I am King Gou

Pei Ling felt his heartbeat beating uncontrollably. He looked around calmly, and looked at the eight furnace cauldrons who were still holding their breath. He always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something?

I can't think of it no matter what, but there is an inexplicable idea in my mind for no reason: at the critical moment, take out the female corpse in the storage bag to save her life.

female corpse?

Save your life?

Pei Ling frowned, what a mess.

There are still two female corpses in his storage bag, one of them is unidentified, and the other is Su Zhentian's disciple.

As for Su Zhentian's true biography, Qiao Ciguang, he has been lingering in the sea for a long time, just to avenge his classmates!

So taking out the female corpse at a critical moment, not to mention saving her life, it would be good if she didn't urge her to die.

Shaking his head, Pei Ling decided to continue with the plan just now, so he ordered: "You stay here to guard the house, and I will go out for a while."

The "Master" furnace cauldrons were about to speak, seeing Pei Ling's complexion darkened, they didn't dare to pester him immediately, and only said: "Yes!"

Pei Ling then stood up, straightened her robes, and walked outside.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard, he realized that someone was staring at him in the dark.

Pei Ling's expression didn't change much, he had already recognized the aura of those casual cultivators.Most likely, Sanxiu was afraid of the name of Tianshengjiao, so he specially sent someone to observe his every move.

Right now, he still had important things to do, so he ignored those casual cultivators, and saw a villager passing by nearby, so he walked over directly: "This old man, dare to ask where the village chief is?"

The villager stood still and sighed: "Young master has been away for too long, how can you forget such a thing?"

Then he pointed him in the direction, "Go there, there are seven pines and cypresses in front of the door."

"Thank you, old man." After thanking Pei Ling, he followed what he said.

After a while, he saw seven tall pines and cypresses. Behind the pines and cypresses was a rather solemn mansion.

It is tall and majestic, and there are engraved stone lions guarding the door, but the stone lion seems to be old and has a strange shape.

In general, the mansion is very out of place with the surrounding huts.

If one hadn't seen it with one's own eyes, one would not have imagined that there was such a deep house in such a village.

He looked around and knocked on the door.

Azusa Village.

In front of a house next to the river, the surroundings are bare and there is nothing. There is a yard made of stones, but it is chest-high. Standing outside the yard, you can directly see the situation in the yard.

At the moment, there is no one in the courtyard, but some firewood and the like are scattered around.

Qiao Ci looked around, and immediately knocked on the courtyard door.

After a while, an old man with white hair and beard came out of the house. He was wearing relatively new short brown shoes, wearing straw sandals, and holding a handful of half-woven hemp rope in his hand.

Standing under the eaves, through the simple gate, after seeing Qiao Ciguang, the old man's expression changed slightly, and then he returned to normal, walked over and opened the door, and said in a friendly voice: "I am the village chief of Zi Village, a stranger, what's the matter?" ?”

Although his complexion did not change for a moment, and he quickly covered it up, Qiao Ciguang was innocent and innocent, and no slight movement could escape her eyes.

This old man must know something!

Thinking of this, Qiao Ciguang saluted, and said calmly: "I came from afar, and I am grateful to your village for staying here, so I came here to offer my heart."

While speaking, she reached into the storage bag, randomly found a piece of ore, performed the transformation of the five elements, turned it into gold, then took it out, and sent it to the old man, "If you are bothering me, I invite the old man Haihan."

Seeing Qiao Ciguang take out a shiny golden object, the old man frowned first, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time before he recognized it was gold.

He shook his head immediately and said: "Our village is located in a remote place, and the caravan has not been here for a long time. Usually, the village is bartering. Although gold is good, it is useless to us. Miss, little boss My son understands that this piece of gold should be taken back."

Hearing this, Qiao Ciguang narrowed his eyes slightly.

This old man is very old, and he almost doesn't even recognize gold. If he wants to come to this whole Zi Village, he has been isolated from the world for a long time.

So she put away the gold and said sincerely: "We came from far away, and we carried a lot for the journey. If the old man is willing, we can also trade with you like a caravan, but we don't know what you need?"

"The village has always been self-sufficient, and there is nothing lacking in it." The old man pondered for a while, and then said, "At most, we can exchange some snacks and toys for the children."

"However, there is a funeral at the moment, but everything is missing."

"What is most lacking at the moment is a drummer."

"But I see that the girls are well-dressed, so they must be nobles. You can't condescend to do such a lowly job, alas"

Qiao Ciguang took advantage of the situation and asked: "When I entered the village, I heard that your village will hold a funeral tomorrow. According to the customs of our hometown, we should also go to express our sorrow, but we don't know who the owner is. When we go, what will happen?" statement?"

"It's the old Xu's family in front." Hearing this, the old man sighed, and said, "The young Xu's family would never have imagined that this time they would be the ones who won the lottery."

lottery?

Qiao Ciguang's complexion changed, and he immediately asked, "Draw lots?"

"This is a rule passed down from the ancestors." The old man said slowly, "Whoever is drawn by lottery will be the funeral of that family."

"Dare to ask, when will the lottery be drawn? And how will the lottery be drawn?" Qiao Ciguang asked in a deep voice, "If no one died in the drawn house, how will it be dealt with?"

The old man answered irrelevantly and asked: "I see that there are many young adults accompanying the girl. Is there anyone who is willing to help with the funeral? Although our village has no money to pay for it, there are some local rituals, just to talk about."

Qiao Ciguang thought for a while, and said: "If the old man is willing to answer my question, I will discuss with my companions and help you, how about it?"

Hearing this, the old man simply shut up, didn't say anything, just shook his head.

Qiao Ciguang questioned for a long time to no avail, so he had to change the question: "May I ask when Zicun settled here? Why did the ancestors pass down the rules of drawing lots for funerals?"

Seeing that the old man was still shaking her head and saying nothing, she frowned slightly and continued, "What's the meaning of the rules in the village?"

This time, the old man finally spoke, his eyes darkened, and he said word by word: "This is also passed down from the ancestors, if you violate it, the curse will come."

While Qiao Ciguang was talking with the old man, Shi Wanli had already searched and asked questions, and arrived at the door of Lao Xu's house that the villagers said.

A white cloth was hung on the gate of this family.

What made Shi Wanli take a closer look was the Spring Festival couplets on the door of this house. Although they were also green, they were extraordinarily bright, as if they had just been pasted up, and they were a bit out of place with the people around them.

The Spring Festival couplets were supposed to be pasted in the twelfth lunar month, and they were more particular, so they would be replaced on New Year's Eve.

No matter which one it is, normally speaking, in a village, the degree of depreciation of Spring Festival couplets should be about the same

What's the situation with this family?

Shi Wanli pondered, walked forward and knocked on the door.

For a moment, no one answered.

After hesitating for a while, Shi Wanli looked around and saw that no one was passing by. He took a step back and breathed lightly. The originally closed door opened silently.

With a glance, he was sure that there was no one in the main room, so he quickly dodged in, and with a backhand move, the door closed again.