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Chapter 80 The Weird Dongshi Town

"So you still have a lot to learn."

Jiu Jiu touched the brush in his sleeve, and continued:
"Although the manners and walking styles of these people who entered the town are normal, have you noticed that without exception, their bodies are relatively strong, which obviously shows that they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Huazhou is not comparable to Bingzhou, the land here is relatively barren.Dayan Kingdom's current taxation is not light, and even more falls on the peasants.Even if last year was a bumper harvest year, at most they had enough to eat. It is impossible for everyone to eat so well. "

After listening to Jiu Jiu's explanation, Jiu Lin'er finally realized that these townspeople did look better than some people in Hexi City.

"Such an obvious problem, why didn't the hidden guards of the Yuwen family report it?"

Liu Lun frowned slightly, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

Jiu Jiu could see the problem here at a glance. It stands to reason that the secret guards of the Yuwen family who specialize in investigation should also be able to detect the abnormality here.But this was not mentioned in the materials they received.

"The situation is probably more dangerous than imagined, everyone be careful. Miss Chai, if you encounter danger, please help me."

Jiu Jiu gave some advice to the people around him, and immediately turned his gaze to Chai Jiangcui beside him.After realizing that the task was difficult, Jiu Jiuren did not back down, precisely because of Chai Jiangcui's backing to support him.

"Don't worry, this girl knows."

Chai Jiangcui nodded slightly, looking at a black line above the heads of the townspeople, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up.

'Is this tainted divine power?Or is this divine power originally of the filthy attribute?This Dongshi Town is a bit interesting. '

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Under Jiu Jiu's arrangement, a group of five people pretended to be knights passing through the rivers and lakes, and hurriedly headed towards Dongshi Town.

"Hey, those outsiders, what are you doing in Dongshi Town?"

Just as they arrived at the entrance of Dongshi Town, an old man who was resting under a tile roof called out to them.

Looking at the vigilant look on the old man's face, it seems that outsiders are not very welcome in Dongshi Town.

Jiu Jiu and the old man cupped their hands and said politely:

"Old man, we are Jianghu people from Bingzhou. We are going to Niumengling to participate in the martial arts competition. We happened to pass by here and wanted to come in and have a rest."

Niu Mengling and the martial arts conference were all fabricated by Jiu Jiu. Anyway, ordinary people spend their whole lives within a hundred miles of their residences, and who knows what the outside world is called.As for the map, that thing is a rare commodity.

"Oh, it turned out that I was passing by. Walk along this street, and after two intersections, you will be the only inn in Dongshi Town. It is best not to wander around in the town with a few good guys. People here are quite xenophobic. "

The old man looked at their attire carefully and found nothing unusual, the guard in his eyes dissipated a lot, and he kindly showed them the way.

"Thank you, old man, for letting me know."

Jiu Jiu bowed to express his thanks, and after they left the entrance of the town, they went straight to the direction of the inn in the town.

Every townsman I met along the way looked at them with strange eyes, which made Jiu Lin'er believe in Jiu Jiu's speculation even more.

The setting sun was setting, and Liu Jie was walking on the road paved with bluestone slabs. Liu Jie subconsciously glanced at the ground, and suddenly found that his own shadow suddenly became abnormally distorted. He waved his hands wildly, took off the shadow's head, and tossed it left and right like a ball.

"!!..."

Liu Jie was startled, and was about to make a move when the shadow returned to its original state.Liu Jie couldn't be sure and continued to stare for a long time, but the shadow still didn't change, as if everything he saw just now was caused by his own eyes.

"Liu Jie, did you find anything?"

Jiu Jiu noticed Liu Jie's abnormality, and asked a little warily.

"Uh...no, just now I felt something was wrong with the light and shadow."

Liu Jie hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head.He wasn't sure if he was wrong.In this case, if you are not sure about something, it is better not to be in a hurry.

Seeing this, Jiu Jiu was a little suspicious, but didn't say anything more.It's just that he also cast his eyes on his feet.

The journey was uneventful, and the distortion of the shadow never appeared again.A few people soon came to the inn that the old man mentioned.

Liufu Inn, the name sounds good.

However, compared to the inns in the city, the environment here is much worse.On the first floor of the inn, there were some tables and chairs scattered here and there, but there was not a single diner.

Chai Jiangcui noticed with sharp eyes that under some of the tables, there were almost full of spider webs, and no one had cleaned them for some time.

There is no waiter in the inn, only a middle-aged shopkeeper sitting listlessly in front of the counter, fiddling with the abacus in boredom.

Seeing everyone coming in, the middle-aged shopkeeper didn't have the slightest enthusiasm on his face, he just asked lazily:

"How many guest officers are there? Do you want to stay at the top or stay in the hotel?"

Jiu Jiu glanced at the dusty wine jar behind the counter, took out a small piece of silver from his waist, and said calmly:

"Stay in the store, open two upper rooms for me."

"Alright, guest officer, please follow me!"

The shopkeeper took the money, and the expression on his face changed a little.He took out a bunch of keys from his waist and led several people upstairs.

After looking at the furnishings on the first floor of the inn, everyone was already prepared for the environment of the room, but they never thought that the situation of the room was even worse than they had expected.

As soon as the door of the room was opened, there was a thick musty smell, and there was a thin layer of dust on the floor and the bed.There are even running mice and cockroaches on the top of the cabinet.

"Hehehe, the environment of the guest shop is a little rough, please make it a little bit better."

Pushing away the spider hanging in front of him, the shopkeeper also felt a little embarrassed, and smiled awkwardly.

Such a rich ecological environment made Jiu Lin'er, who had always been well-clothed and well-fed, turn blue.If she hadn't taken care of the task, she would have turned around and gone downstairs by now.

"It's okay, we Jianghu people don't care much about these."

Compared to his younger sister, Jiu Jiu seemed much more casual.

At this time, Liu Lun, who was on the outside, pointed to a black stone hanging on the door frame, and asked with some doubts:
"By the way, shopkeeper, what is the black stone hanging on this door? How can I see that there are hanging on every guest room?"

"Oh, you said this, this is used here to ward off evil spirits. Dongshi Town is near the mountains, and sometimes some unclean things will inevitably sneak in. This dark stone can keep you safe."

keep us safe?Feeling the strange breath in the stone, Liu Lun was a little unbelievable.His sect specializes in soil exercises, and has a more in-depth study of things like stone and soil.

This so-called dark stone is probably the evil god raised by the ancient god religion and used as a medium to communicate with believers.

"I see."

In order not to arouse the shopkeeper's suspicion, Liu Lun did not continue to ask.

(End of this chapter)