The road in the belly of the mountain is winding and secluded, there is no cave, it seems to be at the end, but the third child can always find a way.

But the three of them gradually drifted apart, and the voices of the Turkic soldiers gradually faded away until they were silent.

Shui Ling still felt curious and interesting at first, but after walking for a long time, he was shocked, the mountainside was extremely deep, as if endless, and the darkness was mysterious. If it weren't for the two people in front of her, she would never dare to walk alone. Looking at the red cloak in front of her, Shui Ling's eyes widened, she was afraid that the cloak would disappear suddenly, but fortunately, Xiao Buyi was not in a hurry to go, so it was not difficult for her to follow.

The third child seems to have a natural instinct to recognize the way, zigzags and turns, extremely patient, and after nearly half an hour, when Shui Ling's hands and feet are a little sore, there is a sudden sound of whimpering in front of him...... Shui Ling grabbed the red cloak in front of him and said loudly: "There is a ghost crying!" ”

Her voice reverberated in the belly of the mountain, and it was terrible. Xiao Buyi stopped, turned his head to look at Shui Ling, saw that her face was full of panic, and frowned: "You are really asking for your own hardship." ”

Shui Ling heard the voice, saw Xiao Buyi's eyes burning, and forgot to be afraid for a while, but the hand that grabbed the red cloak never let go, and said loudly: "I like to ask for hardship, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Buyi saw that her face was full of stubbornness, and shook her head, "You are the Tag of the grassland, the daughter of the Khan, I don't know how many people in this grassland envy you, but you don't know how much happiness you are in the blessings, you are uncomfortable to rest in the felt tent, and I wander in this dark cave, if others know, most of them think you are sick." ”

He spoke, or moving forward, Shui Ling grabbed his red cloak tightly, his heart was a little calm, and he listened silently, and suddenly sighed faintly, "Isn't there a Zhuangzi in your Central Plains, what do you say is not a fish, and the joy of knowing fish?" You're not me, how do you know my troubles......"

When she said this, she fell silent, Xiao Buyi was slightly stunned, secretly thinking that this water spirit was thoughtful, and she had already discovered that she was not a Turk! What she said was not a fish, but it was not what Zhuangzi said, but a debate between Zhuangzi and Huizi. When Zhuangzi and Huizi were swimming in Haoliang, Zhuangzi looked at the fish in the water and said, "How happy this fish is swimming around." Keiko retorted at the time, saying that Zi is not a fish, and Anzhi is the joy of fish. Of course, Zhuangzi later said that you are not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish. Xiao Buyi also knew this allusion, but even if he listened to it, he couldn't think deeply about the implication, but when he suddenly heard a grassland tag sigh so emotionally, he was inevitably stunned.

He knew that although the Great Sui was about to fall, it was an extremely brilliant moment in Chinese civilization. It has always been admired by all countries in the world, and the grassland is no exception, Shui Ling's father and grandfather are deeply immersed in Chinese culture, and it is not surprising that she knows these allusions to the Central Plains.

The two of them walked forward for another distance, and Shui Ling realized that there was a dark river in the belly of the mountain, which was flowing in a murmuring stream. Although it is cold outside the mountain now, the dark river in the belly of the mountain is still steaming and steaming, which is really the work of nature's creation, and the sound of whimpering is the sound of flowing water echoing in the cave.

Thinking of this truth, the water spirit was frightened, but the hand holding the cloak did not let go.

Xiao Buyi let her pull her, and after walking for another distance, a light suddenly shone in front of her, and the third child had already said in a deep voice: "Boss, come out." ”

The three of them walked a short distance, and when they saw the sunlight shining into the cave, there was warmth in the air, and Xiao Buyi muttered, "The sun is out." ”

"Nonsense." Shui Ling muttered, let go of Xiao Buyi, rushed to the entrance of the cave, opened his arms, and said loudly: "The sun is out!" ”

Although it is the same sentence, the meaning of the two people is very different, and the mood of saying it is also very different.

"Nonsense." Xiao Buyi wanted to laugh, but he could see the lovely man in the sun, dragging a long shadow, slender and a little lonely, shaking his head secretly.

The exit is also on the mountainside, facing the rising sun, snow-capped, golden light, with the sun, everything becomes vibrant.

The third child glanced at Shui Ling, frowned, and said, "Boss, where are we going now?" ”

"How far do you have to go to see Kedun?" Xiao Buyi said in a low voice.

"That's still a long way to go," the third child stretched out his hand to the north, "It will take about dozens of miles to reach the territory of the servant bones, but Ke Dun has been staying in the servant bones recently, and this is her strongest territory." But what about this woman? How to deal with it? ”

Xiao Buyi shook his head and said, "Let her go." ”

"I'm just afraid she doesn't want to go." The third child smiled bitterly: "She seems to have relied on you, when she was in the camp, she seemed to have a quarrel with the Khan for marriage, it seems that the Khan wants to use her as a bargaining chip to win over the bones, and the stubbornness of this water spirit is far beyond the imagination of many people...... I think half of her was kidnapped by you, but it is more likely that she wanted to take this opportunity to escape from the marriage, so the Turkic soldiers came to find her and wanted to flee. ”

Xiao Buyi didn't know how to deal with this kidnapped tag for a while, and only then did he know that it was easy to send God to God, "Let's go down the mountain first." ”

The two went down the mountain, and Shui Ling kept following behind the two, not leaving, half curious, half nowhere to go, looking pitiful. Even when the third child saw it, although he didn't pity the fragrance and jade, he shook his head and said in a low voice: "Boss, I think she is very pitiful." ”

"She's sick." Xiao Buyi replied.

The third child smiled, "You probably think she is pitiful, otherwise you wouldn't let her follow." It's not easy to get rid of her, so let's just take a few quick steps. ”

Instead of walking quickly, Xiao Buyi stopped. The third child couldn't help but be apprehensive, and said: "Boss, I'm just talking about it casually, you just listen to it." ”

Xiao Buyi lowered his voice and said, "Third child, there is a cry over there!" ”

The third child was slightly stunned, and in an instant, he heard a cry that seemed to be nothing, ethereal and miserab, very miserable.

This time it was different from the sound of water in the belly of the mountain, but it was a real cry, and the grief could not be hidden.

Shui Ling obviously heard it too, and hurriedly came over and stood behind Xiao Buyi, a little timid. Although she is a tag and a smart person, she is usually hugged by people in front of her, and when she suddenly arrives in a vast and uninhabited place, she is inevitably afraid.

"There was really a cry this time, a gust of wind...... What to do? ”

Xiao Buyi looked over to the place where there was crying, and found that there was a forest on that side, and there were several wooden houses standing side by side in the forest.

The roof is covered with snow, the sun is shining, glowing with white light, the original warm scene, but the crying is endless, and the four fields seem somewhat sad and desolate.

"Check it out." Xiao Buyi said in a low voice, the third child did not object, and walked side by side with him. Although Shui Ling was curious, he always felt that something unfortunate would happen in his heart, and he didn't want to go, but he saw the two of them walking away, and heard the howl of a wild wolf coming from nowhere, followed by a loud scream, and jumped behind the two.

The three of them stepped on the soft white snow, creaking, adding a bit of life to the snow, but finally came to the wooden house.

Shui Ling suddenly screamed, rushed forward suddenly, and grabbed Xiao Buyi's arm, panicking.

Xiao Buyi's heart was awe-inspiring, his hand pressed on the hilt of the knife, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Shui Ling trembled and pointed to the corner of the house and said, "Mouse, what a big mouse...... I ran from there just now......"

Xiao Buyi sighed lightly and muttered, "Grandma's, I thought it was a tiger." ”

A woman is a woman, and a mouse can scare her away, Xiao Buyi shook his head secretly, and when he turned his eyes, he saw several mice running around. The mouse is not afraid of people, and the head and kitten are like, staring at the three of them with green eyes, and disappearing in an instant.

Shui Ling couldn't shout anymore, he only knew how to grab Xiao Buyi's arm, if he wasn't still a little shy, he would probably have climbed on top of him a long time ago.

Xiao Buyi frowned and said, "Third child, this mouse seems to be a little weird, it's freezing cold, how can so many rats come out?" ”

The third child looked up at the sky, "Maybe the weather is warmer, and this mouse also wants to come out to bask in the sun." ”

He wanted to smile, but he always felt that there was a strange atmosphere around him, and his smile was a little stiff.

The cry was closer, as if it was in his ears, Xiao Buyi calmed down, slowly walked towards the source of the cry, and arrived in front of a wooden house, without waiting to push the door in, he was already stunned and gasped.

Looking through the window, I saw seven or eight people lying in the room, who seemed to be out of breath, and an old woman knelt there crying bitterly, and the cry came from her.

Of course, Xiao Buyi has seen dead people, and he has seen more dead people than this, but he has never seen such a strange person dead.

The seven people were all red and swollen without exception, blood stains were revealed, and a few people's faces were purple and black, and the death looked extremely miserable, although it was under the sun, it made people see it at a glance, and a chill appeared all over their bodies.

Shui Ling was hiding behind Xiao Buyi, but when he saw Xiao Buyi, he was still calm, so he showed his head and looked forward secretly, but when he looked at it, his whole body was stiff, and under the sun, he was cold all over his body, and he couldn't move.

Xiao Buyi reluctantly turned his head, looked at the third child, and said suspiciously: "The third child ......"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped, only to see the third child's face distorted with horror, and the meaning of misery was worse than that of a dead man! Xiao Buyi Rao was very bold, and when he saw a man like Lao San being so afraid, he couldn't help but feel a chill rise up his spine.

As soon as he spoke, the old woman in the room seemed to hear the movement outside the door, and slowly turned her head. The old woman had gray hair, an old face, and neat clothes, but one of her faces was also purple and black, and the corners of her eyes were not tears, but blood, and at first glance, it looked like a ghost.

Shui Ling was originally frightened when he saw the strangeness of the corpse on the ground, and when he saw the strangeness of the old woman again, he couldn't help screaming, he couldn't hold Xiao Buyi anymore, he didn't know where the strength came from, he turned around and ran.

She ran very quickly, stepped on the rotten wood in the snow without paying attention, turned over and fell, and suddenly saw a black mouse scurrying in front of her, her bean-like eyes shining with a green faint light, and after screaming, she fainted.

Xiao Buyi was still calm, seeing that the old woman's family died so miserably, the old woman also looked shaky, and she couldn't hold back the shock in her heart, before she pushed the door to ask for details, the third child snorted: "Old ...... Big...... You can't push the door...... It's a ghost...... Ask for your life! ”

His voice was extremely weird, and the muscles on his face couldn't help distorting, it seemed that if Xiao Buyi wasn't here, and he respected Xiao Buyi very much, he would have turned his head and ran away like Shui Ling.

Xiao Buyi asked in a deep voice, "What kind of ghost is asking for your life?" ”

The third child's eyes showed a frightened expression again, looking straight in the direction of the window, Xiao Buyi only felt that his hands and feet were a little cold, and he looked at the past concentratingly, the old woman in the room had slowly fallen to the ground, and the corners of her nose and mouth and the corners of her eyes were bleeding blood, and she was dead.

The third child suddenly grabbed Xiao Buyi and said loudly: "Boss...... Come on. ”

He was originally not good at martial arts, but the strength in his hands was amazing, and after a drag, Xiao Buyi with him also ran a few steps.

Xiao Buyi wanted to find out the situation, but when he saw his frightened face, he sighed in his heart and ran out with him. When I passed by Shui Ling, I saw her unconscious, and secretly thought that in this wilderness, if she fainted here, maybe she would die here. The current situation is very strange, and it is not too late to ask the third child later.

Stretching out his hand is just a strip, and he has already lifted the water spirit in his hand, but the third child doesn't care, just running wildly, Xiao Buyi wants to ask several times, but it is inconvenient.

The two of them ran wildly for half an hour, the third ran unabated, although Xiao Buyi was not tired, but he was even more shocked, seeing the steaming hot head of the third child, knowing that he had exhausted all his strength, I was afraid that he would run out of force under the force, and it was inevitable that he would be seriously ill, and suddenly pulled the third child hard, and shouted, "The third child, it's okay." ”

The third child finally stopped, sat on the snow, sweating profusely, and looked around blankly: "It's okay, Boss Xiao, what's okay?" ”

Xiao Buyi frowned secretly, he didn't know what the ghost was, and he scared the third child like this. In order to help him succeed in the grassland, Yuan Lan chose five people, all of whom are experienced men, and they are not surprised when they encounter problems, Xiao Buyi has always been praised, and he has been with him during this time, even if he is facing Shibi Khan, the third child is injured, but he is not so scared, this thing is very strange. Turning his head to look at Shui Ling, he found that she had opened her eyes at some point, and her eyes were full of fear and trembling.

Xiao Buyi knew that he was in a hurry, so Suo put down the water spirit, collected some dead branches, and made a fire.

At the moment, he lit a big fire, the air was warm, the third child was dazed for a long time, and finally calmed down, but he just looked at the fire, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his teeth rattled. Shui Ling was frightened for a while, although there was a dark shadow in his heart, but he was not as strong as the third child was afraid of, but he looked around blankly and found that the wilderness was white and vast, and the snow was shining with light, which made people panic, just next to Xiao Buyi. She and Xiao Buyi are not familiar with each other, but they are only half-hearted, as if he is a relative.

Xiao Buyi was busy lighting the fire, and looked around, "I'm going to hunt some wild things and roast them to eat." ”

"Don't." The third child suddenly stretched out his hand to stop.

Xiao Buyi frowned and said, "Why?" ”

The third elder sighed, "Boss Xiao...... Now the living creatures in this vicinity cannot be eaten! In his panic, he had forgotten to cover up his name and surname for Xiao Buyi, but he didn't realize it. When Shui Ling heard Boss Xiao's three words, his face changed slightly, and he said in an instant: "If we can't eat wild things, then we can't starve to death?" ”

The third sighed: "Even if you starve to death, it's better than being asked for your life by a ghost." ”

Shui Ling frowned, "What are you talking about, what are the ghosts in this world......"

Xiao Buyi's heart moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What the hell is this ghost, third child, you always have to explain clearly." ”

The third child looked at the fire, and his face showed horror again, "We now have five brothers to follow the boss, but there are hundreds of people in our gang before, all of them are brothers and sisters, although they have different surnames, they are no different from biological brothers." But then a big change happened, and now there are only five of us left......"

When he said this, his voice trembled again, and Xiao Buyi said awe-inspiringly: "Is it the enemy who came to the door?" Thinking that there were only five of the hundreds of people left, it was extremely miserable, and when he saw the third child silently shaking his head, he suddenly thought of something, and frowned: "Is it a ghost?" ”

He now has a vague impression of the ghost, but he is not convinced, just because he has not experienced it. The third nodded and said, "The boss is thoughtful, and he can guess it." It's just a pity, even if you guess this powerful ghost, you can't do anything about it. At the beginning, we were all in the north, and the Dog Emperor had to dig ditches to transport baggage when he conquered Goryeo, and there were not enough men, so he had to serve women. As a result, in order to dig a Yongji canal, there were countless casualties, but the government expropriated violently, and it was a famine, and too many people starved to death, and the corpses were all over the field and could not be buried. ”

Shui Ling listened, and suddenly interjected: "Your dog emperor in the Central Plains is not good, my father has always said that this is the way to fight the Central Plains and save you from danger." ”

The third child sneered, "The dog emperor of the Central Plains is not good, but if your father is the emperor, I am afraid that the cruelty is better than the dog emperor, and if the Central Plains is ruled by you, we will have no way to live." If you call, I will resist with all my might, and my life will not be spared. This time we are here to find a way to stop you from going south, although Lao Tzu has done a lot of evil things, but when it comes to this kind of national righteousness, it is by no means ambiguous. Now that you've heard the news, you can't leave if you want to. ”

Xiao Buyi was about to stop him from going on, but seeing that since he left the wooden house, he was in a stirred mood and emotional, but it was not easy to scold. After thinking about it, he just smiled, he never asked about the origin of the third child, and he didn't ask at this time.

Shui Ling saw that the third child's eyes flashed fiercely, it was definitely not a show, Huo Ran stood up and was about to run out, but Xiao Buyi reached out and clasped her wrist, and said in a deep voice: "Sit down and talk." ”

Shui Ling couldn't resist his strength, fell to the ground, and shouted, "Do you also want to stop my father from going south?" Seeing the third hand pressing the handle of the knife, Shui Ling was a little scared, and finally relented: "Actually, I also advised him not to go south, but he didn't listen to what I said, what could he do?" ”

The third child muttered: "What to do, who knows what to do, we are afraid to ...... today" He said this, his expression was a little miserable, "By the way, boss, where did I go?" ”

Xiao Buyi continued: "You said that the body can't be buried. ”

The third child's face showed a miserable look again, "Yes, this corpse can't be buried, it's all over the road, but at this time, the ghosts come to ask for their lives again, and the death of the person is the same as what we saw just now, and there are rats everywhere!" Hundreds of brothers in our gang were killed by the ghosts, but the five of us survived, and the people in the neighboring counties and villages were exterminated, which shows the ferocity of this ghost. But I never dreamed that this terrible ghost would come to the grassland again, and although there were not many dead people, I was only afraid that after a while, the corpses on the grassland would be everywhere, and there would be a tragic situation like back then. ”

Xiao Buyi frowned and said, "Is the ghost you are talking about the plague?" But if it is cold today, how can there be a plague rampant. Speaking of this, Xiao Buyi looked up at the sun. The ghost in the mouth of the third child is a plague in Xiao Buyi's view, every time there is a natural disaster in ancient times, there will be a plague rampant, and he was still under control at that time, but in the eyes of the ancients, he became a terrible ghost.

The third shook his head and said, "What plague?" I only know that this ghost is infested, the four seasons are impermanent, and where will I choose what solar terms. Boss, we've seen a terrible ghost now, even if we don't eat wild things, I'm afraid that we will be caught by it, maybe in a few days...... I just thought about running away as far as possible, but now that I think about it, I can't escape, the evil ghost wants to use us to harm others, so he seduces us to see! ”

When he said this, his trembling voice calmed down, but his eyes showed a look of determination. The head is warm, and the fire is hot, but there is an eerie atmosphere among the three of them, lingering.

Shui Ling had already heard something, and said in horror: "You said we ...... Will it be the same as the dead man in the cabin? ”

The third child said in a condensed voice: "Whether it will be the same as the dead man in the wooden house, it depends on God's favor." ”

Shui Ling hurriedly said: "No, no, we just glanced at those dead people, how could the ghost get up?" ”

The third sneered: "Evil ghosts are everywhere, even rats, foxes, and wolves will be possessed, since you have seen it, whether you can survive is not based on your likes and dislikes, but on its temper." ”

He seems to be alarmist, but Xiao Buyi knows the dangers of this infectious virus, and the horror that the third child said is mostly contagious with air saliva. Secretly self-contained, lucky, did not find any uncomfortable symptoms for the time being, but also frowned.

The third child looked at Xiao Buyi and said, "Boss, I respect you as a hero, but no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't resist this powerful ghost...... Now that we have found this terrible ghost, while it is not harmful, we also ask the boss to suspend the plan and ask the brothers to go first...... Otherwise, I'm afraid that all these brothers will die here, I don't know what you think? ”

Xiao Buyi muttered: "You have to find them and then make plans, the Mengchen people take the grassland as their home and have a large population, so you can't let them leave here too, right?" ”

The third child was stunned, "Then I'll greet Big Bat first." Seeing that Xiao Buyi did not object, she reached out and took out a whistle from her arms, and blew hard, and the sharp sound came out, Shui Ling could only cover her ears, and her face was discolored, she had never heard such a terrible whistle, which was heart-wrenching.

The third child blew the whistle for a long time, then he stopped, took a few breaths, looked up at the sky, and didn't know what to think.

Xiao Buyi raised his eyes and looked around, and suddenly whispered: "The bat is coming......

Shui Ling was taken aback, and looked at Xiao Buyi's gaze, only to see a person rowing over the snow in the distance, it was really a very strange feeling, just like that person did not touch the ground, fluttering in. The third Huo Ran stood up, and without waiting for the man to walk in, he suddenly said loudly: "Bat boss, don't come closer." ”

The man stopped far away, full of puzzlement, and said softly: "Boss Xiao, third child, are you okay?" Only then did Shui Ling see clearly, the man's face was thin and skeletal, straight like a bat, his legs were also extremely thin, and there were not a few taels of flesh on his body. His clothes are particularly strange, and when propped up, they resemble wings, and when folded up, it is difficult to see anything.

The third child smiled bitterly: "Big brother, we are not fine, but we have a big problem." But you must remember that you must not come forward when you hear anything. ”

The man frowned, but only said one word, "Good! ”

The third said in a deep voice: "We have encountered a terrible ghost again!" ”

The boss sighed and lost his voice: "The ghost has arrived in the grassland? The third child, Boss Xiao, you were caught up by it? ”

The third child nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Bat boss, you must not be impulsive, so as not to mistake the surnames of your brothers." ”

When Shui Ling heard the bat say the same, he knew that what the third child said was true, and he couldn't help but be shocked and couldn't help crying. The boss was shocked by the word ghost, although he was surprised by the many water spirits, he didn't ask, just frowned, obviously helpless.

Xiao Buyi suddenly said: "Third child, how long will it take for this terrible ghost's upper body disease to appear?" He knew at the moment that this was an imminent outbreak of a plague, but he still used the idiomatic language of the third child.

The third shook his head and said: "I can't say for sure, sometimes it takes one day, sometimes it takes several days, and some of it takes nearly ten days......

Xiao Buyi sighed lightly, "Okay, please go and inform the Meng Chen clan to guard against ghosts, and then let all the brothers immediately travel a hundred miles north to avoid the changes after reaching Chita, in order to prevent the spread of the disease, I, the third child, and Shui Ling will stay here, if there is no abnormality within ten days, then make plans." ”

The third and eldest eyes all showed admiration, secretly thinking that Xiao Buyi was not panicked in distress, and looked away from life and death, it was really a rare strange man, they all bowed to the ground and said in unison: "Brother Xie Xiao understands righteousness!" ”

(To be continued)