Make a long-term worker as an old attack

A group of people galloped to a place about five li away from Weibei City, and they saw a few dilapidated houses with wide open doors. No, it was swaying with the few wisps of wind outside the city.

Niu Geng got off his horse and stood on the side of the house looking out. Sure enough, behind these scattered thatched huts, there was a huge poplar forest. The boy named A Tong should not have lied to him. Niu Geng tied his horse to a fence at the entrance of the village. Going up, he ordered the rest of the soldiers to stay behind, and only brought three quick-witted, light-footed soldiers to go forward.

This piece of poplar forest is located in the innermost part of the deserted village. There is a stream flowing in front of the forest. However, the water in the stream is almost dry, not to mention fish, not even a small shrimp can be seen.

Niu Geng stepped across the creek and walked straight into the poplar forest. The forest is not big from the outside, but when you enter it, you feel that you can't see the end at a glance. There is a little white mist in the forest. Niu Geng remembered what A-Tong said, The old fairy came down from the cloud.Looking at the erratic fog not far away, Niu Geng felt in his heart that the old doctor should be behind the fog, so he simply walked in front of the fog. Kan walked for more than half an hour, but still hadn't taken a step closer. The cloud of fog still seemed to be floating in such a distant place, exactly the same as they just walked into the forest.

"Lieutenant General, that's not right. It's been a long time, and it doesn't seem to be close at all."

"Yeah, look, the fog is still there. We have walked forward for so long, but the distance from it seems to have not changed."

The three accompanying people talked, and Niu Geng was also wondering, could it be that this is really an old fairy, and it won't work if he sets up a ecstasy array here?

Niu Geng is now at a time when the fire is imminent, he is used to being reckless, and he can't calm down to think at this moment, thinking that Xue Zhaoqing is still suffering in the city, how can he spend so much time in the village.

As he thought about it, he stomped an unformed sapling in the poplar grove, and rushed forward. The three people in the company did not dare to neglect, and followed one after another. After running for another half an hour, they knew that the four people They all fell to the ground panting.

"Lieutenant General!... Huhu... We really can't run anymore...!" The three men's physical strength was incomparable to the burdock, and they had already collapsed on the ground. One of them felt that something hard was pressed under him, and went Moving aside, a bent sapling appeared in front of everyone.

"This... this..." The three of them had long been speechless in shock, and Niu Geng at the side saw it clearly. This was clearly the sapling he had bent just now, and the soil from the soles of his feet still remained on the branches of the sapling. , the bounced saplings trembled strangely, as if laughing at their ignorance.

"We've been going around in circles all the time." Niu Geng understood, looked at the poplar grove, frowned and meditated.

"Ah? Lieutenant General... Did we... encounter a ghost hitting the wall?!" The three fell to the ground and huddled together.

"Don't talk nonsense! How can there be ghosts and gods in this world?!" Niu Geng shouted, but his heart was pounding. Even if there were ghosts and gods, he had nothing to be afraid of as a person who crawled out of the dead. Compared with ghosts and gods, he I am even more afraid of losing Qing'er.

Niu Geng took a deep breath, his chaotic mind seemed to wake up a little bit, and going on like this would be of no use other than exhausting his energy, so he had to think of a way.

Suddenly, memories surged in his mind, and Niu Geng suddenly remembered what his mother said when he was a child: Gengzi, don't be afraid, if you really meet this ghost hitting the wall, as long as you walk forward with one foot , the ghost can't hold your two feet at the same time, so it can't trap you.At that time, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep at night after hearing the story of the ghost hitting the wall told by other children, that's how his mother comforted him.

Niu Geng doesn't know if this is really useful, but in the current situation, he has to try everything!

He looked down at the three people lying on the ground with shaggy hair, and said: "You go out of the forest first, and immediately go to the general to tell him to help take care of the person in my room, and leave the other three waiting at the entrance of the village. If I find that old fairy, I will use fireworks as a sign, and the people left behind will immediately go to the city to pick up the person in my room and wait at the entrance of the forest. If within 12 hours... I have not come out, and there is no signal for fireworks ..., you go back and report to the general, asking him to protect the life of the person in my room no matter what...!"

"Vice general!"

"Let's go, this forest is not an ordinary place, I don't want to hurt your lives because of my personal affairs, go! Remember what I ordered."

After all, Niu Geng raised one foot and jumped forward with only one foot.

The three of them looked at it from a distance, and felt that the appearance of their tall and burly lieutenant jumping forward was a bit funny, but at the moment, the three of them couldn't laugh, and stood up tremblingly. , went in the opposite direction.

Niu Geng hopped around with one leg. He was half a head taller than ordinary people, so his center of gravity was naturally difficult to control. He kept his head down and looked at his toes all the way. After a while, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.After bouncing all the way for half an hour, Niu Geng gradually felt that the scenery in front of him had changed. Although he looked down at his feet all the way, he also found that the mist under his feet had lightened, slightly rising around his feet.

When Niu Geng looked up, he saw that there was chaos in front of his eyes, and he could hardly see his fingers. This place seemed to be completely isolated from the outside world. The good sunlight in the poplar forest seemed to be swallowed up by the thick fog, and nothing could penetrate.

Niu Geng knew that he had entered the thick fog, and what his mother said before was actually effective. He was overjoyed, put down the raised leg, and struggled to identify the road in front of him.

However, he couldn't see anything except the vast expanse of whiteness in front of him. Niu Geng stretched out his hand and touched a hard object. He touched it with both hands and vaguely recognized that it was a dead tree, which was only a big step away from him. But in my field of vision just now, I couldn't see it at all.

Niu Geng felt something was wrong, and thought of what A Tong said, he wanted to let the old fairy know that he was here to seek medical treatment, so he shouted loudly: "The old fairy who lives in this forest, my name is Niu Geng, my beloved I am seriously ill, lying on the bed, and I am about to die. I heard that you can save lives. Can you come to the city with me and save his life? As long as the old god can save him, I, Niu Geng, will take my life. Take his life instead!"

Niu Geng yelled three times into the thick fog, but there was no response for a long time. When he was anxious, he suddenly heard a deep voice coming from all directions: "You are dressed luxuriously, and you wear a knife in your belt. Those who are rich and powerful, the old man only saves the poor and poor, and the high-ranking and noble people are born with enough blessings, and the old man will not save them."

"Old fairy! I was born as a long-term worker, and I have suffered so much with my mother. Now my mother died of poverty and illness. I am now in exchange for my life. You said that you only save the lives of poor people who are unfortunate. Is there anyone who is poorer than a long-term worker with no land?!" As if afraid that the old fairy would leave in the fog, Niu Geng hurriedly said before the voice fell. The appearance of this voice undoubtedly excited him, but what he could say But it was poured on his head like a basin of cold water.

"Oh...?" The voice seemed to be hesitant: "Then, is the person you want to save born in a poor family like you?"

Niu Geng bit his lip, his throbbing throat rolled up and down, his heart beat, and he knelt on the ground. Since he left Xue's house, when Xue Fu asked him not to kneel again, he never knelt again except to bid farewell to his mother. However, now, for Qing'er, he is willing to break the hundred taels of gold under his knees.

"Old Immortal, although he was born into a wealthy family, he has never done anything bad. If the old Immortal was born in a poor family and cannot be saved, then Niu Geng is willing to exchange my life for his! If the Old Immortal accepts me If you can save his life, then your old man will immediately show his supernatural powers and take my life!"

"Hmph, so, it's not impossible for me to save people. You go east, if you come to me with life, I will go out with you to save people. If you don't come, you can't blame me. You and your lover , you can be a pair of ghost mandarin ducks in the underworld!"

Niu Geng was overjoyed after hearing this, he looked up at the sky, and vaguely recognized where Dongfang was under the dim sun, kowtowed three times to Dongfang, stood up, and walked straight forward.But the more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong.

The faster he walked, the longer and fuller his chest seemed to be holding a puff of breath, and his throat became tighter and tighter, he couldn't breathe, his head was in a daze, and even his eyes couldn't I can't see clearly, my ears can't listen carefully, my hands and feet are weak, and I can't work hard.

The symptoms became more severe as they went deeper, until at last Niu Geng could only hold on to a poplar tree by his hand, and gasped heavily.

There is something weird in this fog!The only explanation is this. The only difference between this place and the outside world is the thick fog. Apart from something in the fog, Niu Geng can't think of any other reason.

Niu Geng leaned against the tree trunk, tried his best to take off his coat, took out the kettle hanging on his waist, poured some water on his clothes, covered his mouth and nose with the wet clothes, and tried to move forward.

This time, it was much better. Although it was still difficult to breathe, at least I could take a few mouthfuls of fresh air, and my feet gained some strength. Niu Geng adjusted his state and continued walking eastward, deeper into the thick fog, The more difficult it is to walk.There are more and more broken stones and rotten tiles under the feet, and the dead branches and rotten trees along the way are gradually gathering. The sharp branches scrape the clothes on the burdock from time to time. The things in the dense fog seemed to be attracted by the smell of blood, and flowed into the skin of the burdock along with the blood.

The method of covering his mouth and nose didn't work anymore, the suffocation feeling of being strangled by someone's throat became stronger again, the picture in front of him was in a trance again, and the brute strength of the burdock came up again, he risked his life and ran forward with great effort , ran faster and faster, ran faster and faster, and finally, through the thin mist, saw a simple courtyard.