Shang Jingcheng looked at him and said, "You just need to take us there, as for whether it is dangerous or not, whether it is weird or not is our business, anyway, you are arousing our curiosity now, no matter what, you have to bring us this way, right?" ”

The shopkeeper said with a sad face: "But I still have to do business in this store, you see that I can't leave, you better find someone else to go, I still have to stay here to take care of the store, hehe." He smiled fakely, trying to get rid of some embarrassment.

Shang Jingcheng took out a silver ingot from his bosom and put it on the table and said, "Just take us there, it won't take long for the silver to take us there." His voice was not loud, but it made the shopkeeper's eyes widen.

Which of the businessmen saw that the silver eyes did not glow, he rubbed his hands, looked at him and smiled: "This, how embarrassing is this, hehe...... If you can afford it, the villain will take you there. "If you have money, you are a master, anyway, he can let people see the store, as long as he brings people over, it has nothing to do with him whether they are dead or alive, since they don't listen to persuasion, then they can only blame themselves for not dying."

Shang Jingcheng and Xie Chuyao had a hasty meal, and let the shopkeeper lead the way.

The shopkeeper asked the cook to come out to see the store, and the cook came out to make the two of them look a little stunned, they didn't expect that the cook was the one in the middle, as soon as he saw them, his face was also stunned, and then he lowered his head like a little refuge, not daring to look at them more, for fear that they would expose him in front of the shopkeeper.

Shang Jingcheng and Xie Chuyao didn't say anything, but walked out of the inn with the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, the cook looks a little familiar, is he your buddy in this shop?" Xie Chuyao couldn't help but ask out loud, because she couldn't figure it out, they left after eating in the store last night, and then went directly to fetch snow, it was impossible for Zhang Zhong to rush out so quickly, right?

But it's also possible to think about it, after all, they asked the shopkeeper about the snow in the store, and I'm afraid that he heard their conversation in the back kitchen, and then led someone to chase after him.

As soon as the shopkeeper heard her ask Zhang Zhong, he asked with some confusion: "Does the girl know him?" He's a guy in my shop, and he's pretty diligent on weekdays, what's wrong? Does the girl want to inquire about him? ”

Xie Chuyao smiled and said, "When I saw it, I thought it was someone I knew, so it shouldn't be when I heard you say that." ”

"Hey, his name is Zhang Zhong, he is diligent in doing things, but since his wife died, he has become a good gambler, and he has almost lost the family's property, and the children in the family have almost been sold, fortunately, there is an old mother watching, otherwise, the pair of children would not know where they were sold for a long time, he, poor and hateful, there is nothing to say, greedy for money." As soon as the shopkeeper talked about it, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Greedy for money, you can rest assured that he will show you the store, so you are not afraid that he will steal the money in your store?" Shang Jingcheng said as if unintentionally.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment before saying, "No, although he is greedy for money, he will not do anything to steal, if he dares to steal my money, see if I don't kill him." Having said that, it was obvious that the man was a little absent-minded, and even his steps were much hasteered.

Xie Chuyao couldn't help but smile and shook his head, it seemed that Shang Jingcheng's words made him worried, but it was okay, at least the journey was half faster.

The shopkeeper took them all the way to the east of the town, and used his sleeves to block the scorching sun as he walked, the sun at noon was indeed a little strong, and the winter sun was so scorching, it was really uncomfortable, and the most important thing was that it was too dry, although it was not as strong as the wind and sand at the border, but the wind blew uncomfortably.

Until they came to the end of the east side, a wall blocked in front of them, and the shopkeeper stopped, he wiped his sweat and said: "This is the place I said, behind this wall is the river, but now there is a wall in the way, it is impossible for you to go over, you can just take a look here, don't go too deep, the back is too weird." "This way, his forehead is sweating, this big sun, it seems that the snow can be directly melted today.

Shang Jingcheng waved his hand and said, "The rest of the matter is our business, you go back." Looking at his nervous appearance, it seems that he really listened to his words, if Zhang Zhong was remembered by him, then he really couldn't go away.

When the shopkeeper saw that they didn't listen to him, he could only sigh and say, "Hey, anyway, you can do it yourself, don't ask others to collect your corpses when the time comes, be careful." "It's rare to meet a rich man, but I didn't expect to be so desperate, hey, forget it, he's better go back and look at his cabinet quickly, but don't really let that piece of paper be stolen.

Thinking of this, he hurried back again.

Xie Chuyao looked at the tall red wall, her brows furrowed slightly, she looked around again, her brows furrowed even tighter, she could feel that the air here was different, the temperature was lower than that in the town, and there was obviously a little humidity when the wind blew, she had an idea in her heart, but she was a little unsure, and couldn't help but walk along the wall.

When she came to the end, she saw a small sapling on the edge of the end, although it looked like it was about to dry up, but it was really a sapling, and she looked around again, and found that there was some grass growing there in the corner of the wall on the other side.

"What's wrong, did you find anything?" Shang Jingcheng came to her side and asked.

"There's grass growing here, don't you think there's a problem?" Xie Chuyao looked at him and asked.

Shang Jingcheng noticed the small grass in the corner of the wall, his brows also wrinkled, and he began to have a little guess in his heart, he squatted down but rubbed a little mud on the side of the wall to see, and found that the mud was still a little humid, he threw away the mud in his hand and stood up.

"Let's go, let's go back." Shang Jingcheng took her hand and said.

"Go back? Is this time to go back? She also wanted to go over and see it to prove her guess.

Shang Jingcheng saw that she hadn't spoken yet, when he heard a hoarse voice coming from the front, "Who are you?" ”

When they looked back, they saw a hunched old man staring at them with a fierce look in his eyes, as if they had trespassed into his territory.

Moreover, his face is a little ugly, and three scars are crawling on his face, which will give people a sense of fear at first sight.

"Oh, we were passing through here, and we saw that there was a wall in this place, so we wanted to go over and have a look, do you want to go there?" Xie Chuyao couldn't help but smile and said. Although this man looked like a beast, she still had to talk to people.

Shang Jingcheng just looked at him fixedly, wanting to see something from his eyes, but after looking at it for a long time, he was still fierce and fierce.

"This is not the place for you to come, hurry up and get out of here, or don't blame me for being unkind." When the old man had finished speaking, he ignored them and walked straight to the corner, not knowing what he was doing.

Xie Chuyao and Shang Jingcheng glanced at each other, then walked over and asked, "Old man, what are you doing here?" Do you want me to help? "She thought the old man was a little strange and didn't know what to do in this corner.

She saw him pull something out of his bosom, red like a paper figure, and an instinctive disgust in her heart made her take a small step back.

"This is not the place you should be, let's go, or I don't know how you will die when the time comes." After the old man finished speaking, he began to bow to the paper figure on the ground again, and then knelt down.

Xie Chuyao didn't know what he was doing, but looking at his actions, she couldn't help but have a bad feeling in her heart, she glanced back at Shang Jingcheng, and wanted to ask what he meant.

Shang Jingcheng stepped forward and pulled her and said, "Let's get out of here first." With that, he shook his head at her gently.

Xie Chuyao glanced sideways at the old man, then nodded and said, "Okay, let's get out of here." With that, he left with him.

The old man knelt for a while, then stood up, looked back and watched their backs go away, then smiled, picked up the paper figure on the ground and put it in his arms, and then came to the wall and groped for a while, I don't know what he touched, only heard a slight sound, a small door appeared in the middle of the wall, he looked around to see that there was no one, and walked in from the small door.

In a few moments, the door was back to its original state.

Xie Chuyao and Shang Jingcheng walked silently on the way back, their faces a little solemn, and they looked preoccupied.

"Shang Jingcheng, I always feel that something is wrong with that old man, he is so strange, how can he go to the wall to worship the paper man, and it is red, it looks so weird." Xie Chuyao said with a frown.

Shang Jing tightened her hand and said, "Let's go back to the county government first, after all, we are not familiar with the things here, and we still have to ask Shangguan Yang about this matter, maybe he knows the origin of the old man." ”

"Shangguan Yang, do you still believe him? He made the wall thorough, but, I think you also feel it, there should be water in the river over there, since there is a water source, why do you want to close the river? What's going on over there? What is Shangguan Yang doing this? Xie Chuyao said, her brows furrowed more and more.

Seeing her like this, Shang Jingcheng couldn't help but gently stroke her hair and said: "I believe in him, don't say anything else, since Wuchang will stay by his side for so many years, he must be at least a good official, so I will choose to believe him." ”

"If only you believe in him." Xie Chuyao said lightly.