"Brother, Da Pingxiang was originally ordinary."

"Just three months ago, Tang troops were crossing the border and suddenly encountered... well, ghosts hitting the wall."

"Three thousand people and horses traveled all night. When they returned to the original place, they were unable to move forward. They later made a detour before they could pass."

"Since then, strange things have happened frequently near Daping Township and have become more and more serious."

"After the Tang army left, everything went wrong for the Xia army when they arrived here. A large group of soldiers and horses were sent out, but they returned without success."

"If some soldiers leave the camp sporadically, fetching water, cutting firewood, and collecting grain and grass, they disappear one after another, and none of them returns."

Wei Bohou unfolded the scroll and read the message on it.

A flimsy piece of paper was exchanged for two rolls of silk. It is so precious that not a single word can be missed.

When Zhong Sheng heard this, he said, "Magic."

"Yes, it is definitely a spell, but it is not an ordinary spell."

Not only the common people were displaced, but thieves, bandits and robbers were also spared. Even the soldiers and horses of both Tang and Xia were not spared.

The common people are weak in strength and courage, and are most susceptible to being deceived by magic.

But the army is expanding, the popularity is strong, and it has the most restrained spells and all kinds of sharp killing weapons.

They say it’s the ghost that breaks the wall, but no matter how powerful the ghost is, how dare he show up in front of thousands of troops?

Wei Bohou was worried. Even in the black market, Daping Township was one of the forbidden areas that everyone should avoid

"Brother Zhong, the old bastard has bad intentions. What he confessed before his death may not be true."

"Daping Township is so dangerous, I'm afraid there's something fishy about it, trying to lure you into the trap."

Zhong Sheng nodded, "Don't be afraid of traps, just push them flatly and continue reading."

Wei Bohou was infected by Zhong Sheng and became calm.

"Well, there is also a saying that Daping Township is the territory of Honghuatan."

"Brother, this statement is consistent with Jin Guang Tathagata's oral confession. It cannot be ruled out that he leaked it intentionally."

It sounds reasonable. The red flower bed casts a spell to isolate Daping Township from the outside world, and the interior becomes its own world and develops secretly.

Zhong Sheng immediately decided, "Let's go to Daping Township."

Due to the frequent occurrence of strange things, a vacuum zone has formed near Daping Township.

The people have moved away and pedestrians have taken detours. The direct result is that the vegetation is extremely prosperous.

Without human disturbance, wild grass and wild animals are growing vigorously.

Around Daping Township, there are already signs of returning to the primitive jungle.

"Go!"

The mud ball hit him, and the fat hare's brain burst and he fell to the ground dead.

Wei Bohou washed and skinned it, took out its internal organs and brain, and gave them to the crows to eat.

Then, he cut the edge of the knife, smeared it with seasonings, roasted it on the fire until it was fragrant, used banana leaves as a plate, put it on a plate and presented it to Zhong Sheng.

The two of them were just outside Daping Township, surrounded by weeds as tall as one person.

Where I passed, every house was deserted and had been abandoned for a long time, and even half of it had collapsed.

Large clumps of weeds sprouted from the base of the window wall, and clusters of fat mushrooms grew on the rotten beams.

There are many foxes, rabbits, and mice, running through the grass and burrowing in and out of the ruins.

"Drink."

Zhong Sheng took a bite of the rabbit leg and asked Wei Bohou to eat it together.

When the two of them were traveling together, he was always busy, and the younger brother got it worth it.

It is already late at night, the bright moon hangs high above the head, and the moon halo around it is like the flush on the face of a drunk person

"Brother, when I left my hometown, I never dreamed of being like this, eating meat and drinking alcohol."

Wei Bohou said, "Following my eldest brother, my dream has come true."

When he was a bandit, he was usually hungry and full, and he had to be on guard against evildoers. He was always on tenterhooks and never had a comfortable life.

Now with the boss Zhong Sheng, he is capable, strong and generous, and his sense of security suddenly rises.

"Brother, don't worry. Tomorrow I will take Ya'er and explore another ten miles."

"No matter how powerful the old bastard's accomplices are, they are no match for you."

"When we clear it all, we can make a fortune again."

While talking and eating and drinking, Wei Bohou got drunk, and in the end he was holding the wine jar and mumbling to himself.

"Brother, I like the golden beads you gave me, but I can't bear to use them!"

"Golden marbles are so expensive. If you throw them out and you can't get them back, you'll be in big trouble."

"Only when our business expands and I can melt a hundred and eighty gold marbles can I spend as much as I want."

"The art of slingshots has been passed down from our ancestors. There is an allusion to the pearl slingshot. It is said that it is a waste to use night pearls to shoot birds."

"Good fellow, the Night Pearl is so valuable that some people use it as marbles to shoot birds. When can I be so arrogant?"

"It's hard to say, if I follow you around, big brother, one day..."

"Well, drink more..."

The night is already deep, and the silver disk in the sky has closed the halo of the moon, and its brilliance has gradually faded.

The lush grass all around echoed with the chirping of insects, making the night even quieter

Zhong Sheng closed his eyes and rested his mind. Beside him, Wei Bohou was leaning on the ground, and the ape and the little donkey were also sleeping on their sides.

The crow squatted on the branch, fluttering its feathers from time to time, obviously resting.

The light falling from the bright moon seems to be attracted and begins to converge into bunches of light cones.

The cone of light cuts through the night sky, and wherever it shines, the dust particles in the air are unable to escape, floating in the air, not knowing the east or the west.

The moonlight is like water, falling on the ground, grass and people, coating it with a silvery gray.

At the bottom of the wine jar, a layer of remaining wine reflects the bright moon in the sky.

The reflection of the bright moon suddenly fluctuated twice, and stretched out a big rotten hand, its entire body was livid.

The origin of this hand seems to be a corpse, and it is a mummy that has been stored for a long time and is in a state of decay.

Stretch out from the reflection of the bright moon and poke out of the wine jar.

The palm of the hand suddenly split open, one eye opened, and it turned twice.

The next moment, it saw a pair of bright eyes, extremely clear under the moonlight, like gems.

Zhong Sheng's eyes met the eyeballs in the palm of the corpse's hand, and he grinned.

The ancient sword pierced the corpse's hand, causing juice to splash everywhere, and a painful scream came from the reflection.

When he pulled out the ancient sword, he saw that the palm of his hand had vanished into ashes, like a ghost in a dream, without leaving any trace.

The surrounding moonlight seemed to be frightened and dispersed, returning to its normal appearance.

……

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Taoist Toad picked up the boy next to him, threw him into the sarcophagus on the altar, and closed the lid.

A child screamed in the darkness, and then the sound disappeared, followed by the sound of chewing bones and flesh.

The sarcophagus shook again, "Not enough?"

Taoist Toad gritted his teeth, stretched out an arm, and stuffed it into the gap in the sarcophagus.

A tooth-piercing gnawing sound sounded, his face was distorted, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't even make a sound.

A moment later, he sat on the ground, with a large piece of flesh missing from his arm, and the wound was surrounded by a pale white color smeared with corpse poison.

He boiled the talisman paper into water, mixed it carefully, ground it, and applied it to the wound.

"Ranger Zhongsheng, I found you, you are in Daping Township."

"Well, it's a coincidence. Let me explore the way. If I can come out alive, I will find you again to avenge this arrow."
Chapter completed!