In 959 A.D., the Central Plains had experienced decades of disintegration, endless wars, and the people were struggling to make a living.

One day in July!

In the territory of Zhou, the suburbs of Yangzhou.

It's sunset.

In the rolling mountains, the sky was getting dark, and on a hidden forest road, two black horses galloped towards them, and two black knights at once.

I ran to a junction, and there were two forks in front of me, one left and one right. The man in black at the head urgently grabbed the reins, and the galloping horse was suddenly forced to stop, neighing and erecting two front hooves.

The man in black calmly hugged the horse's neck, gently stroked the horse's mane, and muttered something in his mouth. He is actually skilled in riding and proficient in horse language.

The tall black steed seemed to understand his language, and gradually fell silent.

Only then did the man in black raise his head and look ahead, revealing his face.

It turned out to be a man in his twenties. Bronze skin, handsome facial features, not very old but full of heroic and violent atmosphere.

His bearing is extraordinary, and although he wears a black power suit, he is a high-quality brocade. Qi Yujian is not like an ordinary rich son, but like a young general from a famous family, or a son of a martial arts family.

At this time, it was already dusty, and both men and horses were very tired.

Behind him was a middle-aged man in black, who rode to the young man's side, and said respectfully: "Third son, let's hurry in the starry night, there are still three hours away from Yangzhou City." If it is too late today, it is impossible to arrive before the gates of the city. ”

The third prince looked at the sky, and after a few days of hurrying, he saw that he was about to arrive, not to mention that the person he wanted to meet was very important, and he couldn't be too embarrassed, and it would always be decent to trim it.

So he said: "Leng Xiao, the right side is the official road to Yangzhou, and my son remembers that there is no inn on the official road." You go over to the left side of the road and look down. It's best to find a place nearby to spend the night and head into town tomorrow. ”

The middle-aged man in black is named Leng Xiao. It was the personal guard of the third prince, who had the order, "Yes!" He replied respectfully, kicked his feet, and galloped away to the left fork in the road.

After the third prince gave the order, he jumped off the horse, walked to a tree and sat down, closed his eyes and rested.

After a pillar of incense, Leng Xiao beat the horse back, and replied: "Third son, I saw a house in the deep mountains from a distance, which looked like a big family's house, and I should be able to spend the night. ”

The third prince stood up: "Very good, I'll stay there tonight!" However, since we are a big family, it is inevitable that we will be suspicious of our identity. Although Yangzhou is now returned to our Zhou Kingdom, after all, it was still the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty two years ago, so we should be more cautious in our actions, and don't provoke right and wrong! ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Leng Xiao bowed and replied.

The two of them followed the fork in the road, and after riding for a long time, they saw a house hidden in the col, and by the last afterglow of the sunset, they could see several courtyards from a distance, covering a wide area, and it was indeed a villa of a large family.

I was on the road for days to eat dry food, and I stayed in the open air for a short time, and I took shortcuts and remote paths. Seeing that they could have a hot meal and sleep well tonight, both of them suddenly became excited.

When I walked in, I saw that the door was open, but I didn't see the caretaker.

The large plaque on the door reads: Feng Mansion.

At this time, the sun had completely set, the moon had not yet risen, and the surroundings were getting darker and darker, except for the chirping of birds, beasts and insects, there was no human sound, and there was no light coming out of the gate.

Jumping off the horse, the cold howl bolted the two horses to the tree in the doorway. The third prince began to feel strange when he observed the surroundings, glanced at Leng Xiao, and slowly walked towards the gate on guard.

As soon as I entered the gate, a dark wind with a strange pungent smell came to my face.

With a "bang", Leng Xiao pulled out the sword in his waist. Said vigilantly: "The smell of blood, this smell is too strange, the third prince be careful." Let your subordinates go in and have a look!"

"Let's go in!" The third prince had a calm face, and also took out the saber in his waist and held it in his hand.

The gate goes some way in, and in the middle is a stone-walled screen.

The screen is unusually tall, much taller than ordinary people, and from this momentum, I feel that this family must be either rich or expensive.

Look closely at the carved landscape painting on it.

At a glance, the third son knew that he was a famous craftsman.

I saw the carved peaks and mountains stacked and green, the appearance of lush forests, and I felt that there were clouds and mist, and the spring water was murmuring, and there were thousands of weather, which was simply lifelike, as if immersive.

The two couldn't help but look a little intoxicated, and there were three words engraved on the corner of the screen: Yunmeng Mountain.

The third prince seemed to have heard this name, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

Another bloody stench wafted in, and the two of them were shocked.

Cautiously bypassing the screen, he turned to the main courtyard.

Seeing the scene in the entire courtyard clearly, the two were stunned.

After a few glances, the third prince turned around and held on to the screen and vomited wildly, turning over the river and the sea.

I didn't eat anything, I could only vomit yellow water, and the feeling of nausea was still surging, and the whole person who only vomited was about to collapse.

Leng Xiao also felt that his heart was surging all over his body, but after all, he was older and more experienced, so he tried to hold it down steadily, and was nervously guarded, protecting the third son.

The third prince is also a person with experience in rivers and lakes, and gradually calmed down, adjusted his qi and blood, and turned around to re-examine this courtyard.

In front of you is a huge courtyard with the main hall and two rows of wings on both sides. What should have been an elegant compound was now piled up in the middle of a hill, and the mountain turned out to be a mountain of countless corpses.

The corpses were decomposing beyond recognition and still festering.

What is disgusting is that these people, who should have been alive, are now slowly dissolving, like a pile of meat that is being stewed on high heat, slowly melting into broth.

Judging from the carcass, the clothes and jewelry mixed with the carrion, the corpses were countless men and women, young and old.

The corpse closest to the third prince on the side of the "hill" has already dissolved by half, and the other half of the body is slowly collapsing. The skull was hard and still there, but the flesh was gone, and the eyeballs were rolling down without support. rolled into a large blood stain below and soaked, revealing only black pupils as if he was squinting at the third son.

Even after a long time on the battlefield and accustomed to seeing countless dead people, the third prince still couldn't help but feel creepy at this time, and he had the urge to vomit.

"Who is it?" He clenched his fists and trembled a little, "Who did such a vicious thing......

Leng Xiao felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly thought of something, and the fear in his eyes deepened. Hurriedly went around the "hill" vigilantly and carefully checked.

"Three sons!" Cold howls shouted in the distance.

The third prince hurriedly ran over. Leng Xiao stood at the door of the main hall, staring blankly at the ground.

A large pool of red and yellow blood on the ground, mixed with some clothing that had not yet melted.

"Huh?" As if he had found something, Leng Xiao used his sword to pick the fabric apart, revealing a piece of jade pendant. Carefully took out the jade pendant with a sword, tore off a piece of clothing on his body and wiped it clean, and tore another piece of clothing to wrap it before handing it to the third prince.

The jade pendant is engraved with fine white jade, and the third prince carefully identifies it, and turns it over to the other side and sees the word "Feng" engraved.

"Yes...... Could it be Feng Yansi?" The third prince was shocked and hurriedly looked at the clothes in the blood and water on the ground.

"Feng Yansi?" Leng Xiao on the side asked.

The third prince nodded, "His ancestral home is Yangzhou, he used to be an important minister of the two dynasties in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he worshiped the prime minister three times, and he was a high-ranking and powerful person. ”

"The prime minister of a country, with a noble and prominent status, why would he die here?" Leng Xiao asked suspiciously.

The third prince frowned and said: "This Feng Yansi is not only a high and powerful person, but also has a high level of knowledge in literature, governing the country and the army. It is a statecraft that all countries want to recruit. ”

"Could it be that the other lords of the country couldn't win them over, so they moved with killing intent?"

"Possibly!" The third prince nodded, "At the beginning, the lord of the country also intended to recruit him, and I heard that he wanted to return to Yangzhou and specially sent someone to invite him, but he politely refused on the grounds of old age. But whatever the reason, such a method of murder is too horrific. ”

Leng Xiao hesitated, wanted to speak, but held back, turned around and walked into the house.

After searching for a while, he walked out, his eyes were full of fear, and he hurriedly said: "Third son, you can't stay here, let's leave quickly!" ”

"How can you leave like this? Take a look around and see if you can find a clue. ”

"Can't go...... If it's dangerous, let's get out of here!" Leng Xiao hurriedly stood in front with a panicked face.

The third prince stopped and looked at him. Leng Xiao's martial arts are first-class, he walked the rivers and lakes for many years when he was young, and he also made a lot of fame, and later took refuge in his father. His father sent him to protect him for many years, and he has always been faithful and reliable, and he is calm and steady in his work.

Go so panicked at the moment.

"What did you find?" The third prince asked coldly.

Leng Xiao's face turned white, sighed, and took out something from his sleeve and handed it over.

The third prince took it and looked at it, it was a wooden card, the whole body was pitch black, I don't know what material it was made of, and two blood-colored words were written on it: ghost devouring.