Chapter 22: Roadside Surprises

At night, the forest village is exceptionally quiet, the sound of chickens and dogs barking is rare, and the gauzy moonlight envelops the village, and the sound of crying echoes in the night, which not only makes people feel the beauty of the quiet village, but adds a little pain to people's hearts.

The twenty or so people who followed Lausanne to the mountains and forests and never came back, although they did not see their bodies, there would be no shortage of aftermath.

In the small courtyard of Lausanne's house, on the bed that originally belonged to Lausanne's sister Luoxi, Liu Xiu lay on it without much sleep.

The Lausanne family was not at home, after all, so many people had died in the village, and at this time they went to each house to help.

That's how it is in the countryside, where each family has something to do.

This room originally belonged to the little girl Luoxi, and it was specially cleaned up for Liu Xiu to rest, and Liu Xiu couldn't refuse the kindness of the Lausanne family, if she refused, their family might kneel down and pray.

The room was dilapidated but very clean, and there were some little daughter's gadgets in the corner.

Recalling the previous conversation with the old village chief, a smile flashed on Liu Xiu's face.

It is impossible to stay in the village, Liu Xiu expressed this euphemistically, although the old village chief was disappointed, he couldn't help it, there was nothing in the village that could impress Liu Xiu to stay.

When Lobsang took out the grass with a hint of silver veins and said that the village did not have to worry about taxes, the old village chief was so excited that tears fell.

At the same time, Liu Xiu also knew the name of the grass, silver thread grass.

The old village chief's 'well-informed' was limited to knowing the name of the grass and its preciousness, and he didn't know what the specific effect was.

He didn't put the grass away as soon as possible, but solemnly put it in Liu Xiu's hand and asked for safekeeping, and when he saw the complete ink leopard skin, the old village chief didn't think that there was any safer place than putting it here for Liu Xiu.

I have to say that this old man is shrewd and cute, and under the premise that nothing can impress Liu Xiu, he actually uses this stupid moral trust to have a good relationship with Liu Xiu.

That is the hope of the whole village, just put it in Liu Xiu's hands, and ordinary people really don't have that much courage.

Although the deadline for paying taxes was soon approached, the old man was so calm that he didn't say until Liu Xiu proposed that he wanted to go to the town tomorrow to pay the taxes.

The old village chief repeatedly stated that it was only incidental to pay taxes, and Liu Xiu said that the key was to buy and sell something, and he waved his hand and said that he would arrange for the villagers to help Liu Xiu get things tomorrow.

What the hell, do I have so much to take?

Liu Xiu knew that he wanted those villagers to protect the silver thread grass, and Liu Xiu couldn't cry or laugh in his heart because of his clumsy acting skills, Liu Xiu knew that it was not that the other party didn't trust him, after all, the silver thread grass was related to the fate of more than 1,000 people in the entire Linbian Village.

The old village chief has the simplicity of a countryman and the shrewdness of a small leader, and not only can he not have the slightest evil feeling when communicating with him, but he will also have a trace of admiration in his heart.

Most of the people in the entire Linbian Village are handed down from an ancestor, the old village chief is the village chief and the patriarch, and it is really not good to manage the more than 1,000 people in a village without a little brain, his words and deeds dare not say that they are completely selfless, but more for the sake of the villagers of the whole village.

It's not easy, Liu Xiu already has a certain idea in his heart.

The Lausanne family didn't know when they came back, and when Liu Xiu got up the next day to practice self-cultivation, his family also got up one after another to start a busy day.

And outside the courtyard of Luosang's house, more than thirty young men have gathered one after another, they did not speak, Liu Xiu practiced body cultivation exercises, and they subconsciously chose to avoid it.

In one night, Liu Xiu took Luosang out of the cliff of life and death alive, and the killing of the ink leopard with one punch had already been known to everyone in the village.

He didn't look very old, but people looked at him with awe.

There is no bloody questioning, and the simplicity of the countrymen makes them choose to believe Liu Xiu, even if they don't see it with their own eyes, it is enough to be limited to Lausanne's oral statement.

When Liu Xiu finished washing, Lausanne's mother had already prepared a table of food, which was still vulgar, but Liu Xiu ate as sweetly as yesterday, and many times, the stimulation of taste buds was really not as good as that heartfelt effort.

As soon as the sun rose, Liu Xiu and nearly forty villagers from Linbian Village set off for the town.

The old village chief only said that he would arrange the villagers, but he didn't expect to arrange so many ......

It takes half a day to get to the town from here, and the time is very rushed, and if you are delayed in the town for a long time, you will have to come back in the dark.

Luosang naturally followed, but the leader was the second son of the old village chief, a middle-aged man in his forties, perhaps influenced by the old village chief, he was a little more shrewd than others, and he didn't talk much, but he revealed a meaning, the villagers mainly served Liu Xiu on this day.

But Liu Xiu could feel that what he wanted to reveal more was that he wanted Liu Xiu to help take care of the point when paying taxes.

Silver thread grass is related to more than 1,000 villagers in the entire Linbian Village, and it must not be careless.

The sun was gradually rising, the scorching sun was shining on their bodies, and none of the dozens of villagers were tired.

On the way to the town, Liu Xiu paid attention to both sides of the road, and it was obvious that the area affected by the spring rains mentioned by Lausanne was very large, and there were not many crops growing in the fields.

Occasionally, most of the crops grown are soybean-like crops, which are also the staple food that Liu Xiu's family eats at Lausanne, but the particles of this bean are about twice as large as soybeans.

Liu Xiu also saw a little bit of rice occasionally, but it was always as if it was about to die, so Liu Xiu roughly deduced that the farmers might not know the 'right' way to grow it.

Observing attentively all the way, Liu Xiu did not express any opinions, and when he was about to arrive in the town, Liu Xiu actually had an unexpected surprise on the side of the road.

A pepper grows on the side of the road, and most of the fruit is red and ripe.

Great, there are chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and salt, the necessary seasonings for barbecue are cumin, and even hot pot can be made out.

"Engong, that thing can't be touched, it's poisonous!" Seeing Liu Xiu going to pick peppers, Lausanne immediately opened his mouth to remind.

There are not many ripe fruits of this pepper, only dozens, Liu Xiu quickly finished picking them, packed them in a bamboo tube, and then asked: "Poisonous?" ”

"Yes, this fruit looks good-looking, but after eating it, it will be poisoned, the body is like a fire, and if you eat too much, you will burn people to death, a few years ago, I saw a person because he had no food to eat, and he ate a large number of this 'fire poison fruit' to burn him alive, and the whole person was hot, and his skin was purple!" Lausanne explained with a look of horror.

Eat chili peppers as rice, can you not be burned to death, Liu Xiu was speechless.

"Don't worry, this thing can't poison me" Liu Xiu said with a smile, and said in his heart that it is estimated that the devil pepper is also 'poisoned' and can't kill his current self.

Aohagi Town, as the name suggests, has a lot of willow trees, houses are scattered, tall green willows grow, and the whole town gives people a cool feeling.

Liu Xiu didn't know how big Qingliu Town was, the direction they came from was full of people coming and going, and it was roughly inferred from the flow of people that there were probably no less than 100,000 people in this town.

There is no city wall in the town, only a tall archway is set up outside the town, with three big characters written on it, the word Liu Xiu must not know, but it is definitely the three words of Qingliu Town, after all, this name is not here.

"What kind of devil's font is this?" stopped a little under the archway and Liu Xiu muttered in his heart, thinking that I was a 985 high-achieving student who came to this world to be illiterate......

Most of the people who came in and out of the town were poorly dressed, and there were many people with dishes on their faces, and it was clear that life was not very good.

The group entered the town without encountering any trouble, and there was no exploitation and no singing son-in-law.

Most of the houses in the town are brick and wood structures, the highest is only four floors, and the streets are lined with teahouses and shops, and there are countless hawkers along the streets, and there are even jugglers who attract people from time to time.

After coming to the town, the villagers were very vigilant, and they subconsciously kept a vague distance when greeting acquaintances from time to time.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu was a little speechless, there are no three hundred taels of silver here, is this for fear that people will not know that there are good things on you?

Lausanne said that there are so-called martial artists in this world, mysterious and high, but after entering the town, the people Liu Xiu saw were almost no different from ordinary people like Lausanne, and Liu Xiu had never seen that kind of high-ranking person at all.

There were people patrolling along the street, a group of 35 and 561, wearing uniform black robes, and most of them were holding long knives and iron rulers.

Liu Xiu observed these people who should be regarded as law enforcers, but found that they were still in the category of normal people.

It's strange, could it be that the warrior that Lausanne said was blinded by me?

Where's that......

Liu Xiu was still barefoot, with a rabbit skin around his waist, and although he walked on the street and was out of step with the surrounding environment, he looked calm and did not care about the eyes of others.

Liu Xiu looked closely, as Lausanne said, the currency used by people was a copper coin with patterns and words on it, but Liu Xiu did not know what those representatives meant.

However, the sharp-eyed Liu Xiu found another currency, which was a silver currency, with a ratio of one to one hundred copper coins, and after walking in the town for more than ten minutes, Liu Xiu had only seen one silver coin transaction.

Then it is clear that Lausanne is too poor to see any currency other than copper.

"Similar to the ancient Chinese society of a certain period of the earth, the writing is completely unknown, the currency is copper coins and silver coins, the mysterious and powerful warriors have yet to be verified, the order is good, and it is not as chaotic as imagined......"

After some observation, Liu Xiu summed it up in his heart, and his heart, which was a little apprehensive because of the so-called martial artist, calmed down, and at the same time, more questions that needed to be explored rose in his heart.

After observing almost that, Liu Xiu asked Luoshan, the son of the village chief who led the team: "Brother Luoshan, how far is it from the place where the Tian family pays taxes?" Let's get down to business first......"