Chapter Forty-Eight: Shen River
Qin Dang, who was confused, took the beautiful Xu Xia back to the carriage.
Mo Jue opened his eyes slightly, and said in a low voice: "This person doesn't feel good to me, be careful." ”
Hearing this, Qin Dang nodded approvingly, he also felt that Shen He was very wrong, but he couldn't say the specifics.
It was Xu Xia who said innocently: "No, I think this person is very good." ”
Mo Jue and Qin Dang invariably gave Xu Xia a blank slate, and then stopped talking.
After a long time, Shen He walked out of the alley and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've delayed some time and made my senior brother wait for a long time." ”
Mo Jue and Qin Dang didn't say anything, and Xu Xia said excitedly: "Quick, take us to eat, starve to death." ”
Although Xu Xia was not wearing the colorful cloud robe characteristic of the Cloud Sword Sect, because he came with Mo Jue, Shen He naturally thought that this Xu Xia was also a member of the Cloud Sword Sect, so he said with a smile: "Okay, senior sister, sit down, let's go to the inn." ”
After that, Shen He got into the carriage and acted as a coachman for Mo Jue and the others.
The carriage stopped and went, and finally came to an inn.
Xu Xia covered her stomach and complained all the way, she was really hungry after not eating for a day.
When he arrived at the destination, Shen He jumped out of the carriage and said, "Senior brother and sister will go in first to sit and rest, and junior brother will come over after parking the carriage." ”
Although Mo Jue was wary of Shen He, as the saying goes, he didn't hit the smiling face when he stretched out his hand, so he still stepped out of the carriage in silence and walked into the inn with Qin Dang and Xu Xia.
Shen He watched the three of them walk into the inn, smiled, and drove the carriage to the side.
In the inn, Mo Jue and the three of them found a table and sat down, and after waiting for a long time, they didn't see the shopkeeper come forward to greet him, Xu Xia complained: "What kind of store is this, there is no one, and there is no business." ”
Mo Jue frowned and looked around.
I saw that in the lobby of the inn, the tables and chairs were dense, and it was spotless, but there was no one on it, and there was no trace of the shopkeeper even at the counter.
"Mo Jue, it's really wrong, an inn, I haven't even heard the cries of chickens and ducks. ”
Qin Dang on the side felt uneasy in his heart, it stands to reason that this kind of inn that provides food will not raise chickens and ducks.
Just when a few people were puzzled, Shen He hurriedly walked out of the back kitchen with a teapot and a cup, came to a few people and poured a cup of tea before saying:
"Senior brother and sister, forgive me, this inn is actually run by me, unfortunately, most of the families in the city are worshipping their ancestors today, and the shopkeeper also went. Poor hospitality.. Poor hospitality.."
After finishing speaking, Shen He put down the teapot and returned to the back kitchen, and after a while, there was the sound of a burning flame, and it seemed that he was ready to eat.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Shen He to come out with a plate of roast chicken, and asked Mo Jue: "I don't know if Senior Brother wants to drink?" Senior Brother still has a few pots of twenty-year-old wine here..."
Looking at Shen He's flattering appearance, a wave of disgust rose in Mo Jue's heart for no reason, and he interrupted: "No need. ”
Shen He didn't care, put the roast chicken on the table and said, "Since that's the case, then senior brother can use it slowly, and you can call my name if you have something." ”
After the words fell, Shen He walked back to the back kitchen, not knowing what to do.
Mo Jue looked at the roast chicken in front of him, although he was hungry in his stomach, he still felt that something was wrong, so he simply took out the dry food from the package and nibbled on it.
Qin Dang and Xu Xia on the side had already gnawed on their mouths full of oil, and they were stunned when they saw Mo Jue gnawing dry food.
Qin Dang held the chicken leg in one hand and the chicken wings in the other, and asked, "Senior brother, how are you..."
Mo Jue nibbled on the dry food and smiled slightly: "It's okay, you can eat, I'll just eat this." ”
Although I don't think it's right, there's no reason to let the two of them not eat for the sake of this unwarranted suspicion, right?
Along the way, I ate all the dry food in Mo Jue's hands, which was dry, and my throat hurt when I swallowed it.
Soon, a piece of cake entered Mo Jue's stomach, and seeing that the two were still destroying the roast chicken, they got up and said, "I'll go out and take a look, you guys remember to rest early after eating, and get in good shape." ”
The feeling of this Hongshou City to Mo Jue is too weird, and if he doesn't investigate it himself, Mo Jue will always be at ease.
Qin Dang gnawed something in his mouth, and could only respond vaguely: "%¥#......%¥......%¥..."
Mo Jue didn't hear what this kid was talking about, and Xu Xia ignored him.
Shaking his head slightly, Mo never said anything more, turned around and walked out.
At this time, it was already dusk, and Mo Jue was walking on the avenue of Hongshou City.
There were still only a few pedestrians around, and Mo Jue tried to talk to them, but they all ignored him like the sloppy man, and walked forward without even looking at Mo Jue.
Looking at the pedestrians who were extremely stiff, the uneasiness in Mo Jue's heart was a little heavier.
"Huh?"
Mo Jue suddenly found that although these pedestrians were moving slowly, they were all heading in the direction of the north.
"Is there anything north of the city?"
Mo Jue muttered and decided to follow and take a look.
As Mo Jue got closer and closer to the north of the city, there were more and more pedestrians on the road, and the uneasiness in his heart turned into doubt.
Could it be that what Shen He said is true? Ahead is the place of ancestor worship?
As soon as the thought passed, Mo Jue did not stop, but sped up.
After turning a street corner, a black ancestral hall appeared in front of Mo Jue's eyes, and a chanting sound faintly came from his ears.
Sighing faintly, Mo Jue relieved himself and said to himself: "It seems that I am really worried..."
When Mo Jue returned to the inn, Qin Dang and Xu Xia had already rested.
After many days of running, Xu Xia would have been exhausted, if it weren't for this Nizi's refusal to leave, Mo Jue would have sent her back to Jinjin City a long time ago.
And Qin Dang was simply sleepy, so the two of them went to bed early, and they also deliberately left a small half of the roast chicken for Mo Jue on the table.
Seeing this scene, Mo Jue's heart warmed, he sat down with a smile, and slowly put the roast chicken into his mouth, but in his mind was the scene he saw today:
"Hopefully, I'm really too careful...."
But Mo Jue didn't notice that as he ate the roast chicken, the mark on his palm would be a little brighter.
"Selling steamed buns, fresh meat buns..."
"Get out of the way... Don't get in the way..."
...
The next day, Mo Jue was woken up by a loud noise.
After eating roast chicken last night, he asked Shen He for a room, and fell asleep not long after lying on the bed.
It should be early in the morning, because Shen He's inn was open in the market, and Mo Jue could even hear the sound of an aunt and the vegetable seller bargaining below.
Mo Jue stretched, then pushed open the door and walked down the hall, Qin Dang and Xu Xia sat at the table, their mouths bulging, in front of them, several plates of delicate pastries were placed at random, and there were many empty plates next to them, it seemed that they had been sitting here for a while.
Unlike yesterday, the inn at this time was overcrowded, and the noisy sound filled Mo Jue's ears, and several shopkeepers were busy with their feet not touching the ground, and even Shen He was among them.
"Senior brother, are you awake? Let's go eat something first, I'll have to be busy for a while. ”
Seeing Mo Jue's figure, Shen He paused and greeted.
Then he didn't wait for Mo Jue to respond, and ran away in a hurry.
Mo Jue believed a little more in Shen He's words at this moment, just because he was too careful, and Shen He happened to like to talk to big people.
Walking to Qin Dang's table and sitting down, Mo Jue casually picked up a pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, feeling the sweetness in his mouth, Mo Jue nodded with satisfaction.
To tell the truth, the cooking skills of this inn in Shenhe are still good.
Shen He was so busy that he was so busy that he didn't stop until after lunch, during which Xu Xia wanted to say that he would come forward to help, but looking at the endless stream of people, he silently retreated.
As soon as Shen He finished his work, he sat down at Mo Jue's table, picked up the pastry that was already cold and stuffed it into his mouth, drank a few sips of tea before he eased up, and said, "Senior brother has been waiting for a long time, he is really busy..."
Mo Jue waved his hand, signaling that it was okay, Qin Dang was drowsy with his chin on the side, and recently Mo Jue felt that this kid seemed to be sleeping more and more.
Xu Xia went back to the room, according to what she said, she went back to cultivate, but Mo Jue never felt that the aura was being triggered, and he didn't know what kind of cultivation it was.
Shen He also reacted at this time and asked, "Hey, what about the other senior brother and sister? Aren't they coming? I was just about to say what the deacon should do every day." ”
Mo Jue smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, it's the same with me." ”
In terms of the state of Qin Dang and the others, he can't count on it for the time being, and he can only rely on himself.
As soon as the words fell, Mo Jue saw a few shopkeepers come over with a large pile of books and put them on the table.
Shen He picked up a copy casually, buckled it and said: "This is the job of our deacon, to screen out the information that may be useful, and then report it to the sect, but this source is sometimes particularly unreliable. ”
Listening to Shen He's words, Mo Jue took a copy and flipped through it in his hand, he is only tomorrow, what does Shen He mean when he says unreliable.
I saw that on the top of the book, the small fonts crowded the entire page, and after carefully identifying it, the corners of Mo Jue's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
'There was a white dog in the east of the city, but it gave birth to a black dog....'
'There is a cat in the south of the city, neighing every night...'
And so on, which occupies an entire book, is almost entirely filled with this useless message.
With a faint sigh, Mo Jue knew that his future days might not be so easy.
On the other hand, Shen He, the speed of flipping through his hands is extremely fast, and before Mo Jue has finished reading a page, he has changed two books, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is ten lines at a glance.
"What's wrong, senior brother?"
Shen He saw Mo Jue staring at him, stopped the movement in his hand, and asked.
Mo Jue shook his head vigorously: "It's okay. ”
And in Mo Jue's heart, he doubted that there was any trick that Shen He didn't tell him, just to see him make a fool of himself...