Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

It didn't take long for the three of them, two horses and one donkey, to arrive at the foot of Qiongshan Mountain.

From a long distance, Zhan Zhao saw that there were actually two government servants at the bottom of Qiongshan Mountain, so he couldn't help being a little curious, so he rode up to the servant, and just as he got off his horse, he was about to go up to ask, but the servant suddenly stretched out his hand to block him and shouted : "Go back, go back, don't let me pass here."

Zhan Zhao raised his head and glanced at Qiongshan, and still smiled gracefully: "Why don't you let me pass?"

The two yamen servants were originally arranged to guard the mountain for a whole day, and they were very unhappy, and they had a bad temper towards people passing by, but seeing Zhan Zhao, a very kind person, good-looking and polite, they spoke softly Come down: "My friend, to tell you the truth, there have been many murders on the mountain behind us recently. My lord was afraid that someone would die innocently, so he ordered the two of us to guard the only way up the mountain. Let people go up the mountain!"

"Murder case?"

"That's right, I don't know who spread the word recently that there is a demon sword on the top of Qiongshan Mountain that is about to be born, which has attracted many people from all walks of life to come here to search for the treasure, but ah, the people who went up died one by one. ..."

Zhan Zhao wanted to ask again, but Gongsun suddenly came over and said, "Oh? How did you die?"

The two yamen servants were taken aback for a moment, and saw a very bookish and elegant scholar appearing behind Zhan Zhao, and when they looked again, there was another super glamorous beauty in white, and the two yamen servants gasped in surprise. Taking a closer look, the beauty is actually a man...

Seeing the two yamen servants staring at someone without any response, Zhan Zhao turned his head and rolled his eyes at Bai Yutang: White mouse, you are causing trouble again!

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and suddenly felt that Zhan Zhaofei's rolling eyes were very cute.

Gongsun Ce coughed, and asked again: "You two officials, how did those people die?"

The two yamen servants came back to their senses, looked at Gongsun and said, "This...it's not convenient for us to disclose... Anyway, please go back, it's too dangerous here..."

Zhan Zhao asked again: "Since it's dangerous, those two are still here, don't be afraid..."

The two yamen servants looked at each other, waved their hands and said: "We will only stay here during the day, but we absolutely dare not stay here at night. At night, this Qiongshan Mountain is full of will-o'-the-wisps and ghost shadows. It's too scary! It is simply impossible for people to stay!"

Bai Yutang said coldly: "If you don't guard at night, what's the use of guarding during the day?"

Seeing Bai Yutang's cold look, the two yamen servants shuddered. They looked at Zhan Zhao and dared not speak, thinking that this young man in white is obviously so good-looking, so he can make people feel difficult to get along with?

Zhan Zhao laughed and said, "Don't pay attention to him, you two. He is born with a cold face, bad temper, dislikes others, and always thinks himself right. In fact, he is just a paper tiger. He can be broken with one poke. It's okay! "

As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Ce on the side burst out laughing, Bai Yutang glanced at Gongsun, Gongsun immediately stopped laughing, and then looked at him with extremely sympathetic eyes to express his comfort.

The two yamen servants thought for a while and said: "Our adults said, stop those who can be stopped, and let them go if they can't be stopped. Anyway, those who are disobedient must not be good stubble, good and evil will be rewarded, and everything is reincarnation. !"

Gongsun stroked his chin and said, "Your lord is really interesting."

The two couldn't figure out whether Gongsun's words were praise or derogation, and for a while, they could only laugh in embarrassment.

Gongsun said again: "You two yamen servants, you still haven't said the cause of those people's death."

"This, it's really inconvenient to explain..."

Seeing that the two yamen servants had been showing distressed faces, Zhan Zhao turned his face slightly, and winked at Bai Yutang. Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and shook his face. Reluctantly, he shook his head and coughed softly... Gongsun Ce was still wondering what the two were doing, when he heard Bai Yutang sneer suddenly: "How can it be convenient?"

The two yamen servants were in a dilemma: "This..."

Bai Yutang said indifferently: "Since the two of you are members of the Gongmen family, you should naturally walk upright and sit upright. Such flashy words, what's the point of hiding?"

The faces of the two of them became ugly: "...we..."

Bai Yutang snorted and said, "Oh, could it be that he didn't dare to speak because he did something shameful?" Then, he glanced at Zhan Zhao, and said calmly, "Sure enough, the officialdom There isn't a single good person in the..."

Zhan Zhao pursed his lips, cursing in his heart: You damn rat, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai...

The two of them started to break out in a cold sweat, and their palms became sticky, thinking that this young man in white was really aggressive when he spoke!

Bai Yutang looked at the two of them coldly, his icy aura forced them to keep silent.

After being watched like this for a while, the psychological defense of the two finally collapsed...

Zhan Zhao, who was at the side, saw that the fire was almost ready, so he interrupted with a smile: "Don't worry, we really don't mean any harm. If you two really have a problem, then just pretend we didn't ask."

The two were startled, and looked at Zhan Zhao hesitantly.

Zhan Zhao laughed again and said, "I'm sorry for bothering you two adults, we'd better go first..." After saying that, he turned around and winked at Gongsun, and before he could take a step, he heard someone behind him say:

"...How about this, if you really want to know, you can go to Yizhuang in the west of the city to have a look..." The yamen servant looked around and suddenly lowered his voice, "You can open a sealed coffin at will. I understand... But, don't say that we said it, and don't go around saying what you saw..."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and finally left with Gongsun Ce and Bai Yutang.

Gongsun Ce looked back at the two yamen servants as he walked, and saw that they seemed to be sending away some kind of plague god, he still couldn't help but smiled at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang: "You two sing very well with a red face and a white face. Happy, perfect match..."

Zhan Zhao nodded, then nodded again, then looked at Bai Yutang solemnly and said, "That's right, and it's a very, very, very, very white little boy."

Bai Yutang: "..."

Gongsun was overjoyed, and turned his head to look at Qiongshan not far away.

Zhan Zhao was still arguing with Bai Yutang, so he felt that Gongsun Ce beside him hadn't followed up. The two turned their heads together, and saw Gongsun Ce looking up at a certain place with his head up.

The two looked towards the place where Gongsun was looking up.

I saw a cloud of bright red blood, covering the top of Qiongshan Mountain hazyly, dyeing the whole Qiongshan Mountain as if it was dripping with blood...

Bai Yutang squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "The sky is raining red, and the peaks are soaked in blood."

When Gongsun turned his head, he saw Bai Yutang's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled so wickedly.

At sunset, the three of them finally arrived at Yizhuang in the west of the city.

Gongsun Ce was sitting on the donkey, looking up at the word "Yizhuang" not far away with a burst of gloom, and suddenly pulled the rope on the donkey, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned their heads and looked at Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun said: "You said that if a lot of people died suddenly in one place, the government might throw the corpses in Yizhuang and ignore them?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then replied: "Mr. Gongsun means... there is a way here?"

Gongsun frowned lightly: "I can't tell. The two yamen servants just now refused to say it clearly. I always feel that the government seems to be afraid of something, so they concealed some inside information."

Bai Yutang looked at Yizhuang not far away, and said calmly, "I'll know when I see those corpses."

The three stopped talking, and came to the gate of Yizhuang. They wanted to knock on the door, but saw that the door of Yizhuang was half-closed. The three of them looked at each other. Zhan Zhao gently pushed the door open, and the dilapidated door let out a "squeak." "Yeah," followed by an old voice asking, "Who is it?"

Zhan Zhao hurriedly said, "Sorry to bother you, we are here to identify the corpse."

After a while, there was a rustling sound of clothes being put on inside, and then, someone coughed a few times, and then said to himself: "Recognize the dead body? Could it be those sealed coffins? Then What a pity, the coffins have been nailed to death, and it is very troublesome to open them!"

The three of them were silent, just looking at the situation in the Yizhuang in secret. On the ground full of dust and money, there were several pairs of the most common coffins, all of which were nailed to death with large copper nails. In the middle of the lobby, looking at the past, it makes people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.

After a while, an old man with a gray beard walked out of the inner hall. His clothes were patched all over, but they were still clean. He covered his mouth with his hand and coughed while walking. His hair was loose and he was wearing a piece of clothing. He obviously just got up from the bed, and when he saw the person coming, he was obviously a little surprised, his eyes widened and he said: "Old man, I have been with these corpses here for so long, and this is the first time I have been here except for the officials who brought the corpses. Seeing so many people..."

Seeing that the old man was not in good health, Zhan Zhao felt a little sorry for getting up to meet them, "Old man, I'm really sorry for disturbing your lucid dream."

The old man smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, old man, I spend a lot of time with these dead people every day, and it's rare to see some living people, so I'm too happy!"

Zhan Zhao smiled and asked, "What do you call the old man?"

"Old man, my surname is He. All the officials call me old man He. Are you on the same road?"

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Mr. He, may I ask, are those crucified coffins delivered recently? Can someone come to identify the corpse?"

Old man He touched one of the coffins, and replied: "It is true that they were all delivered these days, and no one has identified the corpse. I still feel strange!"

Gongsun took a step forward, looked at the coffin, and asked politely: "Mr. He, can we open the coffin and have a look?"

The old man He nodded first, and then shook his head: "Ahem... It's not that I don't want to help you guys, it's true that these coffin boards have been nailed to death, old man, I really wanted to see who was lying in the coffin , Helpless, can't open it..."

Gongsun Ce patted the old man's shoulder lightly, and smiled: "It's okay, Mr. He, you just look at it, you don't need to do it."

Old man He was surprised: "I don't need to open the coffin? Then..."

Gongsun pointed at Zhan Zhao with one hand, and then at Bai Yutang: "Look, they are as strong as cows, opening the coffin is a trivial matter!"

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang: "..."

In the whole world, Gongsun Ce is the only one who would say that they are as strong as cattle!

Old man He glanced at Bai Yutang, then at Zhan Zhao, with a look of disbelief: "My lord, are you joking? They seem to have no flesh, how could they be able to open those coffins?"

Gongsun Ce smiled triumphantly: "If you don't believe me, let's take a look?"

Old man He was still wondering, when he heard Bai Yutang who had been silent at the side suddenly say: "Cat, come on."

Zhan Zhao curled his lips: "Every time I do this kind of thankless work." After saying that, he reluctantly pulled out the giant que, and quickly slashed across the gap on the top of one of the coffins. There were a few "clang" sounds when it came into contact with the copper nails, and the next moment, Zhan Zhao inserted the giant que into the gap in the coffin board, and picked it up easily...

Old man He was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

He wiped his eyes, wiped again, and then looked at the dissatisfied Zhan Zhao in disbelief. How could this man lift the coffin board so easily?He cut off such a thick copper nail without blinking an eye?This... is amazing!

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao meaningfully: "Mr. Gongsun is right, he is as strong as a cow."

Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched.

Gongsun was not in the mood to look at the two of them again, he was the first to look into the opened coffin, holding his nose, and after only taking one look, he frowned and said, "No wonder the people in the government refused to explain the cause of death... "

Seeing Gongsun frowning, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also leaned over to look in. A stench from the corpse came out. They hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, and then looked into the coffin. When they saw the things in the coffin, they They all wondered, how could a normal corpse become like that? !

Before they could make a move, Old Man He on the side backed away in fright. The three of them looked back at him, only to see him tremblingly pale and said: "Zombie...it's a zombie...seal the coffin quickly, otherwise, the zombies will die!" You will come back to life if you absorb popularity!"