Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu They bypassed the place where Dazhi had an accident and went around in a big circle.

The town is not big, there may not be many people in the first place, and it is half the night, the light is extremely dim, and the whole town is pitch black as far as the eye can see, and there is no light at all. Walking in the middle of it, it was like walking into an endless tunnel, and this darkness was like the four walls, tightly shrouded on it, making Qiao Xiaojing and them depressed and even suffocated.

"Or," Ah Zi is not good at controlling her emotions, let alone controlling her mouth, under normal circumstances, she will say what she wants to say, in most cases she will not deliberately hide her emotions, this time is the same, she breathed a long sigh of relief, and said casually, "Let's not go any further, this is like a town, just like walking into a tunnel." ”

The town was silent, and there seemed to be no sound at all. Qiao Xiaojing and they were all silent, only the dull sound of horses' hooves accompanied by them, Cuiyu's words broke this situation very suddenly, her hair was a little fluttering, and a little empty, giving people the feeling that it didn't come out of a person's mouth, but more like it came out of a black corner.

"This town," Jade said in a deep breath and a slightly complaining tone, "it's dark, it's empty, and it's a little nervous, and your words don't ease my feelings, but make me even more uneasy." ”

"To tell you the truth," Ah Zi let out another rough breath and said casually, "I thought I was a coward, but I didn't expect that Sister Cuiyu you are also a coward, with you by my side, my heart suddenly balanced." ”

"What is this?" Obviously, Cuiyu didn't want to be laughed at by others, especially Boss Wu, so she directly diverted the topic and said coldly, "When is this?

"Boss Wu," Qiao Xiaojing became more and more unsteady, and she said to Boss Wu beside her, "Don't you think this town is very strange?

"I'm also a little puzzled," said Boss Wu, "I have traveled a lot of places, there are not many households in remote mountain villages, there is nothing to do after dinner, I will go to bed early, and almost no lights will be lit at night, of course, this is not only a habit, but the main thing is to save money. How could a town be so silent, there was no sound at all, not even a breath of life could be felt. No way, after all, we just arrived here, and it's normal that the situation here is unfamiliar, so what the situation is, we can only find a way to find out. ”

"Yes," Qiao Xiaojing said, "we must understand this, otherwise I don't think we can do it." ”

"But how do you understand?" Ah Zi asked rhetorically.

"Inquire more, inquire more. Qiao Xiaojing's answer was very simple.

"Who are you going to inquire with?" Cuiyu was puzzled by Qiao Xiaojing's judgment of the reality in front of her, and said with some disappointment, "You also saw that there is no one on this street, so you can't ask the local land lord like Sun Wukong, right?!"

"Let's go further," Boss Wu said calmly, he said unhurriedly, "Since I saw smoke rising during the day, it means that there are people in this town, and it is easy to do if someone exists, and I will definitely be able to inquire about the news." ”

"Yes!" said the big man, "although this town is a little scary, we must go forward for the sake of ambition." As long as there are people, there will be people who know what we need to inquire about, and just go. ”

Hearing the word "Dazhi", everyone's spirits lifted, and their fear and nervousness subsided a lot, and they all thought that they could meet the people in the town earlier, find out about the situation of the trap earlier, and try to get out of the trap as soon as possible......

"Did you see that there seemed to be lights just now?" Walking through the main street, at the corner, Qiao Xiaojing suddenly asked the people around her.

Everyone followed, looked up, it was still pitch black in front of them, and shook their heads, negating Qiao Xiaojing's judgment.

"Why didn't you see it?" Maybe Qiao Xiaojing was too anxious, her mood fluctuated a lot, and she almost yelled at everyone, "There was obviously a light just now, I can see it clearly, it's just in front, it's just gone out now......"

"Don't be too anxious," Jade stepped forward to comfort, "It doesn't matter if there is a light or not, let's step forward ......"

"What are you talking about?" Before Cuiyu finished speaking, Qiao Xiaojing interrupted halfway and said, "It doesn't matter if there are lights or not? It really doesn't matter? We walked for most of the day and turned around half of the town, why don't we just look for people who live in this town in the future? If everyone closes their doors and doesn't meet us, who can we find ......?"

"You two," Boss Wu persuaded, "It's really a pair of enemies, won't you get along if you don't quarrel or quarrel? Why bother? We all know that you two are anxious about big ambitions, and we are also anxious, but don't you have to do everything step by step? Now, it's important to be calm."

"Calm down," Ah Zi stepped forward to persuade, "yes, you really need to be calm now. ”

"You can do it, it's all for you. Qiao Xiaojing replied to Ah Zi.

"Yes. In Cuiyu's opinion, she can argue with Qiao Xiaojing, but Ah Zi can't be mixed with it.

The crowd stopped talking and continued to walk forward, when suddenly the big man let out an "oops" and fell to his knees.

"What's wrong?" everyone asked.

"Stumbled. The big man rubbed in front of him as he spoke, and suddenly exclaimed, "Someone, someone on the ground!"

Ah Zi took out the fire fold, blew it on the side of his mouth a few times, and suddenly there was a flame, and he hurriedly came to the big man's side.

Qiao Xiaojing, Cuiyu and Boss Wu also came to the big man's side, and in the light, they saw three people lying against the wall, facing the door down, no one knew whether these three people were dead or alive, and they all felt a little frightened.

The big man breathed a long sigh of relief, frowned and reversed the three of them, and under the firelight, everyone saw that there was a knife mark on the neck of the three people, and this knife mark was very similar.

"Dead," Qiao Xiaojing put her hand on the nostrils of the three people one after another, and shook her head after a few seconds, "All of them are dead, and the blood that flows out has already coagulated, indicating that they have been dead for some time." ”

"This should be done by one person," Jade said, pointing to the three deceased, "Look at this knife ......"

Qiao Xiaojing nodded, looked back and forth, and stood up: "Let's go, let's find someone first." ”

"Or," said the big man tentatively at the door of a house, after a few steps, "or I will knock on the door, and perhaps the fellow will open it." ”

"Okay, be polite to fellow countrymen!" Qiao Xiaojing agreed with the big man's idea.

Everyone stopped, silently watched the big man arrive at the door of the house opposite, and then heard a knock on the door.

"How is it, does anyone answer?" The big man has knocked several times, and there has been no new progress for a long time, Qiao Xiaojing really can't wait.

"There seems to be a voice," said the big man, not sure of his own judgment, "and there seems to be no sound, and the voice is very weak, and I think someone must be in it." ”

"It's not enough to just knock on the door," Qiao Xiaojing said, "You have to talk to the house, just say that we are passing merchants, we are too late to walk to this place, we don't know where the inn is, there is nowhere to rest, I want to borrow your land, rest for a while and leave, there won't be too much trouble." Needless to say, just say it in this sense. Tell the owner that we have money and will not use his house in vain. ”

The big man's mouth was close to the crack in the door, and he shouted to the house according to Qiao Xiaojing's intentions, repeating the same words several times, but unfortunately, the door was still closed, and there was no sign that it might be opened.

"Forget it," Qiao Xiaojing didn't want to see the big man disappointed, let alone let everyone feel disappointed, although she felt uncomfortable, she still said, "Don't knock, this owner won't open the door for us." It's been half a night, the fellows don't know our details, and it's normal not to open the door, let's go forward and try again, I believe that there will always be fellows who will open the door for us. ”

After walking forward for a while, she came to a fence wall, Qiao Xiaojing motioned for everyone to stop, and she walked forward alone.

"Is there anyone?" Qiao Xiaojing knocked a few times on the wooden door standing alone in the middle of the fence wall, and shouted through the door, "We are passing by, passing through here, it is too late, I don't know where there is an inn, I hope to borrow your mansion to rest......"

"The people here are so strange," Qiao Xiaojing stepped forward to call the door, Cuiyu stood in front of everyone, muttering to herself, "Why is there no response at all, men can't shout, women can't shout, I really don't know what's going on." ”

"It's a little strange," said Boss Wu, "although it's late and the villagers are asleep, it's not even like you can't hear the knocks and shouts, I don't think this town is as simple as we imagined." ”

"In your opinion," Ah Zi sighed, "we have encountered a strange thing, no, we have entered the labyrinth, and Dazhi has fallen into a trap for no reason, but the trap seems to have disappeared, and we have come to this town, and this town is like falling asleep......"

"What are you asleep on?" lamented the big man, "in my opinion, this town is not asleep, but fake, as if it doesn't exist at all, but we can see that it is a town, but in fact it is not a town at all, it is a ** array." ”

"Shut up!" Boss Wu reprimanded in a low voice, "What are you talking about, what are you talking about?

Cuiyu, Ah Zi and the big man stopped talking, and their eyes all turned to Qiao Xiaojing, who was still shouting in front of them.

"Fellow," Qiao Xiaojing continued, "I know there are people in the house, and I know you can hear me. We are the people who pass by, the time is too late, there is nowhere to stay, so we have come to disturb the fellows, I hope you will not be afraid, open the door with kindness, let us borrow your place to rest. Don't worry, we will never bother you in vain, we will give you money......"

At this moment, there was a sudden creak in the fence wall, and everyone understood that it was the sound of the door opening, and they were excited and uneasy.