At the entrance of Tieshuan Village, a group of women saw Xu Zhiqiong and Ling Zhengze and came over to greet them.
A middle-aged woman said: "For foreigners, if they are looking for a place to stay, they should go to our house. Our house has good food, drink and a good place to stay."
There are no inns in Qiancheng Kingdom, so it is not uncommon for strangers to pass by the village looking for a place to stay, but it is rare for a woman to take such an initiative.
The laws and etiquette of Qiancheng Kingdom are very strict, so it is unusual for her to take the initiative to talk to men like this.
Another woman in her thirties, quite handsome, squeezed in front of the middle-aged woman and said with a smile: "Two gentlemen, we also have good food and drink at home. At night, the bed will be warm for you."
Le."
This one is even more unusual.
A woman next to me sneered: "It's so shameless. How come this quilt is so warm?"
"No matter what you do, no one will get under your bed!" The woman snorted coldly, turned to Xu Zhiqiong and Ling Zhengze and said, "Foreigners, come with me, it's the most practical thing to live in my house."
Ling Zhengze looked at Xu Zhiqiong: "Are you practical?"
Does he mean to still go?
Xu Zhiqiong said: "The bed has been warmed, aren't you still at ease?"
We have all arrived at the place, and you say you don’t want to go?
Ling Zhengze raised his eyebrows, but he didn't care much. The two of them followed the woman into the village.
"What do you call this sister?" Ling Zhengze asked.
The woman smiled and said: "My husband's family name is He, and he is the third eldest child. He went over there five years ago, and now I am the only one in the family. They all call me He Sanniang."
Ling Zhengze said in surprise: "It turns out she is a widow."
The woman snorted and said, "You don't want to listen to what you say!"
Ling Zhengze laughed and said: "Sanniang, don't blame me, I can't stop my mouth. Sanniang, what's wrong with your waist? Why is it twisting while walking?"
The woman laughed and said: "I twisted it a few days ago when I was working in the fields. It hurts a lot these past two days. I was looking for someone to rub it."
Ling Zhengze said: "I know some massage, and I will give Sanniang a good rub in a while."
"Okay, I'm not tired, sir, please be gentle."
Ling Zhengze said again: "Sanniang, I see your legs are not strong either. Why can't you use strength to walk?"
"My leg is also twisted and it's hurting!"
"It's easy to say. I'll rub it for you in a while. I'll rub it for you all day long. I'll rub it up and down for you."
Sanniang smiled and said: "Should I rub it through my clothes? Even if it's not good, I'd better rub it."
"You can't stand apart, just rub it close to your body!"
Ling Zhengze was neither teasing nor joking, the woman's walking posture was very strange.
Xu Zhiqiong had already seen the clues, but remained silent.
Along the way, some villagers greeted Sanniang. They all had joyful smiles on their faces, as if something good was about to happen.
An old man squatted in front of the door of a low thatched house. When he saw the three people passing by, he quickly got up and stepped forward and said, "Sanniang, are you having a visitor?"
He Sanniang smiled and said, "Yes, from a foreign country."
The old man nodded: "Okay, the banquet is going to be held tonight, can I go and ask for a piece of meat?"
"Come on! Why did I miss your pair of chopsticks?"
"Let's have a party?" Ling Zhengze asked, "Sanniang, do you want to serve wine tonight?"
He Sanniang nodded and said: "We have guests coming, so we must set the table for wine. Why don't I mention it at the entrance of the village? There will be delicious food and drinks!"
Entering the yard of He San's house, there was only one house in the yard. Xu Zhiqiong noticed the iron door bolt on the door.
"Sanniang, why is there such a big piece of iron on this door?"
In the Qiancheng Kingdom, the status of craftsmen was extremely low, and Mohist cultivators were also suppressed. The output of iron was extremely low, and it was very precious among the people. Such large pieces of iron were not common.
Sanniang said: "My husband doesn't know something. There are many wild animals in our valley, and they often come down the mountain to hurt people. Every house in our village has iron door bolts, for fear of these beasts breaking in, so in our village It’s called Tieshuan Village.”
After entering the house, Sanniang tidied the bed and said, "You two gentlemen, please rest for now. I still have some work to do in the fields. I will serve wine to you two gentlemen later."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "Your house only has one room, is it suitable for us to live in it?"
"What's wrong? Are you still ashamed?" Sanniang said with a smile, "I told you to warm my husband's quilt, but this husband wants to rub my waist and legs. Why do you need so much room?"
After saying a few more witty words, Sanniang left.
Ling Zhengze whispered: "Did you see it? This village is unusual."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded.
The man just now didn't lie to them. There was no living person in this village.
Ling Zheng looked out the window and said, "Look at the way that woman walks. Do you know why her waist is so twisted?"
Xu Zhiqiong rolled his eyes at Ling Zhengze: "I am a serious person, why do I always look at other people's waists?"
Ling Zhengze said in surprise: "You really can't see it?"
Xu Zhiqiong lay down on the bed: "She has a tail hidden under her waist. She is used to twisting it."
"Do you think she is a monster or a ghost?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Can't you smell the yin energy? If I can't even distinguish ghosts, why should I be a judge?"
Ling Zhengze nodded and said: "Then He Sanniang is indeed a ghost, but what kind of ghost do you think has a tail?"
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, there might be monsters in this village."
Ling Zheng sighed softly and said: "There are a lot of people in this village, and the monster's background is not small. How about we take advantage of the dawn and get rid of the matter quickly."
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "It's hard to do things at dawn, and we can't find a place yet."
Ling Zhengze said in surprise: "Didn't you say that place is in Tieshuan Village?"
"It's in Tieshuan Village, but this village is too big. The place we want to go is in the home of the owner of the village. Do you know who the owner of this village is?"
Ling Zheng sighed: "If we wait until night, I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle."
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Ling Zhengze: "You are a third-level cultivator of the Way of Killing, how can you be afraid of a beast?"
"Be cautious, and you won't suffer in the end!"
The two of them didn't sleep last night and took a nap leaning against the bed.
When night fell, He Sanniang came back, busy with other things, and soon a table of wine was set up.
"There is nothing delicious in the ravine. You gentlemen, please use it with caution."
There is a plate of chicken, a plate of marinated meat, two plates of mountain vegetables, and a jar of wine on the table.
Xu Zhiqiong poured a bowl of wine, smelled it, nodded and said, "This wine is fragrant."
He Sanniang smiled and said: "It's home-brewed, just don't dislike it."
Xu Zhiqiong drank it all in one gulp and showed the empty bowl to He Sanniang.
"My husband has a good drinker." Sanniang praised, then looked at Ling Zhengze.
Ling Zhengze picked up the wine bowl and drank too. Sanniang smiled and said, "Don't just eat wine, you should also eat some vegetables."
Xu Zhiqiong picked up the bacon and ate it, but he didn't eat a bite.
He didn't drink just now. He used magic to pour the food and wine on the ground, but He Sanniang couldn't see it.
Lingzheng is really eating and drinking, and he is not empty at all.
He Sanniang's little intoxicating drug and Lingzheng can be taken as snacks if he is in the third level of Killing Dao.
Seeing the two of them eating and drinking, He Sanniang smiled and said, "I'll cook two more dishes for you two gentlemen, and you guys just wait here."
Ling Zheng advised: "Sanniang, stop working, these are enough to eat, I'm still waiting to give Sanniang a massage!"
"Don't worry, I'll let you massage me tonight."
Sanniang turned around and left the house, lighting a fire in the yard to cook food.
Xu Zhiqiong glanced at Ling Zhengze, who understood, pretended to be drunk, and fell asleep on the table.
Xu Zhiqiong leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
After less than half an hour, a cold air hit his nose. Xu Zhiqiong opened his eyes slightly and looked out the window, but saw that the yard was full of people.
Women chatting under the trees, farmers working in the fields, hundreds of men, women, old and young, filled the whole yard and even stood on the village road.
They looked straight at Sanniang's house, their green pupils emitting a strange light.
An old man in his seventies fumbled with his beard and hair on his temples.
A girl in her late teens licked her sharp nails.
A man in his early twenties was very anxious, pacing back and forth around the crowd and letting out a series of muffled roars.
Standing at the front was He Sanniang. Under the night, He Sanniang licked her white teeth and twisted her waist, revealing a long spotted tail under her waist.
The old man who was saying hello in front of the hut during the day came up and asked: "Sanniang, these two people have slept soundly, why don't we start the banquet?"
"What's the hurry? You have to send it to the king first."
"I just want to eat a piece of meat. I haven't eaten such good meat in a while."
"If you want to eat meat, go up to the mountain and catch it yourself. I can't be the master of these two pieces of meat. I have to listen to the king!"
The old man was not convinced and bared his teeth at Sanniang.
When Sanniang turned around, her long spotted tail slapped the old man in the face.
No one dared to go near the house without Sanniang's order.
Not long after, a teenage girl ran over and said, "Sanniang, the king has ordered us to reward these two pieces of meat!"
When Sanniang heard this, she shouted: "Let's start the banquet!"
Everyone was very happy, and there was constant roaring in the courtyard.
The old man shouted: "Did you say the banquet is ready? Let's go in and eat!"
Sanniang shouted: "What's the hurry? It's just two pieces of meat, minus the guts and bones, and one person can't even eat one bite!"
The old woman said from the side: "I want to go into the water too, I don't mind it!"
Ling Zhengze smacked his lips, looked at Xu Zhiqiong, and whispered softly: "This king is so generous. There are still some twists and turns in this matter."
Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "These ghosts are also crazy with hunger and have no rules at all. Why don't you send us to the king for a look first?"
"They're all waiting outside. I'll go in and clean up these two first, so that they won't wake up later and run around and catch them easily!"
While thinking about it, Sanniang had already entered the room, approached Xu Zhiqiong's neck, and bit it.
There was a click, Sanniang's mouth was full of blood, and she slowly raised her head.
An old woman behind her shouted: "Look, do you want to eat alone?"
Sanniang touched her lips and found that two fangs were broken.
She stared down at Xu Zhiqiong for a while, then went up and touched it, but she felt that the man was made of stone.
This man is indeed made of stone, and the real Xu Zhiqiong has disappeared.
Looking again in the blink of an eye, Ling Zhengze had disappeared, and others had already arrived in the yard.
A group of dead souls saw Ling Zhengze, roared and rushed towards him.
Ling Zheng released murderous intent, and a large body of dead souls was shattered into pieces and scattered everywhere.
Sanniang was shocked and was about to go out when she suddenly felt that she could not move and was restrained by an invisible force.
The old woman behind her had turned into ashes. Xu Zhiqiong stood behind Sanniang and said, "Where is your king?"