Liu Wang and the three of them sang songs to cheer themselves up while heading down the mountain.

The immature singing voices of the three children were very loud in the silent and dark mountain forest.

"Hold on, we'll definitely be able to get out" Liu Wang was still cheering for himself and the other two.

And not far ahead, a horse-drawn carriage with two lanterns hanging from the front. The dim light of the lantern looks like the eyes of two monsters in the dark night, which makes people shudder.

"County Lord, the front is almost here. But the road is really difficult to walk at night, so the groom does not dare to go fast," said the girl outside the carriage, leaning against the window of the carriage, to the woman in the carriage.

And the person in the carriage was none other than the county lord Wencheng on Princess Taiping's mansion. Because of the deceased husband's birthday, the lord of Wencheng had come to the royal temple Tianzhu Temple three days in advance to burn incense and pray for blessings.

But last night, Lord Wencheng suddenly had a strange dream. In the dream, the master asked her if she remembered that on the way to Tianzhu Temple to incense, she hid in the Tianmu Temple of Jiyun Mountain next to Tianzhu Mountain in order to avoid the rain.

After Lord Wencheng woke up, he thought about it and felt that this was the master of the horse reminding her of something. She was uneasy, so she went to Jiyun Mountain according to the entrustment of the horse master in her dream, and revisited the old place.

Now, night has fallen, and today is the anniversary of the late husband of the county lord of Wencheng, and she is even more anxious.

At this moment, suddenly in the night wind, the sound of children wafted to sing.

"Fluttershy" Wencheng County Lord thinks he is hallucinating, and hurriedly calls his personal girl.

"County Lord?" Fluttershy replies against the cold wind.

"Are there kids out there? How do I hear my child's singing? Lord Wencheng asked suspiciously.

"Kid? Song? The county lord, the slave didn't hear it. Did you hear me wrong? Fluttershy says, with some horror.

In this wilderness, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store in the back, where is there anyone? What's more, it's still a child?

A child's singing? It's even more scary to be able to hear it here and now.

Fluttershy shuddered, feeling a chill in her neck and a hairy heart.

At this time, a cold wind swept snowflakes, and it seemed that it was already snowing.

With the patches of snow brought, sure enough, there was a child's singing.

Fluttershy hears it very well, and Lord Wencheng in the carriage hears it again clearly.

"No, Fluttershy, there's a child's singing voice," Lord Wencheng affirmed.

This time, Fluttershy doesn't dare to deny it anymore, but how can there be a child in the middle of the night, deep in the mountains and forests?

"Yes, lord of the county, the slave maid also heard." Fluttershy says with tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Lord Wencheng looks at Fluttershy, who is suddenly weird, a little inexplicable.

"County Lord, I heard that in the middle of every month, some mountain spirits will transform into human shapes to make trouble. And some goblins will transform into children, and come out to win sympathy, and deceive people who are rushing in the mountains or trapped in the mountains."

As soon as Fluttershy speaks, she immediately attracts the approval of the groom and the others.

The other companions also nodded hurriedly and said, "County master, the slave also heard what the elders of the family said."

Lord Wencheng grew up in the princess's mansion since she was a child, and she had never heard of these bizarre and strange stories, so she didn't believe that there were demons and monsters in this world that ate people and deceived people.

So, in order to stabilize people's hearts, the county lord of Wencheng took the initiative to stop the carriage and said, "What are you afraid of? We also have four guards with us, what demons and monsters dare to trouble us? I don't believe it, this is so bright, there are really monsters in the mountains."

With that, Lord Wencheng got down from the carriage.

Although Fluttershy was scared, she didn't forget her duty, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Lord Wencheng, "County Lord, why did you come out?" Watch out for the night wind, it's starting to snow."

"In previous years, there was still a month before it snowed. The first snow of the year fell a little earlier. It seems that the world is really not peaceful" Lord Wencheng looked at the snow falling in the sky and muttered to himself.

"County Lord, listen, the child's voice is gone. Did the ghosts see that we were not afraid and left? Fluttershy up her ears and listens, not hearing the children's singing as they get closer.

On the other side, Liu Wang and the others supported each other, singing to strengthen their courage, and they were no longer afraid that their singing would make the kidnappers who suddenly woke up chase them.

However, it suddenly began to snow. The biting wind makes people start to feel cold and hard-moving.

Liu Wang wanted to pull Zhu Youci and Zhu Youde to move on, but he also exhausted his last bit of strength, stumbled, and fell into the grass.

Fortunately, the mountain grass has withered and yellowed and crept on the ground, forming a natural grass mat.

Although the children did not fall and were injured, they also fell to the ground with exhaustion, unaware that the snow in the sky began to bury them.

The county lord of Wencheng and his party on the mountain road, because there was an experienced old coachman to lead the way, although they walked slowly, there was not much danger in walking on the mountain road of Jiyun Mountain.

Until, as they hurried to the top of the mountain, they heard the child's singing.

The group was very flustered, and some even thought that the mountain spirits had come out to make trouble.

But Lord Wencheng, who has never believed in ghosts and gods, sneered at the mountain spirits and scolded, "What nonsense? I could clearly hear the singing of children. But you don't say it's the spirit of the mountain. I see that you are trying to be lazy and unwilling to listen to my commands. If you want to hide the treachery, I will ask you to find someone."

"I tell you, if you can't find the child, you don't have to come back," the words of Lord Wencheng made the people feel mourned.

But the county lord of Wencheng has always said the same, and the others dare not defend themselves, so they can only resign themselves to going to the mountains to find some children.

Originally, the people wanted to go in groups of several people to find someone. But Lord Wencheng was in a hurry to go up the mountain, how could he really spend time on the road. So, she said, "Together, you have to find when." I heard the sound not far away, it must be in the nearby mountains and forests. There are eight of you, in groups of two, going in one direction. North-east, north-west, just look around"

As soon as the county lord of Wencheng gave an order, the people scattered in all directions, pulling the grass.

Fluttershy looks at the county lord and knows she's angry, so she comforts her, "Don't be angry, county lord. Or maybe it's not a child. In this wilderness, how can there be children staying in the middle of the night. Maybe it's the wind in the mountains. The slave maid heard that there are some landforms that will make the wind blowing like a child crying."

"You know again? Just now you said that there are some mountain spirits, so that people are afraid to move forward. Now, you say it's the sound of the mountain wind? I think you are the black sheep, let them look carefully, if it is not a child, forget it, if it is really a child, it is also a merit for us to save it"

As he spoke, Lord Wencheng looked towards the temple on the top of the mountain. Lord Wencheng thought in his heart, "Don't you, is this the purpose of you asking me to travel at night and come to Jiyun Mountain?" ”