The carriage drove by, and the sound of wheels rolling, went out of the gate of Qingzhou City and set off towards Long Spoon City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There were constant bumps along the way, with the men driving the carriage in front and the women singing in the car.

Driving――

The horses ran faster, rolling up a layer of wind and sand, and in front of them was the city of Long Spoon, near the northern border, where years of war and the spread of the epidemic had left the people in dire straits.

The stone bricks on the city walls fell off, and large stones fell down one by one. Wearing prison uniforms next to him, he was in his sixties, with yellow muscles and skinny faces, and his weather-beaten hands were carrying huge stones.

The guards guarding the prisoners had whips on the ground with whips in their hands, and there was a crackling sound, a pair of fierce eyes, thick arms, and gloomy faces, without a trace of kindness.

When the old man heard the sound of the whip, he collapsed to the ground in fright, and his body trembled. The guards whipped the old man, and continued to pump in a different position, without the intention of stopping, the blood marks on the outside of the prison uniform were clearly visible, and the attack was extremely ruthless.

"Ask for ...... Beg...... The official spared his life. The old man's voice trembled, and his eyes looked at the whip in fear.

The guard stepped on the old man's chest, bowed hard under his feet, and said sarcastically: "Old immortal, you have a lot of things, you'd better be honest with me, and then play tricks, see if I don't beat you to death." He gave the old man another kick before he stopped.

The old man lying on the ground, a mouthful of blood spit out from his mouth, pale face, holding on to the stones in pain, getting up with difficulty, and continuing to sell his life for the construction of the city wall, he couldn't tell if he was bitter.

Seeing this scene, the night withered grass on the carriage gritted his teeth, and his eyes flashed with irrepressible anger, and he said unjustly: How can they treat the old man like this, even if they are prisoners, they can't be so cruel! No, I will go down and save him. After saying that, he was excited to jump out of the carriage.

Xiaotian forcibly pressed her shoulders and said coldly, "Who are you and you?" Don't forget the purpose of our visit, there are more important things to do, don't lose your wife and lose your soldiers. ”

Iyama gloated and said, "That's it." ”

The helpless night withered grass could only sit quietly, and the afterglow fell on these prisoners under the city wall, and the feeling in his heart was indescribable, and he lowered his head uncomfortably, looking at the horses, and looked sad.

Driving――

As the carriage passed by the gates, it was stopped by the spears of the guards, and the leader said, "Where did you come from, and what did you come into the city?" ”

Dao Weiming opened the curtain and said gently: "Sir, we came from Qingzhou to look for relatives, and the three in front are my second, third, and fourth brothers, please be accommodating." ”

The leading guard said impatiently, "Quick! Fast into town. ”

Dao did not know how to thank him: "Thank you! "Pull down the curtain and sit back in the car.

The carriage drove into the city, and there was a strange atmosphere in the streets, and the places that should be lively were no longer lively, and the doors of those who should have opened their doors to solicit business were closed, and there was no one on the street.

Huh-The horse was stopped by Xiao Tian, and suddenly said: "It seems that there has been a riot here, let's find out the situation here first." ”

Everyone got out of the carriage and came to the door of an ordinary house, knocking on the door of a somewhat loose wooden bar, and the old woman inside shouted in a panic: "Who are you looking for?" Vigilantly picked up his hoe and hid behind the door.

Dao Weiming whispered: "We have no malicious intentions, we just came to look for relatives, and we encountered some things on the way, so we have to ask you, what happened to this Long Spoon City?" ”

The old woman opened the wooden door in disbelief, looked around and said, "Come in first!" It's not been peaceful outside these days, and everyone is hiding. ”

The simple house, only the old woman lived, with a bamboo shed on the roof, the bamboo gap was very large, the wind outside blew in unscrupulously, the four of them sat on the bamboo bench, listening to the old woman one by one.

"Long Spoon City was originally a prosperous land of silk, but since the war between the two countries, the constant harassment of the northern army has cut off our city's contact with the outside world."

"However, this ancient village of Beizhen suddenly had an epidemic that spread to the city, and it was only relieved by the rescue of an immortal, and the bell in her hand was very special and she had never seen it."

"I don't know why, the immortals never appeared again, and the epidemic began to spread again, I heard that there were ghosts and monsters in the ancient village of Beizhen, and I picked handsome men to attack."

The old woman continued with a sad expression: "My wife has not been heard from again when she arrived in Beizhen Ancient Village, and they said that she was captured by ghosts. ”

Dao Weiming said excitedly: "Is the immortal you said a woman holding a dark blue bell in her hand?" ”

"How do you know, she is holding a dark blue bell in her hand, and it is also this blue light that shoots out of the sky, alleviating many people who are plagued, but unfortunately she has never seen an immortal again." The old woman bowed her head as she spoke.

Nightdry grass interjected on the side, and asked the old woman abruptly, "Can we stay here for the time being tonight?" Can't find an inn outside. ”

The old woman kindly shook the hand of the night withered grass, and said with a smile on her face: "Of course, although it is a little simpler, there are still a few people who can live, you really look like my long-lost grandson, maybe he is still alive, at your age." ”

Jingshan cast a contemptuous look at the night withered grass, and said contemptuously: "I didn't expect the little white face to even let go of the old one, you have it!" Don't you think it's rude to take such a presumptuous interruption? Then he brazenly said to the old woman, "Thank you for taking us in." ”

The old woman said happily, "Good, good! It's been a long time since it's been so lively, the three young heroes are divided into two rooms, and only two people can sleep in one room, this girl is just one with the old body! ”

"Me! I! I slept in one room by myself. The night withered grass rushed to answer, and it was better to strike in advance.

Iyama grimaced at the night withered grass: "I'm still happy!" As long as you stay away, everything is very smooth, and you will be unlucky. ”

Before leaving, the old woman reminded: "The time is coming soon, the young heroes should go back to the room quickly, don't make any noise, so as not to lose their lives, the old man will take this girl back to the room first." ”

After the old woman returned to the room, Xiao Tian got up and said to Jing Shan: "I am in the same room with the dry grass, she doesn't know martial arts, you should have no problem alone, right?" Those people can't get into you. ”

Jingshan and Night Withered Grass said in unison, dissatisfied: "Why? ”

"Just have something to do tonight." There was something to say in Xiaotian's words.

Both of them thought crookedly, and once again said in unison: "What do you want to do?" ”

Jing Shan glared at the night withered grass and said coldly, "Don't learn from me." ”

Unconvinced, the night withered grass shouted: "Whoever learns from you, you learn from me." ”

The two enter into an endless quarrel.

Xiao Tian roared: "Enough! What are you thinking? Didn't I hear the old couple say that they couldn't come out at the right time, I suspect that there is something in it, and act at night to find out who is pretending to be a ghost. ”

"I see." The two said in unison.

Night withered grass first knocked Jingshan on the head, and said solemnly: "I told you not to learn from me to speak." After saying that, I was secretly happy.

Before the night withered grass could react, Xiaotian dragged her in the direction of the room, and said warningly: "Don't provoke him again, he has to be serious, you don't know how many times you will die." ”

Iyama returned to his room and sat quietly under the window, waiting for the time to act.

In the room, a bed tied to green bamboo, covered with a thin layer of flannel, a yellow floral quilt, and an old cabinet in front of the windowsill lit by a dim candlelight.

At night outside the window, the moonlight was hazy, as if through a layer of mist, scattered and deserted. The pale moonlight makes people feel desolate, looking at the moonlight that is no longer like water, the tenderness that passes through the mood spreads like a mist, lingers for a long time, and finally drifts away in an impatient sigh......

Night Dry Grass sat on the bamboo bed and looked at Xiao Tian and said, "Let me declare first, don't sleep with me in the bed." ”

Xiao Tian sat on the bamboo bench and said quietly: "You are still in the mood to sleep, tonight will be a sleepless night." ”

Night withered grass said lightly: "No matter, I'm in a bad mood, let's sleep first, I don't have the world's martial arts, so I can't help you." In order to hide the sadness in his heart, he lay on his side on the bamboo bed, pretending to be asleep, avoiding his gaze.

Xiaotian looked helplessly at her back lying on her side, so it was okay, it was better to concentrate on finishing the things at hand, the truth would not come out in a day, and those who were really victims would not be able to rest in peace.

When the hour came, the candlelight in the room was blown out by a strange wind, and it fell into darkness, and Xiaotian stood in place vigilantly, holding the handle of the dagger behind him, quietly waiting for the sound.

I waited for a long time, but I didn't see any figure, and there were no footsteps, except for the sound of the wind.

The hour has passed, and nothing has happened.

Jingshan wondered, after waiting for so long, he didn't even see a shadow, came to the old woman's door, and knocked on the door twice: "Have you found any suspicious characters?" ”

Dao has not yet opened the door, put his finger on his lips, shhhhhh He whispered, "The old woman is asleep, and I have been keeping watch here, and I have not seen any suspicious people, and the door has not been knocked, so I will not come tonight." ”

"It's better to be careful, I'll go see what's going on over there in Xiaotian, you rest first, don't burn your body, just leave this kind of thing to our masters." After Jing Shan finished speaking, he went to Xiaotian's room, the room was dark, and he asked worriedly, "Are you okay?" ”

Xiaotian lit the candlestick that had been blown out by the wind, and the house suddenly lit up, and said to Iyama, "We are fine, the withered grass has already slept." As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the bamboo bed, and the person on the bed was gone.

The anxious Xiaotian rushed out of the door and said loudly: "Oh no, the dry grass is gone." ”

Iyama was surprised and said, "What? The little white face is gone, what's going on? ”

Dao Weiming was startled at first, heard the sound of Xiaotian and Jingshan talking, vaguely heard someone missing, left the door in a hurry, came to the front yard, and said worriedly: "What happened?" Who is missing. ”

Xiao Tian said distressedly: "At the end of the day, the candlelight was blown out, but there was no sound, and if the dead grass was robbed, there would be other sounds, I really can't figure it out." "Blaming himself back and forth, there were no clues left in the room, and I don't know where to start.

The three of them fell into a dead end, and there was no direction to seek.

Dao didn't think of the ghost incident mentioned by the old woman, whether it would have anything to do with it, and said slowly: "That's it! It was getting late now, and we had no direction, so we might find a useful clue by asking the old woman about the ghosts at dawn. ”

Jingshan rummaged around in the house to find, did he leave any traces, there was no trace of the bamboo bed passing, and there was nothing unusual about the candlestick on the cabinet, he gave up in some disappointment, and when he retreated to the door, there was a layer of black powder on the green bamboo door, and he gently pinched it twice with his hand, and the black powder disappeared into the air.

This scene fell in Xiao Tian's eyes, and he also came to the front to study the little black powder on the green bamboo door, he had never seen the phenomenon that the powder would disappear directly, could there really be a ghost, he locked his eyebrows deeply, and fell into deep thought.

Dao Weiming said excitedly: "Look, this has a very strange long horizontal. Pointing to the sand, a long horizontal line continued in front of the gate, and then broke.

Xiaotian squatted on the sand, and compared the width of the long and horizontal with his hand, only the width of two fingers, it was completely impossible for human footsteps to be left, if it was a sword scratch, the mark on the sand would be a little deeper, so shallow, it was a very light and light thing to scratch, like the wind blowing.

Jing Shan analyzed: "This situation has to be ruled out by inhumans, no matter how high the light skill is, it is impossible to have such a realm, it is really weird, I don't know if the little white face will be in danger, why do you want to attack a person who has no martial arts, or what unknown purpose there is." ”

The old woman was woken up by the noise, rubbed her sleepy eyes, climbed out of bed, came to the front of the hospital, and asked suspiciously, "Why is everyone standing there, what happened?" ”

Dao Weiming explained to the old woman: "The companion who came with us is missing, the one who looks like your grandson, just now, the candlelight in the house was blown out, and in a blink of an eye, the person disappeared, is it related to the ghost you mentioned?" ”

The old woman's face changed slightly, her body trembled nervously, and she said in a slur voice, "This ...... This is troublesome, I don't know what the origin of the ghost is, I only know that my wife was in the ancient village of Beizhen when there was no news, I think the ghost may haunt the area of the ancient village of Beizhen, it is rumored that the ghost likes handsome men, as long as they are fancied, they will come out at the right time, and the ghost will take people away unconsciously, so far I have not seen the true appearance of the ghost, and the whereabouts are mysterious. ”

Iyama's mouth opened wide and said in disbelief, "Does the old woman mean that the ghost has taken a fancy to him?" ”

"So to speak!" The old woman replied.

Xiao Tian touched his chin, as if thinking about some big problem, and said: "As soon as the morning dawns, we will set off to Beizhen Ancient Village to find out, and everyone should go back to the room to rest!" It was late at night, and all the clues I needed to find were found, so I went back to my room first. ”

After listening to Xiaotian's words, they all went back to their rooms to rest.

Xiaotian wrote a letter: "When you read this letter, I have already gone to Beizhen Ancient Village, I really don't have to worry about the dry grass, we will meet at a place called Tiangangjing in Beizhen Ancient Village. ”

He put the letter on the table and quietly left.