The two of them entered the store in the afternoon, and Young Master Hua slept in a daze for a long time, and when he woke up again, it was already dark.

Hua Duxiu turned over and asked, "Jiajia?"

Shen Lijia: "Huh...... Whew......"

Hua Duxiu: "......"

Okay, you little fat man, I thought you were addicted to martial arts and couldn't extricate yourself.

I dare to sleep more happily than I am.

Hua Duxiu didn't bother Shen Lijia, he quietly got up and lit an oil lamp in the back room, and sat down at the Eight Immortals table.

I listened closely, and there was a faint sound of pedestrians talking on the street outside, but it was very quiet near the guest room.

Hua Duxiu took the gold pendant from her neck, opened it gently, and slipped out two crumpled fragments of animal skin one after another.

The lamp of the oil lamp immediately swayed, as if there was an inexplicable hint of wind in the closed room.

Hua Duxiu forcibly controlled his mood, covered his fingers with a handkerchief, and gently pinched the fragment that he snatched from the Leopard King Gate.

He has been running all the way for so many days, and it is really more than he has walked in the past ten days.

I never had a chance to examine this thing in detail.

Today, Hua Duxiu can finally explore carefully.

By the light of the oil lamp, Hua Duxiu held the fragment and looked at it repeatedly.

Looking at the appearance, this piece is not much different from the one collected by his flower family, but the lines depicted on the animal skin are different, and the material is exactly the same.

And the animal skin is thin on one side, and there are a few ancient characters written on the other side.

Hua Duxiu tried to put the two pieces of animal skins together, but found that no matter how she put them together, the lines of the two could not match.

And the few ancient words written on it can't see any connotation.

The number of words is too small, and it is broken.

In other words, only when Hua Duxiu collects all the animal skin fragments and puts them back together can he get a complete map and understand what information is recorded in ancient characters on the other side.

Hua Duxiu gave up superficial exploration, and this thing can't see anything special from the naked eye alone.

He slowly closed his eyes, his fingertips gently feeling the special sensation of this fragment through the tulle.

It's obviously a dry piece of animal skin, but it feels cool and shady to the touch, and this thing has a special slippery feeling, which doesn't mean to dry up at all.

Of course, this method does not actually explore the characteristics of the animal skin fragments.

Only by holding it close to your eyes and being pulled into the supernatural world by the strange magic energy it contains, can you truly explore its specialness.

It's just that it's hard for Hua Duxiu to judge whether An is safe in this place, and Shen Lijia may wake up at any time, so he can't take risks.

In case he fell into the supernatural world and the world shown by "Britney" before, he couldn't get out for a while, and something happened suddenly in the real world, he had no power to parry at all, and he was too passive.

Therefore, to really explore this thing, you have to choose the right time, a suitable place.

In addition, Hua Duxiu also found something interesting.

These two fragments are taken separately, and the demonic aura emitted by each is very dim, even if Hua Duxiu's insight is amazing, he has to feel it carefully to find it.

But when these two fragments are pinched together, their demonic qi will entangle with each other, and the aura released will be even stronger.

Even pinched tightly with his fingers, pinched from afar, the whole person was a little uncontrollable to be affected by this thing.

If these two fragments were to be attached to the door of the brain at the same time, what would be a more violent illusion?

What will happen?

Hua Duxiu was very much looking forward to what the supernatural world that would unfold in front of him at that time, but now was definitely not the best time to try.

Hearing the sound of guests coming upstairs outside, Hua Duxiu hurriedly and carefully stuffed the two fragments into the gold pendant, carefully sealed them and hung them around her neck again.

Stretching his waist, washing his face, Hua Duxiu walked to the outside room and pushed Shen Lijia's fat old waist.

"Jiajia, wake up, you're not hungry after not eating for most of the day?"

Shen Lijia said in a daze: "I'm hungry ......"

Hua Duxiu was speechless and said, "If you're hungry, get up quickly!"

"I can't afford to go out and eat by myself, you can stay here and starve." ”

Shen Lijia hurriedly turned over and twisted on the bed:

"I'll get up, I'll get up, you wait for me...... Whew......"

Hua Duxiu was speechless, got up and came to the window and gently pushed open the window to look out.

The Golden Horn is very quiet at night and there are few pedestrians on the streets.

The occasional pedestrian who walked through the street was followed by many guards, and almost none walked alone outside.

In addition, most of the shops on both sides of the street close early, which is completely different from the bustling during the day.

Hua Duxiu said secretly, this place in Snake Valley doesn't seem to be very peaceful at night?

But you don't see any crime on the street?

I heard that slavery is prevalent in Snake Valley, but I don't know what slaves look like?

Just pondering, the little fat man Shen Lijia finally came to his senses, got dressed and got out of bed.

"Brother-in-law, what shall we eat?"

Hua Duxiu turned around and said, "Go downstairs and take a look, I don't know what to eat, ask the shopkeeper." ”

Shen Lijia said: "Anyway, I'm meatless and unhappy, let's go!"

The two went downstairs, and several diners were eating in the inn on the first floor, and the long-haired female shopkeeper was chatting with her two buddies.

Seeing Hua Duxiu and the two go downstairs, the female shopkeeper smiled and said, "The two of you woke up?"

Shen Lijia hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, you have enough sleep." Sister, what are the special specialties of the Golden Horn?

The female shopkeeper was stunned: "You two are going out to eat?"

Shen Lijia said: "Yes." ”

The female shopkeeper smiled: "I see that you are from other places." Our Golden Horn City is close to the northern boundary of Mobei, and the city is quite safe, even if it is not a big problem to go out at night. When you go further south, listen to my sister's advice, and it's better not to go out at night if there is nothing important. ”

Shen Lijia was taken aback: "Why?"

The female shopkeeper glanced at Hua Duxiu, and said with a smile: "One of you two is handsome and white, and the other is stocky and strong, if someone catches you and sells them as slaves, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Shen Lijia was a little confused: "Arrested, was sold?"

The shopkeeper said, "Yes." Slavery was prevalent in the Snake Valley, and most of the slaves came from the people who were robbed by robbers, as well as the captives captured by the wars between the forces. ”

"In the past few years, Snake Valley has been much more peaceful under the rule of the old governor, and there are many fewer wars, and the slave owners can't buy enough slaves, so they hire people to secretly catch ordinary people, which is very bad. ”

"Especially a type like you two who are loved by everyone, once you are caught, you will definitely be able to sell for a good price. ”

Hua Duxiu asked, "Sister, what do you call it?"

The female shopkeeper smiled charmingly: "My name is Lou Qin, little brother, what about you?" (borrowing the name of the rivers and lakes)

Hua Duxiu said: "My nickname is the jade-faced little white dragon. ”

Shen Lijia interjected again and said, "Sister, my nickname is the jade-faced little fat dragon!"

Lou Qin smiled, since they didn't want to tell their real names, she wouldn't ask.

"Little White Dragon, Little Fat Dragon, if you two want to eat, stay here with your sister to eat, my chef has good skills, and the specialties taste excellent, not much worse than the restaurants outside." ”

Hua Duxiu said, "Okay, then please ask Sister Lou to order four hot dishes for the two of us, and then a pot of tea." ”

Shen Lijia hurriedly said: "Six hot dishes! At least four meat dishes! Sister Lou, I can eat them!"

Lou Qin smiled: "Okay, okay, don't worry, you will definitely let the two of you eat well." ”

It was getting late, and by the time the dishes were ready, the few diners at the few tables had left the first floor and went back to their rooms to rest.

The huge lobby was immediately a little empty, except for Hua Duxiu, Shen Lijia, and Lou Qin, there was only one guy who was silently cleaning up next to him.

Hua Duxiu said: "Sister Lou, come and sit together, we just came to Snake Valley and are not familiar with the place, and we still have to ask my sister about the customs." ”

Lou Qin stroked her long hair and sat down next to the two of them.

Shen Lijia snorted violently, oh, this bewitching sister Lou with long hair is so fragrant.

Hua Duxiu asked: "I heard that you need to ask for a guide to cross the Snake Valley, I don't know if you can ask for a guide in Golden Horn City?"

Lou Qin was taken aback: "Are you going to cross the Snake Valley?"

Hua Duxiu nodded: "Yes." ”

Lou Qin said: "It was really a short journey. The snake valley is big, close to two thousand miles from north to south, and the terrain is complex, the wild is full of poisonous snakes, and there are countless robbers and bandits. ”

Hua Duxiu said: "We have to cross the Snake Valley, no matter how difficult it is, we have to go." ”

"By the way, you said that the Snake Valley is full of robbers?

Lou Qin said: "I also fight, and I don't fight." ”

Shen Lijia muttered while eating, "Is that a fight, or not?"

Lou Qin smiled: "Little Fat Dragon, you drink some soup and be careful of choking." ”

"You two don't know much about the situation in Snake Valley, since you have to take the risk, I'll tell you two about it briefly. ”

Hua Duxiu said: "Well, there is Sister Lou Lou. ”

Lou Qin said: "The environment of Snake Valley, whether it is the natural environment or the human environment, has been very poor since ancient times. This is actually very easy to understand, and it is also difficult to change. Because the wilderness of the Snake Valley is densely covered with poisonous snakes, and the entire territory is divided by countless surrounding mountains and valleys, the geography is too complicated, which makes it difficult to travel between the regions. ”

Hua Duxiu nodded: "I've heard of this." ”

Lou Qin said: "In this geographical environment, Snake Valley has always been a power politics, and the strong people of various regions and cities have divided one side and opposed each other. The slavery system in the Snake Valley since ancient times has the root cause of the crusade between the separatist forces, they can occupy the opponent's city, but they may not be able to rule other cities for a long time, because the wild is densely covered with poisonous snakes, and the connection between cities is very weak, and it is difficult to support each other. ”

"In the Valley of the Snake, a lord conquered another city and immediately plundered the population and wealth of the city and brought it back to his lair. If he doesn't leave, the old city may be attacked by others before the new city is firmly controlled. ”

Hua Duxiu asked, "Don't the plundered population become slaves?"

Lou Qin said, "That's right. Seven years ago, we came to Snake Valley with a great figure, after he came, he immediately suppressed all the warlords in the name of the Shenlong Empire, replaced all the Six Route Generals' Mansion with his own henchmen, and suppressed wild armed and bandit groups in various places through the Six Route Generals, maintaining a relatively peaceful time. ”

Hua Duxiu said secretly, seven years ago, wasn't it when Uncle Peng was the governor of Snake Valley seven years ago?

Hua Duxiu asked: "Sister Lou, who is this amazing character you are talking about?"

Lou Qin said seriously: "He is the last governor of our Snake Valley, Lord Peng. ”