August is high in autumn, and the north wind is roaring.

Located on the most border of the Southern Tang Empire and bordering the Great Xia Dynasty, the deserted city has become a place of three things since the 18th year of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Probably because this place has been in ruins after the war, and countless notorious characters have gathered, and it is probably because since the Southern Tang Dynasty turned into Cheng Daxia, the Emperor Gaozu, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, deliberately left such a place that no one wanted to set foot in to disgust the Great Xia Dynasty.

If you look down from the top of the sky, you can only see a ruined wall that stretches for hundreds of miles, and when the north wind is howling, the sky is full of yellow sand, no one will choose to go out in such a season, and no one will go out, and if you look from the end of the horizon, you can see that there are always many dark holes in these ruins, as dense as an ant's nest.

There was nothing to see inside the cave, and all that could be seen outside was a black horse coming slowly in the yellow sand at the end of the sky, and a lonely figure leading the black horse.

The man was dressed in black, with a hat to cover his face, and a bronze lion and copper buckle belt around his waist was not very clear in the yellow sand, but he could see that the kettle hanging from his waist was of good texture, and ...... A quaint and unpretentious knife at his waist.

Looking at his figure, it is a young man, even in such bad weather, he still straightens his waist, but every step forward with a pair of legs needs to step deeply into the yellow sand so as not to be lost by the fierce wind.

"It's finally here. ”

Looking at the deserted city in front of him that stretched endlessly like a heavenly dragon entrenched in the world, the young man let out such a sigh in his mouth, fortunately, there was finally a hat so that the wind and sand would not enter his mouth.

The entrance to the deserted city was always guarded by all kinds of people, such as the young man in front of him who was napping at the entrance with a white graying towel on his shoulder, and waited until the horse was close to wake up from his dream.

The young man reacted very quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the reins from the young man's hand, smiled and showed a mouthful of big white teeth and said, "Please come inside the guest officer." ”

From the entrance of the swarthy cave, there is no picture in the depths for the time being, but there is no light at all in the darkness, and the young man laughed as if he was joking: "I have long heard that the dungeon in the border wilderness has not seen the light of day for a long time, and so many people can not see the sun in such a small dungeon, don't you feel bored and panicked?"

Under the deserted city, the rogue horse thieves who have been entrenched here have excavated another piece of the world, the underground fairy palace known as the dungeon.

The little second seemed to have expected this question, so he didn't hurry to lead the horse and walked in front and said: "Guest officer, you are coming to our place for the first time, and the dungeon will not go down at any time, only when you can't live in this kind of yellow sand weather, it was originally so, but recently the wind that blew from nowhere said that our deserted city got a treasure that is so valuable that even those big people in the sky want to get, guest officer, you should also come for this treasure, right?"

Xiao Er glanced back at the young man who was behind him with his entire face hidden in the darkness and couldn't see his face clearly, perhaps because he couldn't see anything, and then turned back and said.

"Actually, I don't need you to say it, I also know, when I look at the guest officer, you are not an ordinary person, and you will never be idle enough to come to our place to wander around, isn't that thing for?"

The young man after the horse did not say a word, neither admitting nor denying it, and only waited for the little two to continue.

Xiao Er said: "I don't know if there are any great treasures, but I do know that after this wind blows out, more and more people come to us, all kinds of things, what dignitaries, famous masters in the rivers and lakes, and even the disciples of the famous Immortal Mountain Immortal Cave Mansion have come, but these people can see the clues at a glance." ”

Xiao Er opened the chatterbox.

"But all the high-ranking officials and nobles, no matter how they speak and walk, they all have a pride that is above the top, and the masters on the rivers and lakes have a bad spirit, as for those sect disciples, most of them look at everyone as if others owe him a few hundred taels of silver, but like a guest officer, this is the first time I have seen me, and the guest officer doesn't mind if I tell the truth, you want to get the treasure that can live the dead and the flesh and bones alone, I'm afraid it's difficult. ”

The young man finally opened his mouth, when he opened his mouth, he was out of the hole, a sudden opening, the whole view of the dungeon was in full view, at this moment the two of them were in the middle of the cliff, as far as the eye could see, the lights of thousands of homes were dotted, the streets and alleys were in full swing, the center of the dungeon was firmly supported by a strange building embraced by ten people, like a towering ancient tree, extending from the top of countless branches and vines, supporting the entire city roof, as for the height, there were one or twenty zhang to say the least.

The young man said, "I never said I came for any treasure, how can you be so sure? I came just to send someone away." ”

"Send someone away?" Xiao Er was surprised, and led the horse to the most ordinary small inn on the edge of the dungeon before he smiled bitterly and said: "Guest officer, you are really joking, we are already the most border place in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and you are here alone, and you have never seen any friends, you want to send people away?

The young man smiled, only took off the hat that had been tossed by the wind and sand for a long time, revealing a delicate face under the hat, clean skin, and a tall nose bridge.

He said, "Send the person who should be sent, go where it should go." ”

The little second brother who couldn't understand the mystery in the words didn't bother to delve into what he meant, so he pointed to the three words of Fengmanlou hanging at the door of the inn and said to the young man: "Guest officer, you are resting in our store for the time being, our store is the most famous store in this dungeon." ”

When the proprietress who twisted her waist and wore a red dress, her two jade arms exposed, and her long hair like a waterfall shaking a round fan in one hand, stepped out of the building for the first moment, the young man understood what the most famous store meant.

"It should be said that the proprietress of this shop is the most famous in all directions. ”

"Yo, guest officer, look at what you said, this is not even entering the door to boast about the slave family, don't think that the slave family can give you a discount, it's not such a good thing. ”

The proprietress couldn't help but say that she took a young man's hand and stepped into the door, the hall was dim, there were sixteen tables and chairs in the boxy hall, there were four tables of people who didn't know where to come and were eating, two of them had four women, seeing the proprietress this wind, coquettish, there was a woman in a strong suit who was sipping a cup of tea and scolded in a low voice.

"What a shame. ”

Such a clear scolding that was said to people and deliberately lowered his voice could easily reach the ears of the four tables of diners who were eating quietly, and the three tables were all dressed as Jianghu guests, and only the woman at the table was uniformly dressed in a white moire suit with a unified style of sword.

The young man took in the scenery of the inn, and faced the proprietress who was still smiling, and said: "My master told me that if someone scolds you, you don't need to talk to him, you just need to use your hands, why don't you move your hands or your mouth when you come to the proprietress here? ”

The proprietress twisted Feng, went to the counter with her buttocks, and said in a strange manner: "Ouch, look at what you said about the guest officer, the slave family is alone in this dungeon, and the reason why she can survive is because of two things, deaf ears, turn a blind eye, you want me to be a weak woman to do it to others, isn't that asking for hardship, as for the slave family, it is even more impossible, hasn't the guest officer heard the truth that you can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour? Isn't it because some men are always staring at the old lady's ass and looking at the injustice?"

The young man swallowed a smile back into his stomach, only to see that the woman in white suddenly became angry: "Sao Niang, who are you talking about?"

The proprietress said: "Who accosted the slave family." ”

"Bold, Miss Ben kills ......"

"Stop, junior sister. ”

At this moment, the other man who was at the same table as the woman scolded coldly.

"Don't forget what you promised me before you left, if you don't listen, I'll send you back right now. ”

Hearing this, the woman quieted down, but her chest was inevitably depressed, so she squeezed her hands tightly and sprinkled her anger into the tea bowl in front of her.

The proprietress crossed her hands on her waist and said loudly: "Fuguier, a tea bowl, five taels of silver, keep accounts." ”

Soon came out of the empty kitchen of the inn, a middle-aged man with an apron tied to his waist, about forty or fifty years old, with a long mustache.

"Okay hostess. ”

Quickly writing a line of small characters with iron and silver hooks from the ledger, the mouse face turned around and went into the kitchen again.

The young man in front of the counter was dumbfounded.

"Good words, good Danqing skills, it's a pity to stay here and be a husband and a bookkeeper. ”

Before the proprietress could speak, the woman said angrily: "A tea bowl is five taels of silver, why don't you grab it?"

The proprietress half-held the green silk hanging from the tip of her ear and said with a smile: "It's too ugly to say that robbery, it's okay if you don't want to pay." Just get me an identical one, as long as you can get it in the deserted city. ”

Hearing this, the woman immediately shut up.

How could he not know how easy it was to get an identical teacup from this ruined and ruined deserted city? If he bought it from another house, he was afraid that the price would be higher.

This is a deserted city, and the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake.

A period of turmoil subsided.

Most of the diners continued to eat and drink, and from time to time consciously or unconsciously whispered to the proprietress of the charm, only the young man's eyes always looked clearly at the door of the inn, and it should still be the three iron paintings and silver hooks written by the rat-faced bookkeeper.

The proprietress smiled and said, "What? If the guest officer likes these three words, just take them off." ”

The young man shook his head silently, then murmured softly in a voice that he could only hear.

"The wind is full of buildings, and a good mountain rain is coming. ”