Xu Xiaoyan said, "Bah, who said you are married?" Her eyes turned and she said, "Maybe they have finished fighting and their people have withdrawn?"
Shi Hao said: "It's possible!"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Even if the fight wasn't over, it wouldn't be a stretch for us to run into them in this desolate mountain area, right?"
Shi Hao said: "That makes sense!"
Xu Xiaoyan threw the reins and said, "Never mind, let's go... I don't believe I'm so unlucky!"
Chapter 60: Mysterious Doll
The carriage continued to move forward, and they did not dare to make too much noise.
Passing through the sparse woods, there were some noises coming from the other side of the hillside. Someone was roaring and someone was screaming.
There was a loud bang and a stone peak exploded in the distance. Judging from the noise, it seemed that there were sixth-grade or even fifth-grade masters fighting each other.
The air was filled with the smell of blood.
After driving a little further, we saw a stone forest on the other side, and the sound of fierce fighting came from among the stone forest.
Someone sneered and said, "You guys in the Black Lotus Realm were the first to cause this trouble, so don't blame us."
Someone angrily said: "It's clearly directed at 'her'. Don't make up a non-existent person to slander us."
There was another loud bang, and the two forces flew upwards and then collided with each other.
Xu Xiaoyan whipped the horse whip, and the carriage rushed forward, quickly leaving the battlefield.
Getting farther and farther away from the mass grave, they drove on the loess road connecting the villages.
There were traces of ox carts running back and forth on the ground, wheat fields next to it, and the sound of woodcutters chopping wood on the mountain.
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Not bad luck!"
Shi Hao also smiled and said, "Not bad!" He didn't expect that he could get through it so safely.
It seems that I am not the kind of "protagonist" who will cause trouble wherever I go, make trouble out of nothing, and make small things turn into big things.
Xu Xiaoyan said, "We have to change our clothes. We can't drive a carriage in broad daylight wearing night clothes. That's a problem."
The two turned around and looked towards the carriage... and were suddenly startled.
At that moment, the two people subconsciously twisted their bodies, moved apart, and looked into the carriage with vigilance.
In order to be able to travel quickly when necessary, Xu Xiaoyan selected the carriage carefully.
There were two horses driving the carriage, but the carriage was not too big. There was an arched gray tarpaulin on the top, and the box could be placed sideways in it, which was basically just right.
There is a three-foot-long bench on each side, and the bench surface is narrow. If you want to sit on it, you have to bend over, lean against the arched tarpaulin above, and lean your butt backwards to barely sit on it.
If two people sit opposite each other, it is difficult for them to stretch their legs, and if they move slightly, their knees will hit each other.
This is a horse-drawn carriage used to deliver goods quickly, and the goods delivered cannot be too much because it cannot hold much.
At this moment, the box containing medicine that they had robbed was placed horizontally in the carriage, and on the benches on both sides were packages containing their changed clothes and the sharp sword that Shi Hao had obtained from Taoist Tieyu.
But there is more to it than just that.
A little man sat on the box at some point.
Looking closely, it is a rag doll, and a "girl doll" at that.
It has a beautiful bun, combed into a perfect Chaoyun Jinxiang bun, with a long wooden hairpin inserted horizontally.
I don't know what material the face is made of, but it looks lifelike. The two eyes are inlaid with black gems that seem to be emitting a faint glow in the carriage.
It was this kind of dim light that made Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan feel weird, even a little tingling, and they were subconsciously startled.
For a moment, they even thought that this might really be a shrunken girl.
"She" was wearing a beautiful "rainbow dress", which looked like it was woven from the most refined and delicate silk feathers, pink and white, and spotless.
The colorful feathered dress is not actually the traditional dress of Chinese girls. It is the dress of imaginary fairies in heaven. In reality, it is mostly used for dancing.
When a beautiful and noble woman puts it on, she dances with light movements, like a fairy in the clouds.
"She" just sat quietly on the box facing them, with embroidered shoes with blue base and red surface on her two small feet.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan looked at each other... They had no idea who put the doll in their car.
You know, in Chinese tradition, there are no toys like "dolls".
The main reason is that dolls like this have been associated with witchcraft for a long time.
—If a rag doll is found in a person’s room, it often means that he is cursing someone.
In the history of the country before Shi Hao traveled through time, even the tradition of "making clay figurines" actually did not begin to appear until the Qing Dynasty, and it was not as long ago as many people imagined.
Before that, children didn't play with clay dolls.
In this era, dolls are considered cursed and ominous in the minds of ordinary people.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan are both martial artists and are not that superstitious.
This is not to say that they think there are no strange things in this world, but that they have more or less come into contact with things like magical powers, magic sources, etc.
Such ominous things that ordinary people fear are not a big deal in their eyes.
But now, such an exquisite and beautiful "ominous thing" inexplicably appeared in their car.
Xu Xiaoyan asked: "It is... who put it in?"
Shi Hao stood up subconsciously and looked around.
The sun was shining down, and there were not many crops in the wheat fields. All of them looked sick. Some fields were full of weeds, and they looked like they had been abandoned.
There was no one else nearby... and Shi Hao also realized that this action was meaningless.
Because they had no idea when it was put in. The only thing they were sure of was that when they escaped from Jing'an Temple last night and put the box into the carriage, it was definitely not there.
But after that, they didn't look back at the box.
Moreover, this was actually a freight carriage and there were no windows on the sides, so in theory, it would be difficult for whoever wanted to put it in to avoid them.
Is it some kind of magical power
But who would be so bored as to put such a beautiful rag doll in their carriage
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I always feel that this thing is weird. It seems like it's looking at me?"
Shi Hao stared at the puppet and said thoughtfully, "I still feel like it's looking at me!"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "You'd better throw this thing away quickly. It doesn't look like a good thing."
Shi Hao stretched out his hand, and in the process, he felt that the rag doll was staring at him, which made him feel uneasy.
I grabbed the doll from both sides with both hands, and through her beautiful colorful clothes, I felt that her skin was very smooth and delicate. I really didn't know what material it was made of.
Shi Hao got off the carriage and placed it on a stone by the roadside.
The rag doll sat there quietly, not moving.
"Hurry up!" Xu Xiaoyan threw the reins, and the carriage rolled forward and rushed away.
"Wait for me to get on the carriage!" Shi Hao was forced to use his Qinggong skills to quickly catch up and get back on the carriage.
Xu Xiaoyan grabbed the reins and swung them hard to make the horse run faster.
Only after they were several miles away did the carriage gradually slow down.
If this continues, the two horses will lose strength one after another.
The carriage stopped in the shade of the trees, and Xu Xiaoyan said, "I'll change my clothes first, don't look back."
He turned around and got into the car: "Don't look back."
Shi Hao said: "Don't worry, I won't peek."
There was a rustling sound behind me, which made me feel itchy.
But Shi Hao is a gentleman after all, so he naturally wouldn't look back.
After a long while, Xu Xiaoyan came out again. She still maintained the Evil Shadow Disguise Technique, but she took off her face scarf and put on a cloth skirt.
Shi Hao turned around and got into the car: "Don't peek either."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Huh... who is looking at you?"
The carriage was small to begin with, and with a large box in it, Shi Hao had to bend over and change his clothes inside, which was quite troublesome.
Suddenly, he turned his head and saw the girl in the driver's seat covering her eyes with open fingers and looking back quietly.
Noticing that he noticed her peeping, she instantly turned back and looked forward.
Shi Hao: “…” Not trustworthy at all.
Like Xu Xiaoyan, he changed his clothes but still maintained his disguise.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan sat side by side. He asked, "Where are we going now?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "There is a town ahead. Once we get there, we can try to get a small boat, change to the water route, and continue to Chang..."
As she spoke, she felt something was not right.
Shi Hao also felt that something was wrong.
The two of them turned their heads together and looked at the position between them.
The beautiful rag doll sat there seriously.
The two men jumped off the carriage in an instant and stood on both sides of the carriage, staring at the rag doll.
—The bun was similar to the one in the Chaoyun style, with a long wooden hairpin inserted horizontally.
—The same pink and white, spotless colorful feathered dress.
—same pair of blue-bottomed, red-faced embroidered shoes.
This is clearly the rag doll that they threw away just now.
If there was any difference, before being thrown away, "her" two legs were stretched out and sitting on the wooden box.
And now, "she" is sitting in the middle of the driver's seat with her legs bent, like a serious little girl.
They had no idea when "she" got on the carriage.
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan felt uneasy, so they walked around the horses and approached quietly.
Xu Xiaoyan whispered, "What's going on with this puppet? Could it be that it's not actually a puppet... it's alive?"
Shi Hao whispered: "Can a puppet be alive?"
Xu Xiaoyan murmured, "I don't know, but at least I know there are foxes that can talk, and maybe there are puppets that are alive. Although I have traveled a lot, I have never seen such a puppet."
Shi Hao couldn't help but turn his head to look at her: "Is there a fox that can talk?" He thought to himself, wouldn't that make it a fox fairy
Xu Xiaoyan was obviously frightened by the puppet and didn't bother to hide it. "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else. The owner of the Hongqiu Club... yes, the one who was hidden by the gauze curtain when she came on stage. She is a female fox."
Shi Hao thought: "Could it be that there really are fox fairies?"
Xu Xiaoyan looked at the motionless puppet sitting on the driver's seat, and felt a chill down her spine. "How do we get rid of it?"
Chapter 61 It's Her
Shi Hao took her hand, walked around the carriage, and quietly came to the back of the carriage.
He stretched out his fingers and activated the Heart-Severing Finger, with fire overflowing from his fingertips.
He cut open the tarpaulin at the back of the carriage, and the two men reached out, each grabbing the iron ring on one side of the big box, and lifted the box off the carriage.
Looking from behind, the rag doll was still sitting in the driver's seat, with its back to them, motionless.
Shi Hao quietly took out the sword and the night clothes they had changed out of. The two turned around and ran with the boxes, looking back as they ran to see if the rag doll was following them.
It was naturally impossible for them to run to the mass grave again.
After running two miles, he changed direction, crossed the wasteland and ran into the woods.
Even so, they still did not stop looking behind them.
Fortunately, I didn’t see the rag doll following me.
"That thing is really weird!" Xu Xiaoyan said, "Is that puppet alive or dead?"