At this time, the city gate had already been closed, and when he remembered what Bishuizhuang had seen, he felt creepy, and he didn't dare to go to a place with few people, so he sat down against the city gate. Shangguan Yun had been looking for so long in that strange village and had not seen a person, and he was frightened a lot, looking at the trees, mountains and rocks outside the city like powerful ghosts, and those ghosts all pounced on him with their teeth and claws. He didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he quickly closed his eyes and forced himself to sleep, and after a long time, he finally fell asleep.

As soon as the next day's hour arrived, the Song soldiers who defended the city in Shizhou opened the city gate, but Shangguan Yun had not woken up, he pounced and fell to the ground on his back facing the sky, and the Song soldiers who defended the city laughed when they saw this. Shangguan Yun stood up, and when he saw them making fun of himself, he couldn't help but stare angrily, and those Song soldiers hurriedly scattered and fled, Shangguan Yun saw their embarrassed appearance, and also stood at the city gate and laughed.

A Song soldier Xu took the lead, and when he saw Shangguan Yun laughing, he said fiercely: "What are you laughing at?"

Shangguan Yun said with a smile: "Once you make fun of me, I will make fun of you once, and no one owes anyone." ”

When those Song soldiers heard this, they surrounded Shangguan Yun and looked at it and wanted to step forward.

Shangguan Yun didn't want these Song soldiers to know what to do, he shouted and said majestically: "You just throw me down, but you really shouldn't make fun of me, don't you still want to do it with me?!"

Seeing that he was so powerful, those Song soldiers dared to take another half step forward, they all retreated to the side and got out of the way, Shangguan Yun ignored them and swaggered into the city.

When he came to the restaurant again, he called the fellow, ordered some rice porridge, and asked, "Little brother, what you said yesterday is true? Has anyone ever seen those girls turn into foxes?"

The guy looked around and said in a low voice, "Some people may have seen the things I said yesterday, but they are all dead, how can you tell others if they have seen it or not?"

Shangguan Yun asked again, "Where is there a rice shop in this city?"

The man pointed diagonally to the opposite side and said, "The guest officer may want to inquire again, you go down this street to see which one has the worst business, which one is the worst." ”

"The one with the worst business?" Shangguan Yun was surprised.

"How could the little one be wrong, there are few people in that rice shop from morning to night, only the girls from Bishuizhuang love to buy some rice and salt from him, and they don't go to other houses. But those girls are very generous, otherwise the business of the rice shop is so bad, how can it survive until now?" said the man solemnly.

Shangguan Yun nodded and said secretly: "It seems that there is also a problem with this rice shop, and I really have to investigate it." He took out a piece of broken silver, handed it to the man, and said with a smile: "Little brother, thank you very much." With that, he waved his hand and let him leave.

The fellow was very good at looking at people's eyes, and he got two taels of silver, and said that he went downstairs.

Shangguan Yun used rice porridge, so he went to find the rice shop that the guy said, he followed what the guy said, and after walking for a long time, he saw that the business of a rice shop on the right side of the street was indeed much lighter.

At this time, it was mid-afternoon, many people in and outside the city were buying rice and vegetables, and more than a dozen rice shops on both sides of the street were doing very prosperous business, but that one was not like this. Except for the occasional one or two people who went in to have a look, the rest of the people didn't see the rice shop, even the occasional people who went in and saw it, and when they came out, their faces were full of disdain, obviously they didn't look down on the things of the rice shop.

Shangguan Yun was secretly surprised, so he stepped forward to take a look, he entered the rice shop, and the shopkeeper ignored it, still holding a copy of Tang poems and shaking his head and reading it. Shangguan Yun pretended to buy some rice grain, and looked at the rice and noodles in the shop, but this shop was full of good rice and noodles.

Other people's rice is produced in Ezhou or Bashu, the grain is small and black, his rice is actually from the south of the Yangtze River, not only the grain is big and white, but there is a faint aroma when smelling. These good rice are not for ordinary people to eat, but all tribute rice to the imperial court, and I don't know where his family got it. Look at the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, tea, sugar and wine, which is not a good thing, it is all a special product from all over the world, and it is all for the royal use.

Shangguan Yun grabbed a handful of white flowers and oily rice and asked, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this rice?"

The shopkeeper didn't raise his head, his eyes were still looking at the poetry book in his hand, and he replied casually: "One catty and ten taels of silver." ”

Shangguan Yun was taken aback, this is tribute rice, and it is far from worth the price. If you go to another house to buy rice, you will have to buy hundreds of catties, but this shopkeeper actually opened his mouth widely, and his mouth was ten taels of silver a catty. Shangguan Yun asked pretendedly, "The shopkeeper, can you count less?"

The shopkeeper still didn't look up, and said coldly: "If you want to be cheap, go to another house." ”

This person has a bad attitude, Shangguan Yun is very unhappy in his heart, no wonder his family's business is so bad, not only is the things sold extremely expensive, but the shopkeeper's speech is very uncomfortable, how can anyone be willing to go to his house to buy rice? Shangguan Yun wanted to inquire about the matter of Nabi Shui Village, and asked: "Shopkeeper, I want 100 catties, can you send it to me?"

The shopkeeper still didn't look up, and replied, "If you want to buy it, you can take it back yourself, and I won't deliver it to the door." ”

"Don't you send Bishui Village, which is more than thirty miles northwest of the city?" Shangguan Yun asked coldly.

The shopkeeper got up suddenly, and the Tang poem fell to the ground with a snap, he looked at Shangguan Yun a few times, and shouted: "Who are you?" He paused, and pretended to be calm: "It doesn't matter if you are Bishui Village or Heishui Village, I won't give it away." He picked up Tang Shi that fell on the ground, shook off the dust and sat down to read, but his mind was not on the book at all, and he glanced at Guan Yun from time to time out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing his appearance, Shangguan Yun knew that the shopkeeper had a ghost in his heart, and he didn't plan to debunk it, and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go to another house to buy it." He turned and walked out of the shop, and walked away without looking back.

Walking around the corner, Shangguan Yun secretly calculated in his heart, not only Bishui Village was full of strange things, but this rice shop was also strange, he had doubts, so he planned to come back to investigate at night. Since there is nothing to do now, just go to Bishuizhuang to see the situation again, even if there are really fox spirits, they don't dare to come out in broad daylight to hurt people, Shangguan Yun thought of this, and immediately strode towards Bishuizhuang.

Before he reached the city gate, Shangguan Yun felt that someone was following behind him, and he was afraid of startling the snake, so he did not turn around to investigate, but slowed down, lest the person not be able to follow. After walking seven or eight miles out of the city, there was no longer anything to cover around, and as soon as Shangguan Yunmeng turned around, he saw a young man who looked like a small man behind him.

When the man saw Shangguan Yun turn around, he couldn't help but look a little flustered, but he still forced his way forward. Shangguan Yun waited for him to cross himself, and then slowly followed the man, and walked a mile or two, the man stopped walking no longer anymore, he turned around, and said to Shangguan Yun: "You...... What are you doing with me?"