The strange story of Huai'an Inn

Chapter 70 Guide Fish (7)

It was almost dawn, and a ray of warm rose color began to emerge from the end of the sea, burning like an unbridled flame under the earth.The originally bitingly cold wind suddenly had a hint of hopeful temperature.

Chong Liu stood on a reef, the sea breeze rolled up the broken hair on his forehead, washing away the exhaustion in his body.He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the distant and eternal salty smell.

The smell made him feel refreshed all over.That totally relaxed, homely feeling you don't get anywhere else.Even lying on the most comfortable and soft bed could not compare to the peace and tranquility brought to him by this smell.

He didn't know that, a little further away, the shopkeeper was also looking at him from afar.Looking at the morning light falling on Chong Liu's body, it seemed that the light was emanating from the usually inconspicuous waiter.

Not just the light, but also the spiral arms of the inexhaustible, overwhelming air that spread over the entire coast and entangled with the sunlight.

If it is not for knowing how dangerous those dreamlike spiral arms are, this scene can even be described as dazzling.

Zhu Helan raised his hand, and touched the silk ribbons that were flying around him, glowing with blue-purple brilliance in the rising sun.The filth was wrapped around his fingertips, but it would neither eat him nor be absorbed by him.They are completely different from the filth gathered in his body, but they are not as full of corrosive desires as the filth of the yellow-clothed god.

They are secretive and quiet, and even their owner doesn't realize how many of them are lurking in his not strong body.

At this time, Chong Liu picked up the wine gourd and took a sip.Those blue silk ribbons flying all over the sky seemed to be drawn by something, and quickly retracted into the small figure in the distance, leaving only a short length floating outside.

Chong Liu sneezed, probably because he had been blown by the cold wind for too long.His eyes fell on the beach, and he was attracted by a black shadow.

He jumped off the rock in a few steps, and squatted down curiously to have a look.

It was probably a dead fish washed ashore by the sea in the middle of the night, but when I got closer, it didn't look like it.

The conch shell is as huge as a watermelon, and there are about four or five threads clustered together in a circle, which will make people feel dizzy after a long time.A creature that looked like an octopus protruded from the shell, with many blue-black tentacles slumped on the ground, and a pair of eyes covered with white membranes unexpectedly looked very human.

The appearance of this thing...why is it so similar to the ammonite worm that appeared in ancient times that was recorded in ancient books?But it's impossible, this thing should have been extinct in the prehistoric period...

He looked around again and found that there were some things on the beach that shouldn't appear.Those oval-shaped things covered with layers of carapace and bearded, at first glance they look a bit like oversized wood turtles, but upon closer inspection they seem to be caddis worms or trilobites?However, the caddisworms, like the ammonites, became extinct long before humans appeared, and even if they were found, they were all shells and skeletons turned into stones. This one seems to have died not long ago, and its size is larger than those recorded in the book. up at least five times.

There are also soft-tongued snails that look like horns but have a lot of beards overflowing, and sea scorpions that look like centipedes but have more than a dozen eyes on their heads.The back is covered with barbs, and it is hard to tell where the feet are and the translucent worms on the back...

These things... all shouldn't appear now?They have long been annihilated with the passage of time, have they not?

Chongliu looked around wonderingly, wanting to pick up some to take back, but afraid of being scolded by the shopkeeper.In the end, he restrained his urge to be curious.

Finally, he found a few tracks that looked like footprints.

Those footprints... should be some kind of living beings with enough size to walk. At first glance, they look like human footprints, but even ordinary adult males cannot have such big and flat feet.

And if you look closely, you can find that they are coming out of the sea, not from the land to the sea...

All the footprints are only in this direction from the sea, but there is no trace of going in.

What came out of the sea?

"Liu'er! Have you blown enough air?"

The shopkeeper's call came from afar, Chong Liu didn't have time to think too much, and hurried to the small blacksmith yard on the hillside.

After entering the room, Zhu Helan was looking at the two small medicine stoves lit by the door.Chong Liudao, "What are you cooking?"

"This one is a decoction for stabilizing bad smells, and the other one is for you."

Chong Liu let out an ah, hurriedly ran to another medicine stove and opened the lid to have a look.A strong smell of ginger wafted out.

Chong Liu wrinkled his entire face, "Ginger soup?"

"Yeah, I went out to blow the wind for so long early in the morning, it's strange if I don't get sick. Drink some ginger soup in advance to prevent it, so as not to go back and infect the whole inn." The shopkeeper untied the medicine jar leisurely. Looked at the lid, "Don't be picky about food, drink all of it."

Chong Liu obediently took a bowl and filled it up, blew on it with his mouth, and drank it all down with a heroic expression like a strong man breaking his wrist.Afterwards, the whole face was wrinkled and lost its shape.

Zhu Helan laughed, "You can even drink the tea in that gourd, why are you so afraid of ginger?"

"If you didn't make this by yourself, I'd rather drink a pot of Master Liao's tea..." Chong Liu slapped his burning tongue, and then told about the strange sea beast corpse he saw on the beach.Zhu Helan didn't show much surprise, but just sighed, "As I said, all kinds of things are related to the sea recently. But water ghosts have never been on land, but they have been changing frequently recently. I'm worried..."

"Are you afraid that the matter of the god in yellow will reappear?"

"Not only... When Xu Hanke locked me up before, he once leaked a few words, saying that there was a change in the heaven and earth. After the death of the old witch, a new one took over. This witch is said to have great powers, and he still has a strong sense of the Central Plains. This is probably why the officials are so eager to get the list of all the craftsmen in my hand."

Chong Liu sat on a small bench, resting his cheeks and pondering, "First it was the god in yellow, and now it's the corpse of the water ghost Yuan... Boss, do you think these things are related?"

Zhu Helan nodded, his eyes wandering into the distance.He was silent for a while, then spoke again.

"The last time the door was opened, I didn't help Fairy Jiuluan and them. Because the locust tree was in an unstable state at that time, I just wanted to protect it and refused to participate. I just gave them the formation that closed the door. But these years, I have been wondering whether my choice was right."

Zhu Helan's expression has always been determined and confident.But at this moment, there seems to be a trace of confusion.

Chong Liu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and thought for a while, "Boss, you don't need to blame yourself. You are just an inn owner, and it is not your duty to save the common people."

"Of course I know. After living for so long, the sea has changed and I have seen a lot. I am used to seeing people living and dying like mayflies, so I gradually become a little numb." Zhu Helan stared at the flame and sighed softly, " Not caring about anything, not having any emotional ups and downs, like turning into a stone."

"But I think my boss, you are obviously cold-hearted and warm-hearted! You see that you have saved the entire Tianliang City. For the time being, those guests who got into trouble because you broke the contract came to you, and you did your best to save them. You also helped Mrs. Yan, and the current Master Wu, why do you say you are modest?"

Zhu Helan let out a series of laughs, "Small-mouthed, he is very good at complimenting people. But... just because I save people and help people, it doesn't mean I really care. After all, they have relied on me, and I am just doing my best. That’s all my responsibility. This is probably the price of immortality. Except for the locust tree, I haven’t cared about anything for a long time.”

Chong Liu fell silent.

I haven't paid attention to anything for a long time...

So in fact, those cares for oneself, those seemingly "special treatment", are they just responsibilities?

At this moment, there was a loud noise in the room, followed by a strange cry, but compared to last night, the cry could already be heard as a person.

They hurriedly removed the boards and entered the house.

However, he saw that the huge black iron cocoon that was originally hanging upside down on the beam of the house had been eaten and was riddled with holes, and it was covered with dense honeycomb-like black holes.And Master Wu, who was originally locked inside, had already fallen and collapsed on the ground.The jadeite Taotie fell next to him, the jadeite was so green that it seemed to be glowing.

The moment he saw Zhu Helan, he suddenly lowered his head and vomited a pool of blood with a wow.

Chong Liudao, "Boss...is it still not good?"

"No, it's ready, this should be the last bite." Zhu Helan observed the thickness of the foul smell in the air, and walked towards the master Wu who was lying on the ground breathing heavily and dazed.

"How do you feel?" Zhu Helan handed over a handkerchief.Master Wu raised his trembling hand to take it, and wiped the blood on his face.

"It seems to have been a long nightmare..." Master Wu's voice was extremely hoarse, and he couldn't even hear it clearly if he didn't listen carefully.

But... he finally regained consciousness.

The shopkeeper heaved a sigh of relief, took out a piece of silk, picked up the jadeite glutton and wrapped it up.

Not long after, Wu rushed in with his two sons, surrounded the blacksmith, crying and laughing.Zhu Helan pulled Wu Feng aside and told him to drink the medicine he had prepared for the blacksmith and his youngest son.

The Wu family thanked the shopkeeper a thousand times.Chongliu has already harnessed the horses outside, and is about to rush back to the inn with the shopkeeper.After waiting for a long time, the shopkeeper came out from the blacksmith's yard.

As soon as he got in the car, Zhu Helan took out a cloth bag and opened it for Chong Liu to see.

Inside the cloth bag was a carp-shaped iron piece still stained with blood. "

"Guide fish!" Chong Liu said in amazement.

"Well, this was the last thing the blacksmith vomited before." Zhu Helan said solemnly, "He asked me to take this thing away, but we have already signed a contract with the carpenter, and we may have to keep this thing ourselves. "

Chong Liu looked at the iron plate, and for some reason a picture appeared in his mind.

A ship drifting on the vast sea, with its sails raised high, sails towards a dangerous and thick fog...

"Boss... Where will this fish point? I guess it must not be Nan..."

Zhu Helan said, "I don't know. This fish was born naturally without my guidance. It can point anywhere... But according to the blacksmith's previous ability, I'm afraid it will lead all ships to the point of no return."

"Then we still keep it?!"

"Other people's road of no return may be exactly where we are going." Zhu Helan said inscrutablely, wrapped up the guide fish, and put it in his arms.

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