Chapter 320: A Strange Town
Since the enemy in Huizhou, the Ling family and his party went out of Huizhou and into Jiangzhou, and they did not encounter any obstacles along the way, which made everyone a lot easier.
But it's not surprising to think about it, after the previous battle, except for the timely withdrawal of the Yinyunling Yama King Village among the Huizhou bandits, the other villages have suffered heavy losses, and a few of them have even been killed by their families, so naturally they have no strength to rob the darts. On the green forest road in Jiangzhou, the Bamboo Flower Gang is the dominant family, and since Du Shanzhu, the leader of the Bamboo Flower Gang, has made a promise in person, the Jiangzhou territory will naturally be safe and sound.
After traveling for more than a month, the Ling family and his party entered the boundary of Yuezhou, and as soon as they entered Yuezhou, a group of people from the Fuwei Dart Bureau came to greet them, and the person headed by them was Ling Fang, the chief butler of the Ling Mansion. It turned out that Ling Zhennan saw that he was approaching Yuezhou and was about to arrive at the door, so he notified his own dart bureau with a flying pigeon passing, and Ling Fang also knew that Ling Zhennan's dart was very important, and the general number of the dart bureau happened to be fine, so he personally led a group of people to greet him.
The reason why Ling Zhennan called so many people was not out of safety considerations, with the three innate masters of Ling Muyun, Huang Rong and Mei Ruohua, even more insurance than thousands of escorts, there was really no need to call more people.
It's just that Ling Zhennan considered that the destination of the dart they were betting on this time was Fuwang Mansion in Fuling County, and the Fuwang Mansion was rich and powerful, if it was just three or five people who simply bet the dart over, it was likely to be despised by the Fuwang Mansion, and even made the Fuwang Mansion think that they didn't contribute much to the Fuwei Dart Bureau this time, so Ling Zhennan called more people in the dart game and looked solemn. It's a little better to dart to the door.
To put it bluntly, this time Ling Zhennan called someone from the general number of the dart game, purely to pretend.
And after meeting with Ling Fang and the others, Ling Zhennan and the others were also relieved, now that they have entered Yuezhou, it can be said that they have arrived at their own land, and the probability of another accident is extremely low, and this time Ling Fang has brought so many people, with so many pairs of eyes to help star, Ling Muyun and the others have been carrying the heart is also a little relaxed.
After meeting with Ling Fang and the others, Ling Zhennan and the others went to Fuling County together, preparing to send the dart to the Fuwang Mansion first. Then go back to the game.
Because they are all natives of Yuezhou. And it is perennial darts, and it is very clear about the terrain of Yuezhou, so everyone is familiar with the road, where the mountains are high and the road is dangerous. Where the roads are flat. Where there are bandits. Everyone knows where there is a town to stop, so it is much easier and more comfortable to walk than before.
On this day they walked all day's way. In the evening, I came to a town called Panshan Town, which is only a few hundred miles away from Fuling County, and is located in the north-south traffic point, but anyone who comes from the north must pass through here if they want to go to Fuling County.
Fuling County is the richest place in Yuezhou, there are many merchants, and the Fuwei Dart Bureau has not received the darts of Fuling County, so it is no stranger to this path, and it is good to go to this Panshan Town to rest at night. After a few days' journey, you will be able to reach Fuling County.
But as soon as they entered the town, they felt that something was wrong, because it was not dark at this time, but there was not half a figure in the town. This is not the first time that everyone in Panshan Town has come, so the situation in Panshan Town is very clear, Panshan Town is still quite prosperous compared to other towns because it is located in the traffic rush, and it is still quite prosperous compared to other towns.
Bai Erqi, who came with Ling Fang to meet Ling Muyun and the others this time, said: "This is strange, isn't this Panshan Town quite lively in the past?" Why is there no one so early today? Did you go to bed early? ”
Originally, Bai Er was just an executioner in the Fuwei Dart Bureau, and when he went out to dart, because of his low status and shallow qualifications, he generally did not dare to express his opinions easily unless he was instructed to do so, so as not to cause the displeasure of others.
However, because Ling Muyun saw that he was quite well-behaved, and he was also good at doing things, and he had been serving before and after the saddle, and he had the intention to promote him, he simply taught him some relatively superficial methods of internal strength, and passed on to him a set of Wuhu Broken Door Knife techniques that he learned when he watched Mao 18 in the Luding World, which made him make great progress in his martial arts, and he jumped from the original inflow to the level of four or five streams, and was promoted by Ling Zhennan to become the dart head of the dart game, and he spoke much more freely than before.
Ling Zhennan frowned slightly, and said, "Let's find an inn to stay in first." ”
It's just that everyone's faces are getting more and more strange along the way, but they see that every shop has its door panels. Panshan Town said that it is not big, it is not small, and there are one or two hundred shops, but at a glance, it seems to be a dead town.
Everyone turned a corner on the street, and saw a white cloth sign in front of an inn, with the four big characters of "Homecoming Inn" written on it, which was the inn that used to come and stay overnight. But the door was closed, and there was no sound. Ling Muyun glanced at Bai Er, and Bai Er stepped forward and knocked on the door even with a look in his eyes.
Bai Er knocked on the door a few times, stopped for a moment, knocked a few more times, and after a long time, no one answered the door, and immediately shouted: "Shop, shop, open the door, open the door quickly, there is a guest coming to the door." Is there anybody? Open the door! ”
Bai Er was originally born as a shouting trumpeter, his voice was very loud, and he learned the method of internal qi exhalation from Ling Muyun. However, no one in the inn agreed, and the situation was obviously very abrupt.
Seeing this, Bai Er listened to the door panel, and the store was silent, and turned to Ling Zhennan and said, "Chief dart, there seems to be no one in the store." ”
Ling Zhennan faintly felt that something was wrong, seeing that the store was very new, and the door panels were also very clean, it was definitely not the appearance of closing down and not doing it, and said: "Go ahead and see, there is not only this inn in this town, go and see other ones." ”
Walking forward through dozens of storefronts, there is another "Ping An Inn", Bai Er consciously stepped forward and knocked on the door without being instructed, but the situation was exactly the same as the first inn, and there was still no answer.
Seeing this scene, Huang Rong turned her head to Ling Muyun and said, "Brother Yun, let's go in and take a look." ”
Ling Muyun nodded: "Okay!" ”
The two of them performed light skills at the moment and entered over the wall. Falling lightly in the courtyard, Huang Rong shouted clearly: "Is there anyone in the store?" Is there anyone there? ”
No one answered, and the two walked into the guest hall side by side, and half of the figures in the guest hall were invisible. When I went to the kitchen, stables, and guest rooms in the back, I still didn't see anyone. But there was no dust on the table and chairs, and even the tea in a teapot on the table was still slightly warm, so it was obvious that he had just left.
Ling Muyun and Huang Rong couldn't help but glance at each other when they saw this scene, and they were secretly vigilant in their hearts, this situation was too abnormal, it was obvious that someone was secretly making trouble.
Huang Rong said: "Brother Yun, what do you think is going on?" ”
Ling Muyun said: "Let's go and open the door to my father and mother first, and let everyone come in." ”
opened the door and let Ling Zhennan and the others come in, Ling Muyun and Huang Rong told the situation in the inn, everyone was amazed, and Ling Zhennan and other people who were old in the rivers and lakes looked a little solemn.
Wang Yue'e glanced at Ling Zhennan and asked, "Brother Nan, what should I do?" ”
Ling Zhennan groaned slightly, and instructed the executioners of the dart divisions under his command, "You are in a group of five, go to all parts of the town to take a look, and inquire about the reason. ”
Speaking of this, Ling Zhennan said to Ling Muyun again: "Yun'er, Rong'er, Brother Fang, Miss Mei, you four are fast, follow along to take a look, so as not to make any mistakes." ”
This is Ling Zhennan, just in case, Ling Muyun and the other four people have all entered the innate realm, their body is fast and their strength is outstanding, in case there is an enemy in ambush in the town, once the dart masters and executioners who check it warn, the four of them can also quickly rush to help, so as not to cause losses.
Ling Muyun and the other four of them agreed with all the dart masters, and they quickly walked out of the inn and walked towards all parts of the town.
For a while, there were only two people left in the inn, Ling Zhennan and Wang Yue.
At first, I heard the footsteps of people outside, but then I fell silent. This Panshan town is so quiet that people only feel creepy, a huge town, the voices of people are silent, and even the sound of chickens and dogs barking can not be heard, which is really unusual. Ling Zhennan and Wang Yue'e suddenly became worried again, although they knew that there were four innate masters such as Ling Muyun pressing the formation, and the chance of something happening was very small, they still couldn't help but worry.
Wang Yue'e said: "Brother Nan, let's go out and have a look." ”
"Okay." Ling Zhennan was also a little worried, and immediately nodded in agreement.
The two walked to the door, only to see the figure in the northeast corner shaking, and a few people jumped into the house in the west, all of whom were sent out to the executioner. I also saw two figures patrolling and wandering on the roofs and tiles of the town, it was his son Ling Muyun and daughter-in-law Huang Rong. Only then did the two of them settle down and go back to the store to wait.
After a while, a group of dart masters reported back, and then Ling Muyun and several others also came back, saying that there was no one in the town, Bai Er said: "Don't talk about people, even the whole town doesn't even see a single animal, it's really evil." ”
Another older dart head said: "Chief dart, the people in the town have not been gone for a long time, and it seems that although they are in a hurry, they are not unprepared. Many families even have meals that they have time to eat, and most of the boxes in the rooms are open, and everyone takes away all the valuable things. ”
When everyone finished telling the scene in the town, everyone fell silent, and everyone had a vague feeling that they seemed to have fallen into a well-orchestrated conspiracy trap. (To be continued......)