Three months ago, on a full moon night, there was not a hint of wind and the weather was muggy.

Ma Gui woke up in the middle of the night, walked around the grassland, turned to the Qingzhikou in a daze, and saw a team of people and horses walking in a line on the other side of Yunxi a mile away.

The moon is shining, and the armor and spear in the hands of the figures are clearly recognizable.

Based on Ma Gui's military experience, he recognized that this was the most elite Xiao cavalry school under Li Hou. Ten people are one fire, ten fires are a team, five teams are a battalion, and five battalions are an army.

The strange thing is that this group of people and horses walked in the quiet of the night, and they didn't make the slightest sound. Wisps of green qi swirled around them, making these figures look a little thin and illusory.

The gloomy part is that they do look like they are riding on horses, but they can't see the war horses under their crotch, as if a string of shadow puppets are slowly pulling through the riverbank.

Even though Ma Gui had seen the sea of corpses and blood, this time his hair stood on end, his blood was almost frozen, and he covered his mouth and lay in the grass and didn't dare to move.

He counted, exactly one hundred "people", a complete formation.

The sun is the solstice and the moon is the solstice yin.

The night of the full moon is the time when the yin energy is at its peak.

There is no doubt that this is a crossing of the Yin soldiers.

The hundred-person team is clearly the Xiao Cavalry School that died in Yunxiyuan.

The next day, Ma Gui told Steward Lin about it, and he was scolded so much that he was almost whipped. Steward Lin said, Hugh should talk nonsense, be careful of affecting the business of the horse farm.

Ma Gui himself also felt that he might be dazzled after drinking, but he lent him a guts, and he didn't dare to pick a full moon night to verify it.

"Hey, two distinguished guests, please look, there is a green killing mouth in front of you. I saw Yunxi water on the road one mile of the exit, and there was a big stone bridge on the river before. Cross the stream and walk ten miles inside, the shape slowly narrows, it is called Yunxi Valley, which is the boundary of our Yangwu County. After the narrowest section, it suddenly opened up, and it was called Yunxiyuan, which belonged to the boundary of Cangnan County. ”

Ma Gui pointed ahead.

Chu Fan and Shi Meng followed him to the side of the mountain bag, and saw that there were two low peaks in front of him about 100 zhang away, and the middle road was only two zhang wide.

"Don't look at the inconspicuous green killing, a little big. Thousands of people died in order to defeat it. Standing on the mouth on a hot day, it was also cold and windy. After the county government erected a monument and banned entry, many people broke through the Qingzhi Pass and entered the Songxi Valley, but never returned. After the establishment of the racecourse, we saw people breaking in, and we generally stopped it. For according to the law, if you see a man breaking the forbidden and not stop it, you will be punished. In recent years, the people who broke into the valley have gone and never returned, and no one dares to go inside. ”

After a stick of incense, Chu Fan selected a strong horse with cyan mixed white lines, complete with stirrups, and one hundred and fifty taels of silver.

Ma Gui boasted that there was no problem for this horse to travel 600 miles a day, and he ran through two post stations in one breath without resting. If you don't run far, it's no worse than Maxima. If you get a good one and hope for a better one, there will never be any end. You must know that there are few horses in the world, but they are nothing compared to spirit beasts, do you want to get a spirit beast to ride?

Chu Fan saw that he said something interesting, and said with a smile, I would like to hear about it.

Ma Guidao:

"The little old man traveled from south to north, and he didn't know how to read, but he heard a lot. Aside from human beings, the lowest class is livestock, chickens, dogs, pigs, horses, and so on. Once lost in the wild, I am afraid that it will be eaten by jackals, tigers and leopards in a few moments. The second class is the beast, which is at ease. The third class is the monster, which dominates one side. The fourth class is the spirit animal, which opens the spiritual wisdom. Although it is still a beast, it is extremely difficult to subdue, and it is not something that mortals can drive. I heard that the spirit horse comes and goes like the wind, and it is not a problem to travel 3,000 miles a day, how can it be compared to a thousand miles of horses?

The fifth class began to break away from the beast body, and it will be called a rude spell, called a demon beast, and it can completely fight with a human mage. The sixth class is called a monster, which is separated from the beasts and turned into a demon, with strong mana, and can fight with the immortal master. The seventh class is called goblins, flowers, birds, insects, fish, birds and beasts, everything can become spirits, and it can be a battle with the national teacher. The eighth class is called demons, and according to legend, it can fight the gods and Buddhas of the heavens......"

Chu Fan smiled and leaned back together, and said in his heart, in this way, wouldn't the demon be better than the national teacher? Books were written by literati, and they were written by His Holiness, and of course they were not recorded.

It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, and it is better to read countless people than to read 10,000 miles. Today, I got a lot of information from an ordinary horseman, and it was worth the trip. Hu Er is also a military veteran, but he is afraid of being involved with the war twenty years ago and Songxiyuan.

"Brother, if you wait to be out of the army, do you need to wait until you are fifty years old or injured?"

"Not necessarily. The war is tight, and the age of sixty will go into battle. Once there is no war, the country does not want to raise so many soldiers, and some of them will be dismissed. But if you are used to holding a knife and a handle, how can you hold a hoe handle well when you go back? It is very difficult for a sturdy man in his thirties and forties to walk, and if he is dismissed in time, he can also leave. Those who are fifty or sixty years old, weak and injured, want to stay and eat, but it is difficult to reach the sky. ”

Chu Fan was disappointed, and Hu Er's roots and feet seemed to be fine.

Ma Gui saw him urging Ma Chaoqing to go to the side of Qing Killing, thinking that he wanted to see something strange, and he also accompanied Shi Meng forward.

When they arrived at the inscription of the county government, Chu Fan said to the two: "Go back." ”

Ma Gui panicked, grabbed the reins, and said:

"Young Master Chu, I can't help it. Thousands of people have died in it, and there is no return, which is very strange and eerie. You have to look at the situation on the other side of Pine Creek, you can see it from here. ”

Chu Fan smiled:

"I don't go to Songxiyuan, go up the stream and turn to the straight road, and then go to Cangnan County. ”

Ma Gui's old face wrinkled into walnuts, looked at Shi Meng as if asking for help, and continued to plead:

"Young Master Chu, don't embarrass the little old man. The monument civilization of the county government is clearly here, if you trespass into the forbidden land, and the little old man bumps into it and does not stop it, he will also be convicted and punished. ”

Shi Meng hurriedly accosted:

"My cousin is a white servant in Yangwu County, and he has important business to go to Cangnan. If you stop it again, I'm afraid it will delay time. ”

Ah, this...... Ma Gui's face was hesitant and undecided, but the hand holding the reins did not immediately let go.

Shi Meng smiled and grinned.

Ma Gui's cloudy eyes lit up, and Lisuo turned his wrist and hid a piece of snowflake silver into his sleeve, loosened the reins, and arched his hand:

"Since it's a business trip, the little old man won't be nosy. Taking advantage of the bright sun, Chu Gongzi drove left along the road by the stream, galloped on horseback, and could reach the straight road in half an hour. There are a lot of taboos in there, don't get off the horse, don't look back, don't answer when you hear a call, and don't enter abandoned houses on the side of the road...... Don't cross the stream into the Pine Creek Valley, remember, remember ......"

Chu Fan laughed, whipped lightly, and rode into the green killing mouth.

After walking for more than a hundred meters, the exit went downhill, and Chu Fan saw a path extending in the field on the left, and the traces of the horse's hooves were clear, and he understood that Ma Gui was really lying to him.

Even if no one dares to break into Yunxi Plain, but turning onto the straight road from here, whether it is to Linshui County or Cangnan County, it is much faster than taking a detour from the county seat. Even if the government has a ban, how can a mere monument stop people.

He didn't take the path, and after walking straight for a mile, he saw the remnants of the destroyed Yunxi Bridge.

Yunxi is only seventy or eighty meters wide, just in the dry season, under the irradiation of the autumn sun, it is crystal clear, and the shallow part is not over the calf. On the opposite side is a small town, with blue bricks, yellow tiles and white walls, wine flags and swaggering, and high eaves of the ridge, but it is dilapidated, and there is no one in sight, like a ghost.

The old town was destroyed in the war, and the town was rebuilt after the war. Just the right traffic artery, it is difficult to think about not being prosperous.

Chu Fan looked at it for a while, knowing that the Yin soldiers that Ma Gui saw must have passed through the road in front of the town. Shaking his head in disbelief, he continued along the road to the left, unhurried.

At the foot of the hill on the left, there are scattered houses, presumably one of the three villages that killed all the population in one night.

He had no interest in it at all.

There could never be anything of value in it, and the miscellaneous servants hired by the county government to clean it up many years ago had already looted it completely. Even if there is something left, it will not escape the eyes of the thieves. These people even dare to dig graves, how can they be afraid of deserted houses?

After walking more than two miles, the side of the road narrowed and entered the bottom of the cliff. The path that I saw at the entrance of the green kill slanted through the field and stretched right here. It is equivalent to Chu Fan walking the two sides of the right triangle, and that path is a diagonal line that people stepped on later.

The sunlight was blocked by the cliffs, and it suddenly looked gloomy.

More than 100 meters ahead, the smooth road was forcibly dug out of a section of seventeen or eighteen meters long, and became part of the stream.

Chu Fan laughed.

Good means!

This must be the handiwork of Li Guangming, the old county commander. Knowing that a monument could not stop people, he dug up the road so that your carriage could not pass and could not transport goods.

Chu Fan rode his horse down the stream and climbed ashore.

Further on, the road begins to widen.

From time to time, I see several thatched huts hidden in the mountain col.

Suddenly, his heart throbbed, and he felt like he was being targeted by something.