At this moment, an old man's voice came, "No, no, it's almost a day and a night." If you're lucky, if it rains a little tonight, it might go out at night. ”

Hearing the voice, several people looked back, and saw a little old man about fifty years old, holding a branch, standing behind them.

Looking at the soot on his face and body, it was as if he had just come out of the fire.

"Second uncle, this is our county order."

"Ah, the county lord is here, the little old man is rude, don't be surprised." As he spoke, the old man was ready to bow down and kneel down.

"My husband doesn't need to be polite." Di Renjie is not a person who cares about hypocrisy, and this old man obviously knows a little about mountain fires, Di Renjie was in a hurry to talk to him, so he stepped forward, supported his old man, and asked: "This official just listened to his old man's words, and he seems to know a lot about mountain fires?" ”

The little old man rarely heard people call him uncle, and he was a little uncomfortable for a while, looking at Di Renjie blankly. It wasn't until I was reminded by my nephew that I understood. Scratching his head in embarrassment, the old man said: "Little Lao'er doesn't dare to say that he knows more, it's just that Xiao Lao'er has been playing in this forest since he was a child, so he knows more or less." ”

"But I don't know what my husband just said that the fire will be at most one day and one night, but what is the basis?"

Di Renjie's polite words, the little old man was really a little difficult to understand. He must have his nephew explain it in a whisper in the local dialect of the countryside before he can understand.

"Oh, it turns out that the county lord asked about this. This matter has to be talked about from the last fire......" As soon as he heard this, the corners of the bad guy's eyes suddenly twitched. Obviously, he thought about the story of the fire that he was devastated by when he was a child.

The bad guy knew that it was not the time to let the second uncle tell Master Di the story of the fire, so he hurriedly coughed lightly, smiled bitterly and whispered beside his second uncle: "Second uncle, the adults are busy, you just pick up the important thing and say ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the little old man was not happy. Turned his head and glared at him, and was about to reprimand him for a few words, when he suddenly remembered that Di Renjie was still on the side, so he let go of his nephew and said to Di Renjie: "County master, this is not the place to talk, the little old man will take you to a place, you will know it at a glance......"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the three bad people became nervous, and when the little old man said the sentence "Go forward, bypass the fire", the three of them said in unison: "No!" ”

"My lord, the wildfire is merciless, and it is not appropriate to bypass it."

"Second uncle, if there's anything you can't say here, you have to go and see ......"

The three bad people were divided into two groups at the moment, two bad people persuaded Di Renjie, and one bad person complained about his second uncle's bad idea.

Di Renjie didn't care what the bad people said, but said to the little old man: "Boss, but you just went to the place where you want to take this official?" ”

The little old man was wondering how he had suddenly become the target of public criticism, but when he heard Di Renjie's question, he just nodded habitually, and said casually: "Yes, on the mountain over there, there is a stick of incense." As he spoke, the old man stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the mountain.

Seeing the faint fire on the hill over there, the bad guys were even more nervous, and looked at their second uncle with a somewhat ugly face, for fear that Di Renjie would agree.

As the saying goes, what you are afraid of comes. Just when a few bad people were afraid, Di Renjie nodded and said, "Then bother the old man to lead the way, and this official will take a look with you." ”

"My lord, there is a flash of fire over there, it seems that something is wrong, in case of a mountain fire, ......"

Before the bad guy could finish speaking, Di Renjie interrupted him. I only heard Di Renjie say: "The old man has gone, why can't the official go?" Besides, the old man must know the way to stability. ”

Seeing Di Renjie looking at him, the little old man hurriedly nodded and responded: "What the county lord said is so right, the little old man just walked through that path, and it was all upwind all the way, there was no spark at all, and the fireworks were not heavy, and it was very stable." ”

"In that case, let's go."

Now that the adults have decided, the three bad people can't say anything more, so they can only carefully follow behind the little old man and escort Di Renjie to the fire.

As soon as they got on the road, everyone needed to walk through a small road by the firelight, and while walking, the little old man's nephew did not forget to complain: "Second uncle, don't you say that this road is stable with you, you look at what this is, it's all firelight, not to mention, the fireworks are still so heavy......

"Is this fireworks still heavy? I'm afraid the smoke from the stove in your house is heavier than this. Listening to his nephew's words, the little old man immediately retorted dissatisfiedly.

He was right, the smoke in front of him was really heavy from the stove. But things can't be seen like this, after all, they came out with Di Renjie, if the wind direction changes, and the upwind outlet becomes the downwind outlet, then something may happen. Especially Di Renjie is with them, if there is a mistake, no one can afford it.

The bad guy smiled bitterly, knowing that it didn't make sense with his second uncle. He turned his head and glanced at his own adult, wanting to persuade him again. But before he could speak, Di Renjie said: "Zhang Cheng, you have time to look back at my kung fu, or take a good look at the road, although this path is smooth, but there is also a ditch and a bump in the road, in case of falling, it will be troublesome." ”

The bad guy smiled bitterly, understood what Di Renjie meant, and didn't speak at the moment, turned his head back, and honestly followed behind his second uncle.

His second uncle didn't understand the meaning of Di Renjie's words, but he just felt that what the county lord said was very reasonable, so he followed Di Renjie's words and said: "What the lord said is, but this road is indeed like this, because there are many people walking in this section at the moment, it is very smooth, and if you go further, it will be a little difficult to walk." ”

I heard that it was a little more difficult to walk ahead, and the faces of several bad people were even worse. Even Di Renjie was a little nervous, turning his head from time to time to look at the fire around him.

Fortunately, after only walking for a short while, the eyes suddenly brightened, and the fire as far as the eye could see was some distance from them, and the nearest one seemed to be thirty or forty feet away.

Although it would only take thirty or forty zhang after the fire to be swallowed up by the fire, the wind direction was favorable to them at this time, so Di Renjie was not particularly worried about his safety, he was just worried about this mountain forest.

"County master, have you seen it?" After walking for a while, the little old man suddenly stopped and turned back to Di Renjie to ask.

(End of chapter)