The mighty men and horses went all the way south from the capital, and at this time it had been more than half a month, and they reached the last stop, Qingshui Town.

Along the way, Su Xiao and Li Quanxi talked very happily, although Li Quanxi did not please the people, but Su Xiao felt that many of Li Quanxi's ideas were just modern ideas after 10,000 years, and in such a feudal society, it could not be implemented at all.

Speaking of this Qingshui Town, it is actually a treasure of feng shui, with excellent aura, surrounded by mountains, spring water flowing from the canyon, and the people in the town are dependent on this spring water to live, and each is born with water spirit.

However, the scene in front of him really did not match the rumor, the original flowing spring water had all dried up, the people of the town were yellow and thin, and the town that was originally full of color was now full of life, and the whole was spreading a breath of death.

The smoke rising from the chimney in the distance was black, and there were few pedestrians on the road, and the stench, dirty, and indescribable.

"This, is this Qingshui Town?" asked Su Xiao, everyone was already dumbfounded.

Lan Xi pointed to the stone on the side and said, "It's Qingshui Town, that's right." ”

"Lan Xi, you go and find out, what has happened in Qingshui Town over the years. Murong Yan couldn't believe it, the original heaven on earth has now become a hell on earth, Murong Yan saw a child fall to the ground, and said while helping the child: "I have been here in the early years, when the mountains and rivers were beautiful here, it was a treasure land on earth, and the people in the town were hospitable, it was simply a paradise. ”

"Big brother, I'm hungry!" The child's face was dirty, his cheekbones were particularly prominent, and his dark eyes were particularly bright, and he looked at Murong Yan with pleading eyes.

Murong Yan stretched out his hand to Lin Quan, Lin Quan immediately took a few white steamed buns from the car and handed them over, Murong Yan put the white steamed buns in the child's hands, the child pinched them, and the white steamed buns were instantly dyed with several black handprints, the child couldn't wait, and immediately finished biting in a few bites, the child took Murong Yan's hand and said, "Thank you, big brother." ”

Su Xiao also squatted down and asked the child, "Little friend, what is your name, how old are you this year?"

"My name is Erhuzi, I'm seven years old this year, sister, you look so good!"

Su Xiao and Murong Yan looked at each other, seven years old, but looking at this head, it was no different from a four or five-year-old child, it should be caused by long-term malnutrition.

Erhuzi looked at Su Xiao and Murong Yan with transparent eyes, and pleaded: "Big brother, big sister, you are good people, can you save my mother?"

"Your mother?" asked Su Xiao.

"Hmm. When talking about his mother, Erhuzi's eyes were filled with tears: "My mother is sick, very sick. ”

"Can you show us there?"

"Good. ”

Erhuzi took people to the most corner of the town, the house was simple, it was an earthen wall, a few wooden planks nailed to it, sometimes there might be wind and rain penetrating in, the door was pushed open with a "squeak-" sound, and before entering the house, I heard a dull, powerless cough, and along with the air, people would feel very sick.

Erhuzi put the remaining white steamed buns on the table, and hurriedly ran to his mother's bed, shaking the person on the bed, and shouting: "Mother! Mother, wake up!"

"Erhuzi, you're back!" the woman opened her eyes and saw that there were outsiders in the house, so she sat up with her body bracing herself and asked, "Who are you?"

"Madame, don't panic, we are passing merchants. Li Quanxi explained on the side.

"Merchant, since you are a merchant, let's go quickly, this place, don't stay long, cough cough cough ......" The woman began to cough again.

Murong Yan motioned for the imperial doctor to hurry forward to diagnose the pulse, and after a long time, he asked, "How is it?"

"Master, more than ten years of old illness. He turned his head and asked the woman again, "Dare to ask Madame if she had a difficult birth during childbirth?"

The woman bowed her head, a little embarrassed, and nodded.

The imperial physician was convinced of his thoughts and explained: "That's right, because the lady didn't pay attention to food when she was pregnant, and the nutrition was not enough, which led to weakness during childbirth, so she had a difficult birth. ”

"What if peace comes into the world, the world is hard, it is better not to come. The woman touched Erhuzi's little head, and her eyes were full of distress.

"Madame's body is weak, and she needs to be raised, I will open a prescription first, and I hope that Manager Lin will send someone to get it. ”

"No problem. Lin Quan went with the imperial doctor to get the prescription, and the two tigers were curious and followed together.

Su Xiao sat in front of the woman's bed and asked, "Seeing that Madame's age is close to me, can you know Madame's name?"

"The name is simple, the name is Qiuhe. The woman looked at the clothes of some of them and asked, "I see how many of them are not ordinary merchants, and they do not know where they came from?"

"The capital. Murong Yan said.

"The capital, the capital is a good place, not like here. Qiu He lowered his eyes.

"Actually, I came here before, and Qingshui Town at that time was not like this, dare to ask Madame, what has happened over the years?" Murong Yan asked.

"Today's Qingshui Town is called a ghost town by outsiders, the reason is that every year at the end of the year, there will be a person who dies at home, and the death is tragic. Every time Qiu He recalls these scenes, he feels a chill in his heart, and it is because of this that he moves from the center of the town to the most corner.

"How long has it been going on?"

"Twenty years. Qiu He smiled bitterly and said to Su Xiao: "It's almost a year now, and it will inevitably be reborn, if you want to save your life, it's best to leave as soon as possible." ”

Su Xiao smiled and said that he would think about it carefully, and then comforted Qiu He to have a good rest, and pulled Murong Yan and Li Quanxi outside the house.

"Your Majesty, this place is dangerous, let's leave quickly. Li Quanxi whispered.

"No, you can't. Murong Yan refused without thinking.

Li Quanxi looked at Su Xiao and wanted Su Xiao to persuade him, but Su Xiao didn't agree, and said: "I think things are quite strange, killing one person at the end of the year every year, such a modus operandi is by no means an accident." ”

"Therefore, Prime Minister, I hope you will supervise and supervise it. Murong Yan looked at Li Quanxi with ill will.

Li Quanxi wanted to cry without tears, and he didn't know where to start investigating this matter!

A group of people lived in the mayor's house in the town, and although the house was simple, it was much better.

Three days later, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the New Year is getting closer and closer.

"Your Majesty, there has been no harvest in the town for more than ten years, at first it was just a year of death, but then the farming began to slowly die, originally they could get some food from the town next door, but later, after the people in the town next door heard about this, they began to make rules, and people in Qingshui Town were not allowed to enter. "That's what Lan Xi inquired about.

"Hmph, these individuals are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Su Xiao slapped on the table, indignant.

"What else do you want to know?" Murong Yan asked Lan Xi.

"And every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, one person dies in the town, and the death looks like a dried corpse that has been sucked dry. Lan Xi said.

"According to this, are they really some mountain spirits and monsters?" Li Quanxi shuddered for a moment.

"Strange powers. Lan Xi snorted coldly, the people who kill on the battlefield are never afraid of these.

Li Quanxi was too lazy to argue with Lan Xi, so it was better to keep his mouth shut.

"You say, is it possible that it is really those unclean things?" Although Su Xiao really couldn't believe it, Yuhua and Si Ming, these gods with a strong sense of existence made themselves aware of this world, and the more impossible it was to exist, the more unbelievable it would exist.

"Hmph! Woman's opinion!" Lan Xi felt that he was really not speculative, so he went straight back to his room.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, and the ministers have gone back to rest. Before anyone could speak, Li Quanxi also left quickly.

Su Xiao saw that everyone was scattered, so he also went back to the room, Murong Yan finally did not forget to tell him to be careful, Su Xiao's heart warmed, and gave Murong Yan a reassuring smile.

The wind outside is very strong, the big one is a little strange, in the past when the year is closed, every house is hung with red lanterns, but here is different, all white lanterns, the candles inside are flickering, the road is dim and dark, it looks a little scary.

After all, Su Xiao is a person who has seen Miaorenjing and Bitian Lake, and he is still bolder than others, when he arrived in the room, he lit all the candles in the room, then blew out the candles in the lantern in his hand, closed the doors and windows, and was about to sleep when he heard the sound of the door opening from next door.

Su Xiao knew that Lan Xi lived next door, and when he saw Lan Xi walking towards the gate, he quietly followed.

Suddenly, a hand slapped a few times on his shoulder, Su Xiao's body stiffened, and he thought, it won't be so unlucky!

Turning around, he almost screamed when he saw Li Quanxi's enlarged face, but fortunately, Murong Yan was on the side and covered Su Xiao's mouth in time.

"Why are you here?" asked Su Xiao softly.

"We still want to ask you!" Li Quanxi tried to keep his voice low.

"I'm following Lan Xi!" Su Xiao hurriedly turned around, seeing that there was no trace of Lan Xi in front of him, and as soon as he turned around, he was startled again.

"Madam, what are you doing with your humble duties?" Lan Xi still had a cold face.

Su Xiao touched his little heart, pushed Lan Xi, and said, "You, you're going to scare me to death! I still want to ask you, what are you running around when you don't sleep in the middle of the night!"

"There are suspicious people dangling in front of the door, so naturally you want to check it out. ”

"Suspicious people, where are they?" Su Xiao looked around, but didn't see anyone.

Lan Xi stroked his forehead helplessly and said, "I lost it." ”

"Okay. Su Xiao spread his hands, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with him, and then looked at Murong Yan and asked, "By the way, what are you two doing here?"

"We came out with you. Murong Yan explained.

"Then let's go back quickly. Li Quanxi urged.