Chapter XXII
Mu Lan and Bai Shu's carriage had just approached Luojia Village when they were stopped.
Mu Lan lifted the curtain and saw that there were already many torches at the entrance of the village, and the clan elder led the villagers to stand under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village.
"Get out of the car!"
"Get out of the car, get out of the car!"
The two young men stopped in front of the carriage, and the coachman was too frightened to move.
Mu Lan didn't expect to be blocked at the entrance of the village, she had planned to quietly go up the mountain and return to the cave where she lived these days.
It seems that her whereabouts have been exposed, and the people of Luojia Village are here to arrest her!
Mu Lan was not afraid, she didn't believe that she would be burned again.
"Don't go down!" Baizhu stopped Mu Lan, who was about to get out of the car.
Mu Lan shook her head, what should be faced still has to be faced, she is not a person who can escape, not to mention that she can hide for so many days, she is also surprised.
When Mu Lan jumped out of the carriage, he saw the patriarch who had crossed over from her first day to judge her, and the group of clan elders standing behind him, behind them a large group of villagers.
But it was Li Zheng from Luojia Village who came out to talk to her, and from Bai Su, who often came up to the mountain, she knew that this Li Zheng still had some sense of justice.
It's just that he doesn't dare to disobey his father, who is the patriarch, and he actually has no say in the big and small matters of Luojia Village.
"Baizhu, you are so bold, you dare to harbor this girl Mu Lan, what else do you have to say?!"
Li Zheng's words were sonorous and powerful, with his back to the clan elders and villagers, but he was giving Baizhu a look.
Mu Lan could see from his face that he was letting Baizhu come out and take responsibility, and she immediately had a good impression of this Lizheng.
Although she would not let Baizhu be her scapegoat, Mu Lan was still grateful for Lizheng's kindness.
It turned out that there were other people in Luojia Village who released kindness to her besides Baizhu and Baisu.
Baizhu took a step forward, and his cold momentum made his image suddenly taller, "What's coming at me!" ”
The young man's cold words and Ling Ran's eyes made many villagers retreat slightly, as if they were afraid of his momentum.
"Baizhu, get out of the way!"
The patriarch walked step by step with a cane, a pair of cloudy old eyes released a cold momentum, and he stared at Mu Lan, like a fierce beast that chooses people to eat.
Mu Lan raised his eyes to meet the old patriarch, and saw hatred and disgust on that old face full of wrinkles like old bark.
Mu Lan rolled her eyes in her heart, she looked through the memories of the original body and didn't find anything that offended the old guy.
In fact, the original body was just a little girl, and she usually didn't even dare to approach the ancestral hall in the village, let alone offend the patriarch who lived in the ancestral hall all the year round and rarely went out.
From Xiao Mu Lan's memory, Mu Lan found that the patriarch and the clan elder lived in the ancestral hall, and they rarely appeared in front of the villagers together, and the ancestral hall was a very mysterious and sacred place for the people of Luojia Village.
In addition to the annual ancestor worship event that opens the door to the Locke family ancestral hall, the heavy and ancient gate separates the temple-like ancestral hall in the hearts of the villagers.
What an honor Mu Lan is to come to this time and space for less than a month, and he can meet the patriarchs and clan elders who are like dragons among the people of Luojia Village.
Seeing them again, Mu Lan remembered Little Mu Lan's mother and father who was seriously ill and died, as well as his young brother Mu Pea, who has disappeared and has not been heard from since.
Xiao Mulan's mother was desperate when her father was seriously ill and went to the ancestral hall for help, and she came back to go to the ancestral hall for help, maybe she saw something in the ancestral hall.
Mu Lan found out from Xiao Mu Lan's memory that her mother was in a panic and a series of suspicious actions when she came back that day, she forbade Mu Lan and Mu Dou to go out, and nailed the doors and windows of the house with firewood, preferring that the family would be hungry in the house rather than go out again.
This behavior makes Mu Lan have to wonder, maybe this is the reason why Pi Pea disappeared and she was tied to the fire sacrifice.
"Someone, tie her up!" As soon as the patriarch gave the order, two light years came out of the crowd and pounced on Mu Lan.
"Who dare!" Baizhu stood in front of Mu Lan, and there was an extra dagger in his hand at some point.
The dagger glowed coldly in the light of the torches, and at first glance it was not ordinary.
The two young men who had already rushed to the front stopped, and the ropes they were holding in their hands were quietly lowered.
They looked at Baizhu in fear, and unconsciously retreated, and one of them shouted at Baizhu in a restrained voice, "Baizhu, don't think that we are afraid of you, you dare not listen to the patriarch's orders, but don't blame us for tying you up together!" ”
"Yes, yes, I tied you up too!" The other timidly chimed in.
"Humph!" Baizhu raised the dagger in his hand and glared at the two of them fiercely, like a leopard with its prey, ready to pounce at any moment.
The two of them were frightened by the momentum of Baizhu, swallowed their saliva unconsciously, took two steps back, and did not dare to shout again.
"Baizhu!" The dragon head crutch in the patriarch's hand was stunned, and the cloudy old eyes burst into light, and his momentum rose sharply, "If you still want to stay in Luojia Village, let the old man get out of the way, otherwise I will drive you out of the village!" ”
Baizhu gritted his teeth and looked at the patriarch's old face, like an aggrieved young wolf, with struggle and stubbornness in his eyes, but also helplessness and resentment.
Mu Lan took in Baizhu's expression, and she suddenly sensitively sensed Baizhu's helpless and forced compromise, could it be that his weakness was whether he could stay in Luojia Village?
Mu Lan knew Baizhu's life experience from the memory of the original body, he was a child picked up by the old Orion from the mountains, he was not actually from Luojia Village, and after the old Orion died, he could leave this backward, poor and feudal mountain village.
But Baizhu didn't, he would rather be ostracized by the villagers, and would rather be lonely, hungry and poor than leave here, is there any reason why he has to stay?
I have to say that Mu Lan is still very sensitive, since she guessed the embarrassment of Baizhu, she didn't want to affect this young man.
Mu Lan walked out from behind Baizhu, "If you want to arrest me, rush at me, Baizhu has nothing to do with me, don't embarrass him!" ”
"As long as you are obedient, we will naturally not embarrass him!" The patriarch was pleasant at this time.
Mu Lan scolded secretly in her heart, old fox, believe in you to have a ghost!
"What, you still want to burn me?" Mu Lan looked at the old guy in front of him with a smile and sneered at his kindness.
"No, no, no, girl, don't worry, as long as you are obedient, the old man can call the shots and not burn you!"
"Obedient? Okay, I'm obedient! Mu Lan nodded very obediently, looking like a baby was very well-behaved and obedient.
A bright smile bloomed on the patriarch's old face, squeezing his cloudy old eyes into two slits.
"The old man heard that you disemboweled and saved someone in the town, but is there such a thing?"
When Mu Lan heard this, she knew that she had not hidden her whereabouts from the people of Luojia Village that day.
It's no wonder that she didn't do anything to cover up when she went to the market, she thought she would go back, but she didn't expect to encounter a mad cow and hit someone.
At that time, there was a conflict with the Du family on the street, and there must have been people from Luojia Village who rushed to the market, so it was not strange to see her and Baizhu.