The creaking sound of the fence gate at the head of the village was still behind him, and the old man who was holding Ji Yuan did not let go, and directly led Ji Yuan to walk more than a dozen steps inside, and arrived in front of a house with mortar on the outer wall.

"Sir, beware, the threshold is high and your feet are raised!"

This high threshold is not a joke, it is really high, and I vaguely feel that my calves are high, so Ji Yuan took advantage of the situation to raise his feet and step into the house with the old man.

It was not like a normal house, because it had only one room, no kitchen and no inner hall, only a table with an oil lamp and four benches, and two beds on the side.

'Well, it's more like a makeshift dorm!'

When he arrived indoors, the old man finally let go of his hand and beckoned Ji Yuan to sit down.

"Sir, please sit down, the old man's surname is Xu, I don't know where Mr. Gao's family lives?"

While speaking, he also took the initiative to move a stool to facilitate Ji Yuan's seat, and the sound of his feet rubbing the ground pulled a colorless line in Ji Yuan's heart.

"Okay, thank you, old man, under the surname Ji, he is from Ning'an County. ”

Ji Yuan sat down while touching the edge of the table, put the burden and umbrella on the table, and the old man on the side took one from a stack of dishes that were upside down on the table, and lifted the clay pot next to the table to pour water for Ji Yuan.

"Oh Ning'an people, we generally don't receive strangers casually at night, as the old saying goes, there are shadows and warmth are living people, don't look back at night calls, there are many strange things these years, you always have to be careful, just let Mr. laugh, right?"

The sound of tea entering the bowl is crisp, and the bowl is filled with a little splash.

"Sir, please drink water. ”

"Out of the way, be careful, thank you!"

After thanking him again, Ji Yuan sniffed and drank it without caring about anything, and then the old man suddenly asked him.

"Sir, you're a ghost, aren't you?"

"Poof......

Ji Yuan squirted out a sip of tea directly.

"Ahem, ahem... The old man laughed, of course I'm not a ghost!!"

This Nima's sudden hard-core question choked Ji Yuan, coughed for a while, and the old man on the side apologized again and again.

"Don't blame sir, don't blame sir, the old man has a bad memory, and he suddenly thought of something, and subconsciously wanted to confirm it, it's really too biased, and few people will come alone at night. ”

Ji Yuan coughed a few times to turn on the aura, smoothed the stimulation of the trachea, and asked helplessly and curiously.

"What are you sure, isn't the old man in the lower vein?"

"It's also what is said, it's just that some people don't know that they are not alive when they die, this is the most difficult to distinguish, and it needs to be said in front of him. ”

'What's the strange name?ocean?resent?can't it be a mandarin duck?'

Throwing off the thoughts in his mind, Ji Yuan asked the old man directly.

"Old man, you are often haunted?"

Otherwise, why are you so nervous, but as long as it's not a ghost, it's not a big problem.

"A few years ago, I did meet a time to find a substitute for the dead ghost, this deserted countryside is dozens of miles away from our village, everyone is on guard, just afraid of something strange to get here, but the ghost is okay, as the saying goes, people are afraid of ghosts for three points, ghosts are afraid of people for seven points, people are more courageous, and there are many young and strong people in the village......"

The old man paused, hesitated for a moment, and continued.

"It's just that we've had a beautiful snake before, and it's night this season, so everyone can not go out without going out!"

"Beautiful snake?"

Ji Yuanxin frowned, is it a demon?

"Well, it is said that there is a big snake with a beautiful head, and he likes to trick young men into eating it. ”

"Beauty head, can you open your mouth to deceive people, old man, don't you want to trick me!!"

Ji Yuan gasped, and subconsciously thought of Lu Shanjun of Niu Kui Mountain, which ordinary people can guard against with vigilance?

The light of the oil lamp in the house is flickering, but the room is still dim, and the flickering light seems to be the mood of fate.

The monsters and spirits who can speak are all Taoist, and they have refined the horizontal bones, but they are not goblins who will be accidentally killed by an iron rake and hoe, and if this snake really has a human head......

Ji Yuan was a little afraid to think about it, and even had an urge to leave, but if he went outside...... My chest is jammed.

It's not like there is no Chenghuang in this county, right?

"Hey, many people know about this, we have been in a panic for a long time in our village before, how can we deceive you, don't talk about it......"

With that, the old man got up from one of his stools and went to make up the other bed.

"This gentleman, my family is still in the inner village, the house at the head of the village is temporarily occupied by the people who take care of the entrance of the village, please stay here for one night today, if you want to go to the thatched house at night, you can wake up the old man and me, I will carry you over." ”

"By the way, is the gentleman hungry, if you're hungry, I'll get you something to eat?"

"No, I'm not hungry!"

Ji Yuan excused himself, and went over to make the bed together, smelling the smell on it, it should be often sunburning, but even if the smell is heavy, it doesn't matter, he doesn't care about these very much, and he doesn't care about it.

"Woohoo... Woo Woo Woo ......"

There was a burst of dog barking outside, and a few curses rang out, and Ji Yuan listened carefully, and seemed to be able to hear words such as "unpalatable to death" and "bad luck".

Ji Yuan didn't react when he saw the old man on the side, temporarily put aside the slightest uneasiness in his mind, and asked about his own journey.

"Old man, what is the name of your village, where is it in Shunbao County, and how is it appropriate to go to Jiao County?"

"Shunbao County?"

Hearing the old man's puzzled voice, Ji Yuan felt a little bad.

"This big gentleman, your road is a little far away, this is Shanghegou Village, which is already the northeast corner of the boundary of Suiyuan County, and it has already passed Baoshun. ”

"Huh!?"

'Why did I run through two counties?'

The paperweight map is fine, but the lines are too fine to cause the map scale to be difficult to grasp, only through this condensed map to understand the approximate relationship between the various geographical boundaries, beyond the limit of the thirteen states of Dazhen, a county on the map is also a small point, carved a very small name to mark the official road is already a military judgment, want the sense of distance can only be reflected from the land of a house.

'So I'm underestimating the strength of my feet?'

I'm afraid that when I used the blinding method to chase the three fast horses with light skills, I had already unknowingly overrun!

'Drag Racing Accident!!

Ji Yuan, who lamented in his heart, hurriedly continued to ask the old man.

"Then if I want to go to Chunhui Mansion, the old man thinks it's better to go back the same way or choose another road?"

"This, I haven't run so far, old man, so let's do it, Mr. Ji will rest first, and tomorrow morning I can go and ask the businessmen who are also staying in the village, I heard that they are going to Du Mingfu City eventually, maybe they know how to go!"

"Hey... That's all there is to it!"

I miss my phone navigation so much......

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It's late at night...

The people in the village slept earlier than the people in the city, and they didn't play any more, the old man inside was already snoring, and occasionally a few dogs barked from the village outside.

Ji Yuan lay on the bed with his eyes closed, but he didn't fall asleep, on the one hand, because the snoring on the side was too obvious in the quiet night, especially in his ears, and on the other hand, he was touching the paperweight map to re-plan his route first.

"Woohoo... Woooooooooooooo Woo Woo ......"

"Woo Woo Woo ......"

The barking of the dogs suddenly intensified, and Ji Yuan opened his eyes almost at the same moment when he heard the sound, and he could hear that many village dogs had gathered in a certain place, barking in one direction together.

After a few moments, the barking of the dog gradually quieted down.

Old dogs that have been raised for a long time tend to be very spiritual, which I have seen once in Ji Yuan, Ning'an County, and I have been listening to the old man say that the dog eyes are psychic, so the dog barks Ji Yuan is still a little concerned.

'I'm a little panicked......

。。。

Outside the village, by the river, a long black shadow slid across the ground, but it slowly crawled in an S-shape in the coastal area, and the dense scales rubbed against the stones and branches.

Somewhere, the shadow lifted its body and looked in the direction of the village, revealing its stout body and the white scales of its abdomen.

"Hiss~~~hiss~~~"

After standing for a moment spitting out the letter, there was a burst of irritable dog barking in the village, but in fact, those domestic dogs often only barked near the fence, but did not want to escape.

"Hiss~~~"

The serpent leaned down, its slightly bloated body writhing a few times along the shore.

After the sound of "poof~~", mixed with the sound of the waves being discharged, a long black shadow slipped into the river, and some small boats on the side also shook because of the change of ripples on the water surface.