Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Si Ling nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. You should go back quickly. Don't let anyone see you. And the black fog around you, be more careful and don't let the wolf into the house."

Jiang Li made an OK gesture, the curtain moved slightly, and the whole person disappeared. In the huge tent, he was the only one left. His eyes sank slightly and he sighed.

two days later

Several figures ran in one direction, and an angry voice could be heard faintly: "Princess, what are you doing? You brought me out for no reason. If someone finds out, how am I going to explain it to them? Are you crazy?"

Jiang Li pulled his sleeve and said unhappily, "Don't talk nonsense. If you go too late, people will run away. Of course I took you there for something. Another town disappeared. Don't look at me like that. That's what you think."

"Damn it! An entire village has been captured. I'm afraid it's going to be very dangerous. The thing behind me is getting faster and faster. I have a bad feeling. Maybe it's going to wake up soon."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be so anxious. I would risk being discovered and kidnapping civilians to bleed them. This is completely different from hiding in the dark before. I want to take you to see it with your own eyes, otherwise you won't believe me."

Si Ling shook his sleeves and gritted his teeth: "No need, I can walk by myself, I don't need you to carry me, it's not decent."

Jiang Li didn't force it seeing this, but there was a bit of anxiety in his eyes. He didn't know if it would be too late to go, and he was afraid that it would be a waste of time. He didn't know how many ghost things there were behind him, and he couldn't catch them all.

I don't know how much time has passed. Looking at the village not far away, several figures sped up and landed. After entering the village, they began to search. The entire village was empty and the yard was arranged as usual with no signs of damage.

There were even some tables with food on them, and chopsticks dropped to the ground, but no one was there. The more Jiang Li looked, the gloomier he felt. He muttered quietly, "No one, no one in the whole village."

Si Ling frowned and exhaled, "Let's go to the forest and release the black fog to see if there are any clues. It's better than just searching aimlessly."

Jiang Li hummed, stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Hei: "Hurry up and take a look. The people here are missing. Is it your accomplice who did it? Maybe they noticed something and went in that direction."

Xiao Hei turned into black mist, floating in the air. Not long after, he turned into a human form and pointed in a direction: "Over there, I can feel it, but its aura is very weak. I'm afraid it has been gone for quite some time, so it's hard to catch it."

"It doesn't matter. Let's follow them and see if there are any clues."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Si Ling's eyes fell on Xiao Hei, and he asked tentatively: "Your name is Xiao Hei, can I ask why you are willing to help us deal with your kind? Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by them?"

Xiao Hei shook his head and slowly told his past experiences: "Since I was born with consciousness, I have always been bullied. The elders looked down on me and said that I was too weak and my brain was not working well."

"As for the sacrifice, I've only seen it once or twice. We're actually very cruel. If you're too useless, you'll be devoured by the sacrifice. If I hadn't followed the princess, I'm afraid I would have died."

"No, they won't chase me. As long as the princess hides me, they won't be able to sense me and naturally can't kill me. Well, it's not that I don't have any selfish motives. In fact, I just want to stay alive. I don't want to die, so I have to follow the princess."

Jiang Li praised him generously: "Well, Xiao Hei is very sensible. When I saw him, I felt that he was different. He was different from the other Black Fogs. He was not completely brainwashed and could still be saved."

Si Ling's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but say, "You are opposites, you are saving a ghost, once the thing behind him dies, Xiao Hei will die anyway, you are not normal in your mind."

"...Si Ling, don't force me to beat you. I'm sane. Xiao Hei wants to live longer, and I want to find the thing behind him. We each get what we need, it's fair."

Tsk, what fairness? Black Fog is also a stupid guy, no wonder these two can be together. Forget it, why should he argue with such a mentally ill person?

The most important thing is to find the thing behind and get rid of it before it wakes up. It is useless to think too much about other things.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Hei stopped and walked straight towards the cave. The cave was very dark. Jiang Li took out a torch and handed it to him: "Take it, watch out, don't fall."

Si Ling reached out to take the fruit, and his heart warmed: "Thank you, why don't you take one yourself, so you can see it clearly."

Jiang Li raised his head and pointed: "You are tall, so you can see far with the torch. I am short, so I won't use it. Here, I will give you another one. Use both your left and right hands. Come on."

"……hehe!"

He must have seen a ghost to think that this man was sane and had learned to care about others. His heart, which had just felt a little warm, froze instantly. He walked forward with an expressionless face, holding the torch high in his hand.

A few people looked at the light not far away and knew they were almost there. After seeing the situation inside clearly, Si Ling stopped and stared blankly. The corpses of the people with hideous faces were piled up like a hill.

My heart felt heavy and stuffy, making it hard to breathe.

Jiang Li sighed: "We are... too late. There are no survivors. Those things are really fast. Yingyi buried them. Oh, cremate them to prevent the bodies from rotting and spreading plague."

Si Ling followed her out. After leaving the cave, he felt his chest less stuffy. He looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice, "What are your plans next? If you wait until the news gets back and then come looking for her, it will be too late to save her."

"Yes, I know. When I get back, I will make signal fireworks to ensure that we can receive the news in time when something happens. In this way, if we rush over, we may be able to save some people."

"Huhu, Si Ling, your Yu Country is so big, don't you have any records about this ghost thing? Even if there is no record, have you ever heard of anyone obsessed with immortality?"

Jiang Li said dimly, "Mankind's disasters are often caused by their own actions. I suspect it was done by someone in a higher position to keep it secret. Even if ordinary people want to live forever, they don't have the right or ability to do so."

Silence, deathly silence.

Si Ling's mind was spinning for a long time before he spoke, his voice suppressed: "What the princess said makes sense. If this is true, then the only people who can do this are those with great power, such as the emperor, priests, or masters."

"Well, I don't know many words. If you have any clues, please go and sift through them. We will verify them after you find them. Anyway, no matter who came up with these, even if they are in the imperial mausoleum, they must be dug out and thrown into the magma."

"...!"