Players please take your place [Unlimited]

Chapter 227 The old man who should not return

After the discussion, Shen Qingqiu and Xiao Muyu went to find Granny Liu, while Su Jin and Zuo Tiantian followed outside to find clues.

One is to confuse other players, otherwise everyone will guess that they already know where the bones are buried, and the third is to observe the girls in the village by the way, and there may be other news.

And Chen Kaijie stayed in the room, paying attention to those cups.

When Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu came to Grandma Liu's door, the door of her house was ajar, Xiao Muyu looked through the crack of the door, there was no one inside, and she didn't hear any movement.

Xiao Muyu turned her head and looked around, there were no players around now, so she didn't hesitate, stepped forward and pushed the door tentatively.Just after the door moved slightly, something fell down instantly.

Xiao Muyu was startled, before she had time to react, Shen Qingqiu who was beside her had already grabbed her hand like lightning, pulling her whole body over.

When the two people looked up in shock, they found a wooden board hung with a rope on the door. On the wooden board, it was written crookedly with charcoal, please knock on the door.

After watching it, Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu exchanged glances, both confused and vigilant.

But since the above said to knock on the door, Xiao Muyu still wanted to try.Just when she raised her hand, Shen Qingqiu stopped her, and said in a low voice: "I'll come, if something happens, I'll be able to deal with it better."

After speaking, Shen Qingqiu raised his hand and knocked three times, but there was still a dead silence inside, without any movement.

Just when Shen Qingqiu was about to knock the fourth time, Xiao Muyu raised his hand to hold her, "Qingqiu, wait."

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingqiu turned his head to look at her, and found that Xiao Muyu was frowning at the moment, his eyes were blank, his thoughts seemed to be dragged to another dimension, and after saying a word, he stared at the door blankly. .

Shen Qingqiu saw that she was acting abnormal, he quickly pulled her back a step, and said nervously: "Mu Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Muyu turned her head to look at Shen Qingqiu, shook her head, and said with some confusion: "I suddenly remembered something, do those girls knock on the door every night when they show up?"

Shen Qingqiu glanced over her face, nodded after confirming that she was fine, and at the same time thought about it, "Yes, except for the third night, the pair of sisters came in so they didn't knock on the door. Knock."

Xiao Muyu frowned, and said to herself: "There are knocks on the door, and is it quite regular, especially last night I made a special note, it was two, one, three, two , one sound."

As she said, her eyes fell on the door again, and she raised her hand and knocked on it, "Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

After knocking, Shen Qingqiu's breath became short of breath, and he said in a low voice, "Mu Yu, you knocked nine times, three, one, three, three, one, five rhythms for a total of nine times!"

Xiao Muyu's eyes lit up instantly, but before she could answer Shen Qingqiu, the old woman's hoarse voice came from inside, "Is San'er here?"

Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu's faces changed at the same time, and their hearts beat suddenly. This was not fear but excitement.

Soon there was the sound of wheels rolling in the room, and a wooden wheelchair with rough workmanship appeared in the crack of the door, and then a hand with loose skin and a skinny look stretched out.

The other party reached out and grabbed the door, opened it a little, and that Grandma Liu came out.

Xiao Muyu took a breath, calmed down, raised her voice slightly, and said, "Grandma Liu, we are travelers stranded in the village these two days, and I want to ask you something."

The old man's hair is withered and yellow but combed meticulously, her clothes are worn out but still clean, half of her face can be seen showing her old age, there are some scars on her eyes, the pupils are cloudy white, obviously invisible.

Hearing their voices, Grandma Liu's expression froze, and then she was at a loss.

She waved her finger and pointed to her legs and eyes, then shook her head and said, "Ask something? I'm a blind and lame old woman. I don't go out of the gate on weekdays. What can I know? I don't know, you can ask others go."

After speaking, she grabbed the door and was about to push it.

Shen Qingqiu immediately stretched out his hand to block it, and Xiao Muyu quickly said again: "Grandma, what we want to ask is about the jujube tree, and A Sheng in the village said that you planted it. There was an accident in the village last night, and many people died. The blood flowed strangely under the jujube tree, as if the jujube tree was trying to suck blood."

Xiao Muyu observed Granny Liu's expression while talking, at first she was a little reluctant to respond, but when she heard about the blood sucking, Xiao Muyu saw that she unconsciously straightened her waist and moved her position, and seemed a little restless.His fingers also gripped the armrest of the wheelchair, and he unconsciously tightened it up.

"Ah Sheng said that the jujube tree was evil, and it might be unlucky to tear it down. Because the village is a bit evil, we encountered some strange things one after another. I asked Ah Sheng, and he said that the jujube tree was planted by you. , I just came to ask your old man."

This was Xiao Muyu's half-truth and half-false probing. Granny Liu's chest heaved and she was obviously a little annoyed. Today's situation is all their own doing."

Judging by the tone of voice, this Granny Liu is different from other people in the village. She seems to hate the behavior of the villagers.

Xiao Muyu's heart moved slightly, "Grandma, I actually know a little about the things in the village, and we found that the phenomenon of patriarchy in this village is very serious, and it has even reached the point where people's lives are ignored.

That day my friend went out and found that there was a righteous pagoda in the village, and there were many children's bones in the pagoda. Every family in your village knows about these things, right? "

Hearing Xiao Muyu's mention of this matter, Grandma Liu raised her head, her face darkened, and she sighed heavily after a while.

"Yes, every family feels that this is normal, even if everyone knows it, they just don't know it. In this village, who has no life in their hands? Conscience and morality, this is the retribution."

"Grandma Liu, do you have a granddaughter?" Xiao Muyu asked.

Hearing Xiao Muyu mentioning her granddaughter, Granny Liu's expression froze for a moment, then as if there was a crack, the loose flesh on her cheeks twitched unconsciously, and her lips trembled.

Both Xiao Muyu and Xiao Muyu could understand this expression, it was the pain that could not be suppressed.

Xiao Muyu was suspicious, why did this sentence make Grandma Liu so painful?

After a while, Grandma Liu adjusted her mood, forced a smile and said, "Yes, I have a granddaughter who is well-behaved, sensible, and very filial. But her parents despise her as a girl and don't want to take care of her, so little The little one, just follow me from this point, little by little, growing up, and he was handsome and cute. At that time, my eyes were not blind, my legs and feet were also convenient, and my life was hard but happy."

She seemed to be alone for a long time, just chatting with Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu across the door, babbling about her granddaughter.

She spoke too trivially, but Xiao Muyu listened carefully, and from time to time would accompany her to answer, and during the chat, they were able to push Granny Liu into the house.

The three of them were sitting, Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu both looked at the table during the chatting break.

There are a lot of things on the table, including a dustpan containing seeds and a small basket made of bamboo strips. Under the cover, two cups can be seen standing there, leaning on the teapot.

"I heard you call San'er just now, and you have two cups at home. Your granddaughter is called San'er, isn't it?"

After Xiao Muyu finished speaking, the smile on Granny Liu's face immediately faded a lot, a pair of gray-white eyes looked blankly at the sky, her expression was sour and sad, she nodded after a long while: "Yes, San'er is my granddaughter, she is back , has been with me, very good, very good."

Grandma Liu's words immediately made Xiao Muyu feel that something was wrong. She swallowed her words, and then said carefully: "Living in this village is full of fear all day long, and people will die every night. Is it really good?"

After listening to her words, Granny Liu turned to face them, "Is it okay, we're all here."

"Grandma, how did you become blind? You still have legs and feet?" From her chat, Xiao Muyu discovered that Grandma Liu was healthy before.

After hearing this, Grandma Liu touched her eyes, then lowered her trembling fingertips, "This is all a price, the price I should pay, I want too much. When this person loses something, God often I won’t give you any compensation, but if you want to get it back, there is a price. Some prices can be borne, while others can’t. The more you want, the higher the price.”

The meaning of these words made Xiao Muyu's heart beat slightly faster, and she thought of something again, and said nervously: "Grandma, you said that your daughter-in-law and son don't like your granddaughter, so what about them now? Which household do they live in? "

Grandma Liu didn't answer right away, but raised her face full of vicissitudes, and then grinned. This smile was like a candle in the wind, and the only remaining light was also in jeopardy.

After laughing for a long time, she turned her eyeballs to one side, lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice, "They are also the price I paid. Girl, the lost ones, no matter how much you like them, no matter how much you miss them, you can't force them to stay." , let alone go against the sky, otherwise you can't afford the price. Even if you think you can afford it, in the end, you really...really..."

Xiao Muyu couldn't express what she felt when she heard this, and again, she used the mouth of these NPCs to say something that hurt her.This made Xiao Muyu lose his composure, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

Just when Xiao Muyu couldn't help but want to say something, Granny Liu's gray and cloudy eyes looked behind her and Shen Qingqiu, and at the same time, the expression on her face showed a trace of fear.

But Granny Liu clearly couldn't see it, this realization shocked Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu, and the next second, a girl's voice suddenly sounded from behind, without any ups and downs, cold and abrupt.

"Grandma, why did you let outsiders in?"

Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu suddenly turned their heads, and at the same time a knife slashed at their faces.

This girl was carrying a big pannier, and at some point she opened the door and walked in without any movement.

While turning around, Shen Qingqiu took Xiao Muyu and slid a step sideways, and the blade slashed against her arm.

Xiao Muyu's expression changed suddenly, she hastily stretched out her hand to grab Shen Qingqiu's arm, pulled it over to check, luckily it wasn't hurt, and then let go of her hanging heart.

The two looked at the girl with some vigilance, but the girl missed the shot and did not continue to strike. Instead, she hurried to Granny Liu and said in a low voice, "Grandma, it's me, San'er."

Then her gaze swept over Shen Qingqiu, a little surprised and a little wary.

"It's you?"

Xiao Muyu was a little stunned when she heard the girl's words, but then she realized why the child said that.

She knew this girl, and Shen Qingqiu pointed it out to her specifically, this is the girl Shen Qingqiu met in Yi Tower.

At this moment, some information in Xiao Muyu's mind was quickly connected together in Xiao Muyu's mind, and Xiao Muyu realized something at that moment, and looked at her quietly.

Shen Qingqiu was also a little surprised, it wasn't the first time she saw this girl in front of her, but she didn't know that this child belonged to Granny Liu's family, obviously she had been in and out with several other little girls before.

"It turns out that your home is here. I saw you in someone else's home before, and thought it was your home."

As Shen Qingqiu said, he glanced at the hatchet in her hand, "Why do you use the knife as soon as you meet?"

The girl pursed her lower lip, her eyes were indifferent, "Basically no one at home would come. Seeing you here, I thought someone was going to do something to my grandma."

Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu naturally wouldn't believe this excuse, who would do anything to such an old man.

And although the girl was a little surprised and calm when she saw Shen Qingqiu at first, she faintly revealed some anxiety later on.

"Why did you come to my house?"

Xiao Muyu calmly repeated the previous reason, "Recently there have been accidents in the village one after another, and we were also involved in them. I just heard that the jujube trees are evil, and I heard that your mother-in-law planted them, so I want to ask what's so special about it, the two jujube trees were planted by grandma together, right?"

The girl pursed her lower lip, "They were planted together. Those two jujube trees have been there for more than ten years, and they have been there for a long time. If there is a problem, there should be a problem."

"That's true, but the jujube tree on the left has grown much better, have you fertilized it alone?" Xiao Muyu asked the question again.

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl's expression fluctuated, and Grandma Liu turned her head away, covering her face in pain.

"San'er, I...I'm not feeling well."

The girl quickly turned around and asked nervously, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

Granny Liu touched her chest, "I'm so bored, I want...I want to rest."

The girl's expression became gloomy at the moment, "Grandma is going to rest, you go."

Xiao Muyu didn't force it, and when he was about to leave, Shen Qingqiu said to San'er, "There are quite a lot of wolves in Wuhui Village, right?"

The girl was pushing the wheelchair to go in, but when she heard this, her movements froze, she didn't turn her head, but said in a low voice, "Not only are there many, but they all eat people."

When the two walked out the door, Xiao Muyu glanced at the jujube tree on the left, "It's her, right?"

"Well, in fact, it was confirmed early in the morning that she is, and now it is confirmed that the one from last night was her, but it would be bad news." If it wasn't for her, they could actually find four of them.

"That's true, but Grandma Liu has opened up the situation here. Although her words are stabbing us, they also revealed a message. She forced people who shouldn't come back to come back. So she paid the price, eyes, legs, And son, daughter-in-law."

Shen Qingqiu saw Xiao Muyu frowned, grabbed her hand, tightened it tightly, and said in a gentle voice: "As for what she said, don't take it to heart, the more it irritates you, the more anxious it is. The price, we have already borne the price of breaking through the barrier, so what are we afraid of?"

Xiao Muyu looked at the person in front of her, she was alive and warm, she could stir up her emotions, she really existed, different from the people here.

"Captain Xiao, I think we have already found the hint given by the dungeon. Those nine girls have a clue!"

They kept in touch before, but now that they came out, Su Jin's voice came out of the group impatiently.

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