Chapter 55: Exploring Liujia Village at Night
This matter has never been a major event in Liujia Village, and its importance is greater than the curiosity about Lu Chengfeng's identity. Lu Ping'an closed the door as if he was facing a great enemy at Lu Jiancheng's signal, and when Lu Ping'an, who had always been timid, talked about this matter, the look of horror on his face and when he was telling, Zhang Xiuying looked out of the window with a worried face from time to time, and he could know the seriousness.
This matter started from a family named Liu Baofeng in the south of the village. According to his wife, Liu Baofeng went up the mountain to herd cattle as usual that day, but when he went out, the sky was suddenly clear and there were dark clouds and thunder. When his wife saw that the weather was not good, she was worried that something would happen to him, so she asked him not to go up the mountain today. But Liu Baofeng is as stubborn as a cow, saying that he has to go up the mountain for everything, but the cow is going to give birth to calves in the near future and needs to eat more grass, so he ignored his wife's obstruction, and led the cow alone and left.
He didn't know how many times he had walked this mountain road, but he was naturally familiar with it, but in a moment he found a place where wild grass was luxuriant, and he tied the reins to the stones, and he went hunting deep in the mountains with his bow and arrows.
Liujia Village is surrounded by mountains, and in addition to raising cattle, our ancestors have also gone into the mountains to hunt and get some animal skins to subsidize their families. At this time, Liu Baofeng didn't notice that the cow's eyes were red, and he looked blankly at the jungle of the mountains, as if he had found something.
Just as he was about to step into the mountain, the ox seemed to be frightened, and jumped a few steps in front of him, as if to prevent him from entering the mountain.
But Liu Baofeng is notoriously bold in the village, plus he has a new son in his family, and his son is still waiting to be fed at home. Unexpectedly, the cow was whining and refusing to give way, seeing that the beast was disobedient, Liu Baofeng picked up the whip and whipped the cow's back violently, but the cow did not move at all, and his eyes were looking straight at the deep mountains.
In the end, Liu Baofeng was a little tired from fighting, so he didn't want to worry about this beast anymore, so he walked around the bend to the mountains and forests. The cow was restrained by the reins, and no matter how long it roared, it did not stop its master's determination to enter the mountain. But just as he had entered the mountain, after about a cup of tea, he heard the terrible wail of his master from the depths, followed by the birds that had rested in the woods and scattered in all directions, as if they had met a predator.
When the oxen heard this wail, they broke free from the reins like madness, and rushed into the depths of the mountain, and at last the ox did not even come out again.
Poor Liu Baofeng didn't hear his son shouting in person, and his father disappeared.
This incident was defined as an accident by the later village chief Liu Dahai, and the people in the village didn't pay much attention to it, but then strange things happened one after another, and many people disappeared after entering the mountain. The village chief had organized the young people of the village to go up the mountain to search for them, but even those who had been sent up the mountain had disappeared without a trace.
From then on, the people in the whole village did not dare to go up the mountain again, but they said that there were some man-eating ghosts in the mountain.
Everyone thought that if they didn't go up the mountain, they would be fine, but one day a month later, another family surnamed Liu in the village died in their sleep for no reason. According to the people who saw it, the man's death was extremely terrifying, his face was hideous, his seven orifices were bleeding, and he seemed to have seen some monster before he died.
Later, this kind of thing happened one after another, and even people in the town were killed in their dreams one after another. For a time, everyone in the village closed their doors every night, which can be described as a change of color, and everyone was in danger. In the end, I was forced to find someone to go to Shushan to deliver a letter, hoping that the cultivator would go down the mountain to rescue.
But until now, no one has been able to say whether this harmful thing is a human or a ghost, a demon or a monster. Those Shushan cultivators before also went into the mountains to investigate, but they still never returned, and their lives and deaths are still unknown.
After listening to this narrative, Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but let out a long sigh, at this moment he had realized the seriousness of the matter, fortunately, God blessed, the second uncle's family neither hunted nor herded cattle, and he was lucky to be safe, he was also a lot relieved. But after thinking about it, if Liutai Town wants to say that the cultivation force, in addition to the Li family, there are also some small sects that are not in the stream, so he asked, "Is there no one in Liutai Town who has come forward to solve this matter?"
Lu Ping'an shook his head and said in a deep voice, "This matter can't even be solved by the disciples of Shushan, who would dare to interfere!"
Come to think of it, those small sects are small compared to Shushan, and even they can't solve them temporarily, even if others have the heart, it is impossible to interfere, who knows what the other party is. If it fails, I'm afraid that the entire sect will be wiped out.
Lu Chengfeng picked the bridge of his nose, and then turned his head and admonished, "When you haven't found a proper way to do this, you'd better not go out, and if there's anything new, you can come to me immediately." This time, I came to inquire about the situation on the order of the Shushan elders, and there are four people here, if you have anything to do, you can find us directly in the village!"
Lu Ping'an and Lu Jiancheng nodded when they heard this.
But Zhang Xiuying glanced out the window vigilantly, then tiptoed over and said in a deep voice, "I see that you are a friend of peace, I might as well advise you to go back to Shushan quickly." The Shushan disciples who came before were all gone, I just don't want my Lu family's life-saving benefactor to have any mistakes!"
Hearing the concern in these words, Lu Chengfeng was stunned, and then said with a smile, "Don't worry! I and you will definitely be able to solve this matter!"
When she said this, she felt a lot of emotion in her heart, this second aunt didn't care about anyone except her own people, and she used to abuse herself in every way, but now she can say such words of concern, but it is extremely rare, if she can still do this to herself after revealing her identity, it would be good.
"You woman knows a fart, I think this young man is young, and he really has a lot to do! As a cultivator, he should take saving the common people in the world as his own responsibility, how can he be afraid when facing the enemy. If this spreads, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of this Shu Mountain for hundreds of years!"
Lu Jiancheng has always respected heroes and heroes, and he was grateful to this young man for sacrificing his life to save him, but now he respects his courage of 'knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and preferring tigers to go to the mountains', and most importantly, he feels that this person in front of him is the same age as his nephew, and his body appearance is somewhat similar, so he also adds a sense of intimacy. When he was a child, Lu Chengfeng was often taught by his second uncle, I wonder how he would feel when his second uncle learned his identity?
"You are a person, when you meet young people, you love to talk about your great truth, but people are disciples of Shushan, and they still use you to teach?
Zhang Xiuying couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when she saw that her husband had refuted her face in front of outsiders, and her words were a little meaner.
Thinking that he was used to seeing her like this, Lu Jiancheng didn't pay attention to her anymore, but turned his head and asked, "Shaoxia, I dragged you to inquire about the whereabouts of my nephew who rode the wind last time, and now there is any news?"
Lu Chengfeng categorically didn't expect that after such a long time, this second uncle still remembered the matter of dragging himself at the beginning, but it was really inappropriate to tell his identity at the moment, so he said casually, "I dragged a few senior brothers and sisters to inquire, and I think there will be news soon!"
Hearing this, Lu Jiancheng sat up from the bed excitedly, his eyes widened, and asked, "Is Shaoxia's words serious?"
Lu Chengfeng couldn't bear it, so he nodded yes.
After receiving the other party's affirmative reply, Lu Jiancheng's tense face relaxed, and after thanking him repeatedly, he muttered to himself, "I hope my nephew who rides the wind is safe and sound now!"
Zhang Xiuying glanced at him angrily and said, "I've been thinking about that broom star all day long, but you have forgotten our mother!" The words were full of dissatisfaction with him.
After Lu Ping'an glanced at Lu Chengfeng, he hurriedly said, "How can you say that the stuffy gourd is also a member of the Lu family, and it is natural for my father to worry!"
Lu Chengfeng didn't speak again, just told them to be careful and then walked out of the door, just walked out but saw Jiang Wuhan and the three of them coming with Liu Dahai, and several people carefully talked about the general situation, which was the same as what Lu Ping'an said. After knowing the general situation, the first thing to go to is the big mountain where the accident first happened, called the Netherworld Mountain.
The four of them got together and began to discuss the future itinerary and arrangements.
Di Qianjun spoke first, "Now that it's getting late, we should rush to the Netherworld Mountain immediately, so as not to take the opportunity to make trouble again!"
Jiang Wuhan was silent, looking at Lu Chengfeng and Ye Ziqing calmly, as if he wanted to listen to their opinions.
Ye Ziqing raised her eyebrows, and then said softly, "I agree with Senior Brother Di's statement! The head of the sect once said that we should fight quickly, and as a disciple of Shushan, I really shouldn't be afraid!"
When facing Jiang Wuhan's cold gaze, Lu Chengfeng faintly felt a chill, but his eyes did not dodge at all, and then after picking the bridge of his nose, he said slowly, "I think we should be divided into two groups, one group of people enter the mountain, leave marks along the way, if there is a case at that time, the remaining group can also report to the head before entering the mountain, in addition to being able to respond, but also to deal with emergencies in the village." There have been many senior brothers who have been in before, but none of them have returned, so it is conceivable that the other party is by no means an ordinary person, in addition to a quick decision, we should also be cautious!"
Although this analysis and reasoning is not airtight, but it can also minimize casualties, although the people who came this time are all masters except him, but be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship, in the case of unknown enemies and friends, it is really not suitable to venture.
After hearing his words, Jiang Wuhan's eyes lit up, and then he nodded and said, "Senior Brother Lu is reasonable!"