Chapter 68: The Inexplicable Child
I was supposed to enter the city quickly, but I stood at the gate and stopped for a moment.
This is just a personal curiosity, and I want to find out which city in history is it that was buried 'alive' in the ground, and whether there is any record of it.
But the strange thing is that this qiē city is well preserved, but the place where the name of the city should be engraved on the city gate is blank.
Looking closely, it made me a little pale.
There are also all kinds of traces on this blank space, because of the distance, I can't tell clearly, but there is a trace in it, but I can recognize it when it turns to dust.
Because there are such traces in my mountain gate, there is no doubt that it is to destroy the traces of the inscription on my mountain gate - paw prints!
It looks like paw prints!
But was the city buried, and the destruction of my mountain gate happened in the same era? I was silent until I walked into the city and I didn't think it should be.
I play antiques, and the foundation of historical knowledge is relatively solid, and this whole city is actually a strong Qin Shi style!
And the inheritance of the first generation of my mountain gate, the ancestor who is very familiar and smiling obscenely is definitely not from Qin Shi, and the master doesn't talk about him much.
In addition, the mountain gate was originally similar to the history of the mountain gate was destroyed, although I am not sure, but I also heard the master vaguely say that the ancestor was a person in the Western Han Dynasty, at that time, it was still the strongest time of Taoism.
The ancient city that was destroyed in the Qin period!
Later destroyed mountain gates!
What kind of striking connection could there be in the same traces?
After entering the city, it was still quiet, and the streets near the city walls were lined with ordinary houses.
These dwellings are very well preserved, only a few of them have a few cracks, if they are so bare on the ground, they are easily buried in the ground by wind and sand, perhaps because of various coincidences, they retain their old appearance.
I didn't have the idea of going in and looking at it, because among these dwellings, there was more or less a thick layer of sand.
Some houses have their doors open, and there are even traces of bones.
When I see such an environment, I know that no one is there, so why should I go in and investigate?
I just can't help but sigh again, what a magical thing it is to preserve until now, think about it carefully, I'm afraid I want to 'thank' the storage of yin qi here, this kind of cold may make many tiny creatures unable to survive, plus a vacuum-like environment, to form this 'miracle', right?
But, miracle to miracle, why are the streets so quiet?
Before, I had been patronizing the novelty, and had not noticed the problem until now, and after walking about fifty meters, I had not found or seen at all any trace of what should have belonged to human beings, except for the various high fires placed in the streets.
This is obviously the inner market, no one's? The dim yellow seen on the iron cage was the light from the fire in the city itself?
Surely this was not the case, I frowned, and began to try to remember which place was the brightest, only to find in vain that the city was shrouded in a twilight, and there was no brighter place.
What should I do? In this kind of place, it is destined not to stay indefinitely.
Whether it's the constant heat in my body or the slowly melting pills in my mouth, it's a reminder that I have a limited amount of time.
But I am facing a city, not a village or town, even if it is an ancient city, how can I find it?
Thinking like this made me feel a little uneasy in my heart, and I could only try my best to think that according to the design of ancient cities, the area was generally divided by the main street.
The simplest is the cross.
After entering the city gate, I kept walking in a straight line, and the street was wide enough to accommodate at least four horses in parallel, so it was definitely the main street.
"At least you won't get lost if you walk around the main street, and it's easy to see the various areas through the main street and determine where people are?" That's the simple idea in my mind, and that's all I can come up with at this point.
Because of the limited time, once I have made a decision, my pace becomes very fast, where can I still care about the buildings on both sides? I don't dare to think about the so-called consequences, after all, there are still many dangerous places in the inner city.
After walking like this for about ten minutes, I had already penetrated into this black city, but it was still quiet, and my heart finally turned from uneasy to a little panicked.
However, it was at this time that a slightly childish voice suddenly appeared on my right.
"This master, where are you going?" This master? It's almost impossible to hear this term in modern society, and at first glance, it sounds a little funny to be shouted by such a childish voice.
Coupled with the relief of finally hearing the voice, I couldn't help but smile, and I was inexplicably a little more kind to the owner of the voice.
As I laughed, a small head stuck out from behind a house on the right.
I turned to look at him, and he looked me up and down, and it took almost half a minute for him to slowly move out from behind the house.
But when I saw him, I couldn't help but groan, this kid is too thin, right? How do you look like a three- or four-year-old child? But will a three- or four-year-old child save a zài in the inner city and cleverly call me 'this master'? Apparently impossible!
In fact, according to the entry requirements of the inner market, I am afraid that it is difficult for people under the age of 18 to be seen? Not to mention such a child?
Thinking about it like this, I can't help but secretly feel a little defensive in my heart.
Moreover, the more I look at this child, the more wrong it becomes, why does the head seem big compared to the figure? According to the modern interpretation, it is due to malnutrition. But if this qiē is placed in the ghost market, it doesn't make sense, where do the aborigines come from in the ghost market? And how can there be malnourished children?
If there are aborigines in the ghost market, it should be a group of evil cultivators who do all kinds of evil.
This is what the beast elder gave me, thinking of this, a thin layer of cold sweat has appeared on my back, but under the mask, how can others know? The boy didn't know what I was thinking, but when he came out of the back of the house, he didn't have the fear he had before, and walked up to me with quicker steps, and stood beside me, less than my waist.
At such a distance, I found that he was unusually pale, even more pale than 'albinism', and if I looked closely, I could see the thin blood vessels under the skin.
Because I was on guard in my heart, I didn't want to be 'timid' lightly, or let others see through it, and the words I was going to ask were also pressed in my stomach, but I didn't know how to break the deadlock for a while, so I could only look at this child in silence.
Seeing that I had been silent, the child seemed a little afraid.
But something seemed to motivate him, and he suddenly gestured five fingers in front of me.
"Five hundred dollars, I can help you do things. Otherwise, you can invite me to the restaurant in Xicheng for a meal. "Finally, he opened his mouth to me, temporarily freeing me from the 'embarrassment' of the impasse, but the words he proposed were so unbelievable.
This is in the inner city! The money in the outer market is already the most 'low-level' deposit, and there is a strange child in the inner market who asks me for 500 yuan?
Although I was defensive of him, it was always difficult for me to hate him because of the kindness before.
So, with a deep groan, I took out 500 yuan from my bag.
There was a hint of longing in the child's eyes, seeing him like this, I directly put 500 yuan into his hand, he cheered lowly, quickly put the money into his arms, and then said to me: "Uncle, except where I can't go." I've followed you all the time you're here. If nothing else, I am very familiar with this place, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me. I can run errands or something, I can do it too. ”
I was a little puzzled by such a thing, but I still asked tentatively: "I want to find someone in the inner city, can you take me to meet him?" ”
The person I'm looking for is naturally the one the Beast Elder asked me to deliver the letter.
The beast elder specially told me that my response in the inner city basically fell on him.
"Looking for someone? Some big names I'm not familiar with. But, this man, can you tell me who it is? The child's face was incomparably sincere, and it felt like he was very anxious to do something for me.
I hesitated for a moment, but said the man's name.
After all, I don't have a choice when no one is present, so I have to find it myself.
I don't want to, after I say the name.
The boy looked puzzled, grabbed the yellow and soft hair on his head, and shook his head innocently at me.
A sense of disappointment rose in my heart, I didn't expect it to be so unsmooth to come to the inner city to do things, and I couldn't help but sigh lowly.
But the boy was afraid that I would be dissatisfied with him, so he hurriedly said: "I don't know, except for people like you who are only staying for a short time, the rest are some big people, and I can take you to the place where the big people are." ”
"It's fine." I was secretly happy in my heart, but I said quietly, I didn't expect that 500 yuan could save me a lot of trouble for such a thing.
Seeing that I agreed, the boy took me on the road with some joy, but he didn't take two steps, and he suddenly turned back to me and said, "This lord, aren't you a warrior who wants to go to Dongcheng for an adventure?" ”
East Side? Warrior?