monster legend
After carefully looking at Zhao Rui for a few times, Master Kurong didn't notice anything unusual, smiled gently at Zhao Rui, and turned his gaze elsewhere.
Next, the director introduced everyone in the investigation team to Master Ku Rong.
Master Kurong seemed very kind, making one feel like a spring breeze.
The police officers in the investigation team were still a little fearful at first, but after contacting them, they were all relieved, and they were not as nervous as before.
Master Kurong was very interested in the murderer Wang Xian, so after hearing that Zhao Rui was going to Jiangping Village to investigate Wang Xian's background, he also wanted to join.
Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and Zhao Rui was not very willing, but he couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse for a while, so he shrugged his shoulders and expressed his acquiescence indifferently.
Ding Ling finally joined in, saying that it was to protect the safety of Master Kurong.
Zhao Rui felt a little amused, Ku Rong was a cultivator at the Jindan period, although his strength could not be compared with him, he did not need an ordinary guard.
However, this idea just turned around in my mind, and I didn't say it.
The next day, Zhao Rui, Ding Ling, and Master Kurong drove an off-road vehicle to Jiangping Village.
Although the straight-line distance between Binyang and Jiangping Village is only more than 100 kilometers, Zhao Rui drove for more than three hours to reach the destination due to the barriers of mountains.
It was already afternoon at this time, and the spring sun hung in the sky, shining golden light, making people feel warm and very comfortable.
However, in sharp contrast to this, the whole village seemed somewhat lifeless.
This small village at the foot of the mountain has only about a hundred families, and the houses are old and new. Some are newly built brick houses, but most are old-fashioned mud houses, with occasional smoke curling from the chimney.
Few people move around in the village, and even chickens and ducks are rarely seen.
Zhao Rui stopped the car in the village, got out of the car, found a villager to find out the address of the village head of Jiangping Village, and went directly to Ding Ling and Master Ku Rong.
The village head of Jiangping Village, surnamed Bai, is an old man in his sixties, with a copper mouthpiece in his mouth, wearing a khaki jacket, light gray old trousers, gray hair, and knives all over his face. General wrinkles were engraved on him, making his appearance look a few years older than his actual age.
After hearing about the intention of Zhao Rui and the others, Village Chief Bai showed a deep worry on his already sad face.
He sat on the kang, smoking dry cigarettes without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Wang Xian's parents died early, and he has no wife. He is alone. Wang Xian used to be a man. He is kind and cheerful, and the people in the village get along well with him. However, since he entered the mountain a few months ago, his personality has changed drastically, which makes people feel frightened. The villagers did not dare to get close to him. There was no news of him until he suddenly disappeared from the village a month ago. Unexpectedly, he would commit such a big case in Binyang."
"Then do you know why Wang Xian's personality suddenly changed?" Zhao Rui then asked, "Is there any special reason?"
Village Chief Bai fell silent, with a look of fear on his face.
After being silent for a long time, he pointed to the rolling mountains outside the window with his cigarette stick and said: "We have a very old legend here. It is said that a long time ago, deep in the mountains, there lived a powerful and terrifying As long as it appears, it will scare the ground and crack the ground. It also likes to devour people's hearts and turn people into walking corpses! Later, a Buddhist monk with profound Dharma came to the village. He fought fiercely with the monster for seven Day and night, it can be said to be earth-shattering, with landslides and ground cracks. In the end, the monk finally defeated the monster. However, the monk was also exhausted and seriously injured, unable to kill the monster. He could only seal it in the deep mountain. In the Ten Thousand Bone Grottoes. Since then, it has become a forbidden area for the villagers, and no one dares to approach it. If someone enters by accident, he will be infected by the evil spirit emitted by the monster and become a walking dead. It "manipulates" it. I suspect that Wang Xian's sudden change occurred because he met the monster."
After the village chief Bai finished speaking, his face became sullen, and he began to puff, causing the whole room to smell of pungent tobacco.
Thousands of miles away, a monster that eats people's hearts
After listening to Village Chief Bai's description, Zhao Rui began to think about monsters that fit this characteristic.
Legends and reality are naturally very different, but, sometimes, legends can also provide some basis.
Zhao Rui lowered his head, thought carefully for a while, and suddenly remembered a terrifying monster, which was very similar to Village Chief Bai's description, and his heart sank slightly.
If it is really that kind of monster, even with his strength, this trip is quite dangerous.
Zhao Rui suddenly thought of Wang Xian who was controlled by a monster.
He would go to Binyang, more than 100 kilometers away, to commit crimes, instead of attacking the villagers in Jiangping Village, probably because the rabbits do not eat the grass beside their nests.
After all, committing crimes in the village is easy to attract attention and attract powerful enemies.
Another possibility is that the monsters in the deep mountains need a certain kind of heart, and the villagers of Jiangping Village do not meet the requirements, so they can only control Wang Xian and go to Binyang to find suitable candidates.
Of course, this is all his personal test, and it is really unknown what the reason is.
"Major Bai, do you know the place where monsters are sealed in the legend? We want to go and have a look." Ding Ling walked around the spot, bowed his head in thought, and suddenly made a request.
"Ah? Are you going to enter the mountain?" The village head was taken aback, and the hand holding the cigarette stopped in midair, "You can't go! The Wangu Grotto is an extremely dangerous place! You can go there and never return." The villagers in our village don’t even want to get close to that mountain, let alone the Ten Thousand Bone Grottoes!”
"The villagers don't need to get close. Just take us to the foot of the mountain where the Wangu Grotto is." Master Ku Rong, who had been sitting quietly by the side without opening his mouth, suddenly said, "We will find the rest by ourselves. past."
"It's better not to go there, it's really too dangerous. Listen to me, I'm not scaremongering!" Village Chief Bai tried his best to persuade them, hoping to dissuade the three of them.
However, both Zhao Rui and Ku Rong are strong-willed people, they have already made up their minds, and naturally there will be no changes.
Ding Ling also wanted to go to the Wangu Grottoes to have a look, and she was responsible for the safety of Master Kurong, so she didn't take Village Chief Bai's words to heart.
Seeing that the three of them ignored his kind advice, Village Chief Bai sighed, stopped talking, and went out to find the villagers who were willing to lead the way.
The three of Zhao Rui were waiting in the room.
After waiting for a while, the village chief didn't come back. Zhao Rui felt that the atmosphere in the house was a bit oppressive, so he stood up and walked outside.
The spring light outside the house is far stronger than that inside the house.
Ding Ling also probably felt that sitting in the room foolishly was meaningless, so he also walked out.
"Do you think what the village chief said is credible?" Ding Ling asked, looking at the dark mountains in the distance.
"What do you think?" Zhao Rui didn't answer directly, but turned his head slightly, looked at Ding Ling's beautiful profile and asked back.
"I don't know, half-believing." Ding Ling frowned slightly, looking a little confused, "I always feel that the things the village chief said are a little too exaggerated, which makes it hard for me to accept. If In the past, I would never believe in these things, but since I saw the horror of the murderer Wang Xian, and the amazing power of the mysterious silver-faced man, I have to try to believe that in this world, it is true There is something that is beyond scientific comprehension."
Zhao Rui smiled and said: "The common sense of more than 20 years was suddenly subverted, and it really made people unable to adapt for a while, but you don't need to pay too much attention to it. The story told by the village chief is a legend or something true. After the Eternal Grottoes, it will naturally be clear."
Ding Ling hummed, glanced at Zhao Rui, and stopped talking, feeling in her heart that although this Zhao Rui had a scoundrel style and poor character, his psychological quality and ability to accept new things were beyond ordinary people. So far, he has not shown a trace of surprise, which is impressive.
Zhao Rui and the others waited for a long time before Village Chief Bai returned to the house with a man in his forties.
The village head met the three of them, and said, "The Eternal Grottoes are too terrifying. People in the village turned pale and didn't want to get close to them. It took me a lot of effort to convince my cousin Bai Qiang. However, He can only take you close to the Eternal Grotto, and it is absolutely impossible to go in."
"Amitabha, thank you, Village Chief Bai. As long as you get close to the Eternal Grottoes, it is enough." Master Kurong proclaimed the Buddha's chant, and bowed slightly to the village chief.
"Then let's go now." Bai Qiang said sullenly, and strode out.