Under an old crooked tree at the entrance of the village, an old man was singing a song.

It sounds like a donkey skin tune.

This tune is also the accent of the area around Lao Qianlong City, and it is a folk song popular in this area. Lin Mo had heard similar ones on TV before, but the one sung by the old man from Guimen Village was more authentic.

Chen Bing meant that we should just walk over there without any unnecessary complications and go straight into the village.

Lin Mo, however, had a different opinion.

"Captain Chen, keep an eye on him for me. I'll go over and get some information!"

Without waiting for Chen Bing to react, Lin Mo had already walked towards the old man under the crooked tree.

Chen Bing was helpless, but didn't say much.

He and Lin Mo are partners now, carrying out missions together, so the decision made by his partner is his decision.

At this moment, Lin Mo had already arrived under the tree.

The old man looked at Lin Mo, and stopped singing and talking. He just stared at him with a creepy look in his eyes.

"Uncle, we are outsiders. We came to Guimen Village to find Carpenter Zhang to make furniture. But just now when we passed the river at the entrance of the village, I heard a woman say that something happened at Carpenter Zhang's home?"

After listening to this, the old man chuckled.

"Did Widow Liu tell you that?"

Widow Liu? Lin Mo thought about it. The woman who was washing clothes just now kept calling the child's father. Who would have thought that she was actually a widow?

But that's normal.

If what Widow Liu washed was her husband's skin, this would make sense.

If my husband dies, I will become a widow, right?

I have to say that Guimen Village is a dangerous place. Before I even entered the village, I have already experienced many twists and turns and high energy situations. Now that I have actually entered the village, I don’t know what strange things I will encounter.

Lin Mo reacted quickly and immediately replied: "Widow Liu? That woman always talks about the child's father..."

"Hehehe, this woman is mentally ill, don't listen to her nonsense. But something did happen in Carpenter Zhang's family, and his wife was put into a pig cage. But last night, many people in the village said that they saw Carpenter Zhang's wife coming back, soaking wet, and it was scary..."

It was originally a feudal family ethics drama, but now it has turned into a horror movie.

At this time, the old man muttered, "Ah, this world is so hard to live in. We don't have enough food to eat and we can't smoke. Think about it, encountering a ghost is not a big deal. We will die sooner or later anyway. After death, we are all the same. Who is afraid of who?"

Lin Mo didn't know whether the old man really didn't understand or was just pretending, but he couldn't expose him, so he continued to act.

"Ghost? Haha, I don't believe it."

"Really, I...I actually saw it too. I'm not kidding you. Young man, I told you that the village is not clean and there are dirty things. I advised you not to go in. Just look at me, I won't go in."

The old man said with a smile.

At this time, a gust of wind blew from a distance, dispersing the gray mist for a moment.

In an instant, Lin Mo saw a completely different scene.

There is a dead person hanging on this crooked tree.

And this dead man looked exactly like the old man.

The gray fog gathered again, and the horrific scene disappeared without a trace, as if it were an illusion caused by a momentary distraction.

The old man was still standing under the tree with a smile on his face, twitching his nose from time to time and mumbling about wanting to eat and smoke.

Lin Mo always felt that the old man's feet were not touching the ground.

"Thank you for your reminder. Let's go in and take a look. We'll come out if there's anything else..."

After saying that, Lin Mo remembered that he had a cigarette in his backpack, so he took it out and handed it to the old man, then lit it for him.

Since he loves smoking so much, it can be considered as fulfilling his wish.

The old man took a sip and his face looked happy.

Seeing Lin Mo was about to leave, the old man narrowed his eyes.

"etc!"

At this moment, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Lin Mo's wrist.

The old man's hands were dry and cold, like a dead person's.

"Let me tell you something else. Yesterday, a few strangers came over. They looked ferocious and not good people. They were pushing a horse-drawn carriage, and the things on the carriage were most likely stolen. These days, there are more thieves on the road than passers-by. Please help me go in and take a look at the situation. If you find anything wrong, go find Yang Ke from the security team. He's my nephew."

"Sir, what's your name?"

"Hey, country folks don't deserve the title of noble. My name is Li Bao, and everyone in the village calls me Old Li!"

After saying that, the old man let go of Lin Mo, leaned against the tree and began to smoke, puffing out smoke. The fog under the tree was already thick, and it was even harder to see clearly at this time.

Lin Mo walked over to Chen Bing, who whispered, "I also saw it when the wind blew over just now."

Lin Mo nodded.

In other words, the scene he just saw was not an illusion.

Besides, with Lin Mo's current abilities, there are few people who can make him see hallucinations.

I told Chen Bing what the old man Li Bao had said, but the latter couldn't explain anything at once. In short, he told me to be careful in this place.

So far, I have met two people, one is Widow Liu and the other is Li Bao. They are both ghosts, and they don’t know it.

Lin Mo and Chen Bing actually walked into the village at this time, and the scene in front of them gradually became clear.

This is an old village. Most of the houses are made of mud walls, or mixed with some wood. There are also brick and tile houses. It is very quiet at this time and there is not a single person in sight.

Lin Mo looked around and noticed there was a stage over there.

Walking over to take a look, I saw that the stage was made of wood, with a mortise and tenon structure. It was quite old, and the red paint had fallen off, revealing the original color of the wood.

"Crow said before that he had seen the missing expert singing on the stage, and the play was "The Injustice of Dou E." Chen Bing reached out and touched the floor of the stage.

Not much soil.

In other words, there were indeed signs of human activity before.

If no one was there, it would have been covered with dust.

But now there is indeed no one in the village.

"How about going out and asking that old man again? I feel like he's quite talkative..." Lin Mo said at this time.

Chen Bing turned his head and said, "I'm afraid we can't get out."

At this moment, the two of them discovered that the path they had just come in from had turned into a dirt wall.

However, Chen Bing and Lin Mo were mentally prepared for this situation.

This situation is normal, otherwise, the experts who came in to investigate would have left long ago.

"Lin Mo, there is no sun or moon here, so you have to pay attention to the time. Professor Xie analyzed that something will happen here every three days. He called it a fatal event, so we must find a way to get out within three days."

Lin Mo nodded. He also knew about this matter.

The two people checked the red lines on their bodies.

Still here.

Lin Mo turned his head and saw the cardboard box not far away.

At least for now, everything is under control.

The two of them thought it through and decided to check every house, and they would definitely find something.

There is a house in front. Starting from here, Lin Mo and Chen Bing walked over and could see a big locust tree with lush branches and leaves in front of the house.

The door was closed, and Chen Bing was about to push it, but Lin Mo knocked on it before him.

This is when the different approaches of Lin Mo and Chen Bing were revealed.

Chen Bing glanced at Lin Mo, implying that if there was any danger, wouldn't you be exposed by knocking on the door? Lin Mo smiled, as if to say that since they were going to act, they should act seriously. Besides, they should use courtesy before force. There was nothing wrong with knocking on the door, but if they broke into people's houses, they would be in the wrong.

"Is anyone home? If not, then let's go in!" Lin Mo said, and Chen Bing next to him pondered over this sentence.

It seems to be fine.

If someone inside doesn't say anything, then they will have something to say even if they break in.

At this moment, a rustling sound came from the locust tree next to him.

Lin Mo and Chen Bing immediately turned their heads to look over.

The two looked at each other, then walked towards the tree to the left and right.

I went around the back of the tree, but didn't see anyone. There was no hole underneath, so no one could hide.

In this case, the only place where people can hide is above.

Lin Mo and Chen Bing looked up at the same time.

They saw a child hanging upside down between the branches above, staring at the two of them.

It's a ghost child!

His whole body was bruised and purple, and his stomach looked like it had been cut open by a tree branch, with most of his intestines spilling out. At this moment, the ghost child stretched out his hand and gestured to Lin Mo and Chen Bing to keep quiet.

Chen Bing didn't understand, but Lin Mo understood immediately.

"Captain Chen, find a place to hide first." Lin Mo said in a low voice, and immediately hugged the tree trunk and climbed up in a few steps.

No different from monkeys.

"Is there something terrifying about to appear?" Chen Bing wondered in his heart, and at the same time thought that Lin Mo was really brave. He dared to go up the tree without knowing the situation clearly. Wasn't he afraid that the ghost kid would attack him? At this moment, on the locust tree.

Lin Mo looked at the ghost boy closely, first reaching out to help him stuff his exposed intestines back in, and then whispered, "Hide and seek?"

The ghost boy nodded.

It is true.

Lin Mo had seen it just now. The other party was hiding in the tree and didn't attack them. They just didn't let them talk. It was probably playing hide-and-seek. Lin Mo was familiar with this game. He had played it with the Split-Head Ghost in Green Garden Community and with Tiantian's dark side in the Second-Hand Alley. He was an old driver.

"Add me in!" Lin Mo said.

The ghost boy ignored him.

"Add me in, and I'll give you a rabbit later!" Lin Mo tempted him with benefits.

Sure enough, the ghost boy was moved.

"rabbit?"

"Yes, it's full of life and can even talk. It's really fun."

"Okay, I'll add you in. I'll talk to Brother Man later."

Done!

Lin Mo used a rabbit to successfully infiltrate this group of little brats.

In an unfamiliar environment, children are often the easiest link to break through. Lin Mo remembered that when he was in Lvyuan Community, it was because of his acquaintance with Xiao Hongqun and others that the road ahead became smoother and smoother.

Children are pure and simple.

If you are good to them, they will be good to you.

There wouldn't be so many twists and turns.

"What's your name?" Lin Mo couldn't just sit there and wait, so he asked something first.

"They all call me Abin!"

"Abin, uncle is really good at playing hide-and-seek. Just follow me in a while. I guarantee that no one can find us."

"Really? That's great."

At this time, Lin Mo made an OK gesture to Chen Bing who was behind the firewood pile below and continued to ask questions.

"Why is no one singing today?" he said seemingly casually.

A Bin, who already trusted Lin Mo quite a bit, whispered, "It's not time yet. It will be out soon. I watch it often, but I don't quite understand it."

"That's right, you're just a little brat, you don't know anything!"

"Who said that?" Perhaps he touched Abin's soft spot, for he immediately turned his head and stared at Lin Mo with extremely terrifying eyes. At that moment, malice was everywhere.

Lin Mo chuckled. He was a nobody, how could he be scared by this little brat?

Not to mention that the other party was just bluffing, even if he really attacked, Lin Mo could beat the other party to tears in minutes.

"You also understand adult matters?" Lin Mo provoked him.

"Of course I understand." Abin was obviously no match for Lin Mo. He lost his guard after just a few words.

"Then tell me, what do you know? Just tell me about the things happening in this village. If you can't explain it, then you know nothing."

"Don't underestimate me. I know everything about the village. For example, what happened at Uncle Zhang's house? Aunt Zhang never slept with a wild man. She was wronged. But in the end, she was still drowned in the river. I also know that some people came to Uncle Zhang's house before. They were pushing a cart. They were not good people. I saw those people digging other people's graves outside the village. Can people who dig other people's graves be good people?"

Lin Mo's eyes lit up.

I didn't expect that I would get something out of this by accident.

This little guy really knows a lot of things.

"How do you know whether Aunt Zhang got into someone else's bed or not? Did you see it?"

"I didn't see it. I heard Uncle Zhang tell it. He told those bad gravediggers that the woman knew everything about us. If she told anyone, we would all be doomed, so she had to be killed tonight... I was picking birds from a tree in his yard at the time, and I heard it all."

Lin Mo didn't expect that the news would be so explosive.

According to Abin, this is an unjust case.

Although Lin Mo knew that these things might have happened a hundred years ago, they must have been extremely terrifying when they happened.

A woman was splashed with dirty water and drowned in the river just because she knew some secrets of her partner.

Even death will be accompanied by a stigma.

It’s scary to think about it.

How unjust must that death be? He must be filled with resentment.

If you happen to encounter nightmare pollution, nightmares will be born out of fear.

It’s exciting just thinking about it.

As for the grave diggers, they should be the strangers that Lao Li mentioned under the crooked tree at the entrance of the village. In other words, Lin Mo heard a different version of the story told by Widow Liu from A Bin.

This version is darker and scarier.

Considering what Lao Li said, that many of them saw Aunt Zhang, who had been drowned in the river, coming back all wet, this means that Guimen Village must have encountered a nightmare incident at that time.

The final result is probably that everyone in the entire village will be doomed.

This kind of thing, if it happened in peacetime, would definitely shock the world, but if it happened a hundred years ago, it really wouldn't cause any waves.

After all, at that time, there were so many tragedies happening everywhere that who would pay attention to a small Guimen Village?

However, Lin Mo felt that the terrifying nightmare in Guimen Village must not be limited to Aunt Zhang. What was the tall figure with a red lantern that he and Chen Bing met outside before? Therefore, the secret of this place is not that simple.

Lin Mo didn't come here to explore the mystery, he came here to save people.

"By the way, Abin, have you seen any unfamiliar strangers entering the village recently?" Lin Mo asked about the business.

"Yes, you are one of them." Abin glanced at Lin Mo.

"I mean, except for us." Lin Mo added: "Some time ago, was there any?"

"Let me think about it?" Abin thought for a moment and said, "It seems so, but I can't remember clearly."

No matter how much I asked, Abin still couldn't explain it clearly.

Obviously, the other person's memory may only last for a few days, and he can't remember more than that.

At this time, Abin heard some noise and hurriedly whispered, "Shh, don't talk, Brother Man is here."

The Brother Man that Abin mentioned should also be a child in the village who played hide-and-seek with him.

Lin Mo didn't care at first.

But soon, he saw something floating over from not far away.

At first Lin Mo thought it was a ball of cotton, but when he got closer he saw clearly that it was a person who had been blown to pieces.

The man's body completely exploded, connected by countless tiny blood threads. He looked like a walking tree of flesh and blood, with lush branches and leaves.

After watching it, Lin Mo couldn't help but give a thumbs up. This nightmare is very creative. If this were to be a catwalk show in the underworld, this Brother Man would definitely be the most handsome one among them.

It's amazing.

This should be the state of being killed by a bomb, and the malice on his body is so strong that it should have reached the level of an A-grade nightmare.

According to the standards of the General Administration, a Class A nightmare is already catastrophic. If such a nightmare enters the safe zone, it will definitely cause a horrific disaster.

Another thing is that this kind of nightmare is difficult to communicate.

That crazy malice brought chaos.

If you are still foolish enough to try to get close to someone in this situation, you are asking for death.

So without Abin telling him to do so, Lin Mo knew to say "hush". Not only Lin Mo, but also Chen Bing who was hiding below secretly sneaked into the black spots under his feet.

It seems that when it comes to hiding skills, Captain Chen is one step ahead, and I have to admit that.

Compared to the area below, it is obviously not easy to be discovered in the tree. As long as you don’t look up carefully, you should not be able to see it.

But the problem is that the brother Man who was killed in the explosion is now in pieces, so his body has become much larger, and the height of one of his eyeballs can just reach the treetops.

If he came over, he would definitely be discovered.

Chen Bing has black spots to hide, but Lin Mo only has tree branches.

We have to find a way.

In less than two seconds, Lin Mo thought of an idea.

He leaned over to Abin's ear and said something, then without saying a word, kicked Abin off the tree.

With a bang, Abin fell to the ground.

Chen Bing, who was below, half of his head was visible from the black spots. He saw it clearly and thought, is this possible? At this time, Ah Bin let out a strange cry, got up and ran away.

The terrified Man Ge spotted Abin and immediately chased him, soon running deep into the village and disappearing into the fog.

Lin Mo jumped down from the tree immediately.

"Captain Chen, hurry up, let's go before that monster comes back."

(End of this chapter)