[Glory of the King] Magpie and Butterfly

Traveling for more than a day, Zhuang Zhou and Bian Que's footsteps could not catch up with the speed of Kun, no matter how fast they walked.

Zhuang Zhou was annoyed for many days, with a haggard face; Bian Que was speechless all the way, like a silent shadow following Zhuang Zhou every step of the way, nervous and always on guard against assassins.

Blue birds are flying in the forest, the tall trees that cover the sky and the sun are luxuriant, the humid air and the unique smell of earth fill the nostrils, and unknown insects are chirping among the bushes.

Walking out of the forest, a sound of logging came to my ears. Looking carefully, under the tall locust tree, a woodcutter dressed as a farmer was chopping firewood.

Kun had been missing for three days, and Zhuang Zhou and Bian Que followed their own judgments and searched for Kun who had disappeared.Now that they finally met someone on the road, they naturally wanted to go up and ask.

The woodcutter chopped firewood one by one, and his movements seemed to be very strenuous.

Zhuang Zhou walked up to the woodcutter and asked, "Excuse me, may I ask if you have seen a blue Kun flying in the sky these few days?"

Bian Que silently looked at the woodcutter in front of him who seemed to be over half a hundred years old, and watched his every move with eagle-like eyes.

The woodcutter looks very old, his skin is sallow, and the cracked wrinkles on it are like jagged rocks. His dry wood-like hands are as thin as chicken feet, covered with black dead skin, and there is a layer of black between the fingers. Dirt, his back bent almost breaking his spine.The whole person exudes the breath of dying.

The woodman's ears seemed to be very bad, and he didn't hear Zhuang Zhou's words for a while. After a long time, he stretched out a shriveled finger tremblingly, pointing to a branch road overgrown with grass, and said in an old and hoarse voice: " go there."

Zhuang Zhou looked left and right, but he couldn't tell if the old man was really blind.After saying thank you, I wanted to take the fork in the road pointed by the old man.Bian Que frowned, his bluish-black skin and fierce eyes made him look like a ghost.

The lips under the scarf were tightly pursed into a straight line, and he grabbed Zhuang Zhou: "Wait a minute."

This old man gave a bad intuition. For a person who is wandering between life and death, Bian Que's intuition is very sensitive - even to the point of being in danger.

Zhuang Zhou stared at Bian Que with his green eyes in confusion, "Is there a problem, Ah Que?"

Bian Que let go of Zhuang Zhou's hand, hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

Maybe he was thinking too much.

After answering Zhuang Zhou's question, the old woodcutter began to chop wood again and again.

Zhuang Zhou and Bian Que looked at each other, exchanged glances, and unanimously decided to take a look - the combination of Zhuang Zhou and Bian Que, the force value is already against the sky, as long as they don't meet an assassin in a distressed situation, Bian Que alone is enough to solve the mess. fish.

The forked road full of weeds and rocks is not easy to walk. Zhuang Zhou walked lightly among the weeds and rocks like the wind. He neither tripped over stones nor scratched his skin by grass leaves. He was eager to find it immediately. Kun.

After walking for about half a day, a dilapidated village gradually appeared in front of the two of them.

A stone tablet taller than one person is covered with cracks, and the handwriting is almost invisible. Only the word "ghost town" can be vaguely recognized, which presumably is also the name of this town.But just thinking about the name makes people creepy. What villages and towns are called "ghost towns"?It really is as lucky as it is.

The cold and lonely atmosphere surrounded Zhuang Zhou, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on his skin.One or two jackdaws stood on the big locust tree with withered branches and leaves, making unpleasant calls of "yay".

Looking around, the town is actually not popular at all! On a bright daytime, it is as lifeless as a lonely town! A few miles away, the foliage is lush and warm, but this small town is so weird that it makes people feel cold!

There was a rancid smell in the air, and Bian Que, who had been in the same room with corpses all year round, was very familiar with it. Almost within a hundred miles of the "ghost town", he immediately noticed something strange.

"Let's go!" Bian Que's voice became sharp, and he reflexively stood in front of Zhuang Zhou, staring at the surroundings with extreme vigilance, not letting go of any slightest disturbance!

The situation here is too wrong, there must be fraud!

Zhuang Zhou's six senses were not inferior to Bian Que's either. He wrinkled his nose and scanned his surroundings, his delicate facial features had a dignified expression.

"I'm afraid there is a fraud, go back the same way." Bian Que gave the order involuntarily, thinking of the old woodcutter who chopped wood—why didn't he pay more attention?That old thing is probably also Xu Fu's running dog!

It's just that he didn't protect Zhuang Zhou well.

"It's probably impossible to get out. Since they wanted us to come here on purpose, they must have taken countermeasures."

"There is a trick, called tricks, and the next step is to adapt to the situation... Xiao Kun is really here, right?"

Zhuang Zhou held Bian Que's cold palm, but he didn't know that the other's heart skipped a beat and almost jumped out.

"..." It's Kun again, sometimes Bian Que really thinks it's the right thing to make Kun so angry that he runs away from home.Although the behavior of competing for favor with a riding pet is very contemptible, but he just doesn't like the way Zhuang Zhou thinks about Kun all the time!

"Well," Bian Que mocked indifferently, "I really didn't expect the sages in Jixia to be hesitant at times."

Zhuang Zhou rubbed his eyes, and said helplessly, "I am good at fantasy and foretelling, how could it be the intrigues of the world? If I enjoy it, why would I go to Jixia to find it?

A free world? "

Little did they know that Zhuang Zhou's helpless appearance was forcibly interpreted in the eyes of others as a seductive appearance of aggrieved and a little coquettish?

"Hmph." Bian Que snorted, and walked towards the gate of the town without saying a word.

The street has become a dump full of rubbish rags and melon and fruit peels, all stores are closed, and a white mourning cloth is tied on the threshold of every household, which portends misfortune.

There is not a single living thing in the cloudy sky, and even reptiles such as rats and cockroaches are not seen in the whole town. Withered grass grows high in front of some temple gates. There is no one in this "ghost town"!

Zhuang Zhou and Bian Que got closer and closer. Before he knew it, Zhuang Zhou was completely attached to Bian Que's arms, his blue hair brushing against Bian Que's chin; Too much, a small lonely town can't scare him - he's the one who crawls among the dead.

"Don't be afraid." Bian Que didn't know how to say sweet and comforting words, "I'm here."

Zhuang Zhou frowned, staring at his toes, thoughtful.

—Why would the old woodcutter show them the way?Why is this town called a "ghost town"?Why is there no one in the town?

Too many doubts.

Unknowingly, the sky was getting darker, and it was already dusk in the Continent of Kings.

The author has something to say: The main storyline of "Ghost Town" is open!Don't worry it's not a horror movie, Bian Que and Zhuang Zhou are starting to be sweet!