Xie Tanning really had a green face.

"Nonsense, that sea of clouds silver hairpin is obviously worth thousands of taels." He craned his neck and stared out.

The fat shopkeeper smiled: "Have you ever heard that anyone has really bought that thing at this price?" ”

"Uh......"

Lin Shaoge yawned heavily: "Okay, Ning Da Shao, it's not early, it's time to rest." ”

The three of them booked two rooms.

Xie Tianning stayed in Lin Shaoge's room and didn't leave: "Brother, second brother, I always feel a little uncomfortable. Let me squeeze in tonight, three big men anyway. ”

"You're worried it's a black shop?" Bang Yue smiled: "Just with that shopkeeper, and those fat guys? If they step on this wooden staircase, they will wake you up as soon as possible. ”

Xie Tianning sighed: "Alas... Indeed, you are the ignorant and fearless. In everything, you can't just look at the surface. ”

Bang Yue and Shaoge glanced at each other, and they were both a little stunned.

"This Wuqi Mountain looks normal, and what the shopkeeper said is also normal, it seems to be quite reasonable. You only see these obvious appearances and think that everything is really that simple?! ......" He opened his mouth, as if unable to think of a word that would fit.

"And yet?" Bang Yue's face is full of curiosity.

"And yet...... The most normal is the most abnormal! To put it mildly, you don't understand it either. ”

Bang Yue couldn't help but laugh: "Then Ning Da Shao just talk about it, where is it normal?" What's not normal? ”

"You won't understand!" Xie Tianning rolled his eyes, "In short, tonight must not be peaceful!" The three of us are in one place, and we can take care of each other even if there is a situation. ”

"Not bad. What Ning Dashao said was extreme. Shao Ge is serious, "From today on, you and I will take turns to keep vigil until we leave Wuqi Mountain." ”

"Huh?!" Xie Tingning wailed: "Vigil?!" ”

Shaoge said solemnly: "I think Ning Dashao has spoken the truth of the world. Just like this bright moon, why is the first day of the new year different from the fifteenth? From the crescent moon, it gradually turned into a round of discs, and the disc slowly turned into a crescent moon. For thousands of years, people have been accustomed to it, and they don't even think anything is abnormal. In fact, if you want to dig deeper, what is the word 'incredible'? Therefore, what Ning Dashao said is very true, and it is really the most normal, which is the most abnormal. ”

Xie Tingning fluttered: "Yes, yes, the seventh prince is really my confidant." ”

So saying, he took the cover and put it under the wall, and took the initiative to keep vigil.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, after settling the money for food and lodging, the three of them set foot on Wuqi Mountain.

Everything is normal.

The town of Wuqi was built halfway up the mountain, and it took two hours to reach the town from the foot of the mountain.

There is only one road up the mountain, which is a branch of the official road, a rammed loess road.

It has not been trampled on for many years, and the wildflowers and weeds have not even come to occupy it, and a winding dirt road is clean and clean.

There are many sections of the road that are very steep, with cliffs more than three zhang high on one side and depressions several zhang deep on the other, and it seems that there is indeed no second road to Wuqi Town.

After surveying the terrain, the three men gave up on sneaking into the town from the flanks.

"I really can't tell that this place has been abandoned for more than 20 years." Bang Yue pointed to a pothole on the side of the road ahead, "Look, this is obviously a stone embedded in the ground, which was dug out and thrown away. ”

"Yes," Shaoge said with a smile, "after walking for so long, it's time to rest." ”

Then he went to the side of the road and sat down, dug up another stone, and threw it down the mountain.

Bang Yue stepped closer and slightly contrasted the colors of the two potholes.

It's a new pit.

Not long ago, someone who had climbed the mountain and stopped in this place.

Wuqi Town...... Is it normal or abnormal?

The three of them rested for a moment and continued their journey up the dirt road. Turning around a cliff, the eyes suddenly opened up.

At this point, the terrain suddenly became gentle.

The dirt road, which was originally more than one zhang wide, was spread out in a fan shape and paved under a bluestone archway, which was more than five zhang wide. After the archway, the dirt road became a stone road. There are many houses on both sides of the road, and there are stalls on the roadside, selling all kinds of common vegetables, fruits, and daily utensils. There are not many pedestrians on the road, and it looks no different from the street outside Bang Yue's house.

The bluestone archway is magnificent, more than three zhang high, about five zhang wide, a total of four bluestone square pillars support the roof of the building on three sides, the roof, the bucket, the size of the forehead, the plaque and the flower board are all the same bluestone material to build, there is a plaque embedded on the middle of the building, the book "Wuqi Town" three black ink characters.

Under the archway, there is a canopy, a rattan and wood Taishi chair, an old wooden table, a pot of tea, a cup, a fan, and a person.

The man was dressed in a blue-gray robe and a blue-cloth square hat on his head, and was about fifty years old.

Seeing the three of them walking under the archway, this person got up and greeted him.

When he got closer, he folded the fan in his hand.

The fan bone of the folding fan is of strange material, and when the fan is closed, the fan bone is struck in turn, making a very crisp and pleasant, uneven jingle sound.

"Hey! Guests from afar, stop, stop! ”

He hugged his fists and grinned to the root of his ears: "The old man is the one in the town, and his surname is Cheng." If a few people want to be guests in the town, they need to listen to the old man. ”

He flicked his sleeves seriously, and said, "If you are curious to play, persuade you to turn around, where you come from, where you go back." If you must enter the town, you need to stay in the town for seven days, and the old man will be entertained, not one more day, not one less day. Before entering the town, drink a bowl of specialty black tea, otherwise, where the guests come from, please go back. ”

With that, he stopped his movements and looked at the three of them unhurriedly with a pair of deep eyes.

"Uh......" Xie Tianning scratched his head, "or we ......"

"Then bother!" Shao Song is long.

The old man in the blue and gray robe returned the salute, "Please-"

After that, he took out three bowls from under the table, picked up the teapot, poured a bowl of yellow and clear black tea from each one, and handed it to the three of them with both hands.

Bang Yue took it first, tried it carefully, bitter and astringent, and the aftertaste was slightly fragrant, and after a while, she quietly took the pulse, and did not feel abnormal. I raised my head and drank it all, and took the pulse again, without any signs of poisoning.

She nodded softly to Shaoge.

The three of them drank tea, and Cheng Li was leading them past the archway and heading towards the town. After walking a street, we reached the main road in the middle of town.

On the left and right, there is a two-story wooden building, vermilion lacquer gray tiles, yellow and red flags swaggering in the wind. Wine shops, tea houses, and even flower houses.

There are small stalls in front of the building, paved on both sides of the street, but they all consciously avoid the main entrance of the store at the back, as if they are welcoming customers for the store, shouting one after another, very lively.

Along the way, the people in the town saw Cheng Lizheng, fixed their figure, said hello, and then continued to do their own things.

Bang Yue and Shaoge glanced at each other, but they didn't find anything wrong.

"Cheng Lizheng, you can be lively here, and it's not worse than Kyoto." Bang Yue accosted a conversation.

"There is a market today, and the villagers on the middle road and the upper road have rushed over, so it is naturally more lively than usual." Cheng Li turned his head to look at Bang Yue and replied seriously.

"Mid Lane...... Hit the road? ”

Cheng Lizheng said with a smile: "Childe came from afar, so naturally he doesn't know the situation in the town. The town of Wuqi is built along the road, from the mid-level to the top of the mountain, the climate is different. This area has the best terrain, so this is the main town. The inhabitants of the main town make up about half of the population, and the rest of the people live by the roads by the mountains and guard their fields, and it is rare to gather in one place on weekdays. Therefore, on Fridays, there is a market in the main town, which is convenient for everyone to exchange and buy. ”