Although the road is difficult to walk, there will be a day when it will be finished.

This is a typical fortress, the shape of the fortress is along the topography of the hillside according to local conditions, although the shape is not very regular, but the design idea of the central square and the ring building is no different from other fortresses, from the two roughly circle-shaped buildings, it can be seen that the fortress has expanded once, the population has stopped growing, perhaps, the surrounding mountains and forests can support the number of people has reached the extreme, in this case, the ethnic group will be separated to find another place to live.

However, this is not the case with Lijiazhai, Lijiazhai is separated from other villages, this is because Aunt Li has already told Fang Shi that the main family of Li Jiazhai has disappeared in the war, and what Fang Shi is going to look for this time is the main village that has long disappeared.

Fang Shi held the key to Li Junwu's house in his hand, and found this big house under the leadership of Li Shuya, because it is a great witch for generations, the house of Li Junwu's house is on the northwest side of the inner circle with a relatively good location, facing the southeast, the upper and lower floors are Li Junwu's house, there are stairs inside, and there are corridors on the first and second floors to connect other people's homes.

Because Li Junwu's house was in good condition and had a large area, when Aunt Li left, she only left the room on the second floor, and gave the three houses on the first floor to the neighbors, and Fang Shi and the others opened the lock of the door leading to the second floor.

An old couple and a little baby living on the first floor looked at them curiously, and they heard that they were friends of Li Junwu, and they were very enthusiastic and humble. is also very enthusiastic to help fetch water and bring a broom rag to help clean, Xia Yuxin can't refuse at all, or Lou Jingzhong has experience. Wait until it's done. He warmly gave a large bag of bread and bacon as a thank you gift. The old lady immediately squinted with laughter, although everyone didn't understand the language, they still chatted with Lou Jingzhong for a long time.

At this time, the value of the tree is reflected, and before he can play the role of a guide, the first thing he has to do is translate.

There were three rooms upstairs, just one for one person, each of them packed up and saluted, and Lou Jingzhong carried the food downstairs. found this old man surnamed Li and asked for a partner, the old man naturally would not refuse, and he was afraid that his kitchenware would be dirty and snub the guests, and he also washed and washed the kitchenware and chopsticks vigorously.

Fang Shi dragged the tree boy who wanted to run away and asked him to eat with him, while the meal was not ready, Fang Shi, Xia Yuxin and the tree boy were translators, Fang Shi and Uncle Li downstairs sat on the stone under the verandah of the enclosure and chatted about the old stories in the village.

Fang Shi probably learned about the history of Lijiazhai from Aunt Li, but it was mainly around the treasure map. And Uncle Li is talking about the history of Li Jiazhai's hard work, which sounds interesting.

The history of Lijiazhai can be traced back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. However, Xinzhai was established in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and it has only been about 200 years, and this ancient walled house has been raised for ten generations, and now it is gradually declining.

Don't say I don't know, as soon as I talk about Fang Shi, I know that this is still the old revolutionary area, but this is not the core of the base area, but it was indeed an area of Red Army activities at that time, and there were several not very fierce battles.

"Now that the descendants have gone out, those who go out are unwilling to come back, and the inheritance left by this ancestor is afraid that it will eventually be returned to the mountain fox and wild mice."

Uncle Li ended the whole story with an epilogue full of wisdom, and Fang Shi and Xia Yuxin listened to it with relish.

"Uncle Li, don't you think it's a pity?"

The wrinkles on Uncle Li's face stretched out, and he grinned: "It's a pity that there must be, but why did our ancestor of the Li family walk into this mountain back then?" It's not a place to survive in troubled times, although this poor mountain and bad water can block the troubled times, but it is not a suitable place to survive. ”

"Uncle Li is really insightful of the world." Fang Shi patted the stone strip under the seat, and said with some emotion: "Actually, this place is really not a poor mountain and bad water, but I think the mountains and rivers are beautiful!" ”

Xia Yuxin also nodded vigorously, the mountains and rivers here are indeed beautiful, especially in recent years, the population in the village has decreased, and the surrounding areas of human activities have also shrunk, and the original style of the mountains and forests has gradually recovered on the mountain, which looks even more pleasant.

Hearing Fang Shi's praise, Uncle Li also smiled very happily.

Fang Shi turned the conversation to Aunt Li's father.

When it came to Aunt Li's father, Uncle Li had more words.

"Shangui is Yingzi's father, we have played together since we were children, everything up and down the mountain and down the river to steal chickens and dogs is together, so good that I can't wait to wear a pair of pants, at that time I don't know what a big witch is, and when he wears a crown and a flower face at the age of fifteen, after the witch ceremony, I am slowly a little afraid."

"Are you afraid of him? Are others harsh? ”

"No, Shangui is a very good person, but he is a little stubborn and admits death, otherwise he and Yingzi would not have made such a fuss."

"I heard Aunt Li say that her father is very capable, isn't he?"

"That's not, Shangui has a big ability, more than his father, before his father was in Lijiazhai some fame, but the reputation is not out of the village, Shangui's reputation is big, there is a wedding and funeral in ten miles and eight townships, who is not proud of inviting Shangui, when he invited Shangui out of the mountain, it was to lead a donkey to carry bacon and red silk. Shangui is righteous, Yingzi is also a generous and kind child, who has not received the favor of his family in this Li family village? ”

"And you're still afraid of him?"

"In the next life, worship ghosts and gods and stay away, we are ordinary people, how can we be brothers and sisters with a character like Shangui, what I am afraid of is not him, it is the power of ghosts and gods on him."

"Oh, have you ever seen him cast spells?"

"I've seen a lot, the scene is really shocking and terrifying, have you ever seen a bloody rooster running all over the ground? Have you ever seen a large bowl full of water hanging from a wooden pillar out of thin air? Have you ever seen a hundred beasts bow down and ten thousand insects come to court? I've seen it all, and I'm not afraid of the guests laughing at that scene, and now I think about it and my scalp is numb. ”

Fang Shi and Xia Yuxin didn't realize anything when they heard it, these spells were not anything profound, the only thing that was strange was the so-called 'Dingwan', this kind of witchcraft has not been solved so far, and there are not many people who can use it. But the tree girl was completely stunned, and her big bright eyes were full of curiosity and yearning, and she was not afraid at all.

He was born late, when the old man had passed away, and there was no big witch in the village, and it was the first time he had heard these magical legends, and of course he was very curious.

Fang Shi sighed with a smile and said with a little emotion: "It's a pity that we were born too late and didn't have the opportunity to witness these grand occasions. ”

Uncle Li smiled and shook his head, not knowing what it meant.

At this time, Lou Jingzhong's voice sounded in the room: "Let's eat!" ”

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Fang Shi still got up early, but Uncle Li downstairs and the neighbors in the surrounding house had already started their day's life in the morning light.

Just after breakfast, Li Shuya trotted to report.

"Tree boy, did you have breakfast?"

"Eaten, sir?"

"Later, when I ate here, didn't I say that I would have three meals?"

Li Shuya scratched his head a little embarrassed, nodded lightly and agreed, Lou Jingzhong didn't say anything, and directly stuffed a steamed bun with sausages into Li Shuya's hand, Li Shuya looked at it, and finally couldn't stand the temptation of the sausage's fragrance, and ate it in a big gulp.

"Let's not go far today, let's go around the village and familiarize ourselves with the terrain, and besides, can the tree boy read the map?"

Li Shuya nodded vigorously, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said loudly: "I can understand most of it." ”

"Well, we're going to get the map right first, and then we're going to talk about the rest, and we're also going to have to familiarize ourselves with the climate and species around us, especially the things that are dangerous."

Li Shuya was very strange, he didn't understand why Fang Shi wanted to know about dangerous species, and what did these dangerous species mean? Wild boars?

When Li Shuya finished eating, Xia Yuxin handed him a washed towel and asked him to wipe his face clean, Fang Shi had already set up a small wooden table in the stone dam outside the corridor, and opened a laptop and put it on it.

"Come and see, here is the aerial map around the village, this is the village, although it is a little blurry, but the buildings and roads can still be seen, we are here today, here"

Fangshi refers to the surrounding mountains, the distance is about half a day's journey, on the one hand, it is to familiarize itself with the terrain, so that it will set off to hunt for treasure soon, on the other hand, Fangshi is also to run in the team, the experience of living in the wild is zero, Lou Jingzhong is better, Xia Yuxin is not very good, so it is not good not to accumulate some experience.

Li Shuya first looked at the computer very rarely, then looked at the map carefully, roughly estimated the location, and nodded: "No problem, I have been to these places." ”

"Well, what else do you have to prepare?"

Li Shuya pointed to the basket he put on the wall under the corridor: "I've brought it all." ”

Fang Shi stood up: "Okay, let's go and prepare, you can play the computer here, and we'll set off in a while." ”

"Oh!"

Fang Shi and Xia Yuxin both went upstairs, Lou Jingzhong was packing his backpack on the side, Li Shuya looked at the computer in front of him, hesitated for a while, and then stretched out his hand tremblingly, touched the computer gently, and then quickly shrank back, and then stretched out his hand again after a while, touched the smooth metal surface of the computer, and then moved his hand to the mouse, learning from Fang Shi's appearance just now, carefully moving the map back and forth, with a sacred and solemn look on his face, but his eyes were full of irrepressible excitement and happiness.

Lou Jingzhong packed up his things and squatted beside him for a long time without noticing, until Fang Shi and Xia Yuxin also appeared with backpacks, Li Shuya found that Lou Jingzhong was squatting beside him, he was very embarrassed, but Lou Jingzhong smiled and patted his head.

"Let's go, we're leaving, and we'll teach you how to play the game when we come back."

"Really? That's great! (To be continued......)