Chapter 87: Palpitations

Hurriedly retreated.

After staying for a while, two people came out of it, and when they saw it, it was their mother and daughter, it turned out that it was the old woman who helped her mother go to the toilet, probably because she was busy with the old man, and she couldn't notice Mu Ziqi's footsteps.

Mu Ziqi was puzzled, why didn't these two people move at all when they went to the toilet?

Are they afraid to move?

When they came out to see Mu Ziqi, the two of them also froze, and the old woman immediately explained to Mu Ziqi: "My mother's legs and feet are inconvenient, and she needs me to accompany her every day when it is convenient, and today she has a sprained foot, even more so." ”

Mu Ziqi saw the pitiful appearance of the two of them, and felt very uncomfortable, after Mu Ziqi finished speaking, he stood there and thought for a while, he decided to try to ask the old woman later, what was going on, and see if he could help them solve some problems.

When he returned to the house, the old woman had already settled her mother into her own room, and when Mu Ziqi wanted to go in and take a look, he could hear the old lady inside say to her daughter, "Is it time for the guest officer to leave?" ”

Mu Ziqi stopped and stood there, wanting to hear what the old woman had to say.

The old woman replied, "It's getting late now, and besides, the road back is rough and a little difficult to walk, so it's better to leave him behind, not to mention——"

At this point, the old woman stopped.

Mu Ziqi was a little happy when he heard this, and thought to himself, not to mention that the latter meaning may be that he feels that he is still here to benefit the two of them.

But then I thought about it, if she didn't mean that, for example, as described in those monster books, the passengers were asleep in the middle of the night—

Thinking of this, he felt chills on his body, pondered for a while, had nothing to do, and for the sake of safety, he decided to leave quickly while they hadn't come out yet!

So, he slipped out of the courtyard quietly and came to the door, and by this time, having lost some control of his surroundings, he felt the latch of the door, gently pulled it out, and then turned back and closed the door.

I touched the direction of progress, but fortunately, there was a half-hooked moon surrounded by a white cloud in the dark blue sky, which covered the dense trees and mountains below with a silver light, and the night was wonderful.

Mu Ziqi didn't care about admiring those scenery, carefully looked for the road under his feet, and walked towards the front.

After a while, he immediately felt regret and understood the meaning of what the old woman had just said to her mother.

In other words, the trail is really not suitable for walking at night.

It's not safe to take a step and stomp for a while.

Every now and then there was a strange sound in the unseen darkness, perhaps from a ravine, or from a dark forest.

The sound sounded like a tiger and wolf grinding its teeth, and then it sounded like the chirping of a bird.

Just when Mu Ziqi's heart was trembling, a terrible scream suddenly came from an unknown place in front of him, like a hoarse cry before death made by a woman when she was being choked by the neck.

Mu Ziqi only felt trembling all over his body, and he didn't dare to go any further.

At this time, the moonlight happened to be obscured by the wisps of white clouds, and the whole mountain forest immediately became hazy, and after a while, the clouds became very thick again, and all the front was darkened.

What should I do, Mu Ziqi asked himself in his heart, can I go?

If you go, in the current situation, do you still have that guts?

No, he didn't dare to take a step forward, for the woman's cry was so close that it seemed as if he saw the woman waving to him with her withered arms for help, and he would have touched it if he had taken a step further.

Mu Ziqi's whole body was like sifting chaff, he only felt that his legs were weak, and in the end, he couldn't support the weight of his whole body, "Plop!" Sitting on the ground, the woman screamed miserably, this time, to Mu Ziqi's shock, the sound sounded right in his ears, so that his ears "buzzed", and he could even feel the gas spewing out of the woman's mouth, but it was not like a person's throat spitting out, because there was no trace of heat, but it was like a gust of wind sweeping across his face, making people feel cold.

Mu Ziqi was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and at this time, he felt that he was suddenly grabbed and dragged him hard.

Mu Ziqi only felt that his scalp was numb, and he struggled desperately, and finally got rid of it.

As soon as he stood up, but the hand grabbed him again, Mu Ziqi was a little desperate.

When he was thinking about how to get out, he unexpectedly heard someone speak in his ear: "Guest officer, go back with me." ”

It was the voice of the old woman, how could it be her!

As if looking forward to a savior, his heart immediately lit up.

At the same time, I also deeply felt a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe.

After settling down, I feel that it is better to go back in comparison.

Immediately grabbed the old woman's hand and said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, good, I'll go back with you!" ”

He felt that since the old woman had chased her here, it meant that she was still kind, and he might have misunderstood others for a while.

At this time, he felt a little strange, what was the woman's scream just now, why did it miraculously disappear again?

"Guest officer, this mountain forest is very strange, often inexplicably there are some strange sounds, some people say that it is a lonely ghost, therefore, don't come out at night to walk around."

The old woman seemed to guess what he was thinking, which reminded Mu Ziqi of the daytime, when he inexplicably heard footsteps behind him, and looked back, but he didn't find anyone, is it also haunted?

It's strange to say, I don't know if the old woman is familiar with this area or what, under its leadership, Mu Ziqi is no longer so difficult to walk, stepping down, I only feel that it is much flatter than before, and there is a person as a companion - although it is a woman, she is still so old, it is much stronger than walking alone.

Although the roars of beasts still sounded in the valley from time to time, they didn't sound so terrible now.

I can't say what's going on, just now it seems to be deliberately embarrassing Mu Ziqi, not only the road is not easy to walk, but the dark clouds are also adding chaos, the more Mu Ziqi is afraid, the more he will cover the moon, and now, it has also moved away, the moon appears unusually bright, illuminating this road very clearly, and walking is very smooth.

After a while, they returned to the old woman's house.

Mu Ziqi was arranged to go to the upper room, and the old woman went to get the futon, made the bed, let Mu Ziqi rest in peace, and went out.

Mu Ziqi didn't know what time it was, he estimated that it seemed to be less than twelve o'clock.

Out of vigilance, he lay down in his clothes, and he was tucked around his body, and when he looked at the moonlight shining in from the window, the bedding was washed clean, and it smelled a pleasant fragrance, which made people feel very comfortable.

Mu Ziqi thought, what do they use to wash clothes and bedding, it is said that southerners generally use soap, as if it is a kind of thing that knots on trees, and now it seems that they may use that thing to wash, and the smell is so good.

Thinking about it, it is not easy for these two old people, they are so old, and they have no heirs around them, so they depend on each other for their lives, and there is no one around, and the surrounding mountains and forests are still so sinister, how dare they live here.

Needless to say, even a young man like himself is frightened, I don't believe it, these two old men don't feel afraid at all?

Is it like this for all the countrymen?

He has been to many places, and in many rural areas, there are often some old people, who have no children and no daughters, and live alone.

In this regard, they themselves, including others, feel that it is commonplace.

Naturally, the local government also tried to gather them together to live in order to make it easier for them to take care of them, but these old people did not appreciate it at all, and they preferred to stay alone in the empty houses rather than live in groups, despite the huge disparity in conditions, and refused to leave their homes for half a step.

For them, society calls them empty nesters.

But most of them are in the cities, even in the countryside, and they haven't heard of them in the deep mountains and old forests.

Thinking about it again, all this is still in the mirror, which makes people feel even more uneasy.

The more Mu Ziqi thought about it, the more worried he became, thinking to himself, after dawn, he had to leave.

In this way, he couldn't sleep, tossing and turning in bed, and I don't know how long it took, but I saw that the moonlight gradually drifted past, until it completely disappeared from the drawing of the three friends of the old man on the wall, Mu Ziqi still didn't feel a little sleepy.

From time to time there were creepy sounds from the hill outside the courtyard, as if some people were whispering, as if someone was screaming, and sometimes it sounded as if it was far away; Sometimes it sounds like it's very close, as if it's just outside the wall.

He couldn't help but think of the woman's scream just now, if it was really a ghost, it must be a ghost, a ghost who had died to death, from this voice, she must have experienced an extremely terrible scene before she died, otherwise, it would be impossible to make such a tragic sound, until now I think about it, I still feel palpitations.

Thinking about this, he couldn't lie down, and he couldn't even close his eyes.

That's not all, after this period of tossing and turning, he actually felt a little urinating, what can I do?

I can't think of it, and I feel that my little belly is suffocating; When I got up, I was very scared, and I thought about it, there are so many flowers and trees in the courtyard, which look pleasing to the eye during the day, but at night it gives people a very different feeling.

In the courtyard, I always feel that danger is everywhere, and their thatched house is so far away, it is good to say during the day, who dares to go there at night?

The more Mu Ziqi thought about it, the more he felt suffocated.

Next, he suddenly realized that this is actually a very simple matter, as a big man, he really can't do it, just go to the door to find a corner to make it easier.

Thinking about it, I felt that I was really stupid, and immediately got up from the bed with a "puff", scratched under the bed with my foot, touched my shoes, and put them on.

In order not to alarm the two old men, he tried his best to push the door open lightly.

I was about to untie my trouser belt, and when I looked forward, I found a figure on the ground in the moonlight!