Just in the Middle, You Told Me This is Journey to the West

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Driving in the rain is a very dangerous thing.

Even if people can bear it in a carriage even if they are traveling in the rain, the horned horses pulling the carriage cannot bear it either.

He wasn't in a hurry to go back, so there was no need to rush in the rain.

"Okay, guest officer, please come inside, I will park the carriage for you in the backyard of the post station, and feed the horse by the way."

The waiter at the post station greeted Chen Qi and the three of them, and at the same time went to lead the horse.

"No, I'll come!"

Zhou Nuyuan spoke about this matter, and he did not forget to ask Chen Qi for instructions: "Young master, there is no need to be so troublesome, old Zhou, I will just make do with the night in the warehouse of the post station."

The warehouse of the post station refers to the place where the post station stores goods.

In many cases, the post station also works as an inn, and many merchants and customers have a lot of goods, which are stored in the warehouse.

After all, the weather is unpredictable, just like now, if you don't have a warehouse, you can't let the goods of the business traveler soak in the rain, right?

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In addition, when you go out, who is not careful, so most business travelers will have a guy sleeping in the cargo room to prevent the goods from being stolen.

Although there were no valuables in Chen Qi's carriage.

But whether it is the decorative items in the car or the carriage itself, it is of great value.

So if no one is watching, I'm afraid it will really be stolen.

Chen Qi thought for a while, and felt that this was the reason, nodded and said: "Then I will trouble Guard Zhou."

"Young Master, you are being polite. This is what I should do."

Zhou Huyuan laughed, and then led the carriage into the backyard of the post station under the guidance of the post station's waiter.

In the late autumn of October, there was a torrential rain, and there was already a slight chill between the sky and the earth.

At this time, in the Tiger Station, there were already seven or eight people dressed as merchants and pedestrians warming up around two braziers.

While expelling the cold from his body, he also roasted his clothes that were soaked by the heavy rain.

"Does the guest want to take shelter from the rain or stay in the hotel? Do you need to provide a brazier, drinks and food?"

Seeing Chen Qi coming in, the shopkeeper of the inn, who was doing the accounting, stroked his mustache at the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile.

"Stay in the hotel, three people in one carriage, ask for a brazier, and prepare some food."

Chen Qi replied with a smile, and then led the little bookboy Chen An to the corner of the station, and sat down at an empty table.

Boom!

The thunder continued, and the rain became heavier and heavier.

In the post station, the jumping brazier dried the clothes and dispelled the chill from everyone.

The atmosphere was no longer so depressing, and they began to talk and laugh.

The world is difficult, and we can't live in tears.

Most of them are gossip and nasty jokes about parents, whose mother-in-law steals a man, whose son is not his own.

Or it may be that the road to business is difficult, where disasters have been recruited, where bandits have robbed the road, and detours need to be made, etc.

Suddenly, the words of one of them caught Chen Qi's attention.

"Have you all heard about Dali Town?" Ling.

Chapter 121

"Have you all heard about Dali Town?"

In Tiger Station, a man dressed as a businessman asked his accomplice mysteriously.

"Who doesn't know, haunted, what's so rare about this kind of thing!"

"I remember that Dali Town has been haunted by ghosts for more than a year. It hasn't stopped until now, and the dealers dare not pass there."

A young businessman couldn't help complaining: "I've been arrested, I've been arrested, I'm panicked, and I don't know what the officials do for food?"

"Cough cough cough, you kid must have drunk too much urine, what nonsense!"

Just after the young merchant finished speaking, an older merchant dressed as an old man next to him kicked this man, carefully glanced at the others around him, and cursed: "It's not haunted, how to catch it, just say something I don't know where to come from." What nonsense to hear!"

The man seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, so he quickly changed the subject.

Only the merchant who spoke first said quietly: "If he speaks nonsense, that's fine."

Several other people frowned, and some didn't understand why this person insisted on provoking this topic.

However, the merchant ignored his companion's reaction, with palpitations on his face, he said tremblingly: "Brothers, you don't know, I came from the road of Dali Town yesterday, and Dali Town is gone."

"Gone? What do you mean?"

"Well, it's gone. It's like being desolate for more than ten years. The whole town is empty and there is no one. I was so scared that I didn't even dare to look at it. I didn't dare to stop at night. Until now, my legs and feet are still shaking. .”

After the merchant's voice fell, whether it was a few accomplices around or the passers-by who were eavesdropping not far away, they couldn't help but gasp, and the entire Tiger Station fell silent for a while.

"I remember that there are more than a thousand people in Dali Town. Are they all gone?"

After a long time, the old man who just taught the young merchant that there are no ghosts, asked tremblingly in disbelief.

As an old merchant who has been traveling all over the world for decades, he still can't believe his ears.

He was a little confused.

If it was a troubled time in previous years, with natural disasters and man-made disasters, and demons rampant, then it can be justified.

But now it is the Tang Dynasty.

How can there be such unscrupulous ghosts when the king's way is prosperous?

A whole population of more than a thousand people disappeared just like that.

This is completely unimaginable for the old merchants.

"It's gone, it's completely gone."

"Could it have been ordered by the court to move away?"

someone asked.

"Hehe, the whole town is quiet, as if it has been abandoned for more than ten years, not even a bird chirping. Do you think the town has moved away, or is it haunted?" The merchant sneered.

Just like building a house, if no one lives in it, the house will be abandoned much faster.

Often, a new house for two or three years will be the same as an old house that people have lived in for more than ten years.

What is missing is popularity.

If there are people living in it, it will be popular, but it will be slow if the house is desolate, and vice versa.

But can a town be abandoned in a short period of time and become uninhabited for more than ten years?

None of the people present were fools, so they didn't know that something strange happened because of the haunting.

Not to mention, the surroundings of the town were silent, not even a bird chirping.

This even meant that there was something terrifying entrenched in the center of the town. It was no wonder that the Merchant Society was so frightened that they didn't even dare to stay at night, and would rather stay away from there at the risk of being attacked by evil spirits and night beasts.

After the merchant finished speaking, the tiger station fell into silence again, only the charcoal fire in the brazier was burning quietly.

At the corner of the station, Chen Qi was also uneasy.

Although he already knew that this world was dangerous, he never expected it to be so dangerous.

A town of a thousand people would be gone if it didn't exist.

And according to the merchant, the ghost is still entrenched in the town and has not left.

This made him wonder whether the ghost was too strong, or the Dragon Qi of the Tang court had no effect.

Rumble!

Just when the inn was silent due to the disappearance of Dali Town, the gate of the inn was pushed open again, and a huge thunder came in from outside the inn. The merchants and pedestrians in the inn couldn't help being startled, and they all looked at the gate of the inn. go.

At the gate of the station, a figure stood.

It was an extremely burly and majestic man wearing black armor engraved with mysterious patterns.

The head of the door is a bit shorter than him, the waist is half a foot wider than the door frame, and his face is covered with black hair. He looks like a bear.

On one side of his waist is a two-palm-wide sword, on the other side hangs a ghost-headed sword, and on his back is an iron tire bow and a pot of feather arrows, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

"Human Bear" lowered his head, turned sideways, and entered the station.

"Hero, should I take shelter from the rain temporarily, or stay in a hotel, but should I prepare some food?"

When the shopkeeper saw this strong man, he didn't take it for granted, and with an extremely forced smile on his face, he greeted cautiously.

This body, this armament, carelessly greeted, really can't do it!

Although behind their Tiger Inn is the Tiger Gang, one of the three factions and four factions in Qingzhou, they also have a background and background.

But this doesn't mean that a small tiger station like him can ignore such a mighty and majestic man.

One of his arms is thicker than his own thigh, and he has swords, strong bows and armor.

He is a small inn shopkeeper, so he really can't be provoked.

"Stay in the hotel, and then bring me a jar of good wine and twenty catties of pork and mutton."

The strong man Xiong glanced at the shopkeeper of the post station and said, his voice was like thunder...

"Okay, guest officer, please take a seat, I'll let the kitchen prepare it for you."

Seeing that Xiong Zhuanghan spoke, the shopkeeper immediately replied, and then called Xiao Er to go down and get ready.

"Master, it's Captain Fumo!"

At the corner of Tiger Station, the little bookboy Chen An saw Chen Qi was curious, and immediately explained in a low voice.

Captain Fu Mo is a member of the Demon Slayer Division of the Tang Dynasty, who is responsible for dealing with the monsters and monsters in the Tang Dynasty.