When the car drove into the village, I found that the bonfires and bustle here were not what I had imagined. Modern lighting hanging on the ancient stilted buildings presented a different kind of poignancy.
Parking the car on a lawn in the village, several people got out of the car after getting their things. Zhou Xingxing looked at the off-road vehicles parked on the lawn strangely, and said in surprise: "Don't you mean Wu Gu Village
Very poor?"
"I was very poor before." Lu Changsheng shook his head, "I have been away for three years, there must be some changes."
Only then did Zhou Xingxing put away his curiosity. Only Zhong Youde looked at these off-road vehicles thoughtfully but said nothing.
Under the leadership of the big yellow dog, several people walked on the stone path in the village, but found that there were not many people there. Logically speaking, when they came back, someone should come out to take a look at such a big movement.
However, the entire village was eerily quiet. Apart from the "whooshing" mountain wind, the only sound left was their footsteps. Thinking of what happened before, several people were frightened. Ning Weiwei subconsciously held Lu Changsheng's hand.
, leaned closer to him.
"Don't be afraid. Even if there are mountain ghosts, they won't dare to come to the village easily." Lu Changsheng said.
"Why didn't you see anyone?" Zhou Xingxing asked curiously.
"Except for a few specific festivals, people in Wugu Village don't go out at night." Lu Changsheng explained.
Several people nodded thoughtfully and followed closely.
After walking about a mile or two, they were about to leave the village. Zhou Xingxing was afraid and said, "Don't tell me, your family doesn't live in the village?"
Zhong Youde and Ning Weiwei also looked at him. Lu Changsheng pointed to a place about a kilometer away and said, "That's our home. Because my father is a devil, he doesn't live in the village."
"Hmm." When they looked at where Lu Changsheng was pointing, they found that it was completely dark. There was no one there. The dark night was like a monster with its mouth open, trying to devour people.
After experiencing the thrilling scene when they arrived, several people were already tired. If it weren't for the fact that it was still so far back, they might have given up.
"Dahuang, lead the way!" Lu Changsheng didn't care, holding Ning Weiwei's hand and leading the way.
Zhou Xingxing and Zhong Youde looked at each other, and Zhong Youde smiled strangely: "You can learn how to drive, but I won't go back."
Seeing Zhong Youde following him, Zhou Xingxing gritted his teeth and looked behind him again, as if he felt someone was following him, and said quickly: "Wait for me."
After walking on a muddy path for a while, they finally saw a dim light appearing in the dark night, which looked extremely strange in the dark giant mouth.
"Xiyazi, why did you come back so late? Aren't you afraid that the mountain ghost will catch you?" Walking towards this single stilted building, a voice came from the big stone under the stilted building.
This familiar voice finally made several people breathe a sigh of relief. In the dark night, a rough figure lit a night light and walked down.
"I am a descendant of Chi You, protected by Apu." Lu Changsheng replied with a smile.
The rough figure holding a lantern hugged Lu Changsheng, and everyone could see clearly that this was Lu Dahai.
"Did you bring your wife back?" Lu Dahai looked at the people behind him, and his eyes fell on Ning Weiwei, "I really did bring you, Xiyazi. This time, no one in the village will say that you will fight for the rest of your life."
I'm a bachelor now, take him out tomorrow and let them take a look."
The frightened Ning Weiwei did not answer, but glared at Lu Dahai angrily, and then Zhong Youde and Zhou Xingxing came over: "Brother Dahai."
"You are here too, are you ready for dinner?" Dahai asked happily.
"No, I was scared to death when I came here." Zhou Xingxing said with lingering fear.
"Where's Dad?" Lu Changsheng asked.
"Someone died in the village and was invited to do the dojo." Lu Dahai said, "Come into the house quickly, I will get you something to eat."
Walking on the creaking stairs, Zhou Xingxing and others were worried that the stairs would break. Fortunately, they did not break after going up.
Sitting in the stilted building of the Miao family, looking at the strange gods enshrined on the shrines, the few of them felt inexplicably at ease, although they could not understand what gods they were.
Lu Dahai worked in the kitchen for a long time and brought out several large bowls of food. Zhou Xingxing and others looked a little at a loss.
At that time, Lu Changsheng couldn't help but pick up the fried golden cake in one of the bowls, picked up the fillings in the other bowl with his chopsticks, and ate it in big gulps.
While eating, he greeted them and said: "Eat, this is the staple food of Wugu Village. The golden color is glutinous rice cake, made from glutinous rice. This is the filling of stir-fried pickled cabbage and fresh meat. This bowl is sour soup, just
Eat it, it’s very delicious.”
Seeing how delicious Lu Changsheng's food was, Zhou Xingxing and others also had their stomachs growl, and they hurriedly started eating the food, and from time to time, they exclaimed, "It's delicious."
"When will dad come back?" Lu Changsheng asked.
"The rich family in the village will do the dojo for ten days. It's already the seventh day, and it will be soon after the first seven days." Lu Dahai also picked up a piece of cake and ate it, "Why are you coming back so late?
?”
Lu Changsheng didn't say anything, but just looked at Zhou Xingxing and the others. Zhou Xingxing immediately remembered the reminder Lu Changsheng had given them when they were walking around in Phoenix Town, and said sheepishly: "I went to the market in town, and when I came back, I met something very strange.
thing?"
"Mountain ghost?" Lu Dahai stopped chewing and said seriously.
"Yes, but he was driven away by Xiao Dezi." Zhou Xingxing looked at Zhong Youde and then recalled what happened in the car. Several people also looked at him, as if they wanted him to explain.
"Some of the Taoism passed down from my family's ancestors may be slightly different from the Miao Taoism, but they are basically the same." Zhong Youde said calmly.
"Oh." Several people didn't ask further questions. They didn't know whether it was because they didn't want to ask or because they were worried about something.
After eating and drinking, Lu Dahai had made the bed. According to Lu Dahai's wishes, he vacated the room for Lu Changsheng and Ning Weiwei to sleep, while Zhou Xingxing and Zhong Youde slept in the guest room, and Lu Dahai slept with him.
Dad's room.
What's strange is that Ning Weiwei didn't object, she just looked at Lu Changsheng with a smirk, and then went back to the room. Zhong Youde and Zhou Xingxing also looked at Lu Changsheng strangely and said jokingly: "Take it easy.
"
The two of them seemed a little tired, so they washed their faces and went to the room. When only Lu Changsheng and Lu Dahai were left in the hall, Lu Changsheng asked: "Brother, you took away Dad's book last time.
Did dad say anything?"
"No, he didn't see me stealing it, so he couldn't do anything with me." Lu Dahai said with a simple smile, "He was worried for a while, but then for some reason, he didn't care anymore and seemed to admit it."
"Recognize it?" Lu Changsheng's face was solemn. Another purpose of his return home was to know why his father had that unknown ancient book, but he didn't practice.
"Okay, Xi Yazi, don't worry, go to bed, your wife is waiting for you." Lu Dahai said with a simple smile, "Hey, I'm going to bed too."
After Lu Dahai went to sleep, Lu Changsheng walked to the fence of the Diaojiaolou and looked at the brightly lit Witch Gu Village at the foot of the mountain, wondering what he was thinking.
When Dahuang saw Lu Changsheng thinking, he trotted up from downstairs. He squatted next to Lu Changsheng, looking into the distance as well, with a bit of human melancholy in his eyes.
In Wugu Village, Lu Changsheng had no friends, and Dahuang was his only friend. During his growth, except for his eldest brother, Dahuang was his only support.
The people in the Wugu Village didn't know when Dahuang appeared. It seemed that after Lu Changsheng, the Sangmen Star in the eyes of the villagers, appeared, Dahuang also followed him to the village.
At that time, Rhubarb was still very small, but it soon grew up. With its body as thick as a calf, it was not afraid of any wild beast in the mountains. Even the most ferocious hunting dog in the village could only whimper in a low voice when seeing Rhubarb.
", begging for mercy.
"Woo...Woo...Woo..." Rhubarb suddenly let out several low moans, which is a fighting posture when encountering strangers and enemies.
Lu Changsheng knelt down to comfort Dahuang, and then it calmed down. Zhong Youde walked to the fence, looked at Dahuang and said, "I will not do anything bad to your master."
Only then did Dahuang put away his hostile gaze, trotted downstairs, squatted on the big stone under the stilted building and let out a low howl of "oooh" toward the sky.
"It has wolf blood!" Zhong Youde said in surprise.
Lu Changsheng didn't care, and just said: "If you don't sleep so late, are you going to accompany me here to enjoy the cold wind?"
"I just want to explain to you that I have no hostility." Zhong Youde said.
"You don't need to explain, you have your secret, and I have mine."
"I can't do it without an explanation, otherwise this big dog will eat me one day when you're not around."
"No, as long as you are really not hostile."
Zhong Youde smiled. With his intelligence, he could naturally understand what Lu Changsheng meant.
"Don't you want to express some opinions on today's matter?" Zhong Youde suddenly asked.
"Everything weird happens in the mountains, just get used to it." Lu Changsheng looked at him seriously, "What's more, we have violated a taboo."
"Have you seen those cars on the lawn of the village?" Zhong Youde suddenly said.
"What do you want to say?" Lu Changsheng asked.
"The identities of the owners of these cars are not simple. You have to be careful." Zhong Youde reminded, "They are here for the Wuxia Mountain forbidden area."
"Forbidden land!" Lu Changsheng suddenly remembered something, and his expression changed, "The forbidden land in Wuxia Mountain you mentioned cannot be the Ginseng Valley in Wugu Village!"
Zhong Youde nodded: "Don't tell me, you just now know that Ginseng Valley is a forbidden area in Wuxia Mountain."
"Hmm." Lu Changsheng frowned. He really only thought of the Ginseng Valley now, because there are too many weird places in Wuxia Mountain, and the Ginseng Valley is just one of them, and it is also the closest to the Wu Gu Village.
Lu Changsheng, who grew up in Wugu Village, is very aware of the dangers of Ginseng Valley. In the past ten years, many people have come here because of its reputation. They have entered Ginseng Valley, but few have come out.
There was once an old hunter from the Witch Gu Village who managed to survive. But since then, the old hunter has gone crazy. The old hunter’s family sent him to Lu Changsheng’s house. At that time, Lu Changsheng’s father only said one sentence: The man came out.
, the soul is lost.
If this were in Qinghe City, many people would probably call his father a lunatic, but the people in Wu Gu Village believed it.
But the family still called the doctor in the village, but no matter how the doctor looked, he couldn't find anything wrong. Seven days later, the old hunter died with a look of horror on his face.
At that time, the family asked Lu Changsheng's father to do the dojo, and Lu Changsheng also went with them. He still remembered the emotion on the old hunter's face.
It was an extremely desperate fear, like a prisoner who had been sentenced to death and was living in prison. It took Lu Changsheng's father a long time to restore his face.
Since then, the hunters in Wugu Village have not dared to take outsiders to the Ginseng Valley, even if the money was high...