Climbing over a small hill and crossing a sheep's intestine path, the stars in front of it, the street without a human figure, and the occasional dog barking echoed for a long time in this quiet little village.

The four of them rode slowly down the street, Chen Shuyue carefully observed the village, the lights were sporadic and many rooms were probably empty, and occasionally heard a few violent coughs, which were also the voices of old people who were over 100 and a half years old. The existence is built on the mountain, with high mountains behind and a small river in front. The sound of the river in the silent night is suddenly beautiful, like a beautiful note in the night sky. There were houses side by side on both sides of the street, and it seemed that there were not many residents in the village, and in a short time a few people were working from beginning to end.

"Shuyue, I'm afraid there is no inn here, right? You see, it's almost human. Shuyi said.

Chen Shuyue nodded, "Brother Shuyi is right, the village is remote and small, I'm afraid it is sparsely populated. I always felt that something wasn't quite right here, but I couldn't say it. ”

Chen Shuhuan agreed, "Yes, there is an inexplicable sadness here, but I really can't say it." ”

"Shuyue, didn't you find this village on the way back to Beijing?" Chen Shuxian asked.

"On the way back to Beijing, I passed by the road in front, and we just chose this road in the bamboo forest when we went back to Guangling. It was also my first time in this village, and I had never been here before. Chen Shuyue said.

With a creak, a dilapidated door opened, and an old man with a hobbling step came out.

"A few sons, what are you doing here so late?" The old man asked, staggering to the horses of the four.

Chen Shuyue dismounted and said, "Old man, the four of us brothers are passing by here in a hurry, and we are sorry to disturb the old man." ”

The old man said: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, I'm an old bone, I don't have sleepiness, I see that you have been wandering outside, so I came out to ask one or two, I don't blame you." ”

"Yes, old man, we passed through here and wanted to find an inn to rest, but unexpectedly there is no inn here, so we are lingering here, I don't know where it is, is there an inn town?" Chen Shuyue said.

The old man smiled, "Childe, this place is called Erlanggou, Fang Yuan is just this village, even if you rush all night, you may not be able to find people, after crossing the mountain the year before last, you have already reached the boundary of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there will be people there!" ”

"It looks like we've gone across, but it's still too late, so we'll just turn around and walk through the bamboo forest." Chen Shuxian said.

"Yes, the left side of the bamboo forest in front of you is Guangling, but there are no inns along the way, if a few sons don't dislike it, go to the old cold house to rest for a while, I don't know what to do?" The old man said.

Seeing this, a few people happened to be tired from driving the horse, so they followed the old man into the dilapidated house.

The inside of the house is almost surrounded by walls, and there is nothing to see except for a straw mat. There were pots and pans lying crookedly on the floor, and a table was almost falling apart against the wall.

"Don't dislike a few sons, the little second child's family is in difficulty, make do with it, if you can live for a day, you can't live for a few days." The old man poured a bowl of water for the four of them as he spoke.

Chen Shuyue and the others sat on the ground and drank with a bowl.

Chen Shuyue suddenly found a child about two or three years old sleeping in the corner of the straw mat, wrapped in tattered clothes, and the difference between men and women was not clear.

Chen Shuyue looked at Shuhuan, and the old man also noticed that the two of them saw the sleeping child, and said, "This is the granddaughter of the second child, Hu Niu." It's not called granddaughter, two years ago there was a couple passing through Erlanggou, just met the Northern Zhou army pressed the border, the couple were killed, I passed by and found that there was a baby girl in my arms who did not lose her breath, so I took her back, a raise is two years, and now the girl is three years old. Hey, there's no way to follow me, a bad old man, the most worrying thing for me is the tiger girl, if I leave, what can she do? The old man began to cry as he spoke.

"Don't cry, old man! Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and the tiger girl will definitely grow up well. Chen Shuyue said.

"Old man, why is this place so dilapidated?" Chen Shuyi asked.

"Hey, a few sons don't know, in the past, Erlanggou had a lot of middle-aged laborers, but in the past few years, the Northern Zhou army has been attacking from time to time, many families have been slaughtered, and the young and strong people have fled, and the only ones left are us, the old, weak, sick and disabled." The old man said.

"The Northern Zhou army is oppressed, doesn't the imperial court send people?" Chen Shuyi asked.

"The imperial court will still take care of us here, originally everyone expected the Guangling army to come to rescue Erlanggou, but no one went to report, and the young people were so frightened that they hid and didn't dare to go out at all. Therefore, there are not a few people who starve to death. The old man said.

"The deception is too great, and they dare to oppress the people in my Dachen's land, what did the local parents and officials do?" Chen Shuyue jumped up.

"Childe, Childe, you better hurry up and drink water, if you are willing to rest, rest for a while, don't dare to talk nonsense here, in case others hear it, it will be another disaster. There were several spies from the Northern Zhou Dynasty in this village. The old man said.

Chen Shuyue and Shuhuan looked at each other, and the two immediately reached a consensus.

"Grandpa, how can there be so many people?" The girl lying on the straw mat got up and asked.

Chen Shuyue looked back at the little girl, although her clothes were shabby and her face was yellow and thin, her big watery eyes were very cute.

"Tiger girl, why did you wake up?" The old man said.

The little girl was not afraid, she looked at Chen Shuyue and the others very happily, "Grandpa, is he my father?" The little girl pointed at Chen Shuyue and said.

"Oh, don't you dare to talk nonsense, why is he your father?" The old man quickly covered the little girl's mouth.

The little girl croaked with laughter, broke free from the old man's hand and walked towards Chen Shuyue, Chen Shuyue hurriedly hugged the little girl with both hands, "Tiger girl, how old are you?" ”

"The tiger girl is three and a half years old." The little girl said and insisted on leaning into Chen Shuyue's arms.

At this time, Chen Shuyue found that the skin on the little girl's stomach was ulcerated, "Does the tiger girl hurt?" ”

"It hurts!" The girl said.

Chen Shuyue's heart hurt at that time, and she hugged the little girl in her arms, and her tears had already fallen.

Shu Huan's eyes moistened when he saw this scene.

The old man wiped his tears, "Tiger girl, come here, don't pester this son, stain other people's clothes." ”

"Tiger girls like daddy!" The little girl blurted out.

Everyone present shed tears, especially Chen Shuyue, who hurriedly took out one of his single clothes from the package, then put it on the little girl, and carefully put a little gauze on the ulcerated part of the little girl's stomach.

Shuyi also hurriedly took out a little pastry from the package, "Hu Niu, come and eat for you." ”

"I'm not hungry." The little girl spoke, but saliva was already running down her mouth.

Chen Shuyue picked up a piece of pastry and put it in the little girl's mouth, and the little girl ate it happily.

"A few sons, the tiger girl is not sensible, I still hope that a few sons Haihan, I will bring her over when I fall asleep, I'm really sorry, the old boy is useless!" The old man said.

"It's not in the way, my fourth brother seems to like Tiger Girl very much, the two of them are so fateful." Chen Shuhuan said.

"Yes, old man, Shuyue has a reluctant request." Chen Shuyue said.

"Childe, please speak!"

"The junior's name is Chen Shuyue, a person from the Guangling military camp." Chen Shuyue said.

The old man hurriedly stood up, "You are General Chen?" Are you the King of Guangling? Said that he was in a hurry and kowtowed on the ground, "I can be regarded as meeting you, God, you really opened your eyes, you really opened your eyes." ”

"Old man, what are you doing?" Chen Shuhuan helped the old man up.

"We have been looking forward to King Guangling coming to rescue us for a long time, but we can't imagine that we are really looking forward to it today, no wonder we have an extraordinary bearing." The old man said.

"Old man, Shu Yue hasn't said anything reluctant?" Chen Shuyue said.

"Say it quickly, say it quickly." The old man said.

"I look at the tiger girl well-behaved, and Shuyue also likes it, if the old man is willing to take the tiger girl back to Guangling, I don't know if the old man is willing?" Chen Shuyue was also embarrassed by what he said.

The old man cried all of a sudden, "Lord Wang, this is the blessing of the tiger girl's cultivation, and it is the blessing of cultivation!" ”

"That's great!" Chen Shuhuan said.

"Tiger girl, do you want to go back with Daddy?" Chen Shuhuan asked.

The little girl nodded vigorously.

"But when I go back, I won't be able to see my grandfather, what should I do?" Chen Shuxian asked.

"We can come and see Grandpa again!" The little girl's immature voice said that all four of them wept.

Chen Shuyue patted the little girl, his heart was uncomfortable, he got up and put the little girl next to the old man, and then went out, only to hear the little girl shouting: "Daddy, don't go, daddy, don't go." ”

The crying made Chen Shuyue even more uncomfortable, so she had to pick up the little girl and go out together.

"Old man, my brother is a sad person, he saw you so down, I am afraid that I will feel guilty in my heart, and I will go out to cry." Chen Shuhuan said.

"Hey, good guy, really good guy." The old man said.

"Big brother, Shuyi's trip is worthwhile, I really can't compare with Shuyue's mind. Although I also like tiger girls, I don't have the courage. Chen Shuyi said.

"Not only you, but even I, the eldest brother, admire him more and more, no wonder the people of Guangling love him so much, it is not unreasonable!" Chen Shuhuan also said.

It is also strange to say that the little girl had fallen asleep not long after she was in Chen Shuyue's arms. Chen Shuyue wrapped her clothes tightly and carried the little girl into the dilapidated house. The old man hurriedly got up and took the little girl and held it in his arms.

"Tiger girl! I'm afraid I'll never have a chance to hold you again. The old man said.

"Old man, when I settle down the tiger girl, I will send someone to pick you up, okay?" Chen Shuyue said.

"I'm relieved that the tiger girl is fine, I'm so old, I don't have to worry about the prince." The old man said.

The little girl suddenly struggled, and Chen Shuyue hugged her.