Chapter 84: Shujiazhuang
This mountain forest is still very large, and Ming Tao drove the carriage and walked for nearly half a day before they reached the gorgeous manor that Chang Xiao saw from the top of the tree. It's just that this gorgeous manor looks gorgeous, but when everyone walked to the gate of the manor, they found that it had begun to decline. There are fallen leaves everywhere before the door, and even the gate and the door have even come to the original painted Yan Se. There are also walls around it, many places have collapsed, but no one is taking care of them. Even so, you can see how huge the construction of this house was, and the people who lived here must have been extraordinary. But thinking about the fact that a formation outside is so vast, it is normal to have such a mansion here.
"This can't be an abandoned mansion!" Looking at everything in front of him, Mu Yunqiao said with a sigh. They managed to get here, and if there was no one here, she would have cursed.
"I think it's possible, you see, not only is there no one cleaning it here. Not even footprints. Yin Xinlian and Mu Yunqiao walked outside the carport together and said.
"Shall we go in, then?" Mu Yunqiao turned his head and asked Yin Xinlian. She didn't want to go into an uninhabited house.
"This ...... What do you mean? Yin Xinlian turned her head and asked Xiang Mingtao. Mu Yunqiao couldn't make up her mind, and she didn't know what to do.
"Let's wait and laugh at them, let's move together to be safer." Ming Tao looked at the mansion in front of him and said with a frown. If it was just him, he would not hesitate to go in and have a look, but now there were several weak people in the carriage who had no ability to protect themselves, and he couldn't care about their safety.
"Hmm!" Yin Xinlian nodded in agreement. To live in such a house, she would rather live in a carriage.
Mu Yunqiao and Yin Xinlian snuggled together, and their hearts were equally worried. What will they do if they can't find a way out here?
"Brother Qiao, Brother Xiao Zhan, Sister Lian, you are walking too fast, my old cow can't catch up with you at all." Chang Xiao drove the ox cart and shouted loudly as soon as he saw the figure of the carriage.
"Shut up!" Mu Yunqiao heard Chang Xiao's voice and said unhappily. Don't look at what kind of place this is, he's still screaming there, trying to her off!
"I ......" Chang Xiao heard Mu Yunqiao's words, pursed his lips aggrievedly, and stopped talking.
"That's what you call Brother Qiao? People are not big, and their temper is really not small. The night spirit jumped out of the ox cart and said to Chang Xiao with a smile.
"Hmm!" Chang Xiao didn't dare to speak, just nodded, and his angry expression made everyone laugh. It makes the originally gloomy atmosphere here instantly much more cheerful.
"Brother Xiao Zhan, how can this happen here?" When everyone had laughed, Chang Xiao asked with concern.
"I don't know, so I'd like to go in and see for myself, you're here to keep everyone safe." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ming Tao said to Chang Xiao. Although Chang Xiao is the youngest among these people, his martial arts are the highest in this place except for him.
"I'll go with you." Looking at the courtyard in front of him, Mu Yunqiao suppressed his fear and said.
"It's better for you to go than me, my kung fu is better than yours."
Yin Xinlian heard Mu Yunqiao's words and hurriedly said.
"You have to take care of the children, how can the two little girls take care of our son." Mu Yunqiao grabbed the figure who wanted to follow Ming Tao in and said.
"I ......" Yin Xinlian knew that Mu Yunqiao was telling the truth, but how could she watch her take risks.
"It's okay, isn't it just an abandoned house that has been uninhabited for a long time? What is there to worry about. Mu Yunqiao grabbed Yin Xinlian and said with a smile. She didn't believe she wouldn't even dare to enter a house.
"You don't have to argue, I'll go in by myself." Seeing Mu Yunqiao and Yin Xinlian arguing, he said with a smile. There were formations everywhere here, and he wasn't sure he would be able to get in and out safely with them.
"How can it be, at least two people need to go in to take care of each other." Glaring at Ming Tao, Mu Yunqiao said unhappily. Can this person not be so machismo. Didn't he know that now he was the only hope for these people to get out, and if something happened to him, how would they get out of here? Do you want her to burn the mountain in a fire? Of course, if there was really no other way, she would have to do it.
"Squeak...... Just when Ming Tao and Mu Yunqiao were arguing, the gate of the manor suddenly opened from the inside, and this result was beyond everyone's expectations, and everyone looked up in the direction of the gate together.
Soon, the doors were all opened, and out of it came an old man who was over the age of the old age, and saw that this person was dressed in shabby clothes and wore a broken hat on his head. His body was a little bent, but the whole person looked very energetic. can easily open such a heavy door, presumably he must not be an ordinary person.
"Don't be surprised by a few guests, the owner of the village is just too lazy to repair it because there are too few people in the village, and there is still no problem with the house in the inner courtyard." The old man looked surprised, and everyone smiled and said. Now there are only two people living here, he and the owner of the village, the place is too big to take care of it all, and they have not been outsiders here for nearly ten years, and the owner of his family is only locked in the room to study the formation, and he doesn't care about the situation in the yard at all. If he hadn't been there, maybe the owner of his family would have starved to death in his room because he forgot to eat.
Ay! Now that he is about to be eighty years old, even if he wants to take care of the owner of the village, how long can he take care of him, it would be good if he could marry a daughter-in-law, but in the appearance of his owner, I am afraid that no woman will be willing to stay here all the time! Today, there are finally guests in the village, and I don't know if the owner of his family will come out to meet the guests.
"Hello, uncle, where is this?" Ming Tao walked up to the old man and asked politely.
"This is Shujiazhuang, how did you come here?" The old man glanced at Ming Tao and said respectfully. This son is extraordinary, but he is so polite to him as a subordinate that he is a little uncomfortable.
"Uncle Xiang, let the guests come into the house and talk!" Just when everyone wanted to inquire more about the situation here, a gloomy and slightly magnetic man's voice came from the manor. The person listening to the voice should not be very old, and this person should be far away from here, but his voice was clearly heard in everyone's ears. This person has such a deep internal force that Ming Tao was surprised.
"Yes, owner." Although he didn't see the main voice, Xiangbo still replied respectfully. Subsequently, he said to Ming Tao and his party: "Everyone, the owner of the village is already waiting for your arrival in the front hall, please come inside!"
"Hmm!" Ming Tao nodded, and even Xiaomei and Yue'er got out of the carriage with An Ping in their arms, and followed Xiangbo into Shujiazhuang together.
"Uncle, this place is so remote, there must be very few people coming!" Chang Xiao followed behind Xiangbo, looking at everything in the yard and asked with a smile. Unexpectedly, the yard was much better than he expected.
"Yes! No one has been here in 10 years. Xiang Bo said with a sigh. He always remembered the glory of Shujiazhuang, but two generations of owners in a row were determined to form formations, and they didn't like to contact the outside world at all, and gradually even some of his former friends stopped coming here. Especially after the death of the old owner and his wife, the new owner rarely goes out, and no outsiders have been here for ten years. He and the owner of the village usually live here, he is not even in the mood to clean the courtyard, he did not expect that there will be so many guests here today, and what makes him even happier is that the owner will automatically come out to meet the guests.
"Shujiazhuang? I remember that there was a very famous Shujiazhuang on the rivers and lakes a few decades ago, I don't know if it has anything to do with here? Ming Tao looked at everything in the manor and suddenly asked. With such a large estate and a beautifully designed courtyard, it is clear that the family must have been glorious for a while, and even now you can see how gorgeous it once was.
"Childe actually knows Shujiazhuang? That was nearly 50 years ago. Xiang Bo looked at Ming Tao in surprise. He also thought that no one on the rivers and lakes knew the place of Shujiazhuang, but he didn't expect to hear the name of Shujiazhuang from the mouth of such a young man, how could this not make Xiangbo excited.
"I just heard the elders mention it, but I didn't expect to come back here one day." Ming Tao said with a smile. "It is said that later the owner of Shujiazhuang liked the formation, almost became the formation of everyone, today, the owner of the village here must have already formed a school of its own in the formation of the research, just with the outside of the formation, you can make many formation masters feel ashamed."
"Childe's words are too polite, where did you get any formation outside? Aren't they all flowers and trees? Xiang Bo shook his head and said with a wry smile. Today's young people just like to compliment people, and they don't even blush when they tell lies.
"Uncle, how long has it been since you left here?" Frowning, Ming Tao asked cautiously, looking at Xiangbo's appearance doesn't look like lying, but the formation outside obviously exists, but he doesn't know it at all, isn't it strange?
"I haven't left this yard for more than a decade." Looking at the courtyard that had long since lost its glory, Xiangbo sighed and said. Since he and the owner were the only two people left in the village, he has never had a chance to leave here. Every time there is a shortage of something, the owner himself goes out to buy it back, thinking that he has not left here for more than ten years! Time flies!
"No wonder, do you know when the roads and trees outside were planted?" Mu Yunqiao asked curiously. What is it like to live in such a small place for more than ten years? It's boring to think about.
"It was built and planted when the old owner was there. It's just that over the years, there have been fewer and fewer people who have taken that road, and even here has not been visited by outsiders for nearly ten years. Speaking of this, Xiangbo sighed again. In order to build this road, the old owner spent all the money in the house. I didn't expect that it would bring convenience to passers-by, but I didn't expect that the road was repaired, but no one left. Ay! Why does this man not know how to cherish it so much!