After a brief dinner, Gao Ming and Ding Basi came out of Ding Basi's small courtyard.

"The clan hall is just ahead, not far away. Ding Basi said to Gao Ming beside him.

Gao Ming nodded. The two of them walked into the early night to go to the clan meeting of the patriarch.

"Fourth brother, there was a big brother who wasn't at home at that aunt just now?" Gao Ming asked Ding Basi.

Because I listened to their conversation before, the eldest mother's son seemed to have been away from home for a long time, and he had not heard from him at all. And according to Ding Basi, the eldest brother went to do great things for the benefit of the people. At the foot of this remote mountain, there are still such enlightened figures?

Gao Ming was a little curious for a while, so he asked.

I only heard Ding Basi reply: "The eldest brother of the eldest mother's family is the number one hero in our village. The eldest lady's family has always been a hunting family in our village, a family of hunters. The ability to hunt, from father to son, from son to grandson, from generation to generation, when it comes to the eldest brother's generation, it is very powerful. The eldest brother has the ability to cross the forest like walking on the ground, and there is no hunting that he can't hunt on these eight mountains. ”

Gao Ming asked, "Don't the other villagers hunt?"

Ding Basi replied: "Fight too." But he dared to hit rabbits and sparrows near the edge. That big brother is different, he can go to the mountains, and the tiger dares to fight. In this nearby village, it is also famous. said that the matchmaker ran to the eldest mother's house twice in three days, and the threshold was about to step on the bald skin. ”

Speaking of this, Ding Basi sighed: "Alas, if the eldest brother hadn't left, the eldest mother wouldn't have been so bitter, probably the grandson would have been embraced." ”

Gao Ming asked curiously, "Then why did the eldest brother leave, where did he go?"

Gao Ming thought, since life is so good, and the ability to eat the mountain god's rice is so superb, and the scenery is so beautiful, why do you still leave the foot of this mountain? Although this place is a little remote, but to that eldest brother, Baji Mountain can be described as a mountain of gold and silver, how can ordinary people be willing to leave here?

Hearing Gao Ming ask, Ding Basi smiled bitterly: "This is not a gentleman who came to tell a story a few years ago." ”

The second monk Gao Mingzhang was puzzled: "What does this have to do with Mr. Storyteller?"

Only then did Ding Basi tell the story: "A few years ago, an old gentleman who told a story, gave him tea and food, and told stories about books. He stayed in the village for three days, and when the villagers came at night and had nothing to do, he began to tell stories and tell stories. Tea and food are not disliked, sleep and rest are not squeamish, and everyone is willing to listen to nothing. ”

"Originally, everyone listened to it quite interestingly, but after listening to it, it was over, it was originally a story, what should I do in normal times. ”

Speaking of this, Ding Basi sighed: "But big brother no, it's like a demon." The storyteller was leaving, he sent him far away, and when he came back, he was angry all day. ”

"Later, the eldest brother came to me to say goodbye and asked me to help take care of the eldest mother, saying that he would go out to eliminate evil and promote good, support justice, and change the world!"

"My obedient, it was the gods who changed the sky and the earth, he is a mortal, what heaven and earth to change?"

Ding Basi spread his hands to Gao Ming, with a helpless expression, but there was a bit of pride and show off between his words, with some admiration for the big brother.

"But I still admire my big brother. My eldest brother has been ambitious since he was a child, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance!"

Gao Ming exclaimed: "This eldest brother is also a strange person. ”

Ding Basi was happy when he heard this, and said excitedly: "No, high hunting skills are nothing, high ambition is really high! No wonder my eldest brother doesn't look down on those rough girls in the nearby villages!"

Gao Ming nodded. But when I looked back and thought about it, I still felt a little incredible. It's a bit of a legend.

After a while, I always felt like I was missing some details.

Gao Ming pondered carefully, suddenly realized, and asked Ding Basi: "What stories did that storyteller say?"

Ding Basi replied: "I can't remember the specifics, it seems that there is a collusion between the landlord's family and the government to bully our peasant family, and our peasant family is bullied so badly that they go and kill the landlord's family." can raise his eyebrows, but he was forced by the government later, and he was cornered, and there was no good result. ”

When Gao Ming heard this, he was a little more sure of the conjecture in his heart, and asked, "Then do you remember what the storyteller looks like?"

Ding Basi replied: "I don't know how to say this, anyway, he is a very delicate gentleman, although his personality is easy-going and not squeamish, but his behavior is very exquisite, very elegant, like a teacher in the church." ”

Gao Ming was a little speechless, yes, eight or nine is not far from ten.

Gao Ming finally decided: "What is the old gentleman's surname?"

Ding Basi said: "I don't know about this." ”

Gao Ming said: "I know, his surname is Wen." ”

The tone was full of helplessness.

Ding Basi was a little surprised: "Hey, how do you know?"

Gao Ming replied: "I have seen him, and I have heard him write. I'm ninety percent sure, no, nine percent sure, it's definitely him!"

Ding Basi asked, "So, what kind of person is this gentleman?"

Gao Ming was a little unsure, and finally said, "It should be a good person." ”

Ding Basi nodded: "That's good, at least the eldest brother is not deceived and lost." ”

Gao Ming muttered secretly: Your eldest brother was not deceived away, but just fooled away.

Since it was the old gentleman who did a good deed, there was nothing surprising about it, everything made sense.

Gao Ming asked Ding Basi: "Did the eldest brother say where he went?"

Ding Basi shook his head and said, "No." He only said that he went south. ”

Gao Ming turned his head and looked south. The sun had already set, and the southern sky was dark, and the outline of the mountains could be faintly seen, like a creeping beast, quietly entrenched.

The clan hall was soon there.

The clan hall is an old house in a traditional style, with a large and heavy wooden door half-closed, with a small opening slightly. A middle-aged woman moved a chair and sat at the gate knocking melon seeds and other things, and the crisp sound of "clicking" continued at night.

Seeing Ding Basi and Gao Ming coming, the woman raised her head.

Ding Basi nodded to the woman, the woman nodded slightly, she said hello, her lips and teeth kept between her lips, and she lowered her head again, "Click, click......"

Ding Basi led Gao Ming to the lobby. Suddenly, the woman raised her head again, stood up and walked towards the two: "Hey~"

Gao Ming and Ding Basi stopped.

The woman walked up to Gao Ming, looked at Gao Ming, spoke a characteristic local dialect, and asked hesitantly, "Are you ......?"

Ding Basi preemptively said: "Auntie, this is my friend." ”

The woman looked Gao Ming up and down, and said, "You are not from our clan. ”

Then he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's go in first." ”

After saying that, he returned to his chair and sat down, "click, click......"

Ding Basi led Gao Ming into the clan hall.

This so-called clan hall is quite spacious, with some long wooden benches, bamboo chairs, and small benches scattered in it. Only in the center of the top is a delicate Taishi chair, which is covered with thick cushions. The old patriarch sat on it, closed his eyes and waited for everyone to arrive.

Ding Basi took Gao Ming to find a bench and sit down at random, and waited boredly for the personnel to arrive to see what the old patriarch had to say.

One after another, villagers pushed the door sporadically and entered. There were people chattering quietly in the room, and as there were more and more people, the chatter became louder and louder.

After waiting for a while, the patriarch opened his eyes, glanced down, summoned a person, and whispered something. The man nodded and went to the center to count the number of people.

Then after a while, about the arrival of all the personnel, the old patriarch knocked on his crutches and coughed.

The noise below gradually subsided. When everyone was quiet, the patriarch said, "Today, I called everyone over to discuss the appearance of monsters." ”

The old patriarch paused and glanced down. The people below listened attentively, and some nodded knowingly.

The patriarch said: "Maybe everyone knows that there are monsters in the mountains near here recently, and three people have disappeared in a row in the nearby villages. ”

"Bless by the gods of the Eight Mountains, our village is quite peaceful. ”

"Today someone saw the clothes of the missing person on the mountain, but the person was gone. The monster is already determined. ”

"People from nearby villages have gone to the county seat to report to the official. I guess it's useless. When will the people of the government be able to take care of the affairs of our mountains?"

Someone chuckled at the bottom.

The old patriarch continued: "So, the government can't be trusted, and we have to rely on ourselves." The people in the side village have already gone to invite the immortal master, and it is estimated that there will be an immortal master to subdue the demon and eliminate the demon soon. ”

As he spoke, the old patriarch turned his gaze to Ding Basi: "Fourth boy, you said earlier that you saw a monster on the mountain, but is there anything wrong?"

Ding Basi said with some hesitation: "What I encountered was a big python, this, it's a little bigger, but it's hard to say whether it's a monster or not." ”

The old patriarch raised his voice: "Whether it is a monster or not, as long as it is suspicious or unusual, you must write it down." When the immortal master comes, report to the immortal master and let the immortal master decide. ”

The old patriarch turned his gaze to everyone in the field again, and said solemnly, "Everyone else is the same!

Everyone below responded, "I see." Got it. ”

At this time, suddenly, a voice suddenly came from the crowd: "Four boys, which one is next to you?" ”