Chapter Seventy-One: The Ancient Land and the Deserted Village
Feeling the ghost qi, Zhang Xiao immediately understood in his heart that something was wrong, it seemed that something had happened in Gudi Village, so he quickly whipped up his horse and ran towards the mountain with all his might, and when Zhang Xiao felt the ghost qi, he shivered all over, and his face suddenly turned pale, but he still ran up with Zhang Xiao, and at the end Yuan Li was not only not surprised, but showed a trace of evil smile, as if he was looking forward to it, and followed.
Zhang Xiao gradually recalled everything that had happened in Gudi Village, and he had a very bad guess, the last time he left Gudi Village, he defeated the ghost king Weng Kang with Bo Cai and the Chicken Demon, but it was only injured, and now he is not doing anything, if he uses his hatred for the Lian family, he will really do anything.
After a while, the three of them came to the place where Zhang Xiao had met Guan Hai, on the trail, you can see the appearance of the ancient village below, and finally arrived, but from here, the houses in the village are in good condition, but they look a little old, and the street is a mess, all kinds of woven items, fabrics, farm tools are damaged, and there are everywhere, and at a glance, you can know that no one has sorted it out all year round.
After the three of them walked around Gudi Village along the road, they finally came to the village, and the strange thing was that they couldn't feel the ghost qi as soon as they entered the village, it was just like an abandoned village.
After searching the village for a while, I didn't find anyone, there weren't many weeds growing on the dirt road, the houses around were old, but they looked clean and not deserted, there should still be people living in them not long ago, could it be that the people here left not long ago?
The village was relatively large, so the three of them searched separately, hoping to find any clues.
Zhang Xiao is the most familiar with this village among the three, walking towards the house where he once lived, quiet along the way, not even the sound of insects, feeling a little crazy, walking soon to the place where he once lived, walking into the house, all the furnishings have not changed, but some ornaments have become brittle and fallen due to too long time.
Gently wiping on the table, Zhang Xiao saw that the table was clean, and someone had cleaned it not long ago, so he walked towards the inner room, opened the cabinet inside, and all kinds of clothes were neatly placed, as well as some other supplies of this family.
Zhang Xiao didn't continue to stay here, but quickly ran out of the house, it seems that there are still people living here, so what happened, why are the villagers gone, why are there ghosts here.
Zhang Xiao continued to inspect several rooms, all of which were in the same situation, the rooms were a little messy, but they were all clean, so Zhang Xiao decided to go to the hall where the villagers used to hold meetings.
On the way to the hall, Zhang Xiao still didn't forget to check the surrounding houses, all of them were in the same situation, which seemed a little weird, the houses were very clean, but there was no one, and they were not tidyed, as if someone had deliberately arranged it like this.
It didn't take long for Zhang Xiao to come to the avenue to the guild hall, and he saw a man dressed as a guy sitting in front of the guild hall, making up this.
It turned out that there were still people here, Zhang Xiao suddenly became excited, and immediately ran forward, great, it seems that nothing major happened in Gudi Village, otherwise how could there be anyone.
"Hello little brother, I don't know what happened, where have the villagers of Gudi Village gone?" Zhang Xiao asked very excitedly, he couldn't hold back his excitement, his heart was beating violently, as if he wanted to jump out of his body, I really hope that the villagers of Gudi Village are safe.
The guy focused on weaving, and didn't notice that Zhang Xiao was coming, and suddenly saw a person standing in front of him talking, startled, hurriedly put down the work in his hand, stood up and said carefully: "In recent years, many people have gone to join the army to fight, and some people want to go to live in big cities, and there are very few people left, and now they should still be working in the mountains." β
So that's the case, all the doubts in Zhang Xiao's heart have been put down, now he only thinks about the best side, not the worst side, the whole village is a Taiping sect, since there is an uprising, war is naturally inevitable, of course, there will be sacrifices, and it is normal to produce ghosts, so Zhang Xiao didn't care much.
"Little brother, since there are so many people here, why are you still opening this guild?" Zhang Xiao is a little strange about this guild hall, there are not many villagers anymore, what's the use of this guild hall, will there be guests often?
"The guild hall is only secondary, the main thing is that this guild hall is the most luxurious place in the village, and the village must be neat no matter how much it breaks this faΓ§ade, besides, Boss Weng and Boss Lian still want to revive Gudi Village. The guy was unhappy when he heard Zhang Xiao say this, and explained, "I don't know what the young man is called?
Zhang Xiao thought with great satisfaction that he had ideals and ambitions, and was worthy of being a member of the Taiping Sect, but when did this place become two families to take care of it separately, wasn't it already reconciled? But Zhang Xiao didn't want to think about these things anymore now.
"You wait first, I still have companions, I'll go and call them first. After speaking, Zhang Xiao turned around to look for Zhang Yao and Yuan Li, who now have a place to live.
After seeing Zhang Xiao leave and disappearing from view, the guy turned around and walked towards the hall, and when he arrived at the firewood room, he sat on the spot, and suddenly his whole body was weak, he fell to the side, and there was no movement, and there was no luster in his eyes.
Since Zhang Xiao separated from Zhang Xiao and Yuan Li, he was very scared and walked slowly on the avenue, not at all like the usual domineering appearance.
Zhang Jiao himself is a Taoist priest, in addition to curing diseases and saving people, he also catches demons and evil spirits, and removes evil spirits, so Zhang Jiao's childhood is accompanied by all kinds of terrifying faces, as long as he sees a ghost, he trembles.
As he grew older, Zhang Yao also tried to overcome this spiritual fear, but he found that it seemed to be engraved in his bones, deeply ingrained, and could not be eradicated.
Walking briskly on the avenue, Zhang Yao didn't want to stay for a moment, he always felt that something was following him, but he didn't dare to investigate, there was no one around, it was eerie, although there was no ghost, with his own intuition, it was full of resentment, and he was embarrassed to find Zhang Xiao, I just hoped that I could really meet someone.
Just when Zhang Xiao was wandering back and forth on the avenue, Zhang Xiao found her, and shouted at her from afar: "Cousin, here, I found the villagers here." β
"It's coming. Hearing Zhang Xiao's voice, Zhang Xiao seemed to grasp the straw that saved his life, and ran towards Zhang Xiao with all his might, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
After Yuan Li separated from Zhang Xiao and Zhang Yao, he felt a lot more comfortable, and walked a little in the village, and he could be sure that there was no one living here, but he did not look for a house by one, but took a fancy to the tallest building in the village.
Coming to the gate, Yuan Li saw that the door was written "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, the world is auspicious", it seems that this is the place where the Taiping sect teaches the teachings, push open the door and sure enough, this is a very large Taoist temple, although it is placed in a mess, but the cleaning is very clean, obviously someone is there.
Yuan Li followed the stairs to the top floor, and as far as the eye could see, the entire Gudi Village was in full view, it was completely an empty village, the surrounding fields were barren and the jungle was dense, and there was a sense of disharmony compared to the village.
Just when Yuan Li was still observing on the roof of the building, he noticed that there was movement in the village, and looked carefully, far away, Zhang Xiao was running on the avenue, and in front of him, a person was sitting in front of another tall building, weaving things.
However, Yuan Li looked at this person, not only did he not feel surprised, but he felt surprised, concentrated a black aura in his hand, turned it into a round mirror, looked at that person, and smiled happily: "It seems that there will be something to gain tonight." Then Yuan Li immediately ran downstairs and ran in the direction of the man.
Came to the front of the building where the man was, it happened that Zhang Xiao came out of the inside, Yuan Li immediately hid aside, waited for Zhang Xiao to run away, and then slowly walked out, came to the door, here is a guild hall, this village is really readily available, at a glance I know that it is not an ordinary village, walking into the door, according to the person's footprints, Yuan Li came to the firewood room, saw the man lying on the ground, so he stepped forward to investigate, and found that this person had been dead for a long time, and said to himself: "Hmph, it seems that tonight's harvest may not be small." β
"Cousin, are there really any villagers? Where are they? How many people are there?" Zhang Xiao asked as he ran up to Zhang Xiao and panted.
"So far, I have only seen one, but he said that the other villagers have gone out to work and will not come back until the sun goes down, but there may not be many villagers left. Zhang Xiao said with excitement and a little regret.
"No matter what to do, someone is better than nobody, where they are, let's hurry over. Zhang Xiao didn't want to listen to Zhang Xiao's explanation too much, so she pushed Zhang Xiao away.
It didn't take long for Zhang Xiao to come to the front of the guild hall, and when he saw that Yuan Li was already waiting here, he stepped forward and said, "Brother Gonghai, you have also found here, have you seen that guy?"
"That's not true, but I think this bamboo basket is fresh, and there may be someone here. Yuan Li pointed to the items compiled by the guy on the ground and said.
At this moment, the guy Zhang Xiao had seen walked out of the hall and said with a polite smile: "Friends, why don't you come in and sit, the sun is about to set, and the villagers should be coming back, they will be very happy to see a guest coming." β
"Yes, let's go, let's go in. Zhang Xiao said to Zhang Yao and Yuan Li, walking into the hall, it was the same as the last time he came to Gudi Village in his memory, there was no change, it seems that for so many years, the villagers have been taking care of it carefully.