Li Qian lay on the bed, stroking her high bulging belly.

The moonlight shone in through the cracks in the window lattice, and fell on the bed she shared with her husband.

She has been married to Sanyin Village for almost a year and is already pregnant. It won't be long before a small life is born out of it.

According to the in-laws, after giving birth to the first child, you have to continue to work hard to have children. After giving birth to the seventh child, you can go to the government to receive the reward.

Childbearing has always been encouraged, and when fertility reaches a certain population, there are generous rewards associated with it.

For her future children, Li Qian has a beautiful vision and expectation, but the reality makes her unhappy.

San'in Village, this is not an auspicious place.

As the name suggests, the village is located in the backlit north of the mountain, which receives far less sunlight than the southern slopes, which also gives the whole village a gloomy feeling.

Geography is secondary, and the most important thing is its reputation.

San'in Village is far away from other villages and towns, making it isolated and remote. Among the various mysterious rumors, Li Qian had already heard about it when she was still at her parents' house.

I heard that San'in Village has been doing shady things and has dealings with many human traffickers.

Li Qian didn't want to marry this place at the beginning, but her family was too poor, and the dowry given by her in-laws was so rich.

When Li Qian really married here, she found out those rumors...... I'm afraid it's true.

Every other month, a group of mysterious people come to the village, and they bring some bound men and women into the village, and then exchange them for silver taels from the village chief.

Then the men and women who were tied up were escorted by the villagers to the back mountain, where they did not return until dawn. And those men and women who were bound, Li Qian has never seen them again.

Li Qian was very scared, she wanted to go back to her parents' home, but found that the village had its own rules - women who married into the village were not allowed to return to their parents' homes.

What scared her the most was that the people in the village were becoming more and more abnormal!

All the villagers began to become nervous, their tempers became dull and irritable, and they slept less during the day and spent longer hours at night.

Li Qian finally found that all of them were subordinate to an old man called "Guru".

The guru had a transcendent position in the village, wearing a yellow robe all day long, and everyone respected him like a god.

Li Qian also asked her husband what the identity of the guru was, but her husband did not shy away from telling her that the guru was a master of the Wing Sect.

After hearing this answer, Li Qian was completely frightened.

Ever since she was a child, Li Qian had heard the elders of her mother's family mention that there was once an organization called the Wing Sect, and they had mysterious and evil powers, and there were many believers in Wujian County.

Later, the Wing Sect rebelled and was suppressed by the government. At that time, many people died, rivers of blood flowed, and mountains of bones were piled up.

Whenever the elders in the family talk about this incident, they do not hesitate to use various tragic examples to illustrate the cruelty at the beginning.

This has always been Li Qian's childhood nightmare.

And at this time, there was a person from the Wing Sect in the village, which was a serious crime!

If it is known by the government...... Li Qian knew in her heart that she would not only harm her family, but also the child in her belly.

This kind of worry that has been suppressed in her heart makes Li Qian's sleep worse and worse, she is listless and always sleepy during the day, but she is in good spirits at night.

"Tom, tom, tom, tom!"

The sound of footsteps sounded on the stone road that ran through the village.

Li Qian's heart began to be afraid, and she couldn't help but tighten the quilt covering her body.

She knew that it was the Wing Sect guru who had started to move.

"Jingle Lingling ......"

The crisp sound of copper bells echoed through the village, burrowing into everyone's ears.

Then, you can clearly hear the old voice shouting melodiously:

"Help the saint and teach the law!"

It was dark in the village, but the sound of rustling sounded from every house.

Li Qian was even more scared, she knew that it was the villagers who had started to get up.

At the full moon, at the call of the Wing Sect Master, they would leave the house as if they were on a night tour and follow the Master towards the back mountain.

Beside Li Qian, a figure sat up from the bed suddenly, it was her husband.

The husband had no clothes or shoes, and when his feet were on the ground, he was about to go out of the house.

Li Qian usually doesn't dare to care about her husband's affairs on weekdays, but tonight she is really scared, especially when the child in her womb is about to be born.

She couldn't help but reach out and hold her husband:

"Tonight...... If you don't go, okay?"

The husband was silent, and he slowly turned his head.

"Ah——!h

The moonlight shining through the lattice shone on her husband's face, a face that was completely terrifying and unfamiliar.

Her husband's eyes glowed green like nocturnal animals. His face was as white as paper, and a few fangs in his mouth stuck out of his lips, saliva dripping down Bai Sensen's fangs.

Li Qian couldn't stop trembling, she shrank in the corner of the wall and clenched her feet tightly, not daring to let herself continue to make sounds.

The sound of brass bells faded away in the village, and the low footsteps of the villagers followed.

The husband turned his head, stiffened the door, and followed the bell.

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The soft sunlight began to shine all over the land, and as the sun rose, some of the surrounding areas came to life.

After a night's trek, Jiang Yuan and his party finally crossed this lush grassland.

Standing on the edge and looking back, where is the grassland still hiding the murder as it was last night.

At this time, the grassland is a blue color, like a clear lake fluctuating with the wind, and the colors between heaven and earth are distinct, but they seem to be connected.

Rushing overnight was not a problem for Jiang Yuan.

But the four children were already exhausted, which made Jiang Yuan have to stop for a while.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan didn't have any concerns at this time, so he didn't feel irritable.

Jiang Yuan raised his head and looked into the distance.

On one side is a lush grove of forests, and on the other side is the end of a mountain range.

Several curling puffs of cooking smoke rose from behind the low forest, and the presence of cooking smoke meant that there were human tracks.

"Don't rest, it's time to go!"

Although the four children were tired, no one complained, and they carried their burdens and followed Jiang Yuan.

The group walked through the low forest, and a pipe appeared in front of them.

I walked along the pipe all noon, and when it was dusk, I finally came to a prosperous town.

The town seems to be holding some kind of celebration, with lights everywhere and firecrackers not ringing.

The five of them entered the town, as if they were just in time for a temple fair, and there were many vendors setting up stalls everywhere to shout.

Although it was close to dusk, it was still bustling with people.

The little boy Ding Ze stared at the surroundings without taking his eyes off it:

"That's a lot of people!"

Chen Yin and Li Siyan also looked around:

"Look! There's colorful lanterns over there! There's candy man there!"

Qianluo whispered to the three children:

"Don't be like a bun, just look at it and don't talk, you can't disgrace your father-in-law!"

The three children immediately closed their mouths, but their big black eyes were still full of curiosity about everything around them, as if the fatigue of the whole day had disappeared.

The street behind suddenly erupted in cheers.

Everyone looked back one after another, only to see a team returning to the town, some people in the team danced dragons and lions, and some people beat gongs and drums, so it was not lively.

Jiang Yuan led the children to find an inn, and then walked in:

"Shopkeeper, open two rooms! Prepare another table of food. ”

The shopkeeper behind the counter put down the ledger that was being recorded in his hand, raised his head and glanced at Jiang Yuan, and said suspiciously:

"Outlander?"

Jiang Yuan laughed and said:

"The shopkeeper has good eyesight!"

The shopkeeper touched the two mustaches under his nose and said with a smile:

"There are not many outsiders in our Erquan Town, and there are more visitors during this time. Therefore, when you look at the guest officer, you can basically judge it. Come on, come on, do it here first. The room guy is cleaning up, I'll go and tell the kitchen to prepare a meal for you!"

There are many square tables in the lobby on the first floor of the inn, and many of them are full of guests eating and drinking.

The shopkeeper took Jiang Yuan to an empty table and beckoned the five of them to sit down.

After sitting down, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but ask:

"Shopkeeper, could it be that there is something happy going on in this town?"

The shopkeeper laughed and said:

"It seems that the guest officer must be someone from outside the Wushu County! This is an important custom in our Wushu County, and every year today, a daily festival is held. ”

"Day Festival?" Jiang Yuan heard of this celebration for the first time.

The shopkeeper nodded and said:

"Every year after today, the days are shorter, the nights are longer, and the weather is getting colder every day. Therefore, the people have held daily sacrifices, praying that the day will be longer, so that those demons and demons will lie dormant one after another, and will not harm the world. ”

After finishing speaking, a new guest arrived outside the inn, and the shopkeeper hurried to greet him.

Jiang Yuan pulled the teapot on the table and began to drink tea to quench his thirst. I found that although the four children were silent, they were still staring closely at the candy man stall on the street opposite the inn.

He couldn't help but smile:

"You want sugar man?"

Ding Ze, Li Siyan and Chen Yin immediately nodded: "Hmm!"

Qianluo hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the sugar man stall, and saw that there were a lot of sugar men on it, and he asked:

"Which one do you want?"

The four children immediately shouted:

"I want that little butterfly!"

"I want that horse!"

"I want butterflies too!"

"I want that gourd!"

Jiang Yuan took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table:

"If you want to, you can buy it yourself, just go alone. ”

The little boy Ding Ze quickly grabbed the broken silver and jumped off the bench:

"Thank you, father-in-law, which one do you want?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head:

"Father-in-law doesn't, just go and buy yours. ”

Ding Ze nodded, and immediately ran towards the outside of the inn with the broken silver firmly in his hand.

The other three girls couldn't help but look at Ding Ze's back with anticipation.

Jiang Yuan poured a full cup of tea and drank it, and couldn't help but smile, it was a little troublesome to take a group of children, but it didn't seem so lonely.

Seeing that Ding Ze ran to the door, an unexpected situation suddenly appeared.

I saw a foot wearing boots suddenly kicking towards Ding Ze, and before Ding Ze could react, his small body had already been kicked out and hit the door frame.

A man's voice followed:

"Where did the little cub come from, I almost hit my grandfather!"

When Ding Ze got up from the ground, there was already a hole in his forehead, and blood was slowly flowing out of it.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yuan suddenly stood up from the bench, grabbed the teapot and smashed it on the ground:

"You're ma!"