"Auntie, I'm really hungry and cold now. I really can't walk. Don't worry, I'm definitely not a bad person. Besides, these are people from your village, so you don't have to be afraid of me, an outsider."

Seeing this aunt's resolute attitude, I felt slightly frightened and continued to beg.

Unexpectedly, she turned around and walked in. After a while, she came out with a fur coat. He threw the fur coat to me and said, "This is the fur coat of the child's father. You

Get dressed and go down the mountain, hurry up while it's still noon, don't delay."

I touched this soft leather coat and found that it was actually made of mink. I looked at the woman in surprise.

"Auntie, did something happen? If anything happens, you can tell me. I will help you just by holding this leather coat."

I put on this gray-brown leather jacket, and as expected, my body felt a lot warmer. I expressed my gratitude from the bottom of my heart.

"If you don't want to die here, just leave quickly. I hope he hasn't noticed you yet."

The aunt came close to me and whispered, and then pointed to the thatched house in the distance covered with white silk.

"There are many people who want me to die. I am standing here intact. Auntie, I will spend the night here tonight."

I smiled and my tone was firm.

"Yes, mother, just let this uncle stay here. He will go down the mountain tomorrow anyway."

Erzhuzi also started to plead for me.

"You kid, did you accept money from others? Please pay it back immediately."

The aunt grabbed Er Zhuzhu's ears, and her fair face showed anger, as if she hated iron.

"Don't embarrass Er Zhuzi, I just gave him some money to buy candies."

I was stunned for a moment, and quickly protected Er Zhuzi, because I felt that this aunt was really angry. According to her temper, she had to spank Er Zhuzi until his butt blossomed.

Erzhuzi was very smart. When he saw me protecting him, he immediately hid behind me, made a face at his mother, and started laughing.

"Mom, please stop fighting. If the lame man sees my uncle, he will definitely attack him. Let him go in quickly."

The pillar opened its mouth.

The aunt looked at me with a complicated expression, then glanced into the distance and nodded.

When I was about to enter the house, I suddenly couldn't help but glance at the house behind me. I saw the door opened, and a hunchbacked old man stood there with wrinkles on his face. He raised his hand at me, as if to drive me away.

Me, let me get out of here.

After I came in, I asked: "There is just an old man living in that house, why are you all so scared?"

"What? Old man?"

The aunt who was making tea for me suddenly turned around and asked with some confusion.

Er Zhuzhu couldn't wait to sit on the stool next to the table, swaying his calves and said to me: "Uncle, are you dazzled? The lame man is obviously a man with a figure no less than my father. He is very strong.

"

After hearing what they said, I was stunned.

"Could it be that you saw the old ghost? If that's the case, let Er Zhuzhu accompany you down the mountain after dinner. Anyway, Zhu Zhu's father is in town."

The aunt's originally fair face became even paler.

"Why, can't this old man kill someone?"

I laughed.

"No, I think you saw the old ghost. It's Lame's father. Lame's father has been dead for several years. No one in the village has seen it. Instead, it's the tourists who go up to the mountain to hunt or visit Taibai Mountain.

I have seen him, but they all said that the lame man’s father told them to leave here. They didn’t believe it and insisted on living here. What’s strange is that all the people who had seen the lame man’s father disappeared. The police also came to investigate, but nothing happened.

What we found, we villagers agreed, is that the ghost of the lame man’s father is still here.”

The aunt handed me the tea and said with a little panic on her face.

"Who is that cripple? He's from your village?"

I heard that there was something mysterious in these words, and I became interested.

"The cripple came to our village a few years ago and didn't deal with us. The village chief didn't agree to it at first, but the village chief's attitude suddenly changed the next day and he agreed to let him live here, and the cemetery behind our village

It was also taken care of by the old ghost. I remember that three years ago, the old ghost had a dispute with his son, and the old ghost died for unknown reasons. Later, it was the lame man who guarded the cemetery alone, and he actually refused to let us original villagers

Naturally we were not willing to approach him, so we went to the Tiezhu of the Li family at the head of the village. However, he died at home the next day, his eyes bulging out, as if he had been frightened to death. The lame man said that there were ghosts in the cemetery and no strangers should be allowed to approach it."

The aunt said as if she remembered something.

"Oh, don't you think it's the lame man who is causing trouble?"

I asked back.

"Even if he knew, as long as he didn't harm us, we would let it go, but he would not let go of these tourists and hunters. Some villagers even took advantage of the lame man and deceived these tourists and hunters together, without knowing that these people were being

Where did it go? The pillars are small and ignorant, so you just don’t see it outside."

The aunt looked at me with a guilty look on her face and said.

"Auntie, you are not a local."

I stared at her with a smile and asked.

She was stunned for a moment, then said with surprise: "How do you know?"

"I have the ability to observe physical phenomena, but I don't know if you believe it or not."

I said with my eyes slightly narrowed.

"How can any young man know so much now? Okay, stop talking, eat quickly, and go down the mountain after eating."

The aunt smiled and started setting out the dishes, but I didn't say anything more. After finishing the meal, I rested in the Erzhuli room and began to recover my magic power.

Half an hour later, Er Zhuzi came in and saw me sitting cross-legged on his bed. Er Zhuzi rolled his eyes and stared at me without saying a word. He didn't speak until I opened my eyes.

: "Uncle, my mother asked me to send you away from here."

"Uncle will have to wait a few hours before he can leave."

I smiled slightly, because it would take a few hours for my mana to fully recover.

"It was dark for a few hours, and I couldn't leave even if I wanted to."

When Erzhuzi heard this, he became anxious.

"Then don't leave, hehe."

I smiled and said.

"But my mother..."

Erzhuzi really wanted me to stay and play with him, but he was afraid that his mother would scold him.

"Can you stay in this house for a few hours? If you can, I will make your mother mistakenly think that we have left."

I took out a yellow charm from my bag and said lightly.

"Yes, as long as uncle plays with me, that's fine. Seeing this thing in uncle's hand, could it be that uncle, like the lame man, knows magic?"

Seeing the yellow talisman being taken out, Erzhu was slightly startled, and his little mouth opened wide, full of curiosity.

"You said that lame man knows magic? It seems that I have to stay here. You have fun playing with this bean soldier and don't disturb me."

After saying that, I reached out and held the yellow talisman and threw it towards the door panel. The yellow talisman shot out and sealed the door. Then I recruited a bean soldier to play with Erzhuzi until it got late.

, my mana has also recovered by nearly 80%.

I took off the yellow talisman, walked out with Erzhu, and found that the aunt was not in the room.

"Where has your mother gone?"

I asked.

"I don't know. Could it be that my mother took you here and the cripple found out?"

Erzhuzi took one look at the empty house and immediately became anxious, almost crying.

"You go to the cripple's house with me and don't make a fuss about anything. If you can't do that, just stay at home obediently. Is that okay?"

My heart sank slightly and I spoke.

"Okay, let's go with you. My father is not here, so I am the only one who can protect my mother."

Erzhuzi patted his chest and then pulled me out.

After walking out of the thatched hut, only a few of the lights in the thatched huts were on. There is no electricity here and all they use are kerosene lamps.

When we walked to the lame man's house, I grabbed the second pillar and looked in the direction of the house with a frown. There was a light on inside, and the light flickered, bright and dim, and there was a tall figure swaying in the house.

It was swinging and twisting, and there was a taller figure next to this figure. At this time, my left eye hurt slightly, and it started to move on its own, and the old man appeared again.

He stood at the door of this cripple's house, raised his hand at me, and motioned for me to leave.

At this moment, Er Zhuzhu grabbed me even tighter. I looked at his frightened expression and asked softly: "Can you see it too?"

Zhuzhu nodded desperately.

I pushed open the fence and walked in, and the old man disappeared again. The slight noise seemed to be noticed by the people inside, and the lights went out immediately.
To be continued...