strayed into fairy mountain

Chapter 81 [Ask you, do I look like a human]

The two girls not only hired ox carts, but also hired six peasants. They were very honest and worked very hard.

Because Zhang Jingxu revealed the identity of the head arrester and claimed that a homicide occurred here, after some official explanations, the peasants were not very afraid of the corpse.

What ordinary people are afraid of is bandits committing crimes and ghosts harming people, but now a county government is investigating the case, and the bodies involved need to be moved back...

There is nothing to be afraid of, besides, there is money to take.

Because the people in this area were too poor, the two ox carts and the manpower were put together by five villages. Four of the villages produced one cart and one ox, not only the carts but also one person.

As for the last village, the poor have neither carts nor cattle, so they can only do coolies and earn some coolie money.

So the job of carrying the dead body into the car was overtaken by these two peasants.

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From this barren mountain ancient temple back to Yicheng County, the journey is about [-] miles. If it is left in later generations, it will take less than an hour to drive, but in ancient times when the roads were difficult, it would take at least a day and a half for an ox cart.

But the time now is already noon of the day.

This also means that no matter how fast they speed up, they must be on the road today and will not be able to return to Yicheng County until noon tomorrow.

As for finding a place to stay at night, there is absolutely no village willing to take them in. Mortuary corpses at night are very easy to change. No matter how honest the common people are, they still cannot take the corpses in the village.

Even stopping at the entrance of the village is not acceptable. The common people may not have the guts to drive away a county government's head catcher, but they will definitely let the women in the family stand at the entrance of the village and scold them.

Even if they don't scold, they will still roll around and try their best to drive Zhang Jingxu and others away.

In short, there is only one situation, and any village in this world is the same. Due to the danger at night since ancient times, no village will stay overnight in vehicles transporting corpses.

Therefore, we can only drive overnight.

As for the matter of traveling overnight, those six peasants seemed to be willing to go all out. After all, there are too many poor people in this world, and they have to gamble in order to survive.

Since ancient times, although the night is dangerous, but there are many cases of traveling at night, the reason is very simple, extreme poverty is harder than death...

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It is said that it is transported by ox carts, but in fact the peasants are reluctant to let the ox work hard. Although they let the ox pull the cart, they push the cart behind.

It seems that I am used to doing coolies, so I don't feel like an animal. Instead, I was quite excited along the way, constantly talking about how to spend the money I earned.

Some said they wanted to buy farm tools for their families, some said they wanted to buy some cloth for their wives and children, and even mentioned snacks, planning to buy some to satisfy their children's cravings.

The longing for life filled their honest faces, and Zhang Jing felt warm in his heart when he saw it, and an indescribable warmth arose inexplicably.

The civilians in this world don't ask for much, and they obviously don't ask for much, but they have to endure boundless suffering.

The heavenly gods set up a forbidden land, and raise ten thousand ghosts to plunder. It seems that what they rob is the merits of heaven and earth, but in fact, what they rob is the common people in the human world.

The death of the people, the ghosts have karma, and then destroy the ghosts and plunder the merits.

This is clearly a loophole in the laws of heaven and earth.

It can be seen from this that the heaven and the earth seem to be incomplete.

Zhang Jingxu was silent all the way, silently following the bullock cart, seemingly silent, but her heart was turbulent.

He became more and more determined.

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The road is rugged, the ox carts are slow, and as time goes by, the sky gradually darkens.

The expressions of the six peasants became tense, and they no longer had the excitement and joy they had during the day.

Even they no longer exert their strength to push the cart, but let the ox bear all the force of pulling the cart, obviously they are conserving their physical strength in case of various accidents at night.

This is the experience accumulated by the poor people. With more physical strength, they may be able to survive in danger.

Zhang Jingxu was quite sad, and she had another understanding of the hardships of the people.

Knowing that the night is dangerous, but still choose to be employed, the word poor is not just a word, it forces the poor to surrender their lives to luck...

The night came quickly, as if in the blink of an eye, the sky and the earth suddenly became pitch black, and boundless thick fog enveloped the entire earth.

It was cold and cold, as if there were ghosts hiding everywhere in the darkness, staring at the living people of flesh and blood all the time.

The six peasants had already got together, and their expressions obviously became more tense. They drove the ox cart in fear, and tried their best to hold the lighted torches.

However, the fog was so thick that the torches couldn't light the way forward at all, so they could only follow the ruts on the ground and proceed cautiously.

But at this moment, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of him, and there seemed to be a luxurious mansion standing among the shadows.

And at the door of that mansion, stood an old man with a peaceful face, waving at them from a distance, and said: "Traveling at night is very difficult, aren't you afraid of encountering evil spirits? It's really hard to earn money. "

While talking, the old man came tremblingly with a cane, sighed and said: "Young people, don't go any further, stop quickly, and start again at dawn."

The six peasants were taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously said, "But we can't lodge. We got into two cars, and we pulled four corpses..."

Before finishing the word 'corpse' of the corpse, the old man sighed and said, "I understand, I understand, you transported dead bodies, so you couldn't find a village to stay in. But I don't care about this kind of thing, I can't bear to see You are in danger at night. I have quite a spare house in my house, and I can let you spend the night in peace."

The six peasants were immediately pleasantly surprised, and tremblingly said: "Really? Your old man is willing to stay with us?"

The old man was full of compassion, solemn and kind, and nodded slowly.

The six peasants were even more pleasantly surprised. They couldn't help looking back at Yun Jingshu, and said anxiously: "Employer, did you hear that this old man is willing to stay overnight, the old man is willing to stay overnight..."

Yun Jingshu's eyes were dark, and he nodded calmly.

Zhang Jingxu next to him had deep eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to curve slightly, while Xiao Niuniu was lying in the arms of Little Bell, her small hand was covered with scales.

At this moment, the old man suddenly spoke again, as if he said very seriously: "Although the old man is willing to stay overnight, it is not for nothing. I will not accept your money, but I want you to answer my question..."

Answer question?

Does it matter?

Without even thinking about it, the six peasants almost blurted out: "All right, all right, you can ask whatever you want."

But seeing the old man's eyes flickering, there seems to be an inexplicable expectation, and even his tone has changed a lot. He looked at a commoner and asked, "Tell me, do I look like a human?"

uh-huh?

The farmer looked puzzled.

What kind of problem is this.

(End of this chapter)