Sun Tzu hurriedly said, "Master, are you saying that all the people in this village left because they saw those dogs hanging on the trees?" ”

Chu Huan said: "It's not completely certain, but it must be somewhat related." ”

Ma Zheng frowned and said, "My lord, what kind of person will hang those dog corpses?" As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Zikong had already said: "Old Ma, do you think it was hung by people?" ”

Ma Zheng is not very old, but he is two years older than Sun Zikong, who calls him Lao Ma on weekdays.

"Didn't someone hang it up?" Ma Zhengqi said.

Sun Zikong smiled bitterly: "Look at the branches, hanging a dog, it looks a little unsupportable, let alone can support a person." If it is a person hanging up, as long as it climbs up a little, the weight of the man and the dog is combined, the branch must be broken immediately, you see that the tree is not short, if you really want to fall from such a high ground, I will definitely die. ”

Chu Huan said: "It's not a person who hung it up, what do you think it will be hung up?" ”

Sun Zikong shuddered, hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered: "I'm afraid it's ...... It's a ghost. As soon as he spoke, Ma Zheng and Liu Suifeng also changed color slightly, and couldn't help but look out the window, Sun Zikong himself also felt a chill rise in his body, in this deserted village, everything is quiet, it is not quiet, but dead silence.

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Leaning against the base of the wall, he said, "Eat some dry food first, and then rest early." ”

At this moment, Chu Huan's brows tightened, he picked up the water bag suddenly, and poured the water from the bag on the fire, everyone was surprised, Chu Huan had already poured out the fire in three or two strokes, and Sun Zikong couldn't help but say, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

"Someone's coming." Chu Huan said in a deep voice, "There is the sound of horses' hooves, you listen." ”

Sun Zikong and the others held their breath, and soon, they faintly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the south of the village, and the sound became clearer and clearer from far to near.

Sun Zikong's hearts suddenly admired Chu Huan even more, Chu Huan seemed to be talking to a few people, but he never relaxed his vigilance, the sound of horses' hooves was far away, Chu Huan could quickly find that his vigilance was so high that it was indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

"Where are the horses?" Chu Huan asked in a low voice.

"In the back of the house." Sun Tzu said in a low voice: "There are two big trees there, and there are stacks of firewood, and we will tie the horses to that place." ”

"Be careful." Chu Huan lowered his voice, was silent for a while, and finally said, "There is only one person." ”

Sun Zikong was still a little nervous, but when he heard Chu Huan say that there was only one person, he was immediately relieved, there were four people on his side, and there was only one person on the other side, even if it was an opponent, it was more than enough to have four enemies and one.

Chu Huan flashed to the window, the house they chose was facing the entrance of the village, just to facilitate observation, through the window, faintly saw a fast horse galloping into the village, and when he entered the village, he immediately reined in the horse and did not move, and suddenly returned to dead silence in all directions, Sun Zikong and others all clenched the handle of the knife, motionless, and watched the changes.

In just a moment, the man's crotch horse began to move forward again, walking very slowly, as if he was also observing the scene of the village, he walked in front of Chu Huan's house, wearing a hat and a big hat, and he couldn't see this person's face clearly for a while.

Chu Huanxin knew that although this person was also a passerby, he had already seen that the village was dead and silent, but he still dared to come to this ghostly village, which shows that his courage is really not small, as the saying goes, the artist is bold, and he can have such courage, he must still have some means under his hands.

Sun Zikong and the others did not have Chu Huan's orders, so they naturally did not dare to act rashly, seeing the man passing in front of the house, several people did not move, and soon Chu Huan saw that the man stopped in front of a house diagonally opposite, got off the horse, and then tied the horse to the fence in front of the house, and then entered the dark house.

At this time, the distance was far away, and Sun Zikong touched Chu Huan's side and said softly: "Master, this person is so bold, what is his origin?" ”

Chu Huan didn't look at him either, thought for a while, and then said, "Wait a while, let's sneak over and see where this person comes from." Thinking of the strange abnormality of this dead and silent village, the other party suddenly appeared here in the middle of the night, but I don't know if this person is involved in this matter.

I thought that the other party would soon light a fire, but left and right, the room had been as dark as ink, Sun Zikong couldn't bear it a little, and said in a low voice: "Master, let's touch it now, the four of us, can't we help him alone?" ”

Chu Huan thought to himself that this was not unreasonable, there were still several hours before dawn, there could be no one to come, and he would have to go on like this all the time, holding the handle of the knife at the moment, and did not go out from the front door, leading the three of them to the back door, and quietly went out, fortunately, the horses seemed to be a little tired, resting lazily, and not saying a word, Chu Huan whispered a few words, and then went around the house and touched the room.

Chu Huan didn't know the details of the person, and he didn't separate all the people, in a group of two, approaching from both sides of the house, he and Sun Zikong were in a group, slowly approaching from the left, touching the door, only to see the door closed, and listened to it closely, there was no movement in the room, but Sun Zikong had already reached out two fingers, pressed on the door, and pressed hard, who knew that the door was not latched, he pressed, and half of the door made a slight "creak" sound, Sun Zikong hurriedly withdrew his hand, and at this time, he heard a "bang" sound, Sun Zikong immediately heard Chu Huan's shouting: "Be careful! "The body felt forcefully pulled, and it had been pulled aside.

Sun Zikong was shocked to see that a door in the house had flown out, and the loud noise just now, apparently the person inside noticed the movement and kicked on the door, if he hadn't been torn open in time, the door would have smashed on his body, not to mention some minor injuries.

After Chu Huan pulled his grandson through the air, he felt that a shadow in the house had come out, extremely fast, and rushed straight towards him, Chu Huan pushed Sun Zikong away, and the blood drinking knife in his hand had already caught up, and the human hand was also a long thing, it seemed to be a weapon, and he smashed it down to Chu Huan in the air, Chu Huan didn't know the details of the other party, and it was not easy to put down a heavy hand, waving the back of the knife to meet it, there was a sound of "choking", between the blows, Chu Huan felt that his tiger's mouth shook slightly, and the strength of the other party was really not small.

At this moment, he had already seen the opponent's weapon, but in fact, the opponent's weapon had not yet been revealed, but was wrapped in coarse linen, and the weapon was coarse and linen.

Seeing this scene, Chu Huan kicked his feet, jumped back, widened the distance, and said in a deep voice: "It's not an enemy, don't do it!" ”

The man was about to follow, but he heard Chu Huan's voice, but he also stopped abruptly, stopped, and Chu Huan was only four or five steps away, Ma Zheng and the others had already rushed over, and when they heard Chu Huan's shouting, they didn't dare to make a move.

"Is that you?" The other party was the first to let out a hint of surprise.

Chu Huan withdrew the knife and said, "It turned out to be Brother Tai, what a misunderstanding." ”

Chu Huan had already seen at this time that the other party was the gray-robed man who appeared in Yun Dali's inn a few days ago, this person was dressed in a gray robe that day, but today he was wearing a hat and a big hat.

This man lifted the hat slightly, and in the dimness, he revealed the face covered with a mask, which was really quite terrifying in this dead and silent deserted village.

"Who are you?" After pondering for a moment, the man finally said coldly: "This village, why is this happening? ”

Chu Huan shook his head and sighed: "It doesn't matter who we are, we shouldn't be your enemies." Why is this the case in this village, and this is the question we want to know? ”

"Oh?" The man sneered: "In the huge village, there are no chickens and dogs, there are no traces of people, only a few of you stay here, does it have nothing to do with you?" ”

Chu Huan put the knife into the sheath and said, "We just arrived a moment earlier than Your Excellency. But I can understand your question, and if we had arrived a little late, and you were the only one in the village, I think I might have asked the same question. He looked up at the sky, there was no moon tonight, and the sky and the earth were dark, and then he said, "It's getting late, don't disturb much." "Turn around and leave.

"This is the third place!" Chu Huan hadn't taken a few steps before the man suddenly said strangely.

Chu Huan stopped, turned his head, frowned and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"This is the third such village." The man said slowly: "Before this, I have seen two such villages, and the situation is almost the same, and there is no one in the whole village. ”

Chu Huan's brows tightened, "Your Excellency means that there are other villages where the same thing has happened. ”

The man nodded, "And these three villages have the same situation, they are all located in the middle of nowhere, and they are all far from the city. As far as this village is concerned, there are no other villages within a radius of more than ten miles. ”

Chu Huan let out an "oh" and asked, "When Your Excellency entered the village, it was already dark, and you shouldn't have seen the scene outside the village." ”

The man smiled faintly, "You mean the corpse hanging from the branch?" ”

Chu Huan was surprised, could it be that in such a late night, this person was able to find the dog corpse on the treetops, so this person's eyesight was really terrifying.

The other party had already shook his head and said, "I didn't see the corpse outside this village, but in another village, I saw the same scene." On top of the big tree next to the village, three dogs were pierced through their bodies and died! ”

Chu Huan said: "Why are you sure that you were killed by penetrating your body?" ”

"I checked." The man said: "I went up to the tree and cut off the branches, and carefully examined the carcass of the dogs. Aside from the wounds from the trunks, they are not fatal, and there is no sign of poison in their bodies. ”

Sun Zikong couldn't help but say, "Then have you found out who killed those dogs in such a cruel way?" ”

"The purpose is not to kill dogs, but to scare people." The man said lightly: "If you say who killed them...... According to the people here, it is a ghost, and these dead dogs are all killed by ghosts! ”

He was wearing a mask, and the gloomy village was lifeless, and he suddenly said the word "ghost", and the cold wind blew, which made people feel even more chilled.