Chapter 41, Bamboo Forest
I didn't expect that in the middle of the night, there would be people in the wilderness with such Yaxing drums, and I was stunned for a while, just looking at the depths of the bamboo forest under the moon, and I didn't dare to move a step.
Immediately after that, there were two more "Zheng Zheng" sounds from the depths of the bamboo forest, and I was frightened.
The guqin gradually became a tune, which sounded very clear from a distance, and a little weird.
I called Xuancheng a few more times, but still didn't get a response, so I simply had the courage to drive my horse away along the sound of the piano......
The moon shadow in the bamboo forest is sparse, and I don't know how long I walked, but I could hear someone singing with me...
It was a man's voice, with a bit of idle clouds and wild cranes, but when I listened to the words, it was an out-and-out sad song.
The word is:
The autumn breeze is clear, the autumn moon is bright,
The fallen leaves gather and disperse, and the jackdaws are frightened.
Do you know when you see each other? It's hard to be embarrassed at this time.
Enter my lovesick door, know my lovesickness,
Sauvignon Blanc long memories, Sauvignon Blanc is infinite,
I knew it was so stumbling, how could I not know each other at the beginning.
I listened to the music and listened to it fascinated, I don't know how long I walked, and in a trance, the white horse stopped in a clearing in the bamboo forest.
The moonlight is like frost, because there is no bamboo shadow to cover it, and the open space is illuminated.
In the middle of the clearing, a man in a white shirt and a white crown sat with his back to me, sitting on a large bluestone with a guqin on his lap, apparently the one who sang the drum.
He seemed to notice the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the movement of his hand stopped, turning his face slightly sideways, but he couldn't see his face clearly.
I hesitated to dismount, but finally sat on my horse and saluted, "I don't know how offensive the son is here." The little woman came from Majiazhuang in the north, and was going to the direction of Huaijing, but she passed through this place and disappeared from her companions...... Dare to ask this son, have you ever seen another son in a black shirt passing by?"
The man in white shook his head, and his voice drifted from afar, "No." ”
I was in a trance, but when I heard his cold voice, I felt a little inexplicably frightened, and I didn't want to stay any longer, so I saluted again and said, "It seems that I have to find it myself, bother." ”
I was reining the reins, but I heard the man whisper, "Why don't you carry a lantern, girl, stay behind, the night is bleak in the bamboo forest, and the dew is heavy?"
The lantern that had been lit by the fireflies just now was lost in a panic, and I was about to answer, but the white horse under my crotch suddenly seemed to become a little uneasy, and its hooves stepped on the gravel in the clearing, and it made a crisp knocking sound.
The white-clothed boy sat upright on the bluestone, plucked the strings twice, and startled a flying crow in the depths of the bamboo forest, but he didn't realize it, but said quietly, "The night is heavy, the girl is alone, how can she go out without a lantern?"
After that, he snapped the strings a few more times, and hummed softly, "Sauvignon Blanc is long and memorable, and short and compassionate is infinite......"
The other party behaved abnormally, but he was a person who could ask questions, and the night in this bamboo forest was thick, and it was not a bad thing to have multiple people who gave directions.
I saluted again and said, "The little girl is indeed a newcomer, listening to the child's speech, it seems that she is familiar with this bamboo forest? My son-in-law is waiting for me outside the bamboo forest. ”
The white-clothed boy stroked the piano and sighed, "It's very familiar, but it's too dark in front of me, I'm afraid it's not good to take the girl out." ”
Don't you think it's too dark outside, afraid that you will lead the way in the middle of the night and step on the empty cliff and break your hands and feet?
"That's not easy to say?" Because the man had his back to me, I took advantage of his insight, raised my hand and broke off a bamboo branch, and used my meager spiritual power to cast a spell to transform into an ordinary lantern, and the surrounding area instantly lit up a lot.
I lifted the lantern and smiled, "I have a spare lantern in my bag, so I lit it with a hyacinth.
The man turned his back to me, only caressing the qin, and shook his head, "It's too dark, too dark, I can't get out......"
I put down the lantern and drove forward, and said angrily, "You are really interesting, if you don't want to help, you don't want to help, and such a bright lantern is too dark, and you ...... for such a ridiculous prevarication" I was just halfway through my angry words, but when I saw the face of the man in white, I was completely dumbfounded......
The man was born with jade skin and bones, and his nose and mouth were carved like carvings, but his eyes were ...... His upper and lower eyelids looked as if they had been crudely sewn with copper wire......
Because the pulling force was too great, black blood was seen on the wound, and it seemed that the upper half of his face was distorted, which was extremely hideous and terrifying......
The man was unaware of my frightened dismount, just stroked the piano, shook his head, and said miserably, "It's too dark, too dark... It's too dark...... In the middle of the night, the bamboo forest was bleak, and the dew was heavy, so I couldn't see it, and I couldn't get out......"
"It's so cold in the bamboo forest...... It's cold...... I can't get out no matter how I go...... My flesh is soaked in dew and eaten by rotting worms......"
As the man spoke, the flesh on his face began to rot piece by piece, first on his face, then on his neck, then on his hands and feet, and on his clothes......
In the end, only a white skeleton remained, sitting on the spot and stroking the qin, whimpering, "Nine years...... I can't see, I can't get out, it's been nine years...... I'm cold...... It hurts......"
I screamed and woke up suddenly in Xuan Cheng's arms!
When the man saw me like this, he quickly tightened the reins with one hand and hugged me with the other, "What's wrong, what's wrong?
I bit my tooth sockets, broke out in a cold sweat, and trembled for a long time.
After barely composing myself in the comfort of the man, I looked around for a long time and realized that we were passing through a dense bamboo forest......
And this bamboo forest is the same as the bamboo forest in the dream just now.
I looked up at the man and said in a horrified tone, "Your Highness, Your Highness... There seems to be a ghost ...... here."