"What? are you leaving?" When everyone settled down on the ship, Tianyou raised such a topic, which caused everyone to be surprised again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tianyou explained helplessly: "Actually, I still have some personal matters to do, but I didn't expect this task to be like this, so I have been delaying it until now." ”

Tianyou's so-called private affairs are actually not a big deal. It was the group of assassins they met when they took Ying Ying and them through Qingyuan Mountain, one of them entrusted Tianyou with a small package before he died, but he swallowed his breath before he finished speaking, and finally only said a place name called Tieling, and a single word pronounced "seven". This seven may be a further place name, or it may be a name or a nickname, in short, there are many possibilities.

It is said that this kind of thing should not be cared about, but Tianyou is a person with a bottom line. He does things very clearly, and he is as cruel as a knife when he should be ruthless, just like he just dealt with those part-time water bandits who killed people and grabbed treasures, but when he shouldn't be fierce, Tianyou is actually a very caring person. This is not a dual character, but a manifestation of clear values.

Tianyou later checked that there was only one place in the Shenzhou Continent called Tieling, which was a mountain range located on the border, and it was just opposite Huangquandu, and even the east bank of the river section where Tianyou was currently located was actually within the range of Tieling.

In such a big place, in terms of the informatization level of the Shenzhou Continent, looking for someone is basically equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack, but Tianyou still plans to try all the possibilities, if he really can't find him, he will be relieved, which means that the information provided by the other party is incomplete, and it is no wonder that he can't find anyone. But if he didn't look for it himself, Tianyou really couldn't convince himself.

In addition, there is another reason to support Tianyou to take a look, that is, there is actually a place called Tieling Village in the mountain range of Tieling. The village is located next to the Yellow River and has a ferry. In the past, when Huangquandu was still very prosperous, the goods flow between Tielingdu and Huangquandu almost supported the main logistics channel from the neutral area to Qi. It can be seen that the previous Tieling Village should also be a large-scale market town.

If we extrapolate from this situation, then the place that the assassin said before his death should be the Tieling Village in Tieling County, and the last seven is likely to be a nickname or surname. This information is actually enough to support the search for a person, if you don't try it, Tianyou is really uneasy.

However, although Tianyou's reasons are very good, the ship of old and weak soldiers in front of him is indeed a little unavoidable. Of course, Zhao Lingyun's strength did not lose much, but they encountered so many accidents along the way, and they were a little physically and mentally exhausted.

I heard that Tianyou was leaving, these people obviously didn't have a reason, and Tianyou couldn't help it, so he finally prevaricated with a sentence of "entrusted by others". In the Shenzhou Continent, everyone is also very committed to something, once they promise someone something, they will have to do it in death. Treacherous people are not absent here, but they will definitely be ostracized by mainstream society. Of course, if you have the ability to break your word and not let people know about it, then it is also your ability.

After saying goodbye to everyone, mainly to reassure the villagers not to worry, Tianyou finally left the ship. When the mocking wind landed and took Tianyou away, it caused a commotion on the ship. There's no way, I ate two people alive in front of everyone before, and Mock Wind is now a demon among demons in the eyes of this group of people. Of course, this is actually the true nature of demons, but demon attacks occur in remote places, and there is no monitoring in this era, how can hearsay information be intuitively stimulated?

Although the mocking wind can lead people, it is impossible to fly all the way to Tieling Village with Tianyou, its strength is not yet to that extent. In fact, it was all tossed all night, and Mock Wind was already a little tired, thanks to the previous two meals to make up for his strength, otherwise Mock Wind would have already struck now.

After flying for a while, they returned to the Huangquan Ferry where they had left before, and Tianyou let the mocking wind get close to the top of the ferry and go around the ferry, and roughly observe the situation in the Huangquan Ferry.

At this time, Huangquandu has been completely occupied by the undead, and there are zombies and skeletons wandering around aimlessly on the streets and between the houses, but the undead wandering around are limited to this, and no high-level undead have been found. In the previous escape operation, if there were three or five undead spirits or something more powerful in this group of undead, probably not one of the villagers in that group would have wanted to leave alive.

After confirming the general situation, Tianyou let the mocking wind leave this side, flew directly to the other side of the Yellow River, and found a place on the top of the cliff on Tieling Mountain and landed.

Tieling is not like Qingyuan Mountain, it is very safe here. Qingyuan Mountain is a place where monsters come out, not only the Qin Kingdom, but the entire Shenzhou Continent knows it, but this Iron Ridge is neither steep nor tall, except for the large area, it is more like a huge hill. Although there are still dense forests on it, there must be some monsters living on it, but the upper limit is limited to this. At the beginning, Tianyou could survive in the face of the Xuan Demon in Qingyuan Mountain, and some ordinary monsters, now Tianyou doesn't care about it at all. What's more, there are mocking winds and moon shadows, and if they really run into them, they can't tell who will eat whom.

Instead of bothering to build a shack, Tianyou directly found a stable branch branching point, briefly fixed himself and curled up between the branches and fell asleep. This day was busy before and after, and he tossed him enough. Anyway, there was a moon shadow vigil, and he didn't worry about the danger, so he naturally slept with peace of mind.

Mocking Wind squatted on a branch not far away and closed his eyes to rest, occasionally opening his blood-colored red pupils to look around, and then fell back asleep.

Moon Shadow waited for Tianyou to fall asleep and slowly landed beside him, one hand gently stroked Tianyou's face, a wisp of blue light and mist shone little by little and was sucked into it by Tianyou, Tianyou, who was still maintaining his body balance in the last second, suddenly loosened the next second, not to mention that Moon Shadow held on in time and almost rolled to the ground. Not everyone can sleep on the branches, and you need a certain amount of skill to do it.

Gently holding up Tianyou's head and neck, Moon Shadow floated to the branch and sat down, then gently put Tianyou's head on his lap, one hand gently stroked Tianyou's long hair, while looking up at the moon in the sky, Moon Shadow hummed an unknown song in his mouth. The tone of the song was very strange, each syllable was very long, and there was not much variation, and if it were sung by ordinary people, it would probably be suffocating, but it was not a problem for Moon Shadow. In the vast and melodious singing, Tianyou's face gradually brought a slight smile, as if he had dreamed of something beautiful, but in his body, the surging spiritual power could no longer be suppressed, and began to run wildly. It's just very strange that this spiritual power rampage is not an aimless outburst, but completely in accordance with the practice route of Zixiao's heart method. This is equivalent to spontaneous cultivation, and it is dozens of times faster than usual.

On the deserted cliff, no one saw the strange scene in front of them. Around the sleeping Tianyou, a faint golden light gradually surfaced, forming a vague phantom in mid-air, looking like a coiled elongated creature, but the image was too blurry and dim to tell what it was. It's strange that when this circle of light and shadow was lit up, the entire Tieling was quiet. The howls of wolves and the howls of monsters that could still be heard occasionally disappeared in an instant, and all monsters and beasts with keen senses chose to lie dormant quietly.

Unlike those beasts and monsters, Mock Wind opened his eyes and glanced at this side, and then jumped on the branch twice with strange movements, moved to Tianyou's feet and continued to sleep, while Moon Shadow also took a deep breath and whispered softly with an intoxicated look: "Welcome home, our king." ”

After a night, Tianyou finally woke up. The first senses to activate are not the eyes but the nose, and a faint fragrance wafts into the nose, and then suddenly the soft and smooth piece of the face is attached to the side.

"Moon Shadow?" Tianyou finally thought of who he was pillowing on, and didn't scare himself.

"Are you awake?"

Tianyou nodded lightly and sat up at the same time. Comfortably supported his waist, then turned around and jumped off the tree, hooked the branch with one hand, and landed lightly.

"Did you make any noise last night?"

"Everything is fine. Moon Shadow said and suddenly asked, "Master, do you really want to help people?"

"Peace of mind. Tianyou changed the subject as he spoke, asking, "What about Mocking Wind?" He just looked around, but didn't find Mocking Wind's figure.

Moon Shadow was about to reply, when she heard a pop next to her, and a wild boar the size of a calf was thrown directly to the ground. Tianyou turned his head to look, and the re-raised mocking wind rolled over in the air, and then swooped down again, spread his wings to counteract the momentum, and landed on the branch very lightly. But the moment it retracted its wings, the whole branch sank down sharply. This guy is now too big to land on a tree trunk. Of course, this is not a problem for Mock Wind, as it has learned the skill of retracting its size, even if it is necessary to burrow into a rat hole.

"You're hunting so early?" asked Tianyou at the mocking wind, and without waiting for it to react, he turned to the boar on his own. "It's so greasy to eat early in the morning? You have to make a fire, it's so troublesome! Forget it, let's deal with it and save it first." ”

In the end, Tianyou did not eat the wild boar, but moved it to the river to dispose of it. The bamboo skins and fangs are good things, and they are all put away. Part of the pork is fed to the mocking wind, and part of it is cut into strips of meat and thrown into a worry-free bag, and what is put in it will not spoil anyway, so it can be used as a refrigerator.

By the time Tianyou was all sorted out, it was already midnight (9~11 o'clock), and it was still Mock Wind with Tianyou Flying, and after resting all night, Mocking Wind's physical strength was completely recovered, and it was easy to take Tianyou all the way to the outer area of Tielin Village. Because it is not very good-looking to be carried by the mocking wind, like the prey caught by it, it damages the image of Tianyou, so Tianyou generally does not like to let people see that he is flying with the mocking wind. Even if he could, it would be when the mocking wind was strong enough for him to ride on.

Of course, another reason for not flying directly into the village is that it is afraid of scaring the villagers and causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

On Earth, if you take a fierce dog out for a walk, you have to be careful not to scare the neighbors in a community, God bless this area is a monster, so naturally it can't be too casual. If you want to talk about the type on the ground, you can ride it, it doesn't hurt, after all, people know that this is a demon pet when they see a monster riding a person, but the combination of Tianyou and Mocking Wind is really easy to cause misunderstanding.

Out of safety, in the end, Tianyou still fell outside the village. The Mocking Wind climbs to an extremely high position and hovers in the sky, providing a wide range of reconnaissance warnings, and can dive down to provide air support if necessary. The mocking wind fights and pretends not to be an air gunboat, so it is not a problem to make a cameo attack aircraft.

The vegetation on Tieling is not as dense as the Dongjie Mountain on the other side of the Yellow River, and the trees on this side of Tieling Village are sparsely pulled, so Tianyou can see the whole picture of the village from afar.

Compared with the depressed Huangquandu and Xinghuang Village, Tieling Village is obviously more dilapidated. It can be seen that the village where the villagers live is actually a short distance from Tielingdu, but the ferry is full of dilapidated and collapsed houses, many houses do not even have roofs, the walls are also demolished, and the ferry is completely abandoned, and even the trestle bridge is crooked in the water and cannot be used at all.

About a mile away from the ferry port is the real Tieling Village, where the situation is slightly better, but there are still no decent buildings in the village, all of them are adobe thatched houses, as long as it rains for several weeks, the house can definitely be soaked in rot.

Of course, there are no good houses in the village. At least in the middle of the village, a house with a mixed brick and wood structure can be seen, but Tianyou took a closer look and found that it did not seem to be a place to live, but an ancestral hall.

Further east of the village, you can see another large complex of abandoned buildings. These are similar to the housing structure in Xinghuang Village, most of which are commercial buildings such as hotels and post stations, all of which are places for outsiders. But the buildings are now in ruins, crumbling and crumbling, and there is not even a single intact piece of timber to be found.

"It's really shabby. Moon Shadow couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the environment below.

"Probably because this is the reason in the Qi Kingdom. ”

When he traveled south and north before, Tianyou also came to Qi country. The ten countries of the Shenzhou Continent have their own characteristics, and the characteristic of the Qi State is that there are many businessmen, and it is basically the country that attaches the most importance to economic development among the ten countries.

It is precisely because of the good economic development and the people's ability to do business that the pace of life here is significantly faster than that of other countries. Tieling Ferry was originally an important ferry, and it would naturally develop rapidly, but after the ferry port here was gradually abandoned, the people here did not choose to stay like the people of Xinghuang Village, but quickly moved to other businesses and left Tieling Village.

Of course, even if they are not from the Qi country, people from any country will not continue to stay in this Tielingdu, because this is the country's sphere of influence. Unlike the Neutral Zone, residents of the Ten Nations are subject to taxes. Therefore, once Tielingdu fell, these small merchants who relied on trade routes to develop naturally had no money to pay taxes. Therefore, whether it is for their own way out, or because they dare not default on their taxes, in short, most people choose to move out as soon as possible. The remaining people can only be said to have no other way to make a living, or have their own way of survival.

Those who can walk are gone, there are so few people left, the village can't support it, and those uninhabited houses are also uncared for, and this place is close to the Yellow River, and the water vapor is heavy, so naturally it will soon decay and collapse.

After observing the situation here, Tianyou changed his clothes. I used to wear leather armor for tasks, but now I want to go into the village to find someone, and the clothes of Zixiao Palace are better to use. In the eyes of ordinary people, monks are about the same status as officials, so it is naturally easier to ask for the information they need.

Descending to the foot of the mountain, Tianyou deliberately changed direction, walked out of the valley in the east, approached Tieling Village, and made the villagers feel that he had come from the mainland of Qi.

After walking through the ruins that should have been prosperous, Tianyou finally saw the first villager. This is a half-grown child, thin and reminiscent of arthropods, and the ribs on his chest look very scary one by one.

Of course, the kid also saw Tianyou, and was a little timid, but he didn't turn around and run. Tianyou is not a flood beast after all, his sunny appearance and a fairy robe are not bad.

Tianyou walked to the ruins where the child was standing, and looked at the things in the child's hand, he seemed to be looking for a small piece of wood, and looked at the small half-basket he was carrying behind his back, which was probably used back for firewood.

"Child, I'll ask you something. Are you from this Tieling Village?" Tianyou's child is not a contemptuous name, in the Shenzhou Continent, children who don't know each other are generally called like this, of course, if you use this kind of title for adults or teenagers, you are scolding.

The child was still a little nervous, looked at Tianyou in a daze, and waited for a while before nodding.

"You are from Tieling Village, so let me ask you, do you know all the people here?"

The kid reacted much faster this time, and nodded vigorously again.

Tianyou smiled and took out a white-flour steamed bun from the worry-free bag and handed it over, and then said, "Come, don't be afraid, I'll inquire about someone." This is for you to eat, and it counts as a thank you for answering my question. ”

The child looked at the steamed bun and swallowed desperately, looking salivating, but said in his mouth: "Grandma said that helping others can't ask for other people's benefits, that's a bad conscience." ”

"Then can I hire you to help me find someone?" Tianyou still held the steamed bun there, and then said: "Just like the helpers in the city, it is true that helping others should not take advantage of others, but the total salary for working for others is right? I want to find someone, but I am not familiar with this place for the first time, so I want to ask you to work for me, and take me to find out if there is such a person." This steamed bun is the reward, which will be paid to you in advance. ”

The child thought about it, but finally didn't resist the temptation, took the steamed bun and nodded: "That's okay, I went to the town outside to help people, I know this." After he finished speaking, he broke the steamed bun in half, ate half of it in a few bites, and put the other half away preciously.

Tianyou immediately realized that this place was really poor and terrible, and I was afraid that even food was in serious shortage. From the child's reaction just now, we knew that the remaining half of the steamed bun was either to be brought to the family or planned to save it for the next meal.

Although he thought of the possibility, Tianyou didn't ask much, he really wanted to help them, and he would give them some benefits when he left.

After eating half of the steamed buns, the child also became enthusiastic, and directly threw the back basket on his body down and walked out of the ruins, and then asked, "Who are you looking for, Shangxian?" Just tell me your name, and I will definitely be able to take you there." ”

Tianyou didn't answer immediately, but asked with some curiosity: "Do you know that I am a monk?"

The child nodded. "When I went to help outside, I saw someone dressed like you, and the shopkeeper of the helper's shop said that when I saw a person like you, I would call you a fairy, and said that you were more powerful than the official master. I heard the guy who worked together say that a powerful immortal can still fly, is it true? Can you fly?"

"I'm not at home yet, so I won't be able to fly yet, but I should be able to do it in the future. After answering the child's question, Tianyou asked, "Since you are working outside, why did you come back?"

"Since we hit us, we don't run boats here, and there are many fewer people in the town on the other side of the mountain pass. My helper's liquor store had no customers, and he didn't need so many helpers, so he quit me. I couldn't find anything to do there, so I had to come back. ”

Tielingdu has always been the economic pillar of the surrounding area, and the other surrounding industries are basically supporting industries around the logistics center of Tielingdu. Now that this pillar industry has suddenly collapsed, the supporting industry will of course be finished. Economic changes are never changes in an enterprise or a place, but a change in an industrial chain and a region.

After chatting casually about the child, Tianyou turned to the topic and said: "Although I want to come here to find someone, unfortunately I don't know what that person's surname is, so I can't find it myself, so I can only ask you to help me." ”

"Don't you know the name? "The child also felt a little embarrassed. "Why don't I bring the immortal and you meet everyone in the village?"

"I don't know what the man looks like. ”

"Huh, how can I find this?" the child was anxious when he heard this. "How can I do this, I've already made half of the steamed buns you gave, but I can't spit it out!"

Seeing that the child was about to cry, Tianyou immediately smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, don't worry, I don't want you to compensate me for the steamed buns if I can't find it." My steamed bun is to ask you to take me to find it, to provide me with the information I need, as for whether you can find it or not, it is all my business, and you have nothing to do. ”

Hearing this, the child was finally relieved, and then began to worry about how to find someone who had neither a name nor a look.

Tianyou explained: "The specific situation is more complicated, and I can't explain it to you in detail, in short, I am also entrusted by others. At that time, the situation was urgent, and I couldn't ask thoroughly, but I heard him say a Tieling, and then I heard a 'seven', but I didn't know if it was a name or something else. Do you know if there is any other place called Seven near Tieling Village?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it, but did the man just say seven?"

Tianyou nodded.

"There is a family in the village with the surname Qi. ”

"Oh, tell me about that house, it's probably that one. ”

The child thought for a while and said: "I don't know much about it, there were originally a lot of people in the Qi family, but after the fall of the ferry, the family divided their family and went their separate ways." ”

"All gone?"

"No, there are still the second uncle's family and the second uncle's wife left. ”

Tianyou listened to the child describe the situation of the Qi family in detail, and Tianyou also had a general understanding.

The original old lady of the Qi family was quite beautiful, with a lot of property, three wives and four sons. But then the old lady died, and the ferry fell again, and there was no income. So the Qi family separated.

The eldest son, third son, and fourth son of the old lady each left the Qi family with part of the family property with their mother-in-law, and the only four people left were the second uncle Qi's family mentioned by the half-grown child. Among them, in addition to Second Uncle Qi himself, there are also Second Uncle Qi's mother, his wife, and a daughter.

However, after the separation, Second Uncle Qi seemed to be causing trouble outside, and finally ran to the neutral zone. Those whom he provoked then chased to Tieling Village with officers and soldiers, and then the government said that they wanted their family to compensate the family, because the people of that family were said to have been killed by Second Uncle Qi. The government was going to arrest Second Uncle Qi and bring him to justice, but no one could be found, so they could only confiscate the family property.

Second Uncle Qi's wife has a very strong temper, and she had a conflict with the people in the government, and as a result, she accidentally hit the stone pier and died during the push.

It is a matter of course for the government to lead people to arrest murderers, but it is impossible to talk about killing people's families. Those who run the rivers and lakes are also particular about disasters and their families, not to mention that they are government officials and not robbers. There is a lot of pressure between the ten countries of the Shenzhou Continent, so the governments of various countries are not bad to the people, and corruption cannot be said to be absent, but it is not far from being as exaggerated as in the ancient history that Tianyou has been exposed to in his previous life.

To put it simply, the government here is actually quite fair, although there will be some bias when you meet people in the network, but at least the face has to say the past, and it will not be too much.

This chased the murderer, and as a result, forced the other party's family to death, this matter is difficult to say.

In the end, the government put an end to this matter, and all the people were withdrawn, and they did not take all the remaining family property with them, but only took some of the good ones, and in short, there were still some left.

However, the Qi family is miserable now. Second Uncle Qi ran away, his wife died, and there was an old lady and a little girl who couldn't walk at home. Even if there is a little money left in the family, it will still be a difficult time.

Fortunately, Second Uncle Qi came back after more than a year, and it seems that he has made money, and he is doing well. But after all, he was a murderer, and he didn't dare to stay here longer, so he hurriedly saw his mother and daughter and left again after dropping some money.

After that, this second uncle Qi is an adult ghost, and he comes back every once in a while, sometimes he comes back once in ten days and a half a month, sometimes he goes for more than half a year, in short, there is no accurate letter. Fortunately, the money he left behind was enough for his mother and daughter to live.

However, since last year, Second Uncle Qi has not been back for more than a year, and even the financial resources of the Qi family have problems. Now that Second Uncle Qi's mother is almost seventy years old, it is not easy to act on her own. You must know that the Shenzhou Continent is not comparable to the Earth, and the productivity level and medical conditions here are very bad. Although the monks lived a long life, the average person rarely lived past the age of sixty. Or how to say 60 years old, because it is extremely difficult to live 60 years old. It's like on earth, as long as it is not unlucky enough to die unexpectedly, ordinary people can live to be sixty or seventy years old casually.

"You said that Second Uncle Qi hasn't been back for more than a year? When was the last time he came back?"

The kid fell into thought, and after thinking for a while, he was still uncertain and said, "I don't remember very well, it must have been last August." ”

When Tianyou encountered that assassin, it was February this year, about half a year apart from August last year, which happened to be within the time frame of Second Uncle Naqi's activities. As for why he didn't come back later...... Nonsense, people are dead, how can they go back? If they come back, then it's really hell, really hell.

"And how is their family doing now?"

"It's okay. His little sister is born with divine powers, and she is a martial arts wizard, although she is not very old, she is more powerful than those martial artists in the dart game. Isn't this favored by Cao Sanye, and he received a caravan as a guard? It's just that the old lady of the Qi family has no one to take care of her here, and the little sister is fine when she is at home, once she goes out to run a business, she can only rely on us neighbors to help her. ”

Hearing the child's explanation, Tianyou suddenly thought of two people, and his expression became extremely strange. "Is the little sister Qi you are talking about a solid big iron spear? And is that Cao Sanye called Cao Sanhuai?"

"Well, how do you know?

Tianyou didn't answer, but asked, "What about now? Is Little Sister Qi not at home?"

The boy was surprised again and said, "Yes! I have been out for a while, and I am about to go back at this time, and it will take a month to come back." ”

Well, this time it's a wasted run. The previous information is already completely correct. The so-called Second Uncle Qi should be the assassin who died in Qingyuan Mountain, and this little sister Qi and the old lady of the Qi family are the ones who he will not forget to take care of when he dies. Thinking about this old and young age, it is indeed difficult to survive on your own normally.

The assassin knew that if he died, the grandfather and grandson would starve to death, so he had to ask the enemy for his deathbed. There's really no other way. However, he didn't seem to know about his daughter's innate divine powers, otherwise he wouldn't be so worried. But on the other hand, he can't come back a few times a year, so it's no wonder that he can know his daughter in detail. So, that's the right number.

However, although the person found the right one, Tianyou was even more depressed. No, because he had already seen the person he was looking for. He had already met Qi Xiaomei once before, but unfortunately he didn't know that she was the orphan of the assassin at the time.