The word doubt was clearly revealed on Han Changdu's face, Yao Qi pursed his lips, smiled indifferently, and slowly stirred the broth with a bamboo chopstick.

These words were naturally made up by her, and this lamp was indeed not bought, but a lamp made by herself according to the picture drawn by her memory of the horse lantern, which is also called the Dead Wind Lamp.

But she wouldn't admit it.

The smell of the meat became stronger and stronger, and she stirred it, and a few pieces of flax cakes resting beside the fire were steaming, and the fragrance of sesame seeds overflowed.

The three of them hugged the fire, sat on the ground, took a bite of the crispy flax cake, drank a mouthful of fragrant broth, and the whole person was comfortable.

Yao Qi took a sip of soup and asked Han Changwei with a smile: "Childe, the dumb girl went to chase Meng Sui and separated them, the two dumb girls are not weak in kung fu." ”

The firelight was bright, scorching and swaying on Han Changdu's cheeks, and he smiled lightly and steadily: "Meng Sui will definitely bring the dumb girl to the established position, let's send the bones to the fifth beacon as soon as possible, and then join them." ”

Yao Qi didn't speak, bowed his head and drank the soup.

Han Chang looked at Yao Qi intently and smiled: "Ah Qi, aren't you curious about how I found out that there was something wrong with Escort Li." ”

Yao Qi smiled: "Don't be curious, curiosity kills people." ”

Han Changwan was a little disappointed and sighed: "You really don't want to know?" ”

Yao Qi didn't look at Han Changdu, and shook his head firmly.

Han Changwan was even more disappointed.

Helian Wenyuan looked at this with a smile, then at that, and smiled narrowly: "Childe, I want to know, Ah Ji doesn't want to know, otherwise Childe will tell me quietly." ”

Yao was speechless, and looked up at the beam, which was covered with dust and cobwebs.

What a bad taste for boring men.

Han Changdui raised his eyebrows helplessly, coughed lightly, and smiled: "At first, I didn't notice that there was something wrong with him, but he pretended to be dead. He smiled faintly: "I'm just calculating." ”

Yao Qi sighed and smiled at Helian Wenyuan.

In that case, as long as there is a glimmer of life, who can not fight.

Pretending to be dead is the most normal reaction, if you don't pretend, do you rush out to find death.

The three of them were silent, the sparks burst and crackled, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Yao Qi coughed lightly, took the lead in breaking the awkward silence, and asked Helian Wenyuan with a smile: "Brother Helian, why do you say that this village is unlucky, is it because there are many dead people?" ”

Helian Wenyuan hurriedly shushed, made a silent movement, and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of scaring the insects and ants hiding here.

He thought for a while and said in a low voice: "This village was originally called Taoli Village, and the villagers were all Hu people who returned from the north. ”

Yao Qi raised his eyebrows, broke a piece of firewood and threw it into the fire, and the cremation was scattered: "But, Brother Helian, what's the matter with the haunting." ”

As soon as the word haunting was mentioned, a ghost cry sounded very cooperatively outside the window.

It was the wind whining and whining, like a ghost crying wolf.

Helian Wenyuan flinched for a moment, and said tremblingly: "The villagers here died unjustly, and they were deeply resentful, and there were often traveler caravans who did not know the details to come to Qingnibo to spend the night, but they were all missing, and no one was dead or dead, and this haunted story slowly spread." ”

Yao Qi sighed, looked left and right with a frightened face, and the gray surroundings were full of whimpering wind, as if it was played like this in ghost movies.

In the ancient house deep in the mountains, he suddenly stretched out a rotten hand, grabbed the person's ankle and dragged it into the corner.

She involuntarily clenched her arms, as if she heard the crunching of something in the corner.

"Cold, or, scared?" Han Changdui turned his head and smiled playfully.

Yao Ji stiffened his neck, his cheeks were slightly red, and he muttered stiffly: "I'm sleepy." ”

Han Changdui took a piece of firewood, stirred up the fire, and glanced back at the big kang: "It's late at night, go to bed early if you're sleepy, Brother Helian and I take turns keeping vigil." ”

Yao Qi nodded with a smile, she was really tired from the bumps along the way, so she didn't push Han Changdui in a fake way, kicked her shoes and climbed onto the kang, wrapped the felt blanket tightly, and lay down in her clothes.

The crunching sound is like hiding under the fire, surrounding the people on the kang from all directions, making the half-asleep people itch and ache all over, as if they have been gnawed by insects and ants.

Yao Qi sat up all of a sudden, and looked at Helian Wenyuan, who was also sitting up.

She touched the back of her neck, only to feel creepy, and said with trembling teeth: "It's really evil, why do you think something is biting me." ”

Helian Wenyuan was also frightened, touched his slightly stiff shoulder, and stumbled: "Don't say it, I also heard the sound of biting." ”

Yao Qi looked at the crumbling fire, and felt as if something was missing, she had just woken up, and she was still a little blind, frowning and suddenly said, "Childe, it's broken." She slapped her thigh, hurriedly turned over and got off the kang, and changed her face: "Childe shouldn't be dragged away by ghosts." ”

There were leather boots under the kang, and she couldn't pull them, so she ran out barefoot, but she happened to bump into a black shadow, pretending to have a sore nose, she sighed, took a few steps back, and stared at the comer.

Han Changdui came in with a bundle of firewood, and said lightly: "Ah Qi, can you read me well, I was dragged away by a ghost, you can really think about it." ”

Yao Qi rubbed the tip of his nose and sighed in fear: "Childe, I'm not worried about you, I really heard the sound of gnawing things, crunching." She turned around and asked Helian Wenyuan: "Brother Helian, did you hear it too?" ”

Helian Wenyuan nodded again and again: "I'll just say that this place is very unlucky." ”

Han Changdui slowly added firewood to the fire and smiled slowly: "The rat has built a nest in the kang hole, can't you gnaw anything?" ”

Yao Qi was stunned, so he didn't believe Han Changdu's nonsense, and sighed.

"Don't believe me?" Han Changwan raised his eyebrows and raised his chin on the ground: "Look for yourself." ”

There was a pile of black stuff on the ground, which seemed to be struggling, stirring up the sand and sliding.

Yao Ji walked over with a lantern and couldn't help screaming: "Childe, are you serving the rat's nest?" ”

Helian Wenyuan also looked over.

I saw a dozen large and small rats tied to a thumb-thick hemp rope, squeaking in fright, and the light brown back hair also stood up.

"This is a unique gerbil here, there is a nest in the kang hole, and the sound of gnawing you hear is made by them." Han Changdui said lightly.

These gerbils are small, and their tails are no bigger than palms, their ears are drooped down and covered by their eyes, and their thin tails, which are about the length of their bodies, stir back and forth on the sand, and their light brown paws are scraping the fine sand, making them look particularly restless.

Yao Qi sighed, had a good sleep, and was disturbed by a nest of gerbils.

However, this gerbil is somewhat similar to the hamsters she raised in her previous life, and these two species are eighty percent close relatives.

She took the hemp rope and threw the string of gerbils out, clapped her hands, and sat down by the fire to roast her hands.

With such a stir, Helian Wenyuan couldn't sleep, so he slipped the wine jug and simmered beside the fire.

The wine was lukewarm, and the three of them each poured a bowl and sipped slowly.

In the silence, Han Changdui suddenly said faintly: "The former dynasty of the Western Regions once presented Emperor Zetian with a green clay bead, azure color, the size of a thumb, Emperor Zetian regarded it as a treasure, and later this treasure was lost in Xuanzong. ”

Yao Qi nodded, I haven't heard this allusion, but I have heard of these two emperors, the former emperors Zetian and Xuanzong in Han Changdu's mouth, and it should be said that Wu Zetian and Tang Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

She has always been very familiar with the back of the historical yearbook, she remembers clearly, after the Tang Dynasty is the Song Dynasty, between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, although there was a long period of turmoil, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but there is indeed no such a dynasty as Dajing.

The appearance of this Jing Dynasty is very nonsensical, and everything is Tang system.

She couldn't figure out where the Jing Dynasty she had crossed over came from.

Helian Wenyuan took a sip of wine and asked, "What about later?" ”

"Later." Han Changdui narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes gradually emptied, his thoughts seemed to fly to the far and far past, and his voice was abrupt and vicissitudes: "Later, in the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court transferred back the Tang Army in the Western Regions to recover Chang'an, and Tubo took the opportunity to invade Longyou, Hexi, and the Western Regions were cut off from the imperial court. ”

Yao Qi listened a little confused, she knew this period of history, after the death of the Tang Dynasty, it was a period of divided chaos, and the imperial court also lost control of Longyou, Hexi, and the Western Regions, until

The Great Song Dynasty established the country, and the imperial court lost the Northwest and Western Regions, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the north and Annan in the south.

But the current national pattern is obviously not the case, and the Tang Dynasty is not much different, the imperial court is still firmly in control of Longyou, Hexi area, although there are Turkic harassment from time to time, but the Western Regions countries still pay tribute to the imperial court every year, year after year.

Her mind was in a trance for a moment, and she said: "Childe, now the countries of the Western Regions are also safe and self-contained, so it seems that the strength of the Great Jing State is still enough to shock these small countries." ”

Han Changwan smiled bitterly: "On the day the city of Qiuzi was broken, the city was full of white-haired soldiers, these soldiers who were once young men never waited for reinforcements in their lives, nor did they receive the grace of the imperial court, they had no extra grain and grass, and there was no way to retreat, they held on for nearly ten years, and some were just bloody. ”

His face sank sharply, his eyes were sad, and his words were desperate: "After the fall of the Western Regions, these lonely soldiers were all martyred, and their descendants did not want to be driven by other tribes, and returned to Hexi with all odds and dangers, but they were regarded as ominous by the assassins of various states, pushed back and forth, and refused to accept them. ”

Helian Wenyuan pursed his lips, and when the smell of wine rose, he slapped his thigh hard: "This is forcing people to fall into the grass." ”