Looking at the direction where the wind was blowing, Gao Ying suddenly got goosebumps on his body. The wind just now... was just a pure accident? He highly doubted this.
Fortunately, there are no trees around, otherwise it would be terrible if the strong wind caused the branches to sway and make a sound.
"Be careful..." Gao Ying almost said these two words through mouth movements, and he almost didn't hear what he said clearly.
Ji Yixuan kept inhaling at this time, trying to suppress the pain in his hands. He would have to take the exam for three days here, and he had to endure it.
(I must survive...I promised Yishin that I will always protect her...)
Along this road, the four people walked cautiously, not daring to make any noise. They even took a few steps and looked at the ground to see if they would step on stones or branches.
To the left in front of you is a wall made of stones, with an arch in the center. And entering from the arch is a row of long houses, which look like houses where several families live together. The row of long houses is only one floor.
And on an old wall, eye-catching red letters still appeared: "Don't make a sound"!
Gao Ying swallowed, and then looked carefully at the long house in front of him. Several bamboo poles were hung in front of the door, some clothes were hung, and there were several baskets filled with chili peppers in the yard.
"We...really want to go in?" At this time, Hou Mingbo couldn't help but retreat.
"Yeah... I said just go... to other places and have a look..." Shen Junhao was also quite timid and proposed to leave here.
At this time... Gao Ying suddenly noticed that there was a doghouse in the front row of the longhouse. And there were four words written on the doghouse: "The dog has been poisoned to death"!
Dogs...yes, people may be able to whisper softly, but...dogs are different. It has always been a common practice to raise dogs in rural areas. Groups of dogs bark at each other, which naturally makes a lot of noise. Therefore, dogs have to be kept
Poison to death... But why poison the dog and write "dog has been poisoned" on the kennel? All Gao Ying can think of is... poisoning the dog is probably a collective action of the whole village.
The writing on the kennel is for people to know at a glance... Although there is a kennel, the dog is dead.
"I'm thinking about something, Gao Ying..."
Ji Yixuan's voice whispered in Gao Ying's ears: "The people in the village used so many methods, even poisoning the dogs, but... they disappeared collectively from the village in the end. Did they choose to escape in the end, or...
…They are all dead?”
Of course, Gao Ying has thought about this issue. But... he didn't dare to draw conclusions easily. He hoped to find a villager in the village, so that he could get more information. In this exam, information is life
!
"Don't think about it so much first. Let's go in and search for any clues or anyone alive."
Gao Ying paid careful attention to the ground, making sure it was flat and without any stones before taking a step lightly. Ji Yixuan, Hou Mingbo, and Shen Junhao behind him also followed on tiptoe. The row of low houses in front of him looked like
Like a demon that bites people, they all clutched their exam papers and pens, praying that they could come out alive.
Getting closer and closer to the house, Gao Ying stepped up the stone steps and came to a wooden door in front of him. He noticed that there were several yellow talisman papers with some incomprehensible words posted on the door. This thing...
What is it? While he was thinking, he gently stretched out his hand and opened the door slightly, making sure not to make too much noise. Others followed, all doing so lightly.
In the room... there was actually a statue of the Jade Emperor on a dusty Eight Immortals table, an incense burner was also enshrined, and portraits of the Three Purities were posted on the wall.
It seems that the villagers believe in Taoism? In other words, they are haunted by evil spirits in the village, so they choose to pray to the Taoist gods to save them? But if you look closely, the Jade Emperor statue is also covered with dust, and it seems that it has not been wiped for a long time.
.
At least Gao Ying became more and more convinced that the people in the village did not move collectively. It looked like the people in the village suddenly disappeared... Something extremely terrifying must have happened in this village. But what exactly was it?
?The only thing that can be confirmed is that... neither the Bodhisattva nor the Jade Emperor can save mankind. Now it seems that it is unlikely that mankind will rely on these external forces for survival. The yellow talisman outside should obviously also
Is it some kind of Taoist charm? However, Gao Ying has not researched this. He thinks that it is more likely to be purely a charlatan.
Gao Ying put his hand on his right eye and opened his fingers slightly. Seeing ghosts between his fingers has been proven not to be successful every time, but there is really no other way at this stage. It is better to use it once, which is better than nothing. Scanning like this
, no abnormalities were found.
Ji Yixuan noticed Gao Ying's movements and quickly thought that this seemed to be a rumored method of seeing ghosts. So he also began to imitate Gao Ying, but again, he got nothing and saw nothing.
"It seems that no one has lived here for a long time..." Hou Mingbo sighed softly, and then continued to search for clues in the house.
The inside of the house is also quite sparse. In addition to the Eight Immortals table, there is another table next to it, but it is filled with all kinds of sundries and does not have any value. Walking further inside, there is a kitchen. There is no gas here.
Below is a stove, and above are pots, steamers, knives, chopping boards, and a few towels. There are several clay pots in the corners, probably for pickled products.
The level of poverty here seems to be very high... This was Gao Ying's first reaction. Although China's agricultural population still accounts for a high proportion, there are now more and more high-income villages. Hou Mingbo is also a rural person, but his hometown
He is not poor, and he can recognize all the logos of most cars. But here, there is no running water, natural gas, or electric lights, and telephones and televisions are even more ubiquitous. And this seems to have a lot to do with the surrounding mountains and inconvenient transportation.
Great connection.
Gao Ying also noticed one thing. There was obviously a stove, but... there was not a single firewood in sight in the entire kitchen. Surrounded by mountains and green trees outside, it was definitely not difficult to cut firewood. In the absence of gas, it should be
Use firewood to cook in the kitchen. There are probably two reasons why there is no firewood. First, chopping firewood will make a lot of noise, and secondly... the sound of burning firewood for cooking is not quiet, regardless of the sound produced by burning firewood.
The sound is still the sound of water boiling, or even the possibility of choking on the smoke while cooking and making a coughing sound...
People in this village are extremely afraid of making noise...and this has become a huge taboo recognized by the whole village!
