The north gate of Youzhou.

"It's so strict." Huang Chong lined up in a long line, waiting to be interrogated by the gatekeeper, which is actually rare, usually when something big happens, otherwise the gatekeeper would not want to do such a thankless job.

Don't watch the film and television works, the sergeants who check seem to be able to earn a lot of "handling fees", and life is quite nourishing, in fact, some take it for granted, a large number of people who enter and exit the city gate are ordinary people in nearby towns and villages, these people can't collect money, one is poor, and the other is the people nearby, and most of these soldiers are from nearby villages and towns, everyone is their own people, you dare to try it, go back to the clan must let you understand what the clan rules are.

The richer ones are the big merchants, but the merchants have to pay taxes when they enter and leave the city gate, and there are special people in charge, and the soldiers guarding the gate cannot interfere at all; As for the big households, they are basically local landlords and old wealth, powerful and powerful, and ordinary sergeants dare not stretch out their hands.

"What do you do?" When it was Huang Chong's turn, a sergeant asked.

"Come to Youzhou Academy as a visiting student." Saying that, Huang Chong handed over his paperwork, the identity document is equivalent to the ID card of the Tang Dynasty, without this thing, it belongs to the flow of people, and it is very troublesome to do things, of course, it is not difficult to get this thing, after all, it is not the twenty-first century, it is impossible to connect to the Internet, as long as you have money, it is not difficult to get a few, and now Huang Chong has six copies on hand.

"Visiting students?" The sergeant looked through Huang Chong's document, he was not literate, just to look at the seal on the document, to judge the authenticity through this, and then carefully looked at Huang Chong for a while, and then compared the portrait next to him, he didn't embarrass Huang Chong, so he let Huang Chong in, and the person who can visit Youzhou Academy is definitely not an ordinary person, so he didn't dare to embarrass Huang Chong.

Walking into Youzhou City, Huang Chong saw that a torture table was set up in the open space next to him, and more than a dozen old men and women were tied to it, and the sergeants of the Five Cities Terracotta Division surrounded the torture platform, and no one was allowed to approach, fortunately, it was a cloudy day today, otherwise these old and weak women and children would be afraid that their lives would not be guaranteed.

"It seems that there is chaos here in Youzhou, Di Renjie should be almost there, Snake Spirit, this is our first official confrontation, let me see what you Snake Spirit is capable of." Huang Chong said secretly in his heart.

Without acting in a hurry, Huang Chong first found an inn to live in.

"Little second brother, what happened in this Youzhou City, why is it so heavily guarded?" If you want to know the basic situation of a place, you can't go wrong by asking Xiao Er nine times out of ten, this is Huang Chong's experience over the years.

"Why, don't you know?"

"I just arrived in Youzhou today, I really don't know, I hope the second brother will tell you one or two." Huang Chong said with his fists clenched.

"Alas, last night, the villagers of Daliushu Village rioted, entered the prison, rescued more than a dozen death row prisoners, and after the mob robbed the prison, they ran into the deep mountains and old forests, and the officers and soldiers did not catch any of them.

"Yes, when I first came in through the north gate, I did see many old people and women tied to the torture table."

"Hey, it's evil, it's not just the north gate, there are four gates, Lord Assassin Shi issued a notice, if the mob of Daliushu Village does not surrender within three days, all these old people and women will be executed." Xiao Er said.

"Well, when I entered the city just now, the officer who watched the city gate was still holding a portrait, as if he was looking for someone? Do you know about the second brother? Huang Chong then asked.

"I heard that it was a Turkic spy who escaped when the villagers of Daliushu Village smashed the prison yesterday, no, the official army is searching the whole city, and they searched our inn not long ago."

"Oh, I see, it's a Turkic spy, that really should be arrested."

"Hey, who says it's not, I really hope that the officials and soldiers can arrest this damn Turkic spy as soon as possible, but I heard that the imperial court has negotiated peace with the Turks before, and I hope that it will be peaceful in the future, and I don't have to worry about it all day long." Xiao Er said with emotion.

Wu Zhou and the Turks fought for more than ten years, the Turks have three times to come to Youzhou, especially two years ago, the Turkic army has actually broken through the gate of Youzhou, if it is not for the desperate resistance of the military and people of Youzhou, delaying time and waiting for the imperial army, I am afraid that Youzhou will become a dead city under the Turkic butcher's knife, so the people of Youzhou have a kind of fear and hatred from the heart of the Turks.

"Well, after the peace talks, it should stop for a while." Huang Chong said that the peace talks are actually not about fighting in large armies, and the two sides are open to peaceful transactions, and occasionally sending troops to loot in private still cannot be broken.

"Little second brother, I am the first time to come to Youzhou, I plan to see the scenery of Youzhou when I have time, there are any places worth seeing near Youzhou, whether it is a beautiful scenery or a location of weird legends, it is best to be the latter, I am a person with a big curiosity, I like this kind of excitement." Huang Chong said.

"Don't say anything about this guest officer, I really know that there is such a strange place, I'm afraid that you won't dare to go after hearing it." Xiao Er whispered.

"Little second brother, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Xiao Er didn't say this to lose Huang Chong's appetite, this is a kind of industry code language, a kind of unspoken rule, walking in the rivers and lakes for many years, Huang Chong naturally understood the meaning, took out three taels of silver from his arms, and stuffed it into Xiao Er's hands.

"There is a mountain north of Youzhou City called Xiaolianzi Mountain, just two years ago, there was a town called 'Ghost Town' in Xiaolianzi Mountain, it is said that this town appeared overnight, and no one who has been able to get out has been able to get out so far." Xiao Er said in a low voice, as if he was deliberately creating a terrifying atmosphere.

"Two years ago?" Huang Chong frowned.

This timing is very coincidental, I just mentioned before, two years ago, the Turkic army broke through Youzhou City, will there be any internal connection between this.

"yes, it was two years ago."

"Does the little second brother know that apart from this ghost town two years ago, there were any strange things that happened in Youzhou?" Huang Chong asked.

"This one doesn't seem to be there." After thinking for a while, the second brother shook his head.

"Since there is a ghost town, hasn't the government gone to find out?" Huang Chong asked.

"I heard that there was, but there was no result, and then the government announced the closure of the mountain, saying that there were ghosts and monsters in the mountain, and people were forbidden to enter the mountain."

"The mountain was closed two years ago?"

"yes."

"Hmm." Huang Chong nodded, frowning slightly.

"Is there anything else you want to ask about this guest officer?"

Huang Chong came back to his senses and said, "Oh, not for the time being, if there is anything you don't understand in the future, ask the second brother again." ”

"Okay, let's rest first." As he spoke, Xiao Er exited the room and closed the door.

"Looks like I'm going to go to the ghost town first, I think there's a huge secret hidden here." Huang Chong said to himself, although he has watched the TV series, but after a long time, many details have been forgotten, and he must be groping and recalling at the same time, but this is interesting, if you remember everything, then what is the point!

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