Chapter 36 The Most Beautiful Xiangxi (36)

"Wow wow, woo woo woo——"

"Huff woo woo——"

Livestock were kept in a pen under Wu Laoliu's stilt house. They were crowded together, panting, and their cries were like babies crying, which was very harsh.

Wang Pengpai and his companions were crowded together with these animals, hiding in the innermost part of the animal pen. When a stranger came to their pen, these animals did not react much, but just hummed and howled a few times, and their white and round bodies were squeezed one by one, squeezed more tightly.

It was just enough to block Wang Pengpai and his companions.

These animals had a strong smell, like rotten dried meat that had been fermented for a long time, with a smell of bad oil, which barely covered the bloody smell.

Squeezed among the animals, Xu Chen winked at Wang Pengpai. Next to him, Yu Hean was trembling all over and wrapped in old cowhide, holding a bloody man who had fainted and didn't know whether he was dead or alive in his arms.

We must break out of this situation quickly, Zhao Hongtu can't hold on for long.

The more blood we bleed, the more it will attract 'them'. If we are caught in the trap, we will be completely at the mercy of others.

Wang Pengpai noticed Xu Chen's gaze, but shook his head slightly.

It's not time to leave yet.

Xu Chen suppressed his worries, and continued to hide in the pile of animals with his breath held, watching the situation outside without blinking.

The four of them fell into this dangerous situation, and everything started from the third day of the third month.

After the Taofu project, everyone was on guard. This third day of the third month would definitely not go smoothly, not to mention that they had deliberately collected fewer items.

Under this tense nerve, the 'midwife' arrived at Yingzhu Miao Village and 'took' the baby out of their stomachs. The little baby did look well-behaved, pitiful and cute, but Wang Pengpai and the others were shocked. The baby was born with missing arms and legs, and a part of the body was missing, but the broken part was full of flesh, as if it was born with a deformity and no flesh had ever grown there.

But when they carried the baby back from the grave, they were still intact!

Although they didn't know what happened to the others and whether the babies were also missing arms and legs, Wang Pengpai and the others had a bad feeling in their hearts. Without thinking too much, the midwife took out an egg from her sleeve and put it in a basin filled with stream water.

This egg is called a medicine egg, and it is cooked together with the boiling water. After the midwife finished reading the auspicious words, she took the medicine egg to test the temperature, and then rolled the egg on the baby from head to toe, while rolling and chanting:

"Roll the medicine egg once, the skin and flesh will be tender and fresh"

"Roll the medicine egg twice, mosquitoes will not gather everywhere"

Until she chanted "Roll the medicine egg a thousand times, all diseases will not haunt you", the midwife stopped, peeled the medicine egg under the greedy eyes, and handed it to the traveler.

"Please eat the medicine egg--"

It is said that every time a pregnant woman gives birth, her vitality will be greatly damaged. This medicine egg, which has been blessed in the medicine and rolled all over the newborn, is the best thing. Eating it can strengthen the body and replenish vitality.

When Wang Pengpai and his friends saw the medicine egg, they felt an uncontrollable hunger.

'We'd better not touch anything this time. '

In Pingping's story, all the people who drank the fetal meat soup died, and only those who were late and did not drink the fetal meat soup were still alive.

The story did not have the name of the surviving village, and they could not be sure whether the Chaping Miao Village they were in was the lucky one. The best way is to not touch anything in the Yingzhu Miao Village.

The imagination is very perfect, but the reality is very skinny.

After the "midwife" persuaded them to eat eggs three times, and Wang Pengpai and others refused to eat them, the baby in the midwife's arms suddenly cried loudly, and the next moment everyone's face changed suddenly.

Their stomachs actually moved, as if there was something hidden inside. The originally shriveled belly swelled up again like a balloon, but it was more swollen than when she was pregnant. The belly was as thin as paper, and the movement of the things inside could be imprinted on the belly.

The imprint was very much like a small hand or a small foot!

"The baby likes you and refuses to come out."

At this moment, the midwife dragged out her voice, her narrow eyes were malicious, staring at the swollen belly, and whispered:

"Eat the medicine egg, otherwise it will stay with you forever"

At this moment, the egg in the midwife's hand was very tempting to them, almost to the point of disturbing their minds. Wang Pengpai bit his tongue and sprayed blood all over the midwife's face. While her face was twisted and ferocious and roaring, he jumped down from the window. The stilt house was not high, and Wang Pengpai rolled over and ran without stopping. The closer he was to the egg, the greater the attraction, and the farther away he could delay some time.

When Wang Pengpai ran away, Zhao Hongtu rushed out of the stilt house next to him, his face livid, and he shot three arrows at the midwife, causing her to scream in pain and throw the baby out. When the baby fell heavily to the ground, Zhao Hongtu's facial features twisted and he vomited. He held his stomach tightly and almost fell down.

Wang Pengpai quickly supported him, and when he looked back, he saw that the baby was not hurt at all, but turned over and lay on the ground, babbling and crawling towards Zhao Hongtu. What else could he say? Wang Pengpai carried Zhao Hongtu and ran, circling around the guest dormitories.

When they made the second circle, an angry mooing sound was heard from Yu He'an's room. The bamboo door was pushed open and Yu He'an rushed out in a panic with the cowhide on his head. He rushed forward with all his strength and almost hit the midwife's face. Fortunately, Wang Pengpai pulled the cow's horns and forced Yu He'an into the right position. Then the three of them started running in circles.

At first, the midwife and the baby chasing behind them were very slow. The midwife seemed to be unaccustomed to walking on two legs, so she staggered, and the baby could only crawl. Wang Pengpai ran too fast and almost caught up with them by circling a circle.

But after circling a few times, they found that the speed of the baby and the midwife was getting faster and faster. The midwife began to run on all fours, her body rising and falling like a beast. The baby seemed tired and stopped crawling. They sat on the ground and cried loudly. The more the baby cried, the more the things in Wang Pengpai and his stomach moved, and Wang Pengpai's face was covered with beads of sweat.

The baby sat still, and they couldn't run around in circles anymore, otherwise they would have to run back to him sooner or later.

Fortunately, Xu Chen finally escaped with a pale face at this time, and the four of them gathered together again.

"The baby has a high favorability."

While running, Wang Pengpai briefly analyzed the key points: "There are few items for the third day of the bath."

They have tried their best to control the baby's favorability, and each of them only found a part of the items for the third day of the bath to prevent the favorability of a single baby from increasing too quickly. But even so, each of them had half of their babies' favorability.

Wang Pengpai and Yu Hean had 5 points, Xu Chen had 6 points, and Zhao Hongtu had 7 points. Zhao Hongtu was the most responsive at the moment, and he was so uncomfortable that he had to be carried by Wang Pengpai.

Wang Pengpai had figured out the items for the three-day bath. The hotel always set limits on them. Since they knew that preparing fewer items for the three-day bath would limit the baby's strength, then preparing fewer things would definitely have its corresponding dangers.

"High favorability, low temptation, the more babies stay."

The four of them had a simple exchange, and Wang Pengpai quickly sorted them out. Each of them prepared two items for the three-day bath, only Yu Hean had three. He didn't want to put in the horn powder, but the baby in his stomach almost made him die of pain. Combined with the favorability, from more to less, Zhao Hongtu's fetus was missing a hand and a foot, and Yu Hean and Xu Chen's fetuses were only missing one hand.

Wang Pengpai's fetus was only missing the left ear.

They each had these things in their stomachs.

"We can't go on like this."

The four of them were running around Yingzhu Miao Village. Not to mention that there were still five hours before the Sanchao cocktail party, and they didn't have enough physical strength to last until then. But the increasingly painful stomach and the extremely empty hunger made everyone's condition deteriorate.

"Go to the animal pen."

Wang Pengpai made a quick decision: "Run over there."

They accelerated to get rid of the midwife and the fetus, and when they rushed into the animal pen and squeezed together with the animals, the midwife and the fetus seemed to have suddenly lost their target and wandered aimlessly in Yingzhu Miao Village.

Finally, they could breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.

"The houses of the indigenous people are usually safer."

Wang Pengpai, panting, sat on the ground without fear of dirt. He looked like he had been fished out of the water, and was covered in sweat from running.

"Wu Laoliu will feed the animals at 5pm. If we are lucky, we can stay until then."

"It's still possible."

Xu Chen was also panting. His glasses were crooked from running. He was thoughtful: "But the indigenous people must be more dangerous."

"Yes, Brother Xu is right."

Wang Pengpai patted his stomach and grimaced in pain: "It's best not to use this method unless it's a last resort - who knows what it will cause. We will only stay in the pen and not go to Wu Laoliu's house."

"Yeah."

Everyone took this rare opportunity to rest, replenish water and energy, and discuss countermeasures.

"The Three-day Cocktail Party is at 6pm. If we go an hour later, it will be 7pm."

"The Three-day Cocktail Party is the last project of the second scenic spot. It must be very difficult. If we are late, we will not be able to meet with Team Miao to discuss."

"The key is how to get rid of the thing in the stomach."

Yu Hean was worried: "We can't take this disaster with us, and we certainly can't eat that damn medicine egg."

Even though he said that, Yu Hean still swallowed uncontrollably. He just ate two energy bars, but this thing didn't relieve the hunger at all. The same is true for others. No matter how much high-calorie and high-energy food they eat, they don't feel full at all.

"We have to find out what the medicine egg is for the fetus."

Xu Chen said calmly: "I saw a special gray yin energy on the egg. Is it only the medicine egg that can satisfy them, or anything with the same nature as the medicine egg."

It was precisely because of observing the medicine egg that Xu Chen delayed for so long. In his eyes, the medicine egg is a ball of gray-brown resentment. This color is actually very similar to the color of resentment on the fetus.

Hearing him say this, everyone was thoughtful.

"Catch each fetus and stew it?"

Zhao Hongtu's face turned pale with pain. He couldn't eat anything. He only drank some water. The veins on his hand that was tightly holding the bow were bulging. He spoke word by word, unable to bear the pain.

"Maybe."

Xu Chen shook his head and supported Zhao Hongtu to change direction so that he could lean against the beast and relax.

"The three-day wine party project has not come out yet. It should be impossible to kill the baby now."

If I could know the situation on the Miao team's side, it would be great.

Xu Chen sighed helplessly. The two sides should be mirror images of each other. If the ghost baby on Miao Fangfei's side did not dissipate after the three-day washing, the baby on their side would probably still be useful.

But now they are trapped in Yingzhu Miao Village, and Miao Fangfei and the others are far away in Qiebi Village. The only one who can travel freely between the two places is the tour guide Bingjiu.

Soon, Bingjiu will come soon.

Wang Pengpai said: "Let's see the next project first."

After the three-day washing, there is the three-day wine party. Bingjiu will definitely come to inform them of the new project.

"Yes, Director C is coming!"

Yu Hean was overjoyed. He who was originally dejected immediately became excited, rubbed his hands, and even ignored the hunger in his stomach, and said hurriedly:

"We have to think of a way quickly to let Director B see us in the animal pen. It's such a shame."

The corner of Xu Chen's mouth twitched, but he didn't expect that Yu and An were thinking about this kind of thing. However, following his thoughts, Xu Chen couldn't bear to look at that scene.

But even though they said this, they had no other option in the short term. Outside the circle, the midwife and the fetus were crawling all over the floor. When the third bathing time was over, the midwife finally howled with resentment and disappeared. After a while, Bingjiu walked out of Wu Laoliu's stilted building.

Wei Xun stood on the bamboo steps of the stilted building, overlooking the animal pen, and saw how miserable he was, trying to please the tourists who smiled at him.

Separated by the bamboo steps and the animal pen, there were more than a dozen large white beasts between them. Although the purpose of the hotel and the explanation of the project should be face-to-face between the tour guide and the tourists, even if he was to be killed, Wei Xun would never, never stand in the animal pen in his life.

What's more, this is Wu Laoliu's animal pen downstairs. There are so many bugs hidden in it that Wei Xun feels suffocated just thinking about it.

Once he explained the rules for the next three dynasty cocktail parties, it was Wang Pengpai's turn to choke.

"Take the babies to attend the three-chao cocktail party... ugh."

This is really not good news for them.

Now Wang Pengpai and the others have two urgent problems to deal with.

1. How to get rid of the contents of your stomach without taking medicated eggs.

2. How to bring the baby to the Lost Soul Stream without taking the medicated eggs.

The third party has passed, but the remaining problems have not been solved. The information about the three-chao wine brought by Director B has been the greatest help to them. The remaining problems must be solved by the passengers themselves.

Especially when Bingjiu was explaining the project, the door of the stilted building creaked open, and Wu Laoliu walked down with a sullen face, taking a bamboo dustpan and a broom, as if he wanted to clean the animal pen. At this moment, everyone's hearts were lifted. Wang Pengpai and others quickly put on their backpacks and were ready to escape from the animal pen. Compared with the baby, Wu Laoliu is undoubtedly a stronger monster.

They didn't look like they were going to mess with him again.

But what no one expected was that when Wu Laoliu saw Bingjiu, he snorted with a slumped face, and then turned around and went back to the house!

God bless!

Although I don’t know how Director Bing did it, it bought them precious time, and even Wang Pengpai subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Time was precious, and Wu Laoliu didn't know when he would come again, so they immediately started discussing.

"The color of the resentment in the medicine egg is similar to the color of resentment in the baby?"

"right."

Xu Chen affirmed: "I have never seen this kind of resentment in other places in Yingzhu Miao Village."

"That's weird."

Wang Pengpeng touched his chin: "Could they be the same thing?"

"Same thing?"

Yu and An frowned: "In other words, the medicine egg is also the missing limb of the baby?"

"is not what it means."

Xu Chen shook his head, thoughtfully: "Brother Wang, you mean..."

"Hypothesis, I'm just making a hypothesis."

Wang Pengpai said: "If the medicinal egg really represents 'fetal broth', then what exactly is the fetus that has the same origin as it?"

"Fetal meat!"

Yu Hean lost his voice and immediately covered his mouth. Although the midwives have disappeared, the babies are still there. They are holding the medicine eggs and wandering outside the animal pen. Several pairs of dark eyes are looking at this side. They are as evil as ghosts. There are no babies at all. cute. But after all, the babies didn't dare to go near the animal pen. It was still safe here for the time being.

Yu Hean immediately lowered his voice and said hurriedly:

"But, the one who was eaten at that time shouldn't be..."

Shouldn't it be a ghost baby? So where did these babies come from?

“The clan leader in the village is seriously ill and urgently needs the cure for his illness by eating fetal meat, which is said to prolong life... He lied about fetal meat and held a big banquet, inviting guests from all the villages to come, in an attempt to suppress the resentment of the fetus with yang energy... "

Xu Chen murmured to himself: "The ghost possessing the Miao team said so. The clan leader of that village wanted to eat fetal meat to cure his illness. Everyone who drank the fetal meat soup died..."

"The fetus is so small, do you think there are other fetal meats? The patriarch eats Pingping's child, and the others drink the soup of other fetal meats? When I first looked at the fetal meat grave, there were several A graveyard."

"But if there was other fetal flesh, the patriarch would not be guilty of eating his own daughter's child."

Wang surging: "Maybe the child his daughter gave birth to is special."

"There's another problem here."

Xu Chen frowned: "Ghost baby and baby are separate choices. In other words, choosing these two should have completely opposite results."

"If ghost babies and babies are both eaten fetal flesh, then they shouldn't be in an antagonistic relationship. They should hate the one who ate them."

Yu Hean didn't know what he was thinking. After listening for a long time, he simply drew a picture on the ground with a stick.

Ghost Infant (Fetal Flesh)—Clan Leader—Village Visitor (?)

Baby (Fetal Flesh) - Villager Visitor

The former has a grudge against the latter.

"The group of rotting corpses in Xiaolongyizhuang must be the villagers of Qiebi Village."

Yu Hean was unsure: "They are at the first attraction, won't they come to the second attraction?"

"The story told by the ghost that possessed Miao Fangfei must be related to this attraction."

Zhao Hongtu managed to gather his energy, took the stick from Yu He'an's hand, and circled the words he wrote.

"What you write above is from Guiying's side, and what you write below is from our side."

They were divided, and the objects they faced were naturally different. Regardless of thinking about Ghost Infant Pingping and the clan leader, the remaining clues were connected, and everyone suddenly became enlightened.

“Why does the baby want to drink fetal broth?”

Xu Chen said: "They want to get back their complete limbs and reincarnate?"

"Brother Wang said that ghost babies are in opposition to fetuses."

Yu Hean used a small stick to connect random lines on the ground, muttering to himself: "I want to drink fetal broth and fight against the ghost baby. I want to drink fetal broth and fight against the ghost baby... hiss!"

His eyes suddenly lit up, he raised his head and said anxiously: "Yes, could it be those visiting villagers - Zhao, Zhao Hongtu, where are you going?!"

"Fetal meat soup, fetal meat soup."

Yu Hean's screams made everyone subconsciously look at Zhao Hongtu, and they were suddenly shocked. I saw him standing up unsteadily at some point and walking towards the edge of the animal pen.

"Hongtu, what are you going to do!"

Wang Pengpeng roared and grabbed Zhao Hongtu directly. But Zhao Hongtu, who was caught, struggled violently with all his life, clutching his stomach in pain, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat and muscle spasms: "I want to drink fetal broth, I want to drink fetal broth!"

"He's possessed!"

Wang Pengpai pinned Zhao Hongtu under his arm, scratched his finger with a knife, and pressed the blood onto Zhao Hongtu's forehead, which immediately made him scream in agony. Xu Chen, who was waiting by the side, quickly covered Zhao Hongtu's mouth. For a moment, he struggled like a fish out of water, screaming in pain, which made people's hearts beat with fear. The veins on his forehead stretched out, but his blank eyes gradually returned to clarity. .

"You're awake, how are you?"

Zhao Hongtu gasped for breath and nodded with difficulty. He shook his head slightly. Xu Chen took his hand away and looked at Wang Pengpai with worried eyes.

Sure enough, the hotel would not let them take it easy. Zhao Hongtu had just been distracted by the desire for fetal broth. As long as the contents of his stomach were not taken out, he could not completely return to normal. Now Wang Pengpai and the others can still wake him up in time, but it is conceivable that as time goes by, Xu Chen, Yu Hean and the others will have problems sooner or later.

It's over now!

Zhao Hongtu also understood. Recalling that he was in a trance just now, controlled by the desire for fetal broth, and completely losing his mind, he broke out in a cold sweat. And he knew better that this desire had only been temporarily suppressed, it was still hidden deep in his body, and it would not be long before it would come back in a more extreme way.

This cannot continue.

No, we can’t do this again——

Zhao Hongtu gritted his teeth, grabbed Wang Pengpeng's hand, and said with difficulty: "Gong, mine, bow..."

"Calm down, let's calm down, it's not that bad."

Wang Pengpai comforted Zhao Hongtu and took his bow, always paying attention to Zhao Hongtu's situation. Seeing him shaking his hands and knocking out a bottle of medicine, Xu Chen and others felt relieved.

Special weapons and props bought from the hotel, or obtained by chance during some journeys, do have places like secret pockets where some precious items can be stored.

Zhao Hongtu swallowed the intermediate blood tonic with difficulty, which was the most expensive medicine on his body. The props in Drunken Beauty Xiangxi basically didn't work, and Zhao Hongtu could only pray for good luck.

When a warm current surged into his belly, Zhao Hongtu also regained some strength. His hand rubbed his swollen belly for a long time, as if he was looking for something. After a while, Zhao Hongtu took a deep breath. While Wang Pengpai and the others continued to discuss, Zhao Hongtu had a fierce light in his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, turned the bow upside down, and without hesitation stabbed the sharp bow arm into his lower abdomen!

"Well!"

Zhao Hongtu's face turned pale as he screamed in pain, and he suddenly pulled out his bow. Blood spattered, and a small blue-grey hand poked out from the belly at the tip of the bow arm!