"Nightmare is common in children, so don't worry too much, but when you get back to Europa, you still have to find a doctor to show Amy." Zhao Zimai comforted her, and a fleeting glimmer flashed in her eyes, "You really didn't hear any movement when you went downstairs last night?" ”

"No, Mike, I swear not." After saying this categorically, Susan frowned, "Mike, you don't believe me?" You see, even Baotian is so alert, he doesn't know anything about what happened last night, and my heart was on Amy at the time, how could I notice anything else? Besides, shouldn't you be glad? I'm glad Amy and I didn't meet the murderer. ”

Zhao Zimai's face softened, "Of course, that thing is extremely vicious, if you break it and kill people, I'm afraid the two of you will also be poisoned." ”

The usual smile on his face returned, "I'm sorry, I just overthought it." You go pack your luggage, I'll hire a carriage, and we'll go to Sanping Village in a moment." ”

Susan smiled at him gratefully, ran up the stairs with her skirt, and Zhao Zimai saw that she turned a corner and the person was gone, so she collected the smile in her eyes, lowered her head and whispered to Baotian, who was standing aside, "Keep an eye on Amy, something is wrong with her." ”

Baotian nodded knowingly, and was just about to go outside the door to find the carriage, but was stopped by Zhao Zimai, "You go and tell Master Li and ask him to send a few officials to go with us in case of emergency." ”

***

Sanping Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful. The ancient road in the village is long, the banyan tree is numerous, the largest banyan tree is a thousand-year-old banyan, its tree is more than 100 feet long, and the bottom of the trunk needs more than 10 big men to hug it.

There is also a cobblestone boardwalk in the middle of the village, which follows the rugged village road to an unknown place in the distance. According to legend, this plank road was paved more than 500 years ago, after years of tempering, each pebble is smooth and shiny, the sun shines, like a bright gem.

But no matter what kind of beautiful scenery it is, Zhao Zimai has no intention of appreciating it now, especially when he is rejected by a family again.

The wooden door closed mercilessly, and the force was so great that it almost hit his tall nose. He turned around helplessly, stretched out his hands at Mother and Susan, who were standing under the shade of the tree, and shook his head gently.

"What did they say?" Susan greeted her.

Zhao Zaimai showed a wry smile, "They are very vigilant, as soon as they heard me say that they were children, they kicked me out without saying a word, and they didn't allow me to ask more questions at all." ”

"Why is this happening?"

"The Act expressly prohibits infanticide, and makes it clear that every parent who intentionally kills a newborn child is guilty of murder, and is punishable by law with sixty strokes with the rod and one year's exile, so of course they are secret." Zhao Zaimai locked his forehead, "Of course, this also confirms my guess from the side." ”

Susan looked at him, "Mike, what did you guess?" ”

Zhao Zaimai had a layer of compassion in his eyes, "Infanticide is the most common thing here, and almost every household is involved, so these people are in collusion and hide from each other." ”

Susan bit her lip tightly, and after a long time, she touched her chest with her palm, and sobbed softly, "I've heard a lot of things like this before, so well-wishers put a lot of bamboo baskets by the river, hoping that those people will leave these poor children alive." It's just that I didn't expect that infanticide would be so common here. With that, she glanced at the carriage not far away and said with tears in her eyes, "Mike, I'm ...... I was suddenly a little scared, I didn't know if it was the right decision to bring Amy back. It's all too ...... here It's too absurd and cruel, how can she bear it when she's so young? ”

"If you don't accept the past, how can you face the future. Susan, you said this, and I think the people who can say it are very courageous, and the people who can do it are even more warriors. He also looked at the carriage, "Amy is the little warrior you taught, isn't she?" ”

Susan rubbed the corners of her eyes, and finally burst into a smile, "It's good that all the suffering on her is over, right, Mike?" ”

Zhao Zaimai smiled at her, "With a good mommy like you, of course Amy doesn't have to worry about the future." I'm a little annoyed, though, it's getting late, and I wonder if we'll be able to find a decent inn before the sun goes down. ”

***

Zhao Zaimai still found a small inn at sunset, but when faced with a table covered with grease and a few plates of light and tasteless side dishes, he preferred to eat dry food in the carriage for the night.

But he could tolerate it as a big man, but Amy and Susan couldn't, especially Amy, who was very weak and tired after a long day of traveling, and was now extremely tired and in dire need of a bed to rest. So as soon as she arrived at the inn, she fell asleep, and even supper was useless.

"I still have some snacks there, Amy wakes up in a while, you can give it to her, I guess she won't be able to eat the food here." Zhao Zimai whispered to Susan.

But before the words fell, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door, crisp and refreshing, like a stream of cool spring water into Zhao Zaimai's heart and spleen.

"There is no shop in front of the village here, and some of the food is good, why is the son still so picky?"

The old shopkeeper, who was about to fall asleep, was startled by this voice, and before his brain could react, his body had already moved towards the door, and he greeted an old man and a young man standing at the door, "Guest officer, please stay or sharpen inside?" ”

Before he could reach the door, he was already preempted by a tall figure. Zhao Zaimai took the lead in walking out of the door and saluted Mu Cripple with a fist, "Old man, I didn't expect to see each other again just after a day." As soon as the words fell, he turned his head to look at Mu Xiaowu, with a smile on his face, "Xiaowu, why are you here too?" ”

Mu Xiaowu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Childe, I'm dying of thirst, can I go in and have a cup of tea first?" ”

***

"Do you feel the yin energy burning here?" Zhao Zimai stood up from the stool and leaned over to look at the grandparents and grandchildren who were drinking tea "Gu Dong Gu Dong".

"What is Yin Qi?" Susan didn't understand, "Lunisolar calendron?" Or is it the sun and the moon? ”

Mu Xiaowu put the bowl down, leaned his head towards Susan, and a smile was hidden at the corner of his mouth, "Miss Susan, I don't know if you have noticed, the entire Dongchang is full of black gas, and there is a faint whimper inside, especially at night, the sorrowful sound is even worse." ”

Susan shuddered as she wished, "This is yin?" ”

"Dongchang is full of resentment outside and outside, it seems to be hundreds of years old, if it is not eradicated as soon as possible, I am afraid that the lives of all the people will be affected by it." Mu Cripple knocked on the table with his knuckles, filling in Mu Xiaowu's words.