was led into the courtyard at the back by Xiao Er, there are a total of three wings to live in, but at present, except for Chi Zheng, the rest of the wings are empty.

"Xiao Er, why are there so few people in this 'Xiahai' city?"

Chi Zheng went into the wing room and walked around, turned around and asked.

"Guest officer, it's not clear that you just came here," Chi Zheng checked into the inn, and Xiao Er also changed his words from "guest" to "guest officer", sighed and said, "In the past month, everyone has been flustered, few people have walked around the street, except for those hungry people who really can't help it, before it gets dark, most of the shop doors are closed." ”

"What's going on?"

Chi Zheng asked curiously.

Xiao Er lowered his voice: "We went down, twelve people died in a month, and twelve people died is nothing, but these twelve people died in a strange state, and the blood in their bodies was sucked dry." ”

"All the blood drained?"

Chi Zheng was surprised.

Xiao Er seemed to be very satisfied with Chi Zheng's "horror", nodded, and continued to lower his voice: "Yes, the blood has been sucked dry, guest officer, you say, this death is bizarre or not? Some people say that this is a 'walking corpse' that we have a grudge against in Xiahai, and only the 'walking corpse' sucks human flesh and blood." ”

"Walking corpses, is there such a thing?"

"The guest officer also thinks it's ridiculous, right? Yes, I think it's ridiculous too, but it's true that twelve people died, and it's also true that the death was bizarre, and my cousin's brother's friend was on an errand in the Yamen, and he told my cousin's brother that he should never go out at night...... Tsk, in the past, the rogue was so fierce, and there was no curfew in Xiahai, but this time the yamen suddenly let the curfew. ”

"But I see that the soldiers who enter the city to guard the gate are not very strict?"

Chi Zheng said strangely: "Since such a tragedy has happened, the city gate should be guarded strictly, right?"

"What's the hard work?"

Xiao Er smiled: "Those who are soldiers in Xiahai are all old and weak, and the court has been in arrears for more than half a year, not to mention the death of twelve people, even if another hundred people die, those who are soldiers don't want to take care of it and can't manage it." As for the fast hand in the yamen, I think it is also mysterious, that Song Bantou is a capable person, but he can't take this matter, and the county lord will ask him sooner or later. ”

"Okay, guest officer, you just rest here for a long time, call me if you need anything, and I'll go and prepare it for you. ”

"Feed my mules and ducks well and use good beans. Chi Zheng threw a few copper plates to Xiao Er.

"Okay. ”

Knowing that Chi Zheng was a rich master, he gave a few more rewards, and Xiao Er became more enthusiastic.

When Xiao Er left, Chi Zheng put the luggage on the side of the bed, took off the hat, took off the coat, took off the shoes, and put the wet socks, that is, the triangular "foot bag", a complete set of clothes given by the sea master, there are also socks, that is, this ancient socks are really not easy to use, although they are the most luxurious satin socks, but they have to be tied with a small rope to prevent the socks from slipping, which is very troublesome.

And when you wear it, you still can't compare with the comfort of modern socks.

Lifting his legs, Chi Zheng let it dry naturally, lying on the bed, and feeling that the wooden pillow behind him was uncomfortable, he simply put the quilt under his neck.

"Is it really like what the mountain god said? a precursor to chaos in the world, full of demons?"

Chi Zheng muttered, even this kind of county has a strange tragedy, in the past, he might have thought that it was a deliberate method used by the murderer, but now he doesn't feel like this, maybe it was done by some monster.

Ordinary people like this place will feel fear, and fear makes them think that this is like the work of a legendary monster, but the legend is too far away from ordinary people, and no one has really seen a monster, so they subconsciously feel ridiculous.

But no matter what, mortals are very vulnerable to youkai, unless they use the imperial army......

"Hey, wait, if you can only use the imperial army to kill the monsters, and the monsters don't have to confront the army head-on?

Chi Zheng at least felt that these mortals in ancient times were difficult to deal with monsters, even in modern times, such as the scorpion spirit sisters, who can transform and cast spells, fight an assassin war or guerrilla warfare, they can collapse the ordinary small country.

So, there must be other reasons in this that he didn't know.

"Forget it, let's think more about how to find the fragments of Hedao Jade. ”

"It's weird, if that fragment doesn't attract the Hedao Jade anymore, do I have to stay here all the time?"

Chi Zheng was depressed in his heart, rested in bed for a while, fell asleep unconsciously, and when he woke up, the sky outside was even more gloomy.

He pulled out a new pair of shoes and socks and put them on, and then he walked out again, looking up at the sky, it was almost night.

When I returned to the lobby, I saw that Xiao Er was not there, but two children were writing something on the table under the oil lamp, arguing while writing.

The two children were not very old, about seven or eight years old, and the boy said loudly to the girl: "Sir said, the harvest is difficult, the planting is hard, and the sweat drops are thousands of times before you can get a chestnut, and the rice you eat should not be wasted." ”

The girl retorted: "No, no, my father gave money to buy rice, and the money is also earned by my father's hard work, and it is all hardship, and my father didn't say anything about me, why do you say me?"

The boy blushed: "You're not right, think about how hard the farmer is, how can you be worthy of the farmer if you waste so much chestnut rice when you eat?"

"You're not right, it's all bought for money, and it's not that there is no money, since the money is given, you can eat as much as you want, will the peasants get a penny less because of this?"

The girl still shook her head.

"But the gentleman said ......"

The boy wanted to speak, but was interrupted by the girl, "What the gentleman said is not necessarily right. ”

"You, do you dare to say that the gentleman is wrong?" the boy's eyes widened.

"Anyway, I don't go to private school, so what if I say it?" the girl said unconvinced.

The boy clenched his fists angrily, looking at the girl's unconvinced appearance, and it was impossible to hit the girl.

At this time, the two of them also found Chi Zheng next to them.

Chi Zheng listened with interest for a long time, and the boy turned his head and subconsciously said, "Your face is so dark." ”

Uh, can a charcoal-smeared face not be black?

Chi Zheng had already discovered that he was handsome and flawed, and he was the focus wherever he went, and he came to Xiahai to find the Hedao jade fragment, not wanting to attract attention, so he smeared and covered it up on his face, but he looked very sloppy.

After speaking, the boy realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly got up and apologized to Chi Zheng: "Guest, Fang is the kid who said the wrong thing, please forgive me." ”

"It's okay," Chi Zheng sat down, "You two are the shopkeeper's children?"

"Yes, that's my father, this is my sister. ”

The boy nodded heavily, and suddenly, he remembered something, "Guest, you just heard it, my sister talked too much, and she actually questioned what the gentleman said. ”