Damn, how could there be such an eerie name?" asked one of them, spitting. w

Seeing this, these frightened people didn't say anything, after all, they were scared back one by one, and they were embarrassed to say such a shameful thing.

So one by one, with the afterglow of fear and a little bit of depression, they went back to their respective camps.

Here, while the recruits were making a commotion, the Chinese army camp was discussing the next itinerary.

"After setting off early tomorrow morning and crossing the Changshan Mountain in front of us to meet the 10,000 recruits, the next stop is to go to Tangzhou, where the recruits are mainly concentrated in three places, about 12,000 people. ”

Dou Zhan slowly talked about the situation of the recruits in Tangzhou, and then looked at Ji Yue.

"Because there are a lot of lakes in Tangzhou, almost all the people there know how to water, which means that if you use it well, you can form a water army of more than 10,000 people. ”

Ji Junyue listened to this, nodded, and her eyes moved slightly, she originally had such a plan, but she didn't expect Dou Zhan to think of it with her, Dou Zhan's vision is long-term, no wonder no one dares to violate the peace in the Northeast for so many years.

A few people then said a few more words, and they were about to leave the big tent and go back to their own tents, but a report came from outside the door.

"Report!"

The figure of Ji Junyue and the others who were about to turn around and leave paused slightly, looking at the figure reflected outside the tent, it was almost the end of the hour now, it stands to reason that all the recruits had fallen asleep at this time, how could there be something to report?

Dou Zhan obviously thought of this as well, and frowned slightly: "Come in." ”

Pi Hu, Xing Qianqi, Ji Junyue, and Shen Yuan didn't leave, just looked at the lieutenant who came in.

When the lieutenant walked in, he reported, "General, there are three fewer people in each of the first and fourth tuns of the new barracks. ”

Dou Zhan looked stunned: "What's the matter?"

Ji Junyue also looked at the captain with a little guess.

The visitor hurriedly said: "After the new barracks set up their tents, they went to the small river a kilometer away in groups of five hundred people to wash, and when they all entered the camp tents, they found that there were fewer people, and now they have sent a hundred people out to look for them." ”

Shen Yuan, who had never spoken, suddenly looked a little strange when he heard this, and said loudly: "The small river you said won't be called Qingshui River?"

Du Wei was slightly stunned and nodded, Dou Zhan and Ji Junyue looked at Shen Yuan inexplicably, and the look on Shen Yuan's face was quite interesting at this time, revealing a little disbelief and doubt.

"Is there a problem with Qingshuihe?" Dou Zhan asked out loud.

Ji Junyue, Pi Hu and Xing Qianqi also looked at Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan glanced at a few people with a complicated expression, and said with his eyebrows: "There has always been a rumor in this area of Shicheng, saying that there is a Qingshui River outside the city, because there are people passing by here all the year round and disappearing, so it is called the River of the Dead by the locals. ”

"Not only do people often disappear here, but also spread for a long time, it seems that at the beginning of the founding of the Qin State, there are rumors of the death of the undead began to circulate, so far there are nearly a hundred years, the local government has not sent people here to investigate, not there is no result, or even the officials who came to investigate are missing, and over time few people will stay here. ”

Ji Junyue curled her lips with interest: "I remember that there seems to be a village not far away. ”

Shen Yuan nodded: "Indeed, just five hundred meters away from here, that village is called Xiangmi Village, which existed when the Qin State was founded, and the Qingshui River is next to this village, and the people in the village are haunted and moved away because of this rumor, and the original hundreds of families are now less than fifty households." ”

"I always thought it was all rumors, and even if there were, there would be no problem with so many of us, but I didn't expect something to happen......"

Dou Zhan looked at the lieutenant and ordered: "Let everyone strengthen their vigilance, and those who go out to look for it will report it immediately if they have news, and by the way, find a few people to go to that village to ask." ”

"Yes!"

After the lieutenant left, Dou Zhan looked at Shen Yuan and asked, "Could it be that those missing people haven't even found their bodies?"

Shen Yuan frowned and said: "No, it's just that not a single corpse has been found, and it is rumored by the people that it is a river of undead, there are undead souls asking for their lives, and the number of missing people cannot be counted at all, so far at least hundreds of people have disappeared here." ”

The crowd didn't say anything more, and after waiting for about half an hour, the captain came back again, and the news he brought was not good.

"General, the six recruits have not been found, and the soldiers who went to Xiangmi Village to inquire also said that the villagers did not see strangers. ”

Ji Junyue didn't wait for Dou Zhan to speak, and said directly: "Take me to Qingshui River to have a look." ”

Dou Zhan left the diving horse to sit in the military camp, and took Pihu and Shen Yuan to follow Ji Junyue to Qingshui, along with two hundred Dou family soldiers and several of Ji Junyue's personal soldiers.

When Ji Junyue and the others came to Qingshui River, Liang Yu was leading people to continue here, and after seeing a few people, he shouted respectfully at Dou Zhan and a few people, then looked at Ji Junyue and said.

"My subordinates have asked people to look for them along the river, and there is no trace of any of them in this area, not even the slightest trace of a fight. ”

Ji Junyue listened to this, and looked towards the green river next to her, this is a river about five zhang wide and endless with no end in sight, the green luster under the moonlight reveals a bit of strange color, and I don't want the color of the ordinary river at night, it does look a little gloomy on this slightly cool night.

Ji Junyue's fingers moved slightly, and the invisible source power spread out, turning into small black butterflies in the night, flying around, slowly exploring, and finally found some footprints two hundred meters upstream.

It's very close to the village of fragrant rice...... A touch of coldness crossed Ji Junyue's eyes, driving the black butterfly to fly towards Xiangmi Village, looking at the situation over there, and facing Liang Yu and the others.

"Go upstream. ”

Dou Zhan glanced at Ji Junyue, although he didn't know what she suddenly said to go upstream for, but he always felt that Ji Yue should have guessed something.

Several people followed Ji Junyue all the way upstream, and after walking two hundred meters, Ji Junyue suddenly stopped, bent down and picked up the grass next to the river, and there was a series of big footprints in the mud under the grass that extended all the way to the open space not far away, but after arriving at the clearing, these footprints disappeared, but some clean soil.

Ji Junyue walked over and picked up the dirt, and there was nothing left under the dirt.

Dou Zhan squatted down and looked at it, then looked at the footprints in the grass, and his expression was slightly gloomy: "The traces here should have been deliberately covered up." ”

Pi Hu suddenly became angry: "Sure enough, Lao Tzu said how can there be ghosts in this world, it seems that this is simply a ghost at all!"

Shen Yuan frowned: "If that's the case, I'm afraid that there are some ulterior secrets hidden around here, otherwise there won't be anyone missing all year round......"

Liang Yu looked at Ji Junyue, who lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, and said, "There is no one else in this vicinity except for the village in front, why don't I ask again?" Maybe the name of the village inside knows something." ”

Dou Zhan stood up and said, "Bring more people to prevent any accidents on the road." ”

Liang Yu saw that Ji Junyue lowered his eyes and seemed to be thinking about what he hadn't said, so he answered, and took a hundred recruits around him and fifty Dou family troops around Dou Zhan towards Xiangmi Village in the distance.

At this time, Ji Junyue was not thinking about anything, but watching the picture from the black butterfly.

The villages in the distance stand in rows, there are three or four rows in total, each row is about four or five households, the village occupies a large area, but I don't know if it is because I have slept late at night, I look at it dark, faintly revealing an indescribable sense of gloom.

But it was all on the periphery, and in the center of the village there were four or five houses with lights lit, some coming in and out of the door, and some sitting around the fire in the courtyard of a house.

There was a big black pot on the fire that was enough for seven or eight people, and a pot of boiling water was boiling hot, and thick smoke was rising.

Outside the courtyard, several figures walked in again, all of them seemed to be very hungry and quickly made fires, set up cauldrons, poured water, and then sat around the pot.

The appearance of those people made Ji Junyue's eyes pass through a touch of surprise, because the appearance of those people was really scary.

Their facial features are more or less deformed, either their eyes bulge out, or their noses are sunken into their faces, or they have no chins, or their brains are very large, and their faces are small.

Some are tall and strong, some are thin and small, and in short, although they speak human language, they look like monsters......

At this moment, someone came out of a nearby room with a basin in his hand, in which were placed raw meat and bones that had been chopped into small pieces.

The man carried the things to the fire and poured all the meat in his hand into it, and when the raw meat was clattering into the pot, Ji Junyue seemed to see something that looked like a human finger......