"If you stay here any longer, no one will be able to save you."
I frowned slightly and asked, "Are you the person the old smoker said to pick me up?"
But he shook his head, "What old smoker?"
"Old man, I don't know any old smokers, but the guys here call me old drunks."
I'm a little disappointed.
It seems like he shouldn't be.
At this time, the old drunkard spoke again: "No one has come to this Fenling Village for I don't know how many years. The last person who came was also from your Niang'er Village."
"If I hadn't heard that you were from Niang'er Village." He suddenly laughed, "Even if you die here today, I won't care about you."
My eyelids twitched slightly, "Is it so scary?"
He didn't answer me anymore, and his pace quickened even more.
He is obviously 70 or 80 years old, but he walks very steadily. If he were not slightly hunched over, he would look like a middle-aged man from behind.
I hesitated for a moment but then followed.
The blind old man had no intention of letting me into the house. Although the old man smelling of alcohol looked strange, I had no choice. Even if something happened, I had to fill my stomach first.
Fengling Village is not that big, and is smaller than Niang'er Village.
Not long after, I followed him to a dilapidated room, where a candle was lit. When the candle flickered, it clearly reflected a black and white coffin inside.
There was no bed in the room. Apart from the coffin, there was only a table and two chairs. It looked very simple and scary. It was even more nerve-wracking than the coffin placed at the door of every house outside.
After the old drunkard entered the room, he motioned for me to sit down, then took a pile of peanuts from somewhere and put them on the table.
I haven't eaten anything for a day.
When Liu Shan and I were sitting on the iron lump, although Liu Shan gave me something to eat, I didn't eat it because it was uncomfortable to sit on the iron lump.
So when I saw the peanuts, I couldn't care less immediately. I grabbed a handful and was about to throw them into my mouth, but the old drunkard suddenly slapped my hand, which scared me so much that I almost couldn't hold on to the peanuts.
Then I saw the old drunkard bring out two glasses and a bottle of wine. After pouring me a glass, he said, "If you don't drink these peanuts, what's the point of eating them?"
I watched him drink the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then I understood why he called him an old drunkard.
I originally wanted to refuse because I don't know how to drink. I did drink occasionally when the old madman was still here, but he never let me touch it.
Therefore, I have no interest in wine.
It's just that the old drunkard kept staring at me after finishing a drink, which made my skin crawl all over. I had no choice but to pick up the glass and take a sip.
After one sip, I suddenly felt like my whole body was on fire. The coldness that originally made me feel uncomfortable dissipated all of a sudden, making me feel very comfortable.
The old drunkard then said with satisfaction: "In this Fengling Village, it's impossible not to drink."
"Wine strengthens people's courage. When courage is enough, Yang Qi will be enough."
"Otherwise, I don't know how I will die by then."
I'm a little confused.
Asked: "Will people still die in Fengling Village now?"
"I see there aren't many people in the village, right?"
A flash of loneliness flashed in the old drunkard's eyes and he said, "There aren't many people around."
"Everyone who can leave has left over the years."
"There are only twenty or thirty people in the village now."
"Those of us who are still here..."
The old drunkard glanced at the black and white coffin and said, "It's just because the older generation owes something. Once it's all paid off, it will be time to leave."
"Okay, let's not talk about it." The old drunkard waved his hand, then looked at me and asked, "You're not staying in Niang'er Village. What are you doing here?"
I thought for a moment and said, "I want to find something."
The old drunkard was a little surprised, "In addition to coffins in Fengling Village, what can I find?"
I hesitated for a moment and then said, "I'm looking for a coffin called a coffin."
"You know……"
"Get out!" Before I could finish my question, the old drunkard's face suddenly turned cold, and he pulled me up from the chair and pushed me out.
"There is no coffin here, get out of here!"
I'm a little confused.
But the old drunkard looked very scary, as if he would eat me alive if I didn't leave.
I had no choice but to let him pull me and push me outside the house.
The next moment the door was closed.
I can almost tell from the old drunkard's reaction when he heard about the coffin. The old drunkard seemed to be very scared, otherwise he wouldn't have reacted so strongly.
This made me a little speechless.
It was hard to find a place to stay, but now it was gone again.
Fortunately, after that sip of wine, my body was always warm. Even if I was driven out of the house by the old drunkard, the abnormal coldness never appeared again.
I looked around blankly, thought for a while and decided to look elsewhere.
But what makes me a little strange is that the old drunkard said that there are still twenty or thirty people in Fengling Village, but even though the sky has darkened, when I look around, I can only see the house including the old drunkard.
The five rooms inside flickered with candlelight.
Others, let alone candlelight, had no trace of fire.
I had no choice but to continue looking for one of the houses.
Strangely, this time it didn't go as smoothly as before.
I was obviously walking in the direction of the fire, but I didn't know why but I always felt like I was walking further and further away. Until I couldn't see the old drunkard's house anymore, I still couldn't really find the location of the ray of fire.
.
It was as if the entire Fengling Village had suddenly become much larger.
My heart couldn't help but sink.
I have seen a lot of weird things in Niang'er Village.
Could it be that this is something strange happening in Fengling Village?
My scalp felt numb for a while.
Thinking that otherwise I would regret it and go to the old drunkard's home.
But what makes me even more depressed is that even if I walk back, after walking for a long time, I still haven't returned to the door of the old tavern, but the firelight seems to be close before my eyes.
I was completely panicked and felt a strong sense of uneasiness in my heart.
Under this uneasiness, I only felt colder and colder, my hands and feet were a little stiff from the cold, my vision gradually became blurred, and my body suddenly felt a strange sense of loss.
I could only curl up on the ground and use the clothes on my body to relieve the coldness, but it didn't have any effect. Not only that, the feeling of failure became more and more obvious.
It's like something is disappearing from my body.
This makes me a little desperate.
I didn't know what to do and looked around blankly.
It was at this time that I saw a figure.
He walked towards me slowly.
"Boom!"
There was a sound of gold and iron clashing.
My body trembled involuntarily, and when I came to my senses, he had already appeared in front of me.