As soon as the word Fu'an Inn came out, even the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a lot. Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was stunned, the woman dragged the child and ran away quickly.
After reacting, Tang Qisheng wanted to chase subconsciously, but Zhang Qizheng stopped him with his hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't chase, don't attract attention."
Hearing the hint in Zhang Qizheng's tone, Tang Qisheng turned his head to look around, and suddenly found that the pedestrians who had been in a hurry stopped and stared at him nervously.
And after realizing that they were noticed, the pedestrians immediately quickened their pace and ran away almost like fleeing.
"What are they so afraid of us for?" Fatty blinked, and couldn't understand more and more. They just came to this world, why are they acting like evil spirits.
Jiang Cheng looked around. Although many of the surrounding merchants were open, there were no people inside, no shopkeepers, let alone customers. Jiang Cheng observed as he walked, and finally locked his eyes on a street stall. .
These small stalls are temporary, and almost all their belongings are on a small flatbed cart, which can be pushed around. People who are in a hurry will rarely stop when they see it, and buy a few as quickly as possible. A sesame seed cake, then randomly stuffed it into the package, and continued on the road.
On this street, there are not many similar stalls, but the business is pretty good. When a group of people from Jiangcheng came to the stall, the four people who had been waiting near the stall dispersed as if they had seen a ghost. He left straight away and continued on his way, but the man who was left at the end probably had already paid the money, and he was reluctant to leave before he got the biscuits. After leaving, come back.
A couple was busy at the booth. The couple's expressions changed when they saw Jiang Cheng and the others. The woman was trembling, while the dark-skinned man hurriedly packed up his things and handed over all the leftover biscuits. , "Everyone... ladies and gentlemen, don't get angry, my wife and I are duty-bound people, we don't know anything, I'm leaving now, I'm leaving right now! These... these biscuits are honoring the officials!"
The frightened appearance of the husband and wife, as well as the word "officer", all indicated that the other party mistook them for someone. Li Bai comforted him: "Don't be afraid, we are not some officials. We are just passing by. We are newcomers. , I want to ask you something."
The simple man opened his eyes wide, "Why, you are not from the government?"
"Of course not, brother and sister-in-law, we just passed by." The fat man was very friendly, and after a few words, the expressions of the husband and wife improved a lot.
Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Jiang Cheng took the lead in asking the first question, "Why do you think we are from the government?"
Not only this couple, but also the mother and daughter just now, as well as the passers-by around, seemed to be full of guard against them, presumably they all regarded them as officials, but they didn't wear official clothes.
"If you are not from the government, how dare you use this kind of thing?" The man stretched out his hand with a puzzled face, and pointed to Gao Yanqing, to be precise, he pointed to the package behind Gao Yanqing.
The parcels were brought by the soldiers, containing water sacs and bread, which were their breakfast.
"Is there anything wrong with this package?" Zhu Jie asked puzzledly. They checked the package early in the morning and found that there was no problem. They still have this bit of vigilance.
Hearing this, the man gulped, "Of course, this bundle is from Zhennanhou's Mansion, and it has a special pattern on it, as long as it's from Luo'an City, everyone in Luo'an City knows it."
After learning that Jiangcheng and the others were ordinary people, the man breathed a sigh of relief, then asked them to sit down in front of the simple booth, calmed down and reminded them kindly: "If you have nothing to do with the Zhennan Hou Mansion, I advise you Quickly put away this burden, so as not to get burned."
"Also, if there is nothing urgent, get out of here quickly, the nearest city is Luo'an..." The man stopped suddenly when he said this, and then turned his head to look in another direction with a look of fear on his face.
Suddenly the woman behind the man wiped away her tears and cried and said: "It's too late, the head of the house, now I heard that the city has been closed, only allowed to enter, not allowed to leave, unless there is an ultimatum from the Marquis."
"Hey—" the man sighed, as if he had resigned himself to his fate.
Jiang Cheng reached out to take the tea bowl that the man handed over, took a sip, and continued to talk to the man, "Brother, we are new here, and we don't know what happened in the city, but how do we feel that the people around here... Are you fleeing?"
The man pursed his lips tightly, and it was obvious that he was also debating whether to tell these things, until finally he sighed, raised his head and said, "You are willing to call me big brother, and I don't want to hide it from you. It's not peaceful, and it's not stable at night. At first, there were soldiers patrolling at night. Later, it was said that several evil things happened. Even the soldiers dared not walk at night. In the end... in the end, I didn't believe it at all!"
"That's because you didn't invite me. Daoist, I can kill demons and eliminate demons without any disadvantage. Amitabha, so good." Shao Tong put his left palm on his chest, and skillfully drew the cross on his chest with his right hand.
The man's eyes widened: "You...you are a Taoist priest?"
Lu Qin blocked Shao Tong and explained to the man: "You don't need to pay attention to him, he is my cousin. One year when he was walking on a mountain road, he was hit by falling rocks, and since then he has often said nonsense." Lu Qin pointed finger.
Hearing what Lu Qin said, Jiang Cheng was a little surprised. At the same time, he was keenly aware that Shao Tong, who seemed to be out of his mind, didn't refute, as if he didn't hear it.
"So that's how it is." Han Zi expressed his understanding, and at the same time, he talked to Jiang Cheng and others about what he knew, and it was also from Han Zi that Jiang Cheng and others got the initial information about this place.
This city is called Luo'an City. It is located on the border of the dynasty. Its geographical location is very important. It was originally built according to the idea of a military village. There are heavy soldiers in the city. , and has military power, the Marquis of Zhennan has absolute power of life and death in Luo'an City.
Jiang Cheng probably figured it out, the people who came to see them this morning were the soldiers of the Marquis of Zhennan, and according to Jiang Cheng's experience, most of the strange things in this city were also related to the people of the Marquis.
The man lowered his voice and approached mysteriously, "Just now I heard from a passerby that something strange happened last night. This time it was the shopkeeper Wu's family of the Fu'an Inn."
"Do you know the specific situation?" Yao Shunyu asked.
The man shook his head again and again, "I don't know, but I heard that the entire inn was sealed off and besieged to death. Like the previous few times, there was water all over the place, and I don't know where so much water came from."
The couple had limited clues. After bidding farewell to the two, the group went straight to the Fu'an Inn. After all, all the clues so far point to that.
Just like what the man said, before he reached the Fu'an Inn, he was stopped by some tens of meters away, and a large piece of white cloth was hung on the street to cover the back. Soldiers defending the city.
The leader of the soldiers looked Jiang Cheng and the others up and down, and asked, "Are you the masters who unveiled the list?"
Hearing the word "superior", the fat man's teeth were in pain. Every time he was called "superior", it was no good, and it had almost become a routine.
Before the words were finished, a man with a saber came out from inside. This man was tall and had an evil look in his brows. He was obviously a general who had been on the battlefield and licked blood with his knife.
The general bowed his hands to Jiang Cheng and the others, and his attitude was quite polite, "All you masters, please follow me."
Speaking of the white cloth being lifted, a group of people walked in. Behind them was the street, and not far away was the Fu'an Inn, but the Fu'an Inn at this time was completely different from the impression of last night, and the door that looked very strong was knocked open , fell askew on the ground, and a large area around the inn was all wet.
Jiang Cheng walked past a sunken place, which was full of stagnant water.
The general subconsciously leaned on the handle of the knife, and there was anxiety in his eyes, "As you can see, when we first came, it was much worse than it is now. There is water everywhere, as if being washed by a flood."
Walking into the inn, the sight in front of me was even more frightening. Everything in the inn was soaked in water and was all wet. Gao Yanqing was tall, and he didn't shy away from it. He picked up a chair that had fallen down and stepped on it. On the top, straighten your arms, get close to the wall, try your best to touch upwards, and then jump down with a serious face, "It's all wet, the water is much bigger than expected, at least 3 meters high, and the top of the wall is also wet , not splashed water, but soaked, it's unimaginable..."
Hearing the words, the general also nodded, looked around vigilantly, and said in a strange tone: "That's right, we can't figure this out, it was fine yesterday, but suddenly it turned into this overnight, the weirdest thing is this big battle." Water, how did this water come here, and only the vicinity of this inn was soaked by the flood, and the places farther away have no effect."
Thinking about the general's words, Jiangcheng found something strange. The general asked how the water came here, not where the flood came from. Does this mean that the general knows where the water comes from?
Sure enough, after hearing Jiangcheng's question, the general answered decisively, "I know where the water comes from. This is the lake water. It's the Chunshen Lake, which is dozens of miles away!"
"How do you know?" Zhang Qizheng asked, he sensed a strange aura from it, especially when the word Chunshen Lake was mentioned, a flash of fear flashed in the general's eyes.
Regarding this, the general did not answer directly, but squatted down, and found a very inconspicuous green plant among the messy things in the room. Jiang Cheng took a look at it and asked, "Is this a water plant?"
"Well, this aquatic plant is very special. It is called Meirenxiang by people. It can only be found in the Chunshen Lake dozens of miles away from here. It is the only one in the world." The general said convincingly, "In the whole inn This kind of aquatic plants are everywhere, there is absolutely no mistake, this strange flood comes from Chunshen Lake."
"What happened to Chunshen Lake recently?" Jiang Cheng asked.
The next second, the general looked strange, and he changed the topic, "Masters, let me take you to look at the corpse first, maybe you can find some clues that ordinary people can't check."
"Thank you, General." Jiang Cheng bowed his hands politely.
Corpses have always been the most intuitive clues, and judging from the flood, the shopkeeper Wu's family in this inn, as well as the guests living here, are probably all dead.
When we came to the backyard, the water had receded, and there were several corpses lined up side by side on the wet ground. The corpses were still covered with cloth. , was still frightened by the appearance of the corpse.
The corpse was mutilated, as if it had been bitten bite after bite. There were bite marks all over the face, neck, and body, and the most terrifying thing was that, judging from the degree of bite and tooth marks, it was even worse no matter how you looked at it. Like being bitten.
"Why are there only 6 corpses?" Zhu Jie asked puzzledly. In her opinion, there shouldn't be only 6 people living in this inn with 3 floors.
Seeing Zhu Jie's doubts, the general explained: "Now the situation is special, there are almost no people staying in the inns, and there is only shopkeeper Wu in the Fu'an inn."
"Shopkeeper Wu, his wife, and their two daughters, by the way, there is also a waiter who often lives in the store."
After hearing what the general said, Lu Qin frowned, "General, you said there are only 5 people in total, but the corpses..."
Everyone noticed the abnormality that Lu Qin discovered. There were 6 corpses, and there was one more.
"Whose body is this sixth?" asked the fat man.
Unexpectedly, the general just ordered people to remove the white cloths of all the corpses, then motioned everyone to look at the last corpse, and shook his head, "I don't know, we haven't found out the identity of this person."
Judging from the corpses, these 6 corpses have the same death appearance. Although they were all bitten and riddled with holes, they can still be distinguished by their body shape and appearance. This last one~www.mtlnovel.com~ is also impossible The identified corpse was a woman with an ordinary appearance, the only remaining eye was wide open, staring at the sky blankly, as if lamenting the injustice of the world, her lips and half of her cheek were torn open, revealing The jaws are ferocious and terrifying, which makes people resist from the bottom of their hearts.
"We called the nearby merchants to identify her, as well as the person from Husi in the city. Everyone said that they had never seen her before. This person seemed to appear here out of thin air." The general said with lingering fear.
For some reason, the two words out of thin air seemed to seduce somewhere deep in Jiang Cheng's mind, which made his nerves tense up, "Isn't this the first time this happened, did unknown corpses appear before? "
"No, that's the only time," replied the general.
Suddenly, Lu Qin, who hadn't said much all this time, squatted down, and under the gaze of everyone, she put her fingers into the unknown woman's eyes, and then lightly rubbed inside, and in the next second, a transparent sheet appeared on her face. on fingertips.
Everyone was stunned, because everyone recognized that it was a contact lens.
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