Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue came to Huwenpi.

To their surprise, the most prosperous border trading town turned out to be an empty town.

The town is located between two dirt hills, which keep out the cold winds and sand from the west and north, and on the windward slope, where the rainfall and temperature are much more moderate than in the same area.

In addition, Huwenpi is located in the border area between Moliang and Liang, and the trade between the two countries is basically carried out in this town, which has almost become a beautiful scenery in the northwest.

But now, the three of them got off the horse and led the horses into Huwenpi Town, the streets were cold, there were no vendors on both sides, and the surrounding shops were basically closed, making the originally small street look empty and lonely.

Shi Qingxue couldn't help but shudder, a little scared in her heart, "Where have all these people gone?" ”

Even if the two countries go to war, they will subconsciously avoid prosperous villages, so as not to cause resentment due to excessive casualties, so Mo Liang and the two countries have fought several times over the years, and they will not choose Huwenpi Town!

"It can't be haunted, can it?" Wei Zichao casually gave a guess.

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had a heart, Shi Qingxue immediately felt a chill on her back, and she didn't even care about her own horse, and suddenly rushed to Mo Junyang's side, looking around vigilantly.

He kept comforting himself: "No, it won't!" Big, big daylight, how can there be ghosts? ”

The stammering voice didn't comfort her at all, and Shi Qingxue was about to cry in fright.

Girls are already more afraid of ghosts, not to mention that the situation in Huwenpi Town is really weird, which makes people think about it.

Mo Junyang glanced at Wei Zichao, who quickly shut up, and almost raised his hands to show that he really didn't mean to scare Shi Qingxue.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, it's going to be fine." Although Mo Junyang enjoyed Shi Qingxue's approach, he didn't want his baby to be frightened, so he comforted softly.

The gentle and deep voice has a very soothing effect, and Mo Junyang himself is a reassuring existence.

Shi Qingxue is still afraid of ghosts, but she doesn't have the panic she had at the beginning, but she just held Mo Junyang's little hand and refused to let go.

Mo Junyang was extremely happy, and took Shi Qingxue's little hand and continued to walk forward.

The three of them walked to the center of the town, and what appeared in front of them was a three-story inn, but at this time, the door of the inn was closed, and it didn't look like someone at all.

Wei Zichao walked up and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

After a few moments, he knocked on the door again, and after a long time, a small voice finally came from inside: "Who?" ”

The sound was so small that it was almost inaudible, but it was enough to make Shi Qingxue ecstatic.

She hurriedly said: "We are passers-by here, it is late, and we want to stay overnight." ”

There was another deathly silence, and the voice inside whispered: "The small shop has closed, so the customers should change to another store!" ”

Shi Qingxue finally saw a living person, where would she let it go like this, she slowed down her voice and pleaded: "There is only one inn of yours within a hundred miles of here, if we miss it again, we can only sleep on the streets, I implore the store to be accommodating again." We are merchants who travel far away, we are not bad people, we will not do you any harm, and we can pay three times the cost of housing. ”

"Then you wait outside, I'll go back and ask the shopkeeper." After such a sentence came out, there was a sound of footsteps, thinking that the person had gone to ask the boss.

It was nearly a quarter of an hour before the door creaked open, and a head peeked out of it.

It was a young man about twenty years old, and he first looked at the three of them's outfits, and when he was sure that they were indeed harmless, he opened the door, "Come in quickly!" ”

After the three of them entered the house, the young man hurriedly closed the door again, and looked panicked as if there was a ghost chasing him outside.

Shi Qingxue was curious, but she also knew that the other party was vigilant now, and it was not a good time to ask, so she only paid three times the price of the room and asked for two upper rooms.

When the young man saw the white silver, he finally smiled happily and led them upstairs with courtesy.

When he entered the door, the young man began to introduce himself: "The younger one is the second child of the inn, and the three of them can tell the little one if they have any needs." The three of them have worked hard all the way, do you need to carry some hot water for the three of them to go to the tiredness? ”

"Thank you, little brother, then please wait and bring us some hot water." Shi Qingxue rewarded the other party with another ingot of silver.

The shopkeeper immediately smiled, and replied briskly: "Don't bother, don't bother, let's do it!" ”

Shi Qingxue stopped the person first: "You are not busy first, I still have something I want to ask you." ”

The shopkeeper had just received the reward, and he was not at all restrained, "I don't know what Madame wants to ask?" ”

Madame –

It seems that Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang are married husband and wife.

Shi Qingxue blushed at this call, but continued to ask: "We are from the south, and we want to do some small business in the north, and we are not familiar with this place, I don't know if this is Huwenpi?" Are we on the wrong track? ”

If there was no foreshadowing in front of her, the shopkeeper would definitely be vigilant, but her words easily made the shopkeeper believe that they were businessmen from afar, and happily replied: "That's right, our place is Huwenpi Town." ”

"Then why is it a little bit like what I heard before, a little ......" Shi Qingxue frowned slightly, as if she wanted to say something, and she couldn't open her mouth for fear of offending the other party.

The shopkeeper immediately understood what Shi Qingxue meant, and answered: "Madame wants to ask, why is this different from the rumors, right?" ”

Shi Qingxue pursed her lips embarrassedly and smiled, "We heard that Huwenpi has developed commerce and trade, so we came here thousands of miles away, but after entering the town for so long, there is no one on the street, and we have only seen you, the second brother, so far, what's going on?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said helplessly: "Madame doesn't know, our Huwenpi was still a rumored prosperous scene in the first two or three months, but it was only two or three months after being invaded by war, and the people in the town fled and hid, and no one dared to do business outside, so it became the current depression." ”

"War?" Shi Qingxue looked surprised, refusing to believe the shopkeeper's words, "You can't lie to me, right?" The houses and streets here are in good condition and have not been damaged.

Besides, we didn't see any soldiers fighting along the way, so why did there be a war? ”

The shopkeeper was talking energetically, and when he was asked by Shi Qingxue, he suddenly felt challenged, and shouted loudly: "Many things are not what they seem on the surface. You may not know if you came from the south, but not long ago there were indeed two armies fighting with us.

At that time, there were so many people who died that we people were scared enough, and many young people fled from the town at that time and never came back. It wasn't until one of the sides was defeated and surrendered that the fighting gradually subsided. ”

Shi Qingxue's expression tightened when she heard this, and she almost couldn't sit still, but Mo Junyang raised her hand to cover the back of her hand, which also suppressed her restless emotions.

The shopkeeper didn't notice this little action between the two at all, and began to talk about the war vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes and even participated in it.

Mo Junyang asked lightly: "Who are the two sides of the battle?" ”

A question made the shopkeeper wilt.

The shopkeeper opened his mouth for a long time, but he couldn't answer, and said stupidly: "This little one hasn't been able to see their general with his own eyes, where can he recognize who it is!" There are immortals fighting on the left and right, and it is us ordinary people who suffer. But now, the battle is over, things have stopped, and when the rain passes, the sky clears, and we can return to our former prosperity here.

Since the three of them are going to do business in the town, they might as well wait a few more days, and when the season is good, the business will naturally be better. ”

"Thank you little second brother for telling us these things, otherwise we would really be blind and don't know anything!" Shi Qingxue suppressed the chaotic emotions in her heart and thanked her softly.

The shopkeeper hurriedly said that he didn't have to be polite, and when he turned around to leave, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head again, and looked at them with a serious expression, "There is one more small thing to inform the three guest officers in advance." ”

"You say."

"That's right, our town is definitely safe, but we can't go to the valley to the north."

Shi Qingxue's heart tightened, so she asked, "Why?" ”

The shopkeeper's mouth tightened suddenly, and Shi Qingxue didn't say anything after being asked a few times, but said: "Anyway, you must not go there, otherwise your life will be in danger." Don't you dare to talk nonsense about other small ones......

The three guest officers have a good rest, and the little one will fetch hot water for you. ”

After saying that, he ran away in a smoke, and he couldn't stop it.

This shopkeeper said so much, not only did she fail to solve Shi Qingxue's doubts, but on the contrary, the doubts in her heart became bigger and bigger, and the uneasy emotions in her heart brewed like a storm.

"Jun Yang, who did you mean by the armies of both sides that he just talked about? Could it be Daddy and them? Shi Qingxue was almost certain of this guess.

Shi Junhe led the Shi family army to chase the rebels to Huwenpi Town, and the two sides fought in the town, but they came too late and did not see the battle situation and follow-up at that time.

But there is one thing that Qingxue can be sure of.

"Daddy will never surrender!"

Shi Jiajun would rather die a glorious battle than surrender in humiliation!

"This shopkeeper must be lying, it must be ......"

Shi Qingxue muttered in a low voice, but this did not reassure her, but became more and more anxious because she wanted to know Shi Junhe's current situation.

"What to do? What to do? Daddy must have had an accident, something must have happened, what are we going to do......"

Mo Junyang gently put his hand on her lips, as if to block the uneasiness in her heart.

The man smiled slightly and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you outside tomorrow to have a look, and you will definitely be able to find General Shi." ”

These words were like a basin of warm water, pouring into Shi Qingxue's heart, making her gradually settle down.

"Okay."