Lu Li led the white horse slowly, at this time it has been two or three days since he left Jingnan City, and he has walked a considerable distance now, at this time the dirt road under his feet is uneven, Lu Li simply dismounts and walks.

Although Jingzhou has a vast territory and can rank among the top three among the thirteen states of Wuguo, there are really a lot of plots of land in the wilderness, and these places are basically sparsely populated.

Lu Li was looking at the desolate scenery around him, and he saw a small stall not far in front of him.

When I got closer, it was a small tea stall on the side of the road, and there was an earthy yellow flag outside the door, on which was written a big tea word.

Lu Li walked to the tea stall, thought about it, and walked over.

The owner of this tea stall is a middle-aged man dressed as a villager, who looks honest and simple, and when he saw Lu Li, who was leading a horse, he thought it was a boy who came out of the city for a wild trip, and immediately did not dare to be lazy, so he went up first.

"Childe, please take a seat, we have coarse tea in this stall, and there are also clear soup noodles for sale, please take a seat, Childe. ”

There were only two small square tables outside the tea stall, and the shopkeeper greeted him warmly, but he was also very practical, and after leading Lu Li to sit down, he first poured him a bowl of tea that did not charge money, and then asked Lu Li what he wanted with a smile.

Lu Li grabbed the bowl and poured the tea into his mouth, drank it cleanly, his mouth was so comfortable that he took a long breath, he wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "I want a bowl of clear soup noodles." ”

"Okay, Childe, please sit here for a while, and I'll go and get ready." ”

The shopkeeper who looked honest answered and trotted to the house to prepare the noodle soup, Lu Li could see that he was the only one running this small tea stall.

The horses were grazing on the side, Lu Li was not in a hurry, and after a while, the shopkeeper came out with a large bowl in both hands and delivered it to the table in front of him.

Lu Li was not in a hurry to eat, he came here to sit down, just to inquire about something, so he asked: "Boss, how far do you have to go from here to overlooking Beicheng?"

When the middle-aged shopkeeper heard Lu Li say that he was going to overlook the North City, his face changed first, and then he asked Lu Li a little nervously: "Childe is going to go there to overlook the North City?"

Lu Li saw that the shopkeeper's expression changed very strangely, he was stunned at first, and then nodded: "Not bad." ”

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and said softly to Lu Li: "The North City is not very far from here, and we have to walk for three or four days, but there is a Qingniu Town in front of us, and it has not been very peaceful in the past few days, and the son still needs to pass through here to go to the North City, I'm afraid it is not very proper..."

"Isn't it peaceful?" Lu asked strangely.

"Yes, it's not peaceful. ”

The shopkeeper leaned his head to Lu Li's side, lowered his voice and said: "There is already a gangster village outside Qingniu Town, and the people in the town have been in a panic over the years. ”

"Bandit stockade?"

Lu Li sat on the chair and touched his chin, as if he was interested in this, and asked curiously: "Those bandits are so wanton and evil, no one can take care of it?"

The shopkeeper shook his hand, he was a little cowering from talking about this just now, and when he heard Lu Li ask, he couldn't help but sigh and replied: "Sensei said that it is in charge, several leaders of the Black Mountain Village were originally from the martial arts hall, I heard that they are all very powerful, even the government is not willing to take care of it, where do we ordinary people dare to care, although I am not from that town, but the name of the Black Mountain Village is ten miles and eight towns in this vicinity, it is really notorious." ”

"Born in the martial arts hall, how did he become a grass coward?" Lu Li felt a little strange, although he didn't know much about the martial arts country, but most of the martial artists and martial artists from the martial arts hall didn't worry about food and clothing, so they didn't need to be reduced to this kind of outlaw.

The shopkeeper shook his head, obviously not knowing much about it, and had no way to answer his question.

But Lu Li doesn't care, he must be going to Beicheng, from the mouth of King Jingxian, he learned that this trip to the north, you have to go to the canal ferry in the city first, and take a boat out of Jingzhou from there, as for whether he will bump into the so-called black mountain village bandits when passing through that Qingniu Town, he doesn't particularly care.

Lu Li took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, the white horse and the coil were all stuffed to him by King Jingxian before leaving, with the identity of the prince, he naturally would not be cold when he made a move, so he threw the broken silver to the shopkeeper next to him.

The honest shopkeeper's eyes were almost straightened, he took the silver, and his speech was a little stammering.

"Childe, clear soup noodles only charge a penny. ”

"No need to look for it. ”

Lu Li waved his hand, picked up his chopsticks and ate noodles by himself.

The shopkeeper was so excited that he thanked Lu Li for a while, and he couldn't help but feel that one day he would meet a nobleman, which was really worth a month's business.

Lu Li picked up the noodles in the bowl, these days have been rushing around these days, eating some dry food brought on the road, at this time there is a bowl of hot noodle soup under the stomach, that is called a comfortable.

Although he was born in a large family, he did not have a little pampering, the Lu family is a rich mansion, and even the dishes and plates used for eating on weekdays are more delicate and beautiful, the big bowl in front of him is rough in workmanship, and there is only a mouthful of clear soup noodles in it, but Lu Li really tastes like a treasure, and even the soup is drunk cleanly.

After Lu Li finished eating the clear soup noodles in one go, he didn't delay much here, and immediately got up and went out, leading the horse and leaving the small tea stall.

It wasn't until the sun was about to go down that Lu Li arrived outside the Qingniu Town that the shopkeeper said, the town didn't look big, Lu Li only thought that at least tonight he didn't have to sleep in the wilderness anymore, so he raised his foot and walked in directly.

I don't know if it's scared of being patronized by the robbers, at this time Qingniu Town is deserted, Lu Li doesn't see a figure everywhere he looks, and the things scattered on the ground are a mess, presumably when those robbers from the Black Mountain Village rushed into the town, the people were in a hurry to flee for their lives, and naturally they didn't care about packing up their things.

Lu Li simply walked around the town, only to find that the matter might be more serious than what the shopkeeper said.

Most of the houses here are open, and when you explore the past one by one, you find that the whole town is now empty, and the inside of each house is almost normal, there is no trace of being looted by robbers, but there is not a single living person.

"Could it be... Did you abandon the town and flee?"

Lu Li suddenly thought of this possibility, but his fingers crossed the hilt of the sword at his waist.

A glance from the corner of his eye just now, but he saw that inside the half of the door crack that was exposed, there was an eye that was secretly looking at him, and when Lu Li completely cast his gaze, the owner of that eye immediately retracted back and completely closed the crack in the door.

Lu Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and he raised his feet and walked towards the room, and gently pushed the door open with his hand.