Autumn nights.

The direction of Qingyu Town to the county seat of Ping'an County.

A stone tablet stands at the intersection of the road, engraved with "this road is not passable" four bowl-sized characters, reminding passers-by not to go into this way.

On a high ground far from the stele, there is a makeshift thatched hut.

The two men were sitting in front of the thatched hut and chatting, and from their place, they could see the stone plaque at the intersection of the road in the distance.

These two people, who are members of the patrol team of Fishhead Town, were arranged to guard the intersection here.

Defense, of course, is the ghosts that may run out of that direction.

Beside the two of them, there were two black dogs squatting.

It is said that black dogs are yin and evil in nature, and can see things that ordinary people can't see.

In fact, here in Qingyu Town, there are three towns and several large barren mountains and mountains between it and the county seat.

This and Yutou Town are originally remote places, and they are all out of the jurisdiction of Ping'an County, but they are only divided under the jurisdiction of Ping'an County because of the three non-reliance.

However, Fang Yue was still not at ease, the county seat of Ping'an County, as well as other surrounding towns and towns except Yutou Town and Qingyu Town, had died too many people.

Even in Qingyu Town, most of the population died.

Under such a large-scale dead person, the resentment is overwhelming, and it is really unimaginable what will brew inside.

Although Yutou Town is far away, even the two adjacent counties of Ping'an County, some of the townships under their jurisdiction are closer to the straight-line distance from the county seat of Ping'an County than the straight-line distance between Yutou Town and the county seat of Ping'an County.

But after all, it's still nearby, and there is a possibility of being infested by ghosts.

Fang Yue asked the patrol team to send people to garrison here, just in case, there was an early warning.

If there is a large number of ghosts that cannot be dealt with, then abandon the foundation of Fishhead Town and let everyone in the town flee to other prefectures and counties.

The imperial court has the power to suppress ghosts, one Ping'an county is enough, Fang Yue doesn't believe that the imperial court can let other prefectures and counties be infested by ghosts and ghosts, and then erode.

Chen Damin yawned, shrunk back, and tightened his clothes.

He is a bachelor, his family is too poor, and he has not yet married a daughter-in-law.

It is precisely because of this that he was able to get the opportunity to be stationed here.

Although dangerous, patrols are also well paid.

Stationed at this intersection, the monthly salary is five times that of an ordinary patrolman.

According to Chen Damin's idea, working for a year is enough to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law.

At that time, several members of the patrol team competed for these two positions, and in the end, he, a carefree bachelor, and the always sad-faced Wang Quan next to him got a chance.

Wang Quanyou has many children in the family, and it is really not easy for a laborer to raise so many mouths.

Originally, Wang Quanyou did not meet the selection conditions, because Fang Yue explained at that time that this task was dangerous, and it was best not to worry much.

Wang Quan has so many children and worries too much, but he is somewhat related to the current captain of the town's patrol.

The captain saw that he was a bunch of children, and he really couldn't live anymore, so he gave him a place and gave him the opportunity to receive five times the patrol member's salary, anyway, whether there were too many worries was not a hard and fast rule.

Chen Damin chatted with Wang Quanyou for a while, and felt sleepy, so he said hello to Wang Quanyou and went to sleep in the thatched house.

The two of them assigned tasks, Wang Quanyou kept the first half of the night, and Chen Damin kept the second half of the night.

In the autumn season, it is easy to get sleepy.

Chen Damin slept deeply.

But in his sleep, he was woken up by the sound of a horn and suona.

"Who, in the middle of the night, disturbs people's dreams."

Chen Damin turned over and didn't get up, in his dream, he was building a house and marrying a daughter-in-law. He just woke up from a sweet dream.

But the sound of the horn and suona is getting louder and closer, almost ringing in my ears.

Chen Damin couldn't sleep anymore, opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a team of wedding greetings wearing red wedding clothes, carrying a red wedding sedan chair, blowing and blowing from the intersection of the road to here.

"Who is this, marrying in the middle of the night, making it so noisy that people can't sleep well."

Chen Damin was indignant, pitiful for him as a bachelor, who slept in the middle of the night, and was so noisy that he couldn't sleep.

Chen Damin stood on the high ground, looking at the welcoming team below, but wanted to see what kind of relatives they married in the middle of the night.

In a short time, the greeting procession was under the high ground.

"The above is a fellow countryman, today is a big day for the little girl to get married, and meeting is fate, so it's better to come over and have a glass of wine."

An old man in the team who couldn't see his face clearly shouted at Chen Damin above.

As soon as he heard that there was a happy wine to drink, Chen Damin committed the gluttony in his belly.

He swallowed his saliva and said, "Uncle, do you want to go and drink the wedding wine, you see that there is nothing around me now."

"No, no, no, whatever you want. They are all fellow countrymen, and it's good that people are here. ”

The old man beckoned to him below.

Chen Damin couldn't help it, so he ran down and blended into the greeting team.

The group blew and blew and continued on their way.

Chen Damin felt dazed, and he didn't know how far he had walked, and he came to a brightly lit mansion.

There are several tables of banquets in the courtyard, and there are some guests sitting sparsely, it should be that the guests have not yet arrived.

Chen Damin wanted to find a place to sit down and wait for the wedding wine.

No, someone pushed him.

Chen Damin looked back, but it was two beautiful maids holding the groom's wedding dress.

"Uncle, the auspicious time is coming, where are you going? Why don't you hurry up and change into your wedding dress, the young lady is waiting inside. ”

The two maids look exactly the same, and their movements and demeanors are exactly the same, as if they are the same paper figures cut out of two drawing papers.

"Wait, haven't I come for a drink? How did you become an uncle? ”

Chen Damin felt inexplicable, but the two maids had already put the groom's wedding dress in their hands on him.

After putting on the groom's wedding dress, the original doubts in Chen Damin's mind disappeared.

Instead, there was a lot of joy, especially when he saw the bride who was helped out of the house by the maid.

Although he was covered by a red hijab, he could not see his face.

But the bride's body is graceful, and the exposed pair of jade hands are as white as jade, and her appearance must not be bad.

"Hey, I didn't think I'd get married today."

Chen Damin thought to himself.

Crackling firecrackers rang out outside.

"Worship heaven and earth."

Chen Damin followed the bride in a daze.

……

A rapid dog barking woke Wang Quanyou from his sleep.

"Oops, I almost fell asleep, how did the fire on the ground go out?"

Wang Quanyou was completely sleepy and looked around vigilantly.

Two dogs were barking at the thatched hut.

Wang Quanyou's heart tightened, and he shouted inside: "Damin, Damin."

No response.

Wang Quanyou didn't dare to go in to check, he took out the fire fold in a trembling manner, and tried to raise the fire on the ground again.

The two black dogs were still barking, and their voices were restless.

After a long period of wasted work, Wang Quanyou finally rebuilt the fire with thatch.

At this moment the two black dogs turned in the same direction, and barked no longer towards the thatched hut, but towards the intersection below the high ground.

It took a while for them to stop.

Wang Quanyou didn't know if the dirty thing was gone, so he hid by the fire and didn't dare to move.

It wasn't until it was bright outside that Wang Quanyou got up tremblingly and entered the thatched house to check what was going on.

On the wooden bed in the house, Chen Damin seemed to be sleeping soundly, with unconcealed joy on his face, as if he was having a sweet dream.

But his face was as pale as paper, and there was not a trace of blood.

Wang Quanyou stepped forward and touched his heart, and found that it was already cold.