Xiang Jianguo's expression suddenly became flustered when he heard this, he hurriedly nodded and agreed to this, saying that he would never run away, and then he took the woven bag and walked towards the direction of Toad Mountain.

After about a few tens of meters away, we followed.

At this time, it was getting late, and the cold wind in the mountains was gusting, blowing on the trees on the mountain and making a rustling sound of leaves.

Since this Toad Mountain is not a tourist attraction, the mountain road is particularly difficult to navigate.

Even one of the trails up the mountain is already covered with weeds, so the hike up the mountain is no easy task.

Chen Xianglin and I followed behind Xiang Jianguo, twenty or thirty meters apart.

After walking for about half an hour, we came to the halfway point of the mountain, and at this time, Xiang Jianguo, who was walking in front, had stopped.

He turned his head to the side of the wasteland to inspect for a moment, then turned and walked towards the wasteland, and it seemed that not far in front of him was the place where the man and Xiang Jianguo had agreed.

Chen Xianglin and I did not follow directly after turning the direction of Jianguo, but walked through the trees on one side.

Soon we came to a cliff and climbed up with the help of a rock, poking our heads out.

I saw that there were indeed two willow trees in the wasteland not far under the moonlight, and now it was late autumn, and the leaves on the willow trees had already fallen, leaving only hundreds of bare willow branches hanging in front of the trees.

Xiang Jianguo came to the middle of the two willow trees and glanced around, and then shouted in a low voice: "I brought you the bones, in this woven bag, I put them behind this willow tree first, you can come and get it yourself!" ”

After Xiang Jianguo finished speaking, he glanced around again, and when he saw that there was no response, he put the woven bag containing the folding bench under one of the willow trees, and then ran quickly towards the mountain path.

After seeing Xiang Jianguo leave, I looked at Chen Xianglin and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Chen, you said that Xiang Jianguo won't drive away by himself, this place is more than 30 kilometers away from the city, if you walk it is estimated that it will take until dawn, now there are only Lao Li and Li Huilin in the bun shop, what if Xiang Jianguo suddenly kills back Lao Li is defenseless?" ”

Chen Xianglin raised his hand after hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "It shouldn't be, according to my observation, Xiang Jianguo and Li Huilin have a very good relationship with each other, Xiang Jianguo should not gamble with his wife's life, and there are now plainclothes policemen on the street, and you have seen the appearance of the police when Xiang Jianguo saw him before, and he almost scared his pants, so he will never dare to do this murder again, unless he and Li Huilin don't want to live, I don't think Xiang Jianguo is a fool, although his life can no longer be saved, But fortunately, Li Huilin will not be sentenced to death, if they kill people again tonight and are caught by plainclothes police, then Li Huilin will definitely not survive, so Xiang Jianguo does not dare to flee back to the city alone. ”

After thinking about it, what Chen Xianglin said made some sense, and then I dropped my hanging heart to the ground, and then continued to look in the direction of the wasteland willow tree.

But it didn't matter, I suddenly felt a groan, and I got goosebumps all over my body.

The woven bag that was originally placed next to the willow tree was gone at this time, and the woven bag was still there when we were talking just now, why was it gone in a blink of an eye?

I saw that Chen Xianglin was looking around at this time, and he didn't seem to find that the woven bag was missing, so I quickly pushed him with my hand and said eagerly: "Uncle Chen, the woven bag is gone!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Xianglin immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the willow tree, and when he found that the woven bag was missing, his face also showed a look of surprise: "How could it be gone, wasn't it still next to this willow tree just now, and we didn't see anyone haunting when we were talking, what's going on?" ”

"Otherwise, let's go over and take a look, maybe we can find some clues." After we looked around and found no danger, we climbed up from the cliff, and then walked quickly in the direction of the willow tree, and when we reached the willow tree, we looked down by the bright moonlight, and found that the woven bag was really gone, this is really evil, just now we only talked for more than ten seconds, and we did not see a figure appear on the wasteland, in this case, how did the woven bag disappear?

Chen Xianglin and I circled around the two willow trees a few times, but still didn't find any anomaly, at this moment Chen Xianglin looked at the two willow trees in front of him, and saw him looking up and down the willow trees, I was curious, so I asked: "Uncle Chen, don't you look for a woven bag here to see what the willow tree does, and it wasn't this willow tree that took the woven bag away." ”

Chen Xianglin snorted coldly after hearing this, and responded: "Who said it is impossible, since ancient times, everything can become essence, and this willow tree may also become essence, maybe the man who went to find Xiang Jianguo was transformed by the willow tree into essence, otherwise how could this woven bag disappear for no reason." ”

After Chen Xianglin's reminder, I suddenly remembered a strange story, this incident was told to me by my father when I was young, I liked to pee under the willow tree at that time, my father persuaded me many times I did not listen, and then my father told me a story about the willow tree becoming a spirit, and I have never peed under the willow tree since then.

According to my father, this incident happened in Yuzhou at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, there was a young woodcutter named Wen Liang in Huangmei Town, Wen Liang's parents died early when he was a child, and he grew up eating hundreds of family meals.

When he became an adult, he lived alone in a dilapidated thatched hut at the entrance of the village, and because he had never studied since he was a child, he could only go to the mountains every morning to cut firewood, and then pick it up to the market to sell, in exchange for a small amount of money to barely make ends meet.

On this day, he went to the mountain again to collect firewood, and by the time he came down the mountain, it was already dusk.

He carried a heavy burden and walked leisurely on the mountain path, because the mountain road was rough and difficult to walk, he was soon tired and sweaty, and his breathing became short, so he stopped to rest, thinking that he would not be in a hurry to sell firewood today anyway, as long as he could go down the mountain before dark.

After resting for about ten minutes, the sky suddenly darkened, and Wen Liang saw that he was only halfway up the mountain at this time, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, if he couldn't go down the mountain before dark, it would be troublesome.

The mountain is steep, and it is very difficult to go down the mountain during the day, and it is even more dangerous to go down at night.

Thinking of this, Wen Liang took the flat shoulder and walked quickly towards the direction of the mountain, but after just a few steps, a fragrant smell came to his face.

After smelling the fragrance, Wen Liang looked up, and suddenly saw a woman dancing under the tree, this woman was delicate and graceful, as if she was a fairy descending to earth.

Wen Liang had never seen such a beautiful woman as a flower, and for a moment he was stunned, and he imagined in his heart that it would be good if he could marry such a beautiful wife, so that he would have no regrets in his life.

Wen Liang stood in place so stupidly, and after a long time, the woman who was dancing suddenly disappeared, Wen Liang thought that he had just seen too much so that the woman left himself without noticing, so he continued to stand in place and wait, but the woman never appeared again, Wen Liang saw that the sky had darkened, and knew that he could not continue to wait, so he had to regretfully carry the flat pole and walk towards the direction of the mountain.

When he returned home, Wen Liangcha didn't think about eating, all he thought about was the woman's graceful dancing posture, the beauty of an immortal's appearance, he couldn't understand why there was such a beautiful woman in this deep mountain and old forest, could it be that she was lost in the deep mountains, or accompanied her family to the mountains to play, Wen Liang just kept thinking nonsense, and didn't sleep all night.

Finally looked forward to the dawn, and the next day Wen Liang went up the mountain early, this time he did not bring a flat pole and a bamboo basket at all, because his purpose was to see the woman again, so he had no intention of collecting firewood.

When he came to the mountain, he sat down in the place where the woman had appeared yesterday and waited for the rabbit, hoping to see the woman again.

But the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and Wen Liang waited from morning to dusk in the afternoon, and the woman never appeared.

Although he felt a little lost and melancholy in his heart, he could not spend the night on this mountain, so he walked down the mountain before it was dark.

When he returned home, he still didn't have the heart to eat, the whole person seemed to have lost his soul, lying on the bed and thinking about tossing and turning, and he kept thinking about what the identity of that woman was.

He lay in bed and thought about it a lot, and he didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn.

After that, Wen Liang did not continue to collect firewood for several days, but sat under the tree and waited for the woman to appear.

But the woman did not appear again in the past half a month, and in desperation, Wen Liang was disheartened, thinking that the woman would not appear again, so he stopped waiting, regained his spirits and began to collect firewood, after all, this day will go on, if you don't collect firewood, it is estimated that you will not even be able to support yourself.

The days passed like this, and Wen Liang had gradually forgotten about the woman.

But one day a month later, Wen Liang was about to go down the mountain after collecting firewood, and when he walked to the tree, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the woman who had disappeared for more than a month appeared again.

She was still dancing under the tree in that gorgeous costume, her dancing was very graceful, so that Wen Liang was fascinated to see it, and after watching it for a few minutes, Wen Liang came back to his senses, put down the flat burden on his body, and couldn't help but clap his hands and shout good.

The woman was startled when she heard the shout, suddenly stopped dancing, and then turned her head to look at Wen Liang, Wen Liang had been waiting for this woman for more than a month, and now she didn't want to continue to wait when she saw her again, so she walked cheekily in front of the woman, and said with the appearance of a cultural person: "Under Wen Liang, I just saw the girl's beautiful dancing posture and shouted on a whim, if you disturb the girl, please bear with me!" ”

After hearing Wen Liang's words, the woman smiled shyly, looked Wen Liang up and down, and then said: "It's okay to be a child, seeing that you are so hard and capable, the family must have a very good life!" ”

Shi Liang smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "I'm not afraid of girls' jokes, my parents died when I was a child, and now my family is poor, but it is enough to have food and clothing, but I haven't married yet." ”

When the woman heard this, she covered her mouth and laughed: "Childe is so hardworking and capable, I think the days to come will slowly get better, if this is the case, it will not be difficult to marry a wife!" ”

Shi Liang saw that the woman in front of him did not look down on him, so he coughed lightly twice to strengthen his courage, and then looked at the woman in front of him and said: "If the girl marries me, I will definitely be more diligent and capable, and my life will naturally get better!" ”

Wen Liang's words are nothing more than a temptation, after all, he knows the gap between himself and the woman, but even so he still has to try, if he fails, it is nothing more than being ridiculed by the other party for not having self-knowledge, but if he succeeds, it will be a big thing in his life.