The lights that were on in some houses before were now turned off.
Xu Heng and the two of them worked in tandem and kept sneaking around in the village.
The route forward was very confusing. The man was leading the way. He had a clear sense of direction, but it was strange. He had already reached a certain place, but the man walked around to the front and then walked back, and then returned to the same place again.
.
Without saying a word, he continued to move forward.
Such unnecessary detours made Xu Heng suspicious for a while and felt that something was wrong.
Is this big brother pretending to be stupid to fool me?
"Brother, please walk faster, we will be there soon." The man urged.
"Brother, do you feel that you are taking a detour?" Xu Heng asked slowly.
"Ah?" The man was stunned and scratched his head: "No, we have been walking like this since childhood, otherwise we will get lost."
"oh?"
Xu Heng was stunned when he heard this, and then his face became condensed.
interesting!
There are only two possibilities for this situation, either the eldest brother has been deceived since childhood, or there is a legendary formation in this place.
Formation...that's a very mysterious thing.
Could this village be a place left by immortals? Is there really a secret to becoming an immortal?
"Brother, I'm tired from walking. I'll wait here for you."
Xu Heng couldn't help but try the law himself.
At a place where he needed to take a detour, he simply stood still and let his elder brother take the detour on his own.
The eldest brother didn't think much about it, he just stubbornly believed that he needed to go like this, so he agreed and left on his own.
In less than a moment, he came back and ran towards Xu Heng with a silly smile on his face.
"Brother, I'm back!"
"Okay big brother, big brother is awesome!"
Xu Heng said with a speechless face and curled his lips, not very interested and disappointed.
The two of them continued to move forward, but nothing unexpected happened.
This also made Xu Heng more convinced that there were a lot of wrongdoings ahead!
If you don't go that way, you'll get lost!
fart!
Brother, you are definitely being deceived!
Shivering!
Even fools are fooling you, do you still have a sense of public morality?
"Brother, the building in front is the old village master's house, but the road ahead is more difficult and requires many laps." The man smiled a little naively.
"..."
Xu Heng said calmly: "Brother, believe me, there is no need to go around next time, we will go directly."
"Ah?" The man was startled: "Isn't this... bad? My mother told me that we need to be more careful here..."
He hesitated a little, not knowing who to listen to.
Although my mother’s words need to be listened to, what my brother said is definitely not wrong. What should I do?
"Okay, then you go around, I'll wait for you here." Xu Heng said calmly, looking eagerly at the small courtyard in front of him.
"Okay, my brother is really smart, he can think of such a way to achieve both ends." The man was very excited, ecstatic, and looked at Xu Heng with admiration.
Then he started walking around in circles again.
The direction and position of the walk were very weird. Sometimes it was like avoiding the air, and sometimes it was clearly a straight road, but it suddenly turned left towards the corner, and then turned around and walked in another direction.
Xu Heng also waited patiently.
He wanted to sneak in early, but he was a little unsure.
After all, I don’t know if the old village leader is at home or not.
If I were at home and I barged in alone, wouldn't I be throwing myself into a trap?
So it is best to be a little patient and let the elder brother carry you through.
This is definitely not because I want my eldest brother to be cannon fodder to explore the road, but as the ancients said, there is strength in numbers!
Yes, that’s it!
So, Xu Heng sat on the side of the road and watched his elder brother running around not far away like a child having fun.
Taking advantage of this boring time, he chatted a few words with his elder brother and learned some information about him.
The eldest brother's name is Liu Haizhu, and he is a native of Yaozi Village. Both his parents died, and now he only lives with Liu Guifen.
At first glance, I didn’t think there was anything strange about this.
But as they chatted, Xu Heng discovered something strange.
Liu Haizhu actually said that his parents had just passed away a while ago and were taken by the old village master to become immortals.
"Again becoming an immortal?" Xu Heng was stunned.
"Yes, brother ruthless, many people in the village were taken by the old village master to become immortals. There are only a few of us who don't want to become immortals, so we have stayed here."
Liu Haizhu responded seriously and explained smoothly: "Actually, I wanted to go with my parents to become immortals, but your sister-in-law said she didn't want to go and wanted me to stay with her."
"You're right not to go!" Xu Heng replied angrily.
After the two chatted like this, Xu Heng became very familiar with Liu Haizhu.
He still called Liu Haizhu eldest brother, but after Liu Haizhu knew his name, he changed to calling him "Brother Heng".
But I don’t know if it’s an accent problem or a brain problem, but I always call him “Ruthless Brother”!
After Xu Heng corrected him several times but failed to correct him, he gave up and could only pretend silently that what he heard was "The Cruel Emperor", which was quite domineering.
After a while, Liu Haizhu finally completed the detour and came to Xu Heng's side again.
Finally I can move on.
The two of them soon arrived at the door of the old village leader's house and stopped temporarily to observe.
This courtyard is probably the largest and most magnificent in Yaozi Village.
Other people's shabby houses are basically just a small room with only one floor.
The old village owner's house is two or three stories high, and it covers a large area, equivalent to seven or eight other people's small shabby houses, and there is a large yard outside.
There seemed to be several pieces of land in the yard that had been cultivated and planted, but they were now abandoned and covered with withered grass.
The big house with three or two floors was also dark at the moment, eerily quiet, and exuded a sense of gloom and coldness.
"Brother Ruan, it seems that the old village leader is not at home. How about we come back next time?" Liu Haizhu took a look and prepared to go home.
"Brother, what are you thinking about? It doesn't matter if he's not at home."
Xu Heng hurriedly grabbed him: "After all, it was the old village leader who apologized to you first, so we went to the treasure house to get some things ourselves, even if we had to explain ourselves. The old village master understands the righteousness, and he will definitely understand our intentions.
"
"That makes sense!" Liu Haizhu nodded seriously.
"Let's go, lead the way!" Xu Heng made a gesture to invite him to leave.
"Okay ruthless brother."
Liu Haizhu immediately stepped forward, but did not go through the main entrance. Instead, he took Xu Heng all the way to the other side of the yard and stopped at a corner of the wall.
He knelt down and pulled away a pile of straw, revealing a dog hole, and then stuck his buttocks out and crawled in.
Judging from his appearance, it seems that he has been here many times before.
"Brother, can't you climb over the wall?" Xu Heng was speechless.
You, a tall and powerful person, can't climb such a short courtyard wall, so you have to go through this shabby dog hole?
"I...I don't know how to climb over the wall." Liu Haizhu said with some embarrassment after getting in hard.
"It's okay, I'll teach you."
Xu Heng responded calmly, with his hands behind his back, as if he were a master: "Brother, I will only show it once, you just have to watch it!"