This is a very strange scene.
In the tea shop on the roadside, the shopkeeper became extremely vigilant after hearing the noise.
He knew very well that the visitors accompanied by the sound of horse hooves could only be humans, but he was still nervous.
The tea shop is for business, and the visitors may be guests, but the owner of the shop does not look too happy.
"How many young people?"
Soon, several figures appeared in the field of vision.
There were five people in total, all young people, including two or three teenagers.
Father Liu was very confused. This desolate land was adjacent to a mountain range where monsters were rampant. Whose child would be so bold as to risk his life and dare to pass through such a place?
Especially at this point, it was just getting light, and both sides of the road were far away from people, which meant that the visitors had been traveling all night, which was really an eye-opener.
Everyone in the world knows that once you stay away from a city patrolled by guards, night is the graveyard of mankind.
"Is this old man the owner of this shop? Is there any hot tea? I've been traveling all night and want to drink something to warm myself up."
A group of young people tied their horses' reins to the pillars of the tea shop, with tired faces on their faces, sitting around the only tea table in the shop.
The tea table was made of random wood from the forest, with a chair on each side, so the older man among the group of people stood aside with a look of reluctance.
The reason why a more cost-effective bench is not used is mainly because the tea shop does not have much business on weekdays. The old couple are also older, so sitting on a chair is more comfortable.
Father Liu raised his hand from under the stove, and was pouring tea on the pot of tea in a decent manner. With a kind smile on his face, he noticed the changes in the expressions of this group of young people from the corner of his eye: "Little My surname is Liu, and I also own the tea shop. The hot tea will have to wait a while. Where are these young people who are so tired from traveling, where are they going?"
"Coming from the direction of Qingya City, I was going to the Imperial Capital to watch the fireworks competition finals in half a month. I heard that this old road is closer and the scenery in winter is more beautiful. I didn't expect that there would be no people along the way. It's really frustrating. .”
The man standing by the tea table happened to be bored, so he chatted and answered. He walked to the stove with a smile and rubbed his hands close to the fire pit, as if this would make him warmer.
"I see, you young people are really brave. You dare to go on this kind of road. There are some potatoes and sweet potatoes in the shop. How about you take advantage of the tea time and let me burn a few for you to fill your stomach? "Dad Liu raised his head and smiled at Wang Quan, then continued to work with his head down.
Wang Quan had a smile on his face. When Mr. Liu buried his head, Wang Quan intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the thatched house on the side, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Before entering the tea shop, Yun Tianfeng, who was accustomed to using his spiritual sense to investigate, secretly reminded a few people that there was a black moon wolf in the thatched house in the shop. It was a kind of monster beast. According to the theory of blood, among monster beasts, the black moon Wolves are almost equal to the royal family among wolf monsters.
In a small shabby shop in the wilderness, an old man who is obviously barely able to show off as a martial artist, and a monster with noble blood, the unreasonable combination naturally exists here.
Soon, Father Liu put tea and water on the table.
He glanced at the belongings of several people and was slightly surprised. No wonder he dared to take this path. He seemed to be no ordinary person.
The little girl with twin ponytails wearing a pair of daggers, her eyes are full of smartness and quirkiness, as if her thoughts are wandering and daydreaming all the time, but the aura she releases intentionally or unintentionally is amazing, Liu Dad recalled carefully that he seemed to have felt similar pressure on a certain general.
And the little girl carrying a heavy-looking epee on her back was only a young girl at most. How could she have such strength?
As for the young woman in white, it was the reason why Mr. Liu let down his guard.
The unique temperament of soldiers cannot be hidden. Father Liu has a good impression of this kind of atmosphere. He thinks of the old friends of officers and soldiers who hung out together all day long thirty years ago. He wonders how many people have been promoted and how many have been promoted now. People return from the army or die in a foreign land.
Yun Tianfeng's spiritual sense has been observing Old Liu. At first, he thought that the old man was held hostage by a monster, but the ease and ease on Old Liu didn't seem to be fake at all, which made Yun Tianfeng puzzled. untie.
If we follow the laws recognized by the Righteous Sect, monsters like monsters will definitely bring disaster as long as they appear around humans. They like to eat humans as food and are cruel and murderous. The Righteous Way in the world will punish them.
But in front of me, there was a monster lying in the thatched house of an old man, but the old man looked calm and not afraid at all, which was strange.
Sensing the change in Father Liu's eyes, Yun Tianfeng secretly sent a message to Yun Mingxue.
Yun Mingxue first looked towards the charcoal fire on the stove, swallowed her saliva, and seemed to be talking about the potatoes and sweet potatoes that had just been put in on the opposite side. Then she raised her head and looked around, and said with a little curiosity: "Old man Liu , how could you, an old man in this wilderness, think of setting up a tea shop here? Is there any business?"
Father Liu took out two thick pieces of wood from behind the stove, handed one to Wang Quan, who was squatting on the ground holding hot tea with a happy face, and placed the other next to the stove for him to sit on.
"There is very little business on this ancient road. It would be good to have one or two times a month. The reason why we built this tea shop is actually because the ancient road is all the farmland of the villagers. Every day, a family comes here to guard it. In fact, the tea shop is where the villagers make their own tea and drink it. Occasionally, passing guests will come and give them a few cups of hot tea for free. Through chatting, you can learn more about new things happening in the dynasty."
"Aren't you afraid? There are monsters in the deserted areas." Yun Mingxue asked doubtfully.
Father Liu shook his head: "There is nothing to be afraid of. In more than 20 years, I have never seen a monster jump across the ancient road and enter the human area. Besides, with Da Hei accompanying me, I am not afraid anymore."
"Dahei?" Yun Mingxue turned to look at the thatched house, where a dark dog's head just emerged, looking at several people curiously.
Father Liu laughed and said with pride: "When the land reclamation team withdrew from this area more than 20 years ago, I picked up a puppy that was unconscious on the side of the ancient road. I have raised it for more than 20 years and is tall. He is strong and can stand up like a yak. With him by his side, I won’t be afraid even at night and I feel very at ease.”
Yun Tianfeng handed the cup of hot tea to Old Liu and said he still wanted to make peace. When Old Liu stood up to add more tea, Yun Tianfeng asked with a smile: "Uncle Liu, we saw traces of a motorcade passing by on this ancient road. Have you seen who they are? Is it a caravan? There must be at least a few hundred people, right?"
Father Liu shook his head gently and reminded the young man to be careful of the tea bowl being scalded. He returned to the stove and sat down before saying, "I haven't seen you. The young man is also curious. Look at the traces. At least three teams passed by each other at an interval of nearly an hour. It’s all done at night, it’s a pity, if it’s a caravan, if it’s daytime, maybe we can take the villagers to buy some new year’s goods, and save us the trouble of having to go to the city.”
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Tianjuan Village has the exact opposite meaning to the word "Hentian" in the "Hentian Ancient Road".
The residents living here never knew why the ancient road had such a strange name. Instead, they hoped that the years would be safe, God would bless the village, and everyone would be happy, so they gave the village such a name.
Zhang Cuiyuan, Liu's wife, had just returned from the carriage. White smoke was already rising from the smoke towers of many houses in the village. She tied the snow-covered carriage on the road to a small wooden stake in front of the yard and patted herself skillfully. He took off his clothes and stamped his feet again, making sure that there were not many snowflakes on him before he dared to enter the house.
The layout of the house is simple, with a kitchen connected to the small hall and two rooms on each side. On the left is the bedroom of the old couple and the bedroom specially reserved for Dahei. The upper room on the right is where the son and daughter-in-law sleep. , and below is the bedroom of a pair of five- and six-year-old twin grandsons.
The curtain hanging on the door of the son and daughter-in-law's room was hung on the wooden pegs on the side. The bed was neatly made. They had already left, probably to go to the mountain to watch the rabbit traps.
Zhang Cuiyuan opened the curtain and looked at the two little kids lying on the bed, hugging each other and sleeping. She shook her head slightly, returned to the kitchen, put on her apron and started to get busy.
The grandson likes to eat noodles, and the granddaughter likes to eat egg fried rice. They are really difficult to take care of.
While he was busy, there was some faint noise coming through the open door of the house. Zhang Cuiyuan was not surprised. It was already the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month. She guessed that someone in the village was killing the New Year pig and was busy. Wait until tomorrow. The big black pig that has been raised at home for a year has to be killed, but you must not let the big black pig look at it, otherwise it will be lost for several days.
Dahei is very affectionate and knows all the livestock in the family. He will feel sad every time he is slaughtered, but this does not prevent his eyes from shining when he eats.
"boom!"
In the courtyard of a villager farthest from Mr. Liu's house, the ajar wooden door was suddenly kicked open by an uninvited guest. The chickens, ducks and geese wandering in the yard screamed in panic, and the male owner of the yard hurriedly put on his coat and stepped on it. Bu Xie opened the door and looked outside.
However, the first thing the male owner of this family saw was the flash of a white blade. The next moment, half of his forehead slipped off, blood spurted out, and his body fell to the ground helplessly.
Three or two men they had never seen before kicked the man's body aside, got into the house and started searching, waking up the sleeping hostess.
The hostess thought it was the neighbor who liked to play dice and her man who was causing the noise, so she lay in bed and mumbled some vague curses.
But the next moment, this woman who was over fifty years old didn't even have time to get her head out of the bed, and she stopped breathing with a muffled groan, and the blood dyed the quilt completely red.
"Look for whatever you can find and take it away. Kill all the livestock in the yard and take them away." The executioners, who killed without blinking an eye, were like robbers, plucking the feathers of the geese, making the chickens and dogs restless.
Similar scenes gradually unfolded in every household in the village. The stench of blood was covered up by the wind and snow and did not spread far.
Outside the village, on a tall horse, a man wearing a mask looked boredly into the distance, turning a deaf ear to the screams.
He is Yi Han.
It was also his idea to attack the village, because there was no alcohol in the convoy escorting the prisoners, and he was addicted to alcohol. If he didn't drink for a day, he would be in a trance, bored and bored, which was really uncomfortable.
He just wanted to buy a few jars of wine from the village, but the team leader Zhang Qi felt that wine without meat was not enough, so he massacred the village this time.
In the words of the team holding the flag, this place is far away from the city. Even at the end of spring, it is estimated that the mountains will still be covered by heavy snow. There is no fear of being known, and no one will know.
Yi Han, who was born in the Zhengdao sect, Zhui Ri Sect, felt that this was not good at first, just buy it, why kill people, but he did not stop him, or even spoke, and acquiesced to everything.
No matter what, having wine is better than anything else.
