About twenty years ago, Xiangyang Village was a prosperous scene, with men farming and women weaving and self-sufficient, and being a relatively famous village.
Later, a family of three who had been wandering in a foreign land for many years came back from the village. The man was named Xiang Zhong. He took his wife and son and decided to return to his hometown to return to his hometown, so that he could bury his grandfather's ashes so that he could actually go home.
The villagers of Xiangyang Village are very enthusiastic, especially when facing an old grandson like Xiangzhong, they naturally need to take care of them.
The villagers helped build houses and helped buy land. Xiang Zhong was also very grateful to the elders and villagers of Xiangyang Village. The young village chief turned into an old village chief. He had always felt ashamed of Xiang Zhong's grandfather. Now that he had the opportunity to make up for it, he naturally spared no effort.
I thought I would live peacefully like this, but I didn't expect that a month later, a young widow in the village died, and then many people died for no reason. At that time, more than 20 people died in a row, which attracted the attention of the court. The doctor sent by the government personally diagnosed them, but I didn't expect that it was a plague.
The plague is an extremely terrible epidemic. Once it spreads, it spreads very quickly, so the villagers immediately panic.
When people are alive, no one will speculate on the human heart. I don’t know why rumors spread that Xiang Zhong deliberately brought the plague back to the village. Even the first young widow who died lived next door to Xiang Zhong. The angry and desperate villagers suddenly became furious. Xiangyang Village is so good to Xiang Zhong’s family, why do they do this?
Retrospectively, Xiang Zhong's grandfather was a scholar back then and wanted to get a fame. Unfortunately, because his family was barely submissive and had no money to go to Beijing, he could only ask for blind dates to his neighbors. Some people could help him, but they could only take out only a few copper coins, and some could give him a piece of clothing at most. However, when he asked for this matter, he was driven out by the village chief's wife. Xiang Zhong's grandfather was very ashamed and left. Later, he heard from the villagers that Xiang Zhong's grandfather was also promising. Although he failed, he followed an imperial envoy and sat by his master's leisurely work.
Working for the official family is already a top official to ordinary people like them, and he is even more majestic than the village chief.
The village chief’s wife was extremely regretful, and she blamed herself for rejecting Xiang Zhong’s grandfather so, and she was also considered their lifeless nobleman.
After Xiang Zhong came back, the village chief's wife naturally thought that she must not miss such a good opportunity again. Whether it was open or secret, she asked Xiang Zhong and his family many times what they did outside, and the other party said it was doing some small business.
The village chief’s wife was instantly excited. People who can do small business outside are very good.
According to her ideas, they worked so hard to help Xiang Zhong, so they should be able to forget some past events and remember their good deeds.
However, they never dreamed that Xiang Zhong's family was so ungrateful that they were infected with the plague outside to kill them just to come back.
Thinking of the terror of the plague, the whole village was inexplicably intimidated.
Because Xiangyang Village was covered by death, the official has already sealed off the village and no one is allowed to enter and exit without authorization, so no one in the village can leave.
They knew that if the village was blocked by the officers and soldiers, they would probably die in the village even if they died. Maybe the court would not send anyone to save them.
They could only turn all their helplessness, fear, and fear into anger and throw them all to Xiang Zhong's family of three.
At first, the villagers just mocked and scolded their family of three. Xiang Zhong's rebuttal was like a powerless quibbling in the eyes of the villagers. Once a person admits his truth, it may be difficult to change, so in their eyes, Xiang Zhong's defense has no effect except to completely anger them.
Later, the villagers had turned into beatings, not only beating Xiang Zhong, but also not letting her wife and children go.
In the end, Xiang Zhong's family of three could only stay at home and did not dare to leave any longer because the people from the court had not sent doctors to come, nor did they give any comfort or even help. The villagers' panic in their hearts had reached its peak, and they took turns to find Xiang Zhong's trouble every day.
I live in fear every day, watching the people around me die constantly every day, but they are powerless. The feeling of waiting for death to come is really terrible.
The only thing they could do was torture Xiang Zhong's family of three.
Until one day, Xiang Zhong shouted loudly, "You said the plague was transmitted by our family, but why are we still alive? But others died?"
Everyone's heads were stunned for a moment. Yes, why are they still not doing anything?
I don’t know who questioned, “Maybe you have good resistance.”
"Yes, that's right, that's it."
"Xiang Zhong, we know that you just hold a grudge against the villagers who didn't help you, so after the plague, I thought about coming back and spreading it to us, right?" The village chief applauded almost for this guess. What he had been unable to figure out before has now become completely clear.
Once the villagers have recognized something in their mind, it will be difficult to change.
Even their newly appointed parents were infected with the plague and even died. This matter could no longer be concealed. The court soon sent an imperial physician, and the whole village was martial law and the whole city had to undergo extensive disinfection. The plague was so easily controlled.
It is said that Xiang Zhong was driven crazy later, and a fire ignited the village. No one in the village was alive and died in the fire.
For a while later, the villagers near Xiangyang Village could always hear howling, and some people shouted to help. If we didn't want to die, the other villagers could no longer stay and left home one after another. Over time, Xiangyang Village became a plague outside.
This place has also become a taboo, and even a very contemporary sign is inserted outside, which says, "This place is dangerous, don't enter."
The national teacher gave each of them a map, with the corresponding things that each person wants to find, and then gathered in a unified location, and those things were merged together, which was another puzzle. As long as they guessed it, even if they passed the test, it was enough to prove that they were qualified to stay in the national teacher's mansion.
Before coming, they were full of confidence. Perhaps some of them did not believe that there were ghosts in this world at all.
There were ten people in total, including Mu Linglong and Zhao Ke, the other eight people had six young masters, and two young ladies from the official family. Girls could play sticks, otherwise they would not dare to come here boldly.
There are those who are sick, those who are sick, those who are born in princess, and those who are sick, there are only two or three are normal, one is Zhao Ke, and the other is Mu Yunfan.
Although the men present were all for Mu Linglong, after all, if anyone could get her favor, they would definitely have to work harder for more than ten years in their life. Mu Yunfan was worried that she would have something to do, but Zhao Ke carried the kindness of the fifth thought and said that nothing could hurt Mu Linglong.
As for the other two girls, one is for Mu Yunfan, and she is somewhat targeted at Mu Linglong, but because she is the princess, she can only hate her so much that she grits her teeth. The other is the oldest girl, who is still sixteen or seventeen years old, and is the least favored daughter in the family. She has entered the National Master's Mansion to keep her life just to be proud.
Along the way, Mu Linglong wanted to cover her ears, and was so quarreled by these men who were chattering about her well-being.
She is still so young that these people want to make a decision on her, which is simply shameless.
Deliberately setting apart from them, she pulled open the map in her hand, looked at the dilapidated villages around her, and suddenly felt a deep disappointment.
Mu Yunfan had a warm smile on his tender little face, "Linglong, we can't find it for the time being. It's getting late, so let's take a break and make plans!"
As expected, as soon as Mu Yunfan approached her, the sharp little eyes of the daughter of the Dali Temple Shaoqing called them both, and Mu Linglong moved her body, "Okay, it's already late, let's take a break for the time being, and let's talk about it until tomorrow morning!"
Sheng Zhenzhen sneered and said, "Did Princess Linglong really believe that there are ghosts in this world? So she was scared and didn't dare to act even at night?"
Mu Linglong was always following Di Wu Nian during this period, so she was somewhat like a hob meat. She nodded in a hurry and said seriously, "You guessed that's right, I'm really scared, so if you want to laugh at me, just laugh boldly, don't be reserved."
Sheng Zhenzhen was slightly stunned. Unexpectedly, Mu Linglong would admit it so easily. She didn't know what to say next. When she heard a group of boys talking about setting up camp, she couldn't help but stomp her feet angrily, "There are no ghosts in this world, okay? We immediately find what we want to find, and then guess the answer to the riddle and stay in the National Master's Mansion." The main reason is that she is not like those who live in such a wilderness. If a little bug crawls into her sleeve, she can't stand it even if she thinks about it.
The most important thing is that the entire village died more than 20 years ago. Although she didn't believe in ghosts, she felt it was unlucky.
But everyone's attention was on Mu Linglong, so no one heard what she said. Sheng Zhenzhen was so angry that she stomped her feet again, wishing she could numb her feet.
Mu Linglong took out a small compass she had found for someone to make. She could see the pointer rotated at an extremely strange degree. Either the compass was broken, or there were big problems here, and it was a big problem.
The magnetic field here is very long and unstable. The night has not arrived, and the temperature here is constantly dropping. Everyone has been building tents just now, so they don’t feel how cold it is. When they are free, they feel very cold. Mu Linglong can’t help but rub her arms, and she suddenly feels a bad premonition in her heart.
She had been reading the fifth note before, so she had no practical experience, so this opportunity was very valuable to her.
Zhao Ke believes in this kind of thing the most. After all, when he meets a monster like Wuzhiqi, what else can he not believe in?
Seeing that Mu Linglong's facial expression was very solemn, he also felt a bad feeling, "Do you think there is something wrong?" Zhao Ke asked in a low voice.
Perhaps Mu Linglong was always the object of observation by many boys, so Zhao Ke took the initiative to look for Linglong, which had already attracted everyone's attention. Even Zhao Ke asked in a low voice, they held their breath and finally listened to it.
Mu Linglong nodded, "Maybe worse than we thought. We must leave here for the time being. I'm afraid that no one will get out after dark."
Mu Yunfan came here to protect Mu Linglong, so he would go wherever she went. If she could get out of danger in time, it would be the best thing.
With Mu Linglong's order, he naturally responded to the response. Everyone had already started to dismantle the tents. Sheng Zhenzhen was crazy again when she saw this. "Don't demolish it. The person who just said he was going to come in was Princess Linglong. Now you said you were going to leave. You are the one who decides everything. Do you really treat us as a little follower?"
"That's your idea, not mine, and of course you can't believe me."
"Yes, I just clearly don't believe you. You can do whatever you say. Have you ever thought about our feelings?" She just couldn't stand Mu Yunfan's obedience to Mu Linglong. It was so hurtful. She worked so hard around him, but she could never get a glance from him.
Mu Linglong looked up at the sky, and gradually became dimmed. Her heart became even more depressed. Her sixth sense has always been very powerful. Such uneasiness can only prove that there is something wrong in this village.
Chapter completed!