A half-human-tall red statue stands there, lizard body, monkey face, made in a standing posture, from head to toe exuding strangeness. The iron chain cut by Xu Bo is still scattered at the foot of the stone statue, and the iron chain is rusty, even if Xu Bo does not cut it, I am afraid it will not last long.

Looking closely, the red cloth Xu Bo said was still pressed under the iron chain, and it had rained a few days ago, and the red cloth had been mixed with the soil on the ground, and the color could not even be seen if you didn't look carefully.

Yu You looked at Wei Ran slightly, she wanted to go closer to take a look, but she didn't know if this statue was completely safe now.

Wei Ran didn't look at her, he walked straight forward and picked up the iron chain and the red cloth, "Xu Bo said that the red cloth is covered on the head, and the chain locks the body, then they should be indispensable." As he spoke, he beckoned to Yu You, "Come and see." ”

Yu Youwei stared at the iron chain and the red cloth, the iron chain was obviously old, not only the craftsmanship was rough, but the rust was also full of traces of time. But the red cloth seems to be a product of modern times, Yu Youwei once watched a documentary about the fabric process, although this red cloth looks sparse and cheap, the process is only in recent years.

"The chain can't tell the age, but this red cloth must be from the last few years."

After listening to Yu Youwei's words, Wei Ran nodded in agreement, "The Taoist temple has worshippers to tie the red cloth every year, and we will also remove some red cloths from previous years, and this cloth looks like it will only be about a year, so someone must come to replace it regularly." ”

"So......" Yu You stared at Wei Ran's eyes slightly, and saw his thoughts in his eyes, "You mean to say, let's go down the mountain and ask?" ”

"Well, there is an evil thing sealed on the mountain, and the people under the mountain will hear some rumors, so you might as well try it."

Yu You nodded slightly, and suddenly felt that the backpack behind her was a little heavy, she had been on the road since she got up, she felt a little tired, but seeing that Wei Ran was still energetic, she didn't make a noise and followed Wei Ran down the mountain.

Sizhou Mountain is on the outskirts of H City, but Yu Youwei came to H City for two years after graduation, and she didn't come to play, she was too busy, she was bent on making money and fighting for performance, and buying a house for herself as soon as possible to set up a home for herself, so the surroundings of Sizhou Mountain were still very strange to her, and the two of them walked around the foot of the mountain for a long time before they saw a few families from afar.

Yu You was slightly hungry and didn't care about anything else, so he took out a loaf of bread from his bag and nibbled on it, Wei Ran was a little embarrassed to see her gobbling up, "I'm sorry, let you go all morning." As he spoke, he took out the old mobile phone that Yu Youwei used for him, and after getting familiar with it overnight, he was already proficient in using some basic functions, "It's almost two o'clock, or let's rest for a while." ”

Yu Youwei was choked by the bread and couldn't speak, and hurriedly waved his hand, "No, isn't there someone in front, let's go ask first." ”

The nearest house looked new, with air conditioning and solar water heaters, as if it had been inhabited all along, Yu You hurriedly stuffed the last bite of bread into his mouth and ran up to knock on the door.

An old woman walked out of the backyard, and saw the two people knocking on the door with some hesitation, but fortunately, Yu Youwei and Wei Ran, a beautiful young male and female combination, were very eye-catching, and explained to the old woman, and the mother-in-law invited them into the courtyard.

"Mother-in-law." Yu Youwei took out the news literacy of a reporter, and said sweetly, "I am Xiao Yu, a reporter from Jiangbei Daily, this is my colleague Xiao Wei, we came to climb the mountain today, and I saw a strange stone monkey on the mountain, so I wanted to ask you if you know the origin of this stone monkey." ”

The old woman's face changed instantly, "Did you see the stone monkey?" Is the red cloth off? ”

Yu You's heart moved slightly, it seemed that this old woman was the insider, so she nodded, "We did see a red cloth at the foot of the stone statue, which may have been blown off by the wind." ”

"Oh, this is terrible, I have to go up the mountain immediately and cover a red cloth, the red cloth will not fall off easily, what is going on, really."

"Mother-in-law, don't worry, we have already covered the red cloth back, can you tell us about this stone monkey?" In order to stabilize the old woman, Yu Youwei told a lie, anyway, the monster has been out of trouble, and there is no point in covering it with a red cloth, and only by finding out its origin can it be truly solved.

"Oh, that's good, that's good." The old woman did not doubt him, "Wait a minute, I'll go and get something for you to see." ”

It was a county chronicle, Yu Youwei took the county chronicle to Wei Ran, and continued to listen to the old woman.

"In fact, the few families who still live here now are all ancestors who inherited the kindness of the Taoist Chief, although everyone has moved into the city, but they will still keep people here to guard the monster."

"Mother-in-law, the monster you are talking about is the stone monkey on the mountain?"

"Yes, you may not believe me when I say this, but my grandfather was the one who experienced these things firsthand." The old woman seemed to fall into the memory, "My grandfather said that when he was a child, there were all farmers under the mountain in Sizhou, and everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the neighborhood relationship was very good, and he could go to the pond to catch frogs with children of the same age at night, and every family did not have to close the door at night." Suddenly, one day, a big monkey came out of nowhere, and the village has never been at peace since. ”

"The monkey likes to eat babies who are not born soon, and often wait outside the house while someone has a baby, and the child is born, and the mother has not had time to take a look, and is robbed by the monkey, and many mothers can't stand the blow, and it doesn't take long for them to get sick." The old woman took a sip of water and continued, "It also likes to drink the blood of animals, and my grandfather's family had a few cows at the time, and they were all killed by the monkey overnight, and the blood was all drunk. ”

Yu You got goosebumps when he heard this, "Is a monkey so aggressive?" The whole village can't subdue it together, so let it do evil? ”

"It's not an ordinary monkey, it's a youkai." The old woman corrected Yu Youwei, "That monkey is the size of two adult men, and its strength is infinite, and the villagers reported to the official at that time, and the people from the county took a look at it and left, and no one could cure it." My grandfather's family almost moved, but at that time, the whole family lived on the land in the village, and if they moved, the whole family would not be able to live, but fortunately, a Taoist chief came behind. ”

"Is that the Taoist who left this passage on this?" Wei Ran held up the county chronicle and interjected.

"That's right, it's this Taoist, it is said that this Taoist traveled to our village, originally had reached the year of the Mandate of Heaven and wanted to choose a place to die, but here I saw this tragedy, in order to seal this demon monkey, I left my life here, alas! The county chronicle is more detailed than I said, this Taoist chief with a big lizard, a lizard the size of a crocodile, a man and a beast in order to save our villagers, in the end did not leave here alive, the Taoist chief finished the formation of sealing the demon monkey, he vomited blood and died, before his death, he told the villagers, every year to change the red cloth on the top of the stone statue, we stay here, one is used to living in this village, and the other is to remind yourself to change the red cloth every year. ”

Wei Ran motioned for Yu Youwei to go, and Yu Youwei said goodbye to the old woman when he saw this.

The two came out of the courtyard, and Yu You hurriedly asked Wei Ran, "What did you find?" ”

Wei Ran nodded, "This old woman may have listened to the story of this demon monkey since she was a child, and she hasn't read the county chronicles carefully, but in fact, there are still some discrepancies between the content recorded in the county annals and what her mother-in-law said." ”

"Huh?" This surprised Yu Youwei.

Seeing Yu Youwei tilting his head in surprise, Wei Ran suddenly remembered that he was in a hurry to come out after reading the county chronicles, I don't know if Yu Youwei had a good rest, and he was about to go down the mountain again, and it was a long way, "You...... Do you want to take another break? ”

Yu You was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Wei Ran to remember that she was tired of walking, "I've already rested, let's talk while walking." ”

"Okay, the evil deeds of the demon monkey are far more than just harming babies and drinking blood, it is a monster that has been cultivated for many years, and it already has the divine consciousness of a human being, and everything it does is in vain to cultivate into an immortal."

"Become an immortal?" Yu You was slightly surprised and chased in front of Wei Ran, "Can you really become an immortal?" A monkey? ”

Wei Ran smiled, "There is a precedent, and now there are many people with bad intentions, and they will worship this kind of wild immortal at home, but the wild immortal is often extremely greedy, and it seems that worshipping them can get some benefits through crooked ways on the surface, but the final result is not very good." ”

Wei Ran said it very politely, in fact, the result was not very good, as far as he heard, all of them can be described as "miserable".

"So that demon monkey is even more powerful than what my mother-in-law said?"

"Ten times more powerful, from possessing Xu Bo to choosing you, its spiritual power after death is so strong, it must be far more than this in life."

"So what do we do?"

"Don't worry, the previous Taoist chief can actually get rid of this demon monkey, but he is too old and weak, but he dictated the method of getting rid of this demon monkey, which is recorded in the county annals, let's go back and prepare, and we will get rid of this monster tomorrow."

"Really?" Yu Youwei expressed skepticism, "Such a powerful monster, can we easily subdue it?" ”

"Ahem!" Wei Ran was a little embarrassed, "It's really not that easy, and there is a certain danger in the way to get rid of it." ”

"Are you in danger or am I in danger?"

"We're both in danger."

Hearing Wei Ran say this, Yu Youwei was inexplicably a little weak-hearted, he was deceived by himself to participate in this matter, and now he is a little embarrassed to put himself in danger. However, Yu Youwei glanced at Wei Ranqing's handsome face, and he didn't seem to notice anything wrong.

Just as Yu You was secretly happy, Wei Ran seemed to understand her thoughts, "I came out to practice this time when I went down the mountain, and it is the same wherever I practice, even if I find my uncle, that's what I do, you don't have to feel uneasy, we learn Taoism to help others." ”

Listening to Wei Ran's words, Yu Youwei's heart swelled with a warm current, fool, I'm not uneasy, I'm just afraid that you will run away!

"So, what are we going to do?"