Nightmare Apostle

Waiting for clues won't bring them to you. After a brief discussion, everyone decided to disperse and look for clues during the day.

Shi Dali, Ke Long and the other two stayed in the mansion to continue their investigation, while Kuang Hongyi and Yang Xiao went out to look for clues. They agreed to return here before dark to share the information they had obtained.

Yang Xiao and the other four followed their memories and walked towards the mansion gate. Soon, a servant from the mansion followed them. Although they were polite on the surface, they said that it was Liu's order. They said that no matter where they went, they had to follow them. They also said that it didn't matter even if they had to leave the mansion, because the carriage had been prepared.

"Take us to Lao Niuwan Ferry." Yang Xiao said.

The fat servant behind him was stunned when he heard this, "Laoniuwan Ferry?"

Kuang Hongyi couldn't help frowning, "Why, is it inconvenient?"

"No, no, that's not the case. It's just that Lao Niuwan Ferry is far away. After leaving the north gate, we have to walk more than 10 miles of mountain roads."

"If we leave now, can we get back before dusk?" This is crucial.

The fat servant thought for a moment, and finally nodded heavily, "There is a carriage, but you can't all get on the carriage, otherwise the horse won't run."

"Okay." Kuang Hongyi agreed, then turned to look at Yang Xiao, "Little brother, you go with me, Miss Xu, you and..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Su. At this moment, Xu Su changed his previous cold attitude, and his tone was even a little weak, "Brother Kuang, it's better for me and Mr. Chu to go together. You saw when we came here, it's very messy around here, and it's not convenient for us two women after all."

"Well, you are light, and the horse will be looser when running on the mountain road." Before Kuang Hongyi could come up with a reason to refuse, the fat servant agreed first.

Under the guidance of the fat servant, several people followed the road they came yesterday to leave the house, and still went through the side door. A carriage was waiting at the entrance of the alley.

There was a cloth bag in the carriage, which contained some loose silver. The coachman explained that these were arranged by housekeeper Liu, saying that they were reserved for the guests.

Some silver was distributed to Kuang Hongyi and Su Tingting. While Xu Su was checking the carriage, Kuang Hongyi called Yang Xiao over with a look and lowered his voice: "Brother Chu, be more careful along the way. This Xu Su may not be a good person. Don't get too close to her. Be careful not to get involved with the tiger."

Yang Xiao agreed seriously, but he didn't take it to heart. For him, both Kuang Hongyi and Xu Su were strangers. As long as they had the same demands, they could cooperate.

Watching the carriage go away, Kuang Hongyi had a complicated look in his eyes. In the end, he had to take Su Tingting to the other end of the street. They also had their own tasks. They needed to find out what the real reputation of the Feng family was in the local area and whether they had committed any evil deeds.

But after looking for a lot of merchants, everyone's caliber was surprisingly consistent. The Feng family had a very good reputation in the local area. They provided disaster relief and emergency relief, and many people were benefited by the Feng family.

Some poor families really couldn't afford to live, and they couldn't bear to give up their sons, so they arranged to sell their daughters. The Feng family would also pay to buy the children and send them to the nunnery, so that they could eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha. When they grew up, they would help find a good family to marry them.

The locals also wanted to build a shrine for Master Feng to thank this great man praised by people in the whole village, but Master Feng declined.

"Is this Master Feng really a good person?" Su Tingting couldn't figure it out, and looking at the sincere expressions of these people, it didn't seem to be pretending.

Kuang Hongyi glanced at the servants of the Feng family who were waiting outside the store, and whispered, "Don't be blinded by appearances. Humans are the most complex and despicable creatures. A good doctor who does good deeds and even doesn't charge poor patients for medical treatment may be a beast who abuses his wife and beats his mother at home. A teacher who teaches in the mountains all year round may also be a disguised serial killer. There are boundaries between good and evil, but there are no boundaries between people."

The sound of horse hooves ticked, and the carriage was driving on the rugged mountain road. This was really a torture for people who were used to sitting in modern cars.

Yang Xiao lifted the curtain behind the car window. Now they had left the city gate. There was a lush forest on both sides of the mountain road.

Just as Yang Xiao was enjoying the rare scenery, suddenly, the carriage began to slow down, and the coachman's somewhat nervous voice sounded, "Dear guests, don't talk from now on, pull the curtain tightly, and remember, don't look outside!"

Yang Xiao's heart tightened instantly, not entirely because of the coachman's words, but he also felt that there was a chill nearby.

The temperature in the carriage seemed to drop several degrees suddenly. The curtains were tightly covered, and the carriage immediately fell into darkness.

Yang Xiao did not dare to breathe. Just as he was thinking about what was going on, a soft body approached him, and a slightly cool hand slowly touched his hand, and then grasped it little by little. His ears were numb, and it was the hair touching his cheek.

He could feel the body trembling slightly, and Yang Xiao did not dare to move. After all, there were only him and Xu Su in the carriage.

Did this ghost follow me out of the ancient house?

No, even if it followed me out, there was no reason to find me. It was Su Tingting who was possessed yesterday, and it was Kuang Hongyi who ran away at night. Is there nothing wrong with me?

This weird atmosphere did not last long, probably only a few minutes. The cold feeling in the carriage slowly dissipated. With a crisp whip sound, the carriage began to speed up, and the sound of horse hooves became louder.

"It's okay, fellow passengers, we're through." The coachman's relieved voice came from outside the carriage.

At this moment, Yang Xiao noticed that the person leaning against him was Xu Su, but Xu Su was no longer the cold and indifferent person she had been when they first met. She curled up, leaning against the carriage and leaning against him. There were traces of tears on her pitiful face.

"Miss Xu?" Yang Xiao wanted to help her up, but Xu Su still held his arm, not moving, and not letting go.

After a moment, Xu Su seemed to come to her senses, and hurriedly let go of her hand. Her cheeks turned slightly red, and she explained stumblingly, "Yes, I'm sorry, I was... very scared just now, I thought I was going to die."

After pretending to comfort her for a few words, Yang Xiao pulled open the curtain of the carriage, looked outside, and then asked, "What was that just now?"

"Oh, it's a pagoda." The coachman answered while driving, and it seemed that he was not unfamiliar with that thing.

"Pagoda? Is the pagoda so evil?" He clearly felt a chill before, as if something was staring at him.

"You don't often walk this road, so it's not surprising that you don't know it. That's not an ordinary pagoda. It's a soul-calming pagoda built by a barefoot monk. It's been there for many years."