Chapter 118: Unspeakable
As the sun sets, the mountains gradually fall into darkness, and in a mountain village, every house smokes from cooking, and the farmers who have worked all day return home one after another, and after dinner, the family talks, and then sleeps until dawn. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The sun rises and the sun sets, and the ancestors have been like this for generations, and there is not so much land in the mountains to grow crops, so hunting and collecting medicine are also important means of making a living.
Although the people who live in the mountains live a hard life, they have long been accustomed to it, but no matter how busy they are, they have to go home before the sun goes down, because the mountains at night are not peaceful.
At night, the mountains and forests are infested with wild beasts, bears, tigers, leopards and wolves, and anyone who encounters them will be unlucky, not to mention the ubiquitous poisonous snakes, which can be fatal with a single bite.
In addition, there are all kinds of legends, what mountain spirits and ghosts, etc., it sounds like there are many infiltrating people, there are many inexplicable strange things in the mountains, no one dares to say that this is all fake, anyway, it is right to go home as soon as the sun goes down.
Zhao Wu thought the same thing, but he scolded and went out, holding a long stick in his hand and a woodcutter pinned to his waist, to find his lost goat.
Today's son went to herd sheep, and when he came back, there was one less, and after smoking a few sticks, when Aya could only go out to find sheep, it was dangerous to go out at night, Zhao Wu's daughter-in-law kept stopping, and was blocked back by Zhao Wu's words:
"How much is a sheep worth?"
"But... But in case something happens to you..."
"It's okay, I grew up in the mountains, and I didn't go out at night, so there's nothing to be afraid of!"
said so, Zhao Wu didn't dare to hold it up, so he found two partners to go out together, everyone played from childhood to adulthood, and the friendship of bare buttocks was naturally nothing, and there was a good response along the way.
In fact, this sheep may not be recovered, but Zhao Wu is unwilling, and the money owed is expected to be repaid by selling the sheep, and it is always good to be able to save some of it.
It is true that the mountains and forests at night are very dangerous, but it does not mean that you can't go out, not to mention hunting those wild boars that harm the crops, and it is also an occasional thing to go to the night, as long as you don't drill deep into the mountains and forests, there will not be much of a problem.
The mountains are very dangerous, but as long as they abide by the "rules", they will live well, Zhao Wu has been in the mountains with his friends since he was a child, chasing pheasants and hares and digging birds' nests, and he will not be afraid of the mountains and forests like a tiger.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, the surrounding mountains and forests are dark and swarthy, and from time to time there is a wolf howl, which makes people shudder, Zhao Wu and his companions shouted for a long time in the place where their son herded sheep today, but they didn't hear the sheep cry, and they wondered in their hearts that there was no way.
"Ah Wu, forget if you can't find it, your eldest man is a sensible child, don't fight again when you go back."
"That is, is a sheep important, or is your own son important? Didn't you get beaten by Uncle Zhao back then? What a big deal! ”
Zhao Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head, what else can I do now, the sheep was probably taken away by a wolf, and it is not interesting to look for it any longer, and if the black light is blind, the three of them will have to take their lives if they meet the tiger.
They are not hunters, there is no need to play with their lives, they looked around, listened for a while, and after confirming that there were no sheep calling, Zhao Wu and his companions turned around and walked in the direction of the village.
The village is located in the middle of the mountainside, on the west side of the valley, there is a sheep intestine trail extending from the depths of the mountain on the south side, passing through the valley towards the north side of the mountain, this road to the south where Zhao Wu does not know, and has not walked.
Specifically, he didn't go to the end, when he was a child, he and his companions traveled south along this road, which was no different from other mountain roads, the same winding, and there were mountain villages in the valley, and occasionally there were merchants carrying burdens to sell goods along this road, and they made hard money.
"Ah Wu, what are you looking at?"
"I said there was light on the other side of the road?"
"Light? Could it be that the daring torch to walk at night? Don't go over, lest you be taken as a cutter, and then you will be unlucky if you are shot with an arrow. ”
That's right, the three of them didn't want to be troubled, so they turned around and walked in the direction of the village, but the distance was a little far, and they also came to the bottom of the valley, not far from the ancient road, and it was easy to be mistaken for robbers.
A few people sneaking around on the side of the road with sticks on the big night, and anyone who encounters them will mumble in their hearts.
Zhao Wu carefully looked at the path under his feet, and realized that something was wrong as he walked: no one followed behind him! He looked back, only to see his two companions stop more than ten paces behind him, and look back to the south.
That was the direction of the trail, Zhao Wu didn't think there was anything to see, so he turned back and pulled his companion to leave, but saw that something was wrong with the other party.
"What's the matter, could it be that you see something unclean?"
Zhao Wu said "unclean things", naturally referring to indescribable things, as the so-called can't talk about ghosts at night, he didn't forget this taboo, but his companion was obviously trembling, and as the other party pointed in the direction, Zhao Wu was stunned.
On the ancient road, there are many erratic fire balls, and under the white firelight, a large group of black shadows are advancing, and the dark valley looks particularly weird.
Zhao Wu shuddered, he hadn't seen ghost fires, there were often cemeteries outside the village, but there were no graveyards or lonely graves on the ancient road today, and he had never seen this side come out of the ghost fire before.
With the ghost fire, then these dark shadows...
Thinking of this, Zhao Wu was clever, thinking about leaving, but his legs didn't obey the call, so he could only squat down with his companions, and watched with horror on his face as those black shadows moved north from the path not far away.
The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and there was the sound of metal crashing, Zhao Wu looked through the grass, and saw ghost fire surrounding the team, but those black shadows were a person, dressed in armor and holding weapons, looking like an army.
An army marching at night? Don't light a torch but rely on ghost fire to show the way? Bullshit, these aren't people at all!
From a distance, these "people" turned pale one by one, and did not make any other sounds, just lined up in a long line and walked forward silently, Zhao Wu could see clearly, each "person" had a trace printed on his cheek in his eyes, it was not what the eyes were bleeding!
Zhao Wu only felt that his legs were cramping, his heart was beating violently, his urge to urinate increased sharply, he was about to be paralyzed, his teeth began to fight, and in order to avoid being heard by "people", he could only bite his hand.
His two companions were no better, no one dared to gasp loudly, and the scene in front of them was too terrifying, reminding them of the story that had been told in the mountains: the Yin Soldier borrowed the way.
One night, in a valley, an army would suddenly appear out of thin air, silently march along a non-existent road, and then disappear out of thin air after a while, and the living people they met along the way would be killed if they disturbed "them".
Even if you don't disturb it, you will get seriously ill afterwards, and you will only have half a life left.
This army is said to be the condensation of the souls of fallen soldiers, who died on the battlefield, but never forgot their mission, and reappeared in the world under certain circumstances to participate in the battles they participated in.
He was wearing the armor he wore when he died in battle, and his weapons and flags were also things from the past, and he walked in the world with his obsession, and then disappeared again.
This legend is terrifying, but it makes people suspicious, Zhao Wu was also skeptical when he heard about it, and now, he has witnessed it with his own eyes.
The Yin soldiers walked silently, and Zhao Wu even saw that the faces of some of them were already gloomy skeletons, and the black eye holes seemed to be able to see through everything.
Cold sweat kept breaking, Zhao Wu and his companions were already frightened and their heads were blank, and these Yin soldiers didn't know how long they had finally finished, but looking at it from a distance, the erratic ghost fire was still terrifying.
The three of them still maintained a squatting position, the mountain wind blew and their bodies were cold, their whole bodies were wet with sweat, and after a shiver came back to their senses, they struggled to get up, and then they all fell to the ground with weak legs.
After squatting for a long time, his legs were numb, but he was more frightened and his legs were weak, Zhao Wu got up with a stick, looked at each other for a moment, and each saw the panic in the other's eyes.
"Quick, get back to the village!"
The three of them ran towards the village, even if they kept wrestling, making their noses blue and their faces swollen, they didn't dare to stop, and they even rolled and crawled forward, all of them burst into tears, because they knew that they had met the Yin soldiers and were afraid that they would die soon.
I don't want to die yet! (To be continued.) )