Taoyuan Village after nightfall.
Singing and dancing.
There were banquets and bonfires, and each family actively brought out their own goodies to hold a whole-village banquet.
There was a din of people.
Urchins were running around in the crowd.
The whole village was very enthusiastic and even put on new clothes. It was even more lively than during the holidays.
The night is quiet and dark, and it is Hai hour.
The time of Hai also calls people to be calm, and people to be calm also call to mind.
It means that the night is already deep at this time, living people have stopped moving, and it is time to rest and sleep. Don't run around outside and make loud noises, so as not to bring anything into the house.
But the liveliness of Taoyuan Village, with singing and dancing, goes against the warnings of the ancestors.
Song Fangping's family.
Outside the door of the room where Jin An and the others "slept", there could be heard the whispers of Song Fangping and his wife, as well as some obscure sounds.
It's just pitch black outside the door.
Song Fangping and his wife did not light the lamp.
So you can't see anything through the crack in the door.
But listening to the noise, it seemed that the couple was busy with some night activities as a couple and didn't want to be seen by outsiders.
suddenly.
There was a squeak.
In the quiet room, there was some movement, like an old, dilapidated wooden door shaft, and a sound like the groan of an old man in pain in a hospital bed.
The movement in the room of Song Fangping and his wife suddenly stopped.
In the dark room without lights, it suddenly fell into silence. The darkness was like a big stone that oppressed people and made it suffocating.
Everything is silently still.
The silence was so strange and depressing that it felt like there was no one standing in the invisible darkness, staring straight in the eyes.
I don’t know how long this silent dark oppressive feeling lasted. Suddenly, outside the door of the room where Jin An and the others were sleeping, there was actually the sound of someone walking away. The footsteps outside the door kept echoing. Arriving at the room of Song Fangping and his wife.
When did Song Fangping silently walk to the door, he lay outside the crack of the door and looked into the room for how long, but no one noticed him.
"Damn ghost, why have you been gone for so long?"
"With the way you are sharpening your guns in battle, if I had to wait for you to feed me, I would have been starved to death by you. Hurry, hurry up, come here quickly, I can't bear it any longer."
Song Fangping's mother-in-law's angry and low voice came from Song Fangping's room. She scolded her man for being slow and useless, which made her unhappy.
In a dimly lit room with no lights on, Song Fangping, a woman with heavy breasts and round breasts, was sitting in front of the dressing table, applying makeup in a colorful manner.
The clothes on his body were also changed into a new set of clean clothes.
The new clothes were embroidered with floral patterns, and the style was outdated and obsolete, like an old thing from several dynasties ago, but she cherished it very much and would only wear it out of the wardrobe during major festivals such as New Year's Eve.
only.
The person reflected in the dressing mirror did not look human at all. The woman Song Fangping did not control the strength when combing her hair. She gently combed her hair with the wooden comb, and a piece of the originally dark and thick woman's hair was pulled off by the comb. The piece of black hair pulled at the scalp, tearing off most of the scalp and face, exposing the bloody muscles of abscesses.
It's like dead pork that has been left to rot for too long, the sebum has lost its elasticity, and a large piece of skin and flesh can be picked off with just a scratch.
At this time, Song Fangping's mother-in-law wanted to pick up her scalp and face and apply it again, but the position of the back of her head was always wrong, and her nose and face were crooked every time.
Women love beauty.
Looking at her ugly appearance in the mirror, she couldn't bear it and wanted to scratch her face.
She was so angry that she cursed and asked her man to come over and help her reattach her scalp and face.
"You mother-in-law, you have a man at home and you still dress up in such a flashy way all day long. You are just trying to make other men look good all day long. On the contrary, I am busy outside all day long and I don't see you a few times. You are not afraid that your man will be jealous."
There were footsteps in the darkness, and behind the plump woman reflected in the dressing mirror, stood a tall and burly man. While helping his wife reattach the torn scalp and face, he scolded his wife for her indiscretion.
Song Fangping's mother-in-law was not to be outdone: "Then you come and eat me quickly. I want you to eat me every day. My whole body feels itchy every day. I feel like there are a lot of white worms crawling under my skin. How about you die?" You eat me now and let me see if there are a lot of white worms crawling around in my body?"
Song Fangping's wife was twisting her limbs so much, and there were two heavy lumps on her chest that made her feel unbearably itchy. It felt so itchy, and there were countless bugs crawling around. She turned to look at her man. Her watery peach blossom eyes were so eager that they were about to burst into tears. However, her crooked face made one of her eyes crooked. There was no sense of beauty. White maggots were drilling in and out, looking like tiny lotus holes.
"You're a watery bitch who flirts with men all day long, do you really think I don't dare to eat you?" Song Fangping's red and greedy eyes were reflected in the makeup mirror.
"You useless thing, if you want to eat, eat it quickly, my mother. My body is itching to death. After eating, I have to go to the village banquet later. Come on, come on, I can't bear it anymore."
"Okay! You're a free-spirited slut. You're dressed so beautifully today just to show off to the outsiders who come to the village. Are you attracted to that young Taoist priest who has thin skin and tender meat that tastes delicious at first sight? My name is You are a frivolous person, and I told you to cheat on you, and I told you that you still miss that young Taoist priest even though you have a man in your family! I will bite you to pieces, you bitch!"
Hoho...uh...hohoho——
Gudong Gudong——
The sound of chewing minced meat could be heard in the house.
But suddenly, the sound of eating in the room stopped.
"Why did you suddenly stop moving, you useless idiot? Come on, come on, I'm so uncomfortable."
"Mother, I seemed to hear a movement at the door just now. There seemed to be someone standing at the door just now..."
The room with a strange and cold atmosphere was completely dark, and no one could see clearly what was going on in the room. Only one door was wide open.
The dark, open doorway was empty, not even a human figure.
"Damn it, why didn't you close the door when you entered the house?"
"I'll close the door right now."
"You damn ghost, go and come back quickly. Don't keep me waiting for too long. I'm still waiting for you to finish eating."
"You're a filthy bitch who doesn't know how to feed you."
Song Fanping was still cursing one moment, but the next moment, without any warning, Song Fanping's head suddenly popped out of the darkness. At this time, his eyes were slightly red, and there were threads of flesh between the teeth in his mouth. Tiao, I don’t know if I ate too much pork head for dinner tonight.
He glanced at the door.
No one was seen outside the door.
Numb, lifeless red eyes stared directly at the room opposite where Jin An and the others were sleeping. Seeing that there was no movement in the room opposite, bang, the door slammed shut.
Not long after, the sound of chewing meat came from the house again.
Ho ho ho——
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People have three fires, namely the left and right shoulders and the top of the head.
Jin An, who had the old Taoist put three drops of corpse oil on his eyebrows and shoulders to temporarily cover the living person's three Yanghuo, saw Song Fangping return to the house. He could no longer see what happened between Song Fangping and his wife. , he instead climbed over the wall and was discharged from the hospital, and began to wander around Taoyuan Village.
Find out the information about Taoyuan Village.
However, only Jin An came out tonight. The others were not brought out, but stayed at Song Fangping's house just in case.
If the villagers of Taoyuan Village suddenly go crazy and want to eat people, the old Taoist priests and others can hold him back for a while if they have more people.
As he possesses the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman, a life-saving skill that can be used at the bottom of the box, acting alone is more conducive to hiding his whereabouts.
Although Jin'an's three Yanghuo were temporarily covered by corpse oil, he was now a dead person in the eyes of the dead in Taoyuan Village.
Only the living can see him.
The dead cannot see him.
But on the way to Jin'an, we should try our best to avoid the villagers of Taoyuan Village.
However, he also secretly tried to show up in front of a few lone villagers. As expected, those villagers turned a blind eye to him and walked past him.
However, Jin An walked around Taoyuan Village and found nothing. On the contrary, there were fewer and fewer people walking along this road, because most of the villagers rushed towards the village ancestral hall, where a village banquet was being held in full swing.
at last.
Jin An's eyes pondered for a moment.
He also started walking towards the back of the village.
If Jin An remembers the location correctly, that's where the men and women stand.
On the road, I met more and more villagers. These Taoyuan villagers were all wearing new clothes that they would only wear out during the holidays.
Moreover, some of these people were carrying baskets of fresh fruit.
Some people were carrying a freshly slaughtered large white pig that had just been disemboweled. The pork had thin skin, tender meat, and a fat head and big ears. It looked like it was well-raised.
Some people, old and young, came together to carry tables and benches, intending to dedicate them to the village to hold a banquet for the whole village.
As for Jin'an, he was walking among the villagers unharmed, and no one noticed a living person sneaking in among them.
The fire is raging.
A huge bonfire was lit in a huge open space behind the village.
The flames ignited by the bonfire were as high as two stories high, burning the surrounding area red. At this time, a large number of Taoyuan villagers were busy around the bonfire.
There are the shouts of chefs cooking vegetables, roasting whole pigs, and roasting whole lambs.
There were laughs as villagers carried jars of wine from their homes. The wine jars were covered with soil, and it looked like they had been stored in their cellars for many years.
There was the chatter of women in the village helping to wash vegetables and pick leaves.
There was the sound of urchins chasing each other.
What a lively and busy scene.
Looking at the scene in front of me, it is estimated that in a short time, the whole village's banquet will be arranged and started.
Jin An frowned as he watched the village chefs borrow fire from the largest bonfire in the center of the clearing every time they cooked vegetables, roasted whole pigs, roasted whole lambs, roasted beggar's chickens, etc.
The position of his bonfire was exactly where the head sacrifices and the human skins of men and women were held.
A horrifying detail crept into Jin An's mind.
Could those firewood used as fuel for the bonfire be the densely packed and countless human heads in the head sacrifice?
So this flame is a phosphorus fire lit with dead heads? Also known as a will-o'-the-wisp?
So this table full of wine and food is...?
Jin An thought of the abnormal behavior of Song Fangping and his wife that he saw when they were at Song Fangping's home.
The answer is easy to come out. The source of Taoyuan Village and the origin of all curses are related to the bonfire in front of you. This bonfire is the fuel for the existence of Taoyuan Village.
In mythology, the mythical character who brings fire to the underworld is called Li.
It seems that in the world of the dead, there is also fire.
"Not enough, not enough. Let the fire burn brighter."
"Today's fire is not strong enough, and it has been delayed for a long time. Today's village feast has been delayed by one stick of incense than before. We must continue to add more firewood, otherwise the roasted whole pig will not be cooked. Just in case we come today The few foreigners in the village were not happy with their meal, and they thought it was because our Taoyuan Village was shabby, and when we receive guests, we in Taoyuan Village must bring out the best."
The leader of Taoyuan Village stood in front of a huge burning bonfire and shouted.
The red light of the flames stained the whole body of the old team leader, who had white hair and beard, black and red.
"Chief, I will add some firewood right away."
one of the villagers shouted.
His hands were empty, and there was no dry wood in his hands to make the fire, so he plunged into the bonfire, dying like a moth to the flame, intensifying the flames of the bonfire.
"Hahaha, let me add more fire. Meat that is not cooked well will not taste good."
Another villager rushed into the bonfire like a moth.
These villagers were crazy and fanatical, and they were like moths to the fire, until about ten people died, and the bonfire burned more and more fiercely. The chief said the fire was enough, enough, and the aroma of the minced meat beside the bonfire became stronger.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, the clan leader began to order people to go to Song Fangping's house and invite Jin'an and the others to attend the village banquet to welcome the outsiders.
Afterwards, several villagers began to run towards Song Fangping's house. And behind those adult villagers, they followed a few big kids to join in the fun at Song Fangping's house.
Just when Jin An focused on those people, suddenly, snap!
A hand as thin as a chicken's claw grabbed Jin An's wrist.
"Young man, let's go, let's go, let's go quickly, the people in this village are all crazy, they won't be able to bear it any longer!"
"If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
An unkempt old woman, dressed in rags, dirty and smelly, like a crazy woman, she tremblingly grabbed Jin An's wrist and stared at Jin An, There was an unclear hoarse roar in his mouth, as if his throat had been injured.
Jin An looked at the old woman in front of him who looked like a crazy woman in surprise.
Can the other party see him?
Living person?
Feeling the weak body temperature coming from his wrist, like a dying candle or a burnt-out lamp, Jin An was even more stunned. How could there be a living person in Taoyuan Village, a village of the dead?
Could it be another outside intruder after them?
"crazy?"
"What's crazy?"
"Old man, do you know anything about this Taoyuan Village?"
Jin An asked, feeling that he was closer to the truth.
"Walk!"
"There are no living people in this village!"
"We have all been deceived, we have all been deceived. Mr. Yuan and the others have deceived our entire village. He is not changing the face of our Taoyuan Village. They are taking the lives of the entire village to change their selfish lives." Damn it! You took over a hundred people from a village just to change one person's fate! You also innocently implicated a pair of my children. Is this your punishment for my mother?"
"Mom is wrong, take mom with you."
"After all these years, you still refuse to forgive me?"
The old woman looked in the direction of the bonfire and cried sadly: "Mother was wrong. I shouldn't have listened to Mr. Yuan's lies. I shouldn't have abandoned you."
