630 A.D. Jianye City

Ji Ying walked for a day, feeling hungry and thirsty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt this time, it was already evening, and the sunset hung on the horizon like blood, shining on the brilliant color of the sky. A flock of birds chirped and jumped over Ji Ying's head and flew into the woods, a large dense wood, a paradise for birds and a place for wild beasts. To the right of the woods, there is a small lake, the water in which the water is crystal clear and a little sweet.

When Ji Ying passed by the lake, he washed his face, and then drank several large mouthfuls of water heartily, and the problem of thirst was solved. But the problem of hunger could not be solved by water alone, and Ji Ying's stomach began to growl.

Ji Ying saw that it was not early, and if he didn't find someone else, I was afraid that he would have to live in this barren mountain for the night. Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly saw a small city in front of him from a distance, Ji Ying's heart suddenly became happy, and he seemed to have strength under his feet.

In less than half an hour, Ji Ying had already come outside the city. Looking up, there was a plaque about two feet long hanging on the top of the city wall, with three big characters on it: "Jianye City". The soldiers defending the city were shouting: "Those who want to leave the city and those who want to enter the city should go quickly, and the gates will be closed in a few moments." Ji Ying was suspicious, it wasn't dark yet, why did the city gate close so early.

His stomach rumbled again, reminding Ji Ying that it was time to find a place to sacrifice the Five Organs Temple. Ji Ying thought to himself, let's not care about that number for now, let's find a place to fill my stomach first.

Come into the city, and lift up your eyes and look around. I saw that although this small town is not big, it is very lively. An east-west street connects the east and west gates, and is the only way to get in and out of the city.

The streets are spacious and bright, paved with bluestone, and lined with shops. There are cloth shops, pawnshops, grocery stores, liquor stores, weapons shops, and pharmacies. There are also money villages, rice shops, hotels, and aquatic wholesale markets, which can really be described as small and complete.

In the place far from the center of the city, Ji Ying found a tavern, and as soon as he entered the door, Xiao Er greeted him warmly: "This guest officer, do you want to stay in a hotel or eat?" ”

"Stay in the hotel."

"Oh, we still have two rooms here, one is the east wing, and the other is the attic, which one do you want to live in?"

"Is there any difference between the two rooms?"

"The east wing is larger, you can live four people at the same time, and the attic is smaller, you can only live 1-2 people, but there is a skylight in the attic, you can watch the stars at night, and you can also enjoy the shade."

Ji Ying thought about it, if he lives alone in such a big room, it seems more or less empty, it is better to live in the attic, he is afraid of heat, the attic is not only cool, but also can watch the sky at night.

"Let's live in the attic."

"Okay, I'll clean up the little one for you, do you live alone or two?" Ji Ying thought, isn't this nonsense, is there anyone else around me? I couldn't help but say with some displeasure on my face: "So wordy, of course it's a person." ”

Xiao Er hurriedly smiled: "I'm sorry guest officer, wait a minute, I'll clean up the room for you." ”

"Wait, bring me some food first, I'm hungry."

"Okay." Xiao Er put the towel on his shoulder, and then trotted down to prepare the wine and food.

It didn't take much time, but I brought four plates of dishes, a pot of wine, and a bowl of hot fried noodles. Ji Ying was eating alone, and inadvertently heard two people chatting at the next table.

A said: "I heard that Li Yuanwai was caught in an evil spirit, and several mages were invited at home to cure him, but they were not cured. ”

B took a bite of food and put it in his mouth, and then said, "No, I also heard that the mage I invited yesterday was eaten by a monster." ”

A shrunk his neck when he heard this, and said: "Yes, now the Li family is posting notices everywhere, if anyone can cure the illness outside the staff, the Li family would rather give a thousand taels of gold and a hundred horses of silk, but unfortunately no one cares about such a high salary, tsk tsk......"

Ji Ying was surprised when he heard this, there was such a strange thing, could it be that they closed the city gate early every day, and it had anything to do with it?

"Little Er, let me ask you about something."

"Whoa." The shopkeeper ran over with a smile on his face, "May I ask what is the matter with the guest officer?" ”

"Is there a man named Li Yuanwai in this city?"

"Yes, how come you know Li Yuanwai?"

"Oh, I don't know, but I heard that he fell into evil, what happened?"

"Well, you don't know about this, guest officer. Li Yuanwai is one of the richest families in the city, just because he came back from doing business in other places the year before last, he got a strange disease, he didn't sleep all night, and his mouth was still talking nonsense. Later, Mrs. invited a mage to think about exorcism and exorcism, which could cure the illness of the old man, but many mages who came failed to cure the illness outside the staff, and yesterday there was a mage who was eaten by a monster. ”

"If there is such a thing, then you close the city gate early every day, is it also because of this incident?"

"Yes, that monster has to come to harass Li Yuanwai every night, causing unrest in the neighborhood, so the county guard ordered that the city gate should be closed every day as soon as it gets dark, and every household should close the door early, so as not to be attacked by the monster. If the guest officer comes here to do business, he hopes not to go out at night, and it is best to leave here early after finishing his errands. ”

"Oh, got it. Are the upstairs rooms packed? ”

"It's been cleaned up, and the guest officer can go upstairs to rest after eating."

Ji Ying waved his hand, signaling that there was nothing to trouble Xiao Er, and he could leave. The two people sitting at the adjacent table went back to their rooms after eating, and Ji Ying also went upstairs and entered his room.

The furnishings of the room were simple, with a double bed against the wall, a round wooden table in the middle of the room, two long benches next to it, and a pot of tea and a bowl of tea on the table. There was nothing else in the house.

Ji Ying raised his head, in the middle of the roof, there was indeed a three-foot square skylight, the window was open at this time, and through the window, a dark blue sky could be seen at a glance. The wind blew in through the skylight, and it was cool.

Ji Ying poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly, remembering the scene during the meal, he thought to himself, tomorrow he had to find a chance to go to that outsider's house to have a look. After a full meal and drink, people became sleepy, and after walking for a day, Ji Ying's eyelids began to fight, so he came to the bed and lay down in his clothes, and after a while, there was a slight snoring sound.

slept until the middle of the night, Ji Ying was woken up by urine, so he got up to relieve himself. When he returned to the room, he felt a little cold, the wind was cold in the middle of the night, and when he saw that the skylight was still open, he wanted to raise his hand to close the window. Just reached the handle on the window, and suddenly a cloud of black gas floated through the roof, and Ji Ying could see it really through the skylight.

said that it was too late, Ji Ying shrugged and jumped from the skylight to the roof at once. I saw that the black gas was drifting westward, and Ji Ying wanted to catch up, but the black gas was already far away.

At this time, the night was as cold as water, the stars in the sky were twinkling, except for the gong sound of "the sky is dry, be careful of the fire candle", like the music constantly playing back in the tape recorder, the whole Jianye City was quiet.

Ji Ying returned to the house again, and by the moonlight, he lay back on the bed, thinking about what kind of demon that black gas was, and when he met him Ji Ying today, he would be unlucky for eight lifetimes. Fell asleep in a daze.

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There will continue to be more in the evening......