The night was already dark.

It's as thick as ink, no matter what, I can't melt it, and I stretched out my hand to play in the air a few times, and I vaguely felt that the air was sticky.

It's like I don't have air around me, but ink, and I fell into the ink jar.

This feeling made Ding San very frightened.

Ding San is a servant, the lowest-status soap subordinate, not an official, just a small character who can follow the ass of the yamen officials and eat.

But it was not easy for him to get this errand.

Because he was an orphan.

He was able to enter the Yamen of Jinguan City to be a servant all because of his fate, and he sent a letter to the old man above, and the old man rewarded him and threw him a rice bowl so that he could beg for food.

In addition, the old man may not have used the yamen to tie him up, after all, he knows something after all, and the old man threw him into the yamen, so that he is surrounded by shrewd people, and he can't run and dare not talk nonsense, don't worry.

Of course, this is Ding San's own thoughts, he likes to ponder, and once it is late at night, it is easier to ponder blindly - he can't control his head at all, and he can't help but think wildly.

He's had this problem since he fell into an old hole in the wild when he was a teenager.

In fact, Ding San is not from Jinguancheng, not even from Shu County, he can't remember where his hometown is, he only remembers that his hometown was hit by a disaster more than 30 years ago, and his father and mother followed the villagers to drag their families to Jinguancheng, and they all said that Jinguancheng is the country of abundance.

As a result, Ding San wanted to on the road, and he happened to be a young age, and his father and mother were hungry and didn't want to move much, so he asked him to find a place by himself.

Little he staggered into a large meadow on his two slender legs, and then his feet slipped to his ears to catch the wind, and then he knew nothing.

When he woke up again, he found himself in an old dry hole, he didn't know what the hole was, he couldn't see anything clearly, he just screamed at the top of his throat.

The old cave was cold and dark, and when he looked up at the young man, he could barely see the slender and winding walls of the old cave and the vast darkness.

Later, he saw someone kill a pig, and when he saw the pig's throat, he thought that the pig's throat was a miniature version of the wall of the old cave, and when he fell into the old hole, he was swallowed by a big beast.

Fortunately, he didn't know this at the time, he was just scared, and he didn't think about it.

He kept screaming in the well, and eventually called a few homeless people.

The men managed to pull him out of the old hole, but unfortunately he didn't find his father.

At that time, he was too young, and now I think that he should have fallen into the well and fainted, I don't know how long he was in a coma, anyway, his father and mother must have looked for him, but he didn't find it, and finally left with the villagers.

This kind of thing is very common on the way to escape from the wilderness, the child is easy to lose, and once a child loses the team, you have to leave quickly, because the child is often taken away by the beast, if you don't hurry away, wait until the beast comes back, it will come to hurt people.

And this is not very scary, what is even more scary is that it is not a beast that takes away the child, it is sneaky!

Beasts of prey harm people in order to be satisfied, and when they are full, they will leave, but if they are not sneaky, they will kill all people.

Ding San looked around in horror, and vaguely felt that there was something sneaky hidden in the ink-like night.

At this time, they were in the old mountain forest, far away from the bustling and lively Jinguan City, and they were lonely by a mountain road that no one would pass by at night, and not far behind them were dozens of corpses!

The dark night sky, the dark mountains and forests, the dark grass and trees, everything is shrouded in pitch black.

Ding San tried to look in the direction of the camp, where there were still torches, but the flames flickered and became weaker and weaker, as if they were about to be swallowed up by the night.

Still, the faint light of the fire shone something, and several figures appeared in the camp......

They wandered through the camp, sometimes disappearing, sometimes appearing......

Seeing this, Ding San trembled, and he couldn't help but shout: "Brother Hai, Brother Niu, are you still there?"

'Boom la la ......'

In response to him was the sound of the grass and leaves being blown by the mountain wind, the sound was chaotic and cloudy.

Ding San clenched his waist knife to give himself courage, he looked around in horror, but he couldn't see anything around him at all.

There were things hidden in the night, and he was not afraid of them, but he was afraid of the feeling that everything around him was hidden.

It was as if he had been abandoned, just as he had been abandoned in the old cave.

He couldn't help but shout again: "Brother Hai, Brother Niu, Brother Niu, Brother Hai, where have you been? What are you asking me to wait for here?"

There was no echo, and now there was no even the sound of the leaves being blown away!

He looked around again, and suddenly realized that the dark night was not only hiding the surrounding rocks and trees, but also possibly hiding something with bad intentions, which was staring at him covetously.

Not a beast, a beast has a voice!

What is that?

Terrifying thoughts appeared in his mind, tumbling in his mind, and what was even more terrifying was that something could emerge from the darkness at any time, would reach out and pat him on the shoulder, would stick to him......

Uncontrollable thoughts tormented him, making him shudder.

He couldn't help but start spinning in circles, for fear that something would stick behind him and not know it.

Then, without two turns, he suddenly felt something pass by him, but when he looked intently, there was nothing.

But he knew that something had appeared, that he had been afraid of something had come, that he had done sin, that he was guilty, that he had no conscience, that he was going to be punished......

Messy thoughts came to him, something broke in his heart under absolute fear, and suddenly he felt less scared, and he thought he could do something to be brave, like sing a play......

It just so happened that he had just heard a play yesterday, which was a Shu opera, called "Mulian Saving His Mother and Persuading Kindness", which was about the Buddha's disciple Mulian saving his deceased mother from hell, which could be used to suppress evil spirits and strengthen courage.

So he cleared his throat and opened his mouth to sing loudly: "A long howl comes out of the pass, and the blue sky can't be swept away." I am Qin Huhai back then, why should I kill my brother and take the stage......"

The voice was low and murky, babbling......

Ding San was stunned for a moment.

His mouth is half open and he can't sing anymore!

This is not "Mulian Saving Mother and Persuading Kindness", this is the first paragraph of the second half of "Romance of Daqin", called "Hu Hai Killing Brother"!

"Mulian Saving Mother and Persuading Kindness" and "Romance of Daqin" are both famous stories in Shu opera, and the people of Jinguancheng are so happy, most people have heard these two dramas.

Ding San also heard it, he even heard it yesterday, and coincidentally, the drama in the teahouse yesterday happened to be the second half of "The Romance of Great Qin"!

But he doesn't like this drama now, so he forced the teahouse to replace it with "Mulian Saving Mother and Persuading Kindness Drama", so he obviously wanted to sing "Mulian Saving Mother and Persuading Kindness" at this time, but how could he open his mouth but "Hu Hai Kills Brother"?

He was in a state of panic when something suddenly landed on his shoulder.

Ding San's crotch suddenly became hot.

A suppressed voice sounded: "Turtle son, I am your immortal banban, what kind of drama do you sing in the middle of the night?

Hearing this voice, Ding San turned around and hugged the person behind him, and he spoke incoherently excitedly: "Brother Niu Niu, Brother Niu, where have you been? What happened to you, what are you doing, you can't find it, no, where did you and Brother Hai go?"

Brother Niu is called Niu Badao, reckless and brave, although he is an ordinary person rather than a master of cultivation, but he is full of vigor and blood, full of murderous spirit, and once hacked to death a harmful four-handed ghost, and was promoted to the head of the team in the Yamen Catcher.

Niu Badao pushed Ding San away, and said in disgust: "Where have you been? I've been by your side all along, what's wrong? What are you singing here? Want to sing to the ghost?"

Brother Hai said: "That's it, his mother's son has been napping here, and you suddenly pinched your voice and started singing, your brain is broken, right?

Ding San knew that they were lying, but he didn't dare to say what was in his heart.

And the words of the two scared him enough, he hurriedly said: "No, no, I'm me, what, Brother Hai, Brother Niu, let's light a fire? ”

Niu Badao said disdainfully: "What's scary? I heard that the uncles of the Heavenly Prison have come to see it, there are no ghosts here, those corpses have also been disposed of, there will be no ghosts or ghosts left, there is nothing, don't scare yourself." ”

Ding San said with a smile: "Brother Niu is right, Brother Niu is bold, but but, hehe, let's light a fire." ”

Brother Hai looked at Niu Badao, Niu Badao looked around, and said, "Okay, then let's light the fire, but the torches are all inserted in the dead man's camp, what do we use to light the fire?"

"Otherwise," he looked at Ding San coldly, "you're going back to get the torch?"

Ding San hurriedly shook his head: "Brother Niu laughed, Brother Niu, I, I, I, hehe-camp, camp, Brother Niu, Brother Hai, you look at the camp, then and there, I just saw, really, someone in the camp is standing up, someone is floating!"

"Hey, who's blowing suona?" Brother Hai suddenly interrupted him, tilting his head and listening attentively.

Niu Badao was stunned and said, "Yes, which turtle blows its mother's suona in the middle of the night?

Ding San was stunned.

He didn't hear the suona.

Brother Hai and Niu Badao stretched out their hands on their ears to listen around, their brows furrowed, and their faces were suspicious.

They turned their heads to listen for a moment, looked at each other, and then looked at the camp with corpses piled up.

It was empty.

"Hey, aren't there only dead people in that place? How can there be suona sounds? Who is blowing suona?" Niu Badao said in wonder.

Ding San was stunned, his eyes widened and he listened intently like the two of them.

The wind was blowing, and there was indeed a faint sound of suona ticking into his ears.

The tune is gentle and feminine, and the sound is very small, as if it has been carried slowly by the night breeze.

Ding San swallowed his saliva, he sensed it, and said softly: "Brother Niu Haige, I don't think this suona sound came from the camp, it came from the back of us......"

Niu Badao and Brother Hai stared at him together.

The gaze is straight.

Ding San was frightened and stammered: "Niu Niu ......"

"Cow, you're a. Niu Badao slapped him on the head and laughed, "You turtle has also learned to joke, I wanted to scare you, but I didn't expect to scare you." ”

Brother Hai said: "It's very boring, I thought I could scare this kid into peeing his pants." ”

Looking at the vague smiles on the faces of the two, Ding San's heart was like a coffin falling into the water, slowly sinking into the water.

He couldn't tell how the two of them were scaring themselves, there was obviously a suona sound!

He smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Niu Hai, go back this time, go back tomorrow, brother invites you to go to Fangcao Garden to have a good time, don't scare your brothers, you two know, since my brother entered the door of our team, he has the most respect for Brother Niu and Brother Hai, you two are so cowardly to scare your brother, it's really not interesting." ”

Brother Hai asked happily, "Do you really want to invite us to Fangcao Garden?"

Niu Badao said: "The third child is a tough guy, a spit and a nail, he will definitely not talk nonsense." In addition, he is right, he has always treated us as a big brother, we scare him and don't mean to win the ball, forget it, light the fire and wait for dawn. ”

He looked up at the night and muttered, "It's really dark on a dog day." ”

"It's almost dawn. Brother Hai smiled, "It's almost dawn when it's darkest." ”

With the sound of the two talking and laughing, the suona sound became louder, as if it was closer.

Ding San's face was gloomy, and he said, "Brother Niu Hai, what's going on with this suona sound? Aren't you two afraid?"

Niu Badao rolled his eyes: "There is no suona sound, we will scare you!"

Ding San's legs began to swing.

He listened carefully and said firmly: "No, no, Brother Niu, there is really a suona sound." ”

Niu Badao frowned again: "Third brother, do you want to scare your master?

Ding San grabbed his hair and shouted: "Brother Niu, really, really, I really heard it, it's there, the suona sound is there, and it came from there." ”

He pointed behind him.

A gust of mountain wind blew, and the sound of rustling leaves returned.

Niu Badao and Brother Hai glanced at each other, both of them were full of suspicion.

Brother Hai asked in a low voice, "Did they go back directly?"

Niu Badao muttered: "No, this is not in accordance with the rules, and besides, I didn't hear the sound." ”

He also listened intently, his face full of concentration.

"Woo woo!"

A high-pitched, piercing cry rang out suddenly.

Niu Badao, who was concentrating, jumped up on the spot in fright!

Brother Hai hurriedly pulled out his knife and shouted, "What, what's the thing?"

The screams were gone.

The night was silent again.

Niu Badao was covered in sweat, and his eyes widened angrily as he looked at Ding San and swung his fist to hit someone: "You don't have a turtle eye! You dare to scare your master?"

He couldn't swing his fist because he found that Ding San was even more frightened and collapsed directly to the ground.

And there is an authentic smell on it.

"Did you pull your crotch?" said Hai Ge disdainfully.

Ding San was covered in cold sweat, as if he had gone down a river: "Brother, what is this, what is it called, what happened just now?"

Niu Badao pinched his nose and took two steps back, muttering: "It seems to be a fox called? Count the ball, be careful, you turtle quickly clean up your crotch, let's start the fire, and wait for dawn to quickly change shifts and go back." ”

Hai Ge rubbed some dry branches on the ground, piled them together and lit them, and suddenly the light brightened in the dark night.

Then the three of them saw a group of people appear next to them with expressionless faces!

The five people in front of them were dressed in black from head to toe, and on a hot day in May, there was a cloudy wind around them!

Brother Hai and Niu Badao screamed one after another, but Ding San stopped screaming, his eyes rolled and his body trembled, and the whole person was so frightened that he was about to pull over.

Wang Qilin came out and looked at the three of them and said, "What's the matter with you? Did the yamen leave the corpses of the three of you in the guard camp? We have been in the camp for a while and have not seen any living people, why are you all hiding here?"

Hearing this angry voice, Niu Badao's heart suddenly calmed down, and he was not afraid, because he heard the official tone from this voice.

This is the tone of the city's officials and gentlemen who speak on weekdays.

He was bold, and anger rose from his heart: "Your daughter-in-law is a bend in the day, who are you? Who made you ...... in the middle of the night?"

"Listen to the heavenly eunuch!" Wang Qilin didn't bother to listen to his blind call, and directly took out his bronze lieutenant seal and threw it over.

Niu Badao saw the bronze lieutenant seal clearly by the firelight, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down with weak knees:

"My lord, my lord's forgiveness, my lord, why are you, not, how can you come to this place in the middle of the night? Ah no, the small one is not to question you, the small one is to admire, especially admire you, you are really conscientious, fulfill your duties, and you are really the pillar of the country!"

Wang Qilin waved his hand and patted it in front of his nose, and said, "Why do you three stink so much? What happened? Just crawled out of the pile of dead people?"

Niu Badao hurriedly stepped back, and said with a smile: "Don't dare, it's such an adult, my brother and I just encountered something strange just now, and then this brother pulled the crotch of his pants, and he was so frightened that he pulled it down!"

Saying that, he gave Brother Hai a look, and the two went up together to set up Ding San.

Then the night breeze blew, and Wang Qilin smelled even more.

Xu Da was so smoked that he stepped back and muttered: "The two of you are okay, the relationship between you and the two of you is not bad, the brother pulled his pants and the two of you are still willing to help him up, yes, be righteous." ”

Niu Badao smiled flatteringly: "My lord praises us, we are actually all timid, and then after receiving the letter during the day, the yamen came to see the affairs of this camp, and also cleaned up the corpse, leaving the three of us to guard the corpse to prevent it from being eaten by wild beasts." ”

"You are so far away, you can guard a fart!" said the little slave unceremoniously.

It was her compatriots who died, and she was very unhappy to see her compatriots' corpses being treated so rudely.

Niu Badao nodded in a panic and said: "What the adults said is right, indeed, we are indeed not loyal and dutiful, we are mainly timid, please understand the adults, we are ordinary people, we have no guts......"

"Listen, suona!" Ding San shouted.

Wang Qilin listened, and there was only a gust of wind blowing leaves.

He estimated that the man was frightened out of auditory hallucinations, and said, "Okay, you clean up the smell on your body, we will go on the way, you will come over when the time comes, I have something to ask you." ”

He returned to the camp and then smelled the rancid stench again.

This smell made his heart move, and he couldn't help but look in the direction of the three, and he smelled the same smell from the three of them.

It's so hot that the blood, flesh, and organs rot within a day, and then they stink.

All the bodies were collected in the camp, swept with grass and placed together.

Wang Qilin opened the straw mat, and a large swarm of flies and insects came with a putrid smell and a smell of blood.

He was angry, and the wings of the flies and insects fell to the ground stiffly, and he was directly shocked to death.

These corpses were disgusting, he glanced at them twice, and couldn't stand them, so he put on the straw mat again and looked around the four fields.

A question appeared in his mind: the mission is a group of people, and their cultivation is good, even so many cultivated pigs can't be easily slaughtered, right?

So, was it a human being who attacked the mission last night?

There is still an old forest next to the rugged mountain road, and at this time the insects are chirping in the forest, and the torches are running around in the camp where the mountain wind blows, and the atmosphere is not very good.

After a while, the three of them came, and there was a man who didn't wear a shirt, and a man who didn't wear pants, and the man's shirt in front of him was tied around his waist as a hakama.

The three of them smelled of alcohol, which was to suppress the smell of bad wine on their bodies.

Wang Qilin asked, and the three of them were called Niu Badao, Fang Hai and Ding San, who were the officials left by the yamen to guard the corpses at the scene.

There were a total of fifty-five corpses at the scene, and the number of people who escaped was fifty-six, and the mission was a total of one hundred and six people, which means that there were still fifty people whose bodies were missing.

Niu Badao pointed to the east of the road and said: "There is a mountain cliff over there, there is a river under the cliff, and the others should have been forced to jump off the cliff and let the river wash away, and I don't know if anyone can survive. ”

Wang Qilin covered his nose and opened a roll of straw mats, and the head and body of this corpse were separated.

He pointed to the corpse, and Niu Badao nodded hurriedly: "It's all like this, it's all like this, all of them have been beheaded!"

Wang Qilin said: "I mean, the identity of these people has been confirmed? are they indeed from the Nanzhao Mission?"

Fang Hai sneered: "Where else can someone who is not from the mission?"

Niu Badao kicked him: "Do you have such a person who talks to Lord Tongwei?" cough cough, don't be surprised, my lord, we people are rough people......

"Don't talk nonsense, don't be polite, just be honest. Wang Qilin didn't want to listen to nonsense.

Niu Badao said: "It should be, it should be, it's actually quite chaotic during the day, we received the news and rushed over in the afternoon, only had time to collect the corpses, and didn't have time to identify them, but the clothes of the corpses were indeed the dress of the Nanzhao people." ”

Two of the three officials were old fritters and one was a rookie, and they didn't know much about the massacre of the Mission.

Wang Qilin chatted with the three of them for a while and didn't get much useful information, so he waved his hand and asked the three of them to rest.

Little Nuluo walked among the corpses with Abai, and the flickering light of the fire shone on their faces, illuminating their faces sometimes brightly and sometimes gloomy.

The five ghosts leaned against a tree with a smile on their faces, and after a while they began to sing a little song softly.