Volume 1: Retrospective Chapter 44: Guangyang Town
The broken walls and ruins, a few simple brushstrokes, and the word "Guangyang" are about to be submerged in dust, and the reason for the concave is obviously that the previous "Shangrong" has been chiseled away.
It was already dark, and the nightingale climbed the branches early and began to rejoice, and the people of Xuanshui entered this Guangyang Town, and the desolate streets were just hung with a few dim lamps every now and then, swaying back and forth with the night breeze, like a haunted.
"When you arrive, you can find a place to live on your own, but remember that not all places here are suitable for going at night, and there is a reason why Shangrong Mansion moved away, don't go to places without lights, if you go rashly, the gods can't save them." ”
The girl threw down a word and drove the carriage to leave, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street this night, and even if she stayed overnight, she did not know where to go.
"Girl, wait, can you help us find a place to stay?"
Jiang Bai also immediately shouted to her, she still had some scruples, after all, Shangrong Mansion is where the Military Machine Pavilion is located, since it is forced to relocate, there must be an irresistible reason, and this weird Guangyang Town, it is better not to act privately.
"You uncle, it's already very polite to bring you here, strangers like you generally ignore it, and there are a lot of troubles, don't pester me anymore, and my father and mother will have to worry if they don't return home. ”
The girl replied angrily, as if she didn't want to help, but what she said was reasonable.
"So, girl, here is a hundred taels of silver, and it should be regarded as the guide's fee, and if we find a place to stay, we will pay some more money for the lodging, do you think it is feasible?"
The girl had already driven the carriage out of some way, and when she heard the silver, she immediately turned her head again, only to see her jump out of the carriage and come to Jiang Baiyi, first looked at the fool, and then reached out and took the hundred taels of silver, put it in her hand and tossed it upside down, bit it again, nodded slightly and made a gesture to follow me, and got into the carriage again without further words.
"It's still a way for senior brother, hehe. ”
Immediately someone flattered again, and then the group followed the girl who drove the car and walked in this Guangyang Town, all the way was such a scene, no one was there, if it wasn't for the girl to lead the way, it would be considered a ghost town.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I met an old man who was on the watch, and when he saw the girl, he didn't say a word, and passed by everyone as if he didn't know him.
"The king who just beat the watch is blind, deaf, blind and dumb, and he is a poor man. ”
This time, the girl took the initiative to bring it up, and it seemed that she was very sympathetic to this cruel beater.
"Did you go to Shangrong Mansion to do business?"
The girl asked everyone abruptly, as if she remembered something.
"Exactly, we are merchants from the north, and we want to buy some goods from Shangrong Mansion. ”
Jiang Bai also followed the girl's words and lied, after all, it is always good to have multiple eyes when you go out.
"No wonder the foot strength is so good, I guess it's also the kung fu that I practiced from the south to the north. ”
The girl seemed to approve, nodded slightly, and continued to drive forward.
"Senior brother has a crush on someone else's girl?"
Liu Ying didn't know when she came to Wei Lin's side and asked in a low voice.
"No, I feel emotional, I think of my little sister in my hometown, I should be at such an age. ”
Wei Lin, who was walking at the end of the line, stared at the girl all the way, because he faintly noticed that there was an indescribable aura on the girl's body, but he couldn't be sure what it was, and when he heard Liu Ying's words, he came back to his senses and snorted.
"Oh?!Senior Brother Wei also has a younger sister, I don't know what to do?"
Liu Ying obviously didn't believe it, and her eyes seemed to want to see Wei Lin through.
"Wei Yinque, nicknamed Finch, hehe~"
I have to say that when he lied, Wei Lin came casually.
"Sparrow, it's a cute name, you must meet it when you have the chance. ”
Liu Yingqiu was thoughtful, and then walked forward without asking.
"Well, definitely, definitely, eh?!What do you see her doing?"
Wei Lin was absent-minded, and by the time he found out the problem, Liu Ying had already walked away.
Ah~!
At this time, in a certain treasure house in the distant Seventy-Nine Heavens, Yinque'er, who was lying on the pile of treasures humming a little song and putting on makeup, suddenly sneezed out, causing the crooked eyebrows that had been drawn directly to pull a line in front of his forehead.
Hee-hee~
The laughter that came from somewhere provoked her to jump down angrily and look around, and after looking for a long time, her eyes were still locked on the hapless dwarf.
"Are you laughing at Aunt Ben!?"
As soon as the silver finch grabbed it in the air, the dwarf instantly floated over involuntarily, and was carried in his hand as if he was playing, with a very frightened expression.
"Grandma spares her life! Grandma spares her life! The little one didn't smile just now, it was the green bottle who laughed, I saw it!"
The dwarf held his head and begged for mercy, and by the way, he made a small report.
"You dwarf, you have a bad heart, Xiao Lu'er is so well-behaved, how can you do such a thing, you must have done it, and you broke the dirty water on others, see if I don't give you some color. ”
Silver Sparrow glanced at the green bottle in the corner with big eyes and a harmless appearance, so she immediately sentenced the dwarf, and then the inhumane repair process followed, and the screams and satisfied laughter echoed in the Demon Lord's private vault.
"Miss!~ You can count it back, the lord and the lady are in a hurry. ”
Everyone walked to the door of a house with a sign of Li Mansion, and the sleepy janitor immediately rushed to the girl's horse like chicken blood, and his expression seemed to be a long drought and nectar, as if he had met his old acquaintance in a foreign land.
"Alright, Wang Er, you have led the horses to the shed, they have been fed. ”
The girl seemed to love the horses, and led the group inside.
"Miss, who are these people?"
It's not that Wang Er is too talkative, so many people have come here at once, so naturally he has to ask where he came from.
"These are the merchants who are heading to Shangrong Mansion, and it is difficult to hurry in the middle of the night, so I will bring them back for a night, and you will clean up the vacant wings after you settle down the horses. ”
The girl thought very thoughtfully, and before her parents had permission to let the disciples live, it seemed that the family was also very spoiled.
"Yes, Miss, I'm going to get busy. ”
When everyone entered the courtyard, Wang Er locked the gate from the inside, and then led the horse to go to work on his own.
Although this family is a small courtyard but the layout is also extremely exquisite, the lights are bright everywhere at night, after entering the courtyard is a coiled dragon on the wall, and then there are two chambers, the middle corridor is connected, occasionally with some stone carvings of auspicious things, some people are coming and going in it, see the girl are consciously saluting and greeting, the scene in front of you, and the desolate street outside is in sharp contrast.
"Dad, I'm back. ”
After entering the main hall, the girl walked towards the middle-aged man sitting on the Taishi chair with a smile, obviously this is the owner of the Li Mansion.
"Yan'er, you killed your father in a hurry!"
Seeing his daughter go home, Master Li immediately stood up, and the father and daughter hugged each other in front of all the disciples, and Wei Lin couldn't help but complain in his heart that this play was too much.
"Isn't this coming back, there was a delay on the way, and my father was worried. ”
Li Yan'er was coquettish, and Master Li looked doting, and hung more than 20 people outside the hall.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back, these people are?"
Master Li finally noticed the disciples of the Xuanshui Sect, so many people could ignore it, it seemed that he really loved his daughter.
"Dad, these are traders from the north, they are going to Shangrong Mansion, they took an old map and asked for directions, but fortunately they ran into me, otherwise they would have to spend the night on the street today. ”
Li Yan'er introduced it, looking proud.
"Oh, it's a guest from afar, please come in and sit down. ”
Master Li was extremely enthusiastic when he arrived, and immediately beckoned everyone into the main hall.
"I've seen my predecessors, my surname is Jiang, and my single name is Yizi, these are all members of our caravan, and there are too many people, so I won't introduce them one by one. ”
Jiang Bai also arched his hand and led everyone into the main hall.
"Mr. Jiang has an extraordinary bearing, he must be a great man who has traveled from south to north, and he is fortunate to meet him. ”
Master Li invited everyone to sit down, this main hall was spacious enough, but there were indeed a lot of chairs on the table, as if he knew that there were more than 20 of them, and they had prepared them in advance.
"Seniors are polite, we are all rough people, we don't know much about etiquette, please bear with me if we are not careful. ”
"Where you are, you are a guest ......"
I have to say that Jiang Baiyi still has some rare secular atmosphere on his body, if he didn't know that he was a disciple of Xuanshui Sect, he really felt that he was a person who traveled south and north to eat business food, during which Master Li asked some ordinary things, but fortunately, with the addition of Ruan Jin, some northern geographical customs came easily, so he helped Jiang Baiyi to fulfill his lie.
"Dare to ask the seniors, why did this Shangrong Mansion move to other places, can you easily tell me?"
Jiang Bai was also very curious about the reason for this, so he asked casually.
"This ......"
Master Li seemed to be a little embarrassed.
"If it's inconvenient for the seniors to say, then forget it, I'm just curious to ask, and I won't disturb the seniors to rest until the night is deep. ”
Seeing this, Jiang Bai also changed the conversation, and he didn't want to continue chatting.
"Not really, it's just a long time ago, and I've only heard about it. ”
Master Li's words are excusable, after all, this Shangrong Mansion was migrated a hundred years ago, how can Master Li be just a mortal and know the reason for this, even if he knows, he has heard it mentioned by his predecessors.
"Seniors say it's okay, we're just curious, the days of going south and north are boring and tight, and some legends naturally have to be prepared. ”
Jiang Bai also smiled, looking happy to listen.
"Well, I once heard my grandfather mention that this Shangrong Mansion was originally the most prosperous capital city in Canglengzhou, because of the topography, the east, west, north and south are unimpeded, and it is also the favorite place for traders to come, and because the fairy gate is stationed here, the people are free from evil disasters, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment. ”
Master Li nodded and began to talk about the rumors he knew.
"But later, it seems that there is a sudden appearance of some uncontrollable evil thing, and the immortals of Xianmen died and fled overnight, leaving only a city of people to be frightened, and every night there will be evil things infested, gnawing the people, so gradually the entire Shangrong Mansion people have moved away, moved to live around the new foothold of Xianmen, and this Shangrong Mansion has also migrated, leaving only some people who do not want to leave still live here. ”
Speaking of this, Master Li sighed and seemed to be very helpless.
"It's like this, this evil thing is so powerful, even the people of the Immortal Sect can't subdue it. ”
Jiang Bai also seemed to be very surprised, with the strength of the Military Machine Pavilion, he couldn't compete with the existence, how terrifying it must be.
"Not really, this evil thing only haunts on a clear night, and does not come out as the clouds cover it today. ”
Master Li's words made Jiang Bai a little puzzled, why there was a clear night sky in this Cangleng Prefecture, which was shrouded in thunderclouds.
"The younger generation has something to understand, I saw it from a distance before I entered Canglengzhou, it seems that the boundary of Canglengzhou has always been shrouded in thunderclouds, why is there still a clear night sky?"
Jiang Baiyi's words made Master Li a little puzzled.
"Thunderclouds shrouded? Mr. Jiang is not mistaken, if our Cangleng Prefecture is really shrouded by thunderclouds all year round, then wouldn't the dealer have no harvest, and how can the people survive?"
Master Li's words reminded Jiang Bai of the same, and he was a little incomprehensible for a while.
"What the seniors said is very true, maybe the juniors are exaggerating, but the seniors live here and are not afraid of the evil thing attacking at night?"
Jiang Bai simply didn't think about this time anymore, if he really wanted to know, he would naturally know when he arrived at the Military Aircraft Pavilion tomorrow.
"I'm afraid, but fortunately, the immortals pointed out a clear way, and I'm not afraid of your jokes, my old Li family has been farming for a living for generations, how can this 100-acre field be thrown away, so when everyone moved out of here, our ancestors chose to stay, although the immortals have not fought the evil thing, but they have also found some ways to restrain themselves, please see. ”
Master Li got up and walked to a floor lamp and pointed to the burning lamp to show everyone.
"This is, Flame Crystal?"
Jiang Bai also stepped forward and took a closer look, it was actually the flame crystal abundant in the fire spirit vein.
"Exactly, I know that at night, lighting this thing can drive away evil things, of course, the price of this thing is not cheap, and the harvest of my house in the first half of the year will be built on this, but there is no choice. ”
Master Li's words are extremely helpless, mortals are not like immortal cultivators, and they will eventually be entangled because of some mundane things, and they can only bear it silently in order to survive.
"Sir, the meal is ready. ”
A middle-aged woman walked into the main hall, and Li Yan'er, who had just gone out, also followed her obediently, and the graceful and luxurious clothes she wore were obviously the mistress of the Li Mansion.
"Got it, guys, come and have dinner with me. ”
When Master Li saw that his wife was coming, he got up and invited everyone to dine together, which was extremely polite.
"Then thank you seniors. ”
Jiang Bai also thought for a moment and responded, since the cultivator built the foundation, he could open the valley, and when he reached the Jindan period, he could rely on the spiritual energy to nourish without eating, but it was not easy to shirk at this time.
"Everyone, please~"
"Seniors, please~"
Under the leadership of Master Li, everyone walked towards the side hall, and only Wei Lin took advantage of everyone's inattention to go to the back of the main hall.