See the frost and snow outside the building again

Xiao Wu is missing!

After knowing this, Shubai immediately went to find the scholar.

Shubai grabbed the scholar by the collar and asked viciously, "Tell me, does this matter have anything to do with you!"

The scholar was almost terrified, "No, no, how can I harm you."

Shubai let go of his collar and sneered, "It's better not to."

After speaking, he led a group of little beggars out to find someone.

The scholar was also baffled for a while, why the disappearance has something to do with him, and he doesn't eat people!

I thought so, but the scholar quickly closed the stall and looked around for someone.

But Hun Lai is only this big, so he couldn't find it.

Back at the Town God's Temple at night, the little beggars reported their search routes and results.

"Brother, Xiao Wu is usually the least courageous, he can't leave Hun Lai."

Shubai is also very clear about this, "Damn it!"

"Where is Shuxiao?" Someone shouted again behind him.

"Brother Scholar hasn't come back yet."

Shubai turned his head to clean up the people, but sure enough, the two people haven't come back yet.

Kicking over the stove next to him, Shu Bai was about to go mad, "You guys stay here, I'll go out and look for it."

Shubai scolded while running, it's better that this matter has nothing to do with the scholar, otherwise I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost!

Shubai ran for most of his life, and finally found two people squatting in a haystack.

"Hey, you guys..."

Before Shubai could finish speaking, the scholar grabbed him and squatted down. By the moonlight, Shubai could clearly see the current situation of the two of them.

Shu Xiao's face was full of tears, and the scholar was also trying to pretend to be calm.

"What's going on?" Shubai lowered his voice and asked.

"There are people arresting people in the town." The scholar also lowered his voice and replied.

Shubai's expression changed suddenly.

Just now when Shuxiao came out to look for someone, he just ran into the scene of arresting him. If the scholar hadn't taken Shuxiao away and hid him in time, Shuxiao might not have escaped the clutches of the clutches at this moment.

Shuxiao threw himself into Shubai's arms and wept silently.The scholar also tightly grasped Shu Bai's arm.

But suddenly, the scholar tightened his grip on his hand.Shu Bai raised his head and saw the scholar looking into the distance in horror.Following the scholar's line of sight, a group of people were slowly leaving with a few children. Those children were...the little beggars he left in the Town God's Temple!

Shu Bai stood up abruptly, but was dragged down again by the scholar.

The moment they squatted down, someone looked in their direction.There was no movement, but it seemed that they were not at ease. Several people discussed it, and two people came in their direction.

Seeing that it was getting closer, just when Shu Bai was about to rush out, a door behind him quietly opened, and he carried them in with one hand.

The moment the door was closed, the two people found the place where they were hiding just now, found nothing unusual, and they left again.

One of them, went to take a look in the dark night.Just looking at Shuxiao, Shuxiao covered his mouth in fear.

The three followed their rescuers to the back room and lit an oil lamp.Under the dim light is an old and pale face.

It was the old lady who came to find a scholar to write a letter to her son that day!The scholar recognized her.

"What the hell is going on? Crazy." Shu Bai was very angry and anxious, so many little beggars who followed him were arrested.

"Don't worry, this is something that you juniors don't know." The old lady's voice was low and thick, and she was slowly revealing some unknown secrets.

A hundred years ago, Hun Lai moved into a family named Mei, who was a scholarly family.There is a young son in the Mei family, who is very clever and lovable.

The Mei family is very good at doing business, almost every street has his shop.Mrs. Mei's family is also a kind person, and she often distributes porridge to poor families.

But such a good family was destroyed in a fire within two years after moving here.It was rumored in the neighborhood that the Mei family's business was too big, and whoever offended them was killed.But no one has any evidence.

Several other big families in the town took over the Mei family's business, and not long after, people often died in these families, drowning, hanging, poisoning, and various methods of death.Then weird things start to spread throughout the town.For example, in the middle of the night, I often hear a knock on the door and open the door, but no one is there.

Rumors began to spread again, saying that the members of the Mei family had come back for revenge.

The families who divided the Mei family's business became afraid, and invited a Taoist priest who was said to be very powerful from other places to perform the ritual.

This Taoist really has two brushes. He practiced the method for a few days and told the people in the town that the Mei family's evil spirits are too powerful, so he can only suppress them a little. After a while, the evil spirits will come back again.

When the people in the town heard this, they were terrified, and hurriedly asked for a solution.

The Taoist priest also directly said that this evil spirit's evil deeds stem from the lack of blood, as long as it is sacrificed to it regularly, it will naturally subside.

In those two days, first they were beggars, then orphans, and finally they were arrested whenever they saw anyone, and finally made up the number of ninety-nine.

These people were gathered together, presided over by Taoist priests, and they were all burned to death.Thick smoke billowed, and the smell of burning lasted for more than half a month.

Before leaving, the Taoist priest said that this kind of sacrifice is done every 40 years, and the number of twenty-seven will be increased each time, so that there will be no worries.

After that sacrifice, the strange thing really disappeared, and the people in the town cheered, but they all forgot the bloody and brutal time.

40 years ago, when it was time for offering sacrifices again, the people in the town did not believe in evil and forgot about it.

Strange things began to happen again. Chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock began to disappear for no reason.

"The time was tight that time, they almost arrested anyone they saw, my son, that's just...it didn't exist at that time." The old lady began to cry as she spoke, and she almost couldn't cry at the end.

"Then is the sacrificial ceremony about to start again?" the scholar asked.

"Yes, I don't know how many people will die this time."

After hearing this, Shubai looked at the scholar with a slightly complicated expression, could he be the young master of the Mei family?Did you come here this time to monitor whether the sacrifices were made on time in Hunlai Town?

"Then do you know when and where they offer sacrifices?" The scholar continued to ask, "One-leaf Bodhi is born from the heart, how can they be allowed to trample on people's lives like this, we should stop it."

Hearing what the scholar said, Shu Bai let go of the doubts in his heart, and echoed, "Yes, they also arrested so many beggars. Even beggars with low status should not die casually."

The old lady laughed out loud, mixed with tears that hadn't been shed yet, and she was really terrified, "Do you really think no one will stop it? Finally... finally, they all went to heaven!" The old lady said through gnashing of teeth.

"Who has so much power?

"You wait here until dawn, and leave after dawn. I'm not safe here, and maybe I'll be arrested too." The old lady didn't want to answer their questions anymore, and walked away tremblingly holding the oil lamp.

"The world is getting worse, people are unpredictable, and they are just selfish. Those who do good are poor and have a short life, and those who do evil enjoy wealth and life." The old lady sang the last sentence.

The light went away, leaving only three pairs of blue-green eyes looking at each other in the darkness.

Shubai and the scholar had their own contests in their minds, and Shuxiao was already scared out of his wits.

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