From the Valley of the Wicked to the Town of Demons

"Yi Butou, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for us to enter Beiling County like this."

A group of people left Wujia Village, fumbled for a mountain road, and when they got out of the mountain, they met a group of merchants, and followed them to the outside of Beiling County.

Yi Xing bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and felt that what Wang Yu said made sense. Since they wanted to question the county magistrate, they needed real evidence. They had to be prepared for such a blatant entry into the county, so they still needed to pretend.

"Find a village, change some casual clothes with the villagers, and then hide the weapon token, and we will enter the city in disguise."

After speaking, Wang Yu and others immediately took orders, walked to a tea stall not far away, asked the nearby villages, and went with two arresters.

Not long after, Wang Yu brought people back, bought some ordinary clothes, and everyone changed into them, and hid the weapons and identity tokens in a tree hole before heading to Beiling County.

Beiling County is a small county under Yanzhou. It doesn't have any special products, but because it is close to the Weihe River, it has become a place where ship merchants come and go for supplies, so it is somewhat prosperous.

However, when everyone entered the county seat, they found that Beiling County, which was supposed to be bustling and prosperous, was somewhat sluggish. There were not many cars and horses coming and going, and many shops had even closed their doors long ago.

They found an inn to live in, and Yi Xing and others settled down properly, so they came to the first floor for dinner, but when it was supposed to be lively at noon, there were few people there, and it was so depressing.

"Shopkeeper, what's wrong with Beiling County? When I came here in the early years, it didn't look like this."

By ordering, Yi Xing asked the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper shook his head and sighed:

"It's not because of the water ghosts. There were bandits first, and then water ghosts. Beiling County has been in trouble for a long time."

The shopkeeper sighed and continued:

"The guest officer doesn't know that the Beiling was hit by bandits last year, attacking merchants. Although the government sent arresters to encircle and suppress them, the bandits were elusive, and they couldn't be found, so they had to give up.

Originally, there were bandits causing trouble, so it was a headache. Last month, many water ghosts appeared from nowhere in the Weihe River, attacking the passing ships. Ridge County. "

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he shook his head again. His inn originally relied on merchants to stay in the inn to make money. Now that there are fewer merchants, the business has plummeted.

"Oh? I've also heard about the water ghost. I heard that the green skin and sharp teeth are so scary. The Weihe River is a busy waterway that leads directly to Gyeonggi. The Yunsi Yamen and the county lord don't care about it?"

Wang Yu spoke from the side, and what he said was a bit irritating.

"I don't care about it. I heard that the town demon commander in the capital has been notified long ago. When people are sent there, they will go to wipe out the water ghosts in the Wei River."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, everyone, intentionally or not, looked at Lin Xiaochuan, and Lin Xiaochuan waved his hand, which meant: "Don't look at me, I don't know."

After chatting with the shopkeeper about the local customs of Beiling County, this dish was served. Everyone was hungry for a long time, and immediately the wind swept away and they were full.

After drinking and eating, everyone decided to go out for a stroll. The shopkeeper kindly reminded them that Beiling County is not peaceful now, so don't stir up trouble.

Everyone thanked them and went out.

Yi Xing didn't speak, but nodded to Wang Yu and Li Tong, and immediately the two walked away in a tacit understanding to check the news.

Lin Xiaochuan didn't understand the rules of Shenzhaomen handling cases, so in order not to get in the way, he chose to act alone.He strolled towards the gate of the city. After all, there were notices there and there were many idlers, so it was the best choice to get news.

As a result, when we arrived at the gate of the city, we saw a few notices, all of which were for catching bandits. Judging by the slightly damaged appearance, it was obvious that they had been posted for a long time.

If they haven't been withdrawn, it means that these bandits have not been captured and are still in Xiaoao Mountain Forest.

Came to a tea stand, ordered a pot of strong tea, Lin Xiaochuan looked at the crowd coming and going, put on a lazy look, as if unintentionally, chatted with the owner of the tea stand.

"The guest officer is talking, this water ghost is extremely terrifying. Have you seen the closed cloth shop opposite? The owner of that shop just made a purchase a few days ago, but when he met the water ghost, he not only sank The ship, and a few guys died.

Although the owner of the shop survived, he was also very frightened, so he came back, and after distributing the pension to the relatives of the shopkeeper, he closed the shop and went back to his hometown. "

The owner of the tea stall also sighed, lamenting that water ghosts are terrible, bandits are hateful, natural disasters and man-made disasters, this business is getting more and more difficult to do.

"Is there no movement from the government? I heard that bandits have caused disasters, and it has been a while."

Lin Xiaochuan changed the topic from the water ghost to the bandit.

"Speaking of this bandit, it's also very strange. It's not that there have been bandits in Beiling County before, but most of those bandits blocked the road and robbed property, but this group of people is different.

For some unknown reason, they not only robbed money, but also robbed people.You say that if it is a beautiful and charming lady, it will be fine, and she will be tied back to be the wife of Yazhai, but they only pick young men to start with, and they don't know what is the use of tying men. "

After the tea stall owner finished speaking, he looked at Lin Xiaochuan and said in a playful voice:
"I see guest officer that you are as white as pink, you are in the prime of life, and your body is considered strong, you have to be careful recently, don't go out of the city easily, otherwise you will be taken away by those thieves, and you will be in trouble.

I heard that none of the kidnapped men came back, and I don't know what happened to them. "

Lin Xiaochuan looked extremely uncomfortable, as if he was in danger of losing his backyard.

Quickly settled the tea money, and Lin Xiaochuan left quickly. Although the tea stall owner's words were mostly guesswork, this bandit was indeed a little strange.

If you rob money, that's fine, how can you still rob sex?It's okay to rob sex, but it's fine to rob women, why don't you even let men go.

Wait, rob a man?

Lin Xiaochuan stopped suddenly. He didn't think those bandits had any special hobbies. Thinking back to Wujia Village, most of the ghosts were old, weak, sick and young, so where did the adults go?

Obviously the bandits were the culprits in the bloodbath of Wujia Village, but why did those bandits snatch the strong men?

I had a conversation with the shopkeeper of the inn before, and the shopkeeper said that there are no special minerals in Beiling County, that is to say, it is impossible to arrest the black coal mines as coolies, so why arrest the strong men?
This matter is getting more and more bizarre, and with the collusion with the Beiling county government, it is not simple behind it.