The mountains are undulating, the trees are withered, a grassy path is twisting and turning, the fertile fields on both sides are cracked and a finger's width wide, and the weeds are dry and occasionally white.

Yi Fan looked at the sun slanting in the west, wiped his sweat, and threw the kettle to the disgusting ghost with weak limbs and listlessness.

"There should be a village not far away, hold on a little longer. ”

It has been nearly a year since he left Hangzhou, he and Zhuge Liuyun got off the boat halfway, the two parted ways, he traveled around with disgusting ghosts, and Zhuge Liuyun went all the way to find Yan Chixia, and should have gone to Jiangxi.

In this year, he traveled all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang, saw the famous rivers, and also went to Huifu to visit the mountains, met many people, and experienced a lot of things.

Finally, three months ago, the current emperor died, and the situation in the world changed suddenly, as if overnight, the way of the world changed, and there were chaos and bandits everywhere.

Yi Fan also felt that he had been away from home for too long and that it was time to go back, so he went all the way south, and when he arrived at the boundary less than 300 miles away from Guobei County, he saw a drought here, and the people were not able to make a living.

Seeing that the time was not early, he patted the dust on his body, and continued to hurry with the disgusting ghost.

After walking a few miles, there was a village in the distance, and when I looked closer, I found that it was extremely desolate, with dilapidated houses hanging low, weeds and people high, and a well in front of it was also dry, and not a drop of water could be drawn.

After searching for a few houses, there were no people, the rice jar was clean, and there were even the bones of dead rats, so I no longer had hope, presumably this village had been abandoned for a long time.

Casually found a fairly complete room, pushed open the door and a foul smell came to his face, Yi Fan held his breath, flicked his sleeves, brought a gust of wind, blew away the smell, and saw that there were two white bones in the house, seeing its shape, it should be a mother and son, and I don't know whether it was starvation or thirst.

Yi Fan sighed, hesitated, closed the door and looked for other rooms, and after walking a short distance, he saw another white skeleton, hanging on the beam, but he hanged himself.

Seeing that his white bones are thick and thick, he is a man, and he should be a family with the mother and son in the house over there, but before this natural and man-made disaster, it is considered extinct.

"Forget it, meeting is fate, borrow your house for one night, and collect the bones for you as a reward. ”

Yi Fan thought about it, and no longer looked for other houses, found a rag, gathered the bones of a family of three, dug a pit in the middle of the house, and did not erect a monument, so he buried them.

"There is no name in life, there is no monument after death, dust returns to dust, I hope you will be reincarnated in a peaceful world in the next life. ”

At this time, it was already dark, Yi Fan recited a passage of excessive scriptures, and immediately asked the disgusting ghost to find some wood, pile it together, light it with flint, and take out the dry food.

Shaking the kettle, there was still half a pot of water left, took a sip, and threw it to the disgusting ghost: "Drink less, I don't know if I can find a water source tomorrow." ”

The disgusted ghost took the kettle, shook his head, put the kettle down and leaned against the wall, staring blankly outside, not knowing what he was thinking.

Yi Fan ignored him, ate the dry food with cold water, thought about it, pulled out half of it, put it in the baggage, and kept it for tomorrow.

Who knows how far they have to go before they reach the realm of living people, and if they run out of food and water, they will not starve to death, but they will be uncomfortable.

As for the beasts of the mountains?

The water source is dry, the trees are withered, and there are occasional wild beasts, and there are only skin and bones left, and they have to go deep into the mountains to find them.

I don't know how many lives have died in this great drought.

In the middle of the moon and the cold night, Yi Fan suddenly opened his eyes and looked outside, and the disgusted ghost also got up early, with a pair of green eyes, staring at the door excitedly.

"Woo ......"

The sound of a long ghost cry came, echoing in the village, and then there were a few more echoes, one after another, which made people feel cold.

"Dead are dead, what are you doing in the world? Even if you become a ghost, you can't harm people in this wilderness. ”

Yi Fan muttered and kicked the disgusted ghost: "I'll leave it to you, just to fill your stomach." ”

Disgusted with the ghosts, he immediately jumped out of the wall, and after a few moments he heard a terrible scream, and then the whole village fell silent again.

After a while, the disgusted ghost entered the house, grinned, touched his belly, sat back down, and yelled at Yi Fanwei a few times.

Yi Fan nodded and closed his eyes: "Okay, since you're full, let's sleep, and we have to continue to travel tomorrow." ”

......

Five days later, Yi Fan finally found the avenue, but saw the stone tablet in Guobei County lying aside, with weeds entangled, if it weren't for his sharp eyes, he might not have found it.

has only been away for more than a year, and Guobei County, which used to be full of people, has fallen to this point, which is amazing.

Anyway, when he finally arrived at the boundary of Guobei County, Yi Fan let out a sigh and let the disgusted ghosts speed up his pace, preparing to feel Guobei County today.

The wind and sand all the way, the avenue was deserted, and I didn't go far, I heard a sound of footsteps behind me, and then I saw a man in a strong suit approaching quickly with a hand in his hand, his face was full of panic, and he didn't stop when he saw Yi Fan, and ran directly over.

After a while, I heard the noise behind me, and more than ten men caught up, all of them fierce and vicious, and the person headed by him pointed at Yi Fan with a knife: "Hey, Taoist, have you seen anyone running by?"

"Didn't see it. ”

"Really?"

Seeing Yi Fan shaking his head again, the man smiled cruelly, and looked at the disgusting ghost with a hat: "You Taoist priest, you are not honest, I hate dishonest people the most." ”

"Brothers, chop him up. ”

More than a dozen men laughed and surrounded him, their eyes shining fiercely, and their swords came out together, as if Yi Fan was a cow or sheep to be slaughtered.

Yi Fan snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and his footsteps moved, and in an instant, he arrived at the side of the man who was the leader, grabbed the knife surface, and pinched it hard, only to hear a click, and the knife was actually broken.

The man was stunned, swallowed his saliva, and cautiously looked at Yi Fan's hand from the corner of his eye: "Dao, Dao Chief, I'm joking, don't take it seriously." ”

"Get out. ”

"I'll get out, I'll get out. ”

The man nodded hurriedly, took a few steps back, and kicked the person next to him: "The Taoist has told you to get out, why are you still here?" ”

Immediately led the way and ran back, and the rest of the men glanced at each other, glanced at Yi Fan in fear, and hurriedly followed.

Yi Fan's face was expressionless, in the past year, he had seen many such bandits, and he had killed a lot, but now he is too lazy to kill again, there are too many.

In this troubled world, human life is like mustard, and it is really worthless.

Seeing that the gang of bandits ran away, he no longer cared, turned a mountain depression, and saw a corpse lying on the side of the road, and saw that it was actually a man who had run before.

Yi Fan only glanced at it, ignored it, continued to hurry, and finally walked for more than two hours, and saw the outline of Guobei County from a distance.