The man in white holding the lantern looked at Ah Hua expressionlessly, he didn't open his mouth, but a voice came out, "What's the matter with being in such a hurry to find this seat?" ”

The voice was hoarse with a hint of coldness, and there was no emotion, and it was impossible to distinguish between men and women. Jiang Shenyu only felt a tingling of her scalp, she had never seen such a strange scene, she didn't dare to come out, and her heart fluttered fast.

Is this man in white a human or a ghost? Why can you float around? Why does Ah Hua pretend to be dumb?

The more she thought about Jiang Shenyu, the more scared she felt, and she didn't dare to make a sound so as not to be discovered.

"Lord Impermanence, there are four people from Huojia Village today." Ah Hua said respectfully, "Originally, my subordinates thought it was just a passerby, but I didn't expect that in the evening, there were several loud noises in the water, and the water was full of fire. ”

"Huh? But why? ”

"The subordinates learned that the water was a grain ship with the country, but it was burned. It must have something to do with those four people! ”

Originally, Jiang Shenyu planned to sneak away, but all this was too weird, she didn't dare to stay for a long time, so it was better not to get involved. But suddenly she heard Ah Hua talking about the four of them, and she stayed behind by the ghost.

"Suiguo has nothing to do with us, none of this has anything to do with you! For such a trivial matter, but to alarm this seat! Bauhinia, are you tired of living? The voice of the man in white was cold, with a touch of anger, and Ah Hua hurriedly leaned down.

"The subordinates didn't mean to disturb Lord Impermanence, but the grain and grass of Suiguo were burned near Huojia Village, and it was related to those four people, and the people of Suiguo would definitely think that the people of Huojia Village did it. If Suiguo sends a large army to arrest people, and those four people will leave tomorrow, they will definitely not be able to catch people, so they will raise the butcher's knife, and the entire Huojia Village will hardly be spared. In this way, it will inevitably affect the plans of subordinates. How to behave, I hope you will show you! ”

"Well, you really can't be the master of this! What about the martial arts of those four people? The man in white asked.

"Except for a man who can't be dealt with by his subordinates, the other three don't have to worry."

"This seat will send a mountain drill ghost tomorrow to capture these four people, if they come with the country to arrest people, the four of them will naturally be found. It doesn't affect you. ”

"Thank you, Lord Impermanence!"

The man in white asked again, "It's been three years, why haven't you found the whereabouts of that thing?" Where the hell did Ling Zhen hide his things? ”

"The subordinates are incompetent! In the past three years, I have searched everywhere I can, but I haven't found that thing! Thinking about it, Ling Zhen didn't take it with him. ”

"Impossible! That thing had to be fed with Ling's blood every month! You continue to lurk around him, keeping an eye on him. This thing is very important to my Nine Shadows Palace! ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

The man in white didn't say anything more, the wick in the lantern seemed to be slowly burning out, and when the last light went out, the figure of the man in white was long gone in the clearing.

In order to avoid being discovered, Jiang Shenyu hurriedly and quietly left.

As soon as he returned to his room and fell asleep, a slight noise came from the courtyard, and Ah Hua also came back, and changed her clothes as if nothing had happened, and lay down.

Jiang Shenyu didn't fall asleep this night, and she was guessing in her heart what Ah Hua's identity was. The Ling Zhen in their mouths, is it Ling Bo?

If it is Uncle Ling, then this Ah Hua is definitely not the original Ah Hua, after all, how can any biological daughter deliberately pretend to be dumb and deceive her parents.

Early in the morning, Xu Xiang came to look for her, and Jiang Shenyu took the opportunity to leave Ah Hua's house.

On the way, Xu Xiang saw her with two dark circles under her eyes, looking listless, and thought to herself that she couldn't be infected by Ah Hua's cold, right?

Then he asked with concern, "What's wrong?" Didn't sleep well last night? ”

Jiang Shenyu pulled him aside and whispered everything she had seen and heard last night to Xu Xiang.

Xu Xiang was silent for a long time and said, "It seems that this Ling Bo is not an ordinary person!" But what are their plans? ”

"Changsha, the man in white said that he would send someone to arrest us today, why don't we leave Huojia Village first? Back in Hancheng, the eldest brother is over there, and the other party will definitely not dare to make a move. Jiang Shenyu said with some concern.

"Lao Yang has already gone back to transfer troops, and he will arrive at noon today. If we go back, what if Wang Guiping really brings people to Huojia Village, what will happen to these innocent villagers? Xu Xiang shook his head, it would be too irresponsible to leave now.

"I want to see what kind of bull ghost snake god it is!" For the mysterious and weird man in white, Xu Xiang had a strong interest in his heart, no matter how strong I am, I am a man with a gun!

After going to Huo's house to eat, the two brothers of the Huo family wanted to work in the field, and Xu Xiang was idle, so he followed him to the field.

Although Huojia Village makes a living from fishing and hunting, it still grows some corn.

These corns are ripe in autumn and September, and now the corn leaves in the field are still green, and the corn on the ears of rice is not yet ripe, and the grains are not yet full.

The reason why we have to go to the ground now is that in addition to digging ditches to divert water, we also have to pull out some weeds.

The two brothers rolled up their sleeves and went down to the field barefoot, while Xu Xiang and the three of them hid under a big tree to take advantage of the cold.

"Daming, how many catties of corn can you produce in this acre of land?" Xu Xiang looked at the two brothers who were in full swing and asked.

"Shui Gongzi, in previous years, our mu of land could produce about three or four hundred catties, but this year there was a locust plague, and many rice ears were eaten by locusts, and it is very good to be able to produce two hundred catties per mu this year!"

Two hundred pounds! Xu Xiang was stunned, as far as he knew, when Huaxia hybrid rice was not developed, the yield per mu was about 400 kilograms.

An ancient pound is sixteen taels in modern times. In other words, 200 catties is only equivalent to 160 kilograms! It's not a star-and-a-half!

Not to mention that after the emergence of mixed rice, those fertile lands can yield more than 1,000 kilograms per mu.

He finally understood why the people at the bottom of this world lived so hard!

The outbreak of war is nothing more than a few points, in the corridor of history, why do the nomads in the north often invade the south? It's because of the shortage of food and population.

And here, in addition to the ambition of Mu Shang, the king of Northern Mongolia, it is more because the land in the south is fertile and suitable for growing rice, while the north is either an endless grassland or mountains and rivers, and only a small part of the place is suitable for planting rice.

"If I get hybrid rice out, will it solve this problem?" Xu Xiang was thinking about this in his heart.

Now after the Northern Mongolia invaded Dachu, it led the war to Minzhou in the East China Sea, and it has the potential to sweep the world.

The lack of food and grass, those unknown small villages and towns, countless people died of starvation. However, those in power only cared about their own pleasures, and did not see these ordinary people at all, which led to the deepening of the contradictions between the nobles and the commoners.

The sun was rising higher and higher, and they also felt a little heat under the tree, and Xu Xiang had been thinking about food.

"No! I'm going to have to get the hybrid rice out! Xu Xiang suddenly said loudly, which made Jiang Shenyu and Qin Chong next to him look confused, and they all looked at him with puzzled expressions.

Xu Xiang was a little embarrassed, so he had to say: "I'm distracted, it's okay!" ”

Seeing their disbelieving looks, Xu Xiang had no choice but to change the topic, he looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and said, "It's already hot, why don't we go back and rest first?" At this point, Lao Yang should be almost there! ”

Jiang Shenyu and Qin Chong each nodded, not dwelling on the words that Xu Xiang suddenly came out of now.

Jiang Shenyu and Xu Xiang walked in front with a smile, while Qin Chong was half a position behind them.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw a person dressed in black sitting on the big stone in front of the entrance of the village, wearing a pitch-black hat, as if he was waiting for someone.

Qin Chong suddenly walked quickly in front of Xu Xiang and the others, stopped and stopped them, staring at the man in black with vigilant eyes.

"What's wrong?" Xu Xiang asked.

"Murderous!" Qin Chong's hand lightly pressed the hilt of the sword.

Last night, Jiang Shenyu overheard the conversation between Ah Hua and the man in white, the man in white planned to send someone to arrest them, and the person wearing a hat in front of him should have been sent by the man in white, right?

Xu Xiang stopped, and also began to be alert, untied the musket on his waist, and slowly loaded a bullet.

"Who are you? Why are you blocking our way? Qin Zhong asked.

The man's right hand was slowly raised, stretched out to the hat above his head, and said, "I am a man of the mountains, and I don't know what to do in the night. Gather rulers to collect people's souls, and gold wires break people's souls! ”

As soon as the word "soul" fell, he picked up the hat, and then threw it in the direction of Xu Xiang and the others.

There was a sound of breaking wind, and the hat flew towards them like a whipped spinning top.

"Sniffle!" Qin Chong's eyes were quick, his long sword was unsheathed, and with a sword, he split the flying hat in half and landed on both sides.

At this moment, the man in black jumped up from the stone. Draw your weapon from your waist in mid-air.

The weapon was a scale ruler, and when Qin Zhong saw this, he hurriedly raised his sword to meet it.

The blades intersected, and the two fought together, but after the sword in Qin Chong's hand collided with the scale, he felt that the tiger's mouth was numb, and the long sword was almost out of his hand.

Watching the two fight, Xu Xiang could see that the man in black was a dead hand, and his strength seemed to be much greater than Qin's. After a few moves, Qin Chong was at a disadvantage, although he was not injured, he could only be tired of defense, and it was only a matter of time before he lost.

Although Xu Xiang was holding a musket, he didn't dare to shoot directly. Because the figure and speed of the man in black were too fast, he couldn't capture the trajectory of the man in black now, for fear that he would hit Qin Chong.

If it is a motionless live target, Xu Xiang dares to guarantee that he can hit 100%. But if it is a moving target, he is not sure to hit it until he captures the trajectory of the target's movement.

"Changsha! This person's murderous aura is so heavy, and his hands should be stained with the blood of many people. I'm going to help Brother Qin. Jiang Shenyu saw that Qin Chong's defeat had been revealed, and he couldn't support it for long.

"Be careful!" Xu Xiang said worriedly, he didn't expect that the person who came would be so powerful, and even Qin Chong, who was eightfold the day after tomorrow, was not his opponent.

Jiang Shenyu nodded, and joined the battle group with a rise and fall.