Jiangnan is the season of Huangmei again.

The clouds in the sky were pressing down to the treetops, and the four fields were dark and damp.

"Xianggong, this Si Hu is just a thin official, why do you have to rush for this?"

On the bank of the river, a good-looking young woman rubbed her feet and complained.

"I've heard that now there are ten rooms and nine empty rooms in this Dantu City, and you have no place to go. ”

"It is rumored that there are demons around here who are good at plundering women, and you are not afraid that your concubine will be caught by that demon?"

"It's good to catch it!"

Hu Yanyi secretly scolded himself, didn't say anything, took out the water bladder and went to the river to fetch water.

Woman's view!

Hu Yanyi was quite annoyed in his heart.

Doesn't he know what is going to happen in the city of Nadantu, and what will happen when the army breaks through it?

It is true that the Sihu is just a petty official, but where is the high-rise building not from the ground?

It is true that it will be difficult to be an official in this newly restored land, but if it is not, how can he show his ability?

I have been studying hard for decades, isn't it just for today?

At this moment, he was eager to have wings on his back and fly into Nadantu to take office, and he was already impatient with this stop-and-go.

"I knew that I would have come alone, so as to save the noise in my ears. ”

He muttered, and raised the full water bladder to take a sip.

"This Langjun, it's better not to drink this river water. ”

At this time, an old voice suddenly interjected next to him.

The husband and wife were shocked, and quickly turned their heads to look, but they didn't know when there was an old man standing with a bamboo stick standing next to the road.

The old man was dressed in silk, like a wealthy family, and his smile seemed to be quite kind.

It's just that there is no store in the front of the village and no store in the back, how can an old man emerge?

Hu Yanyi's wife muttered in her heart, her mind was full of strange talk, and she didn't care about the sore ankles, so she hurriedly returned to her husband.

Hu Yanyi didn't think much about it, but said curiously:

"What does the old man mean? Can't you drink this river water?"

The old man smiled and pointed to a river somewhere.

"Lang Jun, look. ”

Hu Yanyi took a look.

A huge object emerged from the turbid torrent in the heart of the river, and the couple stepped on their feet to look at it, and their tail vertebrae trembled.

It turned out to be a dead man!

The corpse was so swollen with water that it was almost impossible to distinguish its hands and feet, and it looked like a giant. (I won't describe it in detail here, if you're interested, just Baidu)

"Quack. ”

A crow flew across the bank, fluttering and landing on the corpse, its sharp beak resting on its bulging belly. This time it was as if the urine cell had been punctured, and only a "bang" was heard, and the yellowed thick water and rotten internal organs were blown out together, sprinkled all over the river.

The crow that was blown up, with its intestines on its body, fluttered a few times, and finally disappeared into the river.

The stench reached the shore.

Hu Yanyi was a spirit, and the water bladder in his hand was like a red-hot soldering iron, and he threw it into the water. After that, he hurriedly pulled his pale wife away from the riverbank.

The old man smiled and followed, saying, "This river is the Surabaya River, and the upper reaches are connected to the moat of the Dantu. ”

"Although General Luo broke Liu Heizi, but he also killed too much, Lang Jun didn't come here yesterday, but at that time, there were floating corpses all over the river, the stench was thousands of miles, and the flies and insects gathered like black clouds......"

"Hi. The old man shook his head, "It's a pity that the people in the city are fat for nothing." ”

After avoiding a hundred and ten steps all the way, the stench in front of his nose eased slightly, and Hu Yanyi bowed down to thank him.

"Thank you for the reminder. ”

"No, it's just a matter of words. ”

After speaking, the old man looked at the husband and wife with a smile, and suddenly said:

"The old house is close to the left, why don't Lang Jun go and rest his feet and drink a bowl of wine to quench his thirst?"

........................

The two followed the old man, left the road, plunged into the forest, and went to the old man's house.

Along the way, the taller the tree, the denser the forest, the darker the light, and the deeper the cold.

Looking around, there are lonely pines and cypresses.

The wife became more and more palpitated, quietly pulled her husband's sleeve, and whispered, "Xianggong." ”

Hu Yanyi returned impatiently: "You have a lot of thoughts, but isn't it for you to rest?"

It's me who wants to rest, but not at this time, not here!

The wife was full of grievances and was about to argue.

The old man suddenly turned his head.

"It's okay, this old house is a little remote...... Just in time, the front has arrived. ”

As he spoke, he led the two of them to take more than ten steps forward.

I saw that in the lush cypress forest, surrounded by a large mansion with high walls and cornices. In front, a vermilion lacquered gate looked quite old, and the two stone beasts next to the door were also hidden in the thatch.

Let Lang Jun and the lady laugh. The old man still had that kind smiling face, "I just bought this house not long ago, and I haven't had time to clean it up, so I'm really ashamed." ”

With that, he pushed the door open and entered. Hu Yanyi also followed in without thinking, leaving his wife hesitating in front of the door.

At that time, the wind shook the woods, the forest whined like a ghost, and the cold air came from all around, she shivered, grabbed the placket of her clothes, and hurriedly caught up with her husband's footsteps.

Then, the wind grew louder and louder, pressing down on the thatch in front of the door, revealing the hideous face of the stone beast with two horns on its head and four eyes.

........................

Hu Yanyi thought that the old man lived here alone, but he didn't expect that there were still a few servants in the house with wooden expressions.

arranged for his wife to go to another courtyard to recuperate, and he was dragged by the old man to set up a banquet for hospitality.

He didn't want to stay here for a long time, and was about to excuse himself, but the old man didn't say a word, poured a glass of wine and served it in front of Hu Yanyi.

The rich aroma of wine came to his nose, and Hu Yanyi was stunned and didn't say anything about the resignation.

He was not an alcoholic, but the old man's wine seemed to have a different kind of mellow aroma.

Hu Yanyi couldn't stand a drink, and then it was a matter of course.

“...... This woman is so ignorant!"

I don't know if this wine is too mellow, or the old man is diligent, Hu Yanyi's cup is full of wine, and there are many words.

He not only shook his bottom to the bottom, but also poured out the depression in his heart by the way.

The old man smiled and comforted:

"A woman cares only about the love of her children, and where can she take care of her husband's ambitions?"

After speaking, his voice changed.

"However, Mrs. Ling is also delicate and frail, how can she withstand such asceticism, so ......"

The old man poured another cup for Hu Yanyi, and said with a smile:

"Why don't you leave it here for the time being, and after Lang Jun takes office, then send a carriage and a horse to greet him, how about it?"

........................

The wife never imagined that her husband would abandon her in this stranger's house.

It's a pity that the tears on his face can't save his beloved's eagerness to take up his post.

I was tired of crying, so I had to obey the old man's arrangement to live in a small courtyard, and under the fatigue and fear, I fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was night.

The room was silent, and an oil lamp stood like a bean in the middle of the house.

The light was so dim that it couldn't even illuminate the walls, leaving darkness on all sides.

For a time, the woman did not dare to leave the bed.

I just listened to my heartbeat getting faster and faster, and my breathing became longer and longer.

Finally.

She asked in a trembling voice:

"Anyone?"

No one answered.

After a long time, she mustered up her courage, tiptoed out of bed, picked up the oil lamp, and gritted her teeth and pushed open the door.

There was not a sound in the courtyard, and there were no stars or moons overhead.

She held one hand to her chest and held up the oil lamp tremblingly with the other. However, the heavy darkness seemed to be like an iron wall, and it pressed back the light heavily.

She shuddered again, not knowing whether to step out of the door.

Suddenly.

"Knock knock. ”

In the depths of darkness, there was a knock at the door.

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