"There is actually another version of that legend circulating in the village, called the Curse of the Goddess."

"In this version, there is no emperor of heaven, no hero who shoots down the sun, and the goddesses don't fall in love with the people here and want to stay."

"They want to go back to heaven, but the people here don't allow it. The goddesses brought them civilization, and made the weather here good and the harvest abundant. The greed of human nature made the people here unwilling to let the goddesses go back."

"So they built Stonehenge, tied up the goddesses, whipped them, and exposed them to the sun in an attempt to force them to stay."

"Some goddesses surrendered, and those who didn't surrender died on the stone pillars."

"The last goddess who died on the stone pillar cursed that all the people here would be burned to death by fire one day."

Liu Shihao narrated slowly, his expression was very calm, but Lei Yuan could see a trace of deep pain, sadness and hatred hidden in his eyes.

"This is the curse of the goddess."

"So, what happened today is the curse of the goddess. Isn't it said that he was burned to death by the fire?"

"It's just an old legend. Don't take it seriously."

Liu Shihao smiled and handed over a glass of water:

"This is the water from the well at the east entrance of the village. It is rich in various minerals and helps sleep. Go to bed early. I will take you to see how the funeral in this village is held tomorrow."

Looking at the glass of water handed over by Liu Shihao, Lei Yuan's mouth curled up slightly, and he took it and drank it.

Liu Shihao also smiled, and then took out the bedding and made a bed on the floor:

"Relatively speaking, I can barely be regarded as half the owner here. You sleep on the bed and I sleep on the floor."

...

In the middle of the night, Lei Yuan felt someone standing in front of the bed and looking at him quietly, as if to confirm whether he had fallen asleep.

Lei Yuan did not move and soon fell asleep.

The next morning, Lei Yuan woke up, looked at the empty bed on the ground, walked to the window, opened it, and the cold wind from the mountains in January blew in with flying snow, brushing his cheeks, making him feel extremely comfortable.

It was snowing outside, and the trees in the mountains and the roofs of the houses in the village were covered with a thin layer of white gauze.

It was hazy and very beautiful.

The early morning in the countryside in January was very quiet. Except for a few barking dogs and crowing chickens, no sound could be heard at all.

Looking around, there was no human presence.

Lei Yuan put on his clothes, walked out of the village chief's house, strolled in the village, and walked towards the Stonehenge. He didn't see anyone along the way.

Finally, after arriving at the Stonehenge, Lei Yuan saw people.

All the people in the village, men, women, old people, young people, children, including several babies, were here.

Some of them were tied to stone pillars, and some were randomly piled in the Stonehenge. There were firewood all around, and everyone slept peacefully.

Liu Shihao was pouring gasoline on the firewood and people.

Hearing Lei Yuan's footsteps, he turned his head and looked over. A trace of surprise flashed across his face, and then he smiled:

"I knew you were not an ordinary person. You should have slept until noon and waited for me to wake you up. But it doesn't matter. If you wake up by yourself, I won't have to make an extra trip."

Lei Yuan took out a box of frosted cigarettes from his trouser pocket, put the cigarette box in his hand, took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth:

"Do you need help?"

"You don't look like you want to help at all. Don't bother. Just watch from the side."

After that, Liu Shihao continued to pour gasoline on these people and firewood. Lei Yuan stood aside, smoking and watching quietly.

Finally, Liu Shihao finished everything and looked at Lei Yuan:

"Don't you have anything to ask?"

"It seems that you want to say it, I don't mind listening."

"People like you are really rare. No, you are the only one like this among all the people I have met in my life. It seems that you don't belong to this world."

Liu Shihao took out his mobile phone, turned on the recording function, found a high place where the entire Stonehenge could be included in the picture, and fixed the mobile phone.

"I am very happy to have a witness like you."

"It seems that you have planned to take action today."

Looking at Liu Shihao's actions, Lei Yuan flicked the ash on his hand and said calmly.

Liu Shihao was smiling the whole time, but this smile concealed bitterness, sadness, pain and a hint of relief:

"Today is the anniversary of my sister's death."

"Yesterday, I went to the county town to talk to people from the Cultural Bureau and the Tourism Bureau about the resort, but in fact I was looking for a witness. In my opinion, this witness must be calm and indifferent, and it would be best if he was a severe nihilist who was indifferent to everything that happened in the world."

"Of course, such a person is not easy to find, and I am also very interested in finding this person.I didn't expect such people. I originally planned to cheat someone at random, or kidnap someone directly. "

"Unfortunately, there is no chance. I am just an ordinary person and don't have such great ability."

"So I gave up looking for a witness and recorded everything with my mobile phone. Although it lacks a bit of atmosphere, it is enough."

"Until I met you on the way back, I was sure at first sight that you were the witness I was looking for, the best witness."

"So, after completing the curse of the goddess, you have no plan to live, right?"

Lei Yuan asked calmly.

"I am the curse itself. Since the curse has been completed, I naturally have no meaning to exist. "

Liu Shihao said calmly.

Lei Yuan nodded, then glanced at the people who were piled up randomly and sleeping peacefully in the Stonehenge.

Liu Shihao saw Lei Yuan's eyes and said:

"They are all dead. Since I came here and gained their trust, I started to put drugs in the well at the east entrance of the village. This drug can make people hallucinate and let them see the people and things they don't want to see in their hearts. Of course, in addition to this, it will make people sleep very deeply at night until they never wake up. "

"Yesterday, while the whole village was helping at the seventh master's house, I took strong drugs and let them die unconsciously in their sleep. I also took care of the few who slipped through the net last night. "

"They died very easily, which makes me very sorry. There is no way. I can only do this. There is no condition for me to complete this curse to my heart's content. "

"But don't worry, I didn't put any strong drugs in the water you drank, and you just arrived yesterday and only drank a few glasses of water, so there won't be any problem."

"So, you still haven't told your story, the truth of the legend, and the reason why you did this."

Lei Yuan said lightly.

"Although I don't care much, if you are willing to talk, I might as well listen. "

"You are really not an ordinary person."

Liu Shihao smiled, looked up at the snow all over the sky, with sadness and pain in his eyes, and slowly told his story.

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