Chapter 105: Locust Tree Village
By noon, they had finally come to the small village of which the old lord had spoken, three miles away.
They manipulated their flying swords and stopped.
"Let's take a break here first, and then find out what is going on."
With a wave of his hand, the guards took out their things in an orderly manner and prepared to set up camp.
At night, a few fires were very dazzling in the night, and everyone was separated and surrounded, and faint cries were heard from time to time in the forest.
"Crackle—crackle—" The sound of the match being burned was loud in the silence of the night.
Yuexuan Gongzi was meditating on a stone with his eyes closed, Hua Mengyu was resting sideways on the trunk of the tree next to him, Dongfang Xiaozhu was with her, head to head, and Han Yu was sitting opposite.
Others meditated around the fire.
"Chirp~" A small voice came.
Suddenly, Yuexuan Gongzi opened his eyes and stood up, and Han Yu also stood up.
The sound of Han Yu getting up woke up the others, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the two of them getting up, and immediately got up, looking around vigilantly.
"What's wrong?" Han Yu asked calmly.
"Be careful, there's a problem." Yue Xuan Gongzi didn't say the reason, just shook his head and admonished.
"Well, my name is ....... Zhu'er, Yumeng!" Han Yu was about to call the two of them up, but when he turned around, he saw that the two were gone.
Yue Xuan Gongzi turned around suddenly, but the two people who were lying down disappeared.
Seeing this, everyone became vigilant and drew their swords.
"Alert!" All of them turned their backs to each other, their swords crossed in front of them, and looked around warily.
Prevent monsters from appearing and attacking them.
"How so?" Han Yu asked anxiously.
Seeing the disappearance of the two, Han Yu's heart sank suddenly, something could silently take away two big living people under their noses, this was too terrifying.
"Be careful!" Suddenly, Yuexuan Gongzi shouted loudly, reaching out and grabbing Han Yu's shoulder.
Before Han Yu fainted, he only heard what Yuexuan Gongzi said, and then he fell unconscious.
And Hua Mengyu and Dongfang Xiaozhu are facing the enthusiasm of an old woman.
"Little doll, where are you from?" The old woman's words were a little accented, and her speech was a little slurred, but she could hear it clearly.
The two looked at each other, a little overwhelmed, the two of them were resting under the big tree, but when they opened their eyes, they saw an old woman standing in front of them, they were startled, and some didn't react.
Dongfang Xiaozhu has been out for a few years, and she reacts faster than Hua Mengyu.
She stretched out her hand to help Hua Mengyu and whispered to the old woman: "Mother-in-law, my sister and I came out to play with my eldest brother, and I don't know why I came to this place, may I ask my mother-in-law, what kind of place is this?" ”
Hua Mengyu nodded hurriedly on the side.
The old woman probably saw the two little girls, lonely, so she said amiably: "This is called Huaishu Village, you must be lost, it is better to go to the old woman to rest, and then your relatives will come to you." ”
When the old woman had finished speaking, she turned and walked forward, carrying a large basket full of pigweed, which was carried on the old woman's body, and bent her body.
Seeing this, Hua Mengyu and Dongfang Xiaozhu hurriedly stepped forward to help the old woman carry things.
"Mother-in-law, let's help you carry it." Hua Mengyu and Dongfang Xiaozhu grabbed the side of the basket and easily lifted a large basket of pigweed.
"Okay, good, the old woman is indeed a little unable to carry it, thank you, little doll." The old woman smiled when she saw them so positive.
"By the way, mother-in-law, why do you carry such a heavy thing alone, what about your family?" Hua Mengyu asked as she walked.
However, when the old woman heard this, her expression became gloomy, and her face showed sadness.
"No, no, I'm the only old woman left in the family." The old woman said sadly.
"I'm sorry, old woman." Hearing the old woman say this, Hua Mengyu suddenly felt uncomfortable and hurriedly apologized.
"It's okay, my wife has long been used to it, little doll, what's your name, you look so smart, the family must love you very much, how can you rest assured that you come out?"
The old woman waved her hand indifferently, and then asked their names.
"My name is Fang Xiaoxiao, this is my sister, her name is Yumeng, we came with the eldest brother, but I don't know where they are? But my eldest brother is amazing, he has a lot of guards around him, and he will definitely find us. ”
Dongfang Xiaozhu pointed at Hua Mengyu and said, and said, her face showed admiration, she trusted her eldest brother very much, and her eldest brother was also very powerful, bringing many people.
"Really? That's really powerful. In front of you is the old woman's house, you watch your step. ”
They walked and talked, and soon came to the village, and looked in the direction of the old woman, where there was an old house.
Dongfang Xiaozhu observed the surrounding situation while walking, but found that the village was surrounded by pothos, and these pothos crawled all over the outside of other houses.
From a distance, the pothos looks like a tree, round and full, with long vines, heart-shaped leaves, strong stems, and many roots, and from a distance, the whole village is covered in green.
But pothos should not be exposed to the sun, but here it is directly exposed, and it is so bright, it is really unusual.
And it's unusual for them to wake up at night when they rest, but it's daytime.
She turned her head to look at Hua Mengyu and found that she was also looking at her, presumably also discovering this problem.
Hua Mengyu naturally also saw this strange phenomenon, although she had not seen it, but it was recorded in the books, although the pothos was good-looking, but it had the ability to attract yin, such a large number of planting, it was not conducive to the survival of living people at all.
Hua Mengyu looked at the old woman walking in front suspiciously, and quietly took out a small bronze mirror.
"Mother-in-law, I have a small mirror here for you." Hua Mengyu handed the small bronze mirror to the old woman, but she was smiling on her face, but she was a little worried in her heart.
"Eh, this little mirror is really beautiful, I bought it for me when the old man was here, but unfortunately it was broken, I didn't expect this mirror to be more beautiful."
The old woman got the mirror, kept praising it, and couldn't put it down when she held it in her hand.
But it's not, what about the broken miasma mirror, the mystical magic weapon.
The Miasma Breaking Mirror is a mystical magic weapon that specializes in breaking illusions, and the higher the grade, the faster it will take to break illusions. Hua Mengyu quietly walked behind the old woman and looked at her face in the broken mirror.
Seeing that her appearance in the mirror had not changed, Hua Mengyu breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that her conjecture was wrong.
Hua Mengyu raised her eyebrows and gestured, Dongfang Xiaozhu also realized what she was suspecting, and seeing this result, Dongfang Xiaozhu also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the strange thing is not only this, when they walked through the village, they saw some old and weak women and children, children and young people, not a single one, even the old people who worked in the fields.
When they walked into the village, the two found that the pothos had penetrated deep into the houses, and even the roads were full of pothos.
Along the way, the people in the village saw Hua Mengyu and Dongfang Xiaozhu, and everyone's complexion was different.
There's weirdness, there's sympathy, there's excitement.
What is the situation, it seems that the old city lord is right, this village is full of old and weak women and children. When Hua Mengyu saw the people in the village, she also remembered what the old city lord had said to them.
A few people walked through the village and towards the end of the village.
And these people's eyes followed them closely, Hua Mengyu secretly glanced back, only to find that those people's eyes had been staring at them.
Suddenly, I felt a chill in my heart, and I turned back in fear.
Finally, a few people came to the old woman's house, which occupied an area of two miles in front and back, and when they walked in, they saw that there were six or seven rooms, which was enough to know that the old woman's family must have been very rich before, and there were many heirs in the family.
It's just that I don't know what happened, and only the old woman was left alone to guard this empty house.
And along the way, only this house has less pothos, only on the roof, instead of climbing all over the house.
"Mother-in-law, where is this hogweed?" Dongfang Xiaozhu asked, carrying the pigweed.
"Over there, I'll go get some water." The old woman pointed to the small shed on the left, and then walked into the house.
Seeing this, the two of them carried the pigweed to the small shed next to it and put the pigweed on the ground, but there were no pigs in the small shed, and even the chickens were not seen.
The two of them looked at each other suspiciously, and they both had unsolvable questions in their hearts.
"Here, drink some water." At this time, the old woman came out with a pot of water and two small bowls, and greeted the two of them.
"Granny, why didn't I see your poultry?" Dongfang Xiaozhu picked up the small bowl and didn't drink it, just held it in her hand and asked.
"Eh, I don't have chickens or pigs at home for a long time." Hearing such a question, the old woman sighed.
"How so, and where did all the poultry go?" Hua Mengyu hurriedly asked.
"Five years ago, the poultry in the village was suddenly stolen, all disappeared in just a few days, we also tried to catch the thief, but there was no trace, we reported to the official, but the government did not come, and finally found those dead chickens and dead pigs in the cave behind the village, all of which were drained of blood."
The old woman recalled what happened at the beginning and said slowly.
"Then, why don't the officials come, you can also go to the sect of cultivating immortals!" Hua Mengyu, who heard this, raised his voice.
"We haven't tried it, and then a Taoist priest came, he came to our village to do Dharma for a few days, and the matter subsided, but I don't know when the people in the village slowly died mysteriously, and slowly, only we old bones remained, and you are still the first people who have entered our village in these years."
When the old woman talked about these things, her face was calm, as if she was talking about someone else's business, but the pain that flashed in her eyes was still caught by them.
After listening to the old woman's words, the two of them turned pale.
In just a few years, there are only a few people left in their seventies and eighties, watching their relatives walk in front of them, what kind of pain is this!
No wonder the old men looked at them so strangely.
At this time, Hua Mengyu remembered what the old city lord had said, her daughter Xue Meizhen had sent a letter to him, which meant that Xue Meizhen must have entered this village, but the old woman said that they were the first people to come in, what was going on?