After breakfast, Gongliang and the others continued on the road, while Lao Sutou and Qihu didn't leave until night, so they stayed.

It's just that when Gongliang and others sleep until midnight, they tend to follow.

After three days of bumpy riding on the road in a beast cart, Gongliang and the others finally came to the outside of Chenyang City.

Chenyang City looks quite weird, the outer city wall is full of mysterious runes, and the runes seem to be coated with blood, the blood stains are not dry, half red and half black, exuding a fishy smell.

And the battlements above the city wall are nailed with talismans carved from peach wood.

The lady of the Qiao family, who had lived here for a while, explained that this was made by Master Chenyang in order to block ghosts, and ordinary ghosts did not dare to approach when they saw it.

Old man Gui drove the carriage to the city gate, only to see a stone carved god general standing on the left and right of the city gate, holding a weapon, the god general was engraved with countless mysterious runes on his body, his eyes were blood-red, and he looked mighty.

When you go into the city, the situation inside is even more bizarre.

In Chenyang City, every house is pasted with paper charms around it, and the door is also pasted with the statues of the ancient gods and Yu Lei, and some are directly carved into two statues of gods with peach wood and nailed to the door.

At this time, Gongliang remembered that the two statues of gods at the gate of the city were also gods and Yu Lei.

Above the city, there is a huge sky lantern.

The sky lantern is connected with ribbons from all corners of the city, and the ribbons are hung with paper symbols, enveloping the entire city in it.

Gongliang doesn't know what to say, some ghosts, is it necessary to be so exaggerated?

Although the city of Chenyang looks very weird, the street is the same as other places, with shops and wine shops, buying things, selling things, and shopping.

Old man Gui drove the beast cart through the city for a while, then turned into an alley, stopped at the gate of a small courtyard in the middle, lifted the curtain, and said, "The lady of the Qiao family, Brother Ling's mansion has arrived." ”

The lady of the Qiao family looked out and walked out of the car. Gongliang and they also got out of the car.

When the servant in the courtyard heard the movement, he opened the door and poked his head out, and was a little surprised to see that it was his own lady, but then opened the door and shouted, "The little lady is here!"

"Is my brother at home?" asked the Qiao family's lady.

"Lang Jun went to the yamen. The servant answered.

The elder brother of the Qiao family is a classic in the county, although he is an official who is not in the stream, he is very powerful in the county. Now the land is full of ghosts, and some thieves take the opportunity to make trouble and plague the township, so the history of his arrest is busy all day long.

Qiao, the wife of the elder brother of the Qiao family, was surprised when she heard the report from the next person in the house that the sister-in-law was coming.

You must know that the lady of the Qiao family has just returned from Chenyang, and she has come again so soon, is there something wrong at home? Thinking of this, she hurriedly walked out.

"Erniang. Far away, Qiao shouted.

"Sister-in-law. ”

The lady of the Qiao family called out respectfully, turned around and introduced: "Sister-in-law, this is Erniang's life-saving benefactor." If it weren't for him this time, I'm afraid I would have been captured by ghosts. Thinking of the sad place, the tears of the Qiao family fell like beads.

"If you don't cry, you don't cry, it's okay if you're okay. ”

Qiao didn't expect her to encounter such a thing, so he hurriedly hugged her and comforted her.

After a while, when Erniang's mood stabilized a little, Qiao Shi turned to Gongliang and said, "I only care about talking, but I neglect my benefactor." The benefactor will sit inside for a while, and when I call someone to the county government to call back the minister, I will repay the benefactor's kindness. ”

Gongliang didn't send Erniang back for any reward, and besides, did he lack that little thing?

Therefore, he said: "It's just a gesture, no need to worry." Now that Mrs. Qiao has arrived home, Gongliang has finally lived up to her trust. I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave. When they met, he didn't want to have too deep contacts with these people, so as not to be entangled too deeply.

"Benefactor, go slowly..."The lady of the Qiao family hurriedly shouted when she saw that he was leaving.

It's just that Gongliang has already made up her mind to leave, which one she can keep, but in the blink of an eye, she disappeared at the end of the alley.

Qiao Shi hurriedly asked his subordinates to follow to see where he landed. If you let the benefactor leave like this, let people know in the future, wouldn't it be to laugh at them that the Qiao family is a miser who knows kindness and does not repay it.

After someone caught up, Qiao Shi turned around and asked, "Erniang, what's going on?"

"Sister-in-law, let's go in and talk!" Erniang said, and said to the old man Gui who was driving the car: "Uncle Gui, it's better to stay at home at night and go back tomorrow!"

"No, no, no. Old man Gui waved his hand and said, "Little Lao'er has made an appointment with a friend, and I have to go and say something." If nothing happens, the little old man will leave. ”

Qiao's hurriedly asked his subordinates to give money to Old Man Gui. Old man Gui thanked him and drove away in the beast cart.

Waiting for the beast cart to leave, Qiao Shi and Erniang turned around and entered the house. When he came to the house, Qiao Shi asked, "Erniang, what the hell is going on?" ”

The lady of the Qiao family told her about how she went home and was almost caught by ghosts to get married, how could Qiao have ever seen such a thing, and she was so frightened that she didn't speak.

Gongliang left Qiao's house and walked around the street. Chenyang is a medium-sized county town with more than 2,000 households, which is not very large, but because the county is rich in the sand used to draw symbols, the business is prosperous and the flow of people is large. It's just that now because of the infestation of zombies and ghosts in the wild, the mine is suspended, and there are fewer people doing business, and the market looks a little depressed.

Rune sand is divided into two kinds, one is mortal sand and one is spiritual sand.

Where the sand has upper, middle and lower grades, it can be used as pigments, and it can also be used to draw symbols, but the grade is low, and it is only effective for ordinary ghosts.

The function of the spiritual sand is extraordinary, very rare, and those with great abilities can use its drawing talisman to shatter the heavens and the earth, and a talisman to shatter the mountains and rivers.

On the street, Gongliang saw many stalls selling rune sand, some of which had been ground into powder, which could be used for painting and making talismans by simply mixing it, and some of them carved pendants from the original ore of rune sand for people to wear. Because Fu Sand is the most positive and yang thing, wearing it on the body can drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits.

When Gongliang walked over, he saw many people wearing runic sand pendants.

However, he and Mi Gu and Yuan Rolling didn't need any of this at all, and he wished that he would have a few more ghosts for Jairus to eat, so that it could advance earlier.

Gongliang took a look and found that there was almost no spiritual sand on the stall, and some of it was just waste spiritual sand with a lot of impurities.

After turning around, I first found an inn to settle in.

He walked to the largest liquor store in Chenyang City. It was almost noon, and many people were eating in the restaurant. Gongliang found a random place to sit, ordered a bunch of dishes, and listened to the gossip of the diners in the wine shop while eating.

"Alas, the ghosts don't know when they will be able to leave, and if they continue like this, I guess I'll have to drink the northwest wind. ”

"Where is it possible to be so fast, it's okay on our side, there are mages to help defend the city and block those zombies and ghosts. Some of the other cities have no mages, and they are said to have been attacked by zombies and ghosts, and the people in the city are either bitten to death by zombies or eaten by ghosts, which is miserable. ”

"Really?"

"What else can be wrong with such a thing? Not to mention other places, even the nearby remote villages, no one is spared. Fortunately, our Chenyang Fu Sand, the county is wise, and there are mages to help us, so we can stop those ghosts. Otherwise, our Chenyang would have been broken by those ghosts like other cities. ”

"It is said that the county lord brought the talisman from the treasury to invite the mage, and they came. ”

"But it's not a way to go on like this, after being surrounded by ghosts for a long time, the rune sand will always run out. It's a pity that those rune placers are all occupied by ghosts, otherwise people can dig some back. ”

"It's that simple, I heard that the pit is full of dead bodies, and some people have been there and almost been bitten to death. Now in those places, who goes and who dies, and who dares to dig them?"

"It's also strange, this rune sand is the most rigid and yang thing, how dare those dead corpses be sent to death inside?"

"Who knows, maybe there are other reasons. ”

"You don't know, although Fu Sand is the most rigid and yang thing, but in order to really work, it must be combined with pure yang beast blood to really exert its effect. If you want to draw a talisman, you need to have a certain amount of mana, otherwise do you think that the talisman can be drawn by any random person?"

"I see. ”

Gongliang listened to them while eating, and his heart moved slightly.

Since you have come to Chenyang, you have to get some local specialties. Now that the mine is occupied by ghosts, isn't it just the opportunity to make a move? When the time comes, go in and dig some high-quality rune sand and come back, and wait until the Great Xia Imperial Capital, or other places can sell it for a good price. It would be even better if you could dig up spiritual sand.

Thinking like this, Gongliang listened more intently to those people.

When they had finished eating, they went out after one of them. 210[.]