After another drink in the tavern on the third day, Ye Ming returned to the inn and planned to continue his journey.
As a result, as soon as I returned to the inn, I saw a group of people coming to the inn to eat and rest.
Ye Ming, who was going downstairs, saw this group of people and smiled on his face.
Maisui hugged Lei Ling and turned around and ran to the room, but she was still seen.
"That little thief!"
A girl's voice sounded, pointing to where Maisui had fled into the room.
Others also looked over, but they only saw Ye Ming.
"Mr. Yang, we meet again."
The leading man was none other than Jing Hao from Quanzong Village, and the one who spoke just now was naturally his sister Jing Ziruo.
Ye Ming also greeted them cheerfully, and the two parties chatted together.
Jing Hao wanted to invite Ye Ming to drink again. How could Ye Ming refuse such a good thing?
Of course I agreed.
Jing Ziruo took the opportunity to go upstairs and catch Mai Sui. Mai Sui was very healthy now. He relied on his petite and flexible advantages to keep dodging. Jing Ziruo couldn't catch anyone.
Maisui took the opportunity to circle around Jing Ziruo, then went downstairs and hid behind Ye Ming.
Jing Ziruo chased after him, but when he saw Ye Ming chatting happily with his elder brother, he didn't want to make trouble again, but he still stared at Mai Sui angrily.
The last time her good intentions went unrewarded still made her worried.
After the two sides chatted for a while, Ye Ming set off and continued heading north.
On the way, I met another horse riding eight hundred miles, also carrying a box, heading north.
Ye Ming's donkey riding speed was not very fast. Jing Hao and others rode horses much faster. In the evening, they had already caught up with Ye Ming.
"Mr. Yang, we are really destined to meet again so soon."
Jing Hao greeted with a smile, and Ye Ming greeted him with a smile.
There was a village ahead, and everyone decided to stay overnight in the village.
Covered in white snow, the village looked very artistic, and there were no fences or anything like that outside the village, making it appear that it was not wary of the outside world.
Moreover, there seemed to be no beggars in or outside the village, which was incredible.
At this time, there was light snow in the sky, and everyone entered the village.
There are many farm tools in the village, including hoes, hammers, knives and axes. They seem to be used for more than just production and life. However, in Chenzhou, where the folk customs are strong, people have long been accustomed to it and did not think much of it. think.
When the people in the village saw such a group of armed outsiders arriving all of a sudden, they picked up their weapons one by one.
Seeing this, Jing Hao stepped forward to negotiate, saying that he and others had no ill intentions and just wanted to stay overnight.
After the villagers heard that they were guests, the village chief gave an order, and everyone put down their guard. They seemed to have special trust in this group of outsiders and expressed a warm welcome.
Maisui's dark eyes looked around and found people hiding in the firewood stacks and behind the walls in the village, all with weapons.
A worried Maisui pulled Ye Ming's sleeve, but Ye Ming didn't seem to notice and just chatted with the villagers.
Jing Hao gave him one tael of silver as a reward for staying overnight, and the villagers seemed very happy.
The earth temple in the village was vacated for the group to stay temporarily, and the village chief arranged for people to cook.
Maisui was a little worried and wanted to pull Ye Ming away, but Ye Ming remained unmoved.
Jing Ziruo had been staring at Lei Ling in Mai Sui's arms, and now she found an opportunity to get close to Mai Sui:
"Can I hold this raccoon slave?"
Maisui shook his head and hugged Lei Ling to avoid Jing Ziruo. Seeing this, Jing Ziruo felt a little discouraged.
Why does such a beautiful and lovely raccoon slave like that kind of little thief who steals things, but he doesn't let such a kind-hearted girl touch him at all!
Jing Ziruo, who was in a bad mood, suddenly came into contact with the clay statue of the Earth Temple.
For some reason, she seemed to see the earth clay statue showing a strange smile to her, which made people's hair stand on end.
Jing Ziruo was startled, and looked at the clay statue on the ground again, and found that the clay statue was still a clay statue, without any change.
Is it an illusion?
Jing Ziruo felt that this was most likely an illusion, but she still felt unsafe and did not dare to look at the clay statue again.
"Sister-in-law, it's a bit spooky here, I'm afraid."
Jing Ziruo came to Gurong and whispered to her what she had just seen.
Gu Rong didn't believe it, but just comforted her, thinking that she thought too much and was wrong.
The land god has always helped people, how could he harm people?
Not long after, the village chief brought someone a bowl of meatloaf.
"You are all distinguished guests of our village. We don't have anything else to offer you. We only have some meat pies for you to try."
As the village chief said, he asked someone to place a pot of meat cakes in the earth temple, and then took the people away.
"Can't you tell? This village is very rich. It can actually make so many meat pies at one time."
When Jing Ziruo saw the food, she forgot about the "hallucination" and reached for the meat pie.
But before he touched the meat pie, Jing Hao slapped him on the back of his hand.
Jing Ziruo was in pain and looked at her elder brother dissatisfied:
"Brother, what are you doing? I'm hungry. Can't I just eat a meat pie?"
I don’t know when, Jing Hao’s expression turned serious:
"It's better not to eat these meat pies."
It was not the first day that Jing Ziruo followed him out to travel around the world. He immediately realized the problem and looked at the meat pies:
"Did they drug it?"
Jing Hao shook his head: "There shouldn't be any drugs, it's just that the meat..."
"What happened to the meat?"
"This is human flesh."
"Human flesh!?"
Jing Ziruo was shocked. When he looked at the pot of meat, his heart suddenly jumped with fear.
Jing Hao remained calm and unfazed:
"Everyone should eat the dry food you brought with you first to maintain your strength and wakefulness. Try to survive tonight and leave the village immediately tomorrow morning."
The others were all veterans and immediately began to take action. Half of them ate dry food and the other half were on guard duty.
Maisui also took out a steamed bun from his arms and started eating it.
Looking at Ye Ming sitting there, Mai Sui hesitated for a while, then took out another steamed bun and handed it to Ye Ming:
"You eat too."
Ye Ming took the steamed bun with a smile, a white stone appeared in his hand, and handed it to Mai Sui:
"this is for you."
This stone Maisui knew was what the big monster left behind after his death. It should be a great thing, but he didn't expect it to be given to him.
Maisui took the stone and held it in his hand. It felt no different from an ordinary stone.
Ye Ming smiled and said, "You can try throwing the stone out."
After hearing this, Maisui wanted to throw it, but just as she was about to throw it, she hesitated.
It would be a shame to throw such a good thing away like this.
Looking around, Maisui found that the clay statue of earth made her feel a little uncomfortable, so she tried to throw the stone in her hand at the clay statue of earth.
Maisui's accuracy was actually not good, he was just aiming at the clay statue head in his mind.
When the stone was shot, the direction was obviously a bit off. Whether it could hit the clay statue was a question. However, after it flew out of the hand, it adjusted its direction in the air and accurately hit the head of the clay statue.
The clay statue was hit and shattered directly.
Not to mention that, the clay statue was shattered, and the stone flew back and fell into Mai Sui's hands again.
Seeing this, Maisui's eyes lit up, knowing that she had really got the treasure.
Jing Ziruo also saw this scene and instantly became envious. She also wanted such a magical stone.
Just when she was about to speak, she suddenly heard footsteps.
Everyone in the Earth Temple immediately stood up and looked outside. The village chief had already gathered around with a group of men, women, and children.
The villagers all held weapons and glared at Jing Hao and others.
The village chief looked at Jing Hao with cold eyes:
"We are kind enough to entertain you all with good food and drink. How can you repay kindness with hatred and break the statue of the earth god in my village?"
Hearing this, Jing Ziruo immediately retorted:
"You actually make human meat pies, it's so unscrupulous, and you still have the nerve to say it!"
The village chief shook his head and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. Those beggars will starve to death and freeze to death anyway. It is useless to keep them. If we make them into food, no one in our village will starve to death."
When the village chief said this, his face looked terrifying in the light of the villagers' torches.
If you look carefully, the eyes of the people in this village are covered with bloodshot eyes, and they look like wild beasts.
"Since you have broken the idols, stay and make amends to the gods! In the form of food!"
The village chief waved his hand, and the villagers rushed forward with various weapons and red eyes.
Seeing this, Jing Hao and others also drew their weapons to face the enemy.
It has to be said that this group of people is still very responsible. Even when faced with the siege of nearly a hundred villagers, they still protected the unarmed Ye Ming and Maisui in the middle.
Although Jing Hao knew that Ye Ming didn't need protection, he was a little cautious.
Since I and others are facing this expert like this, I believe that at the critical moment, this expert will not refuse to save him!
Even though Jing Ziruo usually seems unreliable, she doesn't have stage fright when fighting. Instead, she fights very methodically and has extraordinary martial arts skills.
In fact, she has murderous intent, which proves that this seemingly innocent girl has also killed people.
Compared with the famous martial arts sects like Quan Zongzhuang, the fighting ability of the villagers is far behind. The only advantage is the large number of people.
After a fierce battle between the two sides, of the nine people on Quan Zongzhuang's side, one was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
Nine villagers died, a dozen were seriously injured, and many more suffered minor injuries.
Seeing that other villagers who usually got along day and night were beaten down, these villagers were angry at first, but gradually turned into fear. Some people began to be timid and did not dare to move forward.
These villagers did not have much military literacy, and there was no such thing as supervising a battle team. After everyone's heroic fighting was over, they no longer dared to attack and withdrew from the battle circle one after another.
If this was not their own village, a group of people might have fled.
The villagers who did not dare to attack again surrounded the whole village and hesitated to move forward.
The village chief scolded them several times and asked them to charge again, but no one dared to step forward.
At this moment, an unpleasant old man's laughter suddenly came from the air, "Hey hey hey~~~"
As soon as the sound rang out, everyone subconsciously searched for the source of the sound, but found nothing.
Suddenly a villager let out a scream, and everyone looked subconsciously.
But it was discovered that the villager's face seemed to have been cut off by something. The villager who had his face cut off screamed and died on the spot.
"If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, I'll let you die first!"
The ugly old man's voice sounded, and everyone realized that it was the villager who was the first to retreat.
The villager's severed face was hanging in the air, as if it was being lifted by something.
The next moment, I saw that the bloody face suddenly lost a piece of flesh, as if it had been eaten by something.
Immediately afterwards, everyone heard the sound of chewing.
"What kind of bullshit tribute is not as delicious as human flesh. Hey, all those years of being a god have been in vain. Only now do I know what real food is!"
The voice seemed to be sighing.
Hearing this, Jing Ziruo seemed to have thought of something, and her face turned pale:
"Are you the land?"
"Hey, hehehe~~ The little girl is very smart, she guessed it so quickly. When I eat you later, I will slowly eat you alive bit by bit, hehehe~~~"
Everyone else looked horrified when they heard this, especially the people from Quan Zongzhuang.
They still have the confidence to fight against humans, but if the other party is a god...
Jing Hao subconsciously looked at Ye Ming. In his opinion, the only hope tonight was this expert. He hoped that this expert could find a way.
The invisible land is still laughing, and the sound is very close to Jing Ziruo, as if he wants to be the first to eat her.
Jing Ziruo was terrified and slashed at the front with the sword in his hand, but it was of no use.
Just as the sound of the land was getting closer, a white stone suddenly flew out and hit the air.
"ah!"
The land let out a scream and actually appeared on the spot in front of everyone!
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