Chapter 190

The sky is clear blue, the water is clear green, only the people wandering between heaven and earth are gray.

They were listless and covered in dust. Their gray clothes were covered with patches of various sizes. Their hair was scabby and their faces were covered with black streaks. They were bare-backed and bare-footed, and they bent over and knelt down, just to get a full meal.

Goudan is now called Mr. Chen. In the tea shop at the dock, watching the busy workers on the dock, he understood more and more what Mr. Wang Yuqing said.

Why is life so hard? Every ordinary person suffers this way.

This is a world that is hard to watch. Lu Daju watched carefully. Every citizen was struggling to survive. This was the past that happened in their future.

After a batch of goods is unloaded, there will always be some farmhands sitting around the dock. Those with some spare money will sit in the tea shop, but most of them are reluctant to spend the money and will just find a stone step to rest and wait for the next job.

"Hey, did you know? The North Gate Graveyard is haunted."

"What ghost? It's obviously a demon. I heard it's a fox spirit. It's so beautiful and sucks people's yang energy."

"How pretty can it be? Is the top performer in Cuihonglou pretty?"

"You're the only ones who spread rumors about absorbing Yang Qi."

"That's not nonsense. I heard it in the teahouse over there. I was reading a book outside and heard some customers inside talking about a demon in the North Mountain."

"If you don't believe there's nothing to do now, let's go to the teahouse over there. There must be people still talking about goblins."

"Those who dumped corpses in mass graves always came back sick. They must have had their yang energy sucked away by a fox spirit. If they go there a few more times, they'll be gone."

Lu Daju, who was passing by, chuckled and almost laughed out loud. If Shang Rongzhou knew that people outside were saying that he was a vixen, he would definitely beat him up.

When he smiled, several workers sitting by the roadside noticed the person behind them. They thought it was a fellow worker who was eavesdropping on their conversation, but when they turned around, they found that the man was wearing unusual clothes. They couldn't tell what style it was, but the black material that emitted a fine luster was embroidered with golden bamboo. They only saw the clothes and didn't even dare to look at his face closely.

He quickly got up, thinking he was in the way and not wanting to attract the attention of someone like that, so he apologized as he backed away.

The man did not make things difficult for them. He just passed by them from behind and quickly walked away.

"I was shocked. I thought I would be embarrassed by such a noble person."

"How could such a person be so mean to us?"

"We are nothing. If the nobleman finds us smelly, he can kick us. So it's better to stay away from these people. If they really dislike us, there's nothing we can do about it, even if they kill us."

"Wow, the guy just now is so handsome, with curly hair tied up with a gold chain. He seems to be very rich." This is the youngest guy there.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the back of the head: "You are asking for trouble. You are looking around and really pissed off that noble man. You will suffer the consequences." This is the oldest laborer there. His hands are full of scissors, his hair is half white, and his dark skin and wrinkles on his face prove his age. In fact, he is not that old. He has been doing physical work for a long time and has aged quickly.

The young man rubbed the back of his head and said, "I just happened to see it. I was stunned. Seriously, could that person be a foreigner?"

"Think less about trivial things and save some energy for work."

Lu Daju was quite ostentatious along the way. He was wearing a coat that he thought was relatively low-key. His hair was half-short to his shoulders and slightly curly, tied in a small ponytail at the back of his head.

His eyes and skin have been concealed, and now he has a pair of brown eyes that are slightly darker than normal people. It is not abnormal, but his height is still quite eye-catching.

He walked swaggeringly to the big teahouse that people talked about. Before he even entered, he heard the noisy sound of loud conversation inside. He was very familiar with the voice of one of the people.

"What good will it be for me to lie to you? It's really my personal experience. There is a monster outside the North Mountain. If you don't listen to my advice, don't come to me when you lose your life." The voice sounded very familiar.

"I've heard that two of the lowest class of corpse bearers were frightened by a demon while carrying a corpse to Beishan. They came back in a panic and are still sick now."

"I would like to go and see that vixen. Is she really as beautiful as you say?" I don't know whether the person who said this believes it or not.

Mr. Chen was anxiously trying to find an excuse to dissuade him, but someone nearby joked, "If you go to that monster that eats people, you won't be able to come back, and your wife won't want you anymore."

"I don't know whether it's the fox that's more beautiful or your wife."

The people inside were laughing, joking, and chatting. They all gathered here, waiting for the storyteller to come on stage. There were two shows a day, so this was not to be missed.

"Sir, come in. Do you want the lobby or a private room?" The lobby was bustling. The waiter saw that the gentleman who came in was dressed unusually. He had never seen him before. Looking at his appearance, he wondered if he had returned from overseas.

"Private room." There was no choice. I looked up and saw that the lobby was full, so I could only go to the private room on the second floor.

When the waiter led him upstairs, he saw the man who was chatting in the lobby, the boy named Goudan who he had not seen for half a month. Now he was dressed well, at least better than the dock workers.

He was very dedicated in promoting the Beishan mass graveyard, which was quite tactful and made Lu Daju very satisfied. Recently, fewer corpses were thrown there.

When Lu Daju entered the room, Chen Sheng also took a look. The familiarity of this look made him feel like he had seen him somewhere before, but it did not match all his memories. So he just kept watching the figure going to the second floor.

He had never seen much of the world, so how could he find this unusually dressed person familiar? Mr. Wang had praised his good memory, but he really couldn't put this person to the test.

Seeing that person turned around on the second floor, his face turned towards him, and his eyes met his gaze. Suddenly, the brown eyes flashed, revealing one blue and one yellow vertical animal pupils, which scared Chen Sheng.

"ah!"

His shout startled the people around him.

"What happened to you? Were you bitten by a dog?"

"Sorry, sorry, I just suddenly have to pee. Everyone continue, I'll be back soon." Mr. Chen was young and half-grown, so no one bothered with him and just let him go.

Chen Sheng left, his heart pounding. The monster's appearance had changed. Why had it entered the city? Was it here to eat people? Or something else? What should he do? He had just smiled to himself.

Brother Wang, help me.

Mr. Chen went back to find Wang Yuqing with his pants wet. Fortunately, their home was not far away.

He turned a few corners into the alley, climbed up the narrow two-story building, and suddenly pushed open the wooden door.

"Brother Wang, something bad has happened. A big monster has entered the city."

Wang Yuqing, who was writing something, was startled and was about to scold the boy when he heard what he shouted.

"A monster has entered the city?"

"Yes, it was the big black monster we saw that night. But he has changed his appearance now. His skin is not so dark anymore, and his eyes are the same as a human's. But when he was going upstairs, he glanced at me through the vertical hole, so I can confirm that it was indeed the big monster we saw that night, the black one."