"I was the one who put up red stickers twenty years ago."
Lao Gutou's next words immediately stopped my laughter.
Dachun even pulled out his iron sword and was ready to take action.
"There is nothing to hide in this matter.
People die for money, and birds die for food."
Lao Gutou said in a conspiratorial tone, without showing any regret at all.
"In the 1990s, the income ranged from tens of thousands to more than 100,000 a year.
Who could not be tempted?
I just took back what should be mine."
Lao Gutou ignored Dachun who looked at him with blue eyes and continued to speak coldly.
"What do you call your thing?"
I asked, staring into Lao Gutou's eyes.
"My Gu family has been the patriarch for generations.
It is natural for me to be the village chief.
The profitable businesses in the village should be controlled by us."
Old Gutou still looked as if he was born nobler than the villagers.
When Lao Man saw this, he explained a few words beside him, just like the situation in their clan.
Manru Village used to be passed down from generation to generation, and the clan leader, or chieftain, was the head of the old Gutou family.
It's just that Manbangzhai has always lived in the mountains, the government has nothing to do, and the Gu family has long since returned to their native land.
The position of village chief had to be given up.
It doesn't matter when you are poor.
You are all poor anyway, and there are only a few benefits in total, but no one cares about them.
But it was different after he got rich, and Lao Gutou also had his thoughts.
We want to get back all the power and money, so there was the incident of posting red paper and calling ghosts twenty years ago.
"The people who died back then were all with foreign surnames, mainly Dao and Jin.
Without those pillars, my Gu family will naturally be the one to make the decision in the village."
Lao Gutou said with some pride.
He was proud of what happened back then.
As for regret, these two words had nothing to do with him.
"What methods did you use back then?"
I asked in a deep voice.
No matter right or wrong.
The matter has been done, and now we are still involved.
Even if the mountain road is clear, it will not be easy for me to walk.
The bald man appeared, and Ruohan also appeared.
It is conceivable that the people from the Palace of Hell must also be here.
We can't get away unless we solve the problem here.
The most important point is that twenty years ago was the day when Lao Man became the leader of the clan, and it was also the day when changes occurred in the Dead Man's Valley.
Now there is another one, and it is also the day when Lao Gutou started killing people.
One thing is a coincidence, and if two or three things are still happening, then it is not a coincidence, but a plan.
"What other means of killing are nothing more than intimidation and poisoning?"
Lao Gutou took a sip of his pipe pot and snorted coldly.
"It's now, let's stop hiding.
We are grasshoppers on a rope.
No one can escape."
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I curled my lips.
This old man's head was simply caught by the door.
Until now.
I haven't figured out the reality yet.
Even if he dies, he will definitely die before me.
Even now, he's still pretending.
"Old man, you thought we were begging you, right?
Sister, Xiao Ming.
Let's go and see who dies first."
I gave Dachun a wink, and Dachun immediately burst into tears, turned around and pulled Sister Shiliu away.
"Hey, don't go, don't go."
Lao Gu's face twitched, and he wanted to open his mouth to persuade her to stay, but without spitting out a single word, Lao Man took a few steps to persuade him to stay with a smile on his face.
"That year I planned to play hard, but then someone came.
He gave me some medicine, and they were all poisoned to death."
Lao Gutou finally put down his posture and said with a grimace.
"What kind of poison?"
I asked quickly.
"I don't know.
This kind of poison is colorless and odorless.
After being poisoned, it will take effect eight hours later.
Therefore, the time of death can be accurately predicted every time, just like this time."
It was not easy for Lao Gutou to flash across his face.
Perceived fear, he is also very taboo about that kind of poison.
"Are the deaths of those people this time the same as they were twenty years ago?"
I asked again.
"Same, but different."
Old Gutou hesitated, thought for a long time, and then said: "It's similar to Old Man.
I am the leader of the clan and also a shaman priest.
I can't do much, but I can still deal with a few brats."
Speaking of this, Lao Gutou's face darkened again, "Although people died back then, their souls were still there; this time, people died and their souls were also lost."
"That person may have come back."
Lao Gutou suddenly fell into a state of confusion and murmured in a low voice, "There is no reason why he would attack me.
I had done everything he told me back then and was not late once.
It shouldn't be."
"What did he ask you to do?"
Lao Gutou's condition was not right, but it was an opportunity for us.
I stepped forward and asked softly.
Lao Gutou suddenly came back to his senses and stared at me deeply.
Then he said: "Go to the Dead Man's Trench every year and put a corpse in it."
"Lao Gu, you are so interesting."
Upon hearing this, Lao Man's eyes immediately burst into flames.
If it weren't for being under someone else's protection now, Lao Man would definitely start a fight, but it's useless to say that now, the key still lies with Gu Qingmei.
"Is there any use in talking about this?"
Lao Gutou glared, took a sip from the pipe pot, and said: "Let's watch Gu Qingmei.
According to what is written on the red paper, she will die before eleven o'clock tomorrow.
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The most important thing now is Watch her” "kindness" I nodded, Lao Gutou was right, as long as you keep an eye on Gu Qingmei, you can find a clue.
As for saving Gu Qingmei's life.
There is little hope.
According to previous experience, the poison will be administered eight hours before death.
From now on, it will be eleven o'clock at noon.
Even if I calculated everything, it would still take less than six hours.
If it was poisoning, the poison would have been administered long ago.
After leaving Lao Gutou's house, Lao Gutou led us straight to Gu Qingmei's house.
Gu Qingmei seemed to have expected Lao Gutou to come.
I've been waiting there for a long time.
Gu Qingmei has a family of four, her son and daughter are in the county town, and she and her husband are the only ones left in the village.
However, it can be seen that her husband's presence is very low, less than 1.6 meters tall.
A spring is worth two of them.
He cowered and hid aside, like a doormat, not daring to look at us at all.
"Third uncle, you can't just die without saving me," Gu Qingmei begged, holding Lao Gutou's arm.
"I'm here, aren't I?"
Lao Gutou frowned and pulled his arm out of Gu Qingmei's hand without leaving a trace.
"Uncle, eight hours, eight hours"
Gu Qingmei trembled and gestured, "It's less than sixteen hours now.
The poison must have been finished.
You must have an antidote, right?"
"I don't have an antidote."
Lao Gutou's face became increasingly ugly.
Gu Qingmei was frightened.
Seeing her like this, if we didn't come, she would probably come looking for us.
"It's impossible.
You have poison.
How could it be that you don't have an antidote?
The way they died is exactly the same as twenty years ago."
Gu Qingmei screamed, Lao Gutou's words drove her into madness.
"No, it means no," Lao Gutou said in disgust.
Dachun and I looked at each other.
Lao Gutou was adding fuel to the fire.
The top priority was to stabilize Gu Qingmei.
He seemed to have done this on purpose.
He wished Gu Qingmei would die.
"If I die, don't even think about it.
I will announce the things you did back then and we will die together."
Lao Gutou completely angered Gu Qingmei, and she howled.
While running outside.
"Manza" Lao Gutou was not worried at all.
Instead, he sat down and spit out two words from his throat.
As soon as he finished speaking, the man who was like a doormat next to him moved and grabbed Gu Qingmei.
He threw her to the ground, tied her up with a belt, and gagged her.
The sudden turn of events made me stunned.
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Lao Gutou was so sneaky that he managed to get Gu Qingmei’s husband without saying a word.
It seemed like this was not something that happened in a day or two.
"Hmm" Gu Qingmei struggled and moaned with her blocked mouth.
"Get it into the back room" Lao Gutou pursed his lips toward the inside, and Manza obediently picked up Gu Qingmei and walked inside.
"Let's look for it.
If it was poisoning, there should be some clues left."
Lao Gutou sighed, stood up, and kept scanning the room with his dim eyes.
We looked at each other and started searching in the room according to the clues provided by Lao Gutou.
"After dark, she only drank water" We were still looking for it, and Manza came out of the back room, holding a bamboo tube-like water cup, and said to us.
"Does he know about the poisoning?"
I looked at Lao Gutou with some confusion and asked
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