Chapter Seventy-Six: Rumors
The sky was getting darker, and he could barely see the road ahead, Liu Sanshui kept rocking the oars, and the boat moved forward quickly.
Soon, a narrow corner appeared in Liu Sanshui's line of sight, seeing the corner, Liu Sanshui breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he crossed the front corner, he would soon arrive at Qingyun Town, and a tael of silver would be in his hand.
Thinking of this, Liu Sanshui couldn't help but speed up.
At this moment, two small boats sailed out from the corner in front, and there were several big men with swords and guns standing on the boats, their faces full of evil spirit.
"Listen, the people in front of me, I am the one who swings this boat, and I drive this river, and if you want to cross here, you will leave behind to buy money," a rough voice came from the front.
In this regard, Liu Sanshui turned a deaf ear and hurriedly turned the bow of the boat.
But when he turned the bow of the boat, he found that a small boat had also appeared behind him, and it was quickly heading towards his location.
When Liu Sanshui saw this situation, his face turned pale, he would not run away if he knew it, and if he ran like this, he must have annoyed these gangsters.
"Old fellow, you dare to run, I think you're tired of being alive," a black-faced man with a bright steel knife in his hand said murderously.
"Don't blame the heroes, the old man doesn't know that the heroes are coming, and the money can be taken, but don't hurt our lives," Liu Sanshui panicked on his face, hurriedly knelt down, and begged for mercy.
Seeing this scene, Wang Changsheng shook his head, sighed, and took out two fireball talismans and threw them into the air.
The talisman spontaneously combusted without wind, turning into two red fireballs suspended in mid-air.
"Immortal cultivator, run," the black-faced man said in surprise when he saw this, his face changed greatly, and he jumped into the water without thinking about it.
When the bandits standing on top of the other two boats saw this, they also jumped into the water and disappeared.
Liu Sanshui saw the black-faced man jump into the water, he didn't know what was going on, he looked back curiously, only to see Wang Changsheng smiling at him, and didn't see anything strange.
"Guest officer, there are thieves here, the old man doesn't dare to go any further, there are still a few miles away from Qingyun Town, in this way, the old man only needs fifty yuan," although he didn't know why the gangster fled, but if he gave Liu Sanshui a hundred guts, he didn't dare to go further.
"Okay, uncle, you move the boat to the side of the boat, and I'll row the boat myself!" Wang Changsheng didn't object, and ordered the old man.
Liu Sanshui nodded and rowed the boat to the vicinity of the boat where the black-faced man was riding.
"Uncle, this is the money for you," Wang Changsheng took out a tael of silver, handed it to Liu Sanshui, and then walked towards another small boat.
Holding the silver with white flowers, and then looking at Wang Changsheng's thin body, Liu Sanshui couldn't help but have an evil thought in his mind, this young man looked like a son-in-law who had never been far away, he must have a lot of money on him, and there was no one else here, if he killed him, no one would know.
Thinking of this, Liu Sanshui was about to raise the oar in his hand and slap it towards Wang Changsheng.
At this moment, Wang Changsheng turned around, smiled at Liu Sanshui, and said, "Let's go, uncle." ”
"Ahh
Wang Changsheng followed Liu Sanshui's example, holding the oars with both hands, and slapped it back hard, and the boat moved forward quickly, which made Wang Changsheng, who had never rowed a boat, addicted and looked very excited.
Seeing this scene, Liu Sanshui couldn't help but think of his father's admonition to him before he died: Be a down-to-earth person, don't think about getting something for nothing, thinking that he almost went astray just now, Liu Sanshui slapped himself fiercely, and there was suddenly a bright red handprint on his face.
Looking at Wang Changsheng's distant back, Liu Sanshui sighed, rowed a boat, and quickly left this place.
Of course, Wang Changsheng didn't know that he had just walked around the Ghost Gate, and at this time, he was rowing a small boat, moving quickly on the river.
After a stick of incense, a simple wharf appeared in Wang Changsheng's sight, the entire wharf was all made of wooden planks, and there were seven or eight small boats parked on the wharf.
Not far from the pier, there is a large complex of buildings, where you can faintly see sporadic lights and smoke rising.
At this time, the sky had already darkened, and Wang Changsheng's stomach was also a little hungry, so he rowed a small boat to the dock and walked towards the town.
What made Wang Changsheng feel strange was that there was not a single young child to be seen on the street, the doors of every house were closed, and occasionally a few pedestrians were also in a hurry, as if they were hiding from something.
Wang Changsheng didn't think much about it, walked around the street for a while, and walked into a hotel called "Ping An Inn".
There were no guests in the inn, only a shopkeeper who was sleeping heavily.
"Xiao Er, I want to stay in the hotel," Wang Changsheng frowned lightly, walked to the side of Xiao Er, patted the table, and said loudly.
"Who doesn't sleep at night, don't you know how to make zombies?" said the shopkeeper in a daze, and said with some dissatisfaction.
"Arrange a quiet room for me and bring some food," After speaking, Wang Changsheng threw a piece of broken silver in front of him.
Seeing the white silver, the sleepiness on the shopkeeper's face was swept away, and a smile quickly squeezed out of his face, and he said, "Okay, the guest officer is here, please," the shopkeeper grabbed the piece of broken silver, turned around and was about to walk upstairs.
"Dongzi, I'll show the way for the guest officer, you go to the kitchen and let Dashan cook some food," At this moment, a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears walked out of the backyard, snatched the silver from the shopkeeper's second-hand hand, and commanded without question.
"Got it, shopkeeper," although he was dissatisfied with the shopkeeper's behavior, the shopkeeper could only respond helplessly, he couldn't spend a tael of silver to eat in the store, and if the shopkeeper didn't show up, the rest of the money would be his.
"Guest officer, what do you think of this room?" The middle-aged man led Wang Changsheng to a room on the second floor, pushed open the door, and said to Wang Changsheng.
"Well, that's it," Wang Changsheng nodded, as if he remembered something, and then said: "By the way, shopkeeper, I just heard Xiao Er say that there are zombies here?"
When the middle-aged man heard this, his face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal, and said with a sneer: "Don't listen to Dongzi's nonsense, he loves to talk nonsense, okay, I won't disturb your rest, you can tell Dongzi if you have something," After speaking, the middle-aged man walked down quickly.
Wang Changsheng held his chin with one hand, looking thoughtful, and after a while, he shook his head and walked into the room.
Closing the door, Wang Changsheng lay directly on the bed, in order to hurry, he hadn't slept well for many days.
"Guest officer, the meal is here," It didn't take long for the voice of the shopkeeper to come from outside the house.
Wang Changsheng opened the door, and there was a rectangular tray in the shopkeeper, on which were some steaming dishes and a pot of wine.
The shopkeeper put the wine and food on the table, turned around and was about to withdraw.
"Wait a minute, Xiao Er," Wang Changsheng hurriedly called the shopkeeper to stop Xiao Er.
"Guest, do you have any other orders?"
"I want to know what you said about zombie trouble, don't tell me it's a dream. ”
"This ······" When the shopkeeper heard this, his face was a little embarrassed.
"That's it, this piece of silver is yours," Wang Changsheng saw this, took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table.
The shopkeeper glanced behind him, and when he saw that there was no one, he put his mind at ease, took the piece of broken silver into his arms, and said in a low voice: "Hehe, don't hide it from the guest officer, this matter has to start from a month ago······"
It turned out that more than a month ago, a large number of chickens and ducks in the town died, all of them bled to death, at first, everyone thought that the weasel did it, after all, the town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is not strange that there are weasels infested, for this reason, the townspeople have specially formed a patrol team, and at night they will patrol the town with torches, this method is really effective, and there are no chickens and ducks raised by the townspeople to die.
Gradually, the townspeople relaxed their vigilance, and the patrol was disbanded, but who would have thought that not long after the patrol was disbanded, strange things happened again, a large number of cattle and sheep were released and died in the townspeople's homes.
If he is a thief, there is no need for him to kill cattle and sheep and leave them in his master's house, if he wants to say that he is an enemy, this hatred is too great! This is not a matter of one family, but a matter of more than a dozen families, and they are only one town here, and outsiders have little motive for committing crimes, and it is very likely that they are locals.
For a while, the people in the town were panicked, everyone doubted me, I doubted you.