"Thank you."

Ritsuko exhaled, her cheeks flushed a little, and her chest rose and fell slightly.

The shopkeeper staggered his eyes and grabbed the doors on both sides.

"You don't have to be polite, guest officer, this is what you should do, look at the two of you, this is the first time you have come to the capital, right?"

"The first time I came to the capital, I thought I could enter the city before dark, but who knew that the city was so dead, if it weren't for you, I was afraid that I would be sleeping on the streets with my little brother tonight."

The door to the inn closed behind Ritsuko, and a wisp of mist dispersed before melting into the air.

The shopkeeper approached Ritsuko's side and walked forward to her.

The sweet smell of the tip of the nose also disappeared, no longer the feeling of weakness, and the energy in the body seemed to have returned, but it always felt like there was nothing.

He wanted to open his eyes, but he was worried that the other humans in the inn would see the color of his eyes and cause trouble for Ritsuko, so he had to keep his eyes closed and feel the darkness.

Ritsuko led him forward, or listened to her whisper in her ear, "Watch the steps you take." ”

The feeling of crispy ears doesn't seem to be bad......

Ritsuko looked ahead, and the entire hall was surrounded by the dim candles on the table, flickering and dimming.

The shadows of the three of them also swayed in the inn.

The tables were neatly arranged, but what could be seen was an empty lobby.

Empty.

If it weren't for the fact that she could finally hear the voices of people coming from the guest rooms on the second floor, she would have thought that this inn would be even more eerie.

"It's only been a few days since the capital became like this, and at this time in the past, the streets were full of lights, and there was an endless stream of people coming to eat at the shop."

"I thought I was looking for the wrong place, but the city gate said it was indeed the capital." Ritsuko lowered her eyes, still a little afraid to look around, this inn lobby, echoes in her ears, always depressed panic, "Please give us a room first, and then tell me why the capital has become like this." ”

"Okay, officer, please go upstairs first."

The shopkeeper led the two of them to the second floor.

The staircase handrail is a bit old, and as soon as you step on it, it will "squeak" loudly.

It's like the dilapidated mansions that are easy to bump into the ghosts and ghosts written in the book.

Lu Li followed behind Ritsuko and secretly opened his eyes slightly, looking around, the air seemed to be mixed with a smell that did not belong to humans, a very faint stench.

Some of them resemble the foul smell that only the cloud ghosts that have devoured many humans.

It seemed to be deliberately hidden, but he still caught it.

The inn seems to be hiding some secret.

He just wanted to look up at the shopkeeper, but for some reason the man's eyes seemed to be a little sinister, and his expression seemed to be a little distorted.

I just don't know......

I saw that the shopkeeper turned his head little by little like a freeze-frame painting......

Laughing weirdly.

Lu Li hurriedly closed his eyes again, and the emptiness of the inn made him feel something strange in his heart.

I don't know if it's been looked at.

"Guest officer, there is only this room at the end of the corridor left in the shop, remember to lock the doors and windows at night."

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the shopkeeper.

Lu Li opened his eyes slightly, and the man's expression returned to normal, just now it was as if he had looked away, only a flattering face, rubbing his hands, and only focusing on Ritsuko in front of him.

He closed his eyes softly again.

"Thank you, I'll give you all of this." Ritsuko took out a small bag of silver from her sleeve pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The man only weighed his weight slightly, and then he became happy, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" ”

"It's just that you should tell me what happened in this capital now, right?"

"That's right, guest officer, listen to the little one and tell you slowly.

In the past few days, a cloud ghost has appeared in the capital that even ghost hunters are distressed by, and his whereabouts are strange, and he can't catch it.

It is said that this cloud ghost eats young girls, and several young girls have died at its hands in the Qinglou there alone, not to mention the young girls of ordinary people's families, and there are already several families who have heard that the official has gone to the yamen to make trouble.

Now at night, the doors of every house are closed, and even the old bustard who loves money to the eye of money does not dare to open the door again, especially a young and beautiful girl like you, who is the favorite of the cloud ghost, you should be more careful, don't become the food on the plate of this cloud ghost. ”

The shopkeeper spoke vividly, and even deliberately accentuated his tone.

In addition, the window at the end of the corridor did not seem to be closed, and a cool breeze blew through Ritsuko's back.

Her face turned blue.

"Ritsuko-sama, I'm still here, I'll protect you."

Lu Li felt that the hand holding him began to feel cold, and it seemed that he was still trembling slightly, thinking that it should be the words of the shopkeeper that scared her, so he used the only remaining energy to open a small space and whispered in her ear.

I just don't know if she can hear it.

The shopkeeper also realized that he should have gone too far, and seeing that Ritsuko had not spoken for a long time, he touched the back of his head with some embarrassment, and laughed dryly,

"But you don't have to panic too much, the people of the ghost hunter team are coming today, a kind of mist will be released all over the city in the next few days, which can greatly reduce the aggressiveness of the cloud ghosts, and will not have any impact on us humans, as long as the doors and windows are locked, do not go out, and do not light candles, they will not be targeted by the cloud ghosts."

"The cloud ghost that hurts people...... You'll have to catch it sooner......"

Ritsuko's mind suddenly appeared the terrifying red man in white who used to fill the room with a long sword, and the reddened drifting snow at that time also flashed.

The snow is falling heavily, and the tongue is a little tight, and the heart is beating a little faster.

There are thousands of words I want to say, but there are only these two sentences left at the corners of my mouth.

The shopkeeper hurriedly picked up Ritsuko's words, and also pulled back her thoughts that were about to drift away, and connected with Yinghe,

"This is natural, the guest officer is a little tired, you hurry into the house and rest, there are those ghost hunters, you can rest assured to live in the capital, the small one can go downstairs to blow out the candles first, you have something to call the small one."

Fortunately, the second child in the store can be regarded as acquaintances, and seeing that Ritsuko had no intention of talking again, he only gave a little advice, and he didn't mention anything anymore, and turned around to leave.

"Okay, you go slowly."

When Xiao Er walked downstairs, Ritsuko let go of Lu Li's hand, stroked his chest, and said to him softly, "Xiao Li, he has gone far." ”

……

……

The lobby fell into darkness, and the shopkeeper looked left and right, only to carefully twist the abacus on the counter, and a crack slowly appeared on the wall behind him.

Soon it became a one-man wide walkway.

The shopkeeper walked in briskly, and the wall closed behind him.

He, on his knees, was in the darkness.

"My lord, the little one seems to have noticed something by the child who was following the girl."

"Human children?"

"It should be...... It looks like a blind man. ”

"A blind man, why be afraid?"

"......"

"Humans just like to be foolish."

"Your Excellency is right."

"Let's do it tonight."

"Yes, sir."

The shopkeeper clutched the white bottle hidden in his sleeve and got up to leave.