"Yanshan, how did you find this place?"
Headman Li glanced at Chen Xiaobao and asked Yanshan.
"Yes, he brought us here!"
Yanshan hesitated for a moment and pointed at Chen Xiaobao and said.
"Brother Chen, there was fog and miasma in the mountains, and we were temporarily lost. Did you bring a compass with you? You were able to lead Yanshan and the others to find us!"
Leader Li asked with a simple smile on his face.
"Master Li, they are not lost due to miasma, but they are trapped in a maze. I happen to have some research in this area, so I brought them here!"
Chen Xiaobao didn't have a compass on him, so he just spoke directly.
Headman Li's face changed. He didn't expect that Chen Xiaobao was not an ordinary person.
"It turns out that Mr. Chen is an expert. Then please take us back to the village!"
Headman Li nodded and spoke quickly.
"Okay, everyone follow me!"
Chen Xiaobao nodded, and immediately led the way back to Lijiazhai.
With Chen Xiaobao leading the way, in less than twenty minutes, everyone saw Lijiazhai in the thick fog. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they returned to Lijiazhai.
"It's okay, it's okay, the funeral will continue, let's eat first, the graves on the mountain were washed away by the heavy rain, and we had to dig up the graves again, which delayed us!"
Chief Li comforted the worried tribesmen. This was the explanation that had been discussed beforehand. Chief Li was afraid that the people in the village would worry, so he planned to use this explanation to reassure everyone.
Soon, the funeral continued and everyone started to eat.
But the atmosphere was a bit heavy during the meal.
"Brother Xiaobao, what's going on?"
Bai Xiaoli noticed something was wrong and asked secretly while eating.
"The funeral procession just now encountered a ghost wall. There is something wrong with Lijia Village. The fog outside the village is also wrong. It is not formed naturally. It may be someone's doing!"
Chen Xiaobao said with a serious look.
There was a sudden fog outside Lijiazhai, and they encountered a ghost wall just when they came over. Could it be that this ghost wall was aimed at them, in order to prevent them from leaving Lijiazhai?
"Ghost wall?"
Bai Xiaoli shrank back in fear, her pretty face turned pale, "Then will we be in danger?"
"It's possible!" Chen Xiaobao said in a deep voice, "After the funeral, I will go to find Mr. Li to sign the contract, and then we will leave!"
Lijiazhai has some serious problems. If the people in the village ask Chen Xiaobao for help, it is not impossible for Chen Xiaobao to help them. But in the current situation, Chen Xiaobao and his people may have become prey. He has to send Bai Xiaoli and the others out first.
"Um!"
Bai Xiaoli nodded worriedly, thinking secretly, it’s a good thing Sister Ziyue didn’t come, otherwise she would be pregnant and it would be dangerous for her to come here.
Soon, the funeral banquet was hastily finished.
Headman Li had a worried look on his face. He called a few elders in the village and prepared to leave.
"Mr. Li, can we sign the contract?"
Chen Xiaobao walked up and asked.
"Mr. Chen, you've come at the right time. I was just about to discuss this with the old and young people in the village. I'll tell you right after we've discussed it. This is a big deal, and it's not something that an old man like me can have the final say on!"
Tou Ren Li said helplessly.
"Okay then, you guys discuss it and let me know as soon as you have the result!"
Chen Xiaobao frowned and could only say.
“No problem, no problem!”
Headman Li nodded repeatedly and was about to leave, when a villager came running towards him in a panic.
"Chief, Chief, something bad has happened, something bad has happened!"
"What's the matter? Why are you so flustered?"
Headman Li's face darkened and he glared at the villager fiercely.
People are in a state of panic right now. If you are still so flustered, won't this just cause more trouble?
"Chief, it's bad, someone died again, someone died again!"
The villager shouted in panic.
As soon as he shouted this, the surrounding villagers were immediately in an uproar.
"Someone died again. Why did someone die again?"
"The mountain god is angry. It's really the mountain god who is angry!"
"What should I do? What should I do?"
The surrounding villagers were suddenly in chaos. They were all panicked and didn't know what to do.
Many villagers had terrified looks on their faces, and it was obvious that the fear of the mountain god had penetrated into their bones.
"Why are you all in such a panic? Close the gate of the village, go back to your homes, close the doors and windows, and don't walk around!" At the critical moment, Headman Li shouted and stopped the villagers from panicking.
"Listen to the chief, listen to the chief. Everyone go home, close the doors and windows, don't leave the village, don't walk around, especially after dark, don't go out!"
The elders in the village also began to shout for arrangements. Under the arrangements of Headman Li and the elders, the village was barely restored to order. Most of the villagers hurried home, closed their doors and windows, and dared not come out.
Headman Li organized the hunters in the village, took guns and knives, and hurriedly followed the villagers who reported the news to check the body.
"Xiao Li, go back to Mr. Li's house. I'll go see what's going on!"
Chen Xiaobao was careful and organized all the people who came into the mountains from the plantation and arranged them together, asking them to go to Tou Ren Li's house. As long as they did not leave the village, they should be relatively safe now.
"Brother Xiaobao, be careful!"
Bai Xiaoli said worriedly that she wished she could leave Lijiazhai right away, but the contract had not been signed yet. It would be even more dangerous if she asked Sister Ziyue to come and sign the contract later.
It would be better if they tried hard to sign the contract this time.
"Go, go, go, go!"
Leader Li was worried and rushed to the place where the body was found with a dozen people.
Soon, everyone came to a villager's house.
Everyone in this villager's house was standing outside the door with a look of panic on their faces. As soon as they entered the house, they could see a figure with a rope around his neck, hanging straight on the beam, looking ahead with horror.
"Li Dayong?"
Chen Xiaobao was shocked when he saw the figure. He quickly rushed over to check and found that Li Dayong was already dead.
He never thought that the person who died would be Li Dayong.
"Put the body down quickly, Li A'ran, what's going on? Where did this body come from?" Headman Li's face darkened. He looked at the corpse with a gloomy expression. He turned around and scolded the man in this villager's family.
"Chief, I don't know either. There was no body before. When I came back from the funeral, Dayong's body was suddenly hanging here. Why did he come to my house to commit suicide?"
Li A'ran said with a pale face.
It's too unlucky that someone suddenly ran to my house and committed suicide.
"You mean he wasn't here when you left in the morning, but you found him here when you came back from the funeral? That means he must have been dead for a short time!"
Tou Ren Li made the analysis with a grim expression.
"No, judging from the stiffness of the body, Li Dayong must have been dead for more than twelve hours. In other words, he died not long after dinner last night. It's impossible for him to come here and hang himself this morning!"
Chen Xiaobao said in a deep voice.
His words sent shudders down the villagers' spines.
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