a very dark dark guard

Chapter 75

The pursuers thought we were going all the way north, so I did the opposite and walked back across the mountains and forests.We just escaped from Yuancheng, and they didn't expect us to turn back.

I made four pairs of straw sandals and asked Yunzhou and the others to put them on as well.

Walking in the mountain forest after the rain is dangerous and exhausting. We walked carefully, so the speed was very slow.

Fortunately, there were no pursuers to catch up, and we successfully arrived at the official road leading to Jiushuang Kingdom.

I heard from the two roommates of the mirror thief that they had rested here, and there is also an inn nearby.

Everyone in Yuancheng knows about our relationship with Jiushuang Country, and the people who chased us may not be unaware. I may divert to Jiushuang Country if I encounter danger.

For the sake of safety, I asked Mr. Zhang and the others to stay in the mountain, and I went down the mountain alone to buy dry food.

I'm assuming that the people who chased us have arranged manpower on the official roads leading to various countries, and the four of us must not appear at the same time.

When I came out of the inn, the proprietress gave me two sets of newly made clothes that she couldn't take away.

I changed into her clothes, sneaked into the small town next to the official road, bought dry food in batches, and bought a backpack and bamboo hat.

I walked around the town, everything was normal on the street, and no one was following me.

But on the side of the official road outside the town, there were a few people sitting in a tea shed, wearing black light armor, and whenever someone passed by, they would glance at them.

I wore a bamboo hat, and I left the town with a basket on my back. I walked towards the mountains and forests. Those who didn't walk on the official road would not pay attention.

I found the inn mentioned by the mirror thief's roommate, and I checked first to make sure that there were no Heijia people in this inn, so I went to the mountain to bring Yunzhou and the others out, and stayed in the inn together.

This inn is relatively small, with only four rooms. The owner complained that the business is not good recently, and the rooms are vacant, and he is willing to give us a discount.

We have been living in the mountains for the past few days, and we don't have the conditions to take a bath at all. Considering the difference between men and women, I opened two rooms, one for Manager Zhang and Yun Zhou, and one for Yue Nanxiang and me.

In this way, Director Zhang can help Yunzhou take a bath, and it will be convenient for me and Yue Nanxiang to be together.

The boss is a talkative person, maybe he was overwhelmed by no customers coming to the door for many days, he was busy around us, talking all the time.

He doesn't ask questions, just talks on his own, mostly complaining about the bad business and the chaos in the world recently.

I have checked the tea, wine and dishes he served, and they are all fine.

He said that since the accident in Yuancheng, his small shop has lost its business. Before the martial arts conference started, he had added several extra beds, and people came to stay every day, so he had no place to entertain them.

It's good now, there is no one left, and I don't know what will happen in the future.

I deliberately mentioned that many businessmen escaped from the city, they have nowhere to stay, and they should find a place to stay.

The boss sighed and said: "You don't know, there is a big inn in Shuangye Lake, which is more than ten miles away, with nearly a hundred rooms. The businessmen don't care about walking ten miles, and they all go there. The conditions there are good. "

No wonder he was thinking that business was good some time ago, it turned out that it was a rare time when business was good.

"My small shop has been open for more than ten years, and there were some regular customers in the early days, but now everyone has gone there, and this shop can't continue to open. Alas... You guys come by coincidence, my small shop will be closed tomorrow, and we will meet soon It's fate, I'm treating guests to today's food and drink, please take it easy."

There are indeed packed luggage near the counter of the inn. I thought it was the guest's luggage, but I didn't expect it to be the store's.

Manager Zhang stopped the boss, had a chat with him, and invited him to sit down and have a drink or two with us.

The two of them are about the same age, and they speak slowly and in one tone.

Yue Nanxiang and I sat on the side, and Yun Zhou sat facing each other, and Manager Zhang sat opposite the boss, so that it was convenient for them to chat.

I have never seen Mr. Zhang drinking. That day at the hostess's inn, he didn't even drink a glass of the wine that he was invited to drink for nothing.

Today he took the initiative to drink and chat with the boss, I guess he was trying to set the tone.

Sure enough, after drinking for three rounds, the content of his conversation with the boss became more and more extensive.

The boss first vomited bitterness, saying that he had struggled for three years, but he still couldn't make it through. This year, he couldn't even afford the monthly salary of the clerk, so he had to resign and guard the small shop by himself.

Originally, the martial arts conference was unprecedentedly grand, and he wanted to take this opportunity to get back his money.

Unexpectedly, Yuancheng suffered a catastrophe, and all the residents ran away in fright.

Someone who escaped from Yuancheng also went to the Shuangye Lake Inn, no one dared to come and stay here.

"Why is this?" Manager Zhang asked.

"Brother, you don't know. My small shop is not backed by mountains, so who dares to come? The Shuangye Inn is backed by a big tree, and people live in their shop. No one dares to arrest people in front of them."

"Oh? Big tree? Is it the territory of the Wulin League?"

"Hey, you're joking, the Wulin League has been hit hard, and it's hard to protect itself, so can you care about others?"

"Is that... the shop opened by Tiangong?"

"Tiangong? If it wasn't for such a big incident this time, would anyone in Jianghu have heard of their names?"

"If this is not the case, forgive me for being ignorant and ignorant, I really can't think of any sect or sect with such power."

"Frost Frost Thousand Lakes, the Han family."

"Is it the Han family of the four great martial arts families?"

"That's not true, is it a big deal?"

"It's not small."

"Our small shop is no match for others. Three years of support is the limit. If we don't leave, we won't be able to keep the coffin."

"Brother, this store is sold?"

"Who wants it? The Frost Leaf Inn has everything to eat, drink, and play. It's not suitable for any business in my place, and it can't be sold at all."

This small inn is indeed not close to the official road, and there are no villages nearby, so there is no suitable business project for business.

The official road leading to Jiushuang Kingdom was built five years ago. Before this land was only bounded by mountain roads, most of the people who stayed here were businessmen who went into the mountains and went to the mountain villages to collect mountain goods.

At that time, this small shop was the only inn on the road that must be passed. Since the official road was built five years ago, very few people walked this mountain road.

In addition, a large inn was opened more than a dozen miles away, with a paved stone road connecting the official road and the inn, which is convenient for people and cars.

The business of this small shop is naturally getting worse.

"Brother Yue, to tell you the truth, our family came to Jiushuang to visit relatives, but when we came, we found out that relatives had already moved away, and we had nowhere to stay. There was a disaster in our hometown, and the whole village was gone. You really decided to give up this small shop, why not sell it to me so that our family can have a shelter."

As soon as Director Zhang said this, the boss was so excited that the wine in his glass was shaking.

I raised my eyes to look at Mr. Zhang, and continued to eat without any objection.

A small shop in the barren hills, no one cares about it, is a good place to hide and shelter.

Boss Yue got excited and took Director Zhang to visit the house.

Although the shop is small, the boss loves it very much. He said that every table and chair in the shop is made by himself.

If Director Zhang is willing to take over this small shop, all the items in it will be given away for free.

After he was happy, he became worried again. After all, the business of this store will not improve. If we take over, how will we live in the future?

Director Zhang told him to rest assured that we can open a store for mountain goods, go into the mountains to collect mountain goods, farm fields and raise chickens by the way, and we can still live well.

Boss Yue felt that it was reliable, so he signed a contract with Manager Zhang.

Manager Zhang took out his share of the broken silver payment, and it was reasonable for the 'head of the family' to pay for the house.

Boss Yue was so happy that he didn’t sleep all night. A car came to pick him up the next day. Before he left, he specially told us to send all the things in the store to us. There were still a bunch of things left by previous customers in the warehouse. Which room and which guest left behind, thinking that they might come back to look for them in the future, so put them all in one place for easy storage.

If it takes too long and no one comes back, then we will deal with it ourselves.

Boss Yue happily left, and when his car was far away, Yue Nanxiang tugged on my sleeve and asked curiously:
"Sister, why does that uncle look like an aunt?"

"Which palace should he come from? He is a clean eunuch, so he has no beard, fair skin, and looks and behaves a bit like a woman."

Yue Nanxiang wanted to ask again, but Director Zhang hurriedly interrupted and told her to choose a room to be her bedroom.

Boss Yue is about the same age as Manager Zhang, and has opened the shop here for more than ten years. He has no wife or children.

Coupled with what I 'observed', the difference in his body, his identity and background as a eunuch should be correct.

It's just that eunuchs in any country are tenured for life, how can he get out of the palace?

Presumably he also has a story that belongs to him.

Director Zhang diverted Yue Nanxiang's attention, and then he carried the pannier I bought on his back, modified it and went out to go to the town to do some shopping.

Boss Yue left his box of clothes to Mr. Zhang. Although the clothes were not fashionable, they were definitely made of good materials. He lived in the mountains and did menial work all day long, so he was reluctant to wear them.

Now his body is thin and his back is bent, and these clothes don't fit him anymore.

Boss Yue changed into a suit, which was just right. He went to the town with a basket on his back, and bought some fabrics, rice noodles and various vegetable seeds.

When I saw him carrying these things back, I asked, "Do you really want to be in this kind of place?"

On the contrary, Manager Zhang asked with a puzzled expression, "Aren't you looking for a place to live in seclusion?"

I rubbed my forehead and said, "This place is not hidden enough."

Manager Zhang smiled: "It's not the deep mountains and old forests that can be considered hidden. A place that is forgotten by people, isn't it a kind of hidden?"

I shook my head, thinking that he didn't know what might happen in the future and how serious the situation was.

"It's okay to stay here temporarily, but it's not good to live for a long time. There are several villages in the nearby mountains, a large inn with a crowd of people more than ten miles away, and a town that is now forgotten. When the famine spreads, the vegetables we grow , Raised chickens, don’t even think about leaving them.”

"Famine?" Mr. Zhang really looked puzzled.

"I'm not sure about some things now, and I can only guess the general direction. We'd rather be cautious and make adequate preparations than it really happens and have nothing."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Mr. Zhang took out the rice noodles, wrapped the seeds, and put them in my pile of farming books.

Yue Nanxiang put her luggage in the room she had chosen, and called Shang Yunzhou to play in the warehouse.

They rummaged through the contents of the warehouse one by one, picking among the items left by customers.

Boss Yue thought that the tags on the items not only had the name of the room, but also the time.

Except for a cloth bag, the remaining items have been stored for several years.

In three to five years, no one will come back to look for it, and it is likely that they will not want it.

But Boss Yue still kept it, not even throwing away a pair of cloth shoes.

"Hey, didn't the boss say that there are no customers recently?" Yue Nanxiang ran out holding a leather bag, pointing to the date on the label to show me.

"Show me." I was suddenly a little nervous, and took the leather bag as if nothing had happened.

Yue Nanxiang wanted to follow to see what it was, so I told her to go through the pile of lost property to see if there was anything valuable.

After sending her away, I took the leather bag and went to the backyard. When I got to a place where no one was there, I untied the leather rope, opened the leather, and saw a round object with a rotating bead embedded in the center.

I hurriedly wrapped the leather back, tied it with a rope, and put it in my small cloth bag.

No need to look any further, this thing is the Sifang Mirror!
The date that Boss Yue recorded was the day when the mirror thief and his roommate stayed here.

When they left, the mirror was left behind. The boss thought it was left by a customer, numbered it and put it in the warehouse, in case the customer came back to look for it.

Of course, it is impossible for such an important thing to be left here by the mirror thief. I am afraid that he did not dare to carry the mirror with him, knowing that the boss has the habit of storing things for guests, so he deliberately left the mirror here.

He knows that the mirror can't be lost, the boss will save it for him, and he won't deal with it in three to five years. If he can live, he will have enough time to come back and get it.

Oh my God……

The predestined person of Bao Jing is actually myself? !

The official road has been repaired for several years. The small shop is far away from the official road. Boss Yue has had few customers for three years. Who would have thought that the treasure mirror was hidden here?
I have seen illustrations of precious mirrors in ancient books. The patterns on the back, the rotatable beads, and the colors of the beads can all match.

This is a legendary evil thing. Dementor said that I have never seen an example, but I dare not turn to the front to take a look.

It is still not safe to leave the evil that needs to be suppressed like this. Who knows whether this disaster in the martial arts has sucked away the "good luck" of Yuancheng?
The Tiangong Emperor, who was supposed to be the winner, also lost his beloved after the victory, and he went completely crazy.

The more I think about it, the more ominous it becomes, and this kind of thing is rather believable.

I sat on the stone pier in the backyard and searched the original body's memory earnestly, looking for a way to seal the mirror.

She has read all kinds of ancient books in the world, especially anecdotes, and has memorized many records in this regard.

Civilizations have been born on this continent for thousands of years, and there were myths and legends even earlier.

For example, this world is poured out of the 'Vase of All Things', a void world, a piece of chaos, the gods poured the bottle of all things, and all elements flowed out from the bottle, forming land, mountains, rivers, lakes and seas.

The last thing poured out of the bottle is biological elements, which combine themselves to form animals, birds, fish, insects, and humans.

The first batch of human beings who assembled themselves were the ancestors of this world.

A total of 140 four people, 72 men and [-] men.

There are six continents in the world, men and women are divided into six teams to go to different continents.

They multiplied on their respective continents, initially producing a dozen children per couple.

At that time, the baby's survival rate was [-]%, at least in the legend, there was no such word as premature death, or a word with a similar meaning.

Children did not die young, and all the elderly died.

(End of this chapter)