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Ning Mianmian was quite surprised. She didn't think that the villagers would tell her the truth as soon as they came up, but she thought that Xiaofang would say "it's evil spirits" and other reasons, and sent the outsiders away.

But Xiaofang's expression and tone were very sincere, and it could even be said that she showed a bit of fear towards them, as if she didn't dare to lie.

This made her a little confused - what is Xiaofang afraid of?

Ning Mianmian thought for a while, then changed the subject and continued to ask: "I heard from Brother Wang Song that you can't sleep because of ghosts at night, so everyone has to sleep during the day. Why did you come out?"

Xiaofang said honestly: "I woke up hungry, there is no food at home, go to the village chief to get some food."

Take food?Do you have to pick up the food here?

If it was received by the village chief, would the person who put sleeping pills in their food also be the village chief?

Ning Mianmian keenly grasped the key information in her words, "Is there food at the village chief? Can we get it too?"

She looked at Xiaofang innocently, with a pitiful tone, "There is food in the house arranged by brother Wang Song, but we all can eat, so a little is not enough at all."

Xiaofang replied: "All the food in the village is distributed by the village head. The food is rationed, and every three days you get it according to the head, and no one can take more. You can get it next time, from noon to dark You can get it before, but if you don’t get it when the time comes, then this round will be regarded as giving up.”

Ning Mianmian asked curiously, "I didn't see any fields along the way, where does the village head get his food from?"

Xiaofang showed hesitation: "This... I don't know, but the rules in the village have always been like this, we can only abide by it."

After brushing so many dungeons, Ning Mianmian is no stranger to all kinds of strange rules.She described the amount of food at home, and said: "We have a lot of people, but we only get this amount. Can we get some more this round?"

Xiaofang said: "It depends on the situation. The amount of food that can be received is different every time. Sometimes there is more and sometimes less. Today is the day to receive food, but I think the food in your room is already larger than most There will be a lot more available at that time.”

Ning Mianmian was slightly taken aback.The food allocated to them can be said to be pitifully small. According to the appetite of normal people, just this little food is not enough for the six of them to eat for three days.

She glanced at the skinny Xiaofang, and her heart moved slightly.Could it be that Xiaofang is so thin because she is hungry?And if you think about it this way, Wang Song who brought them in today is also very thin...

Thinking of Xiaofang's assessment of the amount of food in their house, she couldn't help but think of a thought—could it be that the whole village is starving?

What is the reason for the villagers to end up in such a field?

Thinking of this, Ning Mianmian said softly, "There is so little food in the village, and it is really embarrassing to treat us specially."

She was faintly surprised.It is difficult for people to have pure kindness to strangers when their own food and clothing cannot be solved.If the food in the village is so scarce, the villagers themselves will be hungry, why should they provide food to a few outsiders?

Xiaofang's eyes moved slightly, but there was no obvious ups and downs in her expression. She just said, "Well...it's nothing. Anyway, we're all neighbors from now on, so we need to get along well."

Again.

Before, Wang Song advised them to "be safe when they come here", but now Xiaofang said "they will be neighbors in the future".These villagers seem to have made up their minds that they will stay in the village in the future.

Lin Cen said lightly: "We are only staying temporarily and will leave here soon."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiaofang calmly, as if deliberately waiting for her to reply.

The sudden sense of oppression made Xiaofang shrink her neck, and she said cautiously: "But, this village cannot be left, and no one can leave."

Lin Cen asked, "Never?"

"No, no!" Xiaofang shook her head again and again, her tone became a little eager, "It's never happened, it's true."

Ning Mianmian saw that she looked serious, she didn't look like she was lying.And there were already tears in her eyes, as if she was about to cry from fright.She didn't continue to ask, and instead chatted about the relaxed family stories.

During the time of speaking, the group of people has arrived near the residence.

Xiaofang pointed to the old house in front of her, and said, "It's there, you go back."

The two thanked Xiaofang and walked into the house.However, not long after Xiaofang left, the courtyard door was opened again, and two figures flashed out of the door.

Ning Mianmian and Lin Cen looked at each other tacitly, quickened their pace, and followed Xiaofang not too far or too close, all the way to a small two-story building.

This building is located in the center of the village. The yard in front of the building occupies a larger area, but it doesn't look any better than other houses.

This should be the village chief's house that Xiaofang mentioned. Not long ago, they passed by here and tried to knock on the door several times, but no one responded at all.

Ning Mianmian and Lin Cen hid behind another nearby building and looked out calmly.

The matter of receiving food is also a point that they are very concerned about.There is no source of food in the village, so where does the village chief's food come from?

Seeing Wang Song and Xiaofang's sallow and emaciated faces, they knew that the food in the village was very scarce, and they couldn't just fall from the sky. There must be restrictions or other requirements to get food.

So they wanted to see what Xiaofang and the village head would say, and what the village head's family was up to.

Xiaofang raised her hand and knocked on the door a few times.Three strokes are heavy, three strokes are light, very obvious rules.

Ning Mianmian's thoughts moved slightly. Could it be that the people in the village agreed to some secret code, and only when they knocked on the door would they open the door?

She concealed her breath and looked intently.As expected, after a while, the courtyard door was pushed open.

Sure enough, it is an excuse to say that you have to sleep during the day, and it is impossible for all the people in the village to sleep.The main reason why the villagers didn't open the door was because they didn't want to communicate with outsiders like them.

Two thin men came out, one of them had gray ears and temples, and looked at least over fifty years old, while the other turned out to be Wang Song they had just met.

Xiaofang stood in front of the door in a dignified manner, and said to the elderly man, "Village Chief, I'm here to get the food."

She looked around and said something in a low voice.The voice was too low, Ning Mianmian couldn't hear clearly.

But she saw that the village chief's face changed slightly, and he thought for two seconds before speaking, "Come in and talk."

***

At the same time, Luo Fu and Jiang Wan walked another road in the village.

Here near the edge of the village, wisps of white mist envelop the surrounding vegetation with a veil, making the vision hazy.

The two searched carefully in the divided area, but found nothing else.The doors and windows of the villagers were closed tightly, and there was silence.

Love also sneaked over the wall and entered the courtyard to investigate, but she still couldn't see anyone.But the door of the house was locked from the inside. For the sake of this, it would be impolite to trespass. There was no way to ask anything, so I had to wait until night.

However, on the way back, Love suddenly stopped and stopped.

Jiang Wan, who was walking in front of her, noticed it, turned around immediately, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Love took a few steps in a certain direction, sniffed lightly with the tip of her nose, and said, "It smells like blood."

She often prepares various medicines, and she is especially sensitive to the smell, and can tell immediately if there is a slight difference.

Jiang Wan's eyes changed, "Go and see."

After walking for a short distance in the direction directed by Love, Jiang Wan also smelled a faint fishy-sweet smell in the air, and the closer he got, the more obvious the smell became.

Soon the two stopped on the outside of a courtyard wall. When they got here, the smell of blood could no longer be concealed, and it wafted out of the courtyard along the cold wind.

The two looked at each other, and they jumped over the wall and entered directly at the same time.

What caught my eye was a dazzling red.

The blood on the ground flowed like a river, and the uncoagulated blood was still spreading in all directions, dyeing the yellow-brown soil red inch by inch.

Standing in the middle of the courtyard was a tall young man, about 25 years old, with a handsome face and a black tattoo of thorns on his wrist. He still looked out of tune with the general environment of the village.

There was a dead body lying beside the man's feet. It could barely be seen that it was a middle-aged man, and his death was extremely miserable.His eyes were wide open, his expression was distorted by fear, his chest and abdomen were completely opened, and his internal organs were mixed together, turning into balls of meat paste.

The man standing in the pool of blood seemed completely unaffected by this tragic scene.He stood leisurely, with one hand in his pocket and a man in the other.The man's body was covered with wounds, his head hung lifelessly, and he was completely out of breath.It can only be judged from her hairstyle and figure that she was a petite and thin woman during her lifetime.

The visual impact was too great, Love took half a step back in shock, and then his expression gradually became a little dignified.

She suddenly recalled the bloody clues in the residence just now, it was so cruel, it was exactly the same as the man in front of her.

Jiang Wan took a step forward and protected him behind him.The black long sword in her hand was surging with sword energy, and it made low noises from time to time, as if she sensed the approaching danger.

Facing the two intruders, the man looked calm and raised his eyes lazily, "Miss, what are you doing?"

Jiang Wan's eyes darkened slightly, and she said coldly, "You killed the person?"

The man said frankly, "It's me."

As soon as he let go, the woman's body slid softly to the ground.He didn't even look at it, just took out a tissue from his pocket and slowly wiped the blood from his fingertips.

He asked, "You two, are you outsiders?"

Jiang Wan didn't answer, she swung her sword horizontally, and her tone was murderous.

She said, "Why kill?"

"Why?" The man smiled, and threw the blood-stained tissue aside casually, "My curious lady, if I say that the two of them conspired against me for their own self-interest, it's a pity that they kicked the iron plate and was turned back by me. Kill, will you still sympathize with them?"

After hearing this, Love's eyes moved slightly, and she couldn't help asking, "Is what you said true?"

If what the man said is true, then it can barely be regarded as self-defense...

But does self-defense need to do this?Or, is there any other grievance between them?

The man didn't answer, just looked at her and smiled, "This village can turn normal people into lunatics, I hope you are lucky enough."