Qin Tian and the three of them had a long journey, and their qi and blood consumption was quite a lot, so they chose a tavern, ordered a pot of wine, a few side dishes, drank slowly, and chatted for rest.

Just after the lunch rush, the tavern was still busy, with twenty or thirty tables and few empty seats.

The shopkeeper sat at a table in the middle, chatting vigorously with the diners, saying that they were chatting, but in fact, the shopkeeper was talking alone, and everyone else was listening.

Judging by the situation, these guests are new to the Cold Light City, and the shopkeeper is introducing them to the various legends in the city.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just talked about the abandonment of the Dragon Palace, I guarantee the ticket, the Dragon Palace is at the bottom of the river within a range of dozens of miles in our Hanguang City, you eat and drink well here, sleep in our store, and go on an adventure tomorrow, there will definitely be a harvest." ”

Someone asked: "Shopkeeper, didn't you say that the scope of the Abandonment River Dragon Palace is hundreds of miles upstream and downstream of Cold Light City? Are you so sure that it is on the edge of Cold Light City?"

"Can't be wrong!" the shopkeeper was full of confidence, "Last year, Ah Guang, a fisherman in the east of the city, salvaged a beast bone from fishing in the river, ten zhang long, and many warriors identified that this was an ancient giant beast. ”

"Eight hundred miles above the city of cold light, there is the God's Forsaken Mountain Range, where the gods live in ancient myths and legends. Millions of years ago, the demons invaded and fought a great battle with the gods there, and both sides were defeated. There are two possibilities for the origin of the bones of this ancient beast.

"The first is to die in the Divine Forsaken Mountain Range and drift down the river here, and the second is to die while fighting the dragon god of the Dragon Palace of the Abandoned River. ”

"This guest asked the point, what is the dragon god of the Dragon Palace of the Abandoned River? Let me tell you, the Dragon Palace naturally lives the Dragon King, and it is responsible for managing the affairs of the Abandoned River, but there are still many dragons, right? Just like our Yamen......

"Okay, skip this paragraph, and talk directly about the treasure of the Dragon Palace. Anyway, my ancestors are eighteen generations, all of them are natives of Hanguang City, listen to the magical things that my ancestors said, there are many more, pick one of the most core, that is my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather, there was a stormy day, accidentally fell into the water, I don't know how long he floated in the river, when he was about to die, he suddenly found that he sank to the bottom of the river. ”

The diners coaxed: "No, the abandoned river is hundreds of zhang deep, and it has not died when it sinks to the bottom of the river?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "Believe it or not." Anyway, it's my ancestor's personal experience, maybe it's his hallucination, it's up to everyone to judge. ”

"After my ancestor sank to the bottom of the river, he saw a scene that he will never forget, there is a wandering spirit, floating around at the bottom of the river, the shape is very much like a dragon. ”

"As I said earlier, whether you love to believe or not, this matter is recorded in my family tree. As for whether the ancestor is an illusion or a real thing, I don't have to talk to you here. Anyway, at that time, the birds didn't even come to in Cold Light City, and my ancestors didn't need to cheat. ”

"The ancestor survived from the bottom of the river and lived for more than 20 years, during this time, he didn't fish or work, he built a grass hut by the river, thinking about the dragon-shaped wandering soul every day, observing by the river. The reason for his death was that he wanted to go to the bottom of the river again, but the last time, he didn't swim up. ”

The shopkeeper said as he asked Xiao Er to bring his family tree.

However, the diners still did not believe it, and the business was too developed, so how could the words of the merchants be believed casually? As for the genealogy, for the sake of business prosperity, why is it difficult to falsify a copy at will?

Someone asked: "Shopkeeper, just now you said that after your ancestor fell into the water, I don't know how much it took to find that it sank to the bottom of the river, then let me ask you, the place where your ancestor found the dragon-shaped spirit was near Cold Light City, or has it long been far away from Cold Light City." ”

"Ahem, what are you doing so much, my ancestors didn't write down where they were or how long they had been floating in the river. I guess he's not far from Coldlight City. ”

"Hahaha......" The group all laughed, expressing their attitude of nine doubts and one belief.

Qin Tian and the three of them also laughed over, there are many such absurd legends in Jiangbei Prefecture, and they can't be fully believed or disbelieved.

Fan Dongjin picked up the cup, but his eyes were extremely profound: "I have a distant relative who lives in Duntou Town, a hundred miles upstream of Hanguang City, and he also mentioned the matter of wandering souls. ”

Zhu Jian snatched his cup away: "Brother Fan, drink less, maybe you will have to fight later." ”

"I haven't drunk it yet!" Fan Dongjin glared.

Qin Tian blocked Zhu Jian's hand: "Go east, tell me, what did your relatives say?"

Fan Dongjin: "Dragon Palace, it may not be in Cold Light City." ”

Zhu Jian: "Who asked you where the Dragon Palace is, and asked about the wandering spirits." ”

Fan Dongjin: "Where the spirit is, the Dragon Palace is there." Because of my relative's ancestor, I met a grandmaster and listened to the grandmaster......"

Zhu Jian: "Cough, tease me, the shopkeeper has an ancestor, you also pull out an ancestor, can you change it to a fresh one?"

Qin Tian: "Zhu Jian, you talk too much, listen to Lao Fan." ”

"Oh, okay, I'll shut up. ”

Fan Dongjin: "My relatives said that many grandmasters were looking for the location of the Dragon Palace, and the grandmaster he met said that the Longluo Empire had excavated several ancient tombs with a history of tens of thousands of years, and found some written records from the tombs. ”

"Inside, it mentions the spirit of the dragon who abandoned the river. ”

Qin Tian was stunned: "You mean to say that tens of thousands of years ago, humans discovered wandering spirits?"

Fan Dongjin nodded.

"What else?" Qin Tian asked, "What else do your relatives know?"

"No, that's all. Fan Dongjin poured the wine into his mouth.

"What kind of grandmaster did he meet, and what news did he have about the ancient tomb, he didn't know?" Qin Tian was a little anxious.

"I don't know. ”

Zhu Jian was impatient: "Qin Tian, don't listen to it, it's made up, tens of thousands of years ago, human beings only appeared for tens of thousands of years, why don't you talk about hundreds of thousands of years?"

Fan Dongjin hummed: "History is written by people, and people who write history don't know more things." ”

"You are the best!" said Zhu Jian, but he did not delay eating at all.

......

After eating and drinking, I felt that my qi and blood had recovered to 89 and 10, and the three of them had no time to care, so they inquired about the location of the yamen, and quickly stepped up.

Compared to other places, the yamen of Hanguang City was very busy, and when Qin Tian walked in, there were few people inside, and the county commander, county magistrate, and county lieutenant were all receiving important guests in the living room.

After checking the official documents, the official led them to a remote rest not far from the living room.

The words in the living room came faintly.

The one who spoke was probably the highest magistrate in the county: "Inspector, you are from the capital and supervise the state government offices across the country, and you must know the hard work of the grassroots yamen." This work must be extremely important, but there is no one in our yamen, and there are only a few of them, and the highest strength is only three realms, how can we carry out the task of the four realms?"

The inspector's voice: "The whole country has offered a reward, and those who provide clues will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, and those who prevent the monster from being awakened will be rewarded with 1,000,000 taels of silver." ”

Qin Tian and the three of them were stunned at the same time, one million taels of silver, if it was converted into credits, it would be ten thousand points.

What task is so important?

They couldn't help but prick up their ears.