Before I could finish my sentence, a crisp bell suddenly exploded in the dark mountains.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell!" The sound was extremely rhythmic from far to near, and slowly approached the direction of the three of us.

Such a rhythmic bell sound is not quite like a bell tied to a pet's body, and the only possibility is that it is deliberately shaken by humans.

Rainy nights, barren mountains, rattling bells, how to look, how to feel that the situation in front of you is a little weird. I'm starting to regret that I'm opening my mouth a little bit, if I'm not sorry to say something again.

"Sister Lin, do you know what's going on with this bell?" Lin Xiaoxue stared at Lin Jie with a serious face, she is also a woman, maybe she noticed that Du Lin Jie had something to hide from us.

"This 。。。。。"

"Now that it's time to say anything!" Listening to the sound of the bell approaching, I only felt the pores of my body erect.

The strange chimes in the fog were like the whispers of demons. I can't imagine what the bell will come with, a ghost, a monster, or some unknown creature?

After struggling for a long time, Lin Jie finally said slowly: "Actually, I have noticed when I looked at the map before, and the area we are in now is very close to Xiangxi!" ”

Xiangxi? That's right! The dark night, the wilderness, and the weird sound of the bell, all the nouns converged into clues in my brain, and the next second, I shouted out almost without thinking: "You mean, this weird bell sound is likely to be Xiangxi's corpse!" ”

Driving corpses is the folk custom of the Miao people in Xiangxi region, which belongs to the witch culture, and is also said to be related to Zhu Youke. In the Qing Dynasty, it was widely spread that the "corpse chasers" in Xiangxi used "secret techniques" to bring the corpses of people who died in a foreign land back to their hometowns and let them be buried in peace.

The film and television works we are watching now are similar to the kind of zombies wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, to a large extent, they evolved from chasing corpses.

Although Xiangxi's corpse chaser sounds fantastical, the corpse chaser is real in history.

After death, people pay attention to the fallen leaves and return to the roots, to the hometown for burial, the stranger who died in a different place, his last wish must be buried in the ancestral grave, but because people in ancient times were very taboo about corpses, so there was no boat or carriage willing to transport the corpse, coupled with the traffic is not developed, the road is rugged, often have to trek through mountains and rivers, which has the emergence of the unique and mysterious profession of driving corpses.

Chasing out corpses is actually carrying corpses.

The corpse chaser shook the bell, the apprentice carried the corpse, walked day and night, like a ghost walking on a deserted road, or a secluded alley, shaking the copper bell, throwing paper money is actually a trick, creating a miserable atmosphere, so that people dare not approach it.

In other words, the one who is shaking the bell in the mountains is likely to be a corpse chaser, and since both sides are alive, there is nothing to fear.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in my mind, there should be a way to get out of the embarrassing situation I am in now!

Because the corpse chaser has been walking in the barren mountains for many years, he must know the situation around this mountain very well, such as where there are people, where there are shortcuts, all know clearly, if we can find the corpse chaser, and let him lead the way, we will definitely be able to get out of this ghost place smoothly!

I told Xiaoxue and Lin Jie my thoughts, but the reactions they gave were very different.

Lin Jie pondered for a while and agreed with my proposal. After all, the top priority now is to get out of this ghost place as soon as possible, not to mention whether we can reach No. 37 L Mansion smoothly, just continue to consume here, what may happen, no one can predict, after all, just now, the three of us heard the wolf howl with our own ears.

However, Lin Xiaoxue did not agree to this opinion. The sound of the bell had scared her enough, and now she had to take the initiative to provoke the person who rang the bell, and she could not think of any other word to explain our current behavior except to die.

At that moment, the sound of the bell drew closer and became clearer, and I was almost certain that I could see the guy shaking the bell as soon as I climbed over the hill in front of me.

This situation can no longer allow us to hesitate. After thinking about the pros and cons, I finally decided to synthesize the opinions of Lin Jie and Xiaoxue, and did not act rashly, but first looked at the group of guys from a distance, and waited until the form was clear before making plans.

First, I really don't dare to provoke people who dare to walk in the barren mountains in such an environment. Second, the rain is getting heavier, and maybe the other party is going to find someone to rest, so we may not have to have direct contact with the corpse chaser, just follow behind us slowly.

Thinking about it, I extinguished the light of the tactical flashlight, and slowly approached the top of the hill.

When he was completely lying on the top of the mountain, he saw a faint fire flickering in the mist not far ahead, and the strange sound of the bell came slowly from the mist along with the firelight.

Closer, closer! As the bell approached, I could see the corpse chaser's true face, the other was a tall and a short one, and the short one was a hunchback, with a hunched body, as if a large ball of meat had arched behind his back. As for the tall one, he was nearly two meters tall, thin, and wore a black cloak, which almost covered his entire body, so he couldn't see the guy's appearance at all.

The only thing that creeped me out was that the tall guy walked in such a weird way, in the dark, the guy seemed to be floating in the mountains, and I didn't notice the undulation of his shoulders or the swing of his arms from beginning to end.

"Don't be silent, get closer!" Lin Jie stared at the two strange people with a pale face, revealing an unprecedentedly serious expression. Lin Xiaoxue was already scared, but when she saw the scene in front of her, her whole body trembled even more.

I had to gently hold her in my arms with my hand to reduce the fear in her heart, this trick really had some effect, and slowly, Lin Xiaoxue no longer trembled, but stared at the scene below the hillside with all her attention, for fear of missing any important details.

Gradually, the two fellows had come to the side of the hill before us, hunchbacked with a brass bell in their left hand and an old lantern in their right hand, and with each two steps they had to shake the bell to make a crisp sound.

As for the tall man, he still moved slowly in that strange position, and it was only when he walked in front of me that I was able to see the whole picture of the tall man. Suddenly, cold sweat dripped down the back of my neck, and I realized why the tall man kept moving in that weird posture.

It turned out that underneath the black cloak was a diminutive dwarf carrying a corpse. The two of them were stacked together to increase the height, which made me missee the real situation in the fog.

Walking in such a humid mountain, the corpse behind the gnome was already somewhat decomposed. Not only did there be a large area of corpse spots on my face, but there was already a faint smell of rotting corpses, and by the time the gnome walked directly below me, I could see dark green corpse oil dripping down the edge of the cloak.

I only felt a tumbling in my stomach, if it was an ordinary person, facing such a corpse, it is estimated that I would have been frightened a long time ago.

But even so, the dwarf was still expressionless, as if he had long been accustomed to such carrion corpses.

Although corpse chasers did exist, it was because a long time ago, technology was backward, and people had no way to hire corpse chasers to carry corpses. No matter how you say it now, it's the 21st century, the means of transportation are so convenient, you can find something at random to solve it, why do you still need someone to carry a corpse like this in a barren mountain?

Watching those two strange people slowly walk in front of me, I feel more and more that the two of them are not simple, combined with a series of strange things that have happened before, maybe the appearance of these two corpse chasers here is not just a simple coincidence.

Luckily, we were the first to spot the two of them and went into hiding, so we had a choice. If the situation were reversed and they discovered our traces first, the form might have become completely different.

A moment later, the two strange men carried the carrion on their backs and slowly walked along the path in the barren mountains into the thick fog ahead.

For now, we are left with only two options, either follow the two corpse chasers and walk out of this barren mountain with them, or stay here and continue to move on the original railroad tracks. Either option, there are pros and cons, and for a while, all three of us have made a difficulty.

The rainfall has gradually increased, and most of the soil in the nearby barren mountains has been heavily weathered because the soil has been artificially mined due to the construction of the railway. If the rain continues to increase, this kind of mountain conditions are very easy to cause mudslides, if we are really unfortunate to meet it, with the current state of the three of us, it is absolutely lifeless.

After thinking about the pros and cons, I finally made a decision.

"Let's go along and have a look, as long as we don't attract the attention of those two weirdos, I believe they won't be able to stay in the mountains for too long in this weather, and they should be in a hurry to find a place to rest."

Originally, the fog in the mountains provided us with a natural barrier, and the lanterns in the hands of the two people just pointed us in the direction, so even if we didn't turn on the tactical flashlight, we could still barely keep up with the footsteps of the two weirdos with the brightness of the lanterns.

The night grew darker, and the three of us hid in the fog, following the two weirdos

followed forward for a while, and sure enough, there were traces of human life nearby, and Lin Xiaoxue even found the packaging bag of Weilong spicy noodles on the side of the trail.

This is a good sign that the two weirdos in front of us are really looking for a place to rest, and there should be a similar village and something like this not far from us.

The three of us had been running in the barren mountains all night in the rain, and we were almost exhausted with so much luggage on our backs. Seeing that he would soon find a place to rest, he immediately quickened his pace and followed closely where the lantern was in the mist.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I can already smell the farmhouse fireworks." Lin Xiaoxue cheered up and said excitedly.

"Fart, this barren mountain and wilderness, I'm afraid you smell bird poop!" I replied helplessly.

"Yes, I smelled it from your head, and I guess the wild birds in the mountains have used your hair that you haven't washed for a few days as a nest."

"Wait, something seems wrong!" Lin Jie suddenly stopped our bickering, looked at the location of the light with a serious expression, and stopped taking advantage of the situation.

"Senior sister, what's wrong?"

"The light in the fog hasn't moved for a long time, those two weirdos, is there something going on?"

Hearing Lin Jie say this, I immediately reacted. Previously, for safety reasons, we had kept a distance from the lights to prevent the two corpse chasers from spotting the three of us. But it seems that the light has not moved for a long time since just now, and before we know it, we are only less than 20 meters away from the area where the lantern is located, and if it weren't for the fog, maybe we can see what is happening in front of us now.

Lin Jie hesitated for a while, lowered her voice and asked me what I should do next.

I thought about it for a moment, if we want to get out of here smoothly, we must have those two corpse chasers to lead the way, and simply touch it to see what is happening ahead, and if those two weirdos encounter any unexpected situation, maybe we can help, of course, all this is based on the position that they are not our enemies.

"You stay here first, I'll go and see, and if anything is wrong, run to the railroad tracks immediately!" I said this very lightly, but the tone was more serious than ever.

For one thing, I have never seen this situation in the past 20 years or so of my life. Barren mountains and wilderness, the mysterious corpse chaser, the slightest carelessness, may be a catastrophe. Second, there are two girls standing behind me, no matter what good or bad either of them has, I will never forgive myself in this life.

Lin Jie naturally agreed, Xiaoxue probably saw that my expression was solemn, and she didn't dare to mess around anymore, so she stayed quietly by Lin Jie's side and didn't say a word.

I put down my heavy luggage, took only a tactical flashlight and a Swiss Army knife for self-defense, lowered my body, and touched it with a light step.

The night wind was gusting, and the visibility in the fog was terrifying, and even though I had approached the location of the two corpse chasers, I still couldn't see what was going on in the area.

"Ahh A crow's cry suddenly rang out, and a miserable roar pierced the night, as if to signal that something bad was about to happen.

Damn, what happened to those two corpse chasers, why didn't they leave halfway through? Suddenly thinking of the carrion on the dwarf's back, I inexplicably felt a chill in my heart, could it be that they suddenly stopped, and it had something to do with the carrion on their backs?

At this time, names and videos such as zombies, zongzi, and the living dead kept coming to mind one after another. After all, I'm just a third-rate detective, and when faced with these unknowns, I still instinctively have fear.

However, in front of those two girls, I still have to be forced to be cool, I can't be too embarrassed, if the person behind me is changed to Lu Yuan, I would have picked the son and ran back.

The dim light was getting closer, and I was so nervous that I could almost hear my own heartbeat. In the mist, you can vaguely see the lantern placed on the edge of the path, and the "black cloak" is like a telephone pole, standing on the edge of the lantern, not moving.

I already knew that underneath the black cloak was a dwarf carrying a carrion corpse, but I wondered how the previous hunchback had disappeared in such a short period of time.

My instincts told me that something was wrong here, and that perhaps the two corpse chasers were in a very urgent situation, so the camel and the dwarf left the carrion and fled.

Closer, closer, the light from the roadside lanterns was terrible, and the smell of rotting corpses kept burrowing into my nose along the mist, choking me to almost vomit. I really served that dwarf, and I was stunned to be able to carry such a rotting corpse on my back in the barren mountains for so long, if I were an ordinary person, I would have stopped doing it a long time ago.

There was no one around, which also gave me more courage, so I touched the situation, walked straight ahead, and lifted the cloak that had already been soaked in corpse oil into a dark green with the stench.

With rotting cheeks, long yellow hair, and a body tightly wrapped in cotton cloth, what I didn't expect was that it turned out to be the corpse of a woman.

The female corpse's arms were surprisingly abrupt, and the two arms should have been artificially cut off in advance, no wonder this guy looked so thin on the hill at the beginning.

Wait a minute! Something seems to be wrong, why does this corpse's rotting face look so familiar!

Memories flooded back my mind, and I realized something, and I immediately blocked the lower half of the corpse's face with my trembling palms.

"Boom!" A bolt of lightning instantly streaked through the sky, lighting up the surrounding darkness. At this moment, I don't know what words to use to describe the state of mind at this time, this carrion corpse in front of me, I have seen it before! However, shouldn't she be in Z City? Why is it here?

However, before he could figure out these questions, the carrion corpse actually moved slowly.