Tang Yin, Letian, and Jiang Fan traveled all the way out of Ba Pass, into Mo Country, then crossed the entire Mo Country, entered An Country, and went all the way south. They traveled thousands of miles and traveled day and night, which was extremely hard work.
Anguo is located in the south of Mo State and north of Shangjing. It is one of the three vassal states bordering the capital. Anguo has a vast territory and occupies the richest and most central piece of land in the Haotian Empire. The country is prosperous and the people are strong. Since Anguo
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has never launched a war with other countries, nor has it been attacked by other vassal states. Although the surrounding vassal states all covet An's rich land, its strong national power also makes other states fearful.
There was once a powerful and uncrowned king among the nine vassal states, and the words of King Anguo were even more effective than the emperor's imperial edict.
Only in recent years, with the rapid rise of Ning, Mo, Yu, Sichuan and other vassal states, has the influence of Anguo gradually weakened. Since Ning and Mo are both in the north, and they are restrained by Fengguo, they do not pose a threat to Anguo.
, the rise of Yu and Sichuan cannot be underestimated, especially the Sichuan Kingdom, which dominates the southern part of the empire, has developed rapidly in military strength, and has received strong support from Shenchi. It is eyeing Dandan south of Shangjing, and has initially shown its posture of commanding the heroes.
Entering Anguo, you will immediately feel that the country is as stable and prosperous as its name suggests. Due to the long-term stability and peace of Anguo, the population has increased steadily. Among the nine major princes, Anguo has the largest population. Within the territory of Anguo, villages and towns can be found everywhere.
, its peaceful and prosperous era is enviable.
On this day, Tang Yin and the others walked to Tianhe County in Anguo. This place is located in the south of Anguo, not too far from the southern border. After all, Lotte is in charge of intelligence, and he also has a general understanding of the terrain of Anguo.
, he said to Tang Yin: "Sir, this is not far from Shangjing. According to 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 left Yancheng?
"Reply to my lord, it has been sixteen days." Letian answered directly without thinking.
Tang Yin couldn't help but sigh. Yancheng is far away from Beijing, but if there is modern transportation, it can be reached in less than a day. But now, the three of them ride fast horses all night long, and they have to change countless horses.
It took sixteen days to travel, but there were still three days to go to Beijing. Now he could finally understand why Jiang Lu took so long to go to Beijing. It was not that Jiang Lu was slow, but that the journey was really too long.
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Hearing his sigh, Letian thought Tang Yin was complaining that he was walking too slowly. He hurriedly said: "Sir, our speed is already fast enough. Under normal circumstances, it takes at least two months from Yancheng to Shangjing. We only need
It will take less than twenty days, which is the limit." Tang Yin nodded and looked at the sky. It was almost evening. He looked at Lotte and Jiang Fan again. They were both unkempt and disheveled. There was a thick layer of dust on their bodies. There was no need.
Look, his appearance is not much better. He said quietly: "Let's find a place to rest today, have a good night's sleep, and then travel again tomorrow." It was rare to have a full night's rest. Letian and Jiang Fan were very happy and nodded in agreement.
yes.
They walked forward a short distance and happened to encounter 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 not big and there were not many customers inside. Tang Yin was very interested in Lotte.
He and Jiang Fan said, "Let's have something to eat here first!" "Yes!" Jiang Fan agreed, took the reins of the horse and tied it to the horse post outside the teahouse. Tang Yin and Letian dusted off the dust on their bodies and left.
Enter the teahouse.
Just by looking at the clothes of Tang Yin and the others, one could tell that they were not locals. As soon as the three of them arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of the teahouse guests. However, they did not see anything special about them, so people turned back and continued drinking tea.
There was a small talk without a word.
Tang Yin, Lotte, and Jiang Fan sat down at a table near the window. Soon, a waiter from the teahouse ran up to him and asked with a smile: "You three guests, what would you like to drink?" "Tea! Yes, yes.
If you want any good tea, just bring it up." Letian raised his head and said, "Do you have anything to eat here?" "Oh... what do you want to eat, sir?" "Anything is fine, as long as it can fill your stomach!" "That's good.
Do it! Sir, please wait a moment, it will be delivered right away." What the waiter likes most is this kind of customer, who is not wordy and orders everything casually. He responded simply, turned around and left.
While waiting for the waiter to bring tea and food, Tang Yin also listened to the chats of other guests. These guests were all residents near the teahouse. They all knew each other and talked freely. They talked about the same things.
Trivial matters.
However, the conversation between the two middle-aged men at the table to Tang Yin's left aroused his interest.
"I heard that two more babies were lost in the town last night." "Yeah, I heard that too. Is this the tenth one?" "Well, if no one comes out to control it again, I think the homes in the town will be lost.
All the families with children have to move out." "It's not that we don't care, it's that we can't control it! It's said that the county capital has mobilized Lingwu masters, but it doesn't help." "I wonder who did such an immoral thing?!" "
I don’t think it was necessarily done by humans. I guess there might be a ghost in the town. Otherwise, how could we not catch anyone? I can’t even see the shadow of anyone..." Pfft! Hearing this, Tang Yin couldn't help laughing.
Come on. Talking about ghosts is just nonsense! Hearing his sneer, the two middle-aged men turned their heads and looked at Tang Yin with a frown. After looking him up and down for a while, one of them asked: "Young man
, why are you laughing?" "If a baby is lost, it must be caused by someone, but they 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, and you don't understand the situation at all. There is no need to talk nonsense here and think you are right." Tang Yin shrugged, and at this time the boy happened to stop him.
When the tea was delivered, Tang Yin poured a cup of tea, blew it a little, drank the tea slowly and ignored him.
He was too lazy to ask questions about things that had nothing to do with him, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense to people who had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Tang Yin stopped talking, thinking that he knew he was in the wrong, the middle-aged man rolled his eyes at him again and continued chatting with his companions.
When the waiter in the store delivered another simple meal, Tang Yin asked: "Man, is there a hotel in the town?" "Yes! Sir, please keep walking along the road outside. Wait until you arrive in the town."
At that time, you can see the largest inn in this town, which is comfortable and reasonably priced." The innkeeper introduced it to Tang Yin enthusiastically.
After hearing this, Tang Yin thanked him with a smile, and then ate quickly with Letian and Jiang Fan.
The three of them were very fast. In a short time, they finished the several plates of food on the table. Then Lotte called the waiter to come to the store, took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to him, saying: "No need to look for it." "Thank you, customer."
Sir, thank you sir!" Prices in Anguo are relatively low, and you can buy a lot of things with a piece of broken silver. The shopkeeper couldn't close his mouth happily, nodding and bowing to thank Tang Yin and others.
After leaving the teahouse and getting on the horse, Lotte couldn't help but asked curiously: "Sir, who would steal a baby in this town? What's the use of stealing a baby?" Tang Yin shrugged and said casually: "The devil knows. This
The matter has nothing to do with us, don't worry about it." "Yes! Sir!" Lotte nodded.
According to what the store clerk pointed out, the three of them rode horses all the way. Sure enough, near the center of the town, there was a large inn on the roadside with two floors. A huge plaque hung above the door with four big characters written on it.
, Jixiang Inn.
Seeing this big inn, Tang Yin, Lotte, and Jiang Fan all sighed in their hearts. Before entering, the comfort of lying on a soft bed began to appear in their minds.
As soon as the three of them dismounted, the waiter from the inn came out to welcome them and asked with a smile: "Are the three guests staying at the hotel?" "Yes!" Lotte said, "Prepare three upper rooms for us."
As he spoke, he patted the horses beside him and said: "Prepare the best forage, we will be on our way tomorrow morning." "Okay, okay, okay, please come in quickly to invite the three guests!" The waiter called to the other waiters.
He led the three horses to the inner courtyard and greeted Tang Yin and the others to enter the inn.
Because the town is not big and it is not located on a major traffic road, there are not many businessmen and tourists passing by. The inn also looks very calm, and few of the rooms have occupied rooms.
After entering the inn, the waiter led Tang Yin and others directly to the second floor, stopped in front of three guest rooms, and asked: "You three, please see if you are satisfied with these three guest rooms?" The three guest rooms are adjacent to each other.
After entering it, he felt that it was spacious enough. Tang Yin nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, just these three rooms!" Tang Yin, Letian and Jiang Fan stayed in the inn. Because of the long days of traveling, the three of them were too tired.
After taking a shower in their respective rooms, before it was completely dark, the three of them fell on the bed, covered their heads and fell asleep.
Not sure how long he had slept, Tang Yin was suddenly awakened by a short and slight sound of breaking wind.
Even though he was asleep, his six senses were still astonishingly sharp due to the habits he had developed over the years, and any disturbance could not be hidden from his ears.
That was the sound of people's clothes shaking in the wind when they were walking quickly. Tang Yin, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, turned over, got off the bed, walked to the window with bare feet, pushed the window open a gap, and looked out
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It was late at night, and the sky was dark with dark clouds. Others might not be able to see anything, but Tang Yin had night eyes, so he could see everything outside the window clearly.
In front of the inn, he saw a dark figure walking across the roof at high speed. 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 reached the edge of the eaves, he would
The figure will suddenly disappear, and then appear directly on the eaves opposite. This is the shadow drift that can only be used by dark spiritual cultivators.
How could Tang Yin not be surprised to see such a dark spiritual cultivator who continuously used Shadow Drift in this small town? At this moment, he suddenly remembered the conversation between the two middle-aged people in the teahouse. Could it be that the baby was lost?