Tang Xiaohao knew that the watchman was right. According to the distance between Xinzheng County and Ruiyang County on the original map, it would take a whole day to walk at the earliest. However, this place is really crowded and it is not suitable to stay for a long time.
Tang Xiaohao asked again: "Brother, how far is the nearest village?"
"Village?" The watchman smiled when he heard this, "If there are still villages around Xinzheng County, there will be no need for county festivals."
So, what does the county sacrifice mean? Everyone is still confused. Chi Erda and Baomeng also realize that the sacrifice they think is completely different from the county sacrifice mentioned by the watchman.
Tang Xiaohao pulled Su Mu aside and said: "What should we do? We can't live in the wilderness, right? Moreover, we have been running for a day and a night. If we are not tired to death, the five of us will starve to death, and if we don't starve to death, we will die of thirst.
If you don’t die of thirst…”
Su Mu directly interrupted Tang Xiaohao: "I understand what the prince-in-law means. Let the prince-in-law say whatever he wants, but..." Su Mu glanced at Chi Erda, lowered his voice and said, "It's difficult for me to hold a knife now."
Although Su Mu said it tactfully, Tang Xiaohao immediately understood that something was very wrong with Su Mu along the way. Therefore, he understood that what Su Mu meant was that if there was any danger, not only would he not be able to help,
Su Mu said seriously: "It's because of you that I'm worried."
Tang Xiaohao said: "What do you mean? If it weren't for me, those three weird things would have killed you all long ago."
Su Mu explained: "Prince-in-law, what I mean is that you and the princess are both wealthy, and now it is you who take care of us. I feel guilty."
Tang Xiaohao deliberately looked Su Mu up and down: "I really don't see any hint of guilt in you."
Su Mu was about to kneel down when he heard this, but was supported by Tang Xiaohao: "No, I just said that, don't worry, this is not in the palace, there are not so many rules."
No one knew what the two people were muttering next to them. The watchman turned around and was about to leave, but Tang Xiaohao stepped forward to stop him.
Tang Xiaohao took out two silver dragons and quietly handed them to the watchman: "Brother, do us a favor and find us a place to stay. If we can get some food and drink..." With that, Tang Xiaohao took out two more silver dragons.
Long, "That would be better."
Although the watchman didn't care on his face, he took the four silver dragons in his hand honestly: "I also know that it is really not easy to go out, so come with me."
The watchman walked forward as he spoke. Tang Xiaohao turned around and looked at the others with a proud expression, which meant: See? As long as I'm here, you don't have to worry about anything.
Several people slowly followed behind the watchman, and Chierda said: "Sure enough, money can make all the difference."
Tang Xiaohao understood this better than anyone else: "Of course, having money can not only make the devil push the mill, but also the old man..." Before the word "car" was uttered, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
, shut up quickly.
Su Mu and Chi Erda naturally knew what he was going to say, and they also knew that the most scumbag in the city of God had nothing nice to say, so they could only pretend not to care.
On the contrary, the two girls, Xiao Lingdang and Baomeng, were very curious.
Little Lingdang asked: "Tell me, what else can the old man push?"
Bao Meng also looked at Tang Xiaohao with big eyes full of curiosity.
Su Mu glanced at Tang Xiaohao and sneered, wondering how Tang Xiaohao could be so conscientious. Even if he finished speaking, the two girls would still have to ask what he meant?
Tang Xiaohao coughed twice: "You can still add fuel to the flames, old man."
Baomeng was confused: "What do you mean?"
The little bell is also tattooed: "Yes, what does it mean?"
Chi Erda, who was walking at the end, was holding back, while Su Mu, who was at the front, was full of gloating.
Tang Xiaohao knew that the two men in front and behind him were waiting to see his joke, so he became anxious: "Don't laugh, you two. Why do you say that Xiao Lingdang and Princess Baomeng are both my wives? What's wrong with me telling some dirty jokes in front of my own woman?"
?No? Are you jealous?"
Baomeng, who was extremely naive and extremely ignorant about this aspect, asked: "What does a dirty joke mean?"
Xiao Lingdang naturally knew what the dirty jokes meant, so she guessed that Tang Xiaohao was probably trying to express his meaning before, so she stepped forward and kicked her.
Baomeng was stunned. In her opinion, even if Xiao Lingdang was Tang Xiaohao's woman, she was still a personal maid with a low status. How dare she just raise her foot and kick her? You know, the status of Huayuan women is far lower than that of Rouyuan.
woman.
Xiao Lingdang gave a rough explanation to Bao Meng in a low voice. Bao Meng's face immediately turned red. After being shy, she became angry and stepped forward to give Tang Xiaohao a kick.
At this time, Chi Erda couldn't hold back any longer and started laughing.
Baomeng turned around and glared at Chierda, who immediately shut up and held back. Although Sumu didn't laugh so wildly, he was still shaking all over. At the same time, Sumu also felt much better.
Su Mu, who grew up in the Xuan Sect, rarely smiled from the bottom of his heart. Moreover, he had lost all his martial arts skills and almost became a useless person. Therefore, he couldn't help but secretly look back at Tang Xiaohao.
This prince-in-law is really different from other people I know. Su Mu sighed while thinking this.
No one noticed that the watchman in front always had an expressionless face and would turn his head to glance secretly from time to time.
Finally, the watchman stopped in front of an inn with the name "Motie Inn" on it: "You guys can stay here tonight. The boss here has gone back to the countryside and is not open for business, but I know the boss well. Before leaving,
Please give me the key to take care of it."
While talking, the watchman took out a key tied with a red string and stepped forward to unlock the door and push open the door.
After the door opened, the dark lobby of the inn came into view.
The watchman walked in with a lantern, took out a candlestick from behind the counter, lit it, placed it on a table and said, "You guys have a rest, I'll go see if there's anything to eat in the kitchen."
Tang Xiaohao and others walked into the lobby and looked around. They found that this inn was quite big. It didn't look smaller than the Sihai Inn in Shendu, and it had three floors. It should be regarded as the largest inn in Xinzheng County.
Su Mu walked around slowly, sensing the surroundings, and found that there was still no breath of any living things. He didn't know what was going on, but it at least meant that there was no one else here.
Chi Erda always stood beside Baomeng, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, keeping alert.
Little Lingdang was more interested in the name of the inn: "What does Mo Tie Inn mean?"
Bao Meng said from the side: "It should be taken from the allusion of an iron pestle ground into a needle, right? It means that as long as you are determined and willing to work hard, you can succeed in any difficult thing."
After saying that, Baomeng sighed again. Although some things can be achieved through hard work, love is not.
Tang Xiaohao smiled evilly from the side: "Did you know? Grinding an iron pestle into a needle has another meaning..."
Before he finished speaking, Tang Xiaohao saw Xiao Lingdang looking at him seriously, because Tang Xiaohao had already told Xiao Lingdang about the other meaning.
Xiao Lingdang grabbed Tang Xiaohao's ears and said, "Besides those things, is there nothing else in your mind?"
Tang Xiaohao endured the pain and looked at the little bell lovingly: "And you."
Xiao Lingdang said angrily: "Scumbag!"
When Xiao Lingdang let go of Tang Xiaohao, she realized that what she was doing was actually flirting with Tang Xiaohao, which would make Baomeng, who was nominally Tang Xiaohao's wife, very embarrassed. However, what Baomeng showed now was not embarrassment, but
The sadness on his face was naturally caused by thinking of Sang Luo.
Tang Xiaohao glanced at the little bell and quickly made an excuse to leave: "I'm going to the kitchen to have a look."
Before Tang Xiaohao left, he handed the treasure box to Su Mu and deliberately said loudly: "Zhongguan Su, hold the box for me. If you lose it, I'll take it from you." Then he lowered his voice and said, "The fire talisman gun is here.
The dark space at the bottom.”
Su Mu knew that Tang Xiaohao was still worried about Chierda. Since Su Mu couldn't even hold a knife now, the fire talisman gun was the most suitable for him. This move also let Su Mu know that Tang Xiaohao trusted him, otherwise, he would not
He will give himself weapons for self-defense.
As soon as Tang Xiaohao entered the kitchen, he smelled the aroma, and then heard the sound of cooking. When he walked into the kitchen, he saw that the watchman was working alone in the kitchen, and his skills were very skillful.
The watchman saw Tang Xiaohao enter the kitchen, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Wait a moment, it will be soon."
Tang Xiaohao nodded silently, but realized that something was not right, because the man who was doing the watch was dressed as a scholar, and he actually knew so much about things in the kitchen? You know, these Confucian scholars would never enter the kitchen.
Tang Xiaohao asked deliberately: "Brother, in what year are you a scholar?"
The watchman replied while busy: "I am not a scholar. Although I have studied for several years, my family is poor, so I can only learn some cooking skills from my master. Apart from working the watch, I mostly help in the inn kitchen. I
Dressing up like this reminds me not to study hard in my spare time to gain fame."
Although it sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, Tang Xiaohao still feels strange. You must know that Tang Xiaohao also learned from the imperial chef Gongsun Fu, the chef of the Tang Dynasty. He knows very well that the craft of being a watchman is definitely not as simple as helping a cook. The techniques of cutting vegetables, cooking
The amount of oil used and the oil temperature controlled cannot be so familiar overnight.
Thinking about it carefully, the only problem is why there is no one here on the day of the county festival? Also, why did the watcher say that this is Wangzhuang and not Xinzheng County?
While the waiter continued cooking, Tang Xiaohao also raised his questions.
The watchman sighed and said: "Originally, this was the real Xinzheng County. During the Shunhe period, a plague broke out, and almost all the people in Xinzheng County died. A few years ago, at the beginning of Longding,
In the year when the new emperor ascended the throne, the prefect of Liangcheng showed mercy and re-selected a site nearby to build a new county seat. We all moved from Liangcheng later."
There were only three emperors in the Dachang Dynasty including Ji Chengying. The first emperor of the dynasty was named Dingyuan, the subsequent emperors were Shunhe, and the emperor after Ji Chengying ascended the throne was named Longding.
According to the watcher, a plague broke out in the original Xinzheng County in a certain year during the reign of Emperor Shunhe. All the people in the original Xinzheng County died. In the year when Ji Chengying ascended the throne, the Liangcheng prefect came to the original Xinzheng County.
A new Xinzheng County was rebuilt next to Zheng County, and the people here migrated from Liangcheng.
Tang Xiaohao nodded and said: "The so-called county sacrifice, does it mean county sacrifice?"
The watchman smiled and said: "Yes, there are seven days of county festivals every year, which are to commemorate those who died in the old county. The current new county is called Xinzheng County, and the old county, where we are now, is called Xinzheng County.
Suizhuang is the death of death, and the reason why he is called the king of death is just to avoid taboos."
Tang Xiaohao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he immediately said, "Even if there is a plague and all people die, after the plague, so many houses will be empty?"
The reason why Tang Xiaohao felt a little thumped in his heart was because what the watchman said was contradictory to their position.
Tang Xiaohao pretended that nothing happened, and just continued to ask questions calmly, staring at the sharply sharpened kitchen knife on the cutting block next to him from the corner of his eye.