[Rebirth] is not the savior

The boat has been going upstream, and at the beginning, there are other small boats that are almost in the same boat behind, and finally they are the only boat that is still going up.

Ai Xiao glanced at the middle-aged man who was concentrating on sailing, knowing that he would not answer him if he asked, but he couldn't help complaining loudly in the creation cabin, "How long will it take to arrive!"

To Ai Xiao's surprise, the man actually answered this time, with a deep and hoarse voice, "Soon."

Ai Xiao still expected him to say more, but he returned to silence.

Xiaobao has been sleepy, his eyelids can't be opened very much, he must be very dizzy.

Yan Su also felt distressed watching him, but he didn't dare to stand up and walk with him, fearing that the boat would shake even more and it would make Xiaobao even more uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man said "soon" was indeed not slow. About seven or eight minutes later, the boat hit the shore with a "bang", causing the boat to shake and the people in the boat almost lost their stability.

Looking at the bow of the boat again, the middle-aged man was already planting bamboo for support at some point.

"It's time to come down!" The man disembarked first and shouted on the shore.

Yan Su was the first to walk ashore with Xiaobao in his arms. As soon as Ai Xiao landed, he felt a movement in the bag behind him, and soon the stupid dog came out and jumped on his shoulder, looking very relieved.

It seems that he is also a master who is not used to taking a boat.

Fan Siyuan was the most embarrassing. He dragged himself out of the cabin and vomited as soon as he got down.

Ai Xiao couldn't help teasing him, "Such a big man is still like this, Xiaobao is not as imaginary as you..."

Fan Siyuan bent over and retched for a while, raised his head, but didn't have the energy to talk back to Ai Xiao.

But the middle-aged man saw that he hadn't vomited, looked at the sky and urged: "Hurry up, the heavy rain will come down soon!"

Sure enough, as soon as the group of people reached the entrance of the village, the rain started to fall.

The man led them to hide in a family's house at the entrance of the village, and immediately someone came out to welcome them into the house with a very respectful attitude.

Everyone was arranged to sit in the lobby, and a woman quickly brought tea and some melon seeds and peanuts, and kindly greeted them to eat and drink.

Ai Xiao looked down at the middle-aged man sitting on the main seat while drinking tea with a calm attitude. It seems that the man who brought them into the village should have a high status in the village.

At this time, a young man ran in from outside the house and whispered something in the ear of the middle-aged man. The man immediately put down his water glass and said, "The village head is already waiting for you at the ancestral house. If everyone has had enough rest, let's start now." Bar."

I said I was here to ask for an opinion, but in fact someone had already prepared an umbrella and was waiting at the door.

Ai Xiao and Fan Siyuan looked at each other, got up and said, "Then let's go now."

Walking out of the house and following the middle-aged man to the ancestral house, Ai Xiao felt more and more wrong as he walked.

Why do people in this village look at them so strangely?In such a heavy rain, why did you come out and stand under the eaves to watch them?

Ai Xiao poked Fan Siyuan on the side, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, why do you want us to do this task? Why do I feel that the people in this village are a little abnormal?"

Fan Siyuan clenched a fist with one hand and put it in front of his mouth and coughed lightly, his eyes dodged a bit, "It is said that it is an ancestor sacrifice, and I will perform rituals for two days to pray for good weather in the village and a good harvest of food."

Ai Xiao heard it, curled his lips and said, "Then why do we have to ask for young men? Isn't our profession the same as doctors and teachers, the older you get, the more experienced you are... don't you think so?"

"Huh? Oh, yes!"

Ai Xiao looked at Fan Siyuan's reaction, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows, "What are you thinking here? I was surprised, did you have something to hide from me?"

"What, what?" Fan Siyuan heard Ai Xiao's question, became anxious and stuttered, "I, what can I hide from you?"

"Why are you stuttering?" Ai Xiao deliberately imitated Fan Siyuan, "Aren't I joking with you?"

"I bit my tongue just now." Fan Siyuan replied without looking at Ai Xiao.

"That's good, there is a saying in our hometown, saying that biting your tongue proves that you will have a good meal later! I don't know what delicious food the village head will bring to entertain us later, maybe the game on the mountain..." Ai Xiao Xiao didn't care about Fan Siyuan's small movements, but started thinking about dinner instead.

The village is not big, and it takes less than 10 minutes to walk there.

Ai Xiao put away the umbrella, looked up at the plaque above the gate - Zhou's Ancestral Hall.

Standing in the center of the ancestral hall was a white-haired old man, standing in front of the memorial tablet with his hands behind his back, and several male villagers stood on each side.

Seeing Ai Xiao and the others enter the house, the old man immediately greeted him, "Hello, I am the village head of Zhoujia Village. It is my eldest son Zhou Bo who will pick you up today. If you need anything in the next few days , you can go directly to the big house in the east of the village to find him."

Ai Xiao nodded. Zhou Bo was already standing behind the village chief. He was the son of the village chief. No wonder the villagers treated him so politely!

Seeing that they were silent, the village head spoke again, "By the way, who are the two Taoist masters?"

Fan Siyuan pointed to himself and Ai Xiao, "The two of us."

"Well, the day after tomorrow is the ancestral sacrifice. This is the ancestral hall for our ancestors. Let's see where to arrange something. Please make a list before going to bed tonight, so I can arrange for people to prepare."

"The day after tomorrow?" Ai Xiao felt something was wrong after hearing this, "Village Chief, how many days will your ancestor sacrifice be?"

"Three days."

Ai Xiao glanced at Fan Siyuan, who was looking around, sneered, and bent slightly towards the village chief, saying: "Village chief, my colleague and I have something to discuss, please wait here for a few minutes."

After finishing speaking, Ai Xiao grabbed Fan Siyuan's sleeve and dragged it aside, turned his back to the village chief and his party and said viciously to Fan Siyuan: "Brother Fan, brother Fan! I always thought you were reliable, but I didn't expect that I was blind You can only have this illusion! What else are you hiding from me?!"

Fan Siyuan put his arms around Ai Xiao's shoulders, but was thrown away by Ai Xiao, so he could only rub his hands and said in a low voice: "My girlfriend has maxed out all my credit cards, and I am in a hurry to pay off the credit card debt next week...so... ..."

"I don't want to hear about your credit card debt, I just want to hear, why don't you tell me the truth? Even if you tell me that this task will take a week, I won't push it!" Ai Xiao felt that there must be something else in it. Hidden secrets.

"This..." Fan Siyuan began to hesitate again.

"Are you going to tell me or not? If you don't tell me, I'll just ask the village chief to resign! You can do the ancestor sacrifice here alone!" Ai Xiao made a gesture to talk to the village chief.

Fan Siyuan immediately grabbed his arm and confessed, "I didn't accept this task at Juxiantang, it was introduced by a friend I know. But I definitely didn't lie to you about the salary! It's definitely higher than a B-level task... "

"Huh?" Ai Xiao raised her eyebrows and glanced at him.

"Well, in fact, this time the negotiation is about [-]..."

"What?! You actually want to take [-] yuan for yourself!" Ai Xiao was very angry when he heard it!

"Let's talk about this tonight, let's talk about it...Actually, there is one more thing I didn't dare to tell you..." Fan Siyuan began to hesitate again.

Ai Xiao was very angry, "Then you should say it or not!"

"I heard that several masters have died in Zhoujia Village." Fan Siyuan spoke quickly.

"Fuck! Then you still pick it up?! I said this place is definitely not normal, and it's eerie to come in!" Ai Xiao almost wanted to cut Fan Siyuan's head open to have a look, "You don't have to sacrifice your life if you want to make money, right?"

"Listen to me first! They all died of natural causes. The police forensic examiner checked it, and the whole village can testify. One of them fell down while walking and was pierced by a stone on the back of his head... Do you think it's unlucky? So everyone spread the word that Zhoujiacun was cursed. Otherwise, why do you think the salary is so high? Because no one dares to do it."

Ai Xiao didn't say a word after hearing this, Fan Siyuan put his arms around Ai Xiao's shoulders and flattered him, "Besides, we have fought both of the mutant devouring beasts and burned the half-body spirit, even if there is something abnormal here, it will definitely be difficult. Don’t fall for us? How about rewarding you six and four? Besides, don’t you still have those treasures that your master left for you? Absolutely no problem!”

"Oh—so I was aiming at those talismans from the very beginning..." Ai Xiao sneered, and turned to leave.

Fan Siyuan almost knelt down and begged, "Ah Xiao, help me one more time! Kanu can't afford to be hurt..."

Ai Xiao turned around, "If you use my life-saving talisman, I will get [-] and you will get [-]!"

Fan Siyuan gritted his teeth, "Deal!"

"But you'd better pray that those who died before were 'true accidents', and you don't need to use my talisman paper, otherwise I won't borrow it if you don't have enough money to pay off the credit card debt! You will pay back the last reward. I didn’t give it to me!” Ai Xiao left behind Fan Siyuan, and walked towards the village chief with a smile, “Village chief, we have discussed it, and the list of things that need to be prepared will be given to Brother Zhou on time.”

"That's good." The village head nodded, then turned around and told Zhou Bo, "Abo, take the two masters around the ancestral hall to see if there are any other needs. Remember to pick up the list in person at night."

Zhou Bo immediately answered "yes" respectfully.

The village head and Ai Xiao greeted each other, and went out surrounded by the villagers.

Ai Xiao couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw it, this village is really "strictly hierarchical"!

In fact, ancestor worship and so on are just a formality, so why do we need to pay more attention to the venue?But customers value it, and Ai Xiao is not easy to refuse.

After walking to the hall, Ai Xiao saw that the door of a room was closed tightly, and a big iron lock was hung on it.

Ai Xiao couldn't help but take a second look, and asked Zhou Bo: "What is this room for? Why is it still locked?"

Zhou Bo glanced at the locked door along Ai Xiao's finger, turned his face and still had no expression, "Oh, yes, there are some miscellaneous things. Recently, my father ordered rat poison to lock the door, so as not to affect it. Ancestral offering."

Ai smiled "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions.

At this moment, Yan Su's voice suddenly came from behind, "Little Treasure! Don't make trouble!"

Ai Xiao turned around, Yan Su saw that everyone was looking at him, while grabbing Xiao Bao who was flailing his teeth and claws towards the locked room, he explained: "If you don't get seasick, you will be naughty, maybe you are hungry."

Zhou Bo immediately replied: "I almost forgot that there is another little guy, so if there is nothing to see, I will arrange a room for you to rest and order dinner to be served early!"

Ai Xiao and his group wished to have dinner earlier, their stomachs were already empty after bumping along the way.

After getting the approval, Zhou Bo immediately led the crowd out of the ancestral hall.

Ai Xiao walked to the edge of the memorial table, and looked back at the locked door.

Why does Zhou Bo feel relieved this time?

"Gulu Gulu...hungry..." Xiaobao spat out bubbles, and said the word "hungry" indistinctly, interrupting Ai Xiao's thinking.

"Food!" Ai Xiao followed up and pinched Xiaobao's nose, scolding with a smile.

On the top of the mountain behind the Zhou Clan's Ancestral Hall, dark clouds rolled over, as if they were going to annihilate the entire mountain and the entire village...