Chapter 41 Xiao'an Village
For several days, Liu Cheng was in a hurry, his speed was fast and tireless, and he had been traveling day and night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the wild forest, you can only eat and sleep in the open, but fortunately, you can prepare enough food and water in the Qiankun bag, so that you can not be hungry and thirsty.
During the period, he encountered some brute beasts and fierce birds, but they were not very powerful, Liu Cheng ran the god king method to shoot, and the yuan force was released, almost all of them were killed with one finger, and it was difficult to use the second blow, and some of the brute beasts with particularly tender meat were grilled on the spot and beaten with teeth.
Soon, he appeared three thousand miles away, and this place was almost the place where the barbarian forest and the ordinary mountain forest were separated, because some slender trees began to appear around Liu Cheng, which looked quiet and delicate, which was very different from the old trees in the barbarian forest that grabbed stones with clouds and were vigorous.
Liu Cheng didn't rest last night, he wore the stars and the moon, walked hundreds of miles overnight, and finally rushed here early this morning.
Rushing for more than ten miles in one breath again, the trees around him that had been blocking the line of sight became more and more sparse, until finally, the front suddenly became clear, a small scale of the Terran village in sight, Liu Cheng was overjoyed, ran alone for several days, and finally really walked out of the wild forest and came to a human settlement.
It was still early in the morning, the sun had not yet risen, and only the white belly of the fish was faintly visible, but many households in this village had already risen from the smoke of cooking and began to make breakfast.
Liu Cheng approached this village, walked around most of the circle, and found that it was almost full of ordinary people who did not know how to cultivate, so he stopped, planning to find a hotel to rest for a day before going on the road. The barbarian forest was not a place where he could rest in peace, so he traveled day and night all the way, barely closing his eyes, and even in the body of a monk, he was really tired now.
Liu Cheng saw a villager on the street, and stepped forward to ask him if there was a place to rest, but this villager seemed to be very timid, and when he saw Liu Cheng coming, he suddenly bowed down and bowed his head, very frightened, and he couldn't speak clearly.
Liu Cheng was helpless, turned around and saw a few people gathered in front of him, talking about something in a low voice, so he approached on foot, but when Liu Cheng walked over, these people scattered again, dodging backwards in horror, making Liu Cheng feel a little innocent and helpless, and couldn't help but look down at himself, thinking that there was something terrible about him, but he didn't find anything wrong.
At this time, an old man came over and asked him tentatively, "Child...... Is there something wrong with you? ”
Seeing that someone finally took care of him, Liu Cheng hurriedly responded, saying: "Passing through your place, I want to invest in the store to rest for a day before leaving, I don't know if it is convenient here?"
The old man paused and said, "If it is not necessary, you should go directly."
Seeing this, Liu Cheng insisted: "This old man, I am really tired from running all the way, I just want to spend the night, wash and bathe, and sleep well, and leave early tomorrow morning."
The old man said: "It's not that our Xiao'an Village is not convenient, it's just that there have been many incidents in recent days, and you are a foreigner here, which really makes it difficult for the people in the village to feel at ease, so let's go."
"I'm not a wicked person, I just want to rest here for a day, and I can pay for it, do you think that's enough?" Liu Cheng took out a gold ingot from his arms.
This was still what he carried before entering the Ape Village, but he didn't expect it to be of great use now.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this ingots are a lot of money, enough for a family to spend for dozens of years. When the old man saw the gold ingots in Liu Cheng's hand, he first wanted to refuse with an iron face, but he hesitated soon after, and finally took it, gritted his teeth and said: "Child, since you insist on it, and you are generous, and the village is really in dire need of money...... I'll call the shots, and I'll keep you!" Then he admonished, "But you can only stay for this day, and you will leave by yourself early tomorrow morning, and you must not stay in the village for long, otherwise it is likely to be a disaster!"
Liu Cheng's heart moved, and he asked, "The villagers here dodged in horror when they saw me before, what happened?"
The old man shook his head, sighed, and said, "If you want to stay, I can't hide it from you anymore."
He said slowly: "Our clan, called Xiao'an Village, has lived here for generations, backed by mountains and forests, and mostly lives by hunting, and has been living quietly and peacefully. But I don't know when, hundreds of bandits suddenly gathered in Yanhui Peak, a hundred miles away from here, who occupied the king's land, burned and plundered everywhere, forcibly plundered, did all kinds of evil, and forced the clan villages within a radius of 100 miles to pay tribute to it. If not, order the slaughter of the village! ”
As if remembering something, he sighed and said: "It is said that there are tribes at the foot of Yanhui Peak who refuse to accept the oppression and unite with nearby villages to fight, but on the second day, bandits came to the door and slaughtered them all, killing them all over the ground with blood and corpses everywhere, which is unbearable......
The old man shook his head and said: "Although Xiao'an Village is far enough away, it is still classified as a territory by Yanhui Peak, just a few days ago, they released the news, saying that they will send people here to collect and worship in the near future, and ask us to wait for the moment to prepare, so in the past few days, the people in the village have been frightened, for fear that the robbers will suddenly come to ......."
Liu Cheng was incredulous and said, "How can Haichang City be considered an ancient city of the human race, how can it let this kind of tumor exist and ignore it?"
The old man sighed and said, "Don't mention Haichang City, some people would rather be oppressed by bandits than go into the city, compared to here, the city is the real place to eat people!"
Liu Cheng couldn't believe it, Haichang City was more terrifying than robbers in the eyes of the old man, and he couldn't help but sink when he thought of Liu Ying being in the city at this time.
"Son, do you have any relatives or friends in that city?" The old man was experienced and felt Liu Cheng's mood at this time, so he asked like this.
"Hmm." Liu Cheng nodded.
"Are you going into the city? Child, I see that you are not like an ordinary person, otherwise it would be impossible to come up with such a large sum of money easily, and you are probably one of those monks in the Blessed Land Sect. But that place in Haichang City ......"
Liu Cheng opened his mouth to interrupt the old man and said, "Uncle, don't worry about me, I know what I know."
The old man looked at Liu Cheng, and then said, "Okay." Let's go, you go to my house to rest, breakfast is already cooked, you can eat a little, and sleep better. ”
Liu Cheng thanked him and followed the old man forward, at this time, some villagers on the side of the street looked over and saw the old man leading an unknown teenager home, and they spoke one after another.
A sturdy young man said, "Uncle Zhang, who is this?" Didn't the village chief say that everything should be careful lately and that outsiders should not be allowed to stay? ”
"Eh, Lao Zhang, how do you pay attention to this person, let him go quickly, don't be a spy of Yan Huifeng!"
The old man kept explaining, "He is not a wicked person, he just stays for a day, and he will leave tomorrow, and I will go to the village chief later."
Soon, the two walked into a house, and the old man brought a bowl of rice porridge and pickles to Liu Cheng, told him to do whatever he wanted, and walked out of the house.
Liu Cheng finished eating the porridge and dishes, ran to the kitchen to boil a lot of hot water, took a bath, found the guest room and fell asleep.
He has been a little tired in the past few days, and he has walked in the wild forest for so long, and he has never closed his eyes, and his physique, which is as strong as a monk, is a little unbearable.
The old man walked out of the house, and went straight to the village chief's house, at this time, there were already many people waiting for him there, and when he saw the old man coming over, someone hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhang Ping, why are you confused?" What are you doing with that kid home? ”
An old man with gray hair stood up and said, "Lao Zhang, you don't know the situation in the past few days, the robbers will come at any time, if that child is not a wicked person as you say, it is even more inappropriate, it will hurt him to keep him!"
The old man Zhang Ping looked at the head of Xiao'an Village, who had not spoken on the side, took out the gold ingot that Liu Cheng gave him from his arms, handed it to the latter, and then said to everyone: "It's not that I'm confused, but I really can't refuse what that kid gave."
Many people were immediately angry, and the sturdy young man opened his mouth and shouted angrily: "Uncle Zhang Ping, how can you do this!"
"Lao Zhang, I think you are in the eye of money!"
At this time, the village chief of Xiao'an Village suddenly stood up excitedly, held the gold ingots in the palm of his hand, and said to the old man Zhang Ping: "Old Zhang, it's really difficult for you......"
Then, he spoke to the clansmen around him and said, "Everyone, be quiet, things are not as ...... as you imagined."
Everyone was shocked, and some people immediately realized something, and said, "Could it be that the offerings requested by Yan Huifeng before were not ready?"
"Village chief, what's going on?"
"Didn't you say you're ready, what's wrong?"
The village chief of Xiao'an Village is more than forty years old and is a strong man, at this time he said: "It was originally prepared, but the day before yesterday there was news that the silver taels for worship were temporarily doubled...... The village chief lowered his voice and continued: "Before, the entire Xiao'an Village was already broken in order to raise enough money to worship the silver taels, and now it has been doubled, and there is no income in the village, so it is impossible to make it up, so I hid this matter and didn't want everyone to worry about it."
The villagers of Xiao'an Village were shocked, and someone hurriedly said, "What about now? Is the silver taels offered enough for the offering? I still have half a piece of roe deer meat at home, and I'll send it later! ”
"Enough, enough, Zhang Lao sent this gold ingot in time, and the money to pay the offering is enough." The village chief said.
"Village chief, why didn't you say it earlier! If there is not enough silver at that time, what will we do! ”
"It's really scary to think about it now, if the silver is not enough, provoke those bandits to go crazy......"
"It's me who blames Uncle Zhang Ping, if it weren't for Uncle Zhang, the consequences might be really unimaginable!"
Old man Zhang Ping stood up at this time and said, "Don't worry too much, the silver taels enshrined now are enough, and that foreign child is just staying here for a day, and he promised to leave early tomorrow morning, so it should be fine."
The gray-haired old man said lightly: "Only one day, is it so generous?" His eyes were bright, and he said, "Lao Zhang, do you know who he is?"
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