"Who wants to eat a full pancake?" He Lingchuan asked, and the two monkeys raised their hands together.

It's fragrant and sweet, and a fool doesn't love it.

After buying something, the two sat down to eat and asked, "How far is Jishi Village from here?" ”

"Stone Village?" The shopkeeper of the steamed bun shop had just collected the copper coins, and when he heard this, he looked left and right, and then whispered, "Why did you come here when you went to Jishi Village?" ”

"We're lost...... "This mountain is reckless, isn't it strange to get lost?"

Before Dong Rui finished speaking, the shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand again: "Forget it, I don't want to know." ”

He stretched out his hand to the northwest and pointed: "It's fifteen miles away." ”

Dong Rui smiled at He Lingchuan: "It turned out that I had gone too far." However, the error is not very far. ”

The shopkeeper added: "But you two don't necessarily get by. ”

"Why?"

"The border is tight, and on the other side is Gaopu's territory." The shopkeeper's voice was even quieter, "Actually, we used to be too." ”

"And now?"

"Now this place belongs to Visha." The shopkeeper sighed, his face gloomy, "Hey, there are unforeseen circumstances. ”

Dong Rui looked at him, as if he preferred to be under Gao Pu's rule: "Is the life on the other side better than yours?" ”

"How so?" The shopkeeper's mouth moved, and he stopped talking.

As soon as He Lingchuan stretched out his hand, a small piece of broken silver was placed on the table: "I see that you still have a few dried sausages hanging here, give them to me, you don't need to look for them." ”

The air-dried sausages are very hard, but they will also sit in the field and cook some hot food to eat, and put some intestines at that time, which has a different flavor. Besides, the ghost ape especially likes this, it has good teeth.

"This one is delicious, and there is a sake cake in it." The shopkeeper smiled, took the oiled paper and wrapped three air-dried sausages for the customer, knowing that "no need to look for it" was to buy him a few words.

At this moment, a small hand reached out from under the dustpan full of pancakes, trying to touch a piece of bread while he was not ready.

The shopkeeper saw it in a blink of an eye, grabbed the broom that chased the flies, and snapped it on his hand: "If you don't eat it, you dare to steal!" Fat guts? ”

The four- and five-year-old baby let out a "wow" and ran out from behind the counter.

Dong Rui glanced at it: "Your girl?" "Still with pigtails.

The shopkeeper nodded.

What he has to say, it is difficult for the child to hear. Besides, sugar cakes are so expensive that they can only be sold to customers.

"Originally, under Gao Pu's rule, the rent was low and the name was small, and the official family spent money to build bridges and pave roads for us. Everything is also cheap, a pound of rice is only 5 yuan, and a pound of sugar is 55 yuan. The shopkeeper kneading the dough and looking out, when no one was passing by, said boldly, "Now, alas, since we have been occupied by the Visha, the prices have been rising. Now a pound of rice is already 11 yuan, and the price of sugar has gone to 92 yuan! ”

He hurriedly spit out his bitterness: "You see that I don't dare to raise the price of this thing, and if it rises, no one will buy it." ”

The people of the old country are better, so they miss the old country. But a small citizen like him is destined to only go with the flow, what can he do for himself?

"There's only one good thing about it: at least we're not going to be plagued by war." The shopkeeper pointed to the northwest, "Bisha is still attacking Gaopu, and it's not peaceful there." In fact, Gao Pu is gone, and General Situ and General Lu are still holding on. ”

As a foreigner, He Lingchuan was about to ask: "When did Gaopu Country not exist?" ”

"Fourth, no, five months ago, the capital was beaten down, and the monarch committed suicide." The shopkeeper sighed in a low voice, "Bixia wanted to take back the remaining territory of Gaopu in one go, but General Situ and General Lu defended it, and there were several battles on both sides. ”

"Actually, in fact, the place where you are going to Jishi Village and Rolling Stone Valley was occupied by Bixia three months ago, and General Situ led his troops to snatch it back. I also have a relative who lives there and can't move around anymore. ”

Dong Rui smiled: "Do you also want this place to be snatched back?" ”

The shopkeeper made a face: "I don't dare to say this." ”

Outsiders can open their mouths casually, they can't.

"What is this place?"

"Jucheng." The shopkeeper said in a low voice, "If you go to Jishi Village openly, you will be caught as spies by the Bixia people on the way." ”

He Lingchuan pointed out at the earthen wall: "How can Situ He be wanted?" ”

"Then it's not clear." The shopkeeper also took a look, "I don't know who secretly tore it up before, when will the government subsidize it again?" It's really diligent. ”

He muttered again: "This day, day and earth, I don't do anything good." ”

"One last question." He Lingchuan drank the last bite of peanut soup, "Recently, has anyone around been killed inexplicably?" ”

"What does it mean to be killed inexplicably?"

"Accidentally died, eaten by monsters or ghosts."

"I haven't heard of it, but Visha has captured a lot of people, and many of them haven't been seen again." The shopkeeper asked him, "Does this count as a death?" ”

"Count." Dong Rui stood up and wiped his mouth, "Of course." ”

After eating half full, the two went to the store next door to buy some rice wine, cooked vegetables and dry food, Dong Rui fulfilled his promise and bought some nuts for the two monkeys.

He peeled peanuts and walked out, one ghost ape, one Lingguang, and one himself, taking turns.

"Let's go, let's go about our business."

"You said it's a coincidence, the place we are going to is haunted, and it just so happens that the task assigned to you by Lingshan is also to get rid of ghosts."

"It's all nearby." He Lingchuan was also thinking, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, shouldn't it be the same thing?" ”

He came here for two reasons, first of all, to complete the task assigned by Lingshan, that is, to get rid of the ghost king of the Howling Forest, King Xuanlu.

The name of this ghost king, he and Dong Rui are no strangers.

It is the lord of the Howling Forest. The mission description given by Lingshan mentioned that the Ghost King was originally a famous general Wang Xuanlu three hundred years ago, and he led his army to fight everywhere, but unfortunately the Shining Gold Plain at that time was also as strong as a cloud, and the situation was unpredictable. Wang Xuanlu failed to keep his foundation, and was defeated like a mountain, and was finally beheaded in the Howling Forest.

Wang Xuanlu died, and by chance, there was one more ghost king in the Howling Forest.

The Shining Gold Plains is weakened and full of ghosts, and it is not surprising that such evil spirits can become a climate.

In short, the Xuanlu evil spirit is a fierce ghost with more than 300 years of cultivation, and it has caused disaster in all directions over the years, and has colluded with local forces to poison the middle of the Shining Gold Plain. Therefore, the task given by Lingshan is very direct, that is, to get rid of this scourge!

Secondly, there is also an industry in the Yangshan Islands nearby, and something is wrong. Anyway, He Lingchuan's mission this time is also to eliminate ghosts, so he stopped by to inspect it.

……

To bypass the level of Bixia, it couldn't be easier for He Lingchuan and the others.

The bun shop didn't give them the wrong way, but they first passed through a village.

The village is in a mountain col, with a large area against the mountain, and there are dozens of houses, but the grass on the ground has grown to the calf.