As night fell, and with no more pedestrians on the streets, it seemed destined to be calm tonight.

Occasionally, a few black shadows flashed, like ghosts, which made people feel terrified, and unknown exorcism drugs were inserted in front of every house, and some even hung a string of copper coins.

The Guanhe River is surprisingly quiet today, the water surface seems to have no waves, the willows on both sides seem to stand like ghosts and gods in the dark night, laughing at passers-by with the faceless face, the deep Guanhe River is like a bloody mouth, and it may swallow people at any time under the waves.

When pedestrians pass by here, they all speed up their pace, worry about it, and hurry home, and occasionally a few people who are too timid even scream, suspicious, which makes people laugh.

Residents huddle at home, and as long as they don't travel at night during Halloween, they can stay safe, and when the sun sets completely, the busy people outside hurry back.

However, there is no shortage of people in this world who do the opposite.

There was a noise in Cai's house, the sound of horses' hooves falling, the wheels crushing on the ground, and the sound of making people uncomfortable.

The carriage slowly came out of the back door, ticking down the stone slabs of the street, and the groom's was much more stable than usual.

This horseman was not shocked on the surface, but he knew that he was a little nervous in his heart with a rather dignified look, and today the young master of the Cai family suddenly hired him, and he originally said that he would not agree to anything.

But when he saw a silver ticket of five hundred taels of silver, he didn't care about anything, and with these five hundred taels of silver, it meant that he didn't have to do this old business in the future, but could change to business.

There is no shortage of such risk-taking people in this world - of course, this is not a big risk, from Yangzhou to Suzhou, there are no jackals, tigers and leopards, there are no bandits, and third, there is no car accident......

The groom was worried, but it was haunted by lonely ghosts.

Ma Fu is a more superstitious person, in the morning when he took over this work, he specially found a Taoist priest to practice, and asked for a bowl of rootless water, three life charms, and then his heart settled down.

"There are no ghosts in this world, have you heard of ghosts eating people in Yangzhou?"

A voice came from inside the car at this time, startling the horseman, almost losing his soul, he patted his chest lightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "You may not know this master, we little people really believe in this honestly, why does the Guanhe drown so many people every year?" ”

"Last year, my nephew fell into the Guan River, he had good water quality, but he was not in a rut, and he was easily rescued, but he was stunned to say that someone below pulled his legs, and after coming back, he contracted the wind cold, and finally he was confused all day long, talking constantly, and he was afraid of seeing the water, and finally left." The groom muttered incessantly, sighed, and said with pity, "Well, that boy is only eighteen, and he is not yet an adult (1). ”

The man in the carriage did not speak again, as if he had nothing to refute, or he could not explain what was going on with this strange thing.

If Su Lin again, he will definitely feel funny about the words of the groom, after staying in the water for a long time, it is normal to contract any disease, with the medical skills at this time, it is naturally not visible, but it is regarded as a ghost, and the ancients are too superstitious about ghosts and gods.

Soon, the carriage reached the gate of the city, but it stopped.

"What's going on?" After the people in the car felt it, they were a little unhappy, and hurriedly asked, revealing a trace of impatience in their voices.

The groom glanced at the direction of the city gate with some fear, and he didn't know why, there was no moonlight today, but over there, the dark passage of the city gate always felt that there was a figure standing there, looking at this side with his eyes open.

"Master, do you think you will encounter a ghost......" The groom shuddered, trembling and took out a yellow talisman, always feeling that it was not enough, he took out all the three talismans he begged for, pasted them on his body, pasted another one for the horse, and then handed the rest into the carriage.

"Master, take it and stick it, Wong Tai Sin said that if you stick this talisman on your body, the ghost won't be able to see you."

The people in the car obviously didn't want to delay and took the rune paper.

The carriage moved slowly again, and Cai Jiu was sitting in the carriage at this time, his face was obviously a little dark.

Looking at the yellow talisman in his hand, his eyes were full of disdain, he was not afraid of any ghosts, but then he seemed to remember something over the years, he lifted the curtain and glanced out, the place where he passed was pitch black, occasionally mixed with a little wind, and the black shadows were heavy, which made Cai Jiu a little uncertain in his heart.

After thinking about it, he finally stuck the yellow charm on his chest.

The carriage soon came to the passage of the city gate, but the black shadow that was originally thought to be did not disappear, but gradually moved, and the horseman trembled and kept muttering: "You can't see me...... Can't see me......"

The "ghosts" seemed to hear his voice, and one by one they gathered around the carriage, and the groom finally couldn't help but shout: "Devil! ”

Cai Jiu was also taken aback, and hurriedly walked out of the car, but he was greeted by two Pu knives.

"Catch it quickly!" A few angry shouts sounded, Cai Jiu was shocked, but it was not because he was afraid of ghosts and gods, but he also saw that these black shadows were people, in his opinion, his current situation, people were much more terrifying than ghosts!

Immediately, he immediately retreated into the carriage, and before anyone could react, the carriage exploded in vain, Cai Jiu jumped out of it, and a chain flew out of his hand and stomped towards the city!

Between the cornices and walls, the city suddenly burst into flames, Cai Jiu only felt that his eyes were sparkling, and one was unstable, so he fell down from the city wall.

Although the position is only one zhang at this time, it is nothing in normal times, but he is injured, and it is precisely his left arm that lands on the ground, Cai Jiu snorted and shouted: "Who is it!" ”

Just as he was about to struggle to stand up, several shadows suddenly appeared on the ground in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw a familiar face staring at him curiously.

The man chuckled lightly and said, "You are Cai Jiu?" ”

Cai Jiu naturally didn't dare to respond, but said coldly: "Who is Cai Jiu, and who are you, who has no grudges in the past and no hatred in the near future, and is so plotting against me?" Put me out! ”

The man had a feminine face, dressed as a scholar, it was Su Lin, his eyes narrowed into a slit at this moment, and a sharp light shot out of it: "Oh, did you catch the wrong ......?"

Cai Jiu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, and suddenly kept his foot gently pressing on the wound on his left arm, but saw Su Lin ask again, "Are you Cai Jiu?" ”

My heart jumped, but I still gritted my teeth and said: "If you want to kill, you can kill it, I don't know any Cai Jiu!" ”

But seeing that the horseman was sweating, he saw that there were officials all around, and this person was originally injured, and he also knew that something big might have happened, so he was afraid of being implicated, so he hurriedly shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, this matter has nothing to do with me, I was just entrusted by Prince Cai An......"

(1) Although ancient men can be XX at the age of fifteen or sixteen, they can also have concubines, but the 20 weak crown is officially crowned, and it is also the time to officially start a family and marry a wife.