Chapter 172: Guobei County (Happy New Year!) )
After being full of wine and food, Ye Sen took the carriage hired by Xiao Er and rushed to Guobei County. Although the journey in a horse-drawn carriage was very bumpy in this ancient world, it was much better than walking and eating dust on your own. Moreover, if you take a carriage, you can save physical strength and avoid trouble, but in general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
On the carriage, Ye Sen was easy to talk about the handlebar style, and after some idle talk, Ye Sen found that this kind of handlebar style that went south and north was obviously a lot more knowledgeable than the shopkeeper. In his mouth, Ye Sen learned that this world was not any ancient background he was familiar with, but a Great Wei Dynasty that he had never heard of. The officials in charge of the imperial court were not anyone Ye Sen knew in the Middle and Ancient History, and it could be said that it was a completely unfamiliar dynasty.
More importantly, the Great Wei Dynasty seems to have reached the brink of collapse, the upper elites are corrupt and incompetent, the corpse is in a prime position, the middle and lower officials only know how to loot the people, bandits are rampant in the world, and the people's resentment is boiling. There are all kinds of demons and monsters that wreak havoc on the world, so that the living beings are miserable, and there is not a single one living people. Even a demon like Cihang Pudu can steal the court in a grand manner, which shows that this so-called Great Wei Dynasty has been completely hopeless.
The carriage rolled all the way and finally arrived in Guobei County before evening. After paying the entry tax, Ye Sen officially entered the county seat of Guobei.
It is said that it is the county seat, in fact, the area of Guobei County is estimated to be about the same as the villages and towns of the main world, in addition to the avenue into the city, there are only three or four small cross streets in the whole county, and there are many shops on the street, but the business is obviously bleak, and there are almost no guests in and out. In a county town of Nuoda, the hottest business is those gambling houses, restaurants and coffin shops. If it weren't for the five or six-meter-high city wall that I saw just now, highlighting the status of the head of a county in Guobei County, the prosperity of this Guobei County and the scale of the county seat would not be as good as the Xiaoshi Town I encountered before.
On the street, the most seen are not merchants, but many officials holding a thick stack of wanted notices with knives in one hand and the other hand.
"Dao Chief, if it is late today, this gate will be closed in less than an hour. Look, why don't you find an inn to rest? Maybe it was because we had a good chat on the road before, and not long after entering the city, the handlebar type kindly suggested to Ye Sen
"Hmmm! Please help me have a cleaner inn! "Guobei County is so chaotic, Ye Sen doesn't dare to live in an ordinary inn, safety or something is secondary, the key is food and other things, if you accidentally enter the black shop, it will be troublesome.
The handlebar style travels south and north all the year round, and he is obviously more familiar with the neighboring Guobei County, and soon took Ye Sen to a small inn. According to the handlebars, the owner of the inn is an acquaintance of him, and he is guaranteed to be very clean, absolutely free of all those messy things.
After rewarding the handlebar with some money and sending it away, Ye Sen walked to the inn alone. In the lobby of the inn, after Ye Sen ordered a pot of wine and a few home-cooked side dishes, he stopped Xiao Er and said, "Little second brother, I heard that there is a Lanruo Temple near your Guobei County..."
Quiet!
As soon as the three words of Ye Sen Lanruo Temple came out, there was a sudden silence in the lobby, and it was almost audible that the pins fell. Almost everyone, including the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper, almost turned their heads to look at Ye Sen, with deep disgust in their eyes, as if they were looking at the enemy.
"Objective, don't dare to talk nonsense!" The shopkeeper who settled the accounts on the counter was even more shocked, hurriedly dropped the account book, ran to Ye Sen and stopped: "Objective, be quiet, our Guobei County, the name that can't be mentioned is this name!" ”
"Why can't you mention it? Isn't it just haunted? The poor road has its own supernatural powers to subdue demons and eliminate demons, how can you be afraid of mere ghosts! Ye Sen said with a smug face
"Poor Dao? Avatar? Objectively is a Taoist? The shopkeeper couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and looked at the noble young man in front of him, and couldn't help but be deeply puzzled.
Because Ye Sen's clothes are plain white Taoist robes customized by later generations, which are different from the blue Taoist robes worn by ordinary Taoist priests today, and Ye Sen does not have the style of ordinary Taoist priests, the shopkeeper didn't recognize Ye Sen as a Taoist priest for a while, and thought he was a noble son who traveled to which house!
"Humph!" Ye Sen snorted coldly, secretly operating the spiritual power in his body, his palm stretched out, the void room generated electricity, and there was thunder shining in it, and in the dazzling thunder, the shopkeeper's face suddenly became even more pale.
"Oh, forgive the villain's clumsiness, but I didn't find out that the son is still a Taoist! Forgive sins, forgive sins! Xiao Er, quickly bring wine to the Taoist chief, I want the best! Seeing Ye Sen's palm thunder method, the shopkeeper didn't dare to doubt it, and hurriedly bowed and apologized in fear, put his posture to the lowest point, and beckoned Xiao Er to take out the best wine and food to entertain Ye Sen, hoping to eliminate the misunderstanding, so as not to save his life!
"No need!" Ye Sen withdrew his palm, glanced at the shopkeeper deeply, and said: "Actually, the reason why Poor Dao came to Guobei County is because I heard that there are demons here, so I rushed to subdue demons and eliminate demons and eliminate harm for the people!" Shopkeeper, if you know the situation of Lanruo Temple, please tell the truth! ”
Ye Sen looked at the other party, his cold eyes, like sharp blades, full of powerful deterrent, the shopkeeper only felt like a man's back, cold sweat flowed, and said in fear: "Don't dare to deceive the Taoist, in fact, the villain doesn't know much about the situation of Lanruo Temple, only knows that it is extremely eerie and terrifying, not only poisonous insects and beasts are everywhere, but also there are often beautiful female ghosts, specializing in eating human flesh and blood, sucking people's souls..."
It's a cliché, and when he saw the shopkeeper, he couldn't say any tricks, Ye Sen interrupted impatiently and directly: "Where is Lanruo Temple?" ”
"Well, out of the city to the east, there is a ruined temple less than ten miles away, and there is..."
"Thanks!" Ye Sen threw a silver bean to the shopkeeper, turned around and left, and disappeared out of the lobby in the blink of an eye.
It is better to hear than to see, no matter how much you hear, there is no accuracy and truth from your own personal experience, so after asking about the location of Lanruo Temple, Ye Sen planned to go directly to Lanruo Temple while it was dark.
After Ye Sen left, the inn lobby exploded with a buzz, and the diners talked about it, admiring, doubting, and disdainful, no matter what, it all meant the same thing, that is, they didn't believe that Ye Sen could come back alive at all.
Even the shopkeeper who had spoken to Ye Sen just now sighed and said: "The little Taoist has extraordinary skills, but unfortunately he is too arrogant, this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back alive!" ”