Shen Yanchu walked slowly and said softly: "Out of this forest, the next mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, just now you have walked all the way, what did you find?" ”

Liu Ruyan shook her head.

Now it seems that the only way to investigate is to start with the wine and food of the Lizheng family banquet.

She glanced at the sky: "Nothing, go back first." ”

The two returned along the same road as they came, and the wind gradually stopped at night, and there was silence all around, but there was a faint sound of singing on the other bank.

The song is clear and beautiful, especially strange in the dark mountain forest:

"Mumen Canglang Langlang, Yan Fei came, pecked the emperor's grandson, the emperor's grandson died, and the swallow pecked the arrow......"

Shen Yanchu paused, his handsome eyebrows frowned slightly, and he looked at the black woods across the river.

"It's a nursery rhyme." Liu Ruyan also looked at the other side and pursed her lips, as if someone was lying dormant in the forest, spying on their every move.

"Nursery rhymes?" He looked confused.

In the sea of knowledge, Ye Xun couldn't help but squeak: "It seems that the male protagonist is missing in childhood." ”

Liu Ruyan was surprised, so she explained to him: "This nursery rhyme says that the harem plotted to kill the prince, it seems to be-"

"Yan, Yan, tail salivation, Zhang Gongzi, see you when you meet."

"Mumen Canglanglang, Yan Fei comes, pecks the emperor's grandson."

"The emperor and grandson died, and the swallow pecked the arrow......"

Before he finished speaking, there was another ringing of bells in the wind.

"Ding-ding-"

The ringing sounds crisp and clear because of the quiet of the night, as if it is close to the ear.

She remembered the tiger bra that Dr. Zhang wore before he died, but now the voice she heard was even softer, like rain hitting plantains, faintly, intermittently.

It is inexplicable to recall the silver bracelet that her father gave her back then, and every time she wears it on her hand, it makes this sound.

"Dingdingding-"

The bell rang quickly, and Liu Ruyan stared at the woods on the opposite bank, always feeling that in the next moment, there would be a ghostly spirit jumping out of the forest, skimming the water, and tearing people into their stomachs.

Her heart jumped suddenly, and her face became nervous, until Shen Yanchu suddenly made a move, and the wind in her palm swept violently, like destroying trees, and the woods swayed in this wind, and the dark and heavy waves rose and fell.

The wind stops, and the trees are quiet.

Shen Yanchu's face was also a little pale, and he put his hands behind his back, secretly regulating his internal breath.

From beginning to end, Liu Ruyan's gaze stayed on the opposite woods, and the strange ringing disappeared.

She looked back at him: "If someone pretends to be a ghost, they shouldn't be able to go far." ”

"Aren't you afraid now?" Shen Yanchu looked at her with his hands down, and there seemed to be a smile in his eyes.

"Who said I was scared." Liu Ruyan picked up the lantern on the ground, and looked disappreciative, "Strange power and ghosts say, if you believe it, you will have it, and if you don't believe it, you will not." ”

She walked back along the river, lantern in her hand, and tried to cross the river.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a person standing behind him.

She didn't look back, but said to herself, "There is a stone bridge ahead, you can follow me to the other side of the river to have a look." ”

She put the lantern down and waited for a long time, but she didn't see the man move.

"Shen Yanchu?" She called.

Liu Ruyan glanced behind her, only to see a person appear out of thin air under the vast night, dressed in rags, wearing a blue ramie, with her arms stretched out, silent, extremely weird.

At this time, the cold wind passed, lifting the corner of the brim, revealing a mottled and strange face.

She was suddenly startled in her heart, and there was movement behind her again.

"Liu Ruyan?"

She turned around suddenly, only to see Shen Yanchu standing behind her, his face faint and indistinguishable.

She couldn't help but quicken her pace and hide close to him.

When he turned his eyes again, the strange man was still standing there, silent and motionless.

"It's a scarecrow." Shen Yan didn't dare to move when he saw her for the first time, and a wave of qi popped out of his fingertips, and the brim of his hat was lifted.

However, Liu Ruyan did not let her guard down because of this, she slowly raised her hand and pointed to the footprints around the straw man.

"We've just walked this road, and the footprints on the ground are still there. But at that time, there was no such straw man. As she spoke, a pair of willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Someone is following us." ”

"Could it be Yun Niang?" Shen Yanchu asked in a low voice.

"It's not her, after Yun Niang died, she was buried in the back of the village by the villagers." Liu Ruyan looked at the water, "It's a person or a ghost, you can find out if you go in the past." ”

With that, she walked to the river beach and stepped on the stone bridge.

The bridge was so exposed that she walked very carefully, seeing that the trees on the opposite bank were getting closer and closer, and for a moment she did not notice a dark shadow in the water, and lay quietly at the bottom of the bridge.

The shadow rippled with sparkling water, and a bony hand poked out of it.

At the same time, Liu Ruyan's ankle hurt, and there was a clammy and cold touch through her clothes, and she was unstable and fell off the bridge.

The water on the winter night was extremely cold and cold, and after choking on a few mouthfuls of water, her chest and lungs hurt like pins and needles, she came back to her senses, held her breath, and kicked her feet hard, trying to break off the foreign objects climbing on her feet.

The river broke the splash again, and Liu Ruyan came out of the water, coughing uncontrollably, what was it that had just climbed her ankle...... Could it be a water snake?

The water rippled endlessly, and just a few steps behind her, a large float like aquatic plants suddenly appeared, and then, those floats gradually rose, revealing a woman's face.

Under the darkness of the night, the woman's face was thin, her eyes were deeply sunken, and her thin jaws loomed in the water.

Although Liu Ruyan lost all her internal strength, the perennial days of licking blood from the knife made her react with instinct before the danger came, quickly turned around, shot, and locked her throat.

The woman's face was horrified, and she struggled in her hands.

The river water was cold, Liu Ruyan was frozen like white paper, her originally ruddy lips were also blue at the moment, she tightened her palms, her right hand firmly clasped the other party's throat, and the other hand grabbed the woman's arm, dragging her step by step to the opposite bank.

"Ding-"

Seeing that the shore was getting closer, there was a light bell in my ears.

She looked down, but saw that the woman's clothes were agitated from time to time, and suddenly, a pair of miserable white hands poked out from the edge of the neckline, and Liu Ruyan's hair suddenly rose.

This woman actually has four hands!

With the help of the night vision function of the system, Liu Ruyan saw the sharp armor on the woman's hand clearly, her scalp was numb, and she let go of her hand.

In such a flick of effort, the woman suddenly broke away, her back slightly arched, like an enraged beast, and a strange sound of "grunting" came out of her throat.

When the waning moon is in the sky, the woman's arms are outstretched, skinny, and her fingers are bent into claws.

As the other party pounced with his teeth and claws, and then a rapid bell sounded, under the moonlight, a silver light on the woman's chest was fleeting.

Liu Ruyan glanced at it, and could vaguely see that it was a simple silver ornament, because of its age, it was a dull black.

Judging from the shape, is it a long-life lock?

Before she had time to think about it, she immediately turned around and circled behind the woman while avoiding the attack, pressing her back against the stone bridge. She exhaled a breath of cold air, her body was numb from the cold, and her movements became sluggish.

Eyebrows deflected, Liu Ruyan looked at the river beach, and from a distance, she saw Shen Yanchu looking for him along the river beach, she opened her mouth, and was about to call him, the woman's blue-gray nails were aimed at the top of her head and grabbed in the air.

Seeing that the claw was about to reach the front door, at this time, she didn't know what was tripped under her feet, she secretly said that it was not good, and fell on her back.

The clouds cover the moon, and the dark forest is thick.

Liu Ruyan's pair of jet-black eyes reflected the ghost claws, and as she fell to the surface, she followed......