I had lunch with An Ru. Time seemed to have gone backwards. We were back to the time when we first met. Our lives were polished to be peaceful and interesting.
I once again told her the novel things I had told her before.
In fact, this was more of a test.
I tried to see if she had any signs of hiding something. After all, hearing the same story and seeing the same person, even the best actors would always be in a trance for a moment.
But there was none of that!!
Even when I told her that there was a big plane in the sky, she couldn't help laughing and said I was bragging. How could such a big iron lump fly into the sky?
She firmly believed that if I became a storyteller and traveled around the country, I would definitely make a lot of money!
I roughly understood that the skin was still the same skin, but the soul was no longer the same soul.
The An Ru I was familiar with was full of longing for everything in the outside world and was a quiet listener. The An Ru in front of me was a little more playful and still had a questioning spirit in her heart.
One is a wounded soul who is quiet and thinks everything is beautiful, and the other is a person who falls into the dust but still has a little bit of true nature.
This is probably the difference between the two An Ru.
After several attempts, I am basically sure that the person in front of me... really knows nothing.
Originally, I wanted to uncover the matter and make it clear, which is actually a kind of resignation to fate. However, when I woke up, the whole village changed drastically, leaving me with no way to ask. I can't resort to violence and kill all the villagers with a kitchen knife, right?
Of course, with the numbness of the villagers, I am afraid that if I really do this, they will be tied up in a bunch and let me slaughter them.
But what is the use of this to break the deadlock?
My intuition tells me that if I really do this, maybe when I wake up, I will find that all the people in the village are alive again, and another completely different story is staged. Who knows whether the next story will be vicious or peaceful? At least in this environment, I don't have to worry about my life.
With no clues at all, I had to put aside my doubts and ask about the Tianguan Blade and the wind chime.
"I don't know..."
An Ru was confused: "When I found you, you were lying in the temple with blood all over your face. I didn't see the two things you said. Maybe they fell there?! Otherwise, you can go and look for them later?"
She didn't stop me from leaving the village?
A flash of astonishment flashed through my mind. After finishing my meal in a hurry, I left here.
I didn't leave the village directly, but walked around in the village, trying to find something unusual.
Anyway, what I lack the most now is time.
If I am not allowed to die, and I am not allowed to leave, what am I afraid of wasting time?
Maybe it was because I beat Ma Liuzhi violently, which left a heavy psychological shadow on the villagers. I have become a murderer. Wherever I go, the villagers hide far away.
In the streets and alleys, the villagers whispered that Ma Liuzhi was only half dead, and it was a question whether he could survive tonight.
Soon, I came to Xiao Mi and the ghost old man's home.
The house was not locked, but it was empty.
I grabbed an old man passing by and asked where the owner of the house had gone.
The old man was frightened by me and trembled and said, "Where is there anyone? His son went to beg for life. I heard that he made a fortune and the two of them went to live with his son..."
Gone?
I frowned, pushed the old man away, and sat on the steps in deep thought.
"It seems that not all the villagers have returned!"
I said to myself, "An invisible behind-the-scenes mastermind is the director and screenwriter, and all the villagers are actors. They play whatever roles the plot requires, but the plot does not deviate from what happened in this village. At most, it is slightly changed..."
As for the son of the ghost old man, he certainly would not tell me because of the relationship between me and the ghost old man.
But Xiao Mi told me.
In the old society, people who fled from famine thought it was too straightforward and unlucky, so they called it seeking for life and begging God for a way out. The son and daughter-in-law of the ghost old man did flee to the northeast, but unfortunately they were robbed by horse bandits as soon as they reached HLBE. The woman was taken to the mountains, and the result was imaginable. The man was beaten half to death and abandoned on the side of the road, and was saved by a kind-hearted person with half a piece of bread. Finally, he plunged into the golden ditch, but was caught for hiding gold and escaping. Finally, he was shot by the old Zhang family in the northeast. Fortunately, it was cold and the body did not rot. The ghost old man walked to the northeast and carried his frozen son back.
That was the only time the old man left Heixiazigou, not to join his son to enjoy the good life, but to stab himself in the heart.
Obviously, in this plot, the whereabouts of the ghost old man still have some real basis, just slightly changed.
In addition to the ghost old man, there is also An Ru's father! !
I have never seen this person before!
I think it is the same as the old ghost man, because the plot does not need it, he was eliminated.
So, why were they eliminated?
Is it the original? Or...
"To avoid me?"
I thought silently: "The house I live in belongs to An Ru's father, so he didn't come back, then what about the old ghost man and Xiao Mi? Is it because I am an old acquaintance? But An Ru and I are old acquaintances, she is back!"
I think there must be reasons that I don't know about these people who didn't come back!
Especially the old ghost man and Xiao Mi, they are very likely to be the key to breaking the situation!
I am trapped here, and the mastermind must be watching me. The so-called plot changes must have something to do with me.
Is An Ru the mastermind? Or is it related to the mastermind?
The situation is confusing, and I am not sure now. Even if I am sure, what can I do?
Kill An Ru?
I think it is still useless.
This strange feeling made me feel inexplicable, ambiguous, and unable to capture my true feelings.
After sitting on the steps for a while, I left, left the village unimpeded, and walked westward.
To the west is the way out!
But when I crossed the deep ditch under the village and plunged into the vastness, it didn't take long for me to retreat again.
The way out is cut off!
The village has undergone earth-shaking changes, but the jungle in front of the village has no boundaries at all, the evil spirit has become heavier, the way out is cut off, and I can't feel the direction of the earth's energy. It's easy to get lost in it. At first, I can still fight against the evil spirit with some means, but after a long time, I will definitely be finished!
I didn't dare to take risks. I didn't walk far and immediately retreated, and then honestly returned to Anru's home.
But it is impossible to give up, I will never give up in this life. I didn't sleep all night and thought about it for a long time. I had no idea where to start in the village. I decided to go back to the Three Gods Temple to see if there were some clues there, which were related to what happened after I was knocked unconscious.
I walked that road once, and I had a vague sense of direction. At that distance, I could at least fight against the evil spirits a little, unlike the road out of the village, where I had almost no clue.
At dawn the next day, I left the village and set foot on that road. Every time I walked a distance, I would leave marks on the trees I passed by, just in case I got lost and couldn't find it.
This approach determines the low efficiency, but what I am least afraid of now is wasting time.
For four or five days in a row, I dawdled here.
But the effect was significant. I walked farther and farther, until I saw a crooked pine tree, and I was overjoyed.
I saw this tree on the way to the Three Gods Temple last time! !
Moreover, this place is very close to the Three Temples!!
I was ready to reach the Three Temples in one go and set off immediately, but when I passed the old tree, something on the tree attracted me.
It was a colorful string tied to a branch, fluttering in the cold wind...
"This is..."
My pupils condensed, and I held the colorful string in my hand and observed it for a while, and confirmed thoroughly that this was the rope that Xiao Mi used to play the skipping rope!!
However, this was a very small section, and the skipping rope should have been cut into pieces...
On the way to the Three Temples, I don't remember Xiao Mi tying this thing on the branch!!
In other words, Xiao Mi tied it afterwards!
The cut rope...
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a mark!!
Sure enough, not long after, I found another pine tree with this kind of colorful string nearby.
Xiao Mi is leading the way for me!!!