Most of the truth told by the third sister-in-law is similar to what everyone has heard before. This is obviously the version that is generally known by the villagers. It is the story of the ghost marriage that angered the mountain god and caused the tragedy in the village.
But the third sister-in-law also told everyone about the details that the few other people didn't know or concealed.
Now everything in this village can be said to be controlled by the village chief, because it is said that only the village chief can communicate with the mountain god, and his natural status is detached.
But the scary thing is that since she married from outside the village, the village chief has not changed, not even her appearance.
Everyone's expressions became solemn when they heard this, and they had long guessed that the village chief was abnormal. But when I hear it now, is it possible that starting from the past, for decades, the village chief in this village has been the same person
The third sister-in-law continued to speak. Since Aying's body appeared, those female ghosts also appeared in the village. At this time, the method of not going out in the middle of the night was only learned by the village chief after consulting the mountain gods. As long as the village is at night, there will be a strange fog, and those female ghosts will appear in this fog, only hanging The house of lanterns can be safe and sound.
As for those families who have already married a bride, there is no such lantern, which seems to be a taboo of the village chief. Families that once forced their daughters to make sacrifices all suffered violent deaths soon. As for those who did not do anything wrong, there was no problem, but they were also vaguely rejected by the villagers.
Moreover, these red lanterns are not so simple. Anyone who touches them will start to have bad luck and be haunted by ghosts. The village chief himself does not know what it is, but he says it is the anger of the mountain god. Therefore, the villagers They have developed the habit of not going out at night.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that they hadn't touched the red lantern. But Gu Wuji and Qi Yunxiu, who had really touched it, would never want to do it again.
"But it is still possible to go out at night. Although red lanterns do not work, there is a type of white lantern that is safe!" Sister-in-law 3 took a deep breath and said, "I saw with my own eyes one night that the village chief went out with a white lantern. lanterns, but that must only be in his own home..."
"The reason why I know these things is because I often go out in the middle of the night." Third Sister-in-law said: "Probably A-ying was protecting me, so nothing happened to me..."
Of course the third sister-in-law didn't want to accept her daughter's death like that, so she wanted to investigate the curse in the village, but when she went out late at night, she bumped into the village chief several times.
"I don't know what he's going to do, but I see the village chief often sneaking in the direction of the cave in the middle of the night, and there are often cases where some villagers disappear the next day... It's just that in recent years, the only ones missing are Those who don't have any relatives or friends can't cause any trouble in the village." The third sister-in-law suddenly became excited, "If you really want to investigate, you must find out what he did!"
Everyone nodded quickly. After the third sister-in-law went out, A Ying's ghost suddenly appeared in the room, her icy eyes swept to everyone, and her body passed through the bodies of several people.
Several people only felt a bit of coldness, and then the memory picture vaguely appeared in their minds. It's not like Gu Wuji, who watches ghost memories every three days or two, but it's the first time for most of the other people to have such an experience, and it feels extremely novel.
It was a first-person view. It was red at first, and then it seemed that the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and what appeared in front of everyone was the scene inside the cave that Gu Wuji and Qi Yunxiu had entered before.
This scene is strange and terrifying. In this dark cave, the walls are covered with various spells, and the most conspicuous is a strange stone statue not far away.
The third sister-in-law told everyone before that the stone statue had existed in the cave from the very beginning, because it looked like a human figure, and the person who discovered it at the time had some tricks. Feeling that the stone statue was extraordinary, he offered it up. Then the village developed better and better, and the stone statue was also considered by the villagers to be a mountain god.
A Ying's character is still relatively bold. She actually walked out of the sedan chair and rummaged around in the cave, trying to see if she could escape.
Maybe it's better luck, maybe the village chief and others don't pay enough attention to this matter, they don't believe that an ordinary girl can play any tricks, there is not even a puppet in this cave, let Aying spin around in it No one to stop.
It didn't take long for her to find a book in the drawer. It was written with creepy words. It listed the information of all the women in the village, and marked which one was the most suitable for the sacrifice. , can the mountain god like it... and the handwriting on it is exactly the same as the village chief.
At least the village chief was still a responsible person who thought about the villagers at that time. This incident can be said to be extremely shocking.
Realizing what she found, A-ying stumbled to the ground in fear, and then suddenly found a box that was placed in the corner and was directly sealed.
A Ying didn't want to open it at first, but from this perspective, you can see that she hesitated for a while, and finally reached out to open the box tremblingly. Later, she found the last thing she didn't want to see in it - the relics of the sacrificed brides, and their bones, which looked like they had been killed by extremely cruel means.
She screamed in fright, and then the cave shook suddenly, surrounded by countless dark hands.
Just as the monster was about to touch A Ying's body, several female ghosts in red clothes appeared around and actually helped her block the attack of the so-called mountain god.
The players were shocked for a while, and they all knew that this must be the villain boss of this dungeon.
They wanted to look more closely, but because this was just A Ying's memory, and when she was terrified, she chose to run away, her steps were staggering, and the scene was spinning, making it impossible to observe carefully.
"Fairy Wood"
But A Ying found out that she couldn't get out of the cave no matter what, no matter how far she ran, she couldn't see the entrance of the cave, and she would return to this place strangely.
Under the circumstances of the ghost hitting the wall, the ominous aura was also faintly approaching her. In desperation, A Ying carved those words on the mountain wall at the last moment.
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After the memory was over, the third sister-in-law had left. In this room, there is no smell of Ah Ying anymore.
Everyone was silent, as if they understood what happened before. The ghosts of those brides must have been sealed by the village chief. Maybe they wanted to use them, or maybe they were just afraid of trouble. Who knows, they were released by A Ying, and they managed to escape.
After that, the furious mountain god dismembered Aying and made her soul never return home.
This also caused these female ghosts to appear around the village. As for the mass graves, there were actually no corpses, but after the village was haunted, they tried to shake things off these female ghosts.
However, these female ghosts are not actually bad people, but they are feared by everyone in the village.
Even so, no one dared to ask them to negotiate with the female ghost. After all, the current situation is only their guess. Who knows if the female ghost is in danger!
"It seems that if you want to know the truth of this copy, you have to start with the village chief." Gu Wuji thought for a while and said.
"But the village chief and the mountain god seem to have made a deal, and it's more likely that they are no longer alive. If we act rashly, what will the village chief do?" Xiao Cheng said quickly, with a tone that did not hide his anxiety.
Seeing that Xiao Cheng was extremely dissatisfied, Qi Yunxiu immediately sneered: "Since you say that, then what do you know? That's why you disapprove? You won't hide anything, will you?"
Others were somewhat dissatisfied with Qi Yunxiu's attitude, but they obviously agreed with him.
Xiao Cheng scolded the dog boy and boy in his heart, feeling that he was too excited for a while, but he didn't sigh at this time, and said quickly: "I just think I should be more cautious, and it's not good to anger the village chief and startle snakes, I Look, we should find a way to get the white lantern, and then we secretly go to the village chief's house at night to have a look, so maybe we can find the weakness of the mountain god..."
Because what he said was so reasonable, he immediately won the unanimous approval of everyone, and felt that it was more reliable than arresting the village chief to deal with it now.
Xiao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that his thinking turned so fast. In fact, the news he got here is... Everything that happened in this village was because of the resentment of the woman who married the village chief's son, polluting the consciousness of the mountain god, causing it to devour sacrifices from time to time.
However, the village chief established some kind of cooperative relationship with the mountain god by chance, and even benefited from it. He became a half-human and half-ghost physique, and he has survived until now... and this incident is even considered by others to be the manifestation of the mountain god. , so that they are more in awe of the village chief.
As for the reason why the ghost marriage ceremony is used to cover up every time, it is also the idea proposed by the village chief, because such a ceremony can irritate the resentment of the woman who is married, make the mountain god more terrifying, and can cover more range, so that the village chief can get greater benefits, and one day he may be able to resurrect his son.
The only way to survive is to sell teammates on the day of the ceremony.
Xiao Cheng had long decided to give Xiao Meng to the village chief as a sacrifice that day, and then he took the opportunity to escape from the village while others were foolishly dealing with these two incompetent opponents.
Of course, escaping from the village is not that simple, and you still need props, and this prop is the white lantern.
As long as he gets the white lantern tonight, everything will be fine, so Xiao Chengcai must not let these people attack the village chief now, so as not to ruin his plan.
Although, Xiao Cheng occasionally thinks that the boss of the high-level copy is willing to tell him all such important information, and still feels very shocked. But in the end he attributed it to his good luck, not to mention that the intermediate dungeon is like a child's family for the advanced dungeon, and the other party can't possibly lie to passers-by like him.
Xiao Cheng is still inexplicably confident in his luck, after all, he is such an excellent person.
Of course, if Gu Wuji heard about his experience at this time, he would find that everything was so familiar. After all, when he was on the ghost cruise dungeon before, other players on the ship had similar experiences, and those who were trapped almost died in Huangquan.
"Then what should we do to get rid of the village chief." One person frowned, "The village chief basically stays at home, we can't get around him... It would be nice if we could find a way to focus his attention."
"I have some ideas." Gu Wuji said lightly.
If this was the first day, others would definitely question Gu Wuji, wondering where he got his confidence.
But after experiencing all the deeds just now, everyone's impression of Gu Wuji has completely changed, and it feels like he is the kind of big guy who is secretive, inscrutable, and acts very mysterious.
As for Xiao Cheng, that is a kind leader. Although he is quite good, he always feels that he is not as powerful as Gu Wuji.
Therefore, after hearing Gu Wuji's words, everyone just looked at it with admiration and waited for the boss to show his ability.
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In the afternoon, Gu Wuji got into a fight with a middle-aged man in the most lively place in the village, arousing everyone's amazement.
In the end, the trouble was too great, and I had to send it to the village chief for mediation.
The village chief looked at Gu Wuji, who had nothing to do with him, and the middle-aged middle-aged man who was beaten and had a bruised face and tattered clothes, and the group of villagers who came to watch, fell into silence for a while.
"What's going on? What happened?"
"It's not this bastard! Come up and do something to Lao Tzu!" Although the middle-aged man was very annoyed, his tone was a little weak, and he was obviously a little afraid of Gu Wuji. .
"This tourist, what's the matter with you?" The village chief looked at Gu Wuji, with a hint of coercion in his eyes, "The people in our village have treated you well these past few days, but you have done something to our simple villagers. Such a thing?"
As a result, before the village chief had finished speaking, he received a lot of protests from the villagers, saying that this was definitely not the problem of the middle-aged man.
Village Chief: "..." What's going on here! Aren't you all from this village? Why don't you help your fellow villagers, but instead help this outsider? !
Originally, the village chief just wanted to casually threaten Gu Gu with a few words, so that he would be honest and wait for the ceremony to start. Who would have thought that the development of things would be completely different from what he expected.
Gu Wuji's tone was very heavy, he whispered: "I just can't see it."
Gu Wuji really had this kind of mood from the beginning, coupled with his acting skills, the whole person seemed to have a distressing feeling, obviously he was not beaten well, but he was better than the person who was beaten. Still miserable. Immediately aroused the sympathy of countless villagers, especially those aunts and uncles, who felt furious as if seeing their grandson being beaten.
And when Gu Wuji's voice fell, a small figure stuck his head out from behind Gu Wuji. It was a girl who looked only seven or eight years old, but her face was red and swollen, and her clothes were tattered.
Seeing this, the village chief's expression changed suddenly, and he knew that this matter could not be solved by ordinary people.
The people in the village also said with a lot of talk: "This big pillar beats children every day, and we can't stand it! This time, this little brother kindly came out to help."
"Yeah, even if you lose the bet, how can you do something to the child?"
The brawny man known as Dazhu blushed, and said with some guilty conscience: "Isn't this thing unlucky! It made me lose so much money, didn't I just beat her and didn't starve her to death! I But her father!"
The village chief was completely exhausted for a while. It was obvious that his original idea could not be used at all. He had already heard about Dazhu's behavior, but he was too lazy to care about it. Who would have thought that this outsider would intervene today.
No one noticed that the other players had disappeared without a trace at this time, and had entered the house directly when the village chief was not paying attention.
Gu Wuji reached out and touched the top of the little girl's hair, and looked at her comfortingly.
This was the sight he felt on the road when he came to this dungeon on the first day, and that sight also appeared the next day.
At first, Gu Wuji just thought it was some ghost in the village, and wondered if he could play it. As a result, only after inquiring with others did I learn about the little girl.
Due to the relationship between those female ghosts and the fact that the concept is too backward, the village is very unfriendly to young women and young women. The little girl's mother was tricked into marrying her and died of domestic violence.
But the middle-aged man beat and scolded the daughter just because his wife was killed by the child.
As soon as Gu Wuji got there, he saw this poor girl, and of course he couldn't control his actions with the man, but now it seems that everything did not deviate from his plan.
The village chief didn't notice what the other players did, and he didn't notice the strangeness of Gu Wuji. After all, Gu Wuji had been doing good deeds in the village a few days ago. At that time, the village chief was also afraid, but considering that Gu Wuji was helping the village after all, he didn't say anything.
Who knew that Gu Wuji's good deeds are getting more and more over the top, and he has actually achieved this step. Even if the village chief wanted to dispose of Gu Wuji casually, it was impossible for other villagers to agree to it. Now the ceremony is about to be held, and this ceremony is not trivial, any trouble is not allowed to happen!
Moreover, the village chief is also a little jealous of Gu Wuji, feeling that this man is too cunning, for fear that he will make something happen, so it is better to coax him temporarily.
Anyway, after the ceremony is over, these people can be at his disposal. There was a cold light in the village chief's eyes, and then he looked at Gu Wuji and his eyes became kind, "It seems that I have to thank you... I have already known about this child, but I don't want to disturb other people's housework. , I didn't expect this Dazhu to get even worse. So, let Dazhu apologize to you, and then let people stare at him and stop doing anything to the child? "
Dazhu was suddenly furious, and he was so angry that he wanted to immediately attack Gu Wuji, but the outstretched hand immediately retracted, and he could only shout there, "How can it be!! I apologize to this little white face?"
The main reason is that Gu Wuji is afraid that he will not be able to quarrel here, so he starts a lot lightly, otherwise Dazhu would have the courage to humiliate Gu Wuji's little white face here.
You must know that the young villagers who discriminated against Gu Wuji before are still in a coma at this time, and they will probably have a psychological shadow when they wake up.
The village chief can't wait to beat this big pillar, so why can't you be mediated honestly? For a time, the village head actually felt that Gu Wuji was very relieved.
"I don't think I did anything wrong." Gu Wuji also looked like he wasn't afraid of making things worse. "After all, if this kind of thing is ignored, this child might have been beaten to death!"
The other villagers were even more indignant when they heard this. Although they usually don't want to meddle in their own business, this time they have come forward without any consideration, and they can no longer watch the fun.
However, Dazhu is also a villager in this village. His brothers rushed over when they heard the news, and immediately scolded Gu Wuji there and said that they must not let their good brothers suffer.
And Gu Wuji was also at this time, pulling his clothes with a hole, saying that it was a brand-name clothes, and Dazhu would definitely lose money... Of course, this is already a direct nonsense to delay time.
The two gangs were forcibly fighting outside, and the scene became deadlocked. The village chief was so busy that he didn't have time to pay attention to the affairs of the inner room.
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"The lantern should be in the warehouse." Xiao Meng wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
They are cautiously walking towards the warehouse of the village chief's house. The village chief's residence is very imposing, the yard is quite large, and it is much more gloomy than the outside, and the village chief is very likely not a person, which makes everyone's pressure increase.
What's more, they don't know how long Gu Wuji can delay outside.
At this moment, even a gust of ordinary cold wind can make those players who are extremely nervous almost scream out.
As for Qi Yunxiu, he followed inside with a cold face. Although the others had slightly changed their views on him, they did not dare to communicate with him, and they all avoided where he was going.
The door of the warehouse is naturally locked. Fortunately, some of the players have lock-picking skills. They opened the lock not long after, everyone entered it smoothly, and immediately saw a row of white lanterns hanging on the wall.
These lanterns still look weird, making people afraid to reach for them for a while. Xiao Cheng couldn't hold back, so he picked up one, and the others immediately picked up the lantern.
At the moment of getting it, the system prompts that this is a certain item. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put away the lantern. After all, if it was a prop, it could be put into the system space.
When the group was about to leave, a woman's exclamation suddenly came from outside, and when they saw the village chief's wife standing outside, her arms were still bandaged, everyone's expressions were stiff, and they didn't know how to deal with this. The monster woman of the night.
The village chief's wife was only surprised for a moment, and then quickly opened the back door, "Let's get out of here, so as not to be discovered."
Although the players were a little surprised, since the other party was helping them, they left immediately.
Presumably the village chief's wife also resented the village chief deeply, but she was forced to be an accomplice because of something before.
Only Qi Yunxiu was about to go back to inform Gu Wuji, the village chief's wife gave him a deep look and whispered, "You are Mr. Sun's friend... You tell him, be careful, that man... No, that beast, he There is no humanity at all. On the day of the ceremony, you must pay attention."
Qi Yunxiu nodded, his expression softened a lot, mainly because he heard that the other party actually said that he is Gu Wuji's friend... It seems that passers-by can see that he has a good relationship with Gu Wuji, which makes Qi Yunxiu very happy .
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The quarrels in the outside world have not stopped now, and they even tend to intensify.
It wasn't until Gu Wuji faintly saw Qi Yunxiu's shadow and realized that the matter was probably resolved, so he showed his weakness, "It's not a problem to be entangled in this way, so be it. As long as Dazhu gives an attitude, I am willing to stop. Continue, this clothes thing, after all, I also have a part of the reason in it."
Dazhu saw that Gu Wuji actually showed weakness, of course he was unrelenting.
But at this time, there was a noise from the outside world, and a few young villagers appeared outside, but they all looked like they were beaten. They seemed to want to complain, but when they saw that they had no idea After the face, he was so frightened that he slipped away like a ghost.
other people:"… "
Village head: "..."
The people on Dazhu's side were all in a cold sweat when they saw this picture. They all knew how rogue these villagers were, and they were all beaten up like this... They still looked like grandsons in front of Gu Wuji.
They knew in their hearts that this foreigner would definitely be difficult to deal with, and their attitude changed drastically. Dazhu immediately said that he was too impulsive before...
In this way, the matter that seemed to be arguing for a few days was quickly resolved with the friendly attitude of both sides.
As for the little girl, the village chief asked a family without children in the village to raise her first, and then let him bring the child back after the father of the child had changed.
This was a result that everyone in the village was quite satisfied with, and everyone dispersed immediately, and many people praised Gu Wuji as a really good boy.
Gu Wuji went out, and the little girl came over and thanked Gu Wuji with some sloppy words.
Gu Wuji touched the top of the other party's hair again, and at the same time secretly used the healing ability to make the child feel better.
Before leaving, the little girl took Gu Wuji's hand and said again, "Big brother...you, pretty, be careful, bride..."
She seemed to be in a hurry, but she didn't know how to organize the language. After all, for a child, she knew very little, and she was just gesticulating in a hurry.
Gu Wuji was shocked. He knew that the girl could secretly watch him on the first day. He must have done such a thing before. In addition, children can see some things that ordinary people can't see. Could she be? Know something secret
And the couple over there seemed to finally be unable to wait any longer, so they left with the little girl, and only Gu Wuji thought secretly behind him.
What the little girl hinted at just now seemed to be a ghost marriage held in this village. Could it be that he was asked to be careful about a beautiful bride? ... But now he doesn't know the appearance of other female ghosts except Aying's shell, it seems that he has to investigate.
Qi Yunxiu stepped forward in a hurry and said to Gu Wuji: "Sun Shi, I have already done everything you said."
Although Qi Yunxiu was still so cold when he spoke, his eyes gave a faint feeling of praising him.
If other players were here, they would probably be shocked to suspect that there was something wrong with their eyes.
The author has something to say: I finally finished writing it, everyone should look at it in the morning (, in addition, 1k words more than the anti-theft chapter are compensation~