It is said that Xie Yixiang and Shang do not abandon all the way out of Lanzhou City, as the so-called "Qiang Di why complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass", as far as the eye can see, are endless deserts, it is said that there are no people for dozens of miles, leaving pedestrians only lonely and desolate; occasionally a breeze blows, and in a blink of an eye, it becomes a majestic wind, blowing sand and gravel flying wildly, blowing in the face, so that pedestrians have to stop their horses to take shelter. Only then did Shang Buqi know that if he wanted to catch up with Ning Cui, who had been walking for two days in such an environment, there was absolutely no possibility, in comparison, Ning Cui's carriage was faster than the two of them.

The two had to give up the idea of chasing, hold the reins and move slowly, fortunately they met a caravan bound for "Don't Lose Bali City" before nightfall, and it was only from the Yumen Gate earlier today. Rushing in the desert like this, if the pedestrians meet unexpectedly, most of them will go together, and the caravan will also invite the two to go all the way, so they will set up camp next to the official road and light a fire for the night.

It is said that the temperature difference between day and night in this desert is very large, once it is night, it is surprisingly cold, and when the tent is set up, everyone has eaten dry food, and they all gather around the campfire to drink and chat. The guide of this caravan was an old man of the Vultures, and he used wine to tell the people about the ghosts and ghosts of Bebali, such as the flying head eating people in the middle of the night, and the one-eyed child entering the house and skinning it. Although he knew that his stories were all made up, it was also a little scary to listen to in the middle of the desert night.

Gradually, at the end of the hour, a crescent moon hung in the night sky, gilding the entire desert with a layer of silver, and most of the caravan had entered the tent to rest. Xie Yixiang is a woman, naturally it is inconvenient to squeeze a tent with all the men, so she rested by the bonfire and clothes, and suddenly heard the person on duty at night wake up everyone in the haze, and said: "Everyone be on guard, there is a stranger coming from the south, I am afraid that it is a villain in this desert!"

Everyone woke up and gathered around the campfire again. Looking closely, I saw that under the moonlight, there was indeed a figure coming from the south, walking towards the camp where everyone was, and the speed was not too fast. The fearful guide immediately said in a deep voice: "Strange thing! Strange thing! The bandits in this desert are only three tribes: 'Wind and Sand Rider', 'Dirty Beard', and 'Curry Magic Knife', but they are only active in the area of Beshin Bali City. This Yumen Pass is garrisoned by the army of the Han people, and no matter how bold the bandits are, they will never dare to come to this area to rob. What is the origin of this person now?" Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi didn't understand what was going on in the desert, so they had to wait and see what happened.

Everyone in the caravan did not dare to be careless, and they all took out the blades they carried with them, most of which were crossbow arrows. Seeing that the stranger to the south was no longer on his feet, and was no more than two hundred paces away from the camp, the leader of the caravan shouted in Chinese, "Who is here?" but the man did not answer, but continued to come this way. Then the leader asked one by one in the language of each tribe, but the man still did not answer, but his steps became faster and faster, until he almost trotted and rushed straight to the camp where everyone was.

Seeing the other party's move, a fearful man in the caravan raised his crossbow arrow, aimed at the stranger under the moonlight, and shouted: "Stop! If you don't stop, I'm going to release the arrow!" At this time, the person was only more than one hundred and fifty steps away from everyone, and Xie Yixiang's "poor thousands of miles" magic power could be roughly seen, it was a middle-aged man dressed in black, covered in dust, which could be described as filthy and swollen. The fearful man shouted this, and seeing that the other party had no intention of stopping, he immediately became murderous, and directly buckled the crossbow arrow spring in his hand, and the feather arrow suddenly came out of the string, and an arrow pierced the stranger's neck.

Xie Yixiang was slightly stunned, she couldn't imagine that the crossbow arrows of this fearful man were so powerful, not inferior to the bows and arrows of the Han people, and the attack was so ruthless, but the next scene suddenly frightened everyone present. Seeing that the stranger in the desert had been shot through the neck, he suddenly reached out and grasped the tail of the arrow, pulled it out with great difficulty, and threw it on the ground, while he continued to run towards the camp with his legs without stopping.

Everyone was horrified, and thought that the man had suffered this fatal arrow, and was in a dying struggle, but he was running faster and faster, and there was no sign of exhaustion, and in the blink of an eye he was only a hundred steps away from the camp. How could anyone in the world be shot through the neck by a feather arrow and still be unharmed, could it be that this stranger who appeared in the desert moonlit night was actually some kind of demon and monster?

The fearful man who released the arrow turned pale with fright, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Fortunately, the leader of the caravan was not in danger, and immediately shot an arrow, hitting the man in the chest. The rest of the people were frightened, and hurriedly followed suit, and in an instant, more than a dozen feathered arrows were already shot at the man, and several of them were not small, and even penetrated the man's body. Thus the stranger slowed down, rushed a few steps forward, and finally fell to the ground, never to get up again. But from a distance, I could vaguely see that his hands and feet were still struggling.

Seeing that this stranger finally fell, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but there were still palpitations in their hearts. The leader of the caravan hurriedly asked the guide for advice, and the guide muttered for a long time, and said: "It is said that there are many miraculous medicines in the world, which can stimulate the full potential of the human body in a short period of time, and there is no fear of life and death. In my opinion, the man was probably taking such drugs, so he only came back after being hit by an arrow. However, this person came alone to die, which is obviously a little unreasonable, and I am afraid that there is fraud in it...... Yes, maybe this is a trick by the gangsters to divert the tiger from the mountain, everyone must not act rashly, and wait until dawn to talk about anything!"

Hearing that the guide was reasonable, the people stayed by the campfire and were vigilant, and did not dare to go out to check on the stranger. Although Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi are bold artists, they don't understand what is going on, so it is inconvenient to come forward. Who knew that nothing happened in the middle of the night, and the stranger a hundred paces away no longer moved, apparently dead. When the crescent moon faded in the night sky, and the sky slowly turned white, illuminating the entire desert, everyone saw that the desert was no longer different, and then they dared to go to see the stranger's corpse. Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi also went together, both of them were veterans of handling cases at public dinner, and when they saw the corpse on the ground, they were immediately startled.

It turned out that the corpse on the ground was clearly a person who had been dead for two or three days. Although the corpse was full of feathered arrows, there was not much blood seeping out of the wound, only some congealed black blood, which was a sign that the arrow was only shot after death. Looking at the appearance of the corpse, it was a middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in black, dirty and tattered, with purple-red skin and obvious puffiness, which was a characteristic of the corpse that had been parked for two or three days. Shang Buqi was frightened and didn't care about the eyes of others, so he went straight forward to examine the autopsy, investigated a little, and immediately sank his face and said: "The cause of this person's death was suffocation caused by lung disease, and he died three days ago, and he was buried in the soil, so there is so much dust on his body, even in his ears and nostrils. As for the feathered arrow you shot at him last night, it only hit a corpse. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was in an uproar. Since the shooting of the stranger last night, everyone in the caravan has been staring at this corpse, and there is absolutely no possibility of exchange, how can a corpse that died three days ago walk and run under the moonlit night? Ibsis is the embodiment of evil, derived from the religion of the Vultures, and now the guide prays to mean that the corpse is actually the work of the devil.

At that moment, Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi discussed in a low voice, but they had no clue, and they didn't know why this corpse could be "resurrected". Thinking back to the scene last night, Xie Yixiang suddenly had an idea, and two words immediately appeared in his mind, and blurted out: "Walking corpses?"

It is said that Ning Cui and Shang did not give up the gambling contract, leaving behind the four cases of "Emei Blood Baby", "Lanzhou Ghost Monkey", "Yumen Walking Corpse" and "Tianshan Falling Dragon". However, the case of "Yumen Walking Corpse" that everyone detected in Yumen Pass not long ago was smuggled by the Taoist priest of "Yinshan Hall" under the pretense of driving the corpse, which is obviously not worth mentioning compared to the two major cases of "Emei Blood Baby" and "Lanzhou Ghost Monkey" in front.

Could it be that everyone was wrong at the beginning, Ning Cui's so-called "Yumen Walking Corpse" case did not refer to the corpse team of "Yinshan Hall", but the corpse in front of him running in the moonlit night?

After Xie Yixiang said his conjecture, Shang Bu gave up and couldn't help nodding, but immediately denied it: "The so-called 'Jade Gate Walking Corpse' is a dumb riddle left by Ning Cui's girl, and the 'Yinshan Tang' trick we exposed is also consistent with this riddle, so why bother thinking nonsense? You must know that the purpose of our trip is always to arrest the 'Face Tearing Demon', and now we are twenty or thirty miles away from Yumen Pass, and there is no reason to turn back." Even if we are wrong in our judgment of the 'Jade Gate Walking Corpse', as long as we can catch Ning Cui, all the puzzles will naturally be solved. ”