After nightfall, Huangshan Village was completely shrouded in pure darkness, with no lights anywhere as far as the eye could see.
The crisp chirping of insects lingered in my ears, and the flowing air was like biting knives, extremely cold.
Stepping into the village entrance, before a few people could react, the surroundings were filled with people. To be precise, they should be the group of villagers who died at the hands of Chu Renmei.
Each of these dead souls has their heads hung down or tilted, their feet dangling in the air, their monotonous coarse linen clothes fluttering in the wind, and their bodies just staying in place, like scarecrows, without any sign of movement.
Judging from their appearance, they should be repeating what they experienced before death. In other words, wherever the person died, every time in the dead of night, the souls of the deceased would reappear and stage a scene of being frightened to death by Chu Renmei.
"Ah~ Captain, these people are bleeding from their orifices!"
Liu Meijun's cry aroused everyone's inner panic, especially Xiao Ming who witnessed his friend being scared to death.
Li Qiang, who was favored by Chu Renmei back then, now stopped in front of a well in the village. His eyes were trembling slightly, as if he had seen something terrifying.
"It's her...Chu Renmei, how could she be like this?"
Li Qiang's fingers pointing at the well were trembling, and his body couldn't help but lean back. His feet were unstable, and he looked like he was about to fall.
Next to the well, there was a tall black figure standing at the moment, with long hair hanging down in front of her. The eyeball exposed in the slit of the black hair was staring at this side, full of violence.
If you look closely, you can still tell that the black figure next to the well is Chu Renmei who was burned by the crape myrtle sky fire. However, the power of the sky fire was not ordinary. It not only burned the blue robe draped on her body, but also burned her whole body.
Black charcoal.
The Five Thunder Talisman Arrow was still inserted into Chu Renmei's chest and had not been pulled out.
Apparently, the battle last night also cost Chu Renmei a certain price.
After all, the Five Thunder Talisman Arrow is a collection of thousands of top-notch purple talismans, and its real power is probably far greater than that of the silver talisman. The arrow that hits it will most likely damage the foundation of Chu Renmei's ghost path.
She took the initiative to show up tonight, probably just to seek revenge.
At this time, Lin Feng stepped forward to hold Li Qiang's trembling arm, and then told him with a serious face: "Uncle Li, don't be afraid. She was injured by us when she came out to harm others last night, and we have a certain deterrent effect on her."
, she will not take the initiative. Now you need to come forward to persuade her and try your best to eliminate her resentment."
"Okay! I'm risking my life. I promised Chu Renmei not to tell any of her secrets back then. Now that promise has been broken, there's no room for tact. Today, no matter whether it succeeds or not, it's my duty to do it.
Responsibility!"
When he said this, Li Qiang's face was full of determination, and he took a step with his right foot.
Step after step, this old man in his sixties relied on his passion and half a lifetime of experience to move forward.
"Uncle Ye, this is not necessarily true. There are still many villagers who survived back then. Do you remember the reason why Chu Renmei stopped killing and only killed 66 people?" Lin Feng suddenly asked.
When Liu Guoye heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Although he knew the history of Huangshan Village better than anyone at the scene, decades had passed since the murder. At first, he only listened to his father's stories about it, and then he gradually understood the whole story.
Some of them are vague conjectures or well-founded extensions, and they are not entirely correct. Now if he was asked to explain why some villagers survived, he really couldn't explain why.
"You are embarrassing me, Sir Lin. Even the person involved may not know about this matter." Liu Guoye shook his head slightly in embarrassment.
"It's normal for Uncle Ye not to know. In fact, I didn't know it myself at first, but I guessed a clue." Lin Feng said, talking about the population structure of Huangshan Village: "There used to be about a hundred people in Huangshan Village.
But do you know who are the people here?"
"Captain, what you are asking is, isn't there just ordinary villagers in rural areas, the village chief in charge, and some squires and the like?"
"No, I'm not asking about occupation or class structure, but demographic structure."
"Oh~!" Liu Meijun said with a look of realization: "I know what you want to say, there are children in the village, right? Chu Renmei's husband is a teacher, and those who study with him are not necessarily children from normal families, there should be some
He's an orphan... But that's not right, what does Chu Renmei's refusal to kill have to do with children?"
"Ajun, you still lack imagination, do you want to stop thinking about it?" A faint smile appeared at the corner of Lin Feng's mouth.
When Liu Meijun heard this, her eyebrows knitted together, but she still couldn't think of a reason that would make Chu Renmei give up the killing.
At this time, Lin Feng revealed the root cause naturally: "They are the orphans adopted by Chu Renmei. Don't forget, Chu Renmei has not been pregnant since she married the teacher, which shows that she lacks the care for children.
He has emotional sustenance, so even if he does not actually adopt orphans, he will still care for the children in the same village."
"Sir Lin, after you reminded me like this, I think I already know that it was that child who stopped Chu Renmei's murder, right?" Liu Guoye's ability to infer Lin Feng was obvious to all, and he couldn't help showing an imperceptible admiration on his face.
"But how did you know there were orphans in Huangshan Village?" Liu Meijun couldn't understand the basis of Lin Feng's guess.
"This is Xiaojun, you are not observing carefully. You have forgotten the origins of the villagers in Huangshan Village. Some of them are refugees from other places. There are always children who are lost or whose parents have died. There are still a few outsiders in our village.
An unaccompanied child?" Liu Guoye added.
"Dad, you are right, but is there really this orphan who can stop Chu Renmei?"
"If he is still alive, he should be an old man with white hair by now." Lin Feng recalled the fragments of "Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" and deliberately guided the Liu family's father and daughter to talk: "If there really is such a child, I'm afraid he will escape
I also lived in a town not far from here."
The reason why he said this was that Lin Feng wanted to find another way to let the parties involved in the murder case resolve Chu Renmei's grudges. After all, it was almost impossible to confront this ghost king head-on.
This time, Chu Renmei was seriously injured with the help of a powerful magic weapon. He may not have such luck next time. Maybe the opponent will avoid Lin Feng and go on a killing spree instead of going around in circles.
After confirming the target and the approximate geographical location, Lin Feng led the Liu family and his daughter to the nearest small town in the area where Huangshan Village was located.
Beizhen, said to be a small town, can actually be said to be a suburban area close to Huangshan Village. It is sparsely populated and the population density is naturally sparse. It was not easy to find an old-fashioned tea restaurant in operation on the road.
When they arrived at the outdoor dining area, as soon as the three of them sat down, they asked the waiter to order a cup of brunch tea.
He was just about to ask casually, but in a blink of an eye, Lin Feng suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar man at the opposite table.