"Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?"

"Baigu?"

"I'm fine."

Soon Bai Gu covered up the strange color on his face while calling, and calmly helped Wu Rong put on the national costume. Compared with Miao women, Miao men's clothing is relatively simple, without layers of silver ornaments. Wu Rong's left lapel gown is made of silk-like material, dark blue and purple almost black. It is said that a man should be pretty, and this one is full of ethnic minority customs. Dressed in full dress, Wu Rong was more indifferent and handsome, and he won many bold, passionate and amazed eyes while walking in the village.

"We are a collection of several villages near and far. There are Miao people and Dong people in the village."

Bai Gu, who had returned to normal, talked eloquently and knew the history of the village clearly. His Mandarin is very standard and he is indeed a very good tour guide.

The Miao people live by the mountains, and the Dong people live by the water. Aiqiao is a member of the Dong people. As soon as she entered the village, she apologized and walked to a small bluestone bridge. She took out the embroidered sachet from her arms and put it under the bridge gently. , she turned her face to one side, talking and laughing at Yanyan, as if she was listening to something, but there was no one on the other side.

"That is the bridge of Aiqiao. The bridge has a special meaning to the Dong people. Almost every Dong people will claim a bridge. A family will serve this bridge for generations. Every time they pass by, they will make a small sacrifice and a big sacrifice during the New Year to get the bridge. bless."

Bai Gu explained: "All things have spirits..."

"Bai Gu, let's go, Qiao said that those people are coming again."

There was no smile on Ai Qiao's face when he came back in a hurry, Bai Gu's expression froze, and he looked at Wu Rong with a little apology: "Something happened in the village now, let's go see Grandmother Wu first, and I will take you for a walk some other day. "

It can be seen with the naked eye that there are very few people in the village, most of them are men patrolling with guns on their backs, with a murderous look, there is a road directly leading to Grandma Wu Rong's stilted building, but Bai Gu and others lead him to turn left and right Turned, and walked for an hour and a half before finally arriving at the destination.

"Only this road is the only safe one, all other places are under Gu."

The situation seemed very serious indeed, Wu Rong remembered the conversation between Ai Qiao and Aleduo on the way, and her face was pale. There are many Miao people gathered outside the stilted building, both men and women, most of them are wrinkled and not very young. When they saw Wu Rong, some of them had bright eyes, kind and kind, while others frowned and didn't speak.

"It's Wu Rong. We've been waiting for you to come back for a long time, and you, Ada (Miao language: grandma), also talk about it every day. I hope you and Cuicui will come back."

An old man with an old face and bright eyes looked Wu Rong up and down with concern, and when he saw his bandaged left arm, he let out an 'ahhh': "What's going on, does it matter, where's Cui Cui?"

"I'm the only one coming back."

Wu Rong's mother's name is Wu Cui, which is also "Cui Cui" in the old people's mouth. He was not used to these greetings, and after a little nod, he went straight into the stilted building.

"Hey, wait—"

"Mr. Zhai, Wu Rong's train had an accident at Qingwu Cliff, and the whole car fell off the cliff."

Bai Gu said in a timely manner: "He was still recovering from his injuries, but he came back with us immediately after hearing that the witch broke his leg."

"Hey, he is a good and filial boy, but it's a pity that Cui Cui didn't come back, he's a boy again."

The old man sighed helplessly, and the others were also full of sorrow, someone squatted on the ground and smoked dry cigarettes, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "It must be the evil seedlings who did it, they will play tricks, and they will completely wipe out our village! "

"The witch is so old and seriously ill, how could she fight them!"

Hearing the discussion, the old man raised his hand and pressed down: "Everyone, don't worry, I'm in a mess, I'll go in and take a look first. Climbing the cliff, you must be careful when patrolling today. The news of Wu Rong's arrival won't be hidden for long. There will be movement."

"Yes."

The stilted building is very clean, almost spotless. The pots and pans are piled up on maple shelves in an orderly manner, and grandma's bedroom is at the innermost. The door was closed, and from a distance, a thin and wizened figure was lying on the bed, barely moving.

"Grandma, I'm here."

As Wu Rong walked inside, the toe of the shoe suddenly became heavy, and there was a hissing sound. He lowered his head and saw a small emerald green snake that was no bigger than chopsticks coiled on his shoe. It is like a guard, vigilant and threatening to spit out messages to Wu Rong, with green snake scales and sharp fangs.

"Mi, is Xiao Mi here?"

Mi is Wu Rong's Miao family nickname, and Mi Duo means 'boy' in Miao language. Grandma's voice was vague and trembling, as if she was not very conscious. Wu Rong took the shut-mouthed little green snake and stood by the bed, her eyes were still looking blankly by the door.

"grandmother."

"Here you come..."

Grandma finally looked over. Her cheeks were thin and out of shape, her nails were yellow and black, and her breathing was so light that you could hardly see the rise and fall of her chest. She repeated these words over and over again: "Come on, come on, you Here it comes, mi..."

All of a sudden, she regained her spirits, as if returning to the light, her face instantly stiffened, and she said fiercely to Wu Rong: "Get out, get out of here! This is not where you should be. Go away, get out of here, you are not welcome in the village." , you are not welcome here!"

"Grandmother, Wu Rong came all the way, you can't let him go as soon as you meet him. He also had a car accident on the way, don't you feel sorry for your grandson?"

"shut up!"

The old Zhai who came in hurriedly saw this scene and tried to persuade him, but Grandma Wu Rong was very firm, swearing dirty Miao dialects, throwing anything at the old Zhai without even looking at Wu Rong. "Get out, get out of here!"

The old man didn't dare to hide, so he stood next to each other. The originally tidy room felt like a gust of wind passed through in an instant. Her body was already weak, and this big movement made grandma cough and wheeze, as if she was about to be out of breath. Even so, she They all stared at Wu Rong viciously, like an old wolf with scorched hair.

Mr. Zhai was anxious and worried, not only worried about the witch's health, but also afraid that Wu Rong would really leave. No one dared to resist the witch who lost her temper, not even the highly respected village elders had the guts, they were all gray-haired people. After being trained, they behaved like children. At this moment, Mr. Zhai saw a figure walking past him.

Who has the guts to be so bold!

"Get out, get out, don't you understand the words!"

Raising her hand to catch the water glass thrown by her grandmother, Wu Rong walked to the side of the hospital bed, picked up the brass kettle on the table and poured a glass of water.

"Drink water."

"I do not!"

Wu Rong didn't take back his hand either, the grandfather and grandson both had the same temper, the same stubbornness, they just froze there, the dignified old Zhai lost his hair even faster.

Suddenly, Wu Rong felt a cold on his legs. Looking down, he saw the little green snake wrapped around his leg, threatening to show its fangs like a protector, eager to give Wu Rong a blow. Wu Rong hadn't responded yet, and the grandmother suddenly burst out with an angry and scolding old Miao words, but just a second ago, the arrogant little snake jumped down like a fire on its buttocks, and crawled into the jar in the corner with its head down and dejected. Only the tip of the tail is exposed.

The atmosphere seemed to be stiff again, and grandma turned away from looking at him.

"Look, isn't this very good, is it very good?"

Zhai Lao had a strong desire to survive and wanted to ease the atmosphere, when suddenly there was a commotion downstairs. Zhai Lao listened, his expression changed suddenly: "Not good."

He hurried out without saying a word. Only Wu Rong and grandma were left in the house. The old man didn't speak. She looked cold and pursed her lips, as if she was in a daze or looking at something through the wall. After a long while, she finally moved her mouth: she shed the cold hard shell full of thorns, revealing the old man's aging and tiredness: "Xiao Mi, listen to Ah Da's advice, let's go."

"This village is about to disappear. You are Cui Cui's only son, if something happens, Cui Cui will hate me forever."

After saying this, the old man stopped talking. And the noise also came to the door, only three knocks were heard, and the people outside said worriedly and respectfully: "Witch, I got caught when I was patrolling the mountain, and it has been delayed until now, A Cai and the others can't solve it, only you can save him." Life."

"Come in."

Several Miao men carried one person in on a stretcher made of simple branches, and the pungent stench immediately filled the whole room. I saw that his abdomen was swollen high, as if he was pregnant, but it was different. The belly is as thin as a piece of paper, and the thick pulp flowing inside can be vaguely seen. From time to time, there are long strips like blood vessels running downstream from the skin, and the top belly seems to be covered with raised blood vessels and meridians.

The man's face was covered in cold sweat from the pain, his face was pale, he was breathing in more air, and breathing out less. The eyes and nose are bleeding out - when the seven orifices bleed, it is time to die.

Grandma was not in a hurry, she glanced at it and ordered one of them to bring over a boiled egg. With Wu Rong's support, he forced himself to sit up, mumbling something, picked up the little green snake, pinched its mouth open, and pressed its fangs against the crowd.

Originally, the masculinity was like a gossamer, but it was about to die, and after the poison was injected, his whole body was convulsed and convulsed. Suddenly he stood up and began to vomit violently, the stench was pervasive, what he vomited was yellow foam like bean curd dregs, mixed with blood, and there were many long white worms like roundworms in it. Time is still twisting.

"The fire pond was set up, and it was all burned, and the ashes were buried under the maple tree in Zhaidong."

Under the order of my grandmother, those people immediately put away the vomit mixed with bugs, and at this time the people who went to look for eggs also came back. It should have just been boiled, and the egg was still steaming. The witch took it into her hands and rolled it on the man's shriveled stomach. She murmured words, down to the navel, up to the chest, delicate and slow. It took five minutes for her to finally stop.

The boiled egg was taken by Mr. Zhai, and he carefully peeled off the eggshell and egg white, revealing the yolk for grandma to see. Wu Rong also saw it, and saw that the inner side of the egg white was as black as ink, swelled and deformed, and there was a dense layer of black insect eggs the size of needlepoints attached to the junction of the egg yolk.

Grandma took a look and nodded: "Feed the egg yolk to the rooster, and put the egg white and egg shell in the firepit to burn. As long as you go back and drink herbs every day, you will be fine in a week."

After solving this matter, the witch couldn't hold on any longer and fell into a coma. Wu Rong was temporarily housed in a building on stilts in the village—he had to stay for at least a week when the road collapsed. Zhai Lao also arrived front and back, smoking a dry cigarette and solemnly told him what happened in the village before.

Many people died in the early stage of spiritual recovery. Although the village is far away from the city, and there are no big ghosts that kill millions of people as soon as they are passed on, it is extremely difficult. People die every day, but the most desperate thing is that the Gu used in the past basically has no effect on ghosts, and occasionally some useful ones are extremely precious, and it is not easy to cultivate, and they are still dying when the world is getting heavier and heavier. a lot.

Under such circumstances, a group of Miao people split off, lost their hearts and joined forces with fierce ghosts, lived in the ghost realm, and cultivated ghosts with their souls by hunting living people. The methods are extremely cruel and vicious, and they are called evil seedlings. Among the Miao branches who chose to stay in the world and persisted in not doing evil, the largest branch is now Grandma Wu Rong's branch. Because they have a special Gu King.

Only the blood of the witch family can wake it up. This Gu king can reproduce many new Gu without being affected by the aura of the ghost domain, and is called the Gu species by the village. The bad seedlings came prepared this time to capture the Gu seeds.

"There are a lot of evil Miao people. Although the witch beat them down last time, she was also injured and couldn't take care of herself. There is no other blood of the witch family in the village, so the Gu king cannot be awakened."

The old villager was worried: "When the witch was in good health, she united with other nearby villages and decided a life-and-death battle with the evil seedlings in two years. But now it has only been half a year, and the surrounding small villages have basically been wiped out by the evil seedlings with sneaky means. We are alone. The evil seedlings are still afraid to find it directly, because they are afraid that the witch will burn everything and destroy the Gu seeds."

"There is really no other way to ask Cui Cui to come back with you this time. Your grandma didn't want others to take risks, and she planned to go by herself in a year and a half. But the day before yesterday, she broke her leg, and her energy and spirit suddenly failed. Alas .”

"You should rest in peace."

The old Zhai smoked non-stop, with a look of hopelessness in his eyes, but he smiled at Wu Rong and comforted him: "The Wu family is kind to Zhaizi, don't worry, we can't be that kind of perfidious beasts, let After the Wu family is broken, the surrounding mountains and forests are surrounded by evil seedlings, I will find a chance to send you out."

Elder Zhai chatted with Wu Rong for a long time, and the lights stayed on. For as long as they chatted, Bai Gu wandered far away outside. Seeing the willow shoots on the moon, his gentle expression during the day faded away, his eyes were gloomy, he tied a scarf to hide his face, and quietly went down the mountain along a path.

There are many dense forests, the moonlight is shining, and there is a clear spring in the forest of the mountain. Fireflies live among the vines, shining brightly, like a dream. The grass is full of lilac flowers, reflecting the moonlight.

This is a very romantic place for a tryst.

When Bai Gu arrived, there was a person standing by the spring waiting, and when he saw him, he smiled and responded.

"Baby really made me wait."

He opened his arms to hug, but the one facing him was the sharp dagger. The man took his hand back as usual, looked affectionately at Bai Gu who was holding the dagger, and complained in an intimate tone in a low voice: "You and I have been dating for so long, why are you still so wary of me? Everything is yours, and when you come to Huangquan, you can live freely and freely, why should you be angry with the Wu family?"

The man is also dressed in the Miao nationality, but the clothes are pure black without any variegated colors. He is very handsome, looks a bit romantic, with a gloomy look on his brows, he doesn't look like a good person.

"Agu, you are so outstanding, but the Wu family only has one bloodline. I heard that the newcomer today is just an ordinary person. I can crush him to death with one finger. Why do you occupy the Gu species for so long? Everyone said We are bad seedlings, but in this world, strength is the most important thing, and those weak and weak should be our blood food."

"It's been so long. If I hadn't persuaded the village elders to stop them, they might have already invaded. Then there will be no place for you. But you didn't even tell me the way to the village."

"Agu?"

As if aware of Bai Gu's distraction, the man raised his voice in displeasure, finally attracting Bai Gu's attention.

"Go away, I quit, let's break up."

Bai Gu coldly threw the dagger to the ground, he seemed to sneer, facing the unbelievable man, he raised his lips contemptuously: "You still want to crush him to death?"

"His dog alone could kill you."

The author has something to say: The False Protagonist: Wu Rong

The real protagonist: Wu Rong's dog