Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

Although the Xiliang Mountain Road is steep, there is a main mountain road for horse-drawn carriages and trucks.Following this mountain road, one can climb over the mountains and reach the opposite Central Plains.However, due to the complicated situation in the mountains, there are occasional accidents on the mountain road, especially in the summer rainy season, when the soft rocks washed by the rain and mixed with the torrent often block the road.Encountering such a situation is more troublesome, and the caravans can only organize their own people to clear the way.

Fortunately, it was only early summer at this time, and there was not much rain. The carriage followed the mountain road and entered Xiliang Mountain. The surrounding scenery gradually became desolate, and finally only the dense forest remained.

Because Mo Zhaocai, the journey is not lonely, and I can listen to him talk about anecdotes every day, and the journey is quite interesting.

What worried Lin Rufei was that as they got deeper and deeper into Xiliang Mountain, Gu Xuandu's condition seemed to be getting worse.He seldom appears on weekdays, and only once in a while, Lin Rufei thought he was unwilling to talk, until one day when he suddenly appeared in front of him, he realized that Gu Xuandu's figure was actually It has faded a lot, and you can almost see the scene behind him through his body, it is almost... as if it is about to dissipate.

"Senior, are you alright?" Lin Rufei took a chance to ask.

Gu Xuandu said: "It's nothing serious."

Before Lin Rufei let go of that tone, he added weakly: "It's just that I'm dying."

Lin Rufei: "..."

Gu Xuandu said: "Just kidding."

Lin Rufei seriously felt that this sentence was a joke.

Seeing Lin Rufei's serious expression, Gu Xuandu stopped teasing him, and said, "There is something on Xiliang Mountain that suppresses me a lot. The closer I get to that thing, the weaker I will be."

Lin Rufei heard the words, but remembered what Gu Xuandu had said to him before going down the mountain, he hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Senior wants this thing?"

Gu Xuandu turned his head to look at him, and didn't speak for a long time. Just when Lin Rufei thought he would not answer, he said casually: "It's not enough now, your body can't support it."

What he said was very clear, he really wanted what was hidden in Xiliang Mountain, but with Lin Rufei's current state, there was no way to get it.

"Afterwards, I will become weaker and weaker, and I won't even be able to show my body, but it doesn't matter, your maids' five-level cultivation base is enough, and ordinary people can't touch you." Gu Xuandu lazily said, "It's good to leave the mountain gone."

Lin Rufei wanted to say something more, but Gu Xuandu's figure instantly faded away, and it seemed that he could no longer maintain it.Lin Rufei was a little worried, but he didn't seem to be able to help much with Gu Xuandu's matter.Just as he was thinking, footsteps came from behind Lin Rufei. He turned around to look, but Mo Zhaocai looked blank, and said, "Mr. Lin, who are you talking to?"

Lin Rufei said: "No one, what's the matter?"

"Sister Fuhua made some fresh food, let me come and call you." Mo Zhaocai said, "Shall we go back?"

Lin Rufei said, "Okay."

It was getting dark, Fuhua lit a bonfire, took out the cooking utensils, and cooked hot food.Mo Zhaocai liked it very much, and he ate with relish, while Lin Rufei had something on his mind, so he didn't know what to eat.

"It's getting dark, so be careful." Mo Zhaocai said vaguely with his mouth puffed up, "Beasts and bandits are easy to come and go at night, at least one person should be arranged to watch the night... the bonfire must not be extinguished .”

The maids arranged a vigil, and Lin Rufei simply washed up before getting into the carriage.

He couldn't sleep, so he sat in the carriage, randomly selected a journal, and read it by candlelight.In the middle of the night, the wind was strong, and the trees in the mountains and forests were rustling, and the sound of the wind was howling. At first glance, it sounded like a ghost crying.Mo Zhaocai had already fallen asleep in the corner. He pouted his buttocks and snored lightly. His sleeping appearance was really not very good.It was the first time Lin Rufei saw someone sleeping in this position... But being able to sleep so soundly was very enviable.

Lin Rufei really couldn't fall asleep. After staying up for half the night, she barely felt sleepy. She closed her eyes and took a nap, but heard a strange sound coming from outside the carriage.The sound was wailing and screaming, and it was obviously more than one person, intermittently, the back of the listener felt chills.

Lin Rufei was awakened by the sound, raised her hand and opened the curtain of the carriage, and saw Fuhua and Yurui who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.

"Master, why didn't you sleep?" Fuhua asked in a low voice.

"I just fell asleep and was woken up." Outside the carriage, the human's miserable cries for help and screams became more and more clear, accompanied by the whistling mountain wind, it seemed particularly terrifying, Lin Rufei said, "Where is the sound coming from. "

"It's nearby." Fuhua said, "Do you want to go and have a look?"

Lin Rufei thought for a moment, but before she could speak, Mo Zhaocai, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly jumped out, his face was full of panic, and he said: "I can't go, I can't go, I can't come back after I go !"

"Why, do you know what happened?" Fuhua frowned and looked at him.

"It's either bandits or wild beasts, and the screams of so many people must be a large caravan. If they can't resist, something must have happened." Mo Zhaocai seemed to feel a little cold, with his arms folded Trembling, "Besides, there are other things in Xiliang Mountain..."

Lin Rufei said, "What is it?"

"I don't know." Mo Zhaocai said, "Most of the people I've seen are dead, and those who haven't died are also crazy. I've seen that lunatic, and he is no longer like a normal person..." He seemed to be frightened by his own description When we arrived, there was even an indistinct cry in his voice, "Let's really not go."

Fuhua looked at Lin Rufei, indicating that she would still obey Lin Rufei's order.

"Go and have a look." Lin Rufei hesitated for a moment, "If it's just an ordinary bandit, maybe it can help, but safety first, if you really see something that you can't deal with, don't startle the snake, come back immediately. "

Fuhua heard the words and said yes, turned around Yujian and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

Mo Zhaocai's face was pale, and he was talking to himself nervously, looking so frightened that he wanted to dig a hole and bury him directly.

Yurui was also anxious, biting her lower lip tightly, but Lin Rufei became the calmest one among them. He walked to the edge of the campfire, raised his hand and licked some more firewood into it, and the wet firewood fell into it. The fire, with a slight crackling sound, made the fire a little bigger.

Fuhua went away quickly, and came back quickly, but when he came back, his face was very ugly, and there was no blood on his lips. When he saw Lin Rufei, he called out to the young master with a trembling voice.

It's rare to see such a stable Fuhua showing such an expression, Lin Rufei knew that the situation over there must be unusual, he said: "Don't worry, speak slowly."

"A lot of people died over there." Fuhua said, "It seems that a large caravan was in trouble...but...but..." She swallowed heavily, and said in a trembling voice, "When I went, people They were almost all dead, but I didn't see bandits, nor beasts..."

The bandits ask for money, and if they kill someone, they will definitely not leave immediately. The beasts eat meat, and the bones will definitely be eaten, but according to Fuhua, what the suffering caravan encountered was neither bandits nor wild beasts. , but...something else.

"Nothing?" Lin Rufei asked with a frown.

"No." Fuhua trembled, "and...and..."

Lin Rufei said, "And what?"

Fuhua said: "And everyone's eyes have been gouged out, whether they are alive or dead."

Everyone fell silent at once, Mo Zhaocai was the least courageous, he had already started to cry and wipe his tears, muttering in his mouth to tell you not to look at it, it's all right now, what should we do after seeing something we shouldn't see.

According to Fuhua's description, when she got there, the massacre had already come to an end, the dead caravan members were everywhere, and there were still a few alive, with their eyes turned into bloody holes, and they were lying on the ground, breathing weakly. Howling, I don't think I can live for too long.

This scene was so weird and bizarre, Fuhua didn't dare to stay any longer, turned around and left, and hurried back.

"I didn't find any information about other suspicious people around me. Either that person's cultivation level is far higher than mine, or... there is something else." Fuhua whispered, "My lord, let's go what should I do."

Lin Rufei pondered for a moment: "Let's wait until dawn."

It was already midnight at this time, and there was still about an hour or two before dawn.

After such a thing happened, everyone couldn't sleep well, so they chatted around the campfire.

Mo Zhaocai said that the weird legends about these things on Xiliang Mountain had lasted for a hundred years, and news spread every year, but no one could tell whether it was true or not.But he would rather believe it than believe it. He has always been in awe of these things on the mountain.

"I think this journey is not going well. Why don't we go back first and leave in a few days." Mo Zhaocai whispered, "Otherwise, if something unexpected happens..."

Lin Rufei said: "But doesn't it mean that it is more difficult to walk in the mountains during the rainy season?"

Mo Zhaocai sneered: "It's hard to walk, but it's better than losing your life."

In midsummer, it is the rainy season in Xiliang Mountain. At that time, the mountain is not only hot, but also has frequent flash floods, which is even more dangerous.

Lin Rufei said: "Let's talk about it after dawn." He originally wanted to ask Gu Xuandu's opinion, but when something like this happened, Gu Xuandu didn't show up, so the situation was not good.

So a few people waited until dawn.

After dawn, the voices of those people had completely disappeared.

Fu Hua resolutely looked at it again, and when she came back this time, the panic on her face turned into blankness, and she said, "Young master...all of them are gone."

Lin Rufei: "Huh? Missing?"

"Yeah, there's nothing left." Fuhua wondered, "Not only is there no corpse, even bloodstains are invisible..." She even questioned herself first, "I, I can't be mistaken, right?"

Everyone looked at her speechlessly, and Mo Zhaocai rubbed his nose and said, "I'm sure you can't make a mistake if you read it wrong. I guess someone cleaned up the corpse..."

Fuhua said: "Why clean up?"

Mo Zhaocai said, "In order to make people continue to walk that way?"

Lin Rufei sat at the side in silence, and when they were almost done discussing, she said, "Let's go and have a look."

The few people followed cautiously to the place where the accident happened last night. Sure enough, as Fuhua said, there was no trace in the forest, as if those horrific wailings last night were just their hallucinations.Lin Rufei walked around the side of the road, but she didn't see any corpses or blood, but she still found some clues.He bent down, gently picked up a piece of soil with his fingers, and said, "There used to be a bonfire here." Although the bonfire has been removed, there are still some traces of burnt wood hidden in the soil.

"So I'm not mistaken?" Fuhua said.

"No, something must have happened here last night." Lin Rufei looked around. The dense forest covered most of the sunlight. Although the weather was sunny at this time, it was not hot and dry, but rather cool.This kind of coolness would make people feel very comfortable on weekdays, but at this moment, there was a ghostly aura.

"My lord, what should we do?" Yu Rui asked in a low voice.

Mo Zhaocai muttered: "Go back, go back, if you don't go back, then you won't be able to walk this way..." He seemed to have thought of something, suddenly regained his energy, and said to Lin Rufei, "Master Lin, Otherwise, let's not take the main road and bypass this side, it will be safer."

Lin Rufei said, "Do you know other ways?"

"Of course, I know all the roads on Xiliang Mountain very well, but that road is a bit narrow, and horse-drawn carriages can't pass through it, so caravans can't go there on weekdays." Mo Zhaocai said, "But although no one goes, But there are also advantages, that is, there are not many people who know the way, and it is not easy to cause accidents." He said, "Those things did not attack us, and the targets were all large caravans. We are easy to be implicated when we take the road..."

Lin Rufei pondered, "Which road do you often take?"

"I don't go often, but I happened to take a trip last month." Mo Zhaocai said, "It's just a bit off the beaten path. It can pass the horse, but it is definitely safer than the main road."

A big reason why Xiliang Mountain is prone to accidents is that there is only one road, and the caravan has no other choice at all. If you want to attack the caravan, you only need to block it on the road.There are few of them, the target is not obvious, and they are not afraid of ordinary beasts, so walking the path is actually a good choice.

"Alright." Lin Rufei agreed to Mo Zhaocai's proposal. If he went down the mountain now, he might have to wait until the rainy season passed and the autumn was clear before reaching the Central Plains.

And seeing that Mo Zhaocai was so afraid of death, and would not make fun of his own life, Lin Rufei agreed to his proposal and said he would just take the path.

Fuhua and Yurui also stabilized their emotions and no longer panicked.Although the maids have reached the level of cultivation, they grew up on Kunlun Mountain and have never seen any too bloody scenes, so they were scared only yesterday.However, they adjusted fairly quickly, and when they set out on the road again, they were no longer too scared.

The carriage cannot be used, so you can only ride a horse.

Considering that the maids were all little girls, Lin Rufei asked Mo Zhaocai to ride a horse with him, with Mo Zhaocai sitting in front alone, and Lin Rufei holding the rein behind him.

Mo Zhaocai was small, but he was carrying a large package. Lin Rufei asked casually what was in the package.

"Oh, it's just some things I need for daily play." Mo Zhaocai said, "I don't have a place to live. These guys who eat are all carried on their backs."

Lin Rufei blinked and said, "For example, that wooden shield that can withstand all sharp blades?"

Mo Zhaocai's expression froze.

Lin Rufei said, "Is there any more? I'll give you another two dollars."

"It's gone." Mo Zhaocai smiled awkwardly, "It's a family heirloom..." When he said the word "family heirloom", he was glared at by Fuhua next to him, so he had to lower his voice weakly. Said, "Of course, if the son really wants it, I can look for it again."

Lin Rufei said: "Then can you give me a cheaper price this time?"

Mo Zhaocai sneered: "You are my regular customer, how dare I take your money."

Lin Rufei smiled but wasn't smiling.

Everyone followed the trail that Mo Zhaocai said, and did not encounter any strange things.But this Mo Zhaocai is really powerful, this path is almost covered by the weeds beside it, he can still find it accurately, and he is worthy of his claim that he grew up on Xiliang Mountain.

The mountains are high and the road is far away. After walking for a day, the surrounding environment does not seem to have changed much, except that the forest is more dense, and it seems to have entered a huge maze.

For ordinary people, this would always feel a little uneasy, but Fuhua and Yurui are both sword cultivators, so they don't feel that much.

Lin Rufei was very worried about Gu Xuandu's condition along the way, and it wasn't until night that he found another corner and called Gu Xuandu out.

At this time, Gu Xuandu's situation became a little more serious, almost close to a transparent state, with a sleepy expression, drowsy, and when he saw Lin Rufei, he still did not forget to joke: "Did you get scared last night?"

Lin Rufei said: "What happened last night has something to do with what you want?"

"It probably has something to do with it." Gu Xuandu said, "But you don't have to worry too much, that thing won't hurt you. What's more troublesome is other people who want to get that thing."

Lin Rufei murmured, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Gu Xuandu slowly shook his head.

Lin Rufei: "Can't help at all?"

Gu Xuandu said: "I can't help you."

"You're lying again." Lin Rufei said, "You said that thing wouldn't hurt me, so why can't I help at all?"

Gu Xuandu was at a loss for words, and then couldn't help shaking his head: "For you now, it's too dangerous."

Lin Rufei thought for a moment: "I want to try."

Gu Xuandu frowned: "Don't be so stubborn, the days will be long..."

Lin Rufei said: "That thing is very important to you."

Gu Xuan stopped talking. He looked at Lin Rufei in distress, as if he didn't quite understand why the young master of the Lin family, who was usually so easy to coax, became so difficult at this time. The form was already very reluctant, and there was no time to reason with Lin Rufei carefully, so after struggling for a long time, he could only say: "Don't go."

Lin Rufei said: "Just try, if the situation is not right, I will give up immediately." For some reason, he had a feeling that that thing was very important to Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuandu showed helplessness, and wanted to say something, but his figure had already begun to fade, and even his voice was indistinct. He said a very indistinct sentence, and then disappeared.Indistinctly, Lin Rufei seemed to hear the word Mo in this sentence, Mo, the Mo family?Don't get rich?Or do you want to do something?Lin Rufei thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with an accurate answer.

Gu Xuandu disappeared completely, and Lin Rufei was not used to it for a while without his constant company.

He returned to the side of the maids and saw Mo Zhaocai eating the big bone roasted with relish.The bone was bought from the bottom of the mountain. It had been marinated long ago and kept in the ring. At this time, it was taken out, put some spices on it, and it was roasted for dinner.Lin Rufei has never been very interested in meat food, she only ate a little, and gave the rest to Mo Zhaocai.

Mo Zhaocai likes to gnaw bones very much, his face is full of flowers, and he doesn't know how he does it, he just gnaws a bone clean, even licks the oily seeds, and then reluctantly puts it down .After putting it down, he noticed the stunned eyes from the side, and he was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Smile and laugh, the dishes made by Sister Fuhua are really delicious, I haven't eaten such delicious meat for a long time , I couldn't hold back for a while..."

Fuhua smiled and said: "I brought some, let's bake together at noon tomorrow, the weather is hot, so it won't last long."

"That's really great." Mo Zhaocai said as he dug a hole and buried his beloved big bone stick. Lin Rufei looked at him and thought that the child was quite cute. It seems that the identity is not as simple as he showed, if the word Mo in Gu Xuandu's mouth refers to him, it is even more noteworthy.

After dinner, while Mo Zhaocai went to the forest to have a rest, Lin Rufei told Fuhua and Yurui to pay more attention to this little guy.

Fu Hua nodded, but was still a little puzzled, saying that Mo Zhaocai didn't have a trace of sword energy on his body, so how could he make any flowers.

Although Lin Rufei didn't know the secrets of Mo Zhaocai, it was good to pay more attention.

Mo Zhaocai solved the problem and came back, squatting by the campfire and poking the dirt with a stick.

It's getting late, everyone didn't sleep all night yesterday, and they all felt a little tired.It's just that there is no carriage, so they can only sleep on the ground. Fuhua has thought about this a long time ago, took out the rope, and pulled three hammocks through the trees next to them, and laid soft cushions on them.

Lin Rufei slept in such a hammock for the first time, and felt it was very novel. He lay on the bed and saw a bright full moon floating in the dark sky, surrounded by light-colored floating clouds.

Sleepiness flooded Lin Rufei's heart, he slowly closed his eyes, and fell into a long-lost dream.

In the dream, it seemed that someone was shouting and screaming, and the blood gradually covered the entire field of vision. Lin Rufei woke up suddenly, and Fuhua's sharp cry sounded next to her ears: "Master—Master, run away—"

Lin Rufei sat up from the hammock, and saw Fuhua and Yurui who were fighting bloody battles with swords, and bloody balls flying all over the sky.

He looked carefully, only to find that those bloody round objects turned out to be bloody eyes staring at the spreading black pupils, madly attacking the two maids.And Mo Zhaocai, who was sleeping next to him, was trembling in the corner of the wall at this moment, and when he saw him wake up, he burst into tears: "Master Lin—come with me quickly—they can't last long!"

Before Lin Rufei could react, Mo Zhaocai ran to his side and grabbed him: "Quick, run!"

Lin Rufei said: "Floating flowers—"

"My lord, go first! We'll come later!" Fu Hua responded.

Lin Rufei knew that it would be a drag on her to stay here at this time, so she had no choice but to take a step and run away with Mo Zhaocai.

The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: It doesn't seem to work...

Lin Rufei: What can I do to keep you from disappearing?

Gu Xuandu: Just marry me

Lin Rufei: Before you disappear, leave a piece of clothing and I will make you a tomb.

Gu Xuandu:? ? ? ?Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~