The man named Zhang looked surprised, "The remnants of Hutou Village? Wasn't Hutou Village wiped out by the garrison our county magistrate invited from the city? They are still in prison now. I heard that there are remnants outside. , they didn’t behead them immediately. How could those remaining brothers who didn’t come to save them still have the mood to go out and rob?
Qingfeng Town is not far from the county seat. This is a crime committed against the wind. Isn't this a clear provocation to the garrison? "
The man surnamed Li said: "Who says it's not the case? But judging from the route, it's possible that they did it on the way to rescue their brothers. But I didn't expect that the garrison heard the news and came with their soldiers and horses." He passed by, so he ran away before he could save anyone.
I heard the guarding sergeant say at the entrance of the town that they were discovered as soon as they arrived nearby, and the remnants were not captured. When they arrived at Qingfeng Town, everyone had already disappeared. It was said that they ran away separately, so they had to fight. Several routes.
However, a team pursued them westward and retrieved more than a dozen corpses from the intersection in Qinian Village. From the looks of it, they must have been killed by their accomplices. "
The man surnamed Zhang looked confused, "Brother Zhang, what do you say? They are too busy to escape, so why do they still have time to fight?"
The person at the table next to him interjected: "Oh, that's not easy to guess. I think it must be an uneven distribution of the spoils. There is no real brotherhood among the bandits. Do you think they are here to arrest these people?" Because of loyalty? There must be something in someone else's hands, so I had to come to the rescue."
The man named Zhang nodded thoughtfully, and the people at the two tables next to him also nodded along with their ears.
At this time, a chubby businessman-like man on the right said: "Do you think those bandits who ran away will come to our county again? The garrison general took his troops to Qingfeng Town. If those bandits came, what would happen to our county? Isn’t it dangerous?”
Another man at the same table with him said: "Brother Hu, you are worrying too much. The bandits escaped separately. How many people can come over? I guess it won't be a problem."
Even if they come, our county has no troops to defend the city. There are still about a hundred soldiers guarding the city. There are also government officials in the county government. In addition, there are many young people in our city. No matter what, we cannot let a hundred thieves. Did you succeed? "
Everyone else who heard it also nodded. Really, this is a county town, not a small town. With so many people, even one spittle can drown them!
At this time, the man surnamed Li continued: "Listen to me first, there is another thing! I didn't just encounter this thing today, there are other things."
The others quickly stopped their discussion, became quiet, and focused their attention on him.
The man surnamed Li seemed to be someone who liked to be noticed. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said with a proud look on his face: "Let me tell you, I came back from the west. When I passed by the intersection of Qinian Village, I met The earth dragon turns over!"
"Isn't it possible? Why can't the Earth Dragon turn over and feel nothing here? If the Earth Dragon turns over, there should be some movement even if this place is far away from that side."
Someone next to me questioned.
The man named Li looked at the man and said, "You are from out of town, right? Otherwise, how could you not know the legend of the Qinian Village?"
The man smiled and said: "Brother, you are polite. I am indeed not from here. I came from Fucheng. I have never heard of the Qinian Village. Please tell me about it."
The man surnamed Li smiled and waved his hand and said: "Brother, you are welcome. The whole Yunling County basically knows about the Qinian Village, and it is not a secret. That's why I know that you are not a local.
Speaking of the Qinian Village, it is really mysterious. I don’t know how long this village has existed. Anyway, it existed before Yunling County was established. It is said that it can be traced back to before the Qin Dynasty, at least a thousand years ago.
There are dozens of families in that village. They do not do business or hunt, but rely on farming to make a living. However, they are richer than other villages. Even in bad years, no one in the village has starved to death, and they all live in stone houses. Cave dwellings are also brick and adobe houses.
Of course, these are not surprising. The most different place is that every three years there will be a rumbling sound from that intersection, just like an earth dragon turning over.
It was just a sound and no obvious vibration, but it lasted for several days. It was really scary. There were several villages there at first, but because of this, they all moved away, leaving only one Qinian Village. .
I experienced it once back then. I thought it was a large cavalry from the imperial court passing by. I lay down on the ground and listened carefully. I felt that the ground was not shaking, but the sound was indeed coming from underground, so I felt something was wrong.
And the sound got louder as I walked toward the intersection. By the time I reached the intersection, the sound was already very close at hand!
Out of curiosity, I asked people in the town about it, and I heard that there would be something like this every three years. Because it looked like an earth dragon turning over, I called every movement an earth dragon turning over.
This earth dragon's transformation has no impact on the surrounding villages or even Qingfeng Town. Only the Qinian Village. As soon as this movement passed, the Qinian Village disappeared! "
"Gone? The whole village is missing?" The man who claimed to be from Fucheng looked surprised.
The man next to him surnamed Zhang added: "Yes, yes, every time every three years, the Qinian Village disappears for a few days and then reappears.
Normally, the village is on the side of a mountain, so even if it disappears, no one will find it. However, just because of this movement, people heard it and reported it to the town several times. The town was afraid that something might happen there and it would not be able to take responsibility. , and reported it to the county government.
If someone reported it, of course they would send people to investigate. After a few visits, they discovered something evil in Qinian Village.
If I had gone to check those days, I would have found that there was no village there at all, just a piece of wasteland. I delayed going there for two days a few times, and the Qinian Village was standing there perfectly. Everyone knows it. "
"Then what do the people in Qinian Village say? They should know what's going on. And Brother Li said that we met again today. Is this the third year again?" The man asked again.
“This time it shouldn’t be here yet, it should be less than two years ago, and it’s not this season, it’s usually the hottest time in summer.
As for the village that disappears and then reappears inexplicably, the people in the village don't seem to know what's going on.
The county magistrate personally asked, but the villagers there couldn't explain what was going on. They knew that every three years there would be a few days with particularly bad weather, either heavy rain or strong winds, making them unable to go out.
They designated those days as fasting days and stayed at home honestly. As long as they passed, they were fine. As for the disappearance of the village, they did not know. "
"It's true. I went there to see it out of curiosity. There was nothing different about the village. Except that the houses were built of stone, the villagers were no different from people in other places.
At first it was rumored that there was a ghost there. The previous county magistrate even brought Taoist monks there to exorcise ghosts and achieve salvation. They did a lot of work but did not produce any results. Three years later, it is still the same. Again. "
A man in his fifties with a goatee said.
A skinny man lowered his voice mysteriously: "Do you think that rumbling sound is not an earth dragon turning over, but the gate of hell closing and taking them to the underworld..."
"Hey~ don't say this, it makes my hair stand on end."
"That's right, don't be scary at night!"
The people next to me said one after another.
The skinny man had no choice but to close his mouth and stop talking.
Qingyan became even more curious after what they said. She kept thinking, don't stop, hurry up and continue talking!
She looked around and really wanted to discuss it with them, but as a little girl, she was too embarrassed to join the conversation of a group of older men. If there were women among them, she could still go up and strike up a conversation and inquire with them.
In Qingyan's expectation, they finally brought up this topic.
"Let me tell you, you actually know more about me. My third cousin married the brother-in-law of the village chief. Of course, she has passed away now, but when she was still alive, every year on the second day of the Lunar New Year I will still go back to my parents’ home.
When we juniors go to pay New Year greetings, we often ask curiously about the Qing Nian Village. Why does it disappear every three years? What do you think my third cousin said? "
Everyone was listening with interest, but their appetites were whetted, and they quickly urged: "How did you say it? Oh, don't be shy, tell me quickly!"
Seeing that everyone was excited by him, the man smiled even deeper and said with a mysterious face: "My third cousin said that every three years, there would always be a few days of heavy rain and strong winds in the summer of that year. Or there may be heavy fog, but it’s difficult to get out of the village anyway.
Everyone stayed in the village. If it was foggy, they should go to work in the fields, and those who should weave at home would weave at home. If there was strong wind and heavy rain, it would be more troublesome, and they could only stay indoors. Fortunately, at best, Three days, otherwise the villagers would not be able to bear it.
There was nothing strange. As long as those few days passed and the weather improved, they could leave the village.
However, their village chief would take several respected elderly people in the village to a place to worship every year. This was what she heard her man say when he drank too much. But where to worship, her man didn't know.
Anyway, I go there every summer, and it’s very grand, with three sacrifices and six gifts every time.
There is another strange phenomenon in Qinian Village, that is, women in the village will marry outsiders, but women in Qinian Village never marry outside.
Moreover, it is said that most of the children born to wives married from outside in their village are boys, and few give birth to girls. There are only a few, so they are reluctant to marry outside for fear of suffering outside.
But my third cousin told me that as far as she knew, several girls in the village had married into the family of the clan leader or village chief.
Although the two families are considered to be living a good life in the village, as long as their daughters-in-law marry from the village, they will basically not live to be forty years old, and will die in their thirties at most. "
"According to what you said, is there any secret in this?"
The man continued: "That's not the case. It's not like those daughters-in-law don't go out. The family conditions of the clan leader and village chief are better. They live better than other daughters-in-law in the village. They wear good food and have good food. I smile when I see people every day.
If they are not living well, they must have a sad look on their face. People in the village cannot fail to see it. My third cousin said that the two generations of wives she has met at least seem to be living well, but they are all in their thirties. He died at the age of 18.
The village chief's wife accidentally slipped and fell on the edge of a well when she went to fetch water with her husband in winter and died.
Her husband was nearby at the time, and there were others at the well. When she was rescued, her head was already covered in blood, and she died before being sent to the town.
Then the second one was the daughter-in-law of the patriarch's family. She fell ill and died when she was in her 30s. There was nothing strange, it was just a cold. It seemed that he was too cold at night and did not cover himself while sleeping, so he caught the cold and passed away without being cured. This is the wife now. She is considered a granddaughter-in-law. It's smaller now. Twenty-seven or eight years old. I guess it will be a bit uncertain in a few years. Then I heard the person next to me who just said that the ghost gate meant that he remembered that person interrupted again and said, could it be that all the women in the village were cursed? There's no way he'll live past 40. Moreover, there are many people in the village, and they all have sons. There is a problem with so few having daughters. There is only one family, but two families are fine. Youth Village is a big village, and my sister is causing trouble to others. How could black and white people not have so few girls? This time, no one said anything to prevent him from disapproving, and they all looked dark, including Qing Yan, who was also asking Chou Chou. Do you think what the man said is true? What he said before about Tongming Street, I think it is a bit, maybe, a bit possible. Of course you said so, it is a formation, maybe the formation may not be the ghost gate in the transparent world, it is too late, You're not saying that there's no snow in the ground, but that's not impossible. It's because the agility entrance is wrong, or it's just a boy. Happy birthday to you, boy or girl, I have to put this matter somewhere else, it may be a blessing. People have lived in the village for seven years. It is indeed a bit like a curse, especially since girls cannot live past 40 years old. Therefore, the average age of ancient lighting screens is indeed older. Even if 40 years old is considered an old man, there are still many people who have lived past 40 years old, including those in their sixties and seventies. , there are also people in their eighties and nineties. Although they are few, it cannot be said that they are not absent. , otherwise there wouldn’t be so many 40-year-old classmates. I am a dormitory, and there are only a few girls in various villages, and they are well-fed and well-fed. My mother-in-law is 40 years old, and every day If every generation is the same, then there is a problem. I was a little afraid of the test, and I thought about going back to the Seven Years Village to investigate.
