Chapter 42 The Ghost by the River Outside the City
Not long after Li Mengzhou and Ye Sangyu left, the Yuan Ghost, who had wrapped himself tightly, also checked out and left, without holding an umbrella, and went straight to the rain.
The proprietress looked at his back and muttered to herself, "This person is so strange, I always feel that something is wrong." ”
But she didn't have the time to take care of Ghost Yuan's affairs, she only needed to bring the silver and some necessities, anyway, everything in this inn had already been sold.
Just when the shopkeeper was carrying his bags and following the proprietress to leave the inn, there were uninvited guests in the deep alley.
It was a blue-robed man led by a gray-robed old man and a group of strong men.
The proprietress didn't think much about it, but said casually: "The inn has been let out, and I don't know if this place will become a warehouse or something else, if you want to stay in the hotel, please go elsewhere." ”
The blue-robed man was not staying in the hotel originally, although he was a little surprised, he still politely greeted the proprietress and asked, "We are not staying in the hotel, we just want to ask the proprietress about someone." ”
The proprietress is very smart, and the first thing she thought of was not Li Mengzhou and Ye Sangyu, but the strange guest who had just left.
It was also because the blue-robed man said that he wanted to inquire about someone, since it was a person, of course, it would be Li Mengzhou and Ye Sangyu.
In a hurry, the proprietress casually pointed to the direction where the Yuan ghost was leaving, and said, "The person has just left, if you want to chase it, it should be too late." ”
The blue-robed man was a little surprised, he hadn't said who he wanted to inquire about, but thinking that his sister might be in danger, he didn't turn his mind for a while, and chased him out with a thanks.
The dozen or so Jianghu martial artists naturally followed, only Mr. Wu said to the proprietress a little helplessly: "What we want to inquire about is a girl about sixteen years old, very delicate and good-looking, it is said that she is also followed by a teenager, I don't know if she lives in the proprietress shop, where has she gone now?"
The proprietress was stunned for a moment, because the Yuan ghost had nothing to do with her, and she was too lazy to meddle in her affairs, but it was about Ye Sangyu, and the proprietress was immediately alerted.
Even if the proprietress may have been in the rivers and lakes, she must be inferior to Mr. Wu in terms of experience, although she did not speak, but the transient face of the proprietress was still seen by Mr. Wu.
He looked thoughtful and continued, "Please let the proprietress know." ”
The proprietress reacted, but it was very plain, and said: "There are indeed such two people living in the store, but they have left a few days ago, and now I really can't remember where they went." After all, our business in the store is very good, how can we remember all the people who live in the hotel, let alone pay attention to the whereabouts of the guests. ”
Mr. Wu smiled but didn't say anything, he didn't continue to ask the proprietress anymore, just thanked him and chased after the blue-robed man and the others.
Seeing that the people were far away, the proprietress silently wiped the sweat oozing from her forehead, and her face was a little ugly.
The shopkeeper said abruptly: "Boss, those two people only left when they were clear, why did you say that they left a few days ago?"
The proprietress glared at him and said, "What are you talking about, that girl is so cute, the old lady is very happy, this group of people is of unknown origin, obviously they are not good, how can they tell them the truth." I can't avoid a lot of dreams at night, so hurry up. ”
The shopkeeper couldn't figure it out, so he could only follow the pace of the proprietress, who had already purchased a carriage and parked it outside the alley.
The proprietress got into the carriage, cold sweat seemed to still be hanging on her face, she thought back to that Mr. Wu, and murmured to herself: "That old man is not a simple person, he has the feeling of being seen through in an instant, the cold sweat is soaked in his clothes, and I don't know if I can fool him, if I let him react to find trouble with the old lady, then it will be dead." I hope that the girl and the boy are lucky and don't be bumped into by them. ”
Thinking of this, she lifted the curtain, patted the shopkeeper's shoulder, and said, "Hurry up, the sooner you get out of the city, the better." ”
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There is a river outside Ninglu City, and this river has a very loud name, Tianhe.
The name comes from the geographical location of the river, which stretches for tens of thousands of miles as if reaching the sky.
This is the largest and longest river in the territory of Jiang State.
Ninglu City is just close to the river.
No one knows where the end of the river is, and it is rumored that the end of the river is a gathering place for people from outside the mountains, where the most terrifying group of people in the world live.
There are fish in the Tianhe, there are many kinds, any strange fish can be seen in the Tianhe, so the city near the Tianhe River can be used by the Tianhe River to enrich the family, the fish in the Tianhe River can be sold at a very high price in the fish market, of course, this is for the city far away from the Tianhe.
Anyone in the nearby city can catch fish as long as they are willing to put in the effort, and the local fish market naturally does not raise the price.
Because the autumn rain has not completely stopped, and there are not many people at the dam near the Tianhe River, the sound of the river rushing will be reflected here even more deserted.
Ye Sangyu sat on the horse, holding an oil-paper umbrella, Li Mengzhou was holding the reins in front of him, and he was also holding an umbrella, and they temporarily rested in the woods near Tianhe.
Originally, he thought that the rain was going to stop, and Li Mengzhou was about to hurry away, but he didn't expect that after half a day's effort, the rain became heavy again.
Fortunately, the rain was not so heavy that it was impossible to walk, but the ground under your feet was muddy, so if you walked on foot, it would naturally be a little troublesome.
Ye Sangyu didn't mind riding with Li Mengzhou, but Li Mengzhou didn't think it was suitable, because they had indeed ridden a horse before, and it was inevitable that there would be touches in the bumps, and Li Mengzhou was a little scared.
Because the people of Ninglu City need to fish and sell in Tianhe, there are many wooden houses built here, which can keep the two of them from getting wet.
Ye Sangyu dismounted and walked into the wooden house, the equipment inside was very simple, except for some fishy smell, there was nothing.
Li Mengzhou restrained the horse in front of the wooden house, tied the rope to the wooden stake on the side, and wondered if he wanted to go to the edge of the Tianhe River to catch a fish to eat.
The forest is quiet, except for the sound of wind blowing leaves and raindrops, there is also an ethereal feeling of being out of the world.
Standing in front of the wooden house, Li Mengzhou glanced at it casually, an oil-paper umbrella was slowly coming, there were people under the umbrella, the soles of his feet were muddy everywhere, and the oil-paper umbrella was not completely covered by the person, but for some reason, there was no trace of wetness in the clothes exposed.
The oil-paper umbrella under the autumn rain, in the misty vision, seems to float with the wind without a sound.
The person under the umbrella was as thin as firewood, and it was vaguely visible that it was a man, and the soles of his feet were muddy but not contaminated with too much sludge, which was definitely not something ordinary people could do.