Chapter 153 Water Ghosts Appear and Break Into the Martyrs' Shrine

Just outside Yumen Pass, when strange ghosts attacked people.

Other burial pits also had strange supernatural events one after another, with strange ghosts forming.

Even some recently dead people's cemeteries had strange ghosts forming.

Some places quickly suppressed them, but some places also had some casualties.

For example, outside Qinzhou City, Zhangjiachuan, Longchengguan and other places at the junction of Gongchang Prefecture and Pingliang, there are also places where enemy bodies are buried.

Although it has been a long time, most of the remaining souls have completely dissipated.

However, there are always some that gather and merge the spiritual power when other souls dissipate, and then survive to the present.

And in this world promotion, the energy of heaven and earth soared more than ten times, and the spiritual power aggregate can also exist for a long time, they also evolved into that kind of special energy body, strange ghosts.

It caused the death of some people.

At the very beginning, although the members of the agricultural society, village heads, and even county magistrates who had integrated the status of heaven and earth noticed the difference between these dead people.

However, because such a thing had never happened before, they could not judge why it happened and could only treat it as an accidental death.

Until

Cui Jia was a refugee who fled from Pingliang Prefecture to Qinzhou.

Because the land of Qinzhou had basically been distributed as the Salvation Army conquered Qinzhou.

Therefore, the refugees who fled from Pingliang Prefecture could only work in the construction team of the Salvation Army to get three meals a day and some wages.

Later, Wang Dahu conquered Yumen Pass and Guazhou and other places. After hearing that there would be land distribution there, many people took the initiative to move there.

However, there were also many people who were unwilling to leave the life that had finally stabilized.

And Cui Jia was one of them.

After he had some savings, he began to do some small business along the road he had built.

It has been more than half a year now, and the business has gradually grown. From the initial three or five bold people running the business together, it has gradually developed into a caravan of dozens of people.

One day, Cui Jia led the caravan back from Lintao Prefecture.

Along the way, everyone's face was full of smiles.

Not only did their goods sell at high prices in the hands of those Western Regions merchants, but they also bought a lot of novel goods from those Western Regions merchants.

I believe that after returning this time, they will definitely make a lot of money.

As the moon rose to the middle of the sky, everyone finally approached Qinzhou City.

"Boss, do we want to find a place to rest for a night? Or go directly into the city?"

"Well, everyone is a little tired, so let's go directly into the city."

"Okay, boss!"

In fact, if it is absolutely necessary, most people are unwilling to spend the night outside the city.

Although in the territory of the Salvation Army, the safety is ten streets ahead of other national forces.

However, the feeling of the suburbs to them is not as good as that in the city after all.

Moreover, although the moon is high in the sky, the gate of Qinzhou City is not closed. Even if they arrive at midnight, they can still enter Qinzhou City.

"Everyone, please work hard. Let's enter Qinzhou City and have a good rest.

I will host you tomorrow and invite you to have a gathering at Xiya Pavilion."

"Okay!"

Hearing that there will be a dinner tomorrow, everyone responded loudly.

Involuntarily, everyone's speed increased by several points, and soon they arrived at the Jiumin Bridge, or Qinzhou Jiumin Bridge.

This is a bridge built by the Jiumin Army, spanning the Wei River, with Qinzhou City opposite, which greatly facilitates the people's travel.

Because it was built by the Jiumin Army, it was named Jiumin Bridge.

And similar names like Jiumin Bridge, Jiumin Road, etc. are not too many in the entire Jiumin Army territory. Basically, there are such places in every prefecture and county.

Therefore, when these names are called, local place names are often added.

For example, Qinzhou Jiumin Bridge, Qinzhou Jiumin Road, etc.

Walking on the bridge that is nearly 100 meters wide, even though Cui Jia and others have walked on it more than a hundred times, they still can't help but sigh.

"This bridge is really wide. I'm afraid there are not many in the entire Ming Dynasty. I really don't know how they built it."

"Hehe, I heard that the people's rescue army has magical powers. It's just a bridge. Although it is a little wider, it's nothing, right?"

"Haha, it's true."

"Hey, think about those Ming soldiers, they dared to attack the territory of my people's rescue army, they really don't know how to live or die."

"Hehe, I don't know how many Ming soldiers were burned to death by the leader."

"I'm afraid those Ming soldiers are also very resentful, resentful of those Ming officials, why did they lead them to attack our people's rescue army."

"Hahaha"

For a moment, everyone looked at the surging river under the bridge, and they all felt high-spirited and full of pride in their hearts. This is the people's rescue army that brought them a good life.

Suddenly, someone pointed at the river uncertainly.

"Look over there, does it look like there's someone there?"

"Wu Laosan, what are you talking about?"

"That's right, it's the middle of the night, don't talk nonsense"

"Wu Laosan, you're really...

Scary"

Looking at Wu Laosan's actions, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. While instinctively looking in the direction he pointed, they couldn't help but shout loudly.

However, when they looked at the river surface pointed by Wu Laosan, they couldn't help but shudder all over, a creepy feeling rushed straight to the top of their heads, and they couldn't help but sweat all over their bodies.

On the river surface hundreds of meters away, there were white transparent figures floating on the river surface, and they seemed to be walking on the water, sinking into the river from time to time, and then rising again.

"What is that?"

"It can't be"

Just when some people couldn't help but mutter to themselves, those white transparent figures seemed to have discovered them and turned around suddenly.

Even though they were hundreds of meters apart and it was the middle of the night, everyone could see their faces strangely.

Wearing tattered, Ming army standard red jackets, there seemed to be bloody wounds on their bodies, and their faces were dark, with burning and festering wounds.

"Ah~!"

"Ghost!"

"Water, water ghost"

In an instant, everyone panicked, and some people shouted in fear.

The panic spread among the crowd, and the directional spiritual power instantly attracted a large number of strange ghosts.

"Run, run, run. Run!"

Cui Jia was the first to react, and he shouted immediately, not caring about his goods, and even without time to untie the horses, he ran towards Qinzhou City.

Reminded by him, the others also reacted one after another, and immediately followed, jumping up and running towards Qinzhou City.

Soon, everyone ran down the Qinzhou Jiumin Bridge.

However, their speed was fast, and the speed of those strange ghosts was even faster.

Originally, the two sides were hundreds of meters apart, but when they escaped from the bridge, those strange ghosts had already arrived in front of the bridge.

Fortunately, they did not take the cargo carriage.

Otherwise, the carriage full of cargo could not match their initial speed.

As for unloading the cargo or untying the horses, there was no time to catch up with the strange ghosts.

After seeing them fleeing to the shore, those strange ghosts did pause slightly.

The spiritual power they had just merged told them that they were water ghosts and they could not go ashore.

But vaguely, their instincts told them that they would not be bound by the region.

The two different information consciousnesses made them hesitate.

However, the negative spiritual power emitted by Cui Jia and others was too tempting.

Even though more and more information showed that they could not leave the water.

But in the end, they still floated to the shore and chased Cui Jia and others.

It was just that the speed seemed to be restricted by some kind of restriction and suddenly decreased a lot.

After running for a while, Cui Jia and others were exhausted and panting. Some people couldn't help but panting and said:

"It should be fine.

No, didn't they say that the water ghost couldn't leave the water?"

"It should be fine."

The others also responded one after another, instinctively looking back.

And when they saw this, everyone's face turned pale.

How could it be?

Shouldn't the water ghost be unable to leave the water?

"Run, run

Don't worry about why the water ghost can get ashore, let's run first."

Cui Jia called everyone and ran forward again.

But their speed was getting slower and slower.

At this time, they regretted not taking a carriage.

Even if the speed of the carriage was a little slower, the time they could hold on would definitely be much longer than theirs.

Of course, if they took a carriage, the biggest possibility was that they could not get off the Qinzhou Jiumin Bridge and would have been caught up and killed by the water ghosts.

Feeling the water ghosts getting closer and closer behind them, despair gradually rose in everyone's hearts.

Suddenly, a building appeared in front of everyone.

"That is..."

"Heroes' Shrine?"

"Hoohoo.

Boss, since there are ghosts, will there be immortals and gods?"

"There should be, right?"

Cui Jia was not sure whether there were immortals and gods in this world. Anyway, he had never seen any immortals, Buddhas, demons, or ghosts in his life.

Uh. No, ghosts exist now.

But immortals and gods may exist.

"Then, Boss, didn't everyone say that our leader is the Emperor of Heaven?

Then will these people's salvation soldiers who followed the leader and died in battle become heavenly soldiers and generals?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why don't we go to the Martyrs' Shrine and pray for the rescue and protection of the heroic spirits of the people's salvation army.

After all, those water ghosts were killed by the leader and the people's salvation army.

Maybe, those water ghosts don't dare to enter the Martyrs' Shrine?"

"Hoo, hoo. Good, good!"

Cui Jia panted heavily, glanced at the water ghosts who were less than a hundred meters behind him, and nodded with difficulty.

At this time, they had no other choice.

They really couldn't run anymore.

"Everyone, come on, the Martyrs' Shrine of the People's Salvation Army is in front, and we will be saved if we enter there."

No matter if it works or not, Cui Jia directly encouraged everyone.

"Good!"

Everyone nodded in unison. They had no strength left, but now they took another breath and their speed was even faster.

Finally, everyone approached the Martyrs' Shrine, and the water ghosts following them also arrived behind them, only a few meters away.

"Quick, quick, quick"

Finally, Cui Jia was the first to arrive at the Martyrs' Shrine. He accelerated suddenly and plunged into the Martyrs' Pool. His body staggered and fell to the ground.

However, he did not stop at all, but rolled several times quickly, and then crawled forward for more than ten meters to make room for the people behind him.

Otherwise, he might face the risk of being trampled.

The panicked people didn't care whether he was the host or not, and didn't even notice him under their feet.

As a person who fled from Pingliang Prefecture and organized a caravan bit by bit, he still understood this truth.

Sure enough, they followed closely and rushed in in a panic.

If he was still at the door, he would definitely be trampled under someone's feet.

At that time, his end might not be too good.

Even if he didn't die, he would be half disabled.

This made him feel lucky that he reacted quickly.

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