Not long after the beast cart passed by, a bubble of water suddenly appeared in the deep lake, and a dead white face quietly emerged from the lake.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a rickety body slowly walking out of the lake, and then another, two, three, about three hundred bodies, large and small. You follow me, I will follow.
You, walk slowly towards the mountains and forests beside the lake.
After a while, the body disappeared into the mountains and forests, and the lake surface returned to calm, as if what just happened had never happened.
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The heavy animal cart moved forward slowly on the mountain road, and the chicken flew in the sky. Some raindrops drifted towards the face and slid away along its wings.
It's almost three days' journey from the small town to Chenyang, and we definitely won't be able to reach it tonight.
So in the evening, the old driver drove the animal cart skillfully into a yard not far from the roadside to rest.
The yard is not very big, with two front and back entrances, and is surrounded by mud bricks, which looks very impressive. However, for some reason, the yard is dilapidated, and even the mud brick walls are rickety and dilapidated.
In the wilderness, there were many strange things happening at night, so the old driver and the Qiao family's wife did not dare to stray too far from Gongliang, so the three of them rested together in the front room.
A firewood was burning brightly in the hall. It was still early and the three of them had no intention of sleeping, so they started talking over the bonfire.
The public servant curiously asked the old man driving the car: "Old man, this place looks nice, why is it so abandoned?"
The old driver has been traveling on this road for who knows how many years, and he is very knowledgeable about the surrounding areas.
After hearing what Gong Liang said, he said: "This courtyard was originally the manor of a large family in Chenyang. What we saw was only the outer part. Going further in, there is a valley, where the real manor is. It turns out that this place is very prosperous.
, there were a lot of people coming and going, and then overnight, everyone inside and outside the manor died, and no one took care of it, so it gradually became deserted."
"So many people died and no one came to find out what happened?" Gong Liang asked in surprise.
"How not?"
The old driver said: "I don't know how many waves came, and even the government sent people to investigate. Unfortunately, no reason was found in the end. In the end, the family invited a mage to look at it, and they found out that the valley is located in the mountains.
The soil is soft, making it the best place to raise corpses. In the past, I didn’t know which evil person buried the corpse below. Later, when the corpses of the underworld were grown, the village suffered such a calamity. Although that family knew the cause and effect, they never dared to send any corpses there again.
People came here, so the place became deserted and became what it is now."
After chatting for a while, Gongliang took out a piece of animal skin and covered himself and Mi Gu, then lit a fire and fell asleep.
Yuan Gungun was already lying next to him, sleeping happily.
This fool, I don't know what he remembered, a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, and he made a slurping sound while drooling. He didn't know what delicious food he dreamed of in his dream.
The old driver also took out his luggage from the car, spread it beside the firewood, and fell asleep.
After all, the wife of the Qiao family was a female prostitute and couldn't sleep with them, so she cleaned out a side room next to her and slept in it. She was just scared and didn't dare to close the door. She only felt at ease when she looked at Gong Liang and the old driver.
In the middle of the night, the gloomy sky finally opened up.
A ray of moonlight squeezed out from it, casting a pale light downwards.
"Xin Xin Xin"
In the woods on the mountain road where the driver was driving the beast cart, clear bells sounded out of thin air, echoing in the night sky for a long time.
The sound of the bell sounded from far to near. After a while, an old man in a black robe was seen walking through the thick night fog and walking out of the woods. The old man held a three-pronged copper bell in his left hand and one made of the roots of an ancient tree in his right hand.
He was wearing a walking stick with a dragon head and a chestnut skin gourd hanging on it. I saw his walking stick pause, and the weeds next to him fell to both sides automatically without any wind.
As he walked, the old man rang the bell and shouted: "Yin people go on the road, and yang people avoid it. If you want to avoid it, please take care of yourself."
Behind him, a group of white figures jumped forward step by step as the bell shook.
"Xin Xin Xin"
Ringtones kept coming from a distance, and Gongliang suddenly opened his eyes.
Migu also woke up and when he heard the sound, he immediately put his hand on the awning and looked into the distance. After a while, he said to Dad: "Daddy, there is an old man coming here with a group of zombies."
The chicken also woke up, opened a pair of sharp eyes and looked forward.
Through its eyes, Gongliang saw the old man walking slowly from the mountain road and the zombie the little guy said.
Perhaps, this should not be called a zombie, but a corpse.
"The corpse chaser?"
Gong Liang was astonished. He thought it was something living in legends, but he didn't expect it to actually appear before his eyes today.
The old man who drove the car was a light sleeper. He woke up when he heard the sound, listened attentively, and ran to the courtyard gate to look out. In the hazy moonlight, a group of figures in the distance could be vaguely seen walking slowly towards this side.
The old driver was well-informed and knew what it was, so he quickly called out: "Master, there is someone in the front yard. Please take all brothers to the back yard so as not to disturb the mortals."
"Is it Old Turtle?" the old man driving away corpses asked.
When the old driver heard the sound, he immediately understood that the person coming was a friend he knew. However, when he heard his words, he cursed loudly: "My mother-in-law, it's Gui, the Gui of Muxi Gui."
"It's all the same sound."
The old corpse driver joked, turned around, and headed towards the backyard.
After a while, Gongliang saw the old man coming from behind. But he did not get up, but continued to lie down in the soft animal fur.
As soon as the old man came in, he sat down by the fire, took out the wine and dry food he had brought with him, and started eating.
While eating, he said to the old driver sitting next to him: "Old man Gui, you are still doing business at this time of the year? Do you think you have lived too long?"
Old Man Gui glared: "If you don't go out to earn money, how can you drink the northwest wind at home? If you sit down again, the family will run out of food. Instead of starving to death at home, it is better to go out and have a full stomach. Even if you are eaten by ghosts, you can still be full."
devil."
"This world is not peaceful! Come on, take a sip to warm yourself up."
As the old man spoke, he threw the gourd in his hand to Old Man Gui.
Old Man Gui took it and took a sip, wiped his mouth and said: "I'm not a fool. How dare I come out without being prepared? Let me tell you, that young man is not an ordinary person. He personally killed a group of people who came to us the day before yesterday.
The ghost that marries people in the town. During the day, I also saw an extremely large ferocious bird catching things for him to eat. As long as this young master is here, I will not be afraid even if there are monsters and monsters on the road."
"oh"
When the corpse driver heard what Old Man Gui said, he glanced at Gongliang, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything at all.
"Old Sutou, where are you going this time?"
"Chen Yang."
"Then we are on the same road."
“Bang bang bang”
The two of them were talking when suddenly there was a sound of heavy footsteps outside. Old man Gui hurriedly ran out to take a look, and vaguely saw a tall and mighty man slowly walking from a distance carrying a huge bronze coffin.
Come.
"Why is this guy here?" Old Sutou murmured to himself as he stood behind Old Man Gui.
"Do you know him?" Old Man Gui turned around and asked.
"They all work in this school, how come they don't know each other?"
"Then ask him to put his things in the back so as not to surprise my guests." Old Man Gui said.
"In the past, it would have been fine, but not this time."
Old Sutou shook his head and said: "The huge bronze coffin he is carrying is something that has been passed down from generation to generation in his family. People are still in the coffin, and people die when the coffin is gone. And there is something wrong with this guy's head. He doesn't accept death.
There is no way to communicate. Instead of talking to him, it is better to go and see if your guests have been awakened. It is not the best. If they wake up, let them not be afraid. With us here, there is no need to worry about ghosts coming."
When Old Man Gui heard what he said, he made a sound and said, "It's still an ordinary ghost. Do you know Zuliang Mountain?"
"Of course you know, isn't that place occupied by ghosts?"
"That was before. Today, when I was driving by, I looked up and saw, oh, there are no ghosts at all. I guess I was afraid of that young master, so I ran away in advance. You said that with him here, what kind of ghosts would dare to come?
To die?"
"oh"
The old host responded noncommittally and turned to look at the chicken on the roof.
If the chicken felt something, it raised its head from its wings, opened its eyes and looked towards the old bird's head.
Two rays of light shot out from those sharp eyes, which caught people's hearts. The old man was so frightened at the sight that he quickly turned his head.