Chapter 73
Xu Guannan was sure that he would never make a mistake, but there was no emotion in the look in Lin Sheng's eyes when she looked at him just now, as if they were completely strangers.
"Hey, Boss, where are you going? The bloodstains on the stone pillar just now..."
Wen Yao kept muttering as he hurried to catch up with Xu Guannan, and the group approached the door of Lingdie's house.
With a "creak", Xu Guannan pushed open the wooden door. The door slowly opened, and the thick dust from the old house flew all over everyone's face.
As I stepped into the house, I saw a wooden wall in front of me, which divided the hall into two rooms. There was a space on the left side big enough for a door, but a wooden door had not been installed yet.
The space in the front hall is not big. There is a small wooden table opposite the wooden door. On the wooden table are a pair of candlesticks with two red candles standing on them. The candles are whole, and the white line in the middle shows black. It must have been burned by someone, but the candlelight went out early.
Wen Yao walked towards the left-hand door, intending to go to the back hall to take a look. However, the moment he passed through the door, he felt a silky touch on his face. The scene in front of him instantly turned red. A layer of gauze was covering his head. He was so frightened that he retreated back out of the door.
"What the hell?! Boss, save me!"
Xu Guannan immediately turned his head and saw a headless female corpse suddenly falling down and hanging on the door frame. She was wearing a red gauze dress and was hanging on the door frame. The gauze dress fell right on top of Wen Yao's head. A cold wind blew by, and the red dress gently stroked in the air.
Everyone in the group widened their eyes at the same time, screaming in surprise, but they were shocked the next second.
The female corpse fell to the ground in an instant, stirring up a cloud of dust. She put her hands together and put her legs together, and crawled quickly towards the crowd.
The people at the door immediately scattered and retreated. Seeing this, Xu Guannan grabbed Wen Yao, took him out, and closed the door.
But just as the door was about to close, a black human claw appeared in front of everyone. The slender knuckles grabbed the door, and it pulled the door open with great force, preparing to pounce on Xu Guannan.
“Stand back!”
A familiar female voice came from behind the crowd. Xu Guannan came back to his senses instantly and took a step back. He saw a yellow talisman suddenly appear in front of him. It landed accurately on the chest of the headless female corpse and knocked it back into the house.
With a "bang", the door closed tightly. There was a continuous knocking sound from inside the door, but after a while, there was no movement.
Lin Sheng was still wearing the sacrificial robe, and he hadn't even had time to wipe off the runes on his face.
"Ah! Sister Lin, you're finally here. I almost thought I was going to die...ah."
Lin Sheng quickly covered Wen Yao's crying mouth, and glanced around. Seeing that there were no villagers around, he whispered a warning.
"Don't be so desperate. This is not the place to talk nonsense."
Wen Yao immediately nodded obediently, not daring to say another word.
Seeing her outfit, Xu Guannan frowned slightly and spoke in confusion.
"Why are you here and mixed in with that team?"
Lin Sheng took off his sacrificial robe on the spot, folded it and placed it in front of the stone pillar beside him, lowering his voice.
"Let's talk about it when we get back."
The group returned to the car and drove away from the village along the road. However, they did not see a head with long hair hanging on the branches of an ancient tree at the entrance of the village as reflected in the rearview mirror. It looked like a young woman.
Xu Guannan was driving, Lin Sheng was sitting in the passenger seat, and Wen Yao was sitting in the back seat.
"I had a dream. In it, there was a little girl crying and begging me to save her. I read my fortune and it showed me the direction to Funing Village, so I came here. The parade you just saw was a sacrificial ceremony in Funing Village."
"Will outsiders be allowed to participate in the ceremony?"
Lin Sheng chuckled, his tone teasing.
"Of course not. This ceremony has a rule that the person who escorts the sacrifice must be an unmarried young woman from the village. But last night, I let the last young woman from Funing Village escape, so I'm the only one left."
Wen Yao was a little dumbfounded and asked doubtfully,
"They kidnapped women for sacrifice? Isn't sacrifice for blessings? Isn't it supposed to be a happy occasion?"
"Do you think today's sacrifice is a good thing?"
Lin Sheng turned to look at Wen Yao, asked a question, and continued,
"Funing Village is now entirely populated by elderly people; there are practically no young people to be found. They claim to be praying for blessings, but the offerings behind me only exude immense resentment. It's better to say they're gathering resentment and attracting evil."
"No wonder I felt a chill on my back as soon as I entered the village."
Lin Sheng sneered for a moment and asked back,
"Are you here to investigate a case?"
Xu Guannan interrupted at the right time,
"A few days ago, an explorer entered Ghost Bone Mountain and managed to escape. He reported to the police that he had seen a dead body on the mountain. We searched the entire mountain but couldn't find the body."
Lin Sheng frowned, a hint of darkness flashed across his eyes.
"Ghost Bone Mountain? No one can survive from Ghost Bone Mountain except the mountain guardians. It is considered by Funing Village as the 'land where the gods live.'"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Guannan suddenly received a call. His face changed and he turned to Lin Sheng and said,
"It seems I have to ask you to go see him."
As soon as the three arrived at the hospital, they saw a group of people gathered at the door of Wei He's ward, and Wei He's constant begging for mercy could be heard from inside.
Lin Sheng and Xu Guannan squeezed in from the crowd.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have insisted on going up the mountain and disturbing your peace. Please forgive me, forgive me. I didn't mean it."
Wei He knelt on the ground, repeating this sentence over and over again, knocking his head noisily as he spoke. Gradually, a bloody stain appeared on the white tiles. Fresh red blood oozed from Wei He's forehead, dripping down his nose and onto the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Xu Guannan immediately rushed into the ward, grabbed Wei He's shoulders, and tried to stop him.
But Wei He suddenly looked up and looked at him, his eyes rolled back, and a hand covered with black lines suddenly grabbed Xu Guannan. Xu Guannan was so scared that he instinctively took a step back.
The people outside the door were suddenly shocked, and Lin Sheng hurriedly shouted to Xu Guannan,
"Go away! There's something wrong with him!"
Xu Guannan ran towards the door instantly.
Suddenly, a dense mass of black worms emerged from Wei He's body, covering his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and fingertips. The worms seemed to have sucked all the blood from Wei He's body. The moment they were all gone, the once-alive man was instantly transformed into a bloodless, dried corpse.
A bunch of black worms crawled out from Wei He's body, and everyone fled in fear. Lin Sheng got a huge glass jar from somewhere, and in front of the crowd, she scooped up the worms with her claws and stuffed them into the glass jar. When she looked up, she saw the person at the door staring at her with a frown and disgust.
"Why are you just standing there? Let's catch them together."
As he said this, he pretended to throw the long insect toward the door, which immediately scared away a large number of people.
Wen Yao walked in with a frown on his face. He looked at the long worms wriggling on the ground. Wei He's body was right next to him. He felt nauseous, but he had to start. He only heard Lin Sheng's kind reminder.
"It's best to wear gloves and avoid touching their heads, otherwise you'll become a mummy."
He withdrew his hand instantly and ran to ask the nurse for three pairs of gloves.
Looking at the jar full of worms, Wen Yao felt his scalp tingling, but Lin Sheng's eyes shone with a malicious smile.
"I heard that in ancient times, people often used worms to make wine. What do you think the wine made from worms tastes like?"
"Ugh—Sister Lin, ugh—goodbye, ugh—"
The image appeared in his mind, and Wen Yao finally couldn't help but vomit.
At night, the village becomes cool and shady.
At this time in the village, there was no thick fog at night.
Lin Sheng stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the village in front of him vigilantly. On the ancient tree trunk at the entrance of the village, there were hanging red satin and red lanterns with the word "囍" on them.
The entire village street was decorated with red lanterns on both sides, and the ground was covered with red firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers continued to ring out from deep in the village, and a group of people came over, surrounding a newlywed couple.
There were people of all ages in the crowd, but most of them were young people. A few children were running around the newlyweds, their eyes full of curiosity, and they kept singing nursery rhymes that were incomprehensible.
The bride wore a long red gauze dress with the hem hanging down lightly, just reaching her ankles and not touching the ground. The edge of the dress was outlined with gold thread, and illuminated by candlelight, it looked like a whole field of twinkling stars draped over the woman. The evening breeze blew across the red gauze above the woman's head, lifting a corner of it, and she inadvertently revealed a gentle smile.
The groom held the woman's hand throughout the whole process, staring at her from the side, unwilling to take his eyes off her for even a moment, with an extremely gentle smile between his eyebrows.
A group of people crowded into a house. There were two stone pillars standing in front of the house. A Psylocke logo was hung next to the door. There was a small front hall inside. Opposite the door was a wooden table with two red candles lit on the table. The candles were also wrapped with the word "Fu". Above the wooden table hung a painting of a deity. Although the deity looked strange, it had a gentle smile on its face.
The groom carefully helped the bride kneel on the small round straw mat, and the couple kowtowed to the statue together.
Only then did Lin Sheng see clearly that the bride's belly was bulging, and she was already pregnant. Looking at the happy and loving appearance of the two, Lin Sheng thought to himself that this must be a happy family.
“A contract is signed.
The two families are reunited.
A promise of growing old together.
present..."
“Wait!”
Before the vows were finished, a sound came from outside the door, interrupting the wedding ceremony.
Lin Sheng saw a group of middle-aged men suddenly surrounded him, each holding a short stick, and coming with a menacing posture. The leader was an old man with slightly gray hair. Lin Sheng heard their conversation.
"Mu Shan, you dare to bring people to the Psylocke Hall? Have you forgotten the rules of the village? Outsiders are not allowed to enter the Psylocke Hall! You are offending the gods!"
The groom stepped forward and stood in the crowd to explain to the man,
"Village Chief, Wanwan will live with me in the village from now on. We won't be leaving. Since she's married to me, she's a villager and should share the gods' blessings with me. Aren't you treating Wanwan like an outsider?"
"Humph! The village rules prohibit marriage with outsiders. You were the first to break the rules and even brought her back. I don't agree, and neither will the gods!"
After that, a gust of wind blew into the front hall, and the portrait of the god hanging above the wooden table was suddenly blown down, and the two red candles suddenly went out.
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