The lanterns swayed under the eaves, reflecting the figures of people coming and going in front of the door.
People wearing colorful cloth short shirts whispered to each other, and an aunt passed by with a basket of wild vegetables in her arms. She stretched her neck and looked at the crowd, and said curiously: "Have the stage been set up?"
"It's done, it's done, oh, what's the good day today? So many people come to our village!" A younger woman answered happily, with exaggerated and exquisite white ears hanging on her ears, jingling with movements.
"Yes, first the passing opera troupe is about to rest, then the passengers are staying. Oh, hey." The folds on the middle-aged man's face burst out laughing, "It's so much money!"
"Who wants your family to be the biggest? If I had known, I would have called my family Alang to build another building." Someone angrily said.
But no matter what they said, all the villagers were happy.
Amid the noise, a tall figure slowly turned out from the corner and pushed the door into a house with lights on.
As soon as he entered the room, the figure sat on the chair next to the dining table. The kerosene lamp on the table illuminated his slightly wild eyebrows and eyes, and his bronze skin exuded a sense of restrained power.
"The person who broke the mirror is here." He held his chin casually with one hand, his low voice mixed with laziness, and said to the woman in the room, "I'm on the village road."
"Oh, then we'll see them later." The woman responded gently, with no surprise in her tone.
She obviously cared more about the matter between the sour and the county, and said to the man with bronze skin: "I can be sure that the opportunity to start the copy is the sudden visiting troupe. Nie Lang, Yan Ming is not here this time, we may need to rely on Zhao Mou's ability. You will be better at your attitude later and don't cause quarrels."
"Tsk, I have a bad temper, you know, if it's a broken mirror, I can't help it." Nie Lang, a member of the surviving investigation team who has been under supervision for many years due to the alienation problem, rolled his eyes.
The woman's expression became gentler and she asked peacefully: "Who is the person in charge of this copy operation?"
Nie Lang froze: "...you, Song Xue."
"Well, so you have to be obedient, do you know?" Song Xue's eyes were curved, "Otherwise, I, the only team doctor, might find an opportunity to kill you.^_^"
The man with a strong man, Nie Lang, was shocked: "I understand, don't mess with me."
After talking for a while, the two heard that villagers outside discovered new outsiders.
Song Xue was holding a faded shadow puppet in her hand and quietly listening to the voice belonging to Zhao Mou.
The Broken Mirror has worked with the surviving Investigation Team several times, and she has read through the information frequently and recognizes the tone of the Broken Mirror's think tank.
Sure enough, after confirming that the acid and the county were not xenophobic and were very hospitalized, the other party proposed to stay in an empty room on the name of a traveler staying.
Then they were arranged to the next door to the house where they lived.
After a little quiet, Song Xue stood up and said, "Let's go and find them."
Nie Lang pinched his wrist.
...
On the other hand, Zhao Mou, as the only mouth in the team, moved into a short earth house with three hand-shaking managers.
The house is not beautiful, there is no furniture inside, there are only two side-by-side beds, which can barely squeeze out four people.
Of course, they didn't plan to sleep, so Zhao Mou perfunctorily fabricated the identities of four siblings, saving a lot of trouble.
The sister of the minority who borrowed their houses were enthusiastic and cheerful. Not only did she not interrogate their origins, but she also reminded them with a simple happiness: "You are here, there is a troupe in our village. They plan to perform a show as a licence fee!"
"The stages are all set up, and they should perform in another hour. Remember to come out and see?"
Zhao Mou's eyes flashed, and he was obedient and clever, "Okay, sister, we will definitely go."
Sister lit the oil lamp for them and closed the door.
It was still very lively outside the door, and basically everyone was discussing the troupe. Several people in the room listened with their ears. Based on what Zhao Mou had just discovered, they roughly understood what was going on.
——So and County are said to be the same county, but in fact they are not in the government planning territory. People here think that the place they live in is a village and they are villagers.
Because the village is in the mountains, there are no people coming in and out of the sky, so they themselves occasionally go to the nearest Longtou Town to buy things or sell some things in the mountains.
They are closed, but they are not disconnected from the outside world. On the contrary, whenever outsiders come, the villagers in the county are more enthusiastic.
Today is very special. During the day, three tourists from the city came, two men and one woman, who said they were here to explore the mountains and wanted to visit the village for a few days.
In the evening, another shadow puppetry troupe came, with a master taking four apprentices.
According to the great apprentice, they were going to perform shadow puppets for a rich man. They wanted to walk a short walk from the mountains, but they lost their way. They turned to the Sour County. They saw that it was getting dark, so they also wanted to take a rest in the village.
In return, they wanted to perform plays to villagers that should have been performed by the rich, as rehearsal.
The villagers were so excited that they had never watched any shadow puppets since they were born. As soon as this novel thing came, it immediately attracted the attention of the whole village and hurriedly helped to set up the stage. The shadow puppets were not big, and the most important stage box was taken by the master himself, so the villagers were just trying to do it.
Then, Zhao Mou and the other four came.
"The situation is very clear. We will go to see the master who is acting in the shadow puppet later." Yu Xing put his backpack on the foot of the bed, "The three who arrived before us are from the investigation team?"
"Well, only Yan Ming can be faster than me and give their team members more room for preparation." Zhao Mou curled his lips. It felt bad that this ability was being compared.
"Ha, what about the others? Can the rest of your Zhao family catch up?" Siren looked at his phone.
As expected, the phone has no signal, but you can check the time. It is already six:30 pm.
"When I came, I received the news that the people from the Zhao family and the Luo family were planning to come together and they took a helicopter." Zhao Mou's tone was unpredictable, "Ha, I don't have enough ability, so I can only spend money."
Siren: "Six."
Can the helicopter really pass through this ghostly crossing Long Ridge? Oh, too, the three major families have such a strong foundation, so there must be ways to prevent traffic equipment from being affected by ghostly.
"Let's go, there's nothing to be with you in the house. Let's take action separately. I'll go to the people who came to the investigation team this time. You are scattered with the county to inquire about the opera troupe, and then see if you can determine whether the ghost is angry or not entering the village because of the opera troupe or the village itself."
After Zhao Mou finished speaking, he said to Yu Xing with the idea that the captain had the right to decide, "How? Do you have any other ideas for your dear captain?"