Yingzhou, located to the north of the Huaihe River, has a flat terrain, confluence of rivers, four distinct seasons, and picturesque scenery.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai came here all the way. It can be said that there were bandits in the mountains and thieves hiding in the mountains. But only after arriving in Yingzhou, they were pretty peaceful and didn't encounter anything.
Of course, there is a reason for this...
Because "Feng Manlou" among the four "Feng Yun Shui Yue" masters of the imperial court is usually stationed at Yingzhou Guard. I dare not say that in other places, but Yingzhou City alone can still be protected. Even the first-rate masters in the world will never dare to make mistakes when they come here, let alone the second- and third-rate thieves. .
Sun and Huang rested in Yingzhou for three days. They slept for five hours every day. When they got up, they ate steamed buns, drank Sazi soup, and practiced exercises to stretch their muscles and bones. They really felt When I have free time, I go to Yingzhou West Lake for a walk.
Three days later, both the man and the horse had lost a lot of the fatigue accumulated from the previous journey, so on the fourth day, the two of them rode on the road again.
Come out of Yingzhou City and walk northwest. It is generally uphill. It should be a more difficult journey, but because they let the horses rest for three days, it is not too strenuous. , basically you can arrive at the inn before dusk every day.
They walked like this for several more days, passing through two counties along the official road, and then they arrived at Zhoukou.
From Luzhou, by our modern standards, it can be reached in less than five hours by highway.
But at that time, due to the difficulty of the road, the various things encountered in the process and the necessary rest time, the two of them walked for more than ten days in total, which was not easy.
The two horses given by Master Zeng are just used here... and they need to be allowed to rest for a while before they can run long distances again; so after arriving in Zhoukou, Sun Yixie went to look for them A horse dealer bargained for two horses and came back.
The new horse is in good spirits and has been resting for a long time. There should be no need to change it from here to Luoyang.
Now that things have happened, Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie obviously no longer plan to take the high-speed rail bus; after all, they have been here, and it would be a good idea to walk around more along the way. kind of experience.
After leaving Zhoukou, the next stop is Xuzhou, which is also known as Xuchang.
When we arrive in Xuzhou, we are not far from Luoyang.
Calculating the days, if everything goes well, the two of them should be able to arrive about half a month in advance.
Of course, if something delays you again, it’s hard to tell... In that era, the pace of life was really slow. Today, you can tell it with just a phone call or a message. It may take them several hours to communicate something; if you drive a car, follow the navigation, and walk on a smooth road, you can go to eight places and do eight things in a day... As for the ancients, you can do two things in a day. It's pretty efficient.
This is also why people at that time traveled far. If there wereFor anything important, we usually have to leave ten days and a half months in advance of the planned schedule.
Even if Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai came out early this time, otherwise they really wouldn’t have that much time to mind their own business on the road...
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Let us say that Sun and Huang left Zhoukou and walked up the road along the bank of Yingshui River.
On this road, you can see the peaks on the other side from the north bank of Yinghe River, which also has a unique flavor.
It was night, and the two of them were looking for accommodation in a village. There was an inn in the village, but unfortunately there were not many guest rooms. Of course, it didn't matter that they were both men sleeping in the same room.
After the guessing game, "Spring Hand" Sun Yixie successfully obtained the ownership of the bed, while Huang Donglai could only curse and hit the floor.
There was no words for half the night, until early morning...
Hiss-hiss--
There was a strange noise outside the window of the guest room.
Sun and Huang heard it almost at the same time and woke up at the same time; their reactions were also very consistent - they suddenly opened their eyes, sat up softly, turned their heads to look, and then turned their heads towards their brothers. He reached over and lowered his voice and said, "Did you hear it?"
"I heard it..." Huang Donglai continued, "And I think it doesn't sound like wind..."
"Nonsense." Sun Yixie said, "Outside the door is the inn corridor, where is the wind coming from?"
"Otherwise..." Huang Donglai said, "Brother Sun, go over and take a look. I'll use my hidden weapon to protect you."
"Mao!" Sun Yixi said, "I'm not going."
"Are you scared?" Huang Donglai began to use provocation.
"Who said that?" Sun Yixie wanted to save face, but he was tricked and insisted, "What am I afraid of? I face danger just like breathing."
" Then why don't you go?" Huang Donglai said.
"I..." Sun Yixie couldn't think of a suitable excuse for a while.
"Brother Sun, are you in trouble?" Huang Donglai raised the corners of his mouth and said with a sinister smile.
"I have no problem! I have a problem?" Sun Yixie said, suddenly thought of something, and quickly asked, "Why don't you go by yourself?"
"I'm in trouble." Huang Donglai replied, pretending to be a tortoise not afraid of boiling water, "I have a bad heart. What if something terrible scares me to death?"
"You..." Sun Yixie has already begun to regret his pretentious remarks just now. It's okay to pretend just like the other party, but he insists on holding on, which makes him a little bit difficult to get off. "Fuck you...just go ahead." !"
The two completed the above conversation in a very low voice. Then, Sun Yixie got off the bed quietly, picked up the trident leaning on the wall, and looked down again. He was wearing protective armor (with his character, he would not take this off even when sleeping), swallowed his saliva, and walked towards the door step by step...
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss...
In just two minutes, the sound outside the door not only did not stop, but became louder and faster. It seemed that Coming for Sun and Huang.
While Sun Yixie walked towards the door, Huang Donglai behind him was not idle either; Huang Donglai also got up from the ground, came to the angle behind Sun Yixie, and held two hidden weapons in his hands. , ready to support at any time.
Both of them are not stupid, and they have no intention of lighting the lamp at all, because lighting the lamp at this time is obviously more detrimental to them.
"Huh..." A few seconds later, Sun Yixie finally came to the door. He took another deep breath, then mustered up the courage to open the door latch, and reached out to pull the door inward.
Hey——
The old door shaft made a harsh groan.
Then, the door opened.
Sun Yixie immediately took two steps back and raised his halberd, only to find... there was no one outside the door, only an empty corridor and a white wall opposite the corridor.
The strange sound also stopped abruptly after the door was opened.
But Sun Yixie did not relax his tense nerves. He held his breath and stared at the dark corridor, listening attentively.
Soon, he heard...
Tuk, Tuk, Tuk...
On the floor outside the door, there was a little sound - the water droplets The sound of dripping to the ground.
Just when Sun Yixie came to his senses and raised his head...
Suddenly! A bunch of black, wet long hair suddenly hung down from above the door. The source of the hair was a pale human face hanging upside down.
"Ah!" The moment the "ghost face" came out, it let out a shrill scream.
"Ah——" At the same moment, Sun Yixie also let out a shrill scream.
Originally, in terms of atmosphere and picture, this scene was scary enough, and coupled with the startled screams from the face, everyone would jump in fright.
And Sun Yixie did jump up, and saw... He was so frightened that he threw away the trident in his hand, and instinctively covered his cheeks with both hands. In an instant, he perfectly COSed Van Gogh. The look in "The Scream"... Then, he took a few steps back, tripped over the edge of the bed, and fell onto the bed.
Not to mention Sun Yixie, who met the "ghost" head-on. Even Huang Donglai, who saw the "ghost face" from the side and behind, was frightened for a moment.
However, after seeing Sun Yixie's exaggerated reaction that made people want to laugh, Huang Donglai immediately came to his senses and threw the hidden weapon in his hand with two swishes.
Unfortunately, the person outside the door had been prepared, and she had already put her head back before the hidden weapon arrived.
Ping ping ping ping ping...
Immediately afterwards, Huang Donglai heard a very obvious sound of stepping on tiles from the roof. He was about to chase after him, but then he thought wrong. This looked a bit like a trap to lure the enemy.
JustWhile Huang Donglai was hesitating, on the other side... Sun Yixie, who had just come back to his senses and was a little angry, was already extremely angry and wise... He picked up the trident again, stood on the couch, and faced the roof directly Go to the place where the sound came from and stab it with all your strength...
The inn in this village has crumbling tiles, and the weapon in Sun Yixie's hand is a treasure that can be sharpened like clay. With this stab, Just like stabbing the window paper with a knife, the trident penetrates the roof and attacks with almost no hindrance.
The man on the roof did not expect to be "attacked through the wall". With a careless move, the entire instep of his left foot was stabbed through.
Originally, she wanted to lure the two of them up above and use the "Flowing Silk Soul-Severing Formation" she had deployed in advance to plot against them in the open area. But this time, she suffered the consequences before she even started. A rather thorny injury... She had no choice but to run away quickly, lest the other party chase her out and it would end badly.
But Sun Yixie didn't know what the other party was thinking. He only knew that there was blood on the tip of the trident after the first stab, which meant that the attack was effective, so he stabbed again and again. Seven or eight times.
When Huang Donglai realized something and tried to stop Brother Sun... it was already too late.
With the sound of tiles falling to the ground, the roof collapsed.