Paper horse incense shop

A bleak east wind swept in, rustling the withered grass in front of the village entrance.

Hu Xiaowu tightened his clothes and couldn't hold it in any longer, so he said:

"Last time I saw a scene like this"

"It's still Zhuge Wuhou's empty city plan."

"It feels like a scam."

This was also the first time that I was so close to the power grid at the entrance of the village. In the past, I was strictly ordered to be evicted before I even got close.

I looked around at the marks on the ground and at the door, and said in a strange voice:

"The lock ring was inside, and someone came out and opened the door."

"There is still half a footprint with dry mud on the iron fence. It was from the light rain last night. The person who opened the door came out of the mud place, then came all the way to the door, opened the door, kicked the door, and kicked it open. "

I'm trying to piece together what I know so far:

"The rain was still falling, so the mud on the ground was washed away, but the fence at the entrance of the village had small eaves, so it remained."

"This is a small footprint. It may be that of a young child or a woman."

But how could a child or woman come out of the village so late at night?

I kept the information. Hu Xiaowu touched the goosebumps on his body and whispered:

"Miss Tu, why did your voice become so strange after you went out, and why did you have to cover your face and hands?"

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask."

Boss Hu glared at his younger brother. Hu Xiaowu became a lot more honest, but after a while, he would always glance at me with a vague look.

I was full of doubts about that small footprint, and for the moment I didn’t care about it. I took a step and entered Wutou Village.

"There was a dead silence in Wutou Village. Not to mention whose house had lights on, there were not even the occasional dogs barking or chickens crowing in the village.

Walking there, one feels as if one has entered a graveyard that emanates a deep chill.”

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I couldn't bear it anymore and turned to look at Hu Xiaowu.

Hu Xiaowu opened his mouth halfway when he saw the three people opposite him looking at him, and immediately lowered their voices and said:

".What's wrong?"

Boss Hu's face twitched a few times, and Sister Ma also whispered:

"Xiao Wu, what were you talking about just now? Cemetery and stuff, it's really scary."

Hu Xiaowu heyed twice:

"This is something I've recently learned. It's called background enhancement. Isn't it quite interesting?"

Hu Xiaowu was indeed a bit out of tune, but it greatly eased the originally stiff and cold atmosphere.

The four of us walked and explored, and our steps were a little slow for a while. We walked a few hundred meters of village road for half an hour.

We stayed in front of every village door for a few minutes to look for traces.

Disciples of the Hu family have been asking gods to come to their aid since they were young, and they have good ears. Hu Xiaowu listened to the sounds in the village houses one by one, and finally came to a result that was difficult to accept for the people present -

None of these village households have people in their homes.

So, what about people?

Boss Hu checked eight or nine private houses in a row, but no one was there at all, and he felt a little irritated for a moment:

"Did everyone leave from the door?"

Yesterday when we visited the site, many villagers were still living their normal lives, but they had only disappeared for a few hours. The entire village, hundreds of people, seemed to have vanished, all gone?

This sounds really outrageous.

I carefully checked the traces in front of the door of the house closest to me. After a long time, I shook my head:

"Not very likely."

"The villagers of Wutou Village are extremely xenophobic. Besides, there is only one road into the village. If two to three hundred people leave the village in large numbers at night, there will be a lot of noise. There is no reason why we should not notice any sound or light." "Besides, , there are also several footprints under the eaves in front of this house, the toes of some of the footprints are facing inward, and the toes of some shallower footprints are facing outward."

"Although there are some trampling marks on the footprints, they all look like they were made by the same person. The steps going in are deep and the steps coming out are shallow. It should be because after the rain, I walked home from a muddy place and rubbed off some mud at home. , and went out with other footprint owners.”

I thought for a few seconds:

"In my impression, the rain a few hours ago only lasted for about an hour. The footprints on the ground and the footprints at the door were both stained with mud. They should have come out of the muddy place at about the same time."

"The owners of the small footprints walked toward the door, but some people chose to go home, call their wives, children, and family members, and go somewhere else."

"Something must have happened to them at that time."

"If they didn't leave the village, that's the most likely place to go."

Boss Hu's eyebrows jumped and he followed my words:

"The original place where the accident occurred."

That's right.

A few hours ago, something must have happened in the village, so many people hurriedly went home to call their wives and children. The security force at the entrance of the village was also withdrawn, so the man with small feet was allowed to open the door and leave the village.

It shouldn’t be difficult to guess the reason why this group of people are so panicked——

Today is the fireworks festival day.

What happened should also be related to the fireworks festival or the immortals.

"There should be no one in the house. Let's explore along the mountainside."

Wutou Village is located in the valley of two mountains, and the iron fence naturally surrounds some mountainous areas. This is why there is only one road at the entrance of the village.

Naturally, no one raised any objections to this proposal.

A group of us no longer bothered with the houses, but started to climb higher along the edge of the iron fence.

But as a result, Sister Ma's body became increasingly unable to keep up. Boss Hu and Hu Xiaowu took turns carrying people on their backs, and they did not dare to turn on the lights, so their speed naturally slowed down.

Perhaps it was God's will, but the luck of our group was not very good.

We randomly picked a direction and walked along the edge. We walked for about two or three hours, until the sky dimly lit up, but we still didn't see anyone.

"How about we take a break?"

Sister Ma felt sorry for her husband and spoke slowly.

The already tired team stopped marching. Sister Ma showed a happy expression, gently slid down Boss Hu's back, and wiped Boss Hu's sweat.

Hu Xiaowu rested on the tree trunk to replenish water. I was also somewhat grateful that I had done a good job of protecting myself from the morning frost and night dew.

Hu Xiaowu gulped down several sips of water and said hoarsely:

"Is it possible that we guessed wrong?"

"The village is not small, but it is actually not that big. We walked from late at night to dawn, even if our steps were a little slower, it was still the distance of two strong men."

"Let's keep walking along the iron fence. Even if we don't complete the circle, there should be more than half of the circle. Why haven't we found it yet?"

"Shh!"

I gestured to Hu Xiaowu, and Hu Xiaowu and the other three who were resting against the tree trunk suddenly became alert.

I saw.

I saw that the tree not far behind Hu Xiaowu was slowly falling.

Someone is cutting down trees and preparing fireworks.

The real fireworks festival is about to begin.

It’s a bit difficult to break the chapter (scratching my head)

The next chapter will be a little later. Hey guys, there are a lot of things to do during the Chinese New Year (scratching my head again.jpg)