In the crowd, a gray-haired middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran over and greeted Shi Yuanji: "Shimiaozhu, you are back." ”

"Second Uncle Niu, why have you changed so much?"

Shi Yuanji fixed his eyes and saw that this middle-aged man was Niu Er from Xiaoyu Village. When Shi Yuanji left Haitang Town, Niu Er still looked strong and healthy. But now the gray hair is gradually appearing, and it looks like an old man.

"Don't mention it, after you're gone, we won't be able to live our lives. Niu Er's face was sad, like a man in his forties.

"Fortunately, your wife helped us and saved us, and we were able to get out of the sea of suffering. ”

Li Laiheng watched all this quietly, and only then did he exaggerate and say, "Oh, master, it turns out that you are married." ”

**He Yuanrang was attracted by Li Laiheng's exaggerated cry, looked at Shi Yuanji, and made him embarrassed, eager to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"What are you calling nonsense?"

Shi Yuanji just wanted to block Li Laiheng's mouth, but unfortunately it was too late. ** looked at Shi Yuanji seriously: "Yuanji, it turns out that you have a wife, right? But I heard Dugu Ming say, Nayu ......"

Speaking of this, Shi Yuanji said tangledly: "I will explain this matter to you." ”

"Yuanji, you don't need to explain this matter to me. I don't want to ask too much about young people, so I can do it myself. ** turned his back to his hand, sighed and said no more.

The embarrassed Shi Yuanji had no choice but to say to Niu Er: "Second Uncle Niu, let's go, go to Xiaoyu Village." ”

Along the way, Shi Yuanji looked at the surrounding scenery and only felt familiar and unfamiliar.

What is familiar is that the surrounding road signs, buildings, and fields have not changed at all, but what is strange is that the fields are deserted. The demarcation of the fields is still there, only thatch and barnyard grow, and there is no trace of crops at all.

"It's summer, why don't any of these fields grow?" Shi Yuanji put down the reins and let the old horse roam by himself.

Niu Er sighed and said, "They all fled the famine." ”

"How much has Haitang Town escaped?Could it be that the land in Haitang Town has been deserted?" Shi Yuanji frowned, and quickened his pace and walked towards Xiaoyu Village.

"Thirty or forty percent of the land is deserted. Niu Er looked around and saw a fresh face, quite hesitant.

Shi Yuanji comforted him and said, "It's okay, they are all trustworthy, you say." ”

"Taxes in the county are getting heavier and heavier, and some people can't pay their taxes and just run away. After Niu Er heard this, he said it directly. "Our Haitang Town is not bad, I heard that the whole town on the east side of the river has run away, and all the land has been abandoned. ”

When Shi Yuanji was in Jinwuguan, he often went to work in the fields by himself, and immediately understood: "Then I'm afraid there are not a few cows in the town, right?"

Niu Er eagerly agreed: "But isn't it, there were still two cows in our Xiaoyu Village, and they were stolen last winter." ”

Yuan Rang followed behind Shi Yuanji, and when he heard their conversation, he only felt confused, and asked suspiciously: "Yuan Ji, what are you talking about? Why does the land abandonment have anything to do with the theft of cattle?"

"Senior brother, follow me to find out. Shi Yuanji was in a heavy mood and had a serious expression. "Second Uncle Niu, go to my master's ancestral hall first, I want to worship his old man. ”

Li Laiheng quietly observed Shi Yuanji's every move, nodded silently, tightened the steel whip on his back, and led the horse to follow.

At the foot of Yushan Mountain, in a simple small ancestral hall, Shi Yuanji reverently and sadly knelt in front of Mi Sida's spiritual seat, his palms folded. His expression was solemn, and he could see what he was praying earnestly in his heart.

**Looking at the spiritual position, the old tears were horizontal, kneeling in front of the spiritual position, quite moved.

After a long time, Shi Yuanji stood up and asked solemnly: "Second Uncle Niu, what happened in the village in the year I left?"

Niu Er's face was miserable, and he was speechless for a while.

"Second Uncle Niu, speak slowly, one by one. Shi Yuanji comforted.

"There are now only 23 families in the village, some of them have fled the disaster, and some have been killed by Qian Youmian. Niu Er's eyes were ruddy, and he said in a choked voice.

"Qian Youmian, why did he kill people?" Shi Yuanji said in disbelief.

"If you don't let him spoil his daughter, he will kill the chicken and show it to the monkey. Niu Er took Shi Yuanji's hand, left the ancestral hall, and came to a meadow outside the village.

The grass on this meadow is very light in color, and it looks like it has just grown this year. Gray stubble can be faintly seen in the turf, apparently not deeply buried.

"We buried it secretly. Niu Er couldn't stop the tears anymore and let it stay in his eyes. "The taxes in the town are getting heavier and heavier, and by last winter, they were not collected in proportion, but by how much they were collected, and many families could not stand it and had to flee the disaster. ”

Originally, some people wanted to join the Ding family as tenants, but the Ding family said that there were not so many people, so they had to flee to other countries. ”

"Fortunately, Mrs. came here half a month ago, and she can cast spells, but those people from the government, the Ding family, and Qian Youmian can't beat him, and no one dares to collect this year's taxes. ”

"I clean Jinwuguan every day, and my mother-in-law cooks for my wife, which is a gratitude. Today, I went to the town to buy some spices, and I happened to meet you coming back, which can be regarded as a long-term eye. ”

Shi Yuanji looked back at Jin Wuguan, hesitated for a moment, and asked Niu Er quietly: "In the past few days of contact between you and Nuying, how do you think of her temper?

Niu Er was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Madame is having trouble with you, that's why you came here?" Madame has a good character, not only beat away the tax collectors, but also treats us and teaches children to read, she is a good person. Shimiao Zhu, you have to cherish it. ”

You really know how to associate it, Shi Yuanji said helplessly in his heart.

"Teacher, senior brother, I'll go to Jinwu to watch first, Second Uncle Niu, entertain them for me, I'll go back as soon as I go." Shi Yuanji didn't say a word, and rode the old horse towards the Golden Crow Temple.

Yuan Rang said with some schadenfreude: "It seems that Yuan Ji's wife, Yufu, has skills, look at him in a hurry." ”

** nodded, which is considered a default.

Shi Yuanji was very frightened when he thought of the angry appearance of Xuan Ming who was trying his best to go to the mountain. If Nu Ying is in a hurry, will she be like Xuan Ming who will turn the entire Xiaoyu Village into annihilation?

However, judging from Niu Er's description, Nuying can still communicate. A group of mortals can also communicate with her, and even be allowed to take care of her daily life and food, so there is no need to tear her face.

"At the very least, you don't have to use all your strength as soon as we meet. Shi Yuan Jixin said.

The old horse under the crotch is galloping, and it doesn't look like he usually looks half-dead at all. But as soon as he arrived at the foot of Jinwuguan Mountain, the old horse stopped in a hurry, causing Shi Yuanji to plant the horse.

"You old immortal, what the hell or what, why did you suddenly stop, and you want to fall me to death?"

In Shi Yuanji's scolding and complaining, Lao Ma shook his head desperately, turned around and left, leaving Shi Yuanji with a bewildered face to stay in place.

"An old thing that doesn't act righteously. He looked at the wide open mountain gate and silently took out eight feather cones from the seed bag. The fingertips condensed the mana, and engraved on it the dragon pattern that was exhausted. The preparation was urgent, so he sealed Nuying in Jinwuguan.

He tiptoed to the mountain gate, carefully let the feather cone hang behind his back, glanced inside the door a few times, and saw Qian Youmian with his broken leg at a glance.

Qian Youmian lay behind the mountain gate with a big grin, his legs in an awkward shape. He was in a cold sweat, apparently from the unbearable pain of his broken leg.

The footsteps behind him made him look back hopefully, but when Shi Yuanji's face appeared in his eyes, he laughed hysterically: "It turned out to be you, hahaha, I'm dead, haha, I'm dead." ”

"What are you shouting!" Qian Youmian's screams made Shi Yuanji's plan to infiltrate completely ruined.

"Husband, are you back?" Nu Ying sat on the mazar and looked at Shi Yuanji with interest.

If the unsuspecting man is here, Nuying's charming smile and gentle voice will definitely make his bones soft. But in Shi Yuanji's eyes, this voice was simply the call of death.

He subconsciously took out the feather cone, with a smirk on his face, and asked tentatively, "Great God, don't come to harm?"

"Am I that terrible?" Nu Ying stood up, pretending to be angry, and walked towards Shi Yuanji step by step.

Qian Youmian couldn't stop laughing wildly, and shouted: "Yes, she is so terrible, she is a man-eating monster who ran out of the deep mountains and old forests." ”

"Bastard, do you want to provoke her? Shut up!" With that, Shi Yuanji kicked Qian Youmian in the temple and knocked him unconscious.

When Nuying saw this scene, she burst out laughing. Her bewitching smile trembled, and the plump softness of her chest couldn't stop shaking, seeing Shi Yuanji's face blush and heartbeat, she had to turn her face sideways.

Shi Yuanji organized the language and said seriously: "Great God, I'm here to negotiate. ”

"What do you want to talk about?" Nuying looked at him with a smile and walked slowly towards him. "What, do you want to seal me?"

"At the beginning, Xi and Xuan Ming sacrificed eight clones to seal it, but you are only one person, do you think you can seal me?"

Shi Yuanji pinched the feather cone tightly, and was ready to attack at any time with little confidence. But he couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

"Why?" Nuying walked up to him and looked at him like a child. "Because the exhaustion array is not immediate, the first people to use the exhaustion array are often sacrifice bait. ”

"If you're going to use the Exhaustion Formation, I'll drag you in before the seal is formed, and enjoy our two-person world. ”

As soon as Nuying's words were finished, Shi Yuanji felt fear in his heart and couldn't help but feel chills. He plucked up his courage and said in a trembling voice, "Great God, I just came to ask you not to use the power of annihilation. If there is anything to say, we can say it well. ”

"Why should I use the power of annihilation?" asked Nuying, holding his chin and smiling.

Shi Yuanji pretended to take two steps back casually: "That's good, we still have something to talk about." For example, the problem of the claw, such as the problem of the red moon, can be discussed. ”

"But the question I want to ask most now is, why did you come to Jinwuguan?"

"I'm your wife, I don't live here, do I have to live somewhere else?" Nuying said confidently.

"I thought you were joking, but you actually came?" Shi Yuanji said with a smile.