After being forced to debut in metaphysics, I became popular
Chapter 212 Jinjiang
Yan Shixun thought about the problem with the barren houses in Changshou Village upstream, but his original idea was that the people living here were the missing young people in the downstream village.
The style of the coat and the name on it made Yan Shixun understand that the people who live here are those who live in seclusion in Changshou Village to the outside world.
From the first time Changshou Village came into people's view decades ago to now, how many backpackers and people dying of serious illness have come here, and how many people have announced that they will settle in Changshou Village.
And in front of him was a huge deserted small wooden building...
Judging from the hand bones that Yan Shixun saw before, and the dust that has been uninhabited for many years here, I am afraid that the captain has already encountered misfortune.
If the situation in other small wooden buildings is the same as here, everyone who declares that they want to live in seclusion will die here in the end, then according to the number of people who are willing to come here to live in seclusion as introduced by the guide, and the number of abandoned small wooden buildings here , there are hundreds of people.
Yan Shixun's eyes darkened.
He put down the coat in his hand, and turned to carefully search for all possible places to put things in the small wooden building.
Since everything here remains the same, it means that there is a high probability that the captain's personal items will also be left here.
If you are lucky, if you find the few words left by the captain, then Yan Shixun can also know what happened at that time, and how the people who were supposed to live in leisure and seclusion appeared here.
Looking at such a dilapidated house, Nan Tianguang already felt a little creepy.
But after Yan Shixun concentrated on searching, he didn't care about him, and he didn't want Yan Shixun to be in the way because of him, so he stood restrained in the living room, like a large roadblock, so nervous that he couldn't even move his hands and feet. I don't know how to put it.
After Nan Tian closed the door, he finally felt some comfort in his heart and heaved a sigh of relief.
On the other side, Yan Shixun, who quickly searched the entire small wooden building, really got something.
There are not many things in all the cabinets, there are at most two pieces of clothing or woodworking statues, and in the kitchen and food storage cabinets, the food has long been turned into a whole piece of black charcoal, but it can still It was vaguely discernible that it should have been some meat, not crops.
After a short period of doubt, Yan Shixun only thought that the vegetables had been completely rotted for a long time, and there was nothing left, and then continued to search.
When he walked to the stove, Martin boots stepped on the wooden floor and made a harsh friction sound.
Yan Shixun suddenly stopped in his tracks.
This voice is a little empty.
He lowered his eyes and slowly looked at his feet.
The ground next to the stove has been scorched by flames for many years, and it is already dark and shiny. Even though it is covered with dust now, it is not the same as other places.
But it was not this that attracted Yan Shixun's attention.
It's the gap between the planks and the planks.
It is precisely because of the dust that this originally inconspicuous gap can be discovered.
Only this line, the dust seems to have fallen down along the gap, just revealing a black line in the gray.
Yan Shixun stepped on the floor again, and after hearing the creaking sound with a slight echo, he quickly squatted down and reached out to feel for the board.
The sound of the solid and hollow drums is a little bit different, and when the hollow drum is hit, the sound is hollower and more crisp.
Like what he just heard.
The slender fingers carefully slid along the gap, and quickly found a place where the board could be pried open.
With a slight sound of "Boom!", the wooden planks that had been covered in dust and forgotten for many years were pried open again.
Like a clam whose shell has been opened, it reveals the hidden pearls inside to the world.
However, many years ago, it was not pearls that were carefully hidden under the planks.
It was a mess of dirty cloth.
Irregular shapes and burrs at the edges, it looks like it has been torn from some random piece of clothing.
Yan Shixun took the cloth ball in his hand and unfolded it lightly, only then did he see that there was writing on it.
The handwriting is very messy, and the pen used is not a common one, it is more like someone's fingers dipped in toner, writing it down stroke by stroke with difficulty.
Because of the long time and being lumped together again, many handwritings have rubbed against each other and become blurred, so Yan Shixun had to get very close and patiently identify them carefully.
The people living in this small wooden building seemed to have a premonition of what was going to happen to him, or noticed something was wrong early on, so he briefly recorded his abnormality on the cloth to remind himself.
However, starting from the first sentence, Yan Shixun frowned.
[I'm dead, but I'm alive again. ]
When this sentence was recorded, the man was still a little dazed, and the carbon powder formed a ball on the fabric, as if he had been in a daze for a long time when he was writing, and the carbon powder unconsciously dyed a large area.
Yan Shixun felt surprised, so he continued to look down.
From the messy and chaotic narration, it took Yan Shixun quite a while to figure out exactly what this person was talking about.
This person is the leader of the hiking team. Many years ago, he led a hiking team into Changshou Village.
But he didn't know that what awaited them was death without return.
The members of the trekking team disappeared one by one in Changshou Village. The team leader found something abnormal after sunset, but he would forget all the pain and sorrow during the day and continue to live a leisurely life.
Until everyone in the hiking team disappeared from the captain's side, and one night, he saw a person he was familiar with crawling out of the river with a terrifying image of being swollen from the water.
The captain called the other party's name, but the other party rushed over full of resentment and bit the captain's throat.
In the cold waiting for death, the captain who fell on the ground vaguely saw the figures of the villagers.
The old man, who was always smiling, became so cold, looking down at the captain who watched the blood flow quickly, making him feel that this face was strange and terrifying.
Immediately, the captain felt indescribable pain, which even made him, who was already in extreme pain, scream uncontrollably.
——The old man... was actually peeling off his flesh and blood with his bare hands.
The old man's technique is very skilled, it seems that he has done it many times.
It's like separating the flesh and blood of an animal from its skeleton.
The captain, who hadn't breathed yet, watched helplessly as his whole flesh and blood were detached from his skeleton, his pale bones were exposed to the air, while his bright red heart was still beating.
He passed out, and only remembered the icy cold river in a vague way. He was wondering if the old man was destroying the corpse and throwing himself into the river behind.
And did his team members also experience such horrific pain when he didn't know it?
The captain thought that he would end up with the corrupted look of those team members after they died, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he was in a land full of singing birds and flowers.
His body was intact, there was no carrion or pain, as if everything before was just a nightmare.
But now, after waking up from the dream, he returned to reality.
The man named Liu Ming asked him why he was sleeping on the ground in surprise, and said that they were all villagers from Changshou Village, so he sent the captain back to his so-called "home".
However, looking at the empty home, the captain felt weird.
Immediately afterwards, the captain discovered to his horror that the memories he had left before were slowly fading.
The frightened captain was full of vigilance towards this Longevity Village, and didn't fully believe Liu Ming's words.
He tried his best to write down a few words before his memory completely disappeared, to remind himself not to be confused by the peace in front of him.
On the other side, the captain was shocked to find that there were other team members in the village!
However, the other party looked like he didn't know him, and said with a smile that he was a villager in Changshou Village and had been here since he was born. He also said that he had never been out of the mountains, and he didn't know the captain.
The captain only felt that his blood was running cold.
What kind of experience will make a person completely forget the past as if all the memories have been replaced?
Soon, the captain found that more than one team member, and even several hiking enthusiasts he had known or heard of, were in this village.
Before that, they all declared to the outside world that they wanted to settle here because they liked Changshou Village, and even the leader of the hiking team was attracted to come here because of their experience.
But now, those people keep saying that they are villagers of Changshou Village and have been here since birth.
Those people also expressed doubts about the captain, asking him if he was thinking too much, and advised him not to have any troubles, just live happily here.
Everyone around him had such a consistent attitude, which made the captain feel at a loss and self-doubt.
—Is it abnormal that it is actually him?Are those scenes outside the mountain in his memory just his imagination?
At the moment when the captain began to waver, it was as if a monster that had been dormant in the dark finally discovered the weakness of its prey, so it suddenly pounced on it and gnawed at the captain's memory.
He began to forget quickly, and he would have a splitting headache just thinking about it.
Gradually, the team leader also began to feel that he was a villager in Changshou Village, who had never left the mountain from birth to death.
However, Yan Shixun knew that the captain who was able to persevere for so long in the mist was definitely not someone who would easily admit defeat.
Because during the period when the captain was forgotten, he also seemed to have forgotten the existence of the cloth strip, and never wrote a single word.
When the captain wrote down again, his handwriting became even more hasty.
It was as if someone was guarding the door waiting for him to go out, so he had no choice but to suppress his beating heart, knelt by the stove with trembling hands and hurriedly recorded, then hurriedly restored everything, and pretended that nothing happened , walked out of the small wooden building with a smile, and walked towards the unknown future.
In the last paragraph, the captain said in an affirmative tone that he must have forgotten a lot of things.
[The village head, who has never been seen before, is back, and Liu Ming is calling me to see the village head, saying that he wants to discuss the sacrifice tomorrow.Liu Ming said, this is my honor, because of me, the village will continue to live in peace. ]
[However, none of the neighbors whom Liu called away before came back. ]
[I come to think of it, I am someone who has died and lived again.But it was too late, I couldn't escape.If future generations are lucky enough to see this piece of cloth, believe me, run! ! ! ]
The last two words were so powerful that they cut through the cloth strip, and the carbon powder also pierced the captain's fingers, leaving a little blood on the cloth strip.
Yan Shixun stood quietly for a few seconds, then slowly folded the cloth strips in his hands, put them back under the wooden board, and put everything back in place.
However, when he was about to get up, he found that there seemed to be a little white in the black ash under the stove.
He leaned forward in doubt, and stretched out his hand to poke inside.
The cool and hard feel of the tentacles surprised him, and he quickly pulled the thing out.
However, the thing stuffed under the stove was bigger than Yan Shixun imagined.
The narrow space and the ashes of the firewood covering it affected Yan Shixun's judgment. When he pulled hard, he felt that the weight and size were not right.
The touch made Yan Shixun think it was a piece of bone, but now... it looks more like the weight of the entire skeleton of an adult male.
The longer Nan Tian waited in the living room, the more frightened he became, and he walked into the kitchen cautiously, wanting to ask Yan Shixun how things were going.
"Yan..."
However, before the words could be spoken, Nan Tian's gaze was first attracted by the skeleton in Yan Shixun's hand.
The scene in front of him was so terrifying that even Nan Tian, who was already afraid of ghosts, froze his eyes.
——Yan Shixun grabbed the arm of the skeleton, and pulled out the whole skeleton from the hearth, just halfway through, half of the skeleton was in Yan Shixun's hand, and half was still hidden in the hearth.
And the head with the skeleton hanging down weakly, the empty eye sockets... were facing Nan Tian.
At that moment, Nan Tian felt his scalp explode.
The audience who were also scared to death were Yan Shixun's audience in front of the split screen.
They never expected that they would watch a travel variety show that was good, but they watched a super close-up of a human skeleton.
— and in the style of this show, it's definitely not a model.
This is true! !
Nan Tian wanted to scream, but was stopped in his throat by Yan Shixun's light and sideways glance.
"Since you are afraid, step back and make room for yourself."
Yan Shixun's eyebrows and eyes were calm, as if he didn't think there was any problem with the skeleton in his hand.
Nan Tian looked extremely well-behaved, and immediately retreated to the kitchen door, watching Yan Shixun put the skeleton on the ground with fear.
Yan Shixun squatted down, starting from the top of the head all the way down, carefully looking at the skeleton for any scars.
From what was written on the cloth just now, he had already confirmed the identity of this skeleton.
It was the aborigine of this small wooden building, the leader of the trekking team who was separated by villagers in Changshou Village.
The only thing Yan Shixun didn't know was why Liu Ming, the captain who died after leaving, would have his bones stuffed into his hearth instead.
However, even if he looked carefully at the entire skeleton, he couldn't find any scars.
On this, there is no cause of death for the captain.
Because there is no flesh and blood, even Yan Shixun, after so many years, cannot accurately judge out of thin air what happened to the captain after the record cut off, so that he became like this.
Yan Shixun straightened up slowly, took out a handkerchief and wiped his dusty fingers.
When he lowered his eyes, he happened to meet the eye sockets of the skeleton.
Yan Shixun was stunned for a moment, wondering if it was his own subjective emotions that were causing the trouble, he actually felt that the bones had lost their dark eye sockets and showed a hint of earnest pleading.
It was as if the pain and obsession of the captain penetrated through life and death and time, and returned to the bones that had lost his life, pleading with the exorcist who came before him——
Please, save me from the pain of life and death, and please bring back my teammates who led the team back then.
Yan Shixun's movement of wiping his hands paused a little bit, and his arms hung down.
He stared at the skeleton silently for a moment, then smiled and said softly, "Yes."
Looking at Yan Shixun who was talking to himself, Nan Tian felt as if a cold wind was blowing from the back of his neck, and couldn't help shivering in fear.
Yan Shixun's heart was heavy until he left the captain's small wooden building.
Because the captain mentioned in the record that he met many teammates and people he knew in the village.
Therefore, Yan Shixun took the captain's house as the center, and quickly searched dozens of small wooden buildings nearby. Nan Tian, who was so tired and followed him, was a little weak, but Yan Shixun was still full of energy, and he couldn't tell that he was efficient just now. Done so many things.
After checking the small wooden building nearby, Yan Shixun discovered that the captain was not the only one who forgot things.
On the walls or floors of some other small wooden buildings, you can see traces scratched with nails or sharp objects. Those people have also struggled with forgetting, and some people have asked questions, wanting to know Why did the already dead self appear here, and why did the companions turn into rotting corpses.
However, those people seem to have quickly forgotten what happened in the past. After drawing those marks, they even forgot what they wanted to remember so painfully, and never went back to check.
Even those scratches... have already been covered by thick dust.
However, Yan Shixun also found some differences in some of the small wooden buildings.
On the top of the dusty cabinet, or under the bed, there is a square imprint that looks like a notebook, and the dust is much thinner than other places.
It seems that there was once a notebook here.
Yan Shixun thought of the captain hiding the cloth strips under the floor.
Perhaps, the captain, who is more thoughtful than others, discovered that the villagers would take away the carriers they used for recording, so he hid his records so carefully.
And those who did not hide, what they recorded, have been taken away by others.
However, from everyone's fragmentary records, Yan Shixun managed to piece together a complete experience of the incident from many perspectives, knowing exactly what happened that year.
All the people who will appear in the longevity village upstream will experience the longevity village downstream.
They were either gambling for a chance, or for the scenery of Changshou Village that was spread on the Internet. After going to Changshou Village, they were all deeply attracted by them without exception.
All the emotions and memories that would make them unhappy will be forgotten, and everyone lives happily in Changshou Village.
They will not remember what they have forgotten, they will only feel that they are the happiest people in the world, and this is what life should be like.
All pain is lost and all that remains is joy.
Then, one day after the sun went down, things began to change. ,
The carrion crawled out of the river and hid in the small wooden building by the river.
Some people were attacked by carrion corpses hidden under the bed in their sleep, and then watched as the villagers who suddenly appeared stripped their flesh and blood.
These people have another thing in common-after they came to the Longevity Village upstream for no reason, they all had the experience of memory slowly disappearing.
Moreover, some of the people who are still in good condition are struggling to leave the last record, and there is no more news.
——They went to meet the village chief to prepare for the sacrifice.
Yan Shixun didn't know how those people survived and became intact after being flayed alive.
However, because of the repeatedly mentioned sacrifices and the similar leaving information, he had bad guesses in his heart.
Nan Tian mentioned that his hometown near Nanming Mountain had the habit of offering sacrifices to dead bodies.
Are those people in Changshou Village who never returned were used for living sacrifices?
Yan Shixun's heart sank heavily, those records full of blood, tears and pain weighed heavily on his heart, making him suddenly return to the Changshou Village back then, watching those people being called away.
Like, fattening livestock for slaughter.
Yan Shixun stood on the village road in a daze for a while, Nan Tian didn't dare to ask any more questions, he could only look around in fear, and then looked at Yan Shixun worriedly, for fear that he would act like this because he was injured by evil spirits .
While meditating, Yan Shixun suddenly felt that the corner of his eyes caught a bright color.
He looked up subconsciously, and saw a figure in a skirt running past in a hurry.
Although the figure only appeared for a short moment between the buildings and was soon blocked by the small wooden building again, Yan Shixun still quickly recognized the person.
It was the first girl he saw when he first arrived at Longevity Village along the river upstream.
However, unlike the girl's innocence at that time, Yan Shixun noticed in the hasty glance just now that her face was anxious, as if she was in a hurry to do something, even her breathing was panting, as if she had already run away long time.
In a split second, Yan Shixun made a decision. With his long legs, he galloped out, sharply supported the railing of the small wooden building next to him, climbed over the eaves and walls, and quickly approached the girl by the shortest path.
"and many more!"
Yan Shixun shouted: "Ayu!"
He remembered clearly that Liu Ming called this girl that way at that time.
After hearing the shout, the girl who was running eagerly stopped and looked behind in surprise.
After seeing Yan Shixun's attire clearly, the girl's pupils constricted.
"Outlander? How could..."
The girl didn't respond to Yan Shixun's address, but murmured unbelievably, and looked at Yan Shixun with worry.
It was the unbearable look that kind people naturally show when they see someone going to die.
She seemed to want to open her mouth to stop the tragedy from happening, to say something to Yan Shixun.But she hesitated soon, a little fear appeared on her immature and young face, as if she was afraid of something.
Because the girl stopped, Yan Shixun immediately caught up with her.
However, before Yan Shixun called out the girl's name again, he noticed that the girl seemed a little strange to him.
Obviously we met before, and there was obvious worry on the girl's face at that time.If it wasn't for Liu Ming's sudden appearance, what else would he want to say to him.
So why now... wait!
Yan Shixun suddenly noticed that the girl in front of him looked slightly different from the girl he saw when he first came to Changshou Village.
That kind of difference is too subtle, and it is more of a face that has been changed the day after tomorrow because of personality.
Compared with the innocence and childishness of Ayu he saw at the beginning, the girl in front of him now is obviously more calm and thoughtful, like an old man who has been raised by worrying all year round.
Twins?
Yan Shixun skipped this thought in his mind.
At this time, the girl also asked after a brief hesitation and thinking, "Have you met my sister?"
Yan Shixun decided to take a gamble.
Whether it was the former sister or the current sister, he didn't feel any malice from them, and what Ayu wanted to say before but didn't have time, Yan Shixun also searched dozens of small wooden buildings. guess.
He felt that what Ayu wanted to say to him at that time should be "go quickly".
This completely different attitude from Liu Ming made Yan Shixun believe that Ayu had no malice towards him and must know something.
and so……
"Yes, I have seen Ayu."
Yan Shixun put on a puzzled look, and said sincerely: "She told me to go quickly, and then she left without saying anything."
"Are you Ayu's sister? Do you know what Ayu said?"
Hearing Yan Shixun's words, after a short moment of astonishment, the older sister seemed to look at Yan Shixun stomping his feet with hatred, then lowered her voice and said bitterly: "Ayu told you, so why don't you go! "
Yan Shixun pretended to be dazed and innocent: "I don't know how to leave, there seems to be no road around the village. And."
He looked into his sister's eyes and said sincerely: "I think Ayu doesn't like this place, so I want to take her along."
My sister didn't expect Yan Shixun to say such words, and she was a little stunned when she was caught off guard.
Immediately, she came back to her senses, but her expression was softer than before.
She looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else around them, she immediately approached Yan Shixun and said in a low voice, "If you had just entered the village, it would be easier to leave, just walk up the river along the river with a chrysanthemum in your hand. But Now that you have entered the village and have come here deeply, this method has no effect."
My sister seemed to be hesitating whether she should continue talking, but she gritted her teeth after seeing Yan Shixun's sincere face, and said, "Nowadays, if you want to leave the village, you have to wait until they leave the village." I took you out with me."
"I don't know who the sacrifice they choose will be. If it's not you, you can find a chance to lie down in the coffin with you. Don't make a sound, don't breathe, and hold your breath until you leave the village."
The elder sister whispered seriously and worriedly: "If you can do it, then you can leave. But this method is very risky, if you can't do it... as long as any of the links go wrong, you will be discovered by them , at that time, you will really die."
"I've told you the method. Whether to take a gamble and leave the village to face the pain of reality, or to live happily in the village for a period of time, you decide which one to choose. I can't help you too much."
While his sister was talking, Yan Shixun had been silently observing her expression.
He felt a little strange. When my sister talked about the method of leaving the village, she seemed very skilled, as if she had already said the same thing to many people.
However, it should be a kind reminder, but my sister behaved as calm as stagnant water, without the blood and passion of ordinary people when helping others.
It's like, my sister doesn't expect the results of other people being helped by her at all, and she doesn't think that the other person can do what she says.
She is only responsible for providing methods in good faith, but she knew early on that the other party would fail.
This made Yan Shixun a little curious, whether it was her sister who said the same thing to those people before, but because she watched their final choices left behind, she was full of expectations and failed again and again, and finally became like this The general attitude of stagnant water.
Yan Shixun didn't let his sister leave after speaking, but just when she was about to turn around and continue running, she sincerely thanked her: "Thank you, I will definitely try."
"Do you know where Ayu is? I want to take her out of the village with me."
Because of Yan Shixun's words, the elder sister regained her footsteps, turned around, and looked at Yan Shixun in disbelief, her lips trembling slightly.
Yan Shixun looked very sincere: "You probably don't like this village either? We can go together."
My sister was stunned for a few seconds, and then looked at Yan Shixun with complicated eyes: "You..."
She seemed to sense something approaching, raised her head vigilantly and looked to the other side, then quickly lowered her voice and said to Yan Shixun: "Thank you for your willingness to help Ayu, but our sisters can't leave even if they want to, can you help me?" A Yu must be very happy to know such a thought, and I will tell her."
"and also."
My sister tore off the ornament hanging from her waist and threw it into Yan Shixun's arms: "If you are really ready to leave, hang this on your body before they do anything, no matter what happens Don't take off anything you see."
"Maybe……"
My sister moved her lips, but she didn't say anything in the end.
She only took a deep look at Yan Shixun for the last time, then turned around and ran with her skirt up, and her figure quickly disappeared behind the small wooden building.
Yan Shixun looked into his arms and found that the things his sister threw to him were exactly the same as the folk fabrics he had seen at the proprietress of the homestay outside the mountain.
Only the patterns and colors are different.
Nan Tiantian, who was left behind by Yan Shixun, ran over panting, holding Yan Shixun's shoulders and panting heavily.
Because Yan Shixun's speed was too fast, and he could be regarded as half a trapeze man, taking the shortest path, so Nan Tian only felt that Yan Shixun's figure had been lost in the blink of an eye.
After distinguishing for a long time, he even guessed the direction Yan Shixun might have left, and made two wrong runs before finally finding him.
Before Nan Tian could catch his breath and ask why Yan Shixun did what he did just now, he first saw the folk fabric Yan Shixun was holding in his hand.
"Brother Yan, where did this come from?"
Nan Tian looked around in surprise: "Did someone come here just now?"
Nan Tian remembered very clearly that when they were outside the mountain, all the guests were choosing their favorite patterns and colors, but Yan Shixun kept standing behind talking to Zhang Dao and the others, and did not take a piece of fabric.
And after meeting Yan Shixun again, he didn't see this in his hand either.
The only explanation is that Yan Shixun met someone when he ran over just now, and got the fabric from the other party.
"Is there anyone in this village who knows this?" Nan Tian murmured in a daze.
In fact, ever since he was in the homestay, Nan Tian felt strange, why such a traditional culture with such a small number of people can still get a complete and accurate inheritance after there is no news from his hometown village, no matter the color or pattern is correct It is beautifully woven, and you can tell it was made with care at a glance.
Seeing the fabric Yan Shixun was holding now, Nan Tian suddenly had a guess.
Could it be that other than him, other people survived in the village of his hometown back then, and they lived in this village?
But soon he shook his head, feeling that his guess was a little funny.
How is it possible... If there is nothing wrong in my hometown, why have my parents kept silent about it for so many years?Can't find a word about my hometown at all?
You must know that it is different from before, now is the information age, as long as people from their hometown leave the village, walk around the surveillance area outside Nanming Mountain, or have any movements outside, they will be caught.
And he spent so much time and energy, but got nothing.
Even he himself has given up, how can there be a miracle?
Nan Tian was thinking lazily, his gaze casually stroking across the fabric in Yan Shixun's hands.
In the next second, Nan Tian exclaimed in a low voice: "Brother Yan! Who gave you this fabric? Does he have any grudge against you?"
Yan Shixun frowned and looked: "Why do you say that?"
Nan Tian pointed to the fabric and said, "Pure white, with this pattern, it means... eternal death."
Yan Shixun lowered his eyes, looking at the fabric in his hand with deep eyes.
What my sister told him just now was clearly not to take it off. Judging from her tone at that time, she was thinking of him and felt that as long as she carried it, she could save her life.
Yan Shixun didn't feel that his sister wanted to harm him.
He has seen a lot of people's deep emotions in the world, so he can naturally distinguish what is malicious.
As for Nan Tian, it was even more impossible for him to lie to himself.
Besides, Nan Tian is also the person who knows these folk customs best, what he said is not wrong.
That being the case, there is only one explanation left...
"Guest, how did you get here?"
Liu Ming's voice suddenly came from behind.
A trace of panic flashed across Nan Tian's face.
After following Yan Shixun to see the remaining information in those small wooden buildings, Nan Tian realized that Liu Ming is not a good person, and even Liu Ming is like the announcer of death. would be taken away, never to return.
Nan Tian was afraid that now it was their turn.
Yan Shixun felt the discomfort of Nan Tian beside him, he quickly hid the fabric in the coat pocket in his arms with one hand, and immediately grabbed Nan Tian's arm with the other hand, squeezed it forcefully, and silently signaled Nan Tian not to panic.
Immediately, he turned around calmly, looked at Liu Ming behind him with a smile: "The scenery in the village is beautiful, I came here unknowingly."
Liu Ming readily accepted this explanation.
No, he never expressed the slightest doubt about what other people said to him, as if he believed everything they said.
But in Yan Shixun's view, this is more like saying: No matter what you say, you can't escape the doomed death.
Liu Ming is so confident... Where does he get his confidence?
Besides, Liu Ming is also an outsider, and like those residents of the small wooden building who have lost their masters, after being attracted by the scenery and fame of Changshou Village, they have experienced the same things that other people have experienced.
But why did Liu Ming not have an accident?It even seems to be on the opposite side of the people outside the mountain.
Helped the village head of Changshou Village, and lived until now.
Yan Shixun looked at Liu Ming with an inquiring gaze.
"The guest must be tired and hungry after walking for such a long time."
Liu Ming rubbed his hands, and said with a natural attitude: "The food is ready, you can go back and eat. Besides, it will be dark in a while, and by then, the village road will be difficult to walk."
Yan Shixun nodded, held Nan Tian's arm tightly, and led him forward: "Then let's go back together."
"correct."
Liu Ming smiled and said to Yan Shixun: "The village head is back too, he is waiting at home."
"When the guests came to the village, they didn't even get the village chief to entertain them. It's really neglectful. Let's go back quickly and meet the village chief together."
Yan Shixun's eyes widened slightly, and there was a flash of astonishment.
But soon, before anyone noticed his leaked emotions, his face immediately calmed down again, as if nothing had happened.
On the other hand, Nan Tian, even though he used his strongest willpower, he failed to manage his expression successfully and let his emotions leak on his face.
If it wasn't for Yan Shixun still holding onto his arm, he wouldn't even be able to stand still.
In the small wooden buildings I saw just now, the excuses used to take them away were all "going to see the village chief", and the one who came to pick them up was also Liu Ming.
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The style of the coat and the name on it made Yan Shixun understand that the people who live here are those who live in seclusion in Changshou Village to the outside world.
From the first time Changshou Village came into people's view decades ago to now, how many backpackers and people dying of serious illness have come here, and how many people have announced that they will settle in Changshou Village.
And in front of him was a huge deserted small wooden building...
Judging from the hand bones that Yan Shixun saw before, and the dust that has been uninhabited for many years here, I am afraid that the captain has already encountered misfortune.
If the situation in other small wooden buildings is the same as here, everyone who declares that they want to live in seclusion will die here in the end, then according to the number of people who are willing to come here to live in seclusion as introduced by the guide, and the number of abandoned small wooden buildings here , there are hundreds of people.
Yan Shixun's eyes darkened.
He put down the coat in his hand, and turned to carefully search for all possible places to put things in the small wooden building.
Since everything here remains the same, it means that there is a high probability that the captain's personal items will also be left here.
If you are lucky, if you find the few words left by the captain, then Yan Shixun can also know what happened at that time, and how the people who were supposed to live in leisure and seclusion appeared here.
Looking at such a dilapidated house, Nan Tianguang already felt a little creepy.
But after Yan Shixun concentrated on searching, he didn't care about him, and he didn't want Yan Shixun to be in the way because of him, so he stood restrained in the living room, like a large roadblock, so nervous that he couldn't even move his hands and feet. I don't know how to put it.
After Nan Tian closed the door, he finally felt some comfort in his heart and heaved a sigh of relief.
On the other side, Yan Shixun, who quickly searched the entire small wooden building, really got something.
There are not many things in all the cabinets, there are at most two pieces of clothing or woodworking statues, and in the kitchen and food storage cabinets, the food has long been turned into a whole piece of black charcoal, but it can still It was vaguely discernible that it should have been some meat, not crops.
After a short period of doubt, Yan Shixun only thought that the vegetables had been completely rotted for a long time, and there was nothing left, and then continued to search.
When he walked to the stove, Martin boots stepped on the wooden floor and made a harsh friction sound.
Yan Shixun suddenly stopped in his tracks.
This voice is a little empty.
He lowered his eyes and slowly looked at his feet.
The ground next to the stove has been scorched by flames for many years, and it is already dark and shiny. Even though it is covered with dust now, it is not the same as other places.
But it was not this that attracted Yan Shixun's attention.
It's the gap between the planks and the planks.
It is precisely because of the dust that this originally inconspicuous gap can be discovered.
Only this line, the dust seems to have fallen down along the gap, just revealing a black line in the gray.
Yan Shixun stepped on the floor again, and after hearing the creaking sound with a slight echo, he quickly squatted down and reached out to feel for the board.
The sound of the solid and hollow drums is a little bit different, and when the hollow drum is hit, the sound is hollower and more crisp.
Like what he just heard.
The slender fingers carefully slid along the gap, and quickly found a place where the board could be pried open.
With a slight sound of "Boom!", the wooden planks that had been covered in dust and forgotten for many years were pried open again.
Like a clam whose shell has been opened, it reveals the hidden pearls inside to the world.
However, many years ago, it was not pearls that were carefully hidden under the planks.
It was a mess of dirty cloth.
Irregular shapes and burrs at the edges, it looks like it has been torn from some random piece of clothing.
Yan Shixun took the cloth ball in his hand and unfolded it lightly, only then did he see that there was writing on it.
The handwriting is very messy, and the pen used is not a common one, it is more like someone's fingers dipped in toner, writing it down stroke by stroke with difficulty.
Because of the long time and being lumped together again, many handwritings have rubbed against each other and become blurred, so Yan Shixun had to get very close and patiently identify them carefully.
The people living in this small wooden building seemed to have a premonition of what was going to happen to him, or noticed something was wrong early on, so he briefly recorded his abnormality on the cloth to remind himself.
However, starting from the first sentence, Yan Shixun frowned.
[I'm dead, but I'm alive again. ]
When this sentence was recorded, the man was still a little dazed, and the carbon powder formed a ball on the fabric, as if he had been in a daze for a long time when he was writing, and the carbon powder unconsciously dyed a large area.
Yan Shixun felt surprised, so he continued to look down.
From the messy and chaotic narration, it took Yan Shixun quite a while to figure out exactly what this person was talking about.
This person is the leader of the hiking team. Many years ago, he led a hiking team into Changshou Village.
But he didn't know that what awaited them was death without return.
The members of the trekking team disappeared one by one in Changshou Village. The team leader found something abnormal after sunset, but he would forget all the pain and sorrow during the day and continue to live a leisurely life.
Until everyone in the hiking team disappeared from the captain's side, and one night, he saw a person he was familiar with crawling out of the river with a terrifying image of being swollen from the water.
The captain called the other party's name, but the other party rushed over full of resentment and bit the captain's throat.
In the cold waiting for death, the captain who fell on the ground vaguely saw the figures of the villagers.
The old man, who was always smiling, became so cold, looking down at the captain who watched the blood flow quickly, making him feel that this face was strange and terrifying.
Immediately, the captain felt indescribable pain, which even made him, who was already in extreme pain, scream uncontrollably.
——The old man... was actually peeling off his flesh and blood with his bare hands.
The old man's technique is very skilled, it seems that he has done it many times.
It's like separating the flesh and blood of an animal from its skeleton.
The captain, who hadn't breathed yet, watched helplessly as his whole flesh and blood were detached from his skeleton, his pale bones were exposed to the air, while his bright red heart was still beating.
He passed out, and only remembered the icy cold river in a vague way. He was wondering if the old man was destroying the corpse and throwing himself into the river behind.
And did his team members also experience such horrific pain when he didn't know it?
The captain thought that he would end up with the corrupted look of those team members after they died, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he was in a land full of singing birds and flowers.
His body was intact, there was no carrion or pain, as if everything before was just a nightmare.
But now, after waking up from the dream, he returned to reality.
The man named Liu Ming asked him why he was sleeping on the ground in surprise, and said that they were all villagers from Changshou Village, so he sent the captain back to his so-called "home".
However, looking at the empty home, the captain felt weird.
Immediately afterwards, the captain discovered to his horror that the memories he had left before were slowly fading.
The frightened captain was full of vigilance towards this Longevity Village, and didn't fully believe Liu Ming's words.
He tried his best to write down a few words before his memory completely disappeared, to remind himself not to be confused by the peace in front of him.
On the other side, the captain was shocked to find that there were other team members in the village!
However, the other party looked like he didn't know him, and said with a smile that he was a villager in Changshou Village and had been here since he was born. He also said that he had never been out of the mountains, and he didn't know the captain.
The captain only felt that his blood was running cold.
What kind of experience will make a person completely forget the past as if all the memories have been replaced?
Soon, the captain found that more than one team member, and even several hiking enthusiasts he had known or heard of, were in this village.
Before that, they all declared to the outside world that they wanted to settle here because they liked Changshou Village, and even the leader of the hiking team was attracted to come here because of their experience.
But now, those people keep saying that they are villagers of Changshou Village and have been here since birth.
Those people also expressed doubts about the captain, asking him if he was thinking too much, and advised him not to have any troubles, just live happily here.
Everyone around him had such a consistent attitude, which made the captain feel at a loss and self-doubt.
—Is it abnormal that it is actually him?Are those scenes outside the mountain in his memory just his imagination?
At the moment when the captain began to waver, it was as if a monster that had been dormant in the dark finally discovered the weakness of its prey, so it suddenly pounced on it and gnawed at the captain's memory.
He began to forget quickly, and he would have a splitting headache just thinking about it.
Gradually, the team leader also began to feel that he was a villager in Changshou Village, who had never left the mountain from birth to death.
However, Yan Shixun knew that the captain who was able to persevere for so long in the mist was definitely not someone who would easily admit defeat.
Because during the period when the captain was forgotten, he also seemed to have forgotten the existence of the cloth strip, and never wrote a single word.
When the captain wrote down again, his handwriting became even more hasty.
It was as if someone was guarding the door waiting for him to go out, so he had no choice but to suppress his beating heart, knelt by the stove with trembling hands and hurriedly recorded, then hurriedly restored everything, and pretended that nothing happened , walked out of the small wooden building with a smile, and walked towards the unknown future.
In the last paragraph, the captain said in an affirmative tone that he must have forgotten a lot of things.
[The village head, who has never been seen before, is back, and Liu Ming is calling me to see the village head, saying that he wants to discuss the sacrifice tomorrow.Liu Ming said, this is my honor, because of me, the village will continue to live in peace. ]
[However, none of the neighbors whom Liu called away before came back. ]
[I come to think of it, I am someone who has died and lived again.But it was too late, I couldn't escape.If future generations are lucky enough to see this piece of cloth, believe me, run! ! ! ]
The last two words were so powerful that they cut through the cloth strip, and the carbon powder also pierced the captain's fingers, leaving a little blood on the cloth strip.
Yan Shixun stood quietly for a few seconds, then slowly folded the cloth strips in his hands, put them back under the wooden board, and put everything back in place.
However, when he was about to get up, he found that there seemed to be a little white in the black ash under the stove.
He leaned forward in doubt, and stretched out his hand to poke inside.
The cool and hard feel of the tentacles surprised him, and he quickly pulled the thing out.
However, the thing stuffed under the stove was bigger than Yan Shixun imagined.
The narrow space and the ashes of the firewood covering it affected Yan Shixun's judgment. When he pulled hard, he felt that the weight and size were not right.
The touch made Yan Shixun think it was a piece of bone, but now... it looks more like the weight of the entire skeleton of an adult male.
The longer Nan Tian waited in the living room, the more frightened he became, and he walked into the kitchen cautiously, wanting to ask Yan Shixun how things were going.
"Yan..."
However, before the words could be spoken, Nan Tian's gaze was first attracted by the skeleton in Yan Shixun's hand.
The scene in front of him was so terrifying that even Nan Tian, who was already afraid of ghosts, froze his eyes.
——Yan Shixun grabbed the arm of the skeleton, and pulled out the whole skeleton from the hearth, just halfway through, half of the skeleton was in Yan Shixun's hand, and half was still hidden in the hearth.
And the head with the skeleton hanging down weakly, the empty eye sockets... were facing Nan Tian.
At that moment, Nan Tian felt his scalp explode.
The audience who were also scared to death were Yan Shixun's audience in front of the split screen.
They never expected that they would watch a travel variety show that was good, but they watched a super close-up of a human skeleton.
— and in the style of this show, it's definitely not a model.
This is true! !
Nan Tian wanted to scream, but was stopped in his throat by Yan Shixun's light and sideways glance.
"Since you are afraid, step back and make room for yourself."
Yan Shixun's eyebrows and eyes were calm, as if he didn't think there was any problem with the skeleton in his hand.
Nan Tian looked extremely well-behaved, and immediately retreated to the kitchen door, watching Yan Shixun put the skeleton on the ground with fear.
Yan Shixun squatted down, starting from the top of the head all the way down, carefully looking at the skeleton for any scars.
From what was written on the cloth just now, he had already confirmed the identity of this skeleton.
It was the aborigine of this small wooden building, the leader of the trekking team who was separated by villagers in Changshou Village.
The only thing Yan Shixun didn't know was why Liu Ming, the captain who died after leaving, would have his bones stuffed into his hearth instead.
However, even if he looked carefully at the entire skeleton, he couldn't find any scars.
On this, there is no cause of death for the captain.
Because there is no flesh and blood, even Yan Shixun, after so many years, cannot accurately judge out of thin air what happened to the captain after the record cut off, so that he became like this.
Yan Shixun straightened up slowly, took out a handkerchief and wiped his dusty fingers.
When he lowered his eyes, he happened to meet the eye sockets of the skeleton.
Yan Shixun was stunned for a moment, wondering if it was his own subjective emotions that were causing the trouble, he actually felt that the bones had lost their dark eye sockets and showed a hint of earnest pleading.
It was as if the pain and obsession of the captain penetrated through life and death and time, and returned to the bones that had lost his life, pleading with the exorcist who came before him——
Please, save me from the pain of life and death, and please bring back my teammates who led the team back then.
Yan Shixun's movement of wiping his hands paused a little bit, and his arms hung down.
He stared at the skeleton silently for a moment, then smiled and said softly, "Yes."
Looking at Yan Shixun who was talking to himself, Nan Tian felt as if a cold wind was blowing from the back of his neck, and couldn't help shivering in fear.
Yan Shixun's heart was heavy until he left the captain's small wooden building.
Because the captain mentioned in the record that he met many teammates and people he knew in the village.
Therefore, Yan Shixun took the captain's house as the center, and quickly searched dozens of small wooden buildings nearby. Nan Tian, who was so tired and followed him, was a little weak, but Yan Shixun was still full of energy, and he couldn't tell that he was efficient just now. Done so many things.
After checking the small wooden building nearby, Yan Shixun discovered that the captain was not the only one who forgot things.
On the walls or floors of some other small wooden buildings, you can see traces scratched with nails or sharp objects. Those people have also struggled with forgetting, and some people have asked questions, wanting to know Why did the already dead self appear here, and why did the companions turn into rotting corpses.
However, those people seem to have quickly forgotten what happened in the past. After drawing those marks, they even forgot what they wanted to remember so painfully, and never went back to check.
Even those scratches... have already been covered by thick dust.
However, Yan Shixun also found some differences in some of the small wooden buildings.
On the top of the dusty cabinet, or under the bed, there is a square imprint that looks like a notebook, and the dust is much thinner than other places.
It seems that there was once a notebook here.
Yan Shixun thought of the captain hiding the cloth strips under the floor.
Perhaps, the captain, who is more thoughtful than others, discovered that the villagers would take away the carriers they used for recording, so he hid his records so carefully.
And those who did not hide, what they recorded, have been taken away by others.
However, from everyone's fragmentary records, Yan Shixun managed to piece together a complete experience of the incident from many perspectives, knowing exactly what happened that year.
All the people who will appear in the longevity village upstream will experience the longevity village downstream.
They were either gambling for a chance, or for the scenery of Changshou Village that was spread on the Internet. After going to Changshou Village, they were all deeply attracted by them without exception.
All the emotions and memories that would make them unhappy will be forgotten, and everyone lives happily in Changshou Village.
They will not remember what they have forgotten, they will only feel that they are the happiest people in the world, and this is what life should be like.
All pain is lost and all that remains is joy.
Then, one day after the sun went down, things began to change. ,
The carrion crawled out of the river and hid in the small wooden building by the river.
Some people were attacked by carrion corpses hidden under the bed in their sleep, and then watched as the villagers who suddenly appeared stripped their flesh and blood.
These people have another thing in common-after they came to the Longevity Village upstream for no reason, they all had the experience of memory slowly disappearing.
Moreover, some of the people who are still in good condition are struggling to leave the last record, and there is no more news.
——They went to meet the village chief to prepare for the sacrifice.
Yan Shixun didn't know how those people survived and became intact after being flayed alive.
However, because of the repeatedly mentioned sacrifices and the similar leaving information, he had bad guesses in his heart.
Nan Tian mentioned that his hometown near Nanming Mountain had the habit of offering sacrifices to dead bodies.
Are those people in Changshou Village who never returned were used for living sacrifices?
Yan Shixun's heart sank heavily, those records full of blood, tears and pain weighed heavily on his heart, making him suddenly return to the Changshou Village back then, watching those people being called away.
Like, fattening livestock for slaughter.
Yan Shixun stood on the village road in a daze for a while, Nan Tian didn't dare to ask any more questions, he could only look around in fear, and then looked at Yan Shixun worriedly, for fear that he would act like this because he was injured by evil spirits .
While meditating, Yan Shixun suddenly felt that the corner of his eyes caught a bright color.
He looked up subconsciously, and saw a figure in a skirt running past in a hurry.
Although the figure only appeared for a short moment between the buildings and was soon blocked by the small wooden building again, Yan Shixun still quickly recognized the person.
It was the first girl he saw when he first arrived at Longevity Village along the river upstream.
However, unlike the girl's innocence at that time, Yan Shixun noticed in the hasty glance just now that her face was anxious, as if she was in a hurry to do something, even her breathing was panting, as if she had already run away long time.
In a split second, Yan Shixun made a decision. With his long legs, he galloped out, sharply supported the railing of the small wooden building next to him, climbed over the eaves and walls, and quickly approached the girl by the shortest path.
"and many more!"
Yan Shixun shouted: "Ayu!"
He remembered clearly that Liu Ming called this girl that way at that time.
After hearing the shout, the girl who was running eagerly stopped and looked behind in surprise.
After seeing Yan Shixun's attire clearly, the girl's pupils constricted.
"Outlander? How could..."
The girl didn't respond to Yan Shixun's address, but murmured unbelievably, and looked at Yan Shixun with worry.
It was the unbearable look that kind people naturally show when they see someone going to die.
She seemed to want to open her mouth to stop the tragedy from happening, to say something to Yan Shixun.But she hesitated soon, a little fear appeared on her immature and young face, as if she was afraid of something.
Because the girl stopped, Yan Shixun immediately caught up with her.
However, before Yan Shixun called out the girl's name again, he noticed that the girl seemed a little strange to him.
Obviously we met before, and there was obvious worry on the girl's face at that time.If it wasn't for Liu Ming's sudden appearance, what else would he want to say to him.
So why now... wait!
Yan Shixun suddenly noticed that the girl in front of him looked slightly different from the girl he saw when he first came to Changshou Village.
That kind of difference is too subtle, and it is more of a face that has been changed the day after tomorrow because of personality.
Compared with the innocence and childishness of Ayu he saw at the beginning, the girl in front of him now is obviously more calm and thoughtful, like an old man who has been raised by worrying all year round.
Twins?
Yan Shixun skipped this thought in his mind.
At this time, the girl also asked after a brief hesitation and thinking, "Have you met my sister?"
Yan Shixun decided to take a gamble.
Whether it was the former sister or the current sister, he didn't feel any malice from them, and what Ayu wanted to say before but didn't have time, Yan Shixun also searched dozens of small wooden buildings. guess.
He felt that what Ayu wanted to say to him at that time should be "go quickly".
This completely different attitude from Liu Ming made Yan Shixun believe that Ayu had no malice towards him and must know something.
and so……
"Yes, I have seen Ayu."
Yan Shixun put on a puzzled look, and said sincerely: "She told me to go quickly, and then she left without saying anything."
"Are you Ayu's sister? Do you know what Ayu said?"
Hearing Yan Shixun's words, after a short moment of astonishment, the older sister seemed to look at Yan Shixun stomping his feet with hatred, then lowered her voice and said bitterly: "Ayu told you, so why don't you go! "
Yan Shixun pretended to be dazed and innocent: "I don't know how to leave, there seems to be no road around the village. And."
He looked into his sister's eyes and said sincerely: "I think Ayu doesn't like this place, so I want to take her along."
My sister didn't expect Yan Shixun to say such words, and she was a little stunned when she was caught off guard.
Immediately, she came back to her senses, but her expression was softer than before.
She looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else around them, she immediately approached Yan Shixun and said in a low voice, "If you had just entered the village, it would be easier to leave, just walk up the river along the river with a chrysanthemum in your hand. But Now that you have entered the village and have come here deeply, this method has no effect."
My sister seemed to be hesitating whether she should continue talking, but she gritted her teeth after seeing Yan Shixun's sincere face, and said, "Nowadays, if you want to leave the village, you have to wait until they leave the village." I took you out with me."
"I don't know who the sacrifice they choose will be. If it's not you, you can find a chance to lie down in the coffin with you. Don't make a sound, don't breathe, and hold your breath until you leave the village."
The elder sister whispered seriously and worriedly: "If you can do it, then you can leave. But this method is very risky, if you can't do it... as long as any of the links go wrong, you will be discovered by them , at that time, you will really die."
"I've told you the method. Whether to take a gamble and leave the village to face the pain of reality, or to live happily in the village for a period of time, you decide which one to choose. I can't help you too much."
While his sister was talking, Yan Shixun had been silently observing her expression.
He felt a little strange. When my sister talked about the method of leaving the village, she seemed very skilled, as if she had already said the same thing to many people.
However, it should be a kind reminder, but my sister behaved as calm as stagnant water, without the blood and passion of ordinary people when helping others.
It's like, my sister doesn't expect the results of other people being helped by her at all, and she doesn't think that the other person can do what she says.
She is only responsible for providing methods in good faith, but she knew early on that the other party would fail.
This made Yan Shixun a little curious, whether it was her sister who said the same thing to those people before, but because she watched their final choices left behind, she was full of expectations and failed again and again, and finally became like this The general attitude of stagnant water.
Yan Shixun didn't let his sister leave after speaking, but just when she was about to turn around and continue running, she sincerely thanked her: "Thank you, I will definitely try."
"Do you know where Ayu is? I want to take her out of the village with me."
Because of Yan Shixun's words, the elder sister regained her footsteps, turned around, and looked at Yan Shixun in disbelief, her lips trembling slightly.
Yan Shixun looked very sincere: "You probably don't like this village either? We can go together."
My sister was stunned for a few seconds, and then looked at Yan Shixun with complicated eyes: "You..."
She seemed to sense something approaching, raised her head vigilantly and looked to the other side, then quickly lowered her voice and said to Yan Shixun: "Thank you for your willingness to help Ayu, but our sisters can't leave even if they want to, can you help me?" A Yu must be very happy to know such a thought, and I will tell her."
"and also."
My sister tore off the ornament hanging from her waist and threw it into Yan Shixun's arms: "If you are really ready to leave, hang this on your body before they do anything, no matter what happens Don't take off anything you see."
"Maybe……"
My sister moved her lips, but she didn't say anything in the end.
She only took a deep look at Yan Shixun for the last time, then turned around and ran with her skirt up, and her figure quickly disappeared behind the small wooden building.
Yan Shixun looked into his arms and found that the things his sister threw to him were exactly the same as the folk fabrics he had seen at the proprietress of the homestay outside the mountain.
Only the patterns and colors are different.
Nan Tiantian, who was left behind by Yan Shixun, ran over panting, holding Yan Shixun's shoulders and panting heavily.
Because Yan Shixun's speed was too fast, and he could be regarded as half a trapeze man, taking the shortest path, so Nan Tian only felt that Yan Shixun's figure had been lost in the blink of an eye.
After distinguishing for a long time, he even guessed the direction Yan Shixun might have left, and made two wrong runs before finally finding him.
Before Nan Tian could catch his breath and ask why Yan Shixun did what he did just now, he first saw the folk fabric Yan Shixun was holding in his hand.
"Brother Yan, where did this come from?"
Nan Tian looked around in surprise: "Did someone come here just now?"
Nan Tian remembered very clearly that when they were outside the mountain, all the guests were choosing their favorite patterns and colors, but Yan Shixun kept standing behind talking to Zhang Dao and the others, and did not take a piece of fabric.
And after meeting Yan Shixun again, he didn't see this in his hand either.
The only explanation is that Yan Shixun met someone when he ran over just now, and got the fabric from the other party.
"Is there anyone in this village who knows this?" Nan Tian murmured in a daze.
In fact, ever since he was in the homestay, Nan Tian felt strange, why such a traditional culture with such a small number of people can still get a complete and accurate inheritance after there is no news from his hometown village, no matter the color or pattern is correct It is beautifully woven, and you can tell it was made with care at a glance.
Seeing the fabric Yan Shixun was holding now, Nan Tian suddenly had a guess.
Could it be that other than him, other people survived in the village of his hometown back then, and they lived in this village?
But soon he shook his head, feeling that his guess was a little funny.
How is it possible... If there is nothing wrong in my hometown, why have my parents kept silent about it for so many years?Can't find a word about my hometown at all?
You must know that it is different from before, now is the information age, as long as people from their hometown leave the village, walk around the surveillance area outside Nanming Mountain, or have any movements outside, they will be caught.
And he spent so much time and energy, but got nothing.
Even he himself has given up, how can there be a miracle?
Nan Tian was thinking lazily, his gaze casually stroking across the fabric in Yan Shixun's hands.
In the next second, Nan Tian exclaimed in a low voice: "Brother Yan! Who gave you this fabric? Does he have any grudge against you?"
Yan Shixun frowned and looked: "Why do you say that?"
Nan Tian pointed to the fabric and said, "Pure white, with this pattern, it means... eternal death."
Yan Shixun lowered his eyes, looking at the fabric in his hand with deep eyes.
What my sister told him just now was clearly not to take it off. Judging from her tone at that time, she was thinking of him and felt that as long as she carried it, she could save her life.
Yan Shixun didn't feel that his sister wanted to harm him.
He has seen a lot of people's deep emotions in the world, so he can naturally distinguish what is malicious.
As for Nan Tian, it was even more impossible for him to lie to himself.
Besides, Nan Tian is also the person who knows these folk customs best, what he said is not wrong.
That being the case, there is only one explanation left...
"Guest, how did you get here?"
Liu Ming's voice suddenly came from behind.
A trace of panic flashed across Nan Tian's face.
After following Yan Shixun to see the remaining information in those small wooden buildings, Nan Tian realized that Liu Ming is not a good person, and even Liu Ming is like the announcer of death. would be taken away, never to return.
Nan Tian was afraid that now it was their turn.
Yan Shixun felt the discomfort of Nan Tian beside him, he quickly hid the fabric in the coat pocket in his arms with one hand, and immediately grabbed Nan Tian's arm with the other hand, squeezed it forcefully, and silently signaled Nan Tian not to panic.
Immediately, he turned around calmly, looked at Liu Ming behind him with a smile: "The scenery in the village is beautiful, I came here unknowingly."
Liu Ming readily accepted this explanation.
No, he never expressed the slightest doubt about what other people said to him, as if he believed everything they said.
But in Yan Shixun's view, this is more like saying: No matter what you say, you can't escape the doomed death.
Liu Ming is so confident... Where does he get his confidence?
Besides, Liu Ming is also an outsider, and like those residents of the small wooden building who have lost their masters, after being attracted by the scenery and fame of Changshou Village, they have experienced the same things that other people have experienced.
But why did Liu Ming not have an accident?It even seems to be on the opposite side of the people outside the mountain.
Helped the village head of Changshou Village, and lived until now.
Yan Shixun looked at Liu Ming with an inquiring gaze.
"The guest must be tired and hungry after walking for such a long time."
Liu Ming rubbed his hands, and said with a natural attitude: "The food is ready, you can go back and eat. Besides, it will be dark in a while, and by then, the village road will be difficult to walk."
Yan Shixun nodded, held Nan Tian's arm tightly, and led him forward: "Then let's go back together."
"correct."
Liu Ming smiled and said to Yan Shixun: "The village head is back too, he is waiting at home."
"When the guests came to the village, they didn't even get the village chief to entertain them. It's really neglectful. Let's go back quickly and meet the village chief together."
Yan Shixun's eyes widened slightly, and there was a flash of astonishment.
But soon, before anyone noticed his leaked emotions, his face immediately calmed down again, as if nothing had happened.
On the other hand, Nan Tian, even though he used his strongest willpower, he failed to manage his expression successfully and let his emotions leak on his face.
If it wasn't for Yan Shixun still holding onto his arm, he wouldn't even be able to stand still.
In the small wooden buildings I saw just now, the excuses used to take them away were all "going to see the village chief", and the one who came to pick them up was also Liu Ming.
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