A woman wearing a thick blue-black robe with longevity patterns painted on it sat up from the wooden box.
Her head turned more than ninety degrees, staring firmly in a certain direction.
The entire figure was like a piece of clothing on a hanger, lifted up by an invisible force and hung on the treetops by the river.
The next moment, her whole 'person' was carried by some inexplicable force, floating around in the dark night, chasing the caravan.
——
A strong wind blew past Xu Jing's ears.
The sharp sound of wind kept ringing in my ears.
Xu Jing tightened his grip on the horse's belly and stared at the swaying firelights in the darkness ahead without blinking. He did not dare to relax at all and followed closely at the end of the caravan.
He first worked as a carpenter's apprentice, but later the carpenter's master's family was killed by rebels. He escaped by sleeping in a woodshed, but he lost his place and became a beggar, with no food or clothing.
One time, after not begging for food for three consecutive days, Xu Jing fainted on the roadside due to hunger. When he woke up again, Xu Jing had been rescued by members of the caravan.
In order to earn a bite to eat, he joined this caravan.
——This was Xu Jing’s first time following a caravan across thousands of miles, doing business along Sichuan, Sichuan, and the Yunnan-Tibet Tea Horse Road. He did earn a lot of money, but compared to the money he earned, the various experiences he experienced on the thousands of miles of road were more valuable.
It was even more beyond his imagination and knowledge.
But for him, the experiences that were far beyond his imagination are commonplace for many caravan elders.
He is still a newcomer in this caravan.
Many things must be learned to do, and many things must be experienced slowly.
Maybe after going through all kinds of things, he has grown into a capable old caravan man.
It is also possible that he died on the way before passing a certain dangerous level.
When passing through a famine-stricken area in Shu, most of the brothers in the caravan fell victim to the 'Loess Disease' in that famine-stricken area. Although Xu Jing also contracted the 'Loess Disease', he was lucky enough to survive and barely survived.
Passed this critical hurdle.
Now, if the jade sculpture wrapped under the stone shell is related to something serious, another danger may be coming soon!
Xu Jingcai had earned some money, and he still wanted to go back alive. At least he had to squander all the money he earned before he was willing to die!
Therefore, this is most likely the second most dangerous situation for him personally, and he also wants to get through it safely!
"Drive!" Xu Jing shouted, clamped down on the horse's belly, and raised the horse's speed!
His shouts were heard in the silent darkness, but they seemed extremely abrupt.
——The flickering firelight in the darkness ahead has quietly disappeared without a trace since I don’t know when.
In the four fields, it seemed that Xu Jing was the only one left, driving his horse alone!
call!
A gust of cold wind cooled the sweat all over Xu Jing's body, making him feel cold all over!
In his ears, there were no whistles from other companions and brothers;
The sound of horse hooves, as dense as raindrops, has also disappeared!
The darkness around him was as solid as iron, and it was impossible for Xu Jing's eyes to penetrate it. The horse under his crotch did not increase its speed even though he kept urging him with his whip. Instead, it gradually slowed down and kept beating on the spot.
It snorted, neighed, and turned in circles anxiously.
It's going to be bad!
A thought flashed through Xu Jing's mind. He trembled all over and took out a paper bag from his saddle bag. He tore open the paper bag and grabbed a handful of incense. He picked up the fire starter with his other hand and blew it repeatedly.
After a few blows, the red flame was turned on——
He brought the flame closer to the incense sticks and lit two sticks. Another strong wind blew by, blowing away the incense sticks in his hand and breaking most of them!
But fortunately, the two lit incense sticks were not blown out and were still held by Xu Jing!
Xu Jing lowered himself on the horse, holding the incense stick in one hand, and stroking the horse's neck with the other hand, patting it lightly from time to time, and whispering: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, just keep walking forward."
, just move forward..."
Perhaps his comfort had an effect. After the strong horse shook its head for a while, it gradually took steps and walked forward.
Sweat soaked the few incense sticks in Xu Jing's hand.
The burning incense emitted a strange aroma, which had an inexplicable power that could soothe people's minds.
However, Xu Jing's heartbeat was still beating like a drum.
He is fully aware that he is now trapped in a strange incident and may be killed by a sudden appearance at any time - the shadow of death follows him everywhere, making every moment he spends now feel doubly painful!
Xu Jing was suffering like this, and time was moving forward slowly.
The strong horse sped up.
In the iron-clad darkness, the sound of wind gradually began to rise.
There were also faint sounds of horse hooves coming from the surroundings.
Hearing the sound of horse hoofbeats, Xu Jing's heart perked up. He didn't dare to shout out, for fear of waking up the man who was dormant in the dark and might not have noticed his own slyness. He just tried his best to increase the speed of his horse and ran forward.
——
As the horse runs, there is no longer just darkness ahead.
Some silk rays light up from the darkness.
Milky white light, warm and peaceful.
Xu Jing drove his horse closer to the white light and saw——
Under the treetop of a tall cypress tree, there hung a 'man' with glowing white skin.
The wind blew the treetops, and the 'man' swayed along with the branches.
The 'person''s face is like a big peach hanging upside down, and the handle of the peach forms the 'person''s neck. 'She' wears a thick blue-black robe, and the thick robe is covered with paintings.
Each 'longevity pattern'.
Her eyes are big and her red lips are as small as strawberries.
Looking at Xu Jing, a soft smile appeared on 'she''s face, like a young girl cat acting coquettishly with her sweetheart, she made a light and thin voice: "Where are you going?
Can you take me with you?"
"My mother——"
A chill hit Xu Jing's forehead from his tailbone. Xu Jing felt that the chill had knocked open his Tianling Cap and floated in the air. He screamed in horror and turned his horse's head sharply - but the strong horse under his crotch seemed
The four hooves were like roots, standing in place, motionless.
The body of the strong horse became cold and stiff.
already dead!
Xu Jing kicked off his stirrups, rolled over and rolled off his horse, then rolled and crawled away towards the distance!
"Can you take me with you?"
The peach-faced Li Wei was still whispering.
The voice rang in Xu Jing's ears.
He turned his head and saw the cold, stiff face, which was close to his left temple hair. In its dark eye sockets, the pale eyes rolled to the corners of the eyes, and the eyes were peaceful and quiet.
Watching Xu Jing quietly.
"Can you take me with you?"
Li Gui had an unchanging smile on his face.
The smile that originally looked gentle and graceful became eerie and terrifying under the dark exaggeration!
A pair of gleaming white arms emerged from Xu Jing's cuffs and wrapped around his neck. His thoughts became stagnant at this moment, and he opened his mouth, unable to say a complete sentence: "I..."
In the time it took to say a word, tears already fell from the corners of my eyes to my chin!
More layers of arms emerged from Xu Jing’s collar, cuffs, placket, and folds of clothes, wrapping Xu Jing layer by layer—
"Can you take me with you?"
Li Gui repeated a thin and soft sound like a bird's chirping, and her head got into Xu Jing's mouth.
"Can you take me with you?"
Her voice sounded in Xu Jing's mouth.
Then, it sounded in Xu Jing's neck again.
Delicate little hands sprouted from her mouth, climbed over Xu Jing's neck, and were about to tear out Xu Jing's internal organs——
Dang! Dang! Dang!
The sound of gong suddenly sounded!
The white light arms that wrapped around Xu Jing's body and were still slowly squirming suddenly stopped moving!
In the darkness, several ‘ghost faces’ rushed out!
Those colorful and half-faced ghost faces were changing directions in the darkness, and the sound of gongs that shook the night continued to come from under the ghost faces, hitting the 'eardrums' of the surrounding creatures and evil spirits one after another!
Dang! Dang! Dang!
The sound of gongs suddenly approached Xu Jing——
The white light arms wrapped around Xu Jing's body suddenly dispersed!
The black robe with the longevity pattern that was close to Xu Jing suddenly collided with the nearby grimace that was constantly twisting and pulling!
Dangdang!
At this time, in the darkness to the left and right of the ghost face, two more indigo ghost faces suddenly rushed out. Accompanied by the intensive sound of gongs, the two ghost faces rushed straight towards the head that emerged from Xu Jing's mouth.
The weirdness of the robe!
"Can you take me with you?"
"Can you take me with you?"
Li Kuai repeated these words in his mouth, and his figure suddenly flew away and hung on the top of a wild tree in the distance!
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
The rhythm of the gong changes, with a frequency of one second between each sound.
Xu Jing, who was standing on the spot, unable to move due to being eroded by the rhyme, suddenly disappeared from the spot - where he stood, there was only a blood-red grimace, and several grimaces clustered around him, all disappeared.
trace.
"Can you take me with you?"
The Li Gui hanging on the treetop suddenly rushed straight towards the blood-red grimace that was standing there, twisting and pulling!
The blood-red grimace suddenly turned pale!
The pale white layer dispersed into a puff of smoke amid the shaking and twisting of the grimace!
Around Li Jui who was approaching the ghost face, dozens of ghost faces appeared in layers in an instant, and dense gong sounds also sounded the moment the white smoke dispersed!
Dozens of twisted grimaces gathered around Li Jui!
"ah!"
Li Gui suddenly screamed and immediately drifted back to the treetops further away!
Dozens of ghost faces surrounded the blood-red ghost face that dispersed a burst of white smoke. They advanced and retreated in the darkness, dodged and evaded, rushed and slowed down, and in this constant interlacing, the blood-red ghost face disappeared.
All the ghostly faces disappeared into the darkness!
——
"Go, go, go!"
"Help Mr. Xu onto the carriage!"
"Dissolve the medicinal water and pour it into him!"
"Go quickly, don't stop!"
"That Gui might catch up with him again sometime!"
Dozens of 'ghost faces' that were constantly twisting and pulling flew onto the backs of a group of horses in the wild forest. A group of strong horses neighed like a black whirlwind passing over the earth to join the convoy further away.
Those twisted and pulled grimaces turned out to be colorful cloaks that exuded bursts of odor!
The members of the Zhuma Gang ran wildly.
Bursts of white smoke kept rolling out from under the cloak, filling the area for miles!
