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When I turned around, I saw a dense group of black creatures gathering and circling above the crowd. They were silent yet so menacing that it made people's scalp tingle just looking at them.

The one that flew low made the crowd scream.

It's a swarm of bats.

Bats like to stay diurnal and come out at night. It is very rare to see swarms flying low in the sky in broad daylight like today, especially in such a large area of ​​darkness.

Xiao Lingjiang couldn't help but frown, and looked at each other with Pei You, and the two of them instantly became more vigilant.

The people hiding aside wondered: "What kind of strange phenomenon is this? With so many bats rushing into the crowd on the street, who might have stabbed the bat cave?"

The person next to him curled his lips and said, "Which bat cave can have so many bats? I looked at it, and it seemed like people from all over the country came out."

"Who knows, old man, I have lived for sixty years, but I have never seen such a situation in our Liangzhou territory..." The old man with a gray beard frowned.

Xiao Lingjiang looked at the group of bats from a distance and saw that they were just hovering in place and made no move to attack the crowd.

The people who were originally frightened gradually calmed down and trotted away from the bat group.

After a long time, the black bats circled and flew into the distance, like a huge dark cloud passing across the sky, leaving the people standing there talking about it.

After the riot, the streets gradually returned to their original lively appearance.

Xiao Lingjiang frowned slightly, turned around and looked around. Except for the strange movement just now, everything around him was as usual.

The black swarm of bats has disappeared. Looking up at the sky, the sky is clear and white clouds are like catkins. It is a clear and refreshing sky that is very common in the northwest. It is as if such strange phenomena have never appeared before.

Could it be just a coincidence?

She and Pei You looked at each other, and the other party shook his head slightly, saying that he didn't notice anything strange happening around him.

It seems that it was not the fault of the shrine.

If it was really a divine palace, they should have taken advantage of the restlessness just now and took advantage of the opportunity to take action.

Xiao Lingjiang couldn't think about it, so he simply put the matter behind him for the time being and entered the teahouse with Pei You.

"Apei, how is Gongji doing?"

Pei You raised his hand to pour a cup of tea, handed it to her and said, "I've been sending people to keep an eye on him. His time to enter Tibet is approaching. He left the city today and made arrangements for his entry into Tibet with the marriage team."

"It's just that he specially invited Tuochi today. He said that there are capable men in the Western Tibetan mission stationed outside the city. He has been having nightmares for some unknown reason, so he invited Master Tuochi to take a look."

"The two of them left the city together. Taoist Changwu was worried, so he followed them."

Xiao Lingjiang narrowed his eyes slightly: "These two people have extraordinary identities, so we really need to keep a close eye on them. If we act together, we must be cautious."

Now, after all, we are in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No matter what the plans of Xibo and the Shrine are, they will never dare to act rashly with the Prime Minister Gongji and the National Master Tuochei in their hands.

Pei You nodded: "Don't worry."

After lunch, the two of them walked downstairs. When they reached the stairs, they heard the shopkeeper training people.

"Look at you, I asked you to fetch a bucket of water, but it's so turbid! Not only is it going to be sent to the kitchen for cooking, but it's even used to wipe the table. I'm afraid it won't be able to do it!"

"Go! Give me another bucket!"

The young boy heard this and felt aggrieved: "Shopkeeper, I just tried it, and the several buckets of water that came out in a row were like this. For some reason today, the well water is extremely turbid, and there is nothing I can do about it!"

"Oh? Are you still reasonable? Why haven't I heard that other people's well water looks like this!" The shopkeeper became even more angry when he saw that he actually retorted.

The young man shook his head quickly: "It's true, shopkeeper. If you don't believe it, you can go and have a look with me." "Just take a look. If I find you are lazy, I won't deduct your wages!" The shopkeeper blew his beard and went to the backyard with the boy.

Fang walked around from the counter, looked up, and saw Xiao Lingjiang and Xiao Lingjiang standing at the top of the stairs.A smile immediately appeared on his face: "Have you finished your meal, sir?"

Xiao Lingjiang nodded slightly and came down the stairs with Pei You.

"Are you two satisfied with the food in this small shop?" the shopkeeper said with a smile.

"It's still pretty good." Xiao Lingjiang nodded.

"Those two guests will need to visit us more often in the future..." the shopkeeper said with a smile as he cupped his hands.

Xiao Lingjiang said "Hmm" and lowered his eyes inadvertently. Sure enough, he saw the turbid water in a wooden barrel placed on the side in front of the counter.

Just as she was about to move around the barrel, the tip of her nose moved slightly and stopped again.

The shopkeeper glared at the young man. There was no good place to put the water. It was placed at the entrance of the stairs, blocking the way of the customers.

The boy reacted and quickly stepped forward to lift the barrel away, but Xiao Lingjiang stopped him: "Wait a minute."

The boy was stunned and saw that she was squatting in front of the barrel. She stretched out her hand to scoop up a small handful of turbid water, brought it to the tip of her nose and smelled it carefully. Then she dipped her finger in it and stuck out her tongue to taste it.

"But what's wrong?" Pei You asked.

Xiao Lingjiang frowned slightly: "The smell of sulfur is very strong."

She turned to the shopkeeper and asked, "Do you usually use well water for cooking and tea?"

The shopkeeper nodded, and then shook his head quickly: "Guests, please don't misunderstand, the water in this well is not like this on weekdays. Our well is much deeper than other people's, and the water is famously clear. It's clean, even if you take a sip directly, it's a bit sweet. But for some reason, it suddenly became turbid today..."

He complained in his heart, if the guests mistakenly thought that they would use the water to make tea and cook, that would be bad.

Xiao Lingjiang nodded and turned to look at the boy: "Would you mind taking me to see this well?"

The boy nodded blankly and led Xiao Lingjiang and others to the backyard. Seeing the shopkeeper's anxiety, he hurriedly followed him.

Xiao Lingjiang stood at the edge of the well, leaned slightly and looked into the well.Sure enough, as soon as he got closer to the well, a thick smell of sulfur hit his nostrils.

Generally speaking, hot spring water in special locations contains more sulfur. Well water that ordinary people bring for drinking and cooking will not have such a strong sulfur smell.

If you look closely, you will see that the well fruit is extremely turbid and even slightly bubbling.

It's really strange that the originally clear and slightly sweet water has turned into what it is now.

"When did this water become like this?" Xiao Lingjiang asked.

"Not long ago," the young man said, "When I fetched water in the morning, it was still normal...could someone have poisoned it?"

As soon as he said these words, the shopkeeper almost jumped up in shock.

Xiao Lingjiang smiled slightly and shook his head: "I just checked and there is no poison. It's just——"

Her eyes then became solemn: "The sudden change in the well water is indeed unusual."

"First the bats circled, and then the well water turned muddy, this..." Pei You frowned.

Xiao Lingjiang's eyes were even more cautious: "Everything in the world is connected by cause and effect. Strange phenomena are happening frequently at the moment. If it is not caused intentionally by human beings, it seems that a big change is coming." (End of this chapter)