Unexpectedly, he could find out the news about his eldest brother here. Shen Zhuxiao asked in a hurried voice what happened next.
The local businessmen shook their heads. They didn't know what happened next. They didn't know whether Mr. Liang and his team went to Fenghuang Town to suppress the living piles smoothly.
"Hey, you are also from other places. Do you know Mr. Liang and those people?" These businessmen are all experienced in the business world. They are the best at observing words and expressions. They all saw something wrong with the expression on Shen Zhuxiao's face.
When they heard that Shen Zhuxiaozhen came to see Mr. Liang and his party, these traders made a suggestion: "We also heard these things from villagers in several nearby villages. We are not the ones who experienced it. You can wait until dawn." Later, come with us into the village to find local villagers and ask what happened next."
This is the only clue, and that's all it can do for now.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Jin'an and the others went to a nearby village with these traders. When they went down the mountain, they saw a wooden arch bridge at the foot of the mountain. There was a pier beside the bridge that was driven into the river alone. The rapid river was near the bridge pier. Form a vortex.
The bridge pier is made of several thick logs driven into the river bed. On the surface of the bridge is carved an evil dragon whose scales are painted with black paint.
But now the evil dragon is incomplete, a big gap has been dug, and the living stakes inside have been taken away.
Seeing outsiders like Jin'an and others looking at the bridge pier, someone said mysteriously: "When Mr. Liang led people to dig out this bridge pier to get the living stakes, something happened."
"I heard that the moment the bridge pier was opened, a lot of black and smelly water flowed out of the bridge pier. The fish, shrimps and crabs in the river instantly turned white and floated a lot. Mr. Liang collected the urine of children from several villages and poured it into the bridge pier, and then exposed it in the sun. After being exposed to the sun for a long time, I dared to go down to the bridge pier to collect the body."
Hearing this, Jin An and the old Taoist priest looked at each other. Because there were outsiders around, neither of them said much.
The search for people in the village went very smoothly. When the villagers heard that Jin'an and the others were looking for Mr. Liang and his party, they told them everything they knew. Fenghuang Town is not far from here and can be reached over two hills. There are no oxen and carriages. Come on, it would take about a day and a half to walk through the mountains by walking alone. Mr. Liang and the others have not been heard from since they went to Fenghuang Town.
Jin An frowned.
After some discussion, they decided not to go to the pawnbroker and go directly to Fenghuang Town.
To go to Fenghuang Town, we have to climb two high mountains. The road in the mountains is not good. Fortunately, it is the end of June and the weather has been sunny for half a month. This makes the road in the mountains dry and easier to walk. The group of people climbed over the mountains smoothly. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a bird's eye view of a small town built on the mountains and rivers at the foot.
"This Fengshui Town is a geomantic treasure land. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, facing south, with a stretch of mountains stretching out on both sides. It is like a phoenix spreading its wings to protect the entire Fengshui Town, blocking out natural and man-made disasters. It is like a paradise far away from worldly disputes. "The old Taoist priest's occupational disease recurred again. Every time he met a person, he met the feng shui of every mountain.
At this time, even Shen Zhuxiao nodded with emotion: "Even without Daochang Chen, even I feel that this Phoenix Town has beautiful scenery and flat terrain, and the people who grow here must be longevity stars."
Shen Zhuxiao's words were originally meant to flatter the old Taoist priest, but the old Taoist priest changed his temper this time. Instead of showing any smug joy on his face, his face was solemn, and his eyebrows were wrinkled tighter and tighter.
"No, no, no, no, no." The old Taoist priest said four or five times in a row, and the expression on his face became more solemn.
Jin An turned around and looked: "What's wrong?"
The old Taoist priest pointed to the only thoroughfare in and out of the mountain from Fenghuang Town at the foot of the mountain: "Little brother, look at the mountain behind Fenghuang Town that had experienced a landslide. A corner of the mountain was missing, which made the Feng Shui here unable to hide the wind as if it was deflated. This is The place where Phoenix fell. Moreover, there were landslides and huge rocks rolled down into the river, causing blockage of the river and turning the river into dozens of trickling streams. The huge rocks were the severed phoenix heads, and those trickling streams were the broken tears of the phoenix. , it is said that a phoenix in distress is not as good as a pheasant. This phoenix died unwillingly. This was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster. She was sad and weeping but also angry. She did not want to let go of the people of Phoenix Town, so she blocked the river, blocked the vitality, and turned the geomantic treasure land into a It has become a place with no households and no shadows. When Phoenix sheds its tears, the people of Fenghuang Town will be exterminated."
"What a sin and hatred this is, to drag a whole town to be buried with her!"
After hearing what the old Taoist said, Shen Zhuxiao's expression changed drastically: "What Taoist Chen means is that my brother and the others are in danger!"
Jin An did not delay and took people directly to Phoenix Town.
However, just as they were about to arrive at Fenghuang Town, the sunny weather suddenly became overcast with dark clouds, pouring rain, and strong winds.
Summer weather is so moody.
When they were just looking for a place to take shelter from the rain, they saw a charity village on the roadside. It should be the charity village built in the suburbs of Fenghuang Town. The group went in to take shelter from the rain and wind, but there seemed to be no one in the charity village and it was very quiet.
The wind and rain were howling outside, the yizhuang was filled with coffins, and the atmosphere began to become strange.
Next, Jin An and the old Taoist priest grabbed a lot of incense and burned an incense stick for each sealed coffin in the village, saying that they were just passing by to take shelter from the rain and had no intention of disturbing everyone's sleep.
Shen Zhuxiao and the few warriors who accompanied him were ordinary people. They were not afraid of the living but only the dead. Ever since they entered Yizhuang, they had followed Jin An and the old Taoist priest closely and did not dare to run anywhere.
Jin An and the old Taoist priests put a stick of incense on the coffin, and they also bowed and prayed not to cheat the corpse.
"Little brother, the situation in Phoenix Town is probably more complicated and serious than what I thought at first!" the old Taoist said seriously after paying homage to the coffin.
"Yizhuang is a morgue. Standing at the gate of Yizhuang, you can just see the beheaded phoenix head, or the dead phoenix head has been staring at Yizhuang. This is not a good thing... It's better to be experienced. I'm overthinking it. .”
In summer, sunny and rainy days come and go quickly. When the rain outside stops, everyone continues to go to Fenghuang Town.
Not far from Yizhuang, they saw the stone archway in Fenghuang Town.