After saying this, Mr. Mi had no choice but to plate the walnuts. He seemed to be very upset about this. Song Siyuan continued to ask: "Old man, are you not afraid that Axi is really a wild monster?"
"Hi." Mr. Mi waved his hand disapprovingly: "If Miss Axi is really a mountain spirit, there are so many people doing evil things in the world, why don't these villagers shout and kill those evil people? The young lady is so harsh, this is obviously bullying the weak and shying away from the strong, and it does not look forward to the success of the Zheng family."
"It is also because of this that the Mi family moved their business to the town early and took root in the county. It is difficult to support good people in poor and remote places. Even the white-haired animals stopped coming. Over time, they all moved away. Now Most of the Nun Shen Villages were moved here after the Republic of China and are no longer locals."
Yue Guanchao thought carefully about Mi Laoshuan's words. If the incident really happened thirty or forty years ago, it would be exactly the same age as Ban Shu. But he didn't know whether it was true or not, so it was difficult to judge the next step. He continued and asked: "Old man, where is this family's old house? Does it still exist?"
Mr. Mi pointed to the southwest: "The Zheng family's old house has become a ruin. After the fire around it, not a single blade of grass grew, and even the surrounding wild forest was abandoned. No one has passed there for so many years, so it became empty."
"What, you want to take a look?"
Mr. Mi's eyes became curious.
Song Siyuan understood what Yue Guanchao meant. It was not convenient for them to fully inform them of their purpose, so they deliberately concealed it: "Indeed, didn't you say that more and more albino animals are appearing? Does it mean that the aura of Burial Village is about to be restored? Then Maybe it’s related to the Zheng family’s old house.”
Mr. Mi waved his hands and seemed unsure: "What about this? I really haven't thought about that, but since you want to take a look, I will ask Li Yang to take you to take a look. It just so happens that you can also take a look at the albino appearance. animal."
After saying this, Mr. Mi waved, and the servant standing at the door opened the door and muttered a few times, and saw a young man walking in. This man and Li Bai were almost carved out of the same mold, except that his temples were still black, and it looked like He is less than forty years old.
Mi Liyang takes care of the cargo business of Shennong Commercial Bank. In fact, it is equivalent to setting up a special cargo fleet, which relies on water transportation and is responsible for the incoming and outgoing cargo. Mi Liyang is out there all year round. Mi Liyang, who is tall and powerful, has a complex skin. He has a little more tan due to the weather and sun, his short hair is neatly trimmed, and even his stubble is neatly trimmed. He looks like an escort.
"Dad, you called me?"
Miliyang still didn't know what was going on.
Mr. Mi said tremblingly: "Recently, haven't there been more white-haired animals? Take them to the Zheng family's old house to see them."
"Okay, everyone, come with me."
Yue Guanchao and his group walked out of the yard and followed Miliyang's footsteps towards the southwest.
Although the Town of the God of Agriculture is still called the Town of the God of Agriculture, it actually just borrowed the name of the ancient village and chose a different place to build the town. As for the former Village where the God of Agriculture was buried, it still has to go to the southwest of the town.
They walked about half a mile and saw that the surrounding villagers were getting sparser and sparse, and countless coffin-like low houses began to appear. Covered by grass, they looked like square coffins piled up, and there were more residential buildings, creating a dilapidated scene. .
Collapsed courtyard walls, fallen tile eaves, weedy courtyards, and old trees and vines. The further you walk towards the Burial Village, the more you can feel the desolation of the village. According to time estimates, this place has been deserted for about forty years, and all the residential buildings have become desolate. Already covered with weeds, the loess courtyard walls have collapsed and have gaps, and are rarely intact.
When walking, it is inevitable that there are hares, foxes and the like in the grass. They fiddle with it in the cover of the weeds, and there is a rustling sound. When others look, there are no traces.
Miliyang walked on the road and said: "These albino animals mostly appear in the wild forests near the village. Even the Burial Village often has white-haired animals. It is almost impossible to see them any further away. Some good hunters still come. I hunted a few here and took them to our fur shop to sell them."
"Only then did we realize that there were so many white-haired animals. We asked the hunters and they told us that they were found in the wild forest near the Burial Village. I also brought my friends there several times, and it was indeed the same as what the hunters said. There are a lot of white-haired animals, and some greedy hunters will poach these white-haired animals and sell them in towns further away."
Xu Xiake said: "These white-haired animals are the messengers of the mountain god. Aren't they afraid of retribution?"
Miliyang shook his head: "No one believes this in these years. Besides, no matter how valuable these white-haired animals are, they are the ancestors of other people. They have nothing to do with these hunters. They should catch them anyway."
While they were talking, they had already passed through the village and arrived at the easternmost wild forest. The forest to the east of the village was basically connected by the wild mountains of Shennongjia. The two were indistinguishable. The Zheng family's house was built at the outermost edge of the forest.
Everyone observed carefully and found that there was a clear dividing line along the perimeter of the Zheng family's old house. The inside of the line was charred and charred, with sparse weeds. Outside the line, it was full of life and dense forests. Viewed from a high altitude, the location of the house looked like a terrifying and ugly part of the forest. The black scars from carbuncle remain on the body forever, reminding me of the fire here and how brutal it once was.
In this charred ruins, only the broken walls of the Zheng family's Sanjin house are left. Most of the houses collapsed into ruins. If there is any wood still hanging on the walls of the house, it has been burned to carbon. The outer brick and stone courtyard walls have collapsed to the point where they are only half waist high and are covered with all kinds of dry weeds.
When I got closer, I saw that after being exposed to the wind and the sun, only the foundation pit was left. A gust of wind could blow up pieces of rotten wood, and a burning smell filled the surrounding area, leaving even the tip of my tongue with a bit of a choking taste. Bitter, in the whimpering wind, I always feel like something is sobbing gently, which makes people's skin crawl.
Decades have passed, even if it has really become a ruin, it has long been covered by weeds. It is impossible that after so many years, it is still in the state of a charred ruin. In fact, they can see that even if weeds grow here, they are withered and thin. It looks like it is completely unsurvivable.
"Back then, it was thirty or forty years ago, but why is it still in a charred state!"
Xu Xiake realized this situation and asked curiously.
Miliyang thought for a moment and looked at everyone: "Probably, the fire was too intense back then."
Mentioning this point, Miliyang's tone became cautious: "Back then, the Zheng family was probably jealous of others, so it was reported to Shan Daozi by some thoughtful people, which led to mountain bandits raiding the Zheng family. I heard that from that time, From the old master to the servants, even the poultry and livestock were locked up in the house and burned to death.”
He paused and seemed to feel a pity: "Ordinary people still know how to put out fires. Many people want to see the Zheng family's jokes, so of course they will not water their house to put out the fire. The fire burned for three days and three nights, until Zheng's family was destroyed. The house was burned to rubble before it was doused by rain, and no one even came to collect their corpses. The smelly water from the burned corpses flowed for half a month before it completely dissipated."
"Probably for this reason, a strange plague broke out in the Buried Village. Our family was still a small family at that time. Seeing that the people here were poor and short-minded, and seeing that the Zheng family was harmed like this, we moved to the town. "
"When the plague broke out, our family happened to be here, and we were close. When I was a child, I often played near the old house. At that time, we could always hear someone crying in the old house. But after walking around the house, We didn’t see any living people, so we later moved to the town.”
Miliyang looked at them with strange eyes: "Since that time, this place has been in ruins. There is no grass growing anywhere. Even when it does grow, it looks as sick as frost-beaten eggplants. It's probably from the ground." The corpse poison hasn’t seeped out yet.”
"I'll take you into the house. The heads of those bandits will be inserted in the main courtyard."
Having said that, Miliyang walked into the half-collapsed courtyard wall and walked into the main courtyard according to the direction of the house. The main hall had collapsed into a mountain-shaped mound, like a giant hill standing in the middle. Under this huge hill, there were Seven or eight small hills are scattered at the foot of the mountain, probably the graves of several members of the Zheng family.
Not far from the tomb, I saw a row of wooden stakes with rotten human heads stuck on them. The flesh on their faces had been chewed clean by something, leaving only the black skeleton facing the tomb, covered in it. The wind blew and swayed here and there.
"Back then, Axi buried all the bones of the Zheng family in this place, and also offered the heads of the bandits in front of others."
Miliyang pointed to the place where they were standing and explained: "We thought that Axi would not come back after being kidnapped by bandits. Who knew he could twist off the heads of these bandits."
"This incident frightened many villagers at that time, and also made those who were watching the joke believe that she was indeed an ominous monster. In the last few years, they made sarcastic remarks to her to make matters worse, and instigated children to throw bricks at her. When the villagers saw that she often looked crazy, She was beaten to a bloody head and even built a shack for her in the old house."
"Until she was driven away by the villagers, she lived in that shack."
Miliyang pointed to the side of the main hall. There were indeed a few unburnt logs at that location, and they were covered with cloth curtains, resembling a cave shack.
Ban Nu walked near these skeletons and when his hands touched these holes, his heart kept heaving, as if he was drowning and he kept opening his throat and gasping for air.
"Sister, what's wrong? What do you feel?"
Ban Shu supported Ban Nu and looked concerned.
"I...I feel that there is a very special smell nearby, like the smell of dead people, which constantly affects the surrounding animals and vegetation, making them unable to survive on the ruins."
"Then what does this belong to?" Song Siyuan asked curiously.
Ban Nu looked at the crowd and said with firm eyes: "It's a curse. This ruins has been cursed by Axi. Any living creature that enters these ruins cannot survive here."
Ban Nu's statement made their eyes light up. Song Siyuan guessed: "It's strange. If she dies, can she still cast a curse? Could it be that Ah Xi is still alive?"
