It was almost mid-January when Chen Liang finally arrived in Ning City. After finishing his work and arranging Cai Quancai to wait for him at the guesthouse, he started to do his own thing.
However, he never expected that when he finally arrived at the place, he originally planned to let everyone in Guaizi Village have an unforgettable New Year, but as soon as he entered the village, he found that the village was empty?
Starting from the first house I entered the village, I found that no one lived in every household. The furniture inside was gone, and it looked like no one had lived there for some time.
After walking around the entire village, Chen Liang finally confirmed that the entire village was deserted.
He walked towards the surrounding villages and finally met an old man herding cattle by a ditch.
Chen Liang approached the old man and when he heard footsteps, he turned around and looked at him.
"Hello, sir, I want to ask you something?"
As he said this, he took out an opened pack of Daqianmen from his chest pocket, took out a cigarette from it and handed it to the old man.
When the old man saw the cigarettes, he smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. He patted the pipe in his hand and took it with a smile.
"Judging from your accent, you're from out of town, aren't you, young man? Go ahead and ask what you want to know."
As he spoke, he put the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it, then he picked up the cigarette and put it between his ears with satisfaction. He had to keep some of this good cigarette and smell it again later.
"Is that so? I remember there used to be a village called Guaizi Village over there. Why is it empty now? I don't think anyone lives there anymore. Do you know where everyone in this village has moved to?"
The old man's smiling face suddenly froze, and he stared at Chen Liang with a nervous and inquiring look.
"Why are you asking about the Kidnapper Village? What's your relationship with them?"
Chen Liang felt that the person in front of him seemed to have a deep dislike for Guaizi Village, so he thought for a moment before speaking.
"I don't have much to do with them. I just stayed here once when I was passing through. At that time... well... I gave them some things to pay for the rent. I said I went home to get the money and came to exchange it for my things. They were given to me by my family and meant a lot to me. I didn't expect that something happened after I got home and delayed me. So, I just finished my work and got the money and rushed over. But when I got there, the village was deserted."
The old man seemed to be relieved, looked at him again, looked around, and spoke slowly after making sure that there was no one around.
"Then I'm afraid you won't be able to find your things. There's no Kidnapper Village anymore."
"What do you mean by there is no kidnapper village anymore? What does that mean?"
The old man didn't hide anything and said in a low voice, mysteriously: "This kidnapper village has been punished by heaven!!!"
Chen Liang was speechless for a moment. Before he could ask any more questions, the old man started talking incessantly. Once he started, he couldn't stop, completely losing his cautious attitude just now.
"Around November before the Lunar New Year, things suddenly started to go wrong in their village. First, the youngest daughter of the village chief mysteriously died at home. They reported it to the police, and the investigation revealed she had been killed by a venomous snake."
Chen Liang narrowed his eyes. It was too easy to die. He was too late.
The old man continued, "Ever since that girl died, there have been ghost cries in their village every night. I heard there were men, women, and even children. Those ghosts didn't do anything but keep wailing. They also ate all the chickens and pigs raised in the village."
Chen Liang...
What the hell is this? Eating animals?
Ah, where did the ghost come from?! He didn't believe it.
But watching the old man telling the story with a mysterious and excited look on his face, I stopped from time to time to look at his expression, as if waiting for his reaction and applause.
Chen Liang immediately showed surprise, wonder, disbelief, and an eagerness to continue listening, and the old man continued with satisfaction.
"A few days after the ghost came, a hunter from their village went hunting in the mountains and found a box of gold and silver treasures. He fought a fierce battle with the ghost in the mountains for the treasures, and in the end his arm was bitten off by the ghost.
After he returned to the village, he discussed it with the villagers. It was said that the cave he discovered was full of gold, silver and jewelry. The men in their village discussed it and decided that all the men in the village would go up the mountain.
Unexpectedly, all the gold, silver and jewelry belonged to the mountain god. All the men in the village went to rob him, but they were trapped in the cave and couldn't escape. In the end, so many people died in the cave.
Chen Liang was truly shocked this time, and the expression on his face did not seem fake.
Of course he didn't believe in mountain gods or ghosts, but what if all the men in their village really died in the cave?
After thinking about it, he asked: "Are they really all dead? Then where did this news come from? And where are the other members of their family? Why is there no one left in the village?"
The old man took a puff of his cigarette and looked at him dissatisfiedly: "Of course it's true, why would I lie to you. As for the others, just listen and I will tell you slowly."
The old man smacked his lips and continued, telling this tale he loved. This was the most legendary true event in his sixty-plus years of life: "On the same night those people died in the mountains, many people in their village also died. First, the village chief's family, the village wife, and her young daughter-in-law. They all died at home.
Later, the police came to investigate and heard that animals had mauled the dead, including the men on the mountain, who were killed in the cave by various wild beasts. Those who saw the wounds said it was either a wolf, a snake, possibly a tiger, or something else entirely. It must have been the mountain spirit appearing.
Chen Liang's heart was filled with turmoil. Animal? Wolf? He remembered Chen Bingkun's sudden disappearance and the gray wolf that led the way on the mountain.
He continued to listen with a calm expression.
"The village chief has three grandchildren, but his other two daughters-in-law also went crazy. That night, all the savings and valuables in other people's homes were gone, and I heard that wild beasts had entered their homes.
Alas... the entire village was left with only the elderly, the weak, and the disabled. The police investigated for over a month but could find nothing else, ultimately declaring the case an accident. But we all knew it was clearly retribution, the animals sent by the mountain spirit to take care of them.
The remaining people in the village were also afraid that the beasts would come again, so they had no choice but to find a way to move. So, some went to live with relatives, some remarried, some returned to their parents' homes, and some committed suicide. In just two months, the village was gone.
After listening to the story, Chen Liang was in a daze for a long time. He thanked the old man before walking back.
It’s Ajin, it must be her, she came to avenge him.
November was the time when I hid myself away and recovered from my leg injury.
No wonder he hadn't felt Ajin's presence for a long time. It turned out that she came to stand up for him.
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