Yao Ziqiang's father didn't say much, but Mai Xiaorou told him: "You deserve that fate, so please don't tell anyone else about these things except us, so as not to cause trouble again."
Yao Ziqiang's father nodded and said nothing.
Then we had nothing to ask, so we let him return to the grave.
Mai Xiaorou and I stayed here for a while and then returned to our residence to rest. We spent the whole night in silence.
Early the next morning, Yao Ziqiang said that he would arrange a car to take us back to the county town. Mai Xiaorou and I refused directly. We had already discussed this last night. We were going to look for the two-headed python on the nearby hills.
Let's see if there is another chance to meet again.
The reason why we dare to look for it is because Mai Xiaorou said that it is a spiritual creature with extremely high spiritual intelligence and will not harm others casually, especially practitioners like us.
We told Yao Ziqiang that we had some trivial matters to deal with while we were staying, and asked him to go back first. He agreed without saying much, but when we left, he left a driver and a car here, saying he was waiting.
When we were done, we asked the driver to take us back to the county town.
Mai Xiaorou and I did not reject this proposal.
After Yao Ziqiang and the others left, Mai Xiaorou and I walked up the mountain along the path behind his small building. There was a small hillside near his house, and the terrain was not high. We walked along the hillside, and we could still see the land for the first few miles.
There were traces of the big snake crawling, but after following the trace for a few miles, I found that the trace had disappeared out of thin air.
This is a ravine with lush vegetation, which of course is now withered and yellow.
I stepped on the ground a few times and it was hard, not like there was anything I could crawl under.
But then I thought again, when we were cleaning the drainage ditch behind Yao Ziqiang’s house, we didn’t feel that the ground was soft, but the two-headed snake was hiding underneath. Will the situation be the same now?
Thinking of this, I touched the Snake King Pendant on my chest to see if it responded.
As a result, it didn't respond at all. If those two heads were nearby, my Snake King Pendant would probably emit that disgusting emotion again.
I stepped on the ground a few more times, and then asked Mai Xiaorou if the two-headed python was hiding underground nearby, and if she could feel that my Snake King Pendant was unresponsive.
Mai Xiaorou looked down for a few times, then raised her head and pointed in the air and said, "I'm afraid the two-headed python didn't burrow into the ground, but flew into the sky, and then flew farther away."
"Ah!" When I heard Mai Xiaorou say this, I was stunned. A snake flew into the sky?
I still can't believe it.
Mai Xiaojudao: "There is nothing surprising. It seems that our fate with that python has ended here for the time being. Maybe we will never see it again in this life."
Hearing Mai Xiaorou say this, I felt even more pity. It was a flying snake. I really regretted not taking a selfie with it when it was wrapping me around.
We searched several nearby hills again, but after still finding no results, we returned to the village and asked the driver Yao Ziqiang left for us to take us back to the county town.
We did not go to Yao Ziqiang again. His family matters have basically been resolved, and our case can be considered successfully completed.
So after arriving in the county town, we asked the driver to take us to the wreath shop in Li Guidao.
When we got here, we found that there was no one in the store. I shouted "Is there anyone there" several times inside, and a woman's voice came: "Who are you looking for?"
After a while, a girl about my age entered the wreath shop from the backyard.
After taking a few glances, I felt that it looked familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.
The woman seemed to recognize Mai Xiaorou and I at once, and said "Hey": "It's you, I understand, you are here to take the case, right?"
Hearing what the woman said, I immediately remembered that she was the girl named Xiaoyu whom Mai Xiaorou and I met in the Miao Village. At that time, she was dressed like a Miao family member, but now she is wearing a
Wearing a light-colored sweatshirt and tight jeans underneath is such a huge change.
Moreover, when we were in Miao Village, Xiaoyu had her hair tied up, but now she has a ponytail. At first glance, they looked like the same two people we saw that day.
But she is very beautiful and looks good in whatever she wears.
Mai Xiaorou pulled me from the side and said, "Don't just look, talk, your eyes will be straight."
I quickly said embarrassedly: "We are here to take over the next case, Li Guidao, where is Brother Li Dao?"
Xiaoyu smiled and said: "He, he and a girl named Ning Xi went out to play with Aunt Mengmeng. He won't be back for ten days and half a month. If you want to take the case, you should come back in another half month.
Well, I’m not responsible for giving you a case.”
Mai Xiaorou hesitated and asked, "Dare you ask me about the relationship between Taoist Brother Xiaoyu and Brother Li?"
Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, then tilted her head and said, "Should I tell you? Forget it, I'll tell you, Li Guidao is a closed disciple accepted by my father, and he is my junior brother!"
That Xiaoyu is actually the daughter of that master Li Guidao!?
Xiaoyu continued: "I used a pseudonym when I went to Miao Village to avoid trouble. I can use my real name here. You can call me Li Dihuang from now on."
Li Dihuang? This name sounds a bit difficult to pronounce, no matter how you call it, it doesn't fit.
Knowing that Li Dihuang had just returned from the Miao Village, Mai Xiaorou asked her: "Let me ask if my grandfather is okay in the Miao Village. His surname is Mai, and he is the old man who went with us that day.
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Li Dihuang thought for a while and said: "He, he doesn't have much life left. If I read it right, his end will be the day after tomorrow."
the day after tomorrow!?
Hearing this, Mai Xiaorou and I were stunned at the same time.
Mai Xiaoju said "thank you" and walked out of the wreath shop. I knew she was going to the Miao Village.
I nodded to Li Dihuang and rushed out to catch up with Mai Xiaorou.
When I got to Mai Xiaorou, I said to her: "Don't worry, we will take a plane there and we can get to the Miao village tomorrow."
Mai Xiaorou nodded.
I booked a flight tonight to fly from the provincial capital to Changsha.
When we arrived in Changsha, we directly found a taxi to take us to Zhaikou Village. When we got there, we went to the villagers guarding here to borrow horses, but because we couldn't tell us the secret code, they didn't lend them to us at all.
Mai Xiaorou said, there is only one road inside anyway, so we can walk along the road and get there in a few more hours.
When Mai Xiaorou and I arrived at Zhaikou Village, it was already morning. We set foot on the road to the village. By the afternoon, we still couldn't see the end of the road, let alone where the Miao village was.
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But there is obviously only one road. When riding horses on mountain roads, we are not running. It is not much faster than our current speed.
We arrived there in an hour or two on horseback. We have been walking for six or seven hours now, and we still can’t see the shadow of the Miao Village. What’s going on!?
After walking for a while, we stopped to rest. I asked Mai Xiaorou what was going on and if we were lost.
Mai Xiaorou shook her head and said: "While walking along the way, I didn't feel any formations or spells affecting us, nor did I feel that ghosts were covering our eyes or anything like that. We didn't see any forks in the road. It was just such a road.
We can’t get lost!”
Mai Xiaorou also looked confused.
In order to prevent us from spinning in circles, we walked down and made marks on the trees. However, from early morning to now, we have not seen the marks we left once, which means that we are not spinning in circles at all, but have been keeping.
In moving forward, we have not taken the same path again.
After resting for a while, I asked Mai Xiaorou what to do next.
Mai Xiaojudao: "Although we haven't been able to see the Miao village, we haven't encountered any danger. Let's ignore it and continue moving forward."
We continued walking until dusk, when we saw a village, but that village was not the Miao village we saw, but Zhaikou Village.
We went around in a circle and unknowingly returned to Zhaikou Village. This was so weird. Mai Xiaorou and I clearly felt like we were going straight forward.
Seeing that we had returned to Zhaikou Village, the old man in charge of managing the horses walked up to us and smiled and said: "Without secret words and without opportunities, you cannot enter the Miao Village. I advise you not to waste your efforts and try again."
times, you will return to me every evening."
Is this Miao village so difficult to enter!?
Mai Xiaorou was very disappointed. Tomorrow was the end of Grandpa Mai's life. She really wanted to spend this last day with Grandpa Mai.
But if people are not beautiful, neither will God. She is afraid she will have regrets.
Thinking of this, I went over to beg the old man who was looking after the horses and said all the good things I could say.
But he just shook his head helplessly at me. After hearing what I said more, he said: "Young man, I can understand how you and your girlfriend feel, but this rule cannot be broken! What's more, then
I’m afraid Taoist friend Mai doesn’t want you to see him now.”
Mai Xiaorou asked the old man: "Did my grandfather tell you anything?"
The old man nodded and said: "Indeed, he came here specifically not long ago and told me that if you come, no matter what reasons you give, you will not be allowed to enter the Miao village."
Is Grandpa Mai afraid that Mai Xiaorou will make me sad?
But doesn't he know that Mai Xiaorou will be even more sad if she can't see him?
At this time, we heard the sound of horse hooves, and looked towards the intersection, and saw a young man in white riding a horse slowly walking out.
The old man hurried over to lead the horse, and then said: "Master Tian, you are out."
The young man in white clothes named Tian greeted the old man and walked over to me and Mai Xiaorou. After looking at us for a few times, he smiled and said, "Chen Yu, Mai Xiaorou!?"
Mai Xiaorou and I nodded, and then asked him if Grandpa Mai asked him to come to us.
The young man named Tian shook his head and said: "My name is Tian Sihan, and I am Xu Xuan. Uncle Xu asked me to assign you the third case. They said they were afraid that you two would be bored these days."
Tian Sihan's name is a bit feminine. It's no wonder that he looks fair and clean, and he does have a bit of a feminine look.
Also, he called Xu Xuan his uncle, so he and Li Guidao should be brothers in the same school.
Neither Mai Xiaorou nor I spoke. Tian Sihan smiled and continued: "Your third case is the place where the poisonous insects are buried. I will go with you. I will be the main one and you will be the assistant." (