As the sun set, the two finally saw the city wall of the city, the wide moat surrounded the city wall, and the word "leaving the city" was written on the huge city wall.

Mu Bai poked his head out of the carriage and looked at the city and said, "If there is any accident this time, we won't be able to climb such a high city wall." Cao Tieyi smiled and patted the iron armor on his body and said, "Mr. Mu, don't worry, we still have some power in the city. The city lord who left the city still wants to sell some face to our wind chasing cavalry, even if there is an accident this time, with the power of the wind chasing cavalry in the city, he can go to the capital with peace of mind. That's why I want my husband to leave the city. ”

Mu Bai nodded and said, "Then I have to work for you." Cao Tieyi hurriedly said: "You are the distinguished guest of the third prince, these are what we should do, let's enter the city." Cao Tieyi drove the carriage across the moat, and the soldiers at the city gate looked at the carriage passing by with expressionless expressions.

The carriage drove all the way into the city, and although it was already dusk at this time, the whole city seemed to have no popularity. When the people who left the city saw the carriage, they pointed to it behind it and whispered. Cao Tieyi frowned and said, "When I came here five years ago, it was very prosperous away from the city. Although it was dusk, why was it very sparsely populated, and the whisperers seemed to be talking about us. ”

Mu Bai poked his head out of the carriage and looked at the people behind him, who dodged Mu Bai's gaze and scattered away. Mu Bai turned back to Cao Tieyi and said, "Just now you said that the Wind Chasing Cavalry has some forces in the city, can you trouble you to inquire about the information later, I feel that those people are a little weird." Cao Tieyi nodded and said, "After I get to the inn and settle my husband, I will go to find the city lord who left the city, and the city lord who left the city must know what is going on." ”

The two of them found an inn, and when the innkeeper saw that someone was coming to stay, he immediately changed his face after looking at the carriage in surprise, and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Are the two masters sharp-minded or staying in the hotel?" After Cao Tieyi handed over the carriage to Xiao Er, he asked: "Shopkeeper, let me ask you, what happened to the city recently? Why is the street deserted?"

Xiao Er's hand on the side trembled and almost dropped the horse rope, and the shopkeeper pushed Xiao Er away and said with a smile: "Recently, an escaped prisoner from the city prison, and the whole city is looking for that escapee, and the city is now starting a curfew." Don't be afraid, that escapee is just a thief. ”

After the two came to the inn, they asked for two upper rooms. Xiao Er in the inn looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, why don't you tell them the truth?" The shopkeeper knocked Xiao Er's head and said, "Tell them the truth, and they will run away." How long has it been since we had business! If we continue like this, we will drink the northwest wind! Keep your mouth tight, don't leak the rumors! By the way, the cook of our inn is gone, you can wait and cook a few side dishes for the guests. Xiao Er resigned and left.

In the room, Cao Tieyi said to Mu Bai: "It turned out that it was just a thief who escaped, it seems that we are too worried, and the thief is not a threat to us." Mu Bai said thoughtfully: "I see that the little second in the inn has always been evasive, I'm afraid that there is another hidden reason in this matter, and it is necessary to block the dock for a thief? The strangest thing is why the dock is blocked, but the city gate does not ask us anything, and easily let us enter the city." ”

Cao Tieyi touched his chin and said: "Mr. is really discerning, it is indeed a little strange to say this, this innkeeper dares to deceive us! I'll go and question him!" Mu Bai grabbed Cao Tieyi, shook his head and said: "Let's stay for the time being, this innkeeper may have any troubles, you can't ask anything if you ask now, and tomorrow you will naturally know the truth if you go to find the city lord of the city." Cao Tieyi arched his hand and said, "Mr. Namu will rest first, and call me if anything happens tonight." With that, he left the room.

After Cao Tieyi returned to his room, Mu Bai opened the window and looked at the dimly lit departure from the city, at this time the surroundings were quiet, only the occasional sound of the watchman, Mu Bai closed the window and turned off the lights to sleep. At the moment when Mu Bai closed the window, a red shadow seemed to float in the sky.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Tieyi bid farewell to Mu Bai to find the city lord who left the city, and Mu Bai looked at the crowd outside the inn slowly increasing, so he went out bored and left the city, maybe he could collect some information.

The fog had just fallen in the early morning, and Mu Bai couldn't help but get some cool water vapor on the road. I can't help but think of my favorite morning when I was a child, walking into the fog on the way to school, imagining myself as if I was walking in a fairyland. The cool mist is even more refreshing, and when I was a child, I often rushed into the dense fog in front of me and never got tired of it. It's just that as I grow older, I have more and more things in my head, and my body grows bigger and bigger, and every time I pass through the fog, I think about fishing, harvesting, and grandma, and I don't have time to think about this fog like a fairyland, and I only feel that the water vapor in the fog is a little cool.

Mu Bai looked at the sparsely populated bazaar and the deserted shops in the bazaar. I even saw some ragged beggars stumbling around the corners of the alleys, as if they were hiding from something.

At this moment, a person from a distance slowly moved in the direction of Mu Bai, and Mu Bai opened his eyes to see a man with a sharp beak and a monkey cheek wearing a gorgeous wide dress, as if a monkey was jumping there in human clothes. The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man kicked an old man in shabby clothes, and the old man kneeled blood from the corner of his mouth and kowtowed to the man.

"Young Master Liu, please spare our family. The old man said as he kowtowed.

"Master Ku takes a fancy to your daughter, which is a blessing to your family. The girl who sacrificed must be in perfect shape, how good it was for you to be obedient and sell your daughter to me as a concubine. Liu Gongzi, who had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, said with a smile.

"Liu Gongzi, the little girl and Liu Er next door have already had a marriage contract, and Liu Gongzi often gives his concubine to others, how can the old man bear to let the little girl enter the wolf's den. The old man said with tears streaming down his face.

"Phew, old thing! actually compared my Liu Mansion to a wolf's den, give me a beating!" Liu Gongzi commanded the family behind him to punch and kick the old man.

Liu Gongzi turned to look at the fat monk behind him and said: "Master Ku, I think the demon in the city is very powerful, I'm afraid that the sacrifice is not enough, it is better to sacrifice that Liu Er together, and then suppress the demon." ”

The fat monk smiled and said, "Amitabha, I pinch my fingers, this demon is even more demonic, you need to sacrifice a man and a woman, and this pair of men and women must have a marriage contract." ”

"That's not a coincidence, there's a couple here. Here they are, and they will be arrested according to Master Ku's wishes. Liu Gongzi shouted arrogantly.

The group walked towards the old man's house, and the old man got up and threw down the leader and said, "I won't let you take my daughter away!"

The fat bitter master kicked the old man away, and Liu Gongzi pulled out his sword and stabbed at the old man: "Old thing! I will kill you first today, and then go to arrest your daughter." ”

Liu Gongzi raised his sword high and stabbed at the old man who had lost his mobility, and after a cold light, Liu Gongzi wailed and covered his bleeding hand, and Mu Bai held the sword in front of the old man.