42. Chapter 42
There is naturally something wrong here.
Qiemo City gathered people from all over the world, and a lot of hotels were opened. Once there were more hotels, there were also frequent incidents of grabbing customers. The guides took this into consideration and often took advantage of the opportunity of leading the way for merchants to bring them here. The inn paid the guides again. Inns like Tianfu Inn, black and white forces intertwined
, It is common to lose something, and it is good for people to enter and exit safely. Many merchants stay and stay. In the mentality of being less expensive than doing more, they should spend money to eliminate disasters. They will not report to officials even if they report to officials. Even if they do, it is useless. County magistrate Gao Yi was not in charge of Duan Qihu's territory. He didn't want to cross the line and overtake more.
Although Cui Bugu’s these people are not a caravan with a large number of people, judging from their food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way, at least they are wealthy and have no shortage of money. In short, they are fat sheep, and they are not slaughtered without slaughtering them.
Maybe Cui Buqun and the others were too low-key along the way. The guide took a look and fell into a big fight.
He was dragged to the corner of the dark alley where few people came. Hearing Cui Bugu say this, he saw Qiao Xian's face hidden in the shadows expressionless, as if he would kill people to silence him at any time. He couldn't help but be frightened.
"My husband, please spare me. The villain has no idea about Mount Tai, just because it is not easy to support a family. I am also coerced by them. How can the villain beat them? Please give me another chance. The villain will definitely bring you to a clean hotel, absolutely clean!"
Qiao Xian said coldly: "If you want to do business, you won't miss our money. If we find out you will lie to us..."
A light slid out of his sleeve, almost shaking the guide's eyes. He recognized it as the reflection of the dagger and almost cried.
"To be honest, now spring is in full swing, and the roads are thawing. There are more business travelers in this city than before. Most of the hotels are full. If you want to have a room, you can only find such a person..." The guide said with a sad face.
Qiao Xian frowned slightly and looked at Cui Bulu.
Those who can open a hotel here must be powerful local snakes. Zuo Yue Bureau set up a secret stronghold in the city to convey messages, but it is not a hotel, so naturally they cannot stay there.
At this time, the guide had a flash of inspiration, as if he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "I know there is a hotel, and there may be room for now, but..."
Qiao Xian was impatient: "Don't hesitate when speaking!"
The guide cried: "It's just that there is a bit weird!"
Feng Xiao pinched his voice and said coquettishly: "This day, the inn is in chaos. So many people come in and out, and they sweat and smell bad when they look at it. I can't stand it! Lord, you believe in everything on weekdays, but you don't believe in evil. Why don't we go and have a look?"
Cui Bugu looked at him sideways, which means you want to see it yourself, don't drag me into the water.
Fengxiao smiled back.
To be honest, this smile is not a bit creepy, and if you look carefully, it is a bit charming, but it is limited to people who have never seen Feng Xiao’s true face.
Therefore, Cui Budou and Qiao Xian Jinlian and the other two were all turned their heads together after just one look.
The movements are surprisingly neat and consistent.
People like the guide who don’t know the truth were stunned, but they thought to themselves that the Ye family men were really lucky. They looked sick and had a difficult child, but they didn’t expect to marry such a beauty.
After this, the guide naturally did not dare to make trouble anymore, and honestly took them through several streets and came to an inconspicuous hotel.
The four words "Yangji Storehouse" came into view.
After all, Qiemo City is remote, with all ethnic groups living in mixed places, and the market is not separated. This Yangji Inn is located on the edge of the residential area, and on the other side is a small shop with many restaurants. In addition to the men and women dressed in Han people, there are also merchants dressed in foreign races. It was evening, and the restaurants were still lively, with shouts one after another. In the residential area, children were playing and playing, women called their children to go back to eat, fetch water, go home from work, chat and say hello, and all kinds of breaths mixed together, making this Qiemo City a legend on the edge of the desert.
It is not difficult to understand that those desperate people like to run here - although there is no prosperity here in the heart of the Central Plains, there are basically all that should be there. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there is also freedom that cannot be bought even if you spend money. Even killing people here may not necessarily require life. For those who have no boundaries between black and white in their hearts, it is the place they yearn for.
But now, it is strange that although this Yangji Inn is in such a lively neighborhood, she is a little calm when she looks in, and the lobby on the first floor is not full.
The inn saw someone stopping at the door, and had already come out and enthusiastically brought them inside.
Qiao Xian pulled the guide's arm and dragged him in.
"Several men and women, please come in. How many rooms are there in our room? How many of them do you need? It's still early now, so I'm tired all the way here. Do you want to have some more wine and food?" the guy asked.
Qiao Xian nodded and turned around to order food and room.
The guide was sitting on pins and needles. As soon as he saw Qiao Xian who had stopped him leave, he immediately turned around and wanted to escape. As soon as he was about to get up, he heard a sound of his ear. His pants were firmly nailed to the ground by a chopstick. Half an inch left was his legs.
Looking up again, it turned out to be a golden lotus that was dressed in Han women, and was never revealed.
Jinlian: "Where do you want to go?"
Wizard:...
He was immediately scared and sweated. He didn't expect that among these people, even women were so powerful.
With their abilities, why don’t they go to Tianfu Inn to harm others and even make a fuss to leave?
"No, no, no, no, no!" The guide pulled out a smile that was even worse than crying. "The villain just felt his legs were a little numb and wanted to move!"
Cui Bugu: "You just said that this is evil, why?"
The guide wiped his sweat and finally completely extinguished his thoughts of running away, telling them all the reasons.
The inn is evil because it is haunted.
If you want to say that people come and go here, many people stay for one or two nights and leave. It would be nice to have a place to rest. Whether it is haunted or not has little to do.
But now, there are no guests here, and the seats in the hall are also 40% or 50%. However, compared to other inns, even the Tianfu Inn they just visited, the scene of guests coming like clouds and full of guests is a bit far behind.
Moreover, Cui Bu looked around and found that most of the people present were like them. The first time the merchants who came back had an unconcealed curiosity on their faces.
Those old fox who often traveled to business on this road for many years would not choose to live here.
To be honest, this inn was haunted a year ago.
The guide couldn't remember exactly how long it took. He only remembered the first thing that happened in a well behind the inn.
A man who stayed in an inn disappeared the next day before he returned from drunkenness that night. His companions could not be found everywhere. At that time, the court had not sent a county magistrate to come over, so they had no place to report to the officials, just pretending that he was drunk and fell into the water and left nothing.
Later, people who stayed here often heard a faint cry for help in the middle of the night. A bold and buzzy man followed the sound and found that the cry for help came from under the dry well behind the inn. Later, things got a big deal. The inn owner had no choice but to find someone to move the stones on the dry well and let someone go down. He actually found the body of the missing person.
After that, rumors of the inn being haunted spread. Some people said that after robbing money and killing him, he threw him into the well. He died with his eyes open and turned into an unjust soul for help, but this was just the beginning.
Half a month after finding the body, another guest who lived here went to have fun, but he immediately suffered a storm and died on the prostitute's belly.
There was another person who was drowned alive when he went back to the bathhouse just because he had eaten here.
The fourth short-lived ghost was that he died suddenly in a music shop in the city.
Hearing this, Jinlian couldn't help but say, "It's okay to be the first and the second ones, but it's too far-fetched!"
The guide said mysteriously: "It's not far-fetched at all! The wine the fourth person drank was bought from here!"
Jinlian looked speechless.
The guide continued: "Although there are many lawsuits for life in this city every day, this inn is really evil. It is said that every night after midnight, people living here can hear someone crying out for justice and saying that they are dying miserably. And it is said that as long as you have lived here, even if nothing happens, you will lose money in the business. At the very least, you will lose more than half of the loss, and at the worst, you will lose everything. Are you evil?"
He told his friend that he had a good room and food, and Qiao Xian, who returned, happened to hear the second half and said, "How do you know that someone is losing money? You followed him and saw it with your own eyes?"
The guide said for granted: "Everyone says that, so is there any falsehood?"
Cui Buqun looked at Feng Xiao at one glance, and he felt that the rumors were more rumored.
However, when doing business, the most fear of losing money, not to mention that you travel thousands of miles from the Central Plains, it takes three to five months for a caravan to go back and forth, and even more, even more. Not to mention losing everything, I am afraid that losing a little bit will make you feel so distressed. I would rather sleep for one night and just spend some money at Tianfu Inn than getting bad luck here.
Seeing that they looked disapproving, the guide stopped talking. Anyway, he was not the one who was unlucky to get into a ghost. He made up his mind to refuse to eat and drink the things here, and even sat down, he was very alert, and always felt uncomfortable all over.
Qiao Xian threw the money directly to him and told him that the errand had been completed and he could leave.
The guide didn't stop, nodded and took the money, and hurriedly got up and left.
While talking, the guy came up with wine and food.
The dishes are naturally not as exquisite as those in Beijing, and even compared with Liugong City, it is slightly inferior. Fortunately, it is still quite hot. Qiao Xian picked up a steamed bun and was about to put her mouth down, but she saw Feng Xiao looking at the bowl of porridge with disgust.
“Is there no cleaner bowl here?”
Qiao Xian couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Do you still want to show your style when you are out?"
Feng Xiao ignored her, pulled Cui Bugui's sleeve and started acting coquettishly: "Master, I want a new bowl, can you buy it for me?"
Cui Buqu looked expressionless and picked up the bowl and took a sip: "No, do you like to drink it or not."
Feng Xiao said aggrievedly: "I know that you are still angry with your concubine for the sake of taking a concubine, but am I not thinking about your body? You said you are so weak that I can't even satisfy me. You want to marry a young man. What should I do if I die young?"
His voice was not loud, and it happened to be heard by the guests at the next table, attracting the other party's frequent attention. When he saw the couple, one with a sick face and the other with a peach blossom face, he suddenly realized that he had realized the truth.
It is said that a woman is as big as a wolf in her thirty and as big as a tiger in her forty. It turns out that this woman looks like she is only in her twenties and is very hungry!
Qiao Xian's teeth were itchy and couldn't help but roll up her sleeves and wanted to beat someone. Cui Bu took a look and had to put down her sleeves silently.
It is unreasonable to beat my brother’s wife in public. They were passing by and staying in a long-term situation, not to make trouble.
Because of this, Feng Xiao became more and more confident.
He rubbed against Cui Bu and pretended to whisper: "Master, I know you want it, but I have come here in the past two days. I will wait for two more days and I will definitely ask you to have enough, okay?"
Bang!
Cui Buyou put the bowl heavily on the table and said to Qiao Xian: "Go and buy him a new bowl."
Feng Xiao: "You also need a pair of chopsticks and a spoon. When you go out, you just need poplar or bamboo."
Qiao Xian:...
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