Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 61

"Are all the people in the same village bandits?"

Tan Wenbin found this a little hard to believe. Although his family had been police officers for generations, Tan Yunlong basically never talked about work at home, and the police issues faced by different regions were also different.

Xue Liangliang explained: "It is not common for a village to commit a crime collectively, but it is not rare either.

For example, this mountain village has little contact with the outside world, and the villagers' living and production activities are also narrow. With family ties as a bond, it is easy to understand why it has developed into a small-scale criminal group. "

"But, no one reported it?"

Xue Liangliang looked at Tan Wenbin and asked, "Will you report your deskmate for cheating in the exam?"

"It's different. Cheating on a test is different from breaking the law and murdering someone."

“It’s because you realize it.

But smoking is obviously harmful, why do you still try to smoke?
You see your father smoking and your peers smoking, so subconsciously you think smoking is no big deal. When a large number of people in a village are engaged in criminal activities, people in the village will also have similar thoughts and think that this is not a serious matter. "

Tan Wenbin nodded thoughtfully, then turned to look at Zhu Yang in front of him and said regretfully:
"He has a wife and children at home..."

Zhu Yang is their fellow villager, but that is secondary. The main thing is that he is a really nice person, very warm and kind. He likes to read novels in his spare time and occasionally makes some literary jokes when speaking.

He said he didn't like the job of truck driver, but for the sake of his family, he had to confine himself to the front of the truck.

Now, he was trapped here again.

Xue Liangliang discussed another matter with Li Zhuiyuan: "Xiaoyuan, if it weren't for that little girl, would we have been killed now?"

Runsheng knocked the steel pipe against his chest, making a few muffled sounds.

I mean, he's still here.

Xue Liangliang shrugged: "Runsheng, I know you are good at fighting, but what if they have spray guns?"

Runsheng frowned, unable to refute.

So, he now prefers to watch martial arts movies on TV rather than police and gangster movies, because the latter involve guns.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "You can think in this direction, but it's meaningless. That little girl didn't come to help save us. The three of you have real dead looks on your faces. She just wants to take your life. It's just that a few bad things came together to create a negative effect."

Xue Liangliang: "The owner of the repair shop was also pretending to be honest. He said that the robbers ahead had a shotgun in their hands. His purpose was to trick us into coming to this village."

"They may be trying to test us. If we continue to drive forward without fear of the trolls, they will suspect that we have powerful weapons in our hands."

"Will the path be so deep?"

"Yes, because I don't see that he is lying."

"Xiao Yuan, don't take this kind of responsibility on yourself. We didn't see it."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head. Ever since he finished studying "A Detailed Explanation of Yin-Yang Physiognomy", he could basically tell when a normal person was lying in front of him.

But the owner of the repair shop did not show any micro-expressions, which meant that he not only had strong psychological qualities, but was also experienced.

"Brother Liangliang, maybe the owner of the auto repair shop is the leader here." Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand, "Let's go around and take a look inside the ancestral hall."

The water level was not very deep, even Li Zhuiyuan could wade through it easily, but he had to pass through the densely packed corpses. The atmosphere was really depressing.

Fortunately, nothing unusual happened to the dead body in the pond, and the four people were able to pass safely.

Arriving at the main hall of the ancestral hall, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly had a feeling. He looked up and found that there were many copper coins and bronze swords hanging under the eaves. Some were new and some were old. It should be because they were repaired regularly.

Li Zhuiyuan placed his palm on the pillar in front of him. It didn't feel cold, but rather slightly warm.

Then he glanced at other corners outside the hall, matching the details one by one, and the boy's eyes became serious.

"What's wrong, Xiaoyuan?"

"Brother Liangliang, the person who built this ancestral hall is a real expert. Although the building is small and the layout is small, it has created a small closed loop of a dragon sucking water. Combined with the Feng Shui of this place, it is equivalent to opening up a small blessed land in a blessed land."

"Does this mean that the ancestors of this village were wealthy?"

"Well, it's not ordinary. This technique was usually used in imperial tombs in ancient times."

"That's really amazing. When I was doing internship, I heard an old professor from another school say that in ancient times, the craftsmen who were able to design and build the emperor's mausoleum had much higher wealth and status than the developers of the top residential complexes in Beijing today."

“What a wonderful metaphor.”

Xue Liangliang sighed, "But my descendants have not fallen to such a level of corruption after all."

Walking into the hall, there were tablets on the altar, all of which had the surname "Wang".

"Brother Liangliang, do you feel that this tablet seems to be missing something?"

"Ok?"

"Considering the age of this temple and the architectural techniques used, the number of tablets enshrined in it should not be this small."

"Some family ancestral halls have relatively high requirements for the tablets, such as the one in my hometown village."

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the altar, jumped up, took down the tablet on the top, turned it upside down and examined it.

"Brother Liangliang, that's not right. Even the oldest tablet at the top is not that old."

"Really?" Xue Liangliang took the tablet and looked at it. "I don't understand this. How did you figure it out?"

"I just happened to do some research on tablets a while ago."

"Xiaoyuan, what are you doubting?"

"It's hard to say. Anyway, I think that even if this family's heritage is declining and their descendants are not good, they would not be so outrageous as to invite a Taoist priest or monk of that level to perform a ritual at the entrance of the village."

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and began to walk around the wall of the inner hall. This was not a brick wall, but a stone wall. The stones were of different colors and sizes, but they were polished smooth. The layout was very reasonable and comfortable.

Xue Liangliang casually threw the tablet in his hand to the ground. There was really nothing to respect about the ancestors of this village.

Then he bent down and crawled under the altar covered by the curtain to search inside to see if he could find an exit.

Runsheng and Tan Wenbin were not assigned any specific tasks, but they were not idle either. They were knocking here and stomping there, hoping to run into a dead rat.

Li Zhuiyuan walked around the three walls, then stopped, closed his eyes, thought for a while, then opened his eyes and walked again.

In fact, he noticed the clue the first time he looked at it. The stones of different colors and sizes on the wall were actually a huge puzzle with three sides disrupted.

Ordinary people really can't notice it, they will just think that the arrangement is solemn and beautiful. Li Zhuiyuan couldn't notice it before, either, fortunately he had practiced playing blind chess with A'li when he was blind.

It was also a coincidence that three games of blind chess were played at the same time, facing three walls at that moment.

After reading it again, Li Zhuiyuan stood there, closed his eyes, and began to put the puzzle together in his mind.

There were words on the puzzle, and soon, the first line of words was deciphered by Li Zhuiyuan.

"Qi family ancestral precepts?"

But all the names on this tablet are surnamed Wang.

Li Zhuiyuan thought of a possibility, that is, this village should have been a branch of the Qi family, but in modern times, it was occupied by a group of people surnamed Wang.

It's not about being in decline or being unworthy, it's about being completely replaced with a new blood and name.

The plaque in front of the ancestral hall is not prominent, not only because our ancestors are ashamed to see it, but also because it is no longer visible to future generations.

If the Qi family had really been passed down to the present day, even if the heritage was lost, there would be at least one Feng Shui master of a slightly higher level.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to interpret the puzzle in his mind. The next long paragraph was the ancestral precepts. Apart from the different wording and sentence structure, it basically conformed to the conventions, emphasizing benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Li Zhuiyuan quickly skimmed through it.

Continue spelling and the words that appear will have a meaningful meaning. No, not only do they have a meaningful meaning, but they will clearly point out the direction for you.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes and looked outside the hall. The target point was outside, right in the center of the place surrounded by the dead.

The four of them had previously come around the edge and missed the exit they were looking for.

"Xiaoyuan, did you find anything?" Xue Liangliang asked while brushing off the dust and ashes in his hands.

"Brother Liangliang, the people of this village used to be named Qi, and this group of people named Wang are outsiders who later occupied this place."

Xue Liangliang was stunned for a moment, then said: "It really fits the behavior style of the people in this village. It turns out that the ancestors of this group of people were not good people."

"The exit is in the pile of dead bodies. We have to dig our way through them to get in, Brother Runsheng."

"got it!"

Runsheng was the first to walk out of the hall and came to the pond. He stretched out his hand to push away the dead body in front of him, and Tan Wenbin also ran up to help.

These dead bodies are like tumblers. They will be pushed away, but after shaking for a while, they will still remain upright and will not fall down.

Moreover, after pushing away several groups of dead bodies, the dead bodies in front actually moved to the sides and made way.

This confused Runsheng and Tan Wenbin. They didn't know whether they should continue to move forward, so they could only look back at Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Let's go."

The four of them walked in along the dead end path that had been cleared.

As they walked, the dead bodies on both sides that were originally standing facing the ancestral hall gate all slowly turned around and faced the four people.

Moreover, they would constantly adjust their posture and direction according to the movement of the four people.

The atmosphere was already depressing when we walked around the edge of the pile of dead bodies before, and the current scene was even more terrifying.

Tan Wenbin whispered, "They won't suddenly rush over together, will they?"

Runsheng, who was walking in the front, said, "If that's the case, I'll stop them and you guys run out first."

Xue Liangliang guessed: "It doesn't seem like they are trying to attack us, but more like they are trying to show goodwill."

Tan Wenbin: "To show goodwill?"

Xue Liangliang: "Well, you can also say it's a request."

"Brother Runsheng, you can stop now. This is it."

Li Zhuiyuan shouted and Runsheng stopped. In front of him, there was a Tai Chi pattern made of stones.

This place is the real gate to life.

"Xiaoyuan, is this the place?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll try it first." Runsheng twisted his neck and was about to walk in, but he saw a familiar face, Zhu Yang, moving out from the pile of dead bodies in front of him.

He couldn't speak, had no expression, and couldn't express himself, but now, he had come here from the front row.

He was not standing in the Tai Chi pattern, but outside, and obviously had no intention of stopping the four people from leaving.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Zhu Yang and said, "Don't worry, I will call the police after I get out and give you justice."

Zhu Yang didn't move.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew all around. It was not violent, but it brought with it an extremely suppressed emotion of sadness, unwillingness, and anger.

Li Zhuiyuan knew what they meant, but he could only raise his hand and explain: "I understand your intention, but I can't agree to it because the four of us can't solve the problem. Don't worry, the police will eradicate the evil here."

Tan Wenbin also said at this time: "Yes, I promise."

Unfortunately, the densely packed dead bodies around did not react at all, and the chilly wind was getting colder and colder.

Tan Wenbin asked in confusion: "Why do I feel like it's useless to say it?"

Xue Liangliang whispered: "Maybe it's because this is not your father's jurisdiction."

Li Zhuiyuan didn't plan to continue pestering him, so he pushed Runsheng from behind.

Runsheng understood and stepped on the Tai Chi pattern.

Nothing happened.

Runsheng looked at it for a moment and asked, "Xiaoyuan, is there anything else you need to do?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "Brother Runsheng, you come out and I'll go in."

"it is good."

Runsheng walked out and Li Zhuiyuan walked in.

Then, Li Zhuiyuan also came out and motioned Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin to imitate him in turn.

After all four people stepped on the Tai Chi pattern, nothing happened.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, what should we do next?" Tan Wenbin asked nervously. He noticed that white smoke was coming out of the dead bodies around him.

The water in the pond was becoming colder and colder, gradually reaching the point of being bone-chilling.

To this, Li Zhuiyuan gave a one-word answer: "Wait."

The temperature was getting lower and lower, and the parts of everyone's legs that were submerged in water had turned red from the cold.

Runsheng bent down and lifted Li Zhuiyuan up.

Li Zhuiyuan did not refuse and climbed onto Runsheng's back.

Looking around, I could see that ice was starting to form on the bodies of the dead.

The breath they exhaled also brought out white smoke, and Tan Wenbin and Xue Liangliang had already begun to shiver.

Li Zhuiyuan consoled him: "Just hold on a little longer and it will be fine."

Tan Wenbin crossed his arms and asked in a trembling voice, "Can we get out like this?"

Xue Liangliang said with gritted teeth: "Xiaoyuan should be right. Even if we find this door, it will take some time to get out. Remember when we entered and left the village, the truck disappeared?"

Tan Wenbin: "My brain is frozen now. I can't think straight. Just tell me."

Xue Liangliang: "It's the entry and exit of this space mezzanine. It's not a one-time thing, it's more like squeezing toothpaste."

At this moment, all the dead people around were completely covered by ice crystals, like a large ice sculpture.

The patience of the four people was almost at its limit. Even Li Zhuiyuan, who was on Runsheng's back, could not bear it anymore.

Tan Wenbin: "Is it because we didn't promise to help them get revenge, so they want to freeze us to death in this way and bury us with them?"

After experiencing the ingratitude of the little girl on the train, Tan Wenbin no longer has any hope for the humanity of such "dirty things".

Xue Liangliang: "Xiaoyuan, why don't we just agree to them and promise them that after we get out, we will call the police first, and then we will find a way to avenge them."

The four of us don't have the ability to help them get revenge. Calling the police first and then taking revenge is a bit unreasonable, but at this moment, this is the only way to appease them.

Tan Wenbin's lips were frozen purple, but he couldn't help but say, "Brother Liang...you are really good at...fooling people."

Xue Liangliang couldn't help but glare at him: "You... your brain is frozen... don't be so straightforward... just say it."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand with difficulty and said, "You two have time to talk... why don't you hug each other for warmth?"

Xue Liangliang and Tan Wenbin immediately realized what was happening and huddled together like penguins. Although this warming effect was little better than nothing, it at least had some psychological effect.

Li Zhuiyuan added: "This has nothing to do with them... We are the ones... who are going to leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhuiyuan felt that the surroundings were dark, and as the coldness dissipated, he began to fall.

"Pfft!"

There was water below, very cold water, but compared to the previous freezing environment, this water could be considered warm, though it was a little sticky and greasy.

Moreover, because the fall was too sudden, Li Zhuiyuan was originally lying on Runsheng's back, so when he fell into the water, his body was face down and hit the water surface flatly. Although it was the water surface, it still hurt.

This caused him to lose consciousness for a moment after falling into the water, and his body began to continue sinking.

When Li Zhuiyuan regained consciousness, he was suddenly hit on the back by something, and his body inevitably moved in the direction of the force.

But soon, a hand grabbed his clothes, then an arm wrapped around his waist, and a strong force emerged, driving him to float up quickly.

After coming to the surface, Li Zhuiyuan began to cough violently.

"Xiaoyuan, are you okay?"

Although it was pitch black all around, Li Zhuiyuan could still hear that the person hugging him in the water was Runsheng.

Runsheng should have dived down to find me before, but because there was no light, he could only swing his arms and legs continuously to try to expand the contact area. The slap I felt before was probably caused by Runsheng's hand or leg brushing against me.

Fortunately, Runsheng noticed it immediately and pulled himself out.

"Cough cough cough..." This was the sound of Tan Wenbin coughing, not far away.

"Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan, Binbin and I are here." Xue Liangliang's voice came.

It should be Xue Liangliang who pulled Tan Wenbin up, because Xue Liangliang is a good swimmer, after all, he was the one who was going to the Yangtze River for a tryst.

The two sides gradually moved closer to each other following the sound, and finally gathered together. Xue Liangliang: "Is this a pool of water? It's so deep. Since there is no light, there should be a cave above our heads. We should have come out of the space layer."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The problem now is how do we get out of here and onto the shore? We can't see anything, and we don't know how big the pool is."

Runsheng: "Xiaoyuan, you wait here for me. I will swim in one direction and see how long it takes to reach the shore. If it is a rock wall, I will swim back and swim in another direction. If I swim a few more times, I will definitely find land."

"Okay, Brother Runsheng, but don't swim too far. We'll call out to each other. When you think you can't hear us anymore, you have to turn back, otherwise we might get separated here."

Runsheng had matches and tinder on him, but after being frozen and falling into the water, they were definitely unusable.

Xue Liangliang said with emotion: "Next time I go out, I must bring a waterproof flashlight with me."

"Brother Liangliang, it's useless even if you bring it. Our luggage is still in the truck."

"Oh, too."

Just as Runsheng was about to start swimming, Tan Wenbin, who had choked on water several times before, suddenly shouted, "There's something down there, touching my feet!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Runsheng did not swim out, but dived down.

Tan Wenbin continued to shout: "It was the hands. I kicked more than one pair of hands."

Xue Liangliang also said: "Yes, my foot was touched, and it seemed like I stepped on someone's head just now."

Li Zhuiyuan was short, so he didn't go into the water as much as them, but he also felt it at this time. Not only did he feel it, but when he stretched his hand forward, he touched a fat and greasy thing in the darkness in front of him.

This thing has a nose and eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately withdrew his hand. It was a human face, just a few meters in front of him.

Xue Liangliang: "Binbin, is this your arm?"

Tan Wenbin: "I'm holding you."

Xue Liangliang: "You are not holding me now."

Tan Wenbin: “…”

Runsheng then surfaced, shook his head and said, "Xiaoyuan, there are bodies floating up below."

"Gululu..."

"Gululu..."

Nearby, the sound of bubbles continued to be heard.

Runsheng said: "This is the corpse gas that leaked out after the corpse swelled and floated to the surface. It is releasing air."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and looked up at the completely invisible top of his head: "We should be in the crack of the mountain below the ancestral hall now. These corpses are the victims we saw in the ancestral hall before we came out."

What you see in the space mezzanine will be somewhat different from what you see in reality, but there will also be connections.

No matter how rampant the people in the village were, they would not be stupid enough to place all the bodies of the people they killed neatly in the ancestral hall. Since the previous bodies were all located in the center of the ancestral hall, it means that their location coordinates were on this vertical line.

I have to say, this is indeed a good place to destroy corpses and traces. If you kill someone and throw the body here, no one will know.

Tan Wenbin whispered, "They... they won't become dead, right?"

If all these corpses turned dead at this moment, the four of them would surely be dead.

Even if there were only two or three of them turning dead, Runsheng could only deal with one by himself, and the rest could be eaten to death by the three of them.

"Will not."

"Brother Xiaoyuan, it's okay. You don't have to comfort me. I can face it bravely."

"The ancestral hall above is a very clever layout of taking advantage of the blessing. With the blessing comes peace, which naturally has the effect of suppressing evil spirits. Theoretically, these corpses cannot become dead.

Unless someone up there goes crazy and demolishes the ancestral hall and even pushes down the pillars, then it would be possible to lose the suppression below, but at most one or two corpses would die.

If you want them all to fall dead, you have to change the Feng Shui of the ancestral hall. It is difficult to change a neutral to good Feng Shui pattern, but it is easier to change from one extreme to another, which is an extreme pattern of taking the best of both worlds. "

Tan Wenbin: "Brother Xiaoyuan, you only need to say the first sentence, you don't need to say the rest."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Sorry, I'm used to this way of thinking."

I seem to have always had this kind of thinking inertia, that is, every time I see a formation, the first reaction in my mind is how to make it worse and more fierce.

It’s all Wei Zhengdao’s fault!

Of course, it is not too strange for me to have such thoughts now. Almost every corpse here died a violent death, and the resentment is not small. The terrible coldness experienced in the space mezzanine before is actually the materialization of the resentment of these corpses.

And although the formation of the ancestral hall can prevent them from falling dead, it is not specifically designed to suppress evil spirits. Therefore, the resentment will only accumulate, and the corpses will continue to be submerged under the pool.

It can be said that this is a terrible "biogas pool". As long as professional technicians go up and light a fire, it will explode completely!
At this time, Li Zhuiyuan heard the sound of dense water flow, not from animals or fish, and very slight.

He began to locate the locations in his mind based on the sounds, and then he soon realized that the bodies began to move slowly after they surfaced.

Tan Wenbin: "Hey, where did the bodies next to me go? There were several of them leaning against me just now, but now they are gone."

Xue Liangliang: "I can only touch one here."

Li Zhuiyuan immediately said, "Brother Liangliang, feel around the body next to you and see if you can find other bodies."

"Okay, wait a minute." After a series of water flowing sounds at a close distance, Xue Liangliang replied, "Xiaoyuan, there are both in front and behind, they seem to be lined up."

Tan Wenbin: "Queueing, what for?"

Li Zhuiyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "They are building a bridge for us and guiding us to land."

Xue Liangliang was startled when he heard this, but then he immediately realized that something was wrong: "Damn it, thank you!"

Xue Liangliang asked: "Xiaoyuan, the direction is to follow the direction your head is pointing, right?"

"Yes, follow this direction first."

"Then you guys follow and carry these bodies over. Don't fall behind. I'll be the first, Binbin will be the second, and Runsheng, you and Xiaoyuan will be behind."

Next, four people walked in the pool, holding the corpse as if it were a railing.

These corpses are generally fat, but some are thin. They are people who were killed recently and thrown in, and have not had time to turn into giants.

Especially when passing by a most normal corpse, Li Zhuiyuan's left hand passed by, and perhaps by coincidence or something else, it happened to be embedded in the other person's hand, and for a moment, he could not pull it out.

"Xiaoyuan?" Runsheng, who was behind him, saw the boy stop and asked hurriedly.

"I'm fine." Li Zhuiyuan used his other hand to touch the face of the corpse.

He can’t do the blind man’s bone-feeling, but he either has or has had these two elements.

Through touch, Li Zhuiyuan's mind emerged with the face of the corpse. Although it was not very clear, he could recognize that he was Zhu Yang.

Li Zhuiyuan withdrew his hand from Zhu Yang's face and wanted to pat his chest to signal his condolences.

Although it does feel a bit strange to advise the deceased to mourn.

But now, we can only regard it as his death with regrets.

However, when he clapped his hand, it sank into the opponent's chest.

He... had been disemboweled.

Li Zhuiyuan really couldn't understand why the villagers not only killed people and robbed things, but also treated the corpses like this.

No, a more reasonable explanation should be that the body was not insulted after death, but was tortured to death.

Then he recalled what he saw when he kicked open the door of the house as a ghost, the corpse water on the bed and in the cupboard, and the bacon that Tan Wenbin had taken.

It is hard to imagine that in this day and age, there is still such a strong evil that still exists in the world.

I reached my hand into Zhu Yang's chest and felt something hard and thick inside. If I grasped it carefully a few times, I could crush it into pieces.

It's a book.

These were the thick pirated novels printed with ink that Zhu Yang kept in his car and read in his spare time.

They stuffed all these books into Zhu Yang's body.

"I understand."

The hand that was originally holding Li Zhuiyuan loosened.

The boy pulled his hand away and without stopping, continued to move forward and caught up with the two people in front.

The area of ​​this pool of water was so huge that even though there were corpses to lean on for support, everyone gradually became exhausted.

If there were no corpses as "signposts", it would be almost a pipe dream to find the shore in complete darkness. Even if Runsheng swam in one direction with all his heart, he would deviate from the straight line if he went too far.

Finally, the sound of water was heard ahead and we reached the shore.

Runsheng was behind and helped Li Zhuiyuan up the rock.

Four people, all lying on the ground exhausted, gasping for breath.

Li Zhuiyuan: "The time inside the space layer is probably the same as outside. It should still be dark outside now. Let's not delay and get out while it's still dark."

All four of them stood up. Except for Runsheng, the other three started shaking as soon as they stood up. This was because they had been soaking in the water for too long and were no longer used to the gravity of land.

Xue Liangliang: "The last body was facing diagonally towards this side. Let's go in this direction."

The four of them walked along the small protrusion outside the rock wall. They could feel the twists and turns here, but the more they walked, the more they could feel the wind. Faintly, they could also see a little light, which was the moonlight.

Beside the crowd, the pool of water also shrank and became something like a stream. It seemed that the villagers would not go so far inside when throwing the body, but would throw it outside and let the water carry the body into the deepest pool.

I continued walking outside, and finally the view became clear and I saw the moon above my head.

This place should be located at the foot of the hillside where the village is located, and the path leading to the main road is on the other side of the village.

Li Zhuiyuan and Xue Liangliang pointed in the same direction at the same time, which was to go into the mountains.

It was obviously impossible to go back to the main road through the village. If we were discovered, we would be seeking death. The only option was to go around the mountain.

This time, it was Li Zhuiyuan who was walking at the front of the team. Not long after they went up the slope, the boy heard a noise in his ears, and he immediately raised his hands and made a downward movement.

Everyone squatted down and didn't move.

Li Zhuiyuan slowly moved forward. He had good hearing and soon heard a conversation coming from the bushes under the tree above the slope. It was a man and a woman:
"Why are you so impatient? Don't tear my pants!"

"Why don't you take it off quickly? It's driving me crazy."

"I'm taking it off now, let go, or I won't let you do it anymore."

"My dear aunt, please don't waste time. Your man drank at night, but he can hold his liquor well. He might wake up in the middle of the night. What if he finds that you are not lying by his bed and comes out to look for you?"

"What are you afraid of? It will be the middle of the night when he wakes up. Isn't that enough time for you to do it once?"

"I want to do it once, take a break, and then do it again."

"Look at you, you dead man."

Soon, muffled groans from a man and a woman were heard from the other side.

Li Zhuiyuan turned sideways and gestured to Runsheng behind him, indicating that there were two people under the tree above and that he should subdue them later.

Worried that Runsheng would have some concerns and be alerted by the other party after the accident, Li Zhuiyuan even made a gesture of wiping his neck, meaning that Runsheng could choose a more extreme way of handling the situation.

Runsheng nodded vigorously.

But when Li Zhuiyuan just made a gesture to take action, the muffled groaning sound from the other side ended with the man's long moan.

Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng froze in place.

The boy thought that his gesture speed was very fast, but he didn't expect that the other person was even faster.

"How are you? Are you comfortable?"

"You feel comfortable, but I can't get you down."

"It's okay. It will take a long time to wait for the second time."

"The village chief should have beaten a fat guy this time, right?"

"Fat ass, the car is equipped with steel cables."

"How is that possible? I heard that steel cables are very valuable."

"It's valuable, but it's hard to sell. It will be too conspicuous in the town at the foot of the mountain. The car can only be dismantled and sold as scrap metal, and it can only be sold bit by bit."

"What about cash?"

"We do have some cash, but the village chief said that the four fattest young men are missing. They were well dressed and it looked like they had a lot of money in their pockets."

“Where can people go?”

"Who knows? Originally, the village chief was planning to organize everyone to go up and down the road to look for it, but something strange happened in the village, so today we can only ask someone to come and perform a ritual, so everything is delayed."

"This is really strange. There was no one there, but the two doors broke open by themselves, and the cabinets inside were opened. Several bundles of corn cobs that were drying in front of my house were also lost, and the bacon in the house was stolen. It's very weird. What do you think? Could it be that the wronged ghosts came out to cause trouble?"

"What are you afraid of? Just like the village chief told us, no matter how powerful a ghost is, it is afraid of a butcher. Besides, in our village, everyone, from the old to the young, has blood on their hands.

In the eyes of ghosts, our village is the real living devil, hahahaha!"

"How can there be such a fast-moving living devil?"

"It doesn't count for the first time. Wait for me to slow down for a while. I promise to satisfy you."

"This time, I didn't get much profit."

"It's okay. The village chief has found the driver's home address and the village phone number. He also found a love letter that the guy wrote to his wife and a letter to his daughter in the car. He will call her and lie to her that her husband was in a car accident and is in the hospital. He will ask her and her daughter to come quickly with the family money. His wife is not too old and can still give birth, and his daughter is not too young either. They can both be sold for a good price."

"Why don't you just buy it?"

"What are you talking about? I can't afford two."

"How dare you think of that!"

"I'm just teasing you. Don't you know that you are the only one in my heart?"

"Oh no, the light in my house is on, that thing is awake, I have to go back quickly."

"Damn it! One day, find a chance and give him a blow on the back of the head and throw him into the pond. That way, we won't have to be so sneaky in the future."

"If he dies, it's not your turn. I have to ask the village chief first."

"It's okay. Stolen ones taste better."

"Stop talking nonsense and help me think about how to explain it when we get back."

"Just say you saw a fox stealing bacon, and you went out to chase the fox."

The two of them quickly packed their clothes and then hurriedly ran back down the slope, above the heads of Li Zhuiyuan and the other three.

After they left, the four of them got up and walked up the slope again.

When walking, everyone was extremely careful, for fear of traps.

Fortunately, there were no dangers along the way. Perhaps, compared to hunting animals, the people in this village prefer hunters.

After a lot of effort and going around a long circle, we finally reached the top of the mountain.

This terrain is difficult to climb but easy to go down because there is a smooth mountain surface.

From here, you can overlook the entire village, because the ancestral hall is located at the highest point of the village on the mountain side, so if you slide down here, you will land behind the ancestral hall.

"Okay, we'll drop you off here. Brother Liangliang, Brother Binbin, you just need to keep going forward. You'll be on the main road after you get off this mountain. Remember, don't walk on the main road, walk on the side of the road, walk to the town, and call the police.

If you see a truck with a foreign license plate, try to stop it and ask for help."

Xue Liangliang asked in confusion: "Xiaoyuan, what about you? Aren't you going down with us?"

Tan Wenbin licked his lips vigorously: "Brother Xiaoyuan, I think it's okay for Brother Liang to go to the police alone."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No, it's easy to get into an accident alone, and the mountain road is not easy to walk on."

"Okay then." Tan Wenbin looked disappointed.

Xue Liangliang glanced at Tan Wenbin, then at the calm Runsheng, and finally, his gaze fell on Li Zhuiyuan and asked seriously:

"Xiaoyuan, tell me the truth, what on earth do you want to stay for?"

The boy smiled shyly, turned around and looked at the quiet and peaceful village below in the night, and answered in a clear childish voice:
"This village is too quiet. I want to make it lively."

(End of this chapter)