"Strange, why is there a watchtower in this village?"
Qian Tu was thinking in his mind, but their whereabouts quickly attracted the attention of the villagers. Groups of young people gathered around, with a hint of caution, still holding various tools in their hands.
"Hey! Why do you come to our Juyuan Village? Are you passing by or visiting relatives?" An old man with a goatee shouted loudly, and his voice carried far away.
Qian Tu's eyes scanned the faces of the villagers, but he didn't find anything strange. On the surface, these people appear to be just ordinary villagers.
"Am I really worrying too much? But how do you explain that watchtower?"
Qian Tu thought uneasily, and looked up at the watchtower again. However, this time, he found that there was no one in the tower, and the shaking figure was gone. Like a phantom, disappearing into the air.
"Hey, what do you do?"
The voice of the old man with the goatee suddenly became high-pitched, and he came from a distance, his figure becoming more and more obvious.
Qian Tu retracted his thoughts, turned to face the old man with the goatee, and slightly cupped his hands: "The two of you were just passing by here and came to your village by chance, so we wanted to find a place to rest for a while."
"Yeah, we've been traveling for four days straight, can we stay overnight? We're really exhausted."
Bai Yunfei hurriedly stepped forward, followed closely and echoed.
He was really exhausted, and there seemed to be many young wives in the village. At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind, which was to try his best to spend the night here.
The old man stared at Qian Tu and Bai Yunfei, with obvious vigilance in his eyes.
"Old man, please be considerate." Seeing the other party's hesitation, the fat man quickly approached with a smile, and gently put the sleeves of his robe on the old man's hand. The latter felt his palms sink slightly, and then whispered to the old man quietly, "Old man, please forgive me for any inconvenience. I have plenty of money here, so it won't be a problem more or less."
The old man gently twisted it with his thin fingers, and then his attitude changed instantly, and a smile suddenly broke out on his face.
"It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk. I happen to have a vacant house in my house. Come with me, you two."
After that, the old man took the lead and led the way. Bai Yunfei followed happily, but Qian Tu was hesitant. After all, there were too many doubts in this village. If he was overly worried, that would be okay, but if there was real danger, he would be in the tiger's mouth, which would be extremely dangerous.
Seeing Qian Tu's hesitation, Bai Yunfei quickly turned back and pulled him: "Brother Qian, don't be stunned. We finally found a place to rest, so don't think too much about it. Besides, we have to stay in Lingcheng for a while. , I have to take a good rest. Hey, let’s go.”
Qian Tu thought about it for a moment, gritted his teeth and followed.
Bai Yunfei and Qian Tu followed the old man, walking through the alleys of the village, getting more and more remote.
At this time, Qian Tu's heart was in his throat, but he was afraid that his guess was wrong, so he pretended to be calm and asked: "Old man, your village is really remote. I see that there are no trees or rivers around." , not even a living being. How do you usually live?"
Hearing this, the old man chuckled, "We used to be refugees who fled from famine. The surrounding trees were cut down and houses were built. So this place became a flat land. As for the river, haha, everyone in our village Every family prepares a big bucket to collect snow in winter, and the melted snow water can be used to solve the drinking water problem in the coming year.”
"We have cultivated a piece of land behind the village and grown vegetables. We are barely able to be self-sufficient."
At this point, the old man leading the way suddenly turned around and asked, "Well, by the way, where are you two coming from and where are you going?"
"us……"
Just as Bai Yunfei was about to speak, Qian Tu immediately took over, "We came from Jiangcheng and went to Lingcheng to do some private business."
"Jiangcheng? Oh, that's quite far away." The old man said in surprise.
"Yes!" Qian Tu responded, "Haha, how far is it from Lingcheng?"
"Although Lingcheng is not far from our village, due to the heavy snow blocking the mountains, it takes five or six days to go back and forth. You guys have really worked hard on this trip!"
After the old man finished speaking, he continued to lead the way. Qian Tu kept paying attention to the surrounding environment along the way, but did not find anything abnormal.
Soon, the old man took Qian Tu and Bai Yunfei outside a courtyard.
"arrive!"
The old man stood by the threshold and said hello. After saying this, he turned and walked towards the courtyard, and arranged the two of them in a west wing room with a slight musty smell.
However, as soon as he entered this wing, Qian Tu's expression changed instantly. Maybe others smelled the smell of mold, but for him who entered the world at the age of 15 and climbed out of the abyss of death, even if it was weak, The smell of blood can also be clearly smelled.
There has been a killing in this wing!
At this moment, the old man had an amiable smile on his face, and he slowly said: "Two of you, do you need to eat here? If necessary, I can ask my mother to prepare more."
When the fat man Bai Yunfei heard this, he immediately replied excitedly: "Of course I have to eat!" In the past four days, he had not touched a morsel of oil and relied on dry food to survive. At this time, the fat man was already hungry.
Qian Tu stared at the old man closely, and couldn't help but feel nervous. He knew that this meal might not be so simple and satisfying.
After some thought, he nodded and said respectfully, "I'll bother you, husband." But he was secretly thinking about what the residents of this village were planning to do!
The moment the old man turned around with his hands behind his back, Bai Yunfei hurriedly stepped forward, handed him a silver ingot, and said with a smile: "Take this little silver, and prepare more meat for me."
Looking at the money, the old man smiled happily and immediately agreed, "Hey, I'll have someone kill a chicken for you two and trim some bacon."
With that said, he left in a hurry.
Not long after, the meal was ready.
This old man's surname is Tian. He is not only famous in the village, but why? Because he has many sons, seven sons, two daughters, plus grandchildren. When eating, dozens of people are very lively.
And when Qian Tu and Bai Yun flew over, they had already started eating. The host showed no intention of waiting for the guests, and many of the plates were bottomed out.
"Put it there and serve it yourself. Country people don't have that many rules when it comes to eating."
Qian Tu shook his head indifferently.
But Bai Yunfei was not happy. He had paid for it. Of the three plates of meat on the table, only the bottom of the plate was left, not even a hair was left. How could he eat enough? So he yelled at Na Tian's family: " Hey! What's going on with you? I paid for the meat on the table. You just eat it, but you dare to lick all the dishes clean? "
Immediately afterwards, Bai Yunfei reached out angrily and grabbed a large piece of meat on the table, threw it directly into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it.
However, after listening to Bai Yunfei's words, the Tian family members all frowned, but soon returned to their original behavior. They were still behaving as they should and ignored him at all.
Only Old Man Tian laughed a few times and said, "Hey, there are many people in my family and we usually don't eat meat. This is my first time eating meat today and I really can't help it. But these vegetables are cooked with lard and are very fragrant. How about you?" Let’s make do with it first.”
As he spoke, the old man took out two sets of dishes and chopsticks from the cabinet next to him and placed them on the table.
Qian Tu nodded slightly and sat solemnly on the chair. Bai Yunfei glanced at the few vegetable leaves left on the table glumly. Although he was filled with anger, he also knew that this was precious hot rice. After all, eating the dry food like stones along the way had already made him hungry. Roll. So he sat down silently, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and began to devour the food eagerly.
"Well, it's so delicious!" Bai Yunfei enjoyed it with a big mouthful.
At the same time, Qian Tu carefully observed the people around him while tasting the food. He found that these people were peeking here from time to time, which made Qian Tu even more convinced of his suspicion that there must be a huge problem in this village.
"By the way, Mr. Tian, when I came in just now, I saw a high shelf in your village. What is it for?" Qian Tu suddenly asked.
When Mr. Tian heard this, his face changed slightly involuntarily, and then he hurriedly explained with a smile: "Hey, these are troubled times. Our group of people came here to escape, and we have managed to live here for several years. To live a peaceful life, it is natural to be on guard. Therefore, the young adults in our village spontaneously formed a militia. The watchtower is used to observe whether there are bandits around. Haha, it is also to guard against bandits. "
After hearing Mr. Tian's explanation, although it was reasonable, I still couldn't help but feel doubtful. He knows that the more explanations there are, the more obvious the problems become. Faced with Mr. Tian's cover-up, Qian Tu's doubts became more and more serious.
"Hey, don't just talk, eat quickly." Mr. Tian reminded.
"Um."
Qian Tu nodded, flicked his sleeves intentionally or unintentionally, lowered his head and continued to enjoy the meal, but he began to recite the numbers silently in his heart.
ten!
Nine!
…
one!
'Snapped! '
Coincidentally, when he counted to one silently in his heart, a sudden sound of breaking bowls broke the silence, followed by a loud crashing sound.
I saw dozens of people, including Mr. Tian, all falling to the ground and falling into a deep sleep.
"what happened?"
Bai Yunfei stared at the chaos in front of him in astonishment, confusion and confusion revealed between his brows. Then he turned his attention to Qian Tu. This man who seemed calm and calm at the moment seemed not surprised by anything.
"Of course I fainted." Qian Tu replied calmly.
Bai Yunfei asked in surprise: "Why did you faint?"
Qian Tu was too lazy to answer. To him, this was not worth explaining at all.
From the moment he stepped in the door, he was already prepared. The two 'gu' he hid in his sleeves were named - sleepiness Gu.
As long as it is bitten, it will immediately fall into a coma. Just now, Qian Tu just flicked his sleeves, and two Gu bugs flew out. The person who was bitten was completely indifferent.
As for Bai Yunfei...
