Chapter 209: Leading the Way (2)
After tossing for a long time, everyone also felt a little tired, and warned the shopkeeper and Ah Huan a few words, leaving Liuying to guard the two, and the others went to rest one after another.
On the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, Bai Ci and the others packed their bags and set off in the direction of the misty forest in high spirits.
"Old village chief, have you been living around here?" may feel that the silence along the way was a little depressing, and the judge opened his mouth to ask the old shopkeeper on the side, wanting to take the opportunity to find out some more information.
"No, we've only started as thieves in the last year or two, and we've been born and raised in a nearby village for more than fifty years." The old shopkeeper glanced at the judge, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, isn't this person speechless? As I said earlier, he has been living in a nearby village, so isn't it nonsense to ask this question?
The judge nodded and continued to ask, "Have you ever seen someone from Rain Village over the years?" ”
"Rain Village?" The shopkeeper asked rhetorically, thinking even more in his heart, he had always thought that the destination of these people was the Misty Forest, it seems that he was thinking wrong? "I haven't seen it before, our previous village was a little backward, and even if someone came out, they didn't want to come to our village to rest."
"Then do you know how this deserted village was abandoned?" The judge pondered for a moment and continued to ask, he felt that maybe he was a little sensitive, and every time the old shopkeeper answered a question, he would pull something else, and the information from his mouth didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.
The old shopkeeper smiled brightly, his expression looked a little innocent, and said, "Oh, how do I know this, how long have we only been here, this village has been abandoned for more than a year or two." ”
"Then how much do you know about Rain Village?" The judge continued.
"The place in the rain village, it's not too much to say that it is isolated from the world, I only know that it is in the mountains, and I have listened to the ancestors, and the others really don't know, because they have to pass through the misty forest, and there are almost no people in and out, so that every year there are people and horses entering the misty forest, but whether they go to the rain village or not, it is unknown." The old shopkeeper had a begging expression, and then said, "Grandfathers, that place is really evil, you see that if it's too late to turn around now, it's better to ......."
Before he could finish his words, he saw the commander look at him coldly, and then his fists clenched and rattled.
The old shopkeeper swallowed his saliva in fright, and cold sweat broke out, and he immediately shut up and didn't dare to continue.
"You just lead your way, needless to say, we don't embarrass you, as long as you successfully lead us into the foggy forest, we will let you go, rest assured, the benefits will naturally not be less of you."
"Yes, yes, yes." The old shopkeeper saw the attitude of a few people who insisted on entering the misty forest, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only nod his head and agree, and muttered quietly while leading the way, because the voice was too small, and the few people didn't hear what he said clearly.
After a long time, the judge did not gain anything, and it can be seen that this old man is very slippery, and his words are evasive, and he barely reveals any useful clues, and he doesn't know whether it is true or false, but now he needs someone who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way, and he can't easily get off the killer, and it can be seen from the performance of the villagers that this old man is quite prestigious in the village, if this old man dies in their hands, it is estimated that other people in the village may rather die than lead the way, sometimes, people from a small village, Even more united than the people of a large town, for no other reason than simplicity.
And the judge has always been very cautious, for a profession like theirs, if not careful, then a minute will have to die in vain, in his heart, Yucun has been imagined by him as a Pandora's box-like existence, mysterious, dangerous, and full of temptation.
Robbery, killing, haunting...... He was a little curious about what kind of place Yucun was, although the old shopkeeper didn't say it clearly, but he had a faint feeling in his heart that the people and horses that the old shopkeeper said before were also going to Yucun, and they didn't just want to see what the ghost looked like, right? Or does Rain Village have other secrets that no one knows?
Thinking of this, the judge couldn't help but pay more attention to Bai Ci and the others, he had a strong premonition that this so-called task of protecting the young master of the Bai family to Yucun safely was not as easy to complete as he imagined.