Chapter 261 The Village Where Demons Ravaged

When I walked into the village, I really felt that the surroundings were cold, and the villagers had a sad look on their faces.

Some people looked at the two Taoists, one big and one small, with strange expressions, some even followed them quietly, some opened their mouths, but finally shook their heads and gave up.

Xiaochan carefully pulled the corner of Anyang's clothes. After these days of getting along, although she was still a little afraid of Anyang, she was much better than before.

"Book, scholar, let's walk around, it's so strange here."

Anyang swept her calmly: "Strange places mean unusual experiences and gains."

Xiaochan didn't dare to speak anymore, let's not talk about pets for the time being, at least she played the role of a maid very well, just like when she washed dishes every day at the old man's house in exchange for shelter, now she is also doing all kinds of work within her power, except for not letting Anyang is very obedient when he touches her, and he never makes Anyang angry, in order to protect Anyang, so he seems to be more at ease.

Not long after, an old man in relatively clean clothes came to Anyang surrounded by a group of villagers. The gathering of so many people caused Xiaochan to panic.

But Anyang saw that none of them were armed, and the old man in the lead had a friendly face, so he shouldn't be looking for trouble.

Sure enough, although the old man led someone to block their way, he respectfully bowed his hands, forced a smile, and asked, "I don't know where the two Taoists came from, and where are they going?"

Anyang, who had already made up his mind to rest here, returned a salute: "It's just a person who travels around the world, the Taoist priest dare not say, I'm coming from Bingzhou, two thousand miles away, to visit Kunlun, I don't know what the old man is up to. It's important, why stop Xia He Tong'er's way?"

The old man was startled. He didn't know Bingzhou and Kunlun, but he could hear the words two thousand miles away. He looked at Anyang carefully, because he was a modern person and his physique was excellent, so from his face I can't see the yellow face and thin skin that common people in this world often have, and there seems to be a kind of indescribable bearing on his body. Even the boy around him has a fair face, smart eyes, and his skin is as tender as an egg that has just been peeled off. , at a young age, he can already see the demeanor that will turn all living beings upside down in the future.

This is no ordinary person!

The old man thought so, but he bowed his hands again, looked up at the sky: "Since the two priests pass by this place, it is also fate, the little old man sees that the sky is late, it is better for the two to rest in this village and another day. Let's go, how about?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Anyang nervously, for fear that he would refuse it, but he didn't know that this was exactly what Anyang wanted.

Anyang pretended to hesitate for a moment, then looked up at the sky, and then bowed his hands back: "Alright, then I'll disturb the old man."

He knew that something must have happened in this village.

And that experience was exactly what he lacked.

The old man turned his head and said a few words, and the surrounding villagers swarmed away. It seemed that if it wasn't for his high prestige in the village, then there was some difficulty in uniting the whole village.

Anyang and the old man walked in front, and Xiaochan followed nervously behind, looking around at the unfamiliar environment and villagers all the way, looking extra vigilant, as if she was afraid that someone would come out and peel her to make a fox fur coat.

"The little old man's surname is Chen, and Tim is the mayor of the village. He read books for a few days when he was a child. The husband named him Chen Zhongyi, and he is the fourth oldest. Now that he is old, no one has called him this name for a long time."

The old man said, and laughed a few times, but the sorrow concealed in the smile was obvious, and there was also a faint sadness.

Not long after, the two stopped in front of a courtyard. Inside were several thatched cottages. They were simple but spacious. The shed beside them was feeding cattle and horses.

The strangest thing is that there are still mourning couplets hanging in their courtyard, like a person who has just died.

Village Chief Chen felt a little embarrassed, and cupped his hands, saying, "My village is located in the wilderness, and the conditions of the poor house are not good. The family... just happened to have a daughter who died, and the reception was not good. Please take care of the Taoist priest."

Anyang glanced at the courtyard and asked calmly, "Is there something the old man should ask for help?"

Village Chief Chen was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, pointed at the gate, and said, "The Taoist priest is really extraordinary. If the Taoist priest is willing, go in and talk again."

Anyang naturally had no reason to refuse, so he stepped forward and walked in.

A corpse covered with a white cloth was placed in the courtyard and the hall. Seeing that the chest was slightly raised, the deceased should be a woman.

Village Chief Chen was a little cautious. After all, the house of a recently deceased person was really not suitable for entertaining guests. Looking at Anyang's eyes, he didn't care much, and he was relieved.

After a while, the two of them were sitting on a wooden table, a table of the Eight Immortals. They had no traditional hospitality culture etiquette, but they brewed a cup of rough tea. Thinking about it, it was the limit of what this deserted village could do.

Xiaochan was still nervously standing behind Anyang.

Village Chief Chen struggled for a long time, and the first sentence he said was: "Master, I am afraid that there are monsters in our village."

Anyang immediately showed interest: "Tell me."

Village Chief Chen was relieved when he looked at his expression, but he was really afraid that he would turn around and leave, and said, "Since the Taoist leader can guess that the little old man wants to ask the Taoist leader for help, then he naturally sees some clues. I don't know, but the filth in this village is..."

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Anyang's wave: "Let's talk about the monster directly."

The village chief Chen nodded immediately and said yes, saying: "There is a hill at the west end of our village. It is said that below that hill is the tomb of a dignitary of the previous dynasty. No one believed it at first, but it was about a year ago. The tomb was rushed out due to the rainstorm. The people in the village were also very frightened. They thought that there was some gold and silver treasure in it. It was opened, but there were no gold and silver treasures at all, not even the burial room mentioned in the book, but there was a coffin made of bronze. The villagers were completely disappointed, but they never expected that a group of bastards had no idea what was going on. , actually frantically pried open the coffin."

Anyang interjected: "Is there still no gold and silver treasures in it?"

Village Chief Chen immediately looked at him in surprise: "The Taoist priest really has a good plan!"

Anyang glanced at him with a painful look on his face. It was a clever calculation, and he could see it at a glance. If there were really gold and silver treasures, would you still be so down?

The village chief Chen sighed and continued: "There is indeed no treasure in the coffin, there is only one corpse. Those of the older generation who know something to watch did not find out that the corpse was not a human at all, but looked like a monster!"

Xiaochan shuddered when she heard it, and her little body approached Anyang unconsciously.

Anyang became more and more interested: "Is it like this for you later?"

Village Chief Chen nodded and said with lingering fears: "The strange incident happened that night, and the whole village could hear the shrill screams coming from the hill, which lasted for a whole night, and no one dared to go out for half a step. Two days later, little old man, I organized people to check it out, but I found that the monster in the coffin had disappeared out of thin air. Some people said that the corpse had changed, and some people said that it was the work of a beast. What a strange thing."

"Everyone thinks that the village has returned to peace, even the little old man, but I don't know when it started, we are like the sun is gone, it will always be gloomy, fortunately there is nothing else, the village The ancestors have lived here for generations. Leaving this village means that you will lose your house and land, so you will bite the bullet and continue to live there. But whenever it comes to the season of sowing grain, we will start to experience unpredictable weather here. ."

"Then one day, someone discovered that there were monsters in the woods in the mountains behind. The hunter was almost injured by the monsters. Fortunately, he brought a hunting bow and a hunting knife and cut off half of the monster's tail before escaping. , There are more and more monsters in the back mountain, and they appear more and more frequently. Hunters have to travel together when they go hunting in the mountains. When someone goes out of a village, they have to bring swordsmen and call the young and middle-aged people to go with them, otherwise they will be eaten by these monsters. !"

Anyang frowned. If what the old man said is true, then the monsters in this world are really powerful. Not only blocking the sun, but also affecting the climate and weather, which is more than what modern technology can do. The earth's climate control technology is still in the stage of weather forecasting. At most, dry ice is used for artificial rainfall, artificial rain removal, etc., and it is far less than this monster.

These monsters have a lot of strange abilities, and they are hard to guard against, but on the contrary, they seem to be lacking in their own force. , is simply losing the face of the monsters in the major novels.

Even after the monsters on the mountain became more and more frequent, the hunters still dared to go up the mountain when they walked together.

Alas, what should he say about these monsters?

"Usually, if someone passes by our village, if there is no guard, the little old man will persuade them to go back the same way and bypass our village. It is extraordinary to see the two priests today. Especially since last month, Zhang Laowu's house at the west entrance of the village was haunted, killing his daughter-in-law, old mother and a pair of children. It was terrifying and screaming when it was burning. Not to mention, even my daughter died inexplicably. She was working as a female worker at home and was about to get married, but she died suddenly. I was afraid. It's also inseparable from those monsters, so that the little old man doesn't know where to bury now."

Anyang glanced at the corpses lying across the hall, and asked suspiciously, "Then you didn't find a Taoist priest to do a ritual or something?"

"I found it, and naturally I found it, but it was useless to search for Taoist priests several times. Some cheated and left, and some had some skills, but they also said that they could not solve this problem, and some people said that the mountain was not Tomb, and what kind of seal to suppress demons, a Taoist priest who recently came has a good heart. He was the one who found the ghoul in Zhang Laowu’s house. At night, he was doing things on that hill, but unexpectedly, a demonic wind blew, and he died like that. Call it a miserable one!"

Anyang's eyes narrowed, but he became more interested.

The old man struggled for a long time, but still said: "If the Taoist priest is helpless, then don't get involved in this muddy water, don't get involved so that the Taoist priest loses his life, if it doesn't work in a month or two, we can only relocate the whole village. , alas, I don't know what evil I've done!"

Anyang glanced at the old man. He didn't expect that there are such kind people in this poor mountain and bad water.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Well, I don't know if I can clean up this monster. I'll stay and see for the time being. If not, it won't be too late for the old man to move. There is too much dust along the way, and I want to wash it well, this little money is even a reward for bothering the old man."

Village Chief Chen looked at a piece of white silver on the table, his eyes shrank suddenly, and he waved his hands again and again.

"It can't be done, it can't be done, it can't be done at all, the Taoist priest is in my village to subdue demons and demons, and we should reward the Taoist leader, how can there be such a reason!"

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