The golden retriever pushed the old man and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the three of us are hungry, help us get some food, and give you a reward when we are full." ”

The old man said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, as long as the three of you don't harm my old man, everyone here is a guest, we should do our best to be a landlord, don't talk about reward, don't talk about reward." ”

The golden retriever straightened the wrinkled clothes on his upper body, and said, "Do you think we look like bad people, it's just that we are dressed differently from you, and we are all brothers in the four seas." ”

The white-bearded old man nodded and said with a smile: "Well said, well said, please ...... inside" The old man motioned for the three of them to come into the house.

When the three of them entered the house, they saw that the old man's house was even shabby.

An old woman walked out of the house, and the golden retriever was stunned for a moment, thinking that his mother was very similar to the old woman, and his eyes could not help but light up, and his heart was very excited, and tears rolled in his eyes.

Jin Laosan touched the golden retriever with his hand and said, "Hey, what are you thinking?"

The golden retriever came back to his senses, and then he thought about it, she couldn't be my mother, I was from hundreds of years ago, and I was still their ancestor.

But the golden retriever looked at the white-bearded old woman, and felt a little more pity in his heart, and he thought that he would have to ask for clarification later.

The white-bearded old man asked the old woman to kill an old hen, and prepared some rice, which was served on the table with a pot of stewed chicken, a plate of fried vegetables, and a plate of scrambled eggs.

The old man warmed the wine and filled the cups of the three of them, and the patriarch and the three of them didn't care about drinking, and each of them ate two large bowls of rice first.

The three of them ate the pot of stewed chicken, only a few bones remained, and the white-bearded old man and the old woman looked at him eating like starving ghosts, and told him that the three of them should eat slowly, and not choke.

The patriarch was full of food, looked at the two kind old men sitting in front of him, and couldn't help but think of his deceased parents, and his heart was moved with compassion, he raised his wine glass and said gratefully: "Uncle, thank you for your hospitality. As he spoke, he raised his glass and drank it down.

The white-bearded old man raised his wine glass and tasted it only slightly, he put down the wine glass and said, "Old and old, too strong to drink, you young people can't drink anymore, you drink as much as you want, enough wine and enough food, stay in the old and cold house tonight, don't go out at night, wake up tomorrow and leave quickly......" He let out a long sigh.

The patriarch asked, "Why did the uncle sigh, what happened in the town?" ”

In fact, the patriarch had roughly guessed the reason for the incident, and he just deliberately asked questions.

"You don't know anything...... "The white-bearded old man told the truth.

It turns out that their town is a prosperous town on the border of the Central Plains, and the northwest has close contacts, because the Central Plains is rich in products, all parts of the Western Regions take some rare treasures to exchange, although the people on both sides occasionally have friction, but each of them is mainly business, and the war eventually turns into jade silk, and they get along very well, and the people in the town live a good life.

But two years ago, everything changed, out of nowhere came two monsters, entrenched in the Valley of the Dead at the foot of the Plum Blossom Mountain, the two monsters often harassed the nearby villages, taking away the pigs, cattle, and sheep of the farmers, and if they didn't have these poultry and livestock, they would eat people, as long as they were bloody.

Last year, the town's officials organized hundreds of men from nearby villages to round up the two monsters, and the two sons of the white-bearded old man also went.

At the foot of Plum Blossom Mountain, the scene of the round-up was extremely tragic and bloody, and hundreds of men were eaten by two monsters.

Later, the government organized hundreds of officers and soldiers to round up, who would have thought that these officers and soldiers were weaker than the common people, they were all "big-bellied soldiers", and they ran slower than turtles, and they were all eaten up by two monsters.

At this, the white-bearded old man and the old woman choked up and cried, "Poor my two sons who have not yet married have also been taken away by the monster. ”

The patriarch, Jin Laosan, and the golden retriever looked at each other, their hearts were very uncomfortable, but they didn't know how to comfort him.

The white-bearded old man cried for a long time, and continued: "Later, all parts of the northwest also cut off contact with us, this is a fatal thing, who would dare to take such a big risk. ”

"And then?" The golden retriever asked.

The white-bearded old man said that at that time, there was a feng shui master in the town who used a compass to locate and saw that the Valley of the Dead under the Plum Blossom Mountain was a place of extreme yin, and concluded that the two monsters were born of the yin land and must be solved with spells.

Mr. Feng Shui went to the foot of the Witch Camel Mountain, invited a wizard with a deep Taoism, the wizard looked at the shape of the Plum Blossom Mountain, the Plum Blossom Mountain is like five petals, staggered and stacked, the fog is shrouded all year round, gathering yin energy, suppressing in the Valley of the Dead, he said that the two monsters are born in the Valley of the Dead.

The wizard said that if he first broke the five elements and then surpassed the law, the two monsters would naturally turn into a pool of thick water, so he ordered the people in the town to tear dozens of bundles of white cloth into strips and draw some strange runes on the white cloth.

The sorcerer said that this was a "ghost charm", and that he should avoid it when he saw it, so he ordered everyone to cut down 999 bamboo poles high in houses, hang long strips of white cloth on the bamboo poles, and secretly insert the bamboo poles deep into a forest at the foot of the Plum Blossom Mountain.

Everything was ready, that night, the full moon was unusually bright, the wizard drank some centipede wine, wore Taoist clothes, wore Taoist hats, held the "soul bell", led everyone to the woods, when they entered the forest, everyone saw the long "ghost charm" swaying on the dense bamboo poles under the mottled shadows of the trees, they were all frightened to the soul, they were even more afraid that the monsters in the forest suddenly strung out, all of them ran away, some hid in the weeds, and some returned along the road.

The wizard turned his head and saw only Mr. Feng Shui standing behind him, and the wizard laughed heavily: "You are all cowards......"

The patriarch said, "Mr. Feng Shui's guts are really fat. ”

The white-bearded old man continued, presumably Mr. Feng Shui also drank the "Soul Forgetting Soup" to be so bold.

The sorcerer and the feng shui master walked through the bamboo pole and prepared an altar at the end of the pole, and the sorcerer sat on the altar, and after closing his eyes for a moment, he began to perform the ritual.

The wizard also had some skills, and he had words in his mouth, only to see a few crows fall from the trees, and when they hit the ground, they turned into puffs of green smoke.

Then a steady stream of birds fell from the trees, and the green smoke filled the forest, colorless and tasteless, glowing blue in the moonlight, and the ghost was extremely ghostly, and the feng shui master was overjoyed and said, "This time look where you are running." ”

The wizard rang the "Soul Bell", and the sound of the bell was ethereal, presumably alarming the two monsters.

Suddenly, two monsters suddenly burst out of the forest and roared at the wizard, the Dao hat on the wizard's head was blown away, and Mr. Feng Shui was so frightened that he fainted.

The wizard was calm, still shaking the bell in his hand, and roared at the two monsters: "Come on, I'm not afraid of you......"

The two monsters were even more furious when they heard the bell, and they roared at the wizard several times in succession, but they did not dare to bite the wizard with their mouths, and the bell became louder and louder.

The two monsters took a few steps back, their bodies collided together, and they seemed to merge into one, and suddenly two green rays of light shot out and shone on the wizard's body, and the wizard evaporated from the world.

One of the people hiding in the forest exclaimed, "The eyes of the monster, the eyes of the monster have eaten the wizard......"

I saw two monsters turn around and jump into the forest, and after a strange laugh came from the commotion, pink stars flew out, and soon spread all over the forest, illuminating the whole forest red.

Five star points formed a plum blossom, and when they met someone, they bit it, and everyone ran out of the woods, and the stars disappeared after chasing them until they reached the entrance of the town.

After coming back, a red plum blossom grew on the chest of the bitten person, the plum blossom is the size of a palm, it is very good-looking, but when you look at it carefully, it looks like a bruise, and there will be pain after touching the hand, and half a month later, the bitten person is wailing and dying.

The white-bearded old man pinched his fingers and thought: "About half of the people were bitten, Mr. Feng Shui not only had plum blossoms on his chest, but also plum blossoms on his back and buttocks, he was bitten the most, fortunately I hid behind that night, when those stars flew out, I ran to the town, only to hear a wail behind me, when I turned my head to look, the forest was red, everyone ran out of the forest, I ran forward desperately, escaped this catastrophe, the plum blossom mountain is unbelievable." ”

The patriarch asked, "What is that little thing that is so powerful?" ”

The white-bearded old man shook his head and said, "It's the first time I've seen such a strange thing, and I don't know ......."

"And later?" The golden retriever asked the white-bearded old man again.

The white-bearded old man wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "Later, the people from the nearby villages walked and moved, and most of them have fled from this place, and even the town officials have left with their families, leaving only those of us who can't walk and those who don't want to go......"

The white-bearded old man sighed sadly, and said, "My two sons have been eaten by that monster, and we are already dying people, so what is the point of leaving this place?" He looked at the old woman......

The old woman nodded, and two lines of tears poured down from the corners of her eyes.

The golden retriever said: "Is there really such an evil sect in Meihua Mountain?" You all don't know how that monster came about, that's ......"

The patriarch bumped the golden retriever with his elbow and glanced at him, and the golden retriever realized that he had slipped his mouth and hurriedly stopped.

The white-bearded old man was puzzled, looked at the patriarch and asked, "I think you know something?" ”

The golden retriever smiled, drank a glass of wine, and said: "Our thoughts are the same as those of Mr. Feng Shui, the evil sect of Plum Blossom Mountain, we are not locals, and we dare not speculate, hehe...... Speculation ......"

The white-bearded old man let out an "oh" and said, "If you want to pass through the plum blossom mountain tomorrow, please take a detour, you haven't seen how fierce that monster is." ”

The golden retriever asked the old man: "Uncle does you know that Meihua Mountain used to be inhabited, and there was a very big town?" ”

The old man pondered for a moment and replied: "I heard my grandfather's generation say that there is a big town under Meihua Mountain, called Meihua Town, which is named after the mountain. ”

"Yes, yes......" The Golden Retriever was a little emotional, "Go on, go down......"

The old man stroked his white beard and continued, this was hundreds of years ago, and it was just a legend, when there was a beautiful imperial concubine in the town, who married the king of an ancient country in the northwest desert, and the descendants of which country were not mentioned.

As the saying goes, a person ascends to heaven with a chicken and a dog, and Meihua Town has received a lot of favors because of this imperial concubine and has become a prosperous town.

But the good times didn't last long, a few men in Meihua Town went out to do business in the Western Regions and brought back a strange disease, the strange disease was very contagious, and a few months later, all the people in the town died, and the whole village became the Valley of the Dead.

Later, I heard that a few tomb robbers went to Meihua Town to rob the tomb, and they also died, and no one dared to set foot in the Valley of the Dead for hundreds of years, and it was rumored that the people in Meihua Town were cursed by the plum blossoms.

As he spoke, the old man shook his head and sighed, "I don't know what those businessmen have encountered, and there are some things that you should stay away from......

The golden retriever thought to himself, the old man said that Plum Blossom Town was really his hometown, there was a little girl in the town who was as beautiful as a fairy at that time, and that girl married the ancient country of the Western Regions was also a matter after he robbed the tomb.

The golden retriever was a little sad, and drank a few sips of wine alone.

The old man was a little curious and asked, "Do you know this legend too, is there something wrong with what I said?" ”

The golden retriever said: "No, I'm just asking casually......"

It was late at night, and the old woman made a bed for the patriarch and the three of them, and the three of them lay down on the bunk and slept until dawn.