I Can Rewind

Chapter 239 The Woman Carrying a Lantern (1)

Because he seldom goes out at night, Yan Junze has never brought an umbrella, but this time he came out and learned that Mojia Village was shrouded in fog in advance, so Yan Junze didn't think about Fang Ning at all.

At this moment, I didn't expect to have a trick in this matter.

Looking at the thinning mist ahead, he was about 300 meters away from the plum grove. Although the distance was not far, it was a little troublesome to get there.

Looking around, if you don't take a straight line, you can get there by taking a circuitous and outflanking route, it just takes a little more time.

As long as you go to a place with a lot of fog, you can always reach the Merlin in the end.

Yan Junze rested for a while, looked left and right, the backpack on his body was not too big, if he took it off and put it on his head, it would not be able to completely block his shadow.

If you take off your coat and use it to cover the top of your head, you will also inadvertently reveal your shadow.

After thinking about it, he still took off his coat, put his backpack back on his back, and propped his coat on top of his head with both hands. He saw that there was more fog in that area, and walked over cautiously and quickly.

Hiding in the mist like this, he approached Merlin little by little, sometimes moving directly sideways, and sometimes walking diagonally.

A few times, the shadow was exposed under the moonlight, and Fang Ning's arm could be seen reappearing, but Yan Junze had been paying attention to the movement, and immediately rushed forward and hid in the mist.

Merlin, who could enter in just a few minutes, took him about half an hour, and finally rushed in.

Taking off the coat on top of his head, he looked up at the moon covered by the leaves. In addition, there was also fog in the forest, double blocking, and finally avoided Fang Ning.

But Yan Junze remembered that this place was the Meilin mentioned in the task of "The Woman Carrying the Lantern".

The task tells that Ning Ji, the lantern girl, went out to look for her husband who left home because of a quarrel with her, but died outside, so her obsession is to carry the lantern all the time and still look for her husband everywhere.

This woman has two forms. One is that the lantern in her hand is white. At this time, she should be a normal monster, but when the lantern turns red, Ning Ji will transform into a terrifying monster.

Well, that's the jerk type.

So after entering the Merlin, Yan Junze's spirit was always tense and did not relax.

Pay attention to whether there is a gap on the top of the head, and whether the Lantern Girl will appear.

But Lantern Girl's goal should be very big, if she wants to appear, he won't lose sight of her.

The task reminds you to help Lantern Girl find her husband. If this is the case, then I have to talk to Lantern Girl, otherwise, this old ghost who is at least 800 years old, all historical data have long been impossible to verify.

Yan Junze has never been afraid of such things as dialogue with weirdness. His rich experience in dialogue with weirdness is accumulated after completing the task of "wine red high heels".

When Jian Tong talked to him back then, he went around in various ways, but in the end Yan Junze solved his obsession. Uh, although the hug behind made Yan Junze a little sick.

This plum grove is not very big, and Yan Junze could vaguely see the houses opposite after passing through the plum grove not long after he left.

But at this moment, he suddenly froze for a moment, and then smiled wryly.

As far as he could see, after passing through the Merlin and entering the area of ​​the village to the west, the fog was even rarer, otherwise he wouldn't have seen the opposite house at a glance.

If that's the case, unless you stay in Merlin all the time, you won't be able to go to the opposite side at all.

After thinking for a while, Yan Junze looked up at the branches here, took out a multi-purpose saber from his backpack, and prepared to cut off the branches and leaves nearby, and set up a simple moon umbrella to hold it until Go to those houses on the opposite side.

I looked left and right, I didn't see Lantern Girl after entering the Merlin, maybe this woman was just wandering around the forest, not necessarily in the middle of the forest.

Yan Junze chose a tree to climb up. Usually he didn't climb trees very much, so his movements were very awkward. It took a lot of effort to climb a little bit, barely standing on a tree bump, and raised the multi-purpose saber. When I was about to cut a branch, I glanced down.

Because this position stands high and looks far away, standing here, he sees something strange on the ground not far away.

The fog outside was thinner, so the moonlight allowed him to see a farther place, less than a hundred meters from here, in another direction near the edge of Merlin, the ground sloped down, as if there was a river ditch there.

Yan Junze's eyes lit up slightly, he gave up looking at the branches, climbed back to the ground again, chose the direction he saw just now, and walked over quickly.

Soon he discovered that a river ditch had been dug on the edge of the Merlin.

The ditch is not very deep, but even if I stand in it and stand up completely, I will be blocked by the slopes on both sides, and the moon cannot shine on me.

In this way, jump directly into the ditch, walk along the direction of the other side of the ditch, and you will soon enter the village to the west.

There is no need to build simple moon umbrellas anymore.

Yan Junze smiled and looked around, but still did not see Lantern Girl.

At this moment, he doesn't have to complete the task of "Woman with a Lantern" immediately, as long as he can go to see if Zhang Xiaomo's side is safe as soon as possible, this task can also be completed after the situation stabilizes, or when he returns.

And now Yan Junze doesn't know where Lantern Girl is, and doesn't want to waste any more time here.

Without further ado, he jumped into the ditch. The ditch was almost dry, only the soles of his feet were covered with water, and the bottom of the ditch was hardened by cement, so there was no mud sticking to the soles of his shoes.

Yan Junze looked up, and sure enough there was no moonlight shining in, so he turned on the flashlight and quickly walked to the other side of the river.

This place is an excellent passage for him at the moment, so Yan Junze almost trotted all the way in order to regain so much time lost just now, and soon ran to the middle of the river ditch and the village to the west.

At this moment, he slammed on the brakes, quickly turned off the flashlight in his hand, and cast his gaze at a distance about ten meters away from him.

There, a woman in a white ancient long dress was squatting on the ground, and a white lantern with a fire inside was placed aside. The woman's hands seemed to be planning something on the ground.

For a moment, Yan Junze almost held his breath, and with just one glance, he recognized the woman in front of him as definitely the Lantern Girl.

Unexpectedly, the Lantern Girl was not in the Merlin, but walked out along the river ditch just like her own path of action.

And looking at the way the woman squatted there, she seemed to be digging the soil on the rock wall of the river ditch.

The task said that she has been looking for her husband-in-law, has she already found out? The body of my husband is in the soil of the rock wall?

If this is the case, Yan Junze plans to sing cool.

If Lantern Girl fulfilled her obsession, he would not be able to accept this task.

But the ditch in front of him was very narrow, and the Lantern Girl was squatting there, almost blocking most of the passage, and if she wanted to get across, she had to raise one foot.

But this is bound to disturb Lantern Girl.

Yan Junze thought about it for a while, and saw that Lantern Girl stopped digging the soil, her whole body leaned forward, and after a while, she stood up slowly holding something in her hands.

Yan Junze hid himself at the corner of the ditch, poked his head out, and watched the scene quietly.

This woman's figure is very slender, although she is covered by a white dress, it can be seen that she should have been a great beauty in her lifetime.

However, Yan Junze's definition of the word "beauty" is completely different now. He is very clear that no matter how beautiful a woman was in life, her face after death may scare the whole street to death.

The Lantern Girl didn't reach out to grab the lantern on the ground, she just turned around and stared straight at the thing she was holding in both hands.

Yan Junze also looked at the things in her hand for the first time.

This is a skull, it has been some years, the surface has been yellowed, and it is covered with mud.

"As expected, she found it by herself." Yan Junze felt a little regretful.

The next second, he looked up at the woman's face and was shocked.

Unexpectedly, the lantern girl in a white dress turned out to have a delicate face. In today's terms, she is a beauty without makeup.

Although her hair is disheveled like a woman with a back body, her black hair is smooth and not stained with even a little dirt. At this moment, there are two strands of long hair hanging on both sides of her cheeks. At first glance, she even gives people a feeling of astonishment.

"Fuck! It's the first time I've seen something like this!" Yan Junze was amazed.

The appearance of this Lantern Girl actually made him overturn the idea that weirdness is ugly and frightening.

However, the next scene surprised Yan Junze again. He saw the skull in the hand of the Lantern Lady suddenly squeezed, making it shattered. The direction is coming.

"It turns out...that skeleton is not her husband." Yan Junze reacted after being stunned. He immediately wanted to back up, but after thinking about it, the lantern girl would still see him if he went back at this moment, so he might as well stand here and see the opportunity act.

Lantern Girl walked very steadily, her upper body hardly moved, but her feet in her skirts walked forward very steadily, and soon approached Yan Junze.

Yan Junze looked down and found that Lantern Girl was walking almost in the air, the toes of her feet only occasionally touched the ground, and the lantern was held in front of her body, as if she was being led by the lantern. Her walking movements seemed full of weirdness, but also revealed an indescribable sense of elegance.

Lantern Girl walked to the corner of Hegou, and bumped into Yan Junze.

At close range, Yan Junze could see her face more clearly. Under the light of the lantern, it didn't look weird, but a living person.

Lantern Girl raised her eyes slightly, glanced at him, and didn't speak. During the process, she still didn't stop on her feet and walked forward.

With close approach and eye contact, Yan Junze's heart was pounding. He didn't know when this woman would go crazy. Unexpectedly, the other party passed him by the wrong body, and nothing happened.

After Lantern Girl walked over, Yan Junze's nervousness calmed down a little, and he secretly wanted to complete the task at this moment. While thinking, he stepped forward.

At this moment, Lantern Girl suddenly stopped, turned around holding the lantern, and said to Yan Junze: "Please wait."

Yan Junze was taken aback, then turned around and looked at her warily.

"Excuse me, have you seen my husband?" the lantern girl asked.