Chapter 453: An Unusual Town
After two or three days of continuous trekking, Mu Liubing was very proud of their tastes, and in just a few days he had already become a disciple in the convoy except for Lin Luo, his wife and his wife and Ximen Chuxue.
Seeing such a scene, Ximen Chuxue naturally would not have any good face.
However, in the past, Ximen Chuxue's face looked like an iceberg that had not melted for thousands of years. It looked like it with a cold face, and it was not different from the usual ones.
Day after day, you can only rush back to Shaoyang Mountain with only half a day left.
This has been included in the sphere of influence of Jinyang City.
Lin Luo and his party didn't know that since Zhao State was on a mission, the accumulated foundation of the sect along the way was accompanied by the defeats that challenged the other party. Now, if the people in the world of Zhao State don't know the three words Lingyun Sect, they will definitely become a laughing stock.
The Lingyun Sect's momentum has risen sharply, from the gentry and bureaucrats to the common people, so naturally they do not mention the bandits and robbers who are entrenched near Jinyang to engage in some robbery and robbers, or bandits who want to sit on the mountain near Jinyang to be king. After hearing this news, they are frightened and flee in a hurry.
Who doesn't know that the leader of the Lingyun Sect is most jealous of evil, otherwise there wouldn't be any disciples going down the mountain to suppress bandits from time to time, which makes the dozens of miles of Shaoyang Mountain worry, and bandits and robbers all want to disguise themselves as mortals.
Under such circumstances, who would dare to settle down and establish a new gateway in the mountains in Jinyang? Wouldn't it be that someone would be able to wipe out it?
Eliminate dangers and give the people a peaceful life. This is also a small idea in Lin Luo's mind. If a sect cannot even protect the people nearby, then the existence of this sect has no meaning. The sect survives on a small town, or directly builds the sect into a small town. Lin Luo chose the former, so for him, protecting the people is an obligation and a responsibility.
Looking at the beautiful mountains and rivers, some people passing by were not afraid of being exposed. They walked on the avenue in groups of three or two, which made Lin Luo in the carriage feel particularly relieved, and they even thought about continuing to do this and carrying forward it.
"Xiaolong, where should we go in front?" Lin Luo's voice came from the carriage.
"Report to Master, in another half an hour, you will be able to arrive at the Xinyang County town under Jinyang."
Lin Luo immediately outlined a map in his heart. Luyang County belongs to the most marginal jurisdiction of Jinyang. If you come out of Luyang City and bypass the mountains and ridges, you can reach Jinyang City, the closest to Qishan County, and it is also the most important place in the Lingyun School and Lantian Escort Agency. You can basically do the best rest and finally return to Shaoyang Mountain.
"So quickly rush to reach Qingyang City at noon."
The hottest days of summer have passed, and the weather is not as hot and spicy as before. You can even feel the slight coolness of the summer tail and autumn outcropping in the air.
The carriage gradually moved, and I saw Qingyang County before the hottest noon.
It’s just strange that Noon should be the busiest county town, but from a distance there is no vitality or even silence.
But I didn't pay much attention. Because of the extra Mu Liubing, the people who were accommodated in the carriage just reached saturation. The only thing everyone thought was to hurry up and go to the county town to rest.
The carriage drove to the gate of the county town. The stone tablet at the head of the county was engraved with the words "Riyang" soaked in red. But above the county monument, a plain white woman's coat was hung.
Just a brief glance, everyone cared and continued to walk into the county town.
"What county town is there? There is not even a person at noon!" Zhu Pengtao was originally going to ask where the inn was, but he didn't see anyone along the way, so he complained. He looked at the face of Chen Long, the senior brother next to him, and turned a serious face and frowned cautiously.
"Senior Brother, what's wrong?" Zhu Pengtao asked in confusion.
Chen Long looked around and browsed deeper: "Don't you think it's strange? There wasn't even a single person at noon. Also, the shops on both sides of the street were open, but there were no traces of people. Don't you think it's strange?"
When he reached the depths, Zhu Pengtao suddenly realized something. He climbed onto the roof of the car and looked around. He found that as the elder brother said, the town of 10,000 people was deserted when it was supposed to be the most crowded. It was abnormal and extremely abnormal! Zhao Zheng, who was responsible for driving the two carriages behind, was also cautious and serious.
Lin Luo naturally heard the discussions of disciples outside, lifted the carriage and looked into the distance. The houses on both sides of the road were not closed, and some steamers in the white-flour steamed bun shops were still emitting hot air, which obviously did not seem to have disappeared for a long time. Instead, they gave people the feeling that it had happened just now.
Lin Luo stopped talking, put down the veil, closed his eyes and unfolded his mysterious skills, his spiritual consciousness covered a radius of more than ten feet, and he sensed all signs of life.
It is indeed very abnormal, but Lin Luo is also a person who has experienced strong storms and waves, so how can he get lost because of the strange scene now?
"Master, what should we do now?" Outside the carriage, Chen Long, who was driving, asked for the advice of his backbone master Lin Luo.
"Stay on."
Just three short words give people a sense of security that is sure to win and confident.
Chen Long's restless heart also settled down with the simple three words, obeying the master's will and continued driving.
This is the stone road entering the city. There is no one in the central avenue, and there are no traces of those roads.
Lin Luo taps his fingertips rhythmically, and taps it at the edge of the carriage window every three breaths. With the sound of the creaking wooden wheels of the carriage, the carriage begins to reach the end of the view of the road, and then a right-angle turn.
The noise of the wood rubbing sounded particularly bright in the empty streets. The second echoing sound was Lin Luo's fingering sound.
As the saying goes, there is no way to go if the mountains are heavy, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers.
After turning the big bend, the scene presented by everyone's vision made Chen Long and Zhu Pengtao cold from their palms to their spine, and kept shivering.
In the central square of the town less than a hundred steps away, there were densely filled with thousands of people sitting in the end. What was most surprising was not why so many people sat around here, but that such a huge crowd gathered here without making any sound. The silence made people feel cold.
"Absolutely abnormal." Chen Long muttered, and when he was about to turn around and ask the master what to do, Lin Luo spoke first: "Continue to move forward."
Chen Long originally wanted to refute how he could pass through the road by all the people, but when he thought that his master said, he would definitely consider it more thoughtfully than him, so he could act according to his master's words.
"Driving!" The carriage drove again, and it seemed so harsh in front of thousands of people meditating and silently.
In this way, Chen Long had to bite the bullet and face it, hoping that these strange villagers would make way out in time.
The closer you walk, the more you can see the whole picture. There is a half-meter platform at the center of the county square, and on the platform is an old man dressed in plain white and a group of women sitting around. Su Bai, Chen Long quickly thought of the plain white clothes on the county stele, exactly the same as the clothes on the people on the high platform.
Chapter completed!