Acacia is in thousands of miles, and the bright moon is hanging alone.

The young man with a silver belt in a black robe and a gold medal on his waist looked around, only to see that on this late autumn night, the dew condensed the clouds and the frost fell into the sky, and the moonlight in the sky became more and more bleak and hazy, and the cold air fell, breeding a large area of white mist, covering the mountains and forests, and the four wilds.

He seemed to feel something, and sighed softly: "With the blocking of the Xiuling mountains, this late autumn cold weather is indeed much later than Liaozhou." ”

As he said this, the boy was straddled on the back of a black and white tiger-striped beast and scurried along a road that winded eastward at the edge of the foothills.

A moon-white unicorn cub poked out of his arms, holding a translucent bead in one small paw, trying to reach it towards the moon ring in the sky.

This bead blooms with a faint brilliance in the moonlight, and the shadow of the toad light is faintly visible inside, and it is uncertain, and you can see that it is not a mortal thing at a glance.

The man and the beast walked for a while, and saw that the white mist around them was getting thicker and thicker, and the wind and birdsong in the mountains and forests on the side were gradually becoming inaudible.

"Normal!"

The unicorn cub cried out in annoyance, only for the moonlight that fell overhead had weakened a lot, and even the pearl had become dull, and it was no longer as beautiful and strange as before.

The little guy retracted his clenched little paws, and then his whole body shrank into the young man's arms, revealing only a pair of big watery eyes, staring at the increasingly thick and damp white mist in front of him, his eyes half angry and half vigilant.

Qi Jingzhi stretched out his hand and patted twice on the ordinary corner of the flesh, staring intently ahead, his brows furrowed slightly.

The next moment, he asked directly, "Who is blocking the way?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a white paper lantern floated out of the mist, a foot away from the Madannu, and the inside lit up with a glowing white light.

Madara Nuquan didn't see it, so he just ran away.

The white paper lantern flew backwards, hovering in front of Madara, and kept fine-tuning its orientation in mid-air, as if guiding the way.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi immediately shook his head and said: "I have no intention of entering the mountain, I just want to go straight along this road, and I don't need any guide." ”

The white paper lantern is unheard, and it still goes its own way.

The corners of Qi Jingzhi's mouth turned up slightly, and he chuckled: "I have traveled through Meizhou in recent days, and I have seen many lofty mountains and deep old forests along the way. ”

"Some people say that the god of the white road is an auspicious god, who can guide people from misfortune and save people from misfortune, and they are happy when they see it, and they need to bend down and hug their fists to thank them. The god of the black road is a fierce god who likes to block people's path, plunder goods, and even take people's souls. In addition, there are also those who worship the spirits of you as the black and white heads of the yin. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Jingzhi took out the jade box and touched a mountain money with a little cyan mountain charm from inside.

Seeing it, he immediately stretched out his little paw to grab it, but was easily dodged by the young man who had been prepared.

Qi Jingzhi looked at the white paper lantern and smiled kindly and sincerely: "On the night five days ago, I met a pair of road gods, who were born tall and looked like two wooden poles. They kindly showed the way, and although the black road god also made a little joke, it was not harmless. I thanked them for their kindness and good deeds, and I rewarded them with this money. ”

"The road is pretty smooth right now, so there's really no need to worry about driving. Kindness is received, this ancient coin is a thank you gift, you take the money and leave. ”

The white paper lantern flickered, but only after a brief pause, it flew ahead again.

At the same time, wisps of mist poured out from the white paper lantern, making the boy's vision whiter and whiter, and a dark and majestic silhouette faintly appeared in the depths of the fog in front of him.

"Moo!" A long cow cry came from afar, full of joy and greed.

The smile on Qi Jingzhi's face was even stronger, and he said leisurely: "Coincidentally, the night before yesterday, I actually met a pair of road gods, when the night was dim, I didn't know the direction, and there were many ghosts in the four fields, and then suddenly a white light lit up, leading the way in front of me." I immediately followed it, but I was led to the edge of a cliff and almost fell to my death. ”

"Seeing that the matter was revealed, another black cloth pocket suddenly appeared, first opened its mouth, wanting to cover my head, and after missing, it trapped me with magic such as ghost hitting the wall, and wanted to slip away by holding the white light......"

Qi Jingzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and his tone changed abruptly, and Sen Ran said, "You two might as well guess what happened to the white light and the black pocket?" ”

Before this sentence came out, the white paper lantern didn't have time to react, but the young master of Linshan suddenly drilled out most of his head from the young man's arms, and the milk screamed fiercely: "It's like this!" ”

At the same time, it also stretched out a small paw and secretly approached the money in the boy's hand.

Seeing that this little guy had taken the lead, Madara Nu's face was full of shock and chagrin, and he hurriedly craned his neck and let out a terrifying low roar.

The white paper lantern was obviously not very intelligent, and it was only at this time that he finally realized that he had hit the iron plate.

It shuddered at the sudden vicious aura of one man and two beasts, and swooped into the dense fog in front of it, flying in the direction of the black bull.

But before it could really escape, a full moon suddenly lit up in the mist, and without saying a word, it swallowed the panicked white paper lantern.

The Heaven and Earth Xuanjian, who had successfully guarded the rabbit through the mist, was still not satisfied, and turned his head and rushed towards the black bull in the depths of the dense fog.

The angry mooing erupted, but only faded away after a moment.

The white mist, which was so thick that it could not be dissolved, was visibly thinned to the naked eye, and after a while, only wisps of autumn frost and dew remained.

Heaven and Earth Xuanjianzhi flew back satisfied, and there were two black stone tablets in the mirror, and a white miserable paper lantern hung on the top of each tablet.

"The road is evil, the worry of getting lost, the suffering of the wrong path, wandering in the way, guiding people, good and evil, life and death, cold, pungent taste, non-toxic, blinding, blocking evil qi, and passing through the netherworld."

Qi Jingzhi's gaze fell on the inscriptions of the two stone tablets.

The two steles have the same name, and the top is engraved with the words "Arrow Tablet", while the rest of the text is not quite the same.

A stone tablet reads: "The bow is broken, and the arrow comes to the tablet." The left goes to the cloth bag stream, and the right goes to the six laurel trees. ”

This pair of road demons corpses was obtained by Qi Jingzhi the night before, when he encountered a cloud of white light on the road, and was led through the netherworld, changed the road, and led straight to the cloth bag stream.

The Budai Stream mountain wall is towering, deep inside, and the mountain stream where the Shangqing Cave Sanjing Lingtan is located in Xiaosong Mountain, if ordinary people fall down, there is no reason to live.

Qi Jingzhi turned his gaze after a little look, looked at the other stone tablet that had just been refined, and saw that it was written: "The flower roots are stable, and it is easy to grow into a person." East to Xiema Bridge, west to Jiming Village, south to White Jujube Forest, north to Niutou Cliff. ”

Thinking of the shape of the black bull that the black road god appeared before, he snorted coldly and said, "Sure enough, it is a mixed combination of good and evil, and there are different paths of life and death!" This is the intention of killing me for money, wanting to lead me to the Niutou Cliff and fall to my death. ”

At the end of the inscriptions of the two stone monuments, there is also the name and surname of the person who erected the monument and the year, month and day of the monument, but it has been eroded completely, and it is difficult to distinguish.

As far as Qi Jingzhi knows, this so-called arrow monument is the local custom of Meizhou, relying on the merit of erecting the monument to guide the way, to avoid disasters for himself or his family, or to bless his children to grow up safely, and there are also those who seek longevity and wealth.

These arrow-blocking monuments stand at the fork of the road, absorb the thoughts of pedestrians and the atmosphere of the mountain, over time, some of them will inevitably give birth to supernatural spirits, turn into the so-called road gods, road ghosts, and it can be regarded as a reverberation, there will be an echo.

Although this kind of charm will show people the way, it may be that the thoughts of absorption are mixed, or they are affected by different mountain atmospheres, but there are good and evil, which makes the people of Meizhou respect and fear, and they will not rush at night.

When Qi Jingzhi heard about this, he changed it to a night walk, and when he met a well-intentioned road god, he rewarded him with money to buy a mountain, and when he encountered a harmful person, he naturally killed and refined the account.

Seeing that the fog had almost dissipated, there was an intersection in front of me, but it was a crossroads, but there was no arrow to guide the way.

Qi Jingzhi took back the Xuanjian of Heaven and Earth, and thought: "I came from the Jiming Village in the west, and I want to settle down at the inn next to the Xiema Bridge in the east, but the white jujube forest and Niutou Cliff are not available. ”

He looked in the direction and pointed to the intersection to the east.

Madara immediately hissed and ran wildly.

After a man and two beasts walked for another half an hour, they saw the murmuring of the stream in front of them, the green pine trees by the stream, and the flying stone bridge over the stream.

Bannu stopped on the west side of the bridge and stopped moving forward.

Qi Jingzhi looked up at the sky, and saw the white dew in the sky, the moon flowing in the sky, and suddenly a crane flew over in the clouds, and the crane chirped melodiously and spread the sound in the forest.

Autumn is full of frost, and the moon rises among the blue clouds. A stream of pine is ancient, and the crane is cold in the middle of the night.

Qi Jingzhi retracted his gaze, and then looked at the brown-clothed children who were playing on the stone bridge.

The corners of the young man's mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled kindly: "May I ask if this place is Xiema Bridge?" Where is the Shema Stack? ”

There were seven brown-clothed children on the stone bridge, and their faces seemed to be carved out of a mold, and when they heard Qi Jingzhi's question, most of the children only cared about playing and playing, and they didn't even pay attention to it.

Only one of the boys turned his head to look at the young man, and said crisply: "You have caused a big disaster, and it is still too late to turn around, so you can't go to the horse stack!" ”

Qi Jing was stunned, and couldn't help but ask, "This is strange, why don't I know what trouble I have caused?" ”

The boy's eyebrows were upside down, and he said angrily: "What are you lying about?" I heard that a few days ago, the road god of the cloth bag stream was actually destroyed, and at this moment, you are contaminated with the resentment of the road god, you must be the scourge undoubtedly, how dare you walk on this road, and you still come all the way to the Xiema stack? ”

Qi Jingzhi looked down at his body, then raised his head and smiled: "Although my realm is not high, I am still quite sensitive to breath, if there is still a remnant of the road god's resentment on my body now, it should also be the Niutouya road god, as for the Budaijian road god, it has been two days, how can I still save half of the breath?" ”

His eyes jumped with fire, and at the same time he flipped his wrist, and there was an extra bull-eared knife in his palm, and then he swung the knife from head to toe and slashed a few times.

In an instant, a trace of black gas was cut out of thin air, and then dissipated into nothing in the miserable sound of cow mooing.

At this moment, even the rest of the children stopped playing and turned their heads to look at the boy in a daze.

Qi Jingzhi chuckled and said, "In this way, can I go to the rest of the horse inn?" ”

The boy who took the lead in answering was also stunned, with a hint of fear on his face, and said in a deep voice: "What a good means!" Since you don't listen to persuasion, even if you cross the bridge, walk half a mile along the road, and the mountain col next to the road is where the Xiema Stack is! ”

With that, the boy waved his hand and led the other six children out of the way.

Qi Jingzhi was silent for a moment, and the smile on his face was a little sincere: "Your tone is not good, but it is good to remind you, and I should appreciate it." ”

He paused, stretched out his hand and pointed under the bridge: "I said earlier that I am sensitive to breath, and if I have a good sense, your body will be buried in this stream." If you need help, just ask! ”

Qi Jingzhi was referring to a small sandbar in the stream under the stone bridge, made of silt, but the size of a square table, which looked inconspicuous.

The seven children were all shocked, and the leading boy was even more changed, obviously being held in the door.

After a long time, it gritted its teeth violently and knelt down first: "Back then, our brother fell under the bridge and was buried in the mud and ignored him. If you are rescued, be the Lord of grace! ”

As soon as it knelt like this, the other six also knelt down busily, their mouths silent, but the expressions on their faces were the same.

Qi Jingzhi glanced at the vault of the stone bridge and saw that there was a beast head carved there, although it was severely damaged and worn, but the fierce charm was not lost, and he couldn't help but feel it.

He looked at the seven brown-clothed children again, shook his head, and said, "I didn't mean to threaten you with this, and I didn't mean to repay you. You are blocking the road to warn, but you are voting for me, and I will help you and others get out of trouble, but they are just repaying each other, and they are just a gesture of effort, and it is really not worth mentioning. ”

With that, he rose from Madano's back and swept towards the sandbar in the water.

Qi Jingzhi's feet could touch the stream, and the water exploded openly, and was lined up to both sides by an invisible force.

The seven brown-clothed children exclaimed in surprise, and they all fell to the edge of the stone bridge, and looked down at the bridge deck.

I saw that the stream on the sandbar had been drained, revealing a dark brown sludge, and the young man in the black robe with a silver belt and a gold medal hanging from his waist was squatting on his knees, and was groping with his hands into the mud.

The leading boy showed a look of hope on his face, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to point: "Engong touch it to the east again......"

Qi Jingzhi raised his head and smiled, and immediately followed his words, and soon touched a hard object, which was not small.

When he had his hands firm, he worked hard to pull out the hard object inch by inch.

The seven brown-clad children let out irrepressible cheers, and they all turned into brown brilliance and threw themselves between the boy's arms.

Qi Jingzhi looked down and saw that what he was holding in his hand was a wheel made of hardwood, and the wheels were equipped with spokes of the same material, but they were not complete, and there were only seven left.

The next moment, the seven straight wooden carts each had eyebrows on the spokes, squeezed their eyebrows for a while, and then laughed loudly in unison: "Thank you for the rescue!" ”

Qi Jingzhi smiled freely, raised his hand and threw the wooden wheel onto the stone bridge: "Now that you have been freed, let's go to the fun!" ”

He jumped out of the stream and returned to the back of the Madnum, and there was not the slightest stain of water on his body, not even the slightest stain of mud.

Madara went straight to the stone bridge, glanced curiously at the wooden wheels, and swept by.

"Eun Gong is waiting for us! You really can't go to that shema! Seven spokes shouted in frustration.

Then the hardwood wheels stood up suddenly, and the bones rolled down the stone bridge, chasing Madara far away.

(End of chapter)