Chapter 476

Tang Yin, Letian, and Jiang Fan hurried all the way, out of Baguan, into Moguo, and then through the entire Moguo, into the territory of Anguo, all the way south, thousands of miles away, day and night, can be said to be extremely hard.

Anguo, located in the south of Moguo and the north of Shangjing, is one of the three major vassal states bordering the capital. Anguo has a vast territory, and occupies a large area of ​​the richest and most central land in the Haotian Empire. The country is prosperous and the people are strong. Since the founding of Anguo, it has never launched a war against other countries, nor has it been attacked by other vassal states. Although the surrounding vassal states all covet the rich land of Anguo, its strong national strength also makes other countries fear it. It was once the uncrowned king among the nine vassal states. The words of the king of Anguo are even more effective than the emperor's edict.

It is only in recent years that with the rapid rise of vassal states such as Ning, Mo, Yu, and Chuan, the influence of Anguo has gradually weakened. Since Ning and Mo are both in the north and are restrained by Feng, they do not pose a threat to Anguo. However, the rising Yu and Chuan countries should not be underestimated, especially Chuan, which dominates the south of the empire, has a rapid military development, and has received strong support from Shenchi. It is lurking in the south of Shangjing and has initially shown its ability to command the heroes.

Entering Anguo, one will immediately feel that the country is as stable and prosperous as its name suggests. Due to the long-term stability and no war in Anguo, the population has steadily increased. Among the nine vassal states, Anguo has the largest population. In the territory of Anguo, villages and towns can be seen everywhere. Its peaceful and prosperous times are enviable.

On this day, Tang Yin and his three companions arrived in Tianhe County of Anguo. This place is located in the south of Anguo, not too far from the southern border. After all, Le Tian was in charge of intelligence, and he had a general understanding of the terrain of Anguo. As he walked forward, he said to Tang Yin: "Sir, this place is not far from Shangjing. At our current speed, we can leave Anguo and enter the capital in three days!" Tang Yin smiled and asked casually: "How many days have we been away from Yancheng?" "Sir, it has been sixteen days." Le Tian answered without thinking.

Tang Yin couldn't help but sigh. Yancheng is far away from Shangjing, but if there are modern means of transportation, it will take less than a day to arrive. Now, the three of them rode fast horses all night and changed horses countless times. It took sixteen days to travel, but there were still three days to Shangjing. Now he finally understood why Jiang Lu took so long to go to Shangjing. It was not that Jiang Lu was slow, but the journey was really too long.

Hearing his sigh, Letian thought Tang Yin was complaining that they were moving too slowly, so he hurriedly said, "Sir, we are already fast enough. Normally, it takes at least two months to get from Yancheng to Shangjing, but we only need less than twenty days, which is already the limit." Tang Yin nodded, looked at the sky, it was almost evening, and then looked at Letian and Jiang Fan, both of them were disheveled and covered with a thick layer of dust. Without looking, he knew that he didn't look much better. He said quietly, "Let's find a place to rest today, have a good night's sleep, and continue on our journey tomorrow." It was rare to have a whole night's rest, so Letian and Jiang Fan were very happy and nodded in agreement.

After walking a little further, they came across a small town. The three of them got off their horses in front of a teahouse on the edge of the town and looked inside. The teahouse was small and there were not many guests. Tang Yin said to Le Tian and Jiang Fan, "Let's eat something here first!" "Yes!" Jiang Fan agreed, took the reins of the horse, tied it to the horse post outside the teahouse, Tang Yin and Le Tian dusted off the dust on their bodies and walked into the teahouse.

Just looking at the clothes of Tang Yin and the other two, you can tell that they are not locals. After the three of them came, they immediately attracted the attention of the guests in the teahouse, but they didn't see anything special about them. People turned back and continued to drink tea and chat.

Tang Yin, Letian, and Jiang Fan sat down at a table near the window. Soon, the waiter in the teahouse ran up and asked with a smile: "Three guests, what would you like to drink?" "Tea! What good tea do you have? Just bring it up." Letian raised his head and said: "Do you have anything to eat here?" "Oh...what do you want to eat?" "Anything is fine, as long as it can fill your stomach!" "That's easy! Please wait, it will be delivered immediately." The waiter likes such guests the most, who are not verbose and can order anything they want. He simply responded and turned away.

While waiting for the waiter to serve tea and food, Tang Yin also listened to the chats of other guests. These guests were residents near the teahouse, knew each other, and talked freely. What they talked about were also trivial matters.

However, the conversation of the two middle-aged people at the table next to Tang Yin's left hand side aroused his interest.

"I heard that two more babies were lost in the town last night." "Yeah, I heard that too. This is the tenth one, right?" "Well, if no one comes out to control it, I think all the families with children in the town will move out." "It's not that we don't care, it's that we can't control it! It is said that the county capital has transferred a spiritual martial arts master, but it's useless." "I wonder who did such a wicked thing?!" "I don't think it was done by a person. I guess there may be ghosts in the town, otherwise how could they not catch anyone? There is not even a shadow of a person..." Puff! Hearing this, Tang Yin couldn't help laughing. The ghost talk is simply nonsense! Hearing his sneer, the two middle-aged men turned their heads and looked at Tang Yin with frowns. After looking him up and down for a while, one of them asked: "Young man, what are you laughing at?" "If a baby is lost, it must be done by a person, but he just didn't catch it." Tang Yin said with a faint smile.

The middle-aged man who said it was the work of ghosts curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "You are not from this town, you don't know the situation at all, and don't talk nonsense here, you are self-righteous." Tang Yin shrugged. At this time, the waiter just brought the tea. Tang Yin poured a cup of tea, blew it slightly, drank the tea slowly, and ignored him.

He was too lazy to ask more about things that had nothing to do with him, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense with people who had nothing to do with him.

Seeing that Tang Yin stopped talking, thinking that he knew he was wrong, the middle-aged man rolled his eyes at him again and continued to chat with his companions.

When the waiter brought simple meals again, Tang Yin asked: "Waiter, is there a hotel in the town?" "Yes! Sir, you go straight along this road outside. When you are almost in the town, you can see the largest inn in the town. It is comfortable and the price is reasonable." The waiter introduced it to Tang Yin enthusiastically.

After hearing this, Tang Yin smiled and thanked them, then quickly started eating with Letian and Jiang Fan.

The three of them were very fast, and in a short time, they finished the dishes on the table. Then, Letian called the waiter, took out a piece of silver and handed it to him, saying: "No need to change." "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The prices in Anguo were relatively low, and a piece of silver could buy a lot of things. The waiter was so happy that he nodded and bowed to Tang Yin and others to thank them.

After leaving the teahouse and sitting on the horse, Letian couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sir, who would steal a baby in the town? What's the use of stealing a baby?" Tang Yin shrugged and said casually: "Who knows. This matter has nothing to do with us, don't worry about it." "Yes! Sir!" Letian nodded.

Following the instructions of the shop assistant, the three of them rode forward all the way. Sure enough, near the center of the town, there was a large inn on the roadside, with two floors. Above the gate hung a huge plaque with four large characters written in a flamboyant style: "Auspicious Inn".

Seeing this large inn, Tang Yin, Letian, and Jiang Fan all breathed a sigh of relief. Before they entered, the three of them began to imagine the comfort of lying on the soft bed.

As soon as the three of them got off the horse, the waiter of the inn came out and asked with a smile: "Would you like to stay in the inn?" "Yes!" Letian said: "Prepare three upper rooms for us." As he spoke, he patted the horse beside him and said: "Prepare the best fodder, we have to travel tomorrow morning." "Okay, okay, okay, please come in!" The waiter called on the other waiters to lead the three horses to the inner courtyard, and invited Tang Yin and the other two to enter the inn.

Because the town is not big and not located on a major traffic route, there are not many merchants and tourists passing by. The inn also seems very quiet, and there are not many rooms occupied.

After entering the inn, the waiter led Tang Yin and others directly to the second floor, stopped in front of the three guest rooms, and asked: "Three guests, please take a look at these three upper rooms. Are you satisfied?" The three guest rooms are adjacent to each other. After entering one of them, it feels spacious enough. Tang Yin nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, let's take these three rooms!" Tang Yin, Le Tian and Jiang Fan stayed in the inn. Because of the days of rushing on the road, the three of them were too tired. After taking a bath in their respective rooms, it was not completely dark yet, and the three of them fell on the bed and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Tang Yin was suddenly awakened by a short and slight sound of breaking wind.

Although he was in a deep sleep, the habit he developed over the years made his six senses still sharp and amazing, and any slight movement could not be hidden from his ears.

That was the sound of people's clothes shaking in the wind when they walked quickly. Tang Yin, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, turned over, got off the bed, walked barefoot to the window, pushed the window open a crack, and looked out.

It was late at night, and the sky was covered with dark clouds. It was pitch dark. If it were someone else, they might not be able to see anything, but Tang Yin had night vision, and he could see every scene and object outside the window clearly. In front of the inn, a black shadow was moving very fast on the roof. The speed of the man was as fast as the wind and as fast as lightning. What surprised Tang Yin the most was that every time the man walked to the edge of a house eave, his figure would suddenly disappear, and then appear directly on the opposite eave. That was the shadow drift that only dark spiritual practitioners could use.

In this small town, it was actually possible to see a dark spiritual practitioner who used shadow drift so continuously. How could Tang Yin not be surprised? At this time, he suddenly remembered the conversation between the two middle-aged men in the teahouse. Could it be that the missing baby was related to this person?