Miaoyan took a deep breath and said, "I saw the ghost!"

“…”

A cold wind blew from the lake with the smell of water, causing everyone to tremble.

Nangong Lizhu immediately said, "Where did the ghost come from? Princess, don't talk nonsense."

"I didn't say anything, really!"

Miaoyan said, reaching out and grabbing our wrists. Her little hands were cold and trembling slightly: "You come with me, come with me!"

As he said that, he kept pulling us to the lake. Nangong Lizhu and I looked at each other, and could only follow him. When we walked to a rocky beach, Miaoyan pointed ahead: "There is there!"

Everyone held their breath and looked ahead where she pointed.

The originally calm lake surface was a bright moon, which rippled with ripples due to a gust of wind, and the moonlight also shattered, turning into ripples in our eyes, even a little dazzling.

And except for these waves, nothing can be seen clearly.

Nangong Lizhu looked at it for a while and said, "Where is there, there is nothing here."

Miaoyan was a little anxious: "That's it--I just saw it, right there--"

She said, stretching her neck forward to look, but this time, even she herself was a little surprised, because under the moonlight, there was nothing, only the bright starlight on the lake and the fragments of moonlight.

Seeing that she stopped talking, the people around her breathed a sigh of relief.

Someone whispered: "I was scared and I thought there was really a ghost."

"Your Highness the Princess may be dazzled."

"The lake is so deep, maybe there are fish and shrimp?"

"That is, it may be the shadow of the flying bird flying over, and it was mistaken for a ghost."

As everyone said this, they all parted in groups of three or three. Nangong Lizhu also said softly: "Princess, don't scare yourself. Where did the ghost come from? You'd better have a good rest."

When she left too, Miaoyan looked back at me anxiously and said, "Mom, don't you think I'm seeing it wrong, right?"

“…”

"I don't, I really don't!"

“…”

"I really saw that the moonlight just now was not so bright, and I really saw a ghost at the bottom of the lake. I saw a skeleton!"

“…”

"Mom, don't you believe me either?"

I stood there without moving, the rippling waves reflected my eyes, making me feel dizzy. I looked down at Miaoyan, and was silent for a long time before saying, "You just said, did you see a skeleton at the bottom of the lake?"

"Yes, I really saw it!" She grabbed my hand and said seriously: "Mom, I didn't lie, and I wasn't dazzled!"

Looking into her eyes, I was silent for a long time, and then said, "Mom believes in you."

She was happy: "Mom!"

At this time, it seems that being frightened is not that important. What is important is that someone must believe her, because everyone's attitude just now must have made her feel very frustrated, even lonely. But now, I am not just believing in her heart, believing that she is seeing a skeleton under the water, and it seems that a violent wind suddenly blew on the calm lake, which made me wake up suddenly.

I finally remembered what Mr. Hu told the merchants of Huimen that the ghost town is usually on the ground, but when this season is special, a lot of water will emerge from the ground for some reason, filling the large area into a lake, and the ghost town sank under the lake.

Could it be-

I slowly turned my head and looked at the lake in front of me.

Could it be that the twisted and rugged shadows we see during the day are really ghost towns?

Is it possible that under this seemingly quiet lake, what people call ghost towns are hidden?

I remember Mr. Hu also said that someone would see many skeletons when looking down on the lake. Did Miaoyan really see the skeleton just now?

My mood, who was originally facing the source of life, suddenly sank at this moment. Although nothing happened, the word "ghost town" just made me feel creepy.

I thought about it, turned to Miaoyan and said, "Mom believes in you, but don't come to this lake again."

Without saying anything, she was already frightened and nodded quickly: "I understand!"

"Go back soon."

I pushed her shoulder and walked back to the campfire.

Nangong Lizhu looked at Miaoyan's face that was so scared that she was a little white. She comforted her and gave her a bowl of hot soup to let her drink it to calm down. The incident happened just now, and everyone was struggling to move forward this evening, and at this time they were a little exhausted. After eating, except for the people who were watching the night out arranged by Yu Wenying, everyone went to bed one after another.

We also moved the bonfire away like last night. After we spread the thick felt, the heat from the ground made us feel very comfortable. Miaoyan soon started to doze off with his eyelids in my arms, but she forced herself to open her eyes and looked at me, and said softly: "Mom."

I looked down at her: "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"Can Father and the others find this place?"

“…”

"I miss my father."

“…”

"Will they be in danger and will they encounter wolves?"

I hurriedly said, "Don't worry, your father is guarding so many guards, no matter how many wolves there are, he will not be afraid. If he can find this place-" I smiled and said, "He must be looking for you too, and he will definitely find you."

This sentence probably gave her some comfort. I felt her tense breathing slow down slightly. After a while, I murmured: "Mom, I really don't want to stay in this place anymore. It's so scary. There are wolves and skeletons. I've never been like this before. Mom, I seem to go back-"

Speaking of this, she choked up.

Where to go?

The capital city was what she thought she was her home, but she could no longer go back because it already belonged to Pei Yuanxiu.

No matter how innocent she was, she understood that her father and father were incompatible and could not go back.

Feeling her depressed mood, I hugged her gently and said softly: "Don't be afraid of Miaoyan. This world is so big, there will always be a place for your new home. At that time, you won't have to wander like you are now."

She was quiet for a long time and said "um".

After a while, I heard her crying softly. When I looked down, she was asleep.

Nangong Lizhu on the other side also slept very heavily in a thick blanket. She probably really scared them all and exhausted today.

But this time, I can't fall asleep no matter what.

The air was filled with the fishy smell of wet water. Not far behind us, it was the "ghost town" that I thought was the cry of the children at night. I thought it was just a calm lake. The so-called strange and horror were made up by those people, but I didn't expect that the situation here was so complicated. If Miaoyan was really not dazzled just now, she really saw the skeleton at the bottom of the lake.

Who is that skeleton?

What is hidden under this calm lake? It makes him, Pei Yuanhao, and even Xie Feng flock to it.

This place must not be as peaceful as we see.

Just as I was constantly thinking about it, a sound of footsteps sounded from the front, slowly walking past us and towards the lake behind us.

When I looked up, it was Yu Wenying.

He didn't sleep, so he walked to the lake and stood there.

I thought for a while, gently took down the hand that Miaoyan had put on me, covered her with the blanket, and then slowly got up and walked over.

Although the weather on the Gobi Desert is not good, at night, the starry sky above us is brighter than anywhere else, and the moon is also extremely bright, but unlike other places, the moon in other places is reflected in the water, which is also a bright full moon, and the moon in the lake is reflected in the water, but it is a bit red.

It seemed that the moon was also stained with blood.

Yu Wenying stood by the lake with her hands behind her back. The water was shining, reflecting his tall figure, like a javelin by the lake. When he heard my approaching footsteps, he didn't look back and said directly: "Ms. Yan."

"Mr. Yuwen knows it's me?"

"I know you must have a lot to ask me."

“…”

Indeed, I had many questions along the way. But now, when I arrived at this "ghost town", I saw this lake that was calm on the surface but didn't know what was hidden below. My doubts became deeper.

"That Xie Feng, is he looking for this place too?"

"That's right."

It seems that Qinghan and I had a correct guess before. Xie Feng waited for Pei Yuanhao to finish the last tribute wine in the imperial tomb to determine this direction. If he really came over, with Pei Yuanhao's temperament, he would definitely overcome all difficulties and chase him to the end.

At that time, we should all be able to meet here.

However, I am just a little strange now - Yu Wenying is coming to this place to pay tribute to the Longxi army, and Pei Yuanhao's last lord wine was also facing this direction. Even Xie Feng, even if we tried his best to get caught by us, he escaped from prison while in order to find this place.

They all have something to do with the Longxi Army?

"Then—is this the place where the sir wants to pay tribute?"

“…”

"Where is this place?"

“…”

"I heard someone telling stories about this place in Fengxiang City before. On the way to Qingtang City, I met several merchants who were lost due to wind and sand. They also arrived at this place and were so hungry that they dared not touch the water here. Because they said that this place is a ghost city! During the day, the shadows we see are the so-called ghost city, right?"

“…”

"They also said that someone would see some vague skeletons looking down from the lake. She just saw it."

“…”

"I know she won't lie. What she saw was really a skeleton, right?"

“…”
Chapter completed!