"What is this?" Ren Heming moved closer, he frowned, and also felt the gloom coming from below. The charm used to protect the body emits a faint heat, which has a tendency to intensify. An inexplicable sweet smell rises up, as if something has been rotten for a long time. Ren Heming covered his nose in disgust and said, "This place is not right, there are evil spirits. stopped."
The horse seemed to sense something, snorted irritably, and pouted its hooves to back up, almost unable to pull the reins. Dong Zheng naturally felt that it was not good. He took two steps back from the entrance of the cave and said, "Let's leave quickly, I always feel that something bad will happen."
Ren Heming struggled to hold the horse he wanted to run away, and expressed his opinion with practical actions. The two quickly moved away from the dark hole, leaving the unknown fear under the steps.
Soon the two of them left the burrow behind, and it was not an option to keep walking on the path in the forest. They took the lead in finding the path that the caravan would normally take. This is an official route. There are often convoys of trade between the two countries passing by. The traces of ruts are very obvious on the land. Although there are forests and bushes on both sides, there are no people on both sides, but the speed is much faster when walking along the road. .
Although he has left, Dong Zheng still has the scene of the cave in his mind. Do you regret not going down to take a look? In the box, after all, many clues are hidden in danger.
But he has already learned not to regret the decision he made. This is the test given by the choas library, and there is nothing wrong with being careful.
This place is the border with Dashi, Dashi, the Islamic empire established by the Arabs in the Middle Ages, existed as a neighboring country for a long time.
The talisman showed that the evil spirits fled all the way in the direction of Caliphate, and the two quickly chased after them. The noon sun gradually tilted toward the west from the highest point in the sky. After walking like this for about half an hour, there were faint sounds of horseshoes and wheels rolling in the distance. sound.
The smoke rose from the end of the road, and soon the figure of the convoy appeared. Dong Zheng and Ren Heming slowed down, and the two groups of people met on the official road.
Ren Heming crossed the horse in the middle of the road, and Dong Zheng also pulled the reins to stop the horse.
Seeing that the two were wearing Jinyiwei uniforms with embroidered spring knives on their waists, the team slowly stopped. The leader was a black man with a hood. He got out of the car, clenched his fists to Ren Heming, and asked cautiously with a bit of flattery: " Sir, what are you doing?"
"Buy something." Ren Heming took out a few pieces of broken silver from his pocket and threw it to the man, "We want water and dry food."
"Okay, the two officials are here." After paying the money, it was easy to say anything. The man returned to the team with a smile on his face. Ren Heming and Dong Zheng also dismounted and followed. There were many in the team with thick eyebrows and big eyes. A Persian with a deep profile, who can speak fluent Chinese.
The man brought them some dry food that was easy to carry and asked, "Are you two going to Dashi?"
"Yes." Dong Zheng also intends to communicate with them. Talking with NPCs is one of the best ways to obtain clues and information. He looked at the direction of the convoy and said, "Where are you coming from?"
"Yes, the situation over there is not very good. If it is not necessary, the two officials should try not to go there." The man's expression became serious, "There was a serious plague in the village on the way of the official road, when we passed by A lot of people have died, they can't find a cure, they feel that they have done something to anger the devil, and they are forced to sacrifice a female doll."
Ren Heming also joined the conversation: "Sacrifice?"
"This plague came so suddenly, they couldn't think of any other reason other than angering the devil." The man said in fear, "When we passed by, the whole village was filled with the stench of dead people, and there was no other movement except crying. Even the crows who are most sensitive to death are reluctant to eat those corpses, we didn't dare to see how the situation was, we chatted a few words with a healthy person in the village, and then left quickly."
Dong Zheng: "Is it also what you heard about dedicating the girl to the devil?"
"Yes." After giving the packed dry food to Ren Heming, the man sincerely said to Dong Zheng, "I have no culture, so I can't tell how evil the village looks. Anyway, you can see that there is absolutely something wrong with that place. went over there."
Dong Zheng and Ren Heming looked at each other, Ren Heming nodded and said, "I see, thank you for reminding us, we will be careful, and we still have official business, so let's just leave it alone."
Saying goodbye to the people in the team, the two groups of people moved in opposite directions. Dong Zheng rode on the horse and said to Ren Heming, "What do you think, brother?"
"I don't know." Ren Heming looked at the direction of the food ahead, turned to look at Dong Zheng, and said, "No matter what, we must catch the evil spirit, and we must catch up with it before it escapes to the food, so that we can catch the evil spirit. No need to go to the village where the plague broke out."
The main task of chasing the evil spirits will definitely not change. Dong Zheng knows this in his heart. When he looks back, the traces of the convoy have disappeared at the end of the road in the forest.
They passed by the village where the plague broke out and communicated with the villagers. They didn't know how the disease spread, which always gave Dong Zheng a bad feeling.
But it shouldn't have much to do with him. Dong Zheng looked forward again, and the two rode away for about a jolt of incense, when they hit a fork in the road.
The road is divided into two, the one on the left winds and leads to the valley in the distance, and the one on the right is wide and unobstructed, which is the direction of the official road.
Should we follow the advice of the caravan not to go to the village where the plague is spreading and take a detour on the left, or should we follow the original plan and follow the faster official road to hunt
Ren Heming: "Lao Qi, which way are you going?"
Dong Zheng looked at both sides, he decided:
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