A few people looked in the direction of Shi Yu's finger and found that at the end of this peach blossom forest that violated the laws of nature, they could indeed see a house that was not much different from the structure of the buildings in the village, and smoke was wafting out.

Originally, this expedition was to find and verify the supernatural rumors, and naturally there was no reason to refuse to explore, not to mention that the location of the broken temple was still farther through the peach blossom forest, and if you wanted to go to the broken temple to explore the last supernatural rumor, you had to pass through this peach blossom forest.

Walking in the peach blossom forest that violates the laws of nature, the people of the expedition did not feel the slightest fear because of the abnormality, and the rain of flowers flying in the sky and the refreshing sweet fragrance made them feel a dreamlike sense of unreality.

Soon they walked through the not very large peach blossom forest and came to the front yard of the single-family house.

In the courtyard, a rickety old man in a vest and shorts, with a white beard, was sitting on a small bench, and the smoke was rising from the stove next to him, and he was fanning the wind at the vent at the bottom of the small stove with a puff fan.

He saw Zhao Chensi and the others who walked out of the peach blossom forest, and was stunned for a moment, then dropped the pu fan in his hand, stood up tremblingly, and asked with some excitement in a hoarse and low voice: "You guys...... Are you from outside the mountains? ”

As soon as the old man stood up and took a step towards them, he tripped under his feet, stumbled and fell forward.

Fortunately, Shi Yuyan, who was walking in the front, stepped forward quickly and staggered, and helped the old man who almost fell to the ground: "Don't worry, old man, don't worry, we are tourists from outside the mountain......"

"Go back! Get back in here! The old man's voice suddenly raised an octave, and his hands that were as skinny as flesh tightly grasped Shi Yu's arms, looking excited, "This is not a place for you strangers to set foot!" ”

The old man's withered hands clung to Shi Yu like iron tongs, and his nails were even embedded in the flesh and a trace of red blood overflowed, and the little girl's pretty face suddenly twisted into a ball because of the pain, and she burst into a scream of pain: "Ah! Hurt!!! ”

Seeing that something was wrong, Joseph and Wan Qi hurriedly rushed up, and one of them grabbed the old man's arm and wanted to pull him and Shi Yu apart, but the old man obviously looked trembling and looking old, but the strength when struggling was far greater than they imagined, and they almost failed to hold down the old man when they just pounced.

Shi Yu had already been frightened by the old man's excited and hideous appearance, his pretty face turned pale, and he shrank into Yang Xin's arms and sobbed.

And Zhao Chensi stepped forward silently to block her and Yang Xin behind him, preventing the old man from breaking out and hurting people again.

The strength of this rickety old man was extremely great, even if Wan Qi and Joseph tried their best to pull him away from Shi Yu, they still felt that they could vaguely suppress this old man who looked eighty or ninety years old, and his eyes burst with a shining look, and the sharp and piercing scolding mixed with spit spurt out of the old man's toothless mouth: "Go back!" You little bunnies! This is not the place for outsiders! ”

It seemed that hearing the commotion here, soon seven or eight grandmothers and aunts gathered outside the courtyard to watch the excitement, and there was the sound of squirming and talking to each other.

A middle-aged man with a clean white shirt and a slightly higher belt of trousers, who looked shrewd and capable, separated the crowd and walked quickly into the courtyard. What are you crazy about! ”

Old man Xie heard the middle-aged man's angry roar, and his body, which was originally struggling violently, couldn't help but freeze in mid-air, he glanced at the middle-aged man with resentment, fear and panic, and then lost the strength to continue to fight against Joseph and Wanqi like a deflated ball, allowing them to suppress themselves and stop struggling.

Zhao Chensi keenly caught the complicated look that flashed in Old Man Xie's eyes, thoughtful.

Seeing that Old Man Xie was no longer struggling, the middle-aged man turned around and seemed to be about to check the scratches on Shi Yu's arm, but he was blocked by Zhao Chensi, who had a vigilant face.

"I'm really sorry for this unpleasant experience." This kind of thing may not be the first time it has happened, the middle-aged man looked very clear about the ins and outs, came up and apologized neatly, and immediately identified himself: "I am the village chief here, my surname is Hu, and I am usually responsible for managing the affairs of the village. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and looked at Shi Yu who was shrinking in Yang Xin's arms behind him with a concerned expression: "How is the little girl in the back injured?" Is it serious? The medical skills at the village clinic are limited, so if the injuries are serious, I will drive you to the nearest town hospital......"

The concern on the face of this village chief Hu did not seem to be fake, and his words sounded very sincere and sincere, and Zhao Chensi naturally did not want to throw a stinky face at him: "I was scratched by that crazy old man with my fingernails, and I was a little frightened in addition to that." ”

On the other hand, Joseph and Wan Qi saw that Old Man Xie's mood had stabilized, and he was no longer as aggressive as he was just now, so they let him go, so as not to turn such an old man into theirs in the end.

As soon as Old Man Xie untied his restraints, he trembled and squatted back to the stove to continue to light the fire, and Joseph and Wan Qi also returned to Zhao Chensi's side.

Wan Qi moved his somewhat sore arm and muttered: "This old man is really evil, he obviously looks like a skinny person, but his strength is surprisingly great......"

Joseph picked up the straw hat that had fallen to the side, dusted off the dust on it and put it back on his head: "And he is also a dangerous element with violent tendencies, so that the dangerous elements who will break out at any time and hurt people are not prepared to take care of it?" Today he will attack people, tomorrow will he dare to cut people with a kitchen knife? ”

He looked like he was talking to himself, but his voice like a bell kept spreading his complaints to the ears of the aunts and grandmothers at the door, and there was a lot of discussion outside the courtyard.

Village Chief Hu turned his head to look at the growing crowd at the gate of the courtyard, and his face was embarrassed: "That's it, this is not a place to talk, why don't you go to the village clinic with me first, and give the little girl medicine first, can I give you a reasonable explanation?" ”

Joseph, Zhao Chensi, and Wan Qi had no opinion on this, and Shi Yu also recovered from the fright just now, although her legs were still a little weak, but she still nodded under Yang Xin's support and said that she had no problem.

Then, under the leadership of Village Chief Hu, they walked about dozens of steps to the village clinic.

When Yang Xin helped Shi Yu to disinfect and apply medicine to the scratches on his hands, Village Chief Hu had the opportunity to explain to them: "Alas, in fact, I didn't expect Old Man Xie to be so radical with outsiders, a few years ago, there were also outsiders who came to visit the village, at that time, he was not so repulsive to outsiders as he is now, so he neglected to take precautions, and almost caused a big disaster, and caused you so much trouble......"

Zhao Chensi frowned: "You just kept saying that the village is from the village, but as far as I know, this should be the boundary of Changsheng Village, right?" Didn't Changsheng Village move out more than ten or twenty years ago? And ...... here? ”

As soon as these words came out, Wan Qi and Joseph also looked at Village Chief Hu with curious eyes.

Village Chief Hu laughed twice, "You don't know anything about this." Changsheng Village did move out of the village back then, but probably because the environment in the mountains is better and there is no pollution, many villagers feel uncomfortable when they move to nearby towns, and they also suffer from some bronchial diseases, and then they move back to live for a while......

"But firstly, they are accustomed to living in the place where their ancestors have lived for generations, secondly, most of the villagers can only cultivate the fields and cultivate the land, and they really can't adapt to the life in the town after relocation, and thirdly, the villagers find that the previously dry streams have been restored, and the water source they rely on for survival is again secured, so many of them finally move out of the city and return to the village."

"After all, if it weren't for the compulsion of life, the villagers wouldn't want to leave their homes......"

Joseph looked at Village Chief Hu thoughtfully: "Then you are also Changsheng Village?" ”

"That's right, the rest of us live in the east of the village now." Village Chief Hu nodded, a hint of self-deprecation flashed on his face, "But most of them are only some old, weak, sick and disabled......

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Yandu, Wu Ming's home at No. 21 Renzhi in the old city.

After the problem of Lin Jiaojiao's excess of extraordinary potential was solved, Wu Ming's life of studying at night was terminated.

Now it only takes a few more days to observe, and if this girl is not involved in any otherworldly events, it will be time to take the final care of her - erasing the memories of the otherworldly and stabilizing the trajectory of her life for the rest of her life.

After finally solving a thorny problem at hand, Wu Ming rarely slept lazy.

But it wasn't the big orange cat Millet at home who woke him up today, but Zhao Xida.

"Administrator, now is not the time to rest, please get up immediately."

Wu Ming didn't even move his eyelids, turned over with his eyes closed, and muttered vaguely: "Old Zhao...... Today I finally had a rest day where my body and mind can relax, so you can let me sleep more......"

The puppet girl's inorganic eyes flashed a series of data, and in just a few seconds, she had calculated that her manager could not be called by her by normal means, and she gave up the idea of covering the manager with a quilt, then turning off the air conditioner and opening the window, forcing the manager to get up with the heat.

I only heard her sigh softly: "Manager, I discovered something in the past few days while conducting [Wise] research. ”

"What did you find......?"

"[Wisdom] may be made of human flesh and soul."

"?!!!" Wu Ming, who was originally lying on the bed and stretching his waist, was suddenly frightened.