"Mrs. Li! Do you know that there are some things that you can't talk nonsense about?!"
The villager who was dragging Mrs. Li screamed and dragged her up from the ground.
Mrs. Li's legs were just on the ground, dragging a long trace. She was crying bitterly, her chapped lips were trembling, and she was still mumbling to herself in a low voice.
The two villagers looked at each other and dragged Mrs. Li away from the entrance of the village.
The wails grew farther and farther away, until finally they were no longer audible.
Jian Anran and Chu Yan looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.
None of them expected that things would turn out like this.
"Master Jian, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect you to see this joke."
Mrs. Li was dragged away. The village chief, Lin Tu, rubbed his hands and walked over with a flattering smile on his face. His eager eyes fell on Jian Anran.
"Village chief, what's going on?"
Jian Anran looked at the mess on the yellow muddy ground at the entrance of the village, her beautiful brows knitted into a ball, and an uneasy premonition pounded in her heart, almost jumping out of her chest.
Lin Tu followed Jian Anran's gaze and blocked Jian Anran's gaze without any trace. He smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just the custom in our village. Master Jian, you don't have to be too surprised. This is
There’s nothing wrong with it.”
"Really?"
Jian Anran obviously didn't believe it, and now her eyes were full of suspicion.
Lin Tu's cold sweat overflowed from his forehead bit by bit, and he said with a sense of lack of confidence in his voice: "Of course it is true. I am the village chief here, so I naturally know a lot about things here. Master Jian, do you believe it?"
I’ll be fine.”
The other party made it clear that they did not want Jian Anran and the others to go over and check.
Jian An was stunned and did not pursue him, but after all, there is still a bigger secret that has not yet been solved, about the whereabouts of Zhenwu Qianzhu...
Thinking of the thousand-year candle, Jian Anran took a deep breath and tried her best to calm down.
The most critical matter has not been resolved yet, so we cannot fall out with the people in this village right now.
Jian Anran nodded slightly, looked around among the villagers, and finally landed lightly on one of the little boys who was rubbing his eyes with red eyes.
If she remembered correctly, just now the villagers said that in addition to Azhen, Mrs. Li also had a child at home.
There was only this child crying, and it seemed that it was him.
Looking back, Jian Anran winked at Jian Xingxing calmly. Jian Xingxing understood immediately. He blinked and moved towards that direction seemingly unintentionally.
Jian Anran also spoke at this time: "Village Chief, yesterday we said we would take a look at the current situation of Millennium Candle, but it was too late yesterday. Can you take us there now?"
Upon hearing the words "Thousand Years Candle", the village chief suddenly became nervous.
Lin Tu turned to look at the villagers who were still watching, and yelled: "What are you still doing here? Have everyone finished their farm work? Stop watching the fun here!"
The villagers shook their heads and left muttering.
After all, if something happened to their family, even if they were feeling emotional, they wouldn't have too much emotion.
One of the villagers approached the rag that was left on the ground, picked it up and looked at the wolf hair on it carefully, and said in a low voice: "It's really wolf hair, eh..."
By chance, these words fell into Jian Anran's ears.
I don’t know if it was meant to be heard by Jian Anran.
"What are you talking about? Go, go, go!"
Lin Tuba raised his voice to chase people away, then turned to look at Jian Anran and rubbed his hands: "Master Jian, you have also seen it. There is something wrong in our village now, and we may not be able to see Thousand Years Candle for the time being..."
"Why?"
Jian Anran looked at the village chief in confusion.
"Master, you don't know something. In order to ensure the safety of the Thousand-Year Candle, a master set up a ban many years ago. The Thousand-Year Candle can only be taken out when all our villagers are present and there is no disaster in the village. Otherwise, it cannot be taken out.
of."
Lin Tu shook his head, sighed, and made a helpless expression.
They are all excuses!
Jian Anran sneered in her heart.
They have all gone to the ancestral hall to see it, and there is no Millennium Candle at all!
I just don’t know why Lin Tu is lying now.
After all, Honglie Village has too many secrets.
For the sake of Millennium Candle, they can't leave now.
"It turns out that's the case. There's nothing we can do about it."
Jian Anran touched her chin with a thoughtful look in her eyes: "But you can take me to see the restriction. I also have a lot of research on the restriction. Maybe I can break it?"
"Isn't this... bad?"
Lin Tu's face turned slightly pale, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he finally came up with an excuse: "The ban also requires that there is no trouble in the village, otherwise it will not be opened. This is also to protect the Millennium Candle."
It’s safe.”
He looked at Jian Anran: "Master Jian, you also know that the Thousand Years Candle is very important."
"That's true, the thousand-year candle is indeed very important."
Jian Anran nodded in agreement. Just when Lin Tu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to find a reason to send them all away, he heard Jian Anran say: "Then we can only stay here for a while, after all, this is me.
mission.”
Jian Anran looked at Lin Tu with a smile: "Village Chief, you must be able to understand, right? I have to complete the tasks assigned to me by the superiors, right?"
"Yes, yes...I'm so sorry for causing trouble to Master Jian..."
Lin Tu nodded, but the expression on his face was almost unbearable.
Seeing that there was no way to get Jian Anran and others away right now, Lin Tu could only say: "Master Jian, you can go around by yourselves first. I have to deal with this matter. Then Mrs. Li, when she was young
My brain is not very good, and now I am even more confused. I always say some strange things, Master Jian, don't worry about it!"
After saying this, Lin Tu left quickly.
It was as if there was some demon chasing him behind him.
Jian Anran raised her eyebrows and looked around calmly. When she was sure that the villagers had left and no one noticed, she pulled Chu Yan towards the place where Mrs. Li was crying in front of her.
"Let's go and see what's going on."
On the other side, Jian Xingxing avoided the attention of the villagers and approached the little boy with tears in his eyes: "Don't cry. My sister said that children who like to cry are weak. Aren't you a boy? Do you want to?
Be braver."
The little boy's eyes were red and he gritted his teeth and ignored him.
But the tears fell even more fiercely.
"Hey, why do you cry more and more the more I talk about it?"
Jian Xingxing fumbled in his pocket for a long time and took out a candy: "I'll give this to you. It's what I have left. My sister usually doesn't let me eat candy, so I don't have much!"
