It was getting dark, and Hu Guiyang was not following the official road. Seeing that the path became narrower and narrower, a fork appeared from time to time, and it was difficult to distinguish between the path from the path. He suspected that he was going to get lost again.

Hu Guiyang understood why the officials and people in the capital would rather go around the distance than take a waterway. Once the canal is connected to the end, it goes straight to the south of the Yangtze River. There is no need to bother to distinguish the road. Although the land route is flat, it has to be careful every step. If you are not careful, you will miss the crowd.

There was a man sitting on the road ahead, lowering his head, as if dozing off.

Hu Guiyang urged the horse to go over, "Hard, please ask..."

Hu Guiyang bent down and took a closer look. It turned out to be a dead person, with a large piece of dry blood on his chest, and small insects were flying around.

"It's coming again." Hu Guiyang stood up and looked into the distance. He could see nothing except the weeds and trees. Even the path turned and disappeared dozens of steps away.

He could smell the breath of "He Million".

After walking a long way, it was completely dark.

Hu Guiyang had no choice but to jump down, lead his horse and walk, and try to identify the path.

There was a small piece of light in front of him. Hu Guiyang accelerated his pace. After approaching, he saw a torch inserted in the soil and a corpse shining with fire.

The body sat on the ground, raised its right arm and lowered its palms.

Hu Guiyang leaned over and saw the cross tied behind the body.

The direction pointed by the corpse deviates from the already narrow path and points into the wilderness.

Hu Guiyang cooperated with both hands to pull out the torch and illuminated it everywhere. Sure enough, many horse hoof prints entered the wilderness.

"Oh." Hu Guiyang sighed, turned around and said to the horse, "Thank you for carrying me, find your way home by yourself. If you can't find the way, just vote for a wise leader. Don't mess with the people in the martial arts world."

Hu Guiyang stepped into the wilderness, and there were already horses stepping out a small path. He just had to follow him, but he had to have a torch in his hand, otherwise he would soon get lost.

"Jianghu, Jianghu..." Hu Guiyang muttered, feeling that the road to Jianghu was really difficult to walk.

The torch was extinguished.

Hu Guiyang stood there for a while to adapt to the night, so he had to walk slowly the next road.

There was another fire in front of him, and Hu Guiyang was almost cheering and ran over immediately.

Another torch and corpse also pointed out the direction.

Hu Guiyang pulled out the torch, looked at the body more often, and found that it looked familiar. He recalled carefully that this was a person he had met in Mojiazhuang and had gone with him to Tiejiazhuang in Ximatun.

The road ahead is getting harder to walk, and water seeps out from time to time. Hu Guiyang remembered that the old man once said that there is a swamp in the south, and it seems that he is entering it.

This time, before the torch was extinguished, he saw a new fire.

It was not a man lying on the ground, but a horse, whose legs were straightened straight and pointed in a direction, and there were still signs of horse hooves trampling on the road.

Those people entered the swamp yesterday and must have gone far away. Hu Guiyang pulled out his new torch and wondered who placed them.

After walking a long way, the front suddenly became clear. Hu Guiyang was unprepared and felt like he had suddenly walked out of a cave.

The open space was originally full of weeds, but now it is overwhelmed. There are more than a dozen corpses lying everywhere, but there are no torches around it.

Hu Guiyang stood for a while, held the torch in his hand and illuminated the faces of the corpse one by one, and saw a few familiar people, two of whom should be from Tiejiazhuang.

There was a melee here. The team that had only had occasional conflicts. After arriving here, it seemed that they were reluctant to endure it anymore, so they finally fought.

Hu Guiyang walked around the open space and found that there was no way to go, and there were signs of trampling in all directions, which may have been caused by the horses when they were shocked to disperse.

Hu Guiyang held his right elbow with his left hand, tried his best to raise the torch higher, and shouted loudly: "Come out, it's all leading me here."

No one responded. Hu Guiyang turned around half a circle and suddenly saw a person standing in the grass opposite, or squatting. Because the person was not much taller than the grass, he almost missed it.

"Hey, you're not a ghost, are you?"

The man walked out of the grass and came to the open space. It turned out that he was really standing, but he was very short.

"Is it the torch you left on the road?"

The dwarf nodded. Although this person is small, his head is very large, and he is very eye-catching even in the darkness.

"Leave it for me?"

The short nodded again.

"How did you know I'm going to go this way?"

The short man shook his head.

Hu Guiyang was impatient, "Can you say something?"

"Bloody?"

Hu Guiyang was stunned for a moment before he understood what the other party meant, "Are you talking about the receiver 'Yinhong'?"

"right."

"Are you a member of the Wen family?"

"That's right."

Hu Guiyang found himself in trouble. His left palm was seriously injured and he could no longer control any receiver. His right hand could barely use it, but he didn't have time to put the "lingmiao" in his arms. Moreover, the power of "lingmiao" is too little, so it cannot be called a weapon.

"I'm here." Hu Guiyang smiled and threw away the torch. The ground was wet and the torch was quickly extinguished.

Except for the stars and moons in the sky, there is no more light.

The short man walked forward, and Hu Guiyang quietly stretched out his right hand into his arms, took out the receiver, placed it behind him, slowly pushed it away, and put four fingers in it.

With just a few actions, he felt pain in his right arm and the wound probably opened again.

"I have no malice." The dwarf stopped.

"I don't have it either." Hu Guiyang said with a deep smile, "I don't even know what your name is."

"When you hear empty life, empty emptiness, life of life."

Hu Guiyang breathed a long sigh, actually trying to vent the pain on his arm. "I finally met a Wen family member who is not a member of the B-sen. Are you an elder or a junior?"

"Empty, destruction, no, suffering, I am an elder."

"So that's it." Hu Guiyang felt that his arms were getting more and more painful. It was not easy to operate the receiver. The force of his fingers must be kept in a state of existence and non-existence. In this way, the arms must be tightened all the time, which is extremely harmful to the wound.

"Are you injured?"

"It's not easy to dye 'drink' blood. Who are you who can't smell it?"

"I'm considered a disciple, but my master was not taught by me."

"I understand, Wen must be a big family."

"Hundreds of people."

"Hey."

"You should treat the wound." The dwarf saw something wrong with Hu Guiyang.

"No hurry. Should we fight first or make it clear first?"

"I'm not here to fight you."

"Then let's say it."

The short man Wen Kongshou was silent, and after a while, he said: "Things are quite complicated, I don't know where to start."

"I'm not in a hurry. You can start with what's happening in front of you. Are the people in front still alive? Where have they been?"

"I'd better start with 'Yinhong'." Wen Kongshou did not accept the suggestion.

"Please."

Wen Kongshou was silent for a while, "Have you ever seen the emperor?"

"How did you ask a question?"

“This is easier to explain.”

"I haven't seen it before."

"Then do you believe that the emperor exists?"

"Of course." Hu Guiyang was puzzled.

"Why?"

"Why? You have to ask why? Because... there is a palace, a court, an imperial edict, and a eunuch. Many things can indicate that the emperor is in the palace."

"But you don't believe in the existence of gods."

"I don't believe it, because I didn't see things like the Immortal Palace, Heavenly Court, and the so-called immortal arts are all deceptive."

"Well, imagine there are people like this who have been influenced by them since childhood and believe in gods..."

"No need to imagine, I'm surrounded by such people."

"Yes, but these people are just listening to others and reading the records in the book, which is always one step away from fully believing."

"What step did you see with your own eyes?"

"Yes, in fact, you won't fully believe in the existence of the emperor. It is possible that the palace is empty. The eunuch will issue the imperial edict as usual..."

"It has nothing to do with the emperor, let's talk about you." Hu Guiyang interrupted the other party.
To be continued...