didn't care too much, Ming Chen pushed open Yu Chuxue's door.

"Don't move!"

In the room, Yu Chuxue had just picked up the food and was about to put it in her mouth, when she saw Ming Chen breaking in in a hurry, she was also startled.

But based on the trust in him, he still obediently stopped and did not move.

"Is there something wrong with the food?"

Seeing the serious expression on Ming Chen's face, Yu Chuxue instantly understood, and hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"That's right, let me give it a try."

He took off the Void Mirror, disguised as a heart guard, and shone it on the meal, the Void Mirror emitted a ray of light, and a hair-thin demonic aura poked out of the food.

As soon as that wisp of demonic energy poked out, it was pulled into the mirror by the light of the Void Mirror.

Seeing this scene, Yu Chuxue frowned slightly, "Is it demonic?" ”

"It's indeed demonic energy, the treasure mirror I accidentally obtained is very sensitive to demonic energy." Ming Chen's expression was also a little solemn.

It took two shots of each dish before putting away the Void Mirror.

"Senior Sister Yu, you can eat it with confidence."

But Yu Chuxue seemed to have some palpitations and asked, "Have we been discovered?" ”

After pondering for a long time, Ming Chen shook his head slightly, "It shouldn't be, this bit of demonic energy has no effect on us, and even the impact on ordinary people is very low, because it is too little." ”

"Maybe it's not aimed at us, senior sister, let's eat first, I'll go out and investigate."

Yu Chuxue got up and said, "Let's go together, I'm not hungry, I just want to taste it, and now I don't have an appetite." ”

"Okay."

Ming Chen first returned to the room he was in, and also took a look at it with the void mirror, as expected, the same size of demonic energy.

The two looked at each other and walked downstairs.

There were still some people drinking in the lobby of the inn, all of them with loud voices.

At one of the tables, there was a bald middle-aged man with a red face from drinking, dancing with his hands, his eyes were blurred, his big mouth had never been closed, and he poured several empty wine jars, but he didn't pour out a drop, and immediately slapped the table.

"Little... Little two... Take the wine... Come! ”

At the same time, he raised the empty wine jar in his hand.

Bang!

The wine jar was smashed to pieces by him, and many people were splashed on the broken wine jar.

"Bastard, don't you have eyes?!"

"Want to fight?!"

The two closest tables were gone, yelling and banging on the table.

At this time, Xiao Er trembled and brought the wine up.

The bald middle-aged man saw that he was angry, so he had to pull Xiao Er's shirt and yelled in his ear: "You... Donkey hair stuffed in your ears? Lao Tzu shouted... How many times have you shouted! ”

The loud roar made Xiao Er's legs weak, and he begged for mercy with a sad face, "The little one is wrong, and the little one will make amends to you." ”

"Humph!" The bald middle-aged man snatched the wine jar and pushed Xiao Er to the ground.

He spat on the end, "No... It's useless... Rubbish! ”

Xiao Er, who fell to the ground, suddenly froze, got up on his own, and left the lobby expressionlessly.

The middle-aged man who was playing drunk, stepped on the bench with one foot, proudly raised the wine jar, as if he was a general who had won a battle, and after enjoying the eyes around him, he unsealed it, picked up the wine jar and dried, and the wine spilled all over the ground without realizing it.

At this time, Ming Chen and the others went downstairs and walked halfway.

He stopped Yu Chuxue again, who wanted to make a move.

"Why didn't you let me save someone?"

In response to Senior Sister Yu's questioning, Ming Chen responded calmly, "Only by finding out the truth can we save them, and besides, what is the use of saving people who are so poor in wine?" ”

Seeing that Ming Chen insisted, Yu Chuxue had no choice but to compromise.

In the end, the two watched Xiao Er, who came out of the back kitchen with a bone chopping knife in his hand, indifferently walked towards the bald middle-aged man who was drinking wantonly.

Raise your hand, wave your knife, and you're done!

None of the people around reacted.

Until a terrible scream came.

"Ahhh!!h

There was another dull sound, as if it was a drum and as if it was cutting rags, and Xiao Er used the bone chopping knife as a hammer, striking the bald man's back one by one.

During the whole process, Xiao Er's face did not have the slightest expression.

It was the first time for Yu Chuxue to see such a tragic situation, and when she couldn't help but be about to do it, Ming Chen reminded: "Don't worry, Xiao Er has no strength, that man can't die, he just needs to lie down for a while." ”

As for how long the period was, he did not say.

Sure enough, Xiao Er's hand holding the knife was trembling, he almost couldn't hold it, and he looked a little weak; At the same time, the innkeeper also appeared at the right time, beckoning the thugs to separate Xiao Er, and comforting the guests.

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone can eat and drink at ease, it's just a person who eats overlord's meal, don't let him disturb everyone's Yaxing, today's drinks are all free! Little Er, go and serve wine to the guests! ”

As he spoke, his eyes signaled to the thug.

The thugs also understood that they carried the dying man out of the inn, and the rest of the thugs were guarding the door, and Xiao Er was like a person who had nothing to do, serving wine back and forth to the guests, which was extraordinarily respectful; If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Er's hands were still dripping blood, they would have thought that it was just an illusion that he had drunk too much wine just now.

After everything was taken care of, the rich shopkeeper walked towards the two Mingchen who went downstairs with a smile.

"Two, you can get used to living, if there is any inconsiderate hospitality, please speak up."

"That's nature." Ming Chen smiled and arched his hand, and asked curiously, "The shopkeeper's wine is good, is there any new wine?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head, "Don't hide it from this guest officer, the people who come to the store are all like my aging here, and those wines that are less than half a year old are still buried in the cellar." ”

In this regard, Ming Chen also nodded in agreement, turned his head and sighed regretfully, "Everyone in the world likes to age, and I only love new wine, it seems that today is not the chance." ”

"Senior sister, let's go, it's still early, let's go around."

Yu Chuxue nodded slightly and did not speak, obviously, the tragic situation of the man just now was still in front of her.

The two of them walked one after the other, and when they were about to walk to the door, the shopkeeper stopped him, "The guest officer stays, the wine cellar can also be opened, and you don't have to look for another place if you want to drink new wine for a few months." ”

Ming Chen turned around and smiled, "That's a good feeling, the new wine for these three months has been prepared for me, see which one is more suitable for my taste?" ”

After speaking, he walked out of the door with Yu Chuxue, who was huffing, and the thugs guarding the door could only watch, trying to stop but found that his body couldn't move at all.

It wasn't until the two of them walked far away that the thug fell to the ground, and the shopkeeper was soaked in cold sweat.

......

At the end of an alley, two people walked unhurriedly, a bit like a walk.

"Do you think I'm cold-blooded?"

Ming Chen and Yu Chuxue stopped, looking at the inn from afar, and the two thugs carried the man into a small pharmacy.

Why squeeze?

Because, there was a long queue at the door of the pharmacy, and most of these people were wounded, and there was not a single patient.

"I don't know." Yu Chuxue's expression was a little dazed, but she was relieved to see the injured person enter the pharmacy.

"What do you think of Wangcheng?" Ming Chen asked.

"They are all ......" After thinking for a long time, Yu Chuxue came up with a word, "angry." ”

Ming Chen said a different opinion, "My first impression is chaos! ”

"Chaos?"

"That's right, it's chaos!"

"The first chaos is chaos without order, and the city lord here will not manage or plan; What places to do, if they are divided, there will be no chaos on the streets. ”

After a pause, he continued, "Why are people yelling and angry? It is the chaos of people's hearts, and they can only pass the message upwards through this way that they need to be managed. ”

"Have you ever seen children and women along the way?"

Hearing this, Yu Chuxue was surprised to find that there was really none, and guessed: "These people frequently disappear, which makes people panic, so they don't dare to appear." ”

"That's why I remember that there is a river in Wangcheng, called Wangjiang, which flows through Wangcheng from Xihe Town." Ming Chen showed a thoughtful expression.

"Do you suspect that the water source has been tampered with, so they can't suppress their anger after eating the demonic energy?"

But Yu Chuxue immediately thought of the key and asked, "What does this have to do with missing people?" ”

"yes, what does this demonic aura have to do with the disappearance of the population?" Ming Chen asked to himself.

"Let's go! Go to Wangjiang and have a look! ”

With the doubts in their hearts, the two came to the Wangjiang embankment, which is the closest to Wangcheng, and there are still some fertile fields nearby, but there are very few people.

Walking to the shore, Ming Chen picked up the river, but the Void Mirror did not react in the slightest.

This is undoubtedly saying that the demonic spirit has nothing to do with Wangjiang.

Seeing Ming Chen's disappointed expression, Yu Chuxue knew the answer without asking.

But Mingchen was not discouraged, his expression was firm, "The water in Wangjiang is fine, it doesn't mean that the water in the city is fine." ”

This at least one possibility is ruled out, as for the city, most of it is well water, and it does take some time to investigate them one by one.

He looked around, fixing his gaze on a hunched toiling figure.

It was a dark-skinned farmer, bent over the fields, and occasionally raised himself to find that it was actually an old man with a sixtieth birthday.

stepped forward and tried to speak as softly as possible, "Old man, can I ask you something?" ”

The old farmer seemed startled, and stumbled back a long way before stopping.

"Don't be nervous, we've just arrived in Wangcheng and want to find someone to get to know Wangcheng."

The old man saw Ming Chen with a kind face and Yu Chuxue beside him, and after a while, he sighed and said, "You still don't want to stay in Wangcheng, it's not peaceful." ”

Ming Chen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Why is it not peaceful?" ”

The old man snorted coldly and pointed at Ming Chen unceremoniously, "You are a descendant, you dare to let your mother-in-law wander around outside, and when she is taken captive, you have no place to cry." ”

Yu Chuxue was about to explain, but Ming Chen took the first step to speak: "Old man, this is my sister, is there still bandits kidnapping people in Wangcheng?" Don't the city lord care? ”

The old man let out a long sigh and said with teary eyes, "It must be some of the shriveled calves who did something wrong and angered the heavens, so he sent down these punishments." ”

"Can you tell me what the punishments are?"