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Is there something buried in the soil?

Wang Sheng was a little puzzled, so he couldn't help speeding up his movements.When the little part of the object in the soil was finally exposed and could be seen clearly, he was shocked and couldn't help throwing the hoe and retreating.

The thing buried in the ground turned out to be a human skeleton!

The muffled sound of farm tools being thrown on the ground startled Jiang Xun who was still in the house.

As soon as he walked over, he saw Wang Sheng staring at the ground in front of him with a pale face, so he couldn't help but quicken his pace.Fortunately, the other party was not hurt except for being a little frightened, which made him a little relieved.

He knelt down and stared at the corpse for a second, then said in a deep voice, "The time of death is no more than two weeks."

Although Jiang Xun has lost part of his memory now, some things seem to have formed a conditioned reflex, and he can blurt out almost without thinking.

Wang Sheng's face was very ugly. This person was not put in a coffin after death, but was buried in the ground so casually.Even the person who buried the corpse didn't bother to dig a deeper hole, and almost just pressed a thin layer of soil on the corpse and it was done.

Reminiscent of the village chief's deliberate move to let them live here, Wang Sheng felt chills and anger in his heart.

"I'm afraid this person is also a foreigner." He stared at the half-rotted corpse with a sullen face for a while, then simply found another shovel, and asked Jiang Xun to dig up every inch of the backyard.

It was a good thing if he didn't look through it, but he actually found several other corpses when he looked it up.

The degree of decay of these bones varies, but it can be seen that they all died within this month, and the last one buried in the ground should be the one that Wang Sheng accidentally discovered at the beginning.

If it was what he thought, then it meant that the people in the village were consciously killing outsiders.

An idea flashed in Wang Sheng's mind, and he suddenly squatted down and rummaged in the bamboo basket beside him.

Before the meal was thrown away, he took out the plate of stir-fried vegetables and carefully identified them, and found that the purple lentil-like flowers and leaves that he saw at the riverside were mixed in, just because they were fried together with other vegetables. , he didn't realize it at first.

When Wang Sheng first saw this dish, he felt that it was a bit inconsistent.

The stewed fish smelled a bit earthy, probably because he didn't even put the onion and ginger in.But the stir-fried vegetables on the side were filled with heavy oil and salt, and some fiery red peppers were even sprinkled on top to enhance the taste.

This move was obviously to cover up the smell of the food itself. Wang Sheng got closer and sniffed it carefully, and found that there was indeed some unexplainable strange smell in it, a bit like rotten seaweed.

No wonder, the village chief wanted to take the initiative to deliver food to them.

It's just that there are some doubts in it. First of all, they have a large number of people. If they just want to kill foreigners, they don't need to spend so much trouble.Secondly, why is there a coffin at the door of every household here?Even if he died unexpectedly due to a natural disaster, he shouldn't be buried outside the house.

Wang Sheng had a headache thinking about it, Jiang Xun who was next to him saw his face full of confusion, reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Thinking is useless, I will accompany you to see it tonight."

Even after digging up so many corpses, the atmosphere became a little heavy all of a sudden.

The two of them lost the intention of chatting, buried those corpses back, and after simply using some dry food, they began to wait quietly for the arrival of night.

It is still the season of long nights and short days, and after a few more hours, the sky is completely dark.But just to be on the safe side, they deliberately set off an hour later.

Yixi Village, which was originally dilapidated and dilapidated, looked even more empty and desolate against the backdrop of the night.The desolate moonlight elongated the figure, especially with the chilly wind passing by, Wang Sheng couldn't help shivering.

A pair of hands with enthusiasm touched his back lightly, and warm currents rose from the vest. He was shocked and looked sideways, only to find that Jiang Xun was looking around with this movement, with a very natural expression.

Suddenly, his expression changed, and his eyes suddenly locked on the crooked black coffin placed at the door of a house.

Wang Sheng understood, "Is it the one this morning?"

Jiang Xun nodded.

Although I have seen many big scenes now, it is really the first time to open the coffin.

Wang Sheng felt a little uneasy, and when he was giving himself a psychological hint, he saw that Jiang Xun, who was at the side, raised his hand naturally and opened the coffin lid.

...wait, I'm not ready yet.

Just when Wang Sheng thought he was going to face a fresh corpse, he was suddenly surprised to find that the coffin was actually empty.

For a moment, he didn't care about any fear, and directly moved closer to observe carefully.

It turned out to be an empty coffin.

Jiang Xun on the side raised his eyebrows, seeming a little surprised.

He paused for a moment, then suddenly stretched out a hand, supported the bottom of the coffin and turned it upwards.

Wang Sheng was taken aback, and it took him a while to realize that the other party was throwing weight.

Jiang Xun only lifted it up for a moment and then put it down. He shook his head and said in a low voice, "No, the weight is wrong. In the morning, there should be other things in this coffin."

Wang Sheng was a little surprised: "How can you tell?"

Jiang Xun turned his head to look at another black coffin not far away, and replied: "The action of applying force cannot be faked. And when they threw the coffin on the ground before, the sound was wrong. Now this one is too light. Gone."

What else could be in the coffin.

Wang Sheng was fluffy behind him, but saw that Jiang Xun had already gone elsewhere, so he hurriedly followed.

He quickly opened another coffin lid, and Wang Sheng stretched his head over to take a look, only to find that this one was also empty.

It took them a while to search through all the coffins in front of the houses of the villagers in Yixi Village.Sure enough, each one was empty, without even a hair inside.

It is very strange that one is empty, and all of them are like this, so there must be ghosts among them.

Wang Sheng was full of doubts, until he returned to the residence, he was still sitting on the bedside frowning and thinking hard.Unexpectedly, when he turned his head, he found that Jiang Xun was making the bed beside him with a calm face.

Seeing that his face was wrinkled into a bun, Jiang Xun said: "The water is covered with earth, don't worry."

Wang Sheng looked at his more meandering eyebrows and eyes under the candlelight, and the pressure in his heart did dissipate a lot: "I won't worry if you don't run around anymore. If you do this again next time, I really need to find a rope to tie you up." Woke up."

Jiang Xun even smiled when he heard the words, he stretched out his hand and patted Wang Sheng's dog's head, and said softly, "Go to rest early."

"En." Wang Sheng answered vaguely, and slipped into the bed that the other party had just made.

Only Jiang Xun was left with a cold back.

Jiang Xun stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt for him, blew out the candle, and lay down to sleep.

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At dawn, Zhao Hui went out with a big basin of clothes.

Since more than a month ago, those things happened one after another in the village, and the laundry and fetching of water fell on me.

The morning wind brought coolness to the inside of people's necks, and Zhao Hui shrank her red fingers from the cold into her sleeves.

She glanced at the house by the stream from a distance, it was the first family that had the accident, and now the villagers would not approach the stream at all, except for those out-of-towners.

Outlander to replace.

She knew what the villagers wanted to do, and she knew that the village head would arrange everything.As long as everyone keeps silent, those outsiders will die silently, and correspondingly, those villagers in the same village will be able to be resurrected.

But what good is it for the fellow villagers to live, they are rude and barbaric, they will only let their own children bully and insult them, they don't deserve to live at all.

Zhao Hui thought of a big brother who once came to the village to stay. He was gentle and kind, would talk to her with a smile, and would scold her stepfather when he beat her.

He deserves to live, he deserves to live more than anyone here.

But he died.

In the early morning of the second day after his death, Sun Erma, who lived next door, came home. Zhao Hui remembered the excited light in his stepfather's eyes, and his shriveled and emaciated face, like two balls of will-o'-the-wisp.

The stepfather didn't even bother to continue beating and scolding her, but grabbed her arm with a flushed face, and muttered: "Your mother will come back, and she will come back."

The arm hurts from being scratched.

Zhao Hui thought numbly, there was nothing to be happy about.

Sun Erma would only stare at him up and down with those sticky eyes, which made people fearful and nauseated.

And the elder brother who would give himself sweets and talk to him softly is dead.

Zhao Hui has never gained any kindness from others since she was a child, and those who occasionally give her a moment of warmth always leave quickly.

Maybe Mom was right.

She is really a broom star.

Zhao Hui found a place where no purple water plants grew and squatted down. She was a little afraid of these humble grass leaves.If it hadn't been for the sudden heavy rain that flooded the fertile fields, no one would have picked up this weird-tasting aquatic plant to eat.

She stared at the blades of grass for a long time with some resentment, then lowered her head weakly, shrank her head and started washing clothes.

Maybe she should keep silent like everyone else, but she couldn't help but remind one of the outlanders yesterday.

He looks a bit like the big brother before, both elegant and decent.

As Zhao Hui thought about it, the movements of her hands slowed down again.

She didn't notice that a pale and swollen arm emerged from the bottom of the water at some point, grabbing at her ankle fiercely!

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He went to bed a little late the night before, and Wang Sheng overslept without accident.

Obviously before going to bed, I made up my mind to get up early, but who would want to accidentally sleep until the sun is high.When he just woke up, his mind was still a little numb, and he sat on the bed hugging the quilt for a while before he began to dress slowly.

Jiang Xun didn't call him, and sat alone, staring out of the window without knowing what he was thinking.

Wang Sheng noticed that there was a bamboo basket at his feet, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked, "Has the village chief been here?"