Under the hill, above the path.
It was already dusk when we arrived at the bottom of the mountain. It took a while to go up the mountain, a while to stay in the Taoist temple, and a while to go down the mountain. By this time, the sky was already dark.
Xu Mu led the donkey on the road, driving back in the dim light, feeling a little troubled.
It’s not that I’m worried that I have to go back in the dark, there’s still nearly a hundred miles to go back, and I’m afraid I’ll have to sleep in the wilderness tonight, exposed to the frost and dew, but it’s that I spent a whole day rushing here, but I didn’t invite back the viewer, my old mother at home. Although the behavior is indeed scary, as a child, it is more worrying.
What if one day those ghosts want to ask my mother to go with them?
What if you want to harm your old mother or family members?
"well……"
However, at this time, I can only hope that the master of Lei Qingguan will get better soon. After all, within a radius of several hundred miles, although the master of Lei Qingguan has a dark heart, it is indeed recognized that he has some abilities.
Or that Mr. Song...
That gentleman's conversational skills are also extraordinary. I heard that he came from Yizhou and traveled such a long distance. I'm afraid he really has some skills.
I just hope that he can get to Zhijiang County and get to Zhijiang County soon. I hope he is really capable and can make his old mother get better quickly.
As I was thinking, it was getting later and later.
There was almost no daylight left.
Fortunately, the weather was good today, the sky was full of stars, and there was a crescent moon above his head, like a hook. He didn't have any eye problems that made it difficult to see clearly at night. After adapting to the darkness, he could see the road clearly.
When he was tired from walking, he got on the donkey and let it carry him for a while.
It didn't take long before we were on the main road.
However, he didn't go far when he heard some movement in front of him.
It sounded like a human voice.
"..."
Xu Mu suddenly became alert——
The world here is not peaceful, and there are occasional bandits on the official roads. Are you afraid that you have met a bad person?
Xu Mu quickly got off the donkey, led the donkey and hid in the woods. He held the donkey's mouth to prevent it from making any sound, and he also held his breath.
Gradually the sound got closer and closer.
Only then did I hear clearly the shouts.
"A strange combination of circumstances...
"Avoid strangers..."
Xu Mu suddenly felt nervous and his scalp was numb.
I was extremely scared inside.
But even though he was so scared, he couldn't help but be curious. The more scared he became, the more curious he became. He couldn't help but look forward secretly through the gaps between the grass blades.
I saw a group of ghostly ghosts walking across from me. They were not walking very fast, just like ordinary people walking. The ghosts were leading ghosts, and there were ghosts in uniforms following them. It was very orderly.
I don’t know where I came from and where I’m going.
Suddenly all the ghosts turned their heads in his direction.
"hiss……"
Xu Mu was suddenly frightened.
Not only did all the ghosts turn their heads to look at this side, but they didn't even turn back and kept staring at this side. It was so weird and terrifying that it scared Xu Mu for a while, fearing that he would be taken away by them accidentally.
However, these ghosts seemed to have no idea about him, or maybe it was because ghosts had different rules. They just stared at this direction, and no one came to him. After they were far away, they withdrew their gaze.
"A strange combination of circumstances...
"Avoid strangers."
After walking for a while, I shouted, and the voice gradually became distant.
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
However, as if he felt something, he suddenly turned around——
"ah!"
Not that I saw a ghost face.
Instead, he saw that behind him, on the mountain where he came down, Lei Qingguan had ignited a raging fire.
The fire seemed to be only a small dot from a distance, but it covered the entire mountain and turned half of the sky red. It was feared that the entire Taoist temple would burn down.
Only then did Xu Mu realize that maybe those ghosts were not looking at him, but at the fire on the mountain far behind him. Even if they saw him, they only saw him by the way.
"this……"
Xu Mu was immediately stunned.
After reacting, there was another panic.
The master of Lei Qingguan is still on the mountain, and is bedridden. He is a rare expert in the surrounding area, and he is also the hope of saving his mother.
Mr. Song, whom I met by chance on the road, was also on the mountain.
Although Mr. Song only met her once, he was quite polite to others. She only exchanged a few words with him, and he was willing to ask for his home address, saying that he would go to see and help him if he was destined to do so. Not to mention whether it was sincere or fake, and whether he would be able to go by then, at least it gave him a good feeling.
Mr. Song should be fine.
Xu Mu wanted to take a look, but it was far away. He was afraid that he would be almost burned by the time he rushed there. Secondly, a group of ghosts just walked past here, and he didn't know if they had gone far. If he went back Wouldn't it be just in time to catch up with them? By then, those undercover men might not think that they were going with them?
"..."
After hesitating and tangled, he suddenly saw two figures running over.
Taking a closer look, they were two little Taoist priests.
It was those two little Taoist priests Lei Qingguan!
"Little sir..."
Xu Mu didn't care about being afraid anymore and ran out immediately. He tripped over some grass and fell before he reached the main road.
"What's going on over there?
"Why is it burning?
"Why did you run out?
"How are Mr. Song and Guanzhu doing?"
However, the two little Taoist priests seemed to be frightened. They just ran. At most, they looked back and then continued to run away in a hurry, ignoring him.
The bulge in his arms was still shaking.
Something fell out and hit the roadside, but they didn't care. Xu Mu picked it up and saw that it was a piece of silver worth ten taels.
…
Behind the Taoist temple, on the hill.
"Cough cough cough..."
The gravedigger coughed violently and stared at Song You: "If that's the case, why don't you take action?"
"Why take action?"
"Aren't you going to drive me out of my mind?"
"When did I say that I would drive you to pieces?"
"Um?"
"I gave you a choice, so naturally I won't break my promise." Song You looked at him seriously, "Is it possible that you thought I was playing tricks on you?"
"..."
The gravedigger's eyes narrowed again, and he coughed and said, "You have to wait until I die and become a ghost, and then torture my ahem...soul..."
"I can see that you have done this before." Song You paused, "But you misunderstood, I am not as vicious as you."
"Then what do you want..."
"I wonder if you have ever heard of the underworld?"
"Hell……"
"Although the underworld has not yet been completed, the way of heaven has changed. In order to deal with the increasing number of ghosts, the Imperial Master has formed Yincai in advance to contain the new ghosts who have no masters." Song You explained patiently, "I wonder if you have heard of this before? The legend of a hundred ghosts walking at night in the north?”
"..."
The gravedigger seemed speechless.
Song You had no intention of stopping.
"Although it is said that the underworld has not yet been established, there is a ghost city in Yeshan, Fengzhou. I heard that the ghosts who enter there, no matter how strong or weak, must be examined by the national master first. If they have committed great evil during their lifetime, they will be burned by fire. Although I don’t know what the Imperial Master is doing, this point is unmistakable.”
"Hoo..."
The gravedigger suddenly took a deep breath, his chest bulged, and he made an unpleasant sound.
This breath has not come out for a long time.
The calico cat standing nearby was attracted by the movement and looked at him, wondering what this man was doing when he was about to die. Song You bent down and held her in his arms.
"call……"
When the gravedigger exhaled, he kicked off his feet and lay flat on his back.
Song You turned to look at the swordsman:
"A terrible ghost with just one step?"
"Shu has killed dozens of ghosts."
"Can you still move around due to the injury?"
"It's just a minor injury, sir, just give me your orders!"
"If there is a ghost messenger passing by on the official road at the foot of the mountain, I will go there and say there is a ghost here and invite the ghost messenger here."
"Go now!"
The swordsman climbed onto his horse without hesitation.
"thorough……"
The black horse galloped down the mountain at night.
The Taoist Gravedigger was a man of good conduct. If Song You guessed correctly, his way of cultivation and even some of the spells he knew were related to ghosts, so after his death, he almost immediately became a ghost.
However, because his fake body was smashed to death a few days ago and his soul was damaged, after he became a ghost, he did not quickly return to normal like ordinary people who become ghosts after death, but he remained sluggish.
The night is deep, stars are everywhere, and the crescent moon is like a hook.
The sky is full of fire behind, and humans and ghosts are at odds with each other on the mountain.
But when facing Song You again, the gravedigger lost his previous calmness and became panicked and frightened.
"Fu Lei Gong, save me!
"I am above the Nine Heavens Xuandu Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Lord. I am Yao Yushan, the master of Lei Qingguan Temple. I have been worshiping the Heavenly Lord for more than twenty years. There is a demon here that is harming me. Come and help me!"
However, Song You was very calm.
"I don't know what I'm doing. The first thing I'm going to burn is his statue. I'm not going to respond."
"How dare you burn the idol!"
"Gods come from people, and people worship gods. If the gods are not effective, any common people can burn the statues of gods." Song You said, "If the gods dare to blame, they are not worthy of being gods."
"you……"
"Do you have anything else to say, Shiba?"
"You...don't you want to know why I planned a ghost marriage between the young lady of the Cao family and the grandson of the Ding family, and then wanted her to be buried alive?" said the ghost of the gravedigger.
"Is Shima willing to talk now?"
"If you promise to let me go, I will tell you."
"..."
Song You looked at him, but just smiled.
"how?"
The Taoist gravedigger's expression condensed.
"You misunderstood." Song You said to him with a smile, "Actually, I'm not that interested."
"..."
At this time, the evil has already gone up the mountain.
"Who called me?
"Where is the ghost?"
Two sounds in a row, the sound was sharp.
It’s just that I’m not very courageous.
When he turned around, he saw a few old ghosts in official uniforms. While talking to Song You, they turned their attention to the burning Taoist temple next to them.
The flame revealed an astonishing temperature, and had a spiritual power that frightened them, making them feel hot just looking at it.
"Meet...meet the immortal!"
"Not an immortal." Song You replied, "My surname is Song Mingyou, from Lingquan County, Yizhou. I found a demon doing evil here, and it was a heinous crime, so I asked a few people to take him back to Yeshan Ghost City."
"If you are not an immortal, how can you know about my mountain?"
"I heard it by chance."
"When we understand, we will take him back to Yeshan and interrogate him severely. If the crime is really heinous, he will be burned with fire until his soul is gone!"
"This man had some skills in life, and I don't know how much he can still use them after death. However, his soul is damaged at this time, so please be careful."
"Thank you, Master Immortal..."
The ghost of the gravedigger looked dull.
Yin Cha was merciless and locked him up.
(End of chapter)
