Twilight Boundary

That person is not our dear relative or friend, but when something originally simple has become so complicated, the difficulty and risk have increased accordingly. Therefore, if you want me to continue to help solve this matter, the corresponding remuneration will not be It must also be increased.

Hu Ma was not taking advantage of the situation to ask for a price, but actually said this.

Even Mr. Zhao understands this truth, but he always feels embarrassed when he hears that more money is required.

He had already made an agreement with the wealthy households in several surrounding villages. No matter which village this thing came from, no matter what village it was found out in the end, everyone would chip in together for a reward of three hundred taels.

But now, it is confirmed that this business comes from my village, and if it requires extra money, I am afraid that the wealthy households in the neighboring villages will not be able to part with it.

Did he have to pay for it himself?

Logically, he should ask the master's family for it, but he also knew that the master's family couldn't get it.

Hu Ma didn't force him, but just said to Mr. Zhao: "The evil that crawls out of the soil starts to harm people at home. The more people it harms, the more powerful it becomes. One day it eats livestock, and the next day it kills its own family." Dear, what do you think will happen on the third day?"

Mr. Zhao was shocked in his heart: "Harm... harm the fellow villagers?"

"It's not just harming the folks."

Hu Ma combined the content in the Zhensui book with the rumors that the second master had told him, and said: "It will also spread corpse poison and cause plague. It was said in the early years that there will be a great plague after a severe drought. This is the reason."

"As for me, it's the worst I can do if I don't earn this money. As you've seen, I didn't sleep all night because of this. I can't bear the fact that things in our village are not good."

"You need to think about it carefully."

After hearing this, Mr. Zhao blushed with shame.

When outsiders say that things in my village are not good-looking, I can't stand it.

But because of this matter, it was difficult to say anything. He just insisted and said: "Master, thank you for your troubles. I will find a way to remunerate you."

At this moment, a sneer suddenly sounded from the crowd.

Hu Ma turned around and saw an old man in rags with a monkey squatting on his shoulders, smoking a cigarette and looking inside.

He ignored it and just said to Mr. Zhao: "You always take care of things. I just tell the truth."

"Now while it's dawn, let's send people to look for it first. If we can find it, burn it on fire and the matter will be over."

"If I can't find it, I'll have to do a lot of work tonight."

"I stayed up all night last night. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on if I stay up tonight, so I'll go back and take a breather."

"..."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Mr. Zhao promised repeatedly and ordered the master and several young masters to be sent back to rest.

But Hu Ma also made some arrangements. Zhou Datong and Zhao Zhu rested and slept with him, but Zhou Liang had to work harder.

He was prudent in his work. During the day, he went to find the thing with the person arranged by Mr. Zhao. If he couldn't find it, he, Zhou Datong and Zhao Zhu would deal with the business at night, while Zhou Liang rested at night.

This is also to ensure that things can be handled more securely. If they find it during the day and burn it, and their own people are not involved, the village may default on its debt.

After returning to the room, she wiped her face with a hot towel, then went to bed and fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes, it was already afternoon. In the Zhao family's mansion, they had already started steaming buns and cooking to entertain them. Because they all knew they had something to do in the evening, they ate early and had a good meal, then they went there to watch and cook. Be prepared to stay up all night.

Hu Ma wiped her face and went out. Before the meal was ready, she heard a noise at the door.

"What happened?"

He curiously asked Zhou Liang, who was walking over, and saw that Zhou Liang was also frowning and said: "I have been looking for that business for a long time, but I didn't see any trace of it. When I returned to the village, I caught up with this guy who brought a little boy with him. The old man of the monkey.”

"He said that he also heard the news from the merchants and came to solve the problem, but we had already taken the job and no one in the village paid attention to him, so he wanted to come in and have a meal, and the family only I want to feed them two buns."

"He didn't comply and clamored to follow me in to eat."

"..."

"A companion came here?"

Hu Ma was a little curious, and after thinking about it for a moment, she said, "They are all running around in the world, so what's the point of missing a meal from him?"

"Call in!"

"..."

After hearing this, Zhou Liang went over to talk to the servant and let the old man in.

Hu Ma took a look and saw an old man dressed like a beggar. There was an obviously tame monkey squatting on his shoulder. His hair was messy and one eye was cloudy and white. When he smiled, he showed two missing teeth. The gap.

At this glance, I couldn't tell anything. Hu Ma didn't want to offend others easily, but she didn't want to cause trouble either, so they just sat down together.

Mr. Zhao first whispered to Hu Ma in a low voice for a while, saying that he had worked very hard to persuade the villagers to join in. He agreed that after the matter was cleared up, he would give Hu Ma an additional one hundred taels of silver and ask if he was satisfied.

A job that cost two hundred taels of silver would become three hundred taels if something went wrong, so that's fine.

Hu Ma nodded in agreement and took the chopsticks to eat.

"Little brother, are you really prepared to confront this thing head-on tonight?"

The old man with the monkey looked at Hu Ma and the other guys with a smile, and took the initiative to say something.

"What's there to say about accepting people's money and helping them eliminate disasters?"

Hu Ma replied while eating: "Does the old gentleman have a better idea?"

"Hey, we just have enough to eat, so what ideas do we have?"

The old man smiled, almost admitting that he was a liar, and asked again: "What kind of path does this little brother follow?"

"Are you trying to find out what I'm like?"

Hu Ma knew that his colleagues were enemies. Since everyone was eyeing this job, he couldn't be careless. He invited the old man in because he wanted to look good and not offend others.

But since the old man was testing himself, he smiled and said: "I am young, so I don't know anything. But the old man seems to be very capable. Is there a better way?"

"..."

The old man chuckled and said: "We are just making a living in the world, how can we do anything?"

Seeing that he refused to say anything, Hu Ma stopped asking and was just on guard secretly.

When it comes to matters in the arena, I have to deal with the etiquette first, and the rest depends on the other party. I have already done half of the work, and I have to continue. If something happens, it will be revealed in the real chapter.

After eating together, they asked Zhou Datong and the others to pack up the things they should bring. They found waist-sized wooden stakes, broken quilts, and fishing nets. It was hard to find, but they also made a temporary one with thick rope and packed it together. , walking towards the house where the accident occurred.

Zhou Liang didn't have to participate in the evening, but he said he wasn't tired and came with him.

When we got here, we saw that it was crowded with people, and the woman in the house was crying: "Don't stop me, I want to go back to my parents' home."

"You are afraid. I will go back to my parents' house. There are many people in my parents' house, so I am not afraid of that!"

"..."

Hu Ma sounded helpless, but it was the woman who was frightened and unwilling to cooperate.

He didn't want to deal with the matter, so he glanced at Zhou Datong and motioned for him to deal with it.

Zhou Datong was already gearing up, so he immediately approached the pretty woman and said seriously: "Sister, you are wrong."

"If it's daytime, you're definitely not afraid. If you add a few more strong men, you can light the fire for it. But that business only comes out at night. What's the use of having more of your mother's family?"

"Even if you want to run, don't think about how far you can run this night?"

"Do you really think that people like you can't see the road at night and can't find you two at night?"

"..."

The woman was frightened by what he said and sobbed: "What should I do?"

Zhou Datong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'm here. You can sleep soundly on the kang at night, and I'll help you guard the door."

The woman glanced at him and agreed with sobs.

"I always feel that when the second master sealed Zhou Datong's stove, he did something to eliminate harm for the people..."

Hu Ma kept watching from the side and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Feeling relieved, he first had someone dig a big hole in the yard and bury half of the wooden stakes he had found in advance. The soil above was filled in and compacted.

Then he found a shabby quilt and covered it with it. Then he squeezed a little blood from the fingertips of the woman and child, poured it on the red paper, and quietly asked the child's birth date and wrote it on the back of the red paper. , attached to this wooden pile.

After doing this, all we can do is wait.

During the day, the villagers were all crowded around, vying to be the first to watch the fun and gesticulating and commenting on how tragic the death of the sheep was.

But as soon as dusk fell, they were all frightened and hid far away at home, with the door closed.

Even Mr. Zhao couldn't take care of it. He wanted to arrange for a few strong men from the village to guard here to see if they could help, but the strong men were also afraid. In the end, he promised a small amount of money per person, and finally convinced a few people. One person hid in the house and waited.

Hu Ma knew that this was going to be a tough battle, so she directly asked someone to open the door and set up a small table.

I found someone to make a strong cup of tea and drank it myself to refresh myself.

A steel knife and a wooden sword were placed beside him. Xiao Hongtang also went up to the roof and squatted there to watch.

Zhou Datong and Zhao Zhu were hiding on both sides, each holding a rope in his hand and a net in the middle.

On this day, the night seemed to get dark very early, and soon there was silence everywhere.

Two lanterns were hung in the yard, one on the left and one on the right, illuminating the surrounding scenery in a hazy and dim light.

I mustered up the courage to wait here, but I didn't want to. I waited and waited, but nothing showed up. The people waiting were getting more and more bored, and the strong man guarding the room was already dizzy. Feeling sleepy and feeling okay.

But just when the night was at its thickest and deepest, suddenly, outside the open door, a strong wind blew in, swirling fiercely.

There was a rotten smell in the wind, and it actually blew away the two lanterns in the yard.

One was destroyed, but the other one was on fire.

With the jumping firelight, Hu Ma felt alert. She looked up and saw a humanoid thing suddenly crawling in outside the gate. It had white hair about a foot long on its body. The flesh and blood peeled off its face, revealing a jagged face. of sharp fangs.

It rushed into the yard and stared directly at the wooden pile standing in the yard.

It made a strange cry from its mouth, as if it was crying, but its movements were extremely cruel, and it pounced on the pile and bit it.