At noon, Yong'an City.

This city, which is in charge of 80% of the economic lifeline of the Dajin Kingdom, is crowded with people and is a prosperous scene.

It is also the only city in Daikin Province that can compete with Kyoto Castle. But it is different from Kyoto, which is a political capital, and a group of civil and military generals surround the emperor's knees, and there is no freedom in every move. Even an inadvertent wrong word will provoke the anger of the Son of Heaven.

But Yong'an City, which is far away in the sky, is an economic capital, adjacent to the border of the three countries, with frequent crowds of people coming and going, and there are many commercial markets on the streets.

Not to mention the oil and water, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Although this Yong'an City is the territory of the Dajin Kingdom, but the people who are officials here are like the gods here, since the founding of the Dajin Kingdom, the position of the county lord here is a sought-after goods, just like the glutinous oil baba that has just come out of the pot in the West City, and you can't eat anything when you go late, only the greed.

But that's all for nowhere. From a certain point in time, this Yong'an City has become unstable!

Although it is still rich, people come and go. But there is only one kind of person, as if he was cursed by Yong'an City, the county order with a lot of oil and water in the past, once as long as he stayed here for two years, he could have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, but now it has become a hot potato. No one wants to go next. Whether it is a new champion or an old fritter who has been an official for decades, for those who are sent to this place to be officials, they can push it, but if they can't push it, they will pretend to be sick or directly sue the old man and return to his hometown.

After all, it is more important to be an official and take money. is gone, why do you want the title of the official master? Can't you feed it to the dogs? Life is gone, no matter how much money there is, it is a piece of paper, and it is not a good thing to have a life to be greedy and not to spend it.

In this way, this rich Yong'an City, which is rivaled by the country, has no county officials for half a year, and the people in the city are chaotic and do not talk about the bullies and small traders who bully the people, but say that no one cares about the pseudo-merchants who infiltrate the neighboring countries from time to time, and it is estimated that it will not be long before this Yong'an City will change hands!

The reason why it became like this overnight, and let people stay away from it as if they were far away from the jackal's den in the land of tigers and wolves, is because in the past few years, anyone who has been an official here will definitely not live for half a year, and up to now, the county commander has died four or five in succession, and the cause of death cannot be found in each of them.

Everything is a mystery, the mystery is unsolved, and everyone trembles.

Therefore, the position of county official, people can be as far away as they can, and it is best that they never have the opportunity to contact it, and coming here is like setting a time limit for their own life, not indefinitely extended, only shorter and shorter.

There was once a man who was not afraid of things to be an official, a man in his fifties, who was righteous and awe-inspiring, and he also wanted to find out the catty here with enthusiasm, but before he lived for two months, he died. Since then, there have been more rumors, the three of them have become tigers, and the emperor who is far away in Kyoto is also eager to find a way, and he has a strategy under his hands to find a minister to talk about, and on weekdays, one by one can speak well, at this time it is also pushed and pushed, either sick or returning to the hometown in advance, and even directly saying that he is afraid of death and does not want to go. The emperor was angry, but he couldn't force him to go, after all, there was a newborn child, and if something happened to him at this time, his reputation as a wise man in this life would be in vain. In the end, the emperor was helpless, so he simply gave up, and only called the army stationed at the border to command, temporarily managing Yong'an City, as long as he didn't make any big mess, he would be thankful!

The commander of the border army, who is accustomed to life and death, still doesn't care about life and death! It's just strange to say, since the commander was in charge of the affairs of the entire Yong'an City, half a year has passed peacefully, nothing has happened, and he has become even richer.

After half a year, a person finally stood up and took over the hot potato.

This person is Gu Changqing, the new branch and the first champion of Yongxuan for ten years, he took an edict from the emperor with both hands, and under the sighs and sighs of everyone, he came to this legendary "Shura Hell" Yong'an City!

On the day of the edict, the emperor sat on the golden dragon throne, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he couldn't hide his ease and smile, but he still tried to suppress it, and finally cleared his throat, and then said, "Aiqing is so worried about me, I am very relieved, but that is Longtan Tiger's Den, you really decided to go?" ”

"Longtan Tiger's Den, Hell Abyss, I have the emperor's appreciation, I can't live up to the holy will, now Yong'an City, is in chaos, the people's lives are also in fear, as the official of the court, I have no obligation to shirk. This trip to Yong'an, there will definitely be a result. Please rest assured. ”

"Don't worry, Aiqing will go, the road ahead must be fierce and abnormal, be careful! When I come back, I will reward you well. ”

Having said that, even the emperor himself didn't know if this new champion would be able to come back alive, after all, he had heard many versions of Yong'an City during this time, and none of them looked like he could come back alive.

But it doesn't matter if he can live or not, in Gu Changqing's heart, a person's inaction is a more painful thing than death, if his ambitions can't be stretched, he would rather he never live.

Yong'an City is located in a remote place, and it took 28 days to travel from the capital to the border of Yong'an City.

When they arrived at the border of Yong'an City, it was noon, and under the scorching sun, there were exhausted sweaty BMWs and two young men.

The sweat and blood were given by the emperor, and the two young men besides Gu Changqing were his friends who grew up together with their bare butts, and they were also Gu Changqing's guards this time. This person's name is Yan Mu, the relationship between him and Gu Changqing is comparable to siblings, but the personalities and looks of the two people are very different, Gu Changqing's eyebrows are clear, and he looks at the past from a distance like a distant mountain, and he is handsome and picturesque. But because of his childhood experience, there is always a kind of coldness on his body that rejects people thousands of miles away, so his handsome face is always expressionless, as if the distant mountains are covered with fog!

As the champion of the new department, he was a popular figure in Kyoto for a long time after that, full of talent, and his appearance was clear and handsome, which attracted countless women.

All of a sudden, the phrase "standing tall and standing far away and green mountains, and the jade tree is bright in the wind and the moon" was also sung.

As far as wood is concerned, it is best to describe it in one sentence, that is, a good skin that makes women jealous. Later, because he was molested by a man as a woman, he vowed to make a handful of beards to prove his gender, and the white face was inappropriately bearded, just like a circle of dog hair stuck on a white-faced steamed bun, so that people couldn't cry or laugh. Every time Gu Changqing looked at him, he desperately endured the nausea in his heart, and he also desperately endured not to let himself think about dog hair.

However, even if Gu Changqing desperately endured not to look at Yan Mu every time, Yan Mu's sense of existence never decreased because of this, but it was like a heavy rain that came urgently in summer, crackling and endless.

"Changqing, I don't understand, why do you have to come to this eerie place when you have a great future! If we can't figure it out, we have to explain our lives here. ”

"Do you know what this place is called, it's hell!"

"You'll have to be kind to me in the future, I'm risking my life to be with you. You are good to me, and you are not allowed to bully me or scold me. ”

"However, you say, there will be a lot of beautiful women there!"

Words like this, Yan Mu said the whole way. Gu Changqing usually pretended not to hear. Until now, the two of them stood at the border of Yong'an City, looking at the Shura Hell that was close at hand, Yan Mu changed his previous nonsense, and said tremblingly, "Changqing, why don't we go back." ”

Changqing looked ahead and shook his head. Yan Mu continued, "Changqing, I'm scared. Changqing continued to shake his head. Yan Mu continued, "I'm really afraid, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet, and it's too much to lose by dying here." ”

Gu Changqing was still shaking his head, Yan Mu only realized this time that he was not listening to what he was saying at all, so he kicked Gu Changqing hard on the buttocks, if the emperor at this moment knew that the sweat and blood horse he gave was treated like this, it was estimated that he would angrily arrest Yan Mu back to be a eunuch.

However, the horse followed the master, and the sweaty BMW left footprints on the buttocks, but it was still the same as his owner, and it was no longer moving.

Yan Mu hatefully shouted in Changqing's ear, and he came back to his senses, in fact, he heard Yan Mu's words just now, he was just thinking about one thing. The path he chose, can he do well.

He didn't know if he could give it back a piece of clarity in this place that had been infested with darkness.

"I think I have a lot of talent and courage, but how can I prove myself if I don't go to this fierce place? It's good to do an idle job in the capital, but that's not my Gu Changqing's pursuit! ”

"Yes, yes, you have a pursuit." Yanmu muttered unhappily.

"You know, my wish since I was a child was to punish adultery and eliminate evil, if when I was a child, our family could meet a good official who was honest and honest when we experienced those things, it would not be in such a situation today."

Gu Changqing's words were cold without the slightest warmth.

Yan Mu was relieved, so he silently accompanied him. Although he always muttered dissatisfiedly, in his heart, even if it was a high cliff ahead, he was willing to accompany Gu Changqing to break through! Who let the two people be together from childhood to adulthood, and the friendship that grew up with a bare ass is comparable to heaven and earth.

The two of them walked for a while, and Gu Changqing said, "There is still half a day to get to Yong'an City, we are not in a hurry, we will find an inn here first, and then enter the city tomorrow." So saying, he jumped off his horse, intending to lead the horse forward.

Yan Mu looked at Gu Changqing incomprehensibly, frowned and said, "No, how good it is for us to go to the city in this hurry, why do you want to rest here, not to mention that the inn here is not very good, and I don't know if it's clean or not!" ”

"The sages of the previous generation said that it is right to establish officials among the people of Li! Therefore, today we have to be aware of the people's feelings and not leave. Gu Changqing said without changing his face.

"Well, I'm not going to say anything, you're right. But if we can find an inn where we can take a bath, I'm going to stink to death. Yan Mu pouted, where was the appearance of willingness.

"Okay, I'll promise you."

The two men led the horses around two blocks and came across a small inn.

Yan Mu looked around, the inn was not big, and it didn't look high-grade on the outside, and there was already some dirt on the ground at the door, so he said to Gu Changqing, "Hey, do you really plan to live in this kind of place?" ”

Before Gu Changqing could speak, the second child of the inn looked at the person who came forward, "Second master, are we going to eat or stay in the hotel?" We are remote, there are few people, far less prosperous than Yong'an City, I dare to say that even if the two masters go out for another twenty miles, they will not find a better inn than ours! ”

Yan Mu thought about it, and after walking another twenty miles, he was afraid that he would arrive in Yong'an City, and a good inn was not like a bean bag in a pot, one next to the other.

Gu Changqing ignored the shopkeeper's self-praise and Yan Mu's reluctance, he nodded and said, "That's it, two rooms!" ”

Yan Mu immediately shook his head, "No, I want a room!" ”

He didn't know if he would be able to sleep in a room.

Gu Changqing rolled his eyes at the person who said he wanted a room, but he didn't refuse, just said lightly, "You make a bunk." ”

Although it was a little uncomfortable to sleep on the ground, Yan Mu still nodded, he wanted a room, and he slept on the ground.

"Okay, wait a minute, the two masters will prepare a good room for you!" Xiao Er smiled and handed the key to Gu Changqing, and then went to entertain other guests.

Before going upstairs, Gu Changqing looked at this small inn again, although it was a border area, the area of the inn was not large, and the decoration was not very exquisite, but there were many people eating at this time, and it was overcrowded.

He looked around briefly, and when he turned his head and wanted to go upstairs, he happened to be looking at him at the same number of people, and when he saw that he noticed it, he quickly retracted it.

He looked over again with a smile, and the people just now were eating with their heads down, but they inadvertently betrayed them with the chopsticks they were intrusive.

Back in the room, the two of them took a brief rest, and after so many days of tiring travel, they were so tired that they didn't want to move anything.

In the evening, the bored Yanmu sat on the chair in the room, kept shaking his head, and his mouth was the words that he had said I don't know how many times, "Changqing, let me ask you if you know that the lord of the official mansion here has died several times in a row, what can you do to think about it, we can't just come and lose our lives." ”

"There's nothing you can do, just come and go. If we run away now, we will be resisting the decree or fooling the emperor, and we will not be able to live. Gu Changqing said nonchalantly, but it was bitter that Yan Mu thought that Gu Changqing had been admitted to the top and developed, and he would be able to enjoy happiness.

Yan Mu pursed his lips, walked to the window and opened it to breathe, the late autumn wind rushed in as quickly as a knife, and he shuddered and quickly closed it.

The two of them were silent for a while, Gu Changqing packed up his things, changed out of his dusty clothes, and said to Yan Mu lightly, "Let's go, let's eat." ”

Yan Mu lay on the table, hid his head under his arm, and said with disgust, "If you don't eat, you have no appetite!" ”

He said this because he didn't think there would be anything good to eat in this kind of place, and when he first came up, he saw the place to eat under the inn, and the clear soup looked at him without appetite, and if it was to barely fill his stomach, he would rather not eat it, because he was not hungry!

"If you don't go, then I'll go, when we walked all the way just now, I smelled a fragrance, and the smell seemed to be more fragrant than the roast duck in Jixiangju!" Saying that, Gu Changqing paused and raised his tone, "What, really don't go?" ”

"Go and go, who said no, it's so annoying!" Yan Mu pouted and said dissatisfied.

The two of them packed up and went downstairs, and happened to meet the shopkeeper of the inn at the staircase, and he greeted him warmly, "Two sons, are you going out?" ”

Before Gu Changqing could speak, he heard Yan Mu say, "En, go out to eat!" ”

He cursed secretly in his heart, why didn't he find out that Yan Mu was so stupid before, and said in front of the shopkeeper of the hotel that he was going to eat at another restaurant, wasn't that unhappy?

Fortunately, the shopkeeper smiled absently and said, "Yes, there is a shop two blocks away, it tastes very good, and we often go there, but you have to come back early, it's no better than in the city, there are no lights in the evening, and it's not safe." ”

Gu Changqing nodded, it was written down!

Yan Mu just listened to the shopkeeper's words, and the whole person was excited, eager to lead the horse at this time and gallop away.

Along the way, the two of them passed by a few blocks, and all kinds of shops stood on the street, which was even more prosperous and beautiful under the afterglow of the sunset.

Yan Mu couldn't help but say when he saw it, "This Yong'an City is really rich, not to mention anything else, just this border town can be like this, I don't know what it will be like when I go to the city, will it blind my eyes!" ”

Gu Changqing glanced at him coldly, thinking that Yan Mu had not been to Kyoto since he was a child, nor had he never lived there, how could he come to this Yong'an City, but he was like a countryman who had never seen the world.

Under Yan Mu's amazement, from time to time, the two of them were already able to see the shop, it looked very large, and they could even see the water vapor rising from the distance.

As soon as he took his seat, the shopkeeper took out a list of dishes written on it, "What do the two sons eat?" We have everything for stir-frying, cooking, and frying, so you don't regret eating it. ”

Yan Mu pondered for a long time with the list, looking at this and wanting that, looking at the one served at the other table and wanting to eat that one, and the dishes had already been ordered, but he was stunned and refused to put down the menu.

In the past month, I have been sleeping in the open every day, and I have not eaten anything good, and at this time, just smelling this smell makes me drool.

When the meal came up, Yan Mu began to feast on it, praising it again and again that it was delicious. On the contrary, Gu Changqing, who was the first to say that he was going to eat, was like a kitten ordering food, he put down his chopsticks after only two bites, took a light sip of a cyan teacup, and looked at the diners inside with interest and listened to the conversation between them.

This is the purpose of his appearance, and many times, this kind of after-dinner talk is more practical.

Gu Changqing first briefly glanced around the store and took in all the characters. It's about twice the size of the place where they live, and the whole store is very warmly decorated, and there are a lot of calligraphy and paintings on the walls, and the whole house is as warm as spring, and these appetites are getting better.

At the table across a table from them, there were four men, they were dressed neatly and neatly, not like ordinary people who lived on coolies, but not like powerful people, they should be some people who were doing small business, just a little money, but they liked to talk about something after dinner.

I don't want to be rich and rich, I just want to live a relaxed life, and I can hear some things best in the mouth of such a person.

And the two people who were close to Gu Changqing's table had been sitting upright, there were only two dishes on the table, no wine, this kind of person looked like a person from a certain Jianghu organization who had undergone professional training, a place like Yong'an City, located at the junction of the three kingdoms, and a rich land, it was not uncommon for people to have such a Jianghu organization, Gu Changqing just glanced twice and looked away.

The others, who were far away, were ordinary people, who ate the simplest meals and did not speak loudly, as if they were afraid of disturbing others.

Looking inside, there was only one man sitting on a chair, and there was a person who looked like a guard standing beside him, and he was the same as Gu Changqing in his hand, holding a teacup and dangling it with interest, with a leisurely posture and an indescribable sense of nobility.

But because of the distance, his whole person was hidden in the corner, so Gu Changqing couldn't really see his face, so he simply gave up.

After looking around, he glanced back at Yan Mu, who was eating Zhengxiang, and sat down in a posture as if he wanted to talk to Yan Mu. In this way, his position is closest to those four people, and he can better listen to those four people.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Yan Mu looked at him puzzled, sat over, and asked vigilantly.

"Eat."

"Neurotic!" Yan Mu Nuo said a word, and continued to fight with his crispy chicken.

Gu Changqing sat down next to Yan Mu, pricked up his ears, and listened to the conversation of the four people. At first, they were all chatting about some nonsense, but after about half an hour of tea, one of the men sitting in the south seat whispered, "Hey, have you heard?" Our new official is coming, and I heard that he is a new champion, and he is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers! ”

The other nodded in agreement, "Isn't it?" I don't even come to this place, how much oil and water there is. Lives matter! ”

The other two also nodded their heads one after another, and the man in the south position continued, "Do you know why our Yong'an City is not peaceful? Why can't this official be able to do it? ”

They shook their heads, and the man continued, "I heard from a master that our city of Yong'an is haunted. ”

"Haunted?"

The man nodded, "But this master said, this ghost has to look at people, we ordinary people can't look down on it, I heard that this ghost lives in that county office, otherwise how could so many county orders die." ”

"I seem to have heard it, the last time I went to the city to drink in the middle of the night, I heard the haunted sound of the city, the ghost crying wolf. I was so scared that I ran straight back to the inn. The man sitting on the north side said in horror.

"Yes, yes, I think I've seen it, it's called a horror."

"So scary? Don't talk about it, or the ghost should come to us. As he spoke, a sudden gust of wind blew the window open, startling the men.

"What are you talking about, come on, drink." One of them said in a circle.

A few people drank it again.

At this time, Yan Mu was already full of wine and food, and he looked at him curiously lying on Gu Changqing's side, "What are you listening to secretly?" ”

Gu Changqing came back to his senses and said softly, "Go back and tell you." He glanced at the clean plate that Yan Mu had eaten again, and said, "Have you eaten?" Let's go when you're ready! ”

The darkness of the night is about to fall, and they still have to rest.

In the future, it doesn't matter if he is a human or a ghost, in short, it will take some effort.

After Gu Changqing and the two left, the man sitting in the corner gently put down the teacup in his hand, and his lips moved slightly, "He is the new county magistrate?" ”

The guard nodded, "Yes!" ”

The man looked outside, Gu Changqing's figure had merged with the night, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth, "This game is getting more and more fun." ”

At the same time, the two people who were still on the road, Yan Mu rubbed his stomach and kept praising it that it was delicious, while Gu Changqing was thinking about the conversation of those people just now, haunted? It's really nonsense.

It's just that two people who are immersed in their own world don't know what they're missing.

However, the interesting thing about Fategate's is that people never know what they're going to miss, and what kind of stories they're missing out on.