There is a small mountain village at the foot of the West Mountain, called Liujia Village.

The small village sits in the north and faces south, and there is an old willow tree at the entrance of the village. The drought is raging, and the old willow trees have died.

In the early morning of May 10, a group of fiercely armed cavalry, like the devil from hell, rushed into Liujia Village, raised their swords and spears at the unarmed villagers, and began a cruel and merciless massacre.

In desperation, the old village chief ordered Niu Yao and other young adults to flee for their lives quickly, not to be able to take revenge in the future, but to leave a line of incense for Liujia Village. However, their escape became a game of cat and mouse for the ironclad cavalry, and they were chased behind by more than 20 horsemen and shot one after another.

Niu Dawa was the last person to be targeted by the Iron Knight, and he was lucky, because a black dog fell from the sky at a critical moment and saved him from the flying arrows.

The black dog did not help him take revenge, but let him come back and slash the enemy himself after he had achieved cultivation.

Twenty days had passed since that bloodstained morning, but because of the drought, there was no rain or damage from birds, animals, insects and ants, so that the bloodstains in the village still existed. Only the thick dust and dry brown color that covered it silently told people that a long time had passed.

Zhang Xiaopaw stood under the dead old willow tree, looking at the small mountain village in front of him, he really didn't want to believe that it had become a dead village, but the blood stains on the wall that could be seen from a distance, and the dead silence that could be felt from a distance, all told him that what Niu Dawa said was true.

"Pawn, you're back!" Zhang screamed with his lips trembling, tears finally uncontrollable, and burst out of his eyes.

"Da Wa, I'm back too!" Niu Dawa was also in tears.

Behind the two, Qi Yoyo and Zhou Jianlai were silent, they didn't know how to comfort them, and they didn't want to comfort them, they all knew that Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa had been suppressed for a long time and needed to vent well.

When I walked into the village, I thought I would see a tragic scene of corpses everywhere, but I didn't. Only bloodstains were seen, not a single corpse was seen.

Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa were stunned, angry and frightened, and trembling steps from yard to yard to yard. Along the way, they saw the cruel behavior of the big tooth dog that lost its humanity, and they were afraid that the people of Liujia Village would also suffer the same fate.

In fact, when they entered the village and did not see the corpses, they immediately had a bad premonition in their hearts, but they didn't want to believe it, so they went crazy and searched every yard and yard.

"Little pawn, big baby, come here!" Zhou Jianlai's shout suddenly came from the back of the village, as if he had found something.

When Zhang Xiaopu and Niu Dawa heard this, they immediately ran to the back of the village, and as the distance narrowed, a dense grave appeared in their field of vision.

The two of them ran to the front to look at the dense graves, and breathed a sigh of relief in sadness.

"Woo-" Zhang Xiaopaw was emotionally broken, kneeling on the ground and crying while kowtowing.

Niu Dawa hugged his shoulders and wanted to comfort him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately couldn't cry, and then the two knelt on the ground and hugged their heads and cried.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, just because he hasn't reached the sad place.

Qi Yoyo's emotions were infected by the two, and she wiped her tears on the side.

Zhou Jianlai's eyes were also red.

After crying for a long time, the emotions of the two slowly eased.

"Is there someone who was spared the death and went back to the village to build these graves?" Zhou Jianlai asked, both doubting in his heart and diverting the attention of the two.

"Probably not. Zhang Xiaopaw denied Zhou Jianlai's speculation in a word, and said in a hoarse voice: "If it were the people of our village, they would not build the cemetery here, and the cemetery of our village is in the west." Even if it is built here, there will not be a grave pit for each person. Repair of tombs

The people should not be from our village, at least they are not familiar with the people in our village. ”

"Probably someone from the next village. Niu Dawa guessed.

"Pawn, this one is—it's your grave. Qi Yoyo suddenly pointed to a grave in front of her and said, "This tomb has a tombstone, which reads 'The Tomb of Zhang Xiaopu', which was carved with a dagger or other sharp weapon." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaopaw hurriedly got up, walked forward in surprise, and looked at the grave and the wooden sign erected in front of the grave that served as a tombstone, and his face was full of confusion. If he didn't know his name, he would definitely wonder if Qi Yoyo had made a mistake.

Niu Dawa, Zhou Jianlai and Qi Yoyo were also puzzled and looked at each other.

Zhang Xiaopu is obviously still alive, why would someone dig a grave and erect a monument for him?

"You can't really be dead, are you?" Niu Dawa asked with a strange expression as she looked at Zhang Xiaopaw.

"Get out!" Zhang Xiaopaw scolded angrily.

There is a word behind the stele. Zhou Jianlai said suddenly, and read it out: "Zhang Xiaopu, I'm sorry, I couldn't complete your entrustment and help you take care of the village." If you are still alive, you must come to Baiyun City to find me. Qi Rong'er. ”

"It turned out to be her. Zhang Xiaopaw suddenly realized, and a warm current surged in his heart, and he was very grateful to Qi Rong'er.

"Is that the friend you made in the Black Forest?" Qi Yoyo asked, vaguely remembering that Zhang Xiaopu had said the name.

"Well, it's her. Zhang Xiaopaw nodded.

"Gotta be thankful. Niu Dawa said.

"Hmm. Zhang Xiaopaw responded, then looked at Zhou Jianlai and Qi Yoyo, and said, "I want to stay in the village for one night, can I leave tomorrow morning?"

"No problem. Qi Yoyo agreed.

Zhou Jianlai nodded.

"I'll go home and see. Niu Dawa looked sad, put down a sentence and walked in the direction of his house.

Zhou Jianlai left behind Niu Dawa, afraid that Niu Dawa would be too sad and what an accident would happen.

"Can I follow you?" Qi Yoyo saw Zhang Xiaopu walking in the other direction, and hurriedly asked.

"Yes. Zhang Xiaopaw responded.

Zhang Xiaopaw led Qi Yoyo to the east end of the village and stopped in front of a small courtyard, which was the home of the finch.

Looking at the courtyard along the open wooden door of the small courtyard, Zhang Xiaopaw looked sad, his heart throbbed, and the words of the lovely people looking forward to the future were still in his ears, but he never thought that in a blink of an eye, it was already a matter of things, people, not yin and yang.

Zhang Xiaopaw walked into the courtyard and found three pools of blood stains at the entrance of the hall, guessing that it should be Que'er, Que'er's mother and her brother's. He didn't dare to imagine the scene at that time, he didn't dare to think about how frightened and desperate the three of them were in the face of the butcher's knife of the big tooth dog, did the finch shout "Brother pawn help", it should have been shouted, but he didn't show up, she must have been very sad.

The more I dare not think about it, the more I think crankily, and I can't control it at all.

Filled with grief and indignation, excessive sadness, and anxious to attack his heart, Zhang Xiaopu coughed up a mouthful of blood violently, hurriedly lowered the backrushing qi and blood pressure, withdrew his eyes from the blood stains on the ground, and stepped into the hall.

The furniture in the hall was neat, and there were three pairs of chopsticks on the round table, and the bottom of the bowl was covered with scabbed corn paste, as if the three of them were eating at the time of the accident.

Zhang Xiaopaw entered the inner room, and most of the furniture in the inner room was neat, only the door of the wardrobe was open, and I don't know if it was originally open, or someone rummaged through something to open it.

Zhang Xiaopu walked to an old dresser, opened the small drawer below, and took out something wrapped in red cloth from inside, he opened it and looked at it, and then put it into Sumeru mustard seeds.

Qi Yoyo can see clearly, there is a big red-headed flower in the red cloth bag, do

The kind of work is very rough and ordinary. She was exquisite, and she guessed that this should be Zhang Xiaopu's fiancée's home, otherwise how could he, a big man, go to someone else's house to get a flower worn by a woman.

Zhang Xiaopaw came out of Que'er's house, went to the old village chief's house to take a look, and then didn't go to the other people's house again, because he found that after reading it, it would only increase his sadness, so it was better not to look at it.

"My home. Zhang Xiaopaw took Qi Yoyo to his house in the west of the village, and introduced Qi Yoyo when he entered the door.

"Pretty spacious. Qi Yoyo entered the courtyard door and looked around and said. It was quite surprising to her, she thought that Zhang Xiaopu was an orphan, and most of the people lived in dilapidated houses that other people's families didn't want, but she never thought that Zhang Xiaozhu actually lived in a single courtyard, and there were three houses that looked quite spacious, and it seemed that life was quite good.

"The uncles and uncles in the village helped build it. Zhang Xiaopaw said.

"It seems that they all like you very much. Qi Yoyo said.

"The people in the village are simple and friendly, everyone has a loving heart, and they never despise me because I am an orphan, and they all treat me as their own family. Zhang Xiaopaw said.

The doors of the three thatched huts were all open, and Zhang Xiaopaw did not find anything abnormal in the house when he entered the slight state of mind, but was roughly rummaged through, which made him frown.

He walked briskly into the hall to the inner bedroom, went to the end of the bed and removed a wooden box against the wall, then crouched down and buckled a stone on the wall, revealing a black hole in the wall, and he reached in and found a small wooden box.

Under Qi Yoyo's curious gaze, he put the small wooden box on the bed, first grabbed an old piece of clothing and wiped his hands clean, then opened the small wooden box and took out a cloth bag from inside, unfolding the cloth bag layer by layer, and the innermost piece was a neatly folded white cloth.

Zhang Xiaopaw carefully unfolded the white cloth, and when he saw the words "Zhang Xiaopaw" on the white cloth, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, for fear that the only clue related to his life experience would be stolen.

"This is?" Qi Yoyo couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I was abandoned under an old willow tree at the entrance of the village, and when they found me, they found this name written on the ground next to me. The village chief's grandfather was attentive and felt that it was related to my life experience, so he rubbed his name with a white cloth and said that he might be able to find my biological parents according to the handwriting. Zhang Xiaopaw replied.

Qi Yoyo nodded and said, "Everyone's handwriting is different, and you can indeed find the person who left the handwriting according to the handwriting." It's just that Dayu is so big, there are countless people who can write, and it may not be easy to find someone who can leave words. ”

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you can find it or not. Zhang Xiaopaw shook his head with a wry smile, folded the white cloth and put it away, and put it into the Sumeru mustard seeds.

Qi Yoyo didn't respond, because she knew that Zhang Xiaopu was duplicitous, if he really didn't care if he could find his biological parents, he wouldn't care so much about this white cloth.

"Do you think there's anything weird?" Zhang Xiaopaw asked Qi Yo as he swept around the room.

"You also noticed it?" Qi Yoyo didn't answer the question, but before Zhang Xiaopaw could speak, she continued: "These people seem to have come only to kill people, your fiancée's house, the old village chief's house and your house, the furniture in the room is very neat, only the wardrobe, vat and other places that can hide people have been rummaged. If you are here to loot money and food, you should rummage everywhere. ”

"Let's go, let's go to other people's houses. Zhang Xiaopaw said.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xiaopaw and Qi Yoyo looked at almost every house, and found that as Qi Yoyo said, every house was a place where people could be hidden, and there was no trace of rummaging, such as the rice jar cloth bag where the grain was stored, and the drawer where the money might be hidden.

Obviously, this group of people broke into Liujia Village with only one purpose, and that was to kill everyone in Liujia Village.