"Boom."

"Ouch!"

"Who? Throwing stones here early in the morning, not knowing that this is a public road, will it hit people? ”

As he was walking through the village, Zhang Song was suddenly hit in the back by a fist-sized stone, causing him to grin in pain.

The old merchant looked angrily to the left and right, looking for who had thrown the stone, and shouted at the same time.

"Hee-hee, it really hit."

"It's the bad guy Zhang Song!"

Two childish voices came from the right side of the road, and on the right side of the dirt slope was a family living in a mud house with a walled yard in front of it.

There was a large peach tree in the yard, and on the peach tree sat two children, who were climbing branches with their hands and their feet dangling back and forth in the air.

While speaking, a child threw another stone at Zhang Song, and as soon as Zhang Song dodged, the stone fell on the side of the road.

"You didn't use, you didn't hit!" The other child immediately laughed at the child who had just thrown the stone.

Zhang Song was furious and was about to reprimand the two children, when a broken shout came from the yard: "Little five, little six, you are disobedient again, and you run to the peach tree, see that I don't break your legs!" ”

"Oh no, Aung is here!"

The two children slid swiftly towards the ground like little monkeys, and in an instant they disappeared, and there was no sound in the courtyard.

Zhang Song walked along the path to the courtyard gate of the house and knocked on the courtyard door with his hand.

"Who?" The voice that had just sounded in the courtyard asked.

"It's me, Zhang Song of Qingsong Valley, please open the door!"

"Oh, it's Zhang Song, just now my grandson was naughty and accidentally hit you with a stone, I'm sorry!" There was a moment of silence, and the voice said.

"It's okay, old man, please open the door, we have something to think about!" Zhang Song saw that the courtyard door was not opened, and continued to knock on the courtyard door.

"Didn't I apologize to you? What are you doing? The voice said impatiently.

"It's not a child's problem, I want to ask my husband about the basic situation of the village." Zhang Song explained.

"There's nothing to know, I'm a lonely old man, how do you know what's going on, you're looking for the wrong person! Hurry up and get out of here, and don't bother us anymore. The voice was extremely impatient.

Zhang Song and the old merchant were relatively speechless, so they had to turn around and leave.

"How many villages are these?" The old merchant asked.

"The third village, this is Huangnan Village, and the first two are Shifu Village and Xiaoxi Village."

"It seems that Qingsong Valley has a bad reputation outside, and none of the villages are willing to take care of us."

"No, when Yu Jun accompanied me and Song Jun over, several villages were very enthusiastic." Zhang Song wondered.

"That's probably because the lord has just joined the Green Pine Valley, and the people in the village are not familiar with the lord."

Zhang Song thought about it, and it seemed that he could only explain it like this, so he stopped speaking.

"Uncle, this season, spring ploughing is not over yet, right?" After a moment, Zhang Song asked.

"Not yet, it's still early for the spring ploughing to end. Why did the lord suddenly ask this question? ”

"I just think it's a little strange, you see, it's about my own time, and I don't see a few young people working in this field."

After Zhang Song reminded him, the old merchant found that almost all of the people working in the fields were women and the elderly, and there was no young man.

"Yes, after you mention it, it seems that there are no young adults in the previous villages. Could it be something unexpected? ”

"Just go back and ask."

Zhang Song took the old merchant through Huangnan Village and walked towards Qingsong Valley, Huangnan Village is the closest to Qingsong Valley, and it is time to walk some distance to Qingsong Valley. After rushing for several hours in a row, the old merchant was a little tired, and his pace slowed down significantly.

"Uncle, rest for a while and then go, you haven't slept for so long, and you're tired."

"No, let's go back early, the lord left last night without saying hello, Song Jun will be very worried if he hasn't seen the lord for so long."

After leaving Huangnan Village, after walking a short distance, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of me. After a while, several horses galloped over, it was Song Pei, Blacksmith, Yu Xinzhi, Li Shan, Chen Jia and Shen You.

"Appeal ......"

Seeing Zhang Song and the old merchant, several people immediately grabbed the reins and jumped off the horse.

"Song is worthy of seeing the lord."

"The blacksmith sees the lord."

"I've seen Zhang Jun."

"I've seen my husband."

……

Everyone saluted Zhang Song and the old merchant, and Song Pei and the blacksmith saluted Zhang Song.

"Zhang Jun, you're back safely, that's great, you can make Sister and Xizi worry about it!" Yu Xinzhifu got off the horse and grabbed Zhang Song's arm.

"I'm sorry to worry my wife and eldest brother. Song Jun, blacksmith, please get up quickly. Last night, I escorted the evil ghost out of the valley with the Taoist chief, and I didn't have time to tell you. Zhang Song used his hand to help Song Pei and the blacksmith.

"Lord, what about the Dao Chief?" Without waiting for Zhang Song to help, the blacksmith got up and asked.

"The Taoist chief will send the evil ghost to the weak water settlement, and he will not come back."

"Oh, old man......" the blacksmith said again.

"Why is my uncle with Zhang Jun?" Yu Xinzhi asked in surprise.

"Oh, I got up last night, and I met the lord to send the road out of the valley, so I came out with the lord."

"Don't stand still, since the lord has come back safely, let's go back to the valley as soon as possible, so as not to worry many relatives and friends." Song Pei suggested to everyone.

"That's right." Zhang Song agreed, "Let's talk while walking. ”

At the gate of Qingsong Valley, Zhang Song saw Yu Minzhi and Xizi, Father Fan, Father Zhong, and several teenagers, everyone was sitting or standing or walking back and forth, and so on, but their faces were restless without exception.

At this time, seeing Zhang Song come back safely, a smile bloomed on Xizi's face, Father Fan and Father Zhong greeted loudly with joy, and several teenagers rushed up quickly to surround Zhang Song and the old merchant. Yu Minzhi's frowning brows relaxed, but he still reproached Zhang Song a few words and told him not to get involved in danger in the future.

Zhang Song thanked Yu Minzhi, Father Fan, Father Zhong and Xizi for their concern, comforted several teenagers who had changed their faces due to worry, and returned to their home in Qingsong Valley with everyone.

After a tiring night, Zhang Song was also tired, so he went home to explain a little and went to bed.

Zhang Song was woken up by the noise outside the room, and when he opened his eyes, he found that it was already dark inside and outside the room. He opened the door and entered the hall, which was already brightly lit.

The hall was full of people, not only Father Zhong, Father Fan, Li Shan and others, but also blacksmiths and Yu Xinzhi. When Zhang Song opened the door, they were discussing something intensely.

"What's going on, why is everyone here?" Seeing everyone looking at him, Zhang Song asked.

"It's just right that Zhang Jun got up, the method you said last time didn't work." shouted in the heart.

"It will take a while for it to work, don't worry." Zhang Song comforted.

"Don't worry, they destroyed all the 400-meter obstacles!" The anger in the heart is ruined.

"What! What's going on? You talk about it. Zhang Song was extremely surprised.

"I don't know what's going on, after I picked you up today, I went to the military training ground with Li Shan, and when I got there, I found that all the 400-meter obstacles were destroyed. I asked a few of my cronies carefully, and they all said that they had left the training ground for a while, and when they returned, the 400-meter hurdle had been destroyed, and they did not know who had destroyed it. ”

Zhang Song glanced at Li Shan casually, and Li Shan nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

Zhang Song frowned, tapped his fingers lightly, and his mind kept thinking.

"Lord ......"

He looked at the blacksmith, who looked a little uneasy, and asked, "What's wrong?" Blacksmith, is there something going on on your side as well? ”

"My lord, a blast furnace has collapsed, and one person has been injured." The blacksmith spoke much quieter.

"Wasn't it okay yesterday? I didn't find anything wrong with the blast furnace, how could it collapse? ”

"I don't know, I'm also like Yu Jun, the blast furnace has collapsed after I go back, I asked a few people, but no one can tell clearly."

"What about Liu Xiaojun, where did he run away as a security officer?"

"I asked, Liu Xiaojun was not at the scene when the blast furnace collapsed, and, moreover, ...... "the blacksmith was spitting."

"And what, make it clear."

"And Liu Xiaojun also said that there were rumors on the construction site of the iron-smelting yard that the Taoist chief who caught the ghost last night was played by the old man, and he didn't catch the ghost at all last night." As he said this, the blacksmith turned his eyes to the old merchant who was talking to Song Pei.

When Zhang Song heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he was furious, he clenched his fist with his right hand and hit several cases hard, and the pottery bowls on several cases jumped up.

"Bastard, the Daoist's supernatural powers have been seen by many villagers yesterday, how can there be a fake! Go find out the person who spread the rumors, and I'm going to tear him apart!" ”

Everyone in the hall was frightened by Zhang Song's blow, and everyone looked at Zhang Song with anxiety.

"Yes, yes, yes." The blacksmith was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"The lord also asks for anger, I'm afraid things won't be so simple, the collapse of the blast furnace and the destruction of the four-hundred-meter obstacle all happened today, and it happened after the blacksmith, Yu Jun and Li Jun left, this is too coincidental." Song Pei analyzed for Zhang Song.

"Indeed, in my opinion, there must be someone doing something here." The old merchant said.

Zhang Song's face softened, these things happened, whether it was in his heart or the blacksmith, there was no fault. Judging from the situation reported by Yu Xinzhi and the blacksmith, this matter should have been deliberately done.

"Yu Jun, you go and find your cronies now, blacksmith, you go and find Liu Xiaojun now, I have something to ask the two of them. Big brother, please go to Taniguchi tonight and help guard. ”

From the series of orders issued by Zhang Song, as well as the serious expressions of Zhang Song, Song Pei, and the old merchant, everyone present felt that things were unusual, and everyone became very serious.

"Yes!" Yu Xinzhi, the blacksmith and Li Shan saluted Zhang Song at the same time, turned around and walked out of the house.

After a few people left, Zhang Song discussed countermeasures with Song Pei and the old merchant.

"Get in!"

"Bastard, don't push me! Wait a minute, I can't kill you. ”

An argument between the two was heard outside the house. Zhang Song, Song Pei and the others looked at each other, and Father Fan got up and walked outside the house, and after a while, he pushed one person in with one of the guards at the mouth of the valley.

After the man entered the hall, he shouted arrogantly: "Zhang Song, let me go quickly, otherwise, you will die." ”

Zhang Song looked at the man carefully and said in surprise: "It turned out to be you!" ”