There are many snakes, insects, rats, ants and the like in the mountains. If you don't have the skills to live in the mountains, you will definitely not survive a day.
Along the way, Zhou Shisheng led the way, catching poisonous snakes in the grass and killing poisonous insects in the treetops with stones from a distance.
Some dangerous mud pits and poisonous weeds can be avoided in advance.
Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan were following behind him, and his walking went smoothly.
During the break, Zhou Shisheng was also very cautious, in a state of false sleep, but if there was any disturbance, he would wake up immediately and be extremely vigilant.
Although Zhuang Nan ate all the dry food he carried, there was no need to worry about it. In Zhou Shisheng's eyes, there was food everywhere in the mountains, and there was no way he could go hungry.
Zhuang Nan himself is actually an expert in traveling through the mountains and forests. Although he is not as capable as the old hunter, he is still a good hand when walking on the road and does not hold him back.
The three of them walked through the mountains, and when it was almost dark, they saw a village in the mountains in the distance.
Zhou Shisheng knew this village, it was a village relatively close to theirs.
It’s just that due to the inconvenience of traffic, there are less people coming and going.
According to him, the net that hoisted Zhuang Nan up earlier should have been set up by the hunters in this village.
Zhuang Nan was very happy to see someone who could help him.
He has not lived in a house for more than ten days, and has always lived in the open air.
The three of them headed towards the village. As soon as they arrived not far from the village, they saw someone holding a rake and a broom at the entrance of the village, standing on both sides of a small statue, staring at them.
Seeing that they were approaching the village, someone immediately shouted:
"Stop, don't go any further!"
Zhou Shisheng was a little surprised when he saw this. When he saw one of them, he felt familiar, so he shouted to the two people at the entrance of the village:
"I am Zhou Shisheng from Blackfoot Village. Do you still remember me?"
The two people heard this and took a closer look. One of them said:
"It looks like Zhou Shisheng, I don't know if it is, just stand still!"
As he said that, one of them walked a distance outside the village carrying a bowl and placed the bowl on the ground.
That bowl was filled with half a bowl of incense ash.
After the man placed the bowl on the ground, he returned to the entrance of the village, stood in front of the statue, pointed at several people with the dung fork in his hand, and said loudly:
"You guys, wipe your face with this ashes first."
After hearing this, Zhou Shisheng also realized the problem.
Obviously, this approach is not used to target people.
There is nothing to hesitate, just go to the bowl, dip some incense ash with your fingers, and rub it on your face.
The two people at the entrance of the village stared intently at Zhou Shisheng's actions and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he had indeed wiped incense ash on his face without any abnormal changes.
But he still shouted to Ye Ming and Zhuang Nan:
"You guys also put some on your face."
Zhuang Nan nodded repeatedly, indicating that there was no problem. He even wiped his face with incense ash, but there was no change.
Ye Ming smiled, not caring about it, and spread the ashes on his face in a very elegant manner.
There was no change among the two and three people at the entrance of the village, and they looked relieved.
One of them said to Zhou Shisheng:
"Shi Sheng, long time no see, I'm Liu Jiao."
Zhou Shisheng also laughed when he heard this:
"I said you look familiar, you are really Brother Liu Jiao, long time no see!"
"Haha, I have changed a lot, but you still look like you are dozens of years old!"
The person named Liu Jiao also smiled and exchanged a few words with Zhou Shisheng.
People from the mountains and wilds generally like to give nicknames, thinking that such children are easy to support.
So there are many names like Goudan and Tiezhu.
There are also legends that the King of Hell prefers boys over girls and will lure away the souls of the boys he likes, causing the boys to die young.
Therefore, some people will give their sons a girl's name to deceive the King of Hell and prevent him from discovering it.
Although it sounds ridiculous, there are many mountain people who do this.
Liu Jiao's parents are one of them.
After Zhou Shisheng exchanged a few words with him, he looked at the bowl of incense ash, then at the statue, and asked:
"Brother Liu Jiao, what's going on? Is there something dirty in the village?"
Hearing Zhou Shisheng's direct question, both of them changed slightly. After looking around and seeing nothing unusual, they pulled Zhou Shisheng aside and whispered:
"Be careful, don't attract that thing!"
Seeing that it was getting dark, the two of them did not dare to stay at the entrance of the village. They took the three of them to the village and repeatedly reminded them not to talk about this matter loudly in the village for fear of attracting them.
Zhuang Nan couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, saying that he hadn't seen enough scenery and didn't want to die yet.
It can be seen that the walls of every house in the village are covered with new or old talismans.
But in Ye Ming's opinion, most of these talisman papers were fakes, only a few were real, and the range of radiation they could radiate was very limited.
If there really are ghosts, just these few pictures may not be of much use.
Liu Jiao brought a few people to her home, closed the door, and led a few people into the main room. Only then did she feel more relaxed.
There are also a group of people at his home including his mother, daughter-in-law, three children, one older, two younger, and so on.
In fact, he still has several brothers, but they have separated and live in other places in the village.
A group of brothers take turns raising my mother. I can’t say how filial they are, but at least they won’t let me starve.
After taking the three people into the house, he ordered his wife to cook.
Zhou Shisheng first bowed to the statue in his house a few times, and then asked in a low voice what happened in the village.
Zhou Jiao no longer concealed anything, gathered the three of them together, and whispered what happened in a rather sneaky voice.
Things are not complicated either...
There are no huts in their village, so everyone handles all emergencies in their own fields to make it easier to fertilize the fields.
A few days ago, a village woman in the village got up late at night and went to the fields to solve the problem.
But after I left, I didn’t see him for a long time and came back.
The village woman and man noticed something was wrong and immediately called two neighbors to find someone.
As soon as he got close to the field, he saw a dark figure raping the village woman.
The man was furious and went to beat the man with a hoe.
When I got closer, I realized that the figure, which only looked like a human, was actually a hairy monster whose whole body was covered with long hair.
The man was shocked when he saw this, and when the hairy monster was noticed, he immediately picked up the village woman and ran away.
Several people were first frightened, then angry, and chased after him to kill the hairy monster.
It's just that the monster ran so fast that several people quickly lost track of it, and the village woman was also missing.
The man was anxious, angry and scared, so he mobilized a group of villagers to help find someone nearby.
In the early morning, I found the village woman beside a tree not far from the village.
But at this time, the village woman was already dead. Her lower body was split open and her intestines leaked out. Her death was miserable.
The matter did not end there. The next night, another woman from the village disappeared. When she was found outside the village, she looked as miserable as the village woman yesterday.
This made the villagers angry and panicked.
Therefore, they have been extra vigilant in the past few days. Several roads into the village are guarded, and the village is also patrolled from time to time.
After listening to Liu Jiao's words, Zhou Shisheng was also a little angry.
However, Liu Jiao was more open-minded and said that the village had encountered many strange and evil things over the years. As long as everyone persisted for a period of time, the evil spirits would generally leave.
I actually don’t feel much about the few people who died because of this.
Zhuang Nan did not participate in the discussion, but his mouth watered when he saw the thick flour cake brought by Liu Jiao's wife.
Compared to the yams, tree barks and other strange things on the mountain, thick bread is obviously more tempting.
The biggest characteristic of this person is his big heart.
He knew clearly that the village was not peaceful and there were evil spirits causing trouble at night, but he could sleep like a dead pig without any fear at all.
Zhou Shisheng, however, couldn't sleep. He grew up in the mountains. He was exposed to a lot of ghosts and ghosts, and he was quite courageous.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have dared to fight against ghosts before.
After hearing that the hairy monster would be driven away by a group of villagers, Zhou Shisheng concluded that this monster should not be impossible to deal with.
It's fine if you haven't encountered it. Now that you have encountered it, you will naturally have to fight with it.
Seeing that Zhuang Nan was sleeping soundly, he didn't call him. He just told Ye Ming and Liu Jiao and planned to go out and meet the monster.
Liu Jiao also had insomnia at night. When she heard that Zhou Shisheng was planning to deal with the monster, she also stopped her:
"The other party is evil. We are human beings. I think it's better not to offend him. The thing will go away on its own in a few days."
When Zhou Shisheng heard this, he shook his head and said:
"In this world, people have the final say, not those things. If we encounter a monster and are afraid of this and that, then we will all be finished sooner or later!"
He had never read a book, was illiterate, and did not know how to speak great principles. After saying this, he put a bow on his back, a knife on his shoulder, and pushed the door open.
When Liu Jiao saw this, she gritted her teeth and followed him out.
He was also a tough man, and was affected by Zhou Shisheng's behavior, so he thought he might as well give it a try.
Mother Liu still wanted to persuade her, but both of them had already gone out, so the old man could only sigh:
"Hey~~ They are all as stubborn as donkeys."
Ye Ming smiled and said:
"Don't worry, old man, I'll go out to check on the situation."
Zhou Shisheng held a torch and walked in the village, Liu Jiao followed closely, nervously scanning the dark surroundings, like a devouring night, with an inexplicable fear lingering in his heart.
After walking around the village, I didn't find anything unusual.
Zhou Shisheng habitually reached out to touch the stone pendant on his chest, looked towards the outside of the village and said:
"Let's go look in the fields."
Liu Jiao heard this, although she was still scared, but seeing how courageous this man was, she still stood up and couldn't let herself be underestimated.
The two held torches and walked to the crop fields outside the village.
Suddenly, Zhou Shisheng noticed something moving in the grass not far away.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Shisheng kicked his foot and a stone was kicked into his hand. He raised his arm and threw the stone into the grass.
Then a muffled sound was heard, followed by a monster's painful groan.
As soon as the sound sounded, a monster that was half taller than an ordinary person and covered with hair stood up.
Seeing this, Zhou Shisheng pulled out the knife from his waist without saying a word, rushed forward and slashed at the hairy monster.
The hairy monster didn't expect that this guy would dare to take the initiative to attack. He couldn't defend himself for a moment and was slashed in the chest and abdomen with a knife.
Zhou Shisheng's hand strength is not small. If the monster itself is not huge and can resist, just one knife can kill it.
Although the knife failed to hurt the hairy monster, it still screamed and blood flowed from its body.
After the hairy monster screamed, he no longer cared about anger, revenge, etc., turned around and ran away.
After he turned around, Zhou Shisheng slashed him in the back again.
It's a pity that this guy is really not that easy to kill.
Even so, he still had the strength to run away from here at almost full speed.
Seeing the monster escape, Zhou Shisheng and Liu Jiao immediately chased after it.
It's just that the hairy monster's speed is not comparable to the two. Even though it was seriously injured, it still escaped smoothly.
The two of them felt helpless when they saw him running away.
Zhou Shisheng was a little disappointed and felt that he had not accomplished all the work.
But Liu Jiao was very happy.
This monster was seriously injured this time. Whether he could survive was one thing. Even if he could survive, he probably wouldn't dare to come to their village again.
After all, this kind of monster that looks inhuman at first glance rarely behaves like a person bent on revenge.
It can be said that Zhou Shisheng took action tonight and basically solved the crisis in the village.
The two of them patrolled the area around the village again and found no other abnormalities before returning.
On the way back, I happened to see Ye Ming, who looked very leisurely.
Ye Ming asked curiously:
"It seems I'm late. I don't know what wonderful things I missed."
Liu Jiao was also a real person and told Ye Ming what happened.
After hearing this, Ye Ming just smiled and said that the matter was resolved and he could go back to sleep.
Zhou Shisheng also felt at ease and felt more peaceful when he went back to sleep.
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