Yang Ruoqing and his entourage, after a long journey of ten days and a half months, have already walked a long way.

After Qing'an County, out of Changhuaizhou, the journey to Beijing is estimated to have gone halfway.

At this moment, it was already the time to hold the lights, and their three carriages finally arrived at a small town in front of them.

"Last time we went back to the capital, we also settled in this town, but last time it was broad daylight, so we ate lunch and left."

"It looks like we're going to have to stay here tonight, have a good meal, sleep beautifully, and set off early tomorrow morning!"

Yang Ruoqing said to Yang Huazhong and Luo Blacksmith.

Yang Huazhong nodded: "It's okay, as long as there is a tile above the head to shelter from the wind and rain, it will be, let's go out, everything will be enough." ”

Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded.

Because it has entered late autumn, the closer this is to the north, the colder it seems.

Especially at night, there are hardly many pedestrians on the streets of the town.

Although there are scattered shops on both sides of the road with lights spilling out, this faint light is simply negligible compared to the darkness of the whole town.

"Did I overthink it or something? The last time I came back, I still felt that this town was quite lively, why did it feel eerie and infiltrating people everywhere? ”

Xiao Yaxue walked beside Yang Ruoqing, holding her arms, and looked around as she walked.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Can it be compared during the day and at night?" Don't be scared of yourself, there are so many of us, what are you afraid of? ”

What's more, there is also the wolf king chasing the clouds to escort it!

Xiao Yaxue continued: "Why do I feel that this town is a bit evil! We can't be in a ghost town, right? ”

Yang Ruoqing shook her head directly: "There is no such thing as a ghost town, the real troublemakers are people." ”

"Anyway, let's be more careful, after all, it's a foreign place."

The sound of the wheels of the carriage crushing against the bluestone slab floor was exceptionally clear.

Originally, Luo Fengtang took everyone straight to the inn where he had dinner last time, but when he got closer, he found that the inn was black, and there was a seal on the door.

"Confiscated?" He was stunned.

"Let's change homes again, I remember there should be an inn on the corner in front of me." Yang Ruoqing said.

"Hmm!"

The group then walked forward, and on the street corner in front of them, there was indeed a light spilling out of an inn.

When they saw the light, they saw it as if they had seen a lighthouse on the sea at night.

At the end of the day, no supplies could be found, and all of them quickened their pace and entered the inn.

The inn hadn't closed yet, but business was a little cold, and there were three or five people eating in silence at two tables in the lobby.

A man dressed as a shopkeeper stood behind the counter flipping through the books.

Hearing the noise, he hurriedly came out from behind the counter to greet him.

"A few guest officers, may I ask if you are playing a sharp game or staying in a hotel?" He asked.

Luo Fengtang told him that he wanted three rooms and prepared a table of meals.

The shopkeeper instructed a guy on the side to go down and prepare, and he personally led Luo Fengtang and his party to a table to sit down and make tea.

"Shopkeeper, I'll ask you about something." After Yang Ruoqing sat down, she said to the shopkeeper.

"Guest, please speak."

The shopkeeper is very enthusiastic, and the business has been terrible these days.

Tonight a big deal came, and he was so happy that he had to wait carefully.

Yang Ruoqing asked: "When I came here before, I saw a restaurant over there with a seal. What's going on? ”

When asked about this, the shopkeeper's face changed.

He looked around and said in a low voice, "It's so miserable! ”

"Tell me about it!" Yang Ruoqing said.

She still remembers the last time she went back to the restaurant for dinner, the restaurant was not large, but the shopkeeper inside was very kind.

Although it was only a meal, they made a good impression on each other.

That's why Yang Ruoqing asked more.

At this time, the shopkeeper in front of him had also sat down and said to everyone: "The shopkeeper of that family is actually a distant cousin of mine, and his daughter-in-law left him with a daughter-in-law, who is still blind." ”

"My cousin never went back for the rest of his life, supporting the restaurant and supporting him and his daughter."

"But last month, a local bully went to his restaurant for dinner and fell in love with my poor niece."

"If you want to marry back to be a concubine, my cousin will definitely not agree."

"That bully took advantage of my niece's sleep at night, went in through the window and ruined a good yellow flower girl!"

"My niece had a strong personality, and she died that night."

"My cousin went to the government to sue, but the bully is powerful and powerful, and he colluded with the government."

"My cousin was beaten and brought back."

"Let's all persuade him, let him bow his head, he can't do it!"

"My cousin is still angry, just three days ago, he grabbed a knife and rushed to the bully's house, wanting to die with the bully."

"I cut one of the bullies' arms and didn't kill them, but my cousin was arrested and put in prison by the government."

"I heard that the sentence was announced, and three days later, he was executed in Washikou."

"His family's restaurant has also been seized, and our relatives have been warned by the bully, and no one dares to make trouble."

"In the past few days, at night, the big guys don't dare to go out on the street, let alone go to Washikou. Oh, poor! ”

After the shopkeeper sighed for a while, he went to the backyard to be busy with the dishes.

Here, Yang Ruoqing and the others frowned.

Xiao Yaxue said: "No wonder since I entered this town, there was no one along the way, it turned out that there was such an unjust case, it was so hateful!" ”

Yang Huazhong said: "The shopkeeper father and daughter are too pitiful. ”

"This kind of thing, if you are any father, you will use a knife to fight hard!"

Blacksmith Luo sighed: "Why is there that bullying bully everywhere you go?" What kind of world is this! ”

Luo Fengtang's eyebrows furrowed: "I still remember the shopkeeper, he treated us very well last time." ”

"We just had a meal, and he helped us feed the horses for free."

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "If you change to another shopkeeper with a slightly crooked conscience, if you meet a customer with a foreign accent, you still have to kill us?" ”

"Their food prices are fair, and the portions are sufficient, so they look like kind people."

"And the girl who was blind that day, too, is also pitiful, if I remember correctly, she seems to be a year younger than me, right?" She asked.

Xiao Yaxue nodded, "The last time we talked to her, it seemed that she was one year younger than you." ”

Yang Ruoqing said: "Poor child! ”

While everyone was talking about this, there was a sudden commotion at the door of the inn.

Before the people entered the inn, the arrogant voice came first.

"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper is not there?"

Yang Ruoqing followed the prestige, only to see a young man who was fat with a ball and eyes squeezed into a slit coming in from the outside with his shoulders crossed.