Shanhedu

Looking in from the outside, the village looked extremely dilapidated.

It seems that no one has been here for hundreds of years, only the chimneys with smoke from the kitchens prove to them that there are people living here.

Leading the horse through the archway, as soon as he entered the village, he saw a terrifying scene.

Tu Sheng just turned his face to the right, and he saw the white bones hanging on the entire wall.

With a cry of surprise, Ling Xiao and the others looked sideways.

The bundles of white bones are bundled together with human skulls to make a bundle.

Bundles were hung on the big iron hooks used for slaughtering pigs and bloodletting, and they were hung neatly on the entire wall.

On the wall, there is only a horizontal row of empty places in the middle next to the eaves without hanging bones.

Ling Xiao covered his chest with one palm, and looked at the things on the wall coldly with his eyes.

Standing next to Tusheng, Qing Shui, who was playing with a whip, said something casually.

"That empty space is just right for our bodies to be put down. It seems that we all came to the right place."

Tu Sheng, who was covered in goosebumps, quickly jumped away from Qing Shui, "You coquettish fox, don't talk nonsense!"

"Heh." Qing Shui glanced at him lazily, then pulled the reins and walked into the village.

Ling Xiao was on guard, and wanted to ask them to get on their horses and drive for a while to prevent accidents, but seeing that there were not many people in the vicinity for a hundred miles, he simply gave up.

He held the horse with one hand, and waited for the wall of bones that he was walking far away before letting go of the other hand covering his chest, and a small bulging mass in front of his chest came out like spring grass sprouting.

"Hawk." The little thing on Jun He's head seemed to be drooping again.

Ling Xiao was vigilant around, and tapped Jun He's forehead with his finger.

"Stay in there obediently and don't come out, brother will feed you some water right away."

"Haw."

The emerald rhizome on the top of the little thing's head swayed twice, and finally retracted obediently into the skirt, revealing only a jade bead the size of an egg yolk.

Stuck on Ling Xiao's front, like a precious and flawless jade inlaid on the clothes.

They finally stopped at the entrance of the tavern with night lights hanging in front of their house, stepped in, and sat at the only table in the small shop.

Tusheng looked around and called out, "Is anyone there?" Immediately, he heard a voice agreeing, "Here we are."

I looked at the bamboo chopsticks tube on the table in bewilderment, "Hey, that's weird, this is a place for people to eat, why just set up a table? Are people in this village so poor?"

"Before you say that others are poor, let's see what you look like." Qing Shui said lightly.

Tu Sheng glared at him viciously, "Fox, did I ask you to talk to me?!"

Shimizu ignored him, and lowered his head to play with his fan.

The male shopkeeper who opened the curtain from behind rushed towards them, wearing a black veil covering most of his cheeks and neck, and suddenly stopped when he saw Ling Xiao's unfamiliar faces.

After Ling Xiao saw the person, he felt something was wrong in his heart, so he stood up from the bench without hesitation.

"I suddenly remembered that there are still important things to do, let's not waste any more time, let's get on the road as soon as possible."

After Ling Xiao finished speaking, Qingshui and Tusheng remained unmoved, but Fugui followed him and stood up.

"What are you doing? What else do you need to do?" Tu Sheng raised his face in confusion and asked him.

"We've been riding for a whole day, even if we go back to sleep in the woods again, why don't we have a full meal first?"

Just as Fugui was about to go there to pull Tusheng away, the shopkeeper standing aside only spoke.

"Guests, don't be afraid. I just rarely see strangers. I'm scared when I see you guys not bothered and armed. I'll go and cook for you..."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly ran back behind the curtain.

Ling Xiao didn't stop him, so Tusheng sat on the stool and begged him to sit down.

"Brother Ling," Tusheng cupped his hands towards Ling Xiao with a crying face, "Is it okay to call you big brother? I know you have seen the world, but now we have finally found a place to eat, so don't pick and choose Is it okay? I beg you!"

Ling Xiao walked over and sat down calmly, without explaining anything to Tu Sheng.

After a cup of tea, the few of them were still sitting on the stool empty-handed.

Tusheng lay down on the table hungry, complaining about the speed of the restaurant's cooking.

"Why don't you give us a pot of water for practice, it's really stingy."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shopkeeper carrying a teapot came to their table.

Before taking off the veil on his face, he poured four cups of tea, "Wait a moment, the food will be ready immediately, immediately."

Tu Sheng took the tea cup and poured it into his stomach as if he had never seen water before. After Ling Xiao walked away from the store, it was too late to say "don't drink it yet".

Tusheng drank a whole glass, and the others hadn't touched their glasses yet.

Qiqi looked at Ling Xiao before listening to him.

"I always feel that something is wrong. It's better to be cautious about this water."

After speaking, he took out a silver needle from his sleeve and stuck it into the teacup.

After a while, the tip of the needle turned black.

Tu Sheng immediately ran from the stool to the outside of the store, scratching his throat with his fingers, trying to spit out the poisonous water he drank.

"Hmph, idiot." Shimizu commented on him.

Ling Xiao stood up again, "You can't stay here anymore, let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tu Sheng scrambled in again, his eyes wide open.

"Outside, outside, outside a group of people, all holding things, I look like they are coming for us."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of veiled villagers blocked the door.

Ling Xiao looked at the weapons in their hands, which were pokers and hammers for blacksmithing.

The faces of the villagers in front of him turned black. After looking carefully, he found that the veils worn by men and women were divided into black and white, and there was no other difference.

A group of people stared at them as if they were desperate for life, and the pokers raised in their hands were just taken out of the molten iron that was scalding to death.

"What are you going to do? We have no enmity with you, right..." Tu Sheng asked while holding the hatchet at his waist with both hands.

Suddenly someone in the crowd said, "Ah Jian, go and light the big oil pan."

"Hey! I'm going right away!" The shop owner who served tea just now ran out from behind them.

Ling Xiao's face was still calm and calm, looking at the villagers with lowered eyelids.

"We just arrived in Guicun on the way. I don't know where we offended everyone. Should we be treated like this?"

The person who spoke just now said again: "Baojian Village does not allow outsiders to come in, how many of you haven't seen the thing on the wall at the entrance of the village?"

The villagers then yelled at them for breaking into their homes, and then someone yelled loudly.

"Village chief, take them to the frying pan, just in case!"