Bad's house was very quiet. Xu Ming and his neighbor stopped in the yard outside and called out to Bad, but did not go in.

Soon, Bud's response came from behind Xu Ming and his neighbor, which was on the road leading to Zag's house.

Xu Ming turned around and saw Bader coming. He was too far away and couldn't see clearly what Bader's expression was at this moment.

Xu Mingdao: "Uncle Bud, it seems there is no one at home. Are Yangcuo and the others not here?"

Bud said: "They have their own things to do, so they are not here."

Xu Ming was surprised. Did Bard deliberately choose a time when his family was not around to meet them?

After Bud said that, his eyes moved to his neighbor and stared at him.

Xu Ming felt that Bad's eyes were strange, so he moved a step to block in front of his neighbor and said: "Uncle Bad, you didn't come to us just to see if we came back safely, right? If you have anything to say, just say it."

But Bud said: "Like."

Xu Mingdao: "What?"

Bud stared at his neighbor, and Xu Ming also looked at his neighbor.

The neighbor remained expressionless and didn't even look at Bud. He only glanced at Xu Ming.

Until Bud said: "He is very similar to the man who came to Xinxi Village three or four months ago, went into the mountains alone, and came back safe and sound."

Xu Ming was surprised: "Do they look alike?"

"I'm not talking about this resemblance." Bud shook his head, "My old man thinks that he has a good eye for seeing people. This person, like that person, has a special aura about him. I can't say what this aura is, but

They should all be the same kind of people."

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked: "Neighbor, didn't you say you don't know that person?"

The neighbor said, "I don't know him." He paused and then said, "I should know what he does."

"What are you doing?!" Xu Ming's eyes lit up.

The neighbor said: "Tufuzi. The smell on that man's body should be the smell of death in the soil."

Xu Ming: "???"

After reacting for a while, Xu Ming finally understood.

Tufuzi is a common name for grave robbers among the people, but he has disappeared since the Republic of China. There has been no news of his traces over the years. How could this be?

Wait, does the neighbor have the same aura as that person?

Xu Ming looked at his neighbors.

The neighbor seemed to understand what he meant and said, "I'm not."

Xu Ming sniffed secretly and found that there was no earthy or dead smell on his neighbor's body. However, the neighbor had taken a shower and the smell might have been washed away. As for why there was...

Xu Mingdao: "Uncle Bud, you misunderstood. When we were at the Guillotine, we found an empty valley with a tomb in it. We had a strange encounter. We also killed a few monsters like Zag. Maybe it was at that time.

It smells like death."

Bud's expression suddenly changed: "What valley? What grave?!"

Xu Ming has been observing him and said: "This is not the place to talk. Let's go in and talk."

Bud looked at them deeply, took them into his home, made some herbal tea unique to Xinxi Village, and poured a cup for each of them.

Xu Mingdao: "Actually, it's nothing. After we dealt with the monsters, we wanted to find a place to stay. Fortunately, the neighbor found an empty valley where the monsters would not go in. There was an abandoned pavilion inside, and there was a tomb behind the pavilion. Probably

so--"

Xu Ming made a gesture.

"The pavilion and tomb are from after the Eastern Han Dynasty."

Bud's expression suddenly became excited, "That's the mountain god!"

Xu Ming: "...What??"

Bader said: "Mr. Xu, you should know that we have an ancient Wujing Road here, which was opened in the late Han Dynasty. At that time, our ancestors settled here along the ancient road, and Xinxi Village was born."

Xu Ming was surprised: "But what does this have to do with the mountain god?"

Bud asked: "Mr. Xu, do you know where our mountain god came from?"

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment and shook his head. He had never asked how the mountain god was originally formed.

Bud's tone was awe-inspiring and pious, and he said: "I heard my grandfather say that there was only one ancestor in Xinxi Village at first. At that time, the ancient roads were not stable and many people were displaced. Our ancestors kindly took them in, and people became more and more popular.

More and more people came and settled in Linxi, which became Xinxi Village. However, the ancient road was still unstable, and the villagers lived a frightening life."

"Later, a man wandered into the village, and his ancestors took him in. This man was very powerful, and he stabilized this ancient road. Merchants emerged, business prospered, and Xinxi Village also became rich. However, the good times did not last long, and this man could not survive.

When he was over 35 years old, our ancestors found a geomantic treasure place to bury him lavishly. In order to express gratitude for his contribution to Xinxi Village, he gradually became our patron saint, blessing Xinxi Village to continue to have ample food and clothing."

"Unfortunately……"

Bud sighed, "As time goes by, fewer and fewer people remember it, especially among the younger generation."

Xu Ming was surprised: "Is there anyone else in the village who knows?"

Bud shook his head, "It's just me. If it weren't for my grandfather, I wouldn't know. In fact, as long as the villagers continue to believe in the mountain god, they will have lived up to the kindness of this ancestor to us."

Xu Ming's eyes sharpened, "Uncle Bud, since you know this, it means you knew from the beginning that the mountain god is not real. Why did you use Zag's death as an excuse?"

"No, I believe it. This mountain god has blessed the village for thousands of years, why don't I believe it?" Bud said.

The neighbor suddenly said: "You lied."

Xu Ming and Bud looked at him at the same time.

The neighbor said calmly: "You know there is an abandoned pavilion and a tomb inside the Guanhead Stone."

Xu Ming reacted, yes! If Bud didn't know, Bud wouldn't have reacted like that just now; since Bud knew, why didn't he tell it in front of the memorial hall that day?

If you think about it carefully, Bud's attitude towards the mountain god has been quite strange from beginning to end. When he and his neighbor came back, Bud wanted to find them again, obviously because he wanted to know something.

Xu Ming frowned: "Uncle Bud, you did it on purpose."

After he came back, if Bud really didn't want him to go into the mountains again, Bud could have stopped him from the time he left the guest house to the village. Because he was walking slowly because of his injured leg, and he also met villagers on the road.

The villagers in Xinxi Village are always well-informed, so it is impossible for Bud not to know that he has left.

But Bud didn't stop him, which shows that Bud secretly wanted him to go into the mountains.

Why?

"Is it because of the deserted pavilion and tomb? Uncle Bud, you actually want to know a certain secret just like the previous travelers? The difference is that foreign travelers don't know what they are looking for, but you know

.”

"But doesn't that grave belong to your ancestors in Xinxi Village? Since you are grateful and you know the stories of your ancestors, what do you want to get from it?"

Bud's expression changed again and again, and finally he said with a bitter smile: "I deliberately hid it from you. There is a tomb inside the Guillotine. After all, this is the secret of my Xinxi Village. Mr. Xu, you are an outsider. But Zag's death is not

Excuse, I really want to know how Zag died. I used to believe that this ancestor was still protecting us, but accidents happened one after another. I don’t understand why it has become a dangerous place after it was a geomantic treasure."


Chapter completed!