The diameter of the steel ring is more consistent with the person's neck, is this really locking?

Wu Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that when he passed by here with the Moon Shadow Fuxian a few days ago, he had faintly heard the woman's cry outside the entrance of the cave, and the cry was empty and far-reaching, now that he thinks about it, it was not an auditory hallucination at that time, it is very likely that there was really a woman locked in the stone room at that time, and this woman's cry was transmitted to the entrance of the cave through the stone door and the passageway, which naturally gave people an ethereal feeling.

Wu Zhiyuan gently put down the steel ring and chains, got up and motioned for Moon Shadow Fuxian to walk out, and the two of them walked through the aisle one after the other and crawled out of the hole.

"What do you think the chains and steel rings are used to lock or something?" Wu Zhiyuan saw that the Moon Shadow Fu Immortal was silent for a long time, and asked.

"It's hard to say." Moon Shadow Fuxian pondered for a moment and replied, "The mountains and hills around here are undulating, except for the small mountain village in the north, which is deserted and uninhabited, and there is a mountain temple built here, which is likely to be used to suppress evil spirits and avoid disasters. ”

"Mountain ghosts?" Wu Zhiyuan was stunned and asked, "What mountain ghosts?" Is it male or female? ”

Moon Shadow Fuxian didn't know what Wu Zhiyuan was thinking, and frowned when he heard this: "You seem to be particularly concerned about male and female genders tonight, and you have to ask a man and a woman for anything you encounter." ”

Wu Zhiyuan smiled softly, without explaining in detail, and after a while, Moon Shadow Fu Immortal continued: "The legendary mountain ghosts and Ma Hu are hiding among the mountains and fields, specifically confusing pedestrians who are lost at night. ”

"Do mountain ghosts and maho have genders?" Wu Zhiyuan got to the bottom of it.

Moon Shadow stroked the fairy as white as he did, and said slowly: "According to Qu Yuan's poem "Mountain Ghost", the mountain ghost should be a woman, but Ma Hu is only a legendary thing, no one has ever seen it, let alone knows the gender. ”

Wu Zhiyuan nodded slightly, but there was another thing in his mind, and the two walked along the mountain road one after the other towards the cave where they rested during the day.

Now that all four zombies have turned into ashes, Wu Zhiyuan no longer has to suffer the hard work of driving corpses at night, and can rest at night and travel during the day. Although the transported body is gone, he still has to go to Liuyin Village, Yidu County, even if he explains the reason to his employer, it can be regarded as an explanation of this transaction, and when the master asks in the future, he will not be speechless.

After the two returned to the cave, they lit a fire to keep out the cold, and when they were relatively silent, they went to sleep. Wu Zhiyuan was full of worries, so he didn't feel sleepy, just lay down on the side and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, this night his mind turned a thousand times, his thinking was very clear, and he didn't fall asleep for a moment at all, and even the Moon Shadow Fuxian got up and went out to relieve him clearly.

At dawn the next day, the two got up and went on the road, although taking the small road is a shortcut, but at this time there is no burden of chasing the corpse, the two plan to take the road to Yidu County, according to the speed of the two, it is not difficult to reach Jinan before Sun Haozi's gang.

In the evening, the two came to a small town, Wu Zhiyuan wrapped the homemade peachwood sword with a cloth, and carried it behind his shoulder, he didn't want the world to see such a lame wooden sword, which would damage the prestige of the Maoshan faction.

The two picked a good inn, and the experience of sleeping in the open for days was very tiring, and they could have a good night's rest with a house and a bed.

Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian each lived in one room, and the two of them lived next to each other. After Wu Zhiyuan returned to the room, he took off the wooden sword on his back, packed up the food he was carrying in his baggage, and was about to lie down on the bed to rest, when there was a knock on the door.

Wu Zhiyuan walked to the door and opened the door, and saw the shopkeeper standing at the door, holding a pot of hot tea in his hand: "Uncle, I've brought you tea." ”

Wu Zhiyuan thought that the service of this inn was really thoughtful, and he didn't ask for tea at all, so he automatically sent it over, so he dodged and let the shopkeeper in.

The shopkeeper put the teapot on the table, poured a cup of hot tea for Wu Zhiyuan, nodded and said "rest early", turned around and walked out the door.

"Little second brother." Wu Zhiyuan suddenly called the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper hurriedly turned around when he heard the sound and looked at Wu Zhiyuan in a daze.

"What's wrong with your throat?" Wu Zhiyuan looked at the shopkeeper and asked.

A trace of panic and embarrassment flashed on the face of the shopkeeper, and a few smiles appeared on his face: "Xiao suffered a little cold a few days ago, so his throat was a little uncomfortable, and his voice changed." ”

Wu Zhiyuan nodded, sat at the table and picked up the teacup, drank all the tea in the cup, waved his left hand lightly, and the shopkeeper turned around and left the room and closed the door.

After the shopkeeper closed the door and left, Wu Zhiyuan walked to the basin and spit out all the tea in his mouth into the basin.

Originally, the shopkeeper sent tea without calling, Wu Zhiyuan was not suspicious, but when the shopkeeper spoke, he noticed that something was wrong, the shopkeeper's voice was a little yin and yang, giving people a feeling of neither male nor female.

His voice reminded Wu Zhiyuan of the eunuch who stole the child he met in the mountain village, although he didn't speak at the time, he once screamed angrily after being attacked by the villagers, and that sound left a deep impression on Wu Zhiyuan, and at this time, the voice of the shopkeeper was exactly the same as the eunuch.

Wu Zhiyuan concluded that the shopkeeper and the eunuch were by no means the same person, because the eunuch had long been reduced to ashes and could never reshape his body, and the two had completely different figures and appearances, but Wu Zhiyuan believed that there must be some kind of connection between the two people.

Therefore, the tea sent by the shopkeeper for no reason must be strange, and he can't drink it, but he still has to pretend to drink it in front of the shopkeeper, so that the other party can mistakenly think that he has been tricked and take it lightly. If he guessed correctly, someone would be in his room soon.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan walked to the side of the bed and fell on the bed, sleeping in a very ugly position, which looked more real.

Sure enough, in less than half a burnt incense time, there was a sound of quietly tiptoeing footsteps outside the door, and the sound stopped abruptly when he walked to his door, and then, Wu Zhiyuan heard a sound of opening the door bolt.

The other party was obviously a veteran and was extremely familiar with the construction of the deadbolt, so he opened the deadbolt in a moment and quietly pushed the door open.

In order to prevent goofs, Wu Zhiyuan didn't move, just narrowed his eyes and observed the situation of the person who came, only to see that the person's figure was thin, which was completely consistent with the body shape of the shopkeeper, Wu Zhiyuan was worried that the other party was trying to make money and kill him, so he had already made preparations, if the other party took out the murder weapon, he would definitely jump up and strike first.

I saw that the shopkeeper came to Wu Zhiyuan's bed, he opened the burden on Wu Zhiyuan's bedside, rummaged carefully, I don't know what he was looking for, after rummaging for a long time, he didn't seem to find what he wanted, so he came to reach out and search Wu Zhiyuan's clothes, the shopkeeper searched very carefully, and finally found the bulging and soft thing in Wu Zhiyuan's arms, and stretched out his hand to pull out the handkerchief inside.

The shopkeeper looked at the handkerchief, let out a sneer, put the handkerchief in his pocket, turned around and walked out of the door, and then, the footsteps outside the door became farther and farther away.

Wu Zhiyuan sat up, reached out and touched the pocket in his arms, and let out a sneer, picked up the peach wood sword beside him and followed.

The shopkeeper walked in a hurry, I saw him walk out of the inn and go straight to the east, Wu Zhiyuan came from the east, knowing that there was a forest over there, could it be that the shopkeeper wanted to go to the woods? What was his intention in taking the handkerchief from my bosom?

With questions in his belly, Wu Zhiyuan quickened his pace and followed closely.