After he finished drinking, villagers around him came up to pour wine with a wine jar and an earthen bowl.
The meaning of this move is obvious.
I took the wine from a villager and didn't drink it immediately.
Instead, I turned my head and glanced back, then drank the wine in the bowl directly, and turned the bowl upside down after drinking.
"Good wine."
Not a drop of wine was left in the bowl.
Xu Jinxiu followed closely behind and drank all the wine in the bowl.
Seeing Xu Jinxiu and I acting like this, the others also drank the wine in full view of everyone.
Seeing us drinking, Jin Mingxian's smile became even brighter, "It's really refreshing. Come on, continue serving our respected guests."
I turned around and walked back, and when I sat down, I briefly touched Xu Jinxiu's hand.
A small licorice pill fell into my hands.
This Mongolian sweat medicine is a medicinal powder made from dried Datura flowers and can make people lose mobility.
But the solution is not difficult. You only need to press a piece of licorice under the tongue.
It's quite cold during the battle, so those who fight usually bring some licorice products when preparing medicine.
Therefore, the most indispensable thing in the team is licorice products.
Mongolian sweat medicine poses no threat at all.
On my right is the black dragon. "There is an old man named Pu in this village. He may be able to lead the way, but I don't know where he lives."
"knew."
Black Dragon nodded and then picked up a bowl of wine.
When the villagers saw that we had drunk the spiked wine, they became less wary and stopped pretending not to understand Chinese. When they got drunk, they started talking in Chinese in front of us.
Heilong had a straightforward temper. He carried a bowl of wine and "staggered" to a group of villagers.
He picked up the wine bowl and touched it lightly on a villager's wine bowl, then drank the wine in one gulp.
When the villager saw him finishing another bowl of wine, he gave him a thumbs up and said in somewhat broken Chinese, "Good drinker, good drinker."
Heilong exchanged cups with other villagers, and soon they were all drunk. Then Heilong seemed to have no intention of speaking, "We came to the mountains to see the scenery. This place is full of mountains and water. I don't know where there is a good place to go?" "
A villager blushed and waved his hand, "There is nothing interesting here. The mountains are dangerous. We don't dare to enter the mountains easily. Uncle Park is still very powerful. There is no place in the mountains that he can't go!"
A glint flashed in Heilong's eyes, and he continued, "Who is this Uncle Park? Where does he live?"
The villagers in front of him felt a sense of clarity, and Heilong quickly took the wine vessel aside and poured another full bowl of wine for the man.
Heilong held the man in his arms and drank a few more gulps of wine. Seeing that he was getting drunk again, Heilong continued the question he just asked.
The villager's face turned red, he shook his head and said, "Uncle Park is a weirdo in our village. He lives in the north and has to climb two hills..."
"Boom!"
Before he finished speaking, he was already drunk and unconscious.
However, this information was enough. Black Dragon immediately stood up and muttered, "I can't do it anymore. I'm drunk. I have to go back and rest."
He "staggered" forward, and two villagers immediately helped him behind him.
Seeing this, I understood that the time had come, so I immediately felt dizzy and followed the black dragon slowly.
When I arrived, Heilong was sitting on the couch, with no trace of drunkenness on his face. "I have already found out that Uncle Park lives two hills to the north."
I nodded and waited for Xu Jinxiu and the others.
Not long after, the nine of us returned here one after another "drunk".
In the small room, there were people lying around.
The villagers who finally sent Liu Bao and the others back threw the person to the ground and Jin Mingxian came with the person.
"Have you all fainted?"
"Fainted."
"Let's do it."
As soon as Jin Mingxian finished speaking, I noticed someone took a rope and put it on my hand.
The next moment I opened my eyes and kicked the person in front of me directly on the heart. I used at least seven points of my strength to knock that person down.
The villagers of Sangmiao Village were completely unprepared and were subdued in a matter of seconds.
Jin Mingxian was so frightened that he stepped back, "You, why are you okay..."
Liu Bao turned his head and spit out the licorice slices in his mouth, then walked forward with his hands on his hips, "You want to trick your grandpa and me with just such a little trick?"
Immediately afterwards, Liu Bao directly tied the nine hemp ropes that were originally used to tie us up one by one like rice dumplings.
I took two steps forward and looked directly at Jin Mingxian, "We have no grudges against Sangmiao Village. What are you planning to do for so long?"
Jin Mingxian was tied up tightly by Liu Bao. At this moment, his movement became a problem. He said with an urgent look, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding."
I picked up a piece of unused hemp rope from the ground and said, "The ropes are all ready, but I still misunderstood."
"That's right, it's a shame that I still trust you so much."
Liu Bao was also indignant.
Jin Mingxian was hardened by what he said. He lowered his eyes and gritted his teeth, "Dear friend, we are also being coerced."
Jin Mingxian didn't look like he was lying.
I knelt down and asked, "Coercion?"
Jin Mingxian nodded quickly, "There is a group of bandits in our mountains. They are vicious. They not only rob our village of food, but also ask us to do things for them. If we don't obey, we will be killed directly. We, we have nothing to do."
Liu Bao leaned aside and said unhappily, "Then what does this have to do with us?"
This was when the question got to the point. Jin Mingxian hesitated for a while before he said, "Some time ago, they suddenly came to me and said they needed nine people to bury the elder alive!"
As the name suggests, human burial is to use living people to perform so-called sacrificial rituals, but these various sacrificial methods are extremely cruel.
They were actually used as sacrifices!
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a bit wrong, Jin Mingxian hesitated but still spoke bravely, "They promised me that as long as I find nine people to bury the elders alive, they will not come to the village to harass me for a year."
The black dragon who was leaning on the pillar suddenly sneered, "Haha, the lives of the nine of us are worth a year."
I raised my head and looked at Jin Mingxian, "Then do you know who the singer is?"
Jin Mingxian did not dare to hesitate and answered immediately, "I only heard that the singer is more than a hundred years old, but he is still as young as a young man. They are in the north."
I was thoughtful after hearing his answer.
The north happens to be in the direction of Uncle Park's residence. If we don't deal with this group of bandits who are targeting us, there may be hidden dangers. Besides, this old man who is more than a hundred years old is still like a young man. I would like to see it.
"How about we discuss it?"
Jin Mingxian was stunned by my words, but he did not dare to disobey, "What do you need me to do?"
I raised a smile and said, "I want you to tie us up and go to work, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
…
Overnight, the ox cart took us into the mountains. The rugged mountain roads had not even entered the interior, and the complex terrain was confusing.
After traveling for an unknown amount of time, the ox-cart finally stopped at a cottage. The cottage was brightly lit, indicating that it had been waiting for a long time.
Jin Mingxian took a deep look at us and then ran to the cottage door to knock on the door.
"Open the door quickly, I'm sending someone over."
Without a second click, a group of people emerged from inside.
The leader was wearing a unique ethnic costume, but it didn't look like the Koreans, it was a bit like the Miao people. He saw a look of disdain on Jin Mingxian's face, "Why are you so slow to ask you to tie up a few people? You are delaying important things, so be careful in your village!"
Jin Mingxian quickly explained, "Don't dare. As you know, Master Wu, people don't come to this mountain very often, let alone nine at a time."
Wu Zhuzhu glanced at Jin Mingxian and snorted coldly, "According to what you say, is it my fault?"
Hearing this, Jin Mingxian said quickly, "What are you talking about? Of course it is my fault."
Wu Zhu prayed and raised the riding whip in his hand, "Why don't you get out of here! Are you waiting for the whip?"
Jin Mingxian stretched out his hand to block it, nodded and bowed, then turned back, and looked at us again before leaving.
The middle-aged man known as Wu Zhushu walked leisurely to the side of the bullock cart. He had a sharp mouth and a mean look on his face, and he looked at us as if he were sizing up livestock.
I frowned and suppressed the discomfort in my heart.
Wu Zhuzhu counted a circle around the bullock cart, and after confirming that the number of people was correct, he waved back, "Come and search a few people, but don't let them bring anything in."
After the so-called inspection, we were allowed to enter the village. As the ox cart slowly drove in, I could see the village clearly.
The inside of the village was as brightly lit as the outside, and there was a long queue on both sides. There were no women or children in the queue, but all were in their prime. They were dressed in distinctive clothes, and their faces were painted with delicate symbols in white paint. Everyone had a hand. Also holding a torch.
In this posture, if I hadn't been tied up and transported in an oxcart at this moment, I would have thought it was some kind of welcome ceremony.
"Chen Ping, look at that totem, it's very strange."
Xu Jinxiu's voice came from behind, and I turned my gaze to the totem she was talking about.
The totem was painted on the stone tablet, which is really too conspicuous.
According to Li, totems represent the rights of one party, so it is normal to use mythical beasts and birds of prey. The totem of this village is also an animal, but the animal has two small ears and a smooth and compact body. The more you look at it, the more familiar it becomes.
"Isn't this a weasel?"
Liu Bao's voice also came from the side.
I turned my attention to the totem again, and really, I said helplessly, "Is this a rift? I was forced to jump off a cliff by it before, and now it has something to do with it again."
Wu Zhuzhu noticed our movements, and immediately hit the riding crop in his hand in the air, making a "pop!" sound.
"Be honest, or the whip will fall on you."
We stopped talking, and the ox cart slowly drove out of the village again, but in a different direction, heading towards a huge cave.
There are countless stalactites on the top of the cave, each large and small are tied with red ribbons. There is also an underground river in the cave, and the temperature in the entire cave is terrifyingly low.
The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the cave was so huge that even I couldn't help but shrink back. I looked at Xu Jinxiu and asked, "Are you okay?"
