The willows support the wind, the flowers are beautiful, the smoke is curling, the water is blue and the sky is blue.

Duan Tian and Li Shishi have been traveling for several days and have now arrived at Yujia Village.

"How far is the Yujia Village from the Taishan Conference?" Li Shishi wiped her sweat and panted.

"There is a fisherman ahead, let me go and ask." Duan Tian turned around and said to Li Shishi.

I saw a fisherman in the distance wearing a coir raincoat and fishing by the river. Duan Tian walked over as he spoke.

"Old man, excuse me, how far is it from Mount Tai?" Duan Tian lowered his head and asked.

"Shh." The fisherman turned around slightly and signaled to Duan Tian to be quiet.

"I'm hooked, I'm hooked! Hahaha!" The fisherman put out his fishing rod, and when he saw that he had caught a carp, he shouted loudly.

The fisherman took out the fish and put it in the bamboo basket. Then he turned around and looked at Duan Tian.

"Young man, what did you just say?" the fisherman asked.

"Oh, just now I wanted to ask senior how far is it from Mount Tai?" Duan Tianshili said.

"It's still a hundred and fifty miles to Mount Tai," said the fisherman.

"Looking at the accent, you are from out of town, right?" the fisherman continued.

"Oh, yes, senior." Duan Tian responded with a smile.

"There is only such a village within a few dozen miles. It's already half day, so don't rush on your way. There is a shop in the village called 'Suiyuan Inn'. You can stay here for one night. By the way, remember, don't leave at night.

Let's go out." After the fisherman said these words, he continued fishing and waved his hand to signal them to leave.

Duan Tian was confused when he heard this. He didn't know why, so he thought about it and walked towards Li Shishi.

"Duan Tian, ​​did you ask clearly just now?" Li Shishi asked Duan Tian.

Because Duan Tian was still immersed in what the fisherman said just now, he didn't react for a while.

"Duan Tian, ​​what are you thinking about?" Li Shishi stretched out her arm and waved it in front of Duan Tian's eyes.

"Oh, I just asked the fisherman, there is still one hundred and fifty miles away, we have arrived at the fisherman's village now." Duan Tian reacted and replied hurriedly.

"What are you thinking about?" Li Shishi asked in confusion.

"I was thinking about what the fisherman said just now." Duan Tian replied.

"What did he say?" Li Shishi continued to ask.

"He said that there is only one village within a few dozen miles. It's already half day, so he told us not to hurry. There is a shop in the village called 'Suiyuan Inn'. We can stay there for one night. Remember, don't go there at night.

Don't you think it's strange to go out?" Duan Tian said.

"Isn't that strange? Although the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, it is also sparsely populated. It is normal for mountain beasts to appear at night." Li Shishi explained.

"Well, maybe so, then let's go find Suiyuan Inn first. Then we can go on our way early tomorrow morning." Duan Tian said to Li Shishi.

Li Shishi nodded, and the two of them walked towards the fishing village.

Although the fishing village is just a small mountain village, it has many households and is as big as a market.

When they came to the village, they saw people walking in a hurry on the street. What was even more strange was that there was no child on the street. The two of them had already arrived at the street in the middle of the village, and they had already seen Sui Yuan in front of them.

Inn. With that said, Duan Tian and Li Shishi walked into the store.

The store was very cold, and the store owner was an old woman. Maybe the business was too deserted, so she fell asleep on the counter alone.

Duan Tian walked towards the counter and gently patted the old woman, who woke up immediately.

"We have guests here. Sir, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?" The old woman stood up in a hurry to greet them.

"We want to eat first and then stay in the hotel," Duan Tian said.

"Okay, okay, what do you want to eat, I will help you make it." The old woman said.

Duan Tian and Li Shishi casually ordered some food and started eating.

During this time, I had a chat with the store owner.

"Shopkeeper, why are there no children in your village?" Duan Tian asked in confusion.

"You two don't look like locals in their costumes. Strange things have often happened in our village recently. Several children have been lost. After searching for several days, they still couldn't find them. So during the day, when the adults go to the fields to farm, the children are locked up.

They are not allowed to leave the house. In addition, there will be fire shadows swaying on the hill outside the village at night recently. Some people say that there is a problem with the feng shui in the village, causing ghosts to cause mischief. Everyone closes the windows and locks the doors at night, and no one dares to go out.

A few days ago, a Feng Shui master came to the village, and the villagers pooled their money to ask the master to help us exorcise evil spirits. However, a few days later, those fire ghosts appeared again. The master said that we did not have enough money to pay homage to the gods, so he asked us to continue to raise money.

They are all farmers, how can they have so much money?" The store owner carefully lowered his voice and said to Duan Tian and Li Shishi.

"So has anyone been to the back mountain?" Duan Tian continued to ask. Li Shishi also nodded and asked.

"There was a man named Niu Zhuang in the village, and people called him Niu Daudao. He left, but never came back.

"Oh, there is something else? Then none of you have gone to look for him?" Duan Tian said.

"Niu Dadan is a bachelor in our village. His parents died when he was young, and he has no relatives at home, so no one is willing to look for him." The store owner shook his head and said.

Duan Tian shook his head when he heard this and did not continue to ask further.

But the words of the landlady kept lingering in his ears. He didn't believe in any ghosts and gods, so he decided to go find out what happened at night.

After the meal, the two of them went to the guest room to rest for a while. Since they had been traveling in the past few days, they did not have a good rest.

So the two of them fell asleep not long after arriving in the guest room.

When Duan Tian woke up, the sky was gradually getting dark. Duan Tian stared in confusion for a moment and stretched himself.

Duan Tian cautiously came downstairs. Seeing that the store owner was not there, he slowly opened the door bolt, then carefully closed the door and walked towards the street.

Although it was late in the evening, the streets were extremely quiet, and the doors of every house were locked, and there were no lights on. As Duan Tian was walking, a gust of wind blew, and Duan Tian felt a cold wave passing by him.

Shivered.

Today, the store owner said that there was a fire shadow swaying on the hill behind. Where is it? Duan Tian crossed his arms and thought as he walked. He walked on the street alone for a while and saw nothing unusual, and he was feeling sleepy, so he was ready to go back to sleep.

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Just when Duan Tian was about to return to the inn, he suddenly saw a real fire shadow shaking on the hill behind the inn.

Duan Tian composed himself, and the sleepiness just now was gone. He followed the direction of the fire and walked over.

The mountain road was rugged and bumpy, and Duan Tian suffered many scars from branches on his body along the way, but he did not give up when he saw that he was close to the fire.

After crossing the last small ravine, he finally came to the light of the fire. Duan Tian carefully leaned on the back of a rock and looked towards the light of the fire.

It turns out that the so-called fire is just a few small fires.

I saw two people drinking on a rock.

"Brother, we made a lot of money this time. We are so rich now, why don't we share it and go?" A burly man said to a man wearing a Taoist uniform next to him.

"You are stupid. If you leave now, won't all your efforts be wasted? Just give them another blow before leaving." The Taoist-looking man said with a sinister smile.

"Brother, you are still smart." The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Then, brother, what should we do with those children in the cave behind?" the burly man asked the Taoist priest.

"Let them go when we leave. We don't have money to support them." After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and started drinking with another person.

"Okay, everything depends on big brother." The burly man said and raised his wine glass.

At this moment, Duan Tian suddenly understood.

Duan Tian continued to walk back along the original path relying on his memory.

It was already half night, and Duan Tian carefully returned to the guest room. He first packed his luggage, then sat on the bed and remembered everything he had just seen on the mountain.

Finally, he seemed to have thought of something, suddenly a smile appeared on his lips, and then he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

On the second day, Duan Tian got up early and hurried out.

At this time, Li Shishi had no idea and was still in a sweet sleep.

On the other hand, near noon, Li Shishi also got up. She ran to Duan Tian's room and found no one there. She thought Duan Tian had gone out first because of something, so she didn't go looking for it.

At this time, the Feng Shui master in Taoist robes had also arrived in the fishing village, and everyone rushed to the place where the master practiced his methods early.

I saw a dojo in the village, which was filled with incense burners and paper charms. The Feng Shui master walked to the middle of the dojo, and saw him making a few gestures with a sword, and then mumbling something.

"Just now, the Supreme Master said that if you lose money, you will avoid disaster." The Feng Shui master turned to the village chief and said.

"Okay, okay, we are all ready. This is a little bit of our whole village's feelings for Laojun." The village chief hurriedly took out a money bag.

"Just put it in the merit box on the table." The Feng Shui master rolled his eyes and said.

The village chief hurriedly took his wallet and walked towards the merit box. He had just opened the merit box and was about to put the money in it.
Chapter completed!