Xu Ru led Zhang Yuan and the three of them, walked more than ten miles east out of the East City Gate, encountered an intersection, and chose the path on the left. After walking for a few miles, I finally arrived at the village where Xu Rushi was.

With such a long way, I really don't know how Xu Ru, a weak woman, could go to Yinglong City alone.

It was nearly dusk, and the sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow was shining in the village. There were a few old locust trees at the head of the village, where they grew crookedly, blocking half of the road, but no one cut them down. Occasionally, you can see a few crows flapping their wings in the sky, and when the wings are retracted, they land on the old locust tree.

"Hiss" Zhang Yuan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, is this really a village? If it weren't for the houses located here, he really suspected that he had entered a grave.

He peeked at Qin Feng and Meng Tan, and saw that their faces had also changed greatly.

Zhang Yuan looked at Xu Ru is back in front of him again, and said secretly: "Can there really be people living here? It can't be a bunch of demons and monsters! But after looking at Xu Ru is, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a demon or a monster."

The further you go into the village, the more frightening it becomes. Most of the houses around them have no windows, some don't even have doors, and even the walls are crumbling one by one. Holes are broken in the roof one by one, and the setting sun shines through the holes through the ruins, giving people a desolate feeling.

The most uncomfortable thing is that there are almost no people in the village, and most of the people in the house are related to Ai Ai.

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but shout Xu Ru is and said, "What is the situation in your village?"

Xu Ru looked apologetic, and complained to Zhang Yuan: "The situation in the village has stained Gongzi's eyes, but Gongzi must know that this is Yinglong City, and the villages around Yinglong City are like this. Because we are all sinners," she said with a blank look in her eyes and even more resentment.

Zhang Yuan finally understood why he asked to go to Xu Ru is house, and the people looked hesitant. The home is not only ugly, this is simply rags!

He stretched out his hand to comfort the woman, but his hand reached into the air and took it back, not knowing what to say. At the same time, he was even more curious about how the villagers around Yinglong City had become sinners.

He asked Xu Rushi, and Xu Rushi had a trace of loneliness in his eyes. I sobbed twice and didn't speak for a long time.

It was Meng Tan who opened his mouth and said: "Since Miss Xu is a little sad, then I, as the guide, will explain it to you!"

"Yinglong City is a place of complete chaos, presumably the two of you know it. This place is so chaotic that there is no order, and people with strength and power will hardly be held accountable for killing people here, unless they kill someone who has a backer behind them. And the villages around Yinglong City are even worse, these villages are divided among various large and small forces."

"Yinglong City can be said to be a paradise for cunning and wicked criminals, so most of the people who occupy the surrounding villages are also people who do no evil. Some of them even use the people they occupy in their villages as blood food to feed wild beasts, and ordinary people here are really not as good as dogs."

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but feel sad for Xu Ru when he heard this. He lived in a contemptuous place like Yongcheng in the Han Kingdom, and was often bullied, thinking that no one could compare to him in a difficult life, so he joined the army in anger. I didn't expect to know what real misery is when I got here.

At the same time, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "As Mr. said, the local forces are trying their best to fish, so they are not afraid that all the people here will die, who will they rule?"

"Hey" Meng Tan replied with a lamentation: "This is the reason why Miss Xu said that he is a sinner, the local population was extinct many years ago, and even if it can survive, there is not one in a hundred." That's why we saw that there were ruins everywhere and no one cared about it. As for the current people, they are all exiled here after the Qin State and even the forces of all parties have made mistakes."

"I don't know how much of a fault these people who were exiled here have made in the past," Zhang Yuan asked.

"Where is there any big fault, it's just getting in the way of those powerful people!" Before Meng Tan could speak. Xu Ru spoke, and his eyes were even more sad at this time.

"I was originally from Xianyang, the capital of Qin, and my family has quite some assets. There is even a big mansion, which is favored by a big official. When I wanted to buy it, my father refused, so he gave us a list of accusations, saying that we collaborated with the enemy and committed treason. We are not allowed to make excuses, so they are sent here. We still don't know what we're doing wrong?"

Zhang Yuan didn't know what to say after hearing this, so he had to talk to Meng in the end: "I originally envied that you can awaken by reading, and you can make progress by pointing people the way." Now it seems that it is very difficult for you to make a name, make meritorious contributions, and establish virtue."

A few people in the group stopped talking. Follow Xu Ru is silent advance.

In a blink of an eye, they came to Xu Ruye's door, saying that the door didn't even have a fence. The surrounding walls are also upside down, one from east to west, and this is the case, which is slightly better than the other houses, at least the roof is not exposed. Don't worry about rain pouring in.

"Please allow me to clean up the mess at home, and then come out to greet the three" Xu Ru was a young lady from a large family a year ago, and now even if she is depressed, she still pays attention to the image of her family.

There is nothing special, and none of them are perverse people. This respect still has to be given, Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement. Xu Ru walked towards the dilapidated house alone.

Xu Ruye's house is like most people in the village, and the house has long been windowless. As long as you say something a little louder inside, you can hear it outside.

Not long after Xu Ru entered, he heard shouting and scolding coming from inside.

"You brute, you actually lost your sister to others because of gambling, and now you are almost robbed by others. Where is it worthy to be my son, you come and see that I won't kill you," said an old but majestic voice. Listening to his words, it is obvious that this person is Xu Ru's father.

"Hmph, old man, I'm angry when you say this. If you hadn't been reluctant to sell any of the old houses, we would have been rushed to this kind of place on fabricated charges. It's good now, the disaster is only in the mist, and I can't say that one day we will be made into meat buns and fed to the dogs," a young voice began. This should be Xu Ruye's brother.

"You know what, the old mansion was handed down from our ancestors, how could we give it up," the old man continued.

"Hehe! I was reluctant to let it out, but now it's good, even the family has come in," the Nian relatives continued to mock.

When the old man heard this, he lost his temper instantly. In the final analysis, it is the head of the family who is not at the helm.

"Alright, you two stop arguing. The nobleman who saved such a noble is still standing outside and waiting, not to mention hurry up to pick it up" An old woman's voice relieved the embarrassing atmosphere in time. And reminded the two that now is not the time to be noisy.

Soon after, Zhang Yuan and the others saw an old man with a crutch and a white beard with a tall but tattered young man and Xu Ru coming to Zhang Yuan and the others.

The old man held his crutches in both hands and said: "Several of them are the little girl's life-saving benefactors, please don't dislike the ugliness of the cold house, it's good to sit in the cold house."

went to Xu Ruye's house to sit down, this is what several people asked Xu Ruyes in advance. Now it's impossible for people to go in if their houses are dilapidated, and that's unreasonable. Then he followed the old man into the house.

Inside the room, the walls were tattered, but pots and pans were readily available. And compared to the walls, I don't know how much newer these utensils were, and it was so connected that they were assigned here for about a year, and it was clear that they had brought them with them. It's just that although the utensils are good, there are no servants in sight, maybe they were dismissed after coming here!

After all, the cost of raising people here is too high.

There was an old woman sitting on the bed in the room. Seeing everyone coming in, he hurriedly arched his hands and said: "The old man is in a hurry, and he can't go out of the house to greet him, please forgive me if I neglect the guests."

There are still a few people who respect the old and love the young, so naturally they don't need to be polite.

Xu Ru hurried to serve tea. Taking advantage of this gap, several people exchanged pleasantries. Zhang Yuan and others learned that Xu Ruye's father was called Xu Jiang, and her brother was called Xu Hai.

Not long after, Xu Ru came back with tea and gave it to everyone one by one. It's just that the water is a little muddy, and Xu Jiang and Xu Hai took two sips. Xu Jiang also said that he hadn't drunk tea for a long time, and there wasn't much tea left, so they would really be reluctant to drink it if it weren't for the distinguished guests coming to the door today.

Rao is old man said this, Zhang Yuan, the three of you, look at me, I look at you. I didn't want to drink this tea, so I simply asked Zhang Yuan and others to get straight to the point.

Zhang Yuan: "I don't know why Brother Xu Hai likes to gamble! A few of us were very curious, and I didn't know if they could help us solve our doubts."

Meng Tan: "We want to solve this trouble for you, and I ask Brother Xu Hai to tell me the truth."

Although Xu Hai is tall, he looks silly and stupid. But this person is not stupid, on the contrary, he is also very smart, just now he already knew from his sister Xu Ru is where Zhang Yuan and Meng Tan are both cultivators. I'm afraid it's not much more difficult to pinch yourself to death than to pinch an ant to death.

So he thought about it for a moment. With a sad expression, he said, "Several virtuous brothers also know that they were sent to Yinglong City. Basically, the death sentence has been pronounced, but sooner or later the sentence will be served."

"Ever since my family came here, I've been trembling and walking on thin ice. I'm afraid that one day my family will be ruined by some evil and treacherous people."

"However, a few days ago, I went to Yinglong City to buy daily necessities, and one of them tempted me to gamble. He said that as long as I won it, he would give me and my family a chance to live in the city."

"It's all my fault that I fell for him for a while, and now I think that the dog thief must have been premeditated, and he just fell in love with my sister."