An hour later, Lin Xing's room

"Lin Xing, do you have any clue now?"

"At present, it seems that only the hole in the middle of the mountain mentioned by the shopkeeper is a clue, so we can rest early today, go to find out the news early tomorrow morning, and meet in the inn at noon, how about it?"

"Yes."

"I think it's fine."

"In that case, you two should go back to your rooms and go to bed now!"

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning.

The three of them got up early, washed up and went out of the inn, and the soldiers divided into three ways, each searching for news.

After Lin Xing went out, he walked for a while and found that there were very few pedestrians on the surrounding streets, and even the few pedestrians were walking like flying.

Lin Xing looked at the pedestrians in front of him, and also walked up tentatively, trying to ask the pedestrians on the side of the road about the things in the town, but no one paid attention to Lin Xing, but avoided them as if he had seen a plague god.

After walking for a while, I saw a noodle restaurant on the side of the road with the door open, and a fragrance came out from it, which went straight into Lin Xing's nose, and then Lin Xing felt his stomach "growl" a few times, and then walked to the noodle restaurant without obeying the call.

"It seems that no one can bitter their stomachs, this noodle restaurant is so fragrant, I don't know what delicious food can be found here?"

And Lin Xing walked in with his stomach, and at this time there was only one person in the room lying on a bamboo chair, looking at a book, and it seemed that he should be the owner of the noodle restaurant.

"Boss, have a bowl of noodles that you are best at, and add more meat."

And the owner of the noodle restaurant directly smashed the books on his head, then put away the books, quickly cooked a bowl of noodles, added two large spoons of meat, and put it on the table in front of Lin Xing.

Then Lin Xing finished eating the noodles in a big gulp, took out a silver coin, and was just about to hand it to the owner of the noodle restaurant, when a familiar voice came in at the door.

"Okay, Lin Xing, the two of us are working hard to find clues elsewhere, you are fortunate to be eating noodles here, you are quite embarrassed."

"That, I didn't smell that this noodle restaurant was too fragrant, so I came in involuntarily, so let's treat you to noodles."

Then he turned to the boss and said

"Boss, let's have two bowls of noodles and add more meat as just now."

Lin Xing was still a little guilty, but after looking at the two people in front of him and sitting down, he suddenly frowned, and then asked

"No, didn't you say that you were seriously looking for clues outside, how did you find the inside of the noodle shop? You two are embarrassed to say me? ”

"Eh, that, Lin Xing is merciful this time, I won't blame you, the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime is unforgivable, so I will punish you and invite us to eat noodles."

It happened that the boss put two bowls of noodles in front of the three people, and after hearing the conversation between the three people, the boss also interjected

"When you hear the accents, all three of them are outsiders, right?"

After eating noodles, Lin Xing suddenly came to his senses, pulled over a bench next to him, and motioned for the boss to sit down.

"Yes, boss, we are just passing by this Ningshi Town, and I don't smell that your noodle restaurant is too fragrant, so I came in to eat a bowl of noodles."

"Seeing that you are not very old, you should be about the same as my child, I will say more, eat a bowl of noodles and leave quickly, don't stay in this place."

"Oh? What do you say about the boss, I heard that your Ningshi Town is a place full of delicious food, could it be that you don't want us to go to your peers to eat? ”

Hearing this, the boss also sighed, took off the pipe hanging from his waist, took a few puffs, frowned and whispered

"In previous years, you would have been fine if you lived here for a few days, but now, it's different, my son has asked someone to take him to live with relatives, and the old man has an old bone, so he can only keep guarding this old shop."

"To tell you the truth, the three of us are here to help you solve the problem in Ningshi Town, what happened to the boss, tell us!"

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that about two months ago, a few woodcutters died outside the city, and it's not strange that there are some deaths every year, but there have never been so many deaths at one time."

"Is it because a few people died, the whole city went out to flee the famine?"

"How is this possible, after that, several woodcutters and hunters have died one after another, and the appearance of death is getting worse and worse every time, it was just that someone died outside the city, everyone thought it was okay, but last month, someone in the city also died, everyone couldn't sit still, and began to flee the famine."

"So so, these people on the road are so afraid of us purely because they are afraid of strangers?"

"It should be, and there have been some people before you, and they all died miserably in the end, maybe everyone doesn't want to have anything to do with you."

Then Lin Xing stared straight at the boss a few times, and the owner of the noodle shop just sat aside and smoked the pipe in his hand as if he didn't see it.

"So, boss, you don't worry about us outsiders at all?"

"That's right, the old man is a half-buried person in the soil, you can still eat me, and besides, you are just a few children."

"Looking at the boss like this, I should know a lot of things, can the boss give us any clues?"

The three of them laughed, what can the owner of my small noodle restaurant know? I don't know anything other than how to cook noodles. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xing took out two silver coins, handed them to the boss, and stared at the boss

"Boss, can this thing help you remember some clues?"

The boss accepted the silver coin, touched his chin, thought for a while, and finally said cautiously

"Well, I do remember one thing, but I don't know if it can be considered a clue."

"It's okay, just say whatever you think of, if it's valuable news, you can get two silver coins."

"That's the case, there are no outsiders in the whole Ningshi Town recently, and the business in my store is particularly bleak, but when the owner of the spice shop came to deliver to me a few days ago, he mentioned when he chatted with me that the Changlin Pharmacy in the town has recently purchased a large number of medicinal herbs, and there is a spice that can be used as medicinal materials, and I want to buy some goods from the owner of the spice shop, so I also found the owner of the spice shop to buy a lot of goods, and the price is quite high, so the owner of the spice shop has also made a profit!"

"What's this, maybe the owner of the pharmacy wants to make some medicine, after all, there are no patients now, maybe he will make money by making some finished drugs."

"No, it shouldn't be, I seem to have seen the owner of the medicinal herb shop bring several truckloads of medicinal materials to the outside of the city a few days ago, and it doesn't look like a finished medicine."

"Through which door did they go out, and when did it happen?"

"Well, it should have been last Wednesday, from, well, it should be the North Gate, yes, it's the North Gate out."

"Where is the Changlin Pharmacy you said?"

"After leaving the shop, go to the left, go through three intersections and turn left, and walk for a while."

Then Lin Xing took out five silver coins and handed them to the owner of the noodle restaurant, pulling Jiang Xuanxuan and Li Zhengshan, who had just finished eating noodles, and left the noodle shop.

"One more silver coin counts as face money, no need to look for it!"