As the night darkened, a crescent moon appeared and disappeared among the clouds. The bus moving at a constant speed on the road ran over a rock and bumped a few times. Even Xiaoping was jolted awake. On a sunny day, under the dim light of the street lamps, one can vaguely see the gradually narrowing road and the blurred mountain outline on the side of the road. There are no other vehicles on the road. Even Xiaoping took out his mobile phone and glanced at it. It was already 35:[-] in the evening.

There were more and more stones scattered on the road, and the bumpy road section woke up the light-sleeping passengers in the car one after another. Even Xiaoping went to the driver and asked, knowing that they got off National Highway 307 more than an hour ago , has entered the border of Cheonan Province, but there are still more than four hours' drive away from the planned destination.

More than 30 passengers on the bus, including Lian Xiaoping, were young people. Most of them were classmates in the same class. They had just graduated from high school and were traveling together during the summer vacation.They reported to a Kapok travel agency, which is a travel agency that specializes in small group travel for young people. The group leaders are also young people. Even Xiaoping is the leader of this tour group. Their destination is the new development of Tianan Province. The scenic spot, Zhiwei Ancient Land.Zhiwei Ancient Land is composed of Zhiwei Mountain Range and the continuous Lianjiao Ancient Road. In June and July, gardenias bloom all over the mountain, which is very attractive to young people who pursue romance.

On the bus, there was a young couple who didn't know those students at first, but they played cards and chatted with the students when they first set off, and now they are familiar with each other.Zhiwei Ancient Land is a newly developed scenic spot, the facilities are not perfect, the transportation is not convenient, and its entrance cannot be found in the navigation, and it is easy to get lost by self-driving, so youth travel agencies like Kapok dare to launch such a route.

In addition to the young couple, there is also a boy who is traveling alone. Originally, the students wanted to form a group by themselves. However, the route of Zhiwei Ancient Realm is immature, and there are few people who sign up. It is difficult for individual travelers like young couples and boys to form a group. He was in a group with those students.

Lian Xiaoping originally thought that we were all young people, and we became acquainted after chatting, but it turned out that the young lovers were familiar with each other, but the boy slept with his face covered from the moment he got in the car, except when he first got in the car and saw him. After a quick glance, even Xiaoping didn't quite remember what he looked like, but only remembered that his face was very pale, the kind of bloodless white, almost transparent in the sunlight.

The itinerary was much longer than expected, and the driver was not familiar with the route. Originally, it was expected to arrive at the pre-booked homestay near Zhiwei Ancient Realm after [-] o'clock, but now it may not be until early morning.The mineral water in the car has been drunk, and everyone is tired and thirsty. Even Xiaoping is afraid that the driver will be dangerous if he drives tired at night. While hesitating, he sees a bright light outside the car window on the right. The man among the young lovers Suddenly said, "There seems to be a farmhouse there."

Lian Xiaoping shouted to the driver, "Master, slow down, pull over for a while." The students all moved to the right to look. Sure enough, there was a wooden signboard door with red lanterns hanging on the mountain pass ahead, and two or three rows of bungalows behind. There are small, low-quality colored lights tied to the roof, blinking, and there is a street light on the side of the road next to the wooden door. If you look carefully, you can see the four characters "two families" on it, which really looks like a farmhouse.

The students cheered, "Go down and have a hot meal."

Even Xiaoping thought it was a good idea. He had already seen the driver yawn several times, "I don't know if I can stay overnight. Let's make do with one night and leave tomorrow morning."

The bus stopped on the side of the road, and the people in the bus began to pack their backpacks. Suddenly, there was an abrupt sound.

"If I were you, I would just stay in the car and sleep all night."

It was the boy who slept with his face covered as soon as he got in the car. He took off the clothes covering his face, revealing a fair and clear face. The female students in the front row looked back several times.He had a bad tone. Several male students felt that he was pretending since he got into the car and slept with his face covered and ignored others. Now it was even more so, so they said in a choked voice, "If you are timid, just stay in the car and sleep by yourself."

Lian Xiaoping hurriedly came out to smooth things over. He remembered the boy's name registered at the travel agency, which was Lu Tong, "Student Lu, everyone is hungry so late, why don't you go to the farmhouse with us to have something to eat."

Lu Tong raised his eyes to look at him, "In the middle of the night, you can't see any other cars on the road. A farmhouse that is still open, is it normal for you?"

Before Lian Xiaoping had time to think about it, a few boys had already shouted, "Don't worry about what he is talking about, leader Lian, let's go." Lian Xiaoping was pushed forward by the students behind him, he saw that Lu Tong was just sitting still, and could only He took the others out of the car, and the driver also left. Lu Tong refused to get out of the car, so he simply left the key to Lu Tong.

More than [-] people walked into the farmhouse in groups. The red lanterns beside the wooden door flickered in the night wind. Lu Tong looked out of the car window, a little light gold lit up in his pupils. In his sight, the farmhouse There are two blood-red smoke in the sky above.

"Two old monsters, a group of people who don't know how to live or die." Lu Tong muttered, and lay back on the seat, covering his face with his clothes.

An old and hoarse voice sounded from his backpack, rough and ugly, "34 fresh human lives, steaming hot." The voice slurped and took a sip of saliva, Lu Tong patted the backpack, "Shut up."

The voice didn't sound again, and after a while, Lu Tong opened his clothes, muttered again, got out of the car with his backpack resigned, and walked towards the farmhouse.

Inside the farmhouse, more than [-] people crowded and sat around two round tables. The old woman who opened the door was pouring hot water for them and said, "The rice has just started cooking, so we have to wait for a while."

The old woman's legs may be inconvenient, and she walks a little smoothly. Her voice has a sharp feeling that makes people want her to shut up and stop talking. But for the students, including the driver and the young couple, Said that the more important thing now is to have a full meal. They chatted with each other, borrowed power banks, and the round table was placed side by side. Outside the two opposite doors opened by the round table was a patio.In the courtyard, an old man with white hair turned his back to them, and was adding firewood under a big steaming urn. The flames under the big urn sprang up from time to time, and Lian Xiaoping asked the old woman, "What is that?"

A strong smell floated out of the big urn and got into everyone's noses. A boy exclaimed, "Damn it, it smells so good."

The old woman said, "Secret broth, the bottom of this pot of soup has been boiled for almost three years, and the taste..." An indescribable sense of satisfaction emerged from the wrinkles on the old woman's face, and she said that she would fry some Dish, went to the back kitchen, the students sat and waited while chatting, a few boys who were very curious about the pot of broth came to the patio.

Lian Xiaoping walked at the back, and a few boys were poking their heads around the big urn. Lian Xiaoping had just walked halfway, when he heard a creaking sound. There was a click of the lock.The sound of metal locks colliding made Lian Xiaoping's heart tighten, and then the exclamations of the boys in front came to his ears.

A tall and burly boy fell to the ground, pointed at the big urn, trembling, "Human, human...human head."

Even Xiaoping saw a human skull emerging from the thick soup in the big urn. His legs were weak, and amidst the screams and cries of the students, he suddenly remembered the man named Lu Tong in the car just now. The boy asked rhetorically, "In the middle of the night, a farmhouse that is still open is normal for you, with no access to the village, no store, and no other cars on the road?"

No, not at all normal.

At this time, the white-haired old man, who had been turning his back on the fire, turned around. In the dark courtyard, only the colored lights of inferior plastic lamps flickered on and off. The old man's face was ferocious and strange. The students all broke down and cried, and the male students were not much better. The two young lovers embraced each other. Lian Xiaoping tried to regain his sense of responsibility as the team leader and stood in front of the students when he heard the white-haired old man say, "I count Count, how many... one, two, three, seven, four, eleven... 57... Oh, if you kill one a day, you can eat it for two months."

No one corrected his appalling mathematics. The old woman came out from the back kitchen and threw all the students into the corner of the courtyard. When she saw the driver, she was obviously disgusted and muttered, "This meat is too old." The old woman Let them squat together, pointing to the mobile phone screens that some students tried to take out secretly to send messages to the police and said, "I recognize this thing, but don't worry, no one will find this place unless we want you to come in. here."

The old man echoed, "That's right, those who send out messages should chop raw meat with a knife and eat it."

The old woman said to the old man, "Boil the water a little."

The old man added a few handfuls of firewood to the big urn, only the cries of the students and the gurgling sound of the water boiling were left in the courtyard. Even Xiaoping was in a mess, fearful and hopeless, and only a little bit of unwillingness to give up remained. Struggling as if they were dying, the students were probably the same as him at this time, regretting that they didn't listen to Lu Tong on the bus just now.

As time passed, the students became more and more desperate. The old woman looked at the big urn, "It's almost there, um, let me cook one first, let me see..." Her gaze fell on a group of people who kept shrinking back. Lian Xiaoping, who was at the front, was tapped on the person, walked over and lifted him off the ground, "Just cook this."

The old man reminded her, "The clothes have to be taken off... No, you have to wait for them to excrete cleanly. Did you forget that one almost ruined the soup last time?"

The shrill voice of the old woman said impatiently, "It's so troublesome, just dig out the intestines."

Lian Xiaoping's lips were pale, fear had already made him lose the ability to think, the old woman lifted him a little higher with one hand, and showed a long and sharp claw with the other hand, Lian Xiaoping closed his eyes tightly , the expected bloody pain did not fall on his body, and with a bang, the courtyard door was kicked open.

Both the old woman and the old man turned their heads to look at the person who came in, and saw that the boy who entered the door said nothing as soon as he came in, and two copper coins flew in his hand. Xiaoping, one ran away, and the other jumped at the boy in turn, but they were still hit by two copper plates, one on the forehead and one on the back. The copper plate was nailed, and all the actions fell to the ground as if the pause button was pressed.If you look closely, you will find that there are light golden thin streamers scratched down on the copper plate little by little, writing a word "ding" in official script.

Lu Tong glanced at Lian Xiaoping and the group of students in the corner, took out two more copper plates, and hit them on the old woman and the old man respectively. This time, the words written on the copper plates in the form of thin golden streamers were "distinctive". Character.

With a pop, the old woman and the old man disappeared in a burst of blood-red smoke, and two black and white wild boar-like beasts and two crumpled human skins appeared on the ground.The human skin fell at Lian Xiaoping's feet, causing his stomach to churn and almost spit out yellow water. Lu Tong walked around the two beasts slowly and walked to Lian Xiaoping's side.

Lian Xiaoping reshaped his values ​​of more than 20 years that he had broken into dross, and finally found his voice after a long time, "Thank... thank you Lu, brother Lu for saving...help."

Lu Tong didn't speak, the two beasts were frozen, motionless, the students who felt that they had survived a catastrophe finally came out of the corner slowly, Lian Xiaoping couldn't help asking, "Lu, Brother Lu, what is this? "

"Flower tapir."

"Yes, is it a monster?"

Lu Tong didn't answer anymore, he looked expressionless, no one of the students who saw him shot and saved his life just now dared to ask questions, but a boy couldn't wait to take out his phone and wanted to take pictures of the two tapirs, Lu Tong's gaze fell directly on his mobile phone, and the boy was too scared to move, "I want to post a circle of friends, no, can't I?" Lu Tong didn't speak, and the boy was so nervous that he stammered. , "I, I won't post anymore."

Even Xiaoping was the closest to Lu Tong, probably only he could vaguely hear Lu Tong talking to himself, "It's too late to shoot now, why didn't I think of it."

Lian Xiaoping was a little confused, what to shoot?Photograph?

At this moment, one of the tapirs suddenly moved, and it struggled up and down. The copper plate nailed to its forehead was falling off little by little. The tapir started to move, and pointed its nose at Lu Tong. End two fangs.

The students panicked again. Amidst the screams, Lian Xiaoping found a mobile phone stretched out in front of him. There was a QR code on the screen. He looked up at the owner of the mobile phone in astonishment, and heard Lu Tong say, "Scan it."

Lian Xiaoping didn't know how he scanned the QR code to add Lu Tong's WeChat friend in such a situation, and then received a mobile phone Taobao link from him.

Lu Tong said, "Take two copies."

Lian Xiaoping: ...

The author has something to say: This is probably a person who was delayed by Taobao's credit rating and his career as a celestial master is hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and loves to pretend to be tough, but he is actually more awesome than pretending to be tough?

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