The villain is ill

Chen Wanrong was so angry at Chen Qingpeng's unclear situation that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas came out of her body, and roared: "Which eye of yours saw me smiling happily?"

Seeing that Chen Wanrong's eyes were red with anger, Chen Qingpeng realized that she was really not playing with those children just now, and it's hard to say that Chi Wushang said it. He was at a loss for a while, "I, I..."

Chu Mo interjected at this moment: "They are chasing after you."

When Chen Wanrong heard the words, she turned her head to look, and sure enough, those children were rushing towards this side. Those children were all skinny and skinny, with wide-eyed eyes, and desire for things was written in each eye, as if the next moment She was about to tear her apart and eat her, but she immediately stood up and shouted at Chen Qingpeng: "What are you doing in a daze? Run!"

The boy who took the lead was even more excited when he saw Chen Qingpeng, "Saobing!"

Chen Qingpeng was stunned, "These children, why are they so...weird?" Seeing that the children were approaching, and being pulled by Chen Wanrong again, Chen Qingpeng came to his senses and ran in the same direction as Chen Wanrong came and went.

It seemed that they had spotted the two, and the children only chased them all the way, until they chased hundreds of meters, and then gradually stopped, their expressions were no longer fanatical, and they walked back numbly and smoothly. Without looking at them, he slowly returned to the same roof where he had been sitting before.

From the beginning to the end, Chu Mo just watched quietly, until then, he turned around and asked Chi Wushang, "Master, are these children still alive?"

Chi Wushang smiled, "Maybe."

In Chu Mo's perception, most of the children here have lost their breathing and heartbeat. They exude a strong rancid smell, but they are still moving and beating.

This is not a living person, it is clearly a living corpse.

As if hearing a noise, the wooden door of the residence not far away made a long creaking sound and opened from the inside. An old man with white hair and beard came out with a stick. Not the same, he stood inside the door, glanced at the children, then looked at Chu Mo and the two, and asked, "Where did the two guests come from?"

The old man's voice was old, a little vain, obviously not in good health.

Chu Mo smiled and said: "We are travelers from afar. Today we temporarily live in Qinyang City. When we saw that it was early, we went out for a stroll. If we take the liberty of visiting, if there is any disturbance, please don't take offense."

Even with a different face, Chu Mo's smile is still pleasing. The old man stared at Chu Mo for a while, his vigilant eyes softened, and he turned sideways to make room, "So that's how it is, come in." See Chu Mo looked at those children and said, "Don't pay attention to these children. Come in quickly."

Although the courtyard was simple, it was cleaned very cleanly. The old man locked the door, led the two into the main room, and invited them to sit on the bench beside the square table. He tremblingly walked to the bucket in the corner, I fetched two cups of water from the inside and put them carefully in front of the two of them, "It's ridiculous to say that the humble house is shabby, and the old family doesn't even have a decent cup of tea. It's really bad hospitality, please forgive me."

"It's okay, you don't have to be polite, old man." Chu Mo smiled. He glanced at the water with sand in the two bamboo cups, and then asked, "What's going on with those children outside?"

"Oh." The old man sighed, "It's a long story."

"I would like to hear the details." Chu Mo put on a listening posture.

The old man glanced at the gate again, and then said slowly: "You two are guests from other places, and you must have heard the rumors about Qinyang City in recent years. Did the rumors say that we have changed many city lords in recent years? Is it all because Qinyang City is cursed?" Seeing Chu Mo nodding, he continued, "It's all fake, the Lord of Qinyang City has always been that one, and it hasn't changed in the past 20 years."

"The two little friends should have noticed that in our village, all the houses that are still standing are newly built in recent years."

"In the beginning, we were also residents of Qinyang City. Although our city was poor in the early years, we were not too poor to eat. But since eight years ago, the owner of the city changed suddenly. He ordered that [-]% of the wells in the city be filled. The wells used for irrigation outside have also been filled to death. How can there be no water? We can see the loss of irrigation and crops in the fields, but we can only worry about it. It is difficult to drink the remaining water. How can I care about the ground."

"One year passed, there was not enough water to drink, and the food was gone. The townspeople lamented that my wife also died that year. She saved the last sip of water for me, and she died of thirst."

Having said that, the old man raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

Chu Mo handed over a handkerchief, and the old man took it and wiped it, and said with a smile, "I made the guest laugh."

"Why didn't you leave?" Chu Mo asked.

"Sigh." The old man shook his head, "Why didn't you leave? Not long after the city lord ordered the well to be filled, a group of young people left in a group, but how did they come back the next day?"

Chu Mo became more interested, "You're back? How do you say it?"

"I don't know, I just heard a young man in the clan say that they seem to have met a ghost hitting the wall. They walked for a whole day, and then they woke up and arrived at the gate of the city again." The old man raised his eyebrows and frowned. , they all formed teams to try, and guess what happened?"

Chu Mo said: "Are you all back?"

"Isn't it? No one is missing, and they all came back." The old man said, "At first I thought everyone couldn't get out, but later I saw that outsiders can go out, and the only ones trapped are our own city residents .”

"Later, the city couldn't live anymore. There was no food or water. We were not a big family, and our money was exhausted. Fortunately, I knew there was a well here, so my family moved here, thinking about relying on this well. still alive."

"It was good at first. The house was repaired, some land was reclaimed, and some food was planted. I barely starved to death. But the good times didn't last long, and water was restricted within two years. To be honest, from 20 years Before, I felt that the well water in the city..."

Speaking of this, the old man suddenly lowered his head and said nothing for a while, "Oh, I won't mention it."

Chu Mo asked again: "Then these children outside?"

The old man looked at the closed door, "They are all children of the clan, very naughty, just ignore them."

"Thank you for reminding me, old man." Chu Mo stood up and said goodbye, "It's getting late, we're leaving first, and we're disturbing the old man this time."

Coming out of the old man's house, the children outside the door have disappeared. Looking around, this small village has no trace of popularity.

While thinking, Chu Mo suddenly heard Chi Wushang who hadn't spoken for a long time and asked, "Why don't you understand?"

Chu Mo nodded, "There was something wrong with the old man in the end, his expression was stiff, and he seemed to be controlled by something, but I didn't find anything wrong with him."

"Have you heard of thread Gu?" Chi Wushang asked.

Lead wire Gu, as the name suggests, it is like a lead wire, the person who is planted with this Gu will be controlled by the Gu planter to a certain extent.

However, because the period required to plant Gu is too long, and the planted person is only conditionally controlled, no one has used it for nearly a thousand years, and the records are also in a state of being lost.

Hearing Chi Wu still say this, Chu Mo suddenly realized that at first when the old man said that the city residents would always come back when they went out, he wondered if there were no traces of formations around them, so it made sense.

Well water is the best way to plant Gu poison on the residents of the whole city.The well was filled eight years ago, and the cycle of planting Gu is ten years. That is, the city lord planted Gu in the well in the third year after he took office. In urban or suburban areas.Lack of water and food, under the control of nature, people will inevitably have demonic thoughts, which is why Chi Wushang said earlier that those people are possessed by demons.

As for those children in the state of living corpses, they are also products under the control of the lead wire Gu.

But why did the people behind the scenes do this, and why did they spawn so many demons?Chu Mo couldn't figure it out, so he asked this question.

Chi Wushang raised his hand, smoothed Chu Mo's temples that were blown by the wind, and said: "Human nature is inherently complex, good and evil, and everything cannot be deduced by common sense. This matter has nothing to do with you and me, so don't bother with it. ’” He turned and walked on.

Under the mid-afternoon sun, the desolate fields around were full of cracks, and the air was so dull that it seemed to be suffocating, just like the lifeless village behind him.

Chu Mo stood where he was, and said to Chi Wushang's back: "Master, if they are self-indulgent, I don't have to worry about this matter, but now that I know these people are innocent, if I just sit idly by , is my cause and effect.”

Chi Wushang hadn't taken a few steps, when he heard Chu Mo's words, he couldn't help laughing, he turned around and patted Chu Mo's head, "Good boy, do whatever you want."

"Yes." Chu Mo also smiled at Chi Wushang: "Thank you, Master."

Chen Wanrong and Chen Qingpeng waited for a long time without seeing them leave the village, and they did not dare to enter the village to look for them again, so they had to sit in the shade behind a big rock behind the field ridge in the distance. In one place, because Chi Wushang blocked Chu Mo with his back to them, he could not see the movements of the two of them, so he could only shout loudly: "Brother Shu! Come here!"

Hearing the shout, Chi Wushang withdrew his hand and looked at Chen Wanrong, seeing her shrinking her head from a distance, he then withdrew his gaze.

Startled by Chi Wushang's sudden look, Chen Wanrong stuck out her tongue, "Why did I offend him? Why does it look like he's going to cut me alive all day long?"

Feeling that Chen Wanrong's description was very appropriate, Chen Qingpeng also trembled, and said: "Maybe he has this kind of temperament in the first place, except Brother Shu who is not afraid of him, I see that even the master dare not talk to him. .”

Hearing that her father was also afraid of Chi Wushang, Chen Wanrong regained her composure, and kicked the tree next to the rock, "This is a shitty place, such a big tree doesn't even have a single leaf, and the sun can't stop it, it's so hot." died."

Chen Qingpeng looked at the bare branches, and said, "Isn't there a drought here? Maybe it's dead."

Chu Mo happened to come over at this time. He glanced at the trunk. The tree was still alive, but more than half of the bark had been peeled off. The leaves were obviously picked off, and they must have been eaten by hungry people.

Avoiding Chi Wushang's gaze, Chen Wanrong sweetly said to Chu Mo, "Brother Shu, why did you come out so late? I'm almost melted here."

Chu Mo didn't answer her words, but said, "Go back."

Chen Wanrong was relentless, "Brother Shu, why don't you pay attention to me? Did I offend you somewhere?"

"No." Chu Mo said.

"Then..." Chen Wanrong still wanted to speak, but was suddenly interrupted by Chen Qingpeng.

"Junior Sister, don't talk too much." Chen Qingpeng pulled Chen Wanrong's sleeve, reminded in a low voice, and pointed behind her.

Chen Wanrong quietly turned her head and glanced at Chi Wushang, although she didn't see any expression on his face, she was still startled, puffed her cheeks and stopped talking.