Zhang Yan knew before that Langyuan City was not just a "big city" due to its special geographical location, but also served as an important military stronghold. Therefore, the streets in the city are obviously different from the layout of other big cities.
You can hardly see winding paths in Langyuan City, and there are rarely hidden narrow alleys. The two main streets intersect straightly leading to the four gates, dividing Langyuan City into four square areas. In these areas, there are also straight back streets that continue to divide different building locations.
Even Zhuzui Alley, which belongs to the slums, is straight and transparent from front to back, and the alley is wide enough for three people to walk side by side with enough room.
The advantage of this arrangement is that no matter any corner, there are no defensive blind spots and can be reached quickly. It is even possible to ride horses on the streets during wartime, which is conducive to the mutual dependence of the four walls.
This makes shopping a very simple matter, because no matter how you walk, you will not end up in a dead end or get lost on the main road or the small road, but you can finally converge on the main street.
Zhang Yan’s memories of his previous life are mainly around the main street of Langyuan City. After all, before the accident in Langyuan City, it was just the kind of housework that nourished my childhood. There were few back streets and alleys in the places I usually went.
First he walked around according to his predecessor's memory, and then he chose an alley behind the street and wandered around randomly. It seemed aimless, but in fact Zhang Yan was deliberately looking for something that interested him.
What Zhang Yan is interested in is naturally not only the snacks on the roadside and the unique streetscape here, but also deeper things that ordinary people cannot discover. In his opinion, the more densely populated a place is, the more dark and hidden corners there are. Just like the Luohua Lane that I walked through in Xuanhua City before, it is hidden behind the prosperity and luxury, so dark that it falls in the dust. The contrast is so great that it is staggering.
But after walking around the city for two hours, he turned around every nook and cranny in half of the place. To his surprise, Zhang Yan did not find any place where the Yin Qi had accumulated. The place is not full of vitality, but at least there is no trace of the dark wind.
"Why is that so?"
This is very illogical. Because the monsters and warriors are rampant in the wilderness. Let’s not talk about the monsters. Warriors are two categories of ghosts. Their existence and cultivation methods have almost no overlap, and it is difficult to detect the existence of ghosts. Even in Zhang Yan's view, the spiritual sense of a warrior whose martial arts cultivation level is below the Tongqiao realm cannot detect ghosts existing in the soul body. They can only rely on their own strong energy and blood to unconsciously drive away the ghosts.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to talk about the elimination of ghosts specifically. Then why is it that in a large city with a large population like Langyuan City, there is not a place where Yin Qi accumulates for four hours?
You must know that ghosts can exist in the world for a long time, and there is no possibility of natural death in theory. After a long period of accumulation, not to mention that the city is full of monsters and monsters, but there are still a few hidden underworlds, right? There should be some evil spirits and stuff, right?
But the reality was not what Zhang Yan thought. Until he returned home in the evening, he visited almost the entire Langyuan City for most of the day, but still found no sign of anything related to ghosts.
The only gain was a pack of roast chicken and a pot of fruit wine in his hand. When passing by the Dongmen Market, I couldn't stand the smell of the roasted chicken, so I cut a whole chicken, and then made another pot of fruit wine at the fruit wine shop next to the stall, ready to go home with my family. Have a tooth ceremony.
At night, while Zhang Yan was practicing cross-legged practice, he still had some doubtful thoughts in his heart.
Zhang Yan returned to Langyuan City from Yubei Mountain and visited so many big cities along the way. Although Zhang Yan did not visit them as carefully as this time, he could more or less find places where Yin Qi accumulates.
It is often said that "everything must happen for a reason", so there may be some hidden reason why Langyuan City is so clean. This made Zhang Yan very curious. I even wonder, could there be some kind of cultivation path in Langyuan City that exists in the wilderness and can specifically target ghosts? Is this place so clean due to frequent cleaning?
Or is it some other reason?
The next day, Zhang Yan held the little girl at home who was going out to buy groceries, and went out with the basket. In this world without refrigerators for storage, ingredients are basically purchased every day. It was my younger sister Zhang Huiyuan who did this in the past. For the sake of safety these days, Zhang Yan asked his family to stay at home as much as possible and not go out, or just walk around Zhuzui Alley. There are garrison soldiers patrolling there day and night, which is the safety guarantee provided by Zhou Cang. As for the Dongmen Market, there are so many people and so many people, Zhang Yan is not yet very worried about his family members coming over.
Zhang Yan came to Dongmen Market yesterday when he was wandering around the city, but the scene was very different yesterday compared to today. Because today is the first day of the new year, it is the market day twice a month. The surrounding farmers will bring more abundant agricultural products into the city for sale, attracting many people.
However, as soon as he entered the square gate of Dongmen Market, Zhang Yan saw someone standing on the empty high platform on the left side of the square gate. There were also Yamen officials standing below to maintain order, and many people from Langyuan City were surrounding them. , as if watching the excitement.
"This is..." Zhang Yan saw the posture on the high platform and immediately realized what was going on.
The owl's head is shown to the public.
Not everyone has the opportunity to be sent to the army like Zhang Yan before. They must meet the requirements of the military. It can't be a heinous crime, you have to have a good body.
For example, the person kneeling on the high platform is frail and has gray hair. It is impossible for him to have the opportunity to join the army. Such people can only go to this high platform and have their heads displayed in public after being convicted.
In the memory of Zhang Yan's predecessor, these were "rarely lively". Although many people don't like seeing such bloody scenes, no one will be disgusted with it. Bad guys are killed. What's objectionable about such a good thing? Many people would even come around to watch the fun with smiles, and some would talk and comment on the executioner's techniques and so on.
Zhang Yan is not interested in beheading. He has seen too much blood on Yubei Mountain and has long been indifferent. It is just a waste of his time.
But just as Zhang Yan was about to cross the crowd and enter the market to buy something, he suddenly frowned slightly and paused.
After twitching his nose a few times, Zhang Yan smelled a hint of unusual smell. It was a weird smell that ordinary people wouldn't notice and couldn't distinguish. It does not belong to living things, but belongs to ghosts.
"There is a lot of yang energy here, but there are also ghosts coming and going?" Zhang Yan felt a little strange in his heart. But still with a thought in mind, he activated his "Yin Yang Eye Technique", switched his field of vision to a state where both yin and yang appeared, and then looked around. Finally, several illusory figures were discovered in the gaps in the wooden structure under the high platform.
