On the quiet mountain, the mist that refused to dissipate for a long time, and the people wearing ancient clothes in the mist, everything seemed a little weird. The three policemen drew their guns directly, their faces full of vigilance, and Xuanyi also held a talisman between his fingers.
A hearty laugh broke the vigilance and fear.
"You are the detectives in the city that Chao Ge'er mentioned, right? Yes, now they are called police officers, haha, I am the village chief of this village. Chao Ge called back yesterday, and we all waited for the guests on this mountain road early."
A fifty-year-old man wearing Ming Dynasty clothes, but wearing leather shoes and a watch on his wrist came out.
Xuanyi took back the talisman and sword, and said expressionlessly: "It's someone from Dazhen Village."
Several policemen trusted the leader of the special operations team, so they slowly put away their guns, but there was still a trace of vigilance and curiosity in their eyes. Xuanyi and the other four followed the villagers of Dazhen Village back. The village chief was very talkative, but Xuanyi saw that the other villagers rarely showed any expression.
The expression on their faces was more numb than honest.
Dazhen Village, due to the inconvenience of transportation, only barely had electricity in this era. The villagers still fetched water to eat and still learned ancient languages. Because there were many mosquitoes on this mountain, they simply wore the thick clothes of the Ming Dynasty.
......
The four people who came up the mountain this time all had their own responsibilities.
Two of them were responsible for surveying the terrain and topography, and the other was an artillery expert.
From this mountain, using a high-power telescope, you can see the mountain range that suddenly appeared more clearly, which makes it easier to determine the parameters of the firearms. Xuanyi is a disciple of Weiming Sect. He came here to survey the Feng Shui trend to determine the approximate gathering place of the evil spirit on the opposite mountain.
At that time, use high-powered firearms to concentrate the attack.
Facing monsters like demons and ghosts, ordinary guns, which are kinetic penetrating weapons, are difficult to play a role, and ordinary people are also difficult to lock targets when facing monsters, but directly using large-scale blasting and open flames, even the evil ghost king will have to peel off a layer of skin.
The survey took about two hours to complete.
The message was transmitted directly through the portable device. Originally, it was planned to go down the mountain directly, but the villagers of Dazhen Village were very enthusiastic and invited the four people to have a meal before going down. Xuanyi hesitated for a while and agreed. The village is also three hours away from the nearest town, and there are not many things.
They are all mountain dishes. The meat is domestic pork and chicken, which are rich in taste and good.
Muramasa at the table kept urging him to drink, but Xuanyi avoided the urging by saying that it was taboo to practice Buddhism and that drinking was not appropriate. The others also said that they would drive in a while. During the conversation, Xuanyi noticed that a woman put the food and wine on the table, and then left with a little difficulty.
Xuanyi, who always had a blank expression, frowned slightly and said:
"That lady seems to have just given birth, why do you want her to work?"
The atmosphere at the table was stagnant for a moment.
It seemed that someone muttered, anyway, she didn't give birth to a boy.
Xuan Yi raised his sword-like eyebrows, and anger appeared in the corners of his eyes. Muramasa hurriedly tried to smooth things over. He first scolded the person who spoke, and then smiled at Xuan Yi:
"Don't be surprised by everything that happens in the village. It's the same whether you have a boy or a girl. It's just that the rules in our village have always been that when there are outsiders, women will not come to the table. If the Taoist insists on letting her come to the table, I will call him now."
This sentence buried a soft nail.
If Xuan Yi forced the woman to come, there would be rumors after they left.
The young man who had been practicing in the temple since he was young looked a little ugly, but he didn't know how to refute. He could only say solemnly that it was not necessary. He was quite unhappy in his heart. This banquet, which was not very sumptuous to begin with, was hastily dispersed. Xuanyi and the other four immediately stood up and prepared to leave. Most of the villagers also felt embarrassed and gathered around. Muramasa still had a hearty laugh on his face and sent Xuanyi and the others out.
When Xuanyi came back to his senses, he saw that the woman was also not far away, and seemed to want to see him off.
But before he could get close, he was pulled away by another man.
Xuanyi frowned, Muramasa stopped him, and explained with a smile: "Alas, the young couple is having a quarrel because they couldn't give birth to a son. Don't worry, Taoist priest, I will definitely comfort them later. After all, husband and wife, quarrel at the head of the bed and make peace at the foot of the bed."
It is indeed a family affair between husband and wife. As an outsider, he should not interfere carelessly.
Xuanyi was getting more and more unhappy, but he had to leave.
......
It was night.
Dazhen Village.
A short and thin man took a whip and lashed the woman kneeling in front of him.
He beat and scolded her.
He scolded her for not being able to give birth to a son. What was the point of buying you back in the first place? How much money did I waste? He also scolded her for daring to scratch Chao Ge'er's daughter last time, which made me worried for several months. She called you sister-in-law, but you were so reluctant? !
"And what's the meaning of saving you on this note?!"
"Are you looking for death?!"
A few more heavy whips.
Tired of beating, he sat down to catch his breath.
He and this bought wife have always had conflicts.
Today, when he saw the wife walking towards the policemen, he found something wrong. He pulled her back and saw that she was holding a piece of paper tightly in her hand. On it were two crooked words, "Save me" and a phone number. Thinking of this, he became even more furious.
He drank a bottle of Erguotou.
Taking advantage of being drunk, he whipped her more than a dozen times.
Finally, in front of the woman, he burned the paper with the phone number.
"You will be my wife for the rest of your life!"
"Run, where can you run to?!"
The man was panting and had drunk more wine. He sat on the chair and wanted to rest for a while. He fell asleep without noticing. When he opened his eyes, it was already dark outside. He touched the woman's body with his toes and told her to get up and cook.
But he found that the woman had her eyes open and was dead.
The wine made the coward daring, and after conspiring with Muramasa, the man gritted his teeth and threw the woman directly off the mountain.
......
"Mom, I can take care of myself by myself."
"Oh, don't worry..."
"Wait for me to go back to see you and my dad this year, I'm dead."
The past memories slowly emerged, and then disappeared like a phantom.
My name is Dong Yu.
Twenty-three years old...
I was abducted and sold.
Sold to the mountains.
Five thousand yuan.
This may be the salary of a college student after graduation. I didn't expect that it can also represent all the future of a college student, love, get married, have children, watch children grow up, work, get promoted, find dreams, and travel.
All the dreams disappeared on the creaking wooden bed after a hike with friends.
I was locked.
Big iron chain.
I finally flattered and I was able to run out.
But I walked so far that my feet were blistered, but I couldn't get out of the mountain. I saw a car and quickly stopped it. I was surprised and knelt down to beg them to take me out. They agreed. I got on the car and fell asleep in a daze.
I woke up in pain that day.
What I saw was a darker and shorter wooden bed, and the man's angry red eyes.
I understood...
It takes three hours to drive out from here, and everyone on the way is from this village.
I can't run away.
They said that I belong here, I don't believe it, but I saw in the mirror, rough skin, and wounds from being beaten. This is not me, I don't believe it, but this is me... I seem to have given up...
......
I saw the daughter of the driver that day.
She was wearing very fashionable clothes, bright earrings, and the perfume I liked before.
She stretched out her hand, her palm was white and tender, just like mine before.
She smiled and said hello, sister-in-law.
I seemed to see my old self...
No, that's not right.
This is me, this is me!
You stole my original appearance, stole my appearance!!
I don't belong here, I shouldn't be like this, that should be my face, that should be my life!
Give it back to me, give it back to me!
I rushed over and bit that face madly. The girl was scared, and the men and women around rushed over to beat me. It hurt, it hurt so much...
The pain in the memory and the pain in reality came together.
But it seemed as if there was a layer of mist, and it was not clear. The woman fell to the ground, her heart was full of resentment, and she tried hard to get up, but she was powerless, but she could look back. When she looked back, she saw her own body.
She felt cold and desperate, and her heart was ashen.
Ah... It turned out that she was dead.
It rained at night.
But the night rain in the mountains that originally scraped the ground and hurt my face was no longer felt.
An umbrella hit her head.
A man under the umbrella, wearing white clothes, had his face covered by the umbrella, so he couldn't see clearly. He just whispered:
"Skin, skin, when we say skin, it's more than just the appearance... The art of witchcraft has been lost, but people's hearts are still the same as before, they can still deprive people of their 'skin' and give you another 'skin'. The world is still based on 'skin' until now."
Skin...
Dong Yu murmured, with a sad face.
Yes, that's right.
The original identity, the life that should have, this is the 'skin'.
I was robbed of my original skin and replaced with another skin...
The man leaned over and smiled, saying:
"Want revenge?"
"Take back your real 'skin'."