Chapter Thirty-Seven: Evil Worship?
"It's not a secret, our Dingyin Village was established a hundred years ago by dozens of people who were tired of the mediocre court, in order to build a paradise that could accommodate them, and in the past hundred years, we have always lived and worked in peace and contentment, and nothing major has ever happened.
"It's just that strange things have started since three years ago......"
When the old Taoist priest said this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, as if he thought of some terrifying scene, even if he had lived for decades and cultivated for decades, he still couldn't control the emotion of being afraid to the bones, but he still gritted his teeth and explained to Chen Feng:
"Just a year ago, a strange thing suddenly happened in the village, the daughter-in-law of the Li family at the head of the village was more than nine months pregnant, and it was just when she was about to give birth, but she suddenly suffered an accident. She died in her own home, and when the Li family's baby went out to farm, she should have rested at home and waited for production with peace of mind, but she died in her own home! ”
Speaking of this, the fear and fear in the old Taoist's eyes deepened, and his body couldn't stop trembling:
"Moreover, her belly had been dissected, and her intestines, undigested food, and flesh were all over the room, but the child in her belly was nowhere to be found, and we searched the whole village, but there was no trace of the child......
"It wasn't until three days later that a baby's skeleton suddenly appeared in the mountain behind the village, but we had searched for it a dozen times, and we had never found a single skeleton there, not even a single one."
The child must have been eaten, and before he was born, he was eaten...... When Chen Feng heard this, his brows were already furrowed, and he secretly thought in his heart.
"For the next three years, every pregnant woman in our village would suddenly be poisoned when she was about to give birth, and all their children would disappear, until a few days after the incident, a baby's bones would be ......"
Isn't this the poisonous hand of something like a demon, so it seems a little difficult to do so...... Chen Feng fell into thought, in his impression, there are only some evil beings like demons who can do this kind of thing, of course, other possibilities are not ruled out.
"Have you never been prepared for this?" Chen Feng looked at the old Taoist priest.
"Of course, there were precautions, after such a few things in a row, we also guessed that this was probably because of the demon's rebellion, so we sent people to guard those pregnant women overnight to prevent them from being poisoned again, and the old Taoist priest I, who also have some cultivation, although I am older, can still move, so I took the hunters in the village to patrol everywhere, trying to find the demon hiding in the shadows.
"But even if we were so careful, the pregnant women were still murdered, and the babies were all gone, and all we could find was a skeleton.
"Lao Dao feels that the assassin has never left our village, he is always watching us, always ready to take action, kill those pregnant women, eat those unborn children!"
There was deep fear and grief in the eyes of the old Taoist priest, and when he said these words, the whole person was grief:
"More than a dozen human lives, and they are all pregnant women and unborn children who are about to give birth, what kind of demon would do such a conscientious thing!"
Then there was gritting of teeth:
"Don't be told by the old Taoist priest who did it, otherwise even if I fight to destroy my body and spirit, I will die with it!!"
The old Taoist priest was already full of tears, and after a long time, his emotions recovered:
"I don't know what the layman can do to avenge my Dingyin Village?"
"Don't worry, Daoist, I can give it a try."
Chen Feng was also a little unbearable in his heart, and comforted the old Taoist priest and said.
"Don't frame me, the village has also invited masters, but no one has found the murderer, let alone revenge."
The old Taoist priest's eyes flashed with hope, but then he said to Chen Feng with a look of disbelief.
Just now, he was just too excited to see a foreign cultivator, which led to a rush to the doctor, but now he sees that Chen Feng is just a young man, and he doesn't believe in him, in the final analysis, it is still one thing that people believe in, that is, he has no hair on his mouth and is not firm in his work.
However, Chen Feng had seen too many such eyes, and he didn't care too much, but patted his chest and said confidently, "Don't worry, let me give it a try, maybe I can really do it?" ”
"That'...... Well, I'll believe you once. ”
The old Taoist priest obviously didn't have much confidence in Chen Feng, but looking at Chen Feng's confident appearance, plus, now Ding Yincun was panicked by this incident, and he had no choice, so he had no choice but to agree.
Then, he said to Chen Feng, "Since you want to help Ding Yin Village, it will definitely not be done overnight, it is better to do this, the old Taoist priest has a house in the suburbs that has not lived for a long time, if the monk doesn't mind, it is better to move there, you can live for a while." ”
"Why can't you let me sit in the Taoist temple? I think this temple is quite big. Chen Feng muttered in his heart, his eyes caught a glimpse of a few jars with talisman paper in the Taoist temple, but he agreed with a smile on his face:
"Of course, since you are so polite, Dao Chief, then naturally I will be disrespectful."
After the old Taoist priest brought Chen Feng to the house, Chen Feng simply cleaned the house, and then asked the old Taoist priest and said, "Daoist, I don't know if you have heard of a person, he is called Railway Qiao, and if you are professional, you should be a blacksmith or something." ”
"Railroad Joe? I think about it, it seems that there is indeed such a person in our Dingyin Village. The old Taoist priest thought for a moment, and then pointed in a direction towards Chen Feng:
"Over there, at the entrance of Dingyin Village, he seems to have come to our Ding Village 20 years ago, saying that he also came to take refuge, and he opened a blacksmith shop to help everyone make some farm tools and the like. He should still be working in the blacksmith now, and if you're looking for him, it should be right now. ”
"Thank you for the long aisle."
When Chen Feng heard that there was really such a person, he knew that Chisan Zhenren really didn't lie to himself, so he was overjoyed, and after quickly saying goodbye to the old Taoist, he took three steps and two steps, and walked quickly towards the blacksmith shop.
Sure enough, not long after leaving, I heard the sound of clanging knocks, and after a while, a small flag with three big characters written on it also fell in front of Chen Feng's eyes, and around the blacksmith shop, and some houses were scattered, some of which were now floating with faint smoke.
It's noon, just in time for dinner, and many families have already finished their farm work and gone home to cook.
Chen Feng walked into the blacksmith shop, and just saw a strong young man, who was looking down to build an iron tool, seeing that its shape should be a hoe, the young man was fighting quite hard, his forehead was full of sweat, and there was a rough voice next to him constantly reprimanding:
"Don't use your dead strength, you have to have a way to strike iron!"
"How do I usually teach you, and why do you forget it all when you use it? You're going to do it first...... And then like that...... And finally...... Do you understand? ”
On the side, a shirtless and muscular man with a short beard and short hair was stuffing food into his mouth while directing the young man who was striking iron, Chen Feng glanced at it and was sure in his heart that this should be Railway Qiao.