Su Qingyu hugged the old locust tree like a koala. The bark of the tree was rough, and the uneven tree lines rubbed against her palms.
She held the phone tightly, keeping the light source, and hung it on the tree.
【Gongyang Village】Rule 11.
[In the darkness, don’t look back, there is no one behind you. 】
The deeper you go into this locust forest, the darker it gets.
She must hold a light source to belong to the light.
If there is no light, she cannot look back and can only keep moving forward.
God knows where it will go.
She looked solemnly as she looked at the angry goat baby under the tree.
No goats were seen in the whole village.
This animal is only seen in the woods.
The goat's entire eyes were scarlet, and the rich color seemed to be clotted blood.
The black dog was kept in the house and was not brought out.
Wu Xin was standing under the tree, and the angry billy goat kept spraying at him, tapping its hooves on the ground and making strange noises, but it did not actually attack Wu Xin.
The sheep does not recognize the coins, so scattering the coins will not make it go away.
Su Qingyu said to Wuxin under the tree: "Go get some grass to feed it, lure it away, and don't hurt it."
Wu Xin did not hesitate and turned around to look for the grass.
He moved quickly, like black lightning.
Su Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
[Gongyang Village Rules] The seventeenth and last rule.
[The ram cannot be redeemed. 】
What does this sentence mean?
Does ram refer to billy goat, or village?
Su Qingyu thought of the villagers living on the top of the mountain who only ate the green paste when they ate in the big canteen.
Now that I think about it, that green paste looks a lot like grass.
It seemed like something that had been chewed up, smashed, and boiled in a pot.
There was a table of dishes with fragrant pork belly in the middle, but the villagers focused on the green paste, as if the green paste was the delicacy.
Su Qingyu has observed that the villagers living at the entrance of the village are relatively normal and they eat ordinary food.
In this way, it can be judged that the villagers on the top of the mountain are almost in a weird state, and the degree of pollution is much greater than that of the villagers at the entrance of the village.
Moreover, the villagers on the top of the mountain are only old and young people, not children.
If those villagers are sheep, then...
Su Qingyu looked at the baby goat under the tree, and a terrible idea emerged in his mind.
Just as Su Qingyu was thinking, Wu Xin came back with fresh green grass in his hand.
He pinched the grass and stretched his hand forward, trying to attract the goat.
"Uh-huh-huh-"
Su Qingyu was speechless: "That voice of yours is making a fool of a dog."
"Bah baa baa -" Wu Xin imitated the cry of a sheep.
When the male goat saw the green grass, its attitude became docile. It ran to Wu Xin and chewed the grass in his hand.
Putting grass on the ground unintentionally.
The billy goat also lowered its head obediently and ate without noticing that Su Qingyu had sneaked down from the tree.
She didn't say anything, but just gestured in the direction of Wu Xin's retreat.
Run away from that billy goat.
Su Qingyu continued to explore the locust forest.
The depths of the woods are filled with moist, fishy miasma, mixed with the atmosphere of decay and coldness.
Many locust trees had been cut down roughly, and the broken bark still hung on the broken stumps, which was shocking.
Gongyang Village is ancient and closed, and there is no modern machinery. How can such a thick old locust tree be transported out of the depths of the forest?
"The locust tree is the ghost in the tree. The tree was cut down. Now the tree is gone, and only..."
The rest speaks for itself.
Su Qingyu felt the cold air behind him getting thicker and thicker, as if invisible eyes were peering at them secretly.
Unintentionally stopping, he resisted moving forward.
"What's wrong?" Su Qingyu asked.
Wu Xin pointed forward, and at some point, nearly a hundred male goat cubs appeared there. Their eyes were red, their bodies were hidden behind tree stumps and thorn bushes, and they were spying on Su Qingyu.
[Gongyang Village Rules] Article 9.
[There is no signal on the mountain, but there is signal at the entrance of the village. The signal can help you find what you need.
Use the camera function of your mobile phone carefully. The lens can capture things that are invisible to the naked eye. Remember to mute the sound. Small animals in the forest are very sensitive to sound. 】
Su Qingyu took out her mobile phone and took pictures of the group of goat cubs.
His fingers trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
In the photo, where there are goats, there are clearly children one after another.
The children in the photo all have expressionless faces, but their eyes are wide open, with scarlet light dancing in their pupils.
Their figures were very blurry, and they just stood there quietly.
After her suspicion was verified, Su Qingyu looked at the time on her watch. It was now close to five o'clock in the afternoon.
It gets dark relatively early in the village.
"Let's leave."
Su Qingyu and Wuxin returned the same way.
This evil forest circled around and around, and finally returned to the old locust tree that had been chopped down in the middle.
Su Qingyu used the offering card and took out a silk dress. She tore the dress into strips and tied them to the tree to mark them.
The result was a complete circle.
She saw the mark she had made again.
Su Qingyu used her mobile phone to take pictures on the ground.
Black hair appears in the photo.
She remembered that when the groom's official took them to the Li family ancestral hall to look for the bride, there were black hair on the ground to guide them.
Take photos as you walk.
Following the black hair, they finally left the locust forest.
The sun was just setting at this time.
The stage was still set up at the entrance of the village, and there was no one in the singing area. However, there were whispers from the backstage, as if calling people passing by to come in.
Su Qingyu just pretended not to hear.
The dogs were especially quiet tonight.
Su Qingyu went to the door of the woman's house where she stayed before and knocked politely.
The young woman opened the door and saw Su Qingyu, her face was startled, and she seemed a little surprised: "Didn't you go into the woods?
I saw you go in with my own eyes. "
"Yes, I'm out again." Su Qingyu glanced at her lightly.
Although the village was not big, she went to the troupe first and then to the locust forest.
The fact that the young woman knows her whereabouts so clearly only proves that the young woman is following her.
"It's impossible, how could he come out safe and sound?
Something went up the mountain again today. "
"Can you let me in first?" It was already dark, and Su Qingyu didn't want to stay outside the house for a long time.
Fortunately, the young woman kept her promise and turned sideways to let Su Qingyu and Wu Xin into the house.
There are big bone sticks on the table.
The old black dog brought out from the ancestral hall is drinking water. After a day's rest, his mental state is much better.
"What did you mean when you said something came up the mountain again?" Su Qingyu asked.
The young woman pulled the latch of the door and closed the window. There was deep uneasiness in her eyes and her breathing was a little rapid: "At night, some things that look like humans will come out of the woods. Although those things use two legs, Walking, but not human.”
