As the two approached, the village chief had white hair and looked over seventy years old. Even his eyebrows were white. At this time, he was already considered a very long-lived old man.
The man next to him looks somewhat similar to the village chief, maybe they are related.
The village chief coughed and said, "Are you the ones Black Dog said were coming to help us just now?"
"Yes." Ruan Xianbei said.
The village chief looked at Tong Chun with squinted eyes and asked, "Taozi, didn't you just talk about a female doll? Why is this female doll still bald?"
Tongchun:......
The man next to him hurriedly said: "Second uncle, this is a young master, not a girl." The man apologized to the two of them: "I'm sorry, my second uncle is old and his eyesight is not very good."
The man introduced himself as Zhang Dashan, and the village chief was his second uncle, also named Zhang.
Village Chief Zhang laughed and didn't feel embarrassed about admitting the wrong gender. He said with a smile: "Black Dog said you want to enter the village, why do you have to enter the village? For the safety of the whole village, I came out to ask."
The village chief seems to have a much more relaxed attitude than the others, giving people the impression that although he is old, he is very moral and respectable.
"The news we received is that the government came but ignored it because our master cared about the common people and sent us down the mountain for this trip." Ruan Xianbei said, holding Black Dog's gun between his two fingers The tip of the gun was pinched gently with two fingertips, and the tip of the gun broke.
"Actually, we don't need your permission to enter the village, but we think about it for fear of scaring you."
Black Dog was dumbfounded as he looked at the gun in front of him that had its tip broken off so easily. Although the quality of this gun was not very good, it was still a gun! How could anyone have two fingers broken off by pinching them?
"The little master next to me is a disciple of Master Yueyin of Mahayana Temple. Master Yueyin is a senior monk, and the disciples he has accepted are certainly not ordinary. This little master Tongchun is very powerful, and no monster or ghost can escape his discernment. ” Ruan Xianbei boasted again while the iron was hot.
The pressure here is on the disciples of Mahayana Temple.
Tongchun put his hands together and bowed slightly: "Amitabha, we are indeed here to help the donors."
As he spoke, light flowed around him, and a faint golden light shrouded his body.
"Grandmaster!"
Several people threw their things and immediately knelt down to him.
Especially Zhang Dashan. This middle-aged man had tears in his eyes and looked like he was about to cry. He supported Village Chief Zhang and choked with sobs: "Second uncle, God has eyes and a holy monk has come to save us! We An Sui The village is saved!"
Ruan Xianbei: This trick is really easy to use...
"Then I'll ask our companions to come in together, okay?"
"Okay, okay!" Zhang Dashan nodded wildly.
Black Dog and the others moved the fence and made way for them. Ruan Xianbei turned around and waved, indicating that they could pack their things and come over. She and Tongchun followed Zhang Dashan inside without waiting for them.
"What's the name of the guy who stopped us at the door yesterday and seemed to have a bad temper? He was a bit tall and strong." Ruan Xianbei asked.
"Oh, that was Ganzi yesterday. That child is also a poor person. His father died in a tragic accident, and his newborn sister was lost together with many children in the village on a rainy day. His mother is not in good spirits now. If I accidentally offended my lord, please forgive me." Zhang Dashan led them inside and said as they walked: "I'm really sorry, if I had known - you wouldn't have to sleep in the open."
Ruan Xianbei said: "It's okay, it was quite late last night, so it's not good to disturb the village chief's rest."
"After you knew what happened, many families moved away. Now there are many empty houses in our village. You can live in any house you like, heroine."
Ruan Xianbei calculated that the four of them plus Xu Pei's six people, three women and seven men, would need about four rooms.
"For the ten of us, we need at least four rooms. As long as the room is clean."
"No problem." Zhang Dashan chose three courtyards for them. It can be seen that they are all
The houses of the wealthier families in the village are clean and bright inside and out, except for some dust accumulation.
"I'll have the quilts delivered to you later."
The news that their group had entered the village soon became known to the villagers. Cheng Suisui and the others who came in behind were driving a carriage. Some villagers even dropped their work and ran out to watch. Some even chased Zhang Dashan when they saw him coming out. I asked what was going on.
Zhang Dashan said mysteriously: "Where is the eminent monk, who can help us solve our difficulties, but you haven't seen that little master will glow golden, and that heroine can pinch off the tip of the gun with two fingers!"
"Ah, is that so? Then we are finally saved?"
"That's great, that's great!"
"God has eyes!"
After being confirmed by Zhang Dashan and the village chief, the villagers' attitude towards them made a 180-degree turn. These villagers living in fear had hoped countless times that this was all a dream and they would wake up. it's over. They also begged countless times for someone to help them and lead them out of this nightmare quagmire.
Now in the eyes of the villagers, they carry the hope of breaking the curse. Guanyin is the Tathagata descending to the earth, so their attitude is naturally much more enthusiastic.
Ruan Xianbei was about to clean the house by himself, but he couldn't even find a rag. Just when he didn't know where to start, several girls came in.
They looked younger than Ruan Xianbei, and each of them brought their own cleaning utensils and were a little shy. One of them, a girl with braids, quickly took out a small stool, wiped the dust on it and handed it to her and said: "Sister, please sit down. The village chief said that you are a fairy who is here to help us. Let us help you with this kind of cleaning."
Ah...Why is this becoming more and more exaggerated? Ruan Xianbei looked at the yard next door and heard the sound of someone talking.
"Someone from the holy monk has also passed by." The girl said hurriedly. Before she could refuse, they had already divided the work. Who was in charge of the inner room and who was in charge of the outer room started to take action.
Ruan Xianbei looked at their skilled movements, which were much more efficient than hers. She probably had to do a lot of work at home on weekdays, so it was fine for her to sit at the door anyway, chatting with them all the time.
The girl with braided braids is more eloquent. Her name is Ahua. Their family has no place to go so they can only stay in the village. Those who have places to go have basically moved away. There are also some who are too attached to this place and are unwilling to move. They also have to protect the village, such as the village chief.
Ruan Xianbei asked her: "How old are you?"
"She's fourteen." Ah Hua replied, "That's my sister. My sister is sixteen. My family was planning to marry my sister again. Because that incident brought bad luck to our village, the originally agreed marriage couldn't be done. Already."
Ruan Xianbei looked along her fingers and saw a girl wearing blue floral cloth with her back to them.
"My sister's name is Axiang. My sister's cooking is delicious. Sister, you can come to our house for dinner tonight."
"Then how do you prepare your food?"
"We usually take turns sending villagers out to buy things during the day, and people from the town will send them to us every once in a while." Speaking of this, Ahua's expression darkened, "The government has sent people here, but nothing can be found. After leaving...the officers and soldiers didn't dare to stay here, so they sent people to bring us some food every once in a while, maybe because they were afraid that we would starve to death."
"Since when does the sun set and I have to go back?"
Ahua recalled: "It started about half a month or a month ago, right? Some people said they saw it at night -"
She knelt down and whispered in Ruan Xianbei's ear, "I've seen that thing."
"She said she has no legs or face, and she can fly. I don't know if she is a human or a ghost..."
"Ah!" A scream startled the two of them, and just as Ruan Xianbei was about to slap him with a palm, he saw Cheng Suisui falling to the ground in aggrieved manner.
"Ruan Ruan."
Cheng Suisui didn't know when he came in, so he squatted behind the two of them and eavesdropped on their conversation. He was startled by Ahua's words and then made a sound.
Ruan Xianbei glanced at her
Ask her to get up by herself and continue to message Ahuatau: "Has anyone been here before us?"
Ah Hua glanced around, picked up a branch, drew circles on the ground and whispered, "Yes."
She was a little hesitant, but decided to believe Ruan Xianbei and the others: "Sister, I'm telling you secretly. Can you check it secretly and not spread it out? If you really want to say it, can you not say it was me who said it?"
"I will keep it a secret, Lagou." Ruan Xianbei extended his little finger to make an agreement with her.
Ahua nodded and said: "A girl came here half a month ago and said she was looking for someone. We kept her overnight, but that night it rained heavily again. It was really heavy. The wind outside blew like a child. Screaming. The door of the house where she was staying kept ringing, as if someone was knocking on the door from outside!"
"Then what?"
"Then...Then the family had no choice but to be afraid and asked the girl to go out. The girl's knocking on the door stopped immediately, and they didn't know where the girl went, whether she was dead or alive." Ahua looked a little confused. sad.
"Did that thing come again later?" Cheng Suisui asked.
"No more, and it never rained again." Ahua shook her head. "It seems to be reminding us not to accept others. If we let others get involved, we will be unlucky. What if that thing comes every time it rains? It rains. Which girl should we send out?"
Ruan Xianbei and Cheng Suisui looked at each other and looked at the weather. It looked like it was going to rain in the past few days.
"What good luck." Ruan Xianbei said, "Don't worry, Ah Hua. If anything happens, just stay home and let us deal with it."
Cheng Suisui also said: "That's right, no demons or monsters can beat this sister! She is the boss of the demons!"
Ruan Xianbei hit Cheng Suisui and pushed her down to the ground again. Ahua laughed with them. She was more confident than ever this time, as if this time she could really get rid of her fear and return to a normal life. .
Twenty taels of silver was a bit too small, but in modern times it was still around eight thousand to ten thousand yuan.
At present, an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty can only earn one tael of silver per month at most, and a centurion can earn three taels of silver per month.
Maybe he will accept it.
In addition, Qin Hu is also planning to draw a big pie for Li Xiaokun. After all, Qin Hu used to have money.
Now it depends on whether he and Qin An can survive the night.
"Little Marquis, I may not be able to survive. I'm so hungry, my hands and feet are frozen with cold." Qin An said in a daze.
"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi, hold on, hold on, you can't stay still, get up and run, that's the only way you can survive."
In fact, Qin Hu himself is in trouble. Although he was a special soldier in his previous life, this body is not what he used to be. All he has now is a perseverance.
"Wait!"
Qin Hu's eyes were like cold stars, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice. A reflection and a rustling sound that appeared just ten meters away from the camp aroused his alertness.
With the professional sense of smell of a special scout, he felt that it was the enemy.
But should we notify Li Xiaokun?
Qin Hu hesitated a little. What if he saw it wrong? You know, his current physical condition is completely different from before.
If a false alarm causes night terrors or camp roars, and someone gets a handle on it, they will be killed without mercy.
"Xiao Anzi, hand me the bow and arrow."
Qin Hu crawled under the carriage and whispered.
But Qin An's next words scared him so much that he almost jumped up.
"Bow and arrow, what are bow and arrow?"
What, there are no bows and arrows in this era?
Qin Hu looked around and found a wooden stick with a sharpened top placed under the wheel. It was two meters long. It was thick at the handle and became thinner as it went up.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a weapon.
Wooden gun, this is the iconic building of the cannon fodder.
"Get closer, get closer..." After a few breaths, Qin Hu had determined that he
I read that right.
The other party may be the enemy's scouts, called scouts in this era. They are trying to enter the camp and conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also poison, set fire to, or perform a beheading operation.
"one two three……"
He and Qin An lay motionless on the ground until then, he suddenly jumped up and threw the wooden spear as a javelin.
"puff!"
It was impossible for the scout to wear armor because he had difficulty moving, so the shot pierced his chest directly.
Following Qin Hu, he picked up the wooden gun belonging to Qin An, jumped out of the carriage, and chased in the opposite direction desperately.
For the reliability of intelligence, the scouts are required to monitor each other and are not allowed to act alone, so there are at least two.
After a few moments, Qin Hu threw another black shadow to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck with a wooden gun. There was a crisp sound and the man's head hung down.
"Hoo, hoo!" Qin Hu was sweating profusely and almost collapsed. He lay on the ground gasping for air. His body was really too weak.
Just to break the enemy's neck, before he could just use his hands, but just now he had to rely on the power of a wooden gun.
"Qin An, come here and help me search you."
Qin Hu is familiar with the rules of the battlefield. He must collect all the trophies from these two guys as quickly as possible.
"Two daggers, two horizontal knives, a level, seven or eight taels of broken silver, two grain bags, flags, kettles, two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pot helmets, bacon..."
"Qin An, brother, hurry up, hurry up, eat something quickly, you are saved..."
Qin Hu tremblingly grabbed a handful of fried beans from the grain bag and stuffed it into Qin An's mouth, then filled him with water and put on the captured cotton-padded clothes.
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Before dawn, Qin Hu cut off the scout's head before the sentry on duty arrived, carried it into Shi Chang's camp, and reported what happened yesterday.
This was done to prevent others from taking credit, and he knew what kind of environment he was in now.
"Thirty taels of silver for one head, you are rich."
The chief's name was Gundam. He was a tall, muscular man with a beard.
At first, he didn't believe it until he saw the trophies captured by Qin Hu and the two corpses.
At this moment, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"It's not me who gets rich, it's everyone who gets rich. This is the result of the ten of us."
