Take yourself to the altar

Chapter 54 [054] Ghost Walk on Plum Blossom Ridge

From Qing County to the north, over a mountain range, that is to Ziya River.

The north bank of this river is the southernmost point of Shuntian Prefecture.

Feng Yu asked the way and knew that this was the fastest way to Shuntian Mansion.After crossing the Ziya River and going to the two counties, you can take a boat along the Lu River to the north, all the way to the capital.Such a road connecting the north and the south usually does not encounter any evil spirits and ghosts.

Therefore, Feng Yu heard the words of the steward, not only did not feel timid, but his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Oh, this steward, why can't you go to Meihua Ridge?"

The steward looked around, as if he was afraid of being overheard by something unspeakable: "The Meihua Ridge is haunted by ghosts recently!"

Feng Yu became interested and asked, "What kind of haunting method?"

Seeing that Feng Yu's question was absurd, the steward frowned, and said that he didn't believe his own words, and argued, "Young Daoist, I'm not talking nonsense. As far as I know, many people have broken into Plum Blossoms without knowing it in the past few days. All of them disappeared without a trace, and there were no bones left! People in nearby villages and towns pooled some money together and invited a mage to enter the mountain, but they failed to subdue the ghost. Only one of the mage's disciples escaped, so the news spread. , you can't believe it!"

Ordinary mages couldn't subdue it, so they first ruled out the lowest level ghosts of death in vain.

And to be able to harm so many people one after another, at least it is a vicious ghost!However, the ghost was able to deal with the mage, but it allowed the mage's disciple to escape. Obviously, the upper limit was not high.Feng Yu felt that it was more than enough to deal with ghosts of this level, so of course he would not avoid them.

"Of course I believe what the manager said from the bottom of my heart." Feng Yu comforted me with a smile, "But you have also seen my identity, exorcising ghosts and demons is my duty, how can I avoid it?"

The steward persuaded: "You are young, what useful skills can you learn? Xiao Daoist, listen to my advice, don't be brave and strong, just take a detour through Jing County in the east!"

Feng Yu felt helpless and emotional.

I had no choice but to insist on going, but the steward saw that he couldn't persuade him seriously, and there was nothing he could do.

When he left, Feng Yu said to him: "When I calm down the ghost trouble in Meihualing, I will leave a message in the city and county on the north bank of Ziya River. If you have detoured Meihualing, you can go to the city and county to inquire. If there is news, then It means that the ghost trouble is over, and you can go to Meihua Ridge when you come back."

After saying this, Feng Yu strode towards the mountains.

Meihua Ridge is a mountainous area, where the soil is less affected by salinity and alkali, so the vegetation is more luxuriant than in the flat wilderness.However, under the heavy snow in winter, except for a few trees such as pines and cypresses, the rest of the trees in the mountain are quite desolate with yellow branches and fallen leaves.Under the heavy snow again, those bare branches were covered with snow dust, and the vast expanse of whiteness was quite cold.

At first there were no plum blossoms on the mountain.

Don't even mention plum blossoms, I haven't seen a single plum tree.

At the end of the day, Feng Yu went deep into the mountains. Gradually, he smelled a faint fragrance in the cold wind. Looking around, he found a few unremarkable plum trees in the snow.

The further you go, the more plum trees there are.

Gradually, the heavy snow can't hide the plum blossoms' graceful demeanor of frost and snow. If there are scholars who have read poetry and books here, seeing the vast land, snowflakes flying, and winter plums blooming brilliantly, they must recite a few poems to express their feelings.

Feng Yu can read and write, but it would be too difficult for him to recite poems against him.

However, when Feng Yu saw the sea of ​​plum blossoms and the fragrance of flowers, Feng Yu couldn't help but recite the sentence "Plum blossoms are three points less white than snow, but snow is less fragrant than plums."

It's getting dark.

Feng Yu walked forward again, and suddenly saw a small road on the side of the road.Although the path was covered with snow, it could be seen from the exposed traces that there were many people on that path.With a slight thought in his mind, he walked forward along the path for about half a quarter of an hour, and suddenly there was a cave in front of him that sheltered from the wind and snow.

After a little thought, it became clear immediately.

With the footsteps of pedestrians and businessmen, starting from Qingxian County and crossing Meihualing in one breath is a bit difficult.Therefore, I found this cave and used it as a resting place when I was tired from traveling.It is also because ghosts and hauntings have been rampant on Meihua Ridge recently, but those who are well-informed will no longer come to the ridge.

So the cave was deserted.

When Feng Yu walked into the cave, apart from the presence of people everywhere, he could find a simple stove and firepit that had been built, and a lot of dry firewood was stored in the innermost part.Feng Yu lightly lit a fire, and the flames dispelled the desolation and loneliness of being alone outside.

In such a cold winter, it would be a good thing to have a pot of hot soup.

It's a pity that it was snowing heavily on Meihua Ridge, and Feng Yu didn't pick any suitable treasures during his journey.He rummaged through his storage artifacts, threw aside the camouflage baggage, and found helplessly that he had only two pieces of cold dry food left, let alone stewed soup, and half of the wine was left. altar.

Could it be cold wine with dry food tonight?

Seeing that the sky outside was still dark, Feng Yu thought that the ghost on the mountain might not have gone out yet, so he carried "Que Xie" out of the cave, and searched for a while in the plum forest with the last faint skylight, and finally found it. A gray hare.Faced with Feng Yu's warm invitation, the hare kicked his feet, accepted the appointment to go to dinner in the cold night, and then returned to the cave.

Leaving aside trivial matters such as cleaning and cooking, after about an hour, Feng Yu harvested a delicious roasted rabbit with peppers on a winter night.By the way, after warming the second half of the jar of wine, Feng Yu had to enjoy a delicious meal, which was really comfortable and satisfying.

However, when Feng Yu drank his last sip of wine.

Outside the cave, it was pitch black, except for the whistling wind that swirled the snow flakes, nothing unusual could be seen.

Feng Yu frowned, and thought to himself: Why haven't you come yet?
He fiddled with the firewood in the firepit, and waited idly until around midnight, but there was still no movement.Feng Yu got up and looked around the cave, but he didn't find any evil aura as far as he could see.

He was a little suspicious, looked down at the Taoist robe on his body, and thought: Could it be that this robe frightened the other party?

After thinking about it, he got up and fetched the burden.

Inside the bag was an ordinary gray cloth robe, Feng Yu took it out and changed it.I also thought about it, according to the rumors, scholars are the most attractive to ghosts, why don't I pretend to be a scholar, take out a book and put on a show?
It's just that he rummaged through the magic storage, and found that he didn't have the "four books and five classics" that ordinary scholars learn. There is one "Tao De Zhen Jing", but if he recites this scripture, even if he does not use mana to follow his foot, it is almost equivalent to the demon scriptures chanted by the eminent monk!

Under the majestic mantra, I am afraid that all ghosts and ghosts will be scared away.

Feng Yu had no choice but to turn over the cover, roll up the scriptures into a bundle, imitate how ordinary scholars recite the scriptures, hold the book in one hand and carry the other behind his back, pacing back and forth, shaking his head and reading: "Don't you see, the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky , rushing to the sea and never returning; don’t you see—”

After tossing and tossing for a while, there was still no movement.

Feng Yu had no choice but to put away the Daoist book, add some firewood, and "swish" a few talismans, all of which fell into the cave wall as an early warning.And he himself found a warm and comfortable position, put the burden behind his head, and fell asleep by himself.

Outside the cave, the cold wind blows and snowflakes dance.

Everything is deserted as before.

In the middle of the night, the cold wind subsided unknowingly, and the snow that had been falling for a long time also stopped.

The winter night seemed extraordinarily quiet for a while.

It seems that the sound of snow breaking dead branches in the distance can be heard far away.

Under such silence, suddenly there was a strange wind blowing from outside the cave into the cave.

Feng Yu opened his eyes almost instantly, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: After waiting for most of the night, is it finally here?
He quietly circulated his mana, destroyed the warning talismans, and then closed his eyes again.

After a pause, an obscure and secretive wave quietly passed through the cave.Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of festive suona sound in the silent mountains, noisy and vague voices and footsteps from far to near, and the sound became more obvious when they got closer.

Suddenly there was a surge of mist, and a welcoming team in wedding robes appeared from it.There were quite a lot of people in that team, some were holding placards, some were playing and knocking musical instruments, and some were carrying red gifts and sedan chairs. There were about 20 people full of people playing and playing, and it was very lively.

Usually, anyone who sees such an abrupt welcoming team in the mountains will be vigilant.

However, the hidden fluctuations performed by the ghosts before are already attacks. Ordinary people will be blinded by it, like falling into a dream, and will no longer be awake as usual.Even if they were awakened by the sound of suona and gongs and drums at this time, they would not feel strange. Instead, they would crowd around curiously and happily, ignoring the abnormality as they usually do when they see the wedding procession.

Feng Yu felt emotional in his heart.

Sure enough, it is a ghost that grows savagely outside. It has many tricks. It is not like the instant product that was spawned by the evil land in Shiyan Village.

Thinking of what the steward of the caravan under Meihua Ridge said before, Feng Yu rolled his eyes and smiled silently: Well, after waiting for most of the night, if you want to play, the Taoist will see what tricks you can do!

Immediately, with a "hmm~", stretched like a dream, covered his mouth and yawned.

At this time, the welcoming team was approaching, Feng Yu seemed to have just noticed it, got up in surprise, and followed the sound to walk out of the cave.In the distance, the fog lightened a little, and the welcoming team approached from far away, and the speed was quite fast.The ghost probably thought that Feng Yu had already been tricked, so he covered it up very roughly.

A group of people chattered and chatted, and they were so lively that they walked faster than a horse-drawn carriage on the mountain road!If it's just like this, it's fine, but the ten or twenty welcoming members who held up signs, carried sedan chairs, and played musical instruments didn't even touch the ground while walking!
Feng Yu sighed.

Try to restrain your gaze, not to look at those people's feet.

But when he focused on the members of the welcoming team, he immediately saw a flaw.The faces of each member were stiff, their expressions were dull, their faces were painted with extremely incongruous red and white paints, and their bodies were sharp-edged. Feng Yu could tell the identity of the paper figurines at a glance!
He suddenly shuddered!
I understand that the biggest problem I am facing right now is how to pretend that I don't see through anything with a calm expression, otherwise this drama will not be able to continue!

The welcoming team stopped in front of Feng Yu, and a paper man who looked like a butler walked towards him.

Feng Yu hurriedly pretended to be a scholar, bowed to each other and asked, "Dare to ask where the guest came from?"

The butler let out a hearty laugh, matching his stiff face, almost made Feng Yu laugh out loud: "My lady is from Mei County, and she wants to go to Qing County. Day! It is also fate to meet Mr. here, some gifts are joyful, Mr. Don't be disgusted!"

The paper man butler took out the "wedding gift" wrapped in red paper, and stuffed it directly into Feng Yu's hands.

Feng Yu frowned.

Under the red paper, the yin energy of the wrapped things is so strong that it can't be melted away. What a "joyful atmosphere", ordinary people really want to accept this "celebration gift", I am afraid that they will have to lose their souls!
Even from Feng Yu's point of view, that thing is weird and disgusting!
But the stage set up by myself was overturned just like that, wouldn't the previous efforts be wasted?It's better to meet and fight directly!Immediately, he gritted his teeth, held back his nausea and accepted the "wedding gift", and immediately put it in his arms, the "monkey anxious" appearance made the face of the housekeeper's paper figurine show a stiff look of joy.

As everyone knows, there are not many other things in Feng Yu's arms, but there is a thick stack of talismans.

It's a fool's dream to want that thing to affect Feng Yu!

Seeing Feng Yu accepting the "celebration gift", the paper man butler only thought that the other party had been tricked deeply, and the more he didn't hide it, he just said "today is a big day", but in a blink of an eye, he immediately changed his words and said, "Oh, I didn't expect the snow to fall so heavily and the road ahead would be difficult, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to Qing County today. Why don't you just rest here for half a day and wait for the snow to stop before leaving, sir, won't I disturb you?"

Feng Yu was convinced. Sure enough, this "nonsense" came out of nowhere!

　Ask for collection, collection, collection~~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)