Chapter 143: A Strange Town
This small alley was originally quiet, only the red lantern hung on the gate at the end of the alley, and the lintel was knotted with red silk.
Su Qing came to the closed gate of this house, and through the door, she saw a woman in her forties lying in the courtyard crying bitterly, and two gray-haired, sixty-year-old couples on the side were persuading her.
I only heard the old woman say, "Ling'er! Don't cry, Yu'er is not small this year, she hasn't lost her shape yet, she can only marry an adult, otherwise she won't be able to live like this! ”
The woman cried, "She is still young, only a few dozen years old, why not wait a few more years?" If you marry an adult, how can you live? He doesn't want to marry more than a dozen rooms in a year! ”
Su Qing sighed secretly: Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, naturally they want their daughters to marry a good family, otherwise they will not stay until they are dozens of years old! Although it is rare in this world, in the previous life, there were many women who were not married at the age of tens, so Su Qing could also understand this woman's reluctance.
Although she was sympathetic, these things were really not something she could meddle in, so she didn't stop and went straight to the front street.
She stood in the crowd and quietly probed and found that not all of them were women, but there were two twelve or thirteen-year-old boys, but the same thing was that they were all tied hand and foot, and their faces were full of horror!
Su Qing withdrew his divine vision, and followed the crowd to follow Huaqiao, but to see where these people were going to marry!
A quarter of an hour later, the procession stopped in front of a large mansion with the words "Water House!" Two large vermilion characters, with a row of red lanterns hanging on the high eaves. The door of the courtyard was wide open, but strangely there was no one in front of it!
As soon as the drummer came to the gate, he stopped and dispersed by himself, and the eight small bridges behind him entered the door, and after all the flower bridges entered the door, the courtyard door automatically closed!
A gust of wind blew, and Su Qing found that there was no one around him, and those who followed to watch the excitement had quietly dispersed at some point!
The more Su Qing thought about it, the more strange he felt, and he planned to sneak into the mansion to investigate, but who knew what would happen. I just can't get close to the gate! The red lantern looks very strange in the dark clothes!
She saw that she could not get close to the house. I had to give up, and I returned to Front Street full of doubts, ready to find an inn to live in, and find someone to inquire by the way.
She searched the street for a long time. Only then did I find a small inn that was about to close. The guy said it was full and no longer accepting customers. She said that she took out another ingot of silver and stuffed it into him, so that the young man would be accommodating.
I don't know if it's for the sake of the silver, I actually arranged a small courtyard for her to live in. It's just that no matter what she asks, the young man just doesn't answer.
"Do you have anything to eat here?" Su Qing saw that the guy didn't tell her anything, so she asked a little discouraged.
"Only pancakes, hot water!" The young man replied dryly.
"Then you can give me a pot of hot water!" Su Qing ordered him angrily.
When the young man heard this, he went out at once, but when he heard this, he came in with a large copper kettle, placed it on the table, and whispered to her, "Don't ask any more about things!" After finishing speaking, he ran out of the smoke, afraid that Su Qing would stop him and ask him again!
When Su Qing heard him say this, she was even more suspicious in her heart, so she closed the doors and windows, laid out a simple concealment formation, and quietly let go of her divine vision, ready to see what was going on here!
Through the divine vision, she found that almost every house here has a mirror of protection hanging in front of the door, and this mirror can form its own enchantment to prevent the divine eye from prying eyes!
This result made her frustrated, and at the same time, she felt more and more that the town was unfathomable!
Generally, only the big sects or the immortal cultivation families will have treasures like the mirror of protection, not even Fairy Mei, there is one for each family here!
When she tried to investigate the strange 'water house', she found that the Divine Vision could not cover it from a mile away! I almost found out!
Tossing for a long time to no avail, only made her doubt deeper, but there was nothing she could do, she raised her eyes and saw that the hourglass not far away was at the end of time, so she simply washed up and lay down to sleep!
In view of the many strange things in this place, Su Qing decided not to enter the Immortal Orchard space, so as not to be discovered.
Although he was full of worries, it may be the reason why he has been mentally exhausted by using his divine sense, Su Qing fell asleep as soon as he lay down, until he was woken up by the noise outside in the morning.
Su Qing rubbed her temples that were a little swollen, and walked out of the small courtyard after washing, only to see the little guy hurrying towards her, and when he saw her, he hurriedly pulled her into the courtyard and said with a panicked expression: "This young lady, please stay in the backyard for a while longer, wait, and then go out later?" ”
At this time, Su Qing could see clearly that this young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old, thin and delicate, standing in the courtyard and looking at her with a pleading face, Su Qing's heart softened and nodded in agreement.
The young man felt a little guilty when he saw that she readily agreed now, so he lowered his head and whispered: "There was a lot of offense last night, I hope Miss forgive me!" Because it is the big day of the adult's marriage, Qinghuai Town can't stay with outsiders! As he spoke, he looked warily out of the courtyard.
Su Qing was about to speak, when he heard a crisp voice calling: "Guan'er, come out and have breakfast!" ”
When the young man heard this, he ran out and whispered to her, "Miss, stay in the backyard and go out after noon!" Remember! ”
Looking at the closed door, Su Qing shook his head with a smile, and with an idea, he took out a hidden talisman from the storage bag and pasted it on his body, jumped out of the courtyard wall that was not more than a foot high, and came from the back alley to the front street, and the streets of Gupu were very lively.
Most of them are dressed as hunters, carrying bows and arrows on their backs, and basically everyone has a red stone hanging from their waists, in this regard, Su Qing still understands, this town is located in the deep mountains, and it is not strange to make a living from hunting and dress roughly, but what is puzzling is that these hunters have fur on their faces! Some of them even have long feathers and beast tails sewn on their clothes! That's too crude, isn't it?
She stood quietly on the edge of a morning food stall, hoping to hear from the strangely dressed diners about the marriage of the 'adult', but they kept silent about it, and only made fun of each other's strange outfits.
Unable to do so, Su Qing had to find a rouge shop where women gathered, hoping to know something from these women, but the result was still nothing.
I wandered around the streets for a long time, but I still didn't hear a word about the marriage of an 'adult'.
She was going to leave the town to look for Liuli, but when she remembered what happened the night before, and the frightened faces of the 'brides' tied in the sedan chair, she felt heavy in her heart, besides, this town felt really unusual! (To be continued......)