The two were silent to each other, when an argument suddenly broke out downstairs. I don't know who overturned the table, and suddenly there was a noisy sound, like demolishing the house. Mixed in with it was the crying and begging for mercy of the man and the shopkeeper, one after another, one after another.

Su Qing listened to it, and an unfamiliar voice shouted two sentences from time to time, and he couldn't hear the specific content clearly, but he felt that the tone seemed to be very arrogant, and he looked like a full official.

She was curious, and after asking Gu Yuan's meaning, she pushed the door out, wanting to take a look.

The door on the side happened to be pushed open at this time, Lin Ying and Bu Xianyin both walked out of the house, raised their eyes and saw Su Qing actually walking out of Gu Yuan's room, a look of surprise flashed in their eyes, and then they tacitly looked away, ignoring it.

There was no movement in the other two rooms on the same floor, and the people in the room were silent for some reason, whether they had already slept or were not interested.

There was a burly official standing in the hall, who looked fierce and arrogant, and there were two small officials standing next to him, who were also arrogant and domineering.

I saw that he was stepping on the table and chair that had been kicked over at this time, holding a big knife and shouting condescendingly: "Say you have no money again? I've been dragging on you for almost a whole month, and I'm still calling for no money! If you can't pay taxes today, believe it or not, I'll tear down your house! ”

The shopkeeper gave the guy a hard face next to him.

The guy didn't want to see it, but the shopkeeper had already rushed up and probed directly into his arms, and after a while, he took out the newly rewarded silver ticket and handed it over with a flattering face: "Master Guan, that's it!" That's really all there is to it! Just help and raise your hand. ”

The official took the silver ticket and took a look, and hid it in his arms, but lazily raised his eyebrows, spread his hands again, and said: "These are just taxes, I haven't paid them all for so long, and I have worked so hard to run so hard, shouldn't I give some money or errand fees?" ”

"It's gone! It's really gone! The shopkeeper was about to cry and said, "Recently, there has been such a big disaster in Tuzhou, how can anyone run here." These days, the small shop has hardly opened, and I almost can't live my own life. Official, you will be merciful and let us go this time! ”

"No business? I see that this inn is quite lively today. The official looked up and saw a few people standing next to the corridor on the second floor, and his already small eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit, "Tut-tut, there are men and women, what is this called no business?" Look at this little lady, she is really good-looking, I don't know how many times stronger than the girls in the county. ”

Su Qing was teased inexplicably, but he was not annoyed, he shook his wink at him with a smile, and said in a loud voice: "Why is this official brother so fierce, look at what the shopkeeper and the little brother of the guy are scared of." ”

When the official heard this, he trembled with laughter, and said, "The little lady doesn't know anything, and what we are ordered to do is also bitter!" No, the shops in the city are almost closed, and they can't receive money, and they have to work in this remote place in the middle of the night, aren't they tired and panicked! ”

The look in Su Qing's eyes flashed, and his face showed a little surprise, and he deliberately inquired: "Are all the shops in Tuzhou County closed?" Here's why! I've heard of corpse fraud in the county before, is it true that the rumors are true? ”

When Leng Buding heard that this matter was mentioned, the smile on the official's original face suddenly froze there, his face turned slightly pale, and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense, how can there be such an evil thing!" Those are sudden deaths caused by the epidemic without a cure, and the cause has long been detected, who would have expected to be spread by such rumors outside, but it really seems to be like that. ”

"Corpse? What deceitful corpse? Lin Ying didn't quite understand the meaning of the words, and frowned.

"Since it's all rumors, we don't need to ask more." Bu Xianyin interrupted him lightly, glanced at Lin Ying, and made him stop. He had obviously heard something else from it, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and he said with a smile: "Since this official has the intention to hide something, he naturally has his unspeakable secrets, and it is not interesting to force him to say it like this." If it's a rumor, that's a rumor. ”

The official's face was obviously not good-looking: "Seeing that you are foreigners, I don't care too much about you, but I still have to warn you - disaster comes from the mouth!" There are some things that should not be inquired about and things that should not be known, so ask less and think less, you know! ”

Bu Xianyin let out a casual "oh" and said: "Aren't all the people in the government like this now, they are familiar with bullying the people, and they are afraid when they encounter strange things?" It's not that no one has passed on it, so there is no evil thing, I see that you came here to collect taxes, but because it was dark at night, you didn't dare to go back to Tuzhou County alone, so you came here to deliberately spend the night, right? ”

After a pause, he smiled lightly: "From this point of view, this Tuzhou County at night, I'm afraid it's really not peaceful?" ”

Su Qing couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

She wanted to find out something from this official, but who expected this person's tone to be so strict that he actually blocked her words.

However, Bu Xianyin clearly shouldn't know the details, how can she look more familiar with the ins and outs than she is now, could it be that she accidentally overheard something in the conversation just now?

Under Bu Xianyin's words, the official's face was red and white for a while, and there was even more suffering in his heart.

Today he was going out on a business trip, but he didn't expect that something happened on the way, and it was already late when he was about to return to the city. Tuzhou County has been doing evil things at night recently, and some people have encountered some unclean things when they went out a few times before, which scared anyone who dared to go out in the middle of the night to hang out! No, after wandering outside for a long time after nightfall, he remembered that there was such an inn near the realm, so he hurried to stay for one night, and the so-called tax collection was just a matter of incident.

Who would have expected that in just a few words, someone would dig out the bottom of it.

He secretly slandered in his heart, but he felt a little unbearable for the sake of face, and suddenly raised his head and glared at Bu Xianyin and said: "Where are you all from, so scheming and demagoguery, believe it or not, I will directly arrest you in prison tomorrow!" As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Su Qing, swallowed his saliva and said, "But the official, I am a master who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, such a beautiful little lady, I will definitely arrange another wonderful place." ”

In the end, it seems a little explicit. The little servants on the side couldn't help but snicker.

Su Qing was used to seeing this kind of person in the market, but he didn't feel much of it, but he was a little curious about the reason why he didn't dare to return after nightfall.

I wanted to ask something, but I heard the door of the room behind him suddenly open wide, something broke through the air, flew down from the second floor, and happened to fall on the ground in front of the official, a few inches deeper, only a little further forward, you can pierce his instep, and waste one foot.

The official didn't have time to come back to his senses for a moment, his whole body trembled, and he only felt the cold sweat coming down from his back.

Gu Yuan's voice came from the room in a deep voice: "If Chen Youwei has the ability to put us in prison, just let him try." ”

The voice was very faint and deep, but it was like a cold knife, and when it was scraped in the heart, there was a deep condensed coldness that spread from the chest to the whole body in a moment.

The official instinctively silenced, and his eyes swept over several people, but he saw that all of them were unmoved by the threat to him, and thought that the people in the house actually called them by their names, and they acquiesced in their hearts that the origins of several people must be extraordinary, so they did not dare to say anything more than half a word.

Bu Xianyin saw that he finally knew that he was afraid, the curvature of the corners of his lips was slightly thicker, and said: "Actually, the official doesn't need to be nervous, we just want to know what happened in Tuzhou County, you can rest assured to tell us, we will not spread nonsense everywhere." ”

As he spoke, his eyes seemed to fall on the shopkeeper and Xiao Er on the side, and the two of them had excellent eyesight, and immediately retreated to the inner room with interest.

However, before he had taken two steps, he suddenly heard some strange footsteps outside the house.

The official's face changed suddenly, and he screamed: "Go and close the door quickly!" Velocity! ”

The little servant jumped up as if reflexively, and closed the door of the inn almost as fast as he could, and after dropping the bolt, he did not forget to push a few tables and chairs, and firmly held the door against it, as if he was afraid that something would rush into the house.

Su Qing noticed that the faces of several people were suddenly as pale as paper, and she couldn't help but be surprised, at this time, the door on the side suddenly opened, and Liu Fanghua walked out of the house, glanced at the few people who came with calm eyes, and said, "Let's take a look at this." ”

Su Qing didn't have time to care about the few people downstairs who were already huddled in the corner and shivering, and followed Bu Xianyin into the house.

The window next to the room opened slightly, and through this gap, it was an empty and secluded official road.

The thin moonlight was like a thin veil, reflecting the few stiff figures on the road more and more white. A pair of hollow eyes are boring, and because of the joints that are difficult to bend, the whole walking posture looks strangely extraordinarily penetrating.

Step by step, he moved slowly, like a wooden machine, one after the other, as if he had been driven by something, and as if it were nothing more than a set procession.

Su Qing only felt a chill running up his back, and inexplicably remembered the scene on Qiaotou Mountain that day, and suddenly goosebumps spread uncontrollably.

If this is the reason why the county of Tuzhou is not allowed to go out at night, then if these people, or these corpses, have begun to appear in this place far outside the county, does it mean that the number of these things is still growing?