Huaishu Village is located in Guazhou, which is the confluence of the ancient canal and the Yangtze River, southwest of Yangzhou, across the water from Zhenjiang; The Yangtze River is another name for the Yangtze River, and Guazhou has always been the gateway to Yangzhou.

However, Huaishu Village is in the mountains and rivers of Guazhou, and they have no time to visit the thousand-year-old crossing, nor do they have time to see Du Shi Niang's Shen Bao place.

Ah......, forget about jì, Du Shi Niang has not been created during the Zhengde period! Du Shi Niang only came out of the book in the Wanli period, and she couldn't find the Shen Bao at this time.

Nie Shuyao smiled at this, I don't know if there will be a literary story of Du Shi Niang in history after such a toss by Queen Zhang. After all, women's minds will slowly change.

"Shu Yao, what are you laughing at?" Closely following her was Song Yunfei, who felt strange for Nie Shuyao's smile.

At this time, seven horses and a broken cart were walking among the mountains and rivers. Except for the old man, each of them carried a large backpack with essential household items.

As for the others, Nie Shuyao left them all in Wenqu Building very unjustly. If Song Qing and Leng Zi didn't have to follow, she also wanted to leave them behind.

After Nie Shuyao stopped laughing, she pouted and said, "It's nothing, I just remembered a little story." ”

"What's the story?" Song Yunfei immediately asked.

Nie Shuyao raised her eyebrows, does she want to tell Du Shi Niang's story now? Forget it and talk about it later.

"Now I'm in a hurry, what kind of story will I tell? The master storyteller is ahead, ask him to go! She said angrily, and with a flick of the whip, the horse sped up a little.

Although Guazhou was formed by the accumulation of silt from the Yangtze River, it has been formed in this place for thousands of years. Although there are poems, "Jingkou Guazhou is a water." Zhongshan is only separated by a few mountains. "However, there are still mountains here, at least Nie Shuyao and his party can walk in places with a lot of mountains and rivers.

At noon, the group gathered together to replenish some energy.

Everyone sat together, and the horses were tied to the trees nearby, and the reins were stretched long, so that they could find grass for themselves.

Nibbling on good-tasting dry food. The old man said, "Actually." Huaishu Village does not belong to Guazhou, there are many mountains in that place. But the road is not difficult to walk, and the mountain roads and waterways can lead to the outside. The original Huaishu Village was really rich. But I didn't expect such an incident to happen, and the villagers were worried all day long, even if the locust tree spirit would come to the door one day. ”

Nie Shuyao asked, "So, what does Uncle Nian want us to go over there to check?" Locust tree spirits? I don't think there's such a thing in the world. ”

The old man frowned worriedly, "I really want the girl to find out who the locust tree spirit is." And what does that old locust tree have to do with the strange death of the villagers? ”

Nie Shuyao finished the food by dividing it by two, clapped his hands and said, "That jade pendant should be the key." And this jade pendant is the heirloom of the Li clan in Lijiazhai. I think the matter of Huaishu Village must have something to do with the unwarranted treasure map, or that the old man who guarded the old locust tree was also one of the villagers who escaped from Lijiazhai. ”

After speaking, she herself frowned first. Another bold speculation came to mind.

After the slaughter of Lijiazhai, where did all those who escaped by chance go? There is only one Li Dashan in Qingshui Village. Can it be assumed that Huaishu Village was established by the remnants of Lijiazhai more than 20 years ago? If the assumption is true, it may explain this strange incident in Huaishu Village.

When the old man heard this, his face changed. Trembling, "This ...... Unlikely. ”

The corners of Nie Shuyao's mouth bent and looked into the distance, and the clouds and mist were shrouded in green mountains. From time to time, the crisp birdsong comes into the ears, and the air is surprisingly good.

She took a deep breath, the smile on her face gone, if that was the case, then they were about to face a real thing. Looking back at everyone, fortunately, everyone can protect themselves.

Nie Shuyao's expression tightened, and everyone's brows did not stretch.

"Ahem! Don't be so strict. She coughed to liven up the atmosphere, and then smiled: "I will only say this here once, and I won't say more when I get to Huaishu Village." Everyone must know that this trip may be different from what we have encountered before, it is good to use our brains, but if the other party can only use knives, then we must also be prepared for this. Do you understand? ”

It is better not to laugh when she says this, but this smile gives people an eerie feeling.

Song Yunfei stood beside her, tugged at her sleeve and said, "Shu Yao, can you not be so strict." ”

But these words changed Nie Shuyao's eyes back, "What kind of system is hee-hee-ha, are we going to investigate the case?" Investigate the case! Have you eaten all of them? Then Uncle Nian will continue to lead the way. ”

"Huh!" Song Yunfei was not annoyed at all, and he was happy to be scolded by Shu Yao every day.

His two little servants looked at each other, and they didn't know how many times they sighed in their hearts, their young master was not saved.

The old man ate quickly, sat down in the front of the car, flicked his whip, and said, "We must hurry up and strive to reach Huaishu Village before the sun goes down." It's all deep mountains and old forests here, so it's not good to stay overnight. ”

The sound of horses' hooves came and went, and the sound was heard far away in the deep mountains.

I don't know how many turns it took, but the river that I could see at that time also turned. After everyone followed the river to the unknown lake, they saw a small village hidden in the green mountains, which was Huaishu Village.

From the appearance, Huaishu Village is scattered, not like an ordinary small mountain village, at the beginning of the construction of the village, there must be a master to guide the way, and the arrangement of the houses is very regular.

"We're here." The old man was the first to get out of the car.

At this time, the sun is setting, and it is the most beautiful time of the day.

The sunset is reflected among the grass and trees, gilding the green; Smoke rose from several houses in the village, and they rushed into the clouds like this.

The occasional call of a wild duck makes this qiē full of life. It doesn't look like a village that has had an accident.

"Let's go. This road is not easy to walk, everyone be careful. The old man led the horse and walked ahead.

The road was indeed uneven, but fortunately the old man's carriage could still climb up.

The lake is actually quite far from the village, and there are many reeds around the lake, and the wild ducks in it swim leisurely. But there was not a single person fishing by the lake.

This is the first strange place that Nie Shuyao discovered, and after he couldn't see the small lake, his vision opened up again, and this was the village.

Most of the families live on flat land, and many of the houses are built halfway up the mountain.

Nie Shuyao and his party were all leading horses, and they didn't dress like villagers, which made the occasional passers-by vigilant, and they ran home to close the door. What's more, the chickens that were placed outside were also driven back, for fear of being harmed.

This is the second strange thing that Nie Shuyao discovered, which shows that something is indeed happening here.

"Uncle Nian, why do I think the villagers are very hostile to us." Nie Shuyao frowned and asked.

The old man said, "We are outsiders after all. ”

Nie Shuyao was even more embarrassed in her heart, the villagers were so repulsive to outsiders, how could this case be investigated.

Everyone walked behind the old man, neither fast nor slow, and they all looked around the village.

Huaishu Village is not small, and you can still see idle stone mills on the streets, as well as wells covered with moss, which show that the village has been around for some years.

But since they entered the village, they didn't see a few people, and the villagers they accidentally ran into were so frightened that they ran home and closed the door.

Nie Shuyao felt that they were a bit like devils entering the village, and sighed: "Alas, I still want to solve it quickly." ”

The old man walked in front of him, and he didn't look back and said, "Since you're here, don't be in a hurry, let's go see the old locust tree first." ”

These alleys are wide and narrow, and many of them are dead ends, but the old man is familiar with the road and has not gone wrong once.

Soon the group reached the end of the village, and from afar they saw an old locust tree that was growing well, and this tree could not be surrounded by a few people, it was too old.

The trunk of the tree was like the folds on the old man's face, layer upon layer, except that it was the bark. Its trunk seemed to have been wounded more than once, and from a distance, it looked like an old man who couldn't walk.

The middle of the tree was completely rotten, with a half-man-high hole, and there was rotten wood inside, and there was a smell of decay. In this hole, children under the age of 10 can get into it.

Look at the crown of the tree again, but it is lush and green, and there are strings of locust rice hanging on it, this is the national acacia, and it is a locust tree that does not grow thorns.

This old locust tree gives people a very shocking feeling, I am afraid that it has lived for hundreds of years. Nie Shuyao felt a little sad for it, hundreds of years of wind and rain did not make it fall, but it became a goblin in people's rumors. If it weren't for the fear of ghosts and gods, I am afraid that someone would have been cut down and burned as firewood.

In fact, it's just an old locust tree, and it's not easy to grow so big. Nie Shuyao suddenly wanted to justify it, this tree was not a goblin, but also a victim.

Approaching the old locust tree, everyone stopped.

The tree was relatively not tall, but it was large enough, and except for a small stone house, it was the territory of an old locust tree. Originally, there was a low stone wall on the side of the old locust tree, but in the past two years, it has become a fierce place, and the stones have been demolished.

"Alas!" The old man sighed for this.

Suddenly, the smell of incense candles came from the wings of my nose. On the other side of the old locust tree, there seems to be someone talking.

Nie Shuyao handed the reins to Nie Tianxi and quietly walked over with Jiang Wan'er.

On this side of the old locust tree, I heard the pleading voice of a young man.

"Old locust tree, they say that you are a goblin, but I don't think so. You saved my grandfather's life, and now please save my sister. My grandfather is gone, and my father and mother were murdered two years ago, so I can't live without my sister anymore. I've kowtowed to you. ”

Then, Nie Shuyao heard the sound of kowtowing "dong dong".

The kowtow was very loud, and Nie Shuyao felt sorry for him, and said softly: "What a sincere child." ”

"Who?" The boy asked in a whispered voice.

Jiang Wan'er glared at Nie Shuyao, as if complaining about her nonsense, and walked to the other side first, saying, "Who are you?" What to do here? (To be continued) R655