After breakfast, Gongliang and others continued on their way, but Lao Sutou and Lihu didn't leave until night, so they stayed behind.
But when Gongliang and others slept until midnight, they would often follow.
After three days of bumpy riding on the road in an animal cart, Gongliang and others finally arrived outside Chenyang City.
Chenyang City looks quite weird. Mysterious runes are carved everywhere on the outer city wall, and the runes seem to be smeared with blood. The blood is not dry yet, half red and half black, and exudes a fishy smell.
And on the wall stacks above the city wall, there are talismans carved from peach wood.
Mrs. Qiao's wife, who has lived here for a while, explained that this was made by Master Chenyang to block ghosts. Generally, ghosts would not dare to approach after seeing it.
Old Man Gui drove his carriage to the city gate, and saw a stone-carved god general holding a weapon standing on either side of the city gate. The god general's body was engraved with countless mysterious runes, his eyes were blood red, and he looked majestic.
When we entered the city, the situation inside became even weirder.
In Chenyang City, every house has paper charms posted around it, and statues of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, the ancient gods who can ward off evil and evil, are posted on the door. Some even have two statues carved directly from peach wood and nailed to the door.
On the door.
At this time, Gong Liang remembered that the two statues at the city gate were also Shen Tu and Yu Lei.
And above the city, there was a huge sky lantern floating.
The sky lanterns are connected with colorful ribbons extending from every corner of the city, and the ribbons are covered with paper charms, shrouding the entire city.
Gong Liang didn't know what to say after seeing some ghosts. Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?
Although Chenyang City looks very strange, the streets are just like other places. There are many shops and restaurants, where people buy things, sell things, and go shopping.
Old Man Gui drove the beast cart for a while through the city, then turned into an alley, stopped at the door of a small courtyard in the middle, lifted the curtain of the car, and said: "Ms. Qiao, your brother's house has arrived."
Mrs. Qiao looked outside and got out of the car. Gongliang and the others also got out of the car.
The servant in the yard heard the commotion, opened the door, stuck out his head and looked around. He was a little surprised to see that it was his wife, but then he opened the door and shouted: "The little lady is here!"
"Is my brother at home?" Mrs. Qiao asked.
"Mr. Lang has gone to the Yamen." the servant responded.
The elder brother of the wife of the Qiao family is the official history of the county. Although he is a low-ranking official, he is very powerful in the county. Nowadays, the land of Cangwu is full of ghosts, and some thieves take the opportunity to cause trouble and harm the village. Therefore, the official history of his arrest is
Busy all day long.
Mrs. Qiao, the wife of the elder brother of the Qiao family, was surprised in her heart when she heard a servant reporting that her sister-in-law was here.
You must know that Mrs. Qiao just returned from Chenyang and came back so soon. Could it be that something happened at home? Thinking of this, she hurriedly walked out.
"Er Niang." Mrs. Qiao called from a distance.
"Sister-in-law."
Mrs. Qiao called out respectfully, turned around and introduced: "Sister-in-law, this is Er Niang's savior. If it hadn't been for him this time, I'm afraid I would have been captured by a ghost." Thinking of the sadness, Mrs. Qiao shed tears like beads.
The line is normal, falling downwards.
"If you don't cry, don't cry, and everything will be fine."
Qiao didn't expect that she would encounter such a thing, and quickly hugged her to comfort her.
After a while, when Er Niang's mood stabilized a little, Mrs. Qiao turned to Gong Liang and said: "We are just talking, but we are neglecting my benefactor. Please sit inside for a while, and I will call someone to go to the county government to call my husband back. He will definitely meet me."
Repay your benefactor's kindness well."
Gongliang didn't send Erniang back for some reward. Besides, didn't he lack that little thing?
So, he said: "It's just a matter of effort, there is no need to worry about it. Now that Mrs. Qiao is home, Gongliang has finally lived up to his trust. I have something to do, so I will leave first." When they met by chance, he didn't want to have too in-depth interactions with these people, so as not to get too entangled.
deep.
"My benefactor, please go slowly!" Seeing that he was about to leave, Mrs. Qiao's wife hurriedly called out.
But Gongliang had already made up his mind to leave, so there was nothing she could keep, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared at the end of the alley.
Mrs. Qiao quickly asked her servants to follow him to see where he would stay. If his benefactor was allowed to leave like this, and people found out about it in the future, wouldn't it be a joke that the Qiao family were stingy people who knew their kindness but did not repay it.
After the servants caught up with her, Mrs. Qiao turned around and asked, "Er Niang, what on earth is going on?"
"Sister-in-law, let's talk after we go in!" Er Niang said, and then said to the old man Gui who was driving the car: "Uncle Gui, why don't you stay at home tonight and go back tomorrow!"
"No, no, no." Old Man Gui waved his hand and said, "I have an appointment with my friend, and I have to go and tell him. If nothing happens, I will leave."
Mrs. Qiao quickly asked her servants to reward Old Man Gui with money. Old Man Gui thanked him and drove away in his beast cart.
After the beast cart left, Mrs. Qiao and Er Niang turned around and entered the house. Once inside, Mrs. Qiao asked, "Er Niang, what is going on? I am completely confused."
The wife of the Qiao family told the story of how she was almost captured by a ghost and taken to get married. Mrs. Qiao had never seen such a thing before, and she was so frightened that she didn't speak for a long time.
Gongliang left Qiao's house and wandered on the street. Chenyang is a medium-sized county with more than 2,000 households. It is not very big, but because the county is rich in talisman sand used to draw talisman, the business is prosperous and there are many people. But now because of the zombies in the wild
Ghosts are infested, mines are shut down, there are fewer people doing business, and the market looks a bit depressed.
Talisman sand is divided into two types, one is mortal sand and the other is spiritual sand.
Mortal sand has three grades: upper, middle and lower. It can be used as paint and can also be used to draw talismans, but the grade is low and it is only effective against ordinary ghosts.
Spiritual sand has extraordinary functions and is very rare. People with great abilities can use it to draw talismans that can shatter the sky and split the earth, and a single talisman can shatter mountains and rivers.
Gong Liang saw many stalls selling talisman sand on the street. Some of the talisman sand had been ground into powder and could be used for painting and making talismans by just mixing it up. Some of them carved the raw talisman sand into pendants.
For people to wear. Because the talisman is a very positive and yang thing, wearing it on the body can drive away ghosts and evil spirits.
When Gongliang walked over, he saw many people wearing talisman pendants.
However, he, Mi Gu, and Yuan Gungun didn't need these at all. He wished he could get a few more ghosts for Yaizhen to eat so that he could advance early.
Gong Liang took a look and found that there was almost no spiritual sand on the stall, and what was there was just waste spiritual sand with a lot of impurities.
After walking around for a while, we first found an inn to stay.
He walked to the largest wine shop in Chenyang City. It was almost noon, and many people were eating in the wine shop. Gongliang found a place to sit at random, ordered a bunch of dishes, and while eating, listened to the gossips of the diners in the wine shop.
"Sigh, I don't know when the ghost will be able to leave. If this continues, I will probably drink the northwest wind."
"How can it be so fast? Fortunately, here we have mages to help defend the city and block those zombies and ghosts. There are other cities without mages. It is said that they have been attacked by zombies and ghosts. People in the city are either bitten to death by zombies or ghosts.
Eat it, it will be terrible."
"real or fake?"
"How could such a thing be wrong? Not to mention other places, even the nearby remote villages were not spared. Fortunately, we Chenyang produced talismans, the county magistrate was wise, and the mages helped us, so we were able to stop those ghosts. We must
Otherwise our Chenyang would have been destroyed by those ghosts just like other cities."
"It is said that they came after the county lord brought the talismans from the treasury and invited the mage."
"But there is no way to go on like this. If you are surrounded by ghosts for a long time, the talisman sand will eventually be exhausted. It is a pity that all the talisman sand mines are occupied by ghosts, otherwise we can have people dig some back."
"It can't be that simple. I heard that there are dead bodies under the mines. Some people have been there and were almost bitten to death. Now in those places, who goes and who dies, and who dares to dig?"
"It's also strange. This talisman sand is a very strong and yang thing. How dare those corpses die in it?"
"Who knows, maybe there are other reasons."
"You don't understand. Although the talisman sand is a very strong and yang thing, in order to be truly effective, it must be mixed with pure yang beast blood to truly exert its effect. If it is to draw a talisman, there must be a certain amount of
It requires magic power, otherwise do you think that the talisman can be drawn by just anyone?"
"I see."
Gongliang listened to them talking while eating, and his heart moved slightly.
Now that I have come to Chenyang, I have to get some local specialties. Now that the mine is occupied by ghosts, wouldn't it be my chance to take action? Then go in and dig out some high-quality talisman sand and come back to the capital of Daxia.
Or it can be resold elsewhere for a good price. If you can dig up spiritual sand, that would be even better.
Thinking like this, Gongliang listened to those people's words more attentively.
After they finished eating, they followed one of them and walked out.6619