As a highly educated modern person, Wu Zhongyuan can see at a glance that these people in Leprosy Ridge are genetic mutations caused by strong radiation, and what the radiation source is is not yet known, but one thing is certain, that is, this radiation is not produced recently, either there is something in this place with strong radiation, or their ancestors have been exposed to strong radiation, and the genetic mutations of their ancestors have been passed on to their descendants.

Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong entered the village, the people standing in the open area looked at each other, and did not come over to intercept and interrogate, through the frightened and curious eyes on their faces, it is not difficult to see that there are few outsiders in this place.

The two of them stopped from the crowd, Wu Zhongyuan was just about to speak, Wan Shanhong preemptively said, "We are from the Niu Clan, please ask your person in charge to come out and speak." ”

Hearing Wan Shanhong's words, Wu Zhongyuan turned his head to look at her, the reason why Wan Shanhong spoke first was because he didn't want him to reveal his identity, and the people in Lefeng Ridge had no concept of the Yellow Emperor, but they were very in awe of the Niu clan.

Seeing that the two were from the Niu clan, the people in Leprosy became more and more frightened, and someone whispered to a half-old child and asked him to run to inform the owner of the village.

During the period of waiting for the arrival of the owner of the village, Wu Zhongyuan's eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the field one by one, these people have no aura cultivation, only a few have red aura, and the disability of everyone's facial features and limbs is not varied, basically there are rules to follow, which shows that their disabilities are not from the influence of acquired radiation, but from congenital heredity, that is to say, their ancestors have been strongly radiated elsewhere, and there is no radiation source in Leprosy Ridge itself.

After looking at everyone, Wu Zhongyuan looked around again, looking at their living area, the houses here are very dilapidated, there are no valuable livestock in the village, only a few skinny old dogs, and then there is a fence in the northeast direction, there is an old cow and a small piglet, the whole village gives people a feeling of dilapidation and gloom, and the twilight is gloomy.

In about three minutes, an elderly man of medium stature and several middle-aged men walked out of the village, the old man was over the age of old, although the clothes and clothes on his body were no different from those of others, but he had a temperament that no one else had, the unique temperament of the village chief and the owner of the village.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong, the old man quickened his pace and walked over, squeezed out a kind smile when he got closer, and arched his hand and said, "Old Hu Zhong, dare to ask what the two of you are called?"

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer Hu Zhong's question, but said, "Master Hu Zhai, can you take a step to speak?"

Hu Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but when he came back to his senses, he nodded at Wu Zhongyuan, and then walked towards the northeast.

Wu Zhongyuan followed, and the two walked out of more than ten zhang, Hu Zhong stopped and turned his head to look at Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan said in a low voice, "Master Hu Zhai, do you know that the world has been unified?"

"I've heard it, I've heard it. Hu Zhong nodded again and again.

"My name is Wu Zhongyuan, I was originally the Great Wu of the Bear Clan, and now I am the Yellow Emperor of the Central Plains. Wu Zhongyuan told his identity.

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Hu Zhong's eyes widened, he was shocked, and he wanted to kneel down tremblingly, "I didn't know that the adults arrived, and I didn't greet him, it's really damn." ”

Wu Zhongyuan stretched out his hand and helped Hu Zhong up, "No need to be polite, the world has been decided, I came out this time to inspect the border, passing through here, I suddenly remembered an old story, so I came over to talk to the master of Hu Zhai and ask a few questions." ”

"My lord, excuse me. Hu Zhong bent over and hunched his back, not daring to straighten up.

"Does Master Hu Zhai recognize Hu Laosan?" asked Wu Zhongyuan.

"Recognize, recognize, he is the contemptible third uncle," Hu Zhong was nervous, "but the third uncle has passed away for many years, I don't know what the adults are looking for him?"

Wu Zhongyuan groaned slightly, and then said, "In the autumn of thirty years ago, Hu Laosan exchanged three bronze medals for six catties of nitrate in Lianshan, do you know where his bronze medal for easy exchange of nitrate came from?"

"Thirty years ago?" Hu Zhong grimaced.

Seeing Hu Zhong frowning, Wu Zhongyuan knew that too much time had passed, and he couldn't remember it, so he took out a copy of Jiang Zhu's rubbing from his waist bag, and spread it out to Hu Zhong, "This is a rubbings of three bronze medals, the size and the text on it are no different from the bronze medals, don't worry about the Hu Zhai master, I have seen it and recalled it carefully." ”

Hu Zhong squinted his eyes and shook his head slowly, "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it." ”

"Master Hu Zhai take a good look again. Wu Zhongyuan said in a deep voice.

Sensing that Wu Zhongyuan's tone turned cold, Hu Zhong became more and more frightened, shaking his head and waving his hand, "Although the old man is old, he has never been confused and forgetful, if he saw it in his early years, he would definitely leave an impression, but I have no impression of these three bronze medals." ”

"The owner of the village went to inquire and see if the other older people in the village had seen these three bronze medals. Wu Zhongyuan handed over the silk cloth.

Hu Zhong waved his hand again and again, not daring to accept it, "There are still a few older people in the village, and I asked the adults to go with me and ask them face to face." ”

Wu Zhongyuan nodded in agreement and followed Hu Zhong to the village.

One in his nineties and two in his eighties, asked face to face, none of the three had ever seen a bronze medal of this style, and their expressions and tone were not abnormal, not like they were lying.

In the process of inquiry, Wu Zhongyuan found a problem, that is, the elders in the village did not have a high evaluation of Hu Laosan, and there were many whispers in his words.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't know why, so he asked Hu Zhong.

Although the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, but Wu Zhongyuan asked, Hu Zhong did not dare to hide it, so he had to answer truthfully, according to Hu Zhong, Hu Laosan did not abide by the rules, did not do his job, made fox friends and dog friends, caused trouble everywhere, and did a lot of bad things.

Hu Zhong's answer was very vague, and it could be seen that he didn't want to say more about it, but Wu Zhongyuan refused to give up and insisted on asking for details.

The details can not be explained clearly in a few words, because it was late, Hu Zhong invited the two to his home, lit the lamp, and reminisced.

Hu Zhong is old, he speaks slowly, and he talks for more than an hour, during which Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong occasionally interject to ask, according to Hu Zhong, Hu Laosan did too many bad things during his lifetime, almost to the extent that he is out of books, and almost all the bad things imaginable have been done.

Hu Zhong's narration is equivalent to the collection of clues, which are useful and which are not useful Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong comb and judge, several of which clues are very useful, one is that there is an ancestral volume of "Debit Codex" in Lefengling , It records the methods of finding tombs and robbing tombs, as well as which tombs have been stolen by ancestors, including the method of entry and the time of entry, and what things were taken, the reason why this is remembered is because the tomb robbery itself is hurtful to yin morality, and the people of Leprosy Ridge robbed the tomb just to survive, and if the days are better in the future, they have to return the things they took from others at the same price. Then there is the fact that you can't go back to the tomb after you have stolen it, which is the same as borrowing money, borrowing once and failing to pay it back, you can't borrow it again in the future.

This "Debit Codex" is the lifeblood of Lefengling, which was stolen by Hu Laosan and never returned until he died.

The second is that Hu Laosan violated the ancestral teachings and entered the Southern Wilderness without permission. The reason why Wan Shanhong has little understanding of Leprosy Ridge is because Leprosy Ridge has ancestral teachings, and all descendants are not allowed to set foot in the Southern Wilderness.

The third is that Hu Laosan befriended bandits, and Hu Laosan befriended many bandits, including a second-rate son of the snake clan, at this time there was no word second-rate, which is roughly what it means.

As for being greedy and lustful, greedy for a glass of good wine, and lazy to do these, there is no exquisite value, what is valuable is these three clues, these three clues are actually a clue, and when combined, the general context of the matter can be deduced.

The one who sold the two qi-tonifying pills smelted by the mixed yuan ding from the Goat Valley was a snake clansman, and this snake clan was Hu Laosan's accomplice, and the bronze medal sold by Hu Laosan and the qi-tonifying pills sold by the snake people were all from the same mausoleum.

This mausoleum is likely to be recorded in the "Debit Codex" of Leprosy, that is, the place where the mixed Yuan Ding was sealed, and this mausoleum should be somewhere in the Southern Wilderness, and the ancestors of Leprosy must have suffered a great loss in that place, so it is strictly forbidden for future generations to go to the Southern Wilderness.

Although Hu Zhong is the current owner of the village, he is a descendant of Hu Laosan, and he was not in power when Hu Laosan stole the "Debit Codex", nor did he look through the "Debit Codex", and he did not know which mausoleums were recorded on it.

One of the last questions that Wu Zhongyuan confirmed was when the people of Lefeng Ridge began to suffer from illness, and Hu Zhong replied that Lefeng Ling had been cursed by the undead for many years, and he couldn't tell how many years, at least hundreds of years.

Hu Zhong's attitude towards the two of them is very humble, he must answer all questions, he knows everything, and there is a lot of help in his words, but Wu Zhongyuan never agreed to help, not that he doesn't want to help, but he can't help, if it's really the curse of the undead, maybe there is a way to break it, but the disability of the people in Leprosy Ridge comes from genetic inheritance, and he can't help it.

It was the second watch when the two left Leprosy, and until the end, Wu Zhongyuan did not promise to help them break the curse, but only gave them some rice and a few livestock out of humanitarian aid.

On the way back, the mood of the two is still good, at present, it can almost be concluded that the mixed Yuan Ding is sealed somewhere in the Southern Wilderness, and then the two have to go to the snake clan and Taiping Village, with the increase of clues, the context will become clearer and clearer, and the possibility of finding the mixed Yuan Ding is also increasing.

Back to the Yongwang Mansion in Xiaoshan, Jiang Zhen has returned, and the three bronze medals have also been found and brought back, and the bronze medals have been placed in the Danfang on the connection, Jiang Zheng once tried to smelt the pills according to the recipes on this when he was alive, but these recipes are only suitable for mixed Yuan Ding, and other Danding cannot be used.

Won three bronze medals, Wu Zhongyuan is in a good mood, these three bronze medals are also very useful, the bird clan has a lot of metallurgical masters, in the case of forced to carry out destructive research on these bronze medals, through the analysis of the bronze medal material, may be able to deduce the time and approximate area of their smelting.

At night, the two stayed in Xiaoshan, living in the middle courtyard and the backyard respectively.

The next morning, the two of them set off on the road and went to the Southern Wilderness Snake Clan......