Youlan County, located in the southeast direction, is surrounded by mountains and mountains.

Qin Yu set off from Liyang in late autumn, ran horses and boats, and walked thousands of miles, and it took more than a month to reach Quanzhou.

The wind was biting, and the sky was filled with tiny snowflakes.

At this time, it was already the middle of winter, and the river was frozen, so it was impossible to take a boat at all.

And the weather in the south is cold and biting, Qin Yu has worn a lot of cold things, but he is still shivering, and even the horse does not dare to ride, so he can only walk on the official road with the reins.

Qin Yu was an authentic southerner in his previous life, and he lived for nearly thirty years, so he asked himself if he could adapt to this kind of clammy cold.

But when I was really hung by this cold north wind, I realized that the temperature difference before and after the warming was huge.

Walked for a day against the wind.

It was getting darker, and in the evening, the wind was blowing even more violently.

Qin Yu pulled the horse and walked a few miles along the official road, and finally saw an inn with a two-story building in the distance.

However, the trees are so dense that you can't get a full view of it, and you can only see the dim glow of the fire in the window on the second floor, as if it was inhabited.

Seeing that there was a place to settle down tonight, and even hope to eat a hot meal, Qin Yu's face was overjoyed, and his feet couldn't help but be a little faster.

But as we got closer, the trees thinned out. The look of expectation in Qin Yu's eyes gradually disappeared, and his face began to become solemn.

Not only does the inn look shabby, but it also has a white lantern hanging in front of the gate, giving it a creepy feeling, who would hang this kind of lantern on the door.

With a slight glimmer of light, Qin Yu squinted at the words on the plaque on the door frame.

After the rain and sun, the handwriting on it is a little blurry, but fortunately, there are not many strokes, and I can barely make out the first two words as "peace".

"Peace Inn?"

Qin Yu was muttering in a low voice, and at this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, rolling up fallen leaves all over the ground.

The fallen leaves were swaying in the air, Qin Yu's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance that among the fallen leaves in the sky, there was even yellow paper thrown during the funeral.

Qin Yu's face changed slightly, and his eyes looked solemnly at the room on the second floor that emitted candlelight.

After muttering in place for a while, Qin Yu did not enter the inn directly, but walked to the woods next to him, temporarily tied the horse to a tree, and then walked towards the inn vigilantly.

As we got closer and closer to the inn, a wave of resentment came straight in.

Walking to the door of the inn, Qin Yu was just about to push open the door when a low voice came from the location on the second floor.

"There are distinguished guests on the first floor, if you want to stay, please go up to the second floor."

Qin Yu, who had just touched the doorknob, heard this sound, stopped pushing away, and glanced to both sides, only to find that there was a staircase on the right that went straight to the second floor.

"In that case, it's so bothering."

Qin Yu replied politely, turned around and walked towards the stairs.

As soon as my feet stepped on, I heard a "crunch", and the wooden plank under my feet actually sank slowly. Qin Yu frowned, stepped on it hard, and when he was sure that the plank could bear his weight, he walked towards the second floor.

When he walked through the window, Qin Yu's eyes glanced inside the window and found that there was a figure sitting there, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart.

"Knock Knock"

Qin Yu knocked on the door.

Soon, there was the sound of heavy footsteps behind the door, and then the door was opened, and an extremely strange smell emanated from inside.

The man who opened the door was a very tall man, about 1.9 meters long, very burly, wearing a thick animal skin, with a big hat on his head, and most of his face was hidden in the dark, unable to see the whole picture, only his chin.

This person has dark skin, thick finger joints, and steady and powerful steps, at first glance, he is a practitioner, and his skills are definitely not weak.

Qin Yu glanced at the other party, and had a general understanding of this person in his heart.

He bowed his hand slightly, and said politely: "I nagged, please forgive me." ”

"You're welcome, it's cold outside, friends better come in and talk." A deep voice came from under the hat, Qin Yu nodded, and walked into the room.

Seeing the other party's invitation, Qin Yu was not polite, so he entered the room.

The room was a little dilapidated, except for two beds, and there was only one table, on which an oil lamp was lit, and there were robes and shoulder bags hanging on the walls. The shoulder straps were bulging, and I didn't know what they were holding.

I quickly looked around the room, and I didn't find anything strange.

However, from this tall man's body, Qin Yu sensed a relatively strong corpse qi.

After the tall man closed the door, he calmly walked back to the table, untied a gourd from his waist, and poured out some yellowish liquid from it.

"It's freezing, friends drink some wine to warm up."

Qin Yu thanked him, took the bowl handed by the other party, and found that the wine in it was actually self-brewed, not a distilled liquor unique to the Great Zhou.

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Yu still took a sip.

The wine is slightly bitter in the throat, but it quickly has a sweet taste in the mouth.

"Good wine." Qin Yu couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

The tall man didn't speak, took a sip of his own thoughts, and stared at the candle flame in a daze.

The other party didn't want to talk, but Qin Yu came up with a purpose, and after drinking all the wine in the bowl, he pretended to be careless and said:

"Your Excellency's accent is a little jerky, it doesn't seem to be from the Great Zhou Dynasty, but some southern Xinjiang accents."

"I'm really not a Da Zhou person."

"When I was in front of the inn before, Your Excellency said that there was a distinguished guest on the first floor, I don't know if this distinguished guest is dead or alive?" Qin Yu smiled slightly and pointed underneath with his finger.

The tall man's fingers on the table moved slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"But they are all poor people who want to go back to their homeland, since my friend has already guessed it, then it's better not to ask, after tonight, you go yours, I go mine, it's good for you and me."

"In that case, then I won't ask too much."

After getting the answer he wanted, Qin Yu didn't say anything more.

In fact, before he went upstairs, Qin Yu had vaguely guessed it in his heart, but after the conversation, he was now more certain.

For the rest of the day, neither of them spoke.

It wasn't until midnight that the tall man got up and walked towards the bed.

Before lying down, he also gave a special advice.

"Friend, it's best not to go to the first floor, so as not to bump into the distinguished guests, so as to avoid a lot of trouble."

"Don't worry, you know."

After getting a positive answer, the tall man took off the hat on his head, turned over and slept with his back to Qin Yu.

Because the light was relatively dim, Qin Yu didn't see the person's appearance clearly.

After he fell asleep, Qin Yu didn't sit for long, after a day's journey, he was indeed a little tired, so he blew out the candle flame, walked to another bed and lay down, and after a while, he fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Qin Yu vaguely felt that it seemed to be starting to wind and rain outside, and it seemed that there was a lot of movement, and the door that was plugged into the latch was blown by the wind.

And from time to time there was thunder.

After listening carefully for a while, and finding that there was nothing unusual, Qin Yu turned over and prepared to continue sleeping.

But at this moment, the cat's meow suddenly sounded. The sound was so sharp that even in this stormy weather, it was very real.

Qin Yu was startled by this sudden voice, and wondered where the cat came from here. There was a sudden noise on the other bed.

I heard a muffled sound on the floor, and in the darkness of the night, a tall figure suddenly stood up and hurried towards the door.

Seeing this situation, Qin Yu couldn't sleep peacefully, so he also got up from the bed, ready to go down with him to have a look.

"Friend, you can't help with this matter, so let's continue to sleep."

In the dark room, the tall man's voice suddenly sounded, and after saying this, I saw him take off the robe and shoulder strap hanging on the wall, push open the door, and hurried down.

Qin Yu hesitated for a while, but still chose to listen to him.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and the other party doesn't seem to be weak, so there shouldn't be much of a problem.

Thinking of this, Qin Yu sat back on the bed again, but his attention was always staring at the movement downstairs, and if he found that something was wrong, he would go down and help.

Outside the house, there was a storm, lightning and thunder.

Except for the previous meow, there was no other abnormal sound.

Seeing that nothing else was happening, Qin Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to lie down and continue to rest when a loud "boom" suddenly came.

Immediately after, Qin Yu heard an indescribable roar.

As soon as this voice sounded, Qin Yu suddenly said secretly: "It's not good, something happened!" ”