smuggler

Although the pock-marked face looked dark and he was an out-and-out rural person, but this person's face gave people the impression that he was a rat with a treacherous appearance.

Now that he was caught by Chu Yuan and couldn't escape or beat him, he became honest all at once.

He cried and raised his hands, his body was trembling, and he said: "I was wrong, brother, you adults don't count the faults of villains, please forgive me."

This pockmarked face is greedy for money. When I first saw us in the woods, I thought about it in my heart. When I heard we said to go to Niujiao Village, I immediately said to take us there.

Later, after giving the money, when we turned over to the hills, we suddenly lost our nerves, shouting that the village was gone, just trying to confuse the public, and took the opportunity to escape before we could react.

In other words, there was no village at all behind the hill.

After hearing what Mazilian said, my whole face couldn't help but darken.

I asked coldly, "So you don't even know where Niujiao Village is?"

Mazilian looked up, saw Chu Yuan's cold face, and lowered his head timidly, not daring to say a word directly.

"Are you honest?" I asked.

I asked Mazilian if there was a village at the foot of the mountain.

Perhaps seeing that there was no hope of escape, he didn't turn his head behind his pockmarked face, and led the way ahead.

Pockmarked face was about to say something, but suddenly he shut up as if thinking of something.

I asked, "You said you were a villager in Niujiao Village, why didn't you take us in during the day?"

After Mazilian said this, Chu Yuan and I were stunned, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Pockmarked face continued to lead us into the mountain, and the scenery became wilder and wilder. After more than ten minutes, we arrived in the forest. It was an uphill road, and it was very difficult for me to walk.

With a straight face, Chu Yuan grabbed his collar and moved it.

But when I suddenly thought of the scene I saw, I already had some calculations in my heart.

There is also a river flowing in front of the village, and the river seems to wrap the village in it.

Pockmarked raised his hands, busy saying words like "Don't dare".

"Brother, I was wrong." Pockmarked pleadingly, "Do you think this is okay? I'll take you there right now, do you think so?"

Pockmarked face saw that our faces were full of questioning expressions, he seemed a little flustered, and immediately became anxious.

Pockmarked walked in front timidly, looking back at Chu Yuan from time to time, not knowing what the foolish mind in his heart was planning.

I snorted.

Pointing at the back with a pockmarked face, he smiled and said to me: "Don't be kidding, our village is the most remote. There are two roads around here that go into the mountain, and there are only two villages in total. The one you mentioned is at the foot of the mountain. Not to mention the village, even..."

He suddenly stopped talking, as if he was afraid of breaking some taboo. I was completely confused, but he didn't say anything, so I didn't continue to ask.

On the surface, the village is peaceful and there is nothing weird about it, but for some reason, I suddenly have a feeling of trepidation, and I always feel that something is wrong.

Although pockmarked face was dragged by Chu Yuan, he still took a few steps back, and quickly grabbed his pocket with his hands.

"I really am, I am a villager in Niujiao Village, I can take you there."

Chu Yuan smiled calmly: "What tricks do you want to play this time?"

"Little aunt, grandma, I dare not lie to you anymore, you two let me go, I haven't done anything outrageous!" Mazi said timidly.

Pockmarked face nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said quickly, "Don't worry, you will be able to go in as long as you follow me."

But Chu Yuan was always very close to him, and I was also wary of this man making any sudden escape movements.

"Hurry up, take out the money." I said sharply.

But after I asked, he remained silent, as if deliberately avoiding something.

Pointing at the village with a pockmarked face, he turned to us and said, "Look, I won't lie to you, Nuo, this is our Niujiao Village."

The pockmarked face showed some embarrassment, he hesitated and said: "Because we in Niujiao Village don't like outsiders very much, we rarely let outsiders in."

"The two of us will trust you again. If you still dare to play tricks this time, don't blame us for being rude."

"It's okay in summer, but in winter, when the mountain is covered by heavy snow, it will be completely isolated from the world. Anyone who comes from outside will not be able to find our village."

"take it out."

"Let you go?" I smiled, "Okay, take out the money you just collected."

I sneered, "You don't even know where Niujiao Village is, so you don't think we're fools, and you'll be tricked into doing the same thing a second time?"

And he was always on guard against Ma Zilian's preparation to run forward suddenly.

"Can you really take us in?" Chu Yuan frowned.

As I said that, I made a gesture to grab him.

Chu Yuan snorted, let go of pockmarked face and let him walk in front, I always kept a distance of one or two steps from pockmarked face.

Pockmarked face tightly covered his pocket, and said to me: "I... I know, of course I know, I am a villager in Niujiao Village."

It took about an hour or so before we arrived at the place. Pockmarked face led us out of the forest, and we saw a wide field of vision. Not far in front of us was the towering old bald peak.

"Brother, just rest assured, this time I will really take you two to the village!"

This village seems to be the real Niujiao Village, and it gives people a very primitive and ancient village, not because of the architecture.

At the foot of the mountain is a quiet village, quietly hidden in it.

I didn't pick up his words, and thought of the village that Chu Yuan and I saw at the foot of the mountain before we met him at the beginning.

This pockmarked face looks like he belongs to a nearby village. If there is Niujiao Village here, he must know it, even if there is no one, he will know it too.

But the pockmarked face passed through like walking on the ground, without any effort, I was secretly speechless.

To our surprise, the size of the village is not small, let alone hundreds of households. Looking down from a high place, the chimneys of every household are filled with smoke.

After walking for a while, Mazilian led the way and said to us: "The tallest peak here is Laotuzi Peak. Behind the mountain is Niujiao Village, where I live. The location is so far away that cars can't even drive in. Most people Can't find it at all."

As he said that, Ma Zilian sat down on the open space next to him.

Chu Yuan put his eyes on me, and after hesitating for a moment, I nodded slightly to him.

Although he looked calm on the surface, he was taken aback in his heart.

"Our village was relocated from other places before, and the customs in the village are a bit different from other places. Our village doesn't like outsiders very much, and ordinary people can't enter at all."

Because there is an archway built at the entrance of the village, there is no writing on the archway, but there is a big buffalo skull and horns hanging on it.

This style has the feeling of a primitive village.

After Chu Yuan glanced at the village, he looked at the pockmarked face and sat down on the ground, and said, "We've already reached the entrance of the village, why don't you go in?"

The pockmarked face didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and asked us to sit here for a while, he looked at the sky, turned his head and said to us, "Wait, it gets dark quickly in our mountains, and it will be dark in half an hour. I can only take you into the village when it gets dark."

"You can bring us into the village when it's dark?" I didn't quite understand what pockmarked face meant, so I couldn't help asking, "What do you mean by that?"