Zhi'an City, where Zou Laomo's lair is located, is also Chen Jing's northbound destination.

Zhi'an City is located in the middle of the Shangshui Kingdom and the Great Qi Dynasty, and Zhao'an City a virtue, only the city, did not establish a country, the reputation is not obvious, and it is just built at the junction of the two mountains, the local aborigines call the two mountains "Scissors Mountain", under the oral tradition, the city has a more "Mountain Nest City" common name, over time, the name "Zhi'an City" does not know much.

Chen Jing ran a lot of wrongful roads for this "mountain nest city", until he met an elderly man, and then he knew what was going on.

Displaced people are all over the city, building a grass shed with no door, no wall and only a roof, barely counted as a home, Chen Jing walked all the way, estimated in his heart, only knew that the displaced people under the root of the city wall on one side of Ancheng, no less than 1,000 people, this is not counting the simple grass hut a few miles away from the city.

The length and width of Zhi'an City is only two or three miles, which is worse than Zhao'an City, and Zhao'an City is not good, at least the weeds that fall with the wind at the head of the city cannot grow into clusters.

When I entered the city, I still saw a lot of homeless people, and in some places, there were even more than a dozen people crammed into a tiled house.

Crowded is crowded, and I finally have a shelter from the wind and rain.

The high-headed horse passed by the street, attracting a lot of people's attention, Chen Jing looked at it at a glance, the rangers were the majority, the monks were scarce, and occasionally a few stepped into the qi refining door, as for whether there were old monsters hiding their cultivation, it was unknown.

Before Chen Jing went out, he had heard the master say that after the natural disaster in the north, the master used magic to "move" some refugees here, which was considered to give them a way to live, as for how much they moved, the master did not say.

Whenever he thought of the name "Zhi'an City", Chen Jing couldn't help but laugh, the master was really polite to that old-timer, and for a monk, the eight words "contentment and happiness, peace and poverty" were not good.

But looking back, it is also, dream-eating started, evil-eating made a fortune, and finally the devil-eater, this kind of monk has to watch closely, who knows what the ogre will eat when he can't feed him.

found a decent inn to live in temporarily, Chen Jing opened the window to bask in the sun, and the whole person was listless.

The first is that Cui Niu's stupid guy hasn't come over yet, and the second is that he hasn't been able to find Zou Lao Mo yet.

For Cui Niu, Chen Jing is not too worried, anyway, there are no other cities within a radius of hundreds of miles from Zhi'an City, and no matter how stupid Cui Niu is, it is impossible for Cui Niu to get lost.

But for that old demon Zou, the master didn't explain it in detail, and every time Chen Jing recalled the master's smile, he couldn't help but have a headache.

Find the dog.

Which dog? What kind of dog?

The master didn't say anything, which made Chen Jing extremely helpless, and thought that there was only one dog in this city, but after entering the city, he realized that there were countless wild dogs, so how could he be sure, should he look for them one by one?

Even if he tried it with this exhaustive method, what if he met the main master, and what if the dog could talk? The master didn't give him a solution, which made Chen Jing very annoyed.

Out of boredom, Chen Jing came up with a stupid idea.

That dog is not ordinary, and it should be able to understand people's hearts. Since this is the case, Chen Jing went to the dog meat shop, bought a whole marinated dog leg, and asked the shopkeeper to wrap it with oiled paper.

Stupid is stupid, just be useful.

After a while, Chen Jing was followed by a group of wild dogs, and there were even wild cats, Chen Jing didn't do it, and he didn't stop doing it, in front of these little guys, he tore the oil paper and gnawed the dog's legs.

In the alley, a man munched on dog meat.

More than a dozen dogs on the ground opposite stared.

There are also several wild cats on the wall.

A few catties of dog meat were eaten, Chen Jing was extremely disappointed, the cook was not authentic, and his skills were not as good as his own. Looking at the other side, he was even more annoyed, and occasionally there were a few dog barks, but unfortunately he didn't dare to come.

Chen Jing angrily threw the bones in his hand to the alley next door, and a few wild dogs hurriedly ran over, and the remaining few wild dogs licked their tongues and stared to see if there was a chance to grab some leftover meat.

Chen Jing ran up a few steps, held down a short-legged wild dog before these wild dogs ran away, and scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu still thinks that you are here to take revenge, it turns out that you are fucking planning to share a piece of the pie, so you are not afraid of losing your life?" ”

After saying that, he kicked the dog out and sent it away, and then sent it a sentence, "Eat!" ”

I can't wait for Cui Niu to come, I can't find Zou Lao Mo, it's not a matter to wait, and now I can't meditate, which makes Chen Jing have a lot of free time, think about it, it is not appropriate to show his skills, if he is a cook, this broken place may not be able to let himself be deployed, and in the end, it is better to be a half-baked blacksmith.

The first time he worked as a helper, he was a little timid, Chen Jing went to a simple blacksmith shop outside the city, the owner of the shop was also surnamed Chen, and he didn't say much after hearing about it, so he let him try it with a hammer and a cup of tea.

This naturally couldn't bother Chen Jing, rolled up his sleeves, picked up a piece of rough embryo and smashed it on the iron felt, with the sparks splashing, the rough embryo gradually became angular and angular.

After a cup of tea, Master Chen saw a piece of sweat on his forehead, his heart was not flustered, he had a lot of spare strength, praised the sentence "good posterity", nodded and promised to let him stay.

Striking iron when he is busy, being in a daze when he is free, has become Chen Jing's daily routine during this time, mostly repairing farm tools, occasionally there are knives and kitchen knives, in Chen Jing's eyes, it is no different from broken copper and iron, the locals come here to let Master Chen repair, nothing more than to save money, occasionally the old customers come, Master Chen does not charge money to repair it.

Half a moon down, the old customers who came here, all knew that there was a "Xiao Chen master" in the blacksmith shop, who was not good at words, did not like to brag, and sat in the shop in a daze when he had nothing to do, giving people the impression of being dumbfounded, he was a shy young man, but fortunately he was smart in his hands and feet, and he worked neatly, and the things of the day never waited until the next day.

Chen Jing does not stay in the shop all the time in his spare time, occasionally goes out to hang around, generally around the shop, shuttling between the grass sheds, there are few lazy adults, most of them are busy with their own go, and a group of half-grown children are left to run around.

Chen Jing is not Cui Niu, she still wants to be the king of children when she is older, and when she sees a group of children, she makes a hard move inside, and the cowhide blows up, which can always scare some children who are not knowledgeable enough.

Chen Jing avoided those children, but the group of children circled around him, as a half-local homeless child, he knew that Chen Jing was an outsider after a few glances, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"From the south, or from the north?"

"Are you on your own?"

"Marry a daughter-in-law or beat a bachelor?"

"Have you ever read a book, can you write?"

"He looks delicate, but he probably isn't a good person."

"Yes, yes, my mother said, the whiter the face, the darker the heart."

"Maybe he was a cheater, and he made a fuss a while ago and kidnapped several children."

Chen Jing sighed, half-size, it's the time to be a bastard, he dares to think about anything, he dares to say anything, he really wants to slap them one by one.

endured and endured, Chen Jing was unwilling to quarrel with them, and finally confessed, and walked a few steps back to the blacksmith's shop.

From a distance, I saw a few black-clothed people in front of the shop, compared to the coarse linen clothes full of puddings of the homeless people outside the city, these black-clothed people were much more sophisticated, and outsiders would inevitably take a few more glances when they saw them.

The man in black left on the front foot, and Chen Jing returned to the blacksmith shop on the back foot, saw that Master Chen was busy with the stove, and asked, "Do we have a big job?" ”

Master Chen shook his head and said, "Don't get involved in this matter, if you don't handle it well, you will die." ”

Chen Jing was puzzled: "Can't help?" ”

Master Chen dropped the tongs, took a sip of cold water and said: "You have just arrived in Shanwo City, there are some taboos and unclear, you don't have to come here these days, I can handle it by myself." ”

There is a deep meaning in the words, but it is not thorough, Chen Jing is not good to ask too much, and he can't make a friendship, Master Chen said that he should not get involved, which is kind enough.

Chen Jing turned around and walked out of the shop, noticed something strange behind him, turned around, grabbed the axe thrown in one hand, and looked inside the shop suspiciously.

Master Chen nodded and said, "You can have this martial art, which is enough to protect yourself." However, I still advise you not to move around at night, Shanwo City has not been peaceful at night, and it is not something that ordinary Jianghu martial artists can deal with, and it is easy to fall into it if you don't have enough knowledge and ability. ”

Chen Jing put down the axe and asked, "What's not peaceful?" ”

Master Chen glanced at him and said, "People and ghosts are rampant. ”

On the way back to the inn, Chen Jing kept pondering the phrase "people and ghosts are rampant", could it be that Old Devil Zou only travels at night?

It's not that Chen Jing hasn't walked around at night, except for the barely strict City Lord's Mansion, the streets and alleys in the city have been roughly walked around by him, and he hasn't noticed anything unusual, do you still have to find a "good day and auspicious day" to meet that old-timer?

A sound of gongs came from afar, and Chen Jing saw that the residents of the main road pulled aside by themselves, and a team of makeshift honor guards walked in the distance, with the foot soldiers in front of them opening the way, and the eight people behind slowly approaching.

The black veil hung down around the step, and there was no wind at the moment, and everyone could only see the vague figure inside, and they couldn't see the real face.

Chen Jing muttered, "The city lord is out on patrol." ”

The master said that he was asked to find the dog, but what if he was asked to find it crookedly? Even if he wronged this city lord and just tried it, Chen Jing was sure to retreat.

Chen Jing was thinking about whether to test the skills of this city lord, and saw that half of his head was exposed in the attic facing the street in front of him, and he was secretly looking at the steps that were getting closer and closer, looking extremely cautious.

Chen Jing had no choice but to temporarily stop and dispel the idea of making a move on Bu Yuan.

A teenager-like child crouched on the roof, clenched a dagger in his right hand, looked up at the chariot from time to time, occasionally looked back at the back, pinched his fingers and chanted silently, and when the chariot was approaching, he got up and squatted half-squatting, and heard a voice from behind.

"Even if you run a few steps, you can't jump a step."

The young man turned his head suddenly, the dagger in his hand pointed at the person who came, and his face was slightly surprised, he had actually seen this person.

Walking slowly behind him, the young man was frustrated and annoyed: "What's your business? ”

Chen Jing naturally also recognizes him, or "she" is more suitable, this tomboy is running around crazy outside the city, there are not a few people who know her, and many people also know that she is a tomboy, but they are all down-and-out outcasts, and no one cares about the number of male and female etiquette that only exists after eating and drinking.

Chen Jing said curiously: "Revenge? ”

The girl glanced at the farther and farther steps, and threatened: "Dare to talk nonsense with people, Lao Tzu will disembowel you." ”

Chen Jing shook his head with a smile and said, "With your ability, even if you kill the enemy, you are not far from death." ”

"You're a piece of iron!"

After the girl finished scolding, she carefully stepped on the roof tiles and slowly moved down, approaching the eaves, giving Chen Jing a fierce look, and sliding down the brick wall.

"If you don't go to the blacksmith and stay, it's a big deal for my bad aunt and grandmother, and before I put it aside, I have to beat him dozens of boards, beat him until his ass blossoms, and let him have a good memory."

The girl scolded in her mouth, turned around to a remote alley nearby, and only went in and bumped into someone, the girl who was angry raised her leg is a kick, who is afraid of who in the mountain nest city, can catch up with the scud of the aunt, the aunt and grandmother are beaten and scolded.

I didn't want to miss the kick, but blocked it back, the girl couldn't stop her strength and stepped back, and looked up to see that it was the blacksmith just now.

"Coming with me so soon?"

The girl muttered, crossed her waist and held her chest high, and boldly asked, "How are you doing?" ”

Then he hurriedly added, "Lao Tzu and you opened the skylight to say bright words, if you don't want money, you want a life, but you don't give it." ”

Chen Jing glanced at her and said, "If it's a simple holiday, just think of a way to get back face." ”

The girl glared at him, "You know a." ”

Chen nodded and continued: "If it is a blood feud, it is the right thing to do with the enemy. ”

The girl snorted coldly and didn't reply.

Chen Jing took two steps closer, and the girl followed two steps back.

"If the whole family is killed......

Chen Jing pointed in the direction of the city gate and said: "On the tower of the city gate, the corpse can be whipped in public to relieve his hatred." ”