I have a book of ghosts and gods

Chapter 164 Black River, Floating Bridge (seeking subscription monthly pass)

If you count Xu Qing this time, then he has heard of this place three times.

The first time was that Huanmeng followed Wei Shou secretly and peeped at him.

The second time was the old man in gray robe playing chess.

And Xu Qing...

No, there should be one more time, Wang Bi, who was killed by Xu Wenshan, also mentioned the ghost market.

It is said that her mysterious paper house yin house was bought in a ghost market under the advice of Taoist Wu.

As Xu Qing said today, he somewhat understands why Wei Shou went there.

"Conspiracy" is a major event, and there is a secret meeting, where is it safer than the ghost city, a place that jumps out of the Three Realms and is not in the Five Elements?

This also shows that Wei Shou's death must be strange.

They have already decided to "suicide in fear of crime", and even wrote a confession letter, why is it necessary to be so secretive?
ghost city...

This captain is too foolish.

They only told him where the ghost market was, but didn't tell him how to get in.

Although Xu Qing said that coming and going there is inevitable, but there are prerequisites.

I'm afraid it's not that easy to get in and out.

Otherwise, his phantom body wouldn't have been beaten to ashes just by taking a close look at it last time.

There must be a way to get into it.

If he doesn't know what to do, he will end up the same as last time.

I'm afraid Xu Qing can't do anything by himself, so he let him look for it by himself.

Fortunately, it was a coincidence that he met that mysterious old man in gray robe.

Jiang Zhou thought for a moment without delay.

He went straight back to his small courtyard, took the dark offering incense given to him by the old man in gray robe, transformed into a phantom body, left the city, and rushed to the old locust forest.

In front of the hollow old locust tree, the two-foot-high small stone house is still inside.

There is a sense of mystery, eerie, and weirdness.

"Jiang Zhou" recalled the details of Wei Shou's activities that day.

After all, after eating once, he didn't want to lose his phantom body in vain.

Sure enough, after thinking about it, he found that what Wei Shou did that day was not random.

They also seem to be particular about the standing position, the distance, the position, movements, and order of placing incense and offering sacrifices.

Looking at the incense offering in his hand, he thought for a while.

At first Wei Shou lit three sticks of incense.

But the gray-robed old man only gave him one incense stick, which was also a bit different from Wei Shou's.

The old man won't cheat me, will he?
A trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and Dang was denied by himself.

With the supernatural powers of the gray-robed old man, if you want to scare him, you don't have to beat around the bush like this.

Just as he remembered Wei Shou's practice, "Jiang Zhou" inserted the dark offering incense in front of the stone house and lit it, and bowed a few times.

Sure enough, the stone door carved in the stone house opened with a click.

What surprised Jiang Zhou was that the one who came out was not a ghost claw who could beg for money like Wei Shou last time.

But a "little man" with a height of more than two inches.

Although it has the shape of a human being, it has no human appearance from head to toe. It looks like a human and a beast. It is covered in indigo gray and extremely ugly.

The villain was originally full of joy, but also obviously flattering and humble, he rushed out of the stone house with a whoosh.

Knees on the ground, slipped out.

After looking around for a few times, he looked up and saw Jiang Zhou, obviously stunned for a moment.

The joy and flattery on his expression faded a little, but it was only for a moment, and his face was full of flattering smiles again.

He stood up again, swung his bowed legs, and slid over on his knees with a whoosh.

Sliding to "Jiang Zhou", plopped and kowtowed repeatedly:

"The little greyhound has met the envoy!"

"Jiang Zhou" was taken aback by its behavior: "What did you call me?"

The gray ghost smiled obsequiously: "My lord envoy."

"Why do you call me that?"

The gray ghost flattered and innocently said: "Because you are the envoy!"

"..."

This gray-eating thing doesn't seem to be working well?

"My lord envoy, the little one is here to guide you, please come inside!"

The gray ghost grinned all over his face, moved aside with his knees, kowtowed, and stretched out his hand to lead the way.

"...You get up and talk first."

"Follow the orders of the envoy!"

The gray ghost scrambled to his feet without refusing or thanking him.

It seems that it is a matter of course for it to obey Jiang Zhou's words, and it will never discount it in the slightest, and it doesn't even consider whether it is related to itself at all.

"..."

"Jiang Zhou" didn't know what the hell it was.

The left and right are already like this, so I have to believe that the old man in gray robe will not harm him.

Anyway, it's just a dream body.

Following the guidance of the gray ghost, he approached the stone house.

Unlike Wei Shou last time, within a foot of approaching the stone house, his body began to shrink rapidly.

When he came back to his senses, the stone house in front of him had turned into a magnificent "stone palace".

Surrounded by incomparably huge "towering giant trees".

He had grown to be about the size of a gray ghoul.

"Master Envoy, please enter!"

The gray ghost smiled coquettishly, nodded and bowed, and led the way by bouncing around.

"Jiang Zhou" stepped forward and stepped into the stone hall.

With just one step, the world changes and the world changes.

"Jiang Zhou" opened his mouth halfway.

Before stepping into the two-foot stone house, he had imagined the scene inside.

Maybe it's like that kind of paper house, maybe it's something magical.

But he didn't expect it to be like this.

Stepping into it, he seemed to step through a door.

A... mirror-like door.

The inside and outside of the door are the two worlds of the mirror.

Although left and right are reversed, they are exactly the same.

This is what you see before your eyes.

This place is no different from the old pagoda tree forest before he came in.

He knew that Xu Qing's description couldn't be more vivid.

only……

This forest is quiet, where did the "ghost market" come from?
"My lord envoy, this way please!"

The gray ghost was bouncing around, but even so, it still kept a bowed and respectful posture all the time.

Once "Jiangzhou" comes, he will be safe, and he will go wherever the gray ghost directs him.

After a while, I came to a river.

He finally saw something different.

If before entering that stone house, this location should be a branch river of Huaishui, the water flow is as clear as blue, and there are many boats on the river.

But the "river" in front of me.

But it was dark and gloomy, like mud and rocks, flowing slowly.

And I don't know how many times wider than the river in the present world. At a glance, it is dark and dark, and the opposite bank cannot be seen.

"My lord, please wait a moment."

The gray ghost nodded and said something, then took out a small bell from nowhere, held it in his hand and shook it.

There was a ringing of jingle bells, and the "Jiangzhou" was only sinking and a cold wind blew past.

Then I saw that there seemed to be lights flickering on the Heihe River.

The turbid black water surged, and something seemed to emerge from the bottom.

Not long after, "Jiang Zhou" saw a special bridge floating above the black water.

Hundreds of gray wooden boats that looked almost decayed formed a long bridge across the Black River.

The head and tail of each boat are tied with red ropes and connected together.

There is a dim oil lamp hanging on the boat.

The gray ghost put away the bell and said with a flattering smile, "My lord envoy, please!"

"Jiang Zhou" took a deep breath, and stepped onto this "pontoon bridge" that made people's hearts shudder and their back felt cold...

(End of this chapter)