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As soon as the village chief spoke, how could these villagers hold back? They immediately waved their fists towards Meng and Yan, causing Yan Jiuniang to shout loudly: "Halt! Do you know who he is? "He is the famous hero of the martial arts world, Hero Meng!"

Everyone was stunned by her shout, but they heard the Village Chief sneer, "What about Hero Meng? We've never heard of it! "Fellow villagers, attack!"

Seeing that they were about to step back into the house, they heard the sound of chaotic footsteps coming from inside the house. Then, a child rushed out like a madman, standing in front of Meng Chun Lou, waving his arms, with many poisonous snakes coiled around him. He looked exceptionally fierce, and instantly, the villagers were intimidated!

Meng Chun Lou looked down and recognized him at a glance. She couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Jiang Sheng, why did you come out?"

Seeing this, Meng Chunlou hurriedly helped him to remove the poisonous snakes from his body. Fortunately, as Yan Jiuniang had expected, these poisonous snakes were not poisonous, otherwise, Du Jiangsheng would have died eight or nine times already!

The villagers stared wide-eyed at Du Jiangsheng as he pulled the poisonous snakes off his body one by one. After those poisonous snakes left his body, they crawled back and forth on the ground, scaring these villagers to the point that they had to retreat, not daring to move forward!

"We are all people who are about to die, are we still afraid of these poisonous snakes? Quick, go and take them down! " The village chief put his hands on his waist and shouted with his cheeks puffed up.

After being scolded, everyone immediately ignored their fear, a few young people bravely rushed forward to grab her, only to see Du Jiangsheng opening his mouth and waving his hands in front of his body, clearly trying to stop the villagers from coming forward. When Yan Jiuniang saw this, she couldn't help but lightly tap on his shoulder, and a sound came from Du Jiangsheng's mouth!

So it turned out that someone had pointed at his mute acupoint!

Suddenly realizing that he could speak, Du Jiangsheng cleared his throat and said, "You've misunderstood, they are really here to save people, I am his disciple!"

When all the villagers heard this, they could not help but freeze. They did not know what to do for a moment, when they heard the village chief shouting loudly: "Child, don't speak carelessly! In order to save you, we have lost a villager, you cannot let him die in vain! "

"Believe me, they really aren't people of the Wishful Temple. They are good people!" Du Jiangsheng shouted loudly.

"Is that so?" The Village Chief pushed the crowd aside and quickly walked in front of the villagers. He stared at Meng Chunlou and asked, "Are you really here to save him?"

"That's right!" Meng Chunlou said with a serious expression.

"That's weird!" The Village Chief was puzzled, "Since you are here to save them, why do you have the juice of the man-eating vine on you?"

Meng Chunlou looked at his body and said with a wry smile, "Because there are poisonous snakes in the house. I wanted to use the man-eating vine's venom to deal with them, but I didn't expect that I would get splattered with its venom!"

"So that's how it is!" The village chief seemed to realize something as he turned to the villagers behind him and said, "Fellow villagers, it seems like they really aren't bad people. Everyone disperse!"

When those words were said, although everyone had their doubts, they did not dare to disobey the Village Head's wishes. Thus, after returning to their respective homes, they quickly dispersed!

When Meng Chun Lou saw this, she said to the village head, "Village Chief, can you lend me an oil lamp? I want to go in and save them! "

"Don't go!" The Village Chief looked troubled. "Just now, there was a villager who lost his life the moment he entered the house because he wanted to save someone. What a strange house!"

"I'm not afraid!" Meng Chun said.

"I know you're not afraid, but I don't want to see you throw your life away for nothing!" The village chief said.

"The house is safe. It will be fine!" Du Jiangsheng said.

"Oh?" Meng Quan was shocked. "Really?"

"I can get out of there, that's the proof!" Du Jiangsheng said.

"Impossible, right?" The Village Chief was also confused. "Someone just entered and immediately became a dead man. Why do you say it's safe inside?"

"But I clearly ran out from inside!" Du Jiangsheng said.

"How strange!" The Village Chief could not help but fall into deep thought.

"If my guess is right, the mechanism inside is only effective for those who enter, but it is completely useless for those who exit!" Yan Jiuniang said.

"Oh? Is there such a strange thing? " Meng Quan was shocked.

"Autumn, come out!" Yan Jiuniang called out.

Cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. He wanted to persuade Yan Jiuniang not to act recklessly, but then he saw Chun Mo, Xia Yu, Qiu Ying, and Dong Han actually walked out from the house. They also had poisonous snakes wrapped around their bodies like Du Jiangsheng.

Seeing them safely come out, Meng Chunlou's heart was at ease. He could not help but ask curiously, "Lady Yan, what is going on here?"

"The people of the Ru Yi Hall have locked them up in their rooms, mainly to prevent others from rescuing them, but if we want to imprison them, someone has to take them in, so how can the people who escorted them come out?" Yan Jiuniang asked.

"You mean, the people from the design department will definitely leave a way out for them?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"That's right!" Yan Jiu gave a faint smile and continued, "Furthermore, I have determined that this is not a real entrance. There must be other entrances to this house!"

"Oh? "It can't be?" Meng Quan was shocked.

"The trick of this mechanism is to enter through other entrances, then exit through the gate, and you will be safe. But if you enter through the gate, you will be in danger of being killed!" Yan Jiuniang said.

"But, Du Jiangsheng and the others are clearly wrapped in silk, and those silk threads are connected to the crossbows on the wall. The moment they move, the crossbows will activate, so why are they safe and sound when they come out?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"If the crossbows on the wall were really able to be activated, not to mention their flesh and blood, even their cast iron bodies would have to be shot out a few holes. Therefore, I dare to speculate that those crossbows are just for decoration, and the so-called thread is just to deceive them, so that they will think that they are restricted and not have the audacity to escape!" Yan Jiuniang said.

"My God! "Who could have done such a clever thing?" Meng Quan was shocked.

"There are many capable people in the world, so it isn't difficult to design such a simple mechanism. One just has to understand the principles behind it!" Yan Jiuniang said.

At this moment, Xia Yu walked over with her mouth wide open. Her face was filled with urgency and her mouth was clearly trying to speak, but she could not utter a single word!

Seeing this, Yan Jiu Niang immediately lightly tapped her shoulder and opened her mute acupoint. She immediately shouted: "You are right, this is how the mechanism is designed!"

"How do you know?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"Because I've read similar books and know the mysteries behind them!" Xia Yu said.

At this time, Chun Mo, Qiu Ying, and Dong Han rushed over together, their mouths were wide open, but they could not say anything. Yan Jiu Niang opened their mouths one by one, and they were able to speak, and then they all started shouting, wanting to kill their way to the Ru Yi Hall to vent their anger. However, the village head sighed again and again, and said helplessly: "If you all think like this, then you are completely wrong!"

"Village Chief, why do you say that?" You might be afraid of the Ruyi Sisters, but we're not afraid of you! " Xia Yu said.

The Village Chief bitterly smiled and said, "We are all people on the verge of death, how can we be afraid of them? I just feel that you guys are lucky to be able to escape with your lives. If you guys are willing to sacrifice your lives to find the Ru Yi Hall and fight to the death, then it would be better for you all to die inside the house! "

"Village Head, it seems that you are still afraid of the Ruyi Sisters!" Xia Yu sneered.

"How can I not be afraid?" The village chief bitterly smiled, "If you have ever seen someone who was even more inhuman than an animal, I'm sure you will never dare to see this person again!"

"Village Head, could it be that the people from the Ru Yi Hall have done something heinous here?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"It's more than hair-raising, it's simply unbearable to look at!" The Village Chief stomped his chest in anger, "This old man has lived for most of his life and has never seen anyone's heart cooked! Moreover, these beasts, they actually still can eat this much, do you think they are human? You guys went all out against someone like that, did you win? "

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel indignant, but they also felt a chill in their limbs. This kind of shock and anger was enough to make one turn crazy!

"Village Chief, is what you said the truth?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"Could it be that someone who is about to die like me would lie?" The village chief bitterly smiled and said, "Even if I'm lying, why would I just say 'Ru Yi Hall'?"

Meng Chunlou no longer doubted him, because other than the Village Head's testimony, there was also the evidence of the woman's family and her lover. They would not be so tacit in agreement, unless they had all seen it with their own eyes!

"They have killed a total of 96 people. Some of them had their lungs ripped out to gouge their hearts out, some of them had their bones broken, and some of them were even hung on trees to bask in the sun until they died! If it is said that wild beasts harm people for the sake of survival, then they are inferior to even wild beasts! " As the Village Chief spoke to here, he could not help but shed tears. It was unknown whether his entire body was trembling due to fear or excitement, "I will not be able to seek revenge on them in this lifetime, but when I turn into a ghost, I will definitely not let them off lightly!"

"Village Chief, why are they so cruel? Do they have enmity with the villagers? " Meng Chun Lou's eyes were about to spit fire, but he had to patiently ask the reason.

"Where is the enmity? We don't know them at all! " The village chief felt bitter, he raised his head and looked at the sky, then said: "Anyway, I am a dying man, and the grievances in our village, we should let others know, and it's good that after we die, there will be someone who knows the truth! Come with me! "

When the Village Chief said this, he turned around and staggered forward. Seeing this, Meng Chunlou and the others also followed. They saw him slowly walk into a grass hut and then he stopped moving.

Meng Chun Lou and company hastily followed them inside. The village head said, "I have a lot of rotten parts. I'm afraid of scaring you guys, so I won't light the lamp. You guys find a place to sit!"

Meng Chunlou knew about the situation of these villagers. Although he could not see them now, he could imagine how miserable the villagers' bodies would look like because of the rotten maggots spreading all over their bodies!

However, Yan Jiuniang and the rest had never seen the villagers' bodies. Hearing his words, they only knew that they were injured and did not care. Thus, they found a place to sit in the dark and quietly waited for the village head to speak.

In the darkness, he could not help but say, "Half a month ago, a few strangers came to the village, one of them was a Daoist, his name was Ge Hua Qing, he was good at reading and divination, he also knows some medical skills, and he specializes in treating difficult diseases. The villagers all treated him with great respect, and some people even invited him to be their guest.

"So it's him!" Meng Quan was shocked.

"You know him?" The village chief asked in shock.

"That's right!" And tonight, we saw him! " Meng Chun said.

"Sigh!" I never thought that he would dare to appear! " The Village Head shouted in anger.

"What's wrong? Could it be that Ge Hua Qing has done something bad in your village? " Xia Yu asked.

"Who says it isn't?" The village chief sighed again and again, "After Ge Hua Qing gained the trust of the villagers, he started to play tricks on them, saying that a deity lived here, either building a temple in the village or having everyone move out of here. Only by doing this could the villagers be kept safe and lucky, otherwise, once this deity was offended, he would definitely land a plague and destroy all the villagers!"

"What nonsense!" Meng Chunlou slammed the table in anger, "This is clearly a demonic way!"

"Even though he said that, the villagers did not doubt him. After all, that Taoist has his own abilities!" When the village chief said this, he could not help but slap himself a few times, "This is all my fault. If it were not for the fact that my ancestors had settled in this village and I did not want to give up this land, the villagers would not have been in such great trouble!"

"Village Chief, don't blame yourself. It was clearly that spirit demon doing something. If you don't believe him, that's the right thing to do!" Du Jiangsheng advised.

"Wrong!" The Village Head could not conceal his guilt, "If I did not insist, how could the villagers end up like this?"

"Since you are unwilling to leave this place, why didn't you do as the Daoist said and build a temple to alleviate the disaster?" Qiuying asked.

"How can that be?" The village chief retorted, "They want to build the temple at our village's ancestral hall, so they want to force us to tear it down. How would we dare to do something so disrespectful to our ancestors? "

"So, it didn't take long before the plague arrived?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"That's right!" At first, everyone did not care too much. They thought it was some minor ailments, so they went to seek medical help. However, no matter how they treated it, they did not improve at all. Instead, many people lost their lives because of this strange illness! " As the Village Chief spoke to here, he could not help but feel regret, "Looking at so many people dying from their illness, I can't help but want to ram my head into the village and kill myself!"

"When did the Ru Yi Hall intervene?" Yan Jiuniang asked.

"Because of the treatment, many people went bankrupt, and had no choice but to borrow money from the Ru Yi Hall to treat their illnesses. It was at this time that they came in!" The Village Chief said.

This is clearly a trap!" Du Jiangsheng's face was filled with resentment, "First I'll let you have a taste of the sweet stuff to deceive your trust, and then I'll use your trust to fabricate a lie. If you guys obey, they'll succeed, and if you don't, they'll start a plague! "Then, I will force you to borrow money as a good person. This is to force you into a dead end!

"Sigh!" It is already too late to know about this! " The Village Chief regretted his words. "Everyone is getting more and more sick, but the money in our hands is getting smaller and smaller. Many people can't bear the burden and ended their own lives. At this time, someone from the Ru Yi Hall has come to collect debts!"

"Beast!" Du Jiangsheng scolded.

"If something like this happened, why didn't you report it to the authorities?" Meng Chun Lou asked.