Bai Yang immediately understood that the so-called sucking vitality was just a corpse chaser.

They took advantage of the opportunity of the living to collide with the dead, deliberately drove the dead to catch up with the living, and then used the intimidation of the dead to extort a sum of money from the living.

Tie Niu also figured it out and said, "Okay, it turns out that these corpse chasers will also knock people on bamboo poles!"

Bai Yang hurriedly pulled the iron bull, told him not to talk nonsense, and said to Brother Miao: "That's it, Brother Miao, we have some money on us, I originally thought that Brother Miao would work so hard, and we would also have some reward for Brother Miao afterwards......! Let's avoid disaster!"

"That's right, it's still you, a comrade writer, who can think about it! Money is something outside the body, and if you can spend it, you can earn it back!"

Brother Miao smiled all of a sudden, and it was estimated that Bai Yang said that he would pay him, which also made him extremely happy.

There was an empty col just in front of them, and the three of them stopped in the col.

Tie Niu wanted to find some dry firewood to build a fire, so as not to be disturbed by wild beasts at night, Brother Miao stretched out his hand to stop it, and said: "You have collided with the corpse team and started a fire, isn't it just right to guide them?"

"But what if a wild beast comes at night? Especially when you encounter a pack of wolves, and if there is no fire against it, wouldn't the wolves be even more fierce?" said Iron Bull.

"If you really want to encounter wolves, it won't be useful for you to build a fire!" Brother Miao said, adding two more sentences, "Don't worry, there is a corpse team around here that wants to walk at night, whether it is wolves or tigers and leopards, they will hide far away! But if you are not at ease, you can find some dry firewood first, and then light it after the corpse team has passed!"

The iron bull and poplar were very surprised, and Poplar asked: "The corpse team is so powerful, with them passing by, even the wolves and tigers and leopards have to dodge?"

"Of course!" Brother Miao nodded, "Why can you drive away the corpse?" It must be that the ghost is borrowed from the Netherworld, no matter how powerful the wolves or tigers and leopards are, they don't dare to do it against the Yin Spirit, right?"

Bai Yang doesn't believe in any "Yin Cao Underworld", but since Brother Miao said so, there must be a reason for him.

In addition, there are two very thick trees in that col, and if there are really wolves coming, they can hide directly from the trees.

So Bai Yang said to Tie Niu: "Then according to what Brother Miao said, let's pick up some dry firewood and prepare it first! As for whether it will be burned or not, wait until the middle of the night to see the situation!"

Tie Niu agreed, and the two separated to collect dry firewood.

Before he could pick up much, a pheasant flew out of the weeds in a surprise to the two of them.

Tie Niu caught a glimpse of it, and opened his mouth to shout: "Lao Bai Fight!"

When Poplar was a forest ranger, because he was bored in the old forest all day long, he practiced the ability to fly stones and hit birds.

So listening to the iron bull's call, Poplar picked up a stone almost reflexively and hit it out.

It hit the pheasant in the stomach, only to hit the pheasant to the ground, flapping its wings.

The Iron Bull was overjoyed and hurried over to catch the pheasant.

But Brother Miao also ran over and shouted, "What are you doing? What are you doing?

Poplar heard his urgent cry and hurriedly took the pheasant from the iron bull to look at it.

Tie Niu said: "What's the matter? Lao Bai has beaten a pheasant, even if he can't make a fire tonight, he can wait for tomorrow morning to roast and eat!"

Brother Miao shook his head again and again, and said: "You just collided with the corpse team, the corpse team will definitely come to you tonight, and if you are contaminated with blood, those dead people are afraid that they will turn into blood!"

Tie Niu hurriedly asked what blood was, but Brother Miao didn't care to explain, but said: "It's something that can bite and eat people, and it bites everything that is alive to death!"

Poplar was surprised, but Tie Niu was a little unimpressed.

Fortunately, Poplar looked through the pheasant and saw that it was not bleeding, so he threw the pheasant out of his hand, and let it flutter its wings and burrow into the weeds.

At this time, it was the beginning of the lunar month, and a crescent moon hung early in the sky.

The three of them sat down and used some water and dry food, and Bai Yang asked Brother Miao to tell some myths and legends of the Miao people.

In the end, it was determined that each shift would be three hours, with Tie Niu on the first shift, Poplar on the second shift, and Miao Brother on the third shift.

The poplar leaned against the trunk of the large tree, trying to calm himself and fall asleep as soon as possible.

But when I thought of what Brother Miao said about the corpse chasing team would catch up, it was difficult to feel at peace.

Finally, I was a little dazed, and suddenly a cold wind blew in my face, and there seemed to be a faint sound of bells in the wind.

Poplar woke up in shock and found that Tie Niu was also sitting upright and listening.

Looking back, seeing that Bai Yang opened his eyes, Tie Niu lowered his voice and said, "Are you awake?

Poplar nodded, listening intently to the ringing, it didn't feel crisp and refreshing, but a little sluggish.

"Did you say this is the bell of the corpse team?" Iron Bull asked again, lowering his voice.

Before Poplar could answer, he suddenly heard two "clangs", very similar to the sound of a gong.

The voice was much louder than the previous bell, and Brother Miao was also startled and sober, his face changed color, and said: "This is the soul bell and the corpse gong of the corpse chasing team, I said that they will find you all the way! No, I didn't rush into them, I have to stay away for a while, and when they are gone, I will come back!"

Brother Miao jumped up and looked around, and soon ran to a big tree a hundred and ten meters away, and climbed to the tree in a few clicks.

Seeing that Brother Miao was so flustered, Tie Niu was also a little nervous, and hurriedly asked Bai Yang: "What should we do? Why don't we climb the tree too? Those dead people can't climb trees too, right?"

"It shouldn't be possible to climb a tree, but wouldn't it be worse if they didn't walk under it?" said Poplar.

"What then?"

"Didn't Brother Miao say it, you still have to work hard from chasing corpses!"

"You mean, pay him for nothing? I think it's too much!" said Tie Niu, looking unhappy.

Bai Yang laughed and said, "It's one or two hundred yuan, and we won't give it to the head office any more, right?

As soon as Tie Niu heard it, he didn't say more.

Bai Yang was afraid that he would be seen by the corpse chaser if he exposed his money, so he first took out his wallet and counted out two hundred yuan and put it away.

At this time, the continuous ringing of bells and the sound of gongs were very close, and Poplar could see two white lanterns, one after the other, floating in this direction.

As we got closer, we could see ten figures, all dressed in long robes and large straw hats with pointed rounded brims on their heads.

The figure in the foreground, carrying a white lantern in one hand, kept shaking the other, and the bell kept ringing from his hand.

The last person walked in his left hand, in addition to the white lantern, seemed to be carrying a gong. As he struck the gong hammer in his right hand twice from time to time, it made a "clang" gong sound.

The eight figures walking in the middle were walking in an extremely strange posture, their hands stretched out flat, their whole bodies straight and straight, their knees not bent, their thighs not raised, and they only relied on the strength of their feet, jumping and jumping forward.

You can jump forward about half a meter with each move, so you don't walk very slowly.

The bleak moonlight reflected on these figures in strange postures, and the bells and gongs were desolate, especially in the mountains and forests.

Although Poplar and Iron Bull were bold, they were so frightened that they held their breath and lay down in the col, hoping that this corpse chasing team would pass all the way over the col and not find the two of them.

In fact, they didn't have a fire, and they were lying in the middle of the long grass in the col, so it should be difficult for the corpse team to spot them.

But I don't know why, the white lantern that led the way actually went down the hillside far away, leading the eight "happy gods" who jumped and jumped forward, and walked straight to the place where the poplar iron ox was lying down.

As they got closer and closer, the white light of the white lantern shone on the frightened faces of the Iron Bull and Poplar.

Tie Niu Fang was about to jump up, but Bai Yang grabbed him, stood up calmly, and bowed down to the corpse chaser with a white lantern and a big straw hat in the lead, and said, "I'm sorry master, I collided with you during the day, can you see how we want to compensate you?"

But the man did not speak, and stood upright and motionless, like the dead men behind him.

Bai Yang took out the two hundred yuan in his trouser pocket, deliberately counted out a hundred yuan first, handed it to the man, and said, "There is a hundred yuan here, how about making amends to the masters?"

The man reached out to take the money, but remained upright and motionless.

Poplar pretended to grit his teeth and handed over the remaining hundred yuan in his hand.

The man stretched out his hand to take it, but still without saying a word, he walked past Poplar with a white lantern in one hand and a soul bell in the other.

The eight dead men behind him immediately jumped and jumped straight past the poplars.

Aspen is covered in hair, so try to hide as far away as possible. It felt like every dead person skipped past him, and there would be an eerie chill invading his skin, really like the breath of hell.

(See Chapter 064 of "The Iron Mouth Phoenix")

。 The ghost blows the lamp