Wu Qiudao lowered his flying sword, carrying only the God-binding clues, some broken silver coins and the Seven-Star and Five-Bright Sword.
The small town is close to the sea and has a long golden sand beach. Many ships are docked at the pier near the tidal flat. A large number of workers gather here to do some loading and unloading.
He landed on the ground and smelled a strong smell of fish and sea coming from the direction of the pier, which filled the entire town with a fishy smell. However, the local residents obviously didn't care. There was a queue at the city gate.
They were talking and laughing, obviously in a good mood.
Wu Qiudao didn't know where this place was, so he squeezed into the queue along with the crowd, wanting to listen to people's chatter, but he didn't bring any luggage with him. He had a long sword at his waist, was well-dressed, and had that extraordinary handsome appearance.
It obviously made everyone feel uncomfortable.
The civilians queuing up at the front, back and left gave him a large space to avoid encountering the nobles and causing disaster.
A merchant with a waiter squeezed over, with a flattering smile on his face: "Good afternoon, noble man. I wonder where you came from, why didn't you bring some servants with you?"
Wu Qiudao glanced at the merchant and wanted to inquire about the local situation, so he pulled out his sword and gestured: "You're welcome, I'm not a noble person, I'm just a Qi practitioner who travels around the world. I rely on my martial arts.
What kind of servants do you need to eat?"
When the merchant heard Wu Qiudao's words, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he continued: "It turns out that he is a wandering Taoist priest. I wonder if I will have a place to stay when I grow up in the city? If you don't give up, you can live with me.
Here!"
Wu Qiudao asked curiously: "This... believer, why is he so respectful to the Taoist priest?"
The merchant replied: "Hey, it's appropriate to pay respect to the Taoist priest! I don't know if the Taoist priest knows how to fast and pray. My caravan is not safe along the way, and I need a high-level master to pray for me.
Pray to dispel evil and darkness!"
Wu Qiudao nodded, wishing that he was somewhat proficient in divine arts, and asked, "What's your surname is this believer?"
The merchant replied flatteringly: "The Taoist is very polite. I am a believer from Hedong. My surname is Yao and my name is Gaoqu. The Taoist can just call me 'Lao Yao'!"
Wu Qiudao nodded and began to ask the businessman Lao Yao about where this place was.
So Lao Yao introduced, this is Yudu Town, Meidao, Pu County, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Tang Dynasty. This town did not exist forty years ago. The mayor Yuchang started from scratch, bought land, enclosed it, and built a town with walls.
That’s why Yudu Town came into being.
There are two great businesses in Yudu Town: one is gold smelting. It is said that the old mayor Yuchang bought this land with a bucket of gold, but no one knows where the Yu family got so much gold;
Another was an amazing catch.
The fish season in Yudu Town is very special. In this fishing ground about thirty miles wide from the coast, countless fish and shrimps can be caught all year round. The number is so large that the fishermen here have to dry their catch.
It is dried and made into dried food, so that the whole area is filled with a fishy smell all year round.
Among the ships coming and going at the pier of Yudu Town, there are transport ships transporting raw ore, fishing boats coming to catch fish and shrimps, and merchant ships coming specifically to buy dried fish and shrimps. Unknowingly, Yudu Town is becoming more and more
Busy and crowded, it has become what it is now.
Merchants like Lao Yao are everywhere in Yudu Town, and as soon as there are more merchants, people from the Jianghu community will follow.
Wu Qiudao nodded. He had been a little strange since just now. Why did Lao Yao and everyone treat him so respectfully? It was so baffling that he was a little confused.
Lao Yao looked around and said in a low voice: "Forgive me, Taoist Master, it's not appropriate to talk about this kind of thing here. After we enter the city and arrive at the inn, I'll tell you the reason to the Taoist Master!"
At this time, they were also queued up. Under the welcome of Lao Yao Quyi, Wu Qiudao also paid the city entry fee on his behalf, and then he slowly entered the city under the watchful eyes of the soldiers at the city gate.
Wu Qiudao noticed that there was something strange about these soldiers. They looked ugly, and their eyes were different from ordinary people, especially the bulging eyes. They hardly blinked. They stared at the passers-by all the way, and they were particularly conscientious.
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However, in addition to the people queuing up, there were a few dark-skinned people dressed in rough clothes who entered the city gate directly without queuing. Like these city gate soldiers, they also had bulging eyeballs, abnormally thick hands and feet, and their skin was stained
Some grayish yellow.
Lao Yao noticed that Wu Qiudao was looking at the clumsy and stumbling civilians, and stepped forward at the right time to explain: "Those who don't have to line up, and the soldiers guarding the city gate are all locals from Mae Island. As you can see, they are easy to identify.
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But Wu Qiudao wanted to ask more, but Lao Yao kept saying the same thing, and we would talk about it when we got to the inn. Wu Qiudao originally wanted to find out the clues about the original family members by himself, but seeing that Lao Yao was tight-lipped, he could only follow him into the city.
First.
As soon as he entered the city gate, Wu Qiudao frowned. He felt a gloomy and restless aura blowing towards his face on the mourning platform.
It's not because the fishy smell is pungent, but it's a bit similar to the feeling of facing the true face of Donghuazi Mugong before, but it's more subtle, and there's not such strong spiritual pressure. It's just a little uncomfortable, like a cold, making the spiritual platform covered with dust.
It affects the whole body's perception.
"Taoist Master, what's wrong?" Old Yao asked worriedly and curiously.
"Nothing." Wu Qiudao shook his head, feeling that things were getting interesting. This small Yudu Town on Mei Island could make his spiritual sense so vigilant. It was really unreasonable. It seemed that his original life experience was not simple. This time
I want to break into that dragon's pond and tiger's den!
Yudu Town is a long, wide and very lively town. There are visitors from all over the world, and there are even blond bearded Hu merchants, curly-haired and black-skinned South Asian dwarfs, and big diners wearing black hats and black clothes.
But even such a dense flow of people did not suppress the weird atmosphere of this town.
The buildings in Yudu Town are very dense, but there seems to be no unified planning. The streets are sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and large stacked eaves and pointed gables are crowded together. It is messy and disorderly, making people feel irritable and unhappy.
Although the street is very lively, there are always a few houses along the street that seem to have been idle for a long time. The doors and windows are closed, the walls are cracked, and they are full of insects. The eaves on the roofs of several houses are broken, leaving only
The next gaping black hole.
Although the Xingsha in the Life Palace has not been fully listed and he has not obtained the entry for hearing and seeing, Wu Qiudao's hearing is now much better than ordinary people. He feels that these dilapidated houses are not as uninhabited as they appear on the surface.
When passing these houses, Wu Qiudao heard the creaking of wood, living creatures hurriedly passing by, and some indescribable weird noises. Some of the sounds even came from under their feet, as if there was a modern underground house.
Like a huge sewer.
Wu Qiudao was almost certain that there must be a group of tunnels extending in all directions underground in Yudu Town. Of course, it might also be an underground cave.
This is too dangerous. The dissolution effect of seawater on cave tunnels is very strong. It would not be surprising if the underground of Yudu Town suddenly collapses one day!