Twilight Boundary

"What are the fires on the ground doing? Why does it smell like sulfur and white phosphorus?"

When Hu Ma and Aunt Zhang came back, they smelled a special smell, saw Butler Zhou's slightly lustful face, and saw the handlebar style and the respectful eyes of the guys looking at him, and they were suddenly curious.

Butler Zhou chuckled and said, "It's embarrassing. I have been through the door after all. It's just that I've been in the Li Mansion for so many years and it's a bit deserted. Thinking of the dangers on the road this time, I used the little shopkeeper's money to buy another one." Prepare something, at least it can help."

Hu Ma now understands that there are many jobs for ghost walkers and even more jobs for tricksters, and every job looks magical.

But it’s hard to say how many of their lives are real...

He didn't care, he just glanced at him and asked with a smile: "So what are you good at?"

Butler Zhou was a little embarrassed and said: "It's hard to say the specific work, but I can understand some things like disguise and ventriloquism. If I am well prepared, I can also make the legendary fairy rope." .”

"But I don't have enough preparation time, so I can't do it right now."

"..."

"It sounds good..."

Hu Ma nodded and said, "Teach me how to use these methods later?"

Butler Zhou's expression was stunned for a moment: "The little shopkeeper of the Blood Food Gang who saved the young lady is a good person, but... he's very studious!" ’

'That sneaky auntie is an honest person, and she doesn't mind even if her bottom is almost exposed by him. ’

'But our tricks are different. Every job can only be paid for with real money. Some people have to work for three years for free in order to get a better job. He asked me directly to ask for it. So should I give it or not? ’

Fortunately, although he was worried, Hu Ma didn't really ask him for help.

After all, the watchers only care about real things. We, shopkeeper Hu, may not necessarily appreciate those brushes in the trick door!

All in all, after dealing with this group of wild dogs begging for corpses, we hurried on our way and looked around. It was really dilapidated everywhere, with luxuriant grass, crows with red eyes, bones separated from each other, and the wind blowing in the distance, everything seemed to be OK. Hear the sound of ghosts crying.

Even if you don’t meet a wild dog begging for a corpse, you don’t know if you will meet other things. Of course, it’s better to go to this kind of ghost place as early as possible.

Of course, the handlebar style and the two guys are now more emboldened.

With such an old god following you, what should you be afraid of?

Immediately after shouting to the donkey, the wheels of the cart rolled over the gravel on the ground and drove forward.

I didn't catch up with the village that night, so I rested in the field, but it was quiet. Except for an old lady with an ashen face crawling out of the grave, she glanced at them and crawled back again, and nothing happened.

The next day, at noon, they passed a mountain far away.

I can only smell the putrid smell that spreads ten miles away from the mountain. The gloomy air is soaring into the sky in broad daylight, and I can vaguely see flags fluttering, as if there are minions patrolling.

But when I looked closer, there was nothing.

Only some scattered bones, scattered vehicle frames, and broken spears could be seen on the roadside. They vaguely guessed that this was the mother-in-law mountain, and that the master on the mountain killed all of them overnight. A bandit's village, right?

Feeling terrified for a moment, I urged the donkey cart to move forward quickly, not daring to stop.

"well……"

Even after Agu Zhang passed by, she couldn't help but look back and said, "I guess it's the bandits who were slaughtered and they also had resentments in their hearts. After death, they still want to occupy the mountain and become kings."

"It's just that, since that expert has the ability to kill all these bandits overnight, how could he not know that just by killing all the bandits, they will be filled with resentment after death, and it will be more likely to cause a catastrophe? "

"The people here moved away before, but now I'm afraid it will be difficult to move back."

"It's a bad land again..."

"..."

Hu Ma paid attention to how Aunt Zhang acted and spoke the whole time, and immediately said: "Agu, what is the bad land?"

"A bad place is a place where evil spirits are so prevalent that they are so deep-rooted that no living person can stay."

Aunt Zhang said: "Earlier, the trouble in Qingyi, Mingzhou Prefecture, was similar to that of a bad place, but after all, there were living people, ghost walkers, and people like the shopkeeper who were warm-hearted and worked for the people, so we finally got through it. That disaster.”

"But there are also some places where there are not many people alive, let alone those who care about evil spirits."

"Look at that ghost village. It's full of evil and ghostly energy. It looks like a ghost den. I'm afraid that not long after, no living person will dare to come here."

"..."

"It's really amazing..."

Hu Ma also looked back. She could no longer see the mountain, but she could still see that the weather there was gloomy and scary.

Vaguely, it feels similar to Juehu Village in Laoyin Mountain.

I just don’t quite understand, is it the expert who eliminates bandits who can kill bandits but can’t cure ghosts, or...

...on purpose?

If we go to investigate, we don't know what answer we will find, but now that everyone wants to help the soul return home, they just sigh and hurry up on their way.

It was noon today, but they wanted to go as fast as possible. No matter what, they were determined not to rest within fifty miles of this ghost village. When they were alive, they were murderous bandits. Who knew they were dead? How bad will it be after that?

We were in such a hurry that we didn't even stay to rest at noon, but it became more and more difficult to walk.

Especially in this area, there are overgrown grasses and rugged roads. There are quite a few places where logs and stones are randomly placed. There are several wooden bridges and there are traces of cuts with knives and axes, as if they had been destroyed. I think it was the handiwork of those bandits during their lifetime.

Everyone was getting more and more anxious, but at this time, for some reason, the donkey cart was getting more and more stumbling.

Either the wheel got stuck, or the donkey's hooves got stuck. Once or twice, it was okay, but even if the wheel got stuck in the mud, Hu Ma just lifted the car up with one hand and continued on his way.

But after too many times, his face became a little strange, and he looked at the donkey: "Are you disobedient?"

The big eyes of the donkey that had been beaten once were filled with grievances.

"It's not about donkeys."

Aunt Zhang, however, kept looking coldly, quietly pulled Hu Ma's sleeve, and whispered: "Something doesn't want us to leave, and it's pulling the donkey's hooves!"

"..."

Hu Ma was startled, and suddenly looked down, just in time to see a green hand flash under the wheel, and pulled on the donkey's hoof, causing the donkey to almost fall again.

Its big head was also full of doubts, and it looked at Hu Ma aggrievedly.

"Is that the village?"

Hu Ma was shocked and looked back. Could it be that the ghost in the village refused to let them go and wanted to keep them until night?

"The evil spirit here is too strong."

Aunt Zhang also sighed lowly, stopped temporarily, took out the incense she bought from the caravan from her baggage, and placed bunches of them around the car, even on the donkey's head. They all had a bunch inserted.

Everyone else also got one in their hands and held it each before starting again, speeding up the pace and rushing forward with traces of fragrance.

Agu Zhang's incense array can block the evil spirits in the forest. If you don't see them, it seems to be useful here.

Now they were on their way again, and as expected they didn't encounter a kid pulling on the donkey's hooves again. They felt a little depressed and walked faster.

When we got to the front, we encountered a small river where the wooden bridge had been cut off, and we didn't go around to find another way.

Hu Ma first let the donkey lead the donkey across the river, and then he made two more trips. First, he and Butler Zhou carried the coffin across the river, and then asked the other two men to help, and he carried the coffin himself. The two young and strong men The boy lifted the other end and forcibly carried the car to the other side of the river.

This is the benefit of being surrounded by strong laborers and watchers. Otherwise, even if it is just a deep river, it can make people difficult. When everyone saw Hu Ma's amazing strength, they felt relaxed. few.

I don’t know how long I’ve been out since I was busy, but I saw that it was already dark, and the surroundings were still full of rocks.

"Ah yo..."

While they were walking, they suddenly heard a low cry. Everyone turned around and saw that it was Butler Zhou, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Before anyone could ask, they saw him trembling, pointing his hand to the front, and said in a trembling voice: "Why are we walking back again?"

Looking closely, everyone suddenly discovered that there was a burnt circle in front of them.

"Did he burn it when he was driving away wild dogs?"

Hu Ma was so shocked that he immediately turned his head left and right and looked around the wasteland. It was now dark and it was too dark to see clearly, but through the shadows, he saw that the more he looked, the more he looked like when they were dealing with the evil dog begging for corpses. Come down to the roadside.

"No, it can't be..."

Even the handlebar type and the clerk noticed it, and said in a trembling voice: "Master...did you see it wrong?"

"Yes, when people in the country burn paper, they will make a circle with ashes to avoid being picked up by others."

"This... this was burned by people from the surrounding villages, right?"

"..."

Butler Zhou listened to their words of self-comfort, feeling frustrated and panicked: "I drew the circle myself, and I don't know it myself? What about country people burning paper? How can there be any country people here all the way?"

While talking, he looked towards Hu Ma and Aunt Zhang as if asking for help.

Logically speaking, he was the housekeeper of Guidongzi Li's Mansion, so he wouldn't be so scared, but the surroundings were too fierce, even the wind carried a sinister and fierce air, and his courage was weak.

"We have been traveling for most of the day, but we didn't expect to come back again..."

Hu Ma was a little confused at the moment. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly whispered: "Isn't that ghost village right in front?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone present suddenly became a little worried. They had been rushing on their way without resting for a moment, just to get farther away from that ghost place. Who would have expected that after traveling for so long, they would end up back where they started.

If we go further, won't we run directly into the ghost village?

Or, stop and rest on the spot?

But this place is only a few miles away from Guizhai. How can we rest here in the middle of the night?

Everyone was feeling uneasy, and even Aunt Zhang sighed lowly and said, "It seems that our enemy insists on inviting us to sit in the village..."