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When Zhan Zhao and the others came back from dinner, they were stunned when they entered the courtyard gate.

Beside the lotus pond, Ouyang was teasing Jinye with a dog's tail grass, and beside him, Yinxue and Xiaowu were lying next to each other, licking each other's fur, and they looked quite intimate.

Everyone was stunned for a long time before they realized - Ouyang succeeded!

The four children from "Good Time and Beautiful Views" all rushed over and gathered around Ouyang to ask him how he succeeded.

Ouyang was confused—huh?

"Unexpected!"

Zhao Pu and Gongsun both looked in disbelief - the one who was the most "skilled" turned out to be "Ouyang".

Zou Liang nodded, "After a long time, Shan really understands better!"

Everyone else had a "that's it" expression on their faces.

Zhao Zhen also sighed, "Ai Qing is indeed a person who understands love!"

The fourth son also asked Ouyang, who looked confused, "Zhengzheng, what are you going to name the baby?"

When Ouyang heard "baby", he was stunned at first, then his face turned red, he scratched his ears and cheeks and said, "Well, we have to talk about it after we get married, right? Isn't it a little early to talk about the baby now...ah hahaha..."

The fourth son looked at Xiao Wu and Yin Xue, "Do we also need to have a wedding banquet when we get married?"

"Of course." Ouyang laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. "Once there is a show in Kaifeng Mansion and then there is a show in Black Wind City, maybe the Shanshen Palace will have to come once too. Oops, I'm so embarrassed...haha."

The fourth son raised his face and looked at Ouyang who was smiling contentedly, feeling that the conversation seemed to be nothing.

After a few days of hard work, Xiaowu and Yinxue became much closer. They often lay next to each other and muttered, and it seemed that there were many topics to talk about.

Zhan Zhao was very pleased, but Bai Yutang was worried - did the tiger cub really want Ouyang to name it?

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There is progress within the White House, but the rumors outside are spreading and have no boundaries.

I don’t know who integrated it, and finally there was an almost unified version.

"The mountain god comes once every hundred years. Anyone who enters the mountain at this time will offend the god and be taken to the underground palace and become a slave. If you want to return to the world, you must make a contract with the mountain god, dedicate your heart to the mountain god, and become a slave.

Zombies. The zombies must deceive seven people into going into the mountain and offering them to the mountain god before they can regain their freedom. After that, they can continue to help the mountain god abduct people into the mountain, and they can also get gold and silver treasures as gifts. But these zombies can never get their hearts back, and

You will always be the puppet of the mountain god, and you will do whatever the mountain god asks you to do. If you disobey or betray your orders, you will die miserably."

As soon as this rumor spread, people in the entire Kuaiji Mountain area began to panic, and rumors spread in nearby prefectures and counties.

Almost no passersby dared to walk along that official road, and the nearby villagers did not dare to go out. They also stocked up a large number of weapons to guard the village and prevent zombies from invading.

Many people gathered at the yamen gate and asked the yamen to send people to protect nearby villages.

There were even reports of "zombie" sightings near Kuaiji Mountain, and all the vegetation was in panic for a while.

Zhan Zhao and the others analyzed this rumor and found that there were several special points in it.

First of all, the rumor mentioned an "underground palace".

The mountain god lives in the mountains, and people who are captured should be imprisoned in the mountains. Why should we emphasize that they are imprisoned in an "underground palace"? It seems to be implying that the mountain god palace is an underground palace.

Secondly, the rumor mentioned zombies and one-for-seven.

This sounds like some kind of rule set by the mountain god. What is its specific purpose? Does it mean that there will be "zombies" coming out to arrest people in the mountains recently?

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A few more days passed in this atmosphere where everyone was on guard and nervous.

That afternoon, police officers from the Yamen came to Baifu and said that several villagers came to report today that seven people were missing in their village.

Zhan Zhao and the others rushed to the Yamen.

The streets at this time, maybe because of the cloudy weather, seemed particularly deserted compared to the lively and peaceful days when everyone first arrived.

The news that someone was missing had obviously spread, and people gathered in restaurants and teahouses were discussing the matter.

After arriving at the Yamen, Yao Tingyuan told everyone what happened.

The village where the disappearance occurred is called Jiangjia Village, not far from Kuaiji Mountain. Many of the villagers participated in the recent mountain search team, and many people witnessed the appearance of the "mountain god".

Last night, a scream suddenly came from the entrance of the village. An injured passerby came to ask for help, saying that he and his wife and children were on their way and were attacked by a tiger on the side of the mountain. His wife and children were still trapped in the carriage and could not get out.

There happened to be a few young people working in the fields at that time. When they heard about this, they quickly went out to help with their hoes. But after they left the village, they did not come back for a long time. The villagers went out to search, but there was nothing on the official road...

Later, the whole village gathered together to take stock and found that exactly seven people were missing!

The villagers all speculated that the person asking for help was transformed into a zombie, in order to trick the person into the mountain and sacrifice it to the mountain god, so that he could be free!

Based on the descriptions of several village women who stayed in the field at that time, Wu Zuo also drew a portrait of the man.

Zhan Zhao waited and looked at the portrait. It was a short, fat young man with blood on his head. He looked familiar inexplicably...

"Eh?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Isn't this Wu Damao?"

Bai Yutang also felt that he looked very much like Wu Damao.

Yao Tingyuan sighed, "It really feels like..."

At this time, several government servants hurried back and said that Wu Damao's antique shop was surrounded by people. Now a lot of people said that he was a zombie and an undercover agent sent by the mountain god to help the mountain god catch people.

Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought to himself that Wu Damao was also unlucky. If he was allowed to spread the word all over the world that he had seen the mountain god, why not just have him stabbed?

The government officials said that more and more people were gathering near the shop, and that Wu Damao and his relatives might be in danger if things continued like this.

Yao Tingyuan asked the yamen to rescue Wu Damao, but Zhan Zhao felt that if the yamen came forward directly, they might be besieged by the villagers and cause riots, so they should go first, secretly rescue Wu Damao, and then tell the villagers that Wu Damao was not there, so they would naturally disperse.

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Yao Tingyuan thought it was a solution, so he sent a policeman and a yamen servant to go with Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang to help cover it up.

Zhao Zhen and Zhao Pu were both interested in the mountain god's zombies, but Nangong and Ouyang, one by one, dragged the uncle and nephew back to the White House.

Zou Liang and Lin Yehuo went for a walk around Kuaiji Mountain to see if there were any clues about "mountain gods" or "zombies".

When Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang arrived at Kuaiji Mountain, the sky was overcast, the surroundings were gray and quiet, and there were no pedestrians. A few birdsong occasionally came from the mountain, which sounded a bit strange.

Huofeng was a little confused, "Why do you say it's a zombie? The villagers clearly saw a human being."

"It's to cause panic," Zou Liang said. "The scarier it sounds, the more conducive it is to the spread of rumors."

The two arrived at the entrance of Jiangjia Village. Before entering the village, they suddenly saw two villagers holding hoes running out, blocking the way and asking them who they were and why they wanted to enter the village.

Lin Yehuo said that they were here to investigate the case for the Yamen, but the villagers refused to let them in, saying that if they wanted to enter the village, they had to prove that they were not zombies.

Huofeng pointed at his face and asked them if they had ever seen such a beautiful zombie.

It's okay that he didn't mention it, but when he mentioned his appearance, the villagers didn't believe him even more. They asked whether his red hair and blue eyes were transformed from a goblin, and even wanted to hit people with a hoe.

Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang were so skilled that they couldn't beat a few frightened villagers, so they had no choice but to run out.

The villagers also released dogs to chase them. Huo Feng was so angry that he was chased by dogs for the first time in his life.

Although the dogs stopped chasing after them at the entrance of the village and waggled their tails at the two of them, Zou Liang still pulled the angry Lin Yehuo and left the village first.

Lin Yehuo walked a few steps and found some mud on the hem of his clothes. After thinking about it, he estimated that it was the mud from the farm tools thrown out by the villagers just now when they wielded their hoes.

Huofeng tugged on the hem of his clothes, lowered his head and rubbed it as he walked, "Don't let me catch that mountain god, I will plant him in the fields!"

The two of them were walking on the deserted official road on the edge of Kuaiji Mountain... At this time, there was a faint sound of thunder in the sky, and after a while, raindrops appeared on the ground.

Zou Liang raised his hand and found that the rain was getting heavier and heavier.

Moreover, there were dark clouds overhead, and the surrounding area gradually darkened, almost as if it was dark.

The two of them walked for a while and found that in front of them was the tea shed for people to rest that had been set up by the Yamen when they organized the mountain search team to enter the mountain.

In fact, even though it was getting dark now, it was still not late. Lin Yehuo pulled Zou Liang into the tea shed and said he would sit down and wait.

Zou Liang asked him, "What are you sitting here in the wild mountains and forests waiting for?"

Lin Yehuo pointed to the dark Kuaiji Mountain ahead and said, "Wait for the zombies!"

Zou Liang was a little speechless, but he still sat on the bench with him and looked at the falling rain outside.

The two sat for a while, and Lin Yehuo suddenly slapped Zou Liang, trying to scare him.

General Zuo's face was helpless and he even called him childish.

After a while, the rain subsided and the sky became a little brighter, but the official road was still quiet.

Lin Yehuo also felt bored, so he asked Zou Liang, "Should we go back..."

Before Huofeng finished speaking, Zou Liang suddenly raised his head.

"There seems to be someone!" Zou Liang motioned Lin Yehuo to look in the direction of the forest.

Huofeng thought Zou Liang wanted to scare her, so she reached out and poked him.

But Zou Liang grabbed his hand and motioned him to look up the mountain.

Lin Yehuo also heard a strange sound at this time. When he raised his head, he saw a figure flashing past in the forest.

The two looked at each other, stood up and went into the mountain, chasing the figure...
Chapter completed!