Liu Wengen started complaining, you bastard, when will the wires be pulled here? How can we live without lights? Not only did we not wash our feet and face, but we also had to fumble to take off our clothes before sleeping.

There are two heads in a row on the kang, crowded together.

Outside the window came the chirping sounds of night bugs, as well as the cries of the grasshoppers hiding in the pumpkin flowers. To Zhong Kui, these sounds were the most beautiful lullaby at night in the mountain village.

But to Liu Wengen's ears, it turned into a disturbing noise. He lay on the hard kang, tossing and turning...

There was a sound of deep sleeping snores coming from the north room, and Zhong Kui suddenly heard something. In the silence, he turned over and sat up. He looked at the dark space in confusion, and when he raised his ears and heard the sound of a wooden door opening, he

More certain that there is a problem outside the house.

When Zhong Kui heard the noise, he kept poking Liu Wengen, who was sleeping soundly against the wall, with his elbow. The strange thing was that he poked him several times with his elbow, but he didn't wake him up.

Zhong Kui wondered if it was the thief who made the noise. Thinking of this, he could no longer wait for Liu Wengen to wake up, so he hurriedly got up, put on some clothes, and tiptoed out.

Who would have expected that as soon as Zhong Kui took a step forward, a slight barking sound could be heard from the corner of the courtyard. Following the barking sound, a black shadow rushed out from the corner and headed straight towards him.

Zhong Kui saw a huge black dog rushing towards the corner. The black dog's white teeth were reflected in the gloomy pale moonlight, and it was flashing with murderous intent as it rushed towards him quickly.

When Zhong Kui passed through these battles, he trembled with fright. He quickly retracted his outgoing foot and quickly closed the door of the south room with a 'bang' sound.

Zhong Kui, who had closed the door, felt a heavy pounding sound coming from his chest due to over-tension due to fright. When he turned his back against the door, he also heard the whimpering sound of "Aaum" coming from the black dog's mouth, and at the same time using

There was a noisy "chichi" sound from claws scratching the wooden door.

Liu Wengen was not awakened by Zhong Kui, but was awakened by the crazy barking of the dog. The moment he opened his eyes, his vision could not adapt to the dark space. It was only after a long time that he realized what seemed to be happening around him.

, when I reached out my hand to fumble, I found an empty bunk.

"Zhong Kui?"

Zhong Kui, who was leaning against the door of the hall, suddenly heard Liu Wengen's shout from inside the room, and hurriedly replied: "Here he is! He is there!"

Zhong Kui replied, and the black dog outside the door barked even more fiercely.

Liu Wengen fumbled for a match, lit one and walked out. Seeing Zhong Kui still leaning against the door, panting, he asked, "What is the dog barking?"

"Shhh! Bite me! Scared me to death." Zhong Kui pulled away from the door and followed Liu Wengen into the house with the matchstick in Liu Wengen's hand that was about to burn out.

A few minutes after Zhong Kui and Liu Wengen entered the house, they could still hear the dog barking unwillingly at the door. Both of them were silent and did not dare to make any more noise. After leaning for a moment, the door seemed to be gone.

sound.

"Are you leaving?" Liu Wengen asked quietly.

"Um."

"Why are you up in the middle of the night?" Liu Wengen still asked in a carefully lowered voice.

Zhong Kui quietly told Liu Wengen in the dark that he heard some noise just now. If it was a thief, why didn't the black dog make a sound?

When Liu Wengen heard this, he curled his lips, yawned with some disapproval and said: "You idiot, you are delaying your brother and my good sleep. Go to bed quickly! Stop meddling in other people's affairs."

Zhong Kui scratched his head. There was still one thing he didn't understand. He really wanted to ask, that is, why didn't Old Man Xia get up to take a look when the black dog was barking so hard? Isn't he afraid of the thieves coming to steal things? Is it possible?

Was Old Man Xia responsible for the movement just now?

Liu Wengen was extremely impatient and pulled Zhong Kui, who was constantly grinding, onto the kang. He muttered, "Go to sleep! It's still early tomorrow!"

Zhong Kui was not sleepy. He remembered that he once saw his father at home. He got up in the middle of the night and went outside to smoke a cigarette. Then he fell asleep on the bed as if nothing had happened. When he woke up the next day, it was as if nothing had happened.

. He hurriedly asked: "Brother Liu, what do you mean if a person doesn't sleep in the middle of the night and goes out for a walk?"

Liu Wengen cursed in his heart: This bastard talks a lot, but in order to save face, he still has to show off that he is very knowledgeable and insightful. He replied: "That's an illness, sleepwalking."

As soon as the word "sleepwalking" came out of his mouth, it seemed as if it pricked the tense nerves of the two of them in this dark night. After being speechless, neither of them dared to break the silence, so they just sat there in a weird way.

People who sleepwalk often go to the places they are most afraid of facing in daily life.

If Old Man Xia was sleepwalking, where would he go? Neither Zhong Kui nor Liu Wengen could explain this question.

But Liu Wengen secretly thought; if he was sleepwalking, he must have gone to the rope bridge at the door...

Zhong Kui saw that Liu Wengen had fallen asleep alone, so he sat alone for a while. He couldn't stand the fight with each other, and finally shrank down and fell asleep on the kang casually.

The crowing of roosters and the soft chirping of birds woke up Zhong Kui and Liu Wengen from their deep sleep.

Breakfast consisted of corn buns and pea porridge. Zhong Kui ate very vigorously, and after a while of snoring, he slipped two large bowls of porridge into his belly.

During the meal, Liu Wengen deliberately brought up the random barking of the black dog last night. Old Man Xia acted as if he had not heard it at all. The whole conversation was just Liu Wengen talking to himself.

The dinner ended in silence, and Liu Wengen was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.

Zhong Kui looked confused and confused, but he had nothing to say.

After the meal, Liu Wengen made preparations for Zhong Kui before walking. The two of them each carried a luggage bag. The bag contained cold water from the Xia family's old well, as well as a few yellow corns with a sweet smell.

Momo.

Zhong Kui, who had never left the village since he was a child, now asked Liu Wengen to lead the way.

But after walking for a while, Liu Wengen couldn't figure out the direction. This Menling Village was originally a more remote village than the other villages. Even if nothing happened in the past, this village still had to go through the mountains and ridges through the only path.

to arrive.

But now, because something big has happened, the only path leading to the outside world has been submerged by the weeds and silk grass that have grown up from the ground. Even when he found Zhong Kui before, he accidentally lost his way and ran around randomly.

The cemetery saw a hole in the tomb, so they tried to save him.

Zhong Kui looked at Liu Wengen, who was sweating profusely with anxiety, and asked, "What? Can't find the way?"

Liu Wengen took out one of the cheapest economical cigarettes at the time, held it in his mouth skillfully, and looked around uncertainly.

"***, I remember walking here that time. Why is there no trace of the road today?"

Zhong Kui saw that Liu Wengen couldn't find the way, so he was wasting time like this. He became anxious. He took out the sickle from his backpack and chopped at the wormwood blocking the way. After a while, he
Chapter completed!