Chapter 1028 Soul Seizing Grass
After discussion, the two decided to divide the three teams into three groups.
Ao Tianchen took a group of people to the area of Huaihuai City to look for people, while Xia Zihan took 3,000 people to look for clues on the road to Jiangning City.
As for Chen Nan, Ao Tianchen left two soldiers with a message for him, asking him to take the remaining two thousand people to find someone on the northwest road.
On the way, Chu Fei saw that it was getting dark. If he continued walking, he would be out of sight, and the danger would be great.
She hurriedly reminded Xia Zihan, "Master, it's getting dark soon. It's not safe to travel at night. I know there is a small town ahead. Let's stay in the town and find an inn to stay. We will continue our journey tomorrow morning."< br>
Xia Zihan grabbed the horse's rope and saw that it was getting late, so he said, "Then let's rest in the town ahead for the night."
Three thousand horses poured into the small town ahead like a flood.
People in the town were frightened and hid when they heard the sound of horse hooves, and some shops closed their doors in a hurry.
Xia Zihan stopped in front of the largest inn in the town. The innkeeper was about to close the door. When he saw the other person stopped in front of his shop, he stuck his head out to look at the person.
Seeing that the leader was a very beautiful woman, the innkeeper looked straight in his eyes. It was Chu Fei's cold eyes that made the innkeeper shrink back in shock and no longer dared to look at Xia Zihan. Second glance.
Chu Fei said coldly, "Prepare three upper rooms, a table of specialty dishes, and...the kitchen has several kilograms of snacks prepared. We will need them tomorrow."
"Yes, yes." The innkeeper was full of joy when he saw the big customer. He bowed to Xia Zihan and said respectfully, "Madam, please come inside."
Only Xia Zihan, Chu Fei, and Chu Cong entered the inn. As for the three thousand soldiers and horses, they did not eat in the inn. Otherwise, even if such a big inn was completely demolished, there would not be enough for three thousand soldiers and horses to fill the gap between teeth. of.
They just followed Xia Zihan and passed by here. After passing the town and leaving the town gate, they squatted outside the town for the night.
As for food, when they came out of the capital, they brought enough dry food for the road.
"Did a large number of people pass by in this town last night?" After Xia Zihan sat down, she asked the innkeeper before the waiter came to pour tea.
In the inn, apart from the waiter, there is only one innkeeper, the innkeeper.
He thought for a moment and shook his head, "Madam, there is no person you mentioned passing by here. If there is, it is impossible for me not to know about it."
That means Chuanqiong and Gansong didn't pass by here?
Xia Zihan frowned, feeling worried again.
She said, "I know, let's have some light dishes, not too much oil or water."
"Yes, madam, please wait a moment, the younger one will be here soon."
The innkeeper went to the kitchen, and the waiter came forward with a pot of tea.
After the waiter finished pouring the tea, Chu Cong asked the waiter, "Go and prepare a few buckets of hot water. They will use it later. Also, the guest room must be cleaned, and all the bedding and pillows must be new. If there are no new ones, just go Buy it, this is money”
She took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the waiter, "It must be new, if..."
"Girl, please don't worry. I, Er Mo, will definitely handle the matter for you. I won't fool you in the slightest." The waiter patted his chest and promised.
The waiter put down the teapot, took the money and went out.
Soon, the innkeeper prepared two dishes and called the waiter in the kitchen, asking him to go in and serve the dishes. Seeing that the waiter hadn't come back yet, Chu Cong got up and went to the kitchen by himself.
The innkeeper was frying fish. When he saw Chu Cong entering, he almost threw the spatula away. Chu Cong smiled and said, "He went to buy bedding for us. If you have anything, you can ask me to help."
The inn is really too small, and it is only the second inn in this town. From inside to outside, from front to back, there are only two people in the inn, the owner and the waiter.
Cooking, settling accounts, washing dishes, pouring tea, etc., the two of them do all the work.
Chu Cang came to the kitchen to help when he saw that they really couldn't spare any time and was worried that his master would be hungry.
The innkeeper smiled warmly and said, "Thank you for your help, girl." Then he unceremoniously instructed Chu Cong to take out the fried garlic water spinach and cold cucumber and enoki mushrooms, and then ordered her to take out three large bowls. Rice out.
Chu Cong stared at the white rice and said, "Boss, do you have dumplings or flour here? My mistress doesn't like rice, she prefers pasta."
"Yes, yes, I have everything here. I'm going to knead a bowl of flour right now." The innkeeper washed his hands and took the basin to scoop out the flour.
Outside, Xia Zihan was talking to Chu Fei. Suddenly, she sniffed and seemed to smell something familiar.
However, she, who had always been extremely sensitive to smells, suddenly forgot what it smelled like.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Chu Fei asked after noticing something strange about her.
"Smell it, what does it smell like?" Xia Zihan asked.
Chu Fei didn't know much about medicinal materials, not as much as Chu Yun and Chu Lin. She thought about it carefully for a long time, but couldn't think of anything.
"I remember." Xia Zihan raised the corners of her lips and said coldly, "It smells like soul-stealing grass."
"Soul-stealing grass?" Chu Fei was shocked.
Even if she didn't know much about medicinal materials, she had still heard of the soul-stealing grass.
Anyone who eats the soul-stealing grass will have their soul leave the body. If the soul cannot return to the body within twelve hours, they will become a wandering ghost forever.
Because the underworld does not accept living souls, only dead souls, and living souls cannot be reincarnated, even if they enter hell, it will be useless.
There was a time when the entire capital city was bustling with excitement due to the Soul Reaper Grass, and people were in panic.
Legend has it that there was once a man who had his soul taken away by the soul-stealing plant unintentionally. After the soul left his body, it floated in the air, and followed his consciousness to the home of the woman he loved most.
Later, after his soul floated for three hours and then returned to his body, the man still vividly remembered the days when he was floating in the air.
I don’t know how this matter spread out. It spread to ten people and hundreds of people. Within three days, everyone in the entire capital knew about it.
Chu Fei also heard about it.
"Master, but..." Chu Fei glanced towards the kitchen. His expression was obviously suspicious of the soul-stealing grass planted by the innkeeper.
"Not him."
How could an ordinary innkeeper harm her for no reason? Moreover, although the soul-stealing grass was known to many people, there were only a few people who really knew it.
"It's someone else, Chu Fei. It seems we are busy again tonight." Xia Zihan seemed to have guessed who it was, with a hint of trepidation in his eyebrows.
(End of chapter)