Chapter 226: Changyi Village
Wu Ma Xin hurriedly asked, "Brother Sanjin, what's wrong?"
The three-jin Taoist wiped his cold sweat and was about to speak, only to hear the entire temple shaking non-stop, making a "boom boom" sound, and a lightning bolt fell from the sky, shattering the turtle shell. The three catties of Daoren shook his head helplessly, pulled up Wu Ma's heart and said: "It seems that you are involved in the heavenly machine, and the heavenly secret must not be revealed." Brother Wu Ma, you better go. ”
"Brother ...... Three-Jin Dao"
"Destiny is predestined, but it is man-made. The Sanjin Taoist said, "Obeying your heart is the most powerful life." ”
The smoke and dust of the ancient temple were billowing and the stones fell from the top of the temple, Wu Ma Xin hurriedly arched his hand to the three catties of Taoist: "Three catties of Taoist friends, don't dare to stay more in the bottom, so as not to affect you, so I will retire." ”
"Hmm. The three catties of the Taoist were not afraid and stood straight, "Be careful in everything." ”
Wu Ma Xin turned around and walked out of the temple gate, and the turtles in the pond were frightened, and all of them retracted their heads and tails and limbs, curled up like stones in the mud and sand at the bottom of the pond. Wu Ma Xin stretched out his hand to raise a water bridge, crossed the pond, and turned to look, the ancient temple slowly stopped shaking and returned to calm.
"Alas, if you don't obey the mandate of heaven in the first place, why do you still have divination. Wu Ma smiled bitterly and continued to walk forward.
The road was full of wilderness, a bleak scene, and further on, finally the village was seen in the distance. Near the village, there is a verdant field divided by ridges of fields with rice, millet, millet, wheat and soybean. A few elderly people were directing other strong seedlings to plant seedlings, and they were very busy.
Sure enough, there are differences in the end of the country here. The people of Duanguo just waited for the day of Fuquan every month to get the silver taels, and then went to the place of happiness to spend the rest of their lives, and now think about it, the poor people must have something to hate.
If you don't work hard yourself, it's no wonder that others!
Wu Ma Xin was very interested, and squatted aside to watch. An old man with a stick kept instructing: "Everyone refuel, tomorrow we will go to open up new land, and next year, we must reclaim the border of Changyi and defeat those people in Qutu." ”
"Good!" shouted in unison.
The old man turned around and saw Wu Ma Xin, and said, "You are not a local, where did you come from?"
Wu Ma clasped his fists and saluted: "I am from Duanguo." ”
"Ah!" exclaimed everyone in the field.
The old man was taken aback, but soon regained his composure, and shouted to the people working in the fields: "Don't look at the bustle, work!"
Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads, waving their hoes in their hands, with an indifferent expression, but Wu Ma could see that their hands were trembling, and they must have been very nervous.
The old man arched his hand and said: "The little old man's surname is Qian, and he is the Li Zheng of Changyi Village. ”
"In the heart of the lower witch horse. Wu Ma returned the salute with a heart.
Everyone was stunned again, but under Qian Lizheng's stern gaze, they didn't dare to raise their heads, and just blindly planted the ground.
Wu Ma Xin asked, "Who are you?"
"Oh. Qian Lizheng said, "This is a wasteland, located in the middle of our village and Qutu village. King Qi has an order, whichever village is reclaimed, the land will belong to which village to cultivate, so I also worked hard. ”
Wu Ma sincerely admired and admired again and again.
The sky gradually darkened, Qian Lizheng paused with the stick in his hand and said, "Second son, you take everyone to work for a while, and I will go back to the village to prepare food." ”
"Okay. The man named Erzi replied excitedly.
Qian Lizheng turned to Wu Ma Xin and said, "Young man, there shouldn't be a place to settle yet, right?"
"Well, exactly. ”
"If you don't dislike it, how about resting in my village tonight?"
Wu Ma was flattered, and said repeatedly: "Then don't bother." ”
"Haha, it's out of the way. After Qian Li finished speaking, he struggled to climb the dirt slope, and Wu Ma Xin hurriedly reached out to help him and pulled him up.
Changyi Village is some distance from here, and you can only see the village gate from a distance, which shows the diligence of the villagers. When I was still far away from the village gate, I saw a large and two small stacks of tall barns neatly stacked, one of which was a small one with the word "end" pasted on it, and the other one was one large and one small with nothing.
Wu Ma Xin asked, "Lord Qian, what does the word 'end' mean when this granary is pasted?"
"Ah, this one. Qian Lizheng smiled and said, "This is going to be sent to you Duanguo." ”
"Oh?"
"Since the beginning of our ancestors, we have had such a rule here, each village must divide the grain produced into three parts every year, the large one will be handed over to King Qi, the other two small parts, one will be handed over to Lord Zisong, as a way to aid the country, and the other part will be at our own disposal. ”
"Ah, there is such an agreement. Wu Ma's heart couldn't help but be shocked, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
Qian Lizheng saw the embarrassment of Wu Ma's heart, and said in a loud voice: "It's okay, it's okay, after all, they are all the same bloodline, and it is also appropriate to communicate with each other." ”
Wu Ma Xin looked embarrassed, where is there anything to communicate with, it is nothing more than a kind of kind words.
Outside the village gate is a large open space, in the middle of which stands a stone statue of Nuwa, and Qian Lizheng introduced: "This is the place to pay homage." ”
Wu Ma Xin had just heard Yu Dongliang mention the matter of the ode before, and couldn't help but pout. Qian Lizheng continued: "Here, the Demon Slayer Guard is an existence that everyone fears, and the color of the talk changes. Twenty years ago, my father was the leader here, and at that time he captured many people in our village, and one of the banshees, who would rather die than obey, was buried here by the high commander of the year. Alas, this woman died in vain, but Commander Gao still searched for her child and sent it to Duanguo. ”
"Hiss......" Wu Ma was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "That child, but there is a birthmark on his face?"
"Exactly. Qian Lizheng said, "There is a red lotus birthmark on his face. We've seen it since she was born, and many people laugh at her. ”
Wu Ma's heart frowned, and he suddenly felt that the whole thing was a little strange.
Qian Lizheng asked, "What's the matter, you've seen that ugly boy in Duanguo?" Oh...... I can't call it a child anymore, I should be in my thirties now, hehe. ”
"Hmm. ”
"How is he doing now?"
"Well, it's fine. Wu Ma didn't know how to answer, so he had to say something in passing. Naturally, he couldn't say that the child had already been killed by him.
In this way, Pei Qing is actually the child of the water demon? When he assassinated Pei Qing with Cheng Jingyi, Wu Ma Xin did not have the ability to explore the Five Elements race, but now that he thinks about it carefully, although Pei Qing has a birthmark on his face, there is no water vapor on his body, could it be that they made a mistake?
It's impossible, the Demon Slayer guards have arrested countless people, and it's impossible that even the water demons can't tell the difference, what the hell is going on......? Wu Ma Xin suddenly remembered that there was a trace of residual water vapor on Zi Song Lu's body, and he had been to August Hantan, could it be that he was the child of the banshee, and Pei Qing was just an unlucky substitute for the dead?
"Little brother, little brother...... Qian Lizheng's voice made Wu Ma come back to his senses violently: "Ah, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing, it's just...... When I arrived at the humble house, I saw that you kept bowing your head and saying nothing, thinking that you disliked the simple. ”
"No, no, I just remembered a little bit of my mind. Wu Ma Xin raised his head, the village was lined with green bamboos, bamboo buildings were hidden in it, and cooking smoke was everywhere. Looking at Qian Lizheng's house again, it is the largest one in the bamboo building, with two floors, and the bamboo is full of flowers and vines, which is very elegant.
Qian Lizheng said, "Then, why don't we go in and sit?"
"Good, good. Wu Ma nodded repeatedly.
There is a bamboo screen hanging in the hall of the bamboo building, elegant and chic, there is a bamboo staircase on the left and right sides of it, go up along the stairs, you will see a bamboo wall and a bamboo table, and a bamboo lamp is placed on the table.
An elderly woman had already risen from the table and bowed.
Qian Lizheng said: "This is cheap. ”
"Hello ma'am. Wu Ma Xin didn't know how to greet him in Shenzhou, but he just heard others call him that way on the road.
Mrs. Li Zheng beckoned Wu Ma Xin to sit down, took a pot of boiling water and put it on the table, turned around and hid in the compartment. This is the rule of China, women must avoid visitors to the house.
Qian was pouring two glasses of water into the house and gently pushing them in front of Wu Maxin.
Wu Ma nodded gratefully, and then asked, "Lord Lizheng, who is the Commander of the Demon Slayer Guard you just mentioned?"
"This man's name is Gao Xuesong. Qian Lizheng said respectfully, "He is now a celebrity next to Lord Zisong, tsk." ”
Hiss...... It seems that what they expected is not far from ten, but what is their purpose?
At this moment, there was a lot of shouting downstairs, mostly the sound of people, mixed with the sounds of animals.
"It's my two sons who are back. Qian Lizheng said, "Da Lang, Erlang, come and see Lord Wu Ma." ”
The sound of "oh" sounded on the stairs, and then I saw two men with tigers on their backs climbing upstairs, clasping their fists and arching their hands: "I've seen Lord Wuma." ”
Wu Ma Xin hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and said in a loud voice: "You two brothers don't have to be polite, I'm not an adult, I'm just passing by here for one night." ”
Seeing Wu Ma heart get up, the two glanced at each other, and their faces showed a look of contempt. It seems that he is by no means humble, in Shenzhou, how can a real adult get up and return the courtesy, and he is lifted up when he looks at you.
After checking his eyes, he is not an adult at all!
With a hint of a playful expression on his face, Da Lang said in a strange manner: "Dare to ask where Lord Wuma is?"
Wu Ma was a little disgusted, but he endured it. He didn't answer, and Qian Lizheng slapped the table violently: "Presumptuous, which round of questions will you ask here!"
Da Lang stuck out his tongue and hurriedly stepped aside.
Qian Lizheng is well-informed after all, although he knows that Wu Ma Xin is not an adult, but he is a great character, if he is angry, I am afraid that the whole family will not be enough for him to pull his fingers.
Wu Ma Xin nodded at Qian Lizheng, indicating that it was out of the way, and Qian Lizheng also smiled gratefully.
This laughs...... Problematic!