Seventh, Xuan Gong silently explores the virtual and the real

Bafang City, named because of its gathering of eight directions.

The geographical location of this city is special, and on its main road, the official roads of various state capitals pass through it, because although the city is not large, but the economy is extremely prosperous.

As a result, this small city also has a special ☯ power that other cities of the same size do not have—the dispatch of military ☯ forces.

The city is economically prosperous, and the annual taxes are naturally quite large, and the military power is to prevent bandits from plotting against the city.

However, although the Bafang City is a necessary route for all state capitals, it is surrounded by these cities at the same time, but it cannot become a military location.

The so-called military power is just that there are more soldiers patrolling the city under the magistrate. And the meaning of their existence is not to resist the bandits, but when the bandits ☯ are robbing, they can break through in time and ask for help from the surrounding state capitals.

The magistrate's throne here has always been an errand that officials ☯ both hope and fear.

Hopefully, because you can really get a lot of oil ☯ and water here, and because I am afraid, because once a robber comes here to rob, it will be the magistrate who will die.

In fact, there are two reasons why robbers come to rob:

One is because the county magistrate is greedy, and the people ☯ in the city are helpless, so they cooperate with the robbers outside the city to rob for the purpose of killing the magistrate.

There is also a reason for the struggle ☯ for the power of the court ☯.

The magistrate not only has a steady stream of supplies, but also has a good relationship with the officials ☯ of the surrounding states, provinces, and prefectures. Although this is not a place where soldiers must fight, it is a place where all forces in the DPRK and China must fight.

If the officials ☯ of one side of the faction are arranged here, then the other forces will do everything they can to get him away. The most commonly used method is robbers, and the county officials desperately resist, ☯ but unfortunately they were killed by thieves.

Although the officials ☯ in the city are constantly changing, and there are robbers and robbers, the political situation in the city has always been relatively stable. Because the people ☯ in the city have a tacit understanding with the bandits outside the city, they only rob money and do not hurt people. And the forces of the DPRK and China also have a consensus, that is, they will not affect the economic development of Bafang City.

Otherwise, if the cornucopia is broken, no one will be able to catch it.

Wu Bin knows this place because he can often see people from other countries ☯ here. Their arrival brought with them not only the goods of trade, the novelty of culture, but also the martial arts of various countries.

Although Wu Bin thinks that Kunlun can be invincible if he practices to the highest level, he also thinks that the "black-haired sword" is the highest martial arts among the four saints of martial arts. But this did not prevent him from being curious about the strange martial arts and strange weapons of other countries.

For this reason, Wu Bin decided to stay in the city for one night tonight ☯, and set off tomorrow after lunch.

He had heard from his brother ☯ who had been to Bafang City that there was an endless stream of merchants trading in the city all year round, and it was only during the period from Hai Shi to Yin that it was a little quieter.

Now, he has seen the castle tower of Bafang City, and he only needs to turn a corner less than a mile to enter the city.

But the strange thing is that on the smooth official road, there is no one else but him.

What's going on? Did the brothers ☯ who returned to the mountains lie to him, or did the economic center here shift after all these years? Or, in other words, it was time for lunch, and those who were going out of the city went to eat first, and then the goods were transported.

Thinking of this, Wu Bin couldn't help but feel a little hungry, and his belly screamed even more angrily.

His old face was red, but fortunately no one saw it, and he didn't think about it, so he hurried to the city. (But he didn't want to think about it, even if it was lunchtime, there was really no one going out of the city and entering the city?) Those who were still on the road should rush into the city.) ）

Walking to the city gate, Wu Bin found that there were many officers and soldiers standing guard at the city gate. Seeing that Wu Bin was about to enter the city, the two soldiers led by him stopped him with spears in their hands.

Wu Bin understood that in addition to their monthly salaries, these soldiers relied on getting some oil ☯ and water from the merchants and peasants who entered and left the city. Therefore, he was stopped outside the city, and Wu Bin's first thought was to pay the money and leave.

But what made Wu Bin feel strange was that before he could take out the money, the other party suddenly asked: "You also went to the city to kill demons?"

Wu Bin was so puzzled by this sentence that he didn't know how to answer, when the soldier asked, "Which sect is it, and what is it called?"

"In the lower Kunlun faction Wu Bin. ”

After hearing this, the soldier turned around and shouted, "Kunlun faction, Wu Bin." ”

Wu Bin looked in the direction he shouted, and saw a middle-aged scribe sitting in the corridor under the city, holding a bamboo sign with something written in his hand.

The soldier said to Wu Bin again: "Go and get the sign, and then you will have an identity." ”

Wu Bin walked up to the scribe and took the bamboo plaque that had just been written, and found that it was his name and sect written on it.

Wu Bin was about to open his mouth to ask about the situation, but he heard the scribe speak first: "Zunjia is the son of the head of the ☯ Kunlun faction, Wu Bin, Wu Shaoxia?"

"It's under you, I don't know what to call Mr.?"

"I'm just a master in the yamen, and Wu Shaoxia doesn't need to know. It's only because my brother's ☯ gang ☯ happens to support your Kunlun faction that I only know about you. Wu Shaoxia, listen to my advice. If you can get out of the city, you can get out of the city as soon as possible, if you can't go out of the city, ☯ you can rest in peace tonight, don't care about anything, and leave early tomorrow. I believe that with the ability of the childe, the other party should not be able to do anything to you. ”

Wu Bin was confused by what he said, and asked, "Sir, what happened?"

"Alas, this is not ☯ man-made, you can't control it. ”

Wu Bin smiled and said, "Mr. is a scholar, you should know that 'Zi Bu is silent and strange and confused'" After saying that, he walked away, leaving ☯ only a long sigh behind him.

Although he walked chicly, Wu Bin always wanted to know what was going on here.

It was noon, and the sun was shining, but there was no one on the street. The doors and windows of the surrounding houses were all closed, and even if they weren't, when he looked at them, they were immediately closed. The stalls on both sides only have shelves and no goods, and there are no people buying and selling goods.

Wu Bin only felt that he had come to not Bafang City, but a dead city. Even if it is a ghost town in Xudu, there are more people on the road than here.

There was no one on the road, not to mention asking about the situation in the city, and even the restaurant couldn't be found.

Maybe it was luck, as soon as I turned a corner, I saw the two of them walking towards each other.

Wu Bin hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Two friends, when they first arrived in your place, they are not familiar with the place, so they don't know where to have a restaurant?"

One of them stretched out his hand and said, "Go to the intersection in front and turn right, there is an Anshun Inn that specializes in entertaining fellow martial artists." Under the 'Big Fist' Feng Qing, this is the 'giant master' Ma Zhuo, I don't know which sect ☯ Brother Tai is?"

"Under the 'Kunlun faction' Wu Bin. ”

When the two heard this, they glanced at each other, and their faces changed slightly. I saw Feng Qing smile hypocritically and said, "We still have some things, we are one step ahead." As he spoke, he didn't wait for Wu Bin to say anything more, and left quickly.

Wu Bin was stunned for a moment, but then thought that the founders of this "big fist" and "giant master" were all lay disciples ☯ of Shaolin. After going down the mountain, they each founded these two major sects, and now that the leader of the martial arts alliance is about to be elected ☯, they naturally support the Shaolin faction.

After the death of the heart, the Kunlun faction became the object of suspicion, and even some Shaolin monks stole to Kunlun to find the real ☯ murderer. Therefore, it is not surprising that the faces of the two people became weird, and Wu Bin did not take it to heart.

Following the direction pointed by Feng Qing and Ma Zhuo, Wu Bin quickly found the Anshun Inn.

This building occupies a very large area, with three floors high, and just looking at the appearance, you can already imagine the lively scene of the past.

It's just that now the inn is deserted and deserted, and there are only a few pairs of shallow foot ash prints on the blue brick floor in front of the building. The upstairs was full of sparrows that were tired of flying and resting, and when they saw someone coming, they all spread their wings and flew into the distance.

All the windows on the walls were closed, except for the four banners hanging outside ☯ the store that occasionally swayed in the wind. This scene, not to mention seeing it at night, even if it appears in front of you at noon, it also makes people feel weird.

Only the half-open door, and the sound of talking from time to time, let Wu Bin know that there were still people inside.

Pushing the door in, there were more than a dozen tables in the hall, each with three or five people. Everyone has weapons around them, and they are obviously from the rivers and lakes.

There are a lot of people here, but there are not many words, and the voices are not loud. When they saw Wu Bin pushing the door in, they all turned their heads to him, and the scene was extremely quiet for a moment. But in a blink of an eye, everyone lowered their heads and went to eat again, only this time no one spoke.

Seeing that a guest was coming, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and asked, "How many are you?"

"I'm the only one. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he said in his heart: I thought that if one or two people in the rivers and lakes died, no one would come. I don't know that these people are really bold, and there are really a lot of darers, and there is a lone ranger.

But after thinking about it again, maybe the other party was just passing by.

Then he asked, "Does the guest officer eat or stay at the hotel?"

"I'll get a room and I'll have some food later." ”

"Got it, please take the sign and follow me to the counter to register. ”

Wu Bin chose a larger guest room on the third floor, and as soon as he entered the house, Xiao Er was busy cleaning up.

Since the room was cleaned every day, Xiao Er simply wiped the table, poured a cup of tea for Wu Bin, and prepared to go downstairs to prepare a meal for Wu Bin.

But before he went out, he was pulled by the other party.

Xiao Er turned around and asked, "Guest officer, do you have any other orders?"

Wu Bin said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask you, what's going on here?"

Xiao Er finally understood that this guest was not bold, but a stunned young man, and he didn't even know what was going on.

Xiao Er was young before he met, and he didn't want him to lose his life in vain, so he said kindly: "Guest officer, you can't take care of this matter, you just stay here for the night and don't go anywhere." Now unlike some time ago, there will be accidents at home. Now there are those people in the rivers and lakes who are not afraid of death to block for you, so leave as soon as you can leave early tomorrow morning!"

This is similar to what the master under the city said, it seems that something big has indeed happened in this city.

Human curiosity is like that, the more you hide it from him, the more he tries to find out.

I saw Wu Bin take out a silver ingot and hand it to Xiao Er, and said, "This little brother of silver, you take the bag of tea and come to my room at night to tell me what happened in the city." ”

"This ......"

Seeing that Xiao Er was a little embarrassed, Wu Bin's face immediately changed, and he said: "If you don't come at night, then I will secretly put the money on you, and the next day I will say that my money is lost ☯, see what you will do then." ”

When Xiao Er heard this, he said in his heart: Obedient, young, so ruthless.

agreed immediately, but he refused to accept the money.

Wu Bin understands that Xiao Er is afraid that he will turn ☯ his face and not admit it at that time, and bite back again. I was not reluctant at the moment, but I decided in my heart that when I left, I would secretly throw some money to the little two, which should be regarded as giving him some spiritual comfort.

After lunch, Wu Bin sat cross-legged on the bed ☯ to rest, and at the same time recalled the scene when he first entered the inn.

When he first entered the inn, almost all the people inside were watching him, afraid that he would come to steal business.

These people can only be regarded as ninth-rate characters in the rivers and lakes, they have no ability, and if they want to make money, they have to take the road that others dare not take. Therefore, something strange happened, the magistrate offered a reward, and spent a lot of money to hire someone to solve the case. These Jianghu people have nothing else, just one life, so they dare to come here to solve the case.

But this case is too weird, and many people have died, so these Jianghu people jointly made a covenant to handle the case together, and the bounty was shared equally afterwards.

Therefore, when another person comes, these people will take care of it, because one more person will give an extra share of the money. If the other party has the ability to solve it alone, then all their hard work will be in vain.

However, when these people were observing Wu Bin, Wu Bin was also observing them.

Most people here are difficult to enter Wu Bin's eyes. There were only two tables of guests in the east and west corners, which attracted Wu Bin's attention.

It is said that there are two tables, but in fact, there is only one person at each table, and they all have their backs outward, which does not attract the attention of others at all. When Wu Bin came in, he didn't look at him.

But this made Wu Bin care.

Wu Bin didn't look at the two directly, but just looked at them out of the corner of his eye.

The two of them ordered mostly vegetables, with a small amount of meat. The pace of eating is neither fast nor slow, very steady and very rhythmic. Wu Bin knows that only the kind of people who are very cultured and temperate will be like this.

In addition, what attracted Wu Bin the most was the feeling that the two of them gave him.

It feels like a very strange thing, it can't be explained, it can't be explained. You don't need too many words or movements, just a look, a smile, and a light cough. Not even these are needed, and some people will suddenly feel it at some point.

For the person in the east, Wu Bin can be sure that he has reached the realm of true power release. Generally speaking, the protection of one's true power is to protect the internal organs, and when it reaches a certain level, it will protect the body ☯, or strengthen the attack power of fists ☯, feet or weapons. But this level of true power is also limited to the surface of the body, such as the iron cloth shirt.

Only to a certain extent can you leave your body ☯, such as a golden bell jar or sword qi, splitting empty palms, etc.

But these are active offense, defense, and even self-protection is in the case of attack. Very few kung fu practitioners have always been constantly protecting their bodies ☯ from the very beginning of their cultivation ☯, like Yue Jun in the Eight Warriors.

But this person, his true power can already be released automatically without control ☯.

In the face of such a person, Wu Bin couldn't help but use his protective power. And when he felt Wu Bin's protective power, that person's protective power was also aimed at the direction where Wu Bin was in an instant.

At this time, although Wu Bin has also reached the level of Zhenli automatic body protection, it is limited to the surface of the body, and it has not reached the level of external release. It can be seen that that person's cultivation is above Wu Bin.

In addition, Wu Bin can also be sure that this person is practicing ☯ the authentic Taoist ☯ Xuanmen.

Since ancient times, there have been many ways to practice ☯ the true power of Taoism ☯, but all of them are based on the Tao as the heart and the Taoist ☯ classics as the backbone. It is like two branches of a tree, one in the south and one in the north, but they are the same one. It's like one person cultivating ☯ the pure yang true power of the Daomen ☯, and one person cultivating ☯ the pure yin true power of the Taoists ☯. Although the two have never met, and they don't know each other's cultivation ☯ methods, once they hand it over, they can be sure that the other party is practicing Daomen ☯ Xuangong.

Wu Bin feels this way now, and he is sure that the other party is the same.

There is another person, and that is what Wu Bin really cares about.

The reason why Wu Bin cared about it turned out to be because this person made Wu Bin care very little, or that Wu Bin almost didn't care about this person.

When it comes to eating, there must be a lot of people in the restaurant, so if there are one or two people hiding around a corner, it will definitely be difficult to attract attention. But now is not the usual situation, in such a place, everyone is here for one purpose. So as long as there is a little bit of misplace, it will make people care. What's more, Wu Bin is actively observing, how can he not care.

But the fact is that when Wu Bin looked at that person out of the corner of his eye, he had a strange feeling, as if this person should be here. If he doesn't sit here, it will be the most important thing in the world.

But soon, Wu Bin's powerful spiritual power dispelled this thought. If these two people are here for the sake of this place, then the matter here is not simple. Thinking of this, Wu Bin decided that even if he would arrive later, he would take a look at the inside.

The once lively Octagon City is now very depressed, and the atmosphere in the inn looks strange. What is it that makes this city like this?

If you want to know what will happen next, please continue to watch "Xuanhuang Siyu" - Zombie Chapter, Episode 8 - Dried corpses in the desolate grave.