The way down is much steeper than when you go up. In the end, it is in response to the sentence "It's easy to go up the mountain, but it's hard to go down". It was already dark halfway up the mountain. By the time we arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was almost time.

Liukouji is a relatively large village at most, with Kunyu Mountain in front and Baiyang River in the back, but it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, but the traffic is too poor, so there is a lack of communication. We searched the whole village in the dark, but we didn't find a single inn. I had no choice but to be cheeky and knock on the door of a large family.

Money is not a thing, but it is a good thing. We didn't dare to take it out in Baiyun Temple, but now we take out fifty taels of silver, and the old man who opened the door will have his eyes shining. Not to mention that the money can buy this village, it is not much worse. Most of the people in Liujiaji are surnamed Liu, the old man's name is Liu Huaichun, and the family is also a small landlord, with two tenants, who sleep in their wing at night. The old couple has a pair of children, the daughter married to Linxian, and the son went to Beijing to take the exam. In the past three years, occasionally when family letters come back, they all report good news but not bad news.

I heard all this when I was gossiping with the old man. When people get older, they are easy to be lonely and talk a lot. The wife of the tenant in the family gave Zhang Luo a sumptuous dinner. Eating the food of my hometown, I still feel a little close. Liu Huaichun and his wife went to the wing room to deal with it for one night, and the eight of us lived in three main rooms. Squeeze a big kang with three people at night, not to mention the stuffiness, mosquitoes still bite, the most important thing is the smell of the cover, although tired for a day, but just can't sleep.

After tossing and turning for a while, I decided to go out and cool off and breathe.

The yard is quite large, and when I walked to the door of a firewood house, I suddenly heard some sounds inside, and at first I thought it was another auditory hallucination, but I listened carefully, and sure enough, there was a sound. It looked like a rat scratching wood, but the movement was a bit loud. After a while, I heard another moan. The sound was clearly made by a person. How could there be people in the firewood room?

Now I am more courageous, and I will open the door of the firewood room when I light a fire. As a result, the firewood room was stuck halfway through, and an iron chain locked the door. The people inside were also startled when they saw the door being pushed open, and they actually screamed "wow".

Then I was startled and let no one hear me. After a few minutes, and there was no movement in the courtyard, I whispered through the crack in the door, "Is there anyone inside?"

After a few seconds of pause, a shrill laugh came out. This laughter gave me goosebumps all over my body on a hot day. There's a ghost. I was really scared at first, but when I think about it, I'm not afraid of ghosts, I'm afraid of what she's going to do alone.

took out Mrs. Xu's dagger and slashed it at the copper lock. There was a crisp "click" and the lock was opened, but it was estimated that most people heard it. Whatever, I'm sleepy anyway, so I might as well find something exciting to pass the time.

There was chaos in the firewood room, and I almost tripped over a tree stump on the ground. And the dust was everywhere, choking my throat. I took a few steps inside and saw an unkempt woman in the corner. You don't have to look to know it's a woman, because I hear her laughing.

Hearing my footsteps, the woman looked up and stared at me with a pair of eyes. Is this a madman? staring at me with unfocused eyes. But if you put her on the look, it will feel hairy.

"Why are you locked here?" I saw her feet move, and a chain peeked out from under her pants.

Of course, I also asked an idiotic question, or I was idiotic when I asked her a question.

"Xianggong, Xianggong, you're back...... Messire...... Hehe...... "That woman actually spoke to me, and when she came up, she called me Xianggong."

Could it be that this woman is Liu Huaichun's daughter-in-law? The husband in her mouth may be the Liu Cheng who went out to take the exam.

Just when I didn't know what to do, two people broke into the firewood room.

A gust of air finally blew out the fire in my hand. So I can't see exactly who is coming in, but with such a long experience, I know that the person who is coming is not good.

I subconsciously stepped back, feeling a gust of wind blowing over my head. It was so close to my eyes, how could I not see clearly, it was a three-pronged head. If I hadn't retreated in time, I guess I would have three more holes above my head by now.

"Who are you?" I asked. The other party did not answer, but one person held his head and attacked me, and the other responded to prevent me from escaping.

It can be seen from their actions that they are ordinary village men and reckless men, and they are a little embarrassed to rely on brute force to take advantage of my unpreparedness. When I come to my senses, it's still a piece of cake to deal with the two of them. Nine times out of ten, it is the two tenants of Liu Huaichun's family.

I put on a posture and prepared to "go into the white with my hands empty-handed". Unexpectedly, I didn't pay attention, and my neck was stuck by a pair of hands. A slightly stiff body pressed against my back.

"Xianggong, Xianggong, are you back......"

Or that crazy woman who thinks I'm her man. I quickly took a step back, trying to shake her off. But in a hurry, he mixed garlic under his feet, fell to the ground on his back, and pressed the crazy woman under him.

But this also happened to dodge the swing of the head. Being bullied by two farmers and a crazy woman made me very annoyed, and I became murderous.

Reaching out and grabbing the head, I slammed it to the ground. The tenant probably didn't expect me to catch the head, so he almost threw himself on top of me. He reflexively wanted to straighten up, while I took Mrs. Xu's dagger in my other hand and waved it at his neck, slicing his artery along with his tracheoesophagus.

I've practiced this trick, and I have some knowledge of anatomy, so it's pretty easy to use. A stream of warm blood spurted onto my hands, my face. The tenant whose neck I had cut was on his knees before me, his hands covering the holes in his organs in vain. He couldn't shout anymore. There is only the whirring sound of gas coming out of the trachea.

Solved one, the other was stunned, he definitely didn't expect me to say kill people, and he didn't even blink his eyes. wanted to exit the firewood room and escape, but was caught by Wuchen. Tianfeng carried a dead wind lamp and stood beside it.

"There's a crazy woman in here, I have to go out and wash, and I'm covered in blood, and I'm dead. ”

The crazy woman had been knocked unconscious by my elbow.

"Oh, what kind of evil is this!" Liu Huaichun had already dressed and came out, looking at the corpse of the tenant lying in the courtyard, and shouted bad luck.

He didn't let me kill people to pay for my life, but he was worried that he wouldn't be able to explain if the government asked. If we wanted to leave, he wouldn't be able to stop us.

"You don't have to panic, if you don't break the law, the government can't do anything about you. Xing Wuyang walked up to Liu Huaichun and said, "If you want to see an official, I am an official." Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

"What's going on?" Liu Huaichun raised his head and asked, "Didn't he kill my tenants?"

"Don't be dishonest, you little old man, you will answer truthfully when you ask you, so as to save us from torture. Tianfeng was noisy on the side, "Even if the prefect of Dengzhou comes, he will have to kneel in front of our Lord Xing." ”

"Tell me, who is this crazy woman?"

"My lord, this mad woman is my daughter-in-law. Seeing that the old man didn't speak, Liu Huaichun's wife suddenly knelt on the ground and said.

"You!" Liu Huaichun suddenly glared at his old woman, raised his head and wanted to fight, but after thinking about it, he gave up, lowered his head and sighed.

"How did your daughter-in-law go crazy, how long has she been crazy?" asked Xing Wuyang.

"My lord, that's a long story!"

"Well, there is at least an hour before dawn, and we have time. ”

It turns out that the reason why this crazy wife in Liucheng is crazy has something to do with the Baiyun Temple we went to during the day.

When the story is told, it starts three years ago.

Liu Huaichun's son Liu Cheng did not go to the exam, but went to Baiyun Temple to become a Taoist. One afternoon three years ago, this Liucheng took a tenant to the county to sell grain in a horse-drawn cart. In the county, the grain was not sold well, and then it was decided to stay overnight and sell all the grain the next day before returning home. drove a cart of grain back and forth, and the mules were also tired.

Staying in an inn, when I was having dinner at night, I met a Taoist priest who came to turn into a fate. The Baiyun Temple is near the left, and the Taoist priest has seen a lot. Looking at this dress, it's not a Taoist priest in the temple, I don't know where I came from to practice.

Liu Cheng was kind-hearted, so he asked the Taoist priest to come over and eat and drink with the three of them. After eating, the Taoist priest said that there was nothing to repay, so he counted a hexagram for him. As a result, this hexagram was calculated, but it was very dangerous. The two tenants later said that the Taoist priest's face turned white at that time, and his mouth muttered, "Calculate that you have to lose your life." ”

Just counting is going to break life, what a deep heavenly opportunity it must be.

The Taoist priest was afraid that Liucheng would not believe it, so he first told him the basic situation of the Liucheng family. After Liu Cheng was convinced, he took him to a secluded place alone to explain it in detail. The tenant came back and said that the young master had gone out with the Taoist priest for about half an hour, and when he came back, his expression was a little dazed, as if it was difficult to choose. Asked him and answered nothing. After a night like this, early the next morning, Liu Cheng went to look for the Taoist priest, but found that the Taoist priest had bled and died violently.

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