<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  两人没再掠地飞行，就像普通凡人般步步走入坳口小镇。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  那小镇或由石砌，或由木造高矮错落着三五百户，炊烟道道随风飘盈，鸡犬声声此起彼伏，倒是好一番怡然景象。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  这在别州他县倒是最为平常不过，可此时的云州乱象横生，处处都若人间地狱一般，更别说还有早前的蛮乱兵灾，相形之下，如此的安然之地，却显得极为诡异！</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  临到镇前，林季望了眼立在旁侧的石像，陆昭儿也发现有点儿不对劲儿。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  石碑不大只有四尺多高，上方立着个怪模怪样的狗头人，呲牙瞪眼，栩栩如生。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  乍眼看去，除了模样怪些，倒也没什么特别。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  可两人都明显的察觉到，那石像中隐隐的藏着股说不出来的气息。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  既不是鬼气，也不是妖气，更和灵气丝毫不搭边儿。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “两位客爷，也是……是要去斩马镇的么？”正这时，有一个矮瘦枯干，却穿着一身宽衫大褂的黑脸汉子，半生不熟的躬身问道。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  林季看了他一眼，这人年纪不大，也就三十上下。可却一脸沧桑面色粗黑，又操着一口浓重的乡音，装模作样躬身施礼的样子更是极为可笑，尤其穿上这件极不合身明显是读书人的打扮，怎么看怎么别扭。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  一见两人没答话，那人有些紧张，犹豫着道：“小的知道一条近路，只要……五个钱。”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  原是个自荐门路的向导，而且还是个新手。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “不错。”林季应道，“正想求个问处，到了斩马镇自然少不了你的赏。”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “好咧！”那人一听，呲着一口大黄牙满脸欣喜道，“两位客爷这边来。”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  说着，侧身让了前路。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  林季观望左右往前走了几步，看似无意的问道：“那斩马镇原本也如此热闹么？”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “哪有的事儿啊？”那人回道，“原本那镇里除了采药的就是砍柴打猎的，别说像两位客爷这样的大人物了。就是俺们坳口人也懒得去！这话儿说起来，也就是一个多月前吧，也不知怎地，那往常兔子都不拉屎的斩马镇上来了一群仙人。随后人来人往的就越来越……”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “闪开！”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  正这时，马蹄迅疾，远远的传来一道惊喊。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  转身一看，却是一辆黑棚马车。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  卷起一路烟尘，从几人身边匆匆而过，直奔前去。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  刚刚不久前，林季还拦了一辆，这么快又来了一个！</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  而且，再也不扭头避让了。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  难道是镇口石像的缘故？</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “您看……”那黄牙汉子陪着小心道，“早在以前，像这样的大马车，一年到头也见不到一辆。可现在不但每天都有，多的时候能有十几辆！啧啧……”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  那汉子连连摇头无比羡慕的说道：“斩马镇可算是冒了青烟喽！”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “那里还有仙人么。”林季应道。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “不少呢！”那人接过话茬道，“两位客爷也是来求仙的吧？最近可来了不少大人物，都是去那镇上求仙的。那镇里的仙人，各个都飞来飞去的……”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “哦？”林季装出一副很是新奇的样子探询道，“可有乘着仙鸟飞禽的？”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “那倒没有。”那汉子回道，“可那些仙人的模样倒很古怪，可又……说不清怪在哪里。”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  从袁子昂和孔正口中得知，那些掠走百姓的妖人各个都乘着大蝙蝠。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  如此看来，这拐骗孩童聚在斩马镇的又是另一伙儿人？</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  两人随着那汉子七扭八歪的穿过小镇，进了条山间小路。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  据他说，走这条小路能比大道近上七八里，这也是那五个钱的价值所在。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  半路里，又见了两个和那黄牙汉子甚为相熟，刚刚返程的引路人。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  看来这门新生意，倒是还不错。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  很快，一路跋涉之下，终于出了山林。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  远远就见前方矗着一座大山。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  那山高约千丈，形若馒头一般。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  却在中间整整齐齐的豁有一道十几丈的缺口，长长远去深不见底。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  堵在山口处的地势勐然拔高，错落有致的建着些大小不一的石房子。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  人影闪动，马车成排，看起来倒像是哪个世家大派一般。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “两位客爷，看见没？那就是斩马镇了！千万别忘了我一路跟您说的，天黑后可千万别出门，那地方真是怪的很！”黄牙汉子立住身形再次嘱咐道。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “费心了。”林季掏出张银票甩了过去，那汉子接在手里满是狐疑的上下打量，好似没从见过这玩意儿。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  陆昭儿扔了块碎银过去，那汉子这才点头哈腰的连连大谢不止。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  下了小路走上大道，这才发现，远奔而来的马队车辆甚有不少。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  从穿着打扮上来看，绝大多数都是富家大户，还有很多是拖家带口来的。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  林季和陆昭儿不动声色的融入其中，直向斩马镇汇去。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  斩马镇不大，横竖满算也就一百来户。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  铜环隐隐颤动，林季朝西北角望了一眼，雷虎的家人应该就在那附近。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  可现在还不是带他们离开的时候。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  绕着小镇走了一圈，林季发现，小镇四周立着一尊尊怪魔怪样的凋像，有的像虎，有的像鹰，还有的像乌龟、蟾蜍，各个都是兽首人身，隐隐藏着股莫名的气息。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “你看。”陆昭儿指着前方的一处印痕道，“这里原本也有一尊凋像，新近不久被人移走了。”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  林季点了点头道：“应该是坳口镇那一尊。”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  抬头一看，搬走凋像的这一侧，正对着前方遥遥无尽的峡谷。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  站在这里，看的更加清楚。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  那峡谷两壁高耸千丈，平如刀切，就好像……</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  不是好像！</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  林季勐的一下醒悟了过来，这哪是什么山中峡谷，分明就是被谁硬生生的把这千丈大山一分为二！</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  形若馒头状的千丈大山，正在中间豁出一道宽达百丈的峡谷，横平竖直的远望无边！</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  这……</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  又是何人所为？</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  当！</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  一声清脆的钟声，远从峡谷深处遥遥传来。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  撞在两侧石壁上荡起阵阵回响。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “开山了，开山了！”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  等在原地的马队人群立时轰动起来，各个争先恐后的往前涌去。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  “快看，仙人来了！”</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  人群里又响出一片惊喜不已的叫喊声。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  林季夹在人群中仰头一看，只见三道人影远从峡谷深处凌空飘来。</span>
<span style="color:#555555;font-family:???????????, "font-size:25.3333px;background-color:#E9FAFF;">  而正中那人，却是看起来颇为眼熟。</span>