Chapter 4: The Jedi Strikes Back
Scolding and scolding, anger and anger, you have to rely on yourself in life. Fortunately, she has a strong ability to accept it, and she quickly cheered up, at least she has to survive in this place first.
Liang Jian estimated that the silver bag in her hand was almost enough for her to survive for a while, and it was estimated that she could survive with a little frugality, and she would find a way when the mountains and rivers were exhausted. Whatever it trivial, how many days is a few days! She decided not to continue in this small mountain village, what if the male protagonist is found? Let's run away quickly, she doesn't want to go to his harem group to quarrel, can't she hide if she can't be provoked!
She made a decision immediately, packed up some clothes that she could use, and then locked the house and left, the outside world, the master is here!
Traveling all the way, so happy. Anyway, she survived in the wilderness in the mountains for a few days, and she also had some outdoor survival experience, catching some fish when she was hungry, catching some rabbits and pheasants and roasting them, and drinking stream water directly when she was thirsty. I have to say that the environment here is really good, and the water is directly drinkable. Everything was fine, and it wasn't until after a long journey of three days and three nights that she understood what it meant to be in the deep mountains and old forests.
One mountain is followed by another, and a forest is followed by a forest, and the mountains are endless.
The deer in the deep mountains are singing, the oblique sunlight penetrates the green shade, quiet and dark, quiet and mysterious, the wind moves the leaves, and the shadows float, which is the artistic conception of the literati's pen. But for Liang Jian, there is an inexplicable sense of fear here, and it is quite unsettling not to see the figure. Although it is said that there is an immortal buff in the body, you should still be afraid.
Sure enough, something happened in this deep mountain and old forest.
Liang Jian walked around the mountain for several days before he saw a few smokehouses. The hillside in the distance was sparsely dotted with a dozen dilapidated and low houses, and a few wisps of green smoke rose from the chimney of the roof, and were soon blown away by the wind and disappeared into the air. There were a few houses with a cow tethered next to them, and a few poultry in the enclosure. It is already the twilight moment, the sunset is shining in the west mountain, looking at the sunset in the west and the hidden mountains, the feeling of the evening twilight cooking smoke crossing the water, a beautiful landscape painting of the world is unfolding in front of you. I finally have a place to sleep well, and in the past two days, I have been either woken up by the rain in the middle of the night, or I have been scared by the wolf gao in the deep mountains, and I can feel at ease if I want to come to a place where there are people.
However, in this poor and remote place, deep in the mountains and old forests, we still have to be careful in everything. After much thought, she curled her hair, disguised herself as a delicate man, and made sure that there were no flaws and walked towards the village.
As soon as she arrived there, she felt the local hospitality, perhaps because the village had not seen anyone for a long time, and everyone was very surprised when they saw her, and the neighbors on the left and right stopped what they were doing, whispered, and looked her up and down. Or she lowered her voice first and said hello, and then someone paid attention to him.
"Dare to ask what the little brother is here for?" An old man came over tremblingly and asked.
"When I passed by here, I saw that there were people here, so I came to ask for accommodation." She politely bowed, "I'm sorry to disturb you." ”
"Ah, I see." The people of the village seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and put down the ...... hidden behind their backs Scissors? Hatchet?? Axe??!
Something wasn't right, her instincts told her that this place was not a good place to stay long.
"I see it's still early, I'll go to the mountain in front of me to do some things, hahahaha." She smiled weakly, looked at the somewhat dim sky, and finally decided to run away first, sometimes people are more terrible than wild beasts.
She turned around and was about to leave, but the villagers behind chased after her and grabbed her, saying that it was difficult to walk on the mountain road at night, and there were often jackals infested, so she insisted on staying. She wanted to go, but she was almost carried inside. , tugging and pulling finally entered the village.
The villagers here were very enthusiastic about Liang Jian, and when they saw that there was a living person in this lonely mountain village for the first time, they were killing chickens and kneading dough, so they dragged her to the family's house to sit down and eat. Many people asked her where she came from, what she came here for, and even asked how many people in the family were married. She prevaricated one by one, lying that she was here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and as for whether she was married or not, she was just engaged with nonsense.
From their mouths, they learned that recently, there have always been people wandering around here and kidnapping many young girls, and the people in the village are also afraid of it, so they are suspicious.
"But you don't look like a man in your clothes, but like a scholar." A grandmother said jokingly.
"No, it's been a long time since I've seen such a handsome young man." An uncle said, and then a group of villagers began to laugh.
"According to the laws of the government, human teeth are to be made into a parade on the street and then peeled to make human skin straw," Liang Jian did not take stubble, but just popularized science, which can be regarded as letting go of cruel words, and then she said with a smile, "So you don't have to worry, the wicked have their own people, and the government will collect them if they don't accept them." ”
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then smiled and responded, and reprimanded angrily, saying that human teeth are hateful.
After chatting, many people dragged her to live at home, and some even quarreled. Liang Jian was still a little socially afraid, and was surrounded by so many people for a while, and some of them couldn't let go, so they politely refused. This enthusiasm was excessive, but it made her a little suspicious. "Little brother, why don't you just stay here, there are a few empty rooms here, you can live in it." An honest villager said that he looked kind and did not look like some bad person.
"Thank you, uncle." She smiled and thanked her, the guard in her heart had not been lifted, and she directly said that if she wanted to go out, this group of villagers would definitely not agree, so it was better to follow them first.
In the end, she couldn't resist the group of hospitable people, so she chose the closest family to the village entrance to spend the night, so that even if there was anything to do, it would be convenient for her to escape.
"Little brother, you can sleep here tonight!" An eldest lady made her bed and turned around and said, she leaned over and whispered, "Don't move around at will at night, there are man-eating ghosts in this mountain!" Don't open the door and come out when you hear any sound. ”
"Eh, okay, don't worry, thank you." Liang Jian smiled very sincerely, sent the person to the door and turned around and lay down. She didn't react when she heard the sound of the door locking outside, she already knew that these people would make a move, and if she blindly refused to resist, she was afraid that she would tear her face now, and it would be even more difficult to run at that time.
"System." Liang Jian secretly shouted, "Are you there?" ”
"What's wrong? Host? 2B came out with a sleepy look in his eyes and a yawn.
"It doesn't seem right here, you go out and find out what's going on." She always felt that something was wrong, and her sixth sense told her that it would be dangerous to stay, but after trying just now, the door seemed to be locked. At this time, shouting will only startle the snake, so you can only ask the system for help.
"Oh," he dozed off and floated out, but he was obedient.
Liang Jian is not idle, looking around where to go out, but the house seems to be sealed, the windows can't be opened, the roof is too high, there is no object in the house that can be stepped on, unless there is a tunnel, otherwise you can't get out at all, there is really fraud here. It's certainly not a good place, if it's not a gathering place for people.
"I'm back." The system yawned and said with some dissatisfaction.
"How?" She was fidgeting in bed, thinking about how to escape.
"It doesn't feel strange, I walked around, and everyone basically slept." It's not angry when it says it, and it seriously suspects that this host is just too much, always suspicious, she doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, and there are quite a lot of things.
"There's nothing weird about it?!" She hoped that she was thinking too much, but she was afraid that she was thinking too little.
"No, except that every house has a larger kennel and no dogs in it, it's nothing weird." He's really sleepy now, he wants to sleep, he's a little angry to get up, and he has to get up in the middle of the night to do something meaningless.
"Bigger? How big? She also felt a little nervous, but she couldn't miss anything suspicious.
"Oh, it's the size of a room." He said impatiently, and then left directly, and he had to get up early tomorrow morning to report to the backstage about his work!
She tossed and turned in the room and couldn't sleep, and she was worried all night, and half-asleep seemed to dream of a very beautiful woman, who kept repeating, 'Come to me'. She woke up suddenly, didn't dare to sleep anymore, and finally stayed up until dawn, and heard the sound of unlocking outside, and the stone in her heart fell to the ground. She was a little glad that she had thought too much, and she preferred to believe that the people here were simple rather than poor.
In the morning, the people in the village saw that her face was not very good, and they came over to greet her with concern. She felt more and more embarrassed, and the doubts of yesterday vanished in an instant. Maybe locking the door is really afraid that she will be in danger when she comes out at night. She wanted to pack her bags and leave, but the villagers tried their best to keep her, saying that there would be a festival to the mountain god in the village tomorrow, so that she would stay and be lively together.
I doubted them, and I felt a little guilty in my heart, plus she also wanted to experience the ancient ritual of worshiping the mountain god or something, it would be very interesting. So he stayed, followed the villagers around the village, and sure enough, he saw a dog kennel that the system said was a little strange. The inner cordon was raised again, and then she really felt the strangeness of the village.
For example, there are very few young women in the village. For example, and most of the women have old injuries on their necks or ankles, for example, there are not a few dogs, but every family has a kennel, for example, the mountain behind the village can't be reached, but she clearly sees that there is a path leading directly to the back mountain, and looking at the flatness of the path, the people in the village should often step on it.
She called out the system again, the guy seemed to have just gotten off work, full of resentment, and finally coaxed him to explore the back mountain, and the other villagers surrounded him. She stiffened, and thought she was going to get dressed, but fortunately they let her go to the bath. The clothes given to her are also bells and whistles, colorful, and the ancients were quite particular, but they didn't look like clothes that they would wear every day.
"I'm back!" The system came back in a hurry, with an anxious look on his face, and he couldn't say anything.
Seeing the shocked appearance of the system, the conjecture in Liang Jian's heart was gradually confirmed. She was a little frightened and uneasy, and a little disappointed, she thought that this would be a place with simple people, but she didn't want it to be a wolf's den. But now is not the time to think about that. She needs to plan the layout, discuss it with the system, and then go its separate ways.
She wandered around, greeting people warmly, making arrangements and keeping her guard in command. If she is calculated by the wicked, then she doesn't mind being a wicked person.
Since this group of people is unkind, don't blame her for being unjust!
"Little boy, come and drink a bowl of five poisonous water, this is a gift from the mountain god, after drinking, there will be no disease and no disaster, and your life will be smooth." The lady who cleaned up her bed brought a bowl of soup that looked a bit like Coke, but when she smelled it, it smelled like Chinese medicine.
"Oh, that's right." Liang Jian didn't hesitate, turned around and happily drank the bowl of soup, it was really a little bitter, there was a bitter taste left in her mouth, and she still had to cooperate.
Then she fell asleep in front of her eldest mother and went to this earth.
"Is it done?" A few big men came over and looked at Liang Jian lying on the ground with great satisfaction. The altar is ready, and it is waiting for the fire sacrifice of the living. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since such a handsome boy has been sacrificed in the village, "This time the mountain god should bless us with good fortune!" ”
"I'll just say that things haven't been going well for us lately, but now it's okay, everything will go well after the sacrifice!"
"It's not, the sister of the one I heard that she was caught two days ago is a terrible character in the rivers and lakes, so we have to sell it quickly, otherwise we won't be able to eat and go around!" The lady no longer has the kind pretense of her eyebrows, and her face is scathing.
"Let's go, don't miss the hour!" Several big men pushed and shoved the ground, picked up Liang Jian and put it on a stretcher and carried it out.
Outside, all the villagers sang and danced, drank and played fists, so lively. They danced a strange dance around the altar, as if they were dancing the gods, many people threw firewood on the altar, and the offering table in front of the altar was full of chickens, ducks, fish and geese, and there were three cups of rice wine, and an old incense burner was full of incense. The offering table has been looking for some years, and I don't know how many innocent beings have been sent to the mountain god over the years.
Liang Jian was carried to the center of the sacrificial platform, where there was already a pile of dry firewood, just waiting for the auspicious time to come and then ignite the fire, the torches under the stage were scorching and burning, and they couldn't wait.
"Host, is this really possible?" The system is a little nervous, although she does not die or hurt the buff, but if she is really burned, the burning pain is unavoidable.
"There's no other way, there are so many of them that they can't do it." Liang Jian said through his mind and system, "I've calculated the time, and it shouldn't be fine." Although she was not sure that there might be a better way, there was only one thing she could think of at the moment.
"They came with torches!! The system said hurriedly, but he couldn't do anything.
"The auspicious time has come." I don't know who threw a fire, and then the dry branches were ignited at once, and the fire spread, and the stage was full of fire.
People were dancing and watching, they were all murderers, but no one was ashamed of it. There are people trapped in the mountains, even with their brains, their spirits are limited to this, they have no concept of good and evil, they can't even be called evil, like a group of primitive unconscious beasts, not even human.
"Eh, Erniu, what's wrong with you, you're getting drunk so soon?"
"Eh, old black, why are you drunk?"
"What's going on?"
"Someone's drugged!" I don't know who shouted, but it was too late, and the people around fell one after another, unconscious.
Liang Jian finally waited for the opportunity, she got out of the fire, the clothes on her body were burned, and there were no skin injuries, but there were also burning pains in several places on her body, and she originally thought that their medicine would attack faster, and she would not be burned by the fire, who knew it would be so slow.
When she was walking in the village, she put the medicine she had found from the lady's kitchen in the village well water, and she was afraid that the portion would not be enough, so she left some buckets to be smeared in the well water. Just now, the group of people were singing and dancing, and the drug attack was faster!
As for the bowl of five-poison soup, hmph, as a migrant worker who needs to accompany the wine and socialize every day, she has long practiced the stunt of drinking from it and not touching her lips! (Actually, I secretly poured the soup on my body and pretended to drink it, so I couldn't finish drinking it first, and found an opportunity to spit on my clothes.) )
Feng Shui takes turns, and now it's their turn, how to deal with these heinous beasts?