treacherous world

In the north city gate of Qushan County, there is a Shizi Street, where there are many restaurants and restaurants.

In the place of Qushan, the town is not big and there are no special products, but it is located on an important road, and there are a lot of people passing by, so most of the shops on the street provide board and lodging.

Zhan Zhao brought the fourth son and Xiao Liang into the city.

The fourth son looked around, "There are so many inns, which one should we stay in?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and asked Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang, "Help me see if any of these restaurants and inns have Japanese characters on them."

"Bian'er?" Little Sizi blinked, "Is it like Zhaozhao?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, stretched out his hand, and pinched Xiaosi's cheek precisely.

"Let's go forward and look for it as we go." Xiao Liang led the horse and walked forward, watching from left to right with the fourth son.

"There is a Riqing Restaurant here." Xiao Liang stopped his horse and asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then shook his head, "Probably not."

"Miaomiao, where is the Sun Moon Tower?" The fourth son pointed to a restaurant in front of him and said.

"Sun and Moon..." Zhan Zhao said to Xiao Liang, "Xiao Liangzi, help me to ask if there is a person named Shen Hao who lives in the store."

"Okay." Xiao Liang ran away, and came back after a while, "Brother Zhan, the store said there is no such person."

"Really..." Zhan Zhao was a little disappointed, and motioned to continue searching.

The three of them went further, and the fourth son said, "Meow, Chaohui Tower."

Xiao Liang asked with a smile, "Jin'er, where is the side of the Japanese?"

"Are you squeezed in the middle?" The fourth son smiled, "Little Liangzi, go ask."

Xiao Liang had already run in, and came out after a while, "Still not there."

Continue to move forward until you reach the end of this street, and you will see a Sunshine Inn.

Xiao Liang ran in without waiting for Zhan Zhao's order, and hurried out after a while, "Brother Zhan, yes! I just checked out three days ago, Tian Zi No. [-]. Because it's the best room, and the price is generous, so buddy Remember clearly."

Zhan Zhao finally laughed and got off his horse.

Seeing a guest coming, the man hurried over to take the reins of the horse and let them take it to the stable for feeding.But he had never seen a clawed civet before, so he stared at the stone for a while, thinking what is this?The pony is as big as a half-sized bear... Its ears are far away from its tail, and it looks stupid.He asked, "Is this also locked in the stable? Biting people?"

"It doesn't live in the stable, it lives with us." The fourth son patted the stone, took Zhan Zhao into the store, carefully pulled his sleeve, jumped into the door, and said, "Oh, the threshold! There are not many people here, and everyone is eating."

Zhan Zhao accurately crossed the threshold, and calmly walked to the counter on the left.

The buddy thought that the fourth son was cute and lively, but he talked too much, but he didn't notice that Zhan Zhao's eyes were inconvenient, and the fourth son was guiding him.

"Dude, I want Tianzi No. [-] room."

"Young master, Tianzi No. [-] room is very precious."

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "It's okay."

"Okay." The shopkeeper at the side hurriedly wrote down the name, "My lord, write down your name."

Zhan Zhao took the pen, lowered his head, and wrote his name on the account book handed over by the shopkeeper, impartially...it was written by Shen Zhao.

"Heh." The shopkeeper looked at the two names side by side, Zhi Le, "My lord, you and the customer in front are really destined, and the name is also the same."

The buddy interjected, "I'm afraid I know him. The kid asked me just now."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and followed the waiter upstairs to Tianzi No. [-] room.

After entering the room, Xiao Liang put the luggage on the bed, and saw that there were two beds, and the room was spacious and clean, so he was quite satisfied.

"Man." Zhan Zhao sat down at the table, took out a piece of silver and put it on the table, and asked the man, "I want to ask about the previous guest."

When the guy saw that there was a tip, he immediately smiled and said, "My lord, ask."

"Is he alone?"

"Yes, alone." The man nodded, "But, that guest doesn't look very well."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Sick or injured?"

"It's not that, it just seems to be something urgent or worrying." The clerk recalled, "I came here a while ago, and I've lived here for half a month now, but I really have some money."

"Did he say where he was going?"

"That's not true. He booked the room for half a month in a fit of anger. The money is paid first. Three days ago, we arrived at the room for half a month. We came to the room and saw that the person had already left, so we helped him out of the room."

"That is to say, you are not sure when he left, are you?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"That's not true!" The clerk felt helpless, "This guest is elusive and doesn't talk to anyone. He often sleeps in the daytime and goes out at night."

"Is there anything else about him that makes you feel strange?"

"Um... oh! Sir, have you heard of a murder case here?" the man asked in a low voice.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "Not only did I hear it, but I also saw it."

"What?" The man jumped up.

"We saw it when we entered the city just now." Xiao Liang asked, "By the way, what is a horse belly? The catcher kicked a beggar just now, and immediately bled to death from all seven orifices."

"Oh... Amitabha Buddha!" ​​The clerk folded his hands and worshiped again and again, "It's amazing! Guest officer, you can listen to me, you can do whatever you want in this Shanshan County, but don't bully others, otherwise You must die!" As he spoke, he told Zhan Zhao the legend of Yishui's belly.

The fourth son and Xiao Liang were stunned when they heard this.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "What does the horse belly you just mentioned have anything to do with Shen Hao?"

"Oh, he seems to be very interested in the belly of horses." The man thought for a while, slapped his head, and said, "By the way, he also said a few strange things."

"What?" Zhan Zhao felt that there might be a clue.

"Hmm... what did he say, 'People don't eat dogs'." The man said helplessly, "what else did he say..."

"What?" The fourth son made him so deflated that he couldn't breathe.

"His words are hard to pronounce." The man scratched his head, "he said... east and west, north and south, south and north, not east and west, not south and south... just such a long list of east, west, north and south, repeating endlessly .”

Zhan Zhao was stunned, what does the elder brother mean by this?

The fourth son and Xiao Liang looked at each other, couldn't help laughing, and murmured in their hearts, don't be a stutterer, Zhan Zhao's elder brother, why does he speak so strangely?

Dude can't think of anything more.

Zhan Zhao stopped asking, and said to him, "Bring me some food."

"Okay." The clerk happily collected the money and asked Zhan Zhao, "What do you eat, sir?"

Zhan Zhao asked him to choose a few local specialties, the taste should be light, and two egg custards and one boiled fish soup... With two children, the meal must be good, if he loses weight, he will not Fa'er explained to Gongsun and Zhao Pu.

After a while, the food came up.

The fourth son helped Zhan Zhao with the dishes, and Xiao Liang helped the fourth son with the vegetables. Although this place is remote, the cooks are quite skilled.Shi Shi seems to like chicken and rice bibimbap very much, and he flicks his tail when he eats it.

"Brother Zhan, does that horse belly really exist?" Xiao Liang was always concerned, "Did someone kill the arrester just now, or is there really a ghost? Why did he kill him so silently?"

As soon as the fourth son heard that there was a ghost, he moved to Xiao Liang's side, "It's so scary."

Xiao Liang stuffed a piece of pork ribs into his mouth, deboned.

"I haven't really heard of it... It's a pity that Gongsun is not here. He has read a lot of books, so he may know." Zhan Zhao smiled gently, "Little four, don't be afraid, horse belly is for those who bully the weak. It's more just, you are a child, how could you come to harm you? Don't worry."

"That's right." The fourth son was relieved, looking up at Zhan Zhao's smiling face stupidly, thinking that the person who blinded Miao Miao was too bad, Miao Miao's smile is the prettiest, especially the eyes .

After eating and making tea, Zhan Zhao asked the two of them, "Are you tired?"

Both said they were not tired.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Then let's digest after the meal, get up and move around."

The two children tilted their heads, "How do you move?"

"Help me find things. Walls, cabinets, under the bed... search a little bit to see if there is anything hidden."

"Meow, you mean your brother hid something for you?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, and reached out to touch the head of the fourth son, "It's really smart."

So, the fourth son and Xiao Liang searched separately.

Zhan Zhao sat there in a daze, thinking carefully about what the buddy said just now, what did the elder brother mean by those words?

"Dogs will not eat evil people"... It's just a gossip to persuade people to be kind, there is nothing special about it.

As for "east and east, east and west, north and south, south and south, not east and west, not south and north"... what does this mean?The direction, or did the guy not understand?

Thinking about it, Zhan Zhao frowned subconsciously.At the same time, he felt a chubby little hand rubbing his brows away.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to grab it, it was the hand of the fourth son, and the fourth son kept telling him not to frown all the way.

"Meow, there is a painting on the bedside."

"painting?"

"Yes, it looks like a doodle, carved on the bed board with a knife."

Zhan Zhao quickly stood up, "Take me to have a look!"

"En!" The fourth son dragged Zhan Zhao to the bedside.

Xiao Liang also came over to look, and saw some strange patterns carved on the wooden bed board with a knife.

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to fumble around, imagining the appearance of the pattern, and after touching it for a long time, he said to Xiao Liang, "Xiao Liangzi, use paper and ink to rub it down."

"Okay!" Xiao Liang and the fourth son hurriedly made rubbings.

……

It was still on the street in Beicheng, Qushan County.

"What the hell is this place in Qushan County?" Sifeng looked at the passers-by while walking, and couldn't help frowning, "Why do they all look like beggars! Sister... why don't we stick to our old profession? Just now Did you say the horse belly killed someone?"

"Didn't you see that the catcher is dying?" Sanfeng frowned, "No one has seen this horse belly before, what if it is real? Be careful and kill your life!"

Sifeng muttered, "You can't be a general if you are timid."

"It's good to be able to eat enough, what kind of general are you doing?!" Sanfeng touched his body, "There is still some money, let's find a small shop to stay, find a rich family to get some money at night, and hurry up on the road, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time .”

Sifeng reluctantly agreed, and as soon as he raised his head... he was attracted by the figure in front of him.

"Oh, sister!" Sifeng grabbed Sanfeng and told her to look ahead, "Look at that man in white!"

Sanfeng followed Sifeng's fingers and looked over, and saw a man in white clothes coming out of a restaurant in front. What - this man in white is definitely a rich man with his outfit!

"How is it?!" Sifeng was happy, "The money giver is here!" After speaking, he ran forward.

Sanfeng chased, "Oh, he seems to have kung fu!"

"What are you afraid of? When you get caught, the old way of yelling molestation, who ran when you saw it!" After finishing speaking, he chased after him.

The man in white walked neither fast nor slow, as if he was not in a hurry.

There were so many restaurants and restaurants on both sides, and he walked one by one. After entering, he took a look at the lobby first, and then asked the shopkeeper or the waiter if he saw a man in a blue shirt with two children and a little bear.

The guys all shook their heads, so he came out and asked another one.

Sifeng's heart moved - isn't what he was looking for the person he met at the gate of the city?Thinking of that good-looking blind boy, Sifeng became inexplicably curious, and ran up quickly regardless of Sanfeng's obstruction.

The man in white is naturally Bai Yutang.

He calculated that Zhan Zhao and the others should be there too, so he searched inns one by one. If the fourth son was riding a rock, he should be very eye-catching.

Sifeng wanted to run over quickly as he did when he was doing business in the past, pretending to bump into each other accidentally, and touched the other party's purse.

This time he ran up to her, Bai Yutang didn't say anything, not even trying to run away.Sifeng frowned, looking at her good looks, she turned out to be an idiot!

Thinking about it, I was about to hit it.

But the strange thing is...

Sifeng saw a white shadow swaying beside him... The shoulders that were supposed to be touching did not touch each other, but the man in white disappeared.She didn't understand what was going on, but when she looked back, she was shocked!The man in white still maintained the same appearance as before, walking forward unhurriedly.

Sanfeng could see clearly from behind, took a breath and hurried forward to pull Sifeng to go, "You are a master, let's go, no one cares about us!"

Sifeng thought about it for a second, pulled Sanfeng and refused to leave, turned around and shouted, "Oh! Is the person you are looking for named Zhan?"

As soon as the words fell... the man in white really stopped.