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Hearing her suddenly say this, the people at the side all looked at her nervously.

However, she seemed to be just gossiping with a faint smile on her face. It was impossible to tell that she was feeling happy and angry at the same time.

"I just happened to hear from someone that there are a lot of jade to be harvested. I came here this time just to see if I could take advantage of the heavy rain …" I heard from someone that if it rains heavily, the mountain will collapse. "I've been missing a good piece of jade recently. I don't think much of anything else, so I was wondering if I should go find something good myself."

Xi Mengyao said in a low voice, and when the axman at the side heard this, he waved his hand, and with a face full of fear he said: "Please do not talk about this, ah, that village, it's so strange!"

He heard that a few days ago, he went up the mountain to chop firewood. As a result, it suddenly rained, and he had to find a place to shelter from the rain.

But there was no place on the mountain that was good, so he had to find a big rock and hide behind it. In the end, who knew that as soon as he dodged, he would hear a scream from outside. He looked down, but who would have thought that he would see someone killing someone inside!

"How could that person lift such a huge axe and chop everyone up just like that?!" But savage! The ground is covered in blood. I was so scared that I didn't even take the firewood and directly ran away! "

The woodcutter stretched out his arms, still stuttering when he spoke.

Xi Mengyao did not reply, she only looked at him.

"Then I'll go to the government and report it to the authorities, and you can guess what happened! "The people in the government are afraid of being seen, so I followed them. Who would have thought that there would be so many people living in the village? All the children and their daughters were there, causing me to get scolded!"

The man spoke with a tone of grievance, stamping his feet.

After Xi Mengyao heard this, her gaze turned, but she smiled and said: "Since it's like that, then it means that what you saw before was fake. If someone really did kill someone, how could there be no traces at all? "

As she spoke, she made a face of disbelief and shook her head. "I think you're lying to me."

"You better believe it!" However, that person seemed to be afraid that someone would suspect her, and quickly raised his hands to testify for himself.

He then lowered his head and thought for a moment. His eyes lit up as he took out a piece of fabric from his sleeve and said, "Don't not believe me, I found this on the mountain when I went back. Look at this, it's all the villagers' clothes, the blood on it looks like it's something I can get!"

This was what he had used to report to the government, and only after seeing it did the government believe him.

"A lot of evil things have happened in that village. I heard that a few years ago, there was a man-eating monster in the mountains there. The authorities sent people to capture it, but they were unable to capture it for months!"

"That's right, that's right. Rumor has it that the demon went to that village. It seems like he killed everyone there. The authorities went to look for him again. The demon was not captured, and it is said that the person who was killed was fine."

While they were talking, someone next to them came over and asked curiously.

After Xi Mengyao heard this, he was somewhat puzzled.

She looked at the appearances of these people and started to discuss in a very ordinary manner.

Upon hearing their conversation, more and more people began to gather here and talk at once.

"Hey, are you guys talking about that village in the mountains?! The last time I went there, I saw two old men inside, and they're the only ones left. They're so miserable, they can't even afford to eat, yet they're asking me for food! "I think they're pitiful, so I'll just give them two steamed buns …"

"Nonsense! There are a lot of old people and children in the village, how could there be only an old man left? "

"How is that impossible? I saw it with my own eyes!"

As the two of them talked, they started quarreling. The argument became more and more intense, as if they were about to start a fight.

After Xi Mengyao heard these words, she did not participate in it. She only managed to say a few words before she slowly retreated.

As she thought about it, she greeted them from afar and turned around to leave. She secretly felt apprehensive as she walked to a place where there was no one. She hid herself in the forest and did not leave.

They were still arguing.

From the looks of it, it wasn't intentional …

Xi Mengyao became more uneasy as she watched. If it was really like this, then there was really a big problem with the village, but since that was the case, why didn't the officials manage the entire village? Could it be that this matter also had something to do with the matter above?

As she thought about this, she couldn't help but turn around to look at the mountain slope that was densely packed with trees.

The mountain forest was extremely tall. Looking from afar, it seemed as if one was shrouded in a layer of gray fog during this winter's heavy rain. It was hard to tell if this was good or bad.

The sky had always been dark and gloomy. It was hard to tell if it was early or late.

She thought about what Yu Han had told her before … After calculating for a moment, she turned around and quietly went into the forest.

Xi Mengyao didn't know that, but at this moment, a person behind her was quietly making a hand gesture towards the people outside.

Not long after she entered, she immediately took out the whistle on her waist, and with a whistle, she attracted a pigeon. She then used a pen and paper to write a short message to send the pigeon flying.

At this time, the rain gradually lessened, and she continued to walk forward through the rain and wind alone.

After a while, she could no longer see anyone.

The person following behind her, however, didn't follow her. He only stopped and looked at her from afar. After looking for a while, he finally revealed a strange smile.

At this moment, the chattering group of woodcutters had completely stopped as well.

They looked like followers of Buddha, all of them stood at their original positions, all of them with stern expressions and not saying a word, looking in the direction Xi Mengyao had left.

After an unknown period of time, the person in the forest waved his hand and left.

The group heaved a sigh of relief. The leader of the group looked back for a while and coughed. He then lowered his voice and said, "Hey, do you think she has been tricked?"

"How can he not be fooled?"

They swore and then turned around to look at the group of people in the center.

"What about him?"

"Let's wait and see what he can dig out here."

As someone said that, a trace of ridicule appeared on their face. However, that ridicule also disappeared in a flash, and they quickly returned to their honest look.

They were crouching on the nearby Tian Kan, as if nothing had happened.

The person in the forest also walked a few steps and suddenly jumped onto a tree. When he looked back, he couldn't help but let out a sound of disgust. Then, he stretched out his hand.

When he retracted his hand, there was already a fat pigeon in it.