Chapter 1210: Country Destroyed

"Who wants to eat Manjian cake?" As soon as He Lingchuan asked, the two monkeys raised their hands together. Fragrant and sweet, only a fool wouldn't love it.

After buying the food, the two sat down to eat while asking: "How far is Jishi Village from here?"

"Jishi Village?" The bun shop owner had just collected the copper coins, and upon hearing this, he looked left and right before whispering, "You are going to Jishi Village, why did you run here?"

"We got lost..." This mountain was vast, it wouldn't be strange to get lost, right?

Before Dong Rui could finish his sentence, the owner waved his hand hurriedly: "Forget it, forget it, I don't want to know."

He reached out and pointed to the northwest: "Walk fifteen miles and you'll be there."

Dong Rui smiled at He Lingchuan: "So we walked too far. However, the error isn't very far, right?"

The owner added: "But you two might not be able to pass."

"Why?"

"The border is tense, the opposite side is Gaopu's territory." The owner's voice was even lower, "Actually, we were originally too."

"And now?"

"Now this place belongs to Pixia." The owner sighed, his expression gloomy, "Sigh, heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds."

Dong Rui looked at his appearance, it seemed he liked Gaopu's rule better: "Is life on the opposite side better than yours?"

"How should I put it?" The owner moved his lips, wanting to say something but stopping.

He Lingchuan reached out, and a small piece of silver was placed on the table: "I see you still have a few strips of air-dried sausage hanging here, give them all to me, no need to change."

Air-dried sausage was very hard, but they would also set up a pot to cook some hot food in the wild, and when they put some sausage in, it had a unique flavor. Besides, the Ghost Ape especially liked this, and it had good teeth.

"This is delicious, it also has wine yeast added." The owner was beaming with joy, took oil paper to wrap three strips of air-dried sausage for the guests, knowing that "no need to change" meant buying a few words from him.

At this moment, a small hand reached out from under the basket containing the Manjian cake, wanting to touch a cake when he wasn't paying attention.

But the owner saw it as soon as he turned his eyes, grabbed the fly whisk and slapped it on the hand: "You dare to steal if I don't give you any! Is your courage fat?"

The four or five-year-old child let out a "wow" and ran out from behind the counter.

Dong Rui took a look: "Your daughter?" She was wearing a small braid pointing to the sky.

The owner nodded.

The words he wanted to say were not good for the child to hear. Besides, sugar cakes were so expensive, they could only be sold to guests.

"Originally under Gaopu's rule, the rent and taxes were low, and there were few items. The government spent money to repair bridges and roads for us. Things were also cheap, a catty of rice was only five copper coins, and a catty of sugar was fifty-five copper coins." The owner looked outside while kneading the dough, and since no one was passing by, he became bolder, "Now, sigh, ever since we were occupied by Pixia, prices have risen steadily. Now a catty of rice is eleven copper coins, and the price of sugar has gone to ninety-two copper coins!"

He hurriedly spat out some bitterness: "Look, I don't dare to raise the price of my things, if I raise it, no one will buy it."

The people of the old country had a better life, so they missed the old country. But a commoner like him was destined to follow the tide, so what could he decide for himself? "There is only one benefit: at least we are no longer suffering from the ravages of war." The owner pointed to the northwest, "Pixia is still attacking Gaopu, it's not peaceful there. Actually, Gaopu is gone too, only General Boss Situ and General Lu and the others are still holding on."

As an outsider, He Lingchuan had to ask: "When did the Gaopu Nation disappear?"

"Four, no, five months ago, the capital was taken, and the king committed suicide." The owner sighed in a low voice, "Pixia wants to take the remaining territory of Gaopu in one go, but General Boss Situ and General Lu held it, and the two sides have fought several battles."

"Actually, actually, the place you are going to, Jishi Village and Gunshi Valley, was occupied by Pixia three months ago, and General Boss Situ took it back with troops. I have a relative living there, and now I can't move around."

Dong Rui smiled: "Do you also hope this place will be taken back?"

The owner had a straight face: "I don't dare to say that."

Outsiders could open their mouths casually, but they couldn't.

"What kind of place is this?"

"Ju City." The owner whispered, "If you go to Jishi Village openly, you will be arrested as spies by the Pixia people on the way."

He Lingchuan pointed to the dirt wall outside: "Why is Boss Situ He wanted?"

"That's not clear." The owner also looked outside, "I don't know who secretly tore down the previous one, when did the government office stick it up again? They are really diligent in sticking it up."

He muttered another sentence: "Day after day, they don't do anything good."

"One last question." He Lingchuan drank the last drop of peanut soup, "Recently, have there been people who died inexplicably in the surrounding area?"

"What does inexplicably died mean?"

"Accidental death, eaten by demons or ghosts."

"I haven't heard of that, but Pixia has arrested a lot of people, and many haven't appeared again." The owner asked him back, "Does this count as accidental death?"

"Yes." Dong Rui stood up and wiped his mouth, "Of course it counts."

After eating half full, the two went to the shop next door to buy some rice wine, cooked food, and dry food. Dong Rui fulfilled his promise and bought some nuts for the two monkeys.

He peeled peanuts while walking out, giving one to the Ghost Ape, one to Lingguang, and one to himself, taking turns.

"Let's go, let's do our own business."

"Isn't it a coincidence, the place we are going to is haunted, and the task Lingshan gave you is also to eliminate ghosts."

"They are all nearby." He Lingchuan was also thinking, "There must be a demon if things are abnormal, could it be the same thing?"

He came here for two reasons. First, he had to complete the task assigned by Lingshan, which was to eliminate the ghost king of the Screaming Forest, King Xuanlu.

He and Dong Rui were no longer strangers to the name of this ghost king.

It was the master of the Screaming Forest. The task description given by Lingshan mentioned that the ghost king was originally a famous general three hundred years ago, Wang Xuanlu, who led his troops to conquer everywhere. Unfortunately, the Flash Gold Plain at that time was also full of strong people, and the situation was ever-changing. Wang Xuanlu could not hold his foundation, his army was defeated like a mountain, and he was finally beheaded in the Screaming Forest.

Wang Xuanlu died, and by chance, the Screaming Forest gained a ghost king.

The Flash Gold Plain had a weak country and rampant demons, so it was not surprising that such an evil ghost could become a climate. In short, the Xuanlu evil spirit was a fierce ghost with more than three hundred years of cultivation, who had been harming all directions over the years and colluding with local forces to poison the middle of the Flash Gold Plain. Therefore, the task given by Lingshan was very direct, which was to eliminate this scourge!

Secondly, there were also industries of the Yangshan Archipelago nearby, and something went wrong. Anyway, He Lingchuan's task this time was also to eliminate ghosts, so he came to inspect it along the way.

It was easy for He Lingchuan and the two to bypass the Pixia checkpoint.

The bun shop owner didn't point them in the wrong direction, but they first passed a village.

The village was in a mountain col, backed by a large mountain, occupying a large area, with dozens of houses, but the grass on the ground had grown to the calf.

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