Chapter 125: Simple Folkways (4)

Hejian Mansion is about ten days away from Shanlan County.

But Kong Ning naturally didn't need to spend so long on the road.

The world is dangerous and demons are rampant. Although he dare not fly directly in the sky ostentatiously, he can reach his destination quickly by walking on the ground with only his feet and only taking remote paths.

On the 26th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, on the afternoon of the second day after leaving Shanlan County, Kong Ning saw the vast city on the plain ahead from afar.

It is different from Shanlan County, which is surrounded by mountains and has only one road in and out, which is extremely remote and small.

Hejian Mansion is a big city and important town.

Wangjiang River, Yunhe River, and Jinchi River, the three rivers converge here and turn into a mighty long river rushing eastward.

On Kong Ning's back, the little girl who had been sleeping on her stomach for several hours felt Kong Ning stop, rubbed her eyes and woke up.

"Master..." Caiwei called timidly.

When they set off, Kong Ning had already decided to accept the little girl as an apprentice, and held a simple apprenticeship ceremony outside Shanlan County.

Now that the little girl has learned the "Enlightenment Scripture", she can recite this scripture silently every day, feeling the aura of heaven and earth.

Kong Ning said: "It's okay, you continue to sleep, we are almost there."

Saying that, Kong Ning walked out of the mountain, merged into the official road at the foot of the mountain, and walked straight to the vast city ahead.

It seems that because of the proximity to Fucheng, the traffic on the official road is dense, and it looks very lively.

However, Kong Ning, who was in the middle of it, could be keenly aware of the slight hostility and vigilance among these people walking outside.

Almost everyone who walks carries a weapon.

On the official road, no one made any noise.

They all kept a safe distance from each other and remained silent, as if loud voices would cause some disaster.

Soon, Kong Ning came to the gate of the city.

There is a long line here.

All people entering and exiting the city gate need to check the road guide or identity information.

Those armored soldiers stood aside, watching everyone's movements vigilantly, as if they would immediately attack each other with their swords if anyone made any changes.

It is clearly a peaceful age, without wars, but the atmosphere is so dignified.

Could it be that these people in the Hejian Mansion already know the reality of the world and the chaos of demons raging in the world? That's why they set up checkpoints and are heavily guarded?

But this group of mortal soldiers, although full of blood, can only bully monsters with less than a hundred years of practice.

As long as a monster with more than a hundred years of practice can easily break through this city gate. Is it meaningful that they are so vigilant?

Kong Ning was confused.

After queuing in the crowd for a while, Kong Ning finally understood why the soldiers were heavily guarded.

What these soldiers are guarding against is not monsters, but living people.

The bulletin board next to the city gate is covered with various blood-red arrest warrants.

The wanted persons above are all Jiangyang robbers who committed vicious murders in Hejian Mansion.

Wanted criminals, that's normal.

It's just that the number of arrest warrants is a bit intimidating.

Just from the number of these arrest warrants, we can roughly outline an extremely chaotic world.

It is not clear whether the demons harm people or not, but those mortals who are high-spirited and skilled in martial arts have obviously lost their restraint, causing disasters recklessly in the world, and it is difficult to control.

The land of Hejian Mansion alone has become so chaotic...

The emptiness in the crowd was slightly speechless.

Obviously there are no famines and wars, but the world has become so chaotic, a dark and hopeless end-time scene.

The vast world beyond Shanlan County is much more dangerous than he expected.

He led Caiwei to the front of the team and was inspected by the patrolling soldiers.

Although Caiwei has cat ears and animal eyes and a tail, Kong Ning's illusion can easily confuse these mortals.

Coupled with the guide issued by the Shanlan County Government, Kong Ning easily entered the city gate.

After entering the city gate, what they saw was a crowd of people shuttling back and forth.

Hejian Mansion is indeed extremely lively, and the streets are crowded with each other and bustling.

It's just that there is no loud shouting here.

Those street vendors all stood silently behind the stalls, observing the surrounding situation vigilantly, as if something was wrong and they were about to run away at any time.

The whole city, although people come and go, is extremely prosperous, but it is still everywhere, revealing a strange depression.

Kongning and Caiwei didn't go far when they saw a fierce quarrel ahead.

Surrounded by the crowd, a man beat a woman while holding her down.

While beating and cursing: "I told you to run! I told you to steal!"

The woman's face was covered with blood from his beating, she screamed and struggled. But among the crowd watching around, no one reached out to help.

Not even a voice of discussion.

The people huddled together watched all this silently, and no one spoke.

Only the man's scolding kept ringing.

"Let you disobey women! Let you disobey women!"

Such an incongruous combination of noise and silence made this scene inexplicably weird.

As the crowd watched, the man beat and cursed.

But at this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from a distance.

"Who is making trouble!"

Kong Ning turned his head, and saw several yamen arresters coming here on fast horses. Everyone on the street along the way gave way one after another.

And when the man heard the sound of the horse's hooves, he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his arms, and stabbed it fiercely into the woman's heart.

"I told you to steal people!"

The moment the dagger pierced the woman's heart, the disheveled woman froze and fell down.

The crowd of onlookers dispersed one after another.

Several arresters on fast horses rushed over, only to see the man yell, and use the dagger that stabbed his wife to death, and pull hard on his neck.

Immediately, blood spurted wildly.

The two corpses of a man and a woman just fell on the streets of the busy city.

As for the onlookers, from the beginning to the end, no one wanted to stop the persuasion, and they all watched silently.

Now that the crowd dispersed, the police officers reined in their horses and stopped, looking at the two corpses on the ground, but they didn't react too excitedly.

It seems to be used to it.

The leading arrester quickly said, "Zhao San, go and inform the family of the deceased, and tell them to come and clean up the body and clean the road."

After speaking, the group of arresters were ready to leave.

But when the leading police officer turned around, he suddenly saw Kong Ning in the crowd.

He was slightly taken aback, a little surprised.

"Kongning? Why did you come to Hejian Mansion?" Zhang Rong, who used to be a policeman in Shanlan County and is now a fast catcher in Hejian Mansion, said happily.

He got off his horse, ran to Kong Ning, and said with a smile: "When you come to Hejian Mansion, don't tell my brother, so I can clean up the dust for you!"

Zhang Rong was very happy to meet an old acquaintance.

Kong Ning looked at him, at the dispersed crowd, and at the two corpses lying in a pool of blood with wide open eyes.

He smiled and said, "Zhang Tou, your Hejian Mansion..."

After a pause, Kong Ning added: "The folk customs are simple and simple."

Zhang Rong was slightly startled by this, and then smiled helplessly.

"Naturally, it can't compare to the stability and peace of Shanlan County... Sigh..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help sighing, and said, "But this is all good. There are many more sinister things than this."

"You will know if you stay in Hejian Mansion for a few more days."

"The world outside is really not for people. I regret coming back..."

Add.

Several brothers asked about the foreshadowing of moon cakes.

That... In fact, the moon cake was not a foreshadowing. At that time, Kong Ning's cognition was confused, and all the key information he heard were replaced by "moon cake" by Xuegu.

So the warnings that Kong Ning heard were all moon cakes.

As for the two warnings Baishi issued to Kong Ning before, it was not because he wanted to save Kong Ning with good intentions, but because it was about to fail, and he wanted to call back Qingshi's consciousness, and restore the situation where the three legs stand together and fight each other .

It's just that Aunt Xue controlled everything, making her dying struggle unsuccessful.

Finally, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.