Chapter 19
The carriage stopped and moved for two hours and finally stopped on the top of a hill.
Shi Ye stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down.
The scenery at the foot of the mountain is magnificent, with picturesque scenery, interconnected paths, and lush trees. There is a small town nestled in the middle of it, which is truly as refreshing as the paradise described by Ban Xian.
Wang Sheng squatted nearby and took a look. "Is this Fangjia Village? It looks pretty good. Could it be that the half-blind guy is deliberately exaggerating to tease me?"
Shi Ye's expression was a little serious, and he shook his head and said, "No."
Wang Sheng: "What did you see?" Shi Ye was very capable. If he said there was a problem, it was probably true.
The immortal plate in Shi Ye's hand was completely useless. He spoke in a low voice, "This village is hidden from the sun and located in a deep valley. All the trees grow in rugged places, and their roots entwine and grow everywhere, locking away the souls of the entire village. And do you remember the swamp we passed on our way here?"
Wang Sheng thought about it and it seemed that there was such a swamp, so he nodded.
"Fangjia Village is located on high ground, while the swamp is located on low ground. The soil there has a strange smell and is too dark. The entire Fangjia Village is a place where yin gathers."
As far as the eye can see, there is a tall statue standing above Fangjia Village.
The statue was sitting cross-legged with his hands clasped together and his eyelids half-drooped, looking compassionate.
When the two of them stood on the mountain and looked over, they were just at the same level as the statue.
Wang Sheng didn't know whether it was due to psychological reasons or something else, but he always felt that the statue seemed to be staring at him. The stone eyes seemed to be real at this moment, and Wang Sheng felt a little creepy.
Shi Ye: "Go down first."
I can’t figure out what the problem is for the time being, but I feel inexplicably familiar with the techniques involved. However, my thoughts stopped for a moment and I couldn’t remember it.
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Entrance of Fangjia Village
When Wang Sheng arrived, there was a crowd of people gathered at the village entrance, and it was very lively.
"You guys, take all these things to the clan leader. If you break anything, you'll be in big trouble."
A child dressed in gold and silver got off the carriage surrounded by the crowd and supervised the servants to carry his daily necessities in.
Hey, isn't this Cui Ziyao who bumped into him? What a coincidence!
Cui Ziyao saw another carriage coming up behind him, so he looked over with disdain, wanting to see who was trying to compete with him for the immortal child. When he saw it was Wang Sheng, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Wang Sheng and asked tremblingly: "You, why are you here!"
Wang Sheng jumped off the carriage with one hand, carrying a backpack on one hand and throwing a purse upwards with the other, looking over leisurely.
"You, you, you can come, why can't I come? This is the road to your home."
Seeing Wang Sheng's ruffian look, the little devil remembered the incident of being grabbed by the neck yesterday. He covered the back of his neck, retreated in front of the guards, and cursed, "I'm telling you, I'm not afraid of you today. All of you here are my people. If you have the guts, come over here!"
Wang Sheng was too lazy to argue with the kid, so he grabbed the purse and ignored him.
After tying up his horse, he walked over to him. Seeing that Wang Sheng knew someone, he looked over. When he found it was a child, he looked away and asked him, "What's going on?"
Wang Sheng: "Yesterday his horse went crazy in the street, and the injuries on my body were caused by him falling down."
There was a dignified-looking man holding a cane, with a few men following him. I could vaguely hear others calling him the clan leader.
"Young Master Cui, come with me."
Then he gestured to the people around him to come to Wang Sheng and nodded at them from a distance.
One of the men came over with a smile and said, "Guests, are you passing through Fangjia Village? We're going to offer sacrifices to the statues recently, and many people are coming. The tribe leader asked me to come and ask if you would like to join in the fun."
Wang Sheng was surprised. Is it popular these days to trick people into coming in and kill them? Oh my god, they invited people so blatantly.
Otherwise, these people simply don’t know that there is something fishy going on in Fangjia Village.
When Wang Sheng approached, he said, "You give the order, and I follow. I am timid."
Shi Ye glanced at him and nodded to the man: "Please thank the clan leader for us. We have come here to participate in the sacrifice. Is there an inn in the village?"
The man laughed heartily: "What inn? Just stay at my house. There are plenty of places to rest. Just follow me and tie up the carriage there. There are no pickpockets in our village."
The man led the way and introduced Fangjia Village to them very hospitably.
"Don't be fooled by the fact that Fangjia Village is surrounded by mountains and is inconvenient to get in and out, but we are self-sufficient and live a good life."
There were guests in the village, and there were many little kids at the entrance who were watching the fun. They were all hiding and watching them, and they were all more likable than Cui Ziyao.
A few brave ones rushed into their midst, holding windmills and dressed very festively.
"The sacrificial ceremony is about to begin, and all these children want to be chosen as fairy children, so they all wear new clothes." The man helped a child who had tripped over a stone and said with a smile,
"My name is Meng De, you can just call me by my full name."
In the blink of an eye, Wang Sheng grabbed a windmill to play with, blew it and made the other person laugh until he almost cried.
Shi Ye: "Is your surname Meng?"
Meng De scratched his head. "Yes, I actually married into the family. The clan leader made a special exception for me. I'm alone without a father or a mother, so it's better for me to live with my wife in Fangjia Village and be free and easy. Neighbors can help each other."
Meng De brought them all the way to his home. A woman in an apron put down her work when she saw Meng De coming back. She was also very happy to see guests.
"Xiaodie, this is a guest who came to participate in the sacrifice. He will stay at our house for the next few days."
Wang Sheng was the first to call out, "Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Wang Sheng, and this is Shi Ye."
Fang Die greeted him with a smile, and to avoid suspicion, she went to the field at the back to pick vegetables.
Meng De: "Originally, Xiaodie and I had a child, but he was chosen to be a fairy child six years ago, so now there are only two of us at home."
Wang Sheng's eyes turned and he was about to say something, but Shi Ye secretly stopped him and said, "I see."
Seeing that they had brought people with them, Meng De said awkwardly, "You two can just take a look around for now. The clan leader is short of manpower right now, so I have to go over and help."
Shi Ye nodded.
After Meng De left, Wang Sheng spoke up: "Why didn't you let me ask? This is a great opportunity."
Shi Ye: "The idea of selecting a fairy child is already deeply ingrained in the minds of the people of Fangjia Village. Asking about it now will only annoy them and do nothing else."
Wang Sheng didn't quite understand what was wrong with these people.
"How exactly is that bronze sculpture made? Could it be that they just cast a person inside it?"
Shi Ye took a deep breath and said, "Let's go out and take a look first."
After they said something to Fang Die, they went outside.
The idle people in Fangjia Village sat outside making lanterns. The finished lanterns were carried one by one by the children to the place at the back, which was the direction where the statue was located.
Wang Sheng pushed Shi Ye, but Shi Ye didn't understand why and frowned to indicate what Wang Sheng wanted to do.
"Go and find out some information."
I don't know what he's going to do. Isn't he always very active in this kind of thing? He asked, "Why?"
Wang Sheng folded his hands and tilted his head to the side: "Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? These girls are almost glued to you. If you ask them, they will definitely answer you."
She didn't want to look at him, so she just walked away with her lips pursed.
Wang Sheng chased after him and said, "Hey, why don't you go and ask?"
Shi Ye swung his sleeves and said, "Stay away from me."
"No, you don't even appreciate it. If I were you, I would have gone there all the time. How could you have a chance? Tsk."
I really don't know if there is any girl who likes this guy with such a face and bad temper?
While the two were arguing, a group of children in front of them pushed a girl wearing a veil into a corner and knocked her to the ground. The vegetable basket in her hand fell out of her hand and the vegetables scattered all over the ground.
"Ugly, ugly, a wild child without a father, and a crazy mother, how dare you come out!"
"I think you just want to show up and be chosen as a fairy child, right? Everyone, come on, tear off her fig leaf!"
All of the children immediately started shouting, “Tear it off, tear it off!”
The girl curled up on the ground, holding the veil tightly with her slender hands, and was very afraid of these demon kings.
They were led by Cui Ziyao, who stood in front of the girl condescendingly and said arrogantly, "Are you the ugly one they're talking about? Just show me how ugly you are. If you can make me look ugly, I'll give you money, how about that?"
Cui Ziyao couldn't see clearly through the veil, and the little man on the ground didn't move. Cui Ziyao, who always believed in what he heard, was a little angry. Why was he so disrespectful?
He waved his hand, and immediately a lackey came forward and said, "Take off her veil for me."
"Yes, Master Cui."
The child might be afraid of being beaten and scolded by adults, so he just said that he wanted to tear it off. But the Cui family's men didn't care about that. They only obeyed Cui Ziyao's orders, and they were ready to take action and bully a girl with brute force.
The moment Cui's dog leg touched the veil, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist and was thrown out.
Wang Sheng stood in front of the girl and shook his head. "Cui Ziyao, what did your parents teach you? Do you even want to bully girls? What kind of man are you?"
When the demon kings saw that the wind was blowing in their favor, they all ran away.
Cui Ziyao said stubbornly: "I just wanted to see what she looks like, what's wrong, is her face so exquisite?"
Wang Sheng rolled his eyes, then pinched Cui Ziyao's chubby cheeks and looked at him from side to side. "Look at how fat you are! How dare you look at others? Go back and eat less, you little brat."
Cui Ziyao: "Open the meal for me, I want my dad to deal with you!"
The Cui family's lackey got up from the ground, gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Sheng. This man dared to attack him.
He reached behind him to grab a stone, but before he could make the next move, a man in black clothes with a sword on his back walked past him, frightening him so much that he let go.
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