Chapter 6 Chapter 5 At night in the posthouse, don't mind your own business

The moonlight melted, and the branches and leaves in the desolate forest swayed with the wind, making strange rustling sounds. Under the moonlight, Sangyangdi drove for a while, worrying in his heart, and didn't know where to rest this night. At this time, he suddenly saw a faint light at the end of the forest. Seeing such a piece of light in the dark, although the light is quite weak, is refreshing after all. Sang Yangdi caressed his son's sleeping cheek, and quickened his steps. After a while, he had passed through the woods and came to a big house in front of. In the night, the mansion looked like a giant sleeping beast, and two lanterns were lit at the door, and an old gatekeeper dozing off stood at the door.It turned out that this mansion was the official house post mentioned by the old shopkeeper of the tea shed during the day.

Unexpectedly, the old gatekeeper was very polite to Sangyangdi. Although the posthouse was a place for officials to rest when traveling, there was no one living there at the moment. Seeing that he was still with a young son, the old man gave him For convenience, let him rest overnight on the ground in the hall. The space in the posthouse is quite large, and the hollow footsteps echoed when walking. The old man settled Sang Yangdi and his son, and seeing the little sheep sleeping soundly, the corner of Lao Qi's mouth seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated. Seeing his hesitation, Sang Yangdi quickly took out some money from his bosom, but the old man accepted it after several refusals.

"Strong man, if you stay here for one night, nothing will happen, but please don't blame the old man for being troubled, there are still three things to persuade." Sangyangdi gave a shudder, and immediately remembered the old shopkeeper's saying that "there are many monsters in the post". If it was in the past, Sangyangdi would have laughed at this statement, but what he heard and saw in the Nusnail Temple just now made him pay attention. "Is there something weird about this place?" The old man shook his hand nervously. "As long as you don't violate it, nothing will happen. Like the old man who has guarded here for 30 years, isn't it also that he has never had any trouble?" If you hear something in the middle of the night, just treat it as a spring breeze, anyway, you are only staying here for a night, and you will leave tomorrow, so nothing will happen?"

Sang Yangdi cupped his hands gratefully. "What the old man said is very true. I will definitely keep your words in my heart." "That's very good," the old man nodded, and then walked out the door slowly: "I just hope that the strong man will have a good rest, no matter what abnormal sound there is, just treat it as a wild dog barking at night." The sound of the wind at night was a bit cold, but because the journey during the day was really tiring, Sang Yangdi lay on the ground with his clothes on, hugging his son, and soon fell into a deep, dark sleep.Until the shrill woman's cry came to my ears.

The night dew is heavy, and the moon is in the sky.The official posthouse is surrounded by plains or forests, and there is no folk market. Looking at the past, it is deserted. Therefore, the woman's cry is even more sudden and frightening, and it makes people feel like A pinching chill. Sangyangdi listened for a while, and felt that the voice seemed to come from not far away, and it was not only one person, it was so sad that people couldn't help but want to go to find out. However, thinking of the warnings of the elders this day, he felt that it was better to ignore them. After a while, there was another burst of screaming and crying outside, this time it was a rather immature female voice, but it sounded like a girl.

Sang Yangdi listened carefully, and could vaguely hear the content of the girl's cry. "Father...Father..." The crying sound was so sad that Sang Yangdi couldn't help but the blood gradually surged up in his chest. He quietly stretched out his hand and held the bronze sword for self-defense in his hand. If that was really a victimized girl, wouldn't she be born in vain if she held her hands like this? At this moment, Sang Yangdi had already made up his mind. Even if it is a strange temptation, you have to go and find out. The cold bronze sword in his hand, the feeling of cold light lifted Sang Yangdi's spirit suddenly, and made him more determined to go out to find out.

He was about to get up quietly, when the clothes on his chest were suddenly grabbed by a small hand. It turned out that Yang'er had also been awakened by those miserable cries, and was looking pale, staring at him with big eyes. Sang Yangdi smiled slightly, and the righteous indignation and blood in his heart immediately calmed down and turned into a gentle smile. "Don't be afraid, Daddy is here." "Then..." Yang'er trembled and whispered, "What's that sound?" "It's nothing, it's just the barking of dogs and wild wolves," Sang Yangdi said softly, "Close your eyes and sleep well, Daddy will be back in a while."

"No, Yang'er is afraid." Yang'er turned his back and hugged his neck tightly, "Yang'er wants to go out with Dad." Sang Yangdi smiled helplessly, had no choice but to untie his belt, tied him behind his back, and quietly jumped out of the window. Walking out of the posthouse, the cries were heard more clearly.Sang Yangdi held the bronze sword cautiously, saw the green flame flickering at one end of the forest, and walked over quietly. As the fire came closer and closer, there was a faint smell of beasts from the nose. Based on Sangyang Dijiu's hunting instinct in the mountains and forests, he knew that there should be foxes, pheasants and other beasts nearby.

Going around a small hill, the fire appeared directly in front of my eyes. It was a burning fire, but the color of the fire was quite different from ordinary flames. Will-o'-the-wisp. And in the flickering flames, a few swaying figures could be faintly seen. Sangyangdi found a hidden tree trunk to hide, watched the fire from a closer distance, and took a closer look. However, when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he couldn't help seeing his eye sockets cracked, his mouth opened wide, and his eyes almost popped out.