Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 836 The Six-Colored Deer

The guesthouses in the new village are located in an area a little further away from the village.

Behind us is a small bamboo grove, to the left is a stream, to the right is a direct path to Wild Apple Mountain, and in front is a recently constructed road and lush green fields.

This is the most scenic spot in the new village, neither too far nor too close to the main part of the village.

Wu Xian saw from the car that there were seven houses in the homestay area, one large and six small. Each house had a different design and some local flavor, but it was relatively simple, unlike the trendy homestays that piled up elements and were decorated like private art galleries.

At the entrance of the guesthouse area stood a slightly chubby girl with dark skin but regular features. She seemed a little nervous, but quickly came over when she saw the car stop.

Wu Xian had seen this girl's information yesterday.

Her name is Li Qiuhong. She started the homestays in Xincun. She worked in Fuyuan City for a period of time and saved some money to return to her hometown to open a homestay.

"Welcome to Xincun Homestay."

"It's too hot outside, everyone come inside. The air conditioning has already been turned on for everyone."

Li Qiuhong enthusiastically led everyone towards the largest house.

This house is the activity area of ​​the guesthouse area, and the other six small houses are the living area, which includes a kitchen, dining area, wine cabinet and some entertainment facilities such as chess and cards.

Upon entering the room, a cool breeze greeted me.

To Wu Xian's surprise, there was a pretty but short woman sitting in the room wearing a white top and hot pants, and a roe deer nibbling on the green plants in the room.
Seeing this, Li Qiuhong blushed and rushed over to grab the roe deer's ear: "Peach, how many times have I told you not to bite my flowers? These cost money!"

The monkey named 'Baboon' belonging to the young girl Wang Chunyan walked up to the short, beautiful woman and stuck out its buttocks in a seductive pose.

The raven 'Sangbiao' on the shoulder of the rustic boy Yang Xingxing excitedly flapped its wings and shouted loudly:

"Idiot, idiot..."

The little white fox 'Dada' in He Qiao's arms saw that He Qiao was attracted by the beautiful woman, so it stretched out its little paws and used its pink paw pads to pull his face back.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

In the end, it was Hei Gu who shouted to calm the situation and bring things back on track.

Li Qiuhong gave a brief introduction to some of the features of the homestays in the new village, including what you can eat, what you can do, and what you can't find elsewhere.

Wu Xian and the other three, who had just met, also gave brief self-introductions to the pretty girl.

The beautiful woman's name was Cui Yundi. She came here for a short trip after a friend told her that the scenery was very nice.

In addition, Yang Xingxing, Wang Chunyan, and He Qiao all spoke their names with awkward accents from other places, which Wu Xian had taught them.

They came here to investigate evil spirits, but since they were travelers, it wouldn't make sense for them all to speak with local accents.

After Li Qiuhong finished her introduction, she led everyone to their respective rooms.

She runs a bed and breakfast, and she needs to maintain a sense of distance from her customers. Overly enthusiastic behavior will only embarrass them.

But Wu Xian stopped her and asked, "I heard that something happened here?"

The question had barely been asked when the room fell silent. Li Qiuhong's expression changed drastically: "You, how did you know?" "Explosive gay, a big internet celebrity, who doesn't know about this?" Yang Xingxing, with her purple-streaked hair, chimed in.

When Li Qiuhong realized she couldn't hide it anymore, she started complaining, and Cui Yundi, the pretty girl who was playing with the monkey, also perked up her ears.

"I'm really having the worst luck. The first guests to come after the guesthouse was built were all internet celebrities. I was counting on them to help me promote it and make the business boom!"

"I repeatedly warned them that there were wild animals in the mountains, and if they wanted to go into the mountains, they must find a guide in the village, which would only cost a small amount of money."

"Who knew that those three guests would sneak into the mountains in the middle of the night and never come back? If this gets out, how am I supposed to do business? You know, I've put all my savings into this guesthouse!"

Li Qiuhong's complaints contained no special information, but Cui Yundi's attention caught Wu Xian's attention.

She said she came here on a friend's recommendation, but since the guesthouse was established, it should have only hosted three people, including Bomb Base. In addition, given her unusual interest in missing persons cases, her friend might be one of the three missing people!

Wang Chunyan said in her broken southern accent, "Sister Li, are there any taboos or rumors in our village? We should follow the local customs."

"No way, you can do whatever you want," Li Qiuhong quickly denied, not wanting to drive away potential customers.

Wu Xiansai handed over a banknote: "To be honest, I'm just a lousy novelist. I haven't had any inspiration lately, so I came out to travel. If you have any interesting little stories, you must tell me."

After receiving the money, Li Qiuhong grabbed the roe deer, who was still trying to nibble on the green plants, and started talking mysteriously to everyone:

Have you ever heard of the nine-colored deer?

Cui Yundi's eyes lit up: "I've heard of it! I've even seen the animated film. Isn't this a legend from the Northwest?"

Li Qiuhong nodded and said, "We have a similar legend here, but it's not about the nine-colored deer, it's about the six-colored deer..."

"Legend has it that long ago, wild beasts roamed Wild Apple Mountain. There were all kinds of bears, tigers, snakes and so on. It was extremely difficult for people to settle down here. Sometimes, after a beast plague, an entire village might be eaten up by wild beasts."

"Just when our ancestors could no longer bear the casualties and wanted to leave their homes, a divine deer appeared!"

Its fur is six colors, its horns are as white as snow, and it stands in front of the village, speaking in human language:
"At midnight, Yin and Yang converge, water and fire intertwine, this is the time of Yin's dominance, the moment when Yin energy is at its peak. At this time, wild spirits in the mountains are most ferocious; if they smell human scent, they will go berserk and attack villages at night."

'To avoid emitting a human scent, everyone simply needs to be asleep by midnight.'

'Today, thanks to my help, you have been spared from disaster. If you wish to repay this kindness, do not tell anyone that I am here, for people covet my skin and horns and will surely come to hunt me down.'

At this point, the silly roe deer started eating Li Qiuhong's shoelaces. Li Qiuhong, both amused and exasperated, rescued the shoelaces and continued:
"After saying that, the divine deer disappeared."

"But some greedy villagers still spread the news, and a large number of hunters went into the mountains to capture the six-colored deer and present them to the king."

"After the king heard the six-colored deer explain the situation, he respected the divine deer's merit in saving people, and instead executed the person who spread the news and built a temple for the six-colored deer."

"This six-colored deer is the mythical beast enshrined in the Taoist temple in the county town."

"The origin of this story is the old village on the mountain, where there is a small temple for the six-colored deer. It is taboo in our village that you must go to sleep before midnight."

"Everyone who hears this story should go to bed early!"

(End of this chapter)