Early the next morning.

Under Lin Ying's reluctant farewell, Lin Yun and Yun Ruoxi and several other disciples set off with Ren Tan Qian and headed towards the royal city located in the royal domain.

The royal domain is thousands of miles away from Yuzhou, located in the northernmost part of the Southern Xia Kingdom, and is very close to the border fortress.

To the north of the frontier fortress is the Northern Yan Kingdom, the enemy of the Southern Xia Kingdom.

The reason why the first king of Southern Xia built the royal city so close to the enemy country has to start from the history of the Southern Xia Kingdom.

Three hundred years ago, it was not the Nangong family that ruled the Nanxia Kingdom, but the Dongfang family, which had long since declined.

The descendants of the Dongfang family did not want to forge ahead, so they were self-contained, and never thought of danger in times of peace, which led to the decline of military power, and was captured by the Northern Yan Kingdom in one fell swoop, and suffered the disaster of annihilation.

At the time of crisis, the Nangong family, together with the Shangguan family, the Murong family, and the Hua family, fought back, and finally saved half of the kingdom.

When the war stabilized, the Nangong family established themselves as kings.

The first king of Southern Xia was a heroic man and vowed to recover his blood debt from the Northern Yan Kingdom. In order to prevent future generations from thinking of forging ahead, the royal city was deliberately set in the north, looking at the territory occupied by the enemy country.

The seemingly risky decision of the first Southern Xia King laid a strong foundation for the continuation of the Southern Xia Kingdom.

Under the threat of an enemy country, the survival instinct stimulates people's blood. The descendants of the four major families went to the battlefield one after another to experience, and each generation became more and more outstanding than the next, and countless heroes and heroes were born in the past two hundred years, making the Nanxia Kingdom more and more tenacious and stronger.

It is precisely because of the countless heroes and heroes of the royal city that they confront the enemy country in the north. Only then can the people of the eight southern states and counties live and work in peace and contentment, prosper and lay a strong enough foundation for the kingdom.

The group galloped on horseback, marched hundreds of miles north that day, and marched to the border area of Yuzhou County that night, passing through a town of considerable size.

"It's getting late, so we'll sleep here tonight and we'll be on our way tomorrow." Ren Tan Qian stopped at the entrance of the town, turned around and said to everyone.

After all, horses need a night's rest after a day's journey.

They all nodded, and then led their horses into town.

After entering the town, everyone felt that something was wrong with the town.

The size of the town is not small, enough to accommodate a few thousand families. But at this time, there was not a single pedestrian on the street, not even a single light.

The whole street was darkened and pitch black. The houses on both sides of the street are also closed doors and windows, looking lifeless and lifeless, like an abandoned ghost town.

Walking on the deserted street, the sound of footsteps clearly echoes in everyone's ears, which looks very strange.

"What's going on in this town? How can you not even see a ghost? Yuan Xiaofeng asked with curiosity on his face.

"This can't be the legendary ghost town, right?" Hu Jin grinned miserably.

Ren Tanqian looked up at the sky and found that there was still a trace of afterglow at the edge of the sky: "At this point in time, it's not bedtime yet, there is something wrong with this town." ”

Lin Yun never spoke, but he could clearly sense the breath of human beings from the surrounding houses. This shows that all the people in the town are hiding in their houses.

None of them had gone to bed yet, but for some unknown reason, they were all huddled in their homes and did not dare to go out.

"The townspeople are all hiding in their houses, as if they are afraid of something, and it looks like something must have happened in this town." Lin Yun said to Ren Tan Qian expressionlessly.

Ren Tanqian nodded and said, "Let's find an inn to stay in first, and by the way, ask the shopkeeper about the situation in this town." ”

"Okay." Several people nodded, and then walked all the way down the block, searching most of the town, and finally found an inn.

The inn also has closed doors and windows, and even the signboard is covered with cobwebs, giving people a desolate feeling, and it has obviously been closed for a long time.

Ren Tan Qian walked to the door of the inn, and a knuckle bone tapped lightly on the door frame, and asked if there was anyone inside.

But I can tap and ask for a long time, but there is still no response.

Ren Tan Qian could only cling to the wooden door and amplify his voice as much as possible: "We are businessmen passing through here, and we see that it is getting late and have nowhere to stay, so we want to come to your store to stay overnight, money is not a problem, and I hope the shopkeeper will make it convenient." ”

Perhaps it was the phrase "money is not a problem" that moved the shopkeeper, and soon an old voice came from inside the house: "Are you really merchants?" ”

Ren Tanqian hurriedly replied: "We are indeed businessmen, and we have a lot of money with us, and we just can't find a place to spend when we come here. ”

Crunch......

As soon as Ren Tan Qian's words were finished, the door of the inn cracked to a vertical crack.

An old man's eyes then appeared in the cracks, and he looked out the door vigilantly.

"One room, one hundred gold dollars a night." The old man did not open the door immediately, but said tentatively.

"Okay, we'll live in four rooms." Ren Tanqian immediately agreed, although the price was very dark, but for Ren Tanqian, it was not much money at all.

"Come in, hurry up." The old man hurriedly opened the door and nervously beckoned to everyone.

After a few people entered the house, the old man looked out, and after confirming that there was no one on the street, he nervously closed the door and locked it.

Seeing the old man's actions, Ren Tanqian asked curiously, "May I ask the shopkeeper who you are?" ”

The old shopkeeper said with a sad face: "The guest officer doesn't know, we have to do this as a last resort." ”

Ren Tanqian took the old shopkeeper's words and asked, "Is there any reason?" I wish to hear more about it. ”

The old shopkeeper lowered his voice and said with a frightened face: "Presumably, the guest officer also discovered just now, our town is inaccessible and almost empty. ”

"What the hell is going on in this town? Why is it the way it is? At the same time as Ren Tan Qian asked, he had already put four hundred gold coins on the counter.

Seeing the gold coin that Ren Tan Qian put down, the old shopkeeper's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly accepted the gold coin, and then said politely to everyone: "Guest officers take a seat, sit down and let's talk slowly." ”

At the beckoning of the old shopkeeper, everyone sat down at the dinner table.

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The old shopkeeper took another menu and asked everyone to order some side dishes. When everyone moved their chopsticks, he sat down and told everyone what had happened in this town.

Located on the border of Yuzhou, the town was named Forest Town because it was surrounded by dense forests.

Linzhong Town was originally stable and peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But in recent months, a group of bandits have suddenly appeared in this area, causing trouble and causing trouble.

In the name of worshipping the heavens, they forcibly abducted the townspeople of the town. None of the kidnapped townspeople returned.

Yuzhou City also sent a patrol army to suppress the bandits, but the strength of those bandits was too strong, and even the patrol army of Yuzhou City had no return, so they could only let them continue to do nonsense.