Jiguo, Xiling.

After walking for a whole day and night, Han Lingxiao saw a sparsely populated village again, and there were a few yaks grazing scattered on the pasture next to the village, as black as his old black mule. He looked at the hungry army of bandits behind him, looked at the poor little village again, shook his head helplessly, and said to Xiao Heng: "You go to the small village in front to inquire if there are any towns nearby." ”

After receiving the order, Xiao Heng rode down the hill with a long knife, Han Lingxiao turned his head to look at Lan Lan who was lying on horseback with no energy, she was already sleepy and couldn't open her eyes. After a long time, Xiao Heng rushed back and reported dejectedly that there was a city not far ahead, but due to its remote location, it was often attacked by foreign enemies, and in recent months, there have been a series of haunted incidents, and the people in the city have abandoned the city in panic and fled, so now it has become a deserted city.

Han Lingxiao sighed desperately after hearing this, everyone hadn't eaten for several days, but this way over the mountains and mountains, there were only a few scattered small villages, and they were all hungry and couldn't walk, Han Lingxiao had no choice but to comfort: "Everyone, there is a city not far ahead, let's go there tonight to rest, and everyone can also search the city for anything to eat." ”

After hearing him say this, the bandits suddenly came to their senses, and cheered one by one to hurry up.

"Didn't you say haunted?" asked Mulan, who was still lying on her horse's back weakly.

"This is not a side stopper, where are there so many burning ghosts!" Han Lingxiao said confidently, "We have to find a place to stay, Xiao Heng, send a few young people to keep vigil in turn tonight, and if you see an unusually strange celestial phenomenon, immediately ring the gong to wake everyone up." ”

Wan Lan wanted to say something more, but she stopped her mouth, and there was a faint uneasiness in her heart.

Walking to the city gate, Han Lingxiao pointed to the plaque above his head and asked Wan Lan, "Do you know this city?"

Lan Lan looked up and saw the word "Xiling", showing a look of surprise, she remembered that she had been to this city when she was a child when she visited with her father, because there were many scholars in the city who studied historical sites and respected them, so her father also specially ordered the repair of this city.

A group of people walked in, but the city was deserted, they walked to the square in the center of the city, Han Lingxiao pointed to a larger mansion and said to everyone: "You can look around to find if there is anything to eat, we will settle down in this mansion tonight to rest, and set off early tomorrow morning to continue on our way." ”

When everyone heard this, they shouted in unison, "Long live the black mule king," and then dispersed as birds and beasts. In the blink of an eye, there were only three left: Han Lingxiao, Lan Lan and Xiao Heng. He shook his head helplessly and rode into the house on a black mule.

The house was a desolate and dilapidated scene, and the ground was full of debris, and it could be seen that the family was in a hurry when they left.

The three of them searched room by room in the house for a long time, but they didn't even find a grain of rice, Xiao Heng used a knife to chop a few pieces of furniture as firewood to keep warm, and at ten o'clock in the evening, the three of them sat around the fire, but their hungry stomachs gurgled.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, dare to ask how long it will take for us to reach the capital of your country?" Han Lingxiao asked weakly.

"It's not far away...... "Wan Lan waved her hand to comfort him, in fact, she herself didn't know how much more she had to walk.

Han Lingxiao looked at the black mule who was hungry and emaciated, and began to worry in his heart: If this continues, if the black mule starves to death and reveals his stuffing, won't these bandits tie him up and roast him and eat it?

Wan Lan felt that she didn't have any strength in her body, and just wanted to close her eyes to sleep, when she suddenly saw the back of a black-haired and red-clothed woman floating straight outside the door, she was so frightened that she suddenly shuddered, instantly woke up, and patted Han Lingxiao's shoulder hard: "Yes...... There are ghosts!" she cried softly.

Han Lingxiao looked at the sky, although it was dark and misty, there was nothing abnormal, he pointed to the sky and asked Wan Lan in confusion, "Okay, how can there be a ghost?"

"It's not a burning ghost! it's a female ghost!" said Mulan with a glaring look at him.

At this time, Xiao Heng, who was dozing off, also saw a woman in red with long black hair in front of his face standing at the door, he was startled, the woman in red floated by the door in a strange flash, Xiao Heng's eyes widened and he grabbed Han Lingxiao, pointed out the door in horror and shouted: "Great King...... There are ghosts!"

Han Lingxiao looked at the old man next to him who was several years older than himself and hugged his arm and trembled in fright, but he felt a burst of horror, he gently patted Xiao Heng's back to calm the other party's emotions, and then broke away from his hand, picked up a pointed wooden stick from the ground, signaled the two to wait in place, and walked towards the door by himself. The black mule also followed faithfully behind its master.

Han Lingxiao walked out of the door, but he didn't see anything unusual, he rode a black mule around the entire mansion again, most of the bandits had already gathered together and fell asleep, only one or two young people who were still keeping vigil in turn were still sitting and dozing, Han Lingxiao stepped forward and shook them to ask about the vigil, but they all explained that there was nothing abnormal. He thought that Xu is Xiaoheng and Wanlan were very hungry and hallucinated......

Just thinking about it, he suddenly heard two deafening screams, one thick and one thin, Han Lingxiao immediately rode back on a black mule, and returned to the room just now, but saw Xiao Heng trembling with a big knife and his eyes rounded, as if he was about to face the battle at any time, and Ling Lan jumped directly on the table and cried in fright.

Han Lingxiao looked at the two helplessly, "You two are really ......"

"Behind!" she yelled at him.

Han Lingxiao suddenly felt a murderous aura attack from behind, and the moment he turned around, he saw the woman in red clinging to him, with a blood-red eyeball protruding from her eye socket behind her long black hair, staring straight at him. Han Lingxiao subconsciously jumped backwards, the woman showed her long sharp and bloody nails and swung at him, drawing five bloody red knife lights, Xu is strong sense of crisis stimulated his last survival instinct, the long wooden stick in his hand instantly turned into a pointed spear under the catalysis of internal force, and he struggled to block the oncoming knife light.

At this time, the female ghost's long black hair suddenly lengthened, twisted like a snake and rushed over, wrapping around his arm, Xiao Heng wasted no time in swinging the knife to cut off the hair wrapped around his hand, but the hair coiled around his knife and wrapped around his arm. Xiao Heng jumped around in horror and tore the messy hair on his arm, but he was even more frightened to find that the hair was being pulled more and more.

"Come on!" Xiao Heng roared with all his strength, but there was no response.

Han Lingxiao threw out a spear and shot it in the direction where the female ghost was, but the female ghost instantly turned into a burst of distorted red smoke and let out a terrible strange laugh, the voice was harsh and terrifying, and Wan Lan squatted on the table and covered her ears and trembled with fright.