Chapter 52 Flower Scroll (2)
After hearing the task reminder sound, Gu Qiufeng smacked his lips regretfully.
If there hadn't been a sudden task with a time limit, he might have already hidden himself away.
His original plan was to stay hidden and observe the surrounding situation, identify the enemy and ourselves, and then successfully meet up with Xiaoyu. However, this main task seemed to have seen through Gu Qiufeng's thoughts.
Completing the main quest within three hours proves that Gu Qiufeng himself must take the initiative to trigger the NPCs and events.
In front of him was a forest, and he couldn't make out anything about it.
Gu Qiufeng looked around and after confirming that there was no one around, he summoned Feng He from the card.
"Sir." Feng He asked in a low voice, "Why are you dressed like this?"
Gu Qiufeng said "Oh": "What do I look like now?"
Feng He tilted her head: "Yes, I'm wearing ancient clothes and my hair has grown longer."
"Alas, it's a pity that I'm not an ancient person, so I may not have that kind of charm." Gu Qiufeng looked at Feng He. Although his live broadcast was disabled, the mall function could still be activated, so Gu Qiufeng bought a set of Hanfu for Feng He from the mall and put it on, then nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, very feeling."
Feng He blinked. Although he didn't quite understand Gu Qiufeng's plan, he still wanted to show off more in front of Mr. Gu, so he took the initiative to ask, "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?"
"If you see someone coming later, go and question him." Gu Qiufeng said, "Remember to pretend that you are superior to me."
There was no other way. He really didn't want to expose his identity too much. Although it was important to find his lost companions, he needed to avoid being noticed by the players of the third guild. In any case, he was responsible for Luo Pan's death. If the other party wanted to find fault, they could use this as an excuse to blackmail him.
Gu Qiufeng could only try his best to reduce his presence in the game while triggering the main quest.
He gave Fenghe a few more instructions to prevent the child from being careless and exposed in some aspects.
Being confused about the main quest at the moment, the two of them simply walked along the road in front of them until they saw an NPC or player.
The place they passed through was a forest with lush branches, and a layer of mist pressed between the branches.
Gu Qiufeng silently clenched his sleeves to prevent his wide sleeves from being scratched by tree branches while walking, so as to avoid looking too embarrassed when he finally met people.
Not long after they arrived, an inn appeared in front of them.
There are no residential houses around. This post station should be a resting place for long-distance merchants or messengers, so it is not large. There is a simple wooden plaque at the entrance of the courtyard. Next to the plaque is the stable, and a servant is feeding the horses.
Gu Qiufeng paused, then reached out and patted Feng He on the back.
Feng He immediately understood, and walked forward a few steps and asked the guy who was feeding the horses, "Excuse me, do you have any rooms available?"
"Stay in the hotel," the waiter said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, but our place is small and we don't have rooms for guests. Please don't mind, dear guest."
Feng He was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the clothes Gu Qiufeng bought for him might be too good-looking, which led the waiter to think that they were some wealthy family passing by. He quickly said, "It's okay, as long as we have a place to stay."
While Feng He was talking to the waiter, Gu Qiufeng came over and said casually, "One room will do. Waiter, do you have any specialties here? Order a table for us. We'll eat in the hall downstairs first."
His tone of voice was casual, but it also revealed a sense of dignity. The waiter immediately became serious and looked at the two men in awe: "Okay, I'll prepare it for you two adults right away."
The waiter respectfully brought Gu Qiufeng and Feng He to the interior of the inn. Just like the scenes in some ancient film and television dramas, there was a reception desk and some tables and chairs on the first floor, and the rooms were located on the second floor and above.
When Gu Qiufeng went in, he looked around and found that besides them, there were a few other tables of people dining at the inn.
Is it an NPC or a player?
The diners were basically two or three people gathered at one table, eating and drinking while chatting and laughing with each other. When Gu Qiufeng came in, they all subconsciously glanced towards the door.
Gu Qiufeng's eyes passed through the gazes of several people. He turned his head nonchalantly and said in a gentle voice, "I want another pot of good wine."
"Okay." The waiter went to inform the waiter.
After those people turned their heads and stopped looking at them again, Gu Qiufeng took Feng He to find a corner table away from the door and sat down.
"Sir, your money?" Feng He asked worriedly, "Do we have the currency of this era?"
Gu Qiufeng said: "It's okay. According to the nature of this game, it should be possible to redeem it with points in the mall."
This time there was no live broadcast, so he didn't need to pay attention to the audience. He patted Feng He and said, "Eat more. You're a bastard if you don't take advantage of the bargain."
Feng He nodded obediently.
Although his intuition told him that what Mr. Gu said seemed a little wrong.
While waiting for the food to be served, Gu Qiufeng began to pay attention to the conversations around him.
The location he chose was very clever, hidden but not isolated, so that he could have a panoramic view of the post station headquarters at a glance.
First of all, he needs to confirm what he and Feng He are going to do and where to find the main task.
Generally, these businessmen who travel far and wide have the most things to talk about, and might be able to find out something.
By the time the first dish was brought up by the waiter, the few people dressed as businessmen beside him had obviously started to enjoy the meal, and their voices were getting louder and louder.
"By the way, Princess Anyang of Luoyang is looking for a doctor recently? Do you have any acquaintances who practice medicine? Perhaps you can take this opportunity to win the favor of the princess."
"Oh, what is this little princess doing now? I don't dare to hope to win her favor. I'm afraid that anyone who doesn't like her will be beaten to death by her."
"It seems that it was not this princess who caused trouble this time, but the princess's aunt, Princess Qiuyun, who issued the notice. It seems that it was because the princess was possessed by evil spirits a few days ago."
Just then, the waiter came over with warmed wine. Gu Qiufeng asked, "Has anything happened in Luoyang recently? I was just about to take my cousin to visit his relatives."
The waiter was not very old, he looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, just the right age to be talkative and curious. Hearing this, he immediately replied, "What else could it be? It's the famous Painted Skin Ghost recently!"
"Bah, what nonsense are you talking about, kid? There is no such thing as a Painted Skin Ghost." The merchant at the next table cursed immediately, "It's just some scholars who want to marry into the princess's family and make up these unlucky rumors."
"Your Excellency's words are wrong. Confucius said, 'If you can't serve people, how can you serve ghosts?' How can you say that the Painted Skin Ghost was made up by scholars?" Several scholars at another table could not sit still after hearing this, and shouted, "It's obvious that someone with ulterior motives did evil and framed the ghosts and gods."
Gu Qiufeng asked curiously, "It's rare that this rumor is so widespread. Could it be that the Painted Skin Ghost has done something heinous?"
"Alas, not to mention Princess Anyang who is still seeking medical treatment, several young ladies have been murdered before, but the news was not heard much at that time. Now it has become a big deal because it has touched the royal family." The scholar who started to refute the merchant saw that Gu Qiufeng was handsome and explained with a favorable impression, "Recently, some young ladies with outstanding looks in Luoyang have died one after another. I don't know who has ulterior motives and peeled off the skins of these beautiful beauties. The government has been investigating but to no avail. The man came and went like a ghost, and no one knew how he did it. At first, the murderer was just called the Skinner, until..."
"Until the current princess's favorite Princess Anyang was also skinned and disfigured, but she was the only one who survived the skinner's hands. It was also because of what she said after waking up. No one knows the details, but since then, the rumor that the skinner was not a human but a painted skin ghost has spread."
A businessman sneered: "This is ridiculous. It's nothing more than the government being incompetent. They can't catch anyone so they blame the ghosts."
Gu Qiufeng thanked the scholar who thanked him. During their conversation, their own dishes were almost served.
Gu Qiufeng measured the amount in his mind while eating.
This painted skin ghost might really exist.
Because the identity card that Gu Qiufeng drew himself was that of a demon, which meant that ghosts existed in this world.
And his main mission should be in Luoyang.
What to collect in Luoyang?
Gu Qiufeng got a useful clue and decided not to continue exposing himself in the game. He took the well-fed Feng He upstairs to the single room.
The room they booked was on the third floor. It was hard to say whether the accommodation was good or not. Anyway, in such a remote place, it was good to have a place to sleep.
Gu Qiufeng asked the waiter for a quilt and spread it on the floor for Fenghe.
At the same time, he summoned a wooden man to keep watch for the two of them in the middle of the night.
The wooden man does not need to sleep and has a certain appeal to ordinary ghost NPCs, so Gu Qiufeng feels more at ease letting him guard the night.
At night, this remote post station became completely silent, like a lonely boat floating on the deep sea, so quiet that it was even a little frightening.
After Feng He turned off the lamp on the table, he didn't feel sleepy for a while. Seeing that Mr. Gu fell asleep quickly, he didn't want to make any big noise to disturb his sleep, so he lay on the ground for a while, silently counting the leaves outside the window.
The windows here are paper-covered, and there's a crack in one of them, so you can see a bit of the sky outside and a big tree leaning against the window.
Feng He turned sideways, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat while he was counting silently.
A dangerous intuition crept up his back like a shadow.
He immediately widened his eyes and tried to find the source of this uneasy feeling.
Mr. Gu is still sleeping soundly.
But the wooden man didn't move at all.
Feng He had no choice but to tiptoe to the window and gently tear the gap in the window paper with her fingers, making it a little bigger.
Then his face turned cold as he realized that those things by the window were not leaves at all.
But there are several pairs of floating, dimly glowing eyes.
At this moment, several faces that were so distorted that they didn't look like humans were crowding by the window, staring desperately at their room with their eyes.
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