Chapter 43: Strange Tales

"Where did you get your friends?" Dahan diligently used his sleeve to help sweep the dust off a few stools, sat down with a big grin, and asked casually, "Listening to the accent, you don't look like people from Lidanguo." Oh, right...... My name is Ash. ”

"Duqi, these are my travel companions, and we are coming from Quwo Country." Du Qi said vaguely.

"Yo...... I've heard that the south is blocked by the army, and several of them are people with the means. Hi...... Look at my memory, I haven't just seen your methods! Ash laughed twice, and did not continue the topic with interest. So, what do you want to ask if you have such a generous shot? Let's start with it, we're just ordinary street gangsters, and some gossip is fine, but if it's about the secrets above, there's nothing we can do. He asked.

"Don't worry, I'm not much interested in those. Tell us a little bit about the city, how is there so many people here? We've passed through several cities before, all of which have been so badly destroyed that they're almost uninhabitable, mostly just robbers. Speaking of this, Du Qi glanced at Feng Xing behind him with a smile, they also killed some robbers along the way, and most of the time it was because of her. Glared at by Feng Xing coldly, Du Qi turned his head and continued, "This Juyi City is different, except for a little dirty, it is generally very well preserved. Moreover, I see that there is still some order in the interior. ”

"Hey...... Brother, you are asking the right person, and other people in the city may not be able to answer you. How so? Most of the people in the city have fled now, and there are really few real locals. "I used to live in Momiji Village, not far from the northeast of the city. The monster first appeared around there, probably more than a month ago! We were so frightened that we fled into the city with nothing. Strange enough, the monsters didn't attack us, but changed course and went in a different direction. ”

He took a breath and continued, "Don't you know, during that time, I heard that monsters were attacked everywhere, and the city walls couldn't stop them at all, and many people died. Ju Yicheng has been safe and stable, but everyone is still panicked...... Finally, the adults in the city seemed to have received the news from above, and hurriedly withdrew to the south with their troops, and the magnates fled with the army. As soon as the military elites left, the civilians were left with no bottom, and many hurriedly packed their bags, hung behind the army, and fled to the south. Later, refugees fleeing from the north passed through here, and after learning about the situation, some of them really couldn't escape, so they simply stayed here. As for the order you mentioned, there is a boss on our side who is in charge, and there are more or less constraints. Of course, some petty fights also happen quite often. ”

"What about you? Why didn't you leave at that time? ”

"Leave? Why leave? How comfortable it is to stay here. If it weren't for what happened, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to enjoy this life for the rest of my life. Those magnates and civilians left in a hurry, and there were a lot of things left in the city, and at first, so many people stayed here, and everyone took whatever they wanted, and they couldn't divide it at all. ”

"Just because of this? So you don't know, why don't those monsters attack Juyi City? ”

"Are you kidding?" Ash Di glanced at Du Qi with a strange look, "How did we know about such a thing?" ”

"No one has investigated either?"

"Whether the people above have checked it, we don't know. As for our ......," Ash shrugged, "if we can be chic for a day, we can be chic for a day, and what do we have to do with the rest." Besides, only you can meddle in this kind of thing, isn't it equivalent to death for ordinary people to investigate? ”

Du Qi glanced back at several of his companions, who had been observing the big man as they spoke. An ordinary person, it is difficult to lie in front of them without being detected.

"Okay......" From the eyes of his partner, Du Qi could tell that the other party didn't seem to be lying, "So...... Has anything strange happened in the city? ”

"Strange things?"

"It doesn't have to be recent, it's something that happened in the past. Like what...... Strange legends, unsolvable cases, etc., can be. ”

"This ...... Wait until I think about it! Ash frowned and thought for a moment, "The words of legend...... There is an abandoned mansion in the city, and I don't know why it has not been demolished, but later there were rumors that it was haunted, is this a strange thing? ”

"Of course, are there anything else?" Du Qi nodded, motioning for the other party to continue.

And then ...... A few years ago, there was a case that caused a stir when a nobleman killed everything in his mansion overnight, not only his family and servants, but also his pets. It is said that the nobleman was insane, and was later hanged by the garrison himself, and his body was burned. ”

"Are the mansions and nobles' mansions you mentioned still there?"

"Yes, yes, yes! The mansion is called Yu Mansion, which is located in the southwest of the city near the city wall, a large area, and it has been abandoned for a long time, and it is easy to find it when you go. As for the nobleman's mansion, I heard that it was later inherited by his cousin's clan, and it was just north of the market in the east of the city. There are two stone tiger sculptures in front of their house, and there are several particularly tall banyan trees, which should not be difficult to find. Grayfall pointed in the general direction, "That's right...... The garrison is in a hurry, and if you are really interested, you can go to his side, and maybe you can find the case file. ”

"Good!" Du Qi nodded, placed the bag with the jerky on the table, and got up to leave with his friends, "Thank you, brother! ”

"That's right...... There was one more thing that suddenly came to my mind. Ash Tu patted his head, "It's not a city thing, but it's quite famous on our side." ”

"Tell me about it!"

"It is about thirty kilometers north of the city that there is a very large forest, and the ancestors named it the Giant Feather Forest. The old man has always had a legend that there is a cannibal tribe living in the depths of the forest, and has been living a primitive life for hundreds of thousands of years. However, those people never leave the forest, and the Juyi City side can't afford to go into the forest to exterminate them, so they have been letting it go. Some adventurers were bold enough to go in, and I haven't heard of anyone coming out alive. Anyway, it was a forbidden place, and although we didn't know what was going on inside, we never came near it. ”

"Haunted houses, madmen, and primitive tribes, kind of interesting." Du Qi looked at his partners with interest, "This trip is really the right one, so which one should we start with first?" ”