Several people looked around for a long time, and they were a little confused for a while.

Liu Bodao: "With so many houses, how can we know which is her home?" ”

Zhang Shimeng also said: "I'm afraid that after so many years, the house has already been demolished." ”

Dong Que scratched his head, unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, he was not thirsty, he just wanted to take a sip. "I think let's ask the family first, maybe there will be someone who remembers."

But a few people hesitated for a while, but they didn't know which door to knock on, it was late at night, and every family seemed to have already slept, and if it disturbed people's good dreams, they might not want to tell what they knew. The whole village was like a ghost village, so quiet that if it weren't for the vegetables growing in the yards of each house and placing all kinds of farm tools, they would have thought that this was an uninhabited deserted village.

"It seems like we're here at a bad time." Dong Lacks Dao.

To be honest, they kind of don't know how to communicate with the people here.

A few people lingered at the door of the Bodhi Temple for a long time, but there was no result, no one was embarrassed to be the first to knock on the door with a cheeky skin, the night wind was cold, and there was a unique smell of cow dung in the village, which was unpleasant.

"A few donors, visiting late at night, what's the matter?"

Just when Dong Que was about to yawn, an old voice suddenly sounded at the door of the temple.

As soon as several people turned around at the same time, they saw a long-haired old monk slowly walking out of the temple, wearing a thin white cloth nightgown and holding a string of large and heavy prayer beads in his hand. Dong Que was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but be in a trance, and only after reacting did he dare to confirm that this guy really hadn't slept so late.

"Uh...... Inner ...... Uncle, no, master, we ...... It's a little ...... something," Dong Que stumbled and said, the old monk smiled kindly, and said: "Then if it is convenient for the donors, you may wish to tell the old man about the matter, and I am happy to help." ”

Several people looked at each other, and they couldn't help but smile, I really didn't expect that there was nowhere to find when they stepped on the iron shoes, and there was still someone who took the initiative to send them to help, Dong Que quickly nodded and smiled, as a thanksgiving, and said: "Master, then I will trouble you, I want to ask you, ten years ago...... Even more than ten years ago, did there ever live in this village with the surname Cheng? ”

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Well, I don't know why, the scene suddenly fell into an inexplicable silence, the old monk maintained a smile, to be precise, it was a frozen smile, and the rosary in his hand stopped turning, and he didn't speak for a while. A few people couldn't help but be stupid, and looked at each other again, they didn't know what was wrong, Zheng Xiaofeng frowned even more, and the old monk's reaction made him feel a little strange.

"Master? What's wrong? Do you know or don't you know? Dong asked if he had to ask.

The old monk's beard moved slightly, and he suddenly laughed and said, "I know." ”

"Really?!" Dong Que became excited all of a sudden, and hurriedly asked, "Is there really a family surnamed Cheng who has lived here?" ”

The old monk raised his hand, pointed to a vacant lot not far away, nodded and said: "The male benefactor of that family is called Cheng Di, and the female benefactor is called Li Xue, who is a husband and wife. ”

"Cheng Di?! It's really Cher's father! As soon as these words came out, Zheng Xiaofeng's breath suddenly became excited twice, and he thought to himself, he finally looked like a living person in his state, "Li Xue, is this Xue'er's mother's name......

Dong Que "hissed" and asked again: "That master, that open space...... I don't have a house either, what's going on? ”

The old monk paused for a moment and said, "That house has been gone for a long time, and the house was burned clean by a fire thirteen years ago. ”

"Ah, this ......" Dong Que looked a little unexpected, and he was at a loss, Zheng Xiaofeng's mood suddenly sank again, is there not even the slightest trace of her in this world......

Dong Que had no choice but to ask casually: "How could it be burned?" Be...... Was it an accidental fire? ”

The old monk stopped answering at this time, and his expression was a little secretive for a while.

"Amitabha, donor, can you allow the old man to interject, what is the purpose of a few people who come to look for these old things again after thirteen years?"

Dong Que glanced at Zheng Xiaofeng, then at the old monk, thought about it, and replied half-clearly: "Cheng Di has a daughter, and we are friends with her, but not long ago...... She died unexpectedly, and we couldn't take her with us, so we thought we would at least have to take the things she left behind home to see, even if it was the last thing we could do for her...... By the way, master, did you know that Cheng Di has a daughter? When they lived here, his daughter was not there? ”

The old monk's expression somehow changed from secretive to heavy, his smile had long since disappeared, and he seemed to be a little regretful, and there seemed to be some other things that could not be explained. Seeing him talk like this for a while and be silent for a while, several people felt more and more that something was wrong, this old monk was probably not so simple, maybe he knew something they didn't know.

"Hey—" After a long time, the old monk sighed, "Amitabha, I really can't imagine that even his only flesh and blood have passed away...... Since you know that Cheng Shizhu has a daughter and has found it here, there is no need to hide it, yes, it was a family of three who lived here back then, and her daughter's name was Cheng Ruxue. ”

Several people frowned in unison, and for a while they all felt that the old monk's words seemed to be a little wrong, Liu Bo bit the flesh on his cheek, and said: "Master, listen to what you mean, the fact that he has a daughter is actually a secret?" ”

The old monk smiled strangely, although his face was also very kind, but there was also a vague gloomy taste, and I don't know if this was because the sky was too dark and the light was too dark, but in short, this state really made several people more and more confused.

"Amitabha, don't blame a few donors, Cheng don't entrust the old man, some things are not enough to be humane with outsiders, the old man should keep his promise, but I look at a few ...... It should be different from the outsiders referred to by Cheng Shizhu, since he has come from afar, there is no reason for Lao Wei to let you go in vain. ”

Dong Que pursed his lips, blinked his eyes for a long time, and after trying to understand the old monk's words, he tried to say: "Then master, do you have any gossip that you can tell us?" ”

The old monk smiled "haha", the rosary turned again, pointed to a hillside farther away, and said: "There is a mass grave there, where all the dead people in the village are buried. ”

Several people looked at each other again, and they didn't know how many times they had communicated with each other in confusion, for a long time, Zheng Xiaofeng took the lead in nodding his head, and Dong Que said, "Okay, thank you, master, let's go." ”

The old monk smiled without saying a word, turned around and walked back to the temple, and several people were stunned for a moment, then got up and walked towards the hillside.

Walking a little farther away, Dong Que hurriedly leaned into Zheng Xiaofeng's ear and whispered, "No... Lao Zheng, why do I think this old monk is strange? He can't have Alzheimer's, so he's going to make fun of us here, right? ”

Zheng Xiaofeng blew his breath and said, "I can only listen to him first and look at the cemetery, and we will verify it ourselves." ”

A few people had to come all the way to the side of the hillside with complicated feelings, and sure enough, they saw countless graves all over the mountains from a distance, the arrangement of the graves was irregular, and even many of them were crowded together, some of the graves had tombstones, some did not even have them, some of the tombstones were stones, and some were even just wood, and then looked closer, the words on many tablets were a little blurred, and this was really a veritable mass grave.

"This ...... What can be seen? Dong Que asked with a sad face.

Zheng Xiaofeng's eyes rolled, and he pondered for a moment and said, "Since the master said that there should be something to gain from coming here, it means that there should be something related to Xue'er's family here...... But there are only tombs here, can it be ...... Is Cher's mother's grave here? ”

I remember that Cheng Ruxue once said that her mother died of illness due to illness, so it is indeed very likely that she will be buried here after her death, just like everyone else in the village.

Zheng Xiaofeng said: "Let's look around together and see if we can find the name Li Xue." ”

Dong Quede and the others nodded, and the five of them scattered around, there were very many graves, I am afraid there must be thousands of them, and several people went to see them one by one, which was very troublesome and had to spend a lot of time.

After more than an hour, Zhang Shimeng shouted from a long distance: "Come and see here!" There is a discovery! ”

Several other people hurriedly raised their already low and sore necks, and hurriedly ran towards Zhang Shimeng, only to see Zhang Shimeng's expression seemed to be a little surprised in surprise, and when everyone saw the name on the tomb, they were all surprised in unison, "Ah? "Yes.

It was a wooden tombstone, with a few half-indistinct characters written crookedly, many of which were worn out to the point of being unrecognizable, and only two parts could barely be recognized: Cheng Yu.

"Cheng Di?! This is Cheng Di's tomb?! "Dong is stupid.

Zheng Xiaofeng's mouth opened even wider, and he couldn't speak, so Liu Bo said, "Didn't you say that he was just missing?" Why is there a monument to him here? Sister Cheng, she didn't mention it to you? ”

Several people fell silent all of a sudden, their minds were in a mess, they could only vaguely feel that the appearance of Cheng Di's tomb had led to many logical errors, but they couldn't say what went wrong for a while.

Zheng Xiaofeng patted his head vigorously and forced himself to calm down, he thought for a long time, organized the language for a long time, and then said tentatively: "First of all...... The first point...... Who erected this tomb for Cheng Di...... Cher apparently didn't know that his father's grave was here, so ...... Most likely someone from the village...... The master knows this, which means that it is most likely him, but why didn't he directly tell us that Cheng Di was dead, so he had to go around in such a big circle...... Second, how did the master manage to keep it a secret...... The cemetery is so close to the village, didn't anyone find out when it was buried? …… According to the timeline, from Cheng Di's disappearance, to Li Xue's death, and then to Xue'er's departure from the village to the welfare home, there should be a large time span in between...... Even if Xue'er's mother and daughter have never been to the cemetery, there are so many people in the village, isn't there anyone who sees Cheng Di's name...... Instead of telling them the truth, the Master has managed to hide it for so long, why and how did he do it......"

"And the third ...... Why did Cheng Di die...... It is important to know that death and disappearance are completely two different things...... Is it an accidental death? Or is it ...... Someone killed him......"

Zheng Xiaofeng said intermittently, and he had to think about it for a long time every time he said two sentences, which was indeed a bit too messy. Dong Quede and the others also felt that something was more and more wrong when they heard it, and these may not be the whole logical problem.

"Could there be such a possibility-" Dong Que said, "When Cheng Meizi left the village, Cheng Di was indeed in a state of disappearance, and his death happened later?" ”

Liu Bo hissed and said, "If this is the possibility, it can only lead to a series of more strange questions, since he is really missing, how can the master know that he is dead?" Could it be that someone sent Cheng Di's body to him? Or did he witness Cheng Di's death? ”

Zheng Xiaofeng bared his teeth, grinned, grabbed his hair, and closed his eyes, he wanted to find a reasonable explanation, but he couldn't turn this corner, theoretically speaking, as long as "Cheng Di is dead" is a fact, then these things can't make sense anyway......

After struggling for a long time, no one came up with any results, Dong Que had no choice but to say: "I'm a little curious now, whether Cheng Di's body is really buried in this tomb." ”

But the key problem is that it is impossible for them to dig up the grave to confirm it, even if there is really a corpse, it has already turned into bones by now, how do they know if it is Cheng Di himself.

"Why don't we go to the master and ask the master again." Zhang Shimeng said.

Several people hesitated for a moment, and said that it was all right.

After lingering for a while, several people turned around again and walked back towards the village, but at this time, just a casual glance, Zheng Xiaofeng suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a very strange tomb not far away.

Zheng Xiaofeng's attention was immediately attracted, saying that it was weird, and it was weird because it looked very new, and the soil on it felt like it had been newly turned out and filled in, obviously a new grave that had only recently appeared.

Zheng Xiaofeng frowned, and subconsciously walked over, and when the others saw where his sight was, they immediately noticed something unusual, and the five of them walked side by side to the tomb.

And at the moment when they saw the name on the monument, the clear night sky suddenly exploded with a thunderclap for no apparent reason.

"Boom ——!"

The thunder was deafening, and the five men screamed at the same time with pale faces, and even drowned out the thunder.

"This ...... How is this possible?! Zheng Xiaofeng's lips trembled, and he saw that the three big characters on the tombstone were none other than Cheng Ruxue!

A melodious but low singing voice suddenly came from behind them, and the five people trembled in their hearts, and reflexively turned their heads, only to see a dark figure slowly leaning over from the middle of the stele forest, holding a shovel in his hand, which was still stained with dirt.

"You ask—I love—how deep are you? I love you - a little bit——? My love is true, my love is true, and the moon represents my heart—"

"You ask—I love—how deep are you? I love you - a little bit——? My love is unwavering, my love is unchanging, and the moon represents my heart—"

The familiar singing voice came from this man's mouth, and a bright saber was pinned to his waist!