How to fall in love with the demon king at first sight

Fog is mountain fog, thin and penetrating.

What came into view in the haze was a tender green field, about seven or eight acres, two acres were vegetable fields, and the other few acres were bent over to transplant rice seedlings. Now it is the season for planting.

Looking forward, there are houses in the distance, green bricks and gray tiles, row upon row, and there are faint giggles of children playing.

It doesn't look gloomy, but has more ethereal artistic conception, like a paradise.

"I thought it would be an empty village." Lu Miao whispered to Li Yuntang.

"I thought so too." Li Yuntang asked Qiaoyan who was walking in the front, "Didn't you meet so many people when you came last time?"

Qiaoyan said in a low voice: "We came at night, they are all closed."

"Why did you arrive at night?"

"We sneaked out. We couldn't find the way before, and it took a long time to find here."

"Come here so late, shouldn't the first reaction be to ask the villagers?"

"They were in a deep sleep. We knocked for a long time but didn't turn it on. The lady said forget it, find a place to stay for a while, and then... disappeared on the way."

"When did you leave the village?"

"the next morning."

"That is to say, you stayed in the village overnight, did you see the villagers later?"

"I saw it. I asked them to help me find the lady, but they couldn't find it, so I went home and told the master."

Walking through the farmland, there are houses all close together. Each house occupies a large area and is surrounded by tall fences.

Many trees were planted in the yard, and clothes and bed sheets were dried, and radishes and cabbages were dried on the roof.Children are playing in the open space, while women are sitting at the door picking vegetables and chatting.

Because of their passing, eyes fell on them one after another.

"After Miss disappeared, you should be terrified, and you will wake up the villagers no matter what?"

"I knocked..." Qiaoyan seemed to remember something frightening, her voice trembling slightly: "I knocked on the door for a long time, but they didn't wake up."

"Did no one come out?"

"No."

The four continued to move forward.

Qiaoyan was at the front, followed by Li Yuntang and Shi Yin, and Lu Miao was at the rear.

"Who told you that your mother is in this village?" Li Yuntang continued to ask.

"... an old lady."

"The aunt in your mansion?"

"No."

"How did she know that she was here?"

"Well, she didn't mean to see it."

"When?"

"Just the day before Miss disappeared."

"daytime?"

"Ah."

"What did she see your mother doing?"

"Just walk on the road."

"one person?"

"Yes."

"Why did she pass here?"

"She comes here to pick mulberry leaves, and she raises silkworms herself."

Indeed, upon closer inspection, these villagers planted mulberry trees in every household.

It's like a village that makes a living by raising silkworms.

"Didn't the fence at the entrance of the village be closed when you and your lady came?"

Qiaoyan involuntarily slowed down.

Li Yuntang continued: "When I came in, I saw that there was a fence at the entrance of the village. Judging from the traces, it should be used every day. If they sleep so heavily at night and can't wake up even knocking on the door, maybe they will close the fence before going to sleep to ensure the safety of the village. Is it safe?"

Her face was almost buried in her chest, her voice sounded like snow falling on snow, "...it wasn't closed."

"Qiaoyan, is this the first time you have come to this village?"

"The second time, except for the time with the lady, and this time, it's gone."

"Is the village chief's house over there?"

Li Yuntang suddenly pointed to the northeast with his umbrella, and there was a tile-roofed house slightly higher than the surrounding ones.

Qiaoyan looked at the past, her eyes widened: "How do you know?"

"Because as soon as we came in, someone ran over there. It seems that the village chief is about to come out to greet us."

Li Yuntang passed Qiaoyan and walked forward, "You have been walking with your head down. You have only been here once, but you don't need to look up to recognize it. It seems that you have a good memory."

"..." Qiaoyan immediately grasped the handkerchief tightly.

Lu Miao couldn't help but stepped forward and patted the shoulder of Li Yuntang, who was walking in the front with his familiarity, "You are amazing!"

Li Yuntang looked around with a chuckle, "She is not very good at lying, and there are too many details in the village."

"What details?"

"For example, their houses are very new." Lu Miao looked at the tidy houses along his line of sight, "Women and children are well dressed. Do you think that in the current environment, a village can make a living by raising silkworms alone? so?"

"That makes sense. What else?"

"Look at the ground beneath your feet."

"What?" Lu Miao looked down. It was just a thick black path trampled by people.

"When we first came in, the entrance of the village was muddy, but the soil in the village was very dry. There is no cover for two places so close together. Why is one dry and the other wet?"

"Maybe they passed by while carrying water. If they are farming, they need to carry water from the river in front of them."

"That's right. It should also be that the straight road from the village entrance to the river is wet, not the whole land is wet, and there are so many messy footprints. Whose footprints do you think? Are they fighting with water?"

"Kids might have a water fight."

"The footprint is the wrong size."

"Is there any more?" Lu Miao asked.

"There's a lot more. But I'm not going to tell you."

"why?"

Li Yuntang patted him on the shoulder, as if relieved, "You need to use your brain more."

"..."

I always feel like I'm being despised.

Lu Miao didn't keep up with Li Yuntang, but Shi Yin happened to be by his side.

He couldn't help asking: "Miss Shi Yin, did you see anything?"

"Ah."

"what?"

Even Shi Yin can see it?

"The river is right in front of the village, but we didn't see any fish drying or fishing nets along the way."

Lu Miao thought about it carefully, and it was true.

Shi Yin's voice was a little low and cold, but pleasant to hear.

"There are no animals in the village."

Only then did Lu Miao realize that there were no chickens, ducks, geese or pigs.

If it is possible for a very poor village, it should not look so rich.

"Why build a fence if you don't keep animals?"

Fences are generally used to keep animals in captivity, or to protect vegetable fields from wind.

But there are no animals here, and the vegetable fields are all in front. Why does every household have to build such a high fence?

"Animals on Fangshan?" Lu Miao replied.

Shi Yin walked past Lu Miao lightly.

Lu Miao thought about it for a while, but it wasn't right. It shouldn't be the defense of every household. Wouldn't it be more convenient to build a big fence directly on the side of the mountain?These two people are so smart, it seems that they are stupid.

As Li Yuntang said, the village chief did come out to meet them and stood at the intersection.

She is a 70-year-old old woman, short and thin, with a few black hairs mixed with white hair, wearing a gray-blue robe, her hair tied up high, and a blue-black ribbon on her forehead, holding a very Tall crutches, a bit like the ancients.

Behind her were two young, strong men.

"I don't know how many people are here, what's the matter?" The old woman's voice was very serious.

"We're here to find a missing lady."

"The police came to ask before, and no one on our side has seen her."

"I know. But I still want to take a look. If it's convenient, I want to stay for one night. Our car broke down and we can't go back for the time being."

The old woman stared at them for a while, "Come with me."

They were taken to a large ancestral hall at the foot of the mountain.

The high fence was still round, and there was a gate in the fence, which was locked with iron chains.

At the top of the hall of the ancestral hall is a statue of Zhong Kui with wide-eyed eyes. Candles are burning on the desk, and the rest is empty. There are two wing rooms on the left and right sides.

The old woman said coldly: "You can stay here for one night. I will arrange the meals later."

"Thank you." Li Yuntang replied, "We will pay you."

"Ah."

"That's right, mother-in-law."

"Call me the village chief." The mother-in-law's voice could be described as icy cold.

"The village head." Li Yuntang asked, "Did you all sleep soundly at night? I heard from Qiaoyan that no matter how hard she knocked, she couldn't wake you up."

"It's cold at night in the mountains. To prevent the wind, the doors and windows will be closed tightly, so it's hard to wake up."

"Aren't you worried about thieves coming in at night?"

"No, we will seal the village entrance at night."

"Can I ask how many people are in the village now?"

"What are you asking for?"

"Curious, the village seems to have a small population."

"We are an ancient village with few natural people."

The village chief seemed unwilling to chat with them, so he introduced him directly: "This is Xiao He from our village. If you have anything to do, you can find him. The first one after leaving the ancestral hall."

"Thank you, mayor."

The stern mother-in-law left with the two young men on her crutches.

Li Yuntang stared at her back, turned around to look at Zhong Kui's portrait, tapped it with his hand, and smiled.

"Why, it feels like you're smiling smugly?"

"It's nothing." But Li Yuntang's expression was obviously interested.

Not to be outdone, Lu Miao went back and forth to observe the ancestral hall.

"There is no back door."

"Ah."

Li Yuntang noticed.

There is a mountain behind the ancestral hall, even if there is a door, you can only go up the mountain.

"Don't worry, I'm tired from the car ride all morning, let's take a rest first."

Because there are only two wing rooms, Li Yuntang and Lu Miao share one room, and Shi Yin and Qiao Yan share one room.

After arriving in the room, Lu Miao still couldn't help asking: "Brother Yuntang, don't we need to go out to look again, maybe there will be some clues? And it always feels like being locked up in this ancestral hall."

Li Yuntang glanced slightly, "Brother Lu Miao, your intuition is really accurate."

"……No way."

Lu Miao began to feel a little scary, "Don't we need to run out first?"

"No need. Wait until night."

"why?"

"Won't you be curious about a village where no one will come out no matter how hard you knock on the door at night?"

He is not curious.

but--

"It's not a ghost village, is it?"

"It's not that scary."

"Why don't we ask Qiaoyan directly, what should she know, there is no need to take risks."

"Qiaoyan doesn't know much, and she looks very scared. Just now when the village chief told us to stay, she was taken aback."

Lu Miao thought about it for a while, Qiaoyan kept her head down, and he ignored her expression.

He leaned over, "Do you already know the strangeness of this village?"

"There are still some things that I don't quite understand."

Li Yuntang looked at this room, it was very clean, there was a bed by the window, there was a small portrait of Zhong Kui on the wall, nothing else.

"tell me."

"I'm afraid you will be frightened." Li Yuntang smiled.

"It's even scarier to say that." Lu Miao thought for a while, "Does it have something to do with monsters?"

"related."

"Won't it be as scary as those corpses on the train last time?"

"will not."

"Eating people?"

"Don't eat."

Lu Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Will I be in danger?"

"will not."

Then you can feel more at ease.

Li Yuntang laughed, "But when you sleep at night, you'd better have Jian Muye in your mouth."

"why?"

"I'm afraid you'll fall asleep and won't wake up."