treacherous world

"What ghost village?" Bao Yan pretended to be puzzled, and continued to trick the guy.

"It's a haunted village!" The man shook his head, "I don't know how many years ago, Shanyin Village was very lively at that time! It produces musk, and the girls are very beautiful, and the village is extremely rich! People in our nearby villages are all proud to be able to marry a girl from Shanyin Village.”

Everyone frowned and listened.

"But suddenly one day, I don't know what happened that night, the dogs in the whole village barked like crazy!" The man said while recalling the scene at that time, "I still remember that night , the storm, the thunder, it was scary. Let's get up the next day and have a look, guess what?"

Pang Yu frowned, "You think you're a storyteller? Come on, what's the point!"

"Tsk." The man frowned, "The village was emptied in one night, and all the people disappeared overnight. Then, on the mass graves in the back mountain, there were inexplicably many more graves."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay - there must have been a change that night, otherwise the dog would not have barked like that.

"And then?" Bao Yan asked.

"Then there is no more after that! The village disappeared overnight, and the small village started to be haunted by ghosts, all of whom were ghosts in white clothes floating around." The man shook his head lightly, "That's right... there is one more thing. Strange thing, three days later, there were five more black graves side by side on the mass grave!"

Everyone knew that it was the legendary five graves!

"Guest officials!" The clerk waved his hands anxiously, "I can't go, I can't go to that place! Once you are haunted by a ghost, you can't escape."

Everyone nodded, and the guy didn't need to worry about this matter.

"By the way, whose are those five tombs?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Oh, I don't know about that. What are the third sister and fifth sister? There is no such girl in Shanyin Village..."

"What nonsense!"

The guy was talking lively when suddenly, an old man with a cane came out from the teahouse.He stomped his cane hard and glared at the buddy, "Don't go to work, talk nonsense here!"

"Uh, yes!" The man was obviously afraid of the old man, so he hurried to the back.

Everyone looked at the old man, and saw that his age was at least about 80 years old. He was very old, trembling on crutches, but he was quite angry.

The old man looked thin and cunning, he looked at the crowd with some ferocity, and walked in with a cane... probably because he saw that these people didn't come here just to buy musk.

"Oh, this old man is really scary." Pang Yu made a face, "So angry at such an age."

"But he must know something." Bai Yutang looked at the old man who walked into the teahouse and scolded the waiter in a low voice.

Everyone sat for a while, then got up and left, followed the pipeline across the mountain, and rushed to Shanyin Village.

After turning over a small dirt slope, everyone arrived at the sunny side of the mountain.Looking down, you can see that the shady side of the mountain is really different from the yang side of the mountain. The sunny side is full of trees, while the shady side is full of bushes, and the dim light makes people feel gloomy.

In a mountain not far away, there is an abandoned village.

The village is quiet, and almost half of it is covered by fallen leaves. It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.

"Oh, just looking at it is gloomy." Pang Yu rubbed the back of his head.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked down the hillside first, Bao Yan led the little donkey to follow, and Pang Yu bit the bullet and followed.

The closer you are to the village, the more you can feel that dead air.

The dead branches and leaves accumulated over the years have a musty smell after decay, which makes people flustered and always feel very uncomfortable.

Walking to the entrance of the village, you can still vaguely distinguish the yellow mud road under the leaves. The village is well planned, with the main road in the middle, and the surrounding fields are criss-crossed.

Stepping on the fallen leaves, walking along the main road, the houses on both sides still roughly maintain their original appearance, some are new, some are old, nothing special, except...

"Strange?" Pang Yu asked everyone puzzled, "Why is there a sign hanging on the door of every house?"

Bao Yan also felt strange, went to take down a sign to have a look, and saw a bird was drawn on that sign, of course, it was just a few simple strokes, more like a symbol!The shape is a flying bird with open wings, one side is blue and the other side is cinnabar.

"Some are green side up, and some are cinnabar side up." Zhan Zhao also walked over to take a few signs and looked carefully, "What does this mean?"

Everyone shook their heads, Bai Yutang suddenly thought of something, picked up the sign and looked at it carefully, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Mao'er, do you see the brushwork for this bird painting, is it familiar to you?!"

"Brushwork..." Zhan Zhao took a closer look at the sign, "It's really a bit, where have I seen it... ah!"

Bai Yutang nodded, and there was a crane on the piece of gilded crane feather that Luo Yuan was wearing before.Although the postures are different, the brushwork is very similar. The lines are sharp at both ends and thick in the middle, and the expression techniques including the beak and tail are also very similar, all of which are legacy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!

"Is it related to Liu Heling?" Bao Yan couldn't figure it out even more, "This is just a deserted village, how could it have something to do with that antique treasure?

Afterwards, full of doubts, everyone opened the door and entered several huts to see what happened.

The furnishings in the house were well preserved, but some of the tables were overturned and chairs were overturned, apparently knocked down when someone fled in a hurry.Sure enough, something big happened that year.

"Oh!" Pang Yu suddenly took a few signs and looked at them, "I found a pattern!"

Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to say what pattern he had discovered.

"The sign with the red bird facing outside, there are little girls' boudoirs in the house!"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, according to what Pang Yu said, they checked a few more and found out that this was the case!The boudoirs of young girls are mostly independent, and most of the rooms have beaded curtains, which are very delicately furnished.

"This brand! Is it similar to the effect of avoiding the bell?" Pang Yu asked with a smile, "If there is a young girl who is not going out at home, she must be afraid of those frizzy men coming in and bumping into her, so the girl wears a bell. As soon as you hear the jingle bell, it means that the lady is coming out, so the man hasten to avoid it!"

The other three looked at him in admiration - how experienced he looked!

"As soon as you see the sign, you know there is a big girl in this house, so be careful when you enter the house?" Bao Yan looked at the sign for a while, then shook his head, "Something is not right!"

"Indeed." Bai Yutang also nodded, "Generally people will use more subtle methods. Besides, if there are girls, there is a sign, but if there are no girls, it's fine. Why do you want to hang a blue sign?"

"Oh, this is easy to understand. There are beautiful girls and handsome boys..." Pang Yu's smile froze as soon as he spoke, and everyone turned to look at him, which meant to ask—do you still have this hobby?

"Ahem." Pang Yu quickly scratched his head, "Oh, this village is really scary... Wow!"

Pang Yu wanted to change the subject, but suddenly shouted, pointing to an alley not far away and shouting, "Ghost! Ghost!"

Everyone turned their heads suddenly, "Where is it?!"

"I just saw it, just behind the alley, the white shadow floating...

As soon as he finished speaking, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang chased after him.The two of them had good lightness skills, and jumped onto the roof, but looking around, could there be any ghosts?saw nothing.

Just as he was wondering, Zhan Zhao heard Bai Yutang call him, "Cat!"

Zhan Zhao lowered his head and saw Bai Yutang squatting on the roof next to him, looking down at something.

"What's the matter?" Zhan Zhao also went over and knelt down beside him, only to see Bai Yutang picked up some small objects from the roof, like stones, but upon closer inspection they turned out to be silver, scattered, and Not a lot.

"Silver?" Zhan Zhao took it and looked at it, "Why is it on the roof?"

Bai Yutang looked up again, went to another roof, and picked up a golden bracelet.

"Carver looks like Liu Heling!" Zhan Zhao held the bracelet and looked at it.

In this way, the two ran around all the roofs and found a lot of scattered gold and silver, as well as some fine jewelry. Although most of them were relatively small, judging by the craftsmanship and fineness, they were definitely genuine!And most of them are magnificent, and the workmanship is the same as that of Liu Heling, which has the style of Tang Dynasty.

"Hey!"

At this time, Pang Yu under the roof shouted, "Where are you, it's getting dark!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, took the things back to where they were, and showed them.

"Oh, good stuff!" Pang Yu looked at the bracelet, "This one is worth at least a thousand taels!"

"It's from the Tang Dynasty!" Bao Yan also said, "This workmanship can't be wrong."

"Let's go to the mass grave." Zhan Zhao put away his things and prepared to take them back for further study, while walking towards the back mountain with Bai Yutang.

"Go now?!" Pang Yu felt the chilly wind pouring down his neck, covered his shirt collar, and asked Bao Yan, "Hey, little Mantou, you take care of the people in your Kaifeng mansion, why are you so courageous?"

Bao Yan glared at him, "Coward! You are so grown up and afraid of ghosts."

The corner of Pang Yu's mouth twitched, seeing that he was also walking forward with Zhan Zhao and the others, he said angrily, "Okay, the brat will come out later, let's see if you are afraid!" After finishing speaking, he hurriedly followed the others.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked around for a long time, and finally found the so-called mass grave.

There are indeed many tombs on the mass graves, and on the numerous mounds, there are three tombs that are particularly conspicuous. In front of each tomb is a black tombstone with a name engraved on it. Of course, it is just called, the last one , is the fifth sister.

"Oh, this is the legendary Fifth Sister's grave." Pang Yu leaned forward again, squatted down to take a closer look, "There are marks of paper money burned here!"

Pang Yu pointed to the black scorched earth in front of the five graves, and the unburned yellow paper money.

"Ghosts probably wouldn't burn money for themselves." Bai Yutang said as he walked over to look, and suddenly said to Pang Yu, "Don't move!"

Pang Yu was startled, and froze in place, "Oh my mother, did I ask a ghost to shoulder me?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang puzzled, saw him walking over, looked down at Pang Yu's feet, saw a clear footprint there...

Zhan Zhao squatted down and looked carefully, "Looks like a child...or a petite woman."

"Oh, the man in white I just saw seems to be a woman." Pang Yu lowered his head and said, "Can you move?"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao nodded to him together, when suddenly another gust of wind swept by.

"Hiss..." Both Pang Yu and Bao Yan shrank their necks. At the same time, Zao Duoduo and Bai Yunfan who were standing not far away both cried out, seeming a little uneasy.

As the wind got stronger, the leaves on the ground fluttered with the wind, accompanied by a strange whimpering sound, as if someone was crying in the wind...

"Mother hello!" Pang Yu grabbed Bao Yan who was nearby and hid behind him, "What's the matter?"

"Oh, why are you holding me, I don't know martial arts!"

"Are you upright? Even ghosts are afraid of your father!"

Zhan Zhao also stood up, and Bai Yutang looked at the distant sky, "The sky has changed."

"Why for no reason..." Bao Yan frowned.

Everyone also thought it was evil——it didn't make sense, the sky was clear just now, and now it's not in the middle of the day, how can you say that the sky will change when it changes?

"Woooo..." The crying sound was clearer and recognizable, and it should be a woman crying.

"Did you hear that?" Pang Yu looked around nervously.

Zhan Zhao suddenly took a step forward, raised his hand... and shot a sleeve arrow towards a certain alley in the distance.

There was a "click" sound, and the crying stopped.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly, just as he was about to go over, he heard both Pang Yu and Bao Yan shout.Zhan Zhao turned his head abruptly, and saw Bai Yutang standing behind him, looking at the forest behind him.Looking in the direction he was looking, Zhan Zhao couldn't help opening his mouth, while Bao Yan and Pang Yu were too shocked to speak.

I saw a forest behind the tombstone, near the mountain.

In the strong wind, the shrubs and branches in the forest swayed from side to side.In the dark forest, five white figures could be vaguely seen.Those figures floated in the mid-air of the forest, as if their bodies were very light, fluttering gently with the strong wind.

Pang Yu sat down on the ground, and Bao Yan was also dumbfounded—is there really a ghost?

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao wanted to go over to see what happened, when suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky... a bang.There was a flash of light in the forest, and everyone was blinded by the strong light, and they all closed their eyes subconsciously.Opening his eyes again, the ghost in the forest had disappeared.

"what!"

Just after he breathed a sigh of relief, Pang Yu yelled again, and his voice became hoarse.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned their heads, they saw five female ghosts floating behind them, in the middle of the village road they had taken when they came, and they seemed exactly the same as the five in the forest just now.

"It's so fast... how come?" Bao Yan rubbed his eyes and looked back at the woods.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang subconsciously exchanged glances - if it was a human being, it would be impossible to do it so quickly without being noticed, unless it was some mechanism!

"Boom"

After a few more flashes of thunder and lightning, the female ghosts scatter in all directions, burrowing into the alley in front of the house, and disappearing from everyone's sight in an instant.

After Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, he said "Oops!" and quickly arrived at the entrance of the alley where he just shot the sleeve arrow.

I saw the sleeve arrow inserted into the wall intact, more than three inches deep, it was the result of Zhan Zhao's internal strength.And above the Xiujian, there was a piece of white silk with mottled blood on it.

He took the silk off and looked at it—the blood was very fresh, so it could be seen that it had just been stained.Zhan Zhao knew that the person standing here just now was shot by his sleeve arrow.In other words, if those five "female ghosts" died suddenly, the person might have been caught by them.

But one thing is certain, the person who will bleed must be a person, and he is also wearing white silk clothes!

Bai Yutang walked around the village, but he never saw those white ghosts again. At this time, the thunder had subsided and the wind had gradually stopped—it seemed that it would not rain, but the sky had already stopped. It went completely dark.

"This place is too evil!" Pang Yu couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing that it was getting dark, he became even more frightened, so he came over and asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "Let's go, come back tomorrow morning!"

Bao Yan was also a little bit at a loss.

Bai Yutang stood at the strange case of the mass grave, looked around, shook his head slightly, "Don't go."

"Don't go?" Pang Yu was anxious, "Then what should we do tonight?"

Zhan Zhao collected the white silk and the sleeve arrow, took two shovels from the yard of a farmhouse, threw them to Pang Yu and Bao Yan, "digging the grave."

Bao Yan opened his mouth wide - digging a grave in this haunted place?

Pang Yu rolled his eyes and almost fainted.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other tacitly—pretending to be a ghost!