He rubbed his eyes, looked at it for a while, and finally shook his head and said, "I'm old. My old eyes are dim and I can't see clearly. The thorns are too dense and I can't see clearly."
Yao Yao glanced at Gu Chen: "Old man Gu, you are not even forty yet, why are you so old?"
Gu Chen curled his lips: "That's what I said, and you took it seriously when you heard it, Old Man Gu, why didn't you dare to shout like Old Man Gu when you begged me."
Yao Yao grinned with bared teeth, revealing a pair of snow-white little tiger teeth, looking particularly delicate.
She and Gu Chen raised their eyes at the same time, carefully patrolling this deep and dark village.
The dense and dense shadows of the low trees formed a continuous sheet, some were deep or shallow, some were dense or light, covering the winding paths in the village so tightly that no trace was exposed.
Yao Yao looked up, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, forming a few shallow lines.
The vegetation in the mountains is naturally long-lasting. Except for those who can sell it for money, almost no one takes the initiative to plant some loss-making vegetation.
Most of the villagers who rely on the mountains dig up the vegetation that cannot be exchanged for money and plant it into food and vegetables that can be exchanged for money.
Yao Yao has never run a Shanzhai, but he thinks it is no different from running a business. They all need to use the least amount of money to earn the most money, and they all pursue maximizing profits.
But the cottage in front of me obviously didn't follow the usual path.
There are many water bandits in the village, as well as their relatives. Even though the water bandits are usually very busy robbing houses, their relatives are idle. How could they allow so many thorny thorns to grow all over the mountains and fields instead of reclaiming wasteland to grow some food? vegetable.
She raised her hand and pressed her eyebrows: "Old man Gu, do you think those are all thorns?"
Gu Chen curled his lips disdainfully and muttered: "When you have something to do, look after the gods, but when you have nothing to do, look after the old man."
As he said that, he also stared at it, and while looking at it, he muttered: "It's not just thorns, you see, there is also holly."
Clusters of thorns and hollies here and there are mixed in here and there, and it looks messy, like a barren mountain that has been neglected for many years and is overgrown with weeds that grow wildly in the wind.
However, this is not a barren mountain. This is a water bandit village that has been in business for decades and has made countless passing fortunes.
Are the water bandits already so poor that they don’t even have the money to open up wasteland?
Aren't you afraid of ruining the reputation of the founder of the water bandits by turning a wealthy and wealthy village into a barren mountain?
Yao Yao narrowed his eyes: "The coffin boards of the founder of the water bandits can no longer hold it."
"Huh?" Gu Chen was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "What?"
Yao Yao pointed in the distance: "A good mountain village has turned into a barren mountain. Do you think it's because of poor management and poverty, or," she raised her eyebrows and smiled meaningfully: "Or is it just a mystery?"
Gu Chen's face was confused: "What do you mean? This village must be rich. Look at the evening dishes. Although the cooking method is not as exquisite as the palace banquet, the ingredients are not bad."
Yao Yao's eyes were deep, staring at the deep and shallow darkness in the distance: "Gu Shenxian, during the Lantern Festival, have you played with the lantern array?"
Gu Chen nodded without understanding: "I played with it when I was young."
Yao Yao said calmly: "I once read a book, which recorded that there is a nine-bend lantern array of the Yellow River near Ganzhou. From the eleventh to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, villages
The people tied up straw to make a shed, and hung various lamps around it. The land was two acres wide, and the doorway was winding and hidden for three or four miles. Anyone who entered could not find the path by mistake, and would not be able to get out for a long time. She pointed to the distance covered with thorns and asked in a low voice: "Look, the thorns and hollies look completely disordered, but if you look closely, you can see that the places where the thorns and hollies grow are clearly separated and there is no cross-border. Could it be that these are born with nature?" The wild plants and trees have become psychic, and they all grow according to rules? . "
"Yes, only people who prune them can be so disciplined." Gu Chen gave a low five: "It's so good. Why do you plant so many thorns and hollies in the stockade? It must be to cover the road in the stockade. You are right. This It has similarities with the Lantern Festival Lantern Array." As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have remembered something. He turned to look at Yao Yao and clicked his tongue: "Which idle book are you reading, can you lend it to me? "
Yao Yao said nonchalantly: "Does Gu Shenxian still have the time to read a book? It's better to think about how to send a message to the Lord."
Gu Chen raised his head and looked at the sky: "Not to mention that it's so dark that you can't see anything clearly. Let's just say it's daytime. We can't go up to a high place to see the whole formation. What message should we send? "
Yao Yao looked around the village: "Did you see it? There are turrets built at the four corners of the village for observation. If you stand on a high place, you will be a living target. Before you can see the whole picture, you will be captured by the sentry in the turret." The archers turned into hedgehogs."
"That's right," Gu Chen said with worry. "And where is the way up the mountain? How do you get up the mountain? If you can't even find the way up the mountain, how can you deliver a message to the Lord?"
Yao Yao thought for a moment: "Gu Shenxian, you are Xue Shou's uncle. You can find an excuse tomorrow and take us up here again."
Gu Chen snorted: "I know you have a photographic memory, but what's the use of writing it down? How do you get down the mountain, how do you deliver the letter, where are you staying now?"
Yao Yao already had a rough estimate of the way to go down the mountain, but he didn't say anything. He just considered it slowly and said, "Write it down first. There are still a few days left before we can offer sacrifices to the river god. Your Excellency is planning to catch them all in one go." We want to do it on the day they worship the river god."
Gu Chen nodded: "Okay, then, go back first?"
The two of them discussed the matter and went downstairs quietly.
On the way back to the small courtyard, the two of them paid special attention to the path they had just walked. The two sides were indeed covered with verdant thorny thorns. The path was extremely narrow and could only allow one person to pass. If two people walked side by side, they would be scratched. Rotten clothes.
Standing at a high place, you can indeed only see the dense thorny jungle, but no trace of the road.
Just when Yao Yao and Gu Chen were exploring Qingyun Village at night, Zhao Yingrong and Xue Shou were walking down the wet steps under a hidden rock in Qingyun Village.
The aged stone steps were covered with fine spiderweb-like cracks, and clumps of low dark green moss grew out of the cracks, making them extremely slippery when you step on them.
Zhao Yingrong walked next to Xue Shou, half a step behind, with a humble expression, lowered his head and kept saying in a deep voice: "Sir, be careful, slow down, the ground is a bit slippery."
Xue Shou didn't feel uncomfortable at all and walked down the steps as usual.
At the end of the steps is a narrow muddy corridor. After walking along the corridor for only a few dozen steps, the vision suddenly opens up.
There were two oil lamps burning in the small hall, and the dim lights were always bright, giving this underground cave where no sunlight could shine.
Adding a bit of eerie light and shadow.
Surrounded by hastily carved stone walls, the uncarved stone crevices were covered with thick blood stains.
The old bloodstains dried up, and fresh bloodstains splashed on, accumulating layer by layer, congealing into cracked blood clots.
There was a man sitting on the ground in the middle of the cave. His hands and feet were tightly bound by chains as thick as his arms, and the other end of the chain was nailed to the stone wall.
This man was sitting with his hair disheveled, and his clothes were torn and stained with dried blood.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head. His face was cut beyond recognition by a knife. The wound had long since healed. Dark red scars hung ferociously on his face. The dead flesh was turned out, and the facial features were distorted. There was no trace of it at all. Show his original appearance.
His eyes were full of hatred. When he saw the person coming, he opened his mouth with all his strength. His face was twisted and ferocious, but he only let out a few hoarse whines.
Xue Shou walked over slowly, squatted down in front of the man, and pinched his cheek. His teeth had been pulled out long ago, and half of his tongue was exposed in his empty mouth.
Xue Shou changed his caution and gentleness when he faced Gu Chen. He seemed to be a different person. He said with a serious smile: "The master's temper has not changed at all, he is still so irritable."
The man's body struggled violently and twisted, but his hands and feet were tightly tied with iron chains, unable to move, and his legs had long been broken. Even without the iron chains, he could not move an inch.
His whimpers sounded like tears, and his toothless, dry lips were trembling.
Xue Shou seemed to understand the meaning of the man's whining, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You want to die quickly, you can, the boss is somewhat famous in the world, and you want to die quickly, how can I not fulfill your wish? ." He turned his head and raised his chin towards the water bandit.
The water bandit understood and brought over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared nearby, and placed them on the ground in front of the man.
Xue Shou picked up the bamboo tube with purple hair, filled it with ink and handed it to the man. He smiled sinisterly: "Master, please tell me the picture and the list, and I will help you."
The man clenched his only movable right hand and did not pick up the purple hair in Xue Shou's hand. He only raised his head, his bloodshot eyes burning with anger, almost incinerating the figure reflected in his pupils.
Not surprisingly, Xue Shou chuckled twice: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to be silent, I can afford to wait." He glanced at the man up and down, and said with a smile: "The master's body can be worn out even if he thinks about it."
He threw the purple hair heavily on the man, and deep and shallow ink stains bloomed on a bloody suit in an instant. He turned around, walked forward with his hands behind his back, passed in front of the water bandit, and said lightly and indifferently: "Take him The bones in his left leg were shattered inch by inch. If he fainted, he would wake him up and continue the beating."
The water bandit shuddered hard, with a bit of unbearable look in his eyes, and said yes.
Hearing this, the man stared at the walking backs of Xue Shou and Zhao Yingrong bitterly. His body struggled even more fiercely, and the shaking chains rattled.
Zhao Yingrong walked a few steps, turned his head and glanced at the man. When he met those hateful eyes, he felt chills all over his body and shuddered involuntarily.
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Xue Shou noticed Zhao Yingrong's fear and asked calmly without looking back, "Are you scared?"
Zhao Yingrong shook his head hurriedly: "No, no."
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