Haijiao Village is a village in the picture scroll of mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and water on all sides.

There are two iron laws in the village, killing people to pay for their lives, and paying debts. Anyone who violates any of these rules will trigger a thunderbolt and be wiped out on the spot.

Dozens of families in the village have lived here for generations, making a living from fishing.

The girl next to Li Qiang is called Qian Xiaoni, and her parents have called her since she was a child. However, in a recent flood disaster, Qian Xiaoni's parents both died, leaving her alone.

Haijiao Village is not wealthy, the daily catch is very small, the villagers catch a day's fish, except for barely making ends meet, there is almost no extra food, and no one will help others raise children. Today she was so hungry that she couldn't think about it for a while, so she climbed up the back mountain and jumped off the cliff.

It is not uncommon for people in the village to be struck down by thunder. The villagers didn't have time to pay attention to it, and it had nothing to do with them anyway.

Most of these uninvited intruders into the village died in a short time because there was not enough food. Occasionally, there are some people who can last a long time without eating or drinking.

At first, the villagers were amazed, how could there be people in this world who could survive without eating every day, or eating very little? Later, they learned that such people have cultivation.

As for what cultivation is, the villagers don't really know very well, they just think it sounds very powerful.

The higher the cultivation, the longer the person can live, eating only a small amount of food. But this kind of cultivation seems to have no other use in Haijiao Village except for eating less.

The owner of the manor besieged by the villagers was the old man Li Qiang had seen during the day. The old man didn't know who his surname was, anyway, it wasn't a person here, it was a thunderbolt from the sky a long time ago.

Qian Xiaoni didn't know how long he had been here. Anyway, when the old man came, Qian Xiaoni had not yet been born.

At first, the old man, like everyone else who had been struck by lightning, was looking around the village for a way to get out. Later, at the entrance of the forest at the end of the village, half an acre of land was cultivated and some orange-red herbs were planted.

At first, no one cared, but once the medicine grew up, it was full of aroma and mouth-watering. The herbs ripen every three months, and every day, the village chief will lead the villagers over and rob the herbs. Although it is not much, it is enough for the whole village to eat for four or five days.

Every time the herb is ripe, it is the happiest time for the whole village.

There are also villagers who try to learn from the grandfather to grow medicinal herbs, but when they get started, they find that they don't know anything from seed selection to cultivation, mess up a few times, and after a few hungry meals, no one puts forward a suggestion to grow their own medicinal herbs.

As a result, grabbing medicinal herbs has become a favorite amateur activity of the villagers of Haijiao Village, and it has been passed down like a custom.

For as long as Qian Xiaoni can remember, this kind of scene has been repeated every three months, and the cycle repeats.

At the beginning, there was no cover around the old man's medicine field. Then the fence and stakes were installed, and then even the wooden walls were built higher and higher.

After Qian Xiaoni lost her parents, no one in the village was willing to take her in, and the three grilled fish that Li Qiang gave her yesterday were the first full meal she had in these days.

The fire of the manor burned all night, and it was not until the morning dew turned white and the sky turned white, and most of it was extinguished.

The moment the wooden wall burned down last night, dozens of villagers swarmed in, and then came out stuffed with stuffed clothes and pants, running happily and shouting at the same time.

"The herbs are still there. ”

"It's enough to eat for a few more days. ”

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The manor, which was a cave yesterday, turned into char overnight. Li Qiang and Qian Xiaoni stepped on the carbon ash, gurgling under their feet. There are still some embers around that have not been burned. In the smoke and dust, there is no longer the strange aroma that I smelled yesterday.

"It's a medicine field, and the villagers have guessed before that the herbs in this medicine field must have something to do with the way the intruders left here. Qian Xiaoni pointed to the corner of the manor and said to Li Qiang: "Except for that old man, it is said that there were people who planted it a long time ago, but none of the people who came in could get out alive." ”

The medicine field in the corner is not large, about half an acre, and it has been planed. But there was still plenty of aura left, which Li Qiang had never felt anywhere before.

No wonder the old man would grow medicinal herbs here, the medicinal herbs that grow in this medicinal field must grow quickly and have good medicinal properties.

But where is the owner of the manor at this moment?

He has not been heard since the villagers set fire to the three humanoid puppets last night. Now the entire estate has turned into a scorched earth, and there is still no trace of him.

"Will the old man be burned to death?" Unable to find the old man, Li Qiang was a little anxious.

"No, the iron law of Cape Village, killing pays for life, if he is burned to death, the thunder will let the person who set the fire pay for his life. The girl said calmly.

Li Qiang nodded, human life is at stake, not to mention that the old man must still have a secret about how to escape from Haijiao Village, don't be burned to death.

The two did not find the old man in the yard, so they went to the house together to look for him. It is said that it is a house, but now it has been burned down with only a few large columns, and it is barely possible to see some of the original room layout. Finally, in the corner of the side hall, a cellar with a black hole was discovered.

The mouth of the cellar is round, and there should be a lid on it that was burned off in the fire last night. Nowadays, the cellar is filled with a lot of wood and bricks, and it is difficult to see inside because there is no light.

"Xiao Ni, you go find a stick and light a torch outside, and I will find a way to clear the cellar entrance. ”

Li Qiang and Qian Xiaoni cooperated, one lit a fire, and the other cleaned the cellar mouth.

After a lot of hard work, Li Qiang cleared out the entrance that could be used by one person to enter and exit. The two of them each held torches and jumped off the cellar.

The light of the torch dispelled the darkness, and after seeing the whole picture of the cellar, Qian Xiaoni exclaimed "ah".

The cellar was not big or small, more than two feet long and wide, and the old man was lying on the ground in the deepest part, with a wooden sword stuck in his heart, and the blood stains beside him had seeped into the ground, leaving only a dark red trace.

Qian Xiaoni exclaimed and plunged her head into Li Qiang's arms.

She had seen dead people before, but she had always seen them from afar. If it was the villagers who died, the adults would dig a mud pit, and a piece of grass would be swept away and thrown into the forest at the foot of the back hill and buried. If an outsider dies, he will fall directly on a stone and throw it into the sea.

But it was the first time she had seen such a real scene in front of her.

"You go and lean against the wall, don't look. ”

Li Qiang patted Qian Xiaoni on the back and stepped forward to check the old man's body. The body has been cold, and it looks like it has been dead for a while. There was only one wound on his body, the wooden sword on his chest, and the old man's hands were on the handle.

"It's like suicide. Li Qiang muttered to himself.

"It's suicide. If someone kills him, there will be thunder in the sky. Since you came yesterday, there has been no thunder in the sky. ”

Qian Xiaoni faced the wall, her hands were blindfolded, and her voice trembled slightly.

Li Qiang didn't find anything valuable on the old man, and raised his head with some disappointment and found the wooden box in the corner of the cellar.