Chapter 989: Strange things in Yixia Town

After hearing Zhang Xiaohua's words, Meng was a little uneasy and whispered: "Xiaohua, I...I just angered them...I'm not at ease with kindness...I..."

Zhang Xiaohua patted her head and said, "It's no good. I guess the senior sister of the Tianlong Sect encountered such a thing when she was young! In fact, I was going to get angry just now, and I inevitably had to conflict with them... Moreover, they are gentle and elegant now, and they may change their faces in a while..."

"Oh, what are the good and evil in the world? Perhaps only with such clean and neat means by the Tianlong Sect can we not be bullied!"

"Well, maybe, but... I think the Tianlong Sect is not as bad as the rumors. At least... they didn't attack us!"

"You said that, but... they are six living people after all..."

"Forget it, talk about what they are doing? Let's hurry up. It is also an important matter for the Tianlong Sect to suddenly appear in the martial arts world, and it still needs to be reported to the leader!"

"Oh, Xiaohua, I suddenly understood that the people from Luoying Island just now asked the people from the Tianlong Sect? Why didn't anyone know about their patrol?"

"how?"

"That must be that as long as they report their names and surnames, there will definitely be no survivors, and of course no one will know about it?"

"Nonsense, aren't we living well?" Zhang Xiaohua disagreed: "Let's go, let's go to Yixia Town as soon as possible."

Meng didn't argue with him. The two of them rode horses and walked forward along the official road. Although they were fast, they waited until the sky was getting dark and they came to a large town, but they did not see the Tianlong Sect's people!

When he arrived at the town, Zhang Xiaohua led Sibuli and was about to come forward to inquire, but suddenly she felt a move in her heart and swept into the crowd ahead. However, the crowd was full of rushing expressions, either returning home, looking for a place to go, or buying, and there was no suspicious person.

"What? What's wrong?" Seeing Zhang Xiaohua suddenly stop, Meng quickly walked over and asked.

"It's nothing, I suddenly feel like someone is staring at us!" Zhang Xiaohua looked ahead with some reluctance.

"Where is it?" Meng also looked at it and tentatively said: "Is it someone from Bai Tiantian Dragon Sect?"

"No" Zhang Xiaohua is very sure: "Although the people of the Tianlong Sect have high martial arts skills, I should be able to discover them, and they shouldn't do such boring things! You have to remember that we are just unfamous disciples of the Beidou Sect!"

Meng also looked at it for a while, but couldn't see any of it, and asked, "Are you sure? I didn't see anything!"

"Haha, maybe I'm too careful!" Zhang Xiaohua was also a little unconfident.

Then, Zhang Xiaohua walked to a roadside vendor and asked softly: "This uncle, may I ask... is this Yixia Town?"

The old man who sold vegetables looked up at him and nodded, "This place is Yixia Town. The guy wants to find an inn to stay in."

As he said that, he pointed his hand and said, "About a hundred feet ahead, there is an excellent inn!"

Zhang Xiaohua turned around and said, "Thank you, my grandfather, but I still have something to ask."

"Oh? Please tell me!" Maybe I had never seen such a polite person in the martial arts world. The old man said happily: "I have lived in this Yixia Town for more than 60 years. There is nothing in this town that I don't know!"

"Haha, that's great." Zhang Xiaohua was overjoyed and asked, "Do you always know a person named Hou Mingcheng?"

"Hou Mingcheng?" The old man was stunned and frowned and thought for a long time: "How old is this person? Where is the town?"

"Damn?" Zhang Xiaohua curled her lips: "If I know where I am in the town, I would have to ask you?"

But he said, "I don't know how old I am, but I must be a person in his forties or over fifty!"

The old man thought for a long time, but finally shook his head. "Brother, I'm old and my head is not very smart. I can't remember this person's name. You should go to the inn to find a waiter to ask. They have heard a lot, seen a lot, or can they know it!"

When Zhang Xiaohua heard this, she felt it was reasonable and was about to leave. Meng asked again: "Then, may I ask, this Yixia is a wealthy family with the surname Hou?"

"Oh, of course I know this. One is in Zhenxi. The one who is in the west of the country is called Hou Feng. His family has tens of millions of fertile land in Beishan. The other is in Zhenbei. The one who is in Zhenbei died young. Now he is a widow who raises four children and runs a jade business. However, neither of them has a person named Hou Mingcheng, so I can be sure of this."

Zhang Xiaohua gave Meng a thumbs up and said goodbye to the old man and went straight to the inn that the old man mentioned. The inn was indeed clever, but... she still didn't know that there was a man named Hou Mingcheng in Yixia Town!

It is not surprising that Zhang Xiaohua and Meng are. What Master Chang Geng said was originally a matter of forty years ago. Whether the person named Hou Mingcheng is still alive is a question, let alone that people can still be remembered for so many years.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaohua asked Ming the specific location of the two families in the town. Zhang Xiaohua and Meng were just resting separately. It was too late at this time, and it was not a good time to visit!

The next morning, Zhang Xiaohua and Meng finished washing up, and they were about to come from the inn with their horses. At this time, a noise came from the shop in front of the inn: "Do you know? Just last night, something big happened in the town!"

"What big thing? What big thing can happen? I heard a faint sound of gongs outside and a burst of noise. It was midnight, so I was too lazy to get up!"

"Oh, you said that there are unexpected situations in heaven and people will suffer misfortunes every day. Why did the old Hou family have accumulated virtue throughout their lives? How could they end up like this?"

"Old Hou's family?" One man said in surprise: "Brother said it is from the west of Zhenxi or from the north of Zhenxi?"

"No, of course, it's from Zhenxi, Hou Laofeng. This old man is always good to the people around him. He can't say that he is a Buddha from thousands of families, but he gives cotton in winter and wrinkles in summer. Why does this natural disaster fall on their homes? You said, the orphans and widows in Zhenxi are usually extremely mean, God may just burn it for their possession of their property. How can Hou Laofeng be burned too?"

"It's strange, one town west and the other town north, all burned, and they were all named Hou."

"What? Could it be...you still want the whole town to burn?"

...

After hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua's face changed drastically. She didn't even go up to ask. She pulled Meng's hand and said, "Hurry, let's go quickly."

Meng also heard it, Yinya bit her and said, "Go away quickly, there must be something strange here!"

When the two of them arrived at the house of Houfeng, Zhenxi, they felt a little depressed.

This is a house that covers a lot of land, but at this time, it has turned into broken bricks and tiles, and the charred wooden beams are still slightly burned. There is still a faint white air rising above the house. It must be the water vapor that the people in the town put out the fire last night.

There were many people gathered in front of the burnt house. Zhang Xiaohua found a young man who was not dressed and had some water stains on his body and asked: "This brother, I passed by from another place. It seems that there was a fire here? Look at how you looked, you should have participated in the fire extinguishing last night, right?"

The young man looked at Zhang Xiaohua and nodded, "Yes, in the early morning of this day, the Hou's house suddenly caught fire. I happened to live nearby, so I knew it first..."

The young man said what he saw last night, and finally sighed: "It's a pity that Mr. Hou is also a great charity. He was burned to death in it. Alas, none of the entire Hou's mansion is alive!"

"Not one?" Meng asked gritted her teeth.

"Yes, the people from the government have arrived just now. I heard that they have just come from the Hou family in Zhenbei. It's not the same as here. Everyone's corpses were found in the room, and none of them escaped!"

"Thank you~" After hearing the young man's words, Zhang Xiaohua also took back the spiritual sense she emitted. The man was right. There was no living breath in the Marquis's mansion!

"Do you still have to go to Zhenbei to have a look?" Zhang Xiaohua turned to ask Meng.

Meng shook her head blankly and said, "No need, this fire is coming strangely. If the family encounters it, it would be fine. But both families with the surname Hou encountered it. If there is no connection between them, no one would believe it. If this Hou Feng family is like this, there will definitely be no living people in that family. What's the use of going?"

"Is it possible that the monk Dalin Temple did the trick?" Zhang Xiaohua frowned.

"I guess it's not like, if Dalin Temple intentionally conceals it, just don't write down the name of Yixia Town and Hou Mingcheng, and even don't give us this list, can we force Master Chang Geng?"

"Is it... it's the Tianlong Sect?" Zhang Xiaohua immediately thought of what she saw on the official road!

"That makes no sense!" Meng shook his head: "Who have the Tianlong Sect ever been afraid of in this world? Even if there is a trick, can they care about being told? Even if you and I know, what's the use? Besides, let's look for Hou Mingcheng, just ask about my life experience. What does it have to do with their Tianlong Sect?"

"You are right, the Tianlong Sect cannot know our purpose." Zhang Xiaohua nodded, but then frowned again: "Is it possible that someone is following us? I was heard when I was asking people in the head of the town yesterday?"

Immediately, a creepy feeling rose from Zhang Xiaohua's bones. He let go of his spiritual sense that day, and there were no annoying people around him. If it was as he expected, as he felt like he was, there was someone and his side, then... the martial arts of that person, no, how high is the magical power of the immortal way!

Involuntarily, Zhang Xiaohua looked around for a long time, then released her spiritual sense and looked carefully.

Unfortunately, the morning in Yixia Town is the same as other places, with only early birds looking for insects!

Seeing Zhang Xiaohua's nervous expression, Meng was also stunned, and his eyes were also alert to look around...

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