In this quiet night, the sound of drums is particularly clear.
Turbid, dull.
But if you listen carefully, it sounds like it's sometimes far away and sometimes close, and it's not very real.
However, the drum sound seems to be very regular and rhythmic.
Every time it sounds, people's hearts will beat violently.
This feeling makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Palpitation, shortness of breath, and abnormal irritability.
Duan Wenjun's brows couldn't help but frown.
Mo Shoucheng next to him had already stood up, holding his long sword tightly in his hand.
In just the blink of an eye, he rushed out of the window.
Zheng Zheshi walked to the door, fully alert.
Outside, there was the sound of slight footsteps, and it seemed that someone was walking towards this direction.
Just when Duan Wenjun stood up, Chai Jingyun walked to his side.
Inside the house, everyone woke up.
Weapons were held in their hands one after another.
The door opened a crack, and Lou Loulou ducked in and squeezed in. "Second Young Master, there's a situation!"
It seemed that it was still early in the night and Louloulou was not asleep yet.
It had been agreed before the break that Lou Loulou would lead people to keep watch for the rest of the night, and Zhao Xiaowu would lead people to keep watch for the rest of the night.
"Loulou, what's going on?" Chai Jingyun frowned, "Where's the drum sound coming from?"
"A team has arrived at the entrance of the town." After Lou Loulou finished speaking, he suddenly stopped.
His lips moved a few times, but he did not continue to speak.
"It seems to be a funeral procession." Mo Shoucheng has returned. "It is now stopped at the archway at the entrance of the town and has not entered the town."
"Funeral procession?" Everyone was shocked.
"It's almost midnight, will we encounter a bridegroom escort team?" Lin Jingyun, who had been silent until now, said shivering.
"Invisible kiss?" Seeing Lin Jingyun trembling, Duan Wenjun patted him on the shoulder, "Jingyun, what's going on?"
As a good young man in the 21st century in his previous life, just as he didn't believe in ghost towns, he naturally didn't believe in ghost relatives either.
Everyone's eyes fell on Lin Jingyun. ,
Because no one has heard of it.
"Wen Jun, something has seemed wrong since we came to town. Now we have encountered a team sending off relatives, I'm afraid there will be some trouble." Lin Jingyun looked very scared, and then told a story he had heard before.
Yes, that’s the story.
One, a story that Lin Jingyun had heard before.
The Lin family relies on buying cloth and satin from other places to Wangjiang.
The south of Dashun is the most important production area of cloth and satin, so every year the Lin family invites ships from the south to help them bring some goods.
Many years ago, when Lin Jingyun was still young, his favorite thing was to follow Lin Zhengying to pick up goods from ships coming from the south.
Of course, he went to pick up the goods not to help the Lin family's business, nor to show off in front of Lin Zhengying.
It's because the boatmen who come from the south always bring him many interesting stories.
This was one of the few pleasures he had when he was a child besides reading.
However, what the boatmen told him that time was a very terrifying story.
In other words, it is the personal experience of some boatmen.
To this day, it still scares them.
The boatman said that when they went north from the south, they always encountered some strange things.
And the strange thing they encountered that time almost cost them their lives.
Their ships headed north, each time passing by a dock called Crow Village.
Because after passing Crow Crow Village, there are steep cliffs on both sides of the river, and there is basically no suitable place to dock for four or five days.
Therefore, ships that generally travel on waterways like to dock and replenish supplies in Crow Village.
Therefore, although this village is not big, it seems to be quite prosperous relying on this ferry.
There are more than thirty families living in the village, and they are all very honest and responsible people.
Even when doing business, he is very particular about integrity and is highly praised by passing boatmen.
That time, due to the strong wind and waves on the road, the boatman's boat was much slower than usual, so their trip was several hours slower than expected.
The original plan was to arrive at Crow Village in the evening and then carry out supplies.
But because of this delay, we didn't arrive until midnight.
In order to facilitate the boats on the river to find their way to the shore, the people of Crow Village will definitely send someone on duty even at night.
Not only are the inns and shops darkened, there are also several lanterns hung high up on the pier to guide people on the river.
But unexpectedly, on the night they arrived, Crow Village was completely dark.
If the old captain hadn't been very familiar with the river and was sure that they were close to their destination, they might have missed it directly from Crow Village.
Relying on experience, the old captain did not let the ship get lost, but sailed straight towards the dock of Crow Village.
But the closer they got to the village, the stranger they felt.
The whole village was in darkness, and there was no sign of any popularity.
Although they felt strange in their hearts, apart from being more vigilant, they had no other discomfort.
But when they entered Crow Village, they were all stunned.
Because, the originally bustling Crow Crow Village was actually empty, with not a single person in sight.
The old captain seemed very nervous and hurriedly urged the boatmen to quickly replenish their supplies. After the supplies were finished, they continued on their way.
Everyone knew that this trip was very hurried, so they all thought that the old captain was going on a night journey, so they quickly got busy.
However, no one noticed that the usually calm old captain actually looked a little nervous.
The old captain was very familiar with the village chief, so he asked people to load the supplies directly onto the ship, then put the money on the table, and then commanded the fleet to continue setting off.
However, not long after they drove, they heard a strange drum sound coming from behind.
It seemed that it was coming from the Crow Village behind them.
Everyone was very surprised at that time. Just when they were wondering what was going on, the old captain spoke.
He asked everyone to go back to the cabin to rest, and no one was allowed to go to the deck to watch the excitement.
People are like this sometimes. When others don't let you do something, you always want to try it.
Two of them secretly climbed onto the deck to see what was happening in Crow Village.
At that time, they saw a procession, a funeral procession carrying a coffin.
However, they are very different from ordinary funeral processions.
In a general funeral procession, the people in the procession all wear white mourning clothes.
However, everyone in this team was wearing bright red robes.
They originally wanted to see it more clearly, but the ship had already moved some distance away and it was impossible to go back.
After returning to the cabin, the two people boasted about what they saw to the others inside, and even laughed at everyone for being too timid and missing the good show.
If the old captain hadn't walked in suddenly, everyone would have been silent.
Maybe there will be many people encouraged by those two people to go to the deck to have a look and argue the authenticity.
But what I didn't expect was that strange things happened one after another.
