Chapter Seventy-Nine: Rushing to the Great Ghost City
"By the way, Brother Xiao He, where are we going this big night?" Qingle asked curiously.
"Hehe, Qingle, you are an archaeology major, you should have heard of the antique ghost market, right?" He Lin said with a smile.
"Well, of course I've heard of it!"
Qingle's eyes lit up, she had heard about the antique ghost market since she was a child.
But her father thinks that Qingle is a girl, and this kind of thing has always been opposed, so even as the granddaughter of Qingheshan, Qingle has never seen the ghost market in person when she is so old.
"Don't you want to see how I pick up the leaks?" He Lin asked again, pretending to be mysterious.
"Uh-huh!"
Qingle nodded heavily, and asked with excitement on his face: "Brother Xiao He, are we going to the rumored ghost market!"
He Lin looked at the time, and it was already 11:50: "Hehe, I haven't been there either, I'll find out later." ”
This time, the time arranged for the big ghost market in the southern district is to open the market at 12:30 in the evening, and the address marked with the admission ticket is nearby, and it is more than enough time to walk over after drinking coffee.
After drinking coffee, He Lin took Qingle and walked over according to the address marked on the admission ticket.
I have to say that the night view of the moat in the southern area on a midsummer night is also extremely beautiful, with the sound of insects chirping one after another, coupled with the lights of the fishing boats on the river, the whole picture has a bit of a movie feeling.
Looking at Qingle beside him, He Lin's heart was even more sweet, and those who didn't know thought it was a little couple walking at night.
Walking across the riverside, He Lin and Qingle came to an ancient street paved with bluestone slabs.
There is a door plaque at the entrance of the ancient street, on which three words are written in a small seal: "Square Street".
He Lin deliberately took out the admission ticket and confirmed: "By the way, this is it." ”
"But there's no one here. ”
Qingle looked around at the pitch black, and the night breeze was a little infiltrating: "Brother Xiao He, are we going wrong?"
He Lin looked in the direction of Sifang Street and said, "Let's go forward, the address is correct." ”
After speaking, He Lin moved towards the dark square street.
But he walked a few steps but found that Qingle didn't follow, He Lin looked back and saw that Qingle was still in place: "Qingle, what's wrong?"
"Little, Brother Xiaohe, this street is too dark, I'm a little scared of ......," Qingle said with a mosquito and a fly.
Only then did He Lin react, turned around and took the initiative to reach out and pull Qingle's little hand: "It's okay, I'm here, don't be afraid!"
Qingle was pulled by He Lin, and his little face became hot and hot, and his previous fear was instantly dissipated by shyness and nervousness.
"Xiao He...... Brother He. Qingle called in a low voice again.
"Hmm, is there anything else?" He Lin stopped and turned around.
"No, it's fine. ”
Qingle hurriedly shook his head again: "Let's go, let's go!"
"Oh, oh. ”
It was too dark, and He Lin didn't notice Qingle's strange appearance, so he led Qingle and walked towards Sifang Street.
It was already midnight at this moment, and the whole square street seemed empty, and the shops on both sides of the street had already closed for proofing at this time, and now there was no light on the whole street except for the moonlight at night.
After walking forward like this for about three or five minutes, Qingle suddenly shouted to He Lin in a low voice: "Brother Xiao He, there is light ahead." ”
He Lin looked ahead, only to see a faint light flickering on the side of the cold street, like a ghost fire in the night.
He Lin trembled in fright, and scolded: "Ya, you won't really see the hell, right?"
He hurriedly wiped his eyes and looked at it again, and this time He Lin saw clearly that the faint light was emitted by a kerosene lamp placed on the side of the road!
And next to the kerosene lamp, there is a dark shadow, apparently standing alone!
A man dressed in black from head to toe!
If it weren't for the fact that the light of the kerosene lamp flickered on the man's cheeks, revealing cold facial features, He Lin really didn't realize that it was a person!
On the deserted midnight street, the man stood alone on the side of the street, looking strange and mysterious.
"On this big night, what is that person doing there like a ghost winter melon?" He Lin muttered, and immediately said to Qingle: "Qingle, let's go over and have a look." ”
"Brother Xiao He, don't be, it looks weird and scary. ”
Qingle's little face was white again, and his body couldn't help but tremble a little.
I have to say that the man on the side of the road was not friendly, and under the flickering halo of the kerosene lamp, his whole face looked even more terrifying, like a wild ghost.
"Hehe, with me by your side, don't be afraid!" He Lin smiled, and then grabbed Qingle's hand and clenched it a little tighter.
After speaking, he led Qingle and walked towards the big man.
"Hello sir. He Lin took the initiative to greet him.
The big man glanced at He Lin and asked lightly, "Is there something?"
"I want to ask for a place. He Lin smiled and said, "I don't know how to go to the big ghost city in the southern district tonight?"
The big man was stunned for a moment, his expression on his face changed slightly, and he looked He Lin and Qingle up and down again: "How do I know what ghost market is, it's late at night, you two young people should go home early, beware of encountering a hundred ghosts at night!"
"Brother Xiao He......" Hearing the words of the big Han god, Qingle subconsciously tightened He Lin's arm.
"Hehe, this big night, sir, don't scare us. He Lin smiled and said, "I won't tell you, we're here to participate in the Big Ghost City." ”
Dahan raised his eyebrows at this time, and said in disbelief: "You have admission tickets?"
"Wow. ”
He Lin didn't say a word, took out the two admission tickets in his pocket and handed them to the big man.
The big man took the ticket and roasted it on the kerosene lamp, only to see that there was nothing on the ticket that looked like an evil ghost.
"Well, it's true. ”
Dahan nodded, and then he put the two tickets directly on the lamp.
I don't know what material was added to the ticket, but it caught fire and was burned to ashes in an instant.
He Lin was also shocked when he saw this situation, and secretly exclaimed: "It turns out that there is such a mystery in the admission ticket of this big ghost city!"
"Come with me. ”
Dahan blew away the ashes of the ticket, got up and walked towards the alley behind him, and He Lin and Qingle hurriedly followed.
The square street fell into a deathly silence again, only a kerosene lamp flickered on the side of the road, like a ghost fire, which looked particularly eerie.
The man took He Lin and Qingle through an alley, and after turning a few more corners, the originally pitch-black front suddenly opened up in vision, and there were dots of firelight!
From a distance, it looks like the glow of fireflies in summer, and it looks like a ghost fire flickering on a grave.
He Lin fixed his eyes and saw that the sparkling fires were none other than the light emitted by a kerosene lamp.
"This ...... This is Big Ghost City!" He Lin exclaimed excitedly.
The scene in front of him was not much different from what he had seen when he was a child, and next to each kerosene lamp was a stall, and in front of each stall was a vague figure shrugging his head, looking like a ghost.
As the distance approached, the surrounding area, which was so quiet that only the sound of footsteps remained, gradually became noisy, there were discussions, there were inquiries, but there was no sound of selling.
A smile appeared on the corner of He Lin's mouth, he knew that the big ghost city had arrived.
"It's here. ”
Dahan stopped, and said in a deep voice beside He Lin and the others: "This time, the big ghost market closes at 5 o'clock in the morning, seize the time to choose by yourself, don't make trouble." ”
After speaking, without waiting for He Lin to reply, the big man turned around and disappeared into the dark alley behind him, presumably returning to Sifang Street again.
"Hey, Brother Xiao He, is this the rumored ghost market?"
Qingle looked at the stalls and pedestrians everywhere in front of him, his previous fear suddenly disappeared, and his little face was full of surprise and excitement: "It really looks like what my grandfather said, this is too exciting!"
He Lin scratched his head with a wry smile, and the secret Dao in his heart really couldn't escape the true fragrance theorem.
"By the way, Brother Xiao He, how did you know that the big man was from the ghost city just now?"
Qingle recalled the scene on Sifang Street just now and was afraid for a while, and pouted: "This big night, it's really scared to death!"