Yan Yun had only walked the road from Wangcheng to Longtouguan once, when he was sixteen years old.

The Qiang people were constantly attacking and disturbing at Longtou Pass, so he guarded the border city with his father and brother for two years.

He didn't expect that two years had passed in a hurry, but so many things had happened, not only had his appearance become mature, but his psychology had long since ceased to be the high-spirited teenager he was at the beginning.

The identity of Taiping County is indeed a good pass, although when he appeared at the gate of the city with a sharp weapon, the city guards were nervous, but as long as the token was shaken, the other party did not even see his face clearly and immediately let go, before leaving, the other party often had to say "This cold day is still on a business trip, hard work."

The largest traffic on the official road was the horse teams and vehicles that converged from various state capitals to transport grain and grass to Fenglindu, and almost every post station was crowded with grain brigades.

Most of the time, Yan Yun can only choose to settle in the mountain temple, and only when he passes near the state capital can he find an inn to sleep well.

Ten days later, he arrived at a mountain forest called "Zhulu", which was only a day's journey from the royal city.

At this time, there was a shout of "Hewu" from the rugged mountain road on the side, and then several strong men on horseback came out. When they saw Yan Yun, they looked wary and gave up.

When they saw the token on Yan Yun's waist, they immediately laughed, and the first one smiled: "It turned out to be an official, and I am fortunate to be lucky." ”

"Luckily!" Yan Yun returned the salute.

After these strong men, followed by a team of cars, the frame was full of colorful flags, it turned out that this was a dart game called "Zhenyuan", which was actually from Dayu Dongjiang.

Yan Yun felt strange and asked, "A few heroes, why don't you take a good official road, but you have to take a detour through the mountains and forests?" ”

The bearded man at the head replied: "I passed through Beiyuan County and picked up some goods by the way." ”

"Even if you pass through the North Plains, you don't need to pass through this high mountain and steep Zhulu Mountain, and you don't take the good official road, so you still want to catch a few bandits by the way?" Yan Yun sneered.

The bearded man smiled awkwardly, hesitated slightly, and said suspiciously: "Why does the official ask knowingly?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Official, this matter has long been rumored, although this Gyeonggi Prefecture Yin Ming ordered not to make a noise, but such a big thing, how can there be a ...... that is not spread" The bearded man took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, dismounted and walked towards Yan Yun.

Yan Yunjian frowned and shouted, "What are you doing here?" ”

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, wondering if he thought that he was giving less? His grandmother's, did not meet a robber, but met a more ruthless than the robber, in desperation, he took out a slightly smaller piece of broken silver from his arms, held it in his hand together, and his words became very polite, and said: "Official, it is not easy to walk the dart, and I hope that the official will raise his noble hand to keep a bowl of rice to eat, and he can only give these ......."

"Piff! You can answer whatever you ask, and then Luo, don't blame me for being rude! Yan Yun's heart was ignorant of karma, and he only grabbed the tail of the iron spear and pointed forward, because of the sudden force, the good horse under his crotch also took two steps.

The first few riders in front of the dart team saw that Yan Yun was not easy to get along with, so they drew their swords one after another, and they were about to use force.

The bearded man was in a hurry, turned around and shouted: "I'm blind, I can't resist a shot from the official when I put it all together!" ”

"The official is good at kung fu!" The bearded man's voice trembled, his eyes were fixed on the iron spear on the tip of his nose, this gun was black and swarthy, but it was shiny and shiny, and it was extremely heavy at a glance, but Yan Yun raised it flat with one hand, as if it was nothing, and his strength was so strong that it could be described as terrifying.

"Less nonsense!"

"Hey, it turns out that the official really doesn't know, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." The bearded man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "As early as half a year ago, it was rumored that Wangcheng was haunted, and now it has spread to several counties near Wangcheng. ”

"Is that true?"

"There is no half-truth, otherwise how could we be willing to risk encountering bandits and avoid the official road?"

"Then why didn't you speak up earlier?"

"Hey, because Fu Yin ordered that this matter should not be spread outside, and many people have been arrested on the grounds of rumors, and the second is ...... Don't blame the official, I thought that the official was just asking for a glass of wine, and I would be wrong......"

After listening to what the other party said, Yan Yun raised his eyes and looked at the dart team behind him.

"Official, it's true, the merchants who pass through the official road of Wangcheng are all detours......"

"It's true......"

A group of people chimed in.

"Alright, you can do it yourself!" Yan Yun said this, put away the iron spear, and rode his horse towards the official road leading to the royal city.

He thought in his heart, it turned out that the words that Zuo Ziang said before leaving were not pretending to be mysterious, but true.

However, in the two years he has guarded the border passes, he has killed not a thousand but eight hundred, many of whom are Qiang fierce generals, but he has never seen any ghosts, and he will not take this kind of nonsense to heart.

"Official, take care!" The bearded man shouted.

"What? Are you afraid that I will be dragged away by the so-called ghosts in your mouth? Yan Yun laughed.

"It's not a secret, it's the first time I've seen an official like you who is capable and doesn't make money, if the official is just passing by, it's best not to wade into this troubled water if you're alone."

"According to what you say, there is no one in the counties near Wangcheng?"

"Not really."

It only takes two hours to reach Fuyuan County, the southern gate of Wangcheng, on the official road opened up in the deer forest, this traffic artery that was originally a traffic artery for cars and cars, is indeed much more deserted than before, Yan Yun walked alone during this time, did not see groups of pedestrians, and occasionally encountered a team of more than ten people, they looked at Yan Yun who was riding alone, and they all showed shock.

When Yan Yun came out of the deer forest, it was already twilight.

The crows in the sky roared in swarms like locusts, accompanied by the loud "quacks", almost obscuring the nearby mountains and forests, and the sky, like the end of the world.

The evening breeze was blowing, and there was a strange rancid smell in the air, which made people extremely uncomfortable, and they couldn't help but gause.

Corpse gas!

This smell Yan Yun is too familiar, Longtou Pass has been attacked by the Qiang people for three months, and the corpses of both sides of the fierce battle are piled up under the city wall, and the strong smell is exactly the same as this.

This is Fuyuan County, a treasure land that has always been rich in the south of the royal city, not a battlefield, where did such a big corpse come from?

Yan Yun's face gradually tightened, it seems that this so-called "haunting" is not groundless.

"Could it be that there is a plague outbreak?" Yan Yun thought so.

Ordinary people don't know much about the plague, and if they die, they can't cure it, so they lead to strange forces and chaos, and over time, rumors of haunting are born.

Entering the official road of Fuyuan County, a simple camp was newly set up, and the gate was built with logs, with a watchtower on the door, archers standing guard, several tripping horse piles under the door blocking the way, and two sergeants standing on the side of the road. On the left side of the walled gate, there are several other camp tents, and it is initially estimated that about 50 soldiers can be stationed.

When Yan Yun rode on horseback, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves walking towards the Zhaimen, those sergeants looked at him with strange eyes, as if they had seen something incredible.

"Who is here, and what are you doing in Fuyuan County?" A sergeant asked.

"Taiping County arrested Yuantai quickly, because a major murder occurred in the county, and the county ordered the murderer to be arrested." Yan Yun replied, and then took out the customs clearance document.

A chief came out of the tent next to him, took the official document and looked at it briefly, and quickly stuffed it back into Yan Yun's hand.

"By the way, no matter what you see or hear, don't spread the word when you go back." The chief instructed this, and then motioned to remove the stumbling stake.

When Yan Yun left the gate of the village more than ten zhang away, he heard a discussion from the watchtower.

"This catcher is a bit bold, and he dares to go this way alone."

"Don't say it, just rely on the guy on his horseback, this is a ruthless man."

"There are more ruthless people in Dayu, more than a dozen catchers were gathered some time ago, and the ghost was not caught, but isn't there no one left......?"

Yan Yun's left eyelid jumped, the "haunted" thing was excusable, and if the soldiers in the army also said the same, this matter would not be as simple as he imagined.