Lao Hei was already a little surprised when he heard the old man being asked, that old man was not the third elder of Gu Village, how could such a thing happen. Then the other party shouted that he wanted to arrest someone, Lao Hei was even more shocked, and subconsciously took a step back, saying in his heart that the old man would not be a liar.

Yang Yi was very calm, firstly, these four strong men were not his opponents, and secondly, he knew that the old man's appearance was covered by a black cloth, coupled with the background of the battle between Wucun and Guzhai, it was reasonable to be stopped and questioned.

"Stop!" The old man stopped the two strong men who were forcing Yang Yi, and at the same time reached out and took off his hat.

"Third Elder!" The four strong men exclaimed in unison and bowed.

"Yes." The third elder nodded and said, "These two are my guests, don't be rude, you stand down and continue to be vigilant." ”

Yang Yi saw it in his eyes, the previous guess of the dark path should not be wrong, this third elder really has a status in Gu Village.

Wucun and Gu Village are located in the hinterland of Waleng Mountain, except for the people in their villages, I am afraid that no outsiders will appear all year round. These four strong men are on guard here, most of them to guard against the people of Wu Village. But with just one sentence from the three elders, they honestly retreated, and they didn't even have the meaning to interrogate two sentences, which shows that the three elders have a lot of power to speak in Gu Village.

"Excuse me, they're the ones who do it." The third elder turned around and beckoned, "Let's go." ”

Yang Yi didn't care about these little things, but the appearance of the three elders made him a little strange. The third elder looked very old, his voice sounded like sixty, but his face was at least eighty years old.

And his complexion is sallow, and he is also black. Gu Village is located in the basin, although the sky is open, but it is surrounded by giant trees of Corrugated Mountain, the sunshine in this place is by no means sufficient, and people's skin should be white. For example, the four strong men are a little abnormal.

The three elders took Yang Yi and Lao Hei all the way forward, and soon arrived in the middle of the stockade. I met many people along the way, and they all greeted the three elders with great respect, but their eyes at Yang Yi and Lao Hei were full of surprise, and even a little vigilant.

Yang Yi and Lao Hei were brought into a special stone house, this stone house was exceptionally large, more than four or five times larger than the other stone houses. The furnishings in the room are very simple, a long wooden table large enough to seat about 100 people, matching wooden chairs, and nothing else. Looking like this, it doesn't look like a place to meet guests, but more like a meeting hall in the village.

"Sit down for a while, I'll arrange for someone to prepare lunch, and then deal with the aftermath of the two brothers, and I'll be back soon." The Third Elder spoke.

"Those two are from your stockade?" Lao Hei walked all morning, tired, sat on the chair, listened to the words of the three elders, pointed to the corpse parked outside, and asked casually.

"Yes." The three elders agreed.

"Born in such a remote place, if you want to talk about falling leaves and returning to your roots, then don't run outside. If you die in a foreign land, you will be cremated directly, and it will save you more trouble to bring the ashes back. The old black muttered in a low voice, obviously very incomprehensible. Or maybe it was because he ran into the three elders driving the corpse, and he was frightened and complained.

"It's our custom." The third elder replied lightly, and then walked outside the stone house.

The three elders look old, but their ears are very good. A trace of embarrassment flashed on Lao Hei's face, he didn't expect that what he said just now would be heard, so he quickly shut up, not daring to express any more opinions.

Yang Yi felt that Lao Hei's words made some sense. There are still many people living in this place, which proves that they can be self-sufficient, so there is no need to run outside, only to die outside, and to return to their roots, it is completely a trouble for the people in the village. However, Gu Zhai adheres to its own customs, and outsiders don't have much to say.

The three elders came out of the stone house, looked at the corpses of the two villagers, shook their heads and sighed, and manipulated them to go away.

In fact, the three elders understood Lao Hei's confusion, since their Gu Village had the custom of returning to their roots and burial, then the people here should avoid going far away, if they died outside, it was indeed a very troublesome thing. But the three elders could not change this situation.

There is an old saying on the boundary of Xiangxi, there are no three sunny days, and there are no three miles of flat land, which vividly illustrates the harsh climate and environment, and the life of Xiangxi people is very hard. Although with the rapid development of science and technology, the situation has changed a lot, but the Gu village is too remote, and outsiders don't even know the existence of this place, and they haven't changed much here.

With hard work, I can be self-sufficient, and there is no need to run outside to be fed and clothed, but there are still people who want to go out. The women here are responsible for the work, and the men study Gu art and chase out corpses, but not every man has the talent for this, and this skill is also very difficult to learn, and the talented and stupid people basically can't learn anything.

If they can't master Gu art and drive out corpses, men have no value in the village, and the work is all women's business, so they don't want to do it, so they can only go to the world outside the village to seek their own value.

In recent years, the outside world has been turned upside down, and people who have gone out to wander will inevitably mention it to the villagers after they come back, and more and more people yearn for the outside world of flowers. Some people even deliberately pretended not to have the talent to learn Gu art and chase corpses, just to have a justifiable reason to leave the village.

Although the owners and elders of the village have a high right to speak, they also have no right to influence the choices of the villagers. In fact, the village is quite democratic, the council hall is so big that it can accommodate almost the entire village, and many times they are discussing and discussing to decide things.

As for the title of the owner and elder of the village, it is more a recognition of their strength, and the respect or worship of the villagers does not mean that they have the power of life and death of the villagers.

The three elders were very concerned about the inheritance, and in the face of such a situation, there was no other way but to sigh faintly.

Yang Yi and Lao Hei waited in the meeting hall for about ten minutes, and the three elders returned again, beckoning the two to eat the fruits sent by the villagers, chatting and waiting for lunch.

"Third child, you can be counted as back, it will be ...... in a few days" A neutral voice suddenly came in, but it stopped abruptly in the middle of speaking.

"Who are these two?"

The source of the voice was an old man, calling the third elder the third, thinking that his status was higher, but he looked much younger than the third elder. Finding that there were still outsiders in the council hall, he stopped his original words and asked the third elder.

"Second Elder, they are the distinguished guests I brought. This is Yang ......"

"Distinguished guests? What a distinguished guest! Third, don't you also be fascinated by the outside world of flowers! ”

The Third Elder was about to introduce Yang Yi and Lao Hei, but was interrupted by the Second Elder waving his hand. The second elder's tone was not good, his eyes were full of hostility, and he stared at Yang Yi and Lao Hei, obviously not waiting to see them. (To be continued.) )