Chapter 5: The Innkeeper

I got up from the ground and turned to look at the road, but I was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did that girl go?" I asked Boss Ye.

"Aren't you still on that road?" Boss Ye stared at the front with wide eyes, and was suddenly stunned, "Did you go so fast, this is gone?" ”

"Where did she goβ€”"

Without waiting for me to ask, Boss Ye pointed in a timely direction: "Where she just left, should we follow her and have a look?" By the way, do you know where that road leads?"

Following the direction pointed by Boss Ye, I looked over. It was an upward path that seemed to lead to the mountains. And next to this path, there is a downward path, which leads to the village below.

I was very impressed by this downward path. Because the Yin Yang Inn is in the village below. At that time, I had nothing to do, and when I was wandering around the village, I also walked this road.

But since it was getting late at the time, like this time, I didn't plan to come up and have a look.

Now in the face of Boss Ye's inquiry, I can't answer, so I have to smile stupidly: "No, I haven't gone up to see it, that ...... Let's go up and have a look later, the Yin Yang Inn is right down there. ”

I pointed to the downward path, and Boss Ye followed and glanced at it, and without saying anything, he agreed.

After one last glance at the path where the girl had disappeared, I walked out of the grass with Boss Ye. After that, we went straight to the village below.

The ghost town of Xudu is divided into two parts: the upper village and the lower village, which is the lower village, and it is also the place where you will arrive if you enter from the main gate and walk straight all the way.

The upper village is on the back of the Ghost Town Mountain. I haven't really been there, but I saw it when I looked at it from the top of the ghost town hill. It has the same green bricks and green tiles as the lower village, the only difference is that the upper village is still brightly lit until midnight.

I remember that at that time, I also asked the owner of the Yin-Yang Inn who lived in this upper village. But the innkeeper didn't say it explicitly, just smiled and said, "Anyway, it can't be inhabited by lonely ghosts." ”

Boss Ye and I walked all the way into the lower village. It's already nine o'clock, and normally the village is already completely black, but now it's dark, not even a single light has been turned off.

The whole village is brightly lit and the smoke is curling. It feels like a paradise.

But strangely, we didn't see any villagers on the streets. You can hear the sound of the TV coming into the house, the noise of eating, and even the sound of playing cards. But I didn't see anyone coming out.

It wasn't until we entered the main road of the village that we met a few pedestrians on the curb of the road. The group must have just finished eating and were drunk, and they were gathering there talking drunk.

Listening to the accent, they are not locals. So I'm guessing they're probably the ones who came here to do the construction.

I was about to call Boss Ye and go up and ask about it. turned around and saw that the middle-aged man who had come to look for Boss Ye before, was running over and saying something to those people.

But the group of people was obviously drunk, and they didn't know what the middle-aged man was talking about, and they all had confused faces. The middle-aged man was anxious, jumping and roaring, and after speaking, he scolded again in that gap.

Most drunk people have a common nature, that is, he doesn't know what you are talking about, but if you scold him, he will definitely understand, and he will definitely scold you back. If you have a bad temper, you will be pumped directly.

And that group of people is clearly the latter......

In the blink of an eye, the middle-aged man was beaten to the ground by this group of people. Seeing the middle-aged man curled up on the ground, he didn't say a word, and this group of drunks didn't stop at all. I started to worry if something would happen.

"Do you want to go up and persuade them, I'm afraid something will happen if you go on like this." I asked Boss Ye next to me.

Boss Ye was pursing his lips and looking at him without saying a word. Hearing my inquiry, he hesitated for a moment before exhaling, "Okay." I'm going to pull those people away, and you drag that turtle grandson away. ”

So saying, he went up.

And I followed closely behind......

Suddenly, a figure rushed ahead of us. The figure first pulled away one of the drunks who was kicking the middle-aged man, and then pushed the other drunk to the ground with his backhand. Immediately afterwards, he dragged the middle-aged man who was paralyzed on the ground and ran away.

This one is smooth, in one go, without any ambiguity. Boss Ye and I froze in place.

After a long time, Boss Ye asked me, "Did you see it, Ah Hao, who was that just now?" ”

I didn't answer, and my mind kept recalling the scene just now. That figure, that series of movements. Have I seen it somewhere?

Suddenly, I slapped my head suddenly: "Damn, I know, I know who it is, let's go, Boss Ye." ”

I dragged Boss Ye and ran in one direction.

Boss Ye was a little surprised, broke free from my restraints, and shouted, "Be clear, where are you going?" ”

"Yin-Yang Inn, the one just now is the owner of the Yin-Yang Inn."

I responded, and two dark shadows flashed in my peripheral vision.

Subconsciously, I looked sideways and happened to see that in a small alley on the side of the road, the owner of the Yinyang Inn was carrying the middle-aged man, facing someone.

I hurriedly stopped, and I didn't care about Boss Ye behind me, and rushed into the alley.

"Boss, I'm back again." I slowed down.

The people in the alley heard the figure and turned their heads one after another.

I was a little surprised that the person who was facing the innkeeper was the young lady who had just gone up the mountain.

My first reaction was to turn around and leave, after all, Boss Ye and I came in without permission. And the middle-aged man who came up to find Boss Ye before is also here, if something happens at this time, we won't have a chance to defend ourselves.

But Boss Ye behind him walked up with a grin, just like no one. happened to see the young lady of the main station again, and instantly a smile turned into a flower.

"Hey, you're here too, what a coincidence, that ...... Forehead ......"

Boss Ye was suddenly dumbfounded, I don't know if it was because I thought that we shouldn't be here.

"This and this...... We ......"

"We've come to find the innkeeper, and there's something we need to discuss with him." I answered, inexplicably feeling like I was kicking the ball to the innkeeper.

Who knows, the innkeeper looked puzzled: "What innkeeper, are you referring to me?" I'm not an innkeeper, this person, oh no, she's the innkeeper. The "boss" in front of him pointed to the young lady of the main station, and added, "Do you want to stay in the hotel?" You can find her. But her shop is outside. ”

"Oh oh, okay, okay, we'll come back later, we'll come back later, you're busy, you're busy." I snorted, casually perfunctory, and was about to pull Boss Ye away.

As soon as I turned around, I heard a cold female voice behind me: "Since they are all here, don't be afraid of the east and the west." If you want to find someone, just ask me, why be so secretive? ”

One sentence hit me to the point. I turned around awkwardly and grinned: "I still don't bother you, I didn't want to find anyone, I just wanted to come in and have a look, and I happened to see this brother and thought it was the same person." Hey, and at the end please don't expose me. We'll be back in a moment. ”

The young lady at the main station didn't answer, and the man who looked like the innkeeper was the same, looking at me without saying a word. Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become more and more awkward, I hurriedly pulled Boss Ye out of here......

"Damn, I saw the wrong person." After leaving the main road, I exhaled the anger I was holding in my heart, "I'm embarrassed, I actually recognized the wrong person." ”

"What do you think they do? I just wanted to inquire about their details and paraphrase their words, but you pulled me away. Boss Ye muttered, obviously a little unhappy that I just pulled him away.

"This is a ghost town in Xudu, there are everyone, why are you asking about people, let's hurry up and find the person who wants to receive the box, or...... Let's find out first. I muttered, feeling a bad feeling as I went. I always feel like something bad is waiting for me in front of me.

"Boss Ye, do you have a sense of foreboding?" I asked, and then told Boss Ye about my hunch.

After hearing this, Boss Ye thought for a while, and then shook his head: "No, I just feel a little cold, especially if I know to wear my newly bought combat uniform." ”

I didn't answer, for I realized that I had come to a familiar path, and the Yin-Yang Inn was at the front of it.

"It's just ahead, Yin Yang Inn." I muttered, quickening my pace.

However, Boss Ye and I walked for ten minutes and didn't see any houses!

"Is it here? Don't go the wrong way. Boss Ye said with his arms trembling.

The temperature was already very cold, and a thin mountain fog began to fill the ground.

I looked ahead, and there was already a section of the mountain in front of me, and if I walked any further, I would reach the ghost gate.

I had no choice but to say, "Let's turn back, we must have missed something just now, and the Yin Yang Inn must still be behind." ”

I don't have any confidence in saying thisβ€”after all, I just watched all the way.

At this time, Boss Ye couldn't speak well: "That's okay...... If it still doesn't ...... If so, we'll go back...... bar. ”

I'm a little strange, obviously I'm wearing the same clothes as Boss Ye, why is he cold like this?

"Are you alright? We're dressed similarly, why are you okay and I'm fine? ”

"It's okay...... Maybe I didn't wear autumn pants. Boss Ye sneezed and said, "Let's go quickly, stand still again, I'm still colder." ”

I nodded, and trotted back with Boss Ye.

On the way, I looked carefully at both sides of the road, trying to find the village house where the inn was located.

But as a result, halfway through the journey, there was not a single village house in sight.

Until I passed by a clearing and found something......

It's a meadow, but strangely enough, there's no grass growing in the middle. And there are traces of artificially turned over the ground.

I was a little confused, so I stopped Boss Ye and went over with him to study.

This research, and the conclusions reached, really scared me!