The three of them quickly let down their guards and sat down to talk about what happened to them

"My name is He Wu, I am the manager of the medicine hall in Xisha County, this is Lin Dazhuang who holds the knife, and Lin Dashan is the one who takes the stone, both of them are the medicine pickers of Nianhe Village, they sent me herbs yesterday and night, I left them to eat in the medicine hall, who knew that it was dark outside and suddenly black and pressed, all the sound of flying insects fluttering their wings, the guy who delivered the meal was bitten by the flying insects a few bites, and his whole body was red and swollen and fell at the door, the three of us hid in the cabinet, and blocked all the gaps with clothes and cloth strips to survive, and there was no sound outside, we came out"

He Wu said that his body was still trembling unconsciously: "My family, all of them were bitten to death by those insects at home, unrecognizable, and there were just hatched insects crawling on their bodies......"

Li Zhilian and Su Yun looked at each other, and they both thought of the sudden increase in flying insects last night

Lin Dazhuang saw that He Wu was in pain, and answered: "I think you have also heard that Yizhou City closed its city gates a long time ago, and we have no choice but to go to Xilin City or Zhongluan City to try our luck!" ”

A cold light quickly flashed in Su Yun's eyes, and he was quickly pressed down by him and nodded: "Festival mourning~?" ”

"I haven't asked yet~ where are you going on this trip, old man? Is it back to Zhongluan City? ”

Looking at the expectant gaze in the eyes of the three of them, Li Zhilian looked at Su Yun and found that he was also looking at himself, and motioned to you to speak

Lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "My grandfather and I found out all the way that the refugees who were originally outside Xilin City were from Nianse Village, so my grandfather and I wanted to try our luck there, after all, the package contained our guide and my father's relics, although it was not valuable, but it was very important."

Su Yun secretly gave her a thumbs up with his hand on his waist

Lin Dazhuang said angrily: "I knew it was the grandsons of Ninzer Village!" ”

As soon as Li Zhilian heard that there was a play, he hurriedly continued to ask: "I just heard Brother He say that Brother Lin is from Nianhe Village, is that the way to Nianse Village?" ”

Lin Dazhuang stuck the knife on the ground and replied: "The turtle grandsons in Nianse Village, two or three years ago, I don't know what path they took, they took the Santang Valley, and used all the land originally used to grow rice to grow some poisonous herbs, and also used their own medicine, and the medicine residue was thrown in the river, every time they threw the medicine residue into the river, all the fish in the river turned their stomachs and floated on the water, our village was downstream of them, the water did not dare to drink, and the livestock also dared to put it indiscriminately, and they went to make trouble several times, and they killed several people."

Li Zhilian asked, "Isn't there a government in charge?" ”

"The Western Zhou Kingdom did not set up an official mansion in Xisha County, it was all in charge of Shentang Valley, and Shentang Valley and Nianse Village were all the way, we were forced to have no way, so we could only rely on the mountains to eat!"

"But this year, their village doesn't know what kind of abuse has been created, the poisonous fog is shrouded in the mountains of their village, and it has not dispersed for a long time, and there are more snakes, insects, rats and ants in the nearby mountains, and we can't survive anymore, so people have moved away one after another, and now there are some lonely old people who have nowhere to go waiting for death, I and Dashan are lonely, we can go anywhere, and we can save our brothers' lives, so I just followed him!"

"If you want to go, go all the way along this road, go to the first three-way intersection and turn left, the first village you encounter is Nianhe Village, and then go inside and cross a canyon to Nianse Village."

"Then thank you to the three eldest brothers, my grandfather and I live in the fruit grove outside Zhongluan City all the year round, and we don't know many people, so we may not be able to help much."

He Wu and the three of them all stood up and replied: "It's okay~ Then we'll go first, you guys should hurry up, you should be able to get to Nianhe Village before dark, it's better than staying overnight in the mountains!" ”

Bidding farewell to He Wu and the others, Li Zhilian and Su Yun walked on the official road where the two carriages could walk side by side

A cool breeze rose up, blowing up fallen leaves all over the ground, Li Zhilian looked at the road ahead and asked slightly, "What day is today?" ”

Su Yun replied, "September 20."

"It's autumn"

"yes!"

Su Yun turned around and asked, "Do you think the story they told Lin Dazhuang just now is credible?" ”

"It's early autumn now, and this place is northerly, although the weather has begun to get cooler, it makes sense that such a large-scale flying insect comes out to attack people, and from the precautions of the refugees in Nianse Village against us, the story of Brother Lin can be explained! Besides, they don't need to deceive an old man, a child" She paused for a moment, then smiled at Su Yun, "Unless they know you?" ”

"Hahahaha~" Su Yun smiled and didn't reply, but turned his head and stared straight at Li Zhilian and asked, "I'm very curious, why are you going to Nianse Village?" ”

"It's a coincidence~ I'm also curious"

Su Yun stared at the little girl walking with her back in front of her, obviously she was still so young, how could she have such a deep thought

He also began to wonder, who is Li Zhilian?

The twilight shrouded the silent mountains, and there was not a single light in the villages of the col

Nestled against a hill with about 100 households, beneath it is a long-abandoned rice paddy field, with a small meandering river of rice lying in the middle, and a disgusting smell of rot lingers in the air

As the last glimmer of light in the sky faded away, Li Zhilian and Su Yun walked in the dark among the small places in the countryside

The closer she gets to the village, the heavier her steps are, usually she can take the sky as a quilt in the mountains, take the ground as a seat, and sleep peacefully in broken temples and caves on rainy nights, but now she wants to spend the night in a deserted village, and her heart is indeed a little panicked

Su Yun's footsteps also slowed down slowly, pulling Li Zhilian's burden and said, "Are you afraid?" Why don't we change places! You can live in the woods! This place is so infiltrating! ”

Li Zhilian tightly grabbed the corner of his underwear and replied in a low voice: "What if those flying insects come back in the middle of the night?" There's not even a place to hide in the woods."

I was afraid that my voice would wake me up something, and my steps were unconsciously lighter

Coming with the wind was a faint fragrance, Li Zhilian sniffed it and said: "Follow the fragrance"

Su Yun took a few deep breaths of air, but he didn't smell any aroma, there was just a disgusting smell of rot, but still: "um", followed closely behind Li Zhilian

Following the moonlight and looking for the fragrance, Li Zhilian and Su Yun walked to a house in the middle of the village with camphor trees on the inner wall

Settle down! Li Zhilian stretched out his hand and knocked on the outer door and shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

The small, empty courtyard echoed only her voice and the strange smell of the courtyard

Su Yun covered his nose and said, "Do you have to live here?" It tastes weird, isn't it!! ”

"The book says that camphor trees can repel mosquitoes!"

In the front yard, there were not only two camphor trees, but also relatively low neem trees and impatiens, and some plants that she couldn't name, and it seemed that the owner should have some knowledge of pharmacology

Walking to the door of the main room, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and Su Yun pulled out a short knife to protect Li Zhilian behind him and shouted, "Who is inside?" Is it a human or a ghost? Come out~"

Probably emboldened by Su Yun's voice, Li Zhilian poked his head out from behind Su Yun, only to see a thin old man standing in the middle of the room looking at them coldly, chuckling in his heart, unable to speak for a long time

"Come in~, these things outside are not good for your health if they smell for a long time!"

Li Zhilian and Su Yun looked at each other, and their legs were a little weak when they raised their feet

Taking advantage of the gray moonlight, Li Zhilian saw the furnishings in the house clearly, the entrance was the stove, and on both sides were the bedrooms with door curtains, and took out the fire fold from his waist, ready to light it, and suddenly kept his hand around behind her, covering her fire fold and said in a deep voice: "It's better not to light a fire here, so as not to attract something"

The warm breath around her neck made her sure that there was a person behind her, and she slowly retracted the fire fold to her waist

Su Yun's hand holding the knife kept trembling, but he refused to put it down, Li Zhilian raised his hand and gently pressed his hand to reply: "Thank you, old man, for informing me."

The old man opened the curtain on the right side of the stove and asked, "Young man~ What are you doing here?" ”

"I~ not ......" Li Zhilian took Su Yun's hand, shook his head at him, and replied: "We want to go to Nianse Village to do something"

"Ninzer Village? Isn't that where people live? What are you doing there? ”

"Because of curiosity~"

"Hahaha~" The old man entered the inner room with a smile, and said after a while: "So~ you guys should have a good rest here tonight!" ”