"What does it have to do with following them and whether we can get out of the city?" I question.

Director Tan said: "The relationship is big. We don't even have a clue right now, and we're still stuck in such a ghostly place, and although these people are weird, we can at least find a chance to contact and ask. Once we meet a good person to help, we can get out of the rut, which is better than getting lost by ourselves. ”

He Qin also said: "Liu Yang, Teacher Tan is right, we can't stop running around like this, we should find someone to inquire." ”

Although I don't like He Qin, the only person I can trust here is him, so I nodded: "Okay, everyone be careful, let's act when the opportunity comes." ”

"You can do whatever I want, that's right." Director Tan emphasized again.

We cautiously came out of the courtyard gate and looked around, and there was indeed no one on the street. I saw that the streets were full of yellow paper money, thick and solid, and I don't know how many, it looked like a layer of snow. Director Tan was surprised: "The one who died must be a rich man, and this faction is too big." ”

Although there was no one, we did not dare to blatantly walk in the middle of the street, and everyone walked cautiously along the shadow of the wall in the direction from which the horn came. As I was walking, passing by a dark alley, before I could react, suddenly a hand reached out from the darkness and covered my mouth.

This man was so powerful that he came so suddenly that I couldn't resist at all, and I was dragged into the alley by him.

My heart was almost out of the blue, and it was over, and I was discovered by those weirdos. At this time, a beam of light came over, and the man actually had a flashlight, and in the haze, I saw that this was a middle-aged man in his forties, who looked ordinary, but when I saw him, I had a very familiar feeling.

The man looked more frightened than me, and lowered his voice and asked, "Liu Yang?!" Why the are you here? ”

"You are?" I asked.

"You don't know me anymore? Yes, you've all made it here. The man seemed to hesitate for a long time before he whispered, "I'll tell you my name, but you can't mention it to anyone here!" Listen to it yourself, do you remember? ”

Who is this man? God mysterious. I broke free of him and sat up: "You like to talk or not." ”

"I'm Ma Danlong." The man said.

As soon as these words came out, my brain "buzzed", and the name exploded in my mind like a thunderbolt. I seem to remember a lot of things, but I don't have a clue. I looked at him and said suspiciously, "Your name, I'm familiar with it, Ma...... Master? ”

Liu Yang...... I don't know your current state, are you dead, or are you in the shadows? Ma Danlong asked.

I became angry, how could this person be inferior in his mouth, and he cursed people to death. I was worried about He Qin and them, and I didn't have time to talk to him, so I stood up and said, "I still have something to do, I have to go." ”

Ma Danlong looked at the direction I was going, grabbed me, and said in a very anxious tone: "You can't go!" If you're in the shade, then stop playing and hurry home. ”

"Do you know where my home is? How to go? I quickly asked.

Ma Danlong pinched the knuckles of his fingers with his hand, obviously counting the hours there: "You wait here for four hours, and then walk back and walk across the Nai He Bridge." By the way, did you come through a fork in the road that says 'Go Back'? ”

"It's passed. Someone saw that there was a cliff. ”

Ma Danlong nodded: "You just go that way." Remember, you must hide here for four hours, and if the time is not right, you will not be able to walk the bridge. ”

"Grass, that fork in the road is a cliff, how can I go back?" I asked.

"Then jump off a cliff." Ma Danlong said word by word.

I was about to ask again, but He Qin and the others came over at this time and appeared at the mouth of the alley together. When Ma Danlong looked at these people, it was like a chrysanthemum roasted by fire, his face changed, and he muttered: "Why is he here?" It's over, it's over. ”

He hid behind me, slapped him hard, and said, "Do it yourself." ”

At this time, He Qin took the hand of the mute girl, and the two of them walked up to me, He Qin asked curiously, "Why did you come here?" ”

I said, "I seem to have met an old friend just now...... I turned around again, it was really strange, such a black and narrow dead end, that Ma Danlong was originally hiding behind me, but in the blink of an eye, he actually disappeared out of thin air!

I opened my mouth, looked back and forth, and said incoherently, "He...... He's already here...... How to ......"

"Who? What's his name? He Qin stared at me and asked.

I looked at him, and suddenly I felt a chill, I swallowed my saliva and said, "It's okay, no one, I read it wrong." ”

The mute girl ran over and grabbed my hand, and with a very affectionate attitude, pulled me out.

Director Tan was impatient: "Let's go quickly, after a while, the group of people will go away, and we will have nowhere to chase." ”

A few of us stepped up our pace, and faintly heard the sound of a horn in the distance, and we trotted all the way to chase after it. It's a long way to go, and it's enough to pass through the market town. Outside the town, there is a large courtyard, stacked with firewood stacks on all sides, and a huge singing stage in the middle. When we arrived, we saw that the courtyard was densely packed with people. Under the night sky, a bonfire burned in the clearing, and the flames were rushing, and the fire reflected half of the sky. But even so, those people were still hazy, and they couldn't see it really, as if they were hiding in a thick fog.

Standing on the outskirts of the courtyard were those wearing white filial piety clothes, and we all felt unlucky, and no one dared to go over. There happened to be a high dirt slope nearby, and an old tree with knotted branches grew on it. We supported each other, and we all climbed up to the trunk of the tree and stood on a high place to look into the yard.

I saw that there was a background on the innermost stage, and I couldn't see what it was in a black paste, as if there were pine trees, cranes, and crescent moons, and the overall style was very dark. On the stage, there are two rows of makeup-made characters, who should be in a show, with oil paint painted faces, wearing costumes, and looking like they are doing something. Lu Wen said softly: "I know the truth, this is a play about Bao Gong, and the people on both sides are dynasty Mahan or something." ”

Director Tan looked down on her very much, and bared his teeth and sneered: "Do you still know about Mahan of the Dao Dynasty?" ”

The strangest thing is that the giant coffin we saw actually appeared on the stage. Because it's so big, although it's far away, the details are quite clear. At this time, the coffin was open, the coffin lid was gone, and there was a black hole in the coffin, and I didn't know what was hidden.

I don't know why, my eyelids jumped wildly, looking at the strange coffin, I always felt uncomfortable, and my palms were sweaty.

Suddenly, several people came up from behind the stage, these people were wearing shabby plaid shirts and jeans, actually wearing handcuffs and leg irons, unkempt, and strung together.

These prisoners, dressed in a modern style, are in stark contrast to the characters dressed in ancient dragon suits.

In the center of the platform, the prisoners knelt on the ground, their heads hung down. Don't look at so many people at the scene, but there is silence all around, and only the occasional crackling sound of fire can be heard.

A horn sounded, piercing the silence. Immediately, someone seemed to have just woken up and shouted: "Ah~~". Then I saw that there was a person dressed as an ancient official with a python robe and jade belt, and he actually crawled out of the giant coffin.

In the middle of the stage there was a high chair, and the man walked slowly and sat on the chair. Judging by the firelight, although this person is not Bao Zheng, he is also some other civil official, with five locks of long hair on his chin, his face is like a crown of jade, and the weather is extraordinary.

Next to him, Long Tao handed him a scroll, and the ancient official picked it up, touched his chin and looked at it, but it looked decent. Then he seemed to have said something, and the pronunciation was not Chinese at all, and he didn't know what the language was. The tricks took one person out of the prisoners.

The man's hair was unkempt, and he kowtowed, and his face changed with fright.

The ancient official looked at the prisoner and said a word, which we understood, what he said was: "Behead!" ”

I don't know when there was a big guillotine on the stage, which was similar to what was played on TV. Visually, it has to be two or three meters long, this big knife is amazing, let alone cutting off the head, even if it is cut off, it is effortless.

Two dragons carried the prisoner to the guillotine, one lifting the guillotine, and the other shoving the prisoner's head underneath. At this time, the fire was raging all around, everyone was stunned, and my palms were full of cold sweat.

The prisoner was probably frightened and stupid, and he didn't know how to resist at all, and both legs were weak. I saw the ancient official throw a token on the ground, this is the signal, the hand that carried the guillotine loosened, and pressed it down. I seemed to hear a crunch, and the prisoner's head was cut off, and the dead body immediately collapsed to the ground, and its head rolled several times on the stage. Strangely, there didn't seem to be any blood spurting out of the cavity. To be honest, I was also confused at the time, the first time I watched the head of a person, although it was acting, I still felt sick in my stomach, my head was dizzy, and my forehead was full of cold sweat.

Someone else handed the ancient official a scroll, and he looked at it intently. I can figure it out, this drama should be about the trial of cases by the ancients.

The people of the town are making such a big show just to watch such a play? This one who plays the ancient official should be a professional actor, right? Could this ritual from beginning to end be a custom in the town?

I was thinking about it when Director Tan suddenly said, "Let's go backstage for a stroll." ”

I looked at him in surprise: "Big Director, are you crazy?" We don't even dare to approach the courtyard, do you dare to go backstage? ”

Director Tan said: "What do you know, let's go backstage and find the boss of the troupe directly, he must be more reasonable than these stupid villagers who watch the excitement." The boss must have a mobile phone, notebook, tablet or something, as long as he can contact his family, we will be fine. ”

"I always feel in danger." I say.

Lu Wen spoke again: "Liu Yang, I have found out, your old man is less courageous than mustard seeds, it is really difficult for you to grow so big." Who didn't fart and scared you to death? ”

I hated to look at her, and when I said in my heart, you would be honest if something happened. I said, "Well, don't regret it, I'll warn you." ”

Lu Wen said: "You talk the most nonsense. ”

A few of us came down from the tree, and Director Tan led us, carefully avoiding the crowd in the courtyard, and made a big circle from the outside, approaching the stage little by little.

When we arrived, we saw that the stage was already full of people and corpses everywhere.

Before I had time to take a closer look, I was reprimanded by Director Tan. Coming to the back of the stage, there were several stairs leading to the backstage. We were afraid of being seen, so we cautiously slipped in.

There was no staff guarding the backstage, and we entered here without any problems. It's not a big place, but it's full of messy things, and there are many large boxes with locks, stacked high, probably theater boxes.

Bypassing the big box, Lu Wen, who was walking in the front, suddenly exclaimed: "Someone!" ”

We saw a dog cage on the ground, and there was a man in it. Because the cage was so narrow, he curled up on the ground like a dog. Somehow, as soon as I saw this person, my palms suddenly hurt inexplicably.