Jinling is actually a place that is very suitable for coming and building a house to live for a while.

However, if you say that you are here to play, it is too wasteful.

There was nothing difficult to answer this question, but Shen did ponder for a moment before nodding: "I've been here." ”

I've been here, so why do I have to think about it?

Song Heyu said with a smile on the side: "He is very familiar." ”

However, Qing Jiujiu's attention was not on this at the moment, so he didn't hear the strangeness of Song He's language.

However, Zhou Tingyue's eyes stayed on Shen Qu for a while.

"I have seen the local chronicles of Jinling, and the local chronicles are changed once every three or five years, and I should have read the new version three years ago, which said: Jinling City, not day and night."

Qingjiujiu was not idle along the way, this time the epidemic broke out, she originally wanted to know more about the customs and folk customs of Jinling, so she deliberately looked for information to read.

She did read the local chronicles seriously, and the Jinling city that never sleeps recorded above, if there is no second Jinling in the world, it must be the one under their feet.

But in front of this, where is there a little bit of a city that never sleeps?

On the long street, the doors of the houses on both sides are closed, and only the faint light of the fire inside shines.

But the slightest light of the fire was dim, as if they wished they hadn't left even this light if it weren't for the sake of illumination.

Not to mention the shops, almost all of them are closed, and there are few open sellers, all of whom are tall and big.

When the few shopkeepers saw them walking on the street, they all cast a little strange looks, especially the eyes that fell on Qingjiujiu and Song Heyu.

Song Heyu folded the fan and sighed: "It's strange, why are they all afraid of being robbed?" The city that never sleeps? Isn't it really the people who wrote the local chronicles to make it up and deceive people? ”

It looks like a lie.

However, local chronicles are not books and periodicals that can be printed and published casually, and the records must have been approved by the government beforehand.

It's not that one person can make a decision, although it is not said that there is no problem, but at least seventy or eighty percent are credible.

If it hadn't happened, how could you have compiled an image like 'the city that never sleeps'?

Moreover, if you look at the old version of the local chronicles and look at the imperial court's annual inspection of the provinces, it is not difficult to know that Jinling is indeed a rich and prosperous town.

And they are in the center of domination, how can it be such a depressed scene at night?

Zhou Tingyue stepped forward directly, went to an eight-foot-tall shop, and asked, "Has this always been the case here?" Why is it that the shops that do business during the day are not open at night, and there is no inscription on the forbidden market in Yanjing, right? ”

The man looked at the few people in front of him, all of them were dressed extraordinary, and their temperament and face were also extraordinary, and they were not from Jinling at first glance.

He laughed sarcastically: "You guys went to the ground to investigate? This place has been like this since three years ago, and no one knows about the temple? ”

Three years ago?

Three years ago, Ji Shiyan was still in the northwest, and he rarely returned to the dynasty, let alone had time to come to Jinling.

In the afternoon, Zhao Kangjing also said that this house has never been to the banquet since it was completed.

That's a rough calculation, it's been five years.

In the past five years, there should have been no major incidents in Jinling that need to be reported to the imperial court to let officials go to the ground, otherwise how could Qingjiujiu hear some.

Since there are none, doesn't Zhao Kangjing know anything about it?

Qingjiujiu thought for a while, and asked from a different angle: "Lord Zhao said that the Jinling epidemic is serious, but I see that you don't have the habit of burning mugwort or sterilizing with lime, aren't you afraid of contracting the plague?" ”

It didn't seem that she observed so carefully, Shen Qu's eyes fell on Qingjiujiu, and he appreciated it a little more.

"Plague?" The man looked Qingjiu up and down, but obviously with disdain: "There were no deaths when the epidemic was at its worst, but the two girls are so beautiful, it is better to walk less on the street, you look at this street, you can see which girl dares to go out at night?" ”

The four of them exchanged glances.

This man's words have already been said clearly, and there is really a cat in Jinling City.

But for such an obvious matter, Zhao Kangjing contacted them for a long time, and he didn't mention a word.

When they said they wanted to go out for a walk, they did not stop them.

Why is that?

"You said that Jinling became like this three years ago, and this has something to do with the girls?"

Shen Qu said: "Five years ago, the city gate was heavily guarded, and the towns near and far were still lively to do business, Zhao Kangjing has been in power for fifteen years, it is impossible for him to be ignorant of this change and not take measures?" ”

"Lord Zhao has done his best, what is the situation of the reign of the first emperor over the years, you should know that in the past, King Cheng'an controlled the government, and the thieves did not dare to be rampant, but in the past few years, he has focused on the war in the northwest and has no time to care about the mainland, we have asked the court many times, but there is no response, so it can only be like this, but I didn't expect that after this epidemic played, you came quickly."

There was mockery and distrust between this man's words.

The court had given up on them for too many years, and now that they said it, it seemed that they didn't believe they could change anything.

Qingjiujiu already knew it in his heart: "So over the years, women have been lost in the city?" ”

If there is anything that can completely change the people of a place, it must be terrifying and helpless.

No wonder the doors and windows of the city were closed tightly, and not a single girl was seen on the street, as this man said.

Because once you go out, you are in danger of being missing.

"Yes," saw them talking here, and several other shopkeepers also gathered around, explaining in a gossipy manner: "In the past, Jinling was also lively until dawn, and it was okay if each family did not lock the door." ”

"Since the loss of the first girl three years ago, Jinling City has fallen into a curse, and people have disappeared one after another."

"Yes, countless methods have been used, the government sent people to squat, and even invited people from the rivers and lakes to come, and even we gathered to set traps, but it was useless, and there was no one every few days, all at night."

"It's very evil, and you can always take it away when you're not prepared, and there is no sound, and you can't catch anyone, you can't catch a shadow."

“.......”

How so?

Living people, alive or dead, can't really be without a trace.

Unless it is chopped up and transported out of the city as pieces of meat.

But since it is targeted, as long as the girl, it can't be for chopping into minced meat.

What is the purpose of Zhao Kangjing's not saying it, and he also thinks that the people from Yanjing can't solve this kind of thing?

Qingjiu sapped her nose with her fingers, she had such a habit when she was thinking.

She was about to speak, but she saw Shen Qu's eyes move away from her face, and she looked at something else casually.

He's been doing this since last night.

But even if Qingjiujiu catches it right, he can act as if nothing happened.

It's confusing.

Or Zhou Tingyue spoke up first: "What do you want to say?" ”

Qingjiujiu gathered his thoughts: "I want to say that the two adults who went to count the disaster money to Lord Zhao have come back." ”

The amount of disaster money they brought this time is quite large, and a special person is also required to be responsible for completing the handover.

After eating, Wei Zheng and the two went to the government with Zhao Kangjing.

But Qingjiujiu said this at this time, it was obviously meaningless, and the few people who had just vented their bitterness on them felt bored in an instant when they saw her attitude like this.

"Oh, I thought the imperial court finally paid attention to it, you also look like you have a good temperament, and you can act, but now it seems that you don't want to care at all, and you scattered."

"It's useless to change an emperor, the people's difficulties can't help at all!"

"It's still from Yanjing City, and I don't take our business seriously at all!"

Several people scattered in an instant.

When there were only four of them left on the long street, Song Heyu turned his head: "You did it on purpose." ”

Although she doesn't know much about Qingjiujiu, Qingjiujiu is not such a person who doesn't care about herself.

She just said that, on purpose.

Qing Jiujiu looked around a few times and lowered his voice: "Let's sing a play together." ”