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"A monster?" Zhen Wenjun was laughed at by Wang Jin, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? How can there be a monster in this world? If there is a monster, wouldn't it be too miserable for this monster to live by robbing you of food and rice? See Come on, you're still talking nonsense!" After she finished speaking, she immediately turned around with her hands behind her back, making a gesture of leaving him.

"Old boy, I think you don't want your hands anymore!" Zhu Mao said three times like a bell, and under the raging firelight, a butcher's face was full of evil spirits, and he came forward with a long knife in his hand, making a gesture of slashing.

Wang Jin looked ashamed, seeing the big knife approaching, his eyeballs were about to fall out, he quickly closed his eyes and begged for mercy: "Don't, don't, don't! Let me explain, let me explain! This old servant really didn't tell a single lie! "

Zhen Wenjun turned around, and Zhu Maosan also stopped his movements.

"Tell me." Zhen Wenjun looked at his terrified appearance and seemed unlikely to dare to lie again, but it was really difficult to convince her of the strange power and chaos.

Wang Jin wiped the white sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, sighed and began to say, "At first I didn't believe that there were any monsters and ghosts in this world, but this thing is so strange that the old slave had no choice but to believe it."

Zhen Wenjun: "Get to the point!"

Wang Jin cupped his hands: "You two, let me explain in detail."

It has long been no secret that Da Yu is short of food and grass and has no soldiers available. Both the front line in the north and the victims in the country have been squeezed dry. Every grain of rice is very precious. If someone can solve this urgent need for the court at this time When it is a great achievement.Wang Jin lives in Dajiang, owns a thousand acres of fertile land, and not much else. If it comes to food, I am afraid that all the gentry in the territory of Dayu will be hard to come by.

It is a great thing for the entire Wang family to offer food and invite merit. Their Wang family is a famous family, and they may be able to use this merit to select a fourth-rank member in the next year's election.If one person achieves Taoism and ascends to heaven, the Wang family may go further in Nanya, and may even have a chance to break into the forces in the capital, but what Wang Jin himself seeks is the position of Sudu Diplomatic Inspector.No one is willing to go south to the barbarian land to take office, so this position has been vacant for many years. If the emperor can issue an edict to appoint himself, then the entire Sudu will fall into his hands, and even the soldiers stationed here, such as Zhu Maosan, will obey orders. Own.

From the spring of the seventh year of Shenchu, Wang Jin hired serfs to farm widely. In the autumn of the following year, the harvest was so good that all the granaries were filled.Two months ago, Wang Jin sent a message to Nanya Wang's family, saying that he could donate [-] carts of rice.After receiving the news, Nanya Wang's family was overjoyed and immediately cleared the warehouse, waiting for him to send rice.

Wang Jin's wishful thinking was sound, and all the [-] carts of grain were packed into the carts, and there were a full [-] carts. I am afraid that he will be stunned when he sees it today.

Everything was well prepared and ready to go to the South Cliff on the eve, suddenly a madman ran to the place where the convoy was stationed and yelled, claiming that there are monsters in the mountains who will eat people, this is a terrible trip!

Seeing Kuangsheng's appearance of being insane, Wang Jin directly asked him to take him to a place where no one was around and gave him a hard lesson, telling him not to play tricks and make people upset.

When the madman was dragged away, he kicked his legs on the ground and shouted: "The red sheep will continue to be in trouble in the year of calamity. Tomorrow there will be a monster fog in the mountains! Let's see who of you foolish people can survive!" After speaking, he couldn't stop laughing. Terrible, made people panic.

On the second day, the convoy set off early in order to catch up with the road.Because there was a lot of food, Wang Jin was worried and went with the convoy.

Passing through the rice fields and entering the mountains, the weather that was originally clear and cloudy suddenly clouded over halfway up the mountain.Thunder struck the ground, and a torrential downpour fell without warning.The truck and food convoy suddenly became chaotic. Wu Dali, the seasoned guide of the grain transportation team, yelled a few times to stabilize the convoy, and said to Wang Jin, "Your Majesty, the rain is too heavy and the mountain road is steep. If you continue on your way, you will be afraid of getting lost." Sliding and overturning the cart, even the food and people will have to fall off the cliff, so it is better to rest for a while. The grain cart is covered with oilcloth and will not hurt the grain. The prince can rest assured. The rain comes and goes quickly, and it will stop in a while. .”

Wang Jin's face was wet by the rain, and he saw that the mountain road was blurred by the rain and fog. He really didn't dare to go any further, so he nodded in agreement.Sure enough, the heavy rain stopped after a short while, but the sky did not clear up again.

The surrounding area is slowly fogging, and it is really foggy.

Dajiang is mountainous and humid. The local people are used to the foggy weather, and dense fog is not uncommon for them.But the fog at the moment is quite strange. Originally, the mountain road could still be seen, but a gust of wind blew thick fog and instantly engulfed them.Not to mention the road ahead, even the two people who were very close to each other in the carriage couldn't see each other clearly.

Someone shouted: "The monster fog, the monster fog really appeared! Monsters are coming to eat people!" All of a sudden, there was a chaos of carriages and horses, and there were many discussions.

Wang Jin was furious: "There's no need to panic! A group of ignorant peasants! It's just a thick fog blown by a strong wind, haven't you even seen fog!"

His yelling calmed down the small soldiers a little. Wang Jin got out of the cart himself and re-tie the loose straw ropes, and directed them to get off the horse-drawn cart. The fog was too heavy to travel too fast, so it was better to slow down and be safe.

The monster mist blew from an unknown place above the head in bursts, making the pawns tremble, swallowing their saliva and looking around in fear, pulling the horse rope and proceeding cautiously.

The convoy had just gone less than a mile, and Wang Jin got back in the car, and his buttocks were still hot, when he heard someone shouting outside: "Look! Look! The dog is swallowing the sun!"

Amidst the sound of panic, Wang Jin opened the curtain of the carriage and stood up, only to see that a piece of the round sun above the zenith had already been eaten by a dog, and in the blink of an eye, the entire red sun disappeared, and the earth was plunged into darkness.It was even more pitch black in the dense fog, and even Wang Jin's heart beat so fast that he couldn't see where the followers were at all, only the sound of people bowing down and praying, the sound of gongs and drums to expel the tengu, and the neighing of horses could be heard mixed together.Perhaps they all remembered Kuangsheng's words from yesterday. At this time, there was fear and chaos in the dense fog, and the sudden Tiangou eclipse exacerbated the atmosphere of demons haunting. People and horses were running around like headless chickens.

"Everyone, don't panic!" Wang Jin shouted from the carriage, his voice was hoarse, but he still couldn't calm everyone down.Several doormen were clever and quickly lit the torches.In the dark mist, the torches came together, and there was light, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Don't panic, don't run around! Otherwise, no one will die if you fall off the cliff!" Wang Jin shouted exhaustedly and finally controlled the panic.

No one, including Wang Jin, thought that when the torches were lit, the terrible and strange things would really happen.

Hearing the strange "popping" sound from the dense fog, Wang Jin's expression froze, his heart felt stuffy, and he had to listen carefully to the movement.

The "pop" sound is getting louder and closer.

"You, look!" Liu Si, who had been kneeling on the ground, pointed to the depths of the dense fog, and there was a large group of black shadows moving rapidly, getting bigger and bigger, and rushing towards them!

"Monsters! Monsters are eating people!"

The crowd ran wildly, but the black shadow chased them every step of the way!

"Don't blame them. The scene at that time was so terrible that even I threw away my torch and ran around with my head in my arms. Several people fell off the cliff in panic and died, and the funeral has been taken care of for a long time." Speaking of this strange incident, Wang Jin still With a look of fear on his face, "everyone rushed down the mountain. After the sun appeared again and the thick fog cleared, I picked a few brave ones and went up the mountain to bring the grain, grass, carts and horses down first. No one thought that, When I went up the mountain, all the [-] carriages that occupied half of the mountain disappeared out of thin air! Not to mention the carriages, I didn’t even find a grain of rice! Who can do this kind of thing except monsters? Since then, I have burned incense and worshiped each other. Ghosts and gods, don’t dare to neglect again.”

After listening to Wang Jin's words, Zhen Wenjun said: "It is clear that the madman wants to swallow your food and deliberately deceive the public! Have you brought people to search other places in the mountains?"

"I've searched. I've searched everything in and out of the mountains, and I haven't found a single hair. You said that the bags of food were stolen and might have been stored somewhere. What about the thousand horses? I really can’t think of any other possibility except being eaten by monsters.” Wang Jin looked distressed, “The 20 carts of grain that we worked so hard to plant just disappeared like this, not to mention the heavy losses. The direct descendants were very disappointed, and I had no face to meet them. It just so happened...Little lady, you came to collect the food and you gave generously. One shot was [-] taels. I had time to catch my breath, so I became obsessed with my mind... Forgive me, little lady, this old slave knows I was wrong."

Zhen Wenjun no longer had any interest in apologizing to him, so he pulled him and asked, "It is impossible to transport [-] carts of grain out of any city gate without leaving any traces. Have you asked all the guards at the entrance and exit?"

"I've asked, but I haven't seen any of them."

"Can the big family in Dajiang have a large amount of grain business?"

"No. There are not many big families in this place where the generals are placed. What's more, Da Yu is short of food, and the price of food for the generals is extremely high. Whoever wants to make a big deal out of it will definitely attract the attention of the whole city. I can't miss the news."

Zhen Wenjun rubbed his nose: "Then the food must still be in stock. It can't be in the city. The city is crowded with many people, and the four thousand carts are easy to be found even if they are scattered. They must be hidden in the mountains. I Let me ask you, did you really search all of the two mountains?"

"Really! I've searched everywhere I can!"

Zhen Wenjun asked strangely: "Is there anything else that cannot be searched?"

"Little lady is not a local, so I don't know. You see, all the people of the Gucheng tribe are farming in the fields, and no one enters the mountains to sow seeds. There is a reason for this. The two mountains that enter Dajiang are called Shuangru Mountains. The tribe believes in the mountain gods, not to mention the Shuangfeng Mountains that are connected together, which is even more sacred and inviolable. They have a particular point, that is, the mountain gods can bless the weather and the weather, and occasionally go to the mountains to pick precious life-saving medicinal materials. If you offend the mountain gods, the mountain gods will Disasters will come down, the mountain road will collapse and the road will be flooded with mud and water, and the medicinal materials will not be picked. This mountain nest connected by the Shuangru Mountain is covered by thick fog all the year round. The local people say that it is the place where the mountain god lives, and it must not be disturbed. .”

"Then you didn't go to see it?"

Wang Jin looked serious: "I really dare not go. Even if I don't believe in ghosts and gods, I dare not go. Besides, no one is willing to go. If natural disasters like Da Yu continue in the coming year, who can bear the crime?"

Boss Zhen Wenjun was boring: "Don't talk about it, it must be that crazy student who hid all the food in the mountain nest. Tell me how to get to that place."

"Is the little lady going? What if I offend the gods!"

"I don't believe in ghosts, let alone gods." Zhen Wenjun's eyes were burning, "I only believe in myself."

In order to avoid the disaster, a large number of foreigners who moved from Nanya to Tajiang gathered together. Zhen Wenjun found more than 20 foreigners who were not afraid of the mountain god, and together with Zhu Maosan and his officials, they rode three carriages to Wang Jinsuo. Said col advance.She is bound to get the [-] carts of food, and if she can't get it, she can't explain it to Wei Tingxu.

She deliberately chose to enter the mountain at noon. After entering, the thick fog quickly followed and surrounded the carriage.

Lingbi didn't have time to blink her nervous eyes, and even pulled out the soft knife.

"Sister Lingbi, don't be nervous, all the ghosts and gods are fake. That Kuangsheng probably knows some astronomical observation skills. Watching the stars at night can predict the sudden change of the weather in advance, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"But how to explain the voice in the dense fog? He still chases people. If it's really what that madman did, could it be that he's not only familiar with the celestial phenomena, but also can talk with strange shadows?"

Zhen Wenjun was speechless for a moment.Even if it is a trick, it is not easy to bluff so many people at the same time.She still insists that there are no ghosts and gods. There must be some tricks that she didn't figure out.

The fog got thicker as it got closer to the mountain depression, and soon the sun above the head disappeared, and the flying snow in the clouds under the crotch became more cautious and slowed down.

Zhen Wenjun ordered people to light a fire to illuminate the road, and walked along the sloping and slippery mountain road to the inner side of the mountain.

The flames could barely penetrate the strange fog, so Zhu Maosan shook the torch and spat: "This fog is really choking, sister, don't be afraid, Lao Zhu, I will go to the front to find the way for you first!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Maosan and two bold attendants held torches to speed up, and sang folk songs loudly to venture forward.Zhen Wenjun watched them go faster and faster, and when their figures were almost engulfed by the thick fog along with the singing, something creepy happened.

The slowly sinking thick fog was suddenly disturbed by a gust of wind, and a scream came from the depths of the thick fog, and Zhen Wenjun recognized that it was Zhu Maosan's voice.The faint flame was instantly extinguished, and Zhu Maosan disappeared without a sound, as if he had been wiped away.

No one dared to open their mouths to make any movement, not even breathing.

"Dark Shadow!"

Someone shouted from behind, Zhen Wenjun took a closer look, and saw countless black shadows descending from the sky behind the thick fog, shaking violently, as if a demon cast sharp minions on a huge sky, and was about to break through the last barrier Come out and tear them to shreds.

In an instant, all the horses were frightened and ran wildly, even Feixue in the cloud suddenly went crazy and ran wildly uncontrollably.Zhen Wenjun's palms were bloodstained, but he still couldn't control it.Suddenly, a flash of memory flashed in his mind of how the little knight who delivered the letter controlled the horse that day, and immediately stepped on the stirrup tightly, trying to calm Feixue in the cloud according to his appearance, but it had already gone a long way, and was unwilling to turn back.

Zhen Wenjun stroked Feixue's ear in Yunzhong, and said softly, "Good boy, sister Lingbi and the others are still inside, we can't be greedy for life and run away by ourselves! Be good, let's go back and have a look, I promise nothing will happen to you! Are you willing to trust me?"

Yunzhong Feixue fanned her long eyelashes, and after kicking on the spot for a while, she seemed to understand her words, and she was really willing to turn back.

The torch in Zhen Wenjun's hand was dropped when he was flustered just now, and he could only move forward slowly in the fog.

"Sister Lingbi!"

There was no sound in the dense fog, and the occasional clumps of dry grass would make her heart tremble three times, and she boldly called out, but Lingbi didn't answer her, and no one answered her.

She seemed to be the only one left in the empty valley.