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Chapter 470 The Secret of Qushui Town (please subscribe and vote monthly)
It is said that except for one room in the basement, there are not many signs of use in the other rooms.

Judging from the age of those things, it's possible that the owner who built it used it, and no one has ever entered it since. Of course, it's also possible that later generations didn't know the existence of this basement.

After Qingyan and the others heard this, they couldn't help but look over there with their spiritual consciousness. Less than seven miles ahead was Qushui Town, and sure enough, they found a ruins piled with bricks and tiles just before entering the town.

Although it has been cleaned up, there are still a lot of broken bricks and tiles scattered around, and a large collapsed pit in the middle is almost ten meters in diameter!

And that's not the area of ​​the basement, there's nearly ten times the area inside!
In addition to a larger hall-like room, there are also several corridors, which look like a simplified version of a maze.

Qingyan also saw the rooms inside. There were more than a dozen of them, and they were all empty. Only one room had tables, chairs, benches, and clothes.

Fortunately, those things were too tattered and no one picked them up, so they were left behind.

The house with those things happened to be in the exact location where it collapsed, and was directly exposed to the outside. After months of rain, wind and sun, it was now even more dilapidated.

Qingyan looked at the clothes carefully. The material looked like linen. Anyway, it should be made of cotton and linen. It was relatively rough. The color was like the color of soil. If they were thrown on the ground, they would be almost indistinguishable.

Of course, it is also possible that it has been too long and has lost its color.

Judging from the style of the clothes, although they are very tattered, you can still tell that they are men's. What is certain is that they are not Taoist robes.

Although the color of the robe is not specified, it must be cyan or khaki, and there are other colors, which vary according to local conditions, but the styles are similar.

And these clothes are obviously shorts, the kind of clothes farmers or woodcutter wear when working in summer.

It's not that Taoist priests can't wear this kind of clothes. Maybe they make this kind of clothes for convenience when working. After all, it doesn't mean that those who wear Taoist robes every day must have some work. when.

The wood used for tables, chairs, benches, and beds is a bit strange. The texture looks like willow.

Most people would not use this kind of wood to make furniture, especially beds. There is a saying that when you are alive, you will not sleep on willow, and when you are dead, you will not sleep on poplar. That is to say, when people are alive, they do not use willow trees to make beds to sleep on, and furniture is not made of willow wood, because willow wood is Used to make coffins.

When a person dies, he cannot be buried in a poplar coffin.

There is also a saying that if you don’t plant mulberries in front of you, don’t plant willows in the back. This shows that willow trees are actually not popular among people.

This is because it is generally believed that having more children means more blessings. It is also said that there are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having offspring, and willows only bloom but do not bear fruit. Therefore, it is not desirable to not plant willows in front of and behind the house, and not to use willows for furniture. The people in the family are like the willow tree that does not bear children.

For this reason, some places even cannot accept willow wood as a coffin.

There is also the custom of doing funerals. When filial sons send their old people to be buried, they will hold a mourning stick made of willow, which is also called a mourning stick in some places.

Because this stick is made of willow wood, people will think of bad things when they see willow wood, so they don't use willow wood to make furniture or build houses.

When some people visit their graves, they will insert willow trees in front of their graves or plant willow trees directly in front of their graves. Willows and cypress trees are also called staying trees and are generally easy to see in front of their graves.

Therefore, willow trees are mostly associated with funerals in people's minds, so they are not suitable for use at home.

In this case, a set of willow furniture in this basement is very strange. What kind of person would live here? It can't be a dead person, right?
This possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, the small rooms in the basement can really be used like a morgue.

Just like in ordinary temples, there are still some rituals for people's salvation. Some people also park the bodies of their family members in the temple. There must be a special place to place them.

Sigh... When you get to this place, you will find some doubts. If they don't solve these, they will always think about it. It seems that they will observe and study in secret again.

Of course, it is impossible to stay. The reason why they have lunch here is that they just walked here at noon, but there is a town not far ahead. Even those who know that there is a town ahead also stay here. Eating dry food is a bit strange.

In fact, the real reason is that there are no inns or restaurants in Qushui Town.

Strange that a town does not have such infrastructure.

Of course, it doesn't mean that no one has discovered this business opportunity. After all, on this road, although it is not an official road, there are still many people passing by. If they are passing by, there will always be people who want to go in and take a look.

As long as people come in, there will always be people who want to stay or have something to eat, so there were restaurants and inns that were opened before, and they did have business.

But the strange thing is that those restaurants and inns will catch fire soon after they open!
That's right, a fire is bound to happen, even after trying it several times.

The next two fires broke out at night. The guests who were too asleep and had no time to escape and the owner and his family in the backyard were burned to death!

Since then, no one has dared to try it again, but other shops in the town can open normally, and there are also some food, just some snacks, and no one even dares to open a small restaurant. I'm afraid that if I get into trouble, I'll be burned to death. It's not worth the loss.

Anyone who is familiar with this road knows that there is a section of the road after leaving the county where there is no place to eat, so you can only do it on the road.

Although Qingyan and the others didn't know about it before, they naturally discovered this problem now that they had explored the area with their spiritual consciousness. However, because they hadn't heard these rumors, they didn't know what was going on. They just found that the town was quite big, but there were no inns or restaurants. There isn't even a restaurant.

So out of curiosity, they asked the person not far away who was talking about the town.

Why not ask Yang Pingan? Needless to say, it was their first time taking this road, so they definitely didn’t know.

Chou Chou walked over, clasped his fists and gave a salute, and then asked: "Brother, from what you just said, you should be very familiar with this road. I have a question in my mind that I want to clarify. Ichiban.”

The man looked over and said with a smile: "Brother, you are too polite. Meeting each other means we are destined. Just ask."

Chou Chou said directly: "Since I know there is a town not far ahead, why are you still eating dry food here for lunch? Can't we just go to the town to get food? This is our first time walking this road, so we are not familiar with it. , so I saw that it was relatively spacious and had lunch here.

If I had known that there was a town not far ahead, I would have walked further and gone directly to the town to eat. "

The people chatting there all looked towards it when they heard the words. The man who was asked by Chou Chou replied: "Hey, brother, you don't know something. There are no restaurants or inns in Qushui Town. Otherwise, we I would not go to the county town to rest before. After all, accommodation and food are much cheaper in the town than in the county town.

I also heard that the reason why there are no restaurants or inns in that town is because of some kind of curse. As long as someone does these two businesses, there will be a fire and everything will be burned down.

It didn't happen once or twice, it happened five or six times. Even if I changed different bosses, it would still be the same.

In the last two times, the boss, his family and several customers were burned to death. With such a miserable ending, who would dare to do this again? I would rather not make this money, and no one would do these two businesses.

Those of us who often walk this road know it, so after leaving the county, we will eat here, and then pass directly through Qushui Town, usually not going in. "

The person next to him also nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, that Qushui Town is indeed very evil. Not only are restaurants and inns unable to operate, but snakes cannot be killed there at will. If someone kills them without knowing it, it would be really bad." I don’t know how he died.”

Chou Chou asked doubtfully: "Are there many snakes in the town? Can you encounter them at random?"

The person who just spoke shook his head, "That's not true, of course it can't be said less. You may not encounter snakes on the street anyway, but if you walk in some small alleys or places with grass, you will easily encounter snakes.

Most of those snakes will not bite people, they will just swagger past your feet or in front of you. Those who are scared or weak will not be able to help but attack.

It is said that those who have done these things will not survive more than three days, and some even die that night. The corpses have been examined before and there are no wounds on the bodies. They all have wide eyes and frightened faces, like Scared to death.

Therefore, some people also spread the rumor that there was a snake demon in the town, which was protecting its descendants. As long as someone killed the snake, it would punish those people. Later, no one dared to do so.

This rumor has been around for basically ten years. Anyone who enters the town later will be warned by the people there, but this kind of thing has never happened again.

"There are so many strange things going on in this town."

Huang Jin couldn't help but interjected.

Isn't that right? The people next to him also nodded in agreement, "There are indeed many strange things in Qushui Town, so every time we take this road, we have lunch in the county town or here, and then pass directly by Qushui Town, trying not to Enter the town.

Even if I really had to buy something, I would try my best to go in during the day. I would not dare to go in at night. Even when I passed by, I felt it was eerie.

Even though the town is quite big, there are almost no people who have moved in from outside. Even those who have married later are all relatives from the past, most of whom have lived here for generations. "

Qingyan and Qingzhu looked at each other. They thought the collapsed Taoist temple was strange enough, but they didn't expect something even stranger.

What's the point of not being able to open inns and restaurants? And since you can't kill snakes, is there really some kind of snake demon here?

Qingyan sent a message to Qingzhu, asking him to sense whether there were any of his kind causing trouble nearby.

That's not to say that killing snakes is right. They don't attract or mess with you, and they live here. Even though you say they are human, you can't just kill them when you see them.

Even if it crawls into the yard or house, as long as it is not poisonous, you can just pick it out. There is really no need to kill it when you see it.

Of course, this is what I thought after getting to know Qingzhu. After all, Qingzhu can turn into human form. Is there such a thing as a monster? He also takes good care of her, like a big sister, so Qingyan changes her mind towards all snakes. A lot.

It was still very annoying before, just like when I was fleeing with the Yangjiaping people, I ate snakes. This is because the environment has changed, and my mood has also changed.

Qingzhu followed his words and released his spiritual consciousness. Fortunately, Qushui Town was not far away, and its spiritual consciousness could be reached here, otherwise it would be impossible to detect it.

After a thorough inspection, no trace of the snake demon was found, but I sensed the aura of many similar species.

It's just that I haven't found where those similar ones are, they should be scattered everywhere.

It conveyed this discovery to Qingyan and others. After hearing this, Qingyan and others became more interested in Qushui Town.

But they had agreed to go with Yang Ping'an's family before, so they definitely couldn't stay here to investigate. Fortunately, they all have spiritual consciousness. When the time comes, they can use their spiritual consciousness to stare at this place and check it out.

In fact, Chou Chou had already explored Naqushui Town and its surroundings with his spiritual consciousness after asking that person, not letting go of anyone in heaven or on earth to see if there was something controlling all of this.

After they all finished eating, everyone started on their way almost at the same time.

Even those who ate slowly saw that everyone was preparing to leave and had just heard the rumors about Qushui Town. They all put down the dry food in their hands and packed it up together. They did not dare to act alone.

After packing up and setting off on the road again, Chou Chou also got into the carriage and whispered to Qingyan and the others: "I just explored the entire Qushui Town, including the underground and some suspicious-looking yards. Guess what I found? ?”

Qingzhu and Qingyan shook their heads at the same time. Even the gold outside pricked up their ears and waited to listen carefully to its words. Although it spoke very softly, it was still no problem for the gold's hearing ability. They just wanted to prevent others from hearing it.

Chou Chou didn't make any excuses and said directly: "Almost every family in Qushui Town has a place to raise snakes!"

"what!"

Qingyan gasped in surprise and subconsciously, and then quickly covered her mouth.