Seeing her like this, Qi Lu also turned his head to see what was going on, it turned out that there was a crooked path not far behind him, the road was paved with colorful pebbles, and there were not many weeds growing in the cracks of the stones.

Ding Xiaolan secretly thought in her heart, it was really strange that there was a road in this rare place, and after many years of wind and rain and vegetation erosion, the roadbed of this road is still so well preserved today.

Qi Lu was very happy in his heart, he was not as careful as Ding Xiaolan, he only understood a simple truth, that is, having a road means that there are people, and someone must have a home, so he doesn't have to wander around in this deserted jungle anymore.

Qi Lu used a compass to proofread the location of Guta Village marked on the map, and found that the village and this ancient road were in the same direction, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he really didn't expect that he was about to arrive at his destination by mistake.

Qi Lu hurriedly put the items that were left to dry outside into the backpack that had not yet dried, and said to Ding Xiaolan, "Let's go, let's go." ”

But Ding Xiaolan didn't agree to live or die, she experienced this series of thrilling things, and she began to be timid in her heart, and began to miss her warm home.

"Follow this road, we will reach the village of Guta." Qi Lu said: "We are all about to complete the task, you regret it at this time, didn't Sai Lei die in vain?" ”

Ding Xiaolan looked at Qi Lu and thought to herself that although he usually looked unreliable, he was still very serious about doing things, and if he retreated at this time, he would definitely be condemned by his conscience in the future, so she nodded silently in agreement, and mustered up the courage to move forward with him.

After walking for more than an hour, it was almost dark, and there was no one on the road, Ding Xiaolan complained again, not knowing when the road would find its head. Qi Lu had no choice but to coax her and tell her some jokes to dilute the dull atmosphere.

They went down a steep slope, and when they were going downhill, Qi Lu saw a two-story stucco brick building faintly appearing on the edge of the bushes in front of them, so he said to Ding Xiaolan: "Isn't there a family here, let's go borrow a night, and then go tomorrow." ”

The two walked quickly to the front of the building and saw a signboard hanging in front of the door called Yew Wah Hostel. Qi Lu smiled: "Look at this name, it must be a hotel opened by a Chinese." ”

But Ding Xiaolan pulled him and didn't let him in, as if she was frightened.

"Don't you think it's strange that there is a lonely inn in this deep mountain wilderness?"

Qi Lu also chuckled in his heart after hearing this, what Ding Xiaolan said was very reasonable, how could someone open a hotel in a place where there were no ghosts, how could he make money?

"Are you afraid of a black shop?"

"Yes." Ding Xiaolan still couldn't rest assured.

"Don't say it's a black shop, even if it's a ghost shop, I want to live in it, our tent is long gone, do you want to sleep in the wild at night?" Although Qi Lu was not afraid, he also had a little fear in his heart, after all, he was not as easy as he was before to deal with the demons that suddenly appeared.

When the two were hesitating, they saw a middle-aged man in his thirties come out of the house. As soon as he saw Qi Lu and Ding Xiaolan, the look on his face was even more panicked than them.

Before Qi Lu could ask him, he saw him shrink back, and came out again a moment later, only this time he had an extra rifle in his hand, and the black barrel was aimed at their chests.

Qi Lu suddenly panicked, and not to be outdone, he took out his pistol and aimed at the middle-aged man, and at the same time motioned Ding Xiaolan to find a safe place to hide.

Gun to gun, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became extremely tense, Qi Lu and the middle-aged man looked at each other vigilantly, but no one dared to pull the trigger first, so as not to misfire, thus making the situation off the track and out of control.

"Lao Huang, what's wrong?"

At this moment of tension, someone in the room asked, his voice was very old, it should be an old man.

Qi Lu looked at it and found that there was another man in his sixties coming out of the store, he was wearing a headscarf, and a pair of bright eyes were looking Qi Lu and the two of them up and down. In the end, seeing Qi Lu and Ding Xiaolan's embarrassed appearance, he also guessed seven or eight points in his heart, so he asked in a soft voice: "The two must not be locals, are they lost in the mountains and forests?" ”

"Yes, we are Chinese who came to Myanmar to play, and we accidentally got lost in the mountains." Qi Lu heard that his accent was Mandarin with Yunnan dialect, and he suddenly felt a lot more kind.

"I'm sorry two, I thought someone was coming to rob me. There are fierce Rohingya all around here, and it's a big fate that you didn't die. The middle-aged man knew that they were just Chinese who had come for tourism, so he quickly put away his gun and apologized to them.

Ding Xiaolan glared at him, and the anger on her face had not completely dissipated. I thought to myself, I didn't say you were a black shop, but you thought we were robbers first.

Qi Lu also put away the gun and asked, "Boss, is there any room available, we are going to stay here for one night today." ”

"Yes, it's more than a room." The old man replied quite frankly: "No one patronizes this place all year round, and I can't do a few orders of business in a month." When you come, why should I not welcome you? With that, he took them in to register.

"Are you husband and wife?"

Before Ding Xiaolan could answer, she heard Qi Lu giggle and say, "Yes, we just got married." ”

Ding Xiaolan pinched him hard behind Qi Lu's back, and was about to open his mouth to refute, when he heard the old man say with a smile: "Accommodation is 10,000 yuan a day, if it does not exceed 12 hours, it will be 6,000 yuan, and I kindly remind you two that our store does not want kyats, only RMB." ”

"What! You're just grabbing money! Qi Lu and Ding Xiaolan shouted in unison, although they knew in their hearts that staying here would definitely not be cheap, but they didn't expect the price to be so expensive, and the boss was completely making money with no conscience.

Hearing this, the old man's face suddenly sank, and he said to them: "Don't stop pulling down, a few customers finally came to the store, and they don't slaughter for nothing." To tell you the truth, there are a lot of tigers and leopards outside me, and you sleep in the wild and are eaten by them, don't blame me for not saying hello to you. ”

"I said boss, you're too dark, can't you be cheaper?" Although Ding Xiaolan scolded him to death in her heart, there was no way, she couldn't sleep in the wild, otherwise, as the boss said, if she was eaten by a beast while sleeping, she would really die more unjustly than Dou E.

After some haggling, the old man finally agreed to pay 5,000 yuan for one night's stay, and that he could pay when he left tomorrow.

Qi Lu reluctantly signed and asked, "Do you have dinner?" ”

Ding Xiaolan interjected and said, "You always have to be cheaper for dinner, don't kill us again." ”

"Don't worry, I'm the fairest, you don't need money to eat in my store." After saying that, he called out to the inner room, "The old woman has come out to cook." ”

A woman in her fifties with green hair walked out of the house, and after glancing at Qi Lu and the others, she went to the kitchen to cook.

After eating, when the old woman came to clean up the table, Qi Lu asked her, "Auntie, how far is Guta Village from here?" ”

"It's not far, follow the road outside the store and head east, less than twenty kilometers."

Qi Lu and Ding Xiaolan were very happy when they heard her say this, and it seemed that they didn't have to travel long distances anymore. If all goes well, they'll be in Guta Village tomorrow before the sun goes down.

Back in the guest room on the second floor, Ding Xiaolan closed the door and said angrily to Qi Lu: "What are you talking nonsense with the boss, you actually said that I am your wife." ”

Qi Lu smiled: "Please, beauty, you don't think about it, if we live separately, I'm afraid I'll have to pay 10,000 yuan tonight." ”

"Hmph, you're not trying to take the opportunity to rub my oil, are you?"

"Hehe, if I want to take advantage of you, there are opportunities along the way, and I have to wait until now" Before he finished speaking, a pillow fell on his head, followed by another quilt thrown at him.

"You sleep on the floor tonight!"

"Good, good!" Qi Lu didn't argue with her, picked up his backpack and packed up the things inside.

Those cinnabars, charms, and so on had long been crumpled and useless because they had been soaked in the river, so Qi Lu had to throw them all into the garbage can.

There was also a green rune paper, which was not wet, even the runes written on it did not fade, this was the talisman in the first of the three boxes that Qi Lu regarded as a treasure. In the past, he didn't think this talisman was of much use to him, but now that he was really out of energy, he couldn't help but carry this talisman with him just in case.

Ding Xiaolan had never seen a green talisman before, so she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why isn't this talisman wet?" ”

"Of course, it can be waterproof if it is made of special materials."

"I see that the general rune paper is yellow, why is this one of yours green, is it a ghost rune?"

"I always say it's made of special materials, and of course it's different." Qi Lu smiled mysteriously, did not answer her question directly, but spread the quilt on the ground, fell asleep, and fell asleep in a blink of an eye.

Ding Xiaolan was also very tired, but she couldn't sleep peacefully. Although the mosquito net was hung up, there were too many mosquitoes, and she was bitten several times, and her whole body was itching uncomfortably.

Ding Xiaolan, who was lying on the bed, couldn't fall asleep, and gradually felt that the room was very hot, which made her feel a little tight, she glanced at the mobile phone screen and found that the time was only more than eight o'clock, so she walked out of the room with light feet, ready to go downstairs to take a walk outside the house, and breathe fresh air casually.

When she walked to the stairs on the first floor, Ding Xiaolan saw that the door was locked, and the middle-aged man was sleeping on the counter. So Ding Xiaolan walked straight towards him, ready to wake up the middle-aged man and ask him to open the door.

At this time, the half of the bright moon outside the window was quietly swept by a dark cloud and swallowed it. The middle-aged man let out a long cry from his mouth, followed by something strange.

Ding Xiaolan was surprised to find that the middle-aged man's ears were constantly stretching out, looking like double rabbit ears. Then his ears flapped incessantly like wings, and his head gradually left his body and flew up.

The head flew and blinked, circled the room a few times, then flew out of the room through the half-covered window, and disappeared in the night.

Ding Xiaolan almost screamed loudly in fright, but she couldn't utter a word, because a big hand had reached out from behind and covered her small mouth tightly.