Words, asked with interest: "So, do you have different opinions?" ”

The shopkeeper grinned, "I really can't hide anything from you!" We ordinary people, although we are not very smart, but we are not blind! Those who disappeared in Jiangzhou basically have parents, wives and concubines, and children, even if they really want to flee the famine, they will definitely flee with their families, where will they leave their relatives and run away alone?

And most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they can't run at all! So you said that those errands in the government are not perfunctory to us little people! ”

Shi Qingxue: "Then why did they disappear?" ”

"That's not easy to say! Some people say that they were infected with the plague, and they died in a corner of the pimple all of a sudden, and then they were disposed of by the people of the government, some people said that they were deceived by someone, and some people said that it was the sacrifice of the river god's grandfather, and there were not enough of them, and those individuals were captured by the river god as sacrifices......

In short, there are all kinds of strange speculations, but only God knows what the truth is! ”

The shopkeeper was a little careless and talked about the speculations of all parties, but Shi Qingxue keenly heard a trace of disdain from his tone.

Shi Qingxue paused, and immediately said, "Looking at your appearance, you seem to know the truth about these people's disappearance?" ”

"This ......" The shopkeeper did not deny it, and his little eyes began to glance around again, and he couldn't do without the gold ingots in Mo Junyang's hand.

Shi Qingxue understood.

She took the big ingot and put it on the table, "Tell us why, this ingot is yours." ”

The shopkeeper immediately smiled, and while going to get the ingot, he said: "Girl, you asked the right person this time, all the speculations circulating in the market are nonsense, they can know a fart, and only the little me knows the truth!" ”

He stuffed the ingots into his pocket, his face suddenly became serious, and his voice was low and deep, "Those who are missing, they were all captured by horse thieves!" ”

"Oh?" It was the first time Shi Qingxue had heard this statement, and she couldn't help but feel a little curious.

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "What the little one said is all the truth, I don't dare to lie to you!" ”

"How do you know?"

"I've seen the little one!" The shopkeeper recalled his experience with shock and fear.

"That was one night more than half a month ago, because we haven't been able to go out at night since curfew, but that night I remembered that I forgot to pick up my goods during the day and had to take the risk of sneaking out of the house.

As I passed a street corner, I saw a group of men on horseback, dressed in black and covering their faces, galloping down the street, and there were people lying on horseback, dead or alive, and the next day there was news that someone had disappeared.

Isn't it just a horse thief who sneaked into the town at night and secretly kidnapped people? ”

The shopkeeper recalled that terrible encounter again, and beads of sweat were still oozing from his forehead.

After speaking, he also said to the two of them very seriously: "That time it was a little good luck that was not discovered, so I picked up a life." After that, the little one was killed, and the little one didn't dare to go out at night.

The little one is also here to persuade the two, for the sake of your own lives, don't go out at night, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

"Okay, we know, we definitely won't joke with our lives." Shi Qingxue nodded in agreement, and thanked the shopkeeper for his kind reminder.

After telling the story, the shopkeeper got the money, and left satisfied.

The two in the room fell into a long contemplation.

After a while, Shi Qingxue looked up at Mo Junyang and asked, "What do you think of the story told by the shopkeeper?" ”