He Yu opened the door and saw an old man with gray hair and a little nervous. When the old man saw him come out, his black hair was red and black, he took a few steps back, a little frightened, but hesitated and did not leave. He Yu didn't care, since he couldn't change it, then as Shuying said, he would treat it normally. What's more, it's just a slight difference in hair color.

Shu Ying walked from behind He Yu, saw the old man's appearance, smiled sweetly, and said, "Old man, you don't have to be afraid, He Yu's hair is born." Excuse me, what's the matter with you?"

Seeing Shuying's delicate appearance and sweet smile, the old man dispelled his doubts in his heart and said, "I am the village chief here, and the village calls me Uncle Xu." Last night's incident, the two members of the Wang family had already told the people in the village. On behalf of the whole village, I thanked the son and the girl. As he spoke, his thin body knelt down.

He Yu hurriedly helped: "Uncle Xu, you are too serious. ”

Shuying also hurriedly ran over and said, "Uncle Xu, you are so old, how can you salute us." If you have something, just ask, we can help you. ”

He Yu also expected what Shu Ying would say, his face was not surprised, and he smiled politely: "Yes! ”

Uncle Xu hesitated for a while and said, "You please come with me." ”

After walking for a short time, they came to a relatively clean courtyard around several broken walls and dilapidated wooden houses, and heard the noise of discussion faintly coming from inside. Those voices, from the moment they stepped in, came to an abrupt end.

He Yu and Shu Ying then saw about a dozen or so faces that were either old, dark, or yellow. Among them, in addition to a few people who have just passed middle age, there are people with mobility difficulties, including the couple surnamed Wang who helped save their children yesterday. The rest are all dying.

The couple surnamed Wang saw them coming, holding the child in their arms, and knelt in front of them after a few steps, the man surnamed Wang lowered his head, and the woman surnamed Wang burst into tears and said, "Please save our whole village." I know that your exercises are very good, and you will definitely be able to get rid of that mountain demon. Our husband and wife have kowtowed to you. With that, he grabbed the man and kowtowed repeatedly. The child in his arms seemed to feel his mother's sadness, and he was still babbling and suddenly crying.

The rest of them either had red eyes or tears on their sleeves, but they all said quietly and silently in advance.

He Yu and Shu Ying helped them up respectively, and Shu Ying followed uncomfortably and said, "Big sister, big brother, get up quickly." What is good to say, don't be like this, you see the children are crying. ”

"No, if you don't say yes, we can't afford it. ”

I don't know who took the lead and said, "Please, save our whole village." All the rest knelt down without warning. Even Uncle Xu knelt down and said: "Childe, I know that the mountain demon is very important, and I want you to risk your lives to find him, we really have no right, but we are really desperate." ”

"You all get up first!" In the face of their prostration, He Yu could not afford it, and immediately persuaded him: "Don't do this. We just can't afford it. ”

Uncle Xu lifted his blackened, furrowed face, and said with tears in his eyes: "No, son, you deserve it." From the mouth of the two members of the Wang family, we learned that you rescued the child from the mouth of the mountain demon, and we knew that our whole village was saved. It's all to blame for my Uncle Xu's uselessness, as the head of a village, he has no power to protect the safety of the whole village, and even when the mountain demon comes, he doesn't dare to go out to help. In order to avoid implicating less life, he had to order the whole village not to step out of the house. So I beg you, I beg you, be merciful, and save our whole village. Uncle Xu said and spoke, sobbing and bowing again and again.

"Uncle Xu, don't be like this, I promise you. He Yu stopped him from continuing to bow and said hurriedly.

"Really, Childe really promised to help. Uncle Xu didn't expect the other party to agree so quickly, with incredible joy on his face.

"Heyu has always spoken and counted. He Yu said seriously.

The whole village immediately turned from sadness to joy and got up one after another. caused Shuying to be overjoyed, and stretched out her hand to tease the Wang family's children.

He Yu said: "Uncle Xu, can you tell us about the general process of the matter?" ”

Uncle Xu picked up the corner of his sleeve to wipe his old tears, and said with a smile: "That mountain demon rises day and night, it's still early, and the two of you haven't had breakfast yet! Come, come to the house, Murakami is ready early, let's talk while eating." ”

Shu Ying just remembered, touched her stomach, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xu is still careful." ”

"I'm tired, Uncle Xu. ”

He Yu said.

Uncle Xu dismissed the crowd and told them that the progress of the matter would be informed to them afterwards.

The three of them entered the inner room and sat down at a small square table, he smiled politely at He Yushuying, and said, "It's just some coarse tea and light rice, don't dislike it." ”

"Where, I think it's already very good. "Shuying really feels hungry.

"Uncle Xu is polite, presumably these are the best in your village. He Yu swept the table, one meat and two vegetables.

"Childe is really like a god. Uncle Xu said shamefully: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, this is only the only one in our village who can take out the table to entertain you." ”

Shu Ying was very curious: "He Yu, how do you know?" Shocked that what she said was wrong, she hurriedly added: "Uncle Xu, don't get me wrong. I don't mean the joke. ”

Uncle Xu laughed twice, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, when I see the girl, she is a straightforward person." Eat quickly, or the food will not taste good when it gets cold. ”

"En, thank you, Uncle Xu. Shu Ying smiled sweetly, touched her empty stomach, and raised her chopsticks to move.

He Yu ate a few bites, looked up and asked, "Uncle Xu, why don't you eat." ”

"That's right, Uncle Xu, why don't you eat it. Shuying swallowed a mouthful of green vegetables and looked up from the bowl.

Uncle Xu's eyes flashed and said: "I, I have already eaten, you can eat! When you are full, I will give you a general description of this mountain demon." ”

In fact, He Yu understands that in a poor and remote place like this, those who have the ability have already moved, and what remains is nothing more than people who are old and have no place to go, or who have feelings for this land and are unwilling to leave. It is estimated that the old man just wanted to save the best for them to eat, and he never had breakfast at all. He Yu also understands that often a straightforward and simple person like Uncle Xu, no matter how much persuasion you have, he will definitely not eat it. Because it's not just a meal, it's the heart of the whole village.

In this way, he might as well accept their kindness, and after he has eaten enough, he will think of repaying them in addition to the mountain demon. So as to relieve some of them from the psychological burden of not being able to come up with a reward to ask him to get rid of the demon.

The old man saw that they had eaten about the same time, and opened his mouth to tell them about it.

It turns out that although it is poor, it is quite lively. People are men farming and women weaving, and life is still going on. Until about a few months ago, one night, a strange wind suddenly blew in the sky. In the strange wind, it was impossible to see what rolled up a child who was still playing on the side of the road in the field. At that time, there were several other children of the same age who were together and screamed in fright. The mountain demon peeked out from the black wind with a pair of green eyes, laughed twice, and then disappeared in the dust.

Because it was getting dark, the children were usually playful and knew to go home when it was dark, so the villagers didn't care. Later, a few children ran home in fright, but they couldn't tell why. It wasn't until the father and mother found out that the child had not come back after dark, so she was anxious to go door to door to look for her.

In the end, Uncle Xu launched the whole village to search, but there was still no trace. I didn't want to think that the next day, at the same time, another child disappeared, and everyone began to panic. As the village head, Uncle Xu presided over the overall situation, discussed with the village chief, and then detained the children at home, even if he went out to farm, leaving one person at home. I don't want to, the mountain demon saw that there were no children going out after dark, so he actually entered the house and came to rob it directly. We are all mediocre people, where are the opponents of the mountain demons.

During the robbery, the mountain demon saw that the robbed people were desperately resisting, and the shouting attracted the whole village to rush over, and in a fit of anger, he actually killed the two people and took the child. When everyone arrived, they only saw two bloody corpses.

Everyone had never seen a corpse like that before, and the whole corpse was drained, and only a handful of bones remained.

So before dawn, all those who had the slightest ability were all like they had discussed it, and they all moved their families to leave the village. Leave some people with limited mobility, or elderly people at home, and some lonely widows. Including at that time, if the two members of the Wang family were not close to giving birth, I am afraid they would have left with them.