The scenery in the mountains, to put it bluntly, is the sea of lush trees.
The sea of trees was combed and dense, and there was a slightly sparse one under the mountain wall on the upward steps where they were.
There is a reason for the sparseness. You can see obvious signs of being crushed and cut down.
The crushing was probably caused by someone falling from a high place; the chopping was probably done deliberately by the people who came to collect the corpses in order to clean up the corpses.
When the two are added together, they create the bare landscape below and a slightly darker land. The dark brown soil is wet, and there seems to be traces of deep red from the inside.
When you blink again, you can't see anything anymore. On the ground underneath, there are only newly removed gravel slabs, cyan, light gray and tooth white mixed together.
Before Bai Su was called back, he was observing the color.
But when asked what he was looking at, Bai Su said he was looking at flattened grass.
"Flattened grass?"
"Yeah, I couldn't see it because it was blocked by trees in front. If you look down from this side, there are all tree stumps underneath."
After Bai Su said it, the other people also pretended to glance at it a few times and pretended to have seen it.
After hearing this, Wen Jianyuan smiled and gave an explanation: "It was cut down by everyone in the village after discussion. Although it might be used as a barrier, it also blocked the line of sight. In the end, we decided to clean it up to make it easier to carry out some work." operate."
It was self-evident what the operation was. The middle-aged man continued to lead everyone up. After walking for about ten minutes, the real entrance to the village appeared in front of them.
"Wen Tao" stopped in front of a stone tablet: "Well, what is this?"
The stone tablet was newly carved, with the words "Wenjia Village" written on it in a somewhat rounded and unusual font.
What is strange is that the stele is newly carved, but the moss attached to it seems to have experienced years of wind and rain, and has been deeply integrated with the stele.
Observer Bai Su stretched out his hand and pulled, and the turf he picked up was embedded inside the stone monument. If he applied more force, a small section of the upper section of the stone monument would be pulled off.
Whose newly engraved monument looks like this?
Unexpectedly, Wen Jianyuan really gave an explanation. The middle-aged man said that this was a stone that had been selected in their village a long time ago, but there was no one who decided to engrave the monument. He kept dragging it until it ended up like this. .
"Wen Tao" hesitated to speak, wanting to complain.
The state of this stone tablet does not look like it has just been left there for a long time.
"It wasn't until half a year ago that the master who carved the stele came to the village. We didn't replace it until he finished carving it."
This sentence brought the topic of the stone tablet to an end. The group of people continued walking inside. When they passed the stone tablet, only Bai Su, who was at the end, paused slightly.
On the backside, which is invisible to others, another round eyeball pushes up the hair on the back of his head.
Bai Su looked back, and he saw a newly carved stone tablet that was submerged by calf-high grass, and a small half of the old stone slab that was broken standing there.
The front is no longer visible, but on the back, faintly exposed among the grass blades, are a few lines of red writing that fade with the wind and time, which seem to be some introductions and records of the village.
What is this kind of thing called? It's called village records?
The bulging eyeballs rolled twice. Since the main body was moving farther and farther away, it had to stretch a little, not too long, so as not to make the humans in front feel strange.
As for what to separate? It feels like it hasn’t arrived yet, it’s just a broken slate.
The blurry words written in small letters finally drifted into sight.
——[■■■■■On the eighth ■■ day, ■■■ was born in ■■■■——■■ village. ]
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Wenjia Village walked into it and saw that it was not much different from the ordinary mountain villages.
The houses are in perfect condition, and chickens and dogs can hear each other. What is different from the famous records in ancient times is that there are some modern equipment in the village, such as wires and pipes.
It is worth mentioning that there are some signs of lights and colorful decorations in Wenjia Village, which is related to the happy events Wen Jianyuan mentioned before, either because of the wedding or the birthday banquet.
We'll talk about those things later, but the most important thing now is to find a place for the group of people to stay.
Wen Jianyuan pointed to the village and introduced to "Wen Tao" the changes in the village over the years.
"Wen Tao" some nodded and replied, some thought for a while, shook their heads and said they didn't remember.
In her opinion, this is a more realistic reaction. How can people remember everything? It doesn't matter even if they are wrong. What she needs is a mixture of truth and falsehood.
After entering the main road of the village and walking for seven or eight minutes, I met a few elderly people sitting in front of their homes basking in the sun. They said hello and chatted for a while. They continued walking, then turned left and walked for another two minutes. They arrived at a There is a locked courtyard door.
Wen Jianyuan said to the door: "This is the house left by your parents. I have the spare key. Your aunt and I clean it regularly. The last time we cleaned it was after I sent you a message. Did you bring the key with you?" "
"Wen Tao" nodded and took out the key from the bag he carried with him.
When Wen Jianyuan saw them, he felt relieved and invited them to his house for dinner in the evening.
People like them who suddenly returned to the village for a short stay would not be able to get the ingredients to cook for a while, so they could only go to the homes of relatives and friends to make do with a few meals.
If you no longer have any kinship, you can only ask the kind-hearted people with the same surname in the village to help you, but in Wenjia Village, they will probably respond.
Wen Jianyuan dropped the people off and left. Before leaving, he repeated his invitation to them to have dinner at his house and said that his wife was also looking forward to their arrival.
"Wen Tao" responded twice, then quickly opened the lock on the door with the key, and led all the people into the courtyard. Once the door was closed, the outside sound was cut off.
The underage high school student looked at each other with the short-haired police officer and the glasses police officer, and the three quickly began to inspect the house where they were about to stay.
Bai Su, who was left behind, looked around the yard and the house with interest, shook his head at the three of them, and then started to glare at "Wen Tao".
Qi Zhuyue, who had been tensing up since the beginning of the meeting and pretending to be someone else, was stared at by her own people not long after she relaxed. She crossed her arms and took a step aside.
"Mr. Bai, won't you go check it out with us?" Go and check it out quickly, don't stay here anymore. She is so stressed!
The black-haired young man raised his eyelids and glanced at the building again: "Isn't this something you can tell at a glance? It's not a big problem."
Maybe there's a slight flaw, but it's not serious. It's not like the version of the residence that humans are worried about being trapped by supernatural beings.
After hearing this, Qi Zhuyue had a big question mark in her heart, but she no longer wanted to ask how she could tell it at a glance.
Since she was still in the village and couldn't take off her disguise, she rubbed her face and changed the subject: "Looking at the village along the way, it seems normal on the surface, except that the humidity is a bit high."
"It's strange that the humidity is so high...what season is this?" The response came from a distant house. The short-haired police officer wearing sunglasses walked out of one room and turned directly into the next room. There are signs of rain on the road.”
Yes, a dirt road, a dirt road that can cause you to step into puddles if you are not careful, which makes you feel bad just looking at it.
There are water drops slowly dripping on the roof tiles, and there are some mud spots on the trousers. Fortunately, the ground material in the yard is different, so people have the courage to step on it.
Qi Zhuyue: "I think compared to the rain, the road seemed to have been soaked in water for several days...it was too difficult to walk."
The human woman sighed faintly. The living conditions were not bad, but this village always gave her a vague premonition.
It should be said that it is worthy of being the mountain village that is pointed to the source of the doppelganger?
Qi Zhuyue sighed. After checking the house over there, the rooms could be divided. She planned to invite Bai Su to go in with her. When she turned her head, she found that the black-haired young man was no longer beside her.
Qi Zhuyue:? When did you leave? Why was there no sound?
The human woman looked around the yard blankly, and finally found a black-haired young man on a tree planted in the yard... a persimmon tree. Wen Tao's memory told her that it was a persimmon tree.
She no longer wanted to ask how Bai Su climbed up. She saw the black-haired young man sitting on a thick branch and looking in the direction outside the courtyard. His gaze was long and she didn't know where it would land.
"You two, come in quickly!" Xia Chengyin, who had not seen anyone passing by for a long time, turned back to the house and shouted. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and caught a glimpse of two figures on and under the tree, "...Why are you up in the tree? Hey, Did you find anything?"
Bai Su didn't nod or shake his head, he just jumped down from the tree like a cat.
He made eye contact with the short-haired police officer and twitched his chin: "The fog is a bit heavy and the air quality is not very good."
To be precise, there was a rotten smell permeating the mountains and the village. To humans, it was just damp vapor, but to him... there was also a fishy smell.
It’s not like he doesn’t eat fish.
It's just this unprocessed fishy smell that just doesn't taste good.
Bai Su pinched his nose and followed the human into the house.
The house was inspected and no problems were found. There were no surveillance problems on either a scientific or metaphysical level. From a structural point of view, it was an ordinary residence.
As for the furniture and items inside, after a quick glance, they all have a sense of age and were purchased a long time ago.
The house left by Wen Tao's parents in the village has two rooms for people to live in. One room has an obvious atmosphere of children and girls, and the other room should be lived by the couple.
Now here comes the problem, there are five of them.
It is known that Qi Zhuyue must have a single room, and the remaining room must accommodate four people... It is definitely impossible.
Going to live in other houses in the village... I won't consider it for now.
In the end, the humans decided to move the table on the kang. After the crowds were crowded, it became impossible to build a bed on the floor. If that didn't work, they would drive Gao Tianyi to sleep in the utility room next door.
Underage high school student: "Crooked?"
Underage high school student: "Are you here? Why are you persecuting me?"
After Gao Tianyi argued hard, he was not driven to sleep in the utility room. Instead, he forced Xia Chengyin, who made the suggestion, to make a bed on the floor.
In September and October, the temperature is low in the mountains, so even strong-bodied adults have to spread several layers of quilts on the ground.
Bai Su, who was forced to share the kang with Tang Nuo, glanced at the width of the kang and silently moved the table back.
He didn't have any requirements on where to sleep, but would it be troublesome if he had to sneak away at night?
Sure enough, I still have to do a little trick on the way to dinner later.
After the big one and the small one finished making trouble, they went to move the quilts. I don’t know what the original owner of the house thought. There was a box full of thick and thin quilts.
Ask Qi Zhuyue this question. She thought about Wen Tao's memory and answered uncertainly: "Maybe they were replaced diligently? Or maybe they were added after Wen Tao left the village."
Putting aside the questions that he couldn't think of answers for now, Bai Su went through the entire room while the humans were busy, including large and small drawer cabinets, closet doors that could be opened and closed, and even the things placed outside the windows. No flower pots with flowers in them were left alone.
There were still flowers in the house that had been vacant, and it looked like it was being carefully cared for.
You see, even if it rained heavily in the village, the flowers placed on the windowsill were not wet and still looked delicate and tender.
Bai Su guessed that someone had come to the house not long ago, moved the flower pots into the house before the rain, and then moved the flower pots back to their original positions after the rain cleared up.
Or – it didn’t rain at all.
Brushing the soft petals with his fingertips, he pushed the flower pot outward and closed the window.
The humans who had laid out the quilts in the room were also lost in thought.
"I always feel like something is weird, but I can't put my finger on it... What do you think, Brother Xia?"
"I feel pretty much the same as you."
After the representative of the intuitive system finished speaking, humans then turned their attention to Baisu.
Bai Su was stared at for a while, and he realized that it was his turn to speak.
"I think..." The black-haired young man held his chin, "It never rained."
"Wait, I'm not asking you this...? What's the point of it not raining-"
Before Xia Chengyin finished speaking, a short scream came from the room next to him.
Bai Su saw the human male's movements pause for a second, and then both the ones wearing glasses and those with short hair rushed out immediately, leaving only the slow-moving minor and the black-haired young man who didn't move at all.
You still need to move.
Gao Tianyi followed closely behind, and Bai Su could only stand up and slowly fall behind.
It goes without saying that the person who screamed was Qi Zhuyue, who was alone in the next room.
The shouts of human women are actually not loud, but the courtyard is too quiet which makes them harsh. If it were louder, residents in the distance might be able to hear it.
The screams became quieter, and at the same time, urgent footsteps came from inside the house.
She was backing up and soon bumped into the door, turning her hand behind her and twisting it.
The door opened outwards, and Qi Zhuyue bumped into Xia Chengyin's shoulder.
When I asked her what she thought, she just said, "My muscles are so hard and painful."
Bai Su was the last to arrive next door, and the door was already occupied by humans. He opened the inner window, leaned against the window and looked inside.
The room was splattered with ink dots, and a familiar black figure was entrenched there. After being watched by many people, it squirmed and jumped into the window that opened outward on the other side. It cracked open a crack and rushed out.
Familiar shadows, familiar attacks.
Qi Zhuyue, who had a "Wen Tao" appearance, fell to the ground, covering her shoulders with her hands.
Got touched? Bai Su thought, wouldn't that mean that they would lose their numbers as soon as they entered the village?
(End of chapter)
