Chapter Twenty-Six: Talking about the Old City Brothers Inviting Trouble, Asking the Case and Fake Monks
"A hundred ghosts walk at night, and the corpses of living people change?" Lu Le repeated it carefully, and he felt a chill in his back just by making up this picture in his brain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Xiao Lao'er was timid at that time, and he didn't feel right, so he hurriedly ran outside, and not long after I ran out, the city gate was closed, and I hid in the mountains for a month, and when I came back, the city was surrounded by officers and soldiers." While recalling the past, the old shopkeeper said to Lu Le, "I only remember that the mountains shook in the end, and even the officers and soldiers withdrew." Later, the city was gone. When I returned to Donghe, the city was gone, the people in it were gone, and more than 100,000 people were gone! ”
"Why can't you?" Lu Le couldn't help asking.
"It's just gone, it's like it's been removed. After the officers and soldiers withdrew, Xiao Lao'er returned to Donghe, and it became a small open space, and there was nothing left. Xiao Lao'er came to Donghe to live at that time, although there were no relatives in it, but there were always a few friends, so he disappeared for no reason and wanted to inquire about the reason inside, and spent a lot of money to go down, only to know that this was a demon in Xiangxi to do the sin, and later heard that the court Qin Xiang issued a ban, and finally could only rest his thoughts. ”
A city is gone? Lu Le felt terrified when he thought about it, whether it was the ancient city of Loulan or Pompeii, their disappearance was just buried by wind and sand or volcanic eruptions, not really gone, the ruins still remained, waiting for future generations to discover. And now listening to what the old shopkeeper said, it is actually disappearing in the true sense, leaving not even a trace left, it is simply the martial arts version of Resident Evil broke out, and Raccoon City was wiped out by a nuclear bomb.
Another shocking background, Lu Le sighed silently, he was burdened with empty entrustment, and he had no time to dig up the story here. Now Lu Le only hopes that this disappearance case must not be related to the old city of Donghe, otherwise he will be in danger if he has anything to do with such a big trouble.
Thinking of this, Lu Le's heart sank, and he asked the old shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, apart from you knowing about this back then, did anyone else in the town know about it?" ”
"Most of the people in this town moved in later, what happened back then, it's not that I boast, because of the ban of the imperial court, except for a few older people on the other side of Xihe, no one knows better than me, and now the young people in Xihe are probably frightened by the legend of the old demon in Xiangxi since childhood, but most of them don't know anything about the specific points they want to ask."
Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Lu Le's heart became even heavier, and he asked bitterly: "Did the shopkeeper talk to a few little second brothers?" ”
"Such a big thing, except for asking a county official like the little master, how dare the little old man say it." The old shopkeeper shook his hand again and again, indicating that he had not violated the ban of the imperial court.
Lu Le was not at ease, but continued to ask: "Really?" Could it be that the shopkeeper inadvertently mentioned it? ”
"What's this?" The old shopkeeper pondered and meditated, recalling, "Maybe the Li brothers know a thing or two." Before last year, Xiao Lao'er's business was deserted, so he warmed up a pot of wine and chatted with the Li brothers who were guarding, and finally drank too much and didn't know what he said, but the next day the Li brothers asked Xiao Lao'er about the old city of Donghe, which scared Xiao Lao'er enough, and repeatedly told the two not to talk nonsense. ”
"It seems that the problem is here......" Lu Le muttered to himself.
"Little Master, you mean?" The old shopkeeper finally reacted, and asked uneasily, "Could it be that the Li family brothers disappeared because of this?" ”
"I hope not!" Lu Le said in a deep voice, "But nine times out of ten, I guess that night it should be the rumor that the Li family brothers gossiped about the ancient city of Donghe, and when that person heard it, he temporarily made a move." ”
"The second son?"
"Or maybe the Li brothers failed to keep the secret?" Lu Le thought for a while and asked.
"It's impossible, the brothers of the Li family are honest and duty-bound, and the second son is not a person all the way, speaking of which, the second son also looks down on the two sons of the Li family a little, this matter has been repeatedly told by me, and it is impossible to tell outsiders." The old shopkeeper said categorically, expressing his belief in the Li family.
Lu Le nodded and said, "The two men should still have a secret, and this Li family brother should be because of this." The two got the secret, and they must have felt uncomfortable in their hearts, so that night, they discussed in private, they didn't know that the person who practiced martial arts had a keen sense of five senses, and was listened to, and the person was afraid that he was originally running for this matter, so he kidnapped Li Mi, and after some torture, he arrested Li Er. ”
"What about them?" The shopkeeper said in a trembling voice.
"Lives are hard to spare." Lu Le was silent for a while, and spit out four words, even if there is a covenant with Wu Fan, such a big event will definitely not tolerate accidents, and the Li family brothers are only afraid that they will be robbed.
"Alas!" The old shopkeeper slapped his thigh, sat on the ground with his buttocks, slapped himself twice, and said sadly, "I hurt their two brothers, confused!" It's okay what kind of wine do I drink......"
"The shopkeeper also asks for condolences, the little monk is only speculating on this matter, maybe the lives of the two are not hindered for the time being, the top priority is to find the person who made the shot, and maybe he can save the Li brothers." Lu Le comforted him, but he didn't believe that the two Li family were still captive, and their lives were saved.
"Yes, yes, yes." The old shopkeeper came back to his senses, all this was just Lu Le's speculation, if there was a glimmer of hope, he should not give up, quickly got up, sorted out his emotions and said, "Little master, come with me, and there are two guest officers in the local number room." ”
The No. 1 room is a rough man, who looks like a tiger and is extremely strong.
"There is a little problem with this person in a certain family, as long as he lies down, he sleeps very dead, the snoring is shocking, the thunder is not moving, he doesn't know anything about what happened at night, and the next day he still knows that the old shopkeeper talked about it, and he is ashamed." Listening to Ming Lu Le's intention, the man replied very cheerfully, speaking a little urn-like, and his accent was a little weird, but he was extremely straightforward.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The old shopkeeper made a gesture and said with a grateful face: "Brother Li also took the initiative to help, and followed the little old man to the streets and alleys for a day. ”
"Haha, the shopkeeper is polite, the second brother's surname is Li, and he is also considered a member of his family, so he should be busy." Waving his hand to show that it was okay, the big man said to Lu Le again, "If there is anything that needs help in this matter, the little monk will try to speak, a certain family has no other skills, and it is okay to sell some strength." ”
"In this way, I thank Master Li Shi. The little monk retired first. ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
The two confessed to the big man and exited the No. 1 room, Lu Le asked: "Do you know the shopkeeper, what is the origin of this Brother Li?" ”
"According to Brother Li, he claimed to be hired by a wealthy merchant in the Western Regions, and he wanted to go to CD to transport a batch of Shu embroidery back, and when he passed through Xihe and heard that Wang Xiaozhen worshiped his ancestors, he wanted to see the excitement, so he lived here."
"I see." Lu Le remained silent and continued, "Please continue with the shopkeeper." ”
"This ......" the old shopkeeper showed a look of embarrassment at this time.
"Huh? What's the dilemma of the shopkeeper? Lu Le is a careful person, and when he saw that the old shopkeeper was embarrassed, he asked.
"Don't hide it from the little master, this last guest is a girl, I'm afraid it's a little inconvenient." Although the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty was not as conservative as that of the Ming Dynasty, the concept of defense between men and women has been formed, and it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"It doesn't matter, the old man is an elder, and he will naturally not blame him if he has met with that girl. The little monk is a monk, and he pays attention to the color and emptiness, and presumably that girl will not be as knowledgeable as me. Lu Le said that he was out of the dust, as if he was a high-ranking monk, but in fact, he had tears in his heart - he finally found out that this fake monk was also beneficial, at least in ancient times, the girl would not be considered a disciple.
The old shopkeeper thought about it for a while, and the monk was talking about red faces and white bones, and he didn't pay much attention to this man's and women's defense, so he said: "Then please ask the little master to come with me." ”
took Lu Le to the third floor of the inn and came to a quiet attic, where the old shopkeeper knocked on the door and shouted, "Miss Xie, Miss Xie." ”
"Uncle, what's the matter?" A melodious, crisp and beautiful sound came from the room.
"There is a little master from Xihe County, and I want to ask the girl something, but I don't know ......"
"There is a difference between men and women, please go back." The voice is extremely soft, but the tone is so resolute that people can't bear to refuse.
"This ......" The old shopkeeper looked at Lu Le, and had the idea of retreating.
"Amitabha, the little monk has no malicious intent, he just wants to inquire about the situation of the Li family's brother's disappearance for one night, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and I also ask the girl to be merciful." Just kidding, Lu Le is also a promising young man who has been trained in the entertainment industry in the 22nd century, where will he be sent away by a plain and masked girl in a few words, and immediately a big hat to save people's lives will be deducted.
There was silence in the room for a while, obviously the woman inside was not deeply involved in the world, and was suppressed by Lu Le's big hat, and replied helplessly: "That is the case, please ask the master, the little woman replied like this, but after two days, there are many unclear things in my recollection at this time." ”
"Amitabha, thank you girl, I don't know that at the time of the crime, the girl was in her room?"
"I was meditating in my room."
"I wonder what the girl heard?"
"I have never heard of it."
"Girl, this house is the closest to the lobby, if Li Er yells, how can people of my generation who practice martial arts not know?"
"In the middle of the night, even if Li Er shouts, the little woman doesn't dare to go out."
"This is strange, my children in the rivers and lakes are already masters of art and bold, otherwise, how dare the girl go out alone, and how can she be afraid of a shopkeeper?"
"Monk, how are you doing?" The female voice in the room had a hint of anger, obviously provoked by Lu Le's insinuations.
"I heard that it was a white shadow that kidnapped Li Mi, and the shopkeeper said to the little monk that the girl was dressed in white clothes on weekdays, and the third floor was the closest place to the crime......" Lu Le continued to say in a calm tone, not feeling that what he said shocked the old shopkeeper.