Pokemon Sato

Horse hooves trampled the muddy ground, and in the dim light, there were dim lights in the distance shining behind the rain curtain.

This is a small town. When the heavy rain comes, there are not many people on the streets, and most of the shops close early. When a few wisps of white mist blow out from the horse's nose, there are lights under the eaves not far ahead. With the light on, following the heavy rain, someone among the three riders said indifferently: "Go over and have a look..."

The horse's hooves clicked on the bricks. The waiter who was busy closing the door heard the noise behind him. He turned around and saw the figure riding the horse. He let out a long breath and said, "You three are objective, today's waiter The store is closed, I’m afraid I can’t greet you.”

A bamboo hat was lifted up, and the face of a woman could be seen. She took two steps forward and said, "The waiter is worried that the three of us can't afford the room and board?"

"It's not that..." The guy looked at the sky and the intensity of the rain, then sighed, moved the newly built door panel away, and pushed open the door leaf inside, "...Oh, you'd better come in. This rain won't stop for a while, so come in, come in."

The waiter was also kind and invited them in. The shopkeeper at the counter was busy settling accounts. When he saw someone coming in, he also came over to welcome them. "Please sit down, you three. You must be staying at the hotel here late at night. I'll let the waiter go first." Serve some delicious food and prepare a room for you."

The shopkeeper smiled and asked the three people to sit down. He turned around and pulled the waiter who was about to leave. His face darkened and he whispered: "Isn't it closed? Why are people still coming in? The evil spirits have been causing so much trouble recently. Be careful to rush in and eat you and me."

"Then shall I invite them out again?" said the waiter.

"Forget it, forget it, there are customers when you walk in..." The shopkeeper rubbed the young man's hat, "It looks like they are gangsters, and they are not evil spirits. You go to the back first to see if there is anything left to eat and cook it. Bring it over and free up three more rooms..."

The coir raincoat was hanging on the column head dripping with rainwater. When the woman came back, she did not sit down again, but pulled the shopkeeper who was talking. Over there, the shopkeeper asked the waiter to go down to prepare, while turning around and cupping his hands: "This girl has What's the order? The little old man has asked the man to go down and prepare."

"...What is the evil ghost you just mentioned?" The woman sat down and looked at the elderly shopkeeper over there. After a moment, she said again: "The three of us first arrived here. When we passed by Datong Mansion, we walked The mountain path, I don’t know what happened here.”

The shopkeeper was startled and glanced at the faces of the three people. One of them had a thin face and a loud mouth, and the other had delicate features and delicate features. Sitting across from him, he was silent and drinking tea. The old man looked back and sighed, putting his hands in his sleeves: "You don't know, lately, There is a strange disease that bites people as if they are crazy. The city gates in Datong Mansion are sealed and cannot be entered. It is slightly better here, but just two days ago, Some of the people who escaped were sick, jumped out of the car and started biting people...it was like a bloody mess..."

It was raining heavily outside, and the flashing electric light brought out cyan light in the dark night, falling on the roof, matching the old shopkeeper's talk.

"What happened next?" the woman asked, then looked at the silent figure in the candlelight.

The shopkeeper took out his caged hand and raised it, "Later... Later, that guy was beaten to death by everyone... But after he was beaten, it was like a plague. The grown men who took action at that time returned home and died the next day. After falling ill, officials from the government took them all away. There were rumors among the neighbors that they were possessed by evil spirits... Finally, a written document was written down and posted in the town, saying that there was a strange disease and warning everyone not to do so. If you come into contact with strangers and find someone suddenly sick or have a fever, you must notify the authorities immediately.”

There was silence in the inn for a moment, and the shopkeeper looked at them with bulging eyes, "You...are there no illnesses among you?"

"No, although the three of us came from the direction of Datong, we took a path in the mountains, otherwise we wouldn't have inquired about the news with you."

"That's good, that's good. The food will be served right away. The guest will eat first. I have asked the waiter to clean up the room after the meal, so I will go and do it first." The old shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief. After that, he went behind the counter and continued to calculate the accounts.

After the three of them finished eating, they gathered in a room.

After the man lit the candle and left, the woman sat down on the stool carelessly, pressed her elbows on the table, looked at the figure in front of the window, and said: "These are all done by you... evil ghost... I heard people say before You can't believe how vicious eunuchs are, but now you can see that you eunuchs are really terrible in what you do."

The thin-faced man with a loud mouth next to her looked at her, then at the person in front of the window, and whispered: "You said those evil spirits were released by my brother-in-law... Oh, my mother..." He was shocked He jumped up and squatted on the stool, scratched his cheeks, and shouted to the figure over there: "Brother-in-law... If you do this, you will have trouble giving birth to children in the future..."

"Can he be born?" The woman smiled softly, interrupted the thin man's words, tilted her head, and her eyes became serious again: "Bai Ning, did you really come up with such a desperate plan? No wonder you can stand in the court. He will not fall down in the hall... his methods are vicious and his heart is ruthless. If this disease spreads, everyone in Datong Mansion will die."

Outside the open window, the heavy rain continued to fall. Bai Ning looked at it for a while, then turned his face to look at the other party indifferently, "Are you heartbroken?"

"Why are you heartbroken... They are your Han people. Even if they were once under the rule of the Liao Kingdom, they are still Han people, and they are not real Liao people. Besides, the Liao Dynasty is gone. Who am I heartbroken about?" Yelu Hongyu withdrew her serious gaze. He smiled again, but with some disdain.

Rain drifted in along the wind and hit Bai Ning's face. While wiping away the water droplets with his fingers, he opened his lips lightly: "... Actually our family is heartbroken, but once the Jurchens have spent the past two years smoothly, they can go south again at any time. The possibility is very high. At that time, they stabilized the rear and integrated the Liao people, so it was not as hasty as the last war... You also know that the Wu Dynasty did not lack weapons and people... Ten thousand taels Ten thousand, one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, the Wu Dynasty can afford it, but what it can’t afford is mental energy. Once the spirit of defending the country is gone, even if there is a high wall, it will collapse."

Behind him, the thin-faced and loud-tongued Sun no longer changed his previous impatience, and sat there quietly and fell into deep thought. Even the woman who wanted to refute nodded in agreement when the other party's words came over. After all, under such a general trend, anyone would probably do whatever it takes to slow down the enemy.

"The Wu Dynasty... is fundamentally bad. It would be difficult to disrupt and reorganize the team in one, two, or three years." Bai Ning took a deep breath, "All I can do is be evil-hearted."

"I carry all the infamy before and after me." The rain hit his face, making it cool.

ps: One more update.