sunk in yesterday

As Xia Zhuo said, from sunset to dark, the only child they saw under the age of ten was the little girl named Wan'er.

The ancient people valued fertility, because of the shortage of labor force and the scarcity of population, they urgently needed the next generation to continue the incense.

After thinking about this, the matter became unbelievable.

"Indeed! I only noticed this when you said that. The population of this village is too old." Shen Wei heard this, and moved towards the two of them, intending to join this topic.

"Either the children are kept at home and not released, or as we have seen, there are not many children here." Xia Zhuo recalled the details of the conversation between Wan'er and her father, "It should be the latter. Wan'er Her father did not stop her from going out, but also made kites for her, acquiescing that she can come out as usual with a new kite. And have you noticed? The mother we met at the end said: "Our family can You girl', she's nervous about her own children, so something happened to this village that made their offspring scarce."

He cast his eyes on the temple not far away, "Goddess Temple... Is there any saying about this kind of temple in reality?"

"It seems to be...very familiar, but I can't remember, hehe." Shen Wei thought for a while but couldn't remember it, so he gave up.

"I know something." Kong Man sat with his legs crossed, half of his body was illuminated by candles, and his neck was hidden in darkness.Facing the three of them, he spoke at a normal speed: "It is said that the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven died before she was married, so people built a temple at the place where she died, and named it the Goddess Temple."

"Yes! That's the legend." Shen Wei patted his round belly, "I remembered it as soon as I said it, and I went to pay special visits. It is said that in the early years, there was a woman in the Goddess Temple who had an affair. I was almost paraded naked, and I don’t know what will happen next.”

Xia Zhuo roared: "You remember this kind of affair clearly."

"You can't say that." Shen Wei said seriously: "According to research, people memorize gossip events a hundred times faster than reciting memorization, because this is caused by human nature."

"So did you go because you heard about the affair or did you really want to pay respects?"

"It's boring to talk too much about some things."

Xia Zhuo felt that Shen Wei was funny, and wanted to tease him a few more words, when suddenly a hand appeared from his waist.He looked up at Guan Yuzhou. The man was resting with his eyes closed, with no expression on his face, as if he was really asleep.

"Are you jealous again?" Xia Zhuo asked with a smile.

Guan Yuzhou narrowed his eyes, stared at him lightly, and quickly closed them again.

It's been a long time, and the stinking problem of being too possessive just can't be changed.Xia Zhuo smiled so much that his face almost bloomed, and he waved his back to Shen Wei as if chasing flies, "Stop talking, go to sleep."

"Ah? Oh... good night, brothers." Shen Weigang was excited when he saw Xia Zhuo yawned, so he had to move his buttocks and go back.

As soon as he felt the young man sticking to him, Guan Yuzhou folded his arms and wrapped the man in his arms, making a full possessive gesture, speaking as if ordering him, "Go to sleep."

Xia Zhuo whispered: "I haven't even bothered about you seducing that aborigine."

Guan Yuzhou knowingly asked, "When?"

"When you were in the village just now, don't pretend to be garlic!"

"I didn't." Guan Yuzhou denied it.

"Hmph, you still speak so politely, is it because you are afraid that the little girl won't understand you?"

Guan Yuzhou smiled and pinched his waist.Not to be outdone, Xia Zhuo pinched back, put his hands in his clothes to keep warm and didn't take them out, took advantage of the situation and wiped some oil on his firm abdominal muscles, said arrogantly: "Mine."

"Well, yours." Guan Yuzhou responded in a low voice, his brows and eyes softened.

Xia Zhuo rubbed his head against his chest, the familiar smell of Deng Deng's body occupied his nostrils, and then he closed his eyes contentedly.

It was just dawn the next day, and Kong Man got up from the ground very punctually.

Before Xia Zhuo was fully awake, she heard Shen Wei complaining not far away: "Hurry up and go home, my old waist... I really miss the 1.5-meter single bed at home."

"...Is 1.5 meters long or wide?" Xia Zhuo spoke in a daze.

"Of course it's wide, 1.5 meters long so I can't curl up like a shrimp?"

"Oh……"

Guan Yuzhou kissed the top of his hair, "Wash your face and wake up, we are already getting up late."

When it was too late, Xia Zhuo quickly opened his eyes and sat up.

"The ancients had a healthy schedule. Even the emperor had to go to court on the fifth watch, so he had to get up at three or four o'clock." Shen Wei was quite particular, and he did a few rounds of stretching exercises on the edge of the cliff, babbling Said: "In reality, I often go to bed at four or five o'clock. But this is what happened in college. I don't dare to go to work now. I feel that my body is not as good as it was a few years ago. I can't bear this exhaustion. Hey, actually, dreaming is more or less beneficial, at least it makes me cherish my life..."

The fog cleared yesterday when I entered the village, but now it is hazy again in the distance.

The pile of rubble where they rested has become damp, and crystal clear drops of water are also clinging to the weeds drilled from the cracks in the rocks. The sky above their heads is like gray lead. If there is no accident, today will It will be cloudy.

"... I don't know how those three guys lived last night, did they find a place where they would stay for the night... Hey! Someone went up the mountain." Stretching his waist, Shen Wei suddenly saw the small road they came from. There was movement on the road.

Guan Yuzhou asked, "About how many people?"

Xia Zhuo also went up, the sky was not yet completely bright, some of them lit torches, and the fire light was diffused in the fog, it was a bit troublesome to count the number of people.

"Twenty or so?" Shen Wei estimated blindly.

Guan Yuzhou put on his coat, "Go, go and have a look."

When they arrived in front of the temple, the villagers had not yet passed through the bamboo forest.They chose a taller bush to hide. Within 2 minutes, sporadic jumping flames entered the field of vision, and the water vapor hit the burning torches and made crackling sounds from time to time. The leader had half-white hair and was wearing a white robe. The walking speed is very slow, but the other villagers behind him have always followed behind him, and it can be seen that he should be a highly respected character.

They carried some baskets in their hands, some were covered by cloth, some were not, and they were generally filled with food, cakes or fruits for worship.

"Uncle Wang, everyone has done everything according to what you said before. Look... If there is no problem, the ceremony of inviting the gods can start today, right?" When approaching the gate of the temple, a villager cautiously asked.

"You'll have to see it to know exactly how."

The person known as Old Uncle Wang stretched out his hand, and the person who asked the question immediately took out a black key and handed it to him, with a flattering smile on his face: "Just look at it."

Shen Wei almost jumped up excitedly, and immediately pointed out: "Look! That person has the key!"

"Hush—" Kong Man hurriedly held him down.

Xia Zhuo carefully looked at the person in charge of the key. The person was about the same age as himself, but thin and thin, with a scar on his face.This scar slid from the brow bone all the way to the chin. It looked shocking. Without the support of superior medical conditions, it looked like a big ugly centipede.

During this period, only this old man Wang and Centipede Face were talking, and the dark villagers behind had never spoken, all of them had expressions of worry or fear on their faces, it was obvious that the right to speak was in the hands of these two people inside.

Uncle Wang opened the chain of the temple door with a key, and threw it on the ground with a heavy sound.

"Hang it up after it's finished? Wait for me to do it?" He kicked the plaque, full of airs and arrogant.

"Isn't this waiting for you to check? If you don't nod, how dare we make decisions by ourselves?" Centipede Face quickly reached out to greet the people behind him: "The master said so, come here soon!"

Three men rushed out from the crowd, and while answering, they lifted the ladder and hung up the plaque.

The plaque was hung flat and stable, and the centipede rubbed its hands on its face and asked, "Look, how is this hanging?"

"Alright." Uncle Wang smoothed his beard, raised his legs and stepped into the courtyard.

The house is not big and cannot accommodate so many people to go in together, some of them had to wait outside the door.The last person to go in closed the door again, which made Shen Wei anxious. He always wanted to hook his head to see what was behind the wall. Seeing that posture, he wanted to take out a gun from his pocket and suddenly get in the way of the door. Everyone is resolved.

"Aren't you all in a hurry?" Seeing that the three around him could still squat, he asked scratching his head.

Guan Yuzhou said lightly: "If you can't squat, you have to squat."

Shen Wei didn't know what they were waiting for, so he could only force himself to be patient.

Fortunately, not long after, Uncle Wang pushed open the door and walked out, his hand on the goatee was still not loose, he stroked it once and for all, "Everything that should be there is here, just the last step for tonight." He went to Glancing back, he blew his beard and stared again: "All of your heads are made of wood? Didn't you see the altar? Put everything you brought, including incense and candles. Remember what I said? Three long and two short ,Indispensable."

The man with the basket hurried in again.

Only then did he return his gaze to Centipede Face, "Everything is going according to plan. Light the incense and candles after dark, as long as today is over—bad things turn into good things, and every family in your village will be full of children and grandchildren."

"An expert is an expert." The centipede smiled happily and applauded.

"How many times have I said—we don't want to be called here."

"Hey, good, old man Wang! Oh, in this world, there are not many people as low-key as you..."

"The polite words will be avoided." Uncle Wang raised his chin, rubbed his fingers back and forth, and asked in a low voice, "Are you ready?"

Centipede laughed loudly, and then pressed his hand after laughing: "You have a lot of points, and I have prepared them all for you."

Only then was Uncle Wang satisfied, and he raised his hands, "Then I'll do the Dharma for you."

Their voices fluctuated, and they were hard to hear behind the bushes.Shen Wei saw the old man singing and dancing, and sprinkled some rice on the ground from time to time, "What is he doing, is he bewitched?"

Xia Zhuo said, "It's doing things."

"What did they say just now? I'm confused."

"They want to set up a temple to invite the gods. This old man called Wang should be a god stick or something. They asked him for money just now." Xia Zhuo imitated the old man Wang's movements, rubbed his fingers treacherously, and returned Really taught him seven or eight points of the essence.

Shen Wei said, "It must not be a good person."

"How can you be sure?"

"I'm a good judge of people."

Xia Zhuo tilted his head, "The one with the scar on his face?"

Shen Wei said firmly, "They are not good people either." He narrowed his eyes, "The group of people who went up the mountain are very strange. It seems that there are not many good people."

"Huh."

"To be honest, I have studied facial features for a while." Shen Wei raised his eyebrows triumphantly, "The master who taught me said that I am a rare genius, so it is accurate to calculate."

"Then you show me?"

"Okay!"

Shen Wei stared at him carefully, from his lips to his ears, his expression gradually became weird.The weirdness was fleeting, and soon he looked the same as before, smashed the sign and said: "Just kidding, in fact, my reading is not very accurate, haha."

"I didn't have much hope for you at first." Xia Zhuo also smiled, not taking it seriously.

This ceremony lasted until noon.

After dancing for a while, Old Man Wang stopped to mutter words, and then continued to dance. He is very strong at his age and has such physical strength.When the time was almost up, he waved his hand and said that he had done everything he could do, and he just waited. Then he turned and went back down the mountain, he should go to rest.Centipede Face sent the rest of the people back to work by the river in the field, but only one was left behind.

The man he left behind had a pale complexion, and he seemed to have suffered from illness for a long time, and his steps were a little sloppy when he walked.

"Lao Li, what's the matter?" the man asked Centipede Face.

Centipede Face looked around vigilantly, and whispered something in his ear.

The man's expression changed, "And kill again?"

The centipede saw that he had no guts, and sneered: "What? If you kill one, you're killing, and if you kill two, you're killing. Don't forget, the two of us are colluding. If you don't do it, the whole village will not be able to feel better."

"But didn't we agree back then? Just do it that time!"

"I never thought that what happened today would happen!"

"..."

The two were relatively silent, and the tone on the centipede face eased, "Once the temple is established, it will be over. Aren't we all for this village? If you let him out of the village, he will sue the officials for everything he knows. You can't handle murder!"

The man was frightened by him, his hands trembled, and his face became even more ugly, "Okay, I'll do it, it's the last time!"

Centipede Face nodded, "Be clean."

After the two exchanged, the man left first.Centipede Face checked the door lock, put the key back in his pocket, and then went down the mountain.

When there is no one left in front of the temple, the light meter lights up.

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"Points!" Shen Wei was very excited, "Sure enough, there is meat to follow you!"

Kong Man lowered his wrist, he couldn't squat any longer, and simply sat on the ground, "What did he say in that man's ear just now?"

Shen Wei shrugged, "Who can hear whispers clearly, anyway, I don't have good ears."

Guan Yuzhou looked at Xia Zhuo, "Did student Xia hear that?"

Xia Zhuo obediently raised her hand to speak: "Report to the teacher, I heard."

Shen Wei couldn't believe it, and stared at him: "You can't hear what they are talking to your ears from more than 20 meters away?"

Xia Zhuo took it for granted: "Yes."

"What did you say?"

"He said—'Kill the man surnamed Wang'." Xia Zhuo sighed: "You are really right, he is not a good person. It seems that on the one hand, the other party has opened his mouth, and on the other hand, this magic stick knows Some 'secrets' about the village."

Guan Yuzhou nodded: "Well, this secret may have been many years ago. Last night, the girl said that there is no family surnamed Liu in Murakami. It should be just 'now'."