Chapter 1364 Lake
As soon as the words "Fu'an Inn" came out, even the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a lot. Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was stunned, the woman dragged the child and ran away quickly.
After reacting, Tang Qisheng subconsciously wanted to chase, but Zhang Qizheng reached out to stop him and whispered: "Don't chase me, don't attract attention."
I heard the hint in Zhang Qizheng's tone. Tang Qisheng turned his head and looked around, and suddenly found that the pedestrians who were rushing on their way stopped one after another and stared at him nervously.
After realizing that they were noticed, the pedestrians immediately quickened their pace and ran away almost as if they were running away.
"Why are they so afraid of us?" The fat man blinked, becoming more and more confused. They had just come to this world, how could they act like evil ghosts.
Jiang Cheng looked around. Although many of the surrounding merchants had their doors open, there was no sign of anyone inside. There was no shopkeeper, and no customers. Jiang Cheng observed as he walked, and finally locked his eyes on In front of a street stall.
This kind of small stalls are temporary. Almost all the belongings are on a small flatbed cart that can be pushed around. Those who are in a hurry will rarely stop when they see it. I quickly bought a few sesame seed cakes, stuffed them into the package, and continued on my way.
On this street, there are not many similar stalls, but the business is pretty good. Jiang Cheng and a group of people walked up to the stall. The four people waiting near the stall seemed to have seen a ghost, and they cheered. They dispersed, and the three people left directly and continued on their way. The last remaining man may have already paid and was reluctant to leave before he got the sesame cakes. He just stood at a distance, looking at this place, as if He wanted to wait for Jiang Cheng and his party to leave before coming back.
A couple was busy at the stall. When the couple saw Jiang Cheng and others, their faces changed with fright. The woman shivered, while the dark-skinned man hurriedly packed up his things and took away all the leftovers. of sesame seed cakes He handed it over and said, "Everyone... My officials, please don't be angry. My wife and I are duty-bound people. We don't know anything. I'm leaving right now! I'm leaving right away! These... these sesame cakes are all honor to all the officials!" ”
The frightened looks of the couple and the word "official" indicated that the other party had mistaken them for someone else. Li Bai comforted them and said, "Don't be afraid. We are not official. We are just passing by. We are new here." , I want to ask you something.”
The simple man opened his eyes wide, "Why, you are not from the government?"
"Of course not, brother and sister-in-law, we are just passing by." The fat man has a strong affinity, and with a few words Afterwards, the couple's faces improved a lot.
Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Jiang Cheng took the lead in asking the first question, "Why do you think we are from the government?"
Not just this couple, but also the one just now The mother and daughter, as well as the passers-by around them, seemed to be wary of them. They probably thought they were government officials, but they were not wearing official clothes.
"If you are not from the government, how dare you use this kind of thing?" The man stretched out his hand with a puzzled expression and pointed at Gao Yanqing, or to be precise, he pointed at the package behind Gao Yanqing.
The package was brought by the soldiers, containing water bladders and bread, which was their breakfast.
"Is there anything wrong with this package?" Zhu Jie asked confused. They had checked the package early in the morning and found that there was no problem. They still had this vigilance.
Hearing this, the man swallowed and said, "Of course, this furoshiki comes from the Zhennan Hou Mansion. It has the special pattern of the Marquis Mansion on it. As long as we are in Luo'an City, everyone will recognize it. ”
After learning that Jiangcheng and the others were ordinary people, After everyone gathered, the man let out a long sigh of relief, and then asked them to sit down in front of the simple stall. After calming down, he kindly reminded: "If you have nothing to do with the Zhennan Marquis Mansion, I advise you to put this baggage away quickly." Get up so you don’t get burned.”
"Also, if there is nothing urgent, please leave here quickly. Recently in Luo'an City..." The man suddenly stopped here, then turned his head and looked in another direction, with a look of fear on his face.
Suddenly the woman behind the man wiped away her tears and cried, "It's too late. My boss, I heard that the city has been closed for a long time. You can only enter and not leave, unless there is an ultimatum from the Marquis Mansion." "
"Hey -" the man sighed, looking like he had resigned himself to his fate.
Jiang Cheng reached out and took the tea bowl handed over by the man, took a sip, and continued talking to the man, "Brother, we are new here and don't know what is going on in the city, but how can we feel like this?" Everyone nearby... seems to be fleeing?"
The man pursed his lips, and it was obvious that he was also struggling with whether he should tell these things. Until finally he sighed, raised his head and said: "If you are willing to call me big brother, I don't want to hide it from you. Luo'an City is not peaceful recently, and it is not stable every night. In the beginning, there were soldiers patrolling at night. Later, it was said that several evil things had happened, and even the soldiers did not dare to walk at night. The monks and Taoists invited were old and young, and in the end... I didn’t believe them all!”
"That's because you didn't invite me. Master Dao, I can kill demons and destroy them without any disadvantages. Amitabha, that's good. That's good." Shao Tong placed his left hand on his chest and made the sign of the cross with his right hand skillfully.
The man's eyes widened: "You...are you a Taoist priest?"
Lu Qin blocked Shao Tong and explained to the man: "You don't need to pay attention to him, he is my cousin. This place was damaged by falling rocks while walking on the mountain road, and since then I have been talking nonsense." Lu Qin pointed.
Hearing Lu Qin say this, Jiang Cheng was a little surprised. At the same time, he was keenly aware that Shao Tong, who seemed to be mentally disturbed, did not refute, as if he didn't hear.
"So that's it." Hanzi expressed his understanding, and at the same time told Jiang Cheng and others about the situation he knew. It was also from Hanzi that Jiang Cheng and others got the initial information about this place.
This city is called Luo'an City. It is located on the border of the dynasty. Its geographical location is very important. It was originally built according to the idea of a military camp. There are heavy troops in the city, and the so-called Zhennan Hou Mansion is located in Luo'an City. Because the emperor is far away from the sky. , and also had military power. The Zhennan Marquis had absolute power of life and death in Luo'an City.
Jiang Cheng probably figured it out. The people who came to see them this morning were the soldiers of the Zhennan Hou Mansion. According to Jiang Cheng's experience, most of the strange things in the city are inseparable from the people of the Hou Mansion.
The man lowered his voice and came up mysteriously, "I just heard from a passerby that something strange happened again last night. This time it was the family of Shopkeeper Wu of Fu'an Inn."
" Do you know the specific situation?" Yao Shunyu asked.
The man shook his head repeatedly, "I don't know, but I heard that the entire inn was sealed and surrounded. Just like the previous times, the place was full of water. I don't know where it came from. Lots of water.”
The clues the couple had were limited. After bidding farewell to the two of them, the group rushed straight to Fu'an Inn. After all, all the clues so far pointed to that.
As the man said, before he reached Fu'an Inn, still dozens of meters away, he was stopped by someone. A large piece of white cloth was hung on the street to block the back. These people Judging from their clothes, they are all soldiers guarding the city.
The leading soldier looked Jiang Cheng and others up and down, and asked: "Are you the master who unveiled the list?"
Hearing the word master, the fat man's teeth hurt. Every time someone is called superior, it's not good. It's almost become a routine.
Before he finished speaking, a man with a sword walked out of the room. This man was tall and had an evil spirit in his eyebrows. He was obviously a general who had been on the battlefield and licked blood from his sword.
The general bowed his hands to Jiang Cheng and others, his attitude was quite polite, "Exalted gentlemen, please follow me."
With that, the white cloth was lifted, and a group of people walked in. There was still this street behind them, no. In the distance is Fu'an Inn, but the Fu'an Inn at this time is completely different from what I remembered last night. The door that looked very strong was knocked open and fell crookedly to the ground. Moreover, a large area around the inn was wet.
Jiang Cheng walked past a sunken area filled with water.
The general subconsciously held on to the hilt of the knife, with uneasiness in his eyes, "As you masters can see, it was much worse than it is now when we first arrived. There was water everywhere, as if it had been hit by a big wave. The water rushed through. "
When I walked into the inn, the scene in front of me was even more shocking. Everything in the inn was soaked by water and was all wet. Gao Yanqing He was very tall, so he didn't shy away from it. He picked up a fallen Taishi chair, stepped on it, straightened his arms, leaned close to the wall, and tried his best to touch up. Then he jumped down with a cautious look on his face, "Everything is wet, water." It's much bigger than expected, at least 3 meters high, and the top of the wall is all wet, not from splashing water, but from being soaked. It's really unimaginable..."
Hearing this, the general also nodded, looked around vigilantly, and said in a strange tone: "Yes, we can't figure this out either. It was fine yesterday, but suddenly it became like this overnight. The weirdest thing is this big disaster. Water, how did this water get here? And only this inn is surrounded by large The water soaked it, and it had no effect on places farther away."
Thinking about the general's words, Jiang Cheng found something strange. The general asked how the water got here, not what it was. Where did the water come from? Does this mean that the general knows where the water comes from?
Sure enough, after hearing Jiang Cheng's question, the general answered decisively, "I know where this water comes from. This is lake water, Spring God Lake dozens of miles away. That's it!"
"How do you know?" Zhang Qizheng asked. He noticed a strange aura, especially when the words "Spring God Lake" were mentioned, a flash of fear flashed in the general's eyes.
In response to this, the general did not answer directly, but squatted down and found an inconspicuous green plant among the mess in the house. Jiang Cheng looked at it for a few times and asked, "Is this a waterweed? ”
"Yes, but this water plant is very special. It is called Beauty Fragrance. It can only be found in the Spring God Lake dozens of miles away from here. It is the only one in the world." The general said firmly, "The whole inn There are such aquatic plants everywhere, it’s absolutely true that this strange flood comes from Chunshen Lake.”
“What happened at Chunshen Lake recently?” Jiang Cheng asked.
The next second, the general looked a little strange. He changed the topic, "Masters, let me take you to see the body first. Maybe you can find some clues that we ordinary people can't inspect."
"Thank you, General." Jiang Cheng politely handed over.
Corpse has always been the most intuitive clue, and judging from the flood, the shopkeeper Wu and his family in this inn, as well as the guests living here, are probably all dead.
When they came to the backyard, the water had receded, and there were several corpses lined up side by side on the wet ground. The corpses were still covered with cloth. Zhang Qizheng did not shy away from it. He was the first to walk up. Even though he was mentally prepared, the moment he lifted the white cloth , was still frightened by the appearance of the corpse.
The corpse was mutilated, as if it had been bitten one by one. There were bite marks all over the face, neck, and body, and the most terrifying thing was that, judging from the degree of the bite, there were also teeth marks. Judgment, no matter how you look at it, it looks more like being bitten.
"Why are there only 6 corpses?" Zhu Jie asked confused. In her opinion, there should not be only 6 people living in this three-story inn.
Seeing Zhu Jie's confusion, the general explained: "The situation is special now. There are almost no people staying in each inn. There is only the shopkeeper Wu and his family in Fu'an Inn."
"Shopkeeper Wu, his wife, their two daughters, and by the way, there is also a waiter who lives in the store."
After hearing the general's words, Lu Qin frowned, "General, you said there were only 5 people in total, but the corpses..."
Everyone noticed the anomaly that Lu Qin discovered. There were 6 corpses, more than 50,000 corpses. One came out.
"Whose is this sixth corpse?" the fat man asked.
Unexpectedly, the general just ordered people to lift the white cloth from all the corpses, and then motioned for everyone to look at the last corpse. He shook his head, "I don't know, we didn't find out this person's identity."
Judging from the corpses, these six corpses had the same death state. Although they were all riddled with bites, their bodies were probably The appearance can still be distinguished. The last corpse, which cannot be identified, is that of a woman. She has an ordinary appearance. The only remaining eye is wide open, staring at the sky blankly, as if sighing. The injustice of the world, the lips and half of the cheek were torn open, and the exposed gums were hideous and terrifying, making people resist from the bottom of their hearts.
"We called nearby merchants to identify her, as well as people from the household department in the city. Everyone said they had never seen her. It was like this person appeared out of thin air." The general said with lingering fear.
For some reason, these two words out of thin air seemed to seduce a place deep in Jiang Cheng's mind, making his nerves tense up. "This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, it has happened before. Did the unknown body appear? "
"No, this is the only time," the general replied.
Suddenly, Lu Qin, who had been silent until now, knelt down and put his fingers into the unknown woman's eyes under everyone's gaze. Then, he lightly touched them, and the next second, a piece of Transparent flakes appeared on her fingertips.
Everyone was stunned because they recognized that this was a contact lens. (End of chapter)