While searching from room to room, Xie Liuyi was holding a kettle in his right hand and a stack of bowls in his left hand emerged from the stairs.

"Sister Xie, where have you been?" Zhou Haiyang hurried up and took the things from Xie Liuyi's hand.

Xie Liuyi bypassed him, handed something to Chen Xiaofeng and Chen Meiyi, wiped his hands on the skirt, and said, "Drink more hot water."

Chen Xiaofeng was hit by the kettle and sank. Hearing Xie Liuyi's straight-man speech, she realized that she was going downstairs to help the sick patient boil hot water just now.

He always thought that Xie Liuyi was indifferent and arrogant, and difficult to approach, but now he felt that she was clearly hot on the outside and hot on the inside, and he was instantly moved.

Xie Liuyi didn't know what he was thinking about, but he felt that his eyes made her hairy, so he turned his face and said to Song Ye and Zhou Haiyang, "Come with me."

Speaking, turned around and went downstairs, the footsteps were a little impatient and meant to escape.

The three went down to the first floor. Zhou Haiyang and Song Ye kept knocking and shouting in front of the small door in the southeast corner for a long time, but there was no response from the door. Xie Liuyi took a few steps back and picked up the hem of his skirt. He was about to kick the door when he lifted his leg. Song Ye and Zhou Haiyang hurriedly stopped him.

"Sister Xie, in a society governed by the rule of law, trespassing in a dwelling is against the law."

Hearing Zhou Haiyang talk about the rule of law, Xie Liuyi was speechless, but he didn't say anything.

"Let's find out for ourselves. If it's not a last resort, try not to be hard."

Song Ye was worried that the old lady looked like she was dying, so don't be scared by them.

Xie Liuyi retracted his leg, "I've looked for it, but no."

When she was vigil at night, she found that several people were breathing heavily, guessing that someone might have contracted the cold, so she rummaged upstairs and downstairs at dawn. Not to mention medicine, there is no food, there is a thick layer of ash on the stove, and the water is still made by her.

"Then go to the village to look for it. There should be a health center in the village." Song Ye suggested, and Zhou Haiyang nodded sharply.

Xie Liuyi temporarily dismissed the idea of ​​breaking through the door, turned around and walked out of the inn hall, and got into the kitchen next to him. When he came out, he was holding a hatchet in his right hand and a kitchen knife in his left hand. , an axe.

Walking up to the two people waiting in the yard, raised her left hand, and said a few more words, "Pick one and hold it for self-defense."

They went to the village to find a health center, but Xie Liuyi found a few "weapons" for them to defend themselves. Their first reaction was that there was danger in the village.

"Did you find anything?" Song Ye asked.

"What did you find?" Xie Liuyi looked inexplicable. Do you need a reason to use a weapon for self-defense?

Seeing Xie Liuyi's expression, the two of them realized that they would be wrong, and took the "weapon" with kindness.

Xie Liuyi held a knife in her right hand and pulled a knife, and felt that it was not very handy, but it was better than empty hand, she always felt irritable when her right hand was empty.

She took the lead and left, Zhou Haiyang looked at the axe in his hand, trying to learn the action of Xie Liuyi playing with a knife, but almost dropped his hand and hit his foot. He caught it in a hurry and said to Song Ye, "Brother Song, my sister Xie must be in the arena. Playing with this knife is so pretty."

…

As the saying goes, Wangshan is a dead horse.

Looking at the village in the yard of the inn, I felt that it was close to me, but in fact the three of them walked along the bluestone path for 40 minutes before arriving.

The hill where the village and the inn are located is separated by a river more than ten meters wide. There is an antique Chinese wooden bridge on the river. Due to the perennial water vapor infiltration, a clump of mushrooms grows at the foot of the railing.

The bridge deck has not been maintained for a long time, and the moss covers it like skin moss, which is very slippery. When crossing the bridge, Xie Liuyi deliberately slowed down. She walked steadily, but the latter two had already started to slip while leaning on the railing.

Crossing the bridge is the entrance of the village. Surrounding the village is a fence that is taller than a human head. The fence is covered with turquoise creeping plants, which shield the village from the wind, leaving only a three-meter-wide opening at the entrance of the village.

Looking along the main road extending from the entrance of the village, there are many shops on both sides, and in front of the door is a light box with a very eye-catching color, which reads the restaurant, accommodation and the store's special dishes.

I could hear the soft whistling of the mountain wind as it swept across the streets.

Is there no one in the village?

The streets are clean and tidy, and the small gardens on the second floor of several shops are lush with flowers and trees, which are obviously often taken care of, which is in stark contrast to the neglected wooden bridges outside the village.

There are people in the village, but these people will not leave the village.

"The village is weird, follow me later."

"Sister Xie, I have never heard you say such a long sentence." Zhou Haiyang's focus was completely deviated.

Xie Liuyi:…

She didn't know how to answer. She intuitions that she is not a taciturn person, but every time she speaks, she always subconsciously reminds herself to speak less, which may be related to her previous experience.

However, she has no memory now, and she doesn't know where this habit came from, so she can only say "um".

Fortunately, Song Ye, as always, was considerate and took the initiative to divert the topic, "Do you think the village is too quiet?"

"It's a little bit, Song bro, I remembered as soon as you said it," Zhou Haiyang patted his thigh, "Since yesterday, who of you have seen birds? Such a big mountain, a bird can No, it's too weird."

Xie Liuyi had already noticed this. Her hearing and vision are far superior to ordinary people, and from the beginning, she felt that the whole world was a little false. Apart from what appeared in the inn's yard last night, she didn't see anything alive, nor did she hear the chirping of birds and insects.

She has a guess, but there is not enough evidence now. When the real situation of the village is discovered, her guess can be verified.

"Advanced village." There was no result in the discussion, she greeted the two to enter the village. She was still the one who took the lead. After Song Ye broke up, they both kept the youngest Zhou Haiyang in the middle.

Walking for a distance along Qingshiban Long Street, Xie Liuyi was attracted by a pot of Ping An tree by the roadside. The branches of the Ping An Tree are densely hung with red threads. When I got closer, they found that the old and new ones were different, and the material was the same as what she found from the conductor.

She looked up at the sign hanging on the door - Fang Ma Hua Main Store.

The door of the shop was closed, Xie Liuyi was thinking about the search for medicine, kept the name of the shop in his heart, and continued to walk along the bluestone long street. Not far from the Fang Ma Hua Main Store, there is a fork in the road on the right. The fork is narrower. There are still many shops on both sides. Among the signs with yellow characters on a red background, the green signs are particularly eye-catching.

"There!" Zhou Haiyang's sharp eyes, the first to see it, happily raised his finger to the green sign, "Community Clinic."

"Go and have a look first, if it really doesn't work, then think of other ways." Song Ye looked at Xie Liuyi, as if in her opinion.

Xie Liuyi nodded.

The three turned into a fork in the road and came to the door of the community clinic.

Xie Liuyi stepped forward and knocked on the door. At first, he kept knocking softly. After waiting for a long time, no one opened the door. She stopped when she heard the sound of dragging footsteps.

The footsteps stopped at the door, and after a rustling sound, the door opened a crack. The early morning light penetrates the gap and shines into the house without hindrance.

The man hid behind the door, neither looked out nor opened the door, but only asked in a rough voice: "What are you doing?" .

Xie Liuyi glanced at Song Ye, and Song Ye asked loudly, "Hello, are you a doctor? We want to buy medicine."

"Outlander?" There was some disgust in the man's voice, "Not for sale."

The other party was almost completely pressed against the door panel, but the door panel didn't move at all. In the end, he could only give up closing the door in a huff, and asked in a vicious voice, "What medicine do you want?"

This time Song Ye didn't wait for Xie Liuyi to look over, and answered loudly: "An antipyretic, aspirin or ibuprofen will do, and cold medicine is also needed."

"What symptoms?" The man's tone was not good, but he still insisted on the right medicine.

Song Ye described the patient's symptoms. There was an unhappy "wait" from behind the door, and the footsteps dragged away, followed by the sound of the glass cabinet door opening. , a few boxes of medicine were handed out from the crack of the door.

As soon as Xie Liuyi took the medicine, pressure immediately came from the door, and the other party wanted to close the door again. However, Xie Liuyi's feet were still touching, and he didn't move.

"What else is there?" Seeing that the door could not be closed, the person behind the door asked impatiently.

Xie Liuyi threw the medicine to Song Ye, Song Ye nodded and said, "It's the right one."

"Well." Xie Liuyi turned to the door and asked, "How much?"

Hearing this, Song Ye and Zhou Haiyang reflexively went to touch their trouser pockets, but they were all empty. Then I remembered that since I woke up, all the things I carried on my body were gone, whether it was a mobile phone or cash.

"What else do you want to do?"

"Do you know the conductor at the foot of the mountain?" Xie Liuyi asked.

"Where is Lao Fang's house?" Xie Liuyi did not answer, but asked instead.

"Fang Ma Hua's house at the entrance of the village, didn't you see it when you came in?" He resumed his impatient tone.

It is the shop with the peace tree at the door. When Xie Liuyi got the answer he wanted, he stopped pressing the door and let go of the strength on his feet. With a snap, the wooden door slammed shut, and the sound of a padlock came from behind the door.

"Want to visit Fang Mahua's house?" Song Ye asked.

Xie Liuyi shook her head, "I'll go, you all go back first." She had some conjectures that needed to be verified urgently. The situation in the village was strange, and she didn't want to take others into danger.

"Good."

The three parted ways at the door of Fang Mahua. After Xie Liuyi watched Zhou Haiyang and Song Ye walk out of the village, he looked up at the structure of the twist shop.

The first floor of the twist shop is the storefront, the second floor has a sunken balcony, and the outside is an old wooden railing. On the right is a restaurant. On the wall between the restaurant and the twist shop is a light box sign that is more than one meter high, and the bottom just reaches her waist.

Xie Liuyi stretched out his hand to hold the steel frame of the light box and tried it, and it was estimated that it was quite firm. With a slight jump, his feet jumped up on the shelf, his hands clinging to the wooden railings, his waist and abdomen pressed hard, his right foot pushed against the wall, and he easily turned over to the balcony on the second floor.

From the balcony door, it seems to be a warehouse, full of debris. There was no lock on the door, it was bolted behind the door.

There is a simple wooden floor & ladder in the corner of the warehouse, and you can go down the stairs to the storefront on the first floor.

There is no light on the first floor. Fortunately, Xie Liuyi has night vision ability and can clearly see the furnishings of the store. This long table is placed opposite the door, and the cages of twists on the table are covered with plastic sheets.

The long table is against the wooden wall, behind the wooden wall is a small bedroom with a bed in the corner, on which sleeps a gray-haired man.

The man's face was haggard, and he looked like he was in his sixties, and his skin was pale. Xie Liuyi's eyes fell on the basket on the bedside table, which was full of peace knots woven with red threads.

She leaned slightly and put her hand on the man's wrist. The skin under the finger pulp is cold and there is no pulse.

Sure enough.

She withdrew her hand and looked around the bedroom. The bedroom is small, with nothing but a bed, a stool and a bedside table. She thought about it, got down on one knee, and looked under the bed.

Under the old-fashioned wooden canopy bed, the roots of the trees gushed out of the ground and twisted and knotted like snakes. She put her hand on the root of the tree and felt a faint spiritual power.

I was about to cut it off to take a closer look, when a trembling voice came from above my head, "You... what are you doing?"