Cuiye was carried away by the mountain wind, and Lin Qian was a little surprised by the girl's expectations.

"Oh~ you still want to eat now?" Lin Qian walked on the small bridge, the stream made a crisp sound and the sound of gurgling water.

At present, the townspeople in the village are panicking just because there are corpses in the river.

Looking at the expressions of the townspeople, it seemed as if the entire town was about to suffer some kind of disaster because of that corpse.

"Why not? Does Brother Lin feel that the grandparents, aunts, uncles in the town have become very panicked, and feels strange?"

"This is actually normal. For as long as I can remember, corpses have appeared in the river every year, just like today. Then the townspeople's uncles, aunts and uncles will become here."

"They are very afraid of this. They have to ask grandma for help every time. Grandma will go there every time, and every time they go, a large number of people will leave the mountain."

"Grandma said those people went to the city and would never come back. I don't know if grandma was lying. But I think it's true because I haven't seen anyone come back since I was a child."

"Aunt Aunt's son and daughter-in-law are like this. It's been several years since now, and I haven't seen them come back."

As the girl walked on the bridge, the bells on her ankles swayed gently and clinked.

The sweet sound of bells is as beautiful as the wind calling the distant mountains and rivers.

The girl was a little sad. She seemed to be worried about why those people would not come back.

Is the city really that good? So good that even parents don’t care?

She couldn't figure it out, and she didn't understand why it was like this. This was also the question the girl asked the day before yesterday on the stream outside the mountain.

At that time, Lin Qian's answer was that the mountains were as good as the city, but he preferred the mountains to the city.

At that time, the girl was a little disappointed, but after the disappointment, she was happy again. Lin Qian saw all this.

Now that I think about it, that's exactly what happened.

Lin Qian glanced at the girl's eyes, the sadness was obvious.

"I want to eat grass fish." Lin Qian raised his head and looked in one direction, where the townspeople were gathering. If nothing else, they were preparing to discuss what happened in the river just now.

They were probably selecting sacrifices. Due to the incomplete number of women in the Luohua Cave, it was normal and reasonable to use living people to fill the holes. There was nothing wrong with that.

I just don’t know which unlucky ones left the mountain this time.

"Polyfish? This is delicious, and I happen to know how to cook it!" The sadness in the girl's eyes disappeared instantly, and an emotion called joy appeared in her eyes.

A girl's sorrow comes and goes quickly, maybe this is youth?

Lin Qian smiled and stroked the bride's fair and beautiful face, her eyes thoughtful.

"Interesting ancient town, weird customs, scary encounters, very good, I like it very much."

Lin Qian walked off the bridge, the bride's skirt was flying wildly, and Lin Qian's windbreaker was as red as blood.

The girl's Miao clothes carry her youth ahead.

She is still a girl, and Lin Qian is still Lin Qian.

"Brother Lin, I'll cook the fish for you later. It's delicious." The girl turned around and said something else, as if to emphasize that her cooking was delicious.

"Yes." Lin Qian nodded and looked up ahead. The path was long, the greenery was spreading, the houses were lined up in rows, and red peppers were drying on the bricks and tiles.

It looks very tasty.

…

…

Ancestral hall in the center of the ancient town.

Townsfolk wearing Miao clothes stood in the courtyard of the ancestral hall, their expressions a little solemn and frightened.

They looked at the old man sitting in the ancestral hall. His name was Liu Cai. He was sixty years old and was the mayor of the entire Shilin Ancient Town.

He sat on a Taishi chair with deep eyes and said nothing. He looked at the panicked townspeople and felt a little silent.

"Why did it come so fast this time? It used to take at least a month or two to appear. How could this happen?"

"Who says it's not the case? It used to be done according to the rules. Why did it change this time? Is there something wrong?"

"It shouldn't be. Grandma Yu said that as long as we follow the rules and don't violate taboos, there won't be any big problems. Is Grandma Yu lying to us?"

Seven or eight townspeople were whispering to each other there, looking a little confused and frightened.

"Probably not. There is nothing wrong with the method given by Granny Yu. The fact that we live and work in peace and contentment in Shilin Ancient Town is the best proof. Someone should have violated a taboo, otherwise the corpse in the river would not have appeared in advance." At this time, a long man said.

The haired woman spoke her opinion.

"Breaking a taboo? Who? Stand up and see if I don't kill him." A strong man glanced at everyone, a fierceness emanating from his body.

All the people who were glanced at by the strong man flinched, especially those with sinister looks and green eyes. When they were stared at by the strong man, they felt pain all over their bodies.

One of the relatively thin men was hiding behind a woman. It was obvious that this man was afraid of the strong man.

"Skinny man, is that you?" Seeing that the thin man looked a little guilty, the strong man walked out of the crowd, grabbed the thin man's clothes, and lifted him up.

"Tell me, did you violate a taboo and cause corpses to appear in the river early?" The strong man stared with a pair of tiger eyes, extremely fierce.

"Brother Meng, how can you not do this? Even if you give me a hundred courages, I would not dare to do this kind of thing. I have no conscience. Even though I, the skinny boy, usually do it casually, this kind of thing is harmful to others and to myself."

, I really don’t dare to do it!”

"Besides, if you violate a taboo, you'll die on the same day. Brother Meng, don't you think I'm alive and well? It doesn't look like I've violated a taboo."

The thin man put his feet up and looked up at the man he called Meng Ge with a flattering face.

In fact, based on his age, he should be called brother. He is almost thirty this year, and this strong man has only just turned twenty.

No matter how seniority is discussed, he can't call him brother, but the problem is, he can beat this bastard if he can't stand it.

At the age of twenty, he is 1.89 meters tall, with a strong back and strong waist, as strong as an ox.

A fight can be as cruel as you want. In this town, more than ten bastards have been beaten by this kid, and even a group of people beat him, but he has never been beaten.

In the end, if he hadn't run so fast, he might have been lying down for a month.

"It's not you? Then who is it?" Ah Meng looked at Wang Er with eager eyes, and the expression on his face clearly told him that I didn't believe him.

The skinny boy Wang Er is numb. This kid is a reckless man with a very unclear mind and a stubborn temper. As long as it is something he believes in, even ten cows can't get it back.

Just like now, he has explained it, but this kid just doesn't believe it.

"It's really not me. I've been very honest recently. If you don't believe it, ask Widow Zhao. I haven't even peeked at her to take a bath recently." Wang Er said with tears in his eyes.

Seeing what he said, Ah Meng turned his head and looked at a woman with beautiful flowers and still charming appearance, and asked with some doubts:

"Aunt Zhao, is everything he said true?"

…

"Have you been kicked in the head by a cow? You usually don't listen when I tell you to study, but now you can't even tell if others are telling lies? Ask me, I ask you, did he secretly watch my mother taking a shower? Is there anything in your heart?

Don’t know the number? Come and ask me? Can I know?” The woman whom Ah Meng called Aunt Zhao rolled her eyes and looked at Ah Meng as if she hated iron.

"You are tall and muscular, and your brain is like a pig's. It's no wonder Xiaorou doesn't like you."

"Hahaha, Ah Meng, it seems you have to work harder to marry Xiaorou back." At this time, several townspeople were watching the excitement and started to cheer.

When Ah Meng heard what Aunt Zhao and the villagers said, he touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed.

"Aunt, Xiaorou can't sleep with me without seeing it. It doesn't matter if you say it, she has to say it herself." Ah Meng laughed honestly.

Aunt Zhao rolled her eyes and was too lazy to say anything to this silly boy.

He still likes you. If he liked you, Xiaorou would not hang out with a foreigner.

And looking at Xiaorou's appearance, it's obvious that she has fallen in love with the foreigner. She even lets the foreigner live in her home. Doesn't this explain the problem?

"It seems it's not you anymore." Ah Meng looked at Wang Er, the thin man, and saw the aggrieved look on his face. Combined with Aunt Zhao's words, he could still distinguish right from wrong.

So he was put down.

"I told you it wasn't me." The thin man Wang Er touched his neck. This kid's strength was really outrageous. Just pulling on his clothes made his neck hurt.

If nothing else, my neck should be red.

"Since it's not you, then who is it?" Ah Meng turned his head and looked at the other bastards, his eyes full of ferocity.

When those few stragglers saw Ah Meng looking at them, they immediately shrank their necks and said quickly:

"It's not me. I've been very calm recently. I even drink less often with them."

"Yes, yes, we haven't drank together recently, let alone violated taboos."

Several stragglers hurriedly explained that they did not want to be beaten up by Ah Meng for this matter, and besides, they had not done such immoral things.

If they were beaten for no reason just because of this, they felt it was not worth it.

Seeing that they all looked like they were not made by me, Ah Meng frowned, a little displeased.

"If it weren't for you, who else would violate the taboo?" Ah Meng said.

The dozen or so stragglers were silent. He turned to look at the other townspeople, hoping that they could explain to them, but those people just looked at them indifferently and said nothing.

When they saw this scene, they felt a little bitter and looked at each other with sadness in their hearts.

This is the fate of being unpopular, being misunderstood, and not even having anyone to help speak up.
To be continued...