If everything that the watchmen said is true, the area where they are located is the Dead Village, and the people who migrated from Liangcheng live in the new Xinzheng County, so what is going on with this inn?

Why do some people not shy away from opening inns in Laoxinzheng County, that is, in the dead village?

Why did the boss leave before the day of the prefectural festival, but handed over the key to the watchman? Why are there so many fresh ingredients in the kitchen?

The watchman glanced up at Tang Xiaohao, lowered his head and continued to stir-fry: "Lao Xinzheng County, that is, the current Dead Village, died in the plague that year, and the cats and dogs did not survive. After saying this, the watchman glanced at the kitchen door, as if he was afraid that someone would come in and hear what he said next, "After that, there will be resentful spirits here every night." ”

In the land of the Nine Plains, people become undead after death, and there are many kinds of undead. Stories about the undead, whether it is Tang Xiaohao or others, have heard a lot since childhood, but few people have actually seen them.

One of Tang Xiaohao's former teachers told him that people become undead after death, and under normal circumstances, undead spirits cannot stay in Jiuyuan, that is, the human world, and must enter the Nine Domains. Therefore, the undead should be seen only under certain conditions and circumstances.

The watchman poured the fried vegetables out of the iron pot: "At the beginning, there were also people living in Wangzhuang, after all, there are so many empty houses, it's a pity to live, but who can stand those resentful spirits that appear every night?" ”

At first, the government did not believe the people's statements about the resentful spirits at all, thinking that someone was lying to confuse the people, and Liangcheng Taishou sent several groups of people to investigate the matter, and as a result, these people all saw the resentful spirits in Wangzhuang without exception.

Therefore, in the end, Taishou decided to rebuild the county seat, but it must be within the scope stipulated by the government, that is, it is not allowed to be too far from the original old county seat, that is, Wangzhuang. As for the reason, it is rumored to be related to the feng shui leylines of the Imperial City of the Divine Capital.

Tang Xiaohao looked at the watchman and brushed the pot: "Are the resentful spirits those who have died due to the plague?" ”

Hit more humane: "Then do you need to say? Otherwise, how can it be called a resentful spirit? ”

Tang Xiaohao asked again: "After death, people are undead, and resentful spirits are also a kind of undead, and they have to go to the Nine Domains, how can they stay in the world?" ”

"You asked the key, everyone knows that the undead have to go to the Nine Domains, so I think it's strange, but the government can't meddle in this kind of thing, even if it's a new county, it's for other reasons." ”

The reason why the government will not care about this kind of thing is very simple, since the Kunlun Dynasty, all dynasties and dynasties have clearly stipulated in the law that once someone engages in activities such as magic, magic, and witchcraft, it will be regarded as a rebellion and will be killed.

Therefore, when the Liangcheng government found out about the existence of resentful spirits, they did not dare to play the imperial court, so they could only deal with it in a low-key manner, not to mention that this place was not far from Shendu City.

Not long after Xinxiu County, a traveling merchant surnamed Li came here, saying that he was a traveling merchant, but everyone knew that he should be a monk. After this Fang Shi surnamed Li came here, he lived alone in the dead village that night, and the people of Xinzheng County thought that he was dead, who knows, the next day this Fang Shi not only lived well, but also took the initiative to find the county order here, saying that he had a way to suppress these resentful spirits here.

The watchman explained this: "This priest knows how to do magic, so he's fine." ”

Anomalous arts? Tang Xiaohao naturally knew what the magic meant, but he deliberately asked, "What does the magic mean?" ”

The watchman was surprised: "You don't even know about the magic arts?" ”

Tang Xiaohao grew up in Shendu City, and all of them avoided talking about foreign arts in Shendu City, and the people outside Shendu City actually knew about foreign arts and magic arts, which had long been circulated among the people, but there were very few people who really came into contact with them.

Therefore, the watchman will be surprised why Tang Xiaohao does not know about the existence of strange arts.

Just as they were saying this, a gust of wind slammed open the window, blowing away the leaves on the table, startling the two of them.

The watchman settled down and said: "That Fang Shi is the owner of this inn, his condition is very simple, that is, to vacate this big room for him to use as an inn, but because there are too many resentful spirits, he can't send all these resentful spirits to the Nine Domains at one time, so he set seven days a year for the day of the county sacrifice, and these seven days will be specially sent to those resentful spirits to the Nine Domains, and a batch will be sent every year until all are delivered." ”

Tang Xiaohao understood why there was an inn here, but he still had a lot of questions: "So, since the boss wants to send the resentful spirit to the Nine Domains, why did he leave to go to the countryside?" ”

The watchman said mysteriously: "That's just rhetoric, you know, you can't make a big show and see people saying that they are going to send resentful spirits, right?" If the news gets out, it's going to kill you. ”

This can be regarded as explaining why there are fresh ingredients in the inn, right?

According to the watchman's explanation, the reason why he has the key to this place is because he is the only person who can come here on the day of the prefectural festival, and it can also be said that he is the alchemist, that is, the innkeeper's local helper.

Although these explanations sound far-fetched to Tang Xiaohao, the matter has come to this point, and he can only stay here for one night and leave tomorrow.

After the watchman brought the food into the lobby, he carried the lantern and said: "After you eat, you will find your own room to rest, and I will go out to make rounds, remember, don't leave the inn before dawn, don't go out, no matter what movement you hear, don't leave here." ”

The words of the watchman naturally scared the two girls, Little Bell and Bao Meng, both of whom seemed very scared, and the two who were still hungry had no appetite, so they could only barely pick up the chopsticks.

After the watchman closed the door of the inn and left, Tang Xiaohao knocked off Chierda's chopsticks with his hand: "How did you lead the troops to fight?" Strangers dare to eat things casually? What if the medicine is gone? What if this is a black shop? ”

Childa was also hungry, and reacted after Tang Xiaohao's reminder, and then immediately took out the silver needle that had been prepared a long time ago to test the poison.

Seeing this, Su Mu said, "The silver needle is useless. ”

Calla asked rhetorically, "Why is it useless?" ”

Tang Xiaohao explained: "The silver needle poison test is only limited to arsenic and other highly toxic poisons, most poisons will not react to silver, you can't try it, haven't you read the book?" ”

Bao Meng and Little Bell had no appetite, and when they heard Tang Xiaohao say this, they simply didn't eat it.

Childa was so hungry that she couldn't do it: "What then?" You can't just be hungry, can you? ”

Tang Xiaohao raised his hand and went to get the treasure chest placed in Su Mu: "It's easy, grab a few rats to test the poison." ”

Su Mu said something unexpected: "No need to catch it, there are no rats here, except for a few of us, and the one who fights, there are no other living creatures." ”

Everyone was stunned, because how could this be? But where there are people, how can there be no rats? Even if it's uninhabited, it's an inn, and there will definitely be rats.

The watchman had told them not to go out, and besides, it was too late, and they were too tired, so they could only rest first.

Cerda looked at the table full of food, could only smell it, swallowed and prepared to go upstairs to find a room to live in.

Tang Xiaohao came to the door of the inn, checked it slightly, and then dropped the latch: "Someone has to keep vigil here tonight, and the little bell and the princess will have a good rest......"

Gilda immediately said at this time: "I will keep vigil. ”

Tang Xiaohao looked at Childa and said: "Forget it, I don't worry about your vigil, if something happens, you can't beat it, your brain is still so stupid, you also go to rest." ”

After speaking, Tang Xiaohao gave the little bell a look and signaled her to protect Baomeng.

Little Bell understood, and went up to the second floor with Childa and Bao Meng.

Tang Xiaohao whispered to Su Mu at this time: "You haven't recovered yet, you also go to rest, I didn't say it just now because I was afraid that Childa would know and attack us." ”

Su Mu nodded and said, "You are quite cautious, you didn't easily believe that pig's head." You sleep first, I'll keep watch. ”

Tang Xiaohao stretched his waist and said, "Don't worry, we have to sleep until at least three o'clock in the morning before we can set off." Otherwise, this place is too dangerous. ”

Su Mu said: "Donkey, I always feel that something is wrong here, because there are no living creatures, not even rats, it's too strange." ”

Tang Xiaohao nodded and said, "I know, but what can I do?" Now that they've all lived, can't they take the princess on an adventure? ”

Su Mu glanced at the location of the stairs and said in a low voice, "Then what do you think about next?" ”

Tang Xiaohao replied: "The reason why we came here tonight is because Childa said that the person who answered was in Wangzhuang, I had been observing the watchman before, and found that he had no other communication with Calla, not even eye contact, plus the story told by the watchman, I think there is a problem here." ”

Saying that, Tang Xiaohao told Su Mu the story about Xinzheng County and the dead village told by the watchman.

Su Mu was stunned when he heard this, and lowered his head to think about something.

Seeing this, Tang Xiaohao asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Su Mu raised his eyes and looked at Tang Xiaohao: "You probably don't know that in the early years, there was a civil rebellion in a county town around Shendu City, and the imperial court did not announce this matter to the public, but now that I think about it, I suspect that it is Xinzheng County." ”

"Civil unrest?" Tang Xiaohao was surprised, "What do you mean?" Is there anything to do with the populace? ”

Su Mu knew that this matter was also because of the announcement of the Xuan Ministry, and every once in a while, the Xuan Department would inform the Thorn about some special circumstances around the Divine Capital City, so that the Thorn could grasp it. Because if you need to leave Shendu City to carry out a mission, you won't be blinded.

At the same time, if there are special circumstances in the place where the task is performed, only the thorn who is on the mission will be informed of the relevant details before leaving.

Therefore, what Su Mu actually knows is only an approximation, after all, it is a secret of the imperial court: "If it is really Xinzheng County, it is not a plague, but because of the people's uprising, and the cause of the people's uprising is Guijia." ”

Tang Xiaohao's eyes widened, and he asked rhetorically for a long time: "Wait a while, I'm completely confused, what do you mean?" Didn't you say that the plague killed people? Why is it related to the carapace again? What is this? ”

Su Mu had a serious face: "Horse, listen, the real Decei armor is different from the ones you saw before, they look the same as you and me, only stronger, even smarter, like a new race, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Of course, Tang Xiaohao understands what the hell is the carapace, Wu Tianlu has already explained it to him, but he has not really encountered "normal caricatures" such as Zhang Haotian and Liao Ran, so he doesn't understand what Su Mu means about the decarnation of the people.

On top of that, there was another meaning hidden in Su Mu's words, that is, the imperial court's fear of the armor seemed to be more than just the superficial things that would infect them.

What if the person who becomes a caricature will rebel?