At noon, Zhou Yun and the others finally arrived at the small village that Zhang Tie said. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This village is just an ordinary small village that mainly cultivates the land, and there are more than 200 people in the whole village.

It is such a small village, but it has become a temporary post station for most of the dart masters of the Jingtai Dart Bureau, and the dart masters of the Jingtai Dart Bureau have been out for so many years, every time they go out to escort the body, as long as they pass through the village, as long as they are not particularly in a hurry, they will generally enter the village to rest overnight, and then replenish the dry food straw in the village.

The people in the village also like these dart masters of Jingtai Dart Bureau to come to the village to rest, because every time these dart masters come into the village, they will bring a lot of income to the people in the village, whether it is to rest overnight, or to supplement dry food and straw, the people of Jingtai Dart Bureau will give the villagers the corresponding silver taels, which are similar to the price of post hotels in some towns.

Dry straw that was originally just used to make fires to cook rice, or feed cattle and horses, can suddenly be sold to these dart masters for money, can the villagers not be happy, can they not like these dart masters? The villagers all wish that the dart master of Jingtai Dart Bureau would come to the village every day to rest and rest.

Everyone came out of the village, jumped off their horses, and then led their horses towards the village.

"Huh?! Odd?! ”

Before entering the village, Zhang Tie suddenly frowned and muttered, he led the horse and walked side by side with Zhou Yun, revealing a puzzled look.

"Uncle Zhang! What strange are you talking about? ”

After listening to this, Zhou Yun on the side couldn't help but ask suspiciously, although he has been on the road for so long, he doesn't look tired, the whole person still looks very energetic, his eyes are dark and deep, and he is bright, burly and tall, just standing there gives people a sense of oppression.

Zhou Yun didn't notice anything strange about the village in front of him at all, and when he heard Zhang Tie suddenly say this, he also looked at the village in front of him seriously, was there any danger that he didn't realize.

"Quiet!" Zhang Tie did not answer Zhou Yun's question, but muttered to himself in disbelief.

"It's so quiet!" After a pause, he repeated.

Seeing Zhou Yun looking at him, he began to explain, he pointed to the small village in front of him and said: "The whole village at a glance, I feel that there are very few people, I remember that every time I came to this village in the past, the village was very lively, although there were more than two hundred people in the village, but as long as the people from our Jingtai Dart Bureau came, almost the entire village of the villagers would gather together to greet them." But today, not only did no one come to greet them, but it also seemed extremely deserted, don't you say strange? ”

Zhang Tie stood hesitantly in place, looking at the village and frowning, he always felt that there was something wrong here.

"Maybe the people in the village don't know that we're here, or maybe they don't know that we're from the Jingtai Dart Bureau, let's go to the village to take a look, and then we can understand if we ask in person!" Zhou Yun took a few steps forward, and seeing that Zhang Tie hesitated, he turned around and said a word, and then led his jujube red horse and took the lead towards the village.

Because Zhou Yun saw some women and children walking around in the village, he guessed that there should be no danger.

Seeing Zhou Yun walking towards the village, Zhang Tie did not hesitate any longer, and followed in steps, and then a team of more than a dozen people slowly entered the village.

Just when Zhou Yun and the others had just walked into the village, in an ordinary earthen wall house at the entrance of the village, an old man with gray hair happened to come out, the old man was thin, his back was slightly hunched, he was wearing a shabby long coat, and he looked preoccupied.

As soon as the old man came out of the house, he saw Zhou Yun and the others, only to see that he was stunned for a moment at first, and then wanted to turn around and hide in the house, at this time, Zhang Tie rushed up quickly behind Zhou Yun and shouted: "Brother Li! ”

Being shouted by Zhang Tie like this, the old man who had already entered the house with his front feet hesitated, and finally he sighed deeply and chose to turn around.

He squeezed out a smile very far-fetched, looked at Zhang Tie and the others and said, "Are you going to stay overnight in the village when you enter the village this time, or do you want to replenish dry food and straw and leave?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Tie looked at Zhou Yun beside him, and then stepped forward to the old man together, Zhou Yun didn't speak, just stood quietly aside.

And Zhang Tie saw that Zhou Yun didn't want to speak, obviously wanting him to ask, so Zhang Tie turned his head to look at the old man, frowned and said, "Brother Li!" Why do you seem to be avoiding us? ”

When Zhang Tie said this, the old man's expression was a little unnatural, but soon he returned to normal, only to see him shake his head again and again and said: "Where is the old man hiding from you, but when I went out, I happened to think that something I forgot to take, and I was just about to go in and get it, you are too careful!" ”

Seeing the old man like this, Zhang Tie became even more puzzled, but he didn't continue to ask about this matter, but looked at Zhou Yun who was speechless beside him, and saw that Zhou Yun didn't speak, so he turned his head to look at the old man again and said: "Maybe I'm too careful, Brother Li, we won't spend the night in the village this time, have lunch, and then add some dry food and straw and leave!" ”

After Zhang Tie finished speaking, he took out several pieces of broken silver from his arms and handed them to the old man, saying, "These silver taels are the fees we paid!" ”

Seeing this, the old man hesitated slightly, but in the end he still reached out and took the broken silver, only to see him skillfully put the broken silver into his arms, and then turned around and walked towards the village, he did not forget to say: "Come with the old man!" ”

After that, Zhou Yun and the others, under the leadership of the old man, came to a slightly larger house in the center of the village, this house is only larger than other houses in the village, in fact, it can only accommodate twenty or thirty people, and it is not the kind of building that can accommodate nearly a hundred people at the same time.

Just now, along the way, Zhang Tie kept looking around the village, and the more he looked at him, the tighter his brows wrinkled, but he couldn't hold back and never spoke.

When he arrived at this house, the old man surnamed Li said a few words to everyone, and then went out alone to prepare lunch for Zhou Yun and the others.

Seeing that the old man was gone, Zhou Yun looked at Zhang Tie, who was frowning with thick eyebrows, and he couldn't help but ask softly, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

"Hmmm! There are a lot fewer people in the village, and now all you see are some women and children, or some old people, and there is not a single young man in sight, so there must be something wrong with this! Zhang Tie told what he had seen along the way, and he concluded that there was a problem here.

"When you say that, it's true, I didn't see a single young man, all of them were women and children and some old men, what the hell is going on?" Hearing Zhang Tie say this, Zhou Yun found that it was really like this, there was no half of the men in the whole village, they were all old, weak, women and children.

Suddenly, Zhou Yun thought of a possibility, and he said, "Could it be that those young men have gone out to work?" ”

"If you hadn't seen the look of Brother Li just now, it would indeed be as you guessed, young master, because it is common for men in the village to go out to work collectively." Zhang Tie's undeniable sermon.

But then he changed his tone and said with certainty: "But according to the sad looks I have observed in the village, the old and weak women and children, something must have happened in this village." Just by looking at Brother Li's previous abnormal behavior, we know that he must have something to hide from us. ”

"But looking at what Brother Li didn't want to say at the time, he probably didn't want us to meddle in this matter! Or maybe they don't want us to know what's going on in the village! Forget it, since he doesn't say it, then we don't bother to care, more things are better than less things. Zhang Tie frowned and groaned for a long time, and finally felt that the bodyguard task was here, and more things were better than less, so he didn't think about it anymore.

Seeing this, Zhou Yun wanted to say something, but when he thought of it, after Zhou Shaolong explained not to delay the business, he also agreed to Zhang Tie's suggestion.

After that, everyone didn't wait long, the old man surnamed Li and several village women brought lunch, although this small village does not have any delicacies from the mountains and seas, but there are still many delicious home-cooked dishes.

Compared with gnawing dry food in the wild, these delicious home-cooked dishes are the best delicacies of the mountains and seas, and Zhou Yun and others eat them very fragrantly, even sweeter than eating real delicacies of the mountains and seas. After everyone had eaten lunch and replenished some dry food and straw, they continued to set off in the direction of Lanfeng City.

Watching Zhou Yun and the others lead the horses and leave the village, the old man surnamed Li in a shabby long coat showed a hesitant look again, he stood at the gate of the village, looking at Zhou Yun and the others with a complicated expression and gradually leaving, after all, he didn't have time to say a word, Zhou Yun and the others disappeared at the end of the road at the entrance of the village.

Seeing this, the expression on his face suddenly dimmed, and then he sighed deeply and muttered to himself: "Brother Zhang, the old man also wants to explain the difficulties in his heart to you, but the old man doesn't dare!" ...... Ay! ”

After muttering, he slowly turned around and walked towards the village very sadly.

Zhou Yun and the others didn't know this scene, after coming out of the small village, everyone rushed non-stop, they needed to rush to the next foothold before dark, otherwise they would have to sleep in the wilderness again.

Zhou Yun rode the jujube red horse and ran at the forefront, Zhang Tie followed closely behind, and then there were more than a dozen dart masters. But behind the dozen or so dart masters, there was actually a pale yellow figure closely following behind, the figure was blurred, he couldn't see his face clearly, and he couldn't distinguish between men and women.

But a voice came from the figure and said lightly: "This kid still wants to take care of my business!" ”

In the cold winter season, they are most afraid of encountering a heavy snowstorm, and unconsciously, Zhou Yun and they have been on the road for seven days, and they have also encountered a heavy snowstorm in these seven days, but fortunately, this snowstorm did not last long before it stopped. At this time, Zhou Yun looked at the map in his hand, he turned back to Zhang Tie and asked, "Uncle Zhang!" The next place you said should be Jiangbei City! ”

"Yes! Jiangbei City is the closest big city to our Luoxia Town, and if everything goes well, we should be able to reach Jiangbei City before dark! Zhang Tie looked up at the sky and said.

Jiangbei City, Zhou Yun has never been there, he doesn't know much about this city, but he has heard about the rumors that Jiangbei City is often infested by immortals, but he has heard it for a long time. So he happened to ask Zhang Tie at this time to understand, after all, Zhang Tie should know much more than him, a fledgling kid, after entering and leaving Jiangbei City.

"I heard that there are often immortals in Jiangbei City, I don't know if it's true or not?" Zhou Yun asked.

"I can't say this, because I haven't seen immortals with my own eyes, but I heard that Jiangbei City is indeed often infested by immortals, and I heard that someone has seen it with their own eyes!" Zhang Tie replied honestly.

"Immortals?! I don't know if there is a chance to witness this trip to Jiangbei City? Hearing Zhang Tie's answer, Zhou Yun looked at the direction of Jiangbei City from afar, and thought secretly in his heart.

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