Chapter 208: Nameless Alley is a Mountain

Xie Yingmian didn't get an answer for a long time, so she asked again.

The fat woman is brave and also a face lover.

It's rare to see a beauty as stunning as Yu Lingye's, and someone of such noble status as Prince Ling would never come to a small village like theirs.

It would be worth dying for the chance to see a stunning beauty and talk to the woman next to her... who is stunningly beautiful!

Furthermore, she didn't think that His Royal Highness Prince Ling would kill innocent people indiscriminately.

"Our village is so small, with only one alley. No one has named that alley. I wonder if it is the nameless alley you are looking for." said the fat woman.

Xie Yingmian didn’t think so.

Whether it is Xiao Houzi or Lao Huang, they don’t look like names but they are indeed names.

Wuming Lane should be similar.

Xie Yingmian asked a few more questions, but he really couldn't get anything out of these people.

When leaving,

The boy with the hoarse voice who had called out first suddenly said, "Isn't the mountain behind our village called Wuming Lane?"

Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye stopped.

All the villagers fell silent, staring at the boy with the duck voice.

The boy with the duck voice didn't know what he said wrong and was a little scared of being stared at.

He took two steps back: "I...I..."

"I didn't say anything wrong. That mountain is called Wuming Lane. When I was a kid, I often asked my grandfather why a mountain was named Lane..."

Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye looked at each other.

The mountain behind is called Wuming Lane, and the people in the village obviously know it.

They know, but they seem to want to hide it.

If this kid with a duck voice hadn't let the cat out of the bag, she and Yu Lingye would never have thought that Wuming Lane would be a mountain.

Seeing that she could no longer hide the truth, the fat woman said in an embarrassed voice, "We didn't mean to hide it."

"The mountain behind our village is indeed called Wuming Lane. As for why it was given such a name, we don't know. We usually call it Wuming Mountain."

"We don't want to mention this mountain because..."

"because……"

The fat woman hesitated whether to speak out.

"Speak now," Tiezhu said, "Since you are asking, don't hide it."

There was a hint of fear in the fat woman's eyes.

"Because many strange things have happened on that mountain."

"Our ancestors used to live in the mountains, but as more and more strange things happened there, we were forced to move out. We only dared to move around the periphery and didn't dare go into the mountains at all."

Xie Yingmian asked, "What's strange?"

The fat woman said: "This..."

She looked around and lowered her voice, "This is not the place to talk."

"If you don't mind, you can come to my house."

The fat woman was faintly excited.

If His Royal Highness Prince Ling could go to her house, she would brag about it for the rest of her life!

Xie Yingmian asked Yu Lingye.

Yu Lingye nodded.

"Please lead the way." Xie Yingmian didn't think there would be any traps in the fat woman's house.

Cangsong and Zangyue are following in the dark, and Nanjia and Beijia are probably there too.

Even if you meet a peerless master, you can still fight him.

Besides, neither Yu Lingye nor she is a soft persimmon that can be bullied.

The fat woman's house is very clean.

She was so excited that she walked with her hands and feet trembling.

After entering the house, the fat woman made tea.

"It's a long story, so I'll try to be brief."

"The strange things happening in the mountains started more than 20 years ago."

"At that time, there was a hunter in the village named Lao Ma."

"He was a brave man. To hunt more prey, he ventured into the mountains alone. While chasing a wild boar, he saw a dazzling golden light ahead."

"Old Ma thought he had found a gold mine and was very excited. He followed the golden light and when he reached a valley, the golden light suddenly disappeared. Where the golden light disappeared, he found a huge stone plate."

"There were strange symbols and patterns carved on the stone disc. The symbols kept jumping and flashing. Lao Ma reached out and touched the symbols. With a slight touch, the symbols suddenly disappeared."

"After the symbols disappeared, a hole appeared on the stone. He said something was about to come out of the hole. Old Ma was so frightened that he crawled back home. That night he developed a high fever and kept talking nonsense. He remained ill and died not long after."

"The elders said that Old Ma might have accidentally touched a seal and was possessed by an evil spirit. After Old Ma died, the elders invited a master to perform a ritual."

"I've done rituals many times, but it's useless."

"More and more people in the village were getting sick and dying. At the worst time, someone died every day. Every household was preparing for a funeral. The number of families with the same surname as the old one dropped from hundreds to just a few dozen."

"The elders called in monks, Taoist priests, and witches, but to no avail. Seeing that the clan was about to be exterminated, the elders had no choice but to lead the entire village to relocate."

"Strangely enough, we haven't had any deaths since we moved. Many children have been born over the years, and the population is slowly thriving again."

"That mountain has become a forbidden area for us. People in the village, especially the elderly, dare not mention it for fear of being pursued by the evil spirit."

"My two lords," the fat woman said sincerely, "I advise you not to go to that mountain. There is a demon there."

Xie Yingmian asked, "Did they die suddenly?"

The fat woman said, "It's not a sudden death, it's an illness."

"Those who died were originally in good health, but then they started having nosebleeds and dizziness for no apparent reason. Their bodies grew weaker day by day. In less than six months, they became emaciated, their teeth and hair fell out. They died tragically."

Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye looked at each other.

Xie Yingmian didn't believe in things like evil spirits.

Judging from the fat woman's description, the villagers seemed more likely to have died from radiation.

The village is within the radiation range, and the villagers are exposed to radiation for a long time, contracting malignant diseases such as leukemia and dying one after another.

"Is there a person named Lao Huang on the mountain in Wuming Lane?" Xie Yingmian asked.

The fat woman had a strange expression on her face.

She hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "No."

"To be honest, the villagers of Lao Luwan used to be hunters. Every household kept a hunting dog, and the hunting dogs were yellow. So we try to avoid the word yellow when naming them."

"Thank you." Xie Yingmian handed a silver ingot to the fat woman. "The information you provided us is very valuable."

The fat woman hurriedly declined.

Xie Yingmian said, "I still need your help with something. If you don't accept the money, I'm embarrassed to continue."

Fat woman: "I've told you everything I know. How else can I help you?"

Xie Yingmian: "I want the map to the mountain and the location of the boulder."

The fat woman's face changed.

"You guys, do you still want to go into the mountains?"

"The mountains are very dangerous. If you go there rashly, something bad will happen."

Xie Yingmian said, "We know our limits, please help us."

The fat woman sighed.

She really didn't want to help.

But, looking at Yu Lingye's handsome face, she couldn't say no.

"I was less than ten years old at the time and had rarely been in the mountains. I didn't know much about them. Please wait a moment while I ask the elders. If they don't help you, there's nothing I can do."

After the fat woman left.

Xie Yingmian asked Yu Lingye: "What do you think?"

Yu Lingye: "There's a big hole in the story she told."