Chapter 35: Attar
When Zhu Jue came to Wusa Town, the sky was already dark, and most of the orange-red sunset was under the plain far away, and the moon rings loomed in the sky.
The entire town of Usa is not flat, but is built around a hill, and you can clearly feel the road stretching upwards from the entrance of the town.
The town has undoubtedly existed for a long time, and compared to Neil City, the architectural style here seems to Zhu Jue to be somewhat peculiar, with rows of old spire houses, and many attic corridors protruding from the houses hanging out above the street, and below it are all narrow mountain alleys that shuttle between the houses, where herds of cats roam, and the residents seem to be accustomed to the presence of these cats, and do their own finishing work before the night comes.
"The Church of Usa......"
Holding the prayer ticket of the church in his hand, his eyes fell on the solemn and elegant round tower at the top of the town, which was different from the other buildings in the town.
Zhu Jue knew that it should be his goal, but it was obviously not appropriate to visit at this point in time, because the prayer ticket clearly stated that the church's opening hours were standard 9 to 5, and 996 obviously did not exist here.
"Hey, outsider, what is your purpose in coming to Usa?"
Just as Zhu Jue was thinking about whether to find a place to stay first, two men in leather armor and holding short swords in their hands came to inquire about the situation at the entrance of the nearby alley.
When they were questioned, their hands were already on the hilts of their swords, and their hostility was obvious.
Calling himself an outsider, equipped with weapons in the town, and taking the initiative to ask, Zhu Jue pulled the horses next to him to his side, and the identities of the two people in front of him were about to come out, the town garrison, that is, the "police" of this world.
"I'm just passing by, and I'm going to spend the night in Usa, and then I'll head to Neil tomorrow. ”
Although he didn't quite understand why these people were so wary of outsiders, Zhu Jue raised his hands for the first time, indicating that he had no malicious intent, and then explained.
"Open your backpack, we're going to check. ”
"Of course, no problem...... Has something happened on this side of Usa lately, I didn't have that when I passed through here before? ”
Without the slightest hesitation, he opened the backpack, there was nothing strange in it, so Zhu Jue was not afraid to check, and he was glad that he had obtained the space handbag in advance to hide the eye-catching Three Sun Moon Taidao At the same time, he took out two silver coins from his pocket and stuffed them into their hands, pretending to ask casually.
Zhu Jue had not been questioned by the local garrison in Neil City before, but when he came to this town, he was stopped and interrogated.
The reason naturally cannot be because the guards here are more conscientious.
"It's not very safe at night in the town these days, so if you can go, it's best to leave immediately. ”
The attitude of the guards who received the money immediately improved a lot, and they did not hesitate to tell some inside information about this kind of traveler, and even the action of searching the backpack was much gentler.
"Danger? That's bad news, I still have companions on the way, the better we meet here in Usa Town, I'm afraid I won't be able to go tonight...... Can you tell me more details, I'd better take precautions as soon as possible. ”
Then he stuffed a silver coin into each of the two of them, and after killing the Dream Eater, Zhu Jue got nearly 30 gold coins, which was nothing.
The town guards looked at each other, one of them coughed twice and turned his head to look at the nearby alleyway, while the other took two steps closer and said, "It's a secret, you won't want to know...... If you don't want to die, don't go out at night!"
After saying the chicken rib news that was equal to not being said, the words fell, and the two guards didn't even give a chance to ask, and turned around and left straightforwardly.
Who said that if you take the money, you have to do something?
Zhu Jue looked at the two guards who took the money and walked away, resisted the urge to draw his sword and go up to interrogate violently, and fed the two dogs with his own money, looked up and saw the darkening sky, and prepared to find a nearby hotel to settle down first.
Meow~
Familiar voice, Zhu Jue stopped, and looked in the direction where the sound came from, the black cat he had seen in the field outside Usa Town before was standing on the roof in front of the left and looking at this side.
It's waiting for itself.
Somehow, such a thought came to Zhu Jue's mind, but when he got closer, the black cat turned away again.
It's just that this time Zhu Jue didn't directly lose the trace of the black cat, it stopped after running a few meters, squatted on the wall far away, and continued to watch this side as before.
"What does this mean, is it ......?"
Zhu Jue, who had some vague conjectures, deliberately walked out more than ten meters in the opposite direction of the black cat's location, that is, in the direction outside Wusa Town.
Look back.
Sure enough, the black cat appeared in its last place.
Without saying a word, he turned over and approached the black cat, who also turned straight and galloped into the distance on the walls of the rowed houses.
Zhu Jue followed all the way, and sometimes had to slow down because the alleyway was narrow or there were pedestrians on the street, and the black cat stopped, which made Zhu Jue completely confirm his conjecture.
The black cat wants to take himself somewhere!
It's just that to Zhu Jue's surprise, as he went deeper into Wusa Town, he soon discovered that the black cat's target seemed to be the stone tower located at the highest point of the entire town!
This is indeed the case.
Ten minutes later, Zhu Jue watched as the black cat jumped down the branch of an old oak tree growing outside the tower into the window on the second floor of the tower, leaving him with a wooden branch that was still shaking.
Climb through the window to get in?
This was Zhu Jue's first reaction, and he did so.
Originally, according to his plan, he would find a place to stay first, and then come back at night to find out, who would have thought that the appearance of this black cat would disrupt his plans, and now whether he wants it or not, Usa's church is already in front of him.
Dismount and run to the oak tree that the black cat climbed just now, the window on the second floor is not small, Zhu Jue can also jump in directly as long as he retracts his hands and feet.
Jump up and grab the bottom branch, ready to use your strength to climb higher.
Squeak~
The tower's doors slowly opened.
An old man with a beard dragging to his chest and a face covered with the marks of age stood in a wooden staff about his height standing out of it.
After doing three things in a row, Zhu Jue's face was a little red (embarrassed) and fell back to the ground, looking at the old man who came out of the door, patting the non-existent grass and wood chips on his shoulders and saying, "I haven't exercised for a long time, and I want to do some exercise when I see this kind of branch...... Excuse me. ”
"I think you're a little tired from exercising, my friend came to me just now, maybe he wanted you to come in and rest for a while. ”
The old man in the white robe stayed on Zhu Jue's body, and finally chose not to expose the latter's clumsy lie, but continued with Zhu Jue's words.
The black cat that brought Zhu Jue here was standing by the old man's side at this time!
"Actually, it brought me here. ”
At this point, there is actually nothing to hide, and the black cat and this old man obviously know each other.
"It's not it, it's him. ”
The old man corrected Zhu Jue's speech problem, turned sideways towards the tower, with a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in a harmonious voice,
"Young man from afar, you can call me Attar, and if you have time, come and have a drink?"
Zhu Jue thought that the old man's mouth said "drink a cup" meant to go in and drink tea, and after thinking about it, he didn't refuse, he was always going to visit, and it was better to sneak in than to walk in openly now.
He never expected that as soon as he sat down, the old man, who was not much different from a sage or simply a sage, directly placed two wooden wine glasses on the table, and then said "unashamedly" and asked Zhu Jue to quickly take out the moonshine wine and drink two glasses.
True, Attar "have a drink" means drinking.
It's still the wine of Zhujue......
"Hahaha~ I knew you had moonshine on you, I smelled it when I opened the door, fuck, those rat-like disgusting monsters in the Lost Forest, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's old age, sooner or later he would have dug up that moon tree and planted it in the backyard, and made wine and drank it every day...... It's been really hot lately, and if I hadn't had this moonshine, I'd have had to climb to the top of the tower to cool off later. ”
The robe was tucked up to the knees, revealing two hairy legs and half-cut shorts, and half a glass of moonshine in one gulp, and the red-faced Attar patted his thighs and said.
The old man's alcohol consumption is really not good......
The temper is also quite explosive.