Mu Sheng, Mu Ang and Li Hao lived in Lanruo Temple for a few days, and everyone devoted themselves to practicing every day, and they also accompanied Zhu Yunwen to relax a lot, and gradually Zhu Yunwen's face smiled more, but the words gradually became less.

Suddenly, one day, Mu Sheng received a message from the flying pigeon, and hurriedly summoned the four white-clothed warriors and said: "The four of you, stick to Lanruo Temple, do not allow any strangers to approach and protect the three masters." Even when there is danger, you can die, but you must also ensure that the three masters are unharmed. ”

After the order, when he saw Zhu Yunwen, he said: "Your Majesty, Annan has violated my border for no reason, and the border is urgent, and I, Brother Ang and Mr. Li will go back to Yunnan first." You and Lord Ye and Lord Yang will stay here temporarily, and I will leave the four of them to protect the absolute safety of this place, and after I have dealt with the affairs of the border pass, I will invite Zen Master Wuyi to come. ”

Zhu Yunwen agreed, and he made a clear distinction between private and official affairs.

Let's say that after Pei Feng left, everyone was very heavy, Xi Wusi and Xi Wuhan packed up and stopped, and went with the Liu family brothers reluctantly, and got along with Huangshan for a period of time, and they, especially Xi Wuhan, liked this senior brother very much.

Now he is the only one left, first met Huang Gui, and then unintentionally reunited with the family of Shi Niang. But in the past few days, so many changes have happened, and now I am the only one on the road.

After locking the door and telling the neighbors to take care of him, Huangshan embarked on the road to the west without hesitation, and he did not dare to forget the trust of the master. The future is bleak, the wind and rain are like obscurity, but the thin shoulders have to take on a huge responsibility.

After passing through Fengyun Ridge, looking at the ruins in front of you, there was a barren scene. He has never been here, so he can only rely on his imagination to sketch the magnificent scene here that year. The master did not teach him martial arts, but he taught him how to behave in the world and how to uphold justice in the midst of chaos with practical actions.

The lake in front of me, as well as the stream at the foot of the mountain, are still there, and the bloodstains of fifteen years ago are long gone. But in the heart of Huangshan, there is also a power of faith, echoing in this landscape.

After going down to Fengyun Ridge, I walked west for four or five hours on the mountain road, and I had reached the junction of Hunan. On the mountain road at dusk, looking not far in front of you, the smoke curls in the village, and in the snow, the nostalgia is so strong.

Closer to the village, the mountain road is lined with all kinds of sacrificial objects, and some villagers are chanting words in their mouths while burning paper money in their hands.

This is not yet a small year, and it is not the 15th day of the seventh month, so is there some peculiar customs here? Surprised, Huangshan's footsteps did not stop, because he thought that he could find food and lodging in the village at night, and he could continue to hurry tomorrow.

A child of four or five years old circled happily around the firing adult, and before he knew it, he had reached the edge of the road, and a short distance beyond that was a cliff. Seeing that the child was about to fall to the edge of the cliff while playing, Huang Shan hurriedly shouted: "Stop, stop." ”

The adults were astonished, and when they looked up and saw that the child was about to go to the cliff, their faces turned pale with fright, and they hurriedly ran over like a gust of wind. But how could they save the child when they were so far away, and the child was so close to the cliff?

Huang Shan kicked his legs, exerted all his strength, and stretched out his hand to hug the child while running. Just when the child was about to fall off the cliff, he grabbed the child's clothes, lifted them gently, and held them in his arms.

The adult knelt on the ground in fright, and he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, but he was very happy. The child finally woke up from his ignorance, and he was so frightened that he couldn't stop crying.

Seeing that the children were safe, the adults ran over one after another, and they were naturally grateful to Huangshan. The simple villagers knew that he was a faraway traveler in the rivers and lakes as soon as they saw Huangshan, and the heavy snow was cold and cold, so they took this life-saving benefactor to their own home, and they had to thank him well.

Along the way, I learned that this was a young couple, the male was called Yu Daniu, and the female was called Cuihua. Da Niu's parents died early, but with his own strength, he put the crops in order. Cuihua in the neighboring village saw that Da Niu was honest and honest, and he was willing to work hard, so he married Da Niu without hesitation despite the opposition of his family.

"Brother Da Niu, I am from Raozhou, and it stands to reason that the customs of my hometown and here should not be too different. Today is neither a small year nor a day of Ghost Festival sacrifice, what is your village sacrificing?" chatted with Da Niu all the way, knowing that Da Niu was honest, Huangshan asked the doubts in his heart.

Da Niu looked nervous, and hurriedly made a silent gesture and said: "Engong, don't ask indiscriminately, in our village, don't ask this question again." ”

When Cuihua heard Huang Shan's question, she hurriedly folded her hands, closed her eyes and kept praying: "The creatures of the Quartet, the cliff fairy, he is a stranger, he doesn't understand our rules here, you must not blame him." ”

Huangshan became more and more strange, what has this village experienced? What are they afraid of? But he is just a passerby, and since there are taboos in other people's homes, it is inconvenient for him to ask again.

At night, Ah Niu was stunned to pull Huangshan to drink, saying that he wanted to thank Engong, and the wine was half drunk, and Huangshan remembered the problem during the day, and asked Ah Niu again.

Ah Niu was drunk, and then slowly said: It turns out that this village is called Cliff Village, and the name of the village is taken from the cliff, and there is a god valley under the cliff, which is said to be very deep, and the villagers have lived here for generations, but no one knows what is in the deep valley. I only know that there is a stream upstream that does not dry up all year round and flows into a deep valley, but I don't know where this water ends up. The old people guessed that there should be a god living in it, and the god took all the water that flowed into it to make wine.

Originally, the villagers here lived a quiet life here, but I don't know when it started, every sixth night of the first month of the month, there would be a sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling. The voice was eerie, as if it came from a deep valley under the cliff. Later, the legend became more and more intense, and someone even faintly saw a white-covered ghost under the cliff on the edge of the cliff.

Later, many people in the village fell off the cliff one after another, so the ghost thing gradually settled down among the villagers. Therefore, on the sixth day of the first month of every month, the villagers will spontaneously burn paper on the road by the cliff to worship.

Huang Shan felt very curious, the theory of ghosts and gods in this world itself was very absurd, so Huang Shan asked again: "Then after someone stumbles, no one goes to the bottom of the valley to see?"

Da Niu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Who dares to go, no one dares to go, that deep valley is spreading more and more evil, even the government does not dare to go down, who dares to go down to us ordinary people? I think you don't have to ask about Engong anymore, the people in the village are silent about this deep valley, in our cliff village, there is a forbidden land." ”

Huang Shan thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "Brother Da Niu, what you just said is that there will be ghost screams on the sixth day of the new month every month? Today is the sixth day of the new year, so according to your meaning, you can hear the ghost screams tonight?"

Da Niu nodded, and at this moment, there was a sad cry from the direction of the forging press, and the cry was desolate, sad, and seemed to be very helpless. Not only Huangshan, everyone hears this voice, the sound seems to be very far away, and it seems to be right in front of you.

The villagers hurried back to their houses, and even the lights were quickly extinguished, and in an instant, the whole village was shrouded in darkness, and even the dogs guarding the door let out whining and screaming.

Cuihua hurriedly blamed Da Niu, hugged the child tightly, and hurriedly pulled Da Niu and Huangshan into the house. As soon as she entered the house, Cuihua blew out the candle flame and softly blamed the bull and chattered.

Huang Shan also shuddered, but gradually, he felt from the bursts of ghost cries that this was not a ghost, but more like someone was malicious about it. Moreover, the sixth day of the new month is the stalk that has always crossed his heart.

Gradually, after the crying, the villagers waited slowly, as if relieved.

Huang Shan was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Brother Da Niu, sister-in-law, how do I feel that this is not a ghost crying? I am running the rivers and lakes, whether there are ghosts in the world or not, I have never heard the ghost crying, but the voice just now is obviously the voice of a person." ”

Da Niu trembled as if he had touched a taboo when he heard Huang Shan say this, and he said in a panic while shaking his hands: "Engong, I can see that you are a hero, but we are all ordinary people in the countryside, and there are some things that we can't say or do." I don't think about it, don't talk about it, don't do it, you have pity on us honest people, once the ghosts and gods are angry, we can't afford it. ”

Huang Shan didn't say anything more, because he knew that the more he talked, the more uneasy they would become, but in his heart, he had already made up his mind that he would go down to the valley to find out. Because he could clearly hear that the so-called cry just now was not a ghost crying, but a human voice. Not only is it a human voice, but he can also judge from the voice that this person's internal strength is extremely deep and extremely powerful.

As soon as the day dawned, Huangshan found the big cow, and it can be seen that the big cow is a heartless master, and the events of last night were forgotten after one night.

"Brother Big Niu" Huang Shan stopped the big cow who was about to go to the vegetable field to help pick vegetables and said: "Brother Big Niu, there is something I want to tell you, I decided to go down the cliff and deep valley to find out, whether it is a person or a ghost, I must find out." ”

Da Niu opened his mouth wide in shock, he may know that the people in the rivers and lakes are bold, but he didn't expect that this handsome young man in front of him, who seemed to be weak and weak, would be so bold.

The big cow still wanted to persuade him, and he pulled Huang Shan's arm and dragged him home, Huang Shan waved his hand and said: "If it is a ghost, I will get rid of the ghost, so as not to harm the village." If it is a person, I will also get rid of the person and return a peace to the village. ”

Seeing the firmness in Huang Shan's eyes, Da Niu asked hesitantly: "Then, then you want more... How long to... Talent... Can you finish this? and... Also, I... I can... Can do it for you... Do some... What?"

Huang Shan smiled indifferently: "Brother Niu don't need to panic, I will go here for three or five days, and I will return in one or two days." I also asked Brother Niu to help me prepare a long enough rope, and I went straight down the cliff. ”

Dead horses are used as live horse doctors, and the men in the rivers and lakes are bold, not to mention that they can't persuade him, so the big cow has to shake his head, turn around and go to every family to borrow a rope.