I Eat Monsters In the Town Monster

The village chief was taken aback by the question.

When the bystanders heard the haunted ghost, they all ran away. Why are these people still in the mood to ask what kind of ghost it is?

Zhu Xiucai saw his suspicion, took out a pen and paper from his bosom, raised it and said, "To be honest, I want to write a novel about ghosts and ghosts, so whenever I hear stories about ghosts and ghosts, I want to ask about it."

The village head looked Zhu Xiucai up and down, thinking that he is so ugly, no wonder you are going to write a novel.

After thinking about it, he still told the truth: "We don't know the identity of the leading ghost, we only know that it calls itself a tiger, says that this mountain is its private property, and it also raises a group of rent-collecting ghosts. , responsible for collecting rent from various villages in the mountains.”

Zhu Xiucai clung to Qin Shaoyou's ear, and introduced in a low voice: "Generally, those who use the name tiger are mostly tiger demons. Of course, sometimes other ghosts, such as fox demons, also like to call themselves tigers to scare others."

Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly, and couldn't help but think: "The fox demon boasted that he was a tiger to scare others? Could this be the origin of the fox's fake tiger prestige?"

At the same time, he asked again: "Village chief, what's the matter with the rent collection you mentioned? The ghost still wants you to donate money and food? And I remember you said just now that today is the day when ghosts come to collect big rent. Is there a difference in size?"

The village chief said with a bitter face: "Our money and food have been plundered by the tax collectors long ago. How can there be any surplus to give to the ghosts? But what they want is not money and food. The so-called small rent, once a month, is sent by ghosts. Take away our energy and dedicate it to the tiger to enjoy. The big rent is once every six months, and the ones taken away... are a pair of boys and girls."

"Boys and girls?"

Qin Shaoyou thought of the two crying families he saw when he first arrived in the village.

Presumably these two families were going to present the boys and girls this time, so they were very sad.

When I asked, it was indeed the case. Su Jianqing heard the words and said angrily: "The tiger sucks your energy every month, and asks you to present a pair of boys and girls every six months. How can you bear it?"

"What can we do if we can't bear it? We are just ordinary people, but we can't fight ghosts."

"Then why didn't you report to the police?"

"Reporter?"

The village chief smiled wryly and told a piece of history.

It turned out that three years ago, when the tiger first appeared to cause disaster, they and several other villages in this mountain reported the matter to the county.

At that time, the county sent several night watchmen, and the leader was a small banner officer.

After these people came, they squatted in several villages in turn, but the tiger and its ghost messengers seemed to know the arrival of these people, and they never showed up.

The night watchmen stayed in several villages in the mountains for more than half a month, but they didn't see the tiger and its ghosts, so they withdrew.

As a result, on the second night after the night watchmen withdrew, ghost messengers under Tiger appeared, took revenge on several villages, and killed many people.

After that, several villages were frightened and did not dare to report to officials again.

They are afraid that the government will come, but they will not be able to deal with the tiger. Instead, they will attract the tiger's revenge.

Last year, it was estimated that a passing caravan reported to the officials, and the night watchman came several times, and even mobilized an army from the county guard to go into the mountains to search for ghosts, but they still found nothing.

When these people left, the tiger once again took its ghosts and took revenge on several villages.

With such two experiences, how dare they report to the officials?

If they don't report to the official, they just lose some energy every month, and offer a pair of boys and girls every half a year, but many people can barely survive.

But if you report to the official, you will be retaliated, and there will be countless casualties.

As for escaping, it was even more impossible.

Staying here, although there are demons and ghosts, you can barely have a bite to eat.

But if he escapes, he can only be a refugee or a bandit... No matter which one, he will only die faster and worse.

After telling the story of the tiger, the village head said quietly: "Actually, ghosts are scary, but they are nothing compared to the exorbitant taxes that increase every year. As long as the exorbitant taxes are still there, there will be no ghosts. The same one."

Su Tingyu frowned and said: "How can this be the same? Ghosts want to eat people. Every six months, don't you have to offer a pair of virgins?"

The village head said quietly: "Actually, it's all the same...Even without ghosts, it would be difficult for these children to survive."

Su Tingyu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

This time, the village head did not answer Su Tingyu's question.

A look of shame flashed across his face, and he forcibly ended the topic.

"Anyway, you should hurry up and leave before it gets dark. Otherwise, when the tiger's ghost messenger comes, you will also be charged rent."

After saying that, the village head ignored them, turned around and left.

Qin Shaoyou looked at the back of the village chief, his face was a little heavy, and he turned his head to Su Tingyu and said, "He has no face to answer your question, but I can guess some reasons."

"what reason?"

"Do you still remember that when we were on our way today, we passed a river and saw wild dogs and crows snatching the corpses of a few babies in the river?"

"Remember, you asked Monk Ma to lead people to disperse the wild dogs and crows, and bury the bodies of those babies on the spot.

At that time, some people in the team lamented that in the past two years, there have been more and more abandoned and drowned babies in various places.

I asked why, and he said the reason was very simple, that he couldn’t afford it…”

When Su Tingyu said this, he suddenly understood.

"This village is also unable to raise babies, but instead of abandoning and drowning the babies they cannot afford, they hand them over to the ghosts in exchange for a chance to let them live?"

Qin Shaoyou nodded: "So the village chief refuses to answer you, because no one has the face to mention this kind of thing."

Su Tingyu fell into silence.

Su Jianqing squinted her eyes and said, "Actually, with the current state of these villagers, they can't live long. Their spirits have almost been emptied by tiger ghosts."

Qin Shaoyou sighed: "I'm afraid they also know it in their hearts, but they have no choice but to live one day at a time..."

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