Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Strange Inn

The old man shook his head and sighed, by the light of the not too bright fire, King Liang took a closer look at the old man, only to see that his face was covered with flowers, his eyes were cloudy, he was estimated to be seventy or eighty years old, his whole body exuded a pungent smell, and his waist was very hunched and very thin.

The old man moved a few steps forward with difficulty, towards King Liang's ear, and said in a solemn tone, "Originally, today's sacrifice should have been held by Hou Ye on behalf of everyone some time ago, but Hou Ye was killed."

The old man's tone was gentle, and when he said this, he didn't have the slightest breath, which made it hard to believe that these words came from the mouth of an old man in his seventies and eighties.

The old man smiled, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, matched with his figure, which made people feel a little chilling, he said in a quiet tone, and continued, "It is said that Hou Ye has angered the gods, causing evil spirits to be riddled with evil spirits, and he is seriously ill, and now Hou Ye is dead, and the people are afraid that the gods will also condemn themselves, so they hold it privately."

The old man's tone was calm, making people's scalp tingle, and King Liang seemed to react, and asked again, "In this way, tomorrow's sacrifice is okay, does it have to be carried out tonight?" ”

"Ahem......"

The old man moved his crutches, coughed slightly, and said in a low voice, "This sacrifice is not a simple sacrifice... But... Ahem...... There is another reason...... Ahem"

The old man coughed a little violently, and his hands trembled badly.

King Liang couldn't bear it anymore, so he diverted the topic and said, "Old man, I see that you are not in very good health, why are you here alone?" Why don't I take you home? ”

The old man shook his head, and did not answer King Liang's question, but breathed a sigh of relief, and then said just now, "Alas, I want to say it...... This incident started only because of the recent ... Very uncalm, ha... There are many people who have seen it with their own eyes... The haunted scene, the people in the city are panicked, and this sacrifice is also... It's a ghost exorcism, keep a... Peace"

"Haunted?!"

King Liang's pupils contracted, his heart was shocked, to be honest, he didn't believe in this nonsense, his eyes looked at the old man, from the old man's cloudy eyes, King Liang could see that the old man seemed to be very afraid, and King Liang didn't refute anything, just shook his head,

Xu Wen was a little stunned, he had read poetry and books since he was a child, and he directly expressed his disbelief in this demagogic haunting.

Yan Tu also has the same attitude and does not believe it at all.

But it seemed that the old man was convinced, with awe, and after saying this, he said another sentence to King Liang, "I have been... I heard rumors that this ghost... It's like a Hou Ye... Every night they will come out and plague the people... You've just arrived here, just to be on the safe side... It's better not to go out late at night, lest you suffer unwarranted disaster..."

The old man was very old, probably standing for too long, and his tone was not as gentle as just now, with wheezing, and coughing a few times from time to time

It can be seen that he is in very poor physical condition, but I am afraid that his time is running out.

King Liang nodded, watched the old man leave, and after a few steps, the old man blended in the crowd and disappeared.

But King Liang's heart turned up a monstrous wave, although he didn't believe in the gods and ghosts, but the old man's words were sincere, not like he was telling a lie.

Xu Wen also felt the same way, thoughtfully, and said in a low voice, "In my opinion, this matter has a lot of conspiracy flavor."

Yan Tu frowned, and King Liang's face was very unsightly, he had the same opinion as Xu Wen, thinking that Qi Lehou definitely had a conspiracy, and said suspiciously, "I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in this Qi Lehou's gourd?" ”

The sacrifice continued, the sound was noisy, the gongs and drums were noisy, resounding throughout Yuzhou, several people on horseback were surrounded by people and slowly moving forward, and every time they passed by a door, there were firecrackers in unison.

At the same time, all the men, women and children in the family knelt at the door, kowtowed to a few people on horseback, and then buried their heads deeply, knocked on the ground, and walked away, before slowly standing up, looking at the people in the distance, with their hands folded and a pious attitude.

It's right to fear ghosts and gods, but it's a bit too much to worship so blindly, it seems that these people may have to go around Yuzhou City, King Liang smiled slightly, he didn't follow, but took Xu Wenyantu to the clothes shop, and he was going to buy a mink for Hou Ye.

The surrounding businesses did not follow the flow of people, and most of them chose to bow down as they passed by.

Therefore, King Liang found it very easily, and after a while, he picked out a cloak made of milky white mink in the back shops where the flow of people passed.

It is warm to the touch, very textured, very silky, and the only drawback is that the price is too expensive, and it costs five taels of silver.

The corners of King Liang's mouth twitched, these silver were enough for him to live in an inn for a month, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't bear to take it out of his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper is a slightly chubby man, smiling at this moment, stretching out his hands to take it, looking very happy, and helping Liang Wang carefully package it, sending everyone out with a smile, and shouting in his mouth, "A few slow walks, welcome to come again next time"

King Liang was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and walked in the direction of the inn without looking back.

Xu Wen shook his head and smiled, and followed, but Yan Tu didn't say anything, and kept following King Liang, because he had always spoken very little and was a taciturn person.

After returning to the inn, it was close to the early hours of the morning, King Liang was a little tired, and after returning to the second floor, he simply freshened up, and then went back to his room to lie down.

Yan Tu Xu Wen lived next door, one room, two beds, and when they saw King Liang go in, they also went back to the house to sleep.

In the middle of the night, everyone was already asleep, and Yan Tu heard a whining sound in his sleep.

It seemed that it was windy outside, and Yan Tu was woken up, he rolled over, forced his eyes closed, and planned to fall asleep.

"Woo~"

"Woo~"

The sound grew louder and louder, and outside the room, there was a squeaking sound at the same time, as if it was the kind of sound of breaking the door and being blown by the wind, and the two voices were mixed together, and in the silent night, it spread far and wide, and it was very harsh.

Yan Tu was a little angry, he jumped up from the bed suddenly, walked out of the door quickly, and shouted down, "Xiao Er, can you close the door and let people not sleep"

At this time, Xiao Er may have been frightened by Yan Tu, his face was pale for a while, without a trace of blood, and he stood downstairs and explained tremblingly, "Guest officer, I forgot to remind you, we are here, it will be windy every night these days, and there will be some strange noises, you don't have to care"

Yan Tu frowned, he was very angry, "The voice is so loud, how can you rest?" ”

Xiao Er may have been frightened, and kept arching his hand, nodding his head, "Guest officer, you will just spend the night, don't you see that other people are also sleeping well?" ”

Yan Tu may have been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his sense of hearing is very keen, but he will wake up whenever there is any movement

This strange sound was not very loud, and it might be insignificant to others, but to him, it was like noise, and it was difficult for him to sleep at all.

His face was ugly, and he didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Xiao Er smiled at Yan Tu, and then slowly left.

The whining sound continued, and the squeaking sound of breaking the door still reached Yan Tu's ears, and he couldn't help but darken his face, and he had no intention of sleeping again.

Turning back to the room, he poured a cup of tea and drank it.

However, at this moment, there was a crackling sound downstairs, which seemed to be the sound of overturning tables, chairs, and plates.

Yan Tu didn't care, thinking to himself, it must have been accidentally broken when the inn junior was washing dishes.

"Ping Pong~"

However, Yan Tu didn't expect that the voice was actually louder, he felt that something was wrong, and rushed out of the room with an arrow step.

At this time, the other guest officers on the second floor also heard it clearly, and ran out one after another, lying on the second floor and looking down.

The tables and chairs downstairs fell to the ground, and all the dishes and chopsticks on the table were scattered on the ground, as if they had been looted, but unlike the looting, nothing was lost.

Xu Wen, the king of Liang, was also awakened, and Xu Wen was the first to run out, and hurriedly asked Yan Tu, "What happened?" ”

At this time, King Liang also got dressed, and came over with a panicked face, just in this huge movement, it really scared her.

Yan Tu looked dazed and shook his head.

"Ah~!"

Suddenly, there was a heart-rending scream from downstairs.

It made people's scalps tingle, and all the guest officers present, including Xu Wenliang and Wang Yantu, were shocked and felt creepy, this voice was like the kind of fear before death.

"I heard the sound like it came from the backyard of the inn" Yan Tu's pupils tightened, and his eyes were clear.

At this time, the other guest officers were already panicked, and even some women were so frightened that they screamed again and again, and three or five children leaned close to their parents, staring at their eyes wide, and looking around blankly.

Anyone would be afraid of this kind of thing in the middle of the night.