At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and the wilderness outside the Jade Gate Pass had long been empty, merging with the sky and disappearing into darkness together. In the more than ten miles of military camp inside the Yumen Pass, there are lights and fires lit up one by one, reflecting the wisps of rising cooking smoke, showing that the sergeants are burying the pot and cooking. And on the street behind the city wall, there is also a lively scene of busy traffic, and there is a resentful flute sound coming from the street, which is vaguely the tune of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xie Yixiang looked up from the city wall, but it was a Han woman in her thirties, sitting in front of her shop and playing the horizontal flute, attracting many onlookers. Although Xie Yixiang doesn't understand the rhythm of music, she can also faintly feel the homesickness in the sound of the flute, and can't help but miss the style of Qinhuai River and Wuyi Lane. Exactly: I don't know where to blow the reed pipe, and I want to look at the hometown overnight.

By the end of the day, when all the people on the streets had dispersed, there were no stars and no moon rising in the night sky, and it was obviously a dark and dreary night. The people on the wall were tired of waiting, and rested on the battlements of the arrows. Xie Yixiang and Xian Jingyue didn't sleep all night, and they fell asleep in an instant, and I don't know how long it took, but they suddenly heard Master Lu whisper: "The team to drive out the corpse is here!"

Everyone suddenly woke up and looked out of the Jade Gate together. I saw a group of people dressed in white faintly visible in the darkness, about a dozen of them, walking along the official road in the dark towards Yumen Pass, which was still a few miles away from the city gate.

I only heard Master Zhou say: "According to the list submitted by the 'Yinshan Hall' this month, the two Dao Masters who are responsible for driving out the corpses this time are Youhuang and Youcan, and they are the junior disciples of the 'Yinshan Hall' hall master, the Yin Shan Hall. Xie Yixiang looked at the city wall with her "poor thousands of miles" supernatural powers, and sure enough, she found that a few miles away in front of and behind the team, there was a person in a gray Taoist robe, and he also held a green oil lamp in his hand. Because it is too far away, even her "poor thousands of miles" supernatural power can't see the figure and appearance of this group of people clearly.

It is said that this Yumen Pass is the first of the three defense lines in the northwest, and since General Lu was stationed, it has been conscientious and conscientious, and there is no room for mistakes. Therefore, all those who enter and leave the Yumen Pass, in addition to being recorded with their identity documents, can only pass within the five hours from the hour to the time of Shen during the day, and all entry and exit are strictly prohibited at night. As for the "Yinshan Tang" corpse chasing team every month, first, the local people said that it was a great act of kindness for the "Yinshan Tang" to find the bodies of their relatives and friends for them; second, he also led troops to inspect them in those years, but not only did they not find anything suspicious, but they also fell seriously ill. That's why General Lu made it convenient for them to make an exception and let them go at night.

When Zhou Zhou, the master instructed the sergeant to open the jade gate and close the city gate, so that the corpse team could enter the gate. When the soldiers pushed open the gates, they extinguished the lanterns around the gates, and then they all hid on the walls. Seeing this, Xie Yixiang couldn't help asking, "Isn't there a sergeant left below? Why do you want to put out the lights?" General Lu replied: "The Taoist priest of the 'Yinshan Hall' once told them that the corpse chasing team is the most jealous of yang energy, and if they are not careful, they will collide with ghosts and gods, so they must extinguish the lights. Moreover, the last general also suffered back then, so every month on the night of the corpse, whether it was the garrison or the local people, they all avoided it. ”

Just as everyone was talking, the team outside the Jade Gate Pass gradually came closer. Because the city wall of this Yumen Pass is as high as twenty zhang, and it is a starless and moonless night, I can only barely see the gray-robed Taoist priest at the front of the team, under the light of the turquoise oil lamp in his hand, it is a middle-aged Taoist priest in his thirties and forties, and he seems to be doing something. Behind him, there were a total of twelve people in white, so close to each other that their chests were almost close to their backs, and they couldn't see their faces clearly in the night, only the white clothes they were wearing.

Looking at the walking posture of these people in white, it is even more strange. You must know that when ordinary people walk, their arms usually swing with their steps, lifting their left foot out of their right hand and lifting their right foot out of their left hand, which can be described as nature. However, when these white-clothed people walked, their arms hung down on their sides and did not move, and it did not seem to be deliberate. In addition, their steps are even more strange, and although their legs are stepping out, they seem to be powerless, as if they are floating on the ground. The strangest thing is that because these people in white are so close together, the steps of the twelve people are exactly the same, they all step on the left leg at the same time, and then the right leg at the same time, and the footsteps of the person behind them just step on the previous foothold of the person in front.

Seeing the behavior of these white-clothed people clearly, Xie Yixiang, Xian Jingyue and Shang Buqi all gasped. Obviously, these twelve white-clothed people are by no means living people, they are indeed twelve corpses, but how can the corpses walk on their own? Xie Yixiang groaned for a while, and couldn't help muttering: "Could it be that these corpses are equipped with some kind of control mechanism, driven by the two Taoist priests in front of and behind? I have personally witnessed the mechanism information technique of the Mo family in the Tianshan Mountains, and it can actually create a mechanism and a bird, which is really a miraculous skill. Shang Buqi next to him sneered: "Although the Mo family's organ technique is the best in the world, it has always been very proud, how can it be related to the Taoist priest who drove the corpse? ”

Master Lu suddenly said: "The so-called corpse chasers in Xiangxi are just rumors in the market, and this will be constantly exaggerated by the world. In fact, the villain's ancestral home is Jiangxi, in the villain's hometown, the 'corpse chaser' is also known as the 'corpse carrying man', when transporting the corpse on the back to hurry, over time, it gradually plays a variety of tricks, it is said that there are people who can carry three corpses at the same time to hurry, double retreat still comes and goes like the wind. And the 'art of chasing corpses' of this 'Yinshan Hall' is also ever-changing, but it is a unique skill practiced by these Taoist priests. It's like a trick from the Persian side, although they know it's fake, but the trickster refuses to reveal the mystery, and although everyone is curious, it's not easy to ask them. ”

Hearing this, Xie Yixiang suddenly remembered the late "Xiangxi Corpse King" Lu Santong, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The merchant next to him did not give up and said: "It is understandable to eat by craftsmanship, but if you are a traitor by craftsmanship, it is self-defeating." General Lu couldn't help but ask: "Shang Shenzhu said that the corpse chasing team of 'Yinshan Hall' was smuggled away, but now the last general has to order this corpse chasing team to intercept it?" It's just that the 'Yinshan Hall' is very popular in this area, if Shang Shenzhu is not completely sure, so that the sergeants under the command of the last general are in vain, then the matter will be a little difficult to do." ”

Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi hurriedly replied at the same time: "No need. Seeing that the corpse team had come to the word "concave" in front of the city gate of Yumen Pass, Xie Yixiang stared at the corpse team with the magic power of "poor thousands of miles", and when the team completely entered the door of the city gate, she wanted to go down and look again. General Lu and the others hurriedly stopped drinking and said, "Miss Xie San, don't be reckless, beware of getting too close and colliding with the ghosts and gods!" Xie Yixiang sneered: "It's okay. He immediately descended the stone staircase on the inner wall of the wall.

Xian Jingyue was afraid that Xie Yixiang would lose, so she hurriedly went down to the city with her. Who knew that when Xie Yixiang went down to the halfway point of the city wall, she suddenly stopped, and said with a smile: "I understand, I see!" When she and Xian Jingyue returned to the city wall, she said to the merchant who did not give up: "The previous case of 'Lanzhou ghost monkey' can only be solved by Shang catching heads, and he can actually 'paint' a 'portrait' of the monkey, which is really convincing." I wonder if the head of the merchant can also 'paint' the corpses in the current case of 'Yumen Walking Corpses', so as to solve this 'mystery of driving out the corpses'?"

That Shang's face changed slightly, and he asked, "So, you have already figured out the reason?" Xie Yixiang smiled: "Exactly." ”

While the two were talking, the corpse chaser had already passed through the streets behind the city walls, all the way to Yizhuang, half a mile away. Xie Yixiang was a girl's mind in the end, but she became more and more interested, and immediately wanted to emulate the three-day appointment she had made with herself when she was in Lanzhou City, and wanted to make fun of this Beiping god. But I heard Xian Jingyue say: "Yixiang don't want to come here, and General Lu is here with you." Now that the case has been solved, he will quickly speak out. ”

Xie Yixiang listened to his senior brother's words, so he had to make a grimace at Shang Buqi, and then said to General Lu: "I have seen through the tricks of 'Yinshan Hall', so we will rush to Yizhuang and arrest them." However, before that, General Lu was also asked to send troops to surround the store of 'Yinshan Hall' at the end of the street, and no one should escape. ”