We arrived early, and we were overtaken by many horsemen along the way, and when we looked around, there was no one except for the faint sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance.

Slowing down, Brother Zhengchuan and I walked to the small shed, in front of the small shed, there was already a white-robed man waiting, waiting for us to dismount, stretched out his hand to lead our horse, and pulled to the back of the small shed.

Then I noticed that there was also a stable, but in the darkness, and there was no light, so I didn't notice it for a while.

In the small shed, there is a fire pit, at this time the fire is burning, on the fire pit is a large iron pot, boiling something, emitting a steam with the fragrance of medicine spread in this small shed.

An old man with a long white beard sat next to the fire pit, carrying a pot of wine in his hand, and poured two sips from time to time, he was also wearing a white robe, but compared to those in white robes, he wore it more casually, open, revealing the gray coat inside, and the white robe looked a little dirty.

"Take a look at the token." When the old man heard me and Brother Zhengchuan walk into the small shed, he didn't raise his eyes, so he said it directly.

As he spoke, he took another sip of wine, and the syrup fell straight down on his body with his beard, bringing up wet lines.

Brother Zhengchuan and I didn't dare to delay, and as soon as he asked, we both handed over our tokens.

"Inside?" After carefully looking at the token, the old man had a slight reaction, and with a surprised voice, he looked up at the two of us.

Any questions? Brother Zhengchuan and I were a little nervous, after all, this was the first time I was going to enter the real ghost market, the place I had imagined and longed for when I was a teenager.

But he didn't want to, the old man just looked at it, lowered his head again, and said, "Do you want to enter the inner market, or the outer market?" ”

I wondered in my heart, is there anything else that is wrong with this?

But he still hugged his fists and said to the old man with a more respectful attitude: "We are going to enter the outer market." ”

I can't say anything to this old man, I just have a sense of respect in my heart, I feel that he has a tragic but noble aura on him, like he has returned from some battlefield, and he must be protecting something?

I'm not very skilled, but I don't know why I feel that way.

The old man seemed to notice my gaze, and took a sip of wine in silence, as if whispering to himself: "I am not like those promising juniors, who have a perfect breath of convergence. I crawled back from that hellish place, and with this breath, it must be because I never stopped thinking about my old comrades, right? ”

What are these words? Brother Zhengchuan and I looked at each other, but we didn't dare to say more, so we could only wait in silence.

Outside, the sound of horses' hooves was already ringing closer, and from a distance there were more dense and noisy horses' hooves.

The first batch of 'big troops' to enter the ghost market is coming, after all, Brother Zhengchuan and I are participating in this kind of ghost market for the first time, so we are excited to gallop all the way, and the others seem to be much calmer and calmer, but it seems that it is already here.

At this time, the old man seemed to have recovered from the sad atmosphere he had created, turned his head to look at me, and said, "Are you so young, have you also experienced countless battles?" Otherwise, how can you sense my aura? ”

I was stunned, but I couldn't say anything.

But he didn't want the old man to let me answer at all, but waved at us and said, "Since you are going to the outer market, you don't need to drink the medicinal soup in my pot." I've never sensed your aura before, and it seems like you're new to the ghost market. Therefore, I will say one more thing, I want to go to the outer market, go out from the horse stall in the back, there is a small road, go straight to the east, and when you reach the place, you will naturally see the ghost market. ”

Brother Zhengchuan and I hurriedly thanked the old man, but after the old man threw the token back to us, he didn't care about us anymore, and in the face of our thanks, he just turned his head to the outside of the shed, looking at the night sky with only a cold moon and didn't know what he was thinking?

Brother Zhengchuan and I naturally couldn't care about his weirdness, so we only took the token silently and left quickly.

The stables were dark and quiet, blocking out the wind, and there was a little warmth here.

But out of the horse house, it is inexplicable that several valleys are intertwined here, forming a gap similar to a line of sky, but it is much larger than a line of sky.

There is a sheep intestine trail here, on both sides of the road is the grass that has withered and yellowed in winter, and the wind blows more violently here, because of the terrain, the sound of 'wooing' back and forth, just like the ghost crying that people often say in the world.

Coupled with that line of sky, the exposed cold moon is a little whitish, which makes this place even more desolate, like a cold-toned painting.

Brother Zhengchuan and I naturally couldn't be afraid of this, but we wrapped our cloaks tightly and walked into this sheep intestine path with our heads down, and our steps were very fast.

As if joking, Brother Zhengchuan said quietly beside me: "Third child, don't you think this place is ghostly? Listen, doesn't this wind sound like thousands of unjust souls crying? ”

I thought it was funny, and glanced at Brother Zhengchuan, but under the white mask, where could I see Brother Zhengchuan's expression clearly, but he said: "Brother Zhengchuan, can you not be so superstitious?" Even if you want to be scary, I'm not a little girl, can I still throw myself into your arms? ”

Hearing what I said, Brother Zhengchuan also laughed, but he didn't say anything for a while, just echoed with my footsteps in this small path.

After a long time, he suddenly said to me: "Third child, if possible, let's try not to go to the inner city, it is really a land of tigers and wolves." Moreover, it is very likely that the domestic market will not be peaceful this year. ”

"What did Aunt Chengzhen tell you? Or just sue me directly, or don't say anything? It's secretive and it's not interesting. I muttered something quietly.

"It's not that I don't want to say it, but Aunt Chengzhen said it, I know these things in my heart, and it's good to dissuade you. After all, it's a secret, and she also has to tell me at a certain time. Brother Zhengchuan whispered.

I pulled up the hat on the black cloak, and I also understood what Brother Zhengchuan meant, he helped set up the formation, and it was normal to know that some situations were normal.

But if a person has to be trustworthy, he can't reveal anything to me just because he has a close relationship with me. It's just that I guessed that the inner market might be that strange model? Thinking about it, I feel unbelievable and unlikely.

We walked in silence, and this short path soon came to an end.

After passing through this messy intersection, we finally reached the easternmost mountain range of the plain, where the wind eased but what was even more strange was that we saw two lanterns fluttering in the wind at the foot of the mountain.

In this night, I suddenly appeared in this wild and uninhabited deep mountain, just by looking at the bright red light, I felt a little infiltrated.

Just because this lantern also faintly exudes a 'ghost aura', it is a place where the aura is really 'clean', and the appearance of this lantern will only be a festive color.

Brother Zhengchuan and I stopped at the same time, and I said helplessly: "It's just a ghost market, and it's also an underground trading activity." Why do you have to make it so ghostly? ”

"Third child, don't you really know? The real ghost market is to have ghosts to become a city, and the oldest and oldest ghost market is precisely in the deserted city, or in the deeper mirage, there are ghosts and cities. "Brother Zhengchuan seems to understand everything in one day.

I laughed and said, "How can it be so mysterious?" ”

As he spoke, he had already strode towards the two fluttering lanterns, and Brother Zhengchuan smiled helplessly, and hurriedly followed behind me.

I just sighed in my heart about the ingenuity of this place, there is a staggered chaotic mountain cover, Brother Zhengchuan and I stood on the top of the mountain before, but I didn't notice the slightest special thing here.

The pair of red lanterns were like the brightest guide in the night, and the border of the plain was still a horse under our feet, and Brother Zhengchuan and I almost trotted at a speed, but in less than ten minutes, we walked to the front of the pair of lanterns.

At this time, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.

It is said that the ghost market should be open, but when I walked here, I found that under the lantern, there was a heavy stone gate, and at this time the gate was still closed, and there was no one around for a while, and I didn't know what to do?

I accidentally glanced at the pair of lanterns, which turned out to be made in the oldest style.

This kind of 'yin and yang lantern' is generally used when you meet people who are going to be buried late at night, and the purpose of guiding the way is to tell people from the two worlds of yin and yang, and this side is going on a funeral, please avoid.

There is also an obscure function is to divide yin and yang, the front of the lamp is the yang, and the back of the lamp is the underworld.

Legend has it that above the ghost gate that opened in the middle of the cave in July, there is the largest yin and yang lamp, guiding the spirit released and the return of the underworld.

This qiē is strange to watch, and it can't help but remind me of what Brother Zhengchuan said to me in the 'first line of heaven'.

And I was stunned, Brother Zhengchuan had already walked to the stone gate, grabbed the 'bite ring' in the mouth of the huge town beast carved on the stone gate, hit the stone gate, and made a crisp knock sound in the cold night.

Is that okay? I was a little stunned.

But I didn't want to, at this time, the huge stone door, accompanied by the sound of hinges, slowly opened.