Chapter 118: Childish Words of Horror
Li Daoxuan didn't want to involve Xue Rengui at first, but seeing how determined he was, he knew he couldn't convince him, so he could only agree to go to Yaowang Village with him.
The three entered Yaowang Village in the afternoon.
Yaowang Village looks very normal, not much different from any other ordinary village, except that there are some herbs drying outside every household.
"Sir, it is said that the Medicine King Sun Simiao once lived in this village for a period of time, so this place is called Medicine King Village. Many people come here to collect herbs, and there are also medicine dealers who come to buy them regularly."
Xue Rengui stood with a spear in his hand, his tiger eyes scanning the surroundings vigilantly as he explained to Li Daoxuan.
As soon as I stepped in here, that depressing feeling came back.
The people of Yaowang Village sat on both sides, looking at them with almost numb eyes. They were almost all starving to the point of being skin and bones.
Worse still, some of them just lay on the ground. If their chests were not still rising and falling, they would have looked no different from corpses.
Li Daoxuan frowned slightly.
He noticed that the herbs hanging outside some people's doors were moldy, which meant that the drug dealers who purchased them had not been there for a long time.
In addition, these villagers looked dull, pale, thin, and listless. They looked like they were often under high pressure and were mentally exhausted.
The three continued to move forward.
Xue Rengui was strong and muscular, Li Daoxuan was handsome and elegant, and Chen Ziyu was extremely beautiful. The combination of these three attracted a lot of attention.
Li Daoxuan suddenly noticed that in a corner, there was a little girl lying there looking at them.
The little girl has a pretty and cute appearance, with pigtails. Her face is a little rosy and she is not that thin.
Li Daoxuan smiled at her and was about to go up to talk to her, but the little girl showed a hint of timidity in her eyes and ran away.
A short figure blocked Li Daoxuan's sight.
He was less than four feet tall, about one meter, but looked to be in his forties or fifties, with sparse eyebrows, red eyes, a slightly dark complexion, and a hunchback.
He is a very ugly dwarf.
But the strange thing is that this dwarf is not that thin. Instead, he is slightly fat, which is in sharp contrast with the people around him.
The dwarf stared at the three people and said in a deep voice: "Three people, Yaowang Village has been closed and no outsiders are allowed to come in. You should all go back."
Li Daoxuan asked: "Who are you?"
The dwarf's gaze finally rested on Chen Ziyu. Like the men in the village, he had never seen such a beautiful woman.
Those cloudy eyes suddenly gleamed with a gleam of brilliance, and they looked Chen Ziyu up and down with a slightly excited look on their faces.
Li Daoxuan stood in front of Chen Ziyu and said in a serious tone, "You are so rude. Why are you staring at my wife instead of answering my question?"
The long spear in Xue Rengui's hand shook and nailed into the ground, his eyes as sharp as torches, staring at the dwarf.
The dwarf withdrew his gaze and said, "I am a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. Please forgive me."
After a pause, he said, "My name is Yang Er, and I am the temple priest in the Yaowang Village Mountain God Temple. This place has been in turmoil recently, so it would be best if the three of you return home as soon as possible."
Li Daoxuan shook his head and said, "My wife and I are here to visit a relative. Her name is Zhao Chenjie, and she is married to Zhao Shisan from your village. May I ask where she lives, sir?"
When the dwarf heard the three words "Zhao Chenjie", his eyes moved, and he didn't know what he remembered.
After a long while, he sighed, "Zhao is dead. I'm afraid you made this trip in vain."
Li Daoxuan looked surprised.
After a pause, he sighed, "Zhao is my wife's elder sister. If she encounters misfortune, we will go to offer our condolences."
As he said this, he gave Chen Ziyu a look.
When I heard that my sister had died, I had to show some sadness.
Chen Ziyu blinked, tilted her head slightly, and looked at him strangely.
Okay, Bai winked.
The dwarf finally told them where Zhao lived and left a meaningful sentence.
"Since you insist on entering the village, well, it's all fate."
He sighed, took a last deep look at Chen Ziyu, and staggered away.
Li Daoxuan and Xue Rengui looked at each other and both noticed the strangeness of the dwarf.
But the people in this village seem to be very strange...
The three followed the direction given by the dwarf and soon found a house covered with white cloth and knocked on the wooden door.
The person who opened the door was a young man, but he was so hungry that his face was pale and thin, he looked listless, and his eyes were a little swollen, as if he had just cried.
Li Daoxuan explained his purpose.
The young man was a little surprised and said, "My wife does have a younger sister, but I haven't been in touch with her for a long time. I heard that she married into a wealthy family."
He glanced at Chen Ziyu, almost not daring to look directly at her beautiful face.
I thought my wife was one of the most beautiful women in the village, but I didn't expect her sister to be even more beautiful.
When Li Daoxuan proposed to stay for a few days to pay tribute to Zhao, the young man's eyes flashed, and he was hesitant to speak, but finally let them in.
Just a reminder.
"You three can stay here, but remember one thing: no matter what noise you hear, don't go out at night!"
Before Li Daoxuan could ask, he turned and left.
Night falls.
Li Daoxuan and the other two sat down in the room that had just been cleaned up. It was a little damp in here and there was a faint smell of mold.
Fortunately, the bed was relatively clean and had new bedding.
Xue Rengui frowned and said, "Sir, this place is really strange. Since the relative you want to visit is no longer here, why don't you leave at night? I will definitely escort you down the mountain safely!"
Li Daoxuan shook his head and suddenly asked him a question.
"Brother Xue, he said his wife just died, but he refused to tell us the cause of death. Also, did you see the coffin here?"
Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, then said, "Yes, according to custom, the coffin should be kept at home after death, and can only be buried after the seventh day, but there are no coffins here..."
Li Daoxuan nodded and was about to speak, but suddenly his eyes moved and he found someone eavesdropping outside the door.
Xue Rengui was a step slower than him, but he also discovered it.
"who?"
Xue Rengui roared angrily, and then rushed out of the house like a tiger descending from the mountain. However, as soon as he opened the door, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, and the murderous intent immediately disappeared.
The person eavesdropping outside the door was a little girl with pigtails. She was pretty and cute, and was looking at him timidly.
"Brother Xue, let her in."
Xue Rengui nodded, trying to put on a kind smile, and said: "Little sister, you—— "
Before he could finish his words, the little girl burst into tears out of fear.
Xue Rengui was an extremely brave and heroic man, but his murderous look just now really frightened the little girl.
Xue Rengui was only sixteen or seventeen years old at the moment. He had never seen such a scene before and stood there awkwardly.
Li Daoxuan laughed and walked forward to take out some candied fruit.
The little girl's nose twitched and she stopped crying immediately. Looking at Li Daoxuan's handsome appearance, she was no longer afraid and picked up a piece of candied fruit and put it in her mouth.
Li Daoxuan discovered that she was the little girl who had been peeking at them in the village this afternoon.
"Is Zhao your mother?"
The little girl nodded as she ate.
"Where is your mother?"
"It's in the water."
The little girl spoke without thinking.
Li Daoxuan and Xue Rengui looked at each other, and then looked at the big water tank with a stone pressing down its lid in the corner of the yard...
