My ghost wives all want to kill me?

Turning the flashlight into astigmatism mode, Li Gui took steps and moved closer to the inside of the village.

Different from the winding trail when we came down, although it is also a dirt road made by people, the roads inside the village look much neater and wider. The houses in Huailiu Village are built on both sides of this wide road. Judging from the degree of devastation, it seems that there is a long No outsiders have been here for a while.

The moonlight above the head shined unobstructed this time on the dilapidated tile roofs and the dead locust and willow trees on both sides of the road.

In some houses, there are some offerings to the dead placed in front of the trees, and the doors of the houses where these tributes are placed are often open, revealing the pitch-black environment inside.

There are some door god patterns on the red doors of every house, but they have long been mottled.

Along with the door god stickers, the whole village is also corrupted.

For some reason, the further inside, the more dilapidated the scene became.

Occasionally, there was something black floating in the air, but Li Gui couldn't see what it was.

"Didn't I see lights up there just now? Why have I walked for so long without seeing anyone?"

Frowning slightly, the whole village felt very strange to Li Gui. The architectural style remained unchanged. There was a locust tree planted in front of every house. Some had wreaths and incense burners under the locust trees, while others only had a few long-rotted incense burners. fruit.

Not a single human figure was seen.

"It's weird, it shouldn't be, I..."

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Gui's soliloquy was directly interrupted by a shrill scream from a man.

Before he could react, he drew out his ghost-killing sword. From the end of the flashlight's light, a man with a big flower quilt on his head and a frightened face ran out.

He was also holding a selfie stick in his hand, as if he was still live broadcasting.

After getting out of the way behind him, the man was obviously very frightened. Even if Li Gui wanted to ask, he had no chance. The other person ran directly towards the way he came and disappeared into the dark environment in the blink of an eye.

"The flower quilt on your head... If I remember correctly, this seems to be some ancient method of warding off evil spirits. Legend has it that as long as you hide under the flower quilt, the ghosts can't see you. However, look at this guy's appearance , is obviously a false rumor."

Just in case, Li Gui took out the ghost-killing knife from his backpack.

While riding in the car, he took the opportunity to ask Yiyi and Yang Xueer in the notebook again, but received no answer.

This also means that no external force can help him this time when he goes to the Ye family mansion late at night to investigate.

He was alone again.

"You still have to be careful."

After sorting out his backpack and stuffing Xiaobai into his trouser pocket, Li Gui continued walking deeper into Huailiu Village.

He didn't know the specific location of the Ye family's mansion, but the whole village was not big. Walking in the middle of the dirt road, he could see clearly what buildings were on both sides at a glance.

At least so far, he hasn't seen anything like a mansion.

"This road seems a little too clean. It feels like it has been cleaned by someone."

After walking for a few more minutes, Li Gui finally saw a spark burning on the roadside.

On one side of the fire, there was a rickety figure. She was holding something unknown and was throwing it into the brazier.

I muttered something in my mouth, but I couldn't quite understand it.

"Hello, mother-in-law, I would like to ask, is there anyone here who can stay overnight?"

He quickened his pace and rushed over.

Li Gui found that the person squatting next to the brazier was an old woman. She seemed to have some congenital disease and could not stand up straight. There were two small stools under her hands.

At this time, she was facing a large earthen house with an open door, burning paper money.

"......"

Li Gui didn't answer. After hearing his voice, the old man just turned his head slowly and kept looking at him.

At this time, Li Gui discovered that the paper money she burned was different from ordinary paper money. It was stacks of yellow page paper money. The paper money was printed with traces of copper coins, connected together, and in the middle of each copper coin, there were also dots. A small red dot appeared.

"This road is not for you."

After staring at Li Gui for more than ten seconds, the old woman slowly turned her head, then burned the paper and said.

Chapter 219 Staying Overnight

"You didn't leave for me?"

I looked back at the dirt road submerged between the darkness and the houses. The locust and willow trees on both sides of the road were decorated with various tribute wreaths. A living person staggering around.

"Mother-in-law, I would like to ask, is there a place to stay nearby?"

This old woman was a little strange. Li Gui didn't ask her about the Ye family mansion for the time being, but just regarded himself as an ordinary tourist.

"There are a lot of people, but they are all buried in the ground. If you really want to stay, go to Old Man Zhao's house in front. He has opened a canteen. You can see it if you walk a few steps forward."

"Okay, thank you, mother-in-law."

The old man was not talking, and his old cheeks flickered in and out of light next to the fire. Even when she found Li Gui holding a big knife, she showed no fear at all, which looked a little strange.

Li Gui frowned, walked past the old man burning paper money, and walked deeper into Huailiu Village.

When he just passed behind the old man, he accidentally saw a small gray-white photo of the old man standing in front of the old man's brazier. The face in the photo seemed to be her own.

"Transportation is inconvenient and information is extremely limited. If something really happened in this village, it would be difficult for the outside world to know."

Different from ordinary roads, in Huailiu Village, the dirt roads get wider as you go deeper. There are fewer tributes under the locust and willow trees in front of the houses. The distance between the houses also becomes wider and wider. It often takes more than ten meters to walk. Saw the next house.

There is no light at all, and every room does not look like it is inhabited. The smell of desolation floats everywhere, and the broken walls that are occasionally exposed are spray-painted with the words "Speaking of Science and Breaking Superstition".

It was so quiet that even the chirping of the crickets at night was silenced here.

The only sound was the sound of the leaves rustling in the night wind.

Call ~

There was another gust of cold wind, and something seemed to be blown over in front of the flashlight's light, landing right at Li Gui's feet.

Crouching down curiously, he discovered that it was a piece of white round paper money floating out from the threshold of the front room.

This earthen house was not much different from the other tile-roofed houses he saw when he came here, except that the area was smaller.

The door was ajar, so you couldn't see what was inside.

There was a layer of gray-white powder sprinkled on the soil where willow trees were planted at the door.

"Is this quicklime?"

I put a little bit on my hand, put it on the tip of my nose and asked.

Li Gui was a little confused and didn't quite understand why quicklime was sprinkled at the door of his house.

He approached the door of the earthen house and stood at the door without pushing the door open. He took a flashlight and looked inside curiously.

Under the light, he could only see two brown coffins set up on benches, with a ceramic bowl placed in the middle of the coffins.

A pair of long chopsticks fell on the bowl.

There were some banknotes on the ground that somehow floated out of the room. From the rest of the main room, nothing could be seen due to line of sight.

"In this village, we haven't met many normal people since we came here. Logically speaking, there should still be people living there. Why have they all disappeared? Could it be that this was also the case when Team Chen and the others came here to investigate?"

Without staying in front of this strange earthen house for too long, Li Gui continued walking deeper into the village.

His original intention was to find some information about the Ye family mansion from the local villagers, but he had met two people since he entered the village.

And each one is weirder than the other, making it impossible to communicate at all.

I wonder if I can get any useful information out of what the old woman said to Old Man Zhao.

Li Gui didn't notice that after he left, the gap in the doorway of the house where the paper money had just floated slowly closed, and the white fortune stick on the door also quietly fell to the ground.

.......

After walking for probably a few minutes, until the road he came from was completely invisible, Li Gui's field of vision slowly narrowed and a dark yellow streetlight appeared.

The voltage of the street lights seemed a little unstable and flickered from time to time. Next to it was a small two-story red brick building that had not yet been renovated. The walls on the second floor were not plastered with plaster.

A few meters below the light, there is a sign for tobacco, alcohol and non-staple food, but the door below has been closed, and there seems to be no other people around.

"Why is there just one streetlight here?"

Arriving at the door of the canteen, Li Gui observed the street lamp that suddenly appeared in the village for a while. After finding nothing unusual, he wrapped his coat tightly, walked to the red brick second-floor door, and tried to knock on it. door.

Bang bang bang.

"Hello, is anyone there? I'm here to live broadcast the adventure. Can I stay here for one night?"

Thinking of the screaming guy with the quilt on his head that he met before coming in, Li Gui naturally gave himself the title of an anchor who likes to commit suicide.

Anyway, with this level of identity, it will seem very reasonable to go to any strange place.

"You...accommodation?"

After a while, just when Li Gui was about to knock on the door again, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

Instinctively turning around with his sword, Li Gui discovered that a thin middle-aged man had appeared behind him.

His eye sockets are deeply sunken and his skin is pale. He is clearly in his 50s or [-]s, but his hair and beard are gray. From a distance, he looks like an old man. No wonder he is called Old Man Zhao.

On a cold night, this old man Zhao was only wearing a washed and faded blue shirt. His body was slightly hunched over. When he spoke, his eyes would always rise unconsciously, revealing large whites of his eyes.

"Yes, are you Uncle Zhao? I just met a mother-in-law on the road. She said you can stay here."

After taking a few steps back and keeping a relatively safe distance, Li Gui discovered that the man was still holding a hoe that was only used for farming. It was stained with a lot of mud, and it was also on his shoes.

What is this man digging for at night?

"The old lady...is she a hunchbacked old lady? She still holds two small stools in her hands and can't stand up?"

After getting out of the way for the middle-aged man, the other man looked back at Li Gui, took out the key and opened the door, and asked in a low voice what the old man looked like.

"Well, do you know Uncle Zhao?"

"She is the only one in the whole village who has to use a stool to walk... I don't know her name. I only know that others call her the Seven-pound Old Lady. She passed away more than half a month ago. I guess no one in the family gave her anything. Burn money, come back today and burn some for yourself."

The man's tense face showed no emotion.

After opening the door, entering the house, and putting down the hoe, he said words that made people feel a chill on the back of their necks.

"Burning paper money for yourself?"

Old man Zhao did not answer, and Li Gui was not thinking about the old lady just now. Instead, he stood at the door and did not go in for the time being. He looked curiously into the room where the door was opened.

The ghost-killing sword in his hand was held firmly from beginning to end.

Chapter 2 Old Man Zhao

"Come in. If you want to stay, you have to go to the innermost room on the second floor. The price is thirty per night. Cash only."

Walking to the familiar corner of the hall, Old Man Zhao turned on the light. The sight that greeted him made people feel a chill down their backs.

The living room is not too big or too small, with old shelves on both sides on the uneven floor.

There was a thin layer of dust on the products on the shelves, and it looked like no one had been here to buy anything for a long time.

But these were not the most eye-catching things. The first thing that caught Li Gui's attention was a coffin facing the door. On the unpainted coffin, there was a small tribute platform with photos hanging on it.

It was Old Man Zhao who brought him into the house! !

"I have lung disease and I'm the only one in the family. I can't think of leaving that day. I need to prepare my funeral arrangements first so as not to trouble others after my death."

After noticing Li Gui's gaze, Old Man Zhao's words still had no emotional ups and downs.

Turning on the light, he walked to a container, took out a candlestick, bent down, lit the white candle on it with a match, and then walked through the corner stairs towards the second floor of the bungalow.

It doesn't matter whether Li Gui walks in or not.

"I am an intern doctor. In fact, lung disease is not incurable. You have to maintain a good attitude first, and maybe the condition will gradually improve."

Unable to tell whether this man was lying, Li Gui stepped over the threshold, put the flashlight into his pants pocket, and hurriedly followed him. As a doctor, he was kind enough to give the old man a few words of warning.

However, Old Man Zhao ignored him and led Li Gui towards the second floor with very light steps. The candle in his hand swayed from time to time after reaching the corridor on the second floor, blown by the cold wind outside.

It became the only light source in the entire second floor corridor.

"Help me get it."