"Pack up your stuff. The next morning, when Li Ge opened the door, Lai Laodao sat at the table in the hall and asked. On the table in front of him was the same bag he had carried when he came yesterday.

"Alright, Master, let's go. Li Ge tightened the burden on his body, and then followed the master out of the wooden building.

As soon as the master and apprentice walked a few steps out of the house, Jiang Haotian came up. He walked quickly to the two of them, and said in a reluctant tone, "Lai Lao, Master Xiao Li, I will send you." ”

"It's a cold day, what to send, if you are still the hairy boy back then, I won't stop you, but look at you, and this year Ji is not small, don't send it. Lai Laodao patted Jiang Haotian on the shoulder, smiled at him and nodded.

"Yes, Pavilion Master Jiang, don't send it. Li Ge casually agreed, and under Jiang Haotian's eyes, he and his master walked out of the thaumaturgy pavilion.

Half a month later, the master and apprentice walked from the snowy Jiangning City to a small village full of spring.

This is a village built on the mountain, and on the periphery of the village, a small river about two feet wide envelops the village on three sides. Near sunset, the master and apprentice stopped at a small wooden bridge entering the village.

"Master, why don't we stay in this village for one night tonight. Standing on the bridge, Li Ge glanced at the village, and found that in the village in front of him, the houses were built very scattered, and at a glance, there were about fifty or sixty families. At this time, smoke wafted from the roofs of every house.

"It's okay, I haven't had much rest after two days of traveling, so I'll find a family here to borrow a night tonight." Lai Laodao stepped off the small bridge, squatted by the river and washed his face, then got up and said, "Let's go, Ge'er, let's enter the village." ”

"Is anyone there?" Lai Laodao shouted from the gate of the first house at the edge of the village.

Not long after, an eight or nine-year-old girl ran from the backyard to the front room, she stopped at the door and looked at the master and apprentice outside the door, and asked curiously, "Grandpa, big brother, who are you looking for?"

"We're not looking for anyone, little girl, are your parents at home?" Lai Laodao replied to the little girl with a smile.

"They were cooking in the backyard, and I was going to call my dad. The little girl replied, and when she turned to go back to the backyard, a rough man's voice rang out in the backyard.

"Xi'er, who is it?" After the man's voice sounded, after a while, a stout man about thirty years old stepped forward, and like the little girl, he also stood at the gate and looked at the two of Lai Lao Dao's master and apprentice, and asked casually, "Old man, little brother, do you have anything to do?"

"This eldest brother, my master and I passed through this village, and when we saw that it was getting late, we wanted to borrow it for one night, but we didn't know if we could let it go. As he spoke, Li Ge raised his hands and bent down to make a big salute.

"Hehe, little brother is polite, our ordinary peasant family is very simple, if your master and apprentice don't dislike it, then rest at my house for one night. The stout man smiled innocently, and then said, "My name is Li Gang, this is my daughter Li Xi, I don't know what the old man and the little brother are called?"

"My surname is Lai, and this is my apprentice Li Ge. Lai Laodao pointed to the apprentice and introduced it with a smile.

"It seems that I and this little brother were still in our own family five hundred years ago, Lai Lao, little brother Li Ge, please come in. Li Gang warmly greeted the master and apprentice into the house, and then said to the daughter beside him, "Xi'er, go to the backyard and pour two cups of tea." ”

"Okay Dad. The little girl named Li Xi answered obediently, and immediately ran to the backyard.

After entering the room and sitting down, Li Ge took out a silver ingot from his waist and handed it to Li Gang, saying, "Thank you, Brother Li, for taking it in, this ingot of silver should be regarded as the accommodation fee for me and Master." ”

"I can't help it, I can't help it, little brother Li Ge, you take it back quickly. Li Gang hurriedly pushed away the silver in front of him, and said with a smile, "It's rare that your master and apprentice can come to my house, this is also a kind of fate, although our peasant family lives in poverty, but guarding their own one-third of an acre of land is also not worrying about food and clothing." What's more, our poor country is far away from the city, and we seldom go into the city, so naturally we can't afford to use money. ”

Hearing what Li Gang said, Li Ge hesitated for a while, so he had to put away the silver again, raised his hand and gave a salute, and said, "Thank you Brother Li for that." ”

"You're welcome, come to Little Brother Li Ge, sit down. After Li Gang beckoned Li Ge to sit down, his daughter came up from the backyard with two cups of tea.

"Lai Lao, little brother Li Ge, drink some water first, my mother-in-law is cooking dinner, you will have dinner with us later." Li Gang handed the tea to the master and apprentice, and then said to his daughter, "Xi'er, go to the backyard to help your mother put firewood." ”

The little girl answered, took the wooden tray in her hand and went back to the backyard. Afterwards, the three people in the hall sat in the room and chatted. From Li Gang's words, the master and apprentice knew that this village was called Tiangou Village, and the river outside the village was called Tiangou River. And from the words of the master and apprentice, Li Gang also knew that Lai Lao Dao's master and apprentice were Taoist priests.

"Master Lai, since you are a cultivator, I have something to ask you. Li Ge in the hall asked after learning the identity of the master and apprentice.

"You say. Lai Laodao took a sip of tea from the teacup and nodded quietly.

"That's right, since six years ago, a strange thing has begun to happen in our village, every time the dead are buried in the village, the next day, the corpse head of the deceased will appear at the door of the deceased's house, what do you say this is done?" When Li Gang spoke, his face showed a slight hint of jealousy, but he did not panic at all, as if he was not afraid of this matter.

Lai Laodao frowned after hearing this, got up and walked to the door with his hands in his hands, and pondered. Li Ge in the hall glanced at the master, then at Li Gang, and then asked, "Brother Li, are you saying that someone cut off the head of the deceased and put it at the door of the deceased's house?"

"Yes, that's right, as long as there is a dead person in the village, this kind of thing will happen. Li Gang replied, paused for a moment, and then said, "Although this kind of strange thing will happen when people die in the village in the past six years, nothing else has happened, and the people in our village are still living peacefully here." ”

"Could this be someone deliberately knowing?" Li Ge thought for a moment and said what was in his heart.

"I don't know, but everyone in our village guesses that this shouldn't be man-made. Because who's going to do this kind of thing for no reason? And for six years. Li Gang shook his head in confusion.

"Haha~ Yes, if it is artificial, who would be stupid enough to do such a thing. Lai Laodao, who was standing by the door and pondering, suddenly laughed and returned to the house and sat down.

"Master, do you know what this is for?" Li Ge asked curiously when he saw Master's expression.

"Well, if I'm right, Kurotsuka is supposed to have done it. I remember when I was young, I met a black mound with your ancestor. Lai Laodao said lightly.

"Kurotsuka, Master, what is that?" Li Ge asked the master suspiciously, and Li Gang on the side also looked at Lai Changsheng with curiosity on his face.