After getting lost in the abandoned village, they gradually became confused and infatuated

Optics Valley Falcon neatly took out the shovel, pointed it at the root of the wall, and shoveled it down hard.

The khaki soil on the surface was turned out.

For physical work, Guanggu Falcon is more suitable.

One spade, two spades, three spades...

As the roots of the wall were excavated little by little, the color of the soil inside gradually changed from earthy yellow at the beginning to pure black like obsidian.

The rich aroma of jolly fruit also began to roll outwards.

Yamashita Miao frowned and covered her mouth and nose with a wet towel.

Even so, the strong and pungent smell still made her choke.

The desires deep in my heart were also sketched out bit by bit.

Fortunately, Miu Yamashita is the kind of person with a strong willpower.

In addition, he was severely beaten by Mitsutani Hayabusa this morning, so he did not appear to have lost his mind.

Finally, after digging to a depth of about two meters, a very old and simple jar was dug out.

The smell of the happy fruit comes from here.

Opening the oil paper on the mouth of the jar, it was empty inside.

But the taste was so rich that it almost made Yamashita Miao faint.

no doubt.

This jar must have been filled with something before.

But something happened during the storage process, and the contents were missing.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Well......"

Yamashita Miao's face turned red from the smoke, and her eyes were filled with moisture.

Fortunately, Kotani Hayabusa held her hand in time, and the desire in her body did not continue to spread.

"thanks......"

Yamashita Miao thanked her frankly, and Mitsuya Jun replied with a smile.

"I don't want any verbal thanks."

"I prefer it that way this morning."

Yamashita Miaoqiao's face turned red, but she didn't refute anything, she just scolded her in a delicate voice.

"Bastard......"

After thoroughly cleaning the jar, Yamashita Miao took the tools and started investigating.

The jar is not big, it is of average weight, and can barely be held in one hand.

The mouth of the altar is intact, but the bottom of the altar is somewhat damaged.

While Miao Yamashita looked at it repeatedly, he would scratch it with a knife from time to time to observe the condition of the jars inside.

Observe and discover little by little, and talk to yourself at the same time.

"Based on the condition of the soil on the jar and the overall aging and corrosion condition... this jar should be at the same time as these buildings."

"The damage to the bottom of the tank is not large, there are no signs of the soil being turned over, and... there are no other items in the pit."

"So...it contains some kind of liquid?"

"Because the bottom of the jar was broken and the liquid leaked out, contaminating the soil, fragrant flowers of joy grew."

"It seems... makes sense."

"The jars containing items are in the corner of the wall of the courtyard, and they are buried so deep..."

"It's like telling me...the owner of this jar doesn't want the contents inside to be discovered by others."

"So, what kind of liquid is inside?"

"It's definitely not normal water."

Ten minutes later, Miao Yamashita had preliminary test results.

However, some conclusive evidence is still needed before a firm conclusion can be drawn.

So, Mitsutani Hayabusa and Yamashita Miao began to conduct a carpet-like search of the courtyard house.

The courtyard house is not big, only two floors.

Due to years of disrepair, the oil-paper windows were all damaged, and the wooden furniture inside were all corroded by wind and rain.

The floor also makes some dull creaking sounds when stepped on.

The wooden door will fall down as soon as it is pushed, and it will stir up a lot of dust.

In this environment, the two people searched room by room.

Fortunately, in this area, unlike the Wangxiang area, there are very few travelers who get lost here, so there are no traces of large-scale man-made destruction or rummaging of the houses.

The search is much better than Wangxiang.

Another half hour passed.

The attentive Miao Yamashita found a small hidden compartment on a wall that was still well preserved.

Opening the outer wooden board revealed a square box.

The dusty lid of the box was opened, and there were some oxidized and yellowed paper letters inside.

Mitsutani Hayabusa was responsible for sorting it out, while Yamashita Mya read the contents one by one and recorded some key information at the same time.

These letters record the exchanges between the owner of the courtyard and people in the village.

There are also some financial accounts when doing business.

From the contents of these letters, we can know that the owner of the courtyard is one of the many happy fruit farmers in Jixiang Village.

Moreover, he is one of the top people in the village in terms of financial resources and qualifications.

The letters record the unethical things done by many courtyard owners in order to compete for farmland.

For example, deliberately drugging other people, pouring poison on other people's farmland, etc.

They even hired a large number of serfs to go to other people's homes to smash and rob.

What's more important is that this kind of competition around the happy fruit farmland happened almost every moment at that time.

Today my home was smashed with rocks, and tomorrow I will send someone to set fire to someone else's home.

For the sake of profit, these farmers have gone to any lengths.

"Tsk."

"It's barbaric."

Yamashita Miao frowned and couldn't help but make a derogatory comment.

No wonder these letters are kept so secretly.

It turns out that what was recorded were all shady things.

As Yamashita kept reading, a letter suddenly caught her attention.

Due to oxidation, part of the text has been lost, but this does not affect reading.

This is a letter sent from the village chief.

Chapter 156 Waiting for good news

"...Hello, head of the family."

"I am the person in charge of the village chief's communication in Jixiang Village..."

"I would like to write this letter to convey a message to you."

"A week ago, an outsider who claimed to be a folklorist came to the village."

"This folklorist secretly investigated some things in the village for the purpose of collecting folklore, and even spread a lot of negative remarks about the village."

"After discussion, we unanimously decided to imprison him and punish him."

"Through the folklorist's notes, we learned that he was not only investigating our purification rituals, but even stole a large jar of [black water] for this purpose and quietly buried it."

"Whether it is the black water or the purification ritual, outsiders will never be allowed to know about it."

"As a member of Jixiang Village, you have always been trusted by the village chief."

"Therefore, I convey the order to you on behalf of the village chief."

"Within three days, find the jar of black water stolen by the folklorist."

"At the same time, please remember that hiding black water is a felony in Jixiang Village."

"Please return it to us immediately after you find it."

"...Shi."

The content of the letter is very short.

After reading it, Miao Yamashita and Jun Mitsuya looked at each other with doubts.

The jar that Optics Valley Falcon dug up just now should be the jar that the letter said was stolen by the folklorist and used to hold black water.

It is not difficult to draw a conclusion from the current clues in a straight line.

After the folklorist stole the black water, he quietly hid in a corner of the courtyard in order not to be discovered by others.

But...this will raise a new question.

Since the folklorist stole the things, why did he hide them in the corner of the courtyard?

Moreover, it was buried so deep.

You know, the courtyard house is not secret, and there are still people living there.

With so many people coming and going every day, it’s impossible not to see folklorists burying things.

Even if he comes here at night every day, he will still make noises while digging for pictures.

That folklorist, why didn't he hide it in the forest?

Taking this as the source, Yamashita Miao has a reasonable guess.

Perhaps folklorists hid things elsewhere in the first place.

Later, the owner of the courtyard found the things, but he did not intend to hand them over.

Therefore, he was buried in his yard.

No matter how you think about it, this explanation is more reasonable.

Then, there was another question.

What is black water?

Judging from the current situation, black water should be some kind of black water containing special substances.

This thing can exude a scent that arouses desire.

This special water is the key to growing happy fruits and happy flowers.

It can be understood as fertilizer for happy fruits and happy flowers.

Based on the original situation in Jixiang Village, everyone was competing for farmland, and fertilizer was the key to the competition.

The letter clearly states that Ji Xiangcun is very fond of black water, and even hiding black water secretly is a felony.

From this, it can be inferred that resources such as black water should be controlled by Jixiang Village.

On the one hand, it is to consolidate the ruling structure in the village, and on the other hand, it can be used to control everyone in the village, especially the many farmers with strong financial resources.

As for how black water is distributed...

Based on Yamashita Miao's guess, a certain amount of black water can only be obtained from the village after completing certain requirements of the village.