in this gloomy place, there were dangers hidden everywhere, and Ye Duhong's heart was raised high.
Arrived at a crossroads, Ye Duhong found a broken wall here, the wall is compacted, now there is only a knee-high one, in the root of this wall grows a Tsubaki tree, Tsubaki trees are dead, next to the Tsubaki tree is a thatched pit, on the edge of the pit sat an old woman, her hair is all white, her face is like a chrysanthemum, a black cotton dress is wrinkled, this old man is the first person they found in this village, to be exact, the first living person. Ye Duhong asked the old woman why she was sitting here and why she didn't go back to the house.
The old grandmother stared at Ye Duhong, and her cloudy eyes stared at Ye Duhong for a long time before a word came out of her mouth: hungry. The old grandmother was so hungry that she sat here looking for food. Ye Duhong looked around, and when he saw that there was no one else, he asked the old grandmother, why are there so few people in the village, and are there any other people?
The old grandmother said that there were other people, and Ye Duhong asked where they were, and the old woman said that it was on a locust tree in front of her. Ye Duhong remembered the man who was hanged on the tree, and his heart couldn't help but tremble. The old grandmother sat on the edge of the pit all day looking for food, and no one took pity on her, no one helped her. Ye Duhong asked the grandmother where all the people in the village had gone. The old grandmother's toothless mouth was leaking when she spoke, and the old grandmother told Ye Duhong the truth, when the free army was coming, the people in the village fled, and the people in the village had long known about the scourge of the free army.
Ye Duhong understood the general situation of this village, sighed, and remained silent for a long time. The Free Army, the notoriety of the Free Army spread widely in the land, and the people hated the Free Army. War, war, oh, what a catastrophe war brings to people, some people eat people, some people eat. Ye Duhong looked at the gray sky, and his heart was very complicated.
In this village, there is no life everywhere, but there are a lot of eerie ghosts, Ye Duhong and Su Yu took out the food on their bodies and gave it to the old grandmother, and then the two walked away. As they left, they heard the old man crying. This is a devastated place, a place that makes people feel entangled in their hearts, in such a place that does not bring positive energy to people, Ye Duhong and Su Yu are deeply sad.
They walked around the village quickly, and saw no one but the old woman. The desolation of the village made them shudder, and the two of them couldn't bear to go any further, and they couldn't bear to look at it any longer. They were people with dreams, and in order to get there, they set off together, but they never imagined that they would arrive at such an unpleasant place. They wanted to find a quiet place to rest around the village, and heading south, they found a temple. This is the south temple of the village. There are no monks in the south temple for a long time, and there are a few empty houses in it, and you can sleep after cleaning a few times. Su Yu used a spell to clean the room, and in less than ten seconds, the room was swept clean.