Ordinary people in the world of Uncle Nine

Chapter 192 Xiahe Village

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Legend has it that there are two types of tapirs, which are distinguished by the down on the surface of their bodies. The one with the white down and some light gold is the nightmare-eating tapir, also known as Moqi.

Eating nightmares is the natural nemesis of nightmares. Most folks who have been plagued by nightmares for a long time will enshrine a statue of Moqi at home.

And the other is this kind of pith-eating tapir with black fluff on its body. It has long hands and feet, and it is about the height of an adult when standing up. However, its physical condition makes its movements very sensitive. Most of the young pith-eating tapirs are dead. After reaching adulthood, they will choose to hunt by surprise means such as sneak attacks.

The earliest legend of the pith-eating tapir was in the early Ming Dynasty. At that time, just after the war, the corpses on the battlefield had not yet had time to restrain the pith-eating tapir, which attracted the pith-eating tapir and was seen by the soldiers stationed at that time.

"Human body and animal head, long hands and feet and black hair, sharp nose and long mouth, which looks like a human but not human."

This introduction was left by the soldiers at that time, but no one except him has seen the existence of Tapir, so everyone thinks that he has hallucinations because of too many dead people on the battlefield.

But for some reason, this theory was spread, and was finally heard by a curious scholar, so he came to find the soldier, and described the appearance of the tapir according to his statement.

According to the portrait, the scholar looked through various books in an attempt to find relevant records, and finally found the nightmare-eating tapir among the strange beasts in the Book of Mountains and Seas. After comparison, the scholar found that it was very similar to the nightmare-eating tapir, so he imitated its name and gave it to Take a pith-eating tapir.

"Then master, is this marrow-eating tapir related to the nightmare-eating tapir?"

After listening to Uncle Jiu's introduction to the marrow-eating tapir, Qiu Sheng felt that since the two are so similar, could they be the same species?It's just that one is an auspicious beast and the other is a monster?

"The marrow-eating tapir is a folklore, and the nightmare-eating tapir is an even older legend. No one has actually seen it in reality. Its appearance is also carved out by people in the past. As for I also guessed this marrow-eating tapir based on rumors, "

Uncle Jiu shook his head, expressing that he himself didn't know if the two were related, he had never seen these two things with his own eyes, and when Qiu Sheng heard Uncle Jiu's words, he immediately looked at Uncle Jiu suspiciously.

It seemed a little unreliable for him to rely on a legend and then identify the murderer as the rumored pith-eating tapir.

"What to look at, if you want to know if it is right, you will know when you go there!"

Seeing the suspicion in Qiu Sheng's eyes, Uncle Jiu seemed to feel that his prestige had been questioned, so he planned to revive the prestige of the teacher, and prepared to open the eyes of the apprentices and gain insights.

In fact, he himself has no confidence in his heart, but he also wants to see if it is the legendary marrow-eating tapir.

So that day Uncle Jiu took his two apprentices and set off to find Aunt Cane, and with her help, he contacted the head of the village where the accident happened.

This village is called Xiahe Village, and there are about one hundred households in the whole village with the surname Ma. Because the murderer has not been found yet, the deceased's family has not yet held a funeral for him.

When Uncle Jiu and the others arrived at Xiahe Village, the village chief was already waiting at the entrance of the village, and he immediately greeted them as soon as he saw them.

"Aunt Sugar! But when you guys come, this is your husband-in-law?"

Village Chief Ma glanced at Uncle Jiu, matched the image of Aunt Cane with the image he had mentioned before, and then confirmed to her that it was impossible for Qiu Sheng to look young, mainly because Wen Cai seemed to be about the same age as Uncle Jiu on the surface. Long afraid of making a mistake.

"That's right, Village Chief Ma, this is my Mr. Lin Jiu."

Aunt Cane looked at Village Chief Ma proudly, mainly because she had been alone in the Songzi Niangniang Temple for decades, and suddenly announced that she had a husband now, and some familiar villagers nearby did not believe it. It just so happened that this incident allowed her to pull Uncle Jiu out to make a bright appearance.

"Hi Village Chief Ma, can you take us to see the scene?"

Village Chief Ma didn't come out alone, he was accompanied by people from the village. When Aunt Cane introduced Uncle Jiu to them, everyone's eyes seemed to be looking at some strange animal, which made Uncle Jiu blush.

So he quickly changed the subject, even though he could calmly face Aunt Cane's enthusiasm now, it didn't mean he could be scrutinized like this in public.

"Oh! Yes, yes, this way please!"

Village head Ma was reminded by Uncle Jiu, and immediately realized that he was here to help find the murderer in their village, not the eldest son-in-law, so he waved those onlookers aside and led Uncle Jiu and the others to the village.

"Uncle Nine, Aunt Cane has been with us for so many years. We believe it. She said that you may know the murderer who killed the people in our village. Do you have any clues?"

On the way, the village head introduced the situation to them, and at the same time asked Uncle Jiu.

"I have a little understanding, so come over to see the scene and make sure."

Uncle Jiu nodded, but he didn't say anything dead. If it didn't turn out to be a marrow-eating tapir, wouldn't it be an oolong?
The deceased's house was at the edge of the village. Behind the house was a slope leading directly to the hillside behind. The outside of the house was surrounded by fences to form a small courtyard.

Uncle Jiu cast his eyes on Qiu Sheng from outside the courtyard, only to see Qiu Sheng nodded and then pushed open the courtyard door that was ajar.

The roosters in the chicken coop that was simply set up in the yard screamed and jumped up and down when Uncle Jiu and the others entered the yard, their feathers exploded like a fighting cock.

Seeing the rooster's reaction, Uncle Jiu couldn't help but frown, and the village chief explained.

"This litter of roosters Ma Laosan raised by himself. He never behaved like this before. Since he died, he would put on this posture whenever someone approached him. I don't know why!"

Ordinary poultry are not very afraid of people, especially when they are being fed, they will swarm up to them, but all the chickens in Ma Laosan’s family are like eating explosives. As long as someone approaches, they will explode their nests, jump up and peck people, even if they are chickens. Feed them.

"Roosters are one of the most sensitive animals in the world to evil spirits. Maybe they felt some kind of threat that night, and they had a stress response to protect themselves!"

Uncle Jiu squatted down to observe the chicken coop, and then explained to the village chief.

"Take a red cloth and wrap the chicken coop. After two days, the chickens will be back to normal."

"Uncle Nine, you said that these chickens did this because of evil spirits, so then, the death of Ma Laosan was also caused by evil spirits?"

Hearing Uncle Jiu's words, Village Chief Ma immediately grasped the key point of Uncle Jiu's words, looked at Uncle Jiu in disbelief and asked.

"Of course it's a demon. My master is proficient in subduing demons and eliminating demons, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the initiative to find him."

"Mr. Ma, do you know what kind of evil spirit this murderer is?"

Qiu Sheng, who had been silent all this time, seemed to have been held back for a long time at this time, and he talked a lot, showing off the legend about the marrow-eating tapir that Uncle Jiu had told him before.

"Master, am I right?"

After finishing speaking, Qiu Sheng looked at Uncle Jiu with an expression of begging for praise.

"You're right, then tell me, how can I find this marrow-eating tapir?"

(End of this chapter)