Half-immersed in the cold river water, there were suddenly faint sounds that seemed to be a noisy market and a lively temple fair.

Just when Zhang Yuan suspected that he was beginning to have delusions and auditory hallucinations, a faint light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and when he opened his eyes and looked ahead, it was like a lively small village and town.

The surrounding environment is no longer an endless karst cave, but a wide hollow in the belly of the mountain, and the mountain is still black and oppressive overhead, with only a few places where the light is transmitted.

Rao was so, and the light around him was still a little darker.

This underground river divides the village in two, connected by a small wooden bridge, and at this moment, there are people in the village who are plowing the fields, some are babbling and singing, some are bartering, and some children are running around, and there is no such thing as the loneliness and dead silence of living in this underground world.

Zhang Yuan paddled a few times in the river, walked ashore and looked around, his attention was immediately attracted, but he didn't notice that in the water under his feet, a black shadow swept towards his position.

I saw that in this village where many peach trees are planted, both the clothes of the villagers and the style of the houses are very simple, everyone's hair bun is slightly to the left, and the complexion is a little pale that has not seen the sun all year round, but the color of the clothes is all black.

He only took two or three breaths to go ashore, and suddenly, the villagers on both sides of the strait, more than two hundred pairs of eyes looked at each other, some looked down, some looked up, and some people were obviously facing away from Zhang Yuan, but their heads were twisted, these pairs of eyes, like an eagle looking at a wolf, the dark pupils seemed to be quenched with venom, and there was only a dead silence left in the originally lively air......

At this time, an old man with an ancient appearance walked over with fluttering sleeves, looked at Zhang Yuan slightly, and did not seem to be different from his bald head, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask where the distinguished guest is from?"

Zhang Yuan noticed the other party's posture, and unlike the Wei people, when the palms of both sides overlapped, the thumbs were up, as if this was an ancient ritual before the Great Hong Dynasty.

"I accidentally fell into the river and drifted here, dare to ask the old man, what is this place?"

The old man smiled and said: "I see, this is Taoyuan Village, the old man is the elder of the village, and my ancestors are the people of great trouble, who moved here to avoid the war, and I don't know how many years have passed." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yuan was slightly shocked, wasn't that the ancient remnants who moved here thousands of years ago?

"Distinguished guests, please come with me. The old man said politely: "Since the old man was born, he has never seen outsiders enter this place, and this time he will definitely be entertained to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

Zhang Yuan was also not polite, said thank you and went happily. After months of drifting in an underground river, he had been eating raw river fish, and he had long since lost what hot food was like.

I don't know when, the people in the village have withdrawn their strange gazes, and they are busy with the things at hand.

Zhang Yuan followed behind the old man, walking on the straight and staggered path, with peach blossoms blooming above his head, and red everywhere. Then I entered a large room, and a sense of vicissitudes and antiquity came to my face.

Taking advantage of the old man of the clan to greet his family to prepare a banquet, Zhang Yuan looked around the room, and along the way, whether it was the stone statue placed at the gate or the wood carving decorated in the house, even he couldn't recognize what kind of animal it was, he only felt weird and hideous, not at all like the mascot of the Wei people to suppress evil spirits.

Zhang Yuan has also read some ancient books and knows that people in ancient times liked to use Pixiu as a town house, but these carvings are not Pixiu's appearance.

At this time, good wine and good food are placed on the table in turn, there are meat and vegetarian, the aroma is fragrant, the people accompanying the banquet are smiling and smiling, and they have asked about the outside world, Zhang Yuan answered them one by one, these people have been emotionally moved after learning that thousands of years have fallen and seven dynasties have changed.

"Distinguished guest, why don't you eat wine and meat?" the patriarch suddenly put down his chopsticks and asked expressionlessly, as if he was displeased by the guest's dislike.

Suddenly, a table of people was silent, looking at Zhang Yuan quietly, there was no temperature in his eyes, and a disturbing atmosphere gradually spread in the air, and there seemed to be an antiquity in the old house.

Zhang Yuan was unconscious, and said with a smile: "You don't know, people outside below don't drink alcohol or eat meat. ”

"Can't you make an exception for the old decay?" the old man's furrowed face was unusually calm.

"People outside the square never make exceptions!"

Hearing this, in the muddy eyes of the clan elder, the black eyeballs suddenly shrank to the size of a needletip, and instantly returned to normal, and said indifferently: "The old man and the others have been peerless for a long time, I don't know what to do with this 'Fang Wai'? ”

Zhang Yuan was silent for a moment, and suddenly a light gold flashed on his face, and he said lightly: "Jumping out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements." ”

After a moment of silence, the air seemed to come alive again, and the clan elder smiled brightly, and clapped his hands lightly: "Good demeanor! ”

As he spoke, he stood up tremblingly and said, "It's getting late, and the distinguished guests will stay overnight, and tomorrow the old man will send someone to lead the way, and leave here, I don't know what the respect is?"

Zhang Yuan thanked him: "Then there is Lao Lao." ”

Then he followed the old man through a dark corridor to a room. I don't know how the other party's dim old eyes can see clearly, I took out the key and unlocked it in the dark, slowly walked into the house, and lit an old oil lamp.

Under the dim light, the wrinkles on the patriarch's face seemed to be a little more, a layer deeper, and his back seemed to be a little stiffer, "Distinguished guests rest here, and you have to go out for a walk at night." ”

Zhang Yuan answered, watching the old man slowly disappear into the darkness.

Looking into the room, the layout is very simple, one table and one couch, that's all. Then, his eyes inadvertently swept over the only light source in the darkness, and his pupils shrank slightly.

The pattern of this oil lamp...... He had seen it in the ancient tomb of the dungeon, and it was clearly an everlasting lamp that was often used to light the tomb road.

Perhaps, there are ancient tombs nearby, and these people may have taken the contents from them.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a while, and was a little suspicious in his heart - these people seemed to be ordinary people, but the faint sense of crisis in his heart would not deceive him.

At the banquet just now, the reason why he didn't eat meat or drink alcohol was because although it was fresh and mellow to the naked eye, in his senses, the wine and meat were clearly food that had rotted for an unknown number of years!

What was the reason why those people were trying to get him to eat those things? If they hadn't used Zen sounds to deter him, what would these people have done to him?

When I think about it, I feel that there is a lot of weirdness here!

Under such an environment, even if it is true that the remnants of Dachong enter here to avoid disaster, they will not be extinct for a few generations at most, whether it is disease, close marriage or living environment, it is impossible to survive safely to this day!

Just thinking about it, suddenly someone gently pushed the door in, a girl with a hanging bun moved the lotus step lightly, Ying Ying bowed down and said: "The night is long, please allow the slave to sweep the paving and serve the gentleman." ”

The voice is soft, like a ringing bell, elegant and pleasant, as if a person from an ancient painting walked down a paper scroll.

Zhang Yuan saw that this girl was dressed in a light green skirt, different from those villagers who were dressed in black linen, and she was glamorous, beautiful, and her skin was delicate and fair, she was more like a noble girl from a high-ranking family, not at all like the people in this small village.

There is a little fragrance in the dark, smelling into the nose, the soul is swinging, making people feel ape, and it is difficult to help themselves.

Zhang Yuan stared quietly for a while, and blew out the oil lamp, "In this way, please also ask the girl to untie her clothes to comfort her lovesickness." ”