On the avenues of the county seat, there are many pedestrians, but most of them are in a hurry. Whether rich or poor, they are obviously not in the mood to go shopping.

This is the southern part of Bashu, much better than the north, but still too cold.

I found the largest inn and walked up.

The man who was guarding the door with his neck hunched hurriedly greeted him, and Devil Cry handed him the reins and commanded, "It does not eat grass, but eats and meat." ”

The guy was dumbfounded, and the ghost cried and patted him on the shoulder: "Go ahead, I'll pay for the money, but remember my words." ”

The fellow woke up from a dream and hurriedly led the horse to the stable.

Lifted the thick curtain and walked in.

The hall of the inn was undoubtedly much warmer, and the guests inside relaxed a little.

However, the store was very stingy and did not prepare a charcoal fire, and if you wanted a charcoal fire, you had to go to the private room.

The inn is not small, so there are quite a few guys. One of them had just finished his work, and when he saw the ghost crying in, he hurriedly greeted him: "This guest officer, dare to ask what to call it, whether to beat the tip or live in the hotel?"

"Tell me to cry, eat first, and then help me open an upper room. ”

The guy smiled, and suddenly felt that the name Ghost Cry was strange, but he still led Ghost Cry to a table and sat down: "What does Uncle Ghost want to eat?"

Ghost Cry took off his hat, and the man was startled by his appearance, and took a step back, his face slightly pale.

Ghost Cry ignored the guy and looked over the counter, where the bookkeeper was busy with his head down, and there was a string of signs hanging above.

The guy quickly recovered, and introduced Ghost Cry, "Look, we have all the signs on that sign. ”

"Green bamboo wine?"

"Uncle Ghost has good eyesight, this green bamboo wine is a good thing, the taste is mellow, the strength is just right, and the bamboo fragrance has a unique flavor. ”

Ghost Cry glanced at the guy: "You are so eloquent, so you will have a pot of green bamboo wine." ”

"Well, what else do you see?"

"There's beef?" Ghost Cry was a little surprised.

Some shops have beef, but they don't show it openly.

This inn was blatantly put out and written on the sign, hanging above the counter in a big way, waiting for the guests to order.

"Hey!" the man shook his head and said, "This is also a helpless thing, many villages have not had time to store enough cattle grass, and as a result, they can't afford to raise it, but they are not allowed to kill it! The government forced the cattle to be collected and transported them further south, but it seemed that something bad happened in the south, and the cattle could not be transported, and they were all piled up here. ”

"What is the matter?" Ghost Cry pretended to be curious.

"I don't know, it's just that a lot of people went there and cut off contact. ”

"None of them came back?"

"There is one. The guy shook his head and said, "But it's crazy!"

"Crazy?"

"Hmm. The guy had a lingering look on his face: "I guess I saw something scary, so crazy that it was called a thorough, and even the old immortals of the old ghost slope outside the city couldn't be cured." ”

"That's it!" Ghost Cry's face was slightly solemn, it seems that the situation is very serious!

The guy asked curiously, "Uncle Ghost is going south?"

"Hmm!" Ghost Cry pretended to be worried, "to meet an old friend... Well... Two catties of beef, that's all. ”

When the guy heard this, he hurriedly said, "Uncle Ghost, please wait a moment, I'll be here soon." ”

With that, he went to the counter and said a few words to the bookkeeper, and then went to the back kitchen.

Not long after, a group of people came outside. Looking at the appearance, the businessmen are dressed up, and they all have sad faces.

Someone greeted him: "Yo, shopkeeper Liang, you're back, what's the situation?"

A middle-aged man with a long beard replied with a wry smile: "What else can you do?

It seems that this middle-aged man with a long beard is the shopkeeper Liang.

"Yes!" someone chimed in: "Since the past few years, all kinds of demons and monsters have suddenly appeared, and there are more and more of them, and this year... This year... Alas, we are still lucky, like the shopkeeper Yang, the guards and coolies around him add up to more than 50 people, but how about it? If you say you are missing, you are missing, and you can't find half a figure. ”

"It's getting harder and harder to do business!"

Suddenly, there was a sigh.

Ghost Cry pricked up his ears and listened carefully, trying to gather useful news for himself.

A man with a shy belly asked, "Didn't you say that the Taoist chief of the old ghost slope was accurate, and he wasn't asked to calculate?"

"You just came, didn't you?" asked the big-bellied man a thin old man.

"How do you know?" the pot-bellied man looked curious.

"The Taoist of the old ghost slope can't be counted for a long time. The thin old man shook his head: "Say what kind of catastrophe or something, I guess he is crossing the catastrophe!"

This is the second time that Ghost Cry has heard the Taoist chief of the old ghost slope, it seems that the Taoist of this old ghost slope has some fame, perhaps, you can go and see it.

"Where's that madman, isn't it okay?"

"Good what's good. Shopkeeper Liang shook his head and sighed: "It's still like that, muttering all day long that I'm dead and I'm dead...... Alas, I think he was also a good man!"

"Uncle Ghost, your green bamboo wine, as for beef, you have to wait a while. ”

The man brought the wine up, interrupting the ghost's crying thoughts.

"Hmm. Ghost Cry nodded, and watched the man fill him with wine, and he picked up the bowl and took a sip.

The wine was already hot, steaming hot, pouring into the mouth, down the throat, spreading all the way to the cold, instantly expelling the cold.

"Not bad!" the ghost cried in admiration, watching the man leave, and continued to listen with his ears pricked up as he surveyed the people in the hall.

After a while, the beef also came up.

Ghost Cry ate and finished the meal, and the man came up, collected the money, and took Ghost Cry to the room.

Ghost Cry looked at the room and came down, this time simply ordered a jar of wine and ordered a few snacks. Eat slowly, stay in the hall, this stay is an afternoon.

Gradually, it was getting dark outside.

The men hung lanterns outside, and candles were lit in the inn.

The rows of candles swayed slightly, and the people inside shook with them.

For an afternoon, Devil Cried couldn't get any more news. In the evening, I ordered two large bowls of noodles and ate them with a snort.

Suddenly, someone opened the curtain, the cold wind poured in, and the candle flame shook violently from side to side.

Ghost Cry turned his head to look, and saw several officials in soap clothes rushing in, they were carrying swords and swords, all of them were tall and big, and they looked very difficult to mess with.

As soon as he entered, he looked around vigilantly. Then, locked Devil Cried. There's no way, the people in here are the tallest in the ghost crying.

"How many officials, are you back?"

"Hmm. The leader of the official was bearded, and in the face of the man's flattering smile, he just snorted slightly, indifferent reminiscence, and then led people to the ghost cry.

Ghost Cry notices them, too, but instead of putting down the chopsticks, she continues to suck on the noodles.

As he got closer, the bearded official saw the long knife leaning aside, stopped abruptly, and secretly made a few gestures to his companions.

Several other officials held down their knives, stood apart, and inadvertently, formed a formation, like a round and a half moon, surrounded them.

When the bearded official went around to the front of the ghost crying, he was slightly stunned, and he was even more vigilant, and quietly made a gesture, and the other officials directly pulled out half of their weapons.

"This brother. The bearded official arched his hand: "Dare to ask the name of the high surname." ”

"Ghost cry. Oni Cry stopped eating noodles, looked up, and put his hand in his arms.

The bearded officer took a step back vigilantly, and then saw Ghost Cry take out a sign, put it on the table, and continue to eat noodles.

He was stunned for a moment, carefully looked at the sign, and then gestured again, the sword was returned to the sheath, and the group relaxed.