The two of them rushed out of the mountain forest before sunset, and the vegetation on this side of the mountain was sparse, and it was really a mountain separated by a world.

There was no way to rest at night, and they had to find an inn or house before the temperature dropped. From here to Ma Si Guo is much more advanced than the official road, but it is difficult to find an inn, Chen Yin and Tian Chanyu can not find the direction, can only grit their teeth and move forward, the green vegetation is becoming more and more scarce, looking at the yellow sand, Chen Yin is feeling the breath of the surroundings all the way, but only feels that he is hungry and can't stand it.

"Look, there's smoke!" Tian Chanyu suddenly pulled Chen Yin happily and let him see.

Chen Yin also saw that the two of them had climbed over a sand dune, and not far away, the chimney of a farmhouse was emitting thick smoke.

Tian Chanyu stepped forward and gently knocked on the door of the house, the sound of colliding pots and pans in the house suddenly stopped, Tian Chanyu buckled a few more times, there was silence for a moment, and an old woman's voice came out: "Who..."

"Passers-by, begging for a drink, hope to spend the night. Tian Chanyu's voice was full of earnestness.

The door slowly opened, and an old woman hid in the door vigilantly and looked at the two of them, and then relaxed: "Are you two lost?"

"Ahh Tian Chanyu replied.

"It's getting dark, but I'm glad you've found it," said the old woman, who was seventy years old, in good health, walking steadily and lightly, and not shivering, "I haven't seen any outsiders come for several years." ”

The furnishings in the house were simple and old, but they were much better than the outside, and the old woman lit all the oil lamps in the house, making the room much brighter.

"I didn't expect anyone to come here," said the old woman, who was overjoyed to see the visitor, "In the past, the village was still here, and there were many people coming and going, but now that there is a war, this village is too close to the border pass, and they have all moved away." ”

The old woman said, grabbed a large handful of rice and put it in the pot: "Look at your dress, you should be from the Central Plains." ”

"Yes," Tian Chanyu nodded, "My brother and I are here to apprentice." ”

"You two are brother and sister?"

"Hmm..."Chen Yin also nodded.

"I thought you two were husband and wife, but it doesn't matter, there is a firewood room in the backyard, you two brothers and sisters can meet there tonight," said the old woman with a bitter smile, the wrinkles on her face squeezed together, and she added a few more sticks of firewood, "If you had come a few years earlier, the village would still be there, and it would be much more lively here." ”

"Auntie, are you alone?" asked Tian Chanyu.

"Originally, there was a village, but then they all moved away, and my wife and I have lived here for 60 years, and my wife is also buried here, and I am an old bone, so I am too lazy to leave. Where are you two going?"

"I want to go to the capital here. Chen Yin said.

The old woman thought for a while: "Beijing?"

Tian Chanyu hurriedly added: "It is the most prosperous city here. ”

"Oh," the old woman suddenly realized, "you mean Beiyuan City. ”

"Hmm... How do I get there?"

"You have to follow the path at the door to the north and go to the official road, and then walk along the official road to the northeast, and you will soon be there. The old woman said.

"Understood. ”

The old woman's warm hospitality made Chen Yin and Tian Chanyu a little embarrassed, and during the meal, the old woman's mouth never stopped, as if she wanted to tell the two of them all the words of the past few years, but the more they talked, the happier they became. After the meal, they helped to clean up the tables and chairs, and carried the cotton wool given by the old woman into the firewood room, Chen Yin spread the cotton wool on a pile of weeds, and put a bundle of firewood in the middle of the bunk: "You sleep on this side, I sleep on this side." ”

Tian Yuchan nodded.

Because of a day's trekking through mountains and rivers, both of them were too tired to do anything, Chen Yin fell asleep when he lay down, Tian Chanyu saw that Chen Yin was asleep, so she slowly took off her clothes and lay down.

This sleep lasted until dawn, and it was Tian Chanyu who woke Chen Yin up, but this time, Chen Yin opened his eyes and saw the expression on Tian Chanyu's face, and knew that it was not good.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yin asked.

"That lady... Dead..."Tian Chanyu's eyes were red, "Killed." ”

Chen Yin hurriedly got up and came to the front room, the house was turned into a mess, the door was broken, and the woman was lying on the kang, and half of the kang was dyed red with blood.

"Someone broke into the door last night," Tian Chanyu pointed to the footprints on the ground, "About three or four people, after entering the house, they walked around, and the rice jar was empty." ”

"But I didn't hear any sound yesterday..."Chen Yin checked the old woman, the body was already cold and hard, and he sighed.

Tian Chanyu looked at the kang faintly, and suddenly said: "I can trace the footprints of that group of people, you go to find your senior sister, and I will go to them." ”

"I'll go with you. ”

Chen Yin and Tian Chanyu buried the old woman in the backyard of their house and set up a wordless sign.

"There are three camels in total, and they should not leave until early in the morning," Tian Chanyu stared intently at the imprint at the door of the house, "The direction is... This way. ”

Chen Yin followed her all the way without speaking, Tian Chanyu basically didn't say anything other than to determine the direction and distance, the two chased all the way until almost noon, Chen Yin stopped Tian Chanyu in front of an oasis.

"There were four of them, three men and one woman," Chen Yin said, "and one of them was sleeping." ”

Tian Chanyu nodded, the two touched close to the oasis, there was a lake in the center, one beard was lying on the side to rest, and the other two men were cooking and talking.

"What about the woman?" asked Tian Chanyu.

"It's around here," Chen Yin said, "don't panic yet, wait and see." ”

"God has eyes, there are still people living in that hellish place, I thought we would starve to death. "The person who spoke was smiling happily.

The other man had a blank expression and was making a bonfire without saying a word.

"What's the matter, it's not fun to kill an old woman?"

The strong man with a wooden expression shook his head: "Someone has been following us, I'm thinking about how to kill her." ”

"Oh?" said the smiling man as he stood up, looked around, and said in a loud voice, "What are you hiding, are you trying to join the gang?"

Tian Chanyu gritted her teeth and was about to stand up, Chen Yin pressed her shoulder, and a woman stood up from not far from them, her face was veiled, she was dressed in a green gauze robe, her hair was coiled on the top of her head by a dark blue hairpin, and her slender figure loomed in the green yarn.

"Yo, I'm still a woman," the man who stood up wiped his mouth, "God really favored me today." ”

The woman didn't respond, but walked straight to him.

"It smells so good," a breeze blew through the man, and the man grew more and more excited, "I can't wait to taste you." ”

"I'm afraid you won't have this life. The woman walked up to the man and stopped.

"Cover your mouth and nose!" exclaimed the strong man, but it was too late, and the smiling man's expression was forever fixed on that smiling face.

The sleeping man was also awakened: "What's the matter!"

"The bald man is dead!" the strong man tore off his sleeves and covered his face, "The aroma of this little girl is poisonous." ”

Tian Chanyu also hurriedly took out two silk scarves from her waist and gave one to Chen Yin.

"Who are you?" said the strong man and the bearded man stepped back a few meters.

"Punish the wicked. The woman raised her hand, and a gust of wind swept up and blew towards the two of them, and the two of them ducked to the side.

"No, I'm a little dizzy," said the beard, gasping for breath, "and you put her to sleep." ”

The woman waved her hand again, the wind turned, and it flew away in two streams, and the two didn't even have time to stand and rest.

As soon as the strong man gathered a trace of strength, he was dispersed by the wind that followed: "Hey, help me lead..." Before he finished speaking, he turned his head to see that his beard was already lying on the ground and did not move.

"Lao Tzu is fighting with you!" The strong man no longer hidden, closed his breath, and faced the wind, the speed was about to reach the woman, the woman did not expect that the other party would want to die together, retreated, did not stand firm and staggered down, in an instant, Chen Yin had arrived, helped the woman, and gently unloaded the power of the strong man's fist, Tian Chanyu also came to Chen Yin's side, holding a sword shaped by derivation, and stabbed straight into the strong man's body, and the strong man's eyes lost their luster in an instant.

"Who are you..."The woman pushed Chen Yin's hand away.

"Those who punish evil," Tian Chanyu said, stepped forward and touched the snorts of the three of them one by one, all of them had lost their breath, and a sack of rice was waiting to be put into the pot, "You have been following them?"

"I've been with them for a month, let's say okay first, although the last one was killed by you, but the bounty of the three is mine," the woman took off her veil, revealing a beautiful face, her eyebrows were dotted with red fan-shaped flowers, the whites of her eyes were as clear as spring water, the two eyes were as deep and shiny as night stars, her complexion was slightly white like snow, there was a pair of red stone earrings hanging from her ears, and she wore a chain of pearls between her neck, which was bright and shimmering, she took out a medicine bottle and gave it to Chen Yin to smell first, and finally herself, "This is the antidote." ”

"Were you able to follow the three of you last night?" Chen Yin stared at each other's eyes intently, deeply sunken in, unable to take his eyes off.

"I caught up with them this morning," the woman patted the mud on her feet, "but unfortunately it was a step too late, and they killed an old woman before they died." ”

"We were at the old woman's house that night," Tian Chanyu said sadly, "but we didn't hear them when they were murdering." ”

"Of course you can't hear it, this strong man's name is Mu Laosan, he is a person with derivative power, and his derivative power can make people mentally exhausted and then sleep to death, so their efficiency in robbing and killing people will be so high. The woman looked at Tian Chanyu and then at Chen Yin, "That's it, for your sake, the three of us will divide the three camels equally, and I have to cut off the heads of these three people and take them to Beiyuan to get the money." ”

"We're going to Beiyuan too, but we can't find our way. ”

"Ah, you're going too?" the woman thought for a moment, "then follow me, on the condition that your two camels will also be given to me when you get to the north." ”