Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Chapter 391 A strange disaster

At 10:00 pm, Lu You and his companion finally saw the torches at the west gate of Dingrang County from afar.

But before he got close, Zuo Yunfeng, who had been hanging around nearby, reached out and grabbed Lu You's arm.

"what happened?"

Seeing Zuo Yunfeng's tense body, Lu You's consciousness communicated with the storage space, ready to summon weapons for battle at any time.

"The wind smells of blood, very strong."

Zuo Yunfeng looked ahead and spoke with a serious tone.

Hearing this, Lu You couldn't help but look up to this Young Master Zuo.

She didn't know if it was because she had fought too hard on the battlefield in Qingzhou City, but Lu You had been able to smell a faint scent of fireworks these past few days, which made her feel that her nose was broken.

Lu You looked at the houses and lights outside the city gate, and a hint of hesitation appeared in his heart.

On the way, they rested for a while beside a spring, and someone said at that time that Dingrang County was different from other counties.

Because it is an important transportation route, there are large markets outside the four gates for traveling merchants and escort companies to rest and make transactions.

According to Lu You's thinking, even if there was a curfew in the city at night, the market outside would definitely be extremely lively.

After all, people in the business of traveling merchants and escort agencies are not short of money, so they must have many ways to entertain themselves.

But although the lights in the market are bright, there are few people walking on the streets.

However, at the entrance of the market town, there were soldiers in white armor standing guard on both sides of the official road.

"You came here on your way west?"

"Yes, but I entered the city during the day and left through the west gate early the next morning."

Zuo Yunfeng said in a low voice.

"But when I left the city, the market here was busy, just like the market in the city. How could there be such a strong smell of blood?"

"I think it's better for us to go around the mountains to avoid any trouble."

"No mercy!" Lu You took out two powerful pills and stuffed them into Zuo Yunfeng's hand: "Don't be stingy with the pills, take one first and keep it as a backup."

"I'm in Pingchang County. I missed the chance to reunite with Lu Ming for a few hours. I can't miss it again with Lu Yi."

"From here to Yanzhou Prefecture, I will follow the official road all the way to find it."

After saying this, Lu You strode towards the market ahead without any hesitation.

"He who comes is stopped!"

Seeing Lu You coming forward, the soldiers at the market gate stepped forward and shouted.

"Title of membership!"

Lu You took out the registration card given by Manager Ma and handed it over.

"Sir, what happened ahead?"

The soldier who was checking saw the secret contents in the registration form in the light of the fire and then looked up at Zuo Yunfeng behind him.

"Where is your ID card?"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Yunfeng directly took out half a word from the registration form and handed it over. This blatant act of taking the back door made the soldier a little dazed.

"What are you looking at? We spent money."

Zuo Yunfeng said this righteously, shocking Lu You next to him.

“Go in, go in…”

The soldier obviously didn't want to get entangled with a young man like Zuo Yunfeng, so he simply put the two notes together in Lu You's ID card and handed it back.

"The words inside are for entering the city. Give them to the guards at the city gate tomorrow morning after the gate opens. Don't show them around to avoid causing trouble."

Zuo Yunfeng was about to go in after hearing that, but he saw that while Lu You put away the registration card, he reached into his robe and took out a purse.

"I have come here more than once or twice. This market has never been abnormal. What happened? Can you tell me something, sir?"

The soldier stared at the money bag in Lu You's hand with a smile on his face.

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about, otherwise you'll get yourself into trouble."

"Five taels!" Lu You took out five silver coins and placed them in his palm.

"Actually, this is what happened. The day before yesterday morning, this market was invaded by bandits..."

The soldier narrated the whole story of how nearly three hundred people were beheaded in the market town. Lu You and Zuo Yunfeng looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing the bizarre story.

The entire market town, even the guards on the city walls and at the city gates, were collectively beheaded.

But the attacker did not touch any goods in the market, but only looted the money from the corpses.

This doesn't make any sense?

If they wanted to rob money, they should have robbed the goods from the escort agencies.

No matter how you analyze it, this massacre is extremely weird.

With the silver paving the way, the guards suddenly became more attentive towards Lu You and the other man.

"You two, if you can spend more money, I can send you directly to the county town."

"After all, there was a disaster in the market outside. No one knows whether those evil people will come back again. It is better to go into the city for safety."

Hearing this, Lu You wanted to agree, but when he thought that Lu Yi might be in this market, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​going into the city.

"We have limited money, so there is no need to go into the city. Please find a place for the two of us to rest."

When the soldier heard Lu You say that he had no money, he immediately stopped smiling.

"Go straight ahead. The one with two lanterns is the inn for the merchants to rest. Go there on your own."

The two entered the market town and suddenly felt something strange under their feet.

"It's newly laid sand, probably to cover up the bloodstains on the road."

Zuo Yunfeng spoke.

"I feel that the person's story just now is full of weirdness."

"That's nearly 300 people, and there are quite a few escort agents among them. There must be warriors among them."

"So many people were killed silently in such a short period of time. How many people did they do that?"

"Not only do we need a lot of people to do this, but we also need to be skilled in it." Lu You pondered and said, "I don't understand why such an organized killing would target civilians."

As the two were talking, they finally arrived at the door of the inn.

"Phoenix Inn?"

Lu You looked at the plaque of the inn and felt uncomfortable.

"Why does this name look weird?"

It was deserted outside, but the inn was very lively. Even though it was already night, there were still many people sitting in the hall drinking and chatting.

"Hey! Why are you two guests here at this time?"

As soon as Lu You and the other person entered the house, a woman holding a brocade fan came forward to greet them.

The woman was about thirty years old, with a pretty face and a proud figure. Before she came to the two men, she brought a gust of fragrance to their faces.

It just goes like the old saying that a woman still has charm even in her middle age.

"Where are you from, my two guests?"

The woman led Lu You and the other man to sit down, and while she was busy adding some summer-heat tea to them, she asked with a seductive look.

"From the Tang Dynasty in the East." Lu You replied without thinking.

"Eastern Land..." The woman was obviously interrupted by Lu You's answer and asked, "Where?"

Lu You took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table.

"Is it important?"

"Whether it's important or not is up to you, sir!" The woman twisted her body and reached for the silver like a spoiled child.

But before he could touch her, Lu You reached out and pressed down on her wrist.

"What? Are you robbing money?"