Seeing Chu Nian's serious eyes, Li San was stunned, and after a while, he nodded again and again: "It is estimated that it is the second half of the night, and the old people who stay in the village can hear their roars," he said, he sighed again, "As soon as I hear their roars, someone will definitely be missing, so that more than half of the old people in our village are missing, and several young people in the village have also been lost." ”

Chu Nian's eyes flashed slightly, and he glanced at Ming Xiu beside him, and saw Ming Xiu pursing his thin lips, "It's late today, rest first, see the situation, and then talk about anything else." ”

At this time, the door of Li San's house had already arrived - Chu Nian had seen a very dilapidated house, but it was also carefully taken care of, at least clean, this Li San's house was different, the small courtyard surrounded by a fence was overgrown with wild grass, and the corner of the wall was a pigsty that was not big or small, and there was a fat pig living in it, but the pig manure had not been cleaned for a long time, and there was a disgusting stench in September.

Seeing Chu Nian's slightly frowning brows, Li San scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "Let the two of you laugh, the only pig I had a few days ago was slaughtered by a monster in the middle of the night, and when I woke up in the morning, I only saw a pile of pig bones, and I was disheartened for a while, and the pigsty has not been cleaned." ”

Chu Nian smiled and didn't speak, and Ming Xiu on the side looked away from the pigsty and fell into the room where the candle flame was faintly flickering.

In front of me was a mud thatched house, a dilapidated wooden door, a flashing dilapidated window, a few sticky paper shelves were missing from the wooden door, and the window paper was also broken a few holes, and the candlelight flickering in the house could still be seen from the small and neat holes.

Seeing that Li San was leading the way in front, when he pushed the door, his subordinates were a little stronger, and the side of the door immediately shrugged down, as if it was about to fall, and it was hung on the door frame without falling, Li San ripped off the wooden door and threw it aside, and turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian and the others again, "Wronged two nobles, I live alone, and I don't taboo those who have or don't, how many houses still have to be messed up." ”

Saying that, he took the lead in the door, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu were standing at the door, and they smelled a foul smell coming from the door, as if something was moldy, facing the pungent smell of the shop, Chu Nian silently took two steps back, turned his eyes, and wrote his eyes full of resistance to Shang Ming Xiu.

Seeing that the two of them hadn't followed up for a long time, Li San came out of it, "Two, why are you ......?"

"Don't bother the third brother." Chu Nian smiled slightly and said, "Let's go out and set up a tent for one night, the third brother can rest in peace tonight, and we will definitely ensure the safety of the third brother and the other villagers." ”

Saying that, the two turned around and walked towards the door, Li San was about to stop it, but at some point, there were a few more plainly dressed uncles and aunts at the door, looking at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu as if they were lively.

After a pause, the two of them saw Li San walking out of it, and when he saw an aunt wearing flower clothes at the door, he said with some curiosity: "Hey, Sister Li, why are you here?" ”

The aunt who was called Sister Li was holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand, and when she saw Li San asking, the melon seeds in her hand did not stop, and the melon seed shells were scattered all over the ground, "Didn't I hear that there were rich and noble guests in your house, and I came to take a look, and I also had a long experience, what are the people in the city like." ”

Li San stepped forward and stood side by side with Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, at this moment these two people seemed very out of place with the surrounding atmosphere, and did not explain the smell of the living people who exuded from Xiu's body, just said Chu Nian, at this moment, the plain white robe was flying with the breeze, how could he not look like a master who could enter and exit the messy courtyard with wild grass.

He smiled awkwardly, "There are not many people in our village, and now the neighbors are all relatives, this Sister Li is my acquaintance, I often come to help me when I can't eat, she is a warm-hearted person, but the monster just gave her a man a few days ago...... She has no one else in the house, so she is not afraid of the monster. ”

Chu Nian raised her eyebrows slightly, and Senior Sister Li was staring at Ming Xiu beside her with a pair of eyes, and that look didn't look like a person without a husband.

Speaking at this point, Sister Li had already greeted her, she circled around Ming Xiu, and the melon seed shells in her hand were scattered, Chu Nian, who was standing beside Ming Xiu, seemed to feel that the cold air on Ming Xiu's body was getting more and more cold, so she coughed lightly, and that Sister Li was surprised, "The first time I saw such a handsome little Langjun, from Xi Chu, the face of a big family?" ”

When these words fell, seeing Ming Xiu's murderous gaze, Chu Niansheng held back a smile in his chest, and smiled at Sister Li: "We are not from Western Chu. ”

Then Sister Li's eyes suddenly lit up, "Could it be a barbarian ......?"

Li San saw that Ming Xiu's face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly walked between Sister Li and Ming Xiu, completely blocking Sister Li's gaze, "These two nobles are here to help us kill monsters, Sister Li, don't make a mess, and then make people angry and run away, how will we live in the future?" ”

"Kill monsters?" Sister Li thoughtfully glanced at Ming Xiu, who was tall but gentle as jade, her eyes swept over to the side and looked at Chu Nian, who was weak, and after a while, she took a long breath and said, "You don't know how strong your brother-in-law is, and he didn't come back alive, these two can do it?" ”

At this moment, the secret guards were packing up the carriage at the entrance of the village, and did not follow Chu Nian and the others to Li San's house located in the corner, Li San raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, and said with some annoyance: "Sister Li, don't talk nonsense." ”

"Yo," Sister Li sprinkled all the melon seeds in her hand, "Then if what you said is true, we must not tell the village chief first?" ”

Li San glanced at Chu Nian and the others in embarrassment, "Don't ...... it yet"

At this stall, an old man suddenly walked in at the door, this old man was gray-haired, thin, walking very slowly, holding a cane in his hand, and when he raised his eyes to look at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, a pair of dim old eyes inexplicably flashed with a scrutinizing light.

"Li San, I heard that you didn't go to the city today, but brought two outsiders back?"

When the old man came in, Li San suddenly looked a little nervous, he grabbed his hair that he hadn't washed for a long time, and his body stood stiffly in place, "Village chief, why are you here?" ”

The old man's crutches slammed on the ground, raising a cloud of blue ash, "If I don't come, I don't know that you kid won't die by himself, and he will take outsiders back to the village to die." As he spoke, he looked at Sister Li on the side, "Your life is almost gone, and you are still eating melon seeds, you dead girl is also big-hearted!" ”

Sister Li, who was called the "dead girl", suddenly had a flattering smile on her face, and she took a few steps forward to support the old man's body, "Don't discipline me, I'm not here to stay with you?" The village can't be without strong labor! That's right. ”

She raised her eyes, and motioned for the old man to look at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, "These two people were picked up by Li San'er halfway, saying that they came to help us fight monsters." ”

As soon as these words fell, Chu Nian seemed to see a stunning light from the old man's eyes, and then saw the old man stroked his beard and looked Chu Nian and Ming Xiu in front of him up and down, "That monster is nine feet tall, huge, hideous-looking, and has a green face and fangs, just these two?" Li San'er, I'm afraid you're not being deceived again! ”

After that, the old man glanced at Li San'er with hatred, and then turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian and the two of them again, as if his face was arrogant, Li San looked at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu more and more embarrassed, "A few days ago, I was deceived in a transaction, and the village chief was worried about me, not for the two. ”

Ming Xiu's face was still indifferent, Chu Nian smiled indifferently, and turned his eyes to look at the old man, "The people in this village are all Da Liang people?" ”

When the words fell, the old man's face suddenly turned stunned, and he saw Chu Nian calmly stepping forward, still smiling lightly and said: "A few years ago, I heard that because of the chaos in the court, the people in remote places had a famine, and most of them simply fled to the border of Western Chu, which is at the junction of Western Chu and the barbarians. ”

When these words blurted out, even Li San on the side was stunned, and after a while, he saw the old man trembling forward, squinting slightly and looking at Chu Nian, "Girl, who are you?" ”

But seeing Chu Nian, he shook his head lightly and said: "It doesn't matter who I am, but right now Da Liang is in the stage of civil strife, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is committed to eliminating those black-hearted officials in the court who have ruined the people's families from the court. ”

Ming Xiu looked at Chu Nian's side face, his eyes flashing slightly.

I saw that the old man's face became serious, "Your Excellency knows so much, it must not be a person from the Western Chu or a barbarian?" ”

Chu Nian nodded, "We are from Da Liang, we have been playing around in Western Chu, and in the evening, we planned to go back directly from the barbarian realm, but we were blocked outside the city, so I heard about the monster, so I planned to solve it." ”

After Chu Nian's affirmation, the old man burst into tears, and the crutches in his hand couldn't hold it crookedly and smashed into the grass on the side...... Da Liang ......"

On the side, Li San and Eldest Sister Li also stared at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu with wide eyes, "You turned out to be from Da Liang, so I said that the outfit is very familiar...... But how did you come from such a remote place? You must know that the merchants of Da Liang and Western Chu are only from the border of the two countries, and the barbarians have always been hostile to the life of Da Liang, and few people dare to go home from the border of the barbarians. ”

Chu Nian and Ming Xiu didn't answer his words, but the old man raised his eyes and looked at Chu Nian, "Old man, I came here with my family when I was young and founded this village, and I have been displaced all my life, and I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time, so I make you laugh." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian smiled and said that he didn't care, and at this stall, he saw the old man turn his eyes and look outside the courtyard, "It's a pity that you didn't come at the right time, be obedient, while it's not yet midnight, you should quickly find a way to enter the city, if it's too late, I'm afraid that you will also die in a foreign country." ”

Ming Xiu frowned slightly, and at this time, an earth-shattering roar suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests not far away, and this roar spread from the mountains and forests to everyone's ears for a long time, and everyone's faces suddenly changed.

The old man let go of Chu Nian's hand, stumbled towards the entrance of the courtyard, and muttered, "Today...... How did this monster come out so early today! ”