As soon as Qu Nan returned to the mansion and rested for a while, he took people to the back mountain again.

The so-called back mountain here is called Yanshan by outsiders. There are many legends about Yanshan, but all of them are full of mythology. The mountain is very high and wide, and is composed of many small hills and two large mountains, and from a distance it looks like a woman's beautiful carcass. However, the woman had no legs and a long tail under her, resembling a snake.

There are four villages nestled in the mountains. But the people in every village only dare to move at the foot of the mountain, and do not dare to go deep into the mountains and old forests. Once, there was also a hunter who was so hungry that he went to the mountains to hunt, but he never returned. There are also many people who do not believe in evil, but all of them are buried in the deep mountains and old forests. What's even more exaggerated is that there was once a team of more than 20 people to get married, relying on the large number of people, in order to save the distance, they walked deep into the mountains for a while, and as a result, no one came out alive, and there was no body in life. As a result, there were rumors that there were many spirits in the mountains, and no living people were allowed to enter.

So far, only two people who have come out of the Yanshan are still alive.

One is Hu Yan, and the other is a man in a gray robe and a gray curtain on his head.

Qu Nanyi came to Xiahe Village with the officials, deliberately bypassed the widow's door, and asked the other villagers about other clues about the mandrill, or that strange things had happened recently. No, the widow got the letter, so she threw off her feet and ran over, so frightened that Qu Nanyi signaled the tall and strong to step forward, and if necessary, he could sacrifice his hue to block the enthusiastic little widow. Of course, he didn't mind actually pulling the widow's sow away and beating the tooth sacrifice. After all, I have been a county magistrate for so long, and I don't do anything unpopular with the people at all, I'm really sorry for the person who sent me here.

However, the widow disappointed Qu Nanyi.

The widow understood that Lord Qu was not to be blasphemed, so she broke the news directly: "My lord, yesterday when the sun was about to set, I saw a person coming down from the mountain. ”

Qu Nanyi raised his eyebrows lightly: "Oh? ”

The widow excitedly continued: "Yes, a man dressed in gray and wearing a gray hat on his head, and he can't see what he looks like, but he has come down from the mountain anyway. I thought, this person is not from our place, nor is he like someone from other villages, so he must be a spirit who ran out of the mountains! "Oh mom, it's really like that!" We climbed a small hill and accidentally scratched our clothes, and the man was wearing a hat with a layer of gauze on it, and there was no scratch on his body. Hey, aren't you weird?! ”

Qu Nanyi asked: "What did he do after he went down the mountain?" ”

The widow's eyes began to dodge, and she stumbled, "No...... Didn't do anything. "As he spoke, he wanted to go; I wanted to leave, but I couldn't take a step, so I had to bump into the courage and said, "My lord, I'm just here to ask, when can I send back the two nests and the little hen that depend on each other?" ”

Qu Nanyi shouted: "Bold! ”

The widow knelt on the ground with a puff and kowtowed, "Big ...... My lord, I ...... I was wrong, I don't dare to talk anymore......"

Qu Nanyi narrowed his narrow eyes and asked, "Say, what did you say to that person?!" ”

The widow regretted her death. In order to have a chance to talk and ask about his hen, he hurried over with a roar, and as a result, he shook out the matter of the man in gray with one mouth. Really, it's time to fight!

was scolded by Qu Nanyi like this, and she didn't dare to hide it, so she told the matter one by one: "Go back...... Back to my lord, after the man came down the mountain, he saw me, so he asked me if he saw a woman in red. I just said, the old Wang family married a daughter-in-law the last time, and the daughter-in-law was dressed in red, but she looked good. I asked him, does that count? He threw me five taels of silver and asked me if anything strange had happened. So I told him about the sight of mandrills, and the adults were catching mandrills everywhere. Looking up, he looked at Qu Nanyi, as if he wanted to stop talking.

Qu Nanyi asked, "What happened later?" ”

The widow was a little dazed: "Later? And then he was gone! ”

Qu Nan nodded and looked up at Yanshan. Secret Passage: What is the man in gray looking for a woman in a red dress? This year, who will wear a red dress except the bride? It's not a drama...... No, it's not! He had seen a priestess dressed in red and wearing a silver mask. It is not accurate to say that he has seen it, to be precise, he burned a priestess. Well, it's still not right, not one. It's two. He burned a priestess dressed in red and let go of a mandrill in a red robe. The priestess and the mandrill seem to like to wear red?

Qu Nan pondered for a moment, always feeling a little weird.

From the time of inference, the woman in red that the man in gray was looking for should not be a mandrill, but a ...... Priestess.

Qu Nan looked up at Yanshan, his mind turned a thousand times, and suddenly he had a strange feeling, as if the priestess had not been burned to death, and was at ease at the moment.

Thinking of this, Qu Nan ordered the officials to prepare and go straight to Qingmiao Village.

The widow looked at Qu Nanyi, who had gone away, and cried out heartbreakingly: "Oh, my poor little hen, when will you come back?" My fragrant nest head yo, which dog day belly have you entered? ”

Qu Nanyi's heart was heavy, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong. On that day, after burning the priestess to death, he also found a silver lump from the pile of bones, and used it to buy a piece of fat pork and make braised pork. If the priestess had not been burned in this way, this would not have been a simple myth, but ...... Means. He feared that it was not the priestess who had been burned to death, but someone else. There's a good chance that the priestess escaped before Li Dazhuang lit the fire!

But if the priestess really ran away, why didn't she come to seek revenge on herself? You know, these servants of the gods, take themselves most seriously, how can they tolerate human blasphemy? Scold......

It seems that next time I want to learn such a trick and a half with my husband, at least I need to be able to distinguish men and women from the bones.

Qu Nan thought about it all the way, and hurried all the way to Qingmiao Village, at this time, the sky that had been gloomy suddenly appeared a glimmer of light, like a giant beast opening its brilliant eyes, contemptuous of all things on the earth.

As soon as Qu Nan saw that there were people working in the field, but as soon as he appeared, those people galloped back to the house, locked the door tightly, and guarded him like a ringing horse.

Qu Nan wiped his nose and laughed at himself: "The prestige of this official has spread far and wide? Shaking his head and smiling, he raised his eyes and looked at it, and then he realized something strange. As the sky began to lighten, the small village, which was supposed to be thriving, looked dead, and there was no one on the field road.

Qu Nan had doubts in his heart, and quickly went straight to the patriarch's house.

Roll over and dismount and bang on the door.

After a long while, the voice of the patriarch was finally heard: "Who? ”

The voice sounded like it wasn't like a layer of door panels, but like it was a distance away, a little indistinct.

He replied: "The county commander is here to visit, please open the door to the patriarch." ”

The patriarch did not open the door as quickly as he imagined, but said urgently, "Go!" Walk! Come on! Hurry up! ”