The next day, before dawn, there was a red leaf forest.
A hundred feet away from the entrance of the forest, a group of men in military uniforms were hiding in the forest, watching the forest path closely.
A young man in military uniform slapped the back of his neck, and three mosquito corpses suddenly appeared on his palm. He cursed in a low voice: "What the hell is this place? There are so many damn mosquitoes!"
A person next to me advised: "This is the farthest south, so there are naturally a lot of mosquitoes. Just be patient. It's almost Chen time, and they should be here soon."
The young man suddenly glanced behind him and said, "Old Wei, have you noticed something is wrong? There is no sound in the forest behind you all night long. You can't even hear the chirping of insects or birds. Do you think it's strange?"
Before Old Wei could speak, another person echoed: "I discovered it a long time ago, I'm afraid there is something unclean inside."
"Fart! Don't scare yourself, kid. If there were so many unclean things in this world, would you still be alive today?" Lao Wei scolded.
"Really, I heard someone talk about it on the way here, saying that there is a red leaf forest in the east of Linhai County. It is a ghost forest!" said the timid man.
The young man said with a smile: "That's good, I have never seen a ghost in my life. I just wanted to see if it is scarier than Captain Qu!"
At this moment, a roar rang out: "It's almost Chen time. From now on, if any bastard talks again, I will soak him in the cesspit for a whole day!"
The person who spoke was the captain Qu Cong.
The young man stuck out his tongue and said in a hushed voice: "Let me tell you, even if there is a ghost, I'm afraid I will be scared and run away after hearing what our captain Qu said!"
Several people nearby laughed softly.
At this moment, there was a faint sound in the distance.
The young man was startled and looked behind him hurriedly. Everyone else was doing the same thing as him, because the sound came from behind.
The young man stared at the path with wide eyes. His bow and arrows were already on the bowstring. When he saw someone coming, he drew the bow full.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and a man was seen running towards the forest road from a distance.
The man staggered on his feet, and while running with great difficulty, he turned around and looked behind him, as if something was chasing him.
The young man lowered his voice and said, "Old Wei, this guy shouldn't be the target, right?"
"Probably not, the target is four people, and they should be coming from the west, not the east." Old Wei's voice was very calm, and he was indeed the oldest among them.
However, as soon as Old Wei's voice fell, three more people came out of the alley. The three people were much faster than the person in front, and they quickly chased after the person in front.
Four people gathered in a flash, and the young man hurriedly drew his bow to full capacity and waited for the captain's order.
Unexpectedly, before Captain Qu's order came, the three chasing men suddenly stopped and one of them shouted: "There is an ambush!"
In an instant, the three people dispersed, and one of them rushed towards the young man.
"Fire the arrow!"
Captain Qu's roar sounded.
The young man loosened his bowstring and shot the long arrow at one of them like a meteor chasing the moon. The man reacted extremely quickly and rolled on the ground to avoid the first wave of arrows.
However, before he could sprint again, the second wave of arrows had already hit him. He barely managed to deflect seven or eight arrows, but he was still hit by a few arrows and died on the spot.
One of the other two people was also shot to death. Although the other was hit by three arrows, he still ran back deep into the jungle despite his injuries.
The young man was waiting for Captain Qu's order to chase. In the past, when encountering this kind of situation, they should have been asked to separate and chase the two living people.
However, Captain Qu did not speak.
Someone shouted: "Captain, aren't you going to chase me?"
Captain Qu fell down from the trunk of a big tree, walked to a corpse, and said in a deep voice: "These people are not our targets."
If these three people had not taken the initiative to attack, he would not have ordered the attack.
"Aren't our targets exactly four people?" A person came next to him and asked.
Captain Qu said in a deep voice: "There should be an old man among our targets. Okay, stop talking nonsense and get rid of the body quickly."
…
On the road leading to the red leaf forest in Linhai County, Wu Chengsi, four people and a dog walked slowly forward.
It was just after this time, and the cool sea breeze mixed with a bit of moist smell blew towards the face, making people clear-headed.
When they came to a place two miles away from the forest, the dog accompanying them suddenly barked.
The four people stopped immediately.
This dog has been specially trained to bark whenever it senses a stranger.
Not long after, a figure appeared in front and rushed towards this direction.
When the man approached, Wu Chengsi was slightly startled.
It turned out that the person who came was actually the man he had rescued from being dragged by a horse in the tea shed, Zhao Peng.
Zhao Peng's injuries seemed to have undergone simple treatment, but the expression on his face was very frightened, and he looked back from time to time.
"Ha, boy, is it someone from Wuwei who is chasing you again?" Zhugenan asked.
Zhao Peng glanced at Wu Chengsi and the others, did not reply, and silently ran past them with his head lowered.
After walking along the official road for a while, Zhao Peng found two more people walking towards him. One of them was a young man wearing yellow cedar, and the other was an old man.
Zhao Peng planned to repeat the same trick and lowered his head to pass by the two of them. Unexpectedly, the Huangshan man suddenly stopped him and raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you the one who was rescued by the man named Wu yesterday afternoon? What are you doing here?"
Zhao Peng said coldly: "It has nothing to do with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a strong wind blowing from his side. He hurriedly tried to dodge, but was still a step too slow. The skinny old man grabbed his shoulder, pressed hard, and fell to his knees on the ground.
"You will answer whatever my young master asks you, do you understand?" the skinny old man said solemnly.
Zhao Peng gritted his teeth and said, "I was just passing by here!"
Huang Shan man raised his chin with a folding fan and said coldly: "What is your relationship with Wu Wei?"
"I was arrested by him just because I took another look at his lameness. It had nothing to do with him!"
The Huangshan man suddenly lost interest in him and walked past him. The skinny old man released his grip on his shoulders and left.
…
When Wu Chengsi and the others arrived outside the forest, the yellow dog suddenly started barking in the direction of the forest.
"Woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!"
Seeing something strange about this dog, Zhuge Sanyuan said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, there should be someone in the forest. Let me go in and explore first."
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "Then you should be more careful."
Zhuge Sanyuan smiled slightly and said: "Protect His Highness, I will come back as soon as I go."
He jumped onto a tree trunk. When Wu Chengsi looked up, his figure had disappeared without a trace.
Zhuge Sanyuan was like a sensitive ape, leaping between the tree trunks without making any sound.
Not long after, a crimson patch suddenly appeared in front of his sight. It was a group of strange trees, about ten feet away in front of him.
The leaves of these trees are dark red, somewhat similar to maple trees, but the leaves are larger than maple leaves and are oval in shape.
From a distance, the entire forest is a bright red and looks extremely magnificent. I think the name of this forest comes from this red leaf forest.
However, when his eyes moved down, Zhuge Sanyuan's expression instantly became extremely solemn.
In the middle of this red forest, dozens of men in military uniforms were lying scattered.
There were no wounds on those people's bodies, and there was no blood on the ground. Zhuge Sanyuan couldn't tell whether they were still alive, let alone why they were lying here.
Zhuge Sanyuan suspected that there was something wrong with the mangrove forest and was about to return to report to Wu Chengsi.
Suddenly, I heard something moving again, so I stopped moving and waited quietly.
Not long after, three figures walked out from the depths of the red forest.
Zhuge Sanyuan looked carefully and found that the three people covered their mouths and noses with white cloths, then wrapped a thin rope around their heads and tied the cloths to their faces.
They didn't make any exchanges and silently dealt with the person who had passed out on the ground. One person carried the two of them and returned to the dense forest.
Zhuge Sanyuan was about to continue reading when suddenly he felt a slight discomfort in his breathing. He was shocked and hurriedly stepped back ten feet.
Not long after, he felt his body returned to normal.
Looking at the strange red forest in front of him, Zhuge Sanyuan took a deep breath, stopped lingering, turned around and returned to the deep forest.