Look In the Mirror

  Chapter 297 Legendary Village

   Li Chen clasped his hands together and nodded slightly: "Amitabha."

   "I don't know what the benefactor wants me to do?"

  Zhang Wei seems to be a little hesitant.

  【The village head asked me to find someone to help. 】

  【Just bring the little monk together. 】

"follow me."

   After speaking, he turned and walked into the village.

  Li Chen didn't hesitate, and happened to meet the head of Yangtou Village.

  The two of them went one in front of the other, and soon saw the neat house.

   I don’t know why, but it’s early in the morning, but there aren’t many people in the village.

   "You came at the wrong time, Yangtou Village was originally very lively."

   "I don't know why there has been a rat infestation in the past few days. The warehouse where the seeds are stored has been sealed, so the number of people has decreased a lot."

   is talking about the two walking higher and higher.

   Finally stopped in front of a small bamboo building with a wide view and built on the mountain.

  Zhang Wei signaled Li Chen to wait outside first, while he jumped onto the bamboo building.

   Come back soon.

   "Come with me, I will take you to meet the village chief."

  As soon as you enter the bamboo building, you can smell the tangy aroma of medicine, and there is a faint coughing sound.

   "Because of the rat infestation, the village chief fell ill."

   Passing through the living room in the middle, I soon came to a room with extremely simple furnishings and a bed in the corner.

   And there is an old man on the bed. He has white beard and hair, and he looks to be in his sixtieth year.

   At this moment, he was smoking a cigarette, with a sad expression on his face.

   "Village Chief, I'll bring one."

   "Amitabha."

   "Little Monk Lichen, I met the village chief."

  When the old man on the bed saw the monk in front of him, he was obviously taken aback, and even forgot to smoke the pot.

   "cough cough cough ~"

   "From outside?"

   After coughing for a while, the old village head didn't talk any more nonsense.

   "Master, I'm really sorry, the village has become a mess in the past two days, and the old man is sick in bed, so I can't help the master to pour tea."

   "Amitabha, good and good."

   "You don't have to be polite, the old benefactor, the little monk appreciates it."

  The old village chief 'bajibaji' took two puffs of cigarettes, choking tears from his eyes.

   "Ahem, if the old man is not mistaken, the mage must have come from outside."

   "Old benefactor Huiyan, this young monk indeed arrived in Shangyang City yesterday."

  The old man nodded, seemingly thoughtful.

   "I don't know why the mage is here..."

  【Did he come to Yangtou Village for other purposes? 】

   Li Chen sneered slightly, and hurriedly explained: "The little monk likes to drink, and sometimes grows some grains to brew for himself.

   But practicing in the temple is not as convenient as at the foot of the mountain. It happened that when I was at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce yesterday, I bought some grain from Zhang Ah San Zhang's benefactor, and then I found out about Yangtou Village.

  I thought about planting some sorghum to make wine after returning to the temple in a few days. "

  At this moment, Zhang Wei interjected, "It just so happens that I still have half a bag of sorghum here, so the mage agreed to help."

  The old man first glanced at the wine gourd on Lichen's waist, and could still vaguely smell the faint aroma of wine on his body.

   In this way, I have already believed Li Chen's words to 70%.

   "ε=(ο｀*))) Alas."

   "If the mage comes here often, I will pick some good seeds and give them to you no matter what."

   "It's a pity that Yangtou Village is plagued by rats, and the stored seeds may also be poisoned."

   "Ashamed, ashamed."

   Seeing him crying, Li Chen hurriedly comforted him: "Don't be sad, old benefactor, may I ask if the village has ever been plagued by rats before?"

  The old man shook his head: "The old and young men in the village have lived on growing grain for generations. They also suffered from rats before, but none of them were as severe as this time."

   "Oh? How powerful is it?"

   "The rats are not afraid of people this time. Several villagers have been bitten."

   "Rat biting?"

   Li Chen frowned, already aware of something wrong.

   "If it's the harvest season, it's normal to have rats. It's just that rats are timid by nature, so rampant, I'm afraid there's something strange about it."

   "Old benefactor, have you noticed any abnormalities in the village recently?"

"abnormal situation?"

  The old man 'clicked' on the old pipe, silent.

   But judging from his expression, he seems to be preoccupied.

  【Is the rat problem really related to that incident? 】

  The old man took a long breath, then looked up at Li Chen.

  【Forget it, anyway, that matter has already spread. 】

  The old man coughed lightly and said, "To be honest, if there is an abnormal situation, there really is one."

  His voice was very soft, as if he was considering how to speak.

   "About half a month ago, the grain that was still turning green would take at least half a month to mature, but I didn't expect it to be fully mature after only one night."

   "In addition to food, all the weeds in the village are growing like crazy."

   "Many dead trees are blooming in spring, and even sprouts."

   "Overnight?"

  The old man nodded.

   "Just overnight."

   "That is indeed auspicious."

  Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head after hearing the words: ‘ε=(ο｀*))) Alas. '

   "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and fortune and misfortune depend on each other."

   "What does the benefactor mean by this?"

  The old man knocked on the cigarette pot and buried it again.

   "Do you know why Yangtou Village has been farming for generations?"

   Li Chen shook his head.

  The old man groaned, took out the torch, lit the cigarette pot, and took a deep breath.

  The smoke pot lit up red.

   "A word of mouth passed down from our ancestors that our Yangtou Village used to be the territory of the 'Monongmen'."

   "Mononmen?"

   Lichen was a little unbelievable, he didn't expect that the once famous Manongmen would be related to such a remote mountain village.

   Seeing that Li Chen didn't believe it, the old man smiled and nodded.

   "It's also fate."

   "It is said that many years ago, there was a monk who got the inheritance of the Demonong Gate from us."

   Li Chen was taken aback.

  He subconsciously thought of "Growing Bean Skills".

   "Growing Bean Skills" was discovered by Uncle Ji Fen in a small secret place, could it be Yangtou Village?

   "But what does this have to do with rats?"

  The old man shook his head: "There are rumors outside that the changes in Yangtou Village are a sign that the Mo Nong Tomb left by the Mo Nong Sect will be born."

   "Whoever can find the entrance to the 'Mononong Tomb' will get the inheritance of the Demonongmen!"

   "Not long after, Yangtou Village was plagued by rats."

I see.

   It seems that these rats are controlled by monks.

  The purpose is probably to find the entrance to Manon's Tomb.

   "Most of us in Yangtou Village are from Lingnong background, but they don't have much achievements in practice."

   "But Zhang Wei is alone and weak, and the old man is a little worried, so I asked him to find a helper to find the source of the rat problem together."

   Speaking of this, the old man coughed again.

   Li Chen hurriedly took out a 'Qing Xin Pill' from the package, put it in the old man's mouth, and asked him to swallow it with a cup of tea.

  As soon as the elixir entered his throat, the old man felt two bursts of coolness rising from his stomach and directly entering his lungs.

  The cough immediately became lighter by four or five points.

  PS: Monthly ticket, recommendation ticket, come to the bowl~

  (end of this chapter)