Chapter 185: Night into Stone Marin
After eating the steamed buns, each of them made three bowls of white rice, and then they filled their stomachs and were satisfied.
There is also a lot of wind and rain outside the house, and it is still early to get dark, and you can still drive a little longer.
The three of them got up and were about to walk out of the tavern, but the other guests who had taken shelter from the rain stared at them with doubts in their eyes.
"Oops...... Three guest officers, it's getting late, where are you going? The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped them.
Song Che pointed to the bright outside: "The time has not yet arrived, and it is still bright, why is it too late?" β
Liao Heng sighed, took out a few taels of silver from his arms and handed it over: "Thank you for the hospitality of wine and meat, we have never been people who eat white food." β
"No, you misunderstood," the shopkeeper pushed back the silver tael, "For other places, it's really early at this moment, but here we can't get there!" β
"Oh? Why is that? Song Che frowned slightly, looking at the indifferent businessmen in the hall, he suddenly felt a little strange.
The shopkeeper first showed a frightened look: "You are from out of town, I don't know how strange we are here, out of our store and then walk seven or eight miles forward is the stone horse forest, the forest is very big, you can't get out for two hours, and there are fierce beasts and ghosts in the forest, and they will come out to make trouble at night, causing a lot of people...... Ouch, I have a chill on the back of my neck this time, anyway, you still don't have to leave, just stay in our store! β
"Hahaha......"
Liao Heng laughed loudly: "If you want to believe that there are fierce beasts in this forest, the demons and monsters are superstitious, and they can only deceive three-year-old children, where can they bluff us?" β
The shopkeeper was extremely serious: "We opened a store here, can we still deceive you?" There are a lot of hot-tempered guests, who enter the stone marlin at night, and are either eaten by the tiger to the point that only the bones are left, or they are scared to death by the ghosts! β
He pointed to a group of merchants: "These guests are all merchants who often go to Shimalin, if you don't believe them, you can ask them!" β
"He's real! There are several white-fronted tigers in the stone horse forest, eating passers-by, it's night, even if it's white, we have to be together to dare to go over! β
"Outsiders, I'm afraid you don't know that there is a mass grave in the east of Shimalin, and those in Shima County who were cut off and died unexpectedly, and no one collected their bodies are all buried there! At night, the forest will be lit up with green ghost fires, and countless ghosts and ghosts will squat in the forest, waiting for passers-by who are not afraid of death, so as to occupy their bodies and find them to replace their lives! β
"You'd better stay, tomorrow morning, let's go all the way through the woods, and it will be much safer to take care of each other."
Judging from the sincere expressions of the merchants, the rumors of this stone marin do not seem to be false.
Song Che was a little hairy in his heart, after all, in this world, he had seen people who walked on the wall with his own eyes, and the strange power was chaotic, maybe he was ...... Are there really ghosts?
"Brother Jiang, are you afraid?" Song Che asked Jiang Yun, after all, he was at the peak of his combat power.
Jiang Yun said lightly: "Tiger skins can be sold for money, tiger whips can be used to make wine, tiger bones can be used to make soup, we are going to make a fortune tonight." β
Liao Heng also said righteously: "You are not ghosts and gods, I don't think so, since it is, I still want to go to the stone horse forest to see who is pretending to be a god and fooling the world!" β
"In my opinion, these three are simply insane."
"That's it, it's hard to persuade damned ghosts, let them go......"
The merchants waved their hands.
"Three guest officers, do you really plan to enter that stone marin?" The shopkeeper asked.
"yes, what?"
"You guys later."
The shopkeeper turned back to the counter, took out a meter ruler, measured it according to the three of them, and muttered:
"People who die in a foreign land are the easiest to turn into ghosts, I'll help you measure the size first, so that you won't even be able to find a coffin when you get it...... Now, you don't have to thank me, if you want to thank me, thank my sister, she has collected the corpses of many people. β
"Roll on......" Song Che grabbed the shopkeeper, isn't this a curse to death?
The three of them put on their robes and hats, took the donkeys, and continued on their journey.
Yun Niang suddenly chased out of the door, and greeted with a pretty face: "Hey, if you don't go, I will waive the overnight room fee." β
The three of them didn't reply, how could there be a turning back arrow when they opened the bow?
Yun Niang climbed the door and looked at it for a long time, but finally sighed and didn't stop.
The closer they got to the jungle, the more weeds there were on the side of the road, and it was not so easy to slip when walking on the grass, and the pace of the three of them couldn't help but speed up a few points.
Sure enough, after six or seven miles, a dense jungle came into view, and the fog stirred up by the heavy rain veiled it, and it was already a little lost before entering.
"I think it's better for us to go back, anyway, the proprietress promised to pay for the room for free, and it's better than sleeping in the open." Song Che looked at the misty forest in front of him, and an ominous premonition arose.
Liao Heng also frowned, obviously regretting his big words, he sighed: "If that boss lady is an ugly monster, I will not be stingy to go back, but she is so beautiful......"
"Ghosts don't hurt, only people can hurt." Jiang Yun swaggered and took the lead into the jungle.
Song Che and Liao Heng could only keep up.
The already gloomy emptiness became even worse after entering the maze forest, and the strange wind blowing from nowhere, shaking the stagnant water on the leaves, ticking and falling non-stop, every flower and plant, every tree, seemed to be endowed with vitality, and swayed all the way along the way.
Half an hour deep into the jungle, the color became darker and darker, the huge canopy obscured the only glimmer of light, the fallen leaves of late autumn covered the entire mountain road, and the "rustling ......" was so empty that every footstep seemed to echo.
"According to this situation, it will be completely dark in half an hour at most, this stone horse forest is so big, and we don't have torches and other lighting tools, what if we get lost?" Liao Heng became the most important person.
It was still Jiang Yun who was bold, and said lightly: "Isn't there a ghost fire?" That's brighter than a lamp. β
"You're not kidding, if we see that thing, it doesn't mean ...... Is the devil coming? β
"Whirring ......"
A gust of wind struck, sending chills down the spine.
Although Song Che understood that ghost fire was phosphorus fire, a chemical reaction produced by the human body after death, he was still afraid in his heart.
"In my opinion, it's better to find a place where you can shelter from the wind and rain and spend the night for a while." He proposed.
Jiang Yun said: "Generally, where there are mass graves, there will be a land mountain temple, and it is most suitable to go there to take shelter from the wind and rain." β
Song Che and Liao Heng's faces were a little green.
"I thinkβ"
"Uh-huh!"
Tiger roaring mountains and forests, shocking!