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The spring in Dijiang is later, it is already mid-April at this time, but the road is still full of thriving spring.

Both sides of the road are full of pale yellow rapeseed bushes, Qi Zhong was so bored, he couldn't restrain himself for a while, and wanted to fold the flowers from his side, but a warm hand stopped him halfway.

"Ok?"

Looking back, I found that it was Mu Yun.He was puzzled and stubbornly refused to take back his hand.

Mu Yun said lightly: "Cauliflower is used to produce oil seeds. If you pick one more flower, the laborer will harvest one less oil."

"……you're right."

Blushing, Qi Zhong withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and hurriedly separated the relationship when no one else heard the conversation between the two.

"Hey, Rogue Qi, come and see this place, it's so beautiful."

When the two were silent, Min Zhi suddenly called out from the front, Qi Zhong touched his nose, turned around and ran away resentfully.

"coming."

The wind passing by from the side gently brushed Mu Yunsuqing's sleeves, causing him to stop in place in a daze, lowering his gaze somewhat disappointedly.

Qi Zhong stood on the hillside, looked high up, and saw that the valley was full of golden rape blossoms, and a few hardworking farmers were whipping their cattle to renovate the paddy fields, and there were a few wild peach trees growing on the stalks of the fields. In the spring, peach blossoms are competing to bloom, but this bit of peach red shows a little shyness in the intersecting green and yellow mountains.

The landscape is picturesque, which makes people stop.

……

It was getting late, and the four of them walked to the first outer city in Dijiang.

After entering the city, it was full of wind and dust, quiet and silent, and there was a dead atmosphere.

"Isn't it still dark today? Why is there no one on the street?"

Qi Zhong looked at the residents with closed doors and houses on both sides, and felt strange.

"Maybe it's poor, Dijiang is like this, many places can't develop once the crops fail, and naturally there will be fewer people on the street." Min Zhi simply explained.

"The city is quite weird, everyone be careful."

Although Mu Yun felt that the situation was not that simple, he didn't like to argue with others, so he only gave a tactful reminder.

Everyone else nodded obediently, but Qi Zhong was very playful, and when he heard this, he quickly hid behind Mu Yun and put on a show.

"Wow, I'm so scared, Mr. Yun, you have to protect me."

Mu Yun frowned slightly, not knowing how to respond for a while.

Min Zhi snorted coldly: "Are you sick? When Mr. Yun didn't come, you still looked like a human being. When he came, you just pretended to be crazy?"

Compared with the stability of the threesome before, Qi Zhong also felt that he had somehow become more impetuous and joyful, he froze for a while, and then returned to normal.

He hesitated and said: "Oh, that's fine, let's go. Let's just make a joke."

The night was getting darker, although the city was big, but they walked along the road for several streets, the four of them couldn't find a suitable place to stay. Seeing that the road ahead was completely dark, finally there was an inn with lights on and the door open, everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed , Hastily chased after him.

Standing at the door, Min Zhi stepped forward and said politely: "Hi, we are..."

"boom--"

Before he finished speaking, the waiter at the inn saw them standing at the door, rushed up and closed the door.

Tuliu Minzhi stood in a mess in the wind, with a confused look on his face.Qi Zhong couldn't help laughing out loud: "Here, what are you scaring people into?"

Min Zhi glared at him fiercely, turned around and kicked open the door unceremoniously, Ling Bu entered the room.

"Hey, don't kill me, don't kill me."

The waiter crawled under the table, hugging the legs of the table in horror, begging for mercy.

"Hmph, dare to close the door of this heroine, get out, and explain clearly, otherwise..."

"Otherwise we will eat and drink for nothing, hahaha."

Qi finally answered the words and followed, looking around the interior of the inn curiously, but he was still indifferent.

The two were fighting with each other.

Mu Yun brought Yuan Qian into the house, and then went to comfort Xiao Er under the table.

"Brother, you come out first, we are just guests, there is no malice."

The beautiful hand was stretched out in front of his eyes, Xiaoer shook his head, but didn't dare to touch it, and came out from the other side in a desperate manner.

"You, you..."

Looking at the person who helped, Xiao Er felt that there was no malice in his heart, and he relaxed a lot.

At this time, the proprietress of the inn who was hiding under the counter came out slowly, looked at the four of them in amazement, and then told the waiter: "Quick, go and close the door."

……

After explaining their future intentions, the people in the inn put down their guard against Mu Yun and the others, and brought them a simple supper. Everyone gathered at a table to discuss the situation in detail.

"May I ask what's going on in the city? Why is it that the streets are deserted when it's late at night?"

The proprietress glanced at Mu Yun, and replied hesitantly: "Young master, don't ask any more questions. You can stay overnight tonight, get up early tomorrow and go on your way, and go to the small town ahead."

"Hear your tone? It seems that there is some monster in this city. Tell me, and we will solve it for you."

Seeing that she hesitated to speak, Qi Zhong asked righteously.

"No, no, no monsters. You can't help it..."

The proprietress looked away, and after she finished speaking vaguely, she got up and left, leaving a group of people at the table in a daze.

"Huh. It seems that there must be something weird here."

Qi Zhong snorted coldly, then continued to eat the fried rice in the bowl.

……

At three poles in the sun, there was a knock on the door.

"Rogue Qi, are you still awake?"

"Oh, I overslept."

Qi Zhong pulled his hair down and replied, "Here we come."

"Humph."

Min Zhi outside the door snorted softly, turned and left.

When everything was tidied up, Qi Zhong ran downstairs tremblingly, but at the stairs he saw that everyone had already finished their breakfast, and there was only a pile of bowls and chopsticks on the table.

He pretended to be aggrieved and cried: "Ah, you, you, you, you actually finished your breakfast without waiting for me."

"Hmph. Why do you want to leave food for the slackers?"

Min Zhi knocked down the empty bowl unceremoniously, and replied provocatively.

"Well, you crazy girl, you actually say that about me?"

"Originally. Young Master Mu called you several times in the morning, but you didn't get up. If I hadn't come to harass you, someone would probably wake up and have lunch right away."

"Have it?"

Qi Zhong was thinking in a daze, thinking, Mu Yun must have yelled too politely and didn't wake himself up.

"Why not? People who are still cultivating the Tao don't have the strength to get up at all."

"I……"

Qi Zhong had nothing to refute, but he also found it strange that since he frequently used illusions in the desert, his drowsiness had inexplicably increased a lot, and he couldn't get up when he thought about it.

"Well, ah..."

Just when Mu Yun was about to buy another breakfast for him, Yuan Qian who was beside Qi Zhongsheng suddenly gestured in sign language and handed the steamed buns in his hand to Qi Zhong.

"Huh? You saved it for me?"

Yuan Qian nodded.

Qi Zhong was so moved that he almost wept with joy: "My dear brother, I didn't hurt you for nothing."

While eating, he looked at Min Zhi proudly.

"Cut. Hurry up and eat, we have to get down to business after eating."

She cut it, and silently fastened the purse for the new breakfast.

The street during the day finally had a tinge of life. Although it was not particularly lively, it was very different from what I saw yesterday evening.

Qi Zhong couldn't help being confused: "Are people here only during the day? They hide at night?"

"Hey, tell me, are they all transformed from monsters, come out to absorb the essence of the world during the day, and practice secretly at night behind closed doors?"

After hearing his thoughts, Min Zhi couldn't help complaining: "You are the only one who has this kind of thought in your head. Are you not full and your brain is hungry for these obvious living people?"

"Cut. If you don't agree with me, there must be someone who understands me, right, Yun...uh, my good little brother."

When refuting, Qi Zhong subconsciously looked at Mu Yun, but when he was in a hurry, he averted his eyes.

Min Zhi looked at his reaction strangely, and didn't say anything more.

The street "ghosts and snakes" also took advantage of the beautiful daytime scenery and ran out silently to set up stalls.

As Qi Zhong was walking, he was caught by a narrow stall: "Well, there's a fortune teller."

He squinted his eyes and looked at the sign on the banner next to the old fortune-teller: Blind Immortal Fortune-telling.

Bewildered for a moment, I always felt that the blind man seemed to be looking at me.

"Rogue Qi, what are you dawdling about? Let's go, we have to go ahead and look for it."

Min Zhi let out an angry roar, which suddenly woke up the sloppy Qi Zhong.

"Oh, got it. It's really long-winded."

He agreed and turned to leave.

The old fortune-teller rolled his eyes around, as if he was staring at Qi Zhong, and sat on the bench with a greedy smile: "Hey, young man, don't go yet."

Qi Zhong turned around and looked at the blind old man suspiciously: "Huh? Blind man, are you calling me?"

"That's right. It's you."

The fortune teller stood up excitedly and waved at him repeatedly.

Qi Zhong sprouted an interest in pranking people, and walked over with his hands behind his back: "Hmph, old blind man, can't you see? Why are you staring at me?"

"Hey, I'm a half-immortal. Although I can't see with my eyes, I have great powers. I can count with my fingers. Hey, you and I are destined. How about it? Young man, do you want to know?"

Qi Zhong held back his smile, and said to himself, my master is a master of Lingzhan, and I am better than you by myself, how dare you come to cheat me of money?See how I teach you.

"Ah? Really? That's great, master. I've been so unlucky these past few years that I haven't even gotten a wife..."

He cried exaggeratedly.The old blind man nodded and said in relief, "No rush, no rush. I counted, you should be young, you are still young, and you can't find a wife because you have no money..."

Meow, do you really dare to curse me?Qi finally sighed in his heart.

On the surface, he nodded and acted again and again: "Oh, yes, master, can I have a way to make me get promoted and make a fortune?"

"Yes, that's..."

"Rogue Qi, are you actually telling a fortune? Let me tell you, nine out of ten of these charlatans are fake, don't believe him."

Min Zhi saw that Qi Zhong hadn't followed for a long time, so he couldn't help turning his head to look, and found that he was actually sitting on the side chatting with the blind fortune-teller.He became even angrier, approached quickly, and felt that the old blind man had malicious intentions, so he hurriedly spoke out to remind him.

When someone interrupted his fortune, the old fortune-teller retorted displeasedly: "Hey, little girl, if you don't believe me, why don't you allow others to believe it? I've been blind and half-immortal, and I've spent half my life counting my life. How can I lie? Young man, come on, listen to me." of."

"In the first place." Min Zhi rolled his eyes at the blind man, and said again, "You tell his fortune? Do you know his master..."

"Hey, crazy girl, let me do the math."

Qi Zhong quickly stopped Min Zhi from speaking, and winked repeatedly.

"Uh... forget it, whatever you want."

Min Zhi comprehended what he meant, and quietly clasped her hands aside.

Seeing that the duck on his lips hadn't flown away, the fortune-teller hurriedly asked Qi Zhong to stay: "Come on, young man, let's continue talking..."

"Okay, but before the fortune-telling, I want to ask you something first."

Qi Zhong had an idea and changed the topic.

"What's the matter? Five taels of silver is a question."

The blind fortune-teller hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth directly to the lion.

Mu Yun listened, and stretched out his sleeve silently, ready to take the money, but Qi Zhong hurriedly stopped him.

Then carefully observed the expression of the blind man, and saw that when the money was withdrawn, his expression suddenly changed.

Qi Zhong suddenly had a sense of proportion: How dare you lie to me, you fake blind.

"Five or two?"

He pretended to exclaim.

"Yes, if you think too much..."

"Too little!"

He deliberately turned up the volume, which stunned the old fortune-teller.

Immediately, the fortune teller was overjoyed: I thought the other party was too expensive and wanted to say that I could bargain, but it turned out that the fool rushed to the door to give the money.

"I'll give you 20 taels, just ask one question."

"Okay, you ask, you ask."

The fortune teller stared at the silver on the table with straight eyes.

"It's very simple...Look, what is this?"

Qi Zhong's tone was soft, and unexpectedly, he placed the unsheathed sword horizontally in front of the old fortune-teller's table. The bright sword light scared him to the bottom of the table.

"The good man spares his life, the good man spares his life."

"Hmph, can't you see it? You can see the knife rest on your neck?"

Qi Zhong drew back his sword and pulled the fortune teller out.

"Come out, I really have something to ask you. To be honest, I will let you go. If you don't speak well, hehe..."

"It's easy to say, easy to say. The good man spares his life."

The old fortune-teller was trembling and sat down by Qi Zhong.

"Let me ask you, why does this city look like a deserted city at night when there are people watching during the day? Is there anything strange going on around here?"

Seeing that Qi Zhong got serious, everyone gathered around and listened carefully.

"This... I don't know about this either. I'm just a wanderer, and I follow wherever I go."

The fortune-teller's head was sweating, and he glanced at Qi Zhong with a guilty conscience.

Qi Zhong remained silent, gently wiped the blade, and threatened silently.

The fortune-teller swallowed, and said nervously: "There is a high-rise mound ten miles outside Jiangyang City. I heard that it was built by a wealthy businessman in the south for his dead wife. Everyone said that their husband and wife were deeply in love. It has been passed around for a long time, saying that the high-rise building is extremely luxurious, and every inch of land is expensive."

"Is it so exaggerated?"

Min Zhi, who came from a royal family, chuckled lightly, slightly disgusted by this braggart.

"Hey, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but there were quite a few grave robbers in this high-rise mound a few years ago."

"Then did they find any treasure?" Qi Zhong asked.

The fortune teller shook his head and said, "I don't know. Those tomb robbers are all foreigners. Most people in Jiangyang City are honest. Besides, the big guys know that the place is not clean, so who would dare to go there?"

"Unclean? Heh, why don't you tell me how to be unclean?" Qi Zhong asked after his curiosity was aroused.

"Here, I heard that when people passed by there, they would often hear the sound of crackling, like a coffin being buckled, from inside, so there were rumors of haunting, saying that those tomb robbers died inside, restless. "

"What about the rich businessman? Does he know these things?" Qi Zhong asked again.

"The wealthy businessman is a foreigner. He also died a few years ago and was transported back to his hometown. There is only one big house left in the south. I guess he can't live in it."

After the fortune teller finished speaking, he fell silent.Qi finally thought about it, and then reminded: "No more? What about the question I asked at the beginning?"

"Uh, but having said that, in the past two years, people have mysteriously disappeared from time to time in the middle of the night, and when they are found, they are already dead, and they are all exposed outside the tall building. This incident has caused panic in the city, so No one dares to go out at night."

"Don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Is it useful to hide?" Min Zhi snorted coldly.

Qi Zhong pinched his chin and asked again: "Who are those people who disappeared? Is there any strange thing after that?"

"I don't know, they are just ordinary people. And recently, there is another strange thing, that is, all the graves in the cemetery outside the city were dug up overnight. Know who did it."

……

Squeezing out all the valuable information, Qi Zhong got up, looked at Mu Yun, the two nodded, and left tacitly.

When he left, he threw a piece of broken silver on the fortune-teller's table, and the fortune-teller was very happy.

"Thank you, thank you man."