September is full of flowers

The metropolis was about three days away from Chenzhou. Shen Man and his party had a rest for one night, bumped all the way on the second day, and finally arrived in Chenzhou on the evening of the third day.

I thought I could go to the city to rest well, but unexpectedly, I was blocked by a gate at the gate of the city.The soldiers guarding the city opened an opening, communicated with Ning Xu's coachman through the door for a while, and when they learned that it was someone from the prime minister's mansion in the capital city, they hurriedly reported to the prefect of Chenzhou.Ning Tao is a rampant and impatient person, he feels impatient when he sees someone blocking him outside, thanks to Ning Xu who can restrain him here, otherwise he doesn't know what to make of it.

Shen Man waited quietly in the carriage with the two young masters of the Ning Mansion, but suddenly heard a crisp bell, looked around, but saw no one passing by, so he frowned slightly, and asked, "Second Brother, Third brother, did you hear anything?"

Ning Xu shook his head, "There is no one else here except us, and no sound has been heard."

Ning Tao also looked at Shen Man at this time, something was dark in his eyes.

Shen Man frowned and said, "I think I heard a bell..."

"The sound of a bell?" Ning Xu raised the curtain of the car and looked outside.

Except for the desolate old city wall gate, no one was seen.And the soldiers guarding the city gate inside the gate don't look like people who carry bells with them.

"Maybe you heard it wrong." Ning Xu concluded.

Shen Man nodded, but suddenly felt a terrifying sight from the opposite side, like a sharp knife made of ice, piercing his eyes.

Shen Man raised his head, looking at Ning Tao in shock and suspicion.

Ning Tao looked very lazy, as if he had caught a cold, rubbing his nose with his fingers.Seeing Shen Man staring at him, Ning Tao narrowed his eyes and said bluntly, "What are you looking at!"

Shen Man smiled and looked out the window.

Maybe I heard or read wrong.

But the sound of the bell was really weird, and it sounded gloomy, like the bell hanging on the soul-calling streamer after death...

whoosh-

A shadow suddenly passed by in front of him.

Shen Man rubbed his eyes hastily, and fixed his gaze again, but the shadow was no longer seen.The nose smelled a faint fragrance in the air, and vaguely felt that it had been smelled somewhere before.

Is it—

Shen Man was surprised, but also happy.

Is Miss Tang coming too? !

"Master Ning, you're late." A middle-aged man in an official robe trotted over in a hurry.The clothes on his body were wrinkled, as if he hadn't changed them for several days, and the official hat was also a little skewed due to the running, and he looked untidy, which made people frown.

He also stopped inside the city gate. Although the city gate had been opened, he had no intention of coming out to greet him.

Seeing him treat guests like this, even Ning Xu's face changed slightly, but he still said calmly, "Since Mr. Chen is here, can we enter the city immediately?"

The prefect of Chenzhou also happened to be surnamed Chen, with only one single name.Since Ning Xu was sent to receive the birthday gift from the emperor, he must have checked the background of the officials here.

Hearing this, Chen Zhi hurriedly cupped his hands and said across the air, "Young masters, there is a good restaurant outside the city, which is also opened by someone in the city. You two young masters can stay there at night."

Ning Xu frowned.

Ning Tao immediately lost his temper, "Master Chen, we have already arrived at the gate of the city, but you want us to go back to some small shop in the wilderness. Are you despising our prime minister's mansion or the emperor's order?"

"I don't dare!" Chen Zhi hurriedly said, "It's just that something happened in the city, and the lower official asked the two young masters to go to that restaurant for safety."

"Safe?" Ning Xu asked patiently, "What happened in the city?"

Chen Zhi had no choice but to confess, "To tell you the truth, my lord, a strange thing happened in the city recently. Every night in the city, a man would disappear. After sunrise, the missing man would be found on a dead tree by a well in the middle of the city. The dead body of the man, with his tongue cut out and his eyes removed, is extremely terrifying."

"Oh?" Ning Tao said, "Are you kidding, dry well or dead tree, I won't believe it. It must be you, the prefect, who is corrupt and broke the law. You have hidden something in this city for fear that we will find it, so you shirk it. You want to borrow This matter is fooling us or trying to delay time, right?"

"Everything that the lower official said is true." Chen Zhi was a little anxious, and then bent down to salute and said earnestly, "The two young masters must trust the lower official."

Ning Xu murmured, "If that's the case, why didn't you send someone to report to the imperial court? There are many masters who study Yin-Yang Dao in my court. It is not difficult for the Yin-Yang Supervisor to send someone to come. No matter how bad it is, you can evacuate the people in the city first and let them run for their own lives. Go, why did you do the opposite and trap the people in the city?"

"This guy must have bad intentions!" Ning Tao said immediately.

Chen Zhidao, "The lower officials were wronged! When such weird things happened, the lower officials would immediately think of notifying the court and dispersing the people, but the lower officials couldn't do it."

Ning Xu's heart trembled, he looked around the city gate, and finally asked out his doubts, "Could it be that...someone has set a spell here, so you can only enter, not exit?"

"That's right..." Chen Zhi's eyes lit up and he said, "I heard that Second Master Ning is studying Yin-Yang Dao, and now he can see the way here at a glance. I wonder if Second Master Ning can help the people of Chenzhou to solve their difficulties?"

Ning Xu shook his head, "I can't help you out, sorry."

Chen Zhi was disappointed, but he still persuaded him, "Since this is the case, the two young masters must not rush in again. Please report to the court quickly, and let the gate supervisor send someone to rescue the people of Chenzhou!"

Shen Man listened in a daze, and when he came back to his senses, the first thing he thought of was "Did Miss Tang also go in, and if she went in, wouldn't she be able to come out?"

bell bell...

This time the bells shook very violently, the piercing bells pierced Shen Man's ears like needles, Shen Man lowered his head and covered his ears, at this moment, he felt the carriage moving violently suddenly.

"Not good!" Shen Man found that the carriage was rushing towards the city gate, and the driver couldn't stop it at all.

This door can only be entered but not exited. If you go in, you may not be able to come out!It might take two or three days, maybe more than a month for the imperial court to know about this, by then my group of people would have already been buried in the city!

And Ning Xu and Ning Tao were also in the same situation as me. They also heard the bell this time, but their reaction after hearing the sound was even stronger than their own.Ning Xu and Ning Tao were already lying in the carriage writhing in pain, unable to jump out of the carriage in time.

Shen Man gritted his teeth, stumbled to the front of the car, pulled the rein, but the horse seemed to go crazy and was out of control.

Watching the carriage rush into the gate of Chenzhou City, people inside and outside the city could only witness what happened but could do nothing about it.

Chen Zhi saw the carriage passing by him, his face turned pale, and he murmured, "A few more lives have been lost..."

The three of Shen Man passed out at the same time.

"Miss Shen, Miss Shen?" Someone was calling her.

Shen Manyou woke up and found himself in a neatly furnished room full of mahogany furniture.A little girl who looked like a maid was staring at him.

"May I ask where this is..." Shen Man's ears still hurt a little.

"This is the mansion of the magistrate of Chenzhou. You and the two sons of Xiangye's mansion were brought in together. Since you are female relatives, you are arranged to rest in the wing room in the backyard."

"How are the two brothers?" Shen Man asked.

"Miss, don't worry, the two sons are very good, they both woke up early, and they are discussing important matters with the magistrate right now."

Shen Man nodded, and when he got off the bed, he found that he had changed into a new set of clothes, but it was still a men's suit. Although it was not as exquisite as the one Ning Xu gave, it was still made of high-quality silk and satin.Touching his waist, the star picking pendant that could show the identity of the Ning family was still there, and Shen Man felt a little relieved.

"Since the two elder brothers are discussing important matters with the magistrate, I will go out for a walk." She was actually thinking about meeting Miss Tang, thinking that she might be able to meet her when she went out, so she took a chance.With Miss Tang's help, the two young masters of the Ning Mansion and the people in the city might be able to avoid catastrophe.

By the way, let's take a look at what's going on in Chenzhou City, hiding is always not an option.

"Miss Shen, it's not so good outside..." The maid wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Shen Man's smile, and she only heard Shen Man say, "I heard that people in the city only disappear at night?"

The maid nodded blankly, looking into Shen Man's shining eyes, wondering what she was thinking.

"I heard that all the missing are men?"

The maid still nodded.

Shen Man said with a satisfied smile, "It's still daytime, and the sun will have another hour to set. Besides, I'm a woman, so I'll just take a walk nearby, and nothing will happen."

The servant girl couldn't refuse, but she remembered Chen Zhi's order and knew that this was a person not to be offended, so she said, "Girl, this servant's name is Xiaoxin, if you don't mind, let this servant go with you, so as not to blame the servant if the master knows about it. "

"Xiao Xin?" Seeing that she agreed, Shen Man felt better, "It's good to have you lead the way, so that I don't know how to get back."

The two went out, but saw only women walking on the street.Seeing Shen Man dressed in men's clothes, he gave strange looks, and what's more, he pointed directly in front of Shen Man's face.

Shen Man realized something was wrong, and quietly asked Xiao Xin, "Why are they all staring at me?"

Xiaoxin explained, "Most of the men who are still alive in the city hide their faces to avoid being spotted at night, so there are very few men walking on the street like this. Girl, you are dressed in men's clothes at the moment , They saw it strangely."

Shen Man said helplessly, "I thought men's clothing would be more convenient outside, but I didn't expect women's clothing to be low-key at this moment."

While walking while talking, he bumped into a person with a strong chest, Shen Man was bounced off and took a few steps back.Xiao Xin quickly went to help Shen Man steady, "Girl, are you alright?"

"It's okay." Shen Man was about to apologize to that person, but when he raised his eyes and saw the appearance of that person, he couldn't help laughing "puchi".

Xiaoxin also saw that person, and couldn't hold back her "haha!" laugh out loud.

How can there be such a person in this world who actually disguises himself as a woman to avoid the calamity of the night!

A man of eight feet, with a woman's Liutao hair bun, wearing a red hairpin and silver jewelry on his head, and a ring of jewels on his neck.He was wearing a skirt that was obviously too small and didn't fit well, and a section of his calf was exposed under the skirt, and the calf was covered with fine and numb leg hair.The back of the embroidered shoe was cut or a hole was broken, causing the shoe to be almost dragged away.

There was too much white powder makeup on her face, a layer of rouge was on her cheeks, her eyebrows were skewed and thick, and she seemed to have a lot of powder on her body.

In short, the whole person is simply more terrifying than the rumored monster.

"What are you laughing at, haven't you seen a beauty!" the man said sharply.

The corners of Shen Man's mouth twisted, "My lord, you can't hide this." Then he asked Xiaoxin for a silk handkerchief, handed it to the strange man, and said, "Go and wipe your face quickly, and find another way to escape Bar."

The complexion of the man in women's clothing changed after a while, getting darker and darker.He took the heavy silk handkerchief and stood there in a daze.

But at this moment, Shen Man caught a glimpse of a figure leaving not far away with his back turned to him.

That figure has been recalled by him thousands of times and blurred thousands of times, but unexpectedly he saw it again in this situation.

Could it really be her?

Shen Man bypassed the man and hurriedly chased after the figure.

Miss Tang——

Don't, don't, if it's you...