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Chapter 1 Dead Man's Ditch

December [-]th was originally just a very ordinary day, but with the popularity of e-commerce, it has become a festival of shopping spree for the whole people.But such a shopping spree has absolutely nothing to do with Dead Man’s Valley, a place hidden in the deep mountains and old forests where electricity and running water are not popular.

Even the name of the Dead Man's Valley is an unknown place. Not only is it inaccessible and sparsely populated, even birds and animals don't like to set foot in it.But in the depths of the dead man's ditch, there is still a village inhabited by mountain people. Of course, the name of the village cannot be called the dead man's village, and that would be too unlucky.However, in fact, the name Yinhun Village is not much better if you think about it, but you don't know why the ancestors gave such a weird name to the place where they lived.

On the only mountain path leading to Yinhun Village, a young man dressed in a black pipa-sleeve Taoist robe came slowly and calmly. The hairpin is coiled into a bun.He was holding a black cat in his arms. The black cat had a pair of emerald green eyes. It looked like an ordinary native cat. In the current popular saying, it was the so-called Chinese pastoral cat.

It was evening at this time, and every household in the village was preparing to make dinner. For those who had dinner early, the smoke was already curling up from the chimney.When the young man walked into the village entrance, he saw a man about his age in casual clothes talking with the villagers. He had a black briefcase under his arm, a black leather notebook in his left hand, and a pen in his right hand. Looking at something, it doesn't look like a local villager.

The villagers who were talking to the man soon noticed the appearance of the young man, looking at him with some caution and indifference.

However, after seeing the young man's attire, the indifference in the eyes of the villagers subsided a little, and one of the old men took the initiative to go over and say hello: "This Taoist priest is polite, I don't know why you are here?" The old man spoke half a word Not in vain, obviously educated, and probably has some status in the village.

The young man put the black cat on his shoulders, bowed his hands as a salute, and said, "Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun! Poor Dao Cao Qiulan, traveled far away."

To be honest, Cao Qiulan was clean, even his cat was clean, and he didn't bring any luggage on him, so he didn't look like a person who traveled far.But the old man didn't raise any doubts about it, so he continued: "It's getting late, and I want to stay in Guicun for one night, I wonder if I can?"

As he said that, Cao Qiulan also took out his ultimatum and Taoist certificate from his sleeve and showed it to the old man, proving that he was a regular Taoist priest, not a charlatan.

After seeing Cao Qiulan's degree, the old man didn't respond yet, but the man with the briefcase looked at Cao Qiulan in surprise, as if he didn't expect that he was really a Taoist priest.However, he did not express any opinion on this. Huaguo pursues the policy of freedom of religious belief. As long as they do not preach in non-religious places or violate other laws and regulations, Taoist priests naturally enjoy all the rights and freedoms of citizens.

The old man returned the certificate and certificate to Cao Qiulan, smiled and said politely: "Of course. There is a vacant house in the old man's house. If the priest doesn't mind, he can stay in the old man's house. And this cadre Wang, it's getting late How about staying in the old man's house for a night?"

Cao Qiulan put the degree certificate and the Taoist certificate back into his sleeves, smiled and said, "If you are so poor, you will disturb the believers." As she said, Cao Qiulan nodded to the man surnamed Wang standing beside her, and glanced at him when her eyes drooped slightly There was an inconspicuous electronic watch on his left wrist, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

The man surnamed Wang didn't refuse the old man's invitation, and thanked him politely, and the two followed the old man to the village together.

Along the way, the man surnamed Wang also chatted with Cao Qiulan very enthusiastically.According to his self-introduction, he is called Wang Bin, and he is a staff member of the local civil affairs department. He came to Yinhun Village to do a resident survey.During the conversation, his eyes glanced at Cao Qiulan's left wrist from time to time.

However, Cao Qiulan's left hand was completely covered by the long sleeve of the Taoist robe and the fur of the black cat in his arms, so Wang Bin didn't see anything.

Yinhun Village is not big, and there are less than fifty households in the whole village. The three of them soon arrived at the old man's house.

The old man has no children, so the family members are very simple, apart from him there is only his wife.When Cao Qiulan and the others arrived, the old man's wife was preparing dinner in the kitchen. Seeing the old man coming back with two guests, she politely invited them to have dinner at home, asked them how they tasted, and even asked Cao Qiulan if they needed a meal. Black cat in arms prepares food.Cao Qiulan smiled and rejected the old man's wife's kindness with the excuse that the black cat had eaten not long ago.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the old man's wife went back to the kitchen to do her own work. The old man said, "Cao Daochang, Wang Gan, the empty house at home has been unoccupied for a long time, and we have to clean it up at night before we can live in it. How about going to the main room for tea?" In the ancient village in the deep mountains and old forests without electricity, it was going to be dark soon, and Cao Qiulan and Wang Bin had no other choice, so they followed the old man to the main room as usual.

After the guests and hosts sat down, the old man took out an iron pot containing tea, brewed a pot of tea, and poured a cup for himself and Cao Qiulan.The teapot is an ordinary ceramic teapot, and the teacup is an ordinary glass cup. The tea leaves look beautiful when brewed, and the aroma of the tea leaves one feeling refreshed.Cao Qiulan has a hobby of drinking tea on weekdays, and at this moment he is even more delighted to see Lie Xin, so he can't help but take a sip from the teacup, letting the tea soup flow in his mouth. "Good tea!"

The old man seemed very happy to receive such a compliment from Cao Qiulan, and said with a smile, "This is just wild tea in the mountains. Before the rain this year, I went to the mountains to pick and fry it myself. If the Taoist priest likes it, he can give some to the Taoist priest to take away. "Cao Qiulan shook his head and politely rejected the old man's kindness. Although he loves tea, he knows the truth that no merit is rewarded. Moreover, although the tea is good, it is not so good that he can't give it up.

Listening to their conversation, Wang Bin couldn't help picking up the teacup and took a sip out of curiosity. The moment the tea soup entered his mouth, a bitter feeling exploded in his mouth. swallowed.He doesn't pay much attention to tea, and he doesn't usually drink tea. To him, tea is just one of the many thirst-quenching drinks, and maybe it has a refreshing effect.Therefore, he really didn't understand what was so good about this bitter tea.

During the conversation, Cao Qiulan and Wang Bin learned that the old man's surname was Lu, and he was the most educated person in the village. Although he did not go to a formal school, he had received an old-fashioned education and learned things like the Four Books and Five Classics.His wife, surnamed Hu, is also literate and can speak standard Mandarin, so she is considered a literate person in the village.

After a few gossips, Wang Bin said: "Old Lu, people in this village don't apply for a marriage certificate when they get married, they don't apply for a birth permit if they give birth to a child, and they don't apply for a household registration when the child is born. Children who go to school to receive education. There are old people who died, and migrants also need to register with the government.”

Mr. Lu smiled and listened, and waited until he had finished speaking before saying: "Officer Wang, you can't talk to me about this. I'll take you to the village chief tomorrow to talk about it. We also want our children to learn knowledge, but there is no school in the village. The school is too far from the village, and it is really not easy for children to go to school. As for the migrant population, how can there be any migrant population in a place like ours? There have been a lot of people coming to play and do business recently, but who will settle down? Come and settle here with us?"

Wang Bin asked in surprise: "Someone else came to the village recently to do business? What business are you here for?"

Lu Lao said: "Just today, besides you and Daoist Cao, two groups of people came, and they arrived an hour earlier than you."

"One of them was five young people who said they were donkey friends. They liked to go deep into the mountains and old forests, and they were arranged to live in the village ancestral hall. The other group consisted of a middle-aged man and a young man. They said they were sex workers. Those who study geology and geography are arranged to live in the village chief’s house.”

Wang Bin smiled and said, "It seems that we came here by coincidence." Although he said so, there was a hint of disapproval hidden in Wang Bin's eyes, obviously he did not agree with the so-called coincidence .As a senior person, every mission he has participated in has at least five mission participants. There must be mission participants in the group of donkey friends, and it is even possible that all five of them are mission participants.

There are also those two so-called geological researchers. Wang Bin thinks that they should also be missionaries. After all, it is very dangerous to come to such deep mountains and old forests to conduct geological research. It is impossible to be accompanied by a guide or a professional expedition team. , the two of them came directly.The only thing that makes Wang Bin feel doubtful is Cao Qiulan's identity. He has come into contact with many missionaries, but there are really no religious people, not to mention that he has a cat with him.

Cao Qiulan didn't look like he was here to do a mission at all, but more like a tourist.But in such an inaccessible deep mountain and old forest, one person and one cat are lightly dressed, and the whole body is clean and tidy, which is really not like ordinary people.Although Wang Bin is no longer a novice, and his ability is not weak, but in the face of Cao Qiulan's invisible existence, he inevitably has some fears in his heart. He only hopes that the existence of this person will not affect his mission.

In the evening, after entering the room arranged by Mr. Lu, Cao Qiulan carefully closed the doors and windows.

The room is not too big or too small, and the place is very clean, but probably because no one has lived in it for a long time, there is a smell of dust, and there is no furniture except a canopy bed.Cao Qiulan wasn't picky either, she just sat down on the big soft bed with a new quilt, and put down the black cat in her arms.

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