Six Gods

Chapter 13 Haunted!

Zhuyang is 730 miles away from Guangling, including [-] miles of mountain roads and [-] miles of official roads.

Xiang Yuan whipped his steed and galloped 150 miles along the official road in one day, until after dark, then dismounted to rest and let the horse drink water and graze.

Without modern roads and street lights, the night is over, and the bright moonlight is the only thing that illuminates everything.

Tethering the horse to a dead tree, Xiang Yuan found a clean grass and lay down, loosely shaking his body on the horse's back for a whole day.

This riding is also a chore.

He stretched his waist greatly, and the joints all over his body made a crackling sound.

Breathing out a turbid breath, Xiang Yuan turned on the kettle and took a few sips. The cold well water was cold in the mouth.

After bidding farewell to the comfortable and superior environment at home, Xiang Yuan didn't feel much discomfort. Instead, he felt a fresh sense of freedom of being alone and enjoying the rivers and lakes.

He reached out and took out a note from his bosom. It was his grandfather, Xiang Munan, the old head of the Xiang family, who handed it to Xiang Yuan when he was dying.

In this world, after a man is crowned at the age of 20, he will be bestowed by the elders of the family.

The note that Xiang Munan handed to Xiang Yuan when he was dying was the word he wrote for his grandson!
Gently opened the note, and two powerful words came into Xiang Yuan's eyes: Ziyu.

A fish dives into an abyss, stings and transforms into a dragon!
Father, I will become what you expect...

After understanding his grandfather's expectations for him, Xiang Yuan's eyes were bright and clear, and he looked up at the star-studded night sky with deep eyes...

……

临泉
A small city between Guangling and Zhuyang.

After traveling for two days, Xiang Yuan came to this town which is slightly smaller than Guangling.

Leading the horse into Linquan City, the sparsely populated city and the slightly empty streets filled with a faint sense of desolation.

Why is this city so weird?

Muttering in his heart, Xiang Yuan found an inn named Tingxuanlou along the street.

After entering the inn, the clerk greeted him with a smile: "Is this master eating or staying at the inn?"

"Stay at the hotel."

After handing over the horse to the man, and paying the rent and deposit to Yuan.

Just under the guidance of the innkeeper, I went to a room on the second floor of the inn.

"Isn't it the first time for the guest officer to come to our Linquan City?" The innkeeper who filled the teapot for Xiang Yuan and wore a lapel felt hat asked with a smile.

"Ah."

Looking at this not-so-gorgeous but very delicate guest room, Xiang Yuan nodded lightly.

"Then let me remind you, don't go out after sunset.

It's not a peaceful night here. "Looking around, the shopkeeper said in a low voice.

"It's not peaceful? What do you mean?" Xiang Yuan Zhumu asked with curiosity aroused by the shopkeeper's mysterious expression.

Putting down the copper pot in his hand, the shopkeeper turned around and closed the door of the room, walked to Xiang Yuan with a solemn face and said softly: "To tell you the truth, our place...

Haunted at night! "

"Haunted?!"

Frowning, Xiang Yuan looked at the shopkeeper with a cautious face: "What the hell is going on?"

"Shh, be quiet.

In fact, this matter is also rumored to be mysterious, and no one has seen what the hell it is.

It's just that at night, there are always gusts of wind blowing in the city, and there are cries of children and women.

For a while, the yamen also organized people to patrol at night, but they only patrolled for one day, and then they never mentioned this matter again.

So people are spreading rumors that our Fengshui in Linquan City is not good, and we commit evil spirits at night.

No, in the past few years, many people in the city have moved away.

If it continues like this, after a while, my inn will be closed. "

It seems that he likes to talk about these things with people, and the shopkeeper smiled at Yuan Yuan after he finished speaking: "When I am old, I like to talk to people, don't mind.

You rest, I'll go down first..."

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper left Xiang Yuan's room with the copper pot in hand.

The speaker has no intention of listening and the listener does. Perhaps for the residents of Linquan City, although they are afraid of such things as ghosts, they don't actually believe them a little bit in their hearts. After all, no one has ever seen a real ghost.

But Xiang Yuan was different. When he was six years old, he experienced first-hand what a real monster is!
Therefore, he still had some faith in what the innkeeper said.

But what does this have to do with me?

Shrugging his shoulders, anyway, he was just passing by Linquan City to rest his feet, even if it was really haunted, he would only stay for a day and then leave.

It's getting dark
Xiang Yuan, who had been jolting on horseback for two days, asked his buddy to fetch several pots of hot water, took a good shower, changed into clean clothes, lay down on the bed and began to sleep soundly.

Night falls
Before the darkness fell, the entire Linquan City became a silent city with no life left.

The streets were empty of pedestrians, so all the vendors closed their stalls and went home early, and even the shops along the street closed their doors and turned off their lights.

During the day, you can still see the lively Linquan City, but at night it seems to become a deserted and dead city.

call……

A desolate wind blows, rolling a bunch of weeds from nowhere on the empty and lonely street.
in the hotel room
Sleeping soundly, Xiang Yuan moved his earlobe, lifted the quilt on his body, turned over and continued to sleep soundly.

Boom!

The wind outside is getting stronger and stronger.

As the innkeeper said, the horrific cries of children and women also began to be wrapped in the wind and permeated the entire Linquan City.

The window of the room was banged by the wind, as if a pair of big hands were pushing against the window, trying to push it open.

Lying on the bed, Xiang Yuan didn't move at all, despite the thunderous wind outside, he didn't seem to be disturbed at all.

But in fact, facing the wall snoring like thunder, he had already opened his eyes, and his ears were paying close attention to all abnormal sounds.

Gradually the sound of the wind began to subside, and the shrill howls also began to become weaker.

Just when Xiang Yuan thought that the weird night in Linquan City was about to end, suddenly there was a muffled noise from the first floor of the inn!
Teng jumped up from the bed.

Xiang Yuan heard the muffled sound just now, it was the sound of the door being pushed open abruptly and the bolt breaking.

In the room without fire and lights, Xiang Yuan stood silently in the room, concentrated and listened to the movement in the inn.

Something is wrong, there is such a loud sound, why is there no movement in the inn, could it be that they are all deaf?
Realizing a trace of abnormality, Xiang Yuan turned around, put on his clothes, and sat upright by the bed, guarding against all possible sudden situations!

Tuk Tuk Tuk!
His gaze shifted to the door of the room, and a faint but continuous sound of stepping on the stairs entered Xiang Yuan's ears.

The footsteps are getting closer and clearer!
Squinting his eyes slightly, Xiang Yuan straightened his spine, like a big bow stretched into a full moon, all the energy in his body was gathering invisible, ready for a sudden blow.

The footsteps stopped in front of the door.

Through the gap in the door, Xiang Yuan could vaguely see a tall and thin figure standing stiffly in front of his door.

Not from this inn...

The owner of the inn and the guy Xiang Yuan have seen before, and they are not as tall as this person, so it is obvious that the figure standing at the door of his room is not from the inn.

The enemy doesn't move, I don't move!
Xiang Yuan, who was sitting in the guest room, was silently confronting the strange figure standing quietly in front of the door.

After an unknown amount of time, the figure outside the door slowly turned around, and the slight sound of footsteps moved forward again.

This strange figure actually gave up on Xiang Yuan, turned around and walked to the next room.

Ears were erected to listen to any slight movement, but after a while, there was no sound.

sit all night

I don't know when, a rooster crowed to the ground, and the bright morning light lightly penetrated through the window of the room and scattered on the floor of the house

Xiang Yuan got up slowly and opened the window, and the outline of the empty and lonely street began to become clear under the light of the morning light.

The strong wind last night did not seem to cause any abnormalities

Um?This is……

Just as Xiang Yuan was about to close the window, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of two child-sized handprints beside the window!
Judging from the size and angle of the handprint, there should be a seven or eight-year-old child last night!
He has been lying outside the window, staring at the inside of the house!
His brows slowly frowned into the word Chuan, and just as Xiang Yuan was about to take a closer look at the two handprints, a startled shout suddenly came from outside.

Opening the door, the inn clerk, who was slumped on the ground, pointed to the room next to Xiang Yuan in horror, stammering: "Dead...dead!"

With a tense expression, he walked to the side of the clerk and looked sideways at Xiang Yuan into the room.

In a guest room with the same furnishings as his, a man in a white robe was disemboweled and hung on the beam of the room with his own intestines.

The stinky and sticky blood and the viscera in the stomach formed a pool of black and red goo under the man's body.

The pungent smell of blood is disgusting.

While Xiang Yuan was observing the man's death, the shopkeeper of the inn also heard the man's screams, and hurried to catch up.

Seeing someone die in his inn, the shopkeeper's face turned pale and he clenched his hands tightly.

Muttering in his mouth: "How... how could this happen?"

……

A while later, the police officers from Linquan City Yamen and Wu Zuo arrived one after another. Seeing the man's horrific death, the two younger police officers turned pale and were about to vomit.

After asking a lot, a headhunter surnamed Hu found Xiang Yuan: "You just live next to the deceased, right?"

Raising his eyebrows and looking at the bearded and bearded catcher in front of him, Xiang Yuan nodded: "Yes."

Looking up and down, the head catcher asked suspiciously, "Aren't you a local?"

"I'm from Guangling, I just arrived here yesterday afternoon, I just stayed for one night to rest.

If you don't believe me, you can ask the shopkeeper. Seeing the suspicion of the headhunter, Xiang Yuan explained immediately.

"Guangling?" He walked up to Xiang Yuan and sat down, looking at Xiang Yuan's fearless face, Qiu Ran caught his head and grinned: "You don't seem to be afraid at all."

"What do you mean by that?" His eyes flashed, and Xiang Yuan's voice sank.

"Nothing, just ask.

Since you live next door to the deceased, it stands to reason that you are the most suspected, so for the investigation of the case, I now formally inform you that you are not allowed to leave Linquan City for the time being.

Until the case comes to light. "Unceremoniously issued a restraining order to Xiang Yuan, Qiu Ran caught his head and was about to leave, but just as he stood up, there was a soft shout from behind.

"Please wait."

Raising eyebrows and turning around, Qiu Ran caught his head and grabbed the saber at his waist: "Why, do you have anything to say?"

Standing up slowly, staring into the eyes of Qiuran Catcher, Xiang Yuan said slowly, "I've told you some things, but you may not believe them..."

"Oh? Then tell me first..." With a flick of the corner of his eyes, the bearded catcher looked like a torch, and walked back to Xiang Yuan.

He recounted everything he had heard and seen last night, and after he finished speaking, Xiang Yuan led the Qiubean catcher to the window, and looked at the two handprints that were still clearly visible.

"Will these... help arrest the head and solve the case?"

Seeing Qiuran Catcher's obviously ugly face, he asked Xiang Yuan.

……

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