As the crowd dispersed, Lin Yan quietly returned to the inn under the cover of night without disturbing anyone.
The next morning, Lin Yan woke up early and paid careful attention to the movements in other rooms.
After a while, the doors to other rooms opened one after another, and the guests inside slowly walked out.
Lin Yan also pretended to have just woken up and yawned and walked out of the room.
As usual, it was time to go downstairs for breakfast, so most of the guests opened the door and went downstairs one after another.
Lin Yan took a cursory glance and found that besides him, there were about four households staying in the hotel. They were two young men and women in white clothes with swords, a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman, and a man in coarse cloth with a stubble on his face. Rough guy.
Seeing them all walking downstairs, Lin Yan followed suit and found that the hall downstairs was empty and there was no one.
The rough man was the first to speak up. He had a loud voice and said in a loud voice: "The shopkeeper! The shopkeeper! Where did he go?"
Lin Yan thought to himself: All the shopkeepers were taken away, so naturally there is no one left.
The woman in white wearing a sword frowned slightly as she listened to the rough man's loud voice, showing a hint of disgust.
The middle-aged man dressed as a businessman also looked around and said: "It's strange. The shopkeepers all got up early and prepared meals a few days ago. Why are there no people today? Could it be that they haven't gotten up yet?" "
At this time, the man in white spoke: "Everyone, why don't we look around first? We can't go hungry, right?"
Hearing this, the others could only nod helplessly and started searching on the first floor, even in the yard, but still could not find the shopkeeper.
"Forget it, forget it, who knows where the shopkeeper has gone? I'm starving to death. I'll go out and see if there's anything to eat." The rough man searched for a long time to no avail. He got a little impatient, waved his hand and walked towards The door passed.
The middle-aged man dressed as a merchant also echoed the words: "What this old man said is reasonable. The shopkeeper may have something urgent and is not in the store. Why don't we go find a store outside to have something to eat."
After hearing the words, the remaining people followed and walked out.
Unexpectedly, when the rough man opened the door, he found many people gathered around the door, pointing at it.
Everyone was a little confused immediately, thinking: What is going on?
Of course, Lin Yan knew that 80% of this was related to the arrest of the shopkeeper last night.
Seeing the people around him pointing at them, as if they were watching a monkey show, the rough man immediately became angry, grabbed a spectator and asked fiercely: "Say What? Louder!"
The person who was carried over was very thin and looked malnourished. The rough man's arms were thicker than his thighs. Looking at the fierce look on the latter's face, he was immediately frightened. He said that he was in trouble, his lips kept trembling, and he said intermittently: "The shopkeeper... the shopkeeper..."
"What the hell! You can't even speak a complete sentence!" The rough man was very annoyed when he saw him like this and threw him aside.
Then, he shouted to the crowd: "Is there anyone who can speak eloquently! Stand up and tell me what's going on!"
Seeing how fierce he was, people unconsciously took a step back. After a while, an old man on crutches separated from the crowd and walked out, cleared his throat and said, "This strong man!"
"Huh?" The rough man turned to look at him.
"Song, the shopkeeper of this inn, attacked the Immortal Master last night and offended the god of the underworld. He has been detained by the Immortal Master and will be executed in three days!" the old man on crutches said slowly.
When several people heard this, they looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes: Who would have thought that shopkeeper Song would be arrested in just one night! Or is it because he offended some god of the underworld?
At this time, the man in white stepped forward, raised his hands and said, "Old man, who is this God of the Underworld?"
The old man coughed a few times and said: "Lord Hades has boundless power and is the one who can save us from the sea of suffering!"
The man in white was speechless for a while when he heard this. The father-in-law said what he said, but he didn't say anything! But at least they knew that this god of death was important to them.
The woman in white clothes on the side curled her lips in disdain when she heard this and said: "What god of the underworld? You are pretending to be a god!"
When the onlookers heard this, they immediately glared at her: Where did this wild girl come from! How dare you blaspheme Hades!
Seeing that something was wrong, the man in white quickly turned around and glared at the woman. Then he raised his hands to the people on the old man's side and said, "My junior sister is young and not sensible. Please forgive me!"
Hearing this, the old man stopped the people around him and said seriously to several people: "Sir, since you are foreigners, I will forgive you for this time! You must be aware that people must have a sense of awe. The great God of Hades cannot be blasphemed. !”
"You should leave early, you are not welcome here!"
After saying that, the old man turned and left, and the people around him gradually dispersed, leaving a few people behind.
"Senior Brother Feng, why don't you let me speak?" the woman in white said dissatisfied.
"Junior Sister Mo, this God of the Underworld seems to be extremely important to them. You must not anger them." The man in white, who was called Senior Brother Feng, said.
"Hmph! What a bullshit god of underworld, I don't believe in this evil!" The rough man said with disdain.
"Everyone! Everyone! The development of this matter has gone beyond our expectations. I think we should find a place to eat first and then discuss it in the long term!" said the man dressed as a businessman.
At this time, everyone's stomachs were already growling, so they agreed to the proposal.
After joining Lin Yan, the five of them found a small stall selling breakfast and ordered something to satisfy their hunger.
The strange thing is that everyone here is pale and listless, with big dark circles under their eyes, as if they haven't slept for days and nights.
The food cooked in this state cannot be very delicious, but unfortunately, several people are really hungry, especially Lin Yan. He didn't eat well yesterday, and he worked hard for half the night, so he was already hungry now. No more.
A few people just finished their breakfast. Junior Sister Mo, who might be a bit spoiled on weekdays, ate a few mouthfuls of food and then threw it aside.
While they were eating, several people also asked the vendors setting up stalls about the innkeeper.
This hawker may also be a talkative person who doesn't know what to say. When people ask, he shakes out all the beans from the bamboo tube.
"The name of the shopkeeper of this 'Huangquan Inn' is Song Yi. It is said that he served as a soldier in his early years and was discharged after being injured. He took the settlement allowance given by the army and returned to the town to open a small inn, which is this one."
"Later, he married a wife and gave birth to a daughter, and his life was quite comfortable. He usually had good relations with his neighbors, but the good times did not last long. Later, his wife died of an illness for no apparent reason, and his daughter died soon after. He also contracted a serious illness, and his whole temperament changed drastically. He is usually very taciturn and doesn't communicate much with everyone."
"Who would have thought that something like this would happen this time! He went crazy and attacked the Immortal Master, and dared to blaspheme Lord Hades. This is a huge sin!"
"Oh, maybe he was also crushed by the continuous blows!"
After the vendor finished speaking, he sighed helplessly.
After hearing this, several people probably knew what Shopkeeper Song was like. Although he looked a little abnormal, he didn't look like he was crazy.
At this time, Senior Brother Bai Yifeng continued to ask: "According to what you say, this shopkeeper Song is not a bad person on weekdays, right?"
The hawker continued: "That's right! Oh, who would have thought of this!"
Senior Brother Feng changed the topic and asked: "Then this Lord Hades is..."
Hearing this, the hawker looked around, then came over and said mysteriously: "Lord Hades is a god with great power!"
"Speaking of which, our place was originally called 'Lingxi Town' because there is a Lingxi River running through the town. Drinking the water from the stream can strengthen your health. The people here have relied on it for generations."
"About a year ago, a disease suddenly spread across the town, and the streams were polluted. The doctor was helpless. At this time, the Immortal Master and his team came, and they brought Lord Hades to save us from the sea of misery! "
"This Lord Hades really has such great power?" asked a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman.
The vendor continued: "You are foreigners and don't understand. The Immortal Master distributed to us the 'Fairy Powder' gifted by the God of Hell. This 'Fairy Powder'..."
Just as he said this, the hawker's wife suddenly kicked him and coughed. The hawker realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately stopped talking, saying nothing more.
Seeing that they couldn't get any useful information if they continued chatting, they paid their bills and walked towards the inn.
After they left, the hawker's wife complained: "You don't have a good mouth. Can you talk nonsense to these outsiders? What if it reaches the ears of the immortal master..."
The hawker was also a little scared, and said naa: "Probably not! Thank you for reminding me just now, you didn't say anything important."
Not to mention that the hawker and his wife were scared there, but that they returned to the door of the inn not long after they left.
Looking up at the four characters "Huangquan Inn", the middle-aged man dressed as a businessman smiled and said: "When I first came here a few days ago, when I saw this plaque, I thought I was in a ghost land? I just found out today. , this is probably also a form of worshiping the God of the Underworld!"
Senior Brother Bai Yifeng smiled when he heard this and said: "The stone tablet at the entrance of the town is still engraved with 'Naihe Town'. If it is really a ghost land, then aren't we all stepping into reincarnation?"
Lin Yan discovered these strange places after listening to them. But we can't blame him for being careless. It was really because he came too late. Who in the dark could notice this?
The rough man listened to the discussion and said disdainfully: "The bullshit 'Huang Quan' and 'Nai He' are all just stuff to scare people. I have traveled all over the country for so many years and haven't seen anything. Don't call these bluffs, even Fengdu City, I dare to go in and break into him!"
