Looking at the river surface one after another, Hua Rujin couldn't help but recall Ye Chengwei's untainted face in her mind.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, since you met him, he always seems to have a calm and breezy attitude, and seems to be indifferent to everything, but he is always defending himself.

On the contrary, she herself is always suspicious of others from time to time.

"Ahem, I said I'm going to prepare dark food for him today."

Looking up at the sky, there were no horses, and I was afraid that it was too late to rush back.

After thinking about his cooking skills, it was better not to offer this ugliness.

Just as he was about to get up and walk back, there was a sudden unpleasant foul smell on the river.

When she looked in, she realized that the water in the nearby river was like a stagnant ditch that could not be flowed, and the water was extremely black.

She walked to the river, took a handful of river water, sniffed it carefully, and found that the river water was filled with a sour smell like coke.

"It's kind of weird."

Looking into the distance, I always feel that the color of the whole river is not the same.

She first went to the southeast, and the mountains near the banks of the river were all stagnant waters, and even the shallows could not see the middle of the river.

And the closer you get to the mountains, the stronger the stench from the water becomes.

However, when she looked closely around the mountain, she did not find anything unusual, and there was no trace of the mountain being scorched.

"Strange, why did the river turn black, and where did the smell of coke come from?"

Hua Rujin was puzzled.

In order to find the difference, she walked in the opposite direction to the southwest, and I don't know how far she walked, she could see that the river water became extremely clear, although it was not as clear as before, but it was not as dark as before, which could make people feel the intimacy of the connection between water and sky.

"Could it be that the river in the southeast has also become a quicksand river, and what demons and monsters live under the water?"

Hua Rujin muttered to herself, seeing that it was not early, she didn't dare to stay here alone, and began to rush in the direction of the city.

Ye Chengwei came back from Yizhuang very late, and he didn't find Hua Rujin in the post house.

Thinking about the dislike with her today, I feel a little sad inexplicably.

But after thinking about it, this Nizi is just a lawyer to earn money, and even if the matter of sacrificing the river is found out, it will not be of any benefit to her.

The little girl of the Cheng family is not related to her, she just has some sympathy and wants to take care of this matter.

When she comes to her senses, sooner or later she will understand her painstaking efforts.

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Just looking at the twilight Sihe, this Nizi has not returned to the post house, which makes him a little worried.

Worried, he left the inn, but saw the old beggar leading the horse leisurely in front of the door.

Ting An's eyes were sharp, and he recognized at a glance that the horse was the one that Miss Hua had taken today.

"Senior, why is Miss Hua's horse here with you?"

Ting An asked puzzled.

"Oh, my filial son, knowing that I am not good at my legs and feet, so he gave me this horse and let me go back to the city first."

The old beggar replied without blushing and without a beat, looking at the indifferent Zhuang Yuanlang, he suddenly frowned, shook his head in a weird way and sighed:

"Hey, some people just like to ask for hardships, obviously they just did a good deed to make themselves heinous and disgusted, this is good, everyone can't get off the stage."

As he spoke, he deliberately looked up at the sky again: "I heard that Jiang'an County is not stable at night, my disciple has been in the limelight in the county recently, and I don't know if anyone will look for her bad luck." ”

Ye Chengwei was not calm when he heard this, and rode on a black horse and hurried towards the south of the city.

Ting An hadn't recovered from the old beggar's words, he held his chin and thought about it for a while, and then he suddenly looked at the old beggar: "Old man, are you talking about my son-in-law?" ”

The old beggar turned a deaf ear and showed a faint smile in the direction of Ye Chengwei's departure, and then swaggered around the street.

On the way, he happened to meet the carriage of the Shu family.

Shu Jinxuan saw the figure of the old beggar in the carriage and hurriedly stopped the carriage.

Thinking that his cousin had already worshipped this strange old man as his master, his attitude towards him suddenly became much more respectful.

Walked up to him and bowed his hand respectfully: "The old-timer went to the post house to visit the sister-in-law?" ”

"Sister-in-law?"

The old beggar raised his eyebrows: "Oh, it's the second son of the Shu family." ”

is indeed an infatuated man, and he followed him to Jiang'an County thousands of miles away.

It's a pity that the old woman in his family.

After all, evil fate is harmful to others and oneself.

Thinking of this, the old beggar shook his head regretfully: "I heard that the girl went to the Yamen of the Inspection Department with Zhuang Yuanlang today, and she should be with Zhuang Yuanlang at this time." ”

"I see."

Shu Jinxuan had already heard a report from Ah Huan this morning.

The Inspection Division is not a place he can go, and there is no need to worry about having Ye Chengwei with him.

But the fact that the two of them haven't come back at such a late hour makes him feel uneasy.

Just as he was about to go to the inn, the old beggar dragged him to a distant wine shop:

"It is said that love the house and Wu, and there is a saying that one day will be a teacher and a father for life, I am now the master of that girl, she is not filial to my master, Shu Ergongzi, you have to do your filial piety for your cousin, I also just came from Jiangling City, I am thirsty, Shu Ergongzi, you will accompany the old man to call Huazi and I will drink two more cups today."

"Me"

Before Shu Jinxuan could shirk it, he was dragged directly into the wine shop by the old beggar.

The old beggar asked for a lot of wine and delicacies, pestered Shu Jinxuan to push the cup and change the lamp, and it didn't take long to get this elegant son drunk.

"Hey, I'm not happy yet, why did the second son of Shu fall first."

The old beggar looked at Ah Huan, who was frowning on the side, and waved his hand stupidly: "That's it, help your son-in-law upstairs to rest." ”

Ah Huan saw that his son-in-law was drunk, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed, so he had to carry the person to the upstairs guest room according to the old beggar's instructions.

In the wine shop that gradually fell silent, the old beggar's previously cheerful face followed by loneliness, recalling a conversation with the girl by the river, his heart was particularly unpleasant, and he began to gulp the wine, and finally fell on the table.

Hua Rujin followed the forest path all the way to the north, until she could no longer see any scenery around, thinking about what she had seen and heard in the past few days, she suddenly had some panic in her heart.

"There can't really be zombies in this world, right?"

With this thought, she unconsciously thought of the picture described by the shopkeeper Hu in her mind, and the whole person was a little creepy for a while.

Thinking of the thousands of floating corpses in Chu Jiang, it makes people feel even more numb.

Just as he was in the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a light sound of horses' hooves on the path.

As far as she could see, she saw a cluster of torches swaying slowly towards her in the night.

(End of chapter)