The next day, as soon as the sun came out, Du Heng and the four of them rode their horses and galloped north.

After a few hours, the sun had climbed overhead. The heat of the air close to the ground made the horses unbearable, but fatigue forced them to slow down.

Du Heng took out an apple from the gluttonous bag, chewed it to himself, and then waved his hand, threw the core over the back of his head, and found the next one.

Du Ruo said: "According to your way of eating, the nocturnal wanderer girl can find us along the kernel." ”

Du Heng didn't seem to hear it, and threw out an apple core again.

Du Ruo glanced at Du Heng, squinted his eyes again, and looked up at the sky. The intense sunlight almost burned her eyes.

She wiped the sweat from her head and said, "We've been gone for a long time, can we take a break?" ”

Du Heng said: "We can't stop, we must leave the territory of Boshan before dark." ”

Du Ruo saw that Du Heng didn't have to discuss, so he turned his head to look at the other two people.

Yuyang's face was stubborn, and the sweat on his head flowed down like a waterfall, and the whole person seemed to melt away. Mu Yu didn't seem to be bothered by the scorching sun, the expression on his face was still cold, his hair was clean and fresh, and he didn't sweat at all. Du Ruo couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Hey, little flower, aren't you hot?"

Without waiting for Mu Yu to speak, Du Heng said dissatisfiedly on the side: "Ah Ruo, it's okay for you to show a little respect, people have names." ”

Du Ruo said: "She didn't say anything, what are you doing?" ”

Mu Yu didn't care about Du Ruo's unreasonableness as always, but said lightly: "I'm not hot." ”

Du Ruoqi said: "How come? ”

Mu Yu said: "Maybe this Jade Huang, not only can it resist the damage for me, but also resist the heat for me, I am afraid that it will also regard this heat as an invasion of foreign enemies." ”

Du Ruo was overjoyed and said: "There is such a good thing, can you lend me to wear it for a while?" ”

Du Heng interjected: "Ah Ruo, you are here again, it was given to Mu Yu by the old man of Xisu for protection, if you take it, what kind of monster will come at this time, what should I do if I take Mu Yu away?" ”

Du Ruo pursed his lips and said, "Cut, how can there be any monsters, even if there is, the heat is hot." ”

Du Heng shook his head helplessly, and said: "You learn from other people's Yuyang, it is also hot, do you see that people have said a word?" ”

Du Ruo glanced at Yu Yang's hot and red face.

"I'm not comparable to him, he's a stone egg," Du Ruo twinked his hair with his fingertips, "I'm still very delicate." ”

Yuyang almost couldn't hold back and laughed.

Du Ruobai glanced at Yuyang, looked at Mu Yu again, and looked up and down, and carefully looked at him. Suddenly, his gaze stopped on the bracelet on Mu Yu's wrist.

"Xiao Hua, it's okay if Yu Huang doesn't give it to me, take off the bracelet on your hand and show it to me."

Mu Yu glanced down at the bracelet and said in a low voice: "This bracelet ...... Can't give it to you. ”

Du Ruo said: "Look at what you are afraid of?" It's not a good thing, so stingy. ”

Mu Yu said: "That day, the national teacher said that you borrowed someone else's things...... I won't pay it back. ”

Du Ruo took a sip and said, "Phew! Listen to that old man's! Hmph, if you don't show me, I want to see it. As he spoke, he was going to grab it on horseback.

Seeing that Du Ruo began to play scoundrels again, Du Heng threw the apple into the air, put his hand on the horse's back, and his whole body rose into the air, and his leg kicked backwards, kicking Du Ruo's hand away.

Du Ruo was furious: "Du Heng! You're actually kicking me for this little Hanako?! ”

Du Heng turned over in the air, sat back on the horse, and said solemnly: "It was taken off by Mu Yu from her dead mother's hand, you settle down, don't mess around." ”

As soon as the words fell, the half of the apple fell from the sky and fell back into Du Heng's hand in a dignified manner.

Du Ruo was stunned, she glanced back at Mu Yu's sad eyes, lowered her eyes, and didn't speak for a long time.

The air suddenly became quiet, except for the crisp sound of Du Heng nibbling on an apple.

After a long time, Du Ruo said quietly: "My mother died when Du Heng and I were very young. ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Du Ruo's mouth, she glanced at the green bracelet on Mu Yu's hand, and said, "It's a pity that she didn't leave us with any thoughts." ”

Mu Yu said: "How did your mother die?" ”

Du Ruodao: "I was shot through the heart by Yu Kongsang with an arrow. ”

Du Heng's figure froze.

Mu Yu said: "The lord of the Eastern Empty Mulberry? ”

The mountain of Kongsang, located in the eastern part of Middle Earth, is the head of the Yu family, Yu Kongsang, whose name is the same as his territory. The ancestors are the essence of the tree, and the cultivation is fine. The Yu family did not follow the right path in cultivating the law, and specialized in the art of controlling ghosts, which posed a great threat to the various ethnic groups in Middle-earth. Du Jiuzhai ordered all ethnic groups to encircle and suppress Kongsang Mountain, and Yu Kongsang was defeated. However, just as the families wanted to sacrifice Yu Kongsang's blood to the sky, Yu Kongsang took the opportunity to shoot Du Jiuzhai's wife with an arrow.

Du Ruo nodded, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Xiao Zhaohua, you have to keep the bracelet, don't let people snatch it." ”

Mu Yu nodded thoughtfully.

As it gets late, the sun shines through the clouds and down into the mountains. The mountain is like a big mouth, eating away at the sun little by little.

Yu Yang looked at the sunset on the horizon and said worriedly: "Childe, it's getting dark, and I haven't met anyone from the Qu family yet, what if the nocturnal wandering girl comes after a while?" ”

Du Heng didn't answer, and he didn't know how to answer. With the power of the three fledgling immortals, they are no match for the nocturnal wandering girl at all, not to mention a mortal Muyu.

It was getting dark, dark clouds obscured the moon, and from time to time there was an owl or two in the distant woods.

The four rode to a valley. The valley is long, lush with vegetation, and a narrow path runs through it.

Du Heng walked in front of him, always on the lookout for movement in the woods on both sides. Several people have a string in their heads, and at this time, even if a rabbit comes out, it can scare them half to death.

As he walked, the horse's ears suddenly stood up, and his steps froze. Du Heng was just about to urge, but the four horses suddenly seemed to be frightened, raised their two front hooves, and jumped up like crazy.

Mu Yu couldn't grasp the reins, pounced, and was overturned to the ground by the horse. Du Heng didn't care about appeasing the horses, turned over and jumped off the horse, and hurriedly went to check on Mu Yu.

Seeing this, Du Ruo and Yuyang also hurriedly jumped off their horses.

As if on fire in their buttocks, the four horses turned and ran for their lives, and disappeared in a few moments.

Du Ruo clasped his hands on his shoulders and said, "It's okay now, we don't even have horses." ”

Yu Yang looked at the direction in which the horse disappeared, and said to himself, "What did they see, why did they all run away all of a sudden?" ”

Du Heng picked up Mu Yu and quickly looked around.

The wind was strong, and the trees in the valley were rustling, and dead branches and leaves were flying all over the sky. The wind screamed in the valley like a woman howling loudly.

Du Heng had a chill down his spine, and secretly scolded that the people of the Qu family were all slow-footed turtles.

Yuyang raised his head, looked at the heavy dark clouds overhead, frowned and muttered, "It looks like it's going to rain......"

Du Heng said: "Yuyang, do you smell the smell of nocturnal wandering girls?" ”

Yuyang was stunned for a moment, sniffled twice, and shook his head.

It was so late, and the nocturnal wanderer didn't keep up, and it seemed that something was wrong. But the horses were all frightened away, if it wasn't a nocturnal wanderer, what was it?

Du Heng was thinking about it, but Mu Yu exclaimed, and hurriedly pulled a few people to hide in the bushes on the side of the road.

Du Ruo was a little confused, and said, "What are you doing with flowers?" ”

Mu Yu put his index finger to his lips: "Shhhh......hh

Suddenly, a majestic trumpet sounded, and an impassioned war drum was beating.

Immediately after, the shouts of killing, scolding, orders, neighing of war horses, the sound of weapons colliding, and the sound of disemboweling and disemboweling were all resounding.

Du Ruo squatted in the bushes, holding Du Heng's hand tightly, his joints gurgling. Du Heng's hand was almost unconscious.

Suddenly, all the sound stopped abruptly. The air was surprisingly still, almost suffocating.

"Sonorous, sonorous, sonorous......"

In the silence, there was the sound of neat footsteps, accompanied by the clash of armor and the trampling of horses' hooves.

The four of them hid in the bushes, trembling all over, not daring to make a sound, and their eight eyes stared at the path in front of them.

Suddenly, four horses' hooves appeared in front of them. The horse's hooves strode around the place, and then walked forward. Immediately afterward, rows of neat infantry phalanxes came over "sonorously". The infantrymen, dressed in armor and marching in unison, spears in their hands, marched forward shoulder to shoulder.

The path in the valley is so narrow that only two people can walk side by side. But this team of people, there are more than ten or twenty people in a row, but they can calmly run parallel on this narrow mountain road, and there is even a surplus.

Du Heng squinted his eyes and looked carefully, the figure of the group seemed to be a little transparent, and the trees on the opposite side were all passing through their bodies.

Du Ruo's eyes widened and he looked at Mu Yu. Mu Yu nodded and said in a low voice: "Yin soldiers borrow the way." ”

Du Heng suddenly remembered that this valley seemed to be an ancient battlefield. A hundred years ago, there was a fierce battle here. At that time, there was a very prominent family, because it was too maverick, was ostracized and crusaded by other families, and in this valley was ambushed by other families, and finally was tragically destroyed.

Du Ruo stiffened there, squatting a little disobediently, and stepped on a small branch unexpectedly.

"Click."

A passing Yin soldier stopped, turned his head sharply, and stared at the bush where the four men were hiding. Beneath the massive helmet was a face that had been cut off in half, the only remaining half of the face was lifeless, and one eye contained malice, hatred, and rage, almost burning.

Du Ruo was so frightened that he almost screamed, but fortunately, his mouth was tightly covered by Yuyang in time. Du Ruo's teeth were embedded in Yu Yang's palm, and blood was gurgling down his arm.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning split the night sky, followed by a deafening roar of thunder that exploded overhead. The mountain wind was howling, and the trees were swaying from side to side.

The Yin soldier slowly raised his head and looked at the sky, then at the troops in front of him, turned to follow their pace, and left.

When all the Yin soldiers had passed, the four of them jumped out of the bushes tremblingly.

Du Heng looked at the end of the path, and the Yin soldiers who had just crossed the border had completely disappeared, and it seemed that they had never come.

Mu Yu looked around and said, "No wonder the nocturnal wandering girl didn't dare to come over, it turned out that there were Yin soldiers here." ”

All three looked at Mu Yu.

"I heard my father say that the Yin soldiers are the most evil ghosts, and any ghost who sees them must retreat and dare not attack them at all. However, although the Yin Soldiers are powerful, they never take the initiative to attack others, and only patrol their own territory. Mu Yu paused, "As long as we don't take the initiative to appear on the way of the Yin soldiers, they won't come to hurt us." ”

Yuyang said: "That means that we are actually very safe in this valley. ”

Mu Yu nodded and said, "You can also say the same." ”

As he spoke, a few drops of water suddenly fell on Yu Yang's head. Yu Yang was just about to raise his hand to wipe it off, only to hear a loud sound, and the pouring rain instantly tilted down.

The raindrops of beans smashed their bodies painfully, and the four of them were photographed as soup chickens on the spot.

Du Heng wiped a handful of water from his face and shouted: "We have to find a place to hide from the rain, otherwise we will not be haunted to death by ghosts, but we will also be killed by the rain." ”

The sound of thunder, rain, and leaves was mixed together, and Du Heng's voice was drowned out in an instant.

A few people ran cautiously in the valley, for fear of disturbing the Yin soldiers who had just borrowed the way.

In the dense rain, a small eaves loom in the forest. When I got closer, I realized that it was a small temple.

Several people hurriedly hid inside.

The temple is not big, and there is a big Bodhisattva on the central hall. There is an incense burner in front of him, and the incense ash inside has been damp and solid, and it seems that no one has come to incense for a long time. The offering table was empty, with two boys standing on either side of the offering table, and a few futons thrown around it.

Du Heng casually pulled a futon and sat down, wringing the water on his clothes. Yuyang pulled two futons for the two girls, and looked for something to make a fire in the small hall by himself. Du Ruo and Mu Yu also sat down, took off their coats, and twisted them little by little.

Yuyang looked around, but there was no gain, and he was about to dismantle a few futons to make a fire to keep warm, but his eyes were attracted by the boy next to the offering table.

The two boys, one on the left and one on the right, were covered in heavy dust.

Yu Yang stretched out his hand and rubbed the shoulder of the next boy, and found that under the thick dust, the stone was as smooth as a mirror, and it seemed to be a high-quality jade.

Looking up again, the boy's face was even more handsome, and even his expression was carved vividly.

Yu Yang was just about to praise the boy in this small temple in the barren mountain, and there was such a ghostly carving, but he suddenly found that the boy seemed to blink.

The blood around him instantly coagulated, and he was stunned for a long time, and finally turned back tremblingly, and stammered: "Mu ...... Miss Muyu, didn't you say that where there are Yin soldiers, don't ...... Don't other ghosts dare to come......"