Chapter 15: Ghost Dance in the Mountains

After Ye Xinxin said this, her pale face gradually returned to blood, as if she had calmed down from the memories of fear, she yawned long, and seemed to be a little tired. said to Zhang Yueqing, "I'm going to sleep, you should rest early." ”

Zhang Yueqing watched her walk into the house, and faintly felt that there was always something strange about her words, but she couldn't say anything wrong. After sitting for a while, he returned to the room, remembering that Ye Xinxin said that the Five Poisons Gate was hidden in the depths of the mountain, thinking of Xiao Jinyan, lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep for a long time. He simply got up, took some gold and silver from his baggage, and laid it on the bed. I also saw a fire knife and a flint on the table in the room, and when I thought that I had come before, I forgot to bring it in a panic, so I picked it up and put it in my arms, gently pushed open the door, and walked towards the mountain.

At this time, just after the moon and a half, the full moon hung high in the sky, shining on the earth as white as washing. He took advantage of the moonlight, walked into the deep mountains, all the way forward, but did not find anything unusual, walked for a long time, the wind in his ears was gusting, the wooden leaves rustled, looking for the sound, in the dim two points of green light in front of the faint flickering, fixed eyes, but it was a wild wolf. The wolf also stared at him, but never came close, Zhang Yueqing didn't want to entangle more, and slowly moved away. High above the trees, some birds hovered and made low calls, which sounded like ghosts crying in the mountains at night. He did not believe in ghosts and gods, and he was not afraid, but chose his way in the mountains.

When I walked for a long time, I suddenly heard the sound of flowing water in front of me, and when I thought of the river that Ye Xinxin said, I was shocked, and I rushed to follow the sound. As he walked along the river, he saw that the water was changing in color, and when he was there, it had turned blue. He said in his heart, "This is it." Until the river was deep blue, there was no human population on the other side of the river. He had not yet reached the place, and then he continued on his way, but the sky was clouded with clouds, and thunder was rolling, and it seemed that it was about to rain.

Without the moonlight, his eyes were difficult to see, he was anxious, groping by feeling, and suddenly felt a kick under his feet, extremely soft and a little heavy, under the kick, but did not move half a minute. He reached out, and his hand was cold, like a human corpse. Hurriedly took a few steps back, and kicked the same thing in his foot.

In the distant sky, a thick lightning bolt came down from above, illuminating the valley in an instant, Zhang Yueqing took advantage of this short light to look at it, and couldn't help but be shocked.

I saw that a few feet around, there were more than ten corpses lying densely, all of them with pale faces, vaguely recognizable descriptions, and they thought they would die soon. He took out the fire knife and flint, lit the fire, found some wood and lit a torch, and under the light of the fire, he could see clearly.

Those corpses were all dressed in black, and they were all dressed as people from the Central Plains, and he had heard that there were often groups of chivalrous warriors from the rivers and lakes, rushing to southern Yunnan to seek the secrets of the Lunatic Cult. I think these people also came here for this reason, and what happened to them, and their souls disappeared. No sword wounds were found on the corpses, but they were all described as withered, as if they had been sucked out of their essence.

When he was young, he often heard his master talk about many unbelievable things in Miaojiang in southern Yunnan. I didn't want to stay longer, and I was about to leave. A melodious sound of the flute broke through the silence abruptly, and it was heard far into the ears, and the sound of the flute was so light and graceful that it was no different from the one I heard on the big ship last night.

The dead corpses on the ground, hearing the sound of the flute, turned over one by one, lined up like a line towards the place where the flute came from, and walked numbly!

Zhang Yueqing was amazed, in his life, he had never encountered such a strange thing, he thought about it, followed these dead corpses, and followed their movements. I only heard the sound of the flute getting closer and closer, and when I looked at it, I saw a dilapidated attic in the forest ahead. Above the attic, there was a man standing with a flute in his hand, and the sound of the flute came from his mouth!

When the dead bodies got downstairs, they stood still. After a while, the sound of the flute suddenly turned, changing from the previous gentle and graceful to majestic, like a storm rushing towards the face. Zhang Yueqing only felt that the flute sound was sharp and harsh, and he faintly felt a little uncomfortable. Those dead corpses seemed to hear the sounds of heaven, as they danced, Zhang Yueqing saw that their movements were strange and impermanent, and they really couldn't imitate it, the flute player looked at him from a distance and didn't move, and pointed his finger at him, and those dead corpses suddenly turned around, and pounced on him with teeth and claws.

Zhang Yueqing pulled out his long sword, and slashed at the neck of a dead corpse, the head of the corpse was cut off in an instant, and flew out, and the blood spurted out several feet.

He jumped up, the long sword drew a circle in the air, cutting down all the dead bodies that approached, some blood sprayed on him, in the evil situation, there was no time to think about it, the long sword in his hand fluttered like a dragon, and in a moment cut these corpses into two parts.

The flute player clapped his hands and praised, "Good swordsmanship!" The voice was crisp, it was a woman's voice, but it was a little low and hoarse, as if trying to hide something.

Zhang Yueqing put away his long sword, his face was as cold as frost, and he asked the man coldly, "Who are you?

The man giggled, noncommittal. smiled, "You still care about others, you can't protect yourself, don't you know?"

When Zhang Yueqing heard her, she felt that the blood on her body slowly became a little numb, but she was in crisis and didn't care very much. He knew that something was wrong, and he stabbed at the man with his sword, but as soon as he reached mid-air, a violent dizziness came from his mind, his heart was agitated, his body suddenly became weak and weak, and his eyes were dark, and he fell from the sky.

When the man saw that he had fallen to the ground and was unconscious, he jumped down from the upper floor, slowly walked to his side, sighed long, and said to himself, "Alas, I told you to go, but you didn't listen, but it really doesn't make people worry." ”