Chapter 8: Moon Bay (1)
Out of Xiaopan's casserole shop, Lu Gusong stretched his waist for a long time, it was already three poles of the sun at this time, and the warm sun in April shone on his face, warm to his heart. Lu Gusong, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, suddenly felt that he was in a good mood, he looked down at the little yellow dog yawning at his feet, and scratched his head: "Kele, it seems that your master has no time to take care of you for the time being, so you can follow me first, okay?"
Hearing Lu Gusong's words, the little yellow dog lowered his head and lowered his ears, looking very low.
Looking at the appearance of the little yellow dog, Lu Gusong couldn't help laughing, he found that this little dog was really smart, it could not only understand other people's words, but also express its emotions very humanely. Lu Gusong took out an apple from his schoolbag and shook it at the little yellow dog: "Kerr, look at what this is." ”
The little yellow dog rolled his eyelids, caught a glimpse of the apple in Lu Gusong's hand, and suddenly changed his face, the original low was swept away, but he stuck out his tongue and stared at the apple, and the tail behind him kept shaking.
Lu Gusong smiled, no longer teased it, threw the apple to the little yellow dog, and thought about it instead: "Where am I going now?" Now Shen Lu should also accompany Shen Dianjin, and Dongfang Long and they have been avoiding themselves recently, so Lu Gusong doesn't want to go back for the time being. Then the matter of coming to Ling'an by himself has been done, and at this moment, Lu Gusong was a little confused.
"Buzzing ......" At this time, the pocket of Lu Gusong's backpack suddenly vibrate, waking up Lu Gusong, who was distracted. He pulled out the phone he had in his bag, and the word "captain" was displayed on the screen.
"Captain, why did he look for me at this time?" Lu Gusong answered the phone suspiciously.
"Komatsu, where are you?" came Dongfang Long's rough voice on the phone.
"I'm still in Ling'an, what's the matter, captain, do you need me to go back?" Lu Gusong asked.
"No, don't come back for the time being, now we have another mission, Dafa and they have already gone first, you also go to make peace with them, and I will go to you later." Dongfang Long said.
"Okay, where are they, Uncle Fa?" Anyway, Lu Gusong has nothing to do now, and the captain is willing to take the initiative to find himself, which is also a good thing.
"It's in Ling'an, it's a village called 'Moon Bay', you go quickly, this mission may need to stay for a while, I've already asked you for leave at your school......" Dongfang Long said then Lu Gusong didn't pay much attention, and he was shocked by the place Dongfang Long said.
"Moon Bay, isn't that where Xia Feixue said the 'Flower on the Other Side' is? Lu Gusong felt that something was not right, and from the phone, Dongfang Long's voice sounded a little gloomy. However, he has only been a demon hunter for a short time, and he has not had much contact with this dragon team, so he is only a little confused
After an hour and a half of taking a bus and calling a taxi for an hour, Lu Gusong finally arrived at the small village called "Moon Bay". To be honest, Lu Gusong really didn't expect that in the current era, especially in Su Province, one of the most developed provinces in the country, such a village could be seen. The sound of chickens and dogs barking can hardly be heard in the village, let alone human voices, and the whole village looks empty.
From a distance, at the entrance of the village, several gray-haired old men sat in front of their homes with wooden expressions. When the old people heard the sound of the car approaching, they looked over one after another. When he saw a young man getting out of the car, he even sat up slightly straight, ready to step forward to greet him. But when he saw that it was a stranger of about twenty years old, his body fell heavily on the small stool again, and his face returned to that wooden expression.
Lu Gusong stood on the soft dirt and looked around, this small village of "Moon Bay" is located in a mountain col, and the surrounding mountains are lush and green, and there are no birds flying by, full of life. However, the village below the mountain is lifeless, and it is difficult to understand the existence of demons in such an inaccessible place.
"Maybe the captain and they discovered the existence of the 'Flower on the Other Side'. Lu Gusong thought to himself.
"Xiao Song!" At this time, someone not far away was shouting Lu Gusong. Lu Gusong looked in the direction of the voice, and it turned out to be Mei Lan.
"Komatsu, you're here. Mei Lan walked quickly in front of Lu Gusong.
"Well, Aunt Mei, why are you alone?" Lu Gusong said to Mei Lan.
"This mission is just me, Dafa and Bowen, so we'll look for clues separately. Mei Lan looked up a little helplessly, but she didn't see Zhou Dafa and Sun Bowen.
"What is this mission?" Lu Gusong asked with a straight expression.
"I don't know, this mission was told to me by Daihatsu, so I said that the mission was here, let's find out what traces of demons. But it's so big, and there aren't many people, so I've searched for it and found nothing suspicious. Mei Lan said helplessly.
"Then I'll go and find it out. Seeing Mei Lan's appearance, Lu Gusong estimated that she didn't find anything, so he wanted to go and see it himself.
"Well, we'll stay at the chief's house in this village, the one with the big red lantern in the northwest corner of the village. We made an appointment to go back and meet before dinner. Mei Lan nodded, waved her hand at Lu Gusong, and walked in a direction by herself.
Seeing Mei Lan's figure disappear into an alley, Lu Gusong also turned around to look for clues. However, he decided to familiarize himself with the place first, so he walked down the only concrete road in the village. Walking into this village, Lu Gusong found that this village is not too dilapidated, the houses of each family are not dilapidated, and even one or two three-story small buildings can be seen every now and then, although the whole village only has a cement road on the main road, but other paths are also paved with stone slabs.
Such a village is not rich in the eyes of the whole country, but it is not bad either. The reason why Lu Gusong felt that this place was very depressed at first was because the village was too quiet and too lifeless, but now after walking into the village to observe, Lu Gusong was even more determined in his thoughts.
Lu Gusong walked like this, but he didn't even see a young person, only the old man and the child were seen along the way. The old people either sat alone at the door of their own house, or stood in their own courtyard, burying their heads in their own things, without the slightest communication with each other, only when Lu Gusong passed by, they would raise their heads slightly, but then they would bury their heads and do their own things.
What's even more strange is that the children around the old people don't look like children at all except for their appearance. They don't run back and forth, they don't play with each other, they don't chatter, they don't do what kids are supposed to do. They would just stand stupidly beside the old man, watching the old man go about his business, and when he heard a voice outside, he would turn around and look at the person with a dull gaze. Those pair of wooden eyes made Lu Gusong's scalp tingle, so he had to hurriedly pass through their door.
Lu Gusong walked all the way to the other end of the village, this village is not big, not small, there are about 100 or so families, and every family is such a scene. The young people in this village should have all gone out to wander, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come back a few times a year, and even traditional festivals such as Qingming cannot come back to worship their ancestors. , and these old people and children are the "empty nesters" and "left-behind children" in the news, and I don't know how long they have been waiting for their relatives every day, and they have become numb to this. Lu Gusong wanted to ask some villagers about the current situation, but seeing their blank expressions, Lu Gusong didn't know how to talk to them.