Chapter 328 Tao Keng Po

"Third, third uncle, this... Looks like a river lamp?"

Li Dacheng lit up the flashlight, shining on the water, and exclaimed in surprise.

"I saw it. Shh, don't make a sound." As if thinking of something, third uncle's expression suddenly became a little nervous and made a silent movement.

River lanterns are used to offer sacrifices to relatives.

Only dead people use it.

It was a folk tradition to set up river lanterns to commemorate the dead. Uncle and Li Dacheng naturally recognized these small paper boats as river lanterns for the first time.

"These river lamps may have been put down by someone who drowned near here recently. Some relatives are mourning the dead by the river. Let's just pretend we didn't see anything and hurry up and get out of here."

"River lanterns are for the dead. Remember, don't go fishing for them when you see them."

"If you hear someone calling our name behind you later, or if you hear something strange behind you, don't look back. It's possible that the dead are calling out for their souls, and the drowning water ghost is looking for a scapegoat."

Third uncle was very nervous.

The third uncle was already in his fifties, and most of the older generation was superstitious about these things, but at this time, Li Dacheng would naturally not be confused. In the middle of the night, someone put a river lamp in the water, and it was scary to watch.

The two of them hurriedly quickened their steps, and when they were about to walk out of the path, something suddenly went wrong.

The road by the river was already wet and slippery, coupled with the recent heavy showers. Li Dacheng was walking so fast that his feet slipped unnoticed. He reached out and grabbed frantically. Although he caught a small tree by his side in time and didn't fall into the river, his knees fell heavily on the ground. In the summer, his clothes were thin and he immediately broke a large piece of skin. Blood flowed out, and Li Dacheng bared his teeth in pain, almost exhaling in pain.

"How can you drop the chain at the critical moment?" Third uncle picked up Li Dacheng and complained.

However, his third uncle, who had a sharp tongue and a weak heart, would not have accompanied Li Dacheng out in the middle of the night to look for the lost cow. He complained that his third uncle had already taken off his clothes to bandage Li Dacheng's wound, temporarily stopped the blood, and then asked Li Dacheng if he could still walk.

Li Dacheng tried to stand up and walk, but as soon as his feet landed on the ground, he was in so much pain that he kept gasping for air. This made walking difficult, and he suddenly felt guilty, "Third uncle, I'm sorry. I'm the one who got you into trouble."

"I was so clumsy that I lost the cow. Otherwise, my third uncle wouldn't have paid me to come out and look for the cow. Now that I'm like this, I can't even walk. I'm the one who dragged you down."

Li Dacheng did not want to drag down his third uncle, his head full of cold sweat said in pain, "Third uncle, I can't walk this leg, or third uncle, you go back to the village first, get help from the villagers, I'll wait here for third uncle to come back."

However, just as Li Dacheng's words fell, he was slapped on the forehead by his third uncle, and said angrily, "You kid is always talking nonsense to me, and your relatives are always saying such things."

"I'm your uncle, you're my nephew. Third uncle will carry you back to the village today, or else how will he face your father and your mother? All right, don't talk about this. Uncle, I'll help you walk with me. Your kid's leg is injured like this. Don't look for a cow tonight. Go back to the village and treat him quickly. Don't leave any root of the disease behind."

Listening to third uncle's words, li dacheng's head warmed, and the two of them immediately continued on the road.

With the help of his uncle, although Li Dacheng's legs and feet were still inconvenient and his knees hurt like bones every time he fell to the ground, he still gritted his teeth to endure the pain and followed him with a cold sweat. Just as they were not far away, suddenly, a village appeared in front of them, but it was dark and only a blurry shadow could not be seen clearly.

Li dacheng was overjoyed, "Third uncle, there seems to be a village ahead."

When there was a village, they could ask for help, but when they entered the village, they realized something was wrong with the village.

Before that, he had not entered the village in the distance and felt nothing. Only when he entered the village did he realize that the village in front of him was very old and shabby. In particular, the village was empty and quiet, with no dog barking or lights.

After walking out of the way, the third uncle suddenly stopped moving. At this moment, his expression was not right. He only heard him whisper, "Li Dacheng, what do you think this place is?"

"Of course it's Tao keng po. What's wrong, uncle?" Li Dacheng was a little confused.

Third uncle swallowed his saliva. He was extremely nervous and his voice trembled, "Then do you remember the legend of Tao keng po?"

At first, Li Dacheng still didn't understand why third uncle stopped suddenly. When it came to this, Li Dacheng immediately realized why third uncle suddenly stopped moving. He only felt a bang on his head, and his head immediately went numb, and a chill rose in his heart.

He heard that Tao keng po used to be a mass grave. There used to be a village where the people in the village were all surnamed tao. Later, the people in the village were killed in the war and buried in Tao keng po, so the plants here in Tao keng po were so prosperous. And that was the origin of Tao keng po's name.

It was precisely because of this rumor that had no way to verify the heresy, so there had been no people living here in Tao keng po, and there was no village at all.

So where did this village come from?

At first, they were too happy to see the village and ignored these details. Now, when they recalled the legend of Tao keng po, Li Dacheng's face immediately turned pale.

"Third, third uncle, are we..." Before Li Dacheng could finish his sentence, a rough hand covered his mouth.

It was third uncle's hand.

"Don't talk too much. Let's go on. We'll leave the village as soon as possible." Third uncle covered Li Dacheng's mouth and said nervously.

As soon as he heard that he was going to continue walking towards the village instead of leaving immediately, Li Dacheng said in a hurry, "Third uncle, why are you still walking towards the village? Shouldn't you go back the same way and leave the village as soon as possible?"

Third uncle slapped Li Dacheng's head and whispered, "What do you know, kid? You forgot what I said earlier. We can't turn back."

"If you don't turn back at night, you'll end up on the broken road."

At this time, Li Dacheng regretted why he was so stubborn and insisted on dragging his third uncle out at night to find the lost cow.

But it was too late to say anything, so the two of them had to brace themselves and use their flashlights to advance in the empty, exceptionally quiet village.

"Keep your head down and focus on walking. Don't look around the village. We'll get through the village as soon as possible."

Li Dacheng could hear the trembling voice of his third uncle. He knew that his third uncle was also afraid, but fortunately, everything was fine along the way. Li Dacheng lowered his head and listened to the footsteps of only himself and his third uncle in the empty village. Suddenly, he found a river flowing by his feet from the village. A small paper boat and a river lamp floated in the river.

Did he accidentally reach the source of the river lamp on the paper boat? Li Dacheng forgot his uncle's warning and subconsciously looked up at the source...

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