I don't know how long it took, but Zhan Hong was wandering in the darkness, and faintly heard a woman next to him muttering, "I'm afraid this person is not dead, right?"

As soon as the words fell, a man's voice came again: "What does life and death have to do with you?

The woman stretched out her hand and groped around Zhanhong's body and said, "I think eighty percent is dead!"

"Gold!" the man's voice trembled and he continued, "rummage through it again and see if there is any treasure on him." ”

"Yes, yes! He still has a money bag in his arms! Ah, it's good to see this sachet show!"

"Don't waste time, take everything you can quickly! We need to hurry!" the man seemed to be in a hurry.

Zhanhong wanted to open his mouth to speak, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make any sound, and he couldn't open his eyes even if he wanted to.

Suddenly, the woman exclaimed, "Ahh

"What the hell are you calling!" the man stopped the woman's screaming and whispered, "Grab the things and let's hurry up!"

The woman steadied her mind and sighed, "Can't just leave! What if he wakes up and reports to the official? While there is no one around, let's find a stone and kill him!"

Zhanhong only felt his head sink, and then he lost consciousness again.

"You're not crazy, you old girl, aren't you?" the man picked up the woman who was squatting beside Zhanhong and said, "Even if he survives, he won't be able to find us!"

"Look at you bear-like, I think you are cowardly, don't you dare to kill?" the woman said angrily: "How could I marry such a wretch as you!"

The man also became angry, and said indignantly: "Okay! Just be bold! Kill without blinking! Okay! Let's go! Don't bump into people again in a while!"

The woman snorted coldly: "Hmph, if you bump into someone, you will kill them together!"

As he spoke, the voices of the two men faded away.

·

After a flash of lightning swept through the sky, there was a muffled thunder, and wind and rain followed.

The rain takes advantage of the wind, and the wind helps the rain.

Zhanhong retched for a while, choking on the muddy rain in his mouth, and he sat up with difficulty, and the sound of the trees creaking and moaning was nothing but the sound of wind and rain. Zhanhong suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly reached into his arms, and the close-fitting sachet was long gone. He was stunned for a moment, then frantically groped his way across the muddy ground. But he couldn't find it for a long time, he knocked on the ground around him in frustration, and it took a long time to calm down a little, his face was full of rain or tears, he opened his mouth wide, and roared wildly, but this roar was completely covered by the sound of wind and rain, without a trace.

Zhanhong slowly lay down, closed his eyes, and carefully recalled the direction of the voice of the man and the woman just now, and gradually the figure appeared in his mind, the man and the woman seemed to have returned to his side - the woman squatted and groped on him, and then she quarreled with the man, and finally walked away.

He staggered to his feet, gasping for air, squinting and looking around, wiping the rain from his face and moving slowly after confirming his direction.

The rain had no intention of stopping, but was getting heavier and heavier. Zhanhong in the rain slowly adjusted his breath to comb his veins, moving his muscles and bones as he walked, and as he walked, he suddenly stopped, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out of his throat, and the whole person immediately coughed violently. With the cough, I saw that Zhanhong's face was a lot more ruddy, and his walking pace became more and more stable. Zhanhong walked faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, he was already like a flying stride.

The direction in front of you is to go to the Hunjiang ferry in the northwest of Naxidu, and the place name is called "Stone Crossing". This stone crossing is the main road to the northwest of Xidu City, and the place where travelers and goods are transferred. There is no vegetation around the ferry, only a large area of rocky tidal flats, hence the name Shidu.

Over time, several inns, inns, restaurants, and brothels opened in the town at the ferry.

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The rain was pouring down, and the lights of Shidu were dancing in the distance, looming behind the rain curtain. Even with such a stormy rain, the shops in Shidu Town are still bustling.

Zhanhong entered the town, where a middle street leads to the official road at one end and the dock at the other. He walked back and forth in the middle street under the rain, and every household looked carefully, and finally walked to a three-story restaurant in the middle street, raised his eyes, and saw three big characters "Wangjiang Building" written on the plaque at the main entrance of the restaurant.

Zhan Hong came to the door, and Xiao Er of Wangjianglou hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and when he saw this person, he frowned unconsciously, and said in his heart: This cloak looks like a water ghost who has just been fished up from the river.

"Guest, are you staying in a hotel or eating?" Xiao Er saw that Zhanhong was silent and continued: "Don't blame me for being too talkative, I'm looking at the guest, it's better for you to go to the Sun's car shop in Xitouer, and the shop over there is also very comfortable, mainly because the price is cheaper." ”

Zhanhong was still silent, just raised his eyes to look at the second floor.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper was afraid that he would treat this guest slowly, but he didn't want to lose the reputation of being a dog, so after a little thought, he said: "If you don't want to find a seat to sit and rest, I'll go and bring you a pot of hot tea, and you can drink to warm up." Xiao Er said as he let in, and continued with a smile on his face: "I'm just that, that's also for the sake of the guest, otherwise where can I send the guest who enters the door to another house." ”

"Little brother is hard. Zhanhong retracted his gaze and smiled: "I have already asked several other inns on this street, and the others have long been full because of this rainstorm, and they all say that the price of your room in Wangjianglou is high, and there may be empty rooms." ”

The shopkeeper grinned and said, "So that's the case, look at my stupid head, there were a few guests who came to stay in the hotel just now, and it was said that the other stores were full." The shopkeeper paused and said: "Guest, our family's room money is indeed more expensive, you see your ......" Zhanhong found a table next to the door and sat down, interrupted Xiao Er's words and asked directly: "May I ask if there is a man and a woman among the guests who came to stay in the hotel just now?"

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I'm not good at saying this, why are you asking about this?"

Zhanhong replied with a smile: "Just ask." ”

The shopkeeper still had a smiling face: "We opened a shop, from the south to the north, we are not good at revealing the affairs of this guest, and it is easy to get into trouble if we talk too much! ”

After a while, the shopkeeper turned his head back with a teapot, walked to the table and saw where there was still a trace of Zhanhong?

·

Zhanhong returned to the street again, and once again went from house to house to take a closer look. The town of Shidu is not very large, almost all of them are businessmen, and there are very few local residents. He thought about it now, the direction of the man and woman must have been this stone crossing, and there were no other village and town residents on the road more than ten miles in this direction, they were either passing by this place or local residents. Zhanhong has no doubts about his analysis. He calculated carefully in his heart, according to the distance and the strength of his feet, he and the pair of men and women should arrive here on their front and back feet, if they live in a hotel, now only this Wangjiang Building is left and there is a vacant room, if the two of them are local residents, then it is also in this few seven or eight households. The more Zhanhong thought about it, the more anxious he became, the fire rose from his heart, and he only felt that his chest was tight, his throat and eyes were sweet, and he vomited out a mouthful of blood.

He never thought that after this mouthful of blood was spit out, his heart was a lot calmer.

At this time, I saw a young girl running out of Wangjiang Tower, thin and small, eight or nine years old. The girl cried while running, Zhan Hong followed the prestige, and from the Wangjiang Tower, the girl followed and ran out, a man and a woman. The man scolded as he ran: "You little girl, what are you running around, we are all here for your good! You wolf-hearted thing!" The woman next to her scolded: "Cheap skin! Let me catch you and break your legs!"

The girl saw that Zhanhong was the only one on the street, so she identified the target and ran towards Zhanhong, and the man and woman chased after him, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Zhanhong. The girl jumped behind Zhanhong in a few steps and hugged Zhanhong's thighs, raised her face full of rain and cried: "Uncle save me!"

Seeing that the man and woman had also chased Zhanhong at this time, the woman pointed at the girl with angry eyes and shouted, "You come over for me!" The man saw Zhanhong, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "This brother, this girl in my family is not sensible, see the smile, see the smile!"

The girl hid behind Zhanhong and said with a crying voice: "I don't know them!"

The man frowned when he heard this, and yelled at the girl: "Aren't you crazy little girl? You are my species! and you say you don't know me!?" The woman shouted on the side: "What nonsense to talk to her?" Then he looked at Zhanhong, slightly stunned, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then his eyes widened angrily, and he said fiercely: "You person! I said you don't meddle in your business!"

The girl was still crying, and choked up: "Uncle, I really don't know them!"

Zhan Hong looked at the man and woman in front of him coldly, and tried to recall the voices of these two people in his heart, thinking about it carefully, he fainted to death at that time, and what he heard was not very real, but there were only two people at that time, so where did this girl come from?

When the girl saw the woman's cruel words, she hid behind Zhanhong again, and cried and said: "I, I, I went to Zhenguo Temple with my mother and sister to pray for blessings, and I fell asleep under the pine tree behind the side hall for a while, and when I woke up, I was tied up in a bag by them!

"I think you're crazy, you're crazy! What nonsense?" the man's eyes were wide open, and his face was full of anger.

Zhan Hong thought that this made sense, so he lowered his head and asked the girl, "Are you awake on the way?" Seeing the girl nodding, Zhan Hong asked again: "Then did you hear something?" The girl thought for a while, nodded and said: "On the way, they seem to have quarreled because of something, saying that they don't take anything." ”

"Oh, I see. Zhanhong smiled and said, "Girl, turn around, if I don't tell you to turn back, you won't look back." ”

The girl looked at Zhanhong suspiciously, and then turned around obediently.