Yan Xiao's Strange Records

On the ancient sunset road, a man and a horse step like stars, wearing ink-colored forged clothes, with loose robe belts.Behind her was a woman in a red dress, and she walked with her head high without waiting for a whip, and her hoofs flew around, disturbing the trees and then perching birds.

"Su Heng, Jiangdu is two hundred miles away. Seeing that it is getting late and the forest is dark at night, it is inconvenient to walk. The surrounding area is not peaceful, and there are many bandits. Let's find a place to spend the night so as not to get into trouble. unnecessary trouble."

Xiao Qi suggested, seeing that it was getting late, the woods were rustling, insects were singing one after another, and a crescent moon was hanging on the tip of the tree.

"Okay, don't be in a hurry. Today is a long day's journey, and Nongying needs to rest well."

Su Heng stroked Nongying's hair, and Nongying wagged his tail comfortably, raised the soil with all four hooves, gave clothes and wiped his hands, so affectionate.

Su Heng led Nongying to the bank of the river, and saw his face clearly in the afterglow of the setting sun.

After many days of running around, he was already unshaven, and his handsome face was even thinner at this moment. Su Heng washed his face, and his sanity was mostly clear.

The firewood was crackling, and the entire forest was shrouded in a huge night, only two horses occasionally chirped.

Su Heng held the sword, leaned against a rock and half closed his eyes, Xiao Qi was lying on the tree trunk, sleeping soundly.

There was a rustling sound in the grass, and a cluster of green fluorescent lights rose. The fluorescent lights split into two, gradually grew, and floated towards the two people who were sleeping soundly.

Su Hengsu practiced martial arts, so he could detect any disturbance.He half-closed his eyes, deliberately let the green light approach, and the green light floated back and forth in front of his forehead, but he couldn't wake up, so he had to give up.

Floating towards Xiao Qi one after another, Xiao Qi felt a gust of wind blowing on his face, stretched out his hand and fanned him twice, turned over and fell asleep.

Seeing that the two were fearless, the fluorescent light stopped in mid-air, and several black shadows appeared in the forest. The black shadows were dressed in white clothes, with disheveled hair like ghosts, and moved towards Su Heng's package.

The corners of Su Heng's mouth twitched into a smile, and he opened his eyes suddenly, a pair of cold stars shot out, the ghost was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, and his hands stopped in mid-air.

Xiao Qi, who was lying on the tree trunk, had also noticed it a long time ago. He pulled out the nine-knotted stool tied around his waist, and made a sound in the wind. He rolled up the ghost's waist and dragged him ten feet away. The ghost babbled and begged for mercy, but Su Heng just stood aside, smiling without saying a word.

"Are you a human or a ghost? Why do you pretend to be a ghost to threaten us?" Su Heng raised his chin and questioned the fake ghost.

The fake ghost fell to the ground with all four limbs, but failed to pretend to be a ghost, but was teased by others. "The two young heroes spare their lives, the younger one has eyes but does not know Mount Tai, and disturbed the two young heroes to rest, I hope the younger one will be spared."

Su Heng looked sideways, and noticed that the grass was extremely unsteady. He pulled out the Yishui sword, put it on the neck of the fake ghost, and said loudly: "Who is hiding in the grass? If you don't come out again, your accomplice will die in front of me!" Under the sword!" The grass was silent for a long time, Su Heng raised his sword——

"Young hero, stop! Let's make it out!" Only a loud voice was heard, and a blushing person greeted the people behind him, and Xiao Qi lit the torch, instantly taking a clear picture of those people who were dormant in the grass Chu is full of people with disheveled hair, still wearing armor, and the weapons in their hands are full of rust.His face was full of dishes, as if he had been hit by the wind and rain all year round.

Xiao Qi also couldn't help being surprised, originally thought that they were pretending to be bandits in the forest, but saw that their clothes and weapons were all worn by Da Qi soldiers.

The leader's chubby face looked at Su Heng's attire, with the "Heng" token hanging on his waist, which was clearly the configuration of the Yanyin government office, and his official rank was not low. "The young man came from Yanyin?"

"Yes, we came from Yanyin, why are you wearing military uniforms, but pretending to be gods and ghosts, and doing some robber things?" Su Heng asked suspiciously.

Hearing the words, the chubby face lost all blood, looked at the brothers behind him, and immediately knelt down in front of Su Heng along with the brothers.

"My lord, we are not bandits, we are also soldiers, but three years ago, food and grass were stolen by goblins, and we didn't dare to go back to Gyeonggi, so we hid in the dense forest of Jiangdu.

I didn't dare to proceed rashly, so many brothers always have to maintain their daily work, so I had to pretend to scare the passers-by, touch the sheep for some silver, and barely survive the day. "The chubby face said sadly.

"Three years ago? Are you Wang Lian's subordinates?" A figure appeared in Su Heng's mind. That person was Wang Lian, Wang Lian, and Ban Chao.

The two of them were a few years older than Su Heng, and Ban Chao was entrusted with an important task as a young man, stationed far away from Mobei.

As for Wang Lian, although he didn't help Ban Chao, he was sincere and down-to-earth, and he was entrusted with the important task of sending food and grass by the emperor.

It was only during a trip to Mobei three years ago that Wang Lian and his troops disappeared. Everyone speculated that Wang Lian was killed by a foreigner from Loulan, and the emperor even named him a loyal man.

It never occurred to them that their real army stagnated even in the dense forest of Jiangdu, and their old friend Wang Lian might not have died.

The chubby face nodded quickly. "Could it be that Your Excellency knows General Wang? We just waited for General Wang to return. We never thought that after waiting for three years, General Ban still has no news."

Xiao Qi also surrounded the fire, watching the flickering light on the chubby soldier's face, and only heard him say solemnly: "Three years ago, General Wang was ordered to deliver food and salaries to the soldiers far away in Mobei. The sun was scorching hot, and all the soldiers were at their limits...

In the tenth year of the State of Qi, during the reign of the King of Qi, General Wang Lian of Pingnan was ordered to go south to escort food and salaries, and to relieve soldiers at the border. He passed through the territory of Jiangdu. Jiangdu is thousands of miles away from the capital of Yanyin. Can't live.

Along the way, the soldiers were exhausted in their carriages and horses, exhausted in body and spirit.Looking at the pleasant scenery, Wang Lian was overjoyed. He grew up in Yanyin, a rich and affluent place, and he had never experienced this natural landscape.Immediately waved to stop the army from advancing, and chose to set up camp here.

His subordinates looked at the surrounding barren mountains and mountains, and said worriedly. "The general is here in the barren mountains and wild mountains. There are no villages in front of us or shops in back. I heard that there are spirits and monsters haunting them. These spirits kill people and rob goods. We follow the emperor's order to escort food and grass. This is a very important matter and no mistakes are allowed.

It's better to walk a few hundred miles to Jiangdu Town, where there are officials who will settle us down. "

Wang Lian was also a little worried after hearing this, but he had lived a wealthy life in Yanyin since he was a child, and he had never seen such a natural scenery.

Thinking that there was no change along the way, the subordinates were just worrying unnecessarily, and comforted him: "I have my own measure, the soldiers have been tossed all the way, and this is the limit. Let's settle in this mountain for the time being tonight, and send more people to guard at night. Light a few more torches, no matter whether it is a human or a monster, they will not dare to approach us when they see the lights and shadows here." Wang Lian couldn't help his subordinates talking, and immediately ordered them to set up camp.

That night, it was raining continuously and the sky was dark. At five o'clock in the night, there was still nothing to see outside. The guarding soldiers began to relax their vigilance and closed their eyes to rest. The ghosts stopped for a while, and then ran towards a place.

A small soldier was suddenly drowsy, and felt the cold wind blowing behind him, so he opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the black shadow reflected in the tent.

After rubbing his eyes, the black shadows could still move, and he couldn't help but turn pale with shock: "Ghost, there is a ghost!" Xiao Bing sat down on the ground and shouted loudly.

The surrounding soldiers were also awakened, and hurried into the house to check, and sure enough, the food and payment had disappeared, and carefully checked that the doors and windows around were tightly closed, and there was no suspicious person's footprints.

Wang Lian turned around in a hurry. Although he was called a general, it was just a false name, and he was promoted by his father Wang Jia.

He only served in the military barracks in his early years, and rarely went to war in these years. It was finally entrusted by the emperor to escort food and grass.I was negligent, I didn't know that the food and grass were stolen, I really regret it.

There are many mountains outside, the terrain is complicated, and it is dark at night. Under the persuasion of his subordinates, Wang Lian had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart and wait until tomorrow morning to search.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Lian led the people to search the mountain depression, hoping to find any clues, but found nothing.

Wang Lian was filled with remorse. Losing the frontier supply of food and grass was a serious crime of beheading. Not only could he not escape the blame, but the soldiers who traveled with him would also be punished.So he ordered to stop advancing and vowed to find food and grass.

Every day, people are sent to check on the four corners of the mountain, and they will not let go of any dangerous places. They must find out the thieves.

One day, a soldier reported that a strange footprint was found in a jungle a hundred miles away. The footprint was several times larger than that of ordinary people. One was printed in the soil and the other was on the cliff.

"General, the footprints of this unusual person must be traces left by monsters. We might as well send people to Jiangdu and invite some Taoist priests and mages to do it and eradicate these monsters." His subordinates suggested.

Wang Liansu hated such ghost remarks. He saw people in the evil spirit department in Yanyin avoiding them. In his opinion, the people in the evil spirit department used the name of catching monsters to deceive the common people and earn unjust money. fiscal.

How can there be those miraculous things in this world, even if they exist, they are caused by people's hearts. It must be that the bandits around have some means, even if they are daring.

But he didn't dare to openly oppose the court, so he made some ghosts to scare them.I must find their lair so that they dare not do evil in such a pleasant place like Jiangdu.

"You wait here, I'll go inside to check, and see if any monsters will retreat after seeing this general."

Regardless of the persuasion of his subordinates, Wang Lian walked into the jungle without hesitation.After running for about an hour, there were dense forests everywhere, and there was nothing strange;

The scorching sun was in the sky, and Wang Lian couldn't open his eyes due to the dizziness of the sun. The cicadas were singing one after another, and Wang Lian could only feel a buzzing in his head. At that time, he felt a burst of damp mist all over his body, and his face was wet, which made him shiver, and he was mostly awake immediately.

He found that there was a strange mountain in front of him at some point, with lush trees and beautiful scenery, surrounded by a river, the river was clear and blue waves were slightly rippling.

The river is very shallow, and the sand and rocks at the bottom of the river can be vaguely seen. Wang Lian rolled up his trousers, jumped into the river, and looked at the mountain to swim...