04 The ancient house asks the soul

It is said that after the soul of the red dragon was sealed at the bottom of Poyang Lake by the Taoist priests, the people built the red dragon town on the shore of Poyang Lake, and since then, the shores of Poyang Lake have been restored to the wind and rain, and they are no longer disturbed by floods and droughts. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

However, what is surprising is that starting from the location of this red dragon town, going north to the vicinity of Huolong Mountain on the shore of Poyang Lake, and the adjacent waters of Poyang Lake in the middle, there are often inexplicable shipwrecks. The lake that seemed to be calm and calm, but the boat was still driving smoothly on the lake one moment ago, and then sank without warning in the blink of an eye, so fast that people did not have time to react. What is even more terrifying is that after the sinking of the ship, no matter how everyone salvages it, they will not be able to find a wreckage or a single corpse, and the entire wreck and all the people on board will disappear into Poyang Lake out of thin air; occasionally a few people have escaped during the sinking of the ship, and they have all become delirious without exception, as if they have been frightened by something extremely terrifying, so that they have a mental breakdown and look like crazy.

So gradually, the saying that the ghost of the red dragon continued to haunt the bottom of Poyang Lake spread, but all boatmen who had a little experience in sailing in the rivers and lakes were secretive about Poyang Lake in this area. However, no matter how to worship, or ask a master to do a solution, there will still be strange boats sinking in the waters in this area, and over time, the people in the vicinity are not strange, and they are used to it, and even the government can do nothing, so they have to privately set up an unwritten rule to teach nearby boats to stay away from the waters around Poyang Lake. Occasionally, a foreign ship did not understand the rules and accidentally capsized and sank in this water, and the government also turned a blind eye and pretended to salvage it, and then did it hastily as usual.

And this myth and legend is almost the harvest that Xie Yixiang has inquired about in this Chilong Town for more than a month, and in addition, she has never heard any news about the robbery of military salaries. At this moment, Xie Yixiang was walking alone on the streets of Chilong Town, seeing that the night sky was filled with mist, covering most of the light of the stars and moon, and couldn't help but think to himself: "That day in the Yubi Peak of Longyue Island, listening to what Uncle Zhuang and Jiang Wangcai said, it was clear that there was an extremely mysterious force lurking in the area of Poyang Lake. As for the strange shipwrecks on Poyang Lake in the area of Chilong Town, it is likely that this mysterious force is secretly doing so. But along the way, I searched for this place based on the sentence 'Poyang Lake, Lao Ye Temple, Chaos Beast, Yin Soldier Dance', why haven't the people in this vicinity heard of any 'Lao Ye Temple'? And what do the words 'Chaos Beast, Yin Soldier Dance' refer to?"

As the night deepened, the mist became thicker and thicker, Xie Yixiang still couldn't figure it out, and had to sigh secretly, and was about to go back to the inn to sleep, but there was a miserable white lantern, which lit up from the boundless darkness in the distance without warning, as if it was a lamp guiding ghosts in the depths of hell, swaying in the darkness, floating silently towards his side.

Xie Yixiang's heart jumped, and she hurriedly reached out to touch the chaos on her waist. But seeing that the white lantern was coming so quickly, before his hand could grasp the hilt of the chaotic knife, the miserable white light of the lantern had already come to his eyes, and then slowly stopped.

Xie Yixiang was so frightened that she took two steps back, and only then could she see clearly that the miserable white lantern was held in the hand of an old man with a wrinkled face, and his face, which was too old to look good, was also reflected in a miserable white color. Without waiting for Xie Yixiang to ask, the old man behind the lantern had said slowly: "Miss Xie San has been wandering here for many days, do you want to find the Old Master Temple?"

The old man's voice was extremely cold, and when it reached Xie Yixiang's ears, it seemed to turn into a cold current, flowing all the way to her internal organs, and she trembled all over. Xie Yixiang was surprised, and then came to her senses, and said in her heart: "I have been inquiring about this area of Chilong Town for a long time, and naturally many people in the town know me. It's not surprising that this strange old man now knows my name and what I'm here for. She immediately replied: "If this old man knows about the 'Old Man Temple', he still hopes to give him some advice." ”

When the words fell, I saw a very unnatural smile on the old man's face, crowded so that the wrinkles on his face were as deep as knife marks, but he asked Xie Yixiang rhetorically: "Do you really want to know?" Seeing that Xie Yixiang nodded solemnly, the old man sighed in a low voice and said, "In today's world, the only people who still know about the 'Old Master Temple' are those who are wronged...... If Miss Xie San is not afraid, then come with me. ”

After saying this, the old man turned straight away, and carried the miserable white lantern slowly in the direction from which he had come. Xie Yixiang was shocked by the word "wronged soul" in his words, although she knew that the old man in front of her was strange, she said that she would not let go of this clue.

At that moment, she hurriedly followed the old man, and gradually walked faster and faster. But seeing the miserable white lantern floating in front of him, it seemed to be moving extremely slowly, but no matter how hard Xie Yixiang tried to move quickly, he could never catch up with the old man, and they were always separated by several zhang from each other. It seems that the old man who is leading the way in front of Xie Yixiang at this moment is not a living person at all, but a soul-attracting messenger from the Netherworld.

When his mind turned, Xie Yixiang's "Luoxia Lonely" body technique couldn't help but be displayed. As soon as she did this trick, the miserable white lantern in front of her seemed to deliberately want to oppose her, although it was still drifting forward slowly, but it widened the distance between the two.

If the old man was not a demon, he must be a supreme master who was far superior to himself. The fear in Xie Yixiang's heart became stronger and stronger, and she couldn't imagine that she had lived in this Red Dragon Town for more than a month, and she didn't know that there were such powerful people hidden here. Could it be that the old man who led the way in front of him was the person from the mysterious force that Zhuang Haoming and Jiang Wangcai mentioned in their mouths and robbed the military salary?

At that moment, Xie Yixiang couldn't hold back any longer, and asked from afar: "This old man, dare to ask how long you have lived in this Red Dragon Town?"

Hearing Xie Yixiang's question, the lantern in front of him did not stop, and in the miserable white firelight, a withered arm could be vaguely seen swaying slightly, and the old man's voice also came, and he said lightly: "The old man is just an extradite person, and he doesn't know anything else." Miss Xie San's questions in her heart should be left to ask them...... Hehe, if Miss Xie San is scared, she doesn't have to follow. ”

This was the second time that the old man used the word "afraid" to scare her, Xie Yixiang was angry all her life, and immediately put her fear aside. At that moment, she didn't say much, just pressed her hand to her waist and followed behind the old man. But in the night, the street in front of me became darker and darker, and at first I could distinguish the outlines of the houses on both sides, and later, my front and back, left and right had completely dissolved into a thick deep black.

In this way, about half an hour later, it was as if the dark clouds had suddenly dispersed, and with the dim moonlight falling down, the miserable white lantern in front had stopped. The old man behind the lantern pointed his finger forward and said coldly, "It's here." ”

Xie Yixiang hurriedly stopped his steps, but saw that there was already a wilderness all around, and only a gravel path under his feet could barely see traces of manpower repair, leading straight to the foot of a mountain peak. And at the end of the path, at the foot of the mountain, a dilapidated courtyard stood silently bathed in the cold moonlight, and among it was a rare two-story attic, which was clearly an abandoned ancient house. And on the second floor of the attic in the old house, there seemed to be a small open window. Through the window, you can vaguely see the faint light revealed in the room, and the color of the light is also a miserable white.

The old man had already poked out the miserable white lantern in his hand, and suddenly illuminated the two dilapidated wooden doors on the courtyard wall, which were not locked, swaying and creaking slightly in the night breeze. I only heard the old man say, "In that attic, there is the answer you are looking for." Miss Xie San can go on her own. With that, he stepped aside, as if he didn't plan to walk into this deserted ancient mansion with Xie Yixiang.

Xie Yixiang was silent, her right hand tightly grasped the handle of the knife, and her palms were already covered with cold sweat. I don't know why, this treasure knife that has accompanied him for many years is chaotic, and it can't bring the slightest sense of calm to Xie Yixiang at this moment. She couldn't help asking, "Who are the people living in the attic?"

The old man seemed to be stunned by her question, and then grinned, revealing two rows of scorched yellow teeth, and said with a gloomy smile: "Didn't the old man already say that if Miss Xie San wanted to know about the 'Old Master Temple', then she would have to ask those unjust souls." Those unjust souls are in that attic. ”