Chapter 17: The Eagle

Mu Eighteen looked at Mingyu who was walking away and said, "It's a loss for them to run fast, otherwise they ......" "Otherwise, you will be embarrassed, the eighteen arrows of Windy City are not the false name of the waves, what they shot just now was just ordinary feather arrows, if they used rune arrows, a mountain would also be flattened. ”

Ling Yue interrupted him. Mu Eighteen looked at Ming in disbelief, and Ming nodded and said: "The eighteen arrows of Wind City were originally created by me, and their power cannot be questioned, and they are also the sharp weapons of my Wind City." ”

Mu Eighteen waved the wooden sword vigorously and said unconvinced: "It's okay, I can level it with one sword!" The tweet that was crawling on Ling Yue's body was very uncooperative and compared Mu Eighteen's movements, and then chirped out unscrupulously, Ling Yue puffed and smiled: "I understand this sentence without the translation of the flying cat." ”

Mu Eighteen was also embarrassed to worry about a pet, so he raised his head and beckoned the flying lynx and said, "Come down, let's go." There was no reply from the tree, and on the empty tree, the figure of the flying cat had long been gone.

Mu Eighteen asked, "Where did anyone see Fei Lynx running?" Ling Yue and Ming shook their heads together: "I didn't see him, he was still in this place just now." ”

Several people waited for a while, and Ling Yue said: "Wait here, why don't we take a look forward, I'll make some marks here, and when he comes back, he will know that he is going in that direction, and he will chase after him." Mu Eighteen and Ming snorted and agreed.

Several people came to the flying boat, the flying boat was already in tatters, Ling cleaned it up, and said happily: "Look what this is!" Mu Eighteen and Ming leaned over and found that it was the turf on the flying boat, Ling Yue checked it and said: "We are in the territory of Gaoguo, and we can reach Kunlun Mountain in a few more days." ”

Mu Eighteen picked up the wooden sword and said to Ming: "Let's go, monk." After walking for a long time, the sky gradually brightened, Ling Yue was a little tired, and it happened that a few thatched huts appeared in the distance, Mu Eighteen looked at Ling Yue who was a little tired and said, "I'm tired, where to rest." ”

The hut was built on a hillside, in front of which was a clearing of land, surrounded by flowers, and Mu 183 approached to find an old woman in her fifties or sixties dressed in gray clothes struggling to wash her clothes.

Mu 18 walked forward and said, "Hello, old woman, can we take a rest at your house?"

The old woman was stunned for a moment and turned around: "Where did you come from, we haven't been born for a long time, our family is not big, we may not be able to live, you better find another place." ”

Ling Feng felt very bored and was about to leave, Ling Yue saw that Mu Shibai had been wronged, and said angrily: "Old woman, you are too selfish, you see that there are still people around here, can't we give money?"

The old woman's face was pulled down, and she was about to get angry, when a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl jumped out of the house, and shouted happily: "Mother-in-law, don't drive them away, I want my big brother and big sister to play with me, okay?"

When the old woman saw the little girl's face that was about to get angry, she immediately became kind and said, "Okay, mother-in-law listens to Niuniu, and mother-in-law lets them stay." ”

Yi Feng looked at the little girl carefully, the little girl had two pigtails, a flower dress, a childish melon seed face, a flat forehead, and a pair of big eyes with a smile, but there was no innocence in it that ordinary little girls should have at this age, some were mature and melancholy.

The old woman looked back at them and said, "It's rare that this child likes you, her parents are out to make a living, and rarely come back, there are many people who lived here before, and when they have money, they all go to live in the city, and we are the only ones left, and he doesn't have any partners, so you stay and chat with her."

In the evening, the mother-in-law had already prepared dinner, and the little girl kept pestering Ming to tell the story, and she refused to let go after eating. Mu 18 also asked about the way to Kunlun Mountain by the way.

The mother-in-law made several dishes and said, "Amitabha, there is a labor donor, let's give them food, Buddhist disciples, don't eat at noon." ”

The mother-in-law laughed and said, "Master, it's just some home-grown vegetables, you haven't eaten wild vegetables before, I don't know if you like it or not?" The little girl had already taken the chopsticks and gave them to Mu Eighteen: "Brother, eat quickly, tell me a story when you're done." ”

The mother-in-law scolded with a smile: "Niu'er, don't be so naughty, my brother is tired, will I talk about it tomorrow?" Niu'er laughed and silently ran to the side to play, Ling Yue seemed to have something on her mind and ate alone.

After eating, I went to meditate and worship the Buddha early tomorrow morning, Mu Eighteen wanted to go out for a walk, and when he came outside, he saw rows of tall trees, and he didn't feel a little childish to climb up the trees and think about Qin Ling, the moon was bright outside, covering the earth like a layer of fog.

Ling Yue came to the tree, looked at Mu Eighteen and said, "You come down, I have something to tell you." Mu Eighteen asked in confusion, "What's wrong?" Ling Yue said: "I have a bad feeling, this place is too deserted, I want to leave here early, do you think this will work?"

Mu 18 didn't hesitate and disagreed: "No, let's not wait for the flying lynx, this is too unkind." ”

Ling Yue no longer forced him, Mu Eighteen would not leave the flying cat, Mu Eighteen had the intention to take advantage of this beautiful moonlight to write a poem, but it was not good to thin Ling Yue's face, and just climbed under the tree.

Ling Yue pulled him over and said in a low voice: "I went to the back of the house after eating, and found that there are many cemeteries not far behind, and I didn't see the clothes of adults in Niu'er's house, isn't this very strange?"

Mu Eighteen smiled disapprerovingly: "Ling Yue, are you thinking too much, maybe his parents' clothes have been put away, and the people in the mountains have fewer clothes, what's so strange?"

Ling Yue pursed her lips and said angrily, "Okay, you don't believe me, I'll ignore you." ”

After saying that, he turned to leave, Mu Shibai stretched out his hand to grab her, and said with a smile: "Look how angry you are, I also paid attention to what you said, but what can be done now, aren't we waiting for the flying cat, you see we are waiting here for one more day, if he hasn't come yet, we will continue to move forward?"

Ling Yue bowed slightly, Mu Eighteen continued: Ling Yue I made a poem just now, you can see how it is written, "Where the heart rises because of the wind, the meaning of the night is stronger; I want to speak ignorant and silently look at the moon lonely red."

Ling Yue was very unhappy when she heard this, pouted, and ran into the house, leaving Mu Eighteen Feng alone in the same place in a daze, Mu Eighteen thought about it and said to himself: "Doesn't it rhyme there, don't go, tell me."

Mu 18 wanted to catch up with Yue'er and ask for an understanding, a red lantern flashed out of the house in the distance, and before he could see who it was, the lantern arrived at the back of the house again, and Mu 18 followed curiously.

The lantern walked towards a clearing in the distance, the light flickered and flickered, and stopped under a big tree, and Mu Eighteen saw who she was, it was the little girl Niu'er.

She put the lantern on a big stone, folded her hands, and spoke silently.

He hid behind a tree and watched quietly, and Niu'er whispered something in the red light, with her eyes closed and her hands clasped together, when she heard movement in the grave, and one by one skeletons crawled out of the grave, picking up the stones and soft earth.

Little by little, they approached Niu'er, Niu'er seemed to be asleep with her eyes closed, Mu Eighteen felt that there was danger and wanted to save the little girl, but the sleeve was pulled by someone, and when he saw that Ling Yue came back to him at some point, he gestured to Eighteen to wait.

Niu'er stood up and sang softly, and the crisp singing echoed in the wild: bright moon, bright moon, you are not lonely, there are stars with you, big trees, big trees, you are not lonely, there is a breeze with you, and I am lonely, no one accompanies me, who does my loneliness talk to...... With this song, the skeletons danced around the little girl, and the earth fell from them, and some of the bones were so old that they fell apart as they danced.

However, there were still some corpses that had not died long ago, with a stench smell and distorted faces, which made Mu Eighteen and Ling Yue almost vomit out.

After the little girl finished singing, she said: "I won't come to accompany you in the future, ** said that it will disturb you, and I will have friends to play in the future." Mu Eighteen looked at Ling Yue, pointed his finger at his head and said, "Are you talking about me?"

Ling Yue nodded and said, "It's you, can't you see that Niu'er can control them?" Mu Eighteen stuck out his tongue, wiped the cold sweat on his face, and whispered to Yue'er: "She hasn't found us yet, let's go back and shout Ming, get out of here quickly."

As he spoke, he pulled Yue'er and hurriedly walked back, and when he arrived at the door of the house, he saw the oil lamp on and his mother-in-law waiting for them in the house, and when he saw them, he beckoned them to sit down and said, "You have all seen it, I know that you will find out sooner or later, and now you should understand why I didn't let you stay when you came."

Eighteen nodded, and couldn't help but ask her mother-in-law: "Mother-in-law, can you tell us why Niu'er has such a terrible ability?"

The mother-in-law shook her head sadly and said, "Originally, I didn't want to tell you, since you asked, I'll tell you, think about it, it's all wronged, Niu'er's parents picked her up, and there is a stone on her body, saying what kind of baby, what kind of baby."

His parents were accidentally killed because of this stone, and Niu'er was only two or three years old at the time, and I didn't think about it so much, thinking that his parents' death was because they had done too much evil and got retribution.

But after a long time, the villagers found out that Niu'er was different, and she could talk to the corpse, and the villagers were afraid to kill her, so I was reluctant, so I secretly took her to this place.

Later, Niu'er's evil nature became bigger and bigger, so I could let the corpse move, and I couldn't help it, so I just let her go, I think it was because of that stone, so I buried that stone and brought Niu'er here."

Mu 18 comforted the old woman and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, we won't hurt Niu'er, thank you for telling us this." The mother-in-law shook her head and said: "I also hope to go here to protect Niu'er's life, you go quickly, after crossing a river, it is Chenjia Village, I am the person from that village, you can go, don't come here in the future."

At this time, the closed door was opened forcefully, and Ming walked into the room and said softly: "I guess I can't go!"