Zhang Yuan suddenly woke up. When resting in a strange place, he always kept a little alert and would not sleep soundly. The sound of the suona from the outside world was very sharp, penetrating his ears and soul, and there was an indescribable weirdness! Reaching out and holding the broken blade dagger, Zhang Yuan got out of the tent. He happened to meet Mu Guangcheng next to him. The leader of the caravan looked extremely serious. He nodded slightly at Zhang Yuan, then raised his arm and shouted in a deep voice: "Put out the fire." Several caravan guards immediately took the tarpaulin and threw it directly on the campfire, instantly plunging the camp into darkness. This caused a little chaos in the camp. Someone asked in a trembling voice: "What happened?"
In addition to transporting goods, the caravan led by Mu Guangcheng also brought more than a dozen passengers. Most of them were ordinary people, and some of them, like Zhang Yuan, were going to Xiaxu for the first time and had never experienced such a thing. It was inevitable to feel scared. "Shut up!" Mu Guangcheng's face suddenly became ferocious: "If you want to die, go out by yourself. Don't let everyone get in trouble. I can also send you off!" The crowd was suddenly silent. As the leader of the caravan, Mu Guangcheng usually smiles and looks amiable. But he is obviously not a cat! Mu Guangcheng lowered his voice and continued: "Come here quickly and pray with me!" Under his urging, the caravan guards, including the two guards in charge of night watch, also gathered around a carriage. The carriage carrying the God of Earth Wandering! Mu Guangcheng lit a handful of incense with a fire stick and quickly distributed it to everyone. He knelt down first and prayed to the carriage: "The God of Earth Wandering is mighty and has boundless magic power. Protect the people and give me peace..." The voice of the caravan leader was low and solemn, and the people around him couldn't help but kneel down and pray together. Zhang Yuan did not kneel down. He sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the incense in his hands and chanting. Although it is not as pious as kneeling, it is also a way to worship God. Suddenly, a strange wind blew and lifted the curtain in front of the carriage. A statue of a sitting god with a wrathful look and hand seal was revealed!
The next moment, the wind blew and the curtain fell, and a faint light came out from the carriage. The whole camp was covered. It was strange. The enchanting suona magic sound that came from far away and approached suddenly became much weaker. Everyone who witnessed this scene was trembling with fear. Continue to pray devoutly. Zhang Yuan, who was sitting on the ground, turned his head quietly to look outside the camp, and saw a team appearing in the wasteland in the distance. A team to welcome the bride! Walking in the front were six drummers, each holding a suona and playing while walking. Behind the drummers were the players holding high the wedding signs, as well as flags, gongs, umbrellas, fans and other ceremonial objects. The most eye-catching one was undoubtedly the eight-man red sedan chair in the middle. There were rows of porters carrying dowries in the back. But there was no sign of the groom. The team marched through the wilderness in a mighty manner, and everyone, including various utensils, all emitted a hazy red light, which looked particularly strange from a distance. Zhang Yuan only took a glance and felt an evil spirit rushing from the soles of his feet to his forehead. He shuddered! He suddenly felt a warning in his heart, and immediately retracted his gaze and continued to pray to the statue of the earthly god. The chill in his body dissipated. "Don't look!" At this time, Zhang Yuan heard the voice from Mu Guangcheng: "That is the son-in-law trap. Once you are selected, you will enter the sedan chair and become a ghost son-in-law!" Mu Guangcheng's voice was very low, revealing a deep fear. Zhang Yuan nodded, secretly awe-inspiring! This strange wedding procession gradually went away, and the sound of suona disappeared completely. "It's over." Mu Guangcheng breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Everyone, get up, it's okay." The crowd looked at each other and slowly stood up. Recalling the scene just now, everyone was still in shock and didn't dare to speak for a while. Mu Guangcheng asked people to relight the bonfire and add new firewood.
The bright and warm firelight dispelled everyone's fear. Mu Guangcheng sat down next to Zhang Yuan and handed him a wine gourd: "Drink some Shaodaozi to warm your body." Zhang Yuan did not refuse. After drinking two sips of strong liquor, he asked: "Brother Mu, have you seen this son-in-law ghost before?" The name is a bit awkward. Mu Guangcheng nodded slightly: "I saw it once more than ten years ago, and almost lost my life." This son-in-law ghost is one of the most peculiar weirdness in the wilderness. There is no sign of its appearance, and there is no rule to speak of. Theoretically, as long as you enter the wilderness, you may encounter it. Of course, the probability of encountering it is extremely low. For a caravan like Mu Guangcheng, it is not too dangerous to encounter a son-in-law-catching ghost. But if there is no protection from the gods and they run into a team of son-in-law-catching ghosts, they will be caught and put into the sedan chair. No one knows what the result will be! Every year, many people go to Xiaxu through the wilderness, and many of them never come out after entering. No one sees the person alive, and no body is seen after death! Mu Guangcheng comforted Zhang Yuan again: "This son-in-law-catching ghost is very rare. I have only seen it twice in the past 20 years, including today. Generally, the ghosts that are often encountered in the wilderness are small ghosts, which can be dealt with by using the Burning Blood Technique." "My caravan enshrines the wandering god of the earth, and they dare not offend!" Mu Guangcheng chatted with Zhang Yuan while drinking, and said a lot about strange things. Xiaxu was not within the rule of Daqian, but it was definitely not a paradise. There was also the law of the jungle, intrigue and fighting. And strange threats! Zhang Yuan listened a lot and said very little. He saw that Mu Guangcheng was using this method to vent his inner fear. The caravan leader's fear of the son-in-law ghost had penetrated into his bones. Although Mu Guangcheng concealed it very well, he could not hide it from Zhang Yuan's keen intuition. Obviously, the other party was left with a very strong psychological shadow after the first encounter with the son-in-law ghost! Zhang Yuan saw through it but did not say it, and sat with him until dawn. Most people did not sleep that night. The caravan continued on the next day. After walking for another five days, the terrain ahead was no longer flat, and gradually became rugged and steep.
The rolling mountains in the distance could already be seen! "That's Taiwu Mountain." Mu Guangcheng said happily: "We are almost at Xiaxu!" As soon as he finished speaking, cheers rang out in the caravan. In the past few days, everyone was trembling with fear along the way, especially when camping at night. Fortunately, no new accidents occurred. Now that Taiwu Mountain was in sight, Xiaxu was not far away. The dark clouds that shrouded everyone's heart suddenly dissipated. Zhang Yuan also smiled. But his intuition told him that the shadow left by the weirdness would only quietly lurk in everyone's heart. Until some time, it suddenly broke out!