When you come out of the pier, you will be greeted by a long street, about two feet wide, paved with gray-black stone slabs. On both sides of the street, there is a row of storefronts.

The town of Three Rivers is not large, mainly with two streets in the east and west, and two subdivisions in the north and south. Shops are concentrated in the streets. Outside the street are the houses.

The shops here are all hung with black lanterns. It is a lantern covered with black cloth or black paper. This kind of lantern can't shine brightly, and not a single ray of light will shine through. In fact, this kind of lantern is not used for lighting people at all.

During the day, this lantern is useless, and the guests who come are all people. At night, this kind of lantern will be lit, and the lit lantern means that the shop is doing business, and naturally it is not people, but ghosts.

Ghosts will use paper money to consume in the store, and these paper money are the paper money that Tong Lang scattered. This paper money can be regarded as the currency of Three Rivers Town.

In the entire Sanhe River, there are more dead people than living people, and the dead people also have more spending power than the living.

Zhang Cundao walked on the streets of this town, and the streets were quite bustling. However, the shop next to it is mostly engaged in the business of the underworld. The business of the yang world is a cramped small store, selling herbs, department stores, food and the like. The more high-end ones, that is, the shops are larger, selling some spirit grass, spirit mines, talismans and the like.

Such shops tend to be plainly decorated and extremely unremarkable.

But the shops that do business in the underworld are different. These shops tend to occupy a large area, and the door is made of fine ebony carvings, and there are gold and silver decorations inside, pearls and bright lights, mercury scenery, and moss clothes on the floor.

And the business he does is also shrouds and longevity materials, fire candles, corpse oil bone powder and other netherworld things. If you think these are ordinary goods, then you are underestimating the ghosts here.

The shroud is made of fine yin silk, and its defensive power is not weaker than some defensive magic weapons. Shoucai is the cultivation of ghosts, not only the best gloomy wood to build, but also must have a defensive formation, Huiyin formation and other practical formations, and the inside of Shoucai, is gold and white jade inlay, animal skin and animal bone skin, extremely luxurious decoration.

The Flame Candle and the Corpse Oil Bone Meal are even more resources to promote the cultivation of ghosts, which are similar to the resources needed for human cultivation.

And to Zhang Cundao's surprise, these shops are also open during the day, and there are still humans to buy them! There are thousands of ways to cultivate, and some people cultivate this ......

Zhang Cundao looked at the industry in this town and felt a little uncomfortable. He followed the street and soon reached the town gate.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a white piece of paper pasted on the door, and black letters were written on the white paper.

[1. Don't go out of town at night. 】

[Second, if you must come out, please bring enough paper money. 】

[3. No matter day or night, please do not ask anyone for directions after leaving the town. 】

[Fourth, after leaving the town, if someone asks you for directions, don't answer. 】

[5. There are no people surnamed Qiao, surnamed Ma, surnamed Gou, surnamed Niu, or surnamed Yan in the town. 】

[6. There are no waiters, gangsters, woodcutters, butchers, etc. sent out in the town. 】

[7. There has never been a fire in the town, if you find a fire, please do not stay and leave quickly. 】

[8. Weddings and funerals are not allowed in the town, and there are no similar banquets. 】

[9. The lanterns hanging at the gate of the town, the left is red, a total of seven, and the right is black, a total of eight, which will never change. 】

[10. Don't talk about these ten things with others outside the town. 】

After reading these ten, Zhang Cundao felt a little hairy in his heart for some reason.

He was just about to walk out of the town gate, when suddenly his heart moved, but a trace of sleepiness hit him...... It looks like it's been three days!

It's time to get back to the real world......

He withdrew his foot and turned back to the town, which, if he remembered correctly, had an inn for the living......

exchanged the materials on his body for some paper money, Zhang Cundao lived in this Sanhe Inn, the inn is not big, but it is very clean. The shopkeeper didn't talk much, and his face was not good-looking, but the cook's skills were good, and the Sanhe fish she made was very delicious.

Zhang Cundao booked the room for seven days, and explained to the shopkeeper: "I may have to sleep for three or five days, don't disturb me these days." ”

The shopkeeper nodded, as long as the money is enough, he won't bother to take care of you.

Then, Zhang Cundao returned to the room, released the Changqing Changying Second Sword out on guard, and then sat cross-legged on the bed and gradually disappeared!

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In a daze, Zhang Cundao was awakened by a shout.

"Baby! Baby! Wake up! It's even colder after being stunned, why are you sleeping on the ground! ”

Zhang Cundao was woken up, and an old man in a sanitation suit looked at him with a hint of concern on his face.

Zhang Cundao was shocked in his heart and immediately looked around. At the moment, he was lying in a culvert with a rumbling train above the culvert and a road in the culvert. At this time, it was early in the morning, and there were not many vehicles coming and going, only the old man's three-wheeled sanitation vehicle 'Bao (10) Jie' was particularly conspicuously parked in front of him.

"Where is this! Uncle! Zhang Cundao asked.

"It's an out-of-towner!" The uncle muttered to himself, and then said, "This is the culvert on the side of Chunxi Road, are you a drunk!" I slept here. Beware of colds! ”

"Chunxi Road?" Zhang Cundao showed a hint of confusion, but he still got up and said thank you to the uncle, and then walked along the road. The uncle looked at his confused appearance, and couldn't help but shake his head, and said, "These young people, when they drink alcohol, they don't want to die, and no one knows if they fall on the side of the road." ”

At this time, Zhang Cundao looked up at the sky, and then looked at the surrounding environment. After walking for a short time, I came across a shop. The shop had just opened, and the shopkeeper was sorting out the newspaper, so Zhang Cundao picked up a newspaper and looked at it. There are four big characters written on it, "Jincheng Morning Post"!

it! Jincheng is not another name for Shu County, I am here to Shu County? That's far enough! Zhang Cundao chuckled in his heart. Then he felt in his pocket, and he almost pulled out two hundred-dollar bills from his pocket.

He turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Boss, can I make a long-distance call?" ”

The chubby boss looked at him, nodded at his accent and said, "Yes." After that, he took the key to turn on the long-distance switch of the landline.

Zhang Cundao dialed Wen Xi's mobile phone number, waited quietly for a while, and then a puzzled voice came from there: "Hey? ”

It's early in the morning, and an unfamiliar number from out of town always makes people feel strange. She was about to go downstairs and wait for Zhang Cundao to run!

"It's me, Zhang Cundao." Zhang Cundao said immediately.

"It's you! How do you not use your cell phone to make calls? It's not your landline either. Wen Xi asked in surprise.

Zhang Cundao hurriedly said: "I'm out of town now, and my mobile phone is not around." I guess I won't be able to go back for a while, you help me ask the department for a leave, and I will ask you for a leave. ”

Wen Xi is the company's personnel manager and is in charge of attendance.

Hearing Zhang Cundao's words, Wen Xi was even more puzzled, she asked, "What happened to you?" So you ran out of town overnight without even taking your phone? ”

Zhang Cundao sighed and said, "Something really happened this time, and I didn't expect that I would come to another place." I'll go back when it's done, don't worry, I didn't do anything. ”

Hearing this, Wen Xi's heart settled slightly, and then said, "Where are you?" It doesn't matter if it's serious, if you want me to help you. ”

"No need, you still have to help me keep an eye on the company, and I still need you to contact the company in Quang Nam. I'm really not in a hurry, I'll call you when I'm settled, I'm using a public phone. It's hanging. ”

After Zhang Cundao finished speaking, the phone hung up, Wen Xi wanted to say something, but he didn't have a chance. She frowned, but finally chose to believe Zhang Cundao.

Here, Zhang Cundao, who hung up the phone, looked at the store and said, "Boss, bring me another bottle of water, one for this bread, and one for tea eggs." The shop also sells a simple breakfast, so Zhang Cundao simply asked for a little to eat.

A hundred-yuan bill was handed over, and the boss took it and looked at it for a long time before looking for money for Zhang Cundao.

Holding water, eating bread and tea eggs, this boss's tea eggs are well cooked and very tasty. He touched his pocket, and he still had more than 190 yuan on his body, which was a long time away.

This foggy world has changed regions, and this real world has also changed regions. In the future, even if he goes to Wangchuan Town, there is a high probability that he will appear in Shu County, so he estimates that he will stay in Shu County for a long time.

It's a bit of a hassle when I'm away from home, and I don't have much money. It's not good to ask Wen Xi to wire him a sum of money, otherwise Wen Xi will definitely be worried.

And a manly man, how can he be stumped because of a small amount of money.

He thought as he walked down the road and into a more prosperous street.

The street has a lot of foot traffic, and there are shops on both sides of the street, which is obviously a commercial street. On the side of the street, there are also some people who set up stalls, which is very common, mostly selling knick-knacks, or fruit snacks and the like.

Zhang Cundao bought some snacks and found that the taste was good, and in these years, those who dared to come to set up stalls were all people who were confident in their skills.

Zhang Cundao stayed and observed for a while, and then walked into a nearby store selling jade.

The store had just opened, and the beautiful clerk was still cleaning up the goods, and when he saw Zhang Cundao coming in, he hurriedly showed a smile and said, "Hello guests, is there anything you need to serve?" "She speaks authentic Mandarin.

Zhang Cundao looked at it casually, and then sighed in his heart, this is different from the southwest region, this jade is much cheaper.

He smiled and said, "Do you have any seed jade here?" I want to see the seed jade. ”

Seed jade is uncarved jade, some even have only one facet, many of this kind of jade are not sure of the master, not easy to knife and retain jade, the price is naturally cheaper.

Hearing that Zhang Cundao wanted to buy seed jade, the clerk's smile narrowed slightly, and then said, "Please go this way." Then he took Zhang Cundao to a corner, and in the corner, there was a large plate of seed jade. These seeds were stacked haphazardly, and many of them were dusty and looked like stones.

(End of chapter)