The lower right corner of the notice is stamped with a large seal: Hongyang County, Chang'an Prefecture. Mu Zifeng knew in his heart that in the Northern Qing Dynasty, this administrative region was under the jurisdiction of Hongyang County.

However, it is really strange that a dignified county government office would issue such a notice, is there really a mountain ghost who is a disaster to the world? So why did the Northern Qing government sit idly by and let the mountain ghosts kidnap and eat people?

Looking at Mu Zifeng's hesitant expression, Jia Fatzi snatched the notice, and Zhao Zichuan also came over and went to read the notice together.

"This looks like a notice, oops, why are there so many words, it knows me, I don't know it!" Jia Fatzi smiled innocently, Mu Zifeng knew that Jia Fatzi's interest in reading words was much lower than listening to the play.

"Fat brother, I'll read it to you!" Zhao Zichuan volunteered to read the contents of the notice from beginning to end.

"Isn't this a notice from the previous dynasty?" After reading it, Zhao Zichuan smiled dumbly: "I said old man, is your thing from the previous dynasty still effective?" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of mountain ghost cannibalism, the first year of the former dynasty and the latter began to happen, just in front of the Qingshan Ridge Ghost Ming Gang, it has been happening from time to time, people are said to be mountain ghosts captive people, it is said that the people and animals who have seen the mountain ghosts will be taken away by the mountain ghosts. Over the years, there are no longer a few people and animals who have disappeared, and the government has also sent people to look for them, but they have not been found after all, I advise you not to be reckless, in case you lose your life in vain, it is not worth it. The shopkeeper arched his hands and said in a sly manner.

"The mountain ghosts are so terrifying, why do you dare to open a shop here? Why didn't the mountain ghosts take you captive? Jia Fatzi asked questioningly.

"Guest officer, the people in our inn have always not opened the door in the morning and do not leave the house at night, this is our dead rule. The sun is heavy during the day, the mountain ghosts shrink on the mountain, and only come out at night to harm people, this inn is my family's generational industry, how can I give up easily! The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Don't hide it from you, I was almost killed by a mountain ghost. ”

"The shopkeeper, you escaped from the mountain ghost?" Mu Zifeng stared at the shopkeeper's eyes with interest, but the shopkeeper told a terrible story.

It was a summer 30 years ago, and there had just been a few incidents of mountain ghost cannibalism. The shopkeeper received an order from the government to inform the merchants of the government's notice not to travel at night.

In the evening, the inn was closed, and the shopkeeper was about to rest, when a sharp knock sounded at the door.

There was a southern accent from the door, saying that he was driving a big car, passing by the inn, hungry, and wanted to slap back. Originally, the shopkeeper was not going to open the door, but the man was very fierce and knocked on the door loudly, and there was really no reason to open the inn and not let the guests in. The shopkeeper reluctantly opened the door and welcomed the guest into the inn.

When the guest came in, he ordered some food and drink, and after a hearty meal and a full meal, he even had to catch up with the carriage and set off.

Seeing that the guest was not clear about the situation, the shopkeeper came to show him the official notice, telling him that there were mountain ghosts in front of him, and let him rest in the store for a day.

Who knew that the guest didn't care, and laughed at the shopkeeper for wanting to earn his room money, and insisted on leaving, but the shopkeeper had no choice but to let him leave.

After midnight, the dazed shopkeeper was awakened in his sleep by the neighing of the horses, and he thought that the newly bought big white horse in the stable had been attacked by wild wolves, leopards, and other wild beasts, so he got up from the bed, took the whistle stick three steps and made two steps, and came to the stable.

Because of the hurry, he had already thrown the taboo of not going out at midnight to the clouds, and sure enough, the big white horse kept stomping on the ground with its hooves, stirring up clouds of flying dust.

"What's weird?" The shopkeeper muttered in his heart as he put the horse back on, but he found that the big white horse trembled all over, lowered his head, and snorted nervously, as if he was afraid of something.

The shopkeeper touched the mane of the big white horse with his hand, trying to calm it down, but the sound of horses' hooves and wheels rolling came from the ancient road.

It turned out that the horse was startled by this sound, and the shopkeeper thought to himself that it was so late, who else would walk? Could it be that the cowardice of the guest just now has returned?

Thinking that the guest did not believe his words and insisted on leaving, the shopkeeper was curious, thinking that if it was the guest, he would have to ridicule him, as the saying goes, curiosity kills a cat, and that curiosity almost killed him.

The shopkeeper waited at the door of the inn for a long time, but there was no sign of the guests, but the sound of carriages and horses still came from the ancient road. So, the shopkeeper took advantage of the moonlight and walked on the Chang'an Ancient Road, but after walking more than 100 meters, he remembered the notice of the government and hurriedly pulled his legs and walked back, but it was too late, because he had already walked to the ghost Ming Gang.

At this moment, a person ran down from the post, and he got into the grass on the side of the road with a "whoosh" in a panic.

Seeing such a scene, the alert shopkeeper saved himself with one move: he also took advantage of the situation and hid in the tall grass on the side of the road.

As soon as he hid in the grass, the sound of the "booming" carriages and horses on the post sounded again.

He peeked out through the cracks in the grass and saw a carriage rushing down from the Oniming Hill, the same carriage that had been driven by a guest with a southern accent.

And this time, the owner of the carriage really made the shopkeeper almost faint with fright.

It was a ghost wearing armor, and the skin and flesh on its face were almost all peeled off, revealing the white bones of Bai Sensen, which was extremely terrifying under the moonlight, almost exactly the same as the mountain ghost in the villain book that I read when I was a child.

What was even more terrifying was that behind the carriage there was a hill of skeletons, and at the top of the hill was a blood-stained head, with hollow eyes that seemed to be staring at the shopkeeper in the grass.

The shopkeeper was frightened by this sight, and touched the blades of grass, making a rustling sound.

The mountain ghost was unusually alert, and immediately heard the movement, grabbed the reins, twisted his stiff body, and walked step by step towards the shopkeeper's hiding place.

Seeing that he was about to become a mountain ghost's supper, a "exclamation" sounded, and a figure jumped out of the grass next to the shopkeeper and ran towards the Chang'an Ancient Road.

In the moonlight, the shopkeeper found that the man was the guest with the southern accent, and the mountain ghost saw that someone had jumped out, and was attracted to attention, so he chased after the guest.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the shopkeeper crawled back to the inn, but there was a heart-rending scream behind him.

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he hugged the quilt and shook on the bed all night, and the next day, he found a skeleton 50 meters away from the inn.

Later, the shopkeeper fell ill, had a fever for a month, and talked nonsense every day, until he invited a Taoist priest to exorcise demons, and he gradually recovered.

After recovering, he set the rule of "not leaving the house in the morning, not going out at night", and also set about sealing the stables. From then on, whenever a guest passed by, he would inform the mountain ghost of cannibalism, and take out the official documents to persuade him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am kind, you should rest in the shop for one night!"

"Crazy, this is a bit suspenseful, you can't believe it all, and you can't believe it." Jia Fatzi whispered in Mu Zifeng's ear: "You're right, I look at this shop, it's not simple, or our thirty-six strategies are the best policy." ”

Mu Zifeng glanced at Fat Jia and didn't speak again.

Now Zhao Zichuan and the others are all looking at Mu Zifeng anxiously, waiting for him to come up with an idea. Mu Zifeng thought in his heart, now that they are in the barren mountains and mountains, just such an inn, if they go out rashly, they may not be able to find a place to rest overnight. Even if there is no ghost outside, it is not easy to deal with the ringing horse.

Although the inn can't tell if it's a black shop for the time being, it may not be safe to go out, not to mention that they really have to calculate themselves, even if they slip away, they will catch up and harm themselves, it is better to brake quietly to see what this inn is famous.

So Mu Zifeng made up his mind, hugged his fist back at the shopkeeper and said: "Old man, thank you for the reminder, let's do it, serve more wine and food, find us a more comfortable room, and we will rest here tonight." ”

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute, there is still some game in the mountains, I'll arrange it, you sit first." Seeing that Mu Zifeng and the others were willing to spend money, the shopkeeper immediately put on a smiling face again, and turned to Zhang Luo in the back kitchen.

"Crazy, aren't we leaving?" Fat Jia asked.

Mu Zifeng pointed to the seat with his head and motioned to return to his seat first. As soon as the three of them sat down, the shopkeeper held a plate, called "a pot of black tea", and delivered it to the table.

After Mu Zifeng waited for the second little man to leave, he lowered his voice and said: "Two brothers, this old shopkeeper is not like telling the truth, when I asked him the location of Yangshui Town just now, although he said that he had not heard of it, he also showed a look of surprise, let's stay first and investigate slowly." ”

"I see, Brother Feng still has a way." Zhao Zichuan gave a thumbs up and boasted: "High, high is really high." ”

While the three of them were talking, the store had already served good wine and good dishes, what kind of wine was the wine, the Dongfeng wine that had been aged for many years, what kind of dishes were the dishes, and the hand-grabbed mutton, braised venison, and fried bamboo shoots were all some mountain delicacies, and the aroma was overflowing.

After a day of traveling, the gluttonous worms in Jia Fatzi's stomach had already made a big fuss in the sky, turned over the rivers and seas, and his stomach was already growling. He didn't care about Mu Zifeng and Zhao Zichuan, and he didn't use chopsticks, he reached out to grab the mutton.

It's too late, it's too soon. Mu Zifeng picked up a pair of chopsticks and hit the fat man.

"Oh, what are you hitting me for?" Fat Jia was in pain and was about to have a seizure, but he was pressed down by Zhao Zichuan, because he saw Mu Zifeng clipping a leg of mutton, poured a glass of Dongfeng wine, walked to the old shopkeeper's side, and handed him the wine and meat.

"Why, the guest officer still can't trust us?" The old shopkeeper looked displeased.

"Old man, you misunderstood, I thank you for your contribution to us, you must laugh at this wine and meat." Mu Zifeng smiled: "If you don't eat it, we juniors won't dare to eat indiscriminately." ”

Zhao Zichuan and Jia Fatzi were like mirrors in their hearts, Mu Zifeng just wanted the old shopkeeper to taste whether there was a famous dish first, but it was just a high-sounding statement.

The old shopkeeper naturally saw the calculation in Mu Zifeng's heart, but he had no reason to refuse, so he had to drink the wine, eat the leg of mutton, and stared at Mu Zifeng coldly while eating, meaning that you can rest assured now.