Chapter 291: Poison Sacrifice: Ferocious Beasts in Dali City
Tang Yejue and the three of them came together to read the notice. The notice probably said that there have been vicious beasts causing trouble outside Dali City recently. In order to protect the people in the city, the city gate was temporarily closed and no one was allowed to enter. Unless
Only when the ferocious beast is captured will the city gate be reopened.
"How could there be a ferocious beast? What's going on?" Li Qingjun asked puzzledly, "What kind of ferocious beast is it that can close the gates of Dali City?"
When he looked up, he could even see the top of the temple tower not far away, halfway up the mountain in Dali City.
Could it be that even the monks couldn't catch this ferocious beast?
At this moment, an old man passing by carrying dung suddenly stopped them: "Hey, three young men, come on, come on."
The three of them looked at each other, and Tang Yejue walked up first and asked politely: "Old uncle, is there anything you need my help with?"
The old man was not polite, pointed to a cart of Fenshui, and said: "I am old and my waist is weak. You young and strong ones can help me push the cart to the farmland behind the city."
The guard at the door frowned and said in a low voice to Lu Zhanfeng, who was standing close to him: "This old man is an old lunatic. He comes here every day and lets us guards help pick out manure. Today we saw outsiders. You guys
Better be careful."
Lu Zhanfeng said: "It's okay, it doesn't matter."
The next second, Tang Yejue took the cart without even thinking, and said to the two guards: "It's okay, let's help Grandpa with some work. Thank you for giving us the answer just now."
Lu Zhanfeng didn't say anything, and without saying a word, he took the heavy bag of seeds from the old man. After saying goodbye to the two guards guarding the door, Li Qingjun supported the old man and swayed toward the other side of the city wall.
walk to the farmland.
The old man shook his head, and after a few steps he was unwilling to leave. He said, "My legs and feet are not good, so I can't walk. Just take down the dung bucket and let me sit in the car."
Tang Yejue was stunned and said, "You are right." Then he lifted all the buckets from the car, and Li Qingjun helped the old man get into the car.
"Li Qingjun, you push this old man, and I'll pick up the manure." Tang Yejue said, lifting a heavy bucket with one hand, and Lu Zhanfeng picked up another extra bucket and moved forward again.
After finally reaching the farmland, the old man sat in the car and said, "Since we are all here, the three young men will help me water the fields."
After helping others to the end, the three of them fertilized the farmland, watered it, and removed weeds.
Anyway, after finishing these things, it was almost noon.
But the old man was not satisfied: "You are working too slowly. How did the three young people make it to noon? My throat is about to smoke. I want to drink."
Li Qingjun had never complained at first, but when he heard the word drinking, he laughed angrily and said: "Old man, you are old, it would be better to drink some tea. I will go find a tea shop and buy you some.
Tea coming?”
"No," the old man's face sank, "I want to drink, good osmanthus wine!" He said, and made a drinking gesture.
Tang Yejue looked at the sun, which happened to be scorching in the sky. The three of them were on the road without eating, so they quickly said: "In this case, you must tell us where there is a liquor store so that we can buy it for you. This way
As we walked, we saw that all the farms, wineries, and teahouses around here were closed..."
The old man snorted: "Then you go and look for it, you will find something."
Tang Yejue was about to say something, but Lu Zhanfeng reached out to stop him, and then answered: "Okay, I'll go find you some wine."
The old man nodded with satisfaction: "I'll give you half a stick of incense."
Without saying a word, Lu Zhanfeng hooked his hand towards Tang Ye Jue, and then said to Li Qingjun: "I would like to ask you to take care of this grandpa. We will come back as soon as we go."
Fortunately, both Tang and Lu were very good at qinggong and had very fast legs and feet. They only circled half a circle outside the city, and sure enough they saw a wine shop that was not open but had people outside fetching water.
"Hello, boss, can I-"
Tang Yejue had just spoken six words, but the man immediately picked up the bucket and walked into the house without saying a word, as if he didn't see the two people coming. The two looked at each other, and the man had already entered the house and closed the door.
"It's so strange, why are these people like this?" Tang Yejue really couldn't understand. Everyone was living in the Miao border, and they were too far removed from the people in Taoxian Village.
Afterwards, the two went to several more houses, but no one answered whether they knocked on the door or shouted.
"There is no other way. I can only blame the old man for being unlucky and unable to drink." Tang Yejue shrugged, "Just give him some water from the stream."
Lu Zhanfeng didn't take it seriously, pointed to a farmhouse in front of him, and said, "Isn't there some sweet-scented osmanthus brew?"
Tang Yejue looked over and saw several brown wine jars placed on the outer wall of a farmhouse. He was surprised and said, "Young Master Lu, don't you want to steal a bar?"
Lu Zhanfeng rolled his eyes at Tang Yejue, and with a snap of his fingers, a gold ingot popped out: "Spending money doesn't count as stealing, right?"
Tang Yejue's eyes widened: "This ingot of gold of yours can buy twenty jars of wine! Besides, how do you know that the jar of wine is filled with sweet-scented osmanthus wine?"
"Don't you know how to smell it?" Lu Zhanfeng said, and he quickly stepped forward, picked up a jar of wine, and placed the gold ingots on the stone table of the farmer's house.
Tang Yejue thought for a while, then turned to the farmer's house and shouted: "Hello, is there anyone? I'll buy you a jar of wine! The money is on the table!"
Sure enough, after a while, he saw a pair of eyes looking out through the window, and then seemed to glow with joy after seeing the ingot of gold.
"It's really yours." Tang Yejue said this in a complimentary or derogatory way.
Finally, the two of them rushed back within half a stick of incense. The old man finally showed a satisfied look when he saw the wine in Lu Zhanfeng's arms.
He took the wine jar, opened the lid and smelled it, but was not in a hurry to drink. Instead, he asked: "You three, do you want to go to the city?"
"That's natural." Tang Yejue replied.
The old man nodded and said: "Since we want to reopen Dali City, we must catch the ferocious beast."
Li Qingjun asked in surprise: "Do you know that ferocious beast?"
"Of course I know." The old man did not continue. Instead, he raised his head and took a sip of wine, then wiped his mouth and said, "I'm hungry."
The three of them were stunned now. If they want to eat, they have to find someone to cook. They can also get ready-made wine. Where can they get ready-made rice? With the cooking skills of the three of them... I'm afraid this old man can only eat freshly baked food.
of game...
An hour later——
"Hahaha, this venison is really delicious!"
The old man said and took a big mouthful of meat. Tang Yejue stared at the fat and oily meat, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked: "Can you tell me now about the clues about the ferocious beast?"
The old man swallowed a big mouthful of meat, and then replied slowly: "Haha, young man, you have to be patient to catch the ferocious beast."
As he spoke, he laughed crazily and pointed to the sky inexplicably: "Look, it's going to rain! Hahahaha——"
The three of them looked up and saw that the sky was still bright and scorching just now, but now the sky was covered with dark clouds.
At this time, a sound like a baby crying suddenly came from the valley not far away, but the sound was deafening, and the crying made people scratch their hearts and make them feel uncomfortable all over.