() The two of them stood at the door of the inn for a while, and were about to go up the hill when there was a sudden sound of noisy footsteps and whispering around them.

"They're there!"

After a while, townspeople came from all directions of the street with lanterns, surrounding Ah Lu and Ju Qi.

As a true disciple of the Eight Elders of Shushan, where had he seen this scene, and asked politely to the townspeople who surrounded him, "I don't know what you are doing?"

A middle-aged man dressed in a more luxurious way stepped forward, this person Ju Qi had a little impression, it seemed to be the son of the mayor of the town, because the mayor was old and his body was gradually weakening, so he temporarily handed over the town to him to take care of, named Wang Zhi'an.

Wang Zhian looked at the two of them unfriendly, ignored Ju Qi's polite attitude, and said, "The two of you went down the mountain to solve those zombies?"

Ju Qi paused: "Yes." ”

Wang Zhian turned his head to look at the door of the inn behind the two, and asked with suspicion in his eyes: "I don't know if you two can solve this problem." ”

Ju Qi is not stupid, it is obvious that he feels that the other party is suspicious of malice and distrust of them, and the Shushan disciples who pay attention to convincing people with reason have always maintained a good attitude towards mortals.

"It's been resolved. ”

Wang Zhi'an glanced at the two people beside him, and the two people shook their heads in cringe, as if they were unwilling to follow his orders.

Wang Zhi'an, who hated his uselessness, could only set his eyes on Ju Qi and Ah Lu again, and ordered: "Lead the way, we have to go in and have a look!"

With such a tone, Ju Qi was worried when he heard it, let alone Ah Lu on the side, but since the other party made this request, he inevitably had to take them in to have a look.

Ju Qi was about to open his mouth to answer, but Ah Lu, who was beside him, quietly tugged at his sleeve and said in a secret voice: "Don't let them in." ”

Hearing the voice, Qi Qi's heart moved, and he asked in an echo: "Why? This doesn't explain that it's not that the Shushan disciples in the town don't help, but that they have long been controlled by demons and demons......

"They won't listen, because of the events of the past few years, they are extremely distrustful of Shushan, even if they see the corpses of Shushan disciples, they will feel that it is the disciples of the Shushan faction who are not proficient in learning and art, and their intentions are not sincere, so they will harm the disciples and those dead townspeople. ”

Thinking of those outstanding disciples of the inner sect who died, Ju Qi's heart was dull, why did he let them bear these grievances for no reason, and retorted: "Those disciples died to protect them! I can't let them be talked about like this after they die, and besides, these townspeople have been attached to Shushan for a long time, I don't believe they will really speak ill of each other like this!"

Ah Lu, who knew that he couldn't be persuaded, didn't speak, only sighed in a low voice.

Ju Qi's mood became heavy for a moment, and he made a gesture of invitation to the door, turned around and led them towards the inn.

As soon as I walked into the inn, some people vomited because of the smell inside.

"The bodies of the killed townspeople and Shushan disciples are on the second floor, it's not that our Shushan disciples don't want to save us, but that the monster has been eyeing them from the beginning......"

Wang Zhian covered his sleeves and said in a muffled voice: "I'll go and see it myself." ”

After speaking, he raised his feet and walked to the second floor, and several people behind him looked at each other and followed, and soon several people ran down while vomiting, obviously disgusted by the scene above.

Wang Zhian was the last to come down, and for fear of his own face, he suppressed his physical discomfort and motioned for everyone to go out and speak.

The door of the inn was closed again, and the cool breeze gradually dispelled the smell of corpses around him, as if someone was sobbing in a low voice, Ju Qi looked around and saw a few townspeople bowing their heads and wiping the corners of their eyes, it was estimated that they were the families of those who died, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart.

Wang Zhi'an coughed twice, slightly reminded those people to pay attention to their emotions, and at the same time calmed his emotions, before going to see Ju Qi and Ah Lu behind him.

Ju Qi said: "Brother Wang can clearly see that the disciples of Shushan were the first to be killed. ”

As the steward of the town, Wang Zhi'an on the second floor of the Fangcai Inn had indeed carefully inspected the corpses, and nodded slightly: "What the Taoist chief said is right, it's just that the disciples sent by Shushan to protect us should be very good, why didn't even the monsters notice it, and judging from their degree of decay, they have been dead for several days, why didn't Shushan send people down for a long time? If it weren't for the townsfolk making trouble, wouldn't they have been able to pay attention to us?"

No one wants their people who regard them as relatives to be slandered by others like this, not to mention that he has always respected the sect of Shushan, but at the same time, he also kept in mind the rules of Shushan and tried to reason with the townspeople politely.

"It's a big monster who came, even a very good disciple can't notice her at the first time, and Shushan hasn't received a message from these disciples during this time, and I have always thought that there is nothing unusual under the mountain......"

Wang Zhi'an sneered: "Then how did you subdue that monster now? Since you have this ability, why do you still send those useless disciples down? What are those dead townspeople?"

Ju Qi was stunned for a while, angry and ashamed, and didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"So is it the same from the past few years, if you pay enough attention and send people who can really solve the problem, won't our town have to kill so many people?

Wang Zhi'an's emotions gradually became angry, and the surrounding townspeople were also driven by such emotions, and they questioned one after another.

"This time, this monster has been subdued in an afternoon since you came down the mountain, so why don't you go down the mountain to deal with it earlier, and you have to wait until so many people have died before coming?"

"Things in previous years are not as serious as they are this year, why can't you solve it, watching them die, my niece just learned to speak like this......"

"Are you really trying to protect us? Nearly 100 of the townsfolk who have died in various disasters over the years have moved away if it weren't for the fact that their ancestors had been living here......

"Please give me an explanation! Otherwise, we will go to sue the official, the government will not be able to control the head of the court!"

……

Ju Qi's eyes froze, and fixed his gaze on the townsman who said that he was going to report to the official, that person was about thirty or forty years old, dressed as a literati, but his eyes revealed a little bit of light that did not match it, but before he could take a second look, a person suddenly rushed out of the crowd and smashed the lantern under his feet, and the crooked candle in the lantern lit the entire lantern, and a flame was ignited.

The middle-aged man was sturdy, took out a firewood knife from behind him, raised his hand and slashed at Ju Qi, and said viciously: "If it weren't for your procrastination, how could my daughter die!"

Ju Qixia dodged sideways, twisted the man's wrist with one hand, pinched the tendons with his thumb, let him release the firewood knife, and the other hand firmly caught the fallen firewood knife, and at the same time turned the man aside with skill.