The bloodied ghost cry returned to Guobei County again, he looked like a murderous wanted criminal, but no one paid attention to him, and the officers and soldiers who were cowering in the corner did not dare to step forward to stop him.

This winter is so long that many people are not prepared, clothing, food, charcoal are seriously insufficient, hunger and cold plague the county.

By now, the law and order in the county town is getting worse and worse.

Robbery, theft, and even murder and arson occur from time to time.

Some people even broke into the door for a bag of rice and killed the whole family. When he left, he took not only the rice with him, but even the corpse.

More and more people are starting to feel wrong, and in a depressive environment, people's personalities are becoming more and more irritable.

There were fewer pedestrians on the streets, and even fewer beggars on the streets, most of whom were frozen to death, and some were even killed.

The city is in a state of flux, and the first to suffer are the homeless.

There are few pedestrians on the street, and occasionally passing by, I see a ghost crying with a knife and his upper body covered in wounds and blood.

Ghost Cry walked down the street, walking on the ground with no one to sweep the snow. The blood in his body has gradually cooled down, his body surface is covered with a layer of frost, and the solid demonic qi in his body firmly blocks the invading cold qi, but you are not a long-term plan, now, he urgently needs a place to shelter from the wind and cold.

Tong'an Inn, compared to the bleak and cold streets outside, is undoubtedly much warmer here, and it is also much more lively. However, compared to the previous few days, it was still a little colder.

A few days ago, in the inn, people were crowded, and some did not even have seats, so they simply sat on the ground.

And now, although it looks full, some seats are still vacant.

Old man Deng held a cup of hot tea, snoring and drinking, looking around with a pair of eyes, it was already past breakfast time, but one of his old friends had not yet appeared, should it be ......

The thick curtain at the door was lifted, the hall was a little brighter, the cold wind poured in, and several guests at the door shouted and scolded dissatisfiedly.

An old man walked in with a hunched waist, holding a kettle in his hand, nodding embarrassedly and apologizing, and then two more young men walked in, and then lowered the curtain.

The two young men slapped the old man on the body, and the old man stomped his feet, gave a shout to the two young men, and walked towards this side, while the two young men found a nearby table and sat down.

Old man Deng looked at this old man and walked to the side of his table and sat down, he frowned, he knew this old man, but only to know his name, his surname was Zhou, and he was a shop owner who sold tables, chairs and furniture.

"I'm sorry, there's already someone here. Old man Deng said, this is a good location, close to the charcoal basin, those who can sit here are rich people, after all, according to the rules, to sit in this position, you have to spend at least 100 yuan, this position, these days are old man Deng and his friends, they also spent money to book this table.

"Yes, Boss Zhou, let's go to that table!" Another person at the table said, "This is the position of the third child." ”

The third is what they call the friend who didn't come. Everyone at the table drank tea, so they were called tea friends. And this old man Zhou is a drinker, so his friends are called drinking friends, and they can't play together.

"The third child can't come. Old man Zhou's voice was a little hoarse.

"What?" Old Man Deng's premonition became more and more bad.

Old man Zhou said: "His shop was robbed, and the family died." ”

"How do you know?" asked another tea buddy.

"When I passed by, I saw that it was miserable, and the family was only left with a skeleton. Old man Zhou shook his head: "Who told him to open a grain shop, there is too much grain in storage, which is not surprising." ”

"I see. Old man Deng was shocked at first, and then felt a little sad. He wanted to check it out, but the cold outside prevented him from mustering up the courage. He's old, and if one of them is unlucky, he's going to die.

The same goes for another tea friend, whose butt is like sticking to a stool and can't get up.

"My table. Old man Zhou pointed to a table next to him: "Some of them went, some decided not to come, I'm really bored, so I'll get together with you at a table, you drink tea, I drink, just chat, how about it?"

Old man Deng and another tea friend glanced at each other and nodded, this winter, it is difficult, especially for them old guys who can't get up or down, they have some money, but not much, it is easy to attract people's eyes, but they don't have much ability to protect themselves, plus they are old, and the environment is bad this winter.

There are 4 drinking friends in 4 teas, a total of two tables of people, the sick are sick, the dead are dead, the lazy ones don't come anymore, and now they are still here, and there are only three of them left.

"Little Er!" Old Man Zhou beckoned.

The guy ran over in a hurry, and he ran more diligently for this table: "Old man, what to eat?"

"Come to a pot of good wine, buy some snacks, and ......" Old man Zhou pointed to the charcoal basin: "Add more charcoal, make the fire bigger, and the charcoal money will be counted on me." ”

The guy left happily, and Old Man Deng teased: "What kind of wind is blowing today, you stingy old ghost, you are actually generous." ”

Old man Zhou smiled: "I'm old, I have a feeling that I may not be able to spend this winter, and if I don't spend it now, I won't have time to spend it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the table fell silent, they are old things, who is not like this?

The thick curtain at the door was once again pulled up by one hand, and several poor ghost guests at the door scolded again, but they were dumb in the middle of the scolding.

Wrapped in the cold wind, he was a tall, burly man, his upper body was bare, and his body was covered in dried blood, and there were scars everywhere under the blood, with knife wounds and burns, and he carried a long knife.

His eyes just swept away, and those people didn't dare to speak anymore, and some people were even so frightened that their chopsticks fell under the table.

Not only the people at the door were suddenly dumbfounded, but all the people in the hall also stopped talking one after another, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

The guy in the store walked up, and he seemed to know each other, but the relationship was not very good, and the guy was afraid of him.

The man walked straight through the hall and "pedaled" upstairs.

As soon as he disappeared, the hall that had suddenly quieted down just now instantly boiled.

"Who is this person?" asked the tea friend at the same table, clutching his chest. The man's eyes swept just now, he was frightened, he was not in good health, and he was almost frightened by those ghost-like eyes and died on the spot.

"I don't know, but it's certainly not someone we can afford to mess with. Old man Deng rubbed his fingers against the tea lid, and his voice suddenly lowered: "I can't tell, something big is going to happen!"

Old Man Zhou's face was full of horror, and it took a moment before he recovered and said in a low voice: "It is indeed a big thing that has happened." ”

"What do you say?" asked Old Man Deng in a low voice.

Old man Zhou replied in a low voice: "I have seen this person once, although his face is destroyed, but I will never admit that his eyes are wrong, a few days ago, he lived in this shop, there is a very beautiful woman by his side, and a very burly war horse." ”

Old man Deng asked in a low voice, "Then how did he end up like this?"