After three consecutive days of overnight staying, I finally came to a place called Songqiao Town on the fourth day, ending my life of eating and sleeping in the open.

And the black shadow that appeared in the middle of the night never appeared again.

Ji Yan did not relax his vigilance on this, but became more cautious.

When the carriage arrived in Songqiao Town, it was noon, and Xiang Zixi, who had been bumpy for three days, refused to leave anything, insisting on staying here for one night, one to replenish supplies and the other to find a place to take a good bath.

You must know how to take a bath every day outside! Besides, it's not convenient to have a man and a woman!

It's April, and although the sun is warm at noon, the night breeze is still cool.

Therefore, whatever Xiang Zi Xi says, he will spend the night in this town.

Ji Yan didn't have any opinion on this proposal, it didn't matter where it was, as a killer, he had experienced all kinds of environments, and he could adapt to it very well. Therefore, Ji Yan has always had the idea of where to sleep.

Xiang Zixi is different, as soon as he arrived in Songqiao Town, he found the Yuelai Inn that has branches in all film and television works, and after asking for two rooms, he threw himself on the bed and refused to get up.

Ji Yan fed the horses and fodder at the back of the inn, saw the surrounding environment inside and out clearly, and after judging that no suspicious characters appeared, he returned to the inn room to rest.

After Xiang Zixi took a shower in the room, she comfortably ran to the outside of Ji Yan's room and knocked on the door: "Ji Yan, come out to eat!" ”

Ji Yan was wiping his weapon in the room, and when he heard the sound outside, he immediately smiled lightly, put the weapon away, got up and opened the door. At a glance, I saw Xiang Zixi's wet hair and freshly changed clothes. Girls are girls, they like to be clean and refreshing anytime and anywhere, but they can't break the ice and take a bath in the cold winter like him, so women are troublesome!

Xiang Zixi complained and said: "It's really strange, you obviously didn't take a bath, why can you always be so refreshing?" ”

Ji Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes: "My eldest lady, you were sleeping when I took a bath!" ”

"Makes sense, too!" Xiang Zixi shrugged his shoulders and patted Ji Yan's shoulder: "Let's go, go down to eat!" ”

Songqiao Town is a small town almost a thousand miles away from the capital, with more than a dozen villages under its jurisdiction, scattered all around. It can be said that Songqiao Town is a typical agricultural village, and the residents here are mainly cultivated crops.

In this predominantly agrarian transition, having land means living in abundance.

Therefore, although the scale of this Songqiao town is not very large, the people in the town are relatively wealthy, and most of the people who come in and out spend money on two side dishes, and a few people sit together to drink and chat.

Yuelai Inn, a super inn with branches and chains in all film and television works, also exists magically in this world, and the source of customers is still very good. Because of its proximity to the official road, there are still a lot of merchants coming and going from east to west, north and south, so the town center economy of this Songqiao town has slowly begun to prosper.

With people, there is news, and with news, there is gossip.

Therefore, people who come and go, who go from south to north, all gather the news they know in this small Songqiao town.

When Xiang Zixi and Ji Yan went down the stairs and found a random seat in the hall on the first floor to prepare for dinner, a man on the seat next to him who was obviously dressed as a businessman said to a few companions sitting in his seat: "This news must be true!" The eldest princess of our Yaoguo is not young, and it is indeed time to get married! ”

"Shhhh Be quiet! If you let others hear it, you will kill your head! Those who traveled with him hurriedly reminded him.

"What are you afraid of!" The man who broke the news just now said: "Now most of the businessmen from the four countries are still in Yaoguo, even if they really pursue it, can they still attack the businessmen of other countries?" It's only been a few days since the festival, so rest assured, it's the safest time to be! ”

Xiang Zixi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, this guy is right, there are businessmen walking back and forth these days, and it is estimated that they are all preparing to return after participating in the Perfect Food Festival competition. Therefore, the Yaoguo transit is also much more lively than usual.

Ji Yan glanced at Xiang Zixi and casually asked for a few side dishes and a few bowls of rice.

The businessman who broke the news continued: "You say, why did the eldest princess of our Yaoguo get involved with the prince of the dark kingdom?" ”

"You don't know about this, do you?" A pedestrian sitting next door had an expression that I knew everything, and said slowly: "It is said that back then, the first emperor had an agreement with the emperor of the Dark Kingdom, saying that the first daughter and the first son under his knees must be married to Qin and Jin!" It seems that the two of them have signed some kind of agreement, in short, this is a marriage contract made by the emperor at that time, even if our eldest princess doesn't like the prince of the dark country, then the contract can't be broken! ”

"But I heard that the prince of the dark kingdom doesn't seem to be in his own country, so I don't know where he went!" The first person to break the news continued to ask: "Then our eldest princess is also waiting?" ”

"This kind of thing, does she dare not wait?" The last guy who broke the news laughed and said: "This is related to the stability of the two countries!" ”

At this time, someone began to come out and break the news: "You all don't know, the dark country is not as good as Yaoguo, many forces are fighting in different courts, if the prince of the dark country marries the eldest princess of Yaoguo, it is a powerful foreign aid!" You say, how could the Dark Kingdom give up the eldest princess? I also heard that the prince of the dark kingdom has a deep affection for our eldest princess, and has proposed to hold a wedding several times! It's just that our eldest princess has been watching to see if the other party is completely sure! Therefore, the prince of the dark country will temporarily avoid the domestic front, secretly concentrate his forces, and prepare to seize the throne and marry the eldest princess in one fell swoop! ”

When Xiang Zixi heard these words, the expression on his face suddenly became somewhat uncomfortable.

Ji Yan saw it in his eyes, pretended to be careless and said: "You take those gossip news seriously, you are really naïve!" ”

"You have to take care of it!" Xiang Zixi said angrily.

"I really don't want to care!" Ji Yan took a chopstick and put the dish in Xiang Zixi's bowl: "I have already persuaded you, if you don't listen, what can I do!" Okay, okay, if you don't have confidence in him, then what do you have confidence in? Since you are sure that he only has you in his heart, then you can only trust him to the end! ”

Ji Yan's words gave Xiang Zixi some relief, and she also knew that only the parties concerned knew what these things were about. But listening to those words, I still feel comfortable.

"Eat, eat!" Ji Yan continued to give Xiang Zi Xi vegetables, and couldn't help but shake his head gently.

Xiang Zixi angrily grabbed the bowl and frantically picked up the rice into his mouth, pressing all the anger in his stomach into his stomach.

At this time, a few more merchants came in outside the inn, and two of them sat down on the seats in front of Xiang Zixi, not caring about asking for wine, and said mysteriously: "Oh my God, have you heard everything?" This is the fourth! ”

The person who was traveling with this person also lowered his voice, looked up and down at the inn, and said mysteriously: "Yes, you say, what the hell is this!" It can bite people like this! Tsk, it's miserable! ”

The conversation between these two people instantly pulled away the topic just now, and the merchants in the other seats turned their eyes to these two people.

"These two brothers, but what good news have you heard?" The merchant who was still talking about the secret history of the royal family just now seemed to be a very talkative person, and immediately leaned up with his wine glass: "Have something interesting to say?" ”

When the two later merchants saw that they were peers, they immediately chatted enthusiastically: "We also heard about it, it's terrible!" Rumor has it that a few days ago, I don't know why a wild beast suddenly appeared in the first thirty miles, and then it bit people everywhere, and today the fourth person has died! ”

Beasts attacking humans?

This news spread like a frying pan in the inn on the first floor at once, and even the sulking Xiang Zixi was attracted to it.

You know, it's a peaceful era, and it's a plain here, and the sudden death of four people is not a small case.

The merchant who was the first to bring this news, seeing that everyone else was also interested, suddenly said even more mysteriously: "I heard that it is a divine beast, specially to punish those who have done bad things. Legend has it that someone has seen this mythical beast with a big horn, green eyes, and big eyes! The man gestured at the wine glass in his hand and said, "Then the eyes are like copper bells, and the fangs are sharp!" Tsk, the scales of the whole body, sparkling in the night! ”

"It's really fake!" Immediately, someone in the crowd began to question: "How can there be such a monster in the world!" ”

Xiang Zixi also laughed softly: "People's imagination is really endless!" ”

Ji Yan also became interested and listened with relish.

"Don't believe me! We, the merchants who walk to and fro, are also the targets of the beast! The man continued to break the news: "I heard that the first person who died was a lazy and gluttonous unfilial son who was bitten to death by that divine beast on a drunken night because he drove his elderly mother out of the house!" When that person died, it was called miserable! When the county government received the news, they didn't dare to conduct an autopsy, so they burned it directly! ”

Xiang Zixi coughed violently, choked by the guy's words just now.

"And the second person who died was a merchant from the Dark Country, it is said that this trader has always been cunning, but he got an old man on the road, and got the old man's hard food for a year, and died alive in his carriage the next night!"