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The village chief was taken aback by the question.

When a normal person hears a ghost, shouldn't they leave immediately? Why was this group of people not only not afraid, but also eagerly asked about the situation of the ghost?

Could it be that they want to have a relationship with demons?

The village chief managed to suppress this ridiculous idea with great difficulty.

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

Zhu Xiucai attached to Qin Shaoyou's ear and introduced in a low voice: "Generally, the name Shanjun is usually used by tiger demons. Of course, sometimes other demons, such as fox demons, also like to boast of being Shanjun to scare others."

Qin Shaoyou nodded slightly, and couldn't help but think: "The fox demon boasted of scaring others for Shanjun? Could this be the origin of the fox fake tiger's prestige?"

At the same time, he asked: "Village chief, what's the matter with the rent collection you said? The ghosts also want you to donate money and food? And I remember you said just now that today is the day when the ghosts come to collect big rents. And the size?"

The village chief said with a bitter face: "Our money and grain have been scavenged by tax collectors long ago, where is there any extra to give to the ghosts? But they are not asking for money and grain. The so-called small rent, once a month, is sent by ghosts. Take away our yang energy and essence, and give it to Shanjun to enjoy. And the big rent is once every six months, and what we take away is a pair of boys and girls.”

"A boy and a girl?"

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

Presumably it was these two families who were going to present the virgins this time, so they were heartbroken.

When asked, and sure enough, Su Jianqing heard the words and said indignantly: "That Shanjun **** your yang and essence every month, and asks you to present a pair of boys and girls every six months, how can you bear it?"

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

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

"Reporter?"

The village chief smiled bitterly and told a piece of past history.

It turned out that three years ago, when Shanjun just appeared in trouble, they, together with several other villages in the mountain, reported the incident to the county.

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

After these people came, they took turns to stand guard in several villages, but Shanjun and the ghosts under his command seemed to know the arrival of these people and never showed up.

The night watchman stayed in several villages in the mountains for more than half a month, and he did not see the difference between Shanjun and his ghosts, so he withdrew.

As a result, on the second night after the night watchman evacuated, the ghosts under Shan Jun appeared and took revenge on several villages and killed many people.

After that, several villages were so frightened that they dared not report to officials.

They were afraid that someone from the government would come, but they would not be able to deal with Shanjun. Instead, they would attract Shanjun's revenge to them.

However, there was a village on the mountainside. It was unwilling to be threatened by demons, and reported to the official last year.

That time not only went to the night watchman, but also mobilized an army of the county guard station to go into the mountains to search for ghosts.

The result is still nothing.

In the end, when the army was leaving, they looted the village and said it was for hard work and start-up fees.

"Many people in that village couldn't survive that winter..."

After the village chief finished telling the story, he reluctantly spread his hands.

"You said, with these tragic cases in front of us, do we still dare to report to the officials?

I don't report to the official, I just lose some yang energy and essence every month. I donate a pair of boys and girls for half a year, but many people can barely survive.

And if you report to the official, if you are lucky, you will be revenge by ghosts; if you are unlucky, you will go bankrupt and die faster! "

When Qin Shaoyou heard this, all he thought in his mind were 'tyranny is fiercer than a tiger'.

However, here, the tyranny is fiercer than the demons.

The people here would rather be kept by the ghosts as livestock food than to report to the officials.

Just because I reported to the official, the ending will be even worse...

This is really ironic!

He didn't ask why the villagers didn't flee.

Because he knew that the result of running away was the same.

Staying here, although there are demons, they can barely have a bite to eat.

But if they escape, they can only be refugees or bandits... Either way, they will only die faster and worse.

Before Qin Shaoyou could speak, the village chief sighed again.

"Actually, ghosts are scary, but they are nothing compared to the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes that are increasing every year. As long as the exorbitant miscellaneous taxes are still there, it's the same if there are ghosts or not."

Su Tingyu frowned and said, "How can this be the same? Demons want to eat people. Don't you have to present a pair of virgins every six months?"

The village chief said quietly: "Actually it's the same... Even if there are no ghosts, it's hard for these children to survive."

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

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

With a flash of shame on his face, he forcibly ended the topic. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"Anyway, you'd better leave while it's still dark. Otherwise, when Shanjun's ghosts arrive, you'll be charged rent."

Having said that, the village chief ignored them and turned to leave.

Qin Shaoyou looked at the back of the village chief with a heavy expression on his face. He turned his head to Su Tingyu and said, "He doesn't have the face to answer your question, but I can guess some reasons."

"what reason?"

"Do you remember that when we were on our way today, we once passed a river and saw wild dogs and crows grabbing the bodies of several babies in the river?"

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

At that time, some people in the team sighed, saying that in the past two years, there have been more and more abandoned babies and drowning 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, she suddenly understood.

"The same village can't afford to raise babies, but instead of abandoning and drowning the babies they can't raise, they hand them over to demons in exchange for a chance for them to live?"

Qin Shaoyou nodded: "That's why the village chief refuses to answer you, because no one who does this kind of thing is ashamed to mention it."

Su Tingyu fell into silence.

Su Jianqing squinted her eyes and said, "Actually, in the current state of these villagers, they won't be able to live for long. Their yang energy and essence are almost being emptied by Shanjun Guicha."

Qin Shaoyou sighed: "I'm afraid they also know it in their hearts, but they have no choice. They can only live a year as a year..."

Su Jianqing turned her head and looked at him: "Then shall we exterminate this mountain lord and his ghosts, and give the villagers in this mountain a well-being?"

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