Chapter 251: Bluestone Lane is strange
Liu Zhutou was inexplicably pulled into the old carriage, and one of the young men with a more delicate face said: "Liu Zhutou, don't you know each other?" Don't know if your clothes are ready? ”
"Yes, it's you?" Liu Zhutou blinked, he really didn't expect that their dress was really special.
Nie Shuyao said: "Yes, it's us." When we are about to reach Shilipo, please remind Liu Zhutou that we will walk over. ”
"Good!" Liu Zhutou is not hypocritical, since he was forced to get on the thief ship, he can only go down. Anyway, he also holds a lot of handles in his hands for the Liuxian Order, and it is good to be relieved, but it is a big deal to take his wife and children back to his hometown to farm.
In front of the grove, which was still two miles away from Shilipo, they got out of the car. Nie Tianxi gave the coachman a little bit of silver, and the coachman hurriedly jumped into the carriage and rushed to the city.
Seeing this, he felt strange in everyone's eyes, and Nie Shuyao asked, "Liu Zhutou, what's going on." ”
Liu Zhutou smiled, quite a wry smile, "This ten-mile slope is a well-known black village in our Suiling." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Nie Shuyao asked.
Liu Zhutou watched them change into the clothes of the catcher, and said, "Let's talk while walking." There are still two miles to go! ”
It turns out that the reason why Shilipo is called "Black Village" is that this village is not recognized by the government, there is no land, no household registration, and it is all formed by some displaced people. Some of the homeless people left, others came again, and they couldn't even claim to be living in their own houses.
The government couldn't drive them away openly, and as time went by, the people here were paid by some rich people in the county to do things like thugs, and they slowly got in touch with the government. I won't drive them away.
And the people who live here are notoriously ruthless, fighting to the death, and if there is a knife on their body, the bloodshed is a sure thing.
There are only two kinds of people who are most popular here, one is the doctor who treats the sick and saves people, and the other is the iron. As long as you report these two identities when you walk in Shilipo, you will generally be safe and sound.
Because doctors can save lives, and those who strike iron can give them knives to kill!
The more Nie Shuyao listened, the deeper her brows wrinkled, since the people who lived here were all outlaws, did they still want to stand up for the people here?
But after thinking about it again, if it was just an ordinary outlaw who died, then why did Liu Ruyuan find a replacement for the dead ghost?
Erli Road passed quickly under their feet, and when the six people stood on the slope of Shilipo, the people they accidentally met showed extremely unkind eyes.
Shilipo, as the name suggests, is a hillside, and from a distance, there may be ten miles of land, a row of old houses, or mounds of earth, or made of wood, just lined up crookedly.
In front of the hillside was a gravel field overgrown with weeds, interspersed with a few dwarf black locust trees, and now in full bloom of wild chrysanthemums and some rose branches.
Nie Shuyao noticed these small details and asked, "Liu Zhutou, where was this Shilipo before?" ”
Liu Zhutou said: "The old people in the county remember that this used to be the courtyard of a large family, and the slopes were planted with the kind of flowers full of thorns, which bloomed beautifully in spring and summer. But now only a few branches can be seen, and this place is deserted. ”
"Since it's another courtyard, there must always be a main courtyard."
Before Nie Shuyao could say anything, Nie Tianxi said, "Sister, look over there." ”
At the very end of Shilipo, where the houses were very different from those built haphazardly, Nie Shuyao asked, "Is that the original courtyard?" ”
"Yes. Now it is the residence of the most powerful person in this Shilipo, and the people inside had better not be provoked, that is an outlaw. Even if we catch them quickly, who dares to care about them? Liu Zhutou shook his head and said.
Nie Shuyao and the five of them looked at each other, and finally decided to go over there to have a look.
Liu Zhutou had no choice but to take them there, and it took a quarter of an hour to reach the end, and the most common thing in this Shilipo was the lazy man who slept with his arms in his arms. Occasionally, one or two gray-headed children ran out of the muddy street, this was the most carefree age, but Nie Shuyao saw vigilance and fear in their eyes.
Liu Zhutou explained: "These are half-hidden children. ”
The half-concealed door is the ancient anti-dark. A name for prostitutes, you can imagine how miserable the lives of these children are, and they have been carrying people's eyes since birth.
In this regard, Nie Shuyao could only sigh silently for them in her heart, she was not so saintly to think about saving these children.
When I came to the end, I saw a different scene, and the people moving in it were all tall and strong men. Judging from their faces, their lives are good, and they are full of red light.
A sloppy man walked in front of him, holding a roast chicken in his hand and nibbling it fragrantly.
Seeing Liu Zhutou, he hurriedly took two steps to hand over the roast chicken, and said flatteringly: "Liu Zhutou, why did your old man come?" Come and try this roast chicken, this is produced by Xiangtai Inn, it is absolutely delicious! ”
Liu Zhutou pushed away the black oily hand in disgust, "Liu San, let me ask you, have there been murder cases here in the past few days?" ”
Hearing Liu San, the group all looked up.
Nie Shuyao felt that the people named Liu San were not good things, Liu San in Lihua Town was a scoundrel, and Liu San in front of him did not look like a good person.
Liu San smiled, revealing a few big yellow teeth, and was disgusting. Scratching the head like a chicken nest, he said, "Liu Zhutou laughed." Where has there been no dead person buried in these ten miles of slope, what does it mean that there has been a murder case? ”
Everyone frowned again, and Nie Shuyao looked at the old man and found that he was the same.
As soon as Liu Zhutou heard this, he pulled him away and said impatiently: "Let's go!" Don't get in the way of us getting down to business. ”
"Hey, hey, you're going, you're going!" Liu San was not annoyed, so he took off the roasted chicken head and gnawed it.
As soon as Liu Zhutou left, he walked to the nearest room. Although the house was small, it was well built, at least sturdy, and the door was made of fine wood at first glance, and it would not have been broken with an axe.
And Liu Zhutou seemed to think of something again, turned his head and asked, "Liu San, where is your head here?" ”
This time I turned around, but I happened to see Liu San walking towards the hut, and Liu Zhutou shouted: "Liu San, you are bullying other people's old Zheng Tou again, aren't you?" ”
Liu San turned around and said, "What is bullying?" Lao Zheng left a few days ago, and he didn't know what he was muttering, saying that he was free or something. I said give me this house, and he answered. This house is mine now! ”
"Really?" Liu Zhutou still didn't believe it.
"Really!" Liu San patted his chest and promised.
Liu Zhutou took people away, and when he walked out of here, he realized that he hadn't asked, and scolded: "Let this grandson fool me again." ”
A few people went around and suddenly came to a bluestone alley, the house at the head of the alley was very good, and Liu Zhutou stopped here.
"There is the head of Shilipo living in this house, and we will ask him about anything."
Nie Shuyao glanced at the house and put his eyes on the bluestone alley, and asked, "What's going on with this alley?" ”
Liu Zhutou sighed: "This is also a hard-working person." It is said that the old man who was blind in one eye was a gardener from a large family, and after the big family moved away, he opened a field of flowers not far away and planted the kind of flowers full of thorns. It is also paved with bluestone, saying that it is waiting for flower lovers to come and enjoy the flowers. ”
"Really? Then I'll have to look at the thorny flowers. Nie Shuyao said and walked towards the alley.
The other four hurriedly followed, and they also felt that they would not be able to find anything after Liu Zhutou.
Liu Zhutou hurriedly said: "Aren't you afraid of smelling?" ”
"Stinky?" Several people asked in unison.
Liu Zhutou smiled: "Although the flower is beautiful, the place is not good." What does that old man do? ”
"What?"
"Collect the night incense."
Nie Shuyao frowned and said, "You won't say that he uses night incense to make flower fertilizer, right?" ”
"It's not just Yexiang? So sometimes it stinks there. Liu Zhutou obviously went there and touched his nose.
Nie Shuyao looked at him and smiled, it was really funny for a strong man with a big beard like Liu Zhutou to do such a small action. said: "Of course, you have to pay for beautiful flowers. If Liu Zhutou is afraid of smell, just wait for us here. ”
The more different the place, the more you have to see, this is the detective factor in her body is doing the trick, if there is nothing, it is the same to go and see the rose flowers that have not been seen for a long time.
However, can you still see roses this season? Maybe we'll see the last flowers bloom.
Although bluestone lane is called an alley, in fact, there are only residences in the beginning section, and the deeper you go, the more vegetation on both sides grows, and slowly the trees grow, and then you go inside, as if it has become a forest.
This place is different from the previous Shilipo, quietly like a paradise.
Liu Zhutou said: "This bluestone lane is paved by the old man, it is said that he is still looking for stones to pave every day, this was originally a road, from here can lead to Yangzhou." ”
The old man suddenly asked, "Can you also lead to Yangzhou here?" Isn't the road to Yangzhou to the east? ”
Liu Zhutou said with a smile: "This road is also walked by people, and you can connect it with the road to the east by walking from here." ”
Slowly, Nie Shuyao did smell a strange smell, this smell was terrible, it was a mixture of feces and the fragrance of flowers.
No wonder Liu Zhutou was stinky, and Nie Shuyao and the others also felt that it might be a mistake to come here, so they covered their noses with their hands and bowed their heads quickly.
As she walked, she suddenly felt a difference in the slate under her feet, at first there was some tenacious grass on the edge of these slate of different sizes, but there was no grass in this patch, as if it was newly paved. Occasionally, a few weeds pressed underneath, but it didn't look like they had grown from under the stone slabs.
"What's going on?" Nie Shuyao muttered to herself.
Suddenly, Nie Tianxi said, "Sister, look? ”
Nie Shuyao looked up, and on one side of the road were patches of roses, pink, yellow, and white, huddled together, lively and beautiful.
On both sides of the road, and in the crevices of the roses, wild chrysanthemums are planted, and they bloom very cutely. Standing in such a sea of flowers, they felt that they couldn't smell the stench. R1152