The villain has been playing badly for ten years

"Silver life road ~ the road is as vast as silver... It's dark in the dream, dark..."

what? ? ?

Hua Jianbai heard someone singing. The voice seemed far and near, and he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman.

In the withered bamboo forest, in the burning bare night, there was something eerie.

Ning Xiusu obviously heard it too, but there was no one here, so the sound must have come from the tomb passage.

But...it's impossible.

Hua Jianbai squatted down and lay at the entrance of the tomb, listening for a while. Suddenly, he grabbed Ning Xiusu's robe and said:

"Big villain, did you hear that too?"

Ning Xiusu nodded.

Meng Qilian frowned and looked at the two of them seriously: "Guardian Hua, what are you talking about?"

"Minzhi, didn't you hear someone singing?"

Hearing Ning Xiusu's question, Meng Qilian listened carefully, only to find that the forest was dead silent.

He shook his head slightly, full of doubt: "Where is the singing? Are you... too tired?"

Since Meng Qilian couldn't hear him, Ning Xiusu had no choice but to say, "...maybe."

"Lord Meng!"

The three were staring at the tomb curiously when suddenly a voice came from far away.

This bamboo forest had turned into a pitch-black place, all scorched and withered. Then an official stepped forward on the ashes and bowed to Meng Qilian:

"Sir, the young ghosts in the abode have all been killed."

As he spoke, he handed a piece of letter to Meng Qilian. On the slightly yellowed paper tube was the emblem of Dayan Imperial Capital.

Ning Xiusu saw the pattern on the paper tube and it was obviously a letter from Dayan Capital City.

Meng Qilian's expression suddenly became serious. "Nian Zheng, I have some things to deal with. I need to go to the government office."

Ning Xiusu said, "You go ahead and do your work."

"Master Meng, are you still going to work so late at night?"

Meng Qilian just walked hurriedly, "I'm leaving first."

Hua Jianbai said: "Then Lord Meng, I will see you later."

Meng Qilian nodded and followed the official.

Now, only the two of them were left in the scorched bamboo forest. At this moment, Ning Xiusu heard the sound again.

A slightly shrill voice, as if straining its throat, sang: "The East is Red, the Sun is Rising..."

The two were startled again, and Hanami said, "What's going on? This is obviously a time traveler, a big villain. Let's go down and take a look."

"It's late at night, and this is a tomb..."

Before Ning Xiusu could finish his words, he was dragged into the big hole.

The tomb passage wasn't long, running diagonally downwards. A chilly, damp breeze blew across my face, and the air grew colder and colder as I walked. It was far too cool in the late summer, and it did so much to diminish the burning sensation of the ghostly fire.

At the bottom of the slope is a spacious tomb chamber, and the sounds coming from inside become clearer and clearer.

There was no mechanism in the tomb chamber, but it was empty and desolate, with a faint smell of incense. Offerings were placed in the four corners, making it look like a stone temple.

"The Yangtze River rolls eastwards... The great river flows eastwards..."

His voice was hoarse and trembling. He didn't sound old, but his singing sounded like an old man in the park.

Hua Jianbai was frightened for a moment and leaned forward to take a look inside.

I saw a person curled up not far away, leaning against the tomb, with his black, muddy toes raised up, a wooden branch clamped on them, and a roll of bamboo slips covering his head.

But this man was dressed in rags and looked like a beggar. Before Ning Xiusu got close, he smelled a pungent stench.

"Does he have a headband?"

Ning Xiusu suddenly thought of something and asked.

Hanamibai shook his head, "I can't see now."

"how come?"

“After coming out of the mine, the system disappeared.”

As if he heard someone stepping into the room, the beggar stopped singing, turned over and sat up, scratching his restless head with the wooden stick at his feet.

"This land belongs to me, go beg somewhere else..."

"Are you blind? Do we look like beggars?"

As soon as Hua Jianbai said this, he found that the beggar's black hands lifted up his messy hair, and his eyes had no pupils. He was really blind.

Ning Xiusu asked, "Hey...you just sang a few songs. Where did you hear them from?"

"Who am I to tell you."

Hanami threw a silver ingot at his feet and asked, "Are you willing to tell me now?"

The beggar heard the sound of silver rolling on the ground, picked it up happily, and tested it with his teeth.

"Hey, Real Silver!"

He turned around hurriedly, bowed deeply to the coffin in the tomb, and knocked his head against it loudly.

"It has appeared. The Snake Immortal has appeared."

"What...Snake Immortal?"

Hua Jianbai was stunned for a moment. Why was it the snake fairy again?

He couldn't help but touch the license plate in his arms. He actually still had it.

How could such a strange thing happen in this place...

“Hahahahahahaha,” the beggar suddenly laughed excitedly, “The Snake Fairy told me to wait here, and someone must be giving me money. Sure enough, hahahahahahaha…”

Ning Xiusu was surprised. Although this tomb chamber seemed to contain a coffin, it clearly looked like a stone temple.

In addition to the stench of beggars, the air was also filled with the aroma of incense. The strange thing was that there was also a hint of sweet and greasy herbal scent that was different from the others, as if it was coming from the coffin.

Ning Xiusu thought the smell was not that of a corpse. He couldn't help but want to see the coffin. Just as he took a step forward, the beggar became very alert and shouted:

"What are you doing? This is a snake fairy, you can't get close to it."

Seeing this, Hua Jianbai threw another ingot of silver. Now, the beggar's attention was no longer on the coffin.

The two looked at the coffin. It was not covered and there was a dead snake inside.

"..."

"Hey, blind beggar, are you offering snakes here?"

"That's not a snake, it's one of the Snake Immortal's skins."

Hanamibai asked, "What nonsense! Who taught you the song you just sang?"

"Lord Snake Immortal."

……

Ning Xiusu picked up a roll of bamboo slips on the ground. There were special symbols engraved on it. It was a musical score specially used by the blind.

"Huh, three hundred songs?"

Somehow, Hua Jianbai knew Braille, but before he could open the book, the beggar snatched it away.

"Don't touch the Snake Fairy's fairy music!"

Ning Xiusu understood: "It seems that this Snake Immortal is just like us."

"Big villain, actually, I almost went to find the snake fairy last time..."

Ning Xiusu was startled, and saw Hua Jianbai take out a number plate with the number 112 written on it.

"Your license plate has expired."

The beggar suddenly said something.

"Ah? You're not blind?"

The beggar simply gestured towards the two of them, gesturing for money. "If you want to see the Snake Immortal, I have a fresh number plate. You don't have to wait that day. You can come in as soon as you arrive."

As soon as Hua Jianbai saw this man's character, he knew what he meant. He handed over the remaining silver and said, "Here, it's all for you."

The beggar nodded and bowed, as if he had seen the God of Wealth, wiped his hands vigorously, and then took out a piece of bamboo-like thing.

Ning Xiusu couldn't help but feel strange when he took it. There was nothing on the bamboo piece, just like a piece split off from an ordinary bamboo.

Hua Jianbai's eyes widened: "What? This thing... can enter?"

“Yes, yes.”

The beggar put the silver in his pocket and ran away quickly.

"crooked?"

Before Hua Jianbai could ask any more questions, the beggar had already disappeared.

This tomb was obviously not for humans, but was built specifically for a snake.

Ning Xiusu picked up a stick on the ground and dug up the dead snake. There was a dried cardamom under the snake, and the smell came from the cardamom.

"what is this?"

Hanamibai couldn't help but pick it up, looking curious.

"Yangluo fruit, a medicinal herb that repels insects."

Ning Xiusu had just finished saying this when he suddenly discovered that countless strange little insects crawled out of the snake corpse. They looked like centipedes but were extremely small. Hua Jianbai was shocked.

"Oh, that's disgusting!"

He threw some cardamom into the coffin, and the bugs immediately scattered, but some still crawled out of the coffin.

Ning Xiusu was slightly startled and pulled Hua Jianbai out.

"What's wrong, big villain? Why are you more afraid of bugs than me?"

"There's something wrong with this bug. It's better not to get close to it."

While the two were talking, they had already come out of the tomb and were climbing up the slope.