Chapter 136 Encountering a Caravan on the Way, Strange Environment (4,000 Chapters)
It was already noon, the sun was high in the sky, and the weather was hot.
A caravan with three carriages was resting on the edge of the official road.
This is just a small caravan, with no more than twenty people.
"Miss, let's rest for a while. Brothers have already made a fire. Let's eat something before we go on the road."
Under the shade of a tree, a skinny guard said to Zuo Ci.
Zuo Ci wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded: "Let brothers rest for a while and pay attention to your surroundings. I heard that bandits have been in this place recently."
"Yes, it has been arranged."
Another guard said: "I heard that the lord of Liuye City on the border of Heshui County is so jealous that the bandits don't dare to fight in the autumn wind here. Why did this group of bandits suddenly appear?"
"Who knows? If we had known earlier, we should have brought more people with us this time."
Zuo Ci sighed.
The area around Heshui County has always been known as Taiping.
Therefore, in order to save costs this time, she did not bring many people with her.
Unexpectedly, after arriving in Heshui County, I heard about the banditry here.
She took off the kettle from her waist and looked up at the sky in the distance.
"I don't know if I can cross this mountain peak before night falls."
"Oops, Xiao Shunzi and Yanzi are missing."
The guard from a distance suddenly came and shouted.
"What's going on?" Zuo Ci walked over quickly.
"Miss, Xiao Shunzi, Yanzi, I and I just went to relieve ourselves in the woods. One moment, they were in front of me, but when I turned around, they were gone."
The guard said in a panic.
"Did something take it away?"
Zuo Ci asked hurriedly.
"I don't know, but if it's some kind of beast, there should be some movement."
"Are there bandits?"
"No matter, let's go find it first and then talk about it."
The chief of guard immediately appointed ten people, "You divide into two groups and go to the place where you were just now to find someone. If you find any blood, come back immediately and we'll get out of here."
"yes!"
Zuo Ci sat down tiredly, his eyes suddenly losing focus.
Tired, so tired.
Along the way, she looked very nervous, fearing this kind of situation.
She couldn't help but think of her family.
Her father had just passed away, and her two elder brothers and one younger brother only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun. She was the only one who supported the whole family.
If something happens to her shipment, she won't even be able to pay the guards.
"Hey, what should I do?"
"Miss……"
Suddenly, a faint voice came from behind.
It was the voice of the guard chief Zhou Hang.
Zhou Hang has followed the Zuo family for many years and has done his best, and now he relies on him for most things.
Zuo Ci subconsciously turned around, only to see Zhou Hang's face covered in blood.
His eyes were gouged out, revealing black holes of blood, as hideous as a ghost.
"ah……"
Zuo Ci was startled and almost jumped up.
"Miss, are you okay?"
Zhou Hang frowned, walked over and quickly supported Zuo Ci, thus preventing Zuo Ci from falling to the ground.
Zuo Ci took another closer look and saw that Zhou Hang in front of him had returned to his original state.
"I...I'm fine."
"What did the lady see? I saw that you were suddenly very scared just now."
"I don't know, maybe... maybe it's a hallucination, I'm too tired. By the way, Guard Zhou, is there something wrong with me?"
"There are four people coming in front. Judging from the fact that they all have the same clothes, they should be the guards of a wealthy family."
"Yeah, when you go out, you should be kind to others and see if they need help, but you have to be careful and be on guard against others."
Zuo Ci said.
"Well, I'll go over and take a look."
Zhou Hang led people over.
Not far away on the official road, four people came.
The first one was dressed in gray and white, and he was tall. He looked like he practiced Kung Fu, and his strength seemed to be quite strong.
"How many of you are locals? How did you come to this remote place in the wilderness?"
Zhou Hang clasped his fists and had a gentle attitude.
Su Anlin glanced at the man's health bar.
[Health bar: 98/98.]
It's not low.
Su Anlin nodded and said: "Brother, we are the guards of the Li family in Heshui County. We are here to find someone."
"Looking for someone, could it be that someone at home is missing?"
Su Anlin nodded: "My young master is missing. In addition, the city lord and his team are also missing here. How many days have you been here, can you see them?" Zhou Hang shook his head and said: "We just came to this realm in the morning.
Didn't see anyone else."
After he finished speaking, Xu Laosan frowned slightly.
He quickly whispered in Su Anlin's ear: "Master Su, something is not right."
"What's wrong?" Su Anlin's lips parted slightly.
"The carriage marks we saw when we came here just now were clearly two or three days old, but they said they only came in the morning. This..."
"Yeah, I got it."
Su Anlin expressed his understanding and smiled at the other side: "I didn't see it, so there's nothing I can do about it, but brother, I see you are nervous, but what trouble are you running into?"
Zhou Hang didn't hide anything at all, and told him about the sudden disappearance of the two guards just now.
Finally, he sighed: "The strange thing about this is that the disappearance of people is so bizarre. There is no movement at all. I wonder if..."
Zhou Hang didn't say the word "weird".
Weird, sometimes more terrifying than bandits, and can easily cause riots.
"That's all, the brothers are tired of coming. Come to our place to rest for a while. We are looking for someone anyway. We can join you later." Zhou Hang suggested.
"Okay, let's take a rest." Su Anlin walked towards the team: "By the way, my name is Su Anlin, what's your surname, brother?"
"Excuse me, my name is Zhou Hang, and my master's family is the Zuo family in Silou Village."
I guess it's some small family, I've never heard of it.
Zuo Ci came over at this time.
This woman's face was a little sallow and she looked sad.
With thick lips, he seems to have a more generous temper.
Her skin is dark and slightly thick. She must have taken charge of her own affairs very early, and she is not a Xiaojiabiyu type lady.
Su Anlin said a few polite words, and Zuo Ci said: "Bring some big cakes to the brothers."
"You're welcome, Miss Zuo. We brought dry food. It's important to find someone, so I won't nag you."
Su Anlin said.
Zuo Ci didn't want to be polite and nodded: "Then let's look for someone together. However, if we can't find them again, we plan to leave first. It's too dark in this place."
After Su Anlin took the people to rest for a while, they went into the woods to look for them.
"Master Su, something is wrong. I secretly chatted with their guards just now. They did arrive here in the morning, but the wheel marks are two to three days old."
As soon as he walked away, Xu Laosan couldn't help but speak again.
"I've been a escort for so many years, and I've never made a mistake."
Su Anlin frowned and said, "There is indeed something weird here, but judging from their appearance, it doesn't look like they are lying."
"That's true, that's weird."
Xu Laosan was surprised.
Zhao Liqiang said: "And I found there is something strange about this place."
"Oh, tell me!" Su Anlin asked.
Zhao Liqiang pointed to the sun in the sky: "Look, before we came here, noon had not yet arrived, but in the blink of an eye, the sun seemed to be setting."
Su Anlin was reminded and also noticed the strangeness of the sun.
It was extremely hot before, and it was the peak heat moment at noon.
But in the blink of an eye, we were almost going down the mountain.
Xu Laosan frowned: "This doesn't mean it's going to be dark soon."
"Let's find a place to spend the night before dark," Su Anlin said.
This time they came out with three days of dry food.
Wandered around in the woods again.
Everywhere they go, Xu Laosan and Zhao Liqiang will leave a red cloth strip as a mark to prevent them from getting lost.
It was almost dark, but nothing was found.
But suddenly, unknowingly, he returned to the convoy that was just on Zuo Ci's side.
"It's strange. We were clearly going up the mountain, but why did we come back in a circle?"
Zhao Liqiang was completely confused and even doubted whether there was something wrong with the markings they made.
Su Anlin pondered slightly: "I'm afraid, we have already caught the trick."
He must have encountered something weird.
Just like the Li family's Buddhist music and ghosts, maybe this place is also a weird one.
He took out the Long Skin Immortal Scripture in his arms and whispered: "So, what is going on here?"
[My name is Su Anlin. I am walking in a weird place. What is going on here? 】
"So what's going on?"
[What's going on? I don't know either, but I think something is wrong with Zuo Ci and the others. Maybe we can find clues from them. 】
"Is that so?"
Although the Changpi Immortal Sutra does not give a direct answer, it also points out a way.
It's getting dark.
Su Anlin led people back to Zuo Ci's caravan.
The faces of the people here are even uglier.
Zhou Hang, who was very enthusiastic before, became weak when he saw Su Anlin: "Brother Su, you... haven't you encountered anything strange?"
Su Anlin shook his head and frowned: "Brother Zhou, what happened to you again?"
He looked around and frowned.
Many people were missing, at least half of the caravan was missing.
"We are in trouble, big trouble!" Zhou Hang's eyes widened, "None of the people sent to look for people came back, they are all missing!"
Zuo Ci stared at Su Anlin in disbelief: "How can you be okay?"
The guards they had just sent out had lost contact with each one. As the sun was setting, she didn't know what to do.
But Su Anlin and the others were fine.
Su Anlin replied: "We haven't encountered anything strange."
"I haven't met them...then have you seen the guards we sent out?" Zuo Ci said quickly.
"Sorry, no." Su Anlin replied.
"The sun is going down, don't you think it's strange?" Xu Laosan said.
"Yes, it's getting dark soon, what should we do?"
Zuo Ci's whole body collapsed, his eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had secretly cried alone just now.
"Miss, it seems it's too late to leave now. Let's just rest where we are. Let the brothers light more fires at night and get through it. We'll leave tomorrow morning."
Zhou Hang walked over to comfort him.
"That's all we can do. We can't find anyone at night, so we're going to rest with everyone."
Su Anlin said.
"Brother Su, that would be great if you are with us."
Zhou Hang nodded.
As he was talking, the surrounding environment became dark.
"It will be night so soon..."
Xu Laosan frowned, his years of experience made him feel something was wrong.
"Uncle, I want to pee..."
Xu You's expression was tangled, and he was obviously a little scared.
"If you want to pee, go ahead. What are you telling me?"
"Uncle, I think this ghost place is too mysterious. I...I'm afraid...can you accompany me to the toilet..."
"You coward, just go to the forest in front." Xu Laosan pointed to a big tree not far away: "I've been staring at you, what are you afraid of?"
"Can……"
Xu Laosan was helpless: "Don't forget how you got into Li's house. With your strength, if I hadn't interceded, you would still be moving goods at the dock at this time. Go quickly, don't make people laugh."
"Oh well."
Xu You walked over tremblingly and looked behind him. Xu Laosan kept looking at him.
Seeing him turn his head, Xu Laosan nodded towards him.
He breathed a sigh of relief and peeed quickly.
"What is he doing there?"
Su Anlin glanced at Xu You.
"He's peeing, and he asked me to accompany him."
Xu Laosan glanced at Su Anlin and said helplessly: "I told you that I kept looking at him and was still scared. He didn't go far. What's there to be afraid of?"
Su Anlin nodded, subconsciously looked at where Xu You was, and was suddenly startled: "Where are the others?"
"Um?"
Xu Laosan looked quickly, his eyes almost bulging out of his head.
Xu You is missing!
He hurriedly ran over and saw that there was silence in the jungle, with not a single person in sight.
There was a puddle of urine next to the tree, but the person was indeed missing.
"Gone, my nephew is really missing."
Su Anlin came over with an ugly expression on his face.
"Some of you are missing too." Zhou Hang was shocked.
"We are getting closer and closer. At first, people would go missing only at long distances, but now, people are disappearing even if they are around the team."
Zuo Ci shook his head, at a loss.
The pressure she was under was too much and she was on the verge of collapse.
"I'm going to comfort my young lady. Brother Su, please be careful."
Zhou Hang clasped his fists and left.
"Master Su, what should I do now? My nephew is missing. He is not married yet. My parents died early. I regard him as my biological son."
Su Anlin said solemnly: "You are in the team, don't wander around, I will look around."
He walked alone to the place where Xu You had just peed and took out the Changskin Immortal Sutra.
"So, can you find someone for me?"
[My name is Su Anlin. One of my men suddenly disappeared. I don’t know where he went, but at this time, a puddle of urine on the ground attracted me. 】
[Maybe, if I look carefully here, I can draw some useful conclusions. 】
Su Anlin was not very satisfied with these tips.
But obviously, Changpi Xian Jing cannot provide any better advice.
He had a feeling that Changpi Xianjing didn't know much about some things.
Every time he talked to Changpi Xianjing, he had the feeling that the other person was just an experienced person.
Not omniscient.
Putting the Long Skin Immortal Sutra away and looking at the water stains on the ground, Su Anlin frowned.
'It's just a puddle of urine, what conclusion can be drawn?'
But at this time, his nose moved.
"It's weird, this urine has no smell."
As we all know, urine smells bad.
But here, there is no smell.
Su Anlin touched his chin and looked around.
He seemed to have guessed something.
"Could it be said that here..."
Suddenly, a hand patted Su Anlin's shoulder.
Su Anlin turned around and saw Zhou Hang standing behind him.
"Brother Su, I found you. It's already dark. Where have you been?"
Su Anlin looked up and realized that the sun had already set without knowing when.