Leaving Yuan'an City with Jessica and Su Yao, Zhang Yang originally planned to follow the map route given to him by the end of the Qing Dynasty, but Su Yao volunteered, she knew how to get to Mocheng.

Since Su Yao knew how to go, Zhang Yang put away the map and asked Su Yao to be the guide. After listening to what Su Yao said, Zhang Yang and Jessica knew that there would be post stations on many routes between the original cities, just like a transit station in the current world.

When they arrived at the station, they could pay for the coachman of the station to take them to the next city, and then transfer stations until they reached the city.

As for the money in the ancient world, as Zhang Yang thought, it was silver, but it was not that kind of silver ingot, but a special silver coin made by the Great Mo Dynasty, which was all silver, but the shape was changed.

For the things Su Yao said, Zhang Yang relied on his head to record, and Jessica also took out her notebook to carefully record what Su Yao said, as well as the topography and environment on their road, and she was also drawing maps by hand.

Ten miles east of Yuan'an City is the post station, where there are a lot of carriages and coachmen, and the three of them talked and laughed along the way to the first post station.

At the post station.

Su Yao took the initiative to negotiate with the coachman, and the coachman, who was nearly fifty years old, glanced at Zhang Yang and Jessica, and finally agreed to the price that Su Yao negotiated with him.

Regarding Su Yao's performance, Zhang Yang and Jessica glanced at each other, both of them underestimated Su Yao's ability, it turned out that she was very good at negotiating.

A horse-drawn carriage.

There is enough space in the car, and the three of Zhang Yang are very spacious to sit in.

The coachman sat on the front of the cart, holding the whip in one hand and the wine bottle in the other, urging the horses to drive very efficiently.

In the carriage, Zhang Yang didn't ask Su Yao how many silver coins he needed for this trip, although Su was not very good, but silver coins were not too scarce, and even if he really got into the bag, Zhang Yang had a way to solve this problem.

Taking out the dry food from his own baggage and handing it to Zhang Yang and Jessica, Su Yao smiled and said: "After going to Xialiang City from here, the post station there can go directly to the post station outside Mocheng, and then you can enter Mocheng." ”

Eating the osmanthus cake prepared by Su Yao, Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Look, you are so helpful to me, how can you hold back, so don't think about those strange things, follow me just need to be happy, tell me directly if there is anything, don't take it to heart." ”

"Hmm."

The sadness when she went out had been alleviated, and Su Yao now nodded to Zhang Yang with a smile on her little face.

After agreeing to Zhang Yang, Su Yao was curious again: "But what are you going to do in Mocheng this time, can you tell me?" ”

Now that they are together, Su Yao wants to help Zhang Yang share his affairs, no matter how big or small, she can share as much as she can, she doesn't just enjoy the happiness that Zhang Yang brings to herself.

Hearing this, Zhang Yang looked at Jessica again and said: "I got a waist card from Qingmo, after arriving in Mocheng, we found the person on the waist card, and then asked him if he knew any news about other martial arts forces or sect forces, as for the purpose, now it is to contact some sects and see if we can gain something." ”

Zhang Yang's purpose is also two, one is to understand the ancient world as much as possible, and then find a way to break through his peak, and the other is to find the secret of the passage between the two realms and figure out the ins and outs of this matter.

After listening to what Zhang Yang said, Jessica didn't ask questions, she probably knew Zhang Yang's thoughts.

Su Yao thought about it for herself, and then said, "It sounds like a long time, but I can always be with you." ”

I don't really understand what Zhang Yang wants to do, but for Su Yao, the process seems to be very long, so that she can be with Zhang Yang all the time and do a lot of things.

It's a long ride.

Not long after staying in the carriage, Su Yao was a little sleepy, Jessica was also a little tired, and noticed that both of them began to squint, Zhang Yang simply let the two of them sleep in peace and help them guard by himself.

Jessica was not polite to Zhang Yang, although she was not as close to Zhang Yang as Su Yao, but she was more familiar with Zhang Yang. And Su Yao hugged Zhang Yang's arm and fell asleep peacefully.

When the two of them fell asleep, Zhang Yang quietly left the carriage.

Sit on the other side of the coachman.

Zhang Yang glanced at the desolate mountain roads on both sides, and there was nothing but trees and weeds.

"Young man, are you going to Mexicity?"

Glancing at Zhang Yang, the coachman raised the wine gourd and poured it violently.

Hearing the coachman say his destination, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "How can the master see it?" ”

Su Yao shouldn't have told the coachman their final destination, but the coachman said it, and Zhang Yang wanted to know where the coachman saw it?

Maybe he overheard their conversation just now, but Zhang Yang used his strength to isolate the sound, and it was impossible for the coachman to hear it, so there would be no such possibility.

The coachman didn't know that Zhang Yang would think so much, he said casually: "Young people like you, what are you going to do in Xialiang City?" It's very dangerous there, so you must go from the post station there to Mocheng, which is the place that young people yearn for, and everyone wants to go around Mocheng and make friends with talents from all walks of life. ”

After listening to what the coachman said, Zhang Yang was even more curious: "Master, what do you mean when you say that Xialiang City is dangerous?" What are the terrible things in Xialiang City, or are there very scary people? ”

"Everything is done by people, so people are more terrible than things. However, it is better for young people not to be too curious, which will lead to death. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yang was curious, the coachman smiled and stopped the topic.

Seeing the coachman halfway through his words, Zhang Yang was a little unhappy, and after thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Master, how about adding ten silver coins to buy wine for you at the station?" ”

"Ten silver coins."

The coachman smiled and said, "Young people are very good at doing things, not bad." Idle is idle, and I'll talk to you. ”

With the payment, the coachman was not ambiguous, and said seriously: "There are many people who know about the affairs of Xialiang City, but not many people really know about it. Xialiang City was originally named as Mocheng, but ten years ago, because of an incident that completely changed everything in Xialiang City. ”

"Oh? What's up? ”

Spending money to listen to the story, Zhang Yang felt that this transaction was not a loss, although he didn't know whether ten silver coins were expensive or not, but Zhang Yang felt that what the coachman said was more valuable.

The coachman said: "It is said that ten years ago, the city lord's mansion in Xialiang City welcomed his relatives, and the city lord Liangjun married his daughter, and his son-in-law was a scholar. On the day of the kiss, everything was very festive, but after nightfall, a bloody case broke out in the city lord's mansion. ”

Telling the story he knows in a colorful voice, the coachman's demeanor and voice are very tense.

But Zhang Yang said at this time: "Could it be that the scholar killed the daughter." ”

Zhang Yang's words fell, and the coachman was stunned.

"Have you heard?"

"Uh..."

Looking at the coachman's stunned expression, Zhang Yang didn't know how to explain to the coachman for a while, because there are too many stories of this kind in the modern world, and this kind of plot and characters are matched together, and the two sides of the contradiction are nothing more than the daughter and the scholar, or the city lord and the scholar.

I just said it myself, and I was really right.

"I haven't heard of it, I guess, you go ahead."

Shaking his head, Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly and asked the coachman to continue.

The coachman looked at Zhang Yang suspiciously, and continued: "You guessed very accurately, the scholar killed his wife in the night of the candle in the cave room, and the city lord of Xialiang City, Liang Jun, was furious and dismantled the scholar into eight pieces. When such a thing happened, the news could not be hidden at all, and it quickly spread. But when everyone thought that things had stopped, in the second half of the night, the city lord's mansion was washed in blood, and the city lord Liangjun died violently, and his body sat in front of the gate of the city lord's mansion, and his head was lost. ”

"Why this happened, no one knows, the people of Xialiang thought that this was a tragedy caused by grievances and hatred, but a few months later, the new city lord just came to Xialiang City, and he died mysteriously, and his head was lost."

"The two city lords have been like this, and the people of Xialiang City are panicking, and many people say that in the middle of the night, the city lord Liangjun will suddenly appear on the street, wandering the street with a chain in his hand, and the other end of the chain is the scholar's hands and feet."

"Because of these things, a lot of people ran away in Xialiang City, and a lot of people died inexplicably, and ten years have passed, the people in Xialiang City are pitiful, and no one cares, it's so deserted, there are some people who don't know whether they are alive or dead to find out, and in the end they are all gone."

At the end, the coachman took another sip of wine, and then sighed, very emotional.

Zhang Yang was silent after listening to it, he thought it was love and hatred, but it turned out to be a thriller story.

Although the story told by the coachman is a little terrifying, Zhang Yang has always been unbelieving in those things, rational analysis, the reason why the scholar killed his daughter is unknown, the reason why the city lord's mansion was washed in blood is unknown, where Liangjun's head went, the cause of death of the new city lord is unknown, and the head is missing.

All kinds of doubts are mixed together, and this is the source of fear.

The people were afraid, so they left.

Make the lively city desolate and even more terrifying.

For this story, Zhang Yang is curious, that is, who was the blood of the City Lord's Mansion washed in? The book was born in the hands of the city lord, and the most direct thing was that the scholar's own power was very strong and destroyed the city lord's mansion. But if a scholar has that kind of strength, there is no need to take risks on the night of marriage.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yang found this matter very interesting.

When the coachman saw that Zhang Yang didn't speak, he thought that Zhang Yang was frightened, and said: "So, young man, live well, don't take risks at will, it's not easy to live, because curiosity is too worthwhile." ”

Zhang Yang responded: "Don't worry, master, I don't like to take risks, and I won't take risks, thank you for your story, when you get to the post station, I will give you the ten silver coins." ”

"Okay."

After talking about the matter of Xia Liang City, the coachman's mood seemed to be affected, and he didn't pay as much attention to the silver coins as he did at the beginning, and he hoped that the story he told would suddenly make the three young people live well, not randomly